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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18
Reduce fhe Expenses.

In an article in our last we alluded 10
the currency, reduction of expenses by
the |. =. G. >ycrnmcnt also, a rcduc-
ton in taxation upon imports, and under
the internal revenue laws, and said that
Congress OUGHT to set about the work of
reIrcnchmrnt in earnest. Since then,
upon the introduction of the legislative
approprirtiln b!ll, III The House, with
Ger ain estimated amounts for the several
items of the bill. Il serious onset has been
made upon these estimates, and some of
them cut down nearly fifty per cent and
others Il less per cent. This feeling, tO
reduce expenses, has gradually Develop
el itself il. the House. and Mr. Dawes
speech cave TO it a momentum that prom
ises >alutary results. Now the work has
been begun. it should not be allowed to
&c l>c until every item of expense not alb
soluteIy required by the necessities of the
government is Topped off That men,
Der of Congress who prosecutes this work
with the most prudence and vigor, will
be the most popular candidate for seat
in the Congress to succeed the present.
During the war SO many things were
wanted in addition to the usual expenses
of the government, and in so lavish a
manner, that it will require persistent
courage and effort TO sift out and reject
the e,,, md retain the good. But let it
be done.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18
NeC BOOkS.

The INNuCENTs ABROAD; OR THE
NV PILGRIM's PKOGREss, This /
the title of n new work published by the
American Publishing c.. Hartford,
Conn, containing coo octave pages, and
illustrated by over 200 spirited and APP
propriate engraving-. The author.
Mark Twain" 6. :. Clcmens) needs
10 Introduction to the reading, publi..
He is acknowledged to be one Of the best
American humorous writer's now lIvI ~.
In this book he describes the pleasure cX
curSiun of the steamer ''Cluakcr City"
10 Europe and the Holy Land, i'll 1867,
with acco Ints of incidents, people, coun-
tries, and adventures, as they appeared
to the author, who is wide-awake
Yankee, and saw with lbs 0Irn eyes, and
his authority is considered unqucstiorst-
bic. While this volume is brimtul of
humor i'll almost every page. it is by no
mean, u Jest book, but contains more in
tcrc>tinr informltion about the places
and people visited y the "Innoccnto" or
''I'iigriIn," than can be found in vol
umc- Of dry details of travel. The book
i sold by subscription, and J. X. Davis
will soon canvass this town.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18
Temperance .Nc@fiHg.

Tie E->rx County Temperance suric;y
held its annual meeting at Luncnbur. on
the l2,h inst, and made choic. OF the
following officers Tor the wear ensuing:
For President. Geor.c +. French.
Vice Presidents. Charles Chas., { N
cord ;. O. French. I.unrnhurg: Ora
mel Crawford. Guidhall John W.
Webb, Maidstone; Wan Burbank
BIoomticlI; Elias Lyman. bennington ;
Gco. w. IIart,horn, Canaan; L. VI.
Man~ur, brighton: \. :. Howar /, Ea-r
Haven: LOOMS Wells. CRANKY; Wm.
Kneelani. Victory.
Executive Committee. =. ID. IoI>uu.
Robert Chase, c. W. King.
Rec. Secretary, Franklin Bel.
Cor. Secretary, Daniel Powers
Treasurer, Frank Grant.
G.. +. French of Lnncubura, was
unanimously nominated for county com
ml>>ion,r. The convention adopted the
following resolutions:
R,>oired, That total abstinence i, the
only true grouEd to be taken in lie cause
of temperance.
ReSohrd, That we will U.s. our iuilu-
ence to promote 4 wider and mole zen
eral interest in the cause OF t"'npcrauc -
and our united efforts TO put down ,i!,g.l
traffic in intoxicating liqucrs.
IL oiccd, That the order of Good
Templars is the most efficient temperance
organization in the st tr. and should have
the support f all temperance men and
women.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18
tortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as
these New York tax pocketers,-

these New York tax pockcters,-
ale would not glance upon arm,
Though rounded it'll perfection rare;
Nor contemplate swelling bust,
fit, perchance, were partly bare
JUVENILE MAGAZINES.
Many people wonder that SO many
Juvenile magazines can live in Boston.
think the secret is that they keep SO
close and true TO nature. \ fine in
stance is that picture of the little boy and
plain-clad girl, and the old school house
in the January number of Our Young
Folks, illustrating Whittier's poem, to-
aelher with the closing lines:
I'm sorry that spelt the word,
hate to go shove you,
Becau- e-thc brown e, es lower fell
Because, you see, love you
still memory to q gray haired man
That child-face s showing;
Dear girl! the gras'e on her grave
Have forty years been growing.
"He lives to ltarn in ie's hard school
How few who pas above him
Lament their triumph and his Lose,
Like her because they love him.
BOSTON POLITICIANS
are pricking up their ears as the New
Hampshire election approaches. 1t is
incomprehensible how any respectable
democratic paper in Vermont can be led
/ by the nose by the Boston Post witt liz
cid hue-and-cry. Though not very en-
Enthusiastically in favor Of fiction, | would
like TO see Mr.. llale's thrilling patriotic
story, The Man without country,
substituted for sermon once year IN
every pulpit i'll the land But is that i
npracticable, let me do the next best
thing, namely, ask your readers (espcci-
ally the democratic one>) to review tins
extract tLeretrom:
Bragg and Beaurcgaed who broke {:
soldiers oath two years ago and OF Mau-
ry and Barron who broke Il sailors. TN,
story was in an 1868 number OF the At
Iantic. do not know how often thcl
have repented. | do know that they
have done all that in them lay that they
might, have no countly,-tlrat all thl
hcnor$, associated memories AID hope
which belong 10 country Nigh he bruk-
en- up into shrcd> and distributed to tn,
wind-. knpw TOO that their punish
meat, as they ,cgciate through what !,
left OF life t. them III Nrctchtd Boulognc>
and Lancaster Squares, where they al,
destined to upbraid each other till they
die, Will have all the agony OF Noln'-
with the added pan@ that every one whr
secs them viii! see chem 10 despi>e and It
eXccrate them. They VIII have then
wish like linn" i. +. l..
Boston, Feb. II, 1870.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18
To the Friends ot the portland d
OgdensburD RditrOdd.

L
mont Division Of the Portland and O@-
den-burg Railroad have issued u circular,
LAYING before the public all necessary in
formation respecting this enterprise.
and the investment that tie town
bonds now afford the friends of the
enterprise, and all others desiring
safe and profitable Investment.
The committee first recapilUlate tie
facts in the case how the TO I'd Is char
tered bv all OF the three states through
which it passes-how the vast tratii"
about the Great Lakes urgently demands
the early completion of the line-that
nearly one thousand men are already
employed in grading the road, and that
more will be put on a. soon as sprin2
opens-and that it Is confidently bclicv-
cd that the grading, masonry, bridging,
etc. of the Vermont Division will be il
readiness for The rails within twenty
months.
This circular then reminds the reader
of what he NUT already be aware OF,
that the completion Of this road is of the
utmost importance to the inhabitants
within the district which it traverScs.
since it will confer on all their real pro
perry an increased value, and open IL
them Il new and improved avenue to and
from the markets of the world.
Our readers are aware that most OF
the towns along the line have subscribed
to the capital stock OF the railroad COM
panv, issuing their town bonds in pay
ment therefor. These bonds must tie
converted into m ncy to pay the expenS-
cs OF building the road. And we un-
iersiand that the only reason that as
LARGE force is nor now cnga"ed on til
Vermont as the Maine division, Is the
want of ready money. These town
bonds are now in the market, and it Is
from their sale that the company looks
for funds to carry on TO completion this
Grand enterprise. These bonds are in
form five-twenty bonds, similar to the
L. :. fiSe-twenties, and are i'll denomi- .
nation from $50 up TO $1,000. TIE
coupons are payable March lst and Sept
lit, and are now for sale at the National
banks in ST. John-bury, Danville, Hyde !
Park and Swanton at par.
Besides helping along this enterprise,
it WILL doubtless, be better pccunilrily
for persons holding five-twenty govern
ment bonds to convert them into these
town bonds, as the Committee illustrate:
'I.et us suppose your neighbor sells his
81 900 five twenty bond, as he may IF
done soou) for Sl,15O, and thcrewi'h
buvs $50 of town bonds. With gold
at ll5 he receives S3i.5O for his semi
annual coupon. which Is precisely lie
amount he receives .OI ilc coupons III Ill
his 81, 150 town bonds. But, as 9 II
declines 10 par, the value of his @ovrin-
ment coupon declines 10 $4,000, while
the coupons OF tie town bonds are st Il
worth S345O II we suppose the pr
ceeds of thi, realized premium, $50 rn
each 81 900, 10 he continually rcinvcs.-
cd in these town bown bonds, or com
pounded every six months, for twenty
wears, the amount saved would be 4 sur
prising addition to the store OF capital.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18

TO our brethren OF the press not 10 afford
our public men any further excu,e for
making the Post Office Department bank
rupt.-P0rthutd Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18

:E-IF ANY OUR FRIENDS wish jobs of Rain on
Ornamental Printing done, invite them 10 give n7
call. We have jul; put into the Caledonan Once sew
cral hundred dollars worth Of beautiful te OF ne" d'
-gn- which, together with other material ana rA'''
workmen, enable 60 umost any jolt OF Tin'i III
! workmanlike manner. Try u before sending ei-e-
Whcrr.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18

Ed. CALEDoNIAN 1t is rather an
extraordinary charge to bring against a
''dcvii' that he too promptly practices
what is preached In the last verse of
the ode, 1.-The Western Refuge" on your
first page, last week, there was a stride
which my Pegasus never dreamed of
making. After TIE line concerning the
leader who can ''march the fastest" vi
your readers be so kind rs to let few
foreigners join them on the j urney to the
line commencing Forever" etc, as fol-
lows:
Welcome, We from Fatherland!
Hail, he Highlands brawny band
Hither, Ern'4 musicsoul
France, to Frt edom'- glorious goal,
Conc! July reveals a morning
With welcome and Il warming;
Makes our swelling life-tide mix
With the pulse of seventy-sx;
Blazons our beacon-cope
'E'er,Il Truth, eternal HDj,s"
Here be hearts and homes forever!
Forever, we will be true etc
The omission is easily accounted for,
by the isolated position ION the fifth
page of the sheet music,) of this part of
the fourth verse, in adapting it to the
National air medley for the Fourth of
July,-a fashion more in compliance
with the canons of music-engraviug than
with those of type setting. As the mill
tary formula has it: ''subordinates (au-
thors) will govern themselves according
ly;" they will ''keep cool and eschew the
fidgets,'' though finding themselves ab-
ruptly landed .'only step from the
sublime"
THE PEABODY oBsEoUIES
were, in the words Of lady member Of
society, "a success, whatever may be
sad Of the Princes visit" Not to Bos-
ton is to be assigned the credit of having
no fol-de-rol festivities in honor of Prince
Arthur when here; they were offered
ana declined, 'Twere mal-alropos TO
the errand his mother sent him to do at
Danvers, etc But it is amusing to hear
some Bostonans talk: s1et Mem yorE
give him balls and decollette-pecked
-. rtnsr. IRE are not they" Mr.. Bos-
tonian not being as olr- -'n "f-eA-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18
From the Woodstock Standard.
Peter Z. WdSHbal'Is,

Ii is we'll known that Governor WASH
burn has not been in rugged health Tor
several years; Indeed, since he held the
office of Adjutant General of the State
he has at no time possessed the same
health and strength which he enjoyed
before entering upon the duties OF that
office. He has complained or being IN
Door health for several months past, more
than usual, but none Vi his iricnd', or
himself, anticipated a fatal result until
within brief period.
Soon after his return from Montpelier,
ut the close oil the late session OF the Leg
islaturc, he resumed work upon his untin-
ishcd Vermont Digest, which was iii
course of preparation by him, and for
several weeks worked upon IT most unrc-
mittingIy. He worked upon it early and
late, Is vas his C-stom upon any work
he had taken in hand. A friend Of hi,
exposl ulated with lin several times
for laboring 50 hard, but his reply was
thai It WAS not hard wol / for him, and
he was anxious to finish up the task
and 50 he worked on, giving himself no
rest from that exhaustive labor until
about four weeks ago, when il became
evident, even to his own mind, that he
was everlasting himself. lie soon after
this left his library for his bedroom. and
wa. nrostr;lred unuu 4 bed of sickness
from which he could never arise. The
b,,t H.. ofi,iu.d 20. .,...i,. and or,Ju,llv
and dav by l.y a.c,..e weaker and
weaker uutl =, t,.-. i,- . wey,ul vitality
seemed cxlat sled. III. consciousness lett
h;r, and r,,r .;,. 'r., t,.,,. ,ily. bpt,r. his
.da,th s,,nrd i.,.., ..:.r,. ,t .tnoor and 81
his Iit. ebb,j u.-ay.
ry.r,ty,ipn ;i,.i Ii 4 friends coplJ du
wa, done to make hinl comfortable. until
at last. about o.e O'Clock IN the mornin.
uf Nnpj,v fine -ih. il b,c,ror u,int,,II,-
evident that ne VA near hi, end. b..
tween three and four o'clock in the ncru-
in, one of tie WATCHING medical at;,pl-
ant. offered mn = tcciirr ini,rc.s.,l.v
nr,yer in the presence OF H., d,iur man
and ii. v,,n;n wifi. and v.rv .Lor,r.
after. az about the incur o! rour. ii, tired.
tossed. and weary spirit took il. diuht +,
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mad the weary ar. -, resi-,
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18

LOO, 81.
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successful Operation in L.4.,
teaches deaf and dunn person, ,..-.
nl;ne' though rud'ly. b, w.uri.,..
motions n, OF the teachers Il-. I.,
the dumG speak at Ia>t
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18

A firm of three women have opened a
regular banking and brokerage business
in Wall street
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-18
FEANKLIN BELL, See.
The Newspapers ana tie Fr0Hh-
ing PTicIcy".

We beg members OF Congress to - on
and alb ,llsh the irank.ng privilege, dc
stroying it root and branch, without ANY
reference TO the sudden change of opinion
o: that subject which is manifest in III"
case of certain newspapers. Don't mind
Us, gentlemen We know that your gen
erouS souls are greatly exercised in cor
sequence ut the woes winch you see Will
betal us in case that odious discrimination
in favor vi class is made away with.
We know that you look at the matter
dis;ntcrestcdly, from the standpoint OF
the newspaper and not from your own ::
but don't make burnt Offering of Your
selves in that cruel way .-repres,in.
for the sake of the newspapers the honest
and sincere desire YOU have to relinuuiSh
a valuable franchise of your own. Such
instances Of self Ia notation are touching
IN the extreme, we are bound 10 confess
What nUbler spectacle can there be than
that OF our maguanimouS ConereSsmcn
kindly conserving 10 retain the privilege
OF tranklm% mali matter to the extent OF
$4,000 postage and 100 tons weight Il
month, as they did in January, because
they aporchend Ga silly notion by the
way that it will lie Necessary, in case
they relinqush ii, to have newspaper,
pay postage on their circulation in the
counties where they are putli>hed, and
also On their exchanges.
1t is true that the privileges now con-
ceded to newspapers have nothing to do
with the Thanking privilege, and that il
is an act of dishonesty in Congressman t.
connect the two things. The right to
free exchange and circulation enjoy ed bv
newspapers is u distinct question, to be
decided Oh its own merits without preiu-
dice from an enforced association with
another privilege for the exercise of which
there is no excuse Or paiIiation. But no
matter for that; if Congressman regard
the two things as on the same footing
and refuse to relinquish their ubiquitous
Thanking privilege unless newspapers are
doomed also, we beg them once more moi
to stitie their virtuous impulses on our
own account Newspaper prosperity is
base | upon something very different from
the petty fagends of privileges that the
government may accord, and We appeal
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-04-01
PERSONAL.

Among the nominations by the Presi-
dent on the 18th is that of S. d. Atkins as
Postmaster at Freeport, Ill.
The President has signed the joint reso-
luton appropriating one years salary OF
an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court for the benefit of the widow and
children of the late E. M. Stanton. !
Major VIM. w. Leland, who caned
George Wilkes on Broadway, few days
before, was assaulted in the street, on the
evening of the 10Th, by an unknown des-
perado, who struck him violent blow in
the face with a brass knuckle. Wilkes
denies all knowledge of, or completely in,
the affair.
Collector Bailey, of New York, who
has absconded, is discovered to be a de-
faulter, and his books exhibit a large de-
fciencyin funds belonging to the govern
ment. The sum is believed to exceed
$80,000, and the evidence of fraud is said
to be overwhelming. .se.,...q
The Senate, on the 21st, by 46 to 9, con-
firmed Joseph O. Bradley, of New jersey,
as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States, and General Pleasan-
ton, Collector of the Thirty second Dis
trict, New York, vice Bailey, removed,
Yerger returned to Jackson, Miss, on
the Goth, and delivered himself up to the
authorities. He stated that he had learned
that the Sheriff, his subordinates, and
perhaps the Governor, had been censured
for his escape, and unwilling that they
should suffer for it, he had concluded to
return.
The amount of the defalcation, in the
office of Collector Bailey in New York is
| ascertained to be $4,000 The deputy
collector, chief clerk and cashierl have
been arrested for their guilty knowledge
of these frauds. }.aa
The Grand Jury in Chicago have in
dicted the members of the Board of Pub
lie Works of that city and the architects
concerned in the construction of the new
| Court House, for having established and
maintained a common public nuisance in
the build ng of the said Court House
a. portion of which recently fell in
and the balance being in a supposed
threatening condition.
The fund being raised for the benefit o
the family of the late Edwin M. Stanton
had reached, on the 22d, $150,0O9. O
this sum, $4,000 is. in contributions BY
New York, $5500O by Pennsylvania
$25,000 by persons in Boston, and $l5,0b'
by persons in Washington.
Generals Grant and Sherman have &C
cepted an invitation to attend the annua
reunion of the Army of the Potomac Il
Philadelphia,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-04-01
miscellaneous Reading.
ROMANCE.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

OIL she was a maid of laughing eye,
And she lived in garret cold and high;
And he was threadb bare whiskered beau,
And he lived in cellar damp and low.
Has many shaft in his slender string
And the youth below ard the maid above
Were touched with the flashing darts Of love-
And she would wake from her troubled sleep,
Der his tender billet-doux to weep;
Or stand like statue bright and fair
And gaze on lock of his bright red hair,
And he who was so tall and prorJ.
WIN his step SO firm and his la agh so loud,
His beard grewlong and his lace grew thin.
Aud he pined in solitude ger his gin.
But one soft night in lie month of June.
AS sne lay In the llgf4t of a cloudless moon,
a voice came 1oati ng soft and clear
10 the startled r Aaiden's listening ear.
IN, then lro N her creaking couch she sprung,
Gnu S, nc, .ngled tresses back she flung,
SIIo 25 ipof ed from the window far below,
Ano e stood beneath, her whiskered beau.
> .lc did not start with a foolish frown,
But packed her trunk and scampered down
And there was her lover, tall and true,
In his threadbare coat OF the brightest blue.
The star that rose in the evening shade
Looked sadly down on weeping maid;
inc sun mat Came in his morning pride
eheo goldeI light DER laGg Ching bride.