St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-21

Illlle tafl8ef OF tlle ulSe'lSe spreading.
The tick common among Texan cattle
was blamed for propasatin@ the disease
to some extent. Such was Il false idea.
The poison in cattle inflicted with this
plague was vegetable and not mineral. a,
was generally supposed; and was there
fore difficult to be traced. Some Texan
cattle shipped to Illinois and other North
crn States had not communicated the
disease.
1t is reported that the farmers OF Cham
paign county, Illinois, have lost 100000
worth OF stock, nearly all their cattle hay
ing died.
In his speech at the democratic ratlti-
cation meeting, held in Washington,
Gen .ral Thomas Ewing, Jr., speaking OF
the threatened revolution, used this SEN
tence ''Gen Blair at the head Of the
militia will be a match for Gen. Grant
ut the head of the regular army.
CARPET BAGGERs A Vermont vol
unteer writes the Tribune: Il have
great respect for carpet-bagger-, having
been one myself part of the time dur
ing the late onpleasantnc-s. My car
pct-bag was marked It. s."
The Steam Railway up Mt. Washing
ton, from the Fabyan place read. was
opened to the summit on Friday of
the last week. Many railroad men,
from different roads, were present on
the occasion.
The new United States Senator from
Louisiana, Hon. William Pitt Kellogg,
was originally from Montpelier, Vermont.
He l. now collector OF customs at New
Orleans. He Is the second civilian
Pitt in the Senate, the first being Will
liam Pitt Fessenden.
a pamphlet copy of the proceedings
OF the Tammany Halt Convention, print
ed for circulation in the south. bears on
lis cover, in large type, "Stand by your
friends who have stood by you
\ surgeon. DIR. L, Dickinson, of
'o'r''S'er' Nohi'', VINO u'e' recently
attributed his sickness 10 breathing the
poisoned air Of di>>ecting room in
which the local physicians were jointly
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Inc Lou.-yi.., journal -..,>. .D,lro-
cra,-. stand to the polls II than will
not 10. stand 70 YOUR -u..-." ami tie
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mad speech and rayiu. editorial from ii.
OHIO 10 tile Gulf
Iih, hi~ political ant.poie-. NJ Bu-
cIauAn, Thad Stevens never married.
but resided IN bAcheiornooi 1T I.auca.-
Ter his residence being in ch2r.e Of AL
old cuIorcI woman. who had been IN H.
service Is "'.s''''.'. iI' H,'"' !tAF-.
Neatly says the Philadelphia Press
'.G,neruI Grant i travelling. with ,icu-
cra.~ Sherman and SLcridan General
Blair with General Despair; Mr.. Col
fax with General Satisfaction while
VII '''' 'il'"' stay al nome VIII "c"-
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OUR DEMoCRATS.-lhe New lorN
tribune says: "lhe Boston IoSt say
the democrats OF Vermont Lad an Old
fashioned convention last week, and that
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