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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19
JUt0gC improvements.

ME. EpITo Almost SIX months
have passed away since the question was
first agitated in regard To the laving out
and Strengthening the road leading from
the depot to Padlork village. and H. vet
nothing has been done Pardon me, if
| shall, i'll Il round about way. give =;
few facts that should enlist enterprise
and thrift. and promote GOOD fellowship.
A. village We have the room to spread
out, and by Judicial management on the
part of our authorities. W. might have
straighter streets and well laid out ay-
cnues.
The qualities of good streets are
straightness, .nootlness, hardur-S, dura-
hility. 1t Is strange that while railroads
are pushed iorwar! % fast and are such
an Indispensable aud in the development
of the country, common road. remain
pretty much ia they used to be. The
only explanation is that the railroad ilh-
pcrativcly requires those qualities before
II can be operated ut all, while the high
way does not. and 80 we are satisfied to
get along is in o!len times. 1t is not
necessary to argue the &c )nomic value of
good roads, but there Is one fact likely to
be overlooked because It is not exactly
measurable by dollars and cents. The
dizziness of country life, the want of good
society, the lack of amusements and OF
social pleasures, all are complained OF,
and not without some reason. Are these
not very considerably due to wrctched
roads, poor sidewalks, dark and crooked
streets. No lights to keep one from fall
ing into this mud hole or over the wall
into ditch that lines many of cur
thoroughtares in and about town, useless
with heavy SHOWS part of the year and
with mud another part part, so that
travel over the long distances between
houses is an effort not made without
painful resolution. In the city distances
are short and they have good, solid roads
and sidewalks, we'll lighted While here
in the country both of these are reversed,
and to carry the investigation little
fur;her may not this simple fact have
something to do with the growing and
deplorable distaste of young men in ths
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19

country with country life, and their rest
lessncss TO reach the city, where 50 many
of them become consumers without beng
PRODUCERS. thus helping at both ends OF
the ranks to reduce the aggregate pro-
duction of the country.
There is no question but that the con-
st1uction of and maintaincnce of good
roads would be costly, but the question IS
after all on!, one of how we shall pay.
There are many forms OF taxation, and
the cheapest one i'll the long run should
be selected. The man who refuses TO
aid in properly caring for the truant and
orphan boys, pays to another fund when
the bows club his fruit trees and break
his windows. The community that Will
not tax itself for education and internal
improvements is compelled TO tax itself
for prisons and houses of correction.
We have thriving town, one that IN
ten years will show a population OF ten
thousand inhabitants, and what do we
require TO meet the wants of our growing
village! Nothing more than that we
march along with the wheels OF progress,
and make the crooked straight, without
fear Of meeting a few hundred dollars
extra taxes. \ small outlay now will
save thousands for the future. Waste Is
always Improbable, and the we'll spent
dollar is the one that returns and brings
another with it. As in everything else
III these matters the firm and liberal
hand is the one that thrives. Let Us
then make every needed Improvement,
remembering that what is worth doing
is worth duing well. L.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19

ANECpOTE OF THE LATE Robert J.
WALKEE-Thc New York Sin relates
the following
The death of the Hon. Robert j
Walker recalls an incident of the Border
Butiian War in Kansas. While Walk
er was Governor OF that State he made
tour through its southern counties and
was not very heartily erected by the
Free State men, At one of the towns
where he stopped for the night, the pro-
slavery men held a meeting IN h'a hon
or, and wound up the affair with a ha-e
bonfire. While the cmbers were yet
smoking a party of Free State men de
termincd upon treatment Of Il different
sort Armed with rifles and. revoIverS,
they procured !. stout rope, and started
for the hotel where Gov. Walker was
staying, but before they called HIM out
they concluded to consult MIR. Albert ID
| Richardson, who was then the kan-"S
correspondent of The Boston Journal.
and prominent advocate Of thu Free
State cause. They showed him the rope,
and said:
.We have made up our minds 20 hang
him, and let the Administration know
that its Governors are not safe here
| Richardson cOun-rled moderation, told
them them they would only make mat
tiers worse by killing Walker, and finally
persuaded them to give up their lntcn-
tons and 90 quietly TO their home
Gov. Walker Left town the next mornIn
little dreaming how nearly he had hiss
ed being executed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19
TcrribIc RUiirOUd Disaster.

SAN Francisco. Nov. IA few
minutes past 9 o'clock this morning, the
castern-buund train on the W eS,ern IA
citic Railroad. composed OF eight cara,
including one sleeping car, colllded with
the Alcmcda Ferry train OF four cars.
near San Lcandro. Both trains We're
go'nu at the IA. of twenty miles an hour.
The engines are Il perfect wreck, and
the ears Smashed and driven through one
another. The Western Pacific train lett
on prompt time. but the morning was 80
tu"gv that tie cn9Inccr with difficulty
could see any distanc ahead. Upon
arriving At the switch where the West
ern Pacific connects with the Alcmcda
Road the train slowed, and the switch
tender being questioned whether the
Alemcda tram had passed. answered ''alL
right. 20 ahead Soon after the trains
came together with terrible crash
The tir.t passenger ear On the Western
Pacific was driven through. smashing
the car. The other ears are badly Gam
aged. The number killed ana wounded
j. variou-lv estimated NJ from ten 10 fiji
teen, and from thirty to fifty. 1t i I'M
possible 10 obtain the correct number at
present.
The killed and wounded were mostly
on thc Western Pacific ram. When
the cars collilrI. the passengers were
driven together. and crushed among the
ruins. There was u treat difficulty in
getting the passengers cut of the ruins.
and many could not be cNtricated. The
lcg- OF one man were amputatrd before be
I'M released from the cars. None OF the
passengers in the sleepin- car were hurt
The badly wounded were sent TO Aleme-
ia.
1t is ALLEGED that the Western Pacific
train WAS ahead Of time and should have
waited at Damon'> station for the pass
ace of the Alcmcda train. Another
statement attributes the fault TO the sta
ton master at the point where the Ale
media and Pacific roads connect, who
SAID that the Alemeda train was behind
time. ard he'd he id if he'd wait for
it. and went into the house for breakfast.
W hilc he WA in the house Il gravel
tram passed down and he supposed it
was the Western Pacific train. When
the Western Pacific train came up the
engineer inquired whether the Alexan-
dria train had passed, and the station
master replied, "AIl right, 20 ahead"
There have been more disastrous CO.
lisinuS. but none more shocking than the
driving of those two trains into
each other. on Sunday morning, few
miles out from san Francisco on the Pa
ciic railroad. Most, if not all, Of the
passengers killed nutri -ht were in tine
smoking or local cars The most of the
through passengers We're in the palace
cars at the rear OF the train, and 50 e>-
capped injury. One prominent citizen of
tine Pacific coast i among the victims.-
Alexander w. Baldwin OF Virginia City.
Nevada, .Iud &c OF the United States dis
trict court for that state. lie was prob
ably the youngest United States judge
in the country, for he was hut little over
80 years old.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19

y late number of the Rutland Herald
contained very sensible article upon
reading III common SCHOOLS, III which it
Is maintained that the listlessncsS and
humdrum monotony which usually char
actcrlzeS that exercise. would be disprl-
led by exchanging the familiar reader for
the fresh and varied matter of the news
paper. The writer relates his cXpcricncc
with a class in which this change had
been made, and reports a very gratifying
increase of interest and progress. We
have no doubt that matters of present
and living interest properly treated in
the morning Journal unopened Till the
hour OF rccltation,) would wake mp slug
"i>h, sleepy boys, and help them in get
ting rid OF that intolerable school tone
and drawl, which goes down from class
10 class as tradition. In point of fact.
however, reading is seldom h1tgla. And
here l. the prime cause of the difficulty,
in the ignorance OF teachers They
hear their scholars read, but know not
how TO teach reading, being for the most
part entirely unacquaintcd with the first
principles OF elocutiun.
y good youths magazine, coming once
Il month, would furnish succession of
new readers at small expense. We
learn that efforts are making by the pub
fishers of The Young Folks to introduce
that periodical into some of the schools of
Vermont They will do well, we think,
to adopt it. If that charming little
monthly, The Nursery, could at the same
time be furnished to the primary classes,
we should be glad. 1t would be money
well laid out. We cast our first vote for
The Nursery, and the second for The
Young Folks.-B,rlingtOn Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19

81 The readers of Tie .>choolmue will
be glal to hear that the very interesting
story of "Rou2h and Ready" will have
its sequel during the coming year, 'Ru-
fus and Rose will be tie story OF the
year. The Schoolma;e Is 4 great favor
tie and costs but $50 per ycm-J oseTh
H. Allen, publisher, Boston, Mass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19

riKrWoIIU ColIrGE.--.> friend has
sent rs lhe ca.dn.Ie OF this roiicge .or
lso9-1o, by wh,rh W ,rarn tant
thrFe are nov Ia lhis institution lis
students. distributed as follows Medical
department, y .Acsdrmi:al depart
mont, 2Sn Scientific department. -
Agricultural department. :. Lar, Al
dition has been made OF la;e 10 ,l,s lncaa,
of a,~istinG INDECENT students, mainly
giy,n in the form OF scholarships Among
the thirty-cight Of the scholarships
which have recently been provided, by a
donation of one thousand dollars each.
We notice the names Of three wcli-kno,,r,
men in this town-Mcssr, Thadd"u@
Fairbanks, Horace Fairbanks. and VI, t.
Kiltredge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19
NeUS Gicanjngs.

BISHOP simpson ll'~iIc7 wv w
Methodist conferences in Name next
year.
The New Hampshire Democrats will
hold their State Convention IL Concord
on the 9TH OF January.
A few days previous to hi death Mr..
Peabody gave an extra fl5o,ooD to she
Peabody Fund.
A school teacher in Detroit fell into
coal hole in the sidewalk. lat week, ami
has lust recovered Sl.joo damages fer
il.
Steven c. Stevens. who rucc head 3"
seat N the Supreme Bench Of lnd"Ha-
died ON Monday, at the age "t -. poor
and in the insane asylum.
Mark Twain >ays that tn" :'IuiNi"i'
Islands dish Of plain do. -, onIy our
cherished American sau>a-r with the
mystery removed.
Newspaper, in the far West ar so
hungry for local items That thry chr'n!-
Gle the demise Of ra",ue- who ''trom r.
zen have died.
The publishers "t the Atlantic Aon;A-
II notice rital IN the Jamrasy .snl""'.r !'l
$50 they will h'-u the yu..itW:on uf "a
new nov - Bty:.rd Taylor.
Cold declined To- 10 L last week.
the lowest point ";tainc! -.n,r i~"".
when IN the reaction :or""inG iae cad
of the war. it touched l2j.
Gen. Spinner, Uuityi S;.,.c- Treasurer,
has been very Ill ior lie pa. iNr day.
He was 80 iii Mor,}ty that ..i.mi.'A..y IT,
lis apartment; wa reused.
Mr.. kenIali, t, 25,ouo d.i,sr- c..
OF hi> gran.cu.i!rvE. "Nrvr; u.... &C.
whom hr G:,lr bat ten thousand iolai-.
because he va, in the confederate ARMY
President Grant viii spend Thanl>-.y-
ing at the Executive mansion. and !..:-
invited the ctiiccr> of hi IL! s:ati " tn
their wives to dine with him on that day
Ii is estimated that IL, carp,tiu- l.-
quisite to cover the t.ret rooms and la.I
OF the new hotel now in process OF ~ -
tlon on the site OF tie old i.pi;,r.c HOUSE
in New York will cover seven acres.
y barn at Jlnne>> Corner. ~ Epson.
y. H., was destroyed by tire "n Fri ,ay
night, and Gig i horses belonging to tic
contractor o" 'lr 01"'To" ' '''E ran
Foau were "u''''i |" '''''''-
Gen. Wool, t"qurallird The bulk ct hi
estate OF Sj5H.uoD II H. nep1c"-an5
nlrces. lie appropriated 9'".G"" Tor
monument 10 himself ami Mrs N""i. am
gave 9l"'ooo to the roy pei ie''mr III
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19

There Is only one steam fire engine in
France. This Is one of the American
pattern, AMI Is owned by the city Of
Havre. The other French towns. in
Guiding the capital itself. depend fyr the
extinguishment Of fires upon hand-en-
gines, about the size of a garden hose,
and worked by soldiers, called lyorqae's
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19

g. Messrs. +. :. Arthur y Son.,
Philadelphia, still offer some beautiful
premiums for their beautiful magazine
for the little oncs-Ihc Chiliren> Hour.
We would say 10 our young friends that
if they have not already seen this mA.;,-
Zlne,-they can obtain a specimen nun
Der for 10 cents. They will find it Il
choice and attractive little monthly-tuil
OF sweet stories, and poems worth COM
hitting to memory. and profuscly ilu--
tratcd with Pictarcs.-lrice per y...',
81 %. The anne publisher, sill i->Ge
monthly. The Home Magazine for - 90
per year, and the new Magazine started
last year, One. i Month, for 5000.
Orcc = Month i already very popular
a. al instructive, entertaining, and read
able magazine, lnd tue cor,in., year i 10
be cnla.'4c,.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19

Ihe pressure for pews in ''Adirondac"
Murray's church at Boston. Monday,
when they were sold at auction, was un-
precedented. 1t is said that he outsensa-
tonnes Stone.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19

on its old site, in the South end II he Brick
Block. on Hoaumem Square,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19
MONDAY EVENING, Nov. 10.

MONDAY EVENING, Nov. 10.
The house have spent nearly the entire
afternoon in discussing the bill, intro
duced by Mr.. Baily of Newbury, in adj
dition to an act regulating the change of
depots and stations ON railroads, approx
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19

NClc phll passed. III concurrence with
the aenatc.
Eat few bills have rs yet been approx
ed by the governor, and | should not'be
surprised if some of them should fail to
receive his approval, either on account
of their detective provisions. as have
three already. or ior the want of sufficient
time TO carefully consider them. The
governor appears 10 art on the principle
that 1t Is his business TO dprpOre bills, and
not merely to sign them; and in this
doubt not he will be sustained by the
people Of the state.
MIR. Rankin, secretary of the board of
education, disappointed the legislature
i'll declining to accept their invitation to
address them on Thursday evening last.
This is the second year he has declined
10 do so, and it has caused some comment
about the state house. A rumor was
current on Friday that he had declined
TO act as secretary of the board for the
year to come, but | have not learned
that his resignation has been accepted
on the other hand, strong effort was
made to induce him to continue his la
bors, which l presume has been success
ful
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-19

The appropriation bill, reported to the
house Thursday from the committee CT
ways and means, provides for tax OF
fifty cents On the dollar of the polls and
ratable estate for the wear 1869, to he
paid into the treasury OF the state on OF
before tie first dag Of June, 1870
The 2rand list of tic state is 81 ,OS2, :
215 "a making the amount of the tax
S5l1,1O7 g..
The sum Of $4,000 i appropriated
for paying lie de3cniures of the Lieut.
Governor, tie senate and house of repre-
sentativ-s. and the contingent expenses
OF I'll, Genern! as, mbIy.
Tha sun IF @3v9.O0D is appropriated
for payinS tie orders Of the auditor of
accounts and tie orders of the county
clerks.
The sum of s. 800 is appropriated for
the contingent and incidental expenses Of
the executive and treasury departments.
The sum of $4,000 Is appropriated
for paying the interest on the bonds and
debts of the state.
The sum of $4,000 is appropriated
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-29
General Butler as a Lawyer-An Illus
tration Of His Practice.

s. The Washington correspondent of the Ro-
chester Chronicle closes recent letter with
the following story:
"The intricacies of law are freshly illus
trated by new story of General Butler, which
1 have just heard. The directors of Boston
bank, having their suspicious aroused, notified
their cashier that an examination of the books
and cash in his possession must be had. The
cal hier went to Butler, aud stated his CASE
He had misappropriated funds of the bank to
the amount of $4,000. Part of this had
been lost in stock speculations, and part was
still invested in various speculative securities.
He asked whether he had not better own up,
restore what he could, and let his bondsmen
make up the deficit. Butler, after some con-
sideration, directed, him to attend the meeting
of directors deny that there was anything
wrong, and if they desired. to surrender the
keys and go home, leaving them in possession.
He did as directed, gave up the keys, and the
directors, upon examining the books and cash
in the vaults, found a deficit, as they antici-
pated, of $4,000. They notified the cashier
and his bondsmen, who in due time appeared,
accompanied by Butler, who, acting as spokes-
man, enquired what the matter was. The
Directors informed him of the facts, and added
Lnat tney QlQ not WISH 10 make ScaHual, anu
if the cashiers bondsmen would make good
the missing cash, no further proceedings would
be had. General Butler coolly replied that
there must be some mistake. His client had
surrendered the bank and funds, as required
by his bond, IF there was any deficit it must
have occurred after the directors took posses
sion He would assure them that they could
not take possession of the bank and It's con-
tents and come upon the bondsmen also. If
they would accept the cashiers resignation
and give him the usual certificate OF good
character, they would call it square and let
the matter drop. The directors now began to
see the dilemma in which they were placed
and sent for lawyer, only to find that they
had made false step; that they had no
proper evidence of the amount of cash in the
bank when surrendered by the cashier and
that in taking possession they had lost their
only remedy. As it would not do to let the
stockholders know how they had been over
reached, the directors had to 60 to work and
make up the loss out of their own pockets
They gave their defaulting cashier the GER
tiGcate of character which he demanded and
he went to work in another bank in the same
city, few weeks afterward What part of
the stolen $4,000 Butler got for his fec I
did not hear. The truth of this anecdote
can vouch for; but will not tell how it came
to first crop out in Washington.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-29
RATES. OF ADVRRTIslNG. ! J,
A Beantiful Experiment.

-
The following recipe will produce effects
that will astonish any one who has never tried
the experiment. We beg our lady readers to,
try it, assured as We are, that they will be
delighted with the elegant results of their at.
tempt It is method of crystalEiug flowers
aud is well. worth the little trouble required
by the trial: !.
Dissolve eighteen ounces of pure alum in
q quart of soft spring water Observe proper
tion for greater or less quantity, by boiling,
it gently in timed vessel, over moderate
FIRE, keeping 1t stirred with a wooden spatula
until the solution is complete. When the
liqour is almost cold, suspend ths subject to
be crystalized, By means of snail thread or
twine, from lath or small stick hid horri>
zoataily across the aperture of deep glass Or
enrthen jar, as beingbest adapted for the pur-
pose, into which the solution must be poured
The respective articles should remain in the
solution twenty>toUr hours vhcn they are
taken out, thsy are to be carefully suspended
in the shade until perfectly dry. When the
subjects to be crystalized are putin solution
while it is quite cold, tho tcrystelss are apt 20
be formed So large; on the other hand should
it be too hot, the crystals will be small in pro-
portion. The best temperature isabouS nineAg
ty-five degrees of Fahrenheit's thermoneter.
Among the vegetable specimens this may
be operated on, are the moss rose of the ear4l
dens, ears of corn, especially millet seed and
the bearded wheat, berries of the holy, fruit
of the slow bush, the hyacinth, pink, furzo
blossoms, ranuuculus, garden daisy, aud n
great variety of others in fact, there are few
subjects in the vegetable world that are not
eligible to this mode of ptsseryation.l The
fitness of solution for the purpose may be as
certained by putting a drop'of it on . slip Of
grass, and seeing if it erystalise as ii cools, if
so, the solution is sufficiently strong. Then
twist some cotton, or Still better, some worsted
around sprig or plant, u ciPder or wire or
nament of any kind. After being immersed
as already directed, the surface of the whole
will be found covered with beautiful crystali4
zations 's'