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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-30

Cheese even exceeds that of Butter. and
must, for the same cause, experience de-
cline in price. Wool is in good supply.
The shearing was larger than usual, and
of fair quality. The army demand hav-
ING ceased, the market Is inactive, and has
already experienced marked decline.
The Cotton crop Is coming in slowly
and with great irregularity. After over
coming the effects of defective seed. early
frost. flood and drouth, the planter found
relief in most propitiouS Summer; in
the early Autumn, the cotton-iieldS, from
Texas TO Virginia, promised ali abundant
yield of fine staple. Much of the cotton
was late for the season, but the stalks
We're Vi gorous and of luxuriant growth,
and, with favorable Fall. would have
produced up TO the full average yield per
acre. In ordinary seasons, with good
seed and fair Spring and Summer weather,
the cotton plant will attain Il degree of
maturity by the lst OF September, that
places it beyond serious damage by the
army-worm, which usually appears in the
Valley of the Mississippi about the second
week in September. The stalk, being then
well boiled, MAY be deiollated by the worm
without having lis product of fiber mate-
rally diminished. This year. however,
the crop was fully three weeks late in AZ
irving at maturity. The army-worm
made its appearance in the lower portion
of Texas about the l>t of September. \
week later, 1t appeared in great numbers
IN Louisiana and Mississippi, and, before
the middle OF the month, had crossed Al
ALBANIA into Georgia. Fields that had
been planted with good seed, AMI were
well cultivated, suffered but slight dam
age: but all late cotton in the low lands
of the Gulf States was feartullv DESTROYED
Lands that Oh the lst of the month prom
ised Il bale of loo pounds 10 the acre. on
the 10Th OF the same month presented
most barren prospect: on some, halt Il
bale 10 the acre. on some, a quarter, on
some, nothing will he gathered
Middle and Northern Texas escaped
with but slight injury: Arkansas. North
ern Mississippi, Alabama. Georgia and
the country lying north OF this line, were
not infected by the insect. From the
lazoo Valley, we have most dolctul ac-
counts of the condition of affairs both
corn and cotton are reported 10 have fail
ct. The reports of severe drouth and of
early tru>l> SEEMS tC he nothing more than
trlcks of trade, ami are mlru>tworlhv.
We are safe. therefore. in counting on u
fair average crop Tor the area plmtei in
those rcgion, not visited bv the army
worm" These. however. are not the
best cotton lands. and hence the aggregate
Yield will fall short Of our former c,ti-
mates. While 1000 600 bales would
have been gathered under favorable cir
cum~tanccS. il Is HOW doubtful whether the
crop Will reach 1000. 900 bales - Tiij-
iIRf
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-30
IN .fnecdOte OF Sheridan.

The author of SHERIDAN and his Cam
paign>" narrateS the following anecdoie
ot Gen. Sheridan:
1.-The general di>mounted here. AT the
fence OF a stiff old gentleman. who WAS
sitting on hi> HIGH piazza and Scowling
severely a> We rode up. He was a typical
>outhcrncr of fifty wears; his hong gray
hair fell over the collar of his coat behind
hi> ears he was arraved IN the swallow
tail of hvgone mode. buff linen vest.
cut low. and nankeen pantaloom> >pringing
tar over the foot. that WAS neatly encascd
in morocco slippers; a hri>tling SSirt-frill
adorned his bosom, and from the embr;l-
sure of hi wal-like collar he shot defiant
dances at IL aS we claitered up the walk
90 his house. Prince Edward Court
House WAS Il stranger to war, and our i'll
di@nant friend was looking now for the
iir>i lime oil ike Of us, and certainly lac
did not seem To ike our looks. He bow
cd in Il digniiied way TO the general, who
bobbcd at him careleS>ly, and sat down on
4 step, drew out his inevitable map, light
Ell 4 fresh cigar. and asked our host if an-
of Lees troops had been seen about here
to-day. ST. he answered, As | can tru-
ly say that none have been seen bv me, |
will say so but if | have seen anv. |
should feel it my duty TO refuse 10 reply
10 your question. | cannot give YOU any
information To the disadvantage of Lee.
This little speech. clothed in unexccption-
able diction. which no doubt had been
awaiting Us from the time we tied our
horses at the gate. missed fire batllv Ii
was very patriotic. and all that but the
general was not in a humor 70 drop patri-
otiSm Just then, 50 he only gave soft
whistle of surprise. and returned TO the
attack quite mScathcd. How far is il
10 Buffalo River?' 'Sir. don't know
The devil YOU don't, How long have
YOU lived here . All nv life Very
well. sir, it is time YOU did know Cap
tain. put this gentleman in charge of Il
guard. and when we move, walk him
down to Buffalo River. and show it to
him And - he was marched of. lcav-
ing Us a savage Glance at parting and
that evening trampel five miles away
/ from home 10 look at Il river which WAS
rs familiar 10 him rs his own family
Doubtless to this day he rega!eS the neigh-
bors with the story of this insult that w;l>
put upon him, and still brings up hi
children in the faith for whose do-mas he
suffered. Doubtless. too, he considers
Gen. Sheridan a perfect gentleman.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-30

TIE DECLINE IN THE MEAT MARK
Els. No such rapid and heavy decline
in beef, mutton and pork as that which
has Just been experienced, has occurred
since 1887. Beevcs that sold readily for
Sl3O head, four weeks aIo. would not
bring 500 to-day; sheep that went
quickly at an average of Sc apiece then.
would he sold well at 81 now; and hog
that cost &c pound in Chicago were sold
in New York, last week, at u. Pork
declined $3.50 barrel. last week. and
the decline this month has amounted To
the extraordinary total of Sli.75. OF
course heavy losses have been sustained.
Western men have been sinking $500 4
a car load on hogs Four extensive pork
dealers in New Yotk have been compelled
to suspend, and it is feared that Others
will be forced into the same position.
The immediate cause of this collapse in
prices Is an overloaded market. but there
is likely TO be no reaction, so far as pork
is concerned. The hog crop is abundant
all through the west and the price must
he low. This is the more certain as there
is also good hog crop in England. and
there will be little or no demand upon Us
for export. Let our butchers make way
for the inevitable and knock down their
prices.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-30
The Sta" Shoot.
BY Our NIGuT REPoKTEH.

BY OUR NIGIIT REPOKrEE
sat up good part of Monday night,
watching for the Star Shoot which the
policemen promised TO RIM the bell, tor.
When | did 90 to bed it was with deter
minalion to be up at any moment. which
quite destroyed the object OF being i'll bed
| woke up every few minutes expecting to
see the whole sky illuminated with the
showers OF falling stars, which would
break up all the privacy OF the world, and
turn night INTO day-into a sort OF Fourth
of July. | was all the time in the cxpec-
tailon OF great event. and wien morn
ing came it seemed as if something had
occurred, that the order of nature had
been interrupted. My wife thought the
policemen and reporters must have been
mistaken about the shower; for she GOT
/ up about | A. NJ. and stood at the WIN
dowS, like St Agatha in the What-do-vc-
call-it OF Mr. Tennyson, until she was as
cold rs stone, and only saw one star 90
off, and that not being IN the constellation
| Leo. was of no account of course. You
can see such every nj ght.
To be sure the window isn't Il very GOOD
place to observe these celestial phenomena,
only Il limited patch Of SKY being in sight
from one. Tuesday night determined TO
do better, and TO sacrifice myself upon the
altar OF science, If necessary. | rot out
upon the roof of our house and bestrodc
it, fixing my eve on Leo, and waited for
him to open up his Sharpshootcrs. | I'M
lerstood ii was his intention to drive the
Great Bear to the wall. But it was Il reg
uar Peninsula affair. | sat there until
the ridge beam was as cold as the North
Pole, and e.ery Shingle seemed 10 be chat
tering like my teeth. Twas prepared with
note book and pencil to set down the size
and course OF anything that broke loose
overhead.
Just as the Center chulch clock struck
half past one i believe it sometimes get:
nearer the hour than that i heard 1
loud report j louder but not so distinct a:
this report am making - and looking VI
saw an uncommon big star start ou
from Leo. travel about ten degrees toward:
/ the Pole, shlver, and then 90 back. Thi:
was evidently only intended as tecIer, ;
kind of boomerang to see how the thing
would go.
: noted down this big gun i MAKE
this report wholly in the interest OF SCI
t ence and the newspapers, not deemins l
| creditable that no display should be re
D ported after 50 much has been said abou
it - and | had not long to wait when ;
1 volley was fired from the same spot in th
e heavens directly at the Bear \ low
G growl satisfied me that the shower, ST
V long bruin, had hit the mark. Discharg
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-30
Personnel Of the Nclr- IOrE Press.

Bennett Is sole owner OF the Herald.
The Tribune l. owned by stockholders. OF
which Dr. Jamc> {. Aver. Of Lowell, i>
the heaviest. Samuel Snclair. the pub
fisher. is also one OF lis largest owners,
while Stephen L. Clark. the writer of the
money articles, and Horace Greeley, are
interested to Il large amount. The capi-
tai stock Is SSO0.O00. The organization
OF the Tribunc'> editorial staff Is IL fol-
lows: The editor in-chicf is Horace
Greeley; Sidney II. Gay /, the managing
editor - the executive head of the con-
Germ. Cool, able, courteous and cnerget-
ic. he has not his equal in the Stale
Roderick Crane Is the news editor. j. H.
lla>Scur, the night editor, |. y, Browne.
the city editor The financial department
Is under the charge OF :. L. Clark, one of
the ablcst financicr>. Solon Robinson
edits the department of agriculture. Gen,
Ripley ut one time one of the most elo-
Iuent preachers in Boston, Is the literary
editor. William Winter Is the theology
cal, Henry G. Watson the musical, and
Clarence Cook. the art editor. The corps
ot' editorial writers embraces such names
as Congdon, Smaley, Young and WiIkin-
son. \. J. Cummings edits the weekly
and Scmi-wccklv. Myron Fox reads all
copy, TO prevent repetition i'll the paper ::
and ID. X. O'nonncil keeps the index.
In addition the Tribune has a corps OF iit-
teen reporters, second TO none in the land.
These are detailed for special duty on the
police, at fires, on the dry-goods market,
in the courts, OF at brooklyn. at Jersey
city and all aiong shore. Ths principal
owners oi the Times are Leonard VI. Je-
rome, James B. Taylor. Henry J. Ray
moud, George Jones, the publisher, and
! Christopher Morgan, of Methodist fame.
During Mr.. Raymond'> absence, +. J. OF
larson. formerly of the Tribune, Is the
managing editor, a> he Is Il writer of su-
perior abilities. The World Is conducted
by Manton Marble, and he is the largest
owner OF the concern. OF the younger
journalists of New York, there are several
of great promise; among them, Thomas
A. kennett OF the World, Daniel X.
O'Donncll, of the Tribune, and Augustus
Maverick, of the Evening Post. The
best editorial writers, and each inimitablC
in his way, are George Wilkes, of the
Spirit of the Times, Sidney Howard Gay
and Charles L. Conglon, OF the Tribune,
William III. IIurlhurt, OF the World, and
Charles Nordhotf, of the Evening Post
The best political statistician living, con-
nectei with the press, i, probably Horace
Greeley; ami the next best Is Franklin J
Ottar>on, managing editor of the Times.
thourh Thomas O. Shcarman, Il lawyer
is a very useful man for more than one
newspaper establishment The Natior
has subscription of over seven thousand
. while the Round Table Is holding It's OWL
in spite of the bitter criticisms it give:
and receives. The Independent rolls uE
, the overwhelming list of 10000 sub>crib
ers, and the number is daily increasing
". Y. Citizen.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-30
4 Romantic Scene.

The scene was enacted at Berlin, on
the morning of the entrance of the victo.
rlous troops on their return from the cam.
paign i" Bohemia. \ young and diStin-
guished officer of the cuirassiers, who had
received 4 cut OF sabre from an Austri-
IN uhlan, who was payinga visit TO hi>
,tancee, a young lady attached TO the
queens household. Her lover entered
her s,lon. in his full uniform, ahd wear
inc his helmet, but on taking a seat near
his fair lady-love he took off his helmet
and placed it on a small table in front OF
the fire, aS Notwithstanding all the enlhu-
siasm of the populace, the day was exceS-
sively cold. by some sudden movement,
however, the young officer upset the table
and the helmet rolled into the fire. There
was a scream and an exclamation of hor-
ror. The scream was of course, feminine /;
the expression of dismay, however, was
masculine, caused by seeing the horsetail
of the helmet catch fire and burn away in
an instant. To join his regiment and pass
the king wearing a singed helmet and one
guiltle>> of horSetail was utterly impos>i-
ble, and still les was it possible for him
10 absent himself on such day One ex-
asperaling fact was that the helmet WAS
burnt behind the wits among the crowd
would therefore imagine that he had re-
ceived Il shot while flying from the enemy,
Needless 10 remark that every shop in the
city of Eerlin was closed Suddenly Ro-
meo's fair Juliet started. seized a pair OF
scissors. and in fewer seconds than ii take,
me 10 write, cut of the whole OF her mag
miiicent citrciure d0roe. and with marvel
Gus ingenuity fastened if TO the soorched
helmet. Thus Graf Won - rode al the
head of his squadron of cuir.lssiers with a
flowing trophy of love and devotion such
a. one would have thought Roman NO
man of old alone, would have parted
with but this deed was done hy a fair
prussian. and in the midst of the prosi.ic
nineteenth centurv-Er.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-30
The Crops.
Hmttord Press.

The late crops of the season are now
treSt> IN the Northwest. reaching south
ward to embrace onc-thIrd of the State of
Illinois, did considerable damage to the
Corn crop. Accounts from the section
thus affected report much soft and imma-
iurc corn. Throughout the country. how
ever. the crop Is above the average annual
yield. though not so very large is was eN-
pectcd ii would be three months ago.
The Polatoe crop Is large: but mtor-
tunatelv the tubers are infected with rot.
80 much 80 that dealers refuse TO buy in
large quantities. and prices are consequent
low.
( The Apple crop is fair in the Western
States. and the truit is of excellent quail
ity. In the Middle and Eastern States,
the Weld is light.
I The Hop crop has been over-e>timateI.
1t will not. as has been supposed, be un-
usually large. bu. will barely exceed the
AVERAGE harvest.
Grapes are in fair supply, but of inie.
rior quality. In many localities, ny rea-
son of early frost, the fruit failed to ripen.
and hence is dry and insipid. Good
grapes are very scarce, and in great de-
mand.
Though we are without definite infor.
nation OH the yield of the Bean crop, the
HIGH prices. active inquiry, and small sup.
ply indicate short crop.
/ The New-York market has never, hith.
crto. been 81 completely overrun with
cattle, hogs and sheep. They are pouret
in upon us from all parts Of the West
where the supply seems to be inexhausti
BILE; and both growers and dealers arc
anxious to sell at present prices, whicl
are gradually settling to lower basis.
Turkeys were never before so abundant
throughout the country. Small poultry
is also in full supply. Present higt
prices, therefore, are purely speculative
and must eventually break down. Th'
quantity of Butter made this Fall is truly
enormous, and a vast supply is held by
both dairymen and dealers, who have
, overhead themselves, and will now be com
pelled to reduce their stocks at low figures
} as the supply is quite too large to main
, tain present prices. The accumulation o
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-30

One nr TIE HARp-UrS-A western
paper tell> a story OF a distressed agricul-
turist: \ farmer dropped in here on We'd
neSday la>i 10 pay hi> rent, putting ON a
long face 10 correspond with the times.
on entering the house he told the land
lord that Times being 30 bad he could no.
raise the money al all; :iaI da>hing
bundle of %reenhacks upon the table, said:
''Therr, that l. all | can pay" The
money WAS taken up and counted by Mr.
Il, the landlord who said: "Whv,
thi> Is twice a. much as You owe. .'Gire
il to me again. said The farmer; I'm
dashed il hain-t look ii out OF the wrong
packet
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-30

became general The other constellation
took 1t up, and there was popping in all di
rectlonS, OF course | cannot pretend t,
describe all the lines that were described
by the shooting meteors. My situation
soon became dangerous, and should have
retired had not my legs become too stiff tc
enable me to scramble down.
the missiles flew about my head very
lively. | could only note, in the int res
of science, the general direction of the
fiery bodies This | found to be from
Leo to Bloomfield, in which democratic
town most of them seemed to strike.
supposed that this was for the benefit Of
the democratic voters in that enlightened
district, whom | learn from democratic
newspapers are in the habit of sitting up
nights 10 read the journals in question, by
which means they become so much better
informed than the people who live in
cities. One biz star particularly attract
ed my attention; ii described parabolic
course, and gamboled about. if | may be
allowed the expression, So that have nc
doubt 1t was either the Dog Star or Ole
of the puppies OF CAMS Major 1t final
" sailed off towards Newfoundland. and
by observing lis course | am able scenlifi-
cally TO state that it passed within fifty
seven and onc-half mile, of Hartford -
uncomfortabIy near, considering its veloc-
tv. which was no doc trot
But if | failed to notice accurately all
the courses of these crratic bodies, plume
myself upon having discovered what thc>,
bodies are, their nature, and why they all
come from Leo and these facts NAV be
OF interest TO astronomers. Leo Is the
Limbo (ot' which Carlyle speaks of Things
Lost. Every variety of shape and thing
flew about and near me 1t l. mistake
20 suppose that all these flying bodies ar
STARS the latter do not often get loose. |
suppose the proportion of real stars that
fall, to other bodies, Is about the same IL
the number Oi star-ii>h To other fish
which are caught out OF the ocean. Some
o' 'i'T i'ii>>,icS s'"CN i'''o INC IooI' 'l''
'"'SI io"l''' 10 ~ pieces Vi iIii' It''i '''i'
''o 1ouo'' SiA iI'clie> ~ Il ioo' Ill di'tlhe'er'
cut into five ladiatirc points and very
bright. These Were moi, however. the
majority. which passed over. and Were the
l ''iI!2> i1'>'. 10y i-oo' ol course l meal
th' iiih"> never ;'l'eLli'ed Tor, those be-
Il'9 always '""ilo. ihcTe He" lnr"u"i
liir ar tIleh' 10 :" mo details. bodies OF
ciuN I'm Il hl2iily ihr;IhdcocclIt state OF
course with long talI>; hoop skirts,
WhI>klng III risky gyrati"iI, and very
beautiful; umbrellas. some spread and
others SHUT ana ntfilil@ Ike arrows. aI>o
''I! beautiful funo9 oNer-Sho'> dem
"crittic naIIot>' with pictures OF Tie con
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-30

Sro"rIN' PArEI>, Anrxcllange says
that one of ii> subscribers. Il ttw weeks
since. included lac would stop ms paper,
thinking he could not afford newspaper
investment The paper had ceased is
Vi>i;s twn weeks, when he came into The
office and Slil h. w;lniel i; ;,glin- He
had lost 500 the week before for want OF
information he coull have obtained from
the paper, The worst economy in the
world h stoppin- ycur paper
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-30
Pay of Members.

1t will be seen by our legislative report
that the General Assembly was so gener-
Gus as TO increase lis pay fifty per cent. (;
and II, If the same time, voted tins IN
creased pay TO all the officers. messengers,
reporters, and EMPLOYEES about the State
House, except a few Of the sweepers- We
are somewhat surprised At this liberal
Spa>m but ii Is rs impossible TO predict
with certainty what legislature viii do,
As 10 toretell with accuracy the verdict of
a jury Ii has been hitherto supposed
that there was no need of raising the pay
while individuals in the various towns
were 30 ready 10 go TO the Legi>la-
ture : and We suspect, this particular
selection of the wisdom and virtue :"
doubted whether their constituents were
not still OF the same opinion, as they re-
fused TO submit the question of increase of
pay 10 the people at the next Freeman's
Meeting. This increased pay, and the
generous Gift of five hundred dollars TO
the gentlemen who reported for Haltoa'S
bnlg, and the DAILY iryaS viii cost the
State about thirteen Thousand dollars, 10
he provided for 10y direct tax We have
gwen the yeas and nays on this increase of
pay. The members who voted mo"
have, however, with the exception of
Hon John Howe, Jr.. one of the Sena-
tors from Rutland county, and Franklin
i. Ball. Esd, the Representative from
Springfield - taken The torty-one dollars
extra pay. They didn': vote the money,
bat they shared the plumber. Mes>rs,
Howe anl Ball maintained their consist
rncy, and refused to take any part OF the
extra pay A hundred such protest.
against the action of the Legislature,
would have secured It's repeal next year.
. FrocneM.