St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-31
Good WOrds.

A subscriber in southern Minnesota, i'll
renewing his subscription for 1868, says
some things which we think will be o.
interest to some outside Of this office:
Enclosed please find two dollars, for
which you will please cause 10 be con-
tinued those weekly visits of our old
friend the Caledonian, which for the past
year have been uninterrupted and so very
agreeable, and which have tended more
than all else to render our far western
home tolerable, by keeping us informed
of all passing events at home, as well as
once a week refreshing in our minds
remembrance of dear old associations and
friendships; disconlinuance of whose
visits would seem to cut asunder the
strongest remaining tie that now binds
us to our home and the pleasant associa-
tons of our early years. 1t is true, It's
record for the pest year gives cause tor
much sadness as we'll as JOY. Sadness
by its record OF the deaths of so many OF
our old friends and esteemed fellow citi-
zens, while on the other hand its record
of progressive events is sufficient to cause
a feeling of pride to swell in the bosom
of every Eermonter, whether resident or
absent, and to prove to the world that
Vermont is yet alive TO her own interests
and to that of the world at large. The
inception, with a sure prospect OF the
completion, of railroad from the At
lantic to the great west, and thence to
the Pacific, crossing the White Noun
tains of \. H., and the Green Noun
tains of VT, may well be rcckoned as
one of the great enterprises Of the age.
One which Vermont, old Caledonia eS-
pecially, and 81. JOhnSJmy in particular,
cannot too highly estimate: placing them
on a direct route from the east to the
west, and reckoning by time, at least one
day nearer than now, the great metropo-
lis of the west, Cdcay0. An enterprise
like this is well calculated TO cause a
feeling of regret in the minds OF those
who have exchanged their homes anon.
the green hills Of their native stale, tor
what to them seemed TO be more enter
pris6g and promisj"g locality.
Still this great enterprise has its oppo-
nents i'll your vicinity, as all great move
ments for the advancement OF this, and
the good of the rising generation ever
have had, by That class of citizens WHO
are So blinded by their love Of Alrre and
their prYucltceS, that they are content TO
walk i'll the path their gramdtathcrs made,
even II II be 10 carry n stone in one end
Of the sack to balance the grist in the
other. This same spiri: was most sly
nally manifested i'll our late elections ali
over the country, minnesota not except
ed) tv this same class OF citizens, Whose
aims and conceptions are 50 couiemptibly
low, that their osyy AMI jcu.D.Y of the
rising prospects OF the -Itrcu. r.tce is 10
them 4 sufficient excuse for voting with
the enemies, and against the best inter
ests Of their country. Stronger argu
fl,.n s,,.l, fl ri
never made in favor OF universal liberty,
universal suffrage, and above all, unlvcr-
sal education.
Another subscriber. who dates nearer
the eastern centre Of this great and rap
idly growing state OF Minnesota, writes
''Find enclosed two dollars, and send
on the goodly CdIedonim as usual.
thought once or twice last year TO dis
continue it, as was taking nine papers,
and | couldn't find time often to read
them all; but during last year your pa
per didn't get TO me, from some cause.
once Or twice, and then saw how | felt
the need of it. Yes, | must commune
and correspond with my old Vermont
friends, for there is many pleasing,
happy Renaissance connected with our
dear childhood and birthplace. We
have been having 4 very severe cold
time of late in this section Qhis letter is
dated Jan 49,, commencing last Mon
day at 10 z. NJ. 10 degrees below zero,
and on Tuesday, s a. NJ, Is deg. below,
Wednesday. \. NJ, 20 below, Thurs
day, A. NJ, 10 below, Friday, o; Sat
urday, IS below; Sunday, 30 below:
Monday, 80 below. AT II O'Clock each
day mercury ranged from % to 30 dec.
higher than at 8 \. NJ of same day We
have beautiful sleighing on about : inches
Of snow. l find we do not suffer from
cold here when mercury is at % or so
degrees below zero, as in Vermont with
same temperature, for your atmosphere
is damp or moist, ours in Minnesota is
dry.
e. President johnson sill turns the
cold shoulder to the secretary of war
Mr.. Stanton. He has not attended a
cabinet meeting since his reinstatement
in the war office. Last Tuesday, while
the cabinet was in session Mr. Stanton