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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24
The Maine Election.

The entire vote OF the state l. received,
except from 81 small towns and pIamta-
tons. The total exceeds all estimates,
reaching $500; Chamberlin has 90
9Ol, Smith So, 217 and Hichborn 4GI2 :;
Chamberlain's mojority over both, 1882.
Last year these cities gave Il total vote OF
l3l. 2GG, of which Chamberlain received
1886 and Pillsbury %, i3l Cham
berlain's majority, 20, 100. The towns
and plantations not yet heard from gave,
last year, total vote of SIG. Cham
berlain's majority, this year, will be 5000.
The senate stands: % republicans and
) democrats, II democratic gain OF one.
The house stands ll3 republicans to
"a democrats, with four districts TO hear
from. Last year the house stood: re-
publicans, l2l; democrats 30. The
real republican majority this year,
adding Chamberlain and lichborn'
vote, is 1906.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

LEAKED OJr.-A correspondent OF
tho World calling himself a Friend to
the Miners" lets the cat out of the baL
in regard to the coal strike in PrnnSyl-
wanna last Summer He SAYS that the
strike was all arranged beforehand be-
tween the miners and the coal operators;
the former aErcriur to quit work for the
sake Of diminishing production, with an
understanding that they should be better
paid when they went ut il again. The
miners kept their part OF the contract.
hut the capitalists broke theirs, after
they had protitted by the strike in the
higher price of coal The first or show
strike lasted for thirty days; hut when
the miners found themselves defeated by
the capitalists, with whom they had
combined To cheat the public, they struck
in good earnest. and, of course. as the
custom Is, they injured themselves by the
strike. Now they are trying to get back
10 work, but the capitalists. who can af-
ford to wait, will not employ them at
what. under the circumstances, are very
far rates. The whole affair shows that
there l. not in the country more grasp
inI set OF monopoli>ts than these same
coal operators OF Pennsylvania, through
whose falt their own workmen are chea-
ted an! killed, while they are forcing up
the price of their staple by conspiracy.
Let these people know that they are gain
Inc universal odium 10y their Inscriptions
course. They are the responsible persons
and must bear the blame.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

TERRIBLE DEATH FROM RUM.-John
Miller of Jefferson, n. II. aged rs years.
returning from Lancaster on Friday eve
mng, Sd, came to his death in shock
inc manner. On his way home he stop
ped at the WaumbecL, where it was OBJ
served that he was badly intoxicated.
lie was riding on Il light skeleton gig,
about one mile from the hotel, on the
road toward the meadow. The gi~ en-
tered a mud-hole, when Aii!er's lees
slipped through the iron braces made as
rests for the feet, and his body fell over
the cross-bar, his head close to the horses
heels with him in this l.,lpless condition
the horse ran about a mile, finally s,u;-
ping al house one fourth of Il mile from
MIller's home. The coat of the unforu-
late man had fallen over his head or drop
ped %. His skull was badly fractured and
completely scalped where the horse 5
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

CHIEF JUSTICE CIIASE.-C hicf JUS
ticc Chase has written 4 cheerful letter to
Mr.. James y. Brig.-, in which he says,
Il want nothing whatever Of Il political
character. and desire that INV name may
be disaS-Dciatcd in mems minds with all
political action" When he was Younger
he says that he thought be might do a
great deal of good if the people should
trust him with treat powers; but now
that he Is older, he Is not at all sure that
he could do better than those who have
been trusted with them. There is no
reason to doubt that the chief Justice
says precisely what lie feels, but he is
too old a politician to suppose that he
will be un icrSiood as meaning finally to
withdraw from political lie-to the
point. let Us say. OF refusing TO allow his
name to he used, with a certainty of sue
cess, for a presidential nomination by the
surely winning party. In his "Remi-
niScences of Men and Events" Just pub
hshed, and full OF interesting political
correspondence and history, James \.
Hamilton quotes an anecdote from the
romnonplace-booIl of Mr.. John John
Ston, an old merchant of New York.
General Washington one day expressed
low opinion of Mr.. Jefferson, saying that
when he resigned the office of Secretary
Of state Mr.. Jefferson said that he was
tired of public affairs, and meant to live
in private, even forbidding newspapers to
be brouuht to his hOuSa SnonL ;ur sc
this with General Hamilton, Washington
SAID that he hoped Mr.. jefferson would
be happy in his retirement Hamilton
replied that for his part he should not be
surprised tc see the ex-secretary a candi-
date for the presidency: and when Mr.
Jefferson aiterward became a candidate,
even General Washington thought that
his renunciatlcn OF public life was not
sincere. Such Is the fate of public men.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24
NetU IHefhOdist Churches.

The new Methodist church at New
port was dedicated on Friday. Prots.
Gushing and Bidwell of the Lasell female
seminary at Auburndalc, Mass. preached
the first at 2 z. NJ. from Colossians
3:ll and the last from lIaggai 2:7. Both
sermons We're deeply interesting and ap-
proprate. The theme of the first was,
Christ all and IN all )" and of the Sec
ond, Christ all and orer all The
church is pretty wooden building, 90 Y
~ feet with spire 1870 feet high. There
Is ve>try underneath 1t but above the
ground The main audience room is
finished with brown ash including the
pulpit, pcws and castings, and the walls
are hard-linshed. The ladies of the con-
gregation have handsomely furnished it
with carpets, lamps, pulpit chairs, etc.
1t is the best church in the county. The
Mcthodists are also thoroughly repairing
their church at Derby on the same
charge, Rev. II. \. Spencer, pastor.
The burlington Methodists have their
new church on White street well adv anc-
ed toward completion. 1t is built OF
fcee,t- ne from thc home quarries, with
trimmings Of limestone from the Isle La
Mot, and is 100 feet deep by 90 wide,
with a tower 49, feet high, and will
probable cost $4,000. The audience
room will seat 30 persons, and the lee
ture room in the basement 600. Tins
room has now been occupied for services
for four months. The whole cdiiicc will
be ready for dedication by the presiding
bishop of the Troy conference at lis an
nual session in April, which will be held
in this church. The building is an add
ed ornament to that city OF good church
es, and credit to the society who erect
it. Their old house OF worship Is now
occupied by the public high school.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

here at any point, and the finest noun
taineers are English and Americans.
There was a iargon of uttered disap-
pointment, and many clouded faces
when, that evening, the sun shrouded
himself and went modestly and unaccom-
modatinsly thus to rest. No, not to
rest, for while we three hundred noun
tain pilgrims slept, he walked around the
underworld. An Alpine horn awoke
us at the earliest gray. The night had
been spotless clear. | thought the wild
mountain world if anything more splen-
did beneath the silver of the night, than
anything | had seen or heard Of noun
tains beneath the splcndors of the sun.
But till now-that of all most suspicious
mornings-I had known nothing of all
this. The world below seemed very
sleepy 1t was still down there. Masses
Of fog lay upon the lakes and water
courses. They seemed to hug them very
closely. 1t was lusky, and there was Il
great darkness in the gorgcs of the noun
tains. by little and little the light was
flung up upon the horizon, and higher
and higher yet, till there was something
approximatirg to an archery of light
over the bed OF the sun. More and ever
more golden becomes the spotless hori-
ION. 1t is a moment of most delicious
suspense. In that motley crowd there
was for one happy moment silence.
Then we saw the old splendors, old as
creation, but a new splcndor | am sure,
to some three hundred souls at least At
first we got it by rctraction. Then the
full glory burst upon US, and light 50 ce-
lcstial as if one could drink it and live
forever All the sun-myths i had ever
read from old classics seemed for one
most exalted moment sobercst reality.
You could almost fancy conscious life
there. and that life all celestial Pardon
the tamcmes~ of my utterance. but it Is
not possible To tell it.
The snow peaks and the glaciers take
the aIyancin" brightness. then the lower
peaks, and then the gurgcs and plains.
The li.ht pours down upon the fog
masses and they seem to begin now first
To move, Us if thcIc was some magic
power at work. The lower mountains
stand in the fo--ruas~ a islands in a white
toaming sea. TIE thick mst~ climb the
sides and pour themselves over the sum
mil~, and over the cr;t1S. like Waterfalls.
Soon Ill the world below j, clear
y hct, all thai ,,I-..ke mass Of mist had
disappeared VA, mystery. Then OF
and up went the oil monarch, hlc,~in.
the world And | went down taking
the mountain top. and the sun, and the
whole visible creation with mo and |
hope some rood lesson. ~ from heaven.
from the mountain height, iyr III, toiliul
work of common lie. /. q. l..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

Fish ON 4 BE>DEE.-Last week the
rroPrictors OF a ii-tiIcry at milford,
by, not having enough stock in their
pens to drink the slop, turned it into the
Miami. Forthwith the sober inhabi-
tantS OF this beautiful river, that perhaps
never tasted anything stronger than lis
own health Giving fluid, were seized
with Il desire 10 90 on one grand ''bcnd-
err. by the tim" the fluid reached Plain
vile. the whole river presented scene
OF the widest revelry among the fish.
Bass, salmon and white perch We'd with
each other in all kinds of ridiculous nym-
nasticS. They appeared in shoals upon
the top of the water, swan to the shore
and jumped upon the dry land and in their
drunken spree greatly initiated the ridc-
ulons performances of a higher order of
animals. a wagOn-load was caught
while in this tipsy condition, and sold in
market. An old gentleman who for SIX
tv years has lived in the locality, saws
tins IS not the first time of such an oc-
currcnce.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

SPARE TIE TEv,r.-The Herald ,.,y~
that 4 trout wcigIin- four pounds, anal
mcasurin" twenty and onc-halr inches in
length, and thirteen inches in girth, was
caught, III violation OF law, "a Friday
last, in East Creek. Prof IIrEar. our
State Geologi>i, and authority III pi>y.s-
,ori;.l matters, estimates that il TIN, trout
was 4 female She probably would have
deposited over four thousand rggs within
two mouths, had her If ben spared
aud had they been properly projected,
the progeny would have gone far towards
stocking the Creek with young fry. A.
long As persons are allowed TO catch fish
out Of season, 50 long will trout be scarce
in our brooks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24
NctC TOrk PuStiIHeS.

The perils OF hc III New York city
nave been atrikingly Illustrated the past
week. \ young man named William
Madden, while walkin" down Broadway
N the early evening, and while in the
.hrong OF people which at that hour fill
The street. was rushed upon from a side
street. bv u rlttian named W. j. Hamil-
ton, who fired two shots mortally wound
in. his victim. What had Madden done
The reader will ask. Nothing. He was
wholly innocent OF any offence. But ii
seems some one had supplantcd Ilamil
ton in the affections OF a woman of queS-
tiouablc character, and Hamilton had
threatened TO shoot him 1T sight He
IN stock Maiden for his rival, and MUIR
drrcd him III cold blood. 1t will now
be AN interesting question rs TO how much
poliucal influence this Hamilton has, for
# he happens to De one Of the big ruff
ans OF that wicket city he will get off
Scot free, or will. i slight punishment
tor the McCunn'e and other powers that
DC there, cannot afford to lose the in
huencc of any OF the larger rascals. III
matter, 10 not mend, the citizens of
New York will be obliged to organize a
vigilance committee, Is they have talked
some of doing.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

TIE AvoNDALE DIsAsTER.-The re-
port of the coroner's jury in the Avon
dale mining calamity does-not attribute
the disaster to design but to accident
yet the balance of testimony seems to be
against the jury. In other respects the
verdict is nothing but a farce. There is
one thing brought out since the accident
which shows up strikes in their worst
light: The Avondalc mine is II new
one. The workmcn had been Oh a
strike, and no work had been done in the
mine, for three months. Had work not
been discontinued, passage would have
been completed ere this into another
mine, and thus q way OF escape in case
of accident been provided.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24
S,nator Anthony tells this of Ec..en

Senator Anthony tells this of Fr,sen-
lien: ellis heart was tender rs Il wo-
mans, and an appeal was never made in
vain to the Kindness which ruled his
character. Once an enlargement be-
tween him and senator, not now Il
member of the body, occurred on account
Of words spoken in debate. After a few
days, the senator sent him, from his desk.
a notc,-'If | have offended you, | ask
your forgiveness if you have offended
me, l have forgotten it. Mr.. FcsScndeu
did not keep back his fears. when he
crossed the chamber to shake hands with
his Old friend, from whom he had been
temporarily separated"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

pULL!NG NOsEs.-boSton, Massachu-
:setts-and III fact much larger extent
of territory has been more or less inter-
eStcd in a rather singular criminal case
which took place at tho Hub" Dan
lei :. Curtis, d Boston merchant, was
sentenced to two months imprisonment in
Jail for pulling the nose of Boston law
yer named Churchill Curtis appealed
10 Il hiuhcr court. when the decision was
affirmed. and Curti- was rcmanded to
Jail In these days, when rui'ians of al
most airy kind can get OFT if they have
money, and when many u known murder
~ Il walking tie street UNPUBLISHED and
Tnhlushiug, such a case as Curtis cxctcs
rurrmeui.. Eat the sentence i, cutie zen
orally approved. Having served out a
portion Of his term, his friends peiitioned
the Governor and Council for his pardon
Hut he refused to join them in the petit
Ion After Il full hearing of the case,
u; which Mr.. Churchill testified that
previous to the sentence he had offered
70 withdraw his salt if Curtis would
make a proper apology, the Council com
Initttc Oh pardons unanimously declined
to interfere, and their report wa,
promptly accepted. Curtis stubbornly
insists that his action in pulling Church
II nose was justiliable. The difficulty
"ro7c ont OF trouble in u railway car,
Curtis pen slStin@ in occupying two seats
when Churchill desired one of them.
Churchill told Curtis he was no gentle
man, when Curtis at once proved it by
twcahing ChurcniT- nDsc.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

THE CLERKsnm.-We learn that d.
NJ. Camp, ID, Esq, editor Of the New
port Express, and assistant clerk last year,
will be "a candidate for the clerkship OF
the house the coming legislature. From
those who are we'll acquainted with the
manner in which Mr. Camp discharged
the duties of first assistant last year, we
are satisfied that if elected to the higher
position, he will fill the place with ac-
ceptance to the house and with credit to
himself.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

Rev. w. II. Murray dill II. as some
of the newspapers suggc-tcd he should
preach about wandering in the Wilder
ness when he first met his congregation
ON his return. On the contrary, taking
tor his text the passage, And let Us not
be weary in well-doins for in duc sea-
son We shall reap, il we FAINT not" he
cndeavored TO impress his hearers with
the importance OF vigorous Christian ac-
tivity. Park Street church was crowded
to its utmost and Mr.. hurry gavc cvi-
dence in his appearance that life in the
Wilderness had been beneficial to his
health.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

Juvenile FAIR FOR THE iIoME.-IIail
4 dozen little ones OH the bill, put their
heads together a few dave since, and de
cIded to hold fair for the Home for the
destitute, They thought they could rai-.
twelve or fifteen dollars in that way, aud
that their mite would be good as far ~
1t went. With the aid Of their older
friends, the affair came oft on SATURDAY,
IN an unoccuPied COTTAGE belon.ln. To
Mr. Mai Davis. The room WAS drcked
with flowers and evcrgrccns, was crowded
with customers all the afternoon, and the
net result WAS over one hundred dollars
for the treasury of the Home. Thi, i.
certainly doing well, and with such
friends among old and youn@, the Home
must prosprr.-B.yLinytoa Fire F'eS..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

SENATOR freshmen MORTAL Dis
EAsE.-A post murtcm examination o:'
the body Of Senator Fesscnden was made
on Thursday morning, and it was found
that Just above where the smaller bow
cl> enter the larger, the canal had con-
tractei 50 a. to be entirely closed, and
the bowels for Il foot or more above the
obstruction were IN Il high state of inilam-
nation. y prrtoratium WAS also found
above the obstruction. and il was the
opinion Ol the physicians that at the
time Mr.. tcS,cudcn first called the doc
Tor, On Tuesday, the Jl-t day OF August.
lie made this rupture, AMI that human
xiii could avail nothing toward saving
his he and that when he felt the severe
PAIN 4 few hours before his death, after
returning to his bed, he probably increased
this rapture, bringing Oh immediate dis
solution; HAT this trouble had been
coming Oh for some tune back, Mr.. Fes-
>ruGen having been Il sufferer from chron-
IL 'i.aIrhoa Tor AZ lc;s-, Il wear past, aud
that the few day before the physicians
w,rr called the constipation, which he
l"ohcd upon Il \ favorable >i@u toward re-
Storm. 4 healthy action to the system.
w.,- really Il most alarming symptom.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

t1T We have heard OF dancing ut a
funeral but alway> supposed the express
ION 10 be used ALPHABETICALLY. IL Il type
Of, uu-,ru,iur->. uariI W. SAW it actually
lad = SIN in The Programme O.. the Get
ty~bG'- anniversary. We have always
though! such occasions 10 mean a gath
-r.u- OF veterans at the place where they
ru-a-yi ia memorable struggle, where
their comradc- tell aud were buried.
there to ,:.ll, "t the gualitir- of the fallen,
+ deeds If Ntjor and -cl:-lcniaI and OF
.iu.l sacrifice on the altar OF liberty. an
occasion o. deep >olrmnity, devoted TO
tie most sacred memories of departed
patriut> But instead. the officers meet
=, III" Gettysburg cemetery, have a DAY
II social enjoyment and conclude the a
i;,ir wiki Il ''grani ball" What con
tra-t "a the dedication OF the place by
Abraham L-nco'n in 1%Gl. We have
no objection to proper recrcatio. at
proper times am places, hut the Gcttys-
burr affair seems ,o Us to be arranged bv
th"s- who are utterly mistaken in their
iGca- OF what such an occasion should be
-Nu" Brjtr Hco'i
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24
Railroad Items.

We believe that, had Montpelier OF
tered two hundred thousand dollars for
the Montpelier and St. Johnsbury road
two years ago, the railroad would have
been in operation the present year, and
ere 1871 a railroad connection would
also be secured between Montpelier and
Wells River. Then Montpelier would
have its Two most needed things, TO wit :
position at a point of competition, and
directly on a great through line
Montpelier Uiatclman.
MIssIsoUoI VALLEY RAILROAD.-At
meeting of the Directors of This road at
ST. Adams on Friday, it was voted to
divide the charter on the basis that all
of that part Of the chartered road ly-
ing north and east of Richford Vii
lage shall be called Missisquoi Val
ley Railroad, Orleans Division, and
all that part lying between Richiord
village and the Vermont and Caua
da Railroad shall be called MiSsis-
quot Valley Railroad, Franklin Division !;
that there shall be = division of the cap
ital, and that each division of the road is
to have Il separate board of management
and control This action, it i said,
will lead to the speedy construction Of
the road.
A writer in the Portland Press, which
paper favors the Portland and Ogdens
burgh line through the Whit Mountains
and The Lamoillc Valley, says Gov.
Page has recently written 4 letter to
that city in which he states that there is
no longer any doubt that Rutland will
complete her corporate subscription to
the Rutland Il Woodstock road. This
accomplished and the writer thinks the
trans-contineptal line via this route will
ye assured. u VodStock St4ndtrL
\ town meeting was held in Rchford
last Thursday to see if the town would
bond itself in aid of the construction Of
that part of the Missisquoi Valley II. X.
which lies between Richtord village and
Troy, in aid of the Eastern Townships
route. The meeting was largely attend
ed, nearly every voter i'll town turning
out and the vote was uH,vdwo5lS in favor
OF the proposition, thereby pledging the
sum of so, 900. The sum of $4,000
was then subscribed by residents Of the
town to aid in the construction OF that
part OF the road which Is TO run between
Richtord and the Vt. Il Canada road,
and it was confidently expected that the
amount would soon be raised to $50, 900.
EN-GUv. Smith. Engineer Bailey.
bradley Barlow. IL. I. Royce and :. L.
Carpenter made Il trip over the proposed
line of the AIissi,quoi Valley Il. X. from
Rlchiurl to -. Alban- on Frilay, anI
they are satisfied that MS feasibility Is
such Is TO justify an Immediate com
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

MUsICAL-Mr. Geo. +. Root is the
present week directing the Penobscot
Musical convention at Bangor, Maine.
Mr., Zerrahn assists also the Mendels-
s'ohn Quintet club.
We have received piano-forte piece
entitled "Addie Waltz" written by n.
I. Lowering, Jr., and published by the
Iiarringtons of this place,
The winds of heaven did not quite fin
ish the Coliseum at Boston. unfortunate
ly, and now the thing is to be put into a
-siIt cutcrpris and drawn for October %.
\ National Musical convention was
to bis D..l ii boston tins week IN We'd
nosl.y ANA rAurs5ty. 1t Is conteln-
r.".ed 10 I'm stat associations in I'll
til New L4g!and 5tas,s
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

MONTPELIER Tile capital seems 4
FOOD deal stirred up about railroads these
Ioy<. Public meetings are held every
week, ami this week two are held, TO
discuss the building of some road east.
The Freeman favors the Montpelier and
st. Johnsbury charter, with a branch
road from Marshtie'd TO Wells River,
thus giving two ways Of exit east from
the capital. An adjourned i,oeeting was
to have been held Wednesday las,, from
which We have not heard We wish
our Montpelier friends success in build
ing railroads. Tie people OF this section
have been one hundred and twenty miles
to yet thirty-iive, long enough.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

a case of murder and two Of lynching
occurred last week in Portage City, Wis.
On Thursday one Spain Shot Il young
man named Britt. killing him instantly.
y mob immediately seized Spain and
hanged him to Il tree. The same even
ing Il party of men wearing masks took
Patrick Wlldick from the Portage CITY
Jail, where he was confined for highway
robbery, and summarily dispatched him
by hanging.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-24

heels had hit it, and enc hand, which
had dragged, WAS laceratcd. Miller
lived twenty four hours, but was entirely
senselcSs.