St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-12-30

tn" same amounting to -, ,g01 %. Total.
.5l1o1O 81.
) For an entire year the sutL .ing Fish
or itrnliy remained quict-eyen ~ati>fir /,
after fashion. Then they swoopc'l down
upon the Gnvern:ucnt with their wrongs
once more. Ihat Old patriot. Attorney
General Toucrr, burrowed through the
mus Y papers oi tie Fishers and ti-c.v-
cred Ouc more chanca for the d,.> late or
p|a,ns-imtcrr,t cn thai original award Of
SS.S1i from date OF destruction of the
property lS!;0 up to 1882 Result.
ciU,Uol,o" 10: the inlgcnt Fishers. y,
now we have: Fra. -. .s75 damnnr.
second, interest en- il tiom 1892 To ISiS.
( -, S,991.9l shird, ilt,re-t on il dated
back to 1913, lO,UOIN9. Total. 80,
SO S. What better investment )o.'
2rcat grand-chllI than 20 gr, the Indians
10 burn a rornri iuY him sixty or s'v-
: cnty years before h- birth, and plau,ihly
lay il on Iuua.ic nitrd States troops!
/. Strange H. it may seem, the Fish
cr> let Congress atone tor live ycar--or,
what ! more .!h,iy. failed to make lh,m-
~,lvc, heard 10y Congress Tor ,it lcugth
If time. Iiut at last. in - /. lhry cot
hraring. They p,rsladrd Congress TO
pass s'm act requiring the Auditor To- re
cNiuiuc their case Eat iHis i,in- thy
umb.cd upon the misfortune %. ;,n hon
rst Secretary cd !hc irv.-t.,,. Nj. Jaut..-
'i "t'.' IL ) ana ~ >i''.'' . r','' '"' l.
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pN'"IltF i'I'o"" il''' - y ''''N'S' III
't"'c' n.E' vas '"' very III III Il" H"''''
me >niI'Iln@ h''r- '' '''' "'"a 'yi-''''n
Fisher Ih"y cam up from iI'''.' WIN
ru~i-.t great til"i wave 81 Fishers
troIghttd WIKI the very same o,I inu-ty
do'uucn's Ht"ui the same iAi'"i;'d conn
urII- oi their ancestor l"'y ''f''-It'-
way got an act passed Transferring the
FISHER matter from the dnli Nndll"r t'
the ingenious Floyd. W hat t.d E!"Nd
10 o! lie sand IT WAS PROVED III" f|
Lwi"uts "'f''yt" er7H'h"'J TRY r"Hi h'-
FOR, h' r"el'' ''""'0 "' pursuit ll' con-
sliored, d,thcIei"rc. that what TIA V destroy
Ct must have consisted 81 ''f4' h"|rS 'rfH
I'll t',D coHcnt> Hr" M' Hi""'' tthr most
trlii.n- part ot the destruction. and SCI
down at only $500 AL toId.) and that
the Government troops thea drove them
. uii and calmly proceeded to Destroy
1,r, htu,ir,d and nr MY a.,, a. ,...
il Ht .fsdd, UutY-lr. 0cr,$ Of. "h,'H, '.f
= nu,e hmDrui"Hi ,yLy->lr h,"l ~ hre >t,c>!
" hat q -ingularly intelligent army we
"A l.aa ia those days, accordln. TO Mr.. Floyd
= though not according 10 tie Congress
= of -.
Z - MIR. Floyd decided that the Gov
a crument was no rc-pnu-ib,e tor that -.
200 worth Of rubbish which the lui'an-
e destroyed, hut was respon>'ble tor IhC
: property destroyed hy tn tro"pH-whirt
t. property consisted ul u q .o,c from tHt
II printed l.. =. Senate Gocuh.enD-
a Corn At Bassett'. creek .'w
o sock hog, H..
le nraNs %e, h0-' -
l. II.ges A."
Il Corn o" the A'''''ii' '''''
l. Total si''i"