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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08
81. JOHHSbUrH.

Nj W alter Wells OF lortlInd has been
mp IN this section tor a few weeks. look
in" after thr business AMI intcr,-t- that
will make use OF the Portland and Og-
Irnshur. Railroad when completed.
While >toppinr n this place, i,r wrote
IN exceedingly intrrc-tin. letter t. ia,
Portland Pre-. tic prrt Of it rrlaiin. t.
our public buildings and railroad, we
copy below:
This i a rrmmkalr t"Nn Itwou!d
well lie worthy OF the better acquaintance
OF our Portland people, even il we were
not soon to be- joined with it by the tie,
of commercial and hnsincS- intercourse
through the Portland and O.drn~bur.
railroad. 81. .lohn-hury i situated on
the Pa>Sump>ir river, which here receives
thc Moose river from the east aad Sleep
cr's stream from the west. In the cen
cral shape Of the ground and lis relations
10 the river the place very strongly re-
minds one Of Augusta, Me. Here, aS
rise to hi9h elevations ON either hand,
and here a. there hu9r ravin,~ are cut
into them, picturcspucIy diversity ING the
surface aspects. The shops, stores and
dwellings stand in part upon the lower
level, near the river, and in part upon
the plain which crowns the first ascent
Upon this plain the principal public
buildings are located. Three or four
streets upon it run parallel To the river,
bordercd with numerous shade trees
Upon these streets, with the cross ave
MUGS are To he seen rs many neat, com
mCdiou- and even elegant houses, with
gardens about them, shrubbcry and flow
ers, rs i'll any place OF tie size anywhere
The writer has never seen the equal OF
tins VILLAGE i'll uniform tidincSS and beau
ty Of the home surroundings of the aver
age citizen, unless it he at Belfast, Me.
PUBLIC STRUCTURES, ETC.
The visitor will hardly have entered
the VILLAGE, when his attention will be
attracted to the = pldicrs' Monument,
erected by the town. This stands in the
yard of the County Building, itself 4
commodlous and ample brick structure.
The location is iinc,-on the main street,
or rather 1T the junction % streets, with
great trees scattered about the ground.
The monument consists of a statue of the
goddess OF Liberty, of heroic size, her
left hand upon sword hilt, her right
bearing wreath, which, advanced upon
her left foot, she Is about TO bcstow in
honor of the fallen brave. 1t is males
tic and beautiful in expression, solemn
and sad indeed as becomes the occasion.
In all the details, in the drapcry, in what
is expressed and what concealed, Il fine
artistic propricty is observed. The stat
tie is done i'll Italian marble, by Mead,
the wrll-knawn sculptor, ana rests upon
Il massive base Of deliberately wrought
granite. Upon the faces of the stone
the names Of the Il al soldiers are cnnray-
ed. The granite is excellent in quality
and is found in cXhaustlcss quantities in
DImville, n few miles above, on the line
of the Portland and Og,lensburg railroad.
The memorial is noble and bccominr
one, and is an honor to the literally of
the town. 1t cost SO, 900.
Across the way from the monument,
is the "Publie Library" Three years
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08

60" "A man with such II hole in his
head where the moral faculties ought TO
be-" is Tie way Ex-Governor IIawley Of
Connecticut describes Ben. Butler, after
proving him to be what he charged in his
dispatch to the Springfield meeling-"a
liar and a blackguarl.' Whatever Mr..
Eutler's capabilities may be for filling the
char once occupied by John A. Andrew,
TIE fact that he is lacking in neral fac
ulties should he enoagh to settle the ques-
ton in the minds of all honest people,
that lie is not fit To put III Il place of trust.
The people have wandered too far from
the standard 10y which all our public men
should be- measured as he capable
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08
"P0irOHS N HH>bHi,dfU.

Nix. Enron; With yomr permission
| would like 10 speak t" your Readers
~omc,, hat ,."ur,rnin, :hr ;,bn\r order.
a. many persons are alrrtiv maxim. in
Iurir- about it.
First, then, thi~ matter %. uniting the
interests "t iarmcr- - ~ t" hut oft
many of the mnldr-m,n and NharI,r~
that continually prey upon all n@rl'uI-
tur:l communitir-, hr- rn'a'rd thr
thoughts "i some at the b,~t men t the
county Tor year.
But trw ever supposed II Wa possible
tor farmers To- ur.rniIc. 81 the, could
utilize ihrr forces, and thereby nnhr 4
rational hrnriit and power for them
-rlyc-, lmI~inuch a. thc~,. forces were -
widely scattered. and hari To- reach.
Consequently, wise men hardly thought
tLr attempt 1t or"aniltri"n wuull ever
he made.
But when, some months inc, II was
announced that there Wa, I'm Order. four
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the farmer lrn,lit, and it Wa proposed
to form society in tins Vicinity, many
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08

welcome such Il society. Under the pres
ent state of society, when men act too
much from selfish motivcs-grasping-
hard, and avaricipuS, when acquisitivc-
ness bears Imperative sway, and Is not
governed by intellect, and moral power,
then it is that we believe men are .justi-
fled in organizing for mutual support
and protection. And this Is exactly
the case with the great majority of farm
ers to-day. They cannot act in concert.
They are in Il disorganizcd condition.
The majority have but little Of the
advantages OF society. They toll hard,
and they study little.
For many articles he is obliged 10 buy,
he has 10 pay from one 10 half dozen
profits. And much of the produce he
has to sell, is snapped up by sp2cula:ing
sharks, ut the mcroSt nomin"l figure,
very often, and all this comes about for
want of some syStcmatiZcd action and
corporation on the part of TIE farmers
themselves Nearly all classes of people
in the world have their mutual protcc-
ton societies, and their organizl tions.
But the farmer, the greatest wealth,
producer, in the world, Stand>: alooi, and
too often is flrrccl Of profits, that, under
better management would 90 into his
own pocket.
Ii is believed that such unjust work
has gone on Ion" enough. To this end,
therefore, several TURNER'S in tlis vicinity
met with cach other On the .llh Of July
last, AMI agreed upon Organization. An
organization was effected the l2th OF
August. AT that meeting the society
had the pleasure OF listening to some
very sensible remark from DR. IlnSkins,
editor of the Iiumoot Farmer.
The society now consists OF over forty
members, men and women, and many
others contemplate joining soon. At
our last meeting, J. H. Thompson, oil
Washington, ID. G.. Lecturer of the Ma
liomal Crane, addressed the society 10
treat acceptance. One Of the beautiful
features OF this Order, and one which We
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08

VERMONT NISpICNrEp.--lh
mcnting upon the recently Pub''"'.' ~
srlS statistics of homicidcS We c'i''
surprise at the rrr,liting OF - ''-
Vermont, which We had aIwI5 ,'''
cred one of the best State oi iIr' | '''.'
1t now appears that the" fur
have been returned for Virginia. ""
name was accidentally omitted i''"
list. Vermont had M eases 81 noun Il
during the year, thus sInd'''''"
good order and morality OF her p,
whose traditional rcpnte on@h' - ,.r.
saved them even from tn nom "..
doubt excited 10y the error III que -''
Boston JomWH
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08
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NEW YORK, :, pt. I.

The meeting of ci!izrnS and taX-pay-
cr- at the Cooper institute, tIis cvcnin@,
to consider th" present c.mdili"n of the
city finances, and - take such action i'll
rrgll,l to The ALLEGED iraud- ~ tn. pub
lie safety may require, WAS largely at
tended. Amon9 the prominent citizens
present were Noah Davis, William Ev-
art, Henry Ckw~, Lane II. Bailey, 5
l.. Chitcm,lcn, Mu.c; II. Grinncll, l..
LOCKWOOD, jackson =. Slultz, Marshall
o. Roberts, Gen. John a Dix, A. Il
Arn"d and many oth-rS. The CHAIR
WAS taken hy cX-AIayor William +.
IIayrmcycr, wh,, in his opening re-
marks, cIaimcd that the meeting was
non partisan in IT, composition and OBJ
jcct> All parties aIii>c are equally in
tcrc~tcI in having an efficient economical
administration ot our city government.
lie sad that the charges Of corruption
anI extravaganza, which have been pre-
frrrod AGAINST the .luthoriii'S, have not
been satisfactorily answered. lie con-
,lcunyd the recent charter. under which
the city had beroH IN uIi@archy, ahuse-
in winch were denied a remedy, and he
asked what are you going To- d. about it,
.Iu.Ilr I9nw- Emntt Wa~ the next
speaker, ani aIluiyd in siron@ terms L"
the n:Ium,r IN which the money al the
people had been :luan!,rrl. The
amount "i power concentrated in the
present city government was, he claimed,
unprecedented
The mrrlin. then adopted a series OF
twelve rc-u'ullpu>, the -nh,tlnrG OF
which i. IL frilrw-:
The first declare. that the city ami
county d.ht has more than doubled with
in the last two and Il halt years, hcin2
uuw Sis, 600 .Ono or over So, 600, 600
more than wh,n Mayor Hall was inaug
uratcd. while there l. reason 10 believe
many millions more will be paid out ON
hraiiny and contingent claims unless The
present officials are removed and pro-
c.r,!iu.. arrested. The manner in which
the parties implicated have met the cN
ru-urn of their fraudulent practices, their
cont, uptuou- denial Of ANY power to in
l,ri,rr. iiipIaut ,.yA-iun-. studied con-
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08
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HiHcE 4UUiiiHU.

The death of William T. Halo. vi
, was found dead on Sunday mornin, ..
! Rutland with his throat cut, PROV. +,
have been "a case of unluubtcd ,ui...r
The last that was seen OF Mr.. IIal..l.
was on the mOrnin" of Saturday (. ,
about nine o'clock. At that TIM
took leave of his wife, after gi,in. a..
his pocket book and watch, and Affect,
atcly kissing her and his your child
telling his wife that she would never -..
him again. He passed out of the hon.
AMI turned up Pine street, payin- n.
heed to the fond cntrcaty, papa. papa.
with which his curly-haired boy OF tine.
years called after him. His wild Vs..
naturally alarmed at his conduct ,ul
as he dill not return in the couIsc %! o..
day, She became very anxious and ,,.
pressed the belief that he had comm, 4
suicide. On Sunday morning SOM .
his ncl@hborS started to search for In.
and, following his iuol-tracks, soon fona.
his li!clcss body in Il swamp bcl"nniu.
John Cana, E.q y deep cut WA lo,.n.
in his throat SEVERN" the jugular ,,...
A few feet from the body lay Il ~m,.
two Iadrd pocket knife, with one blaI.
open, the crimson stains upon Whit
made it evident ;liat it was the iu-ia
mcnt with which the bloody dcr,l i..
been committed 1t was clearly Il Ga.
Of ,cll-Ic>tructinn, a. there was MOTH
slinhtc>t SIGNS of Il STRUGGLE in the u....
ground where the remains lay. Il...
fortunate mln had evidently fallen g.
ward at once on strikin" the iaial Ilo.
and died without a STRUGGLE. On l....
inm Of the confirmation OF her worst G...
Mrs Hale swooncd, AMI on bcin.u-.
ed to consciousness, WAS almost tIl-r.
ell with gri,l.
On searching the pockets Of Mr. H.
Il letter was discovered in tie breast %.
ct OF the coat addressed to M. IEj
and written Ly young married u.r
namcl George \. Patch. II cou':u.u.
in substance in implied chargc Of Grimm.
ii intimacy on the part of Hale with IT,,
wife of Patch, and "a demand Of 80 g.
prevent legal prosecution. This letter
WAS delivered to Mr. Hale by Il boy a.
Saturday morning, and WAS opened
tie presence of his wife, but he refused
disclose it, contents. The letter III.
the demand to have the money sen.
the Lcarcr as the only possible alt
tive to prevent Il prosecution. Mr. II
did not -cnI an answer by the boy. l...
ever, but Is supposed to have had FL. 3D..
tcryicw with Patch ON the street ,.l...
ter when the demand was renewed. liz
sum named being 500 instead OF :,
After this interview it /, SUPPOSED tia.
Mr.. Hale formed the desperate r-u.
To take his own life. On lcalniu. otH
connection of Patch with tn. track
he Wa questioned AMI not giNu. ...
gethcr satisfactory information O., d..
whereabouts Oh Saturday moina.i
Va, arrrotcd.-HaHim HriH
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08

FIELMEN's MrsrEE At BRATTIEEOEO
There was II large crowd i'll Brattlc-
boro on Friday to witness the liremen's
muster, and the affair WAS complete
success. The weather was perfect, with
hardly amy wind. Sixteen hand cn.incs
contested, and the first prize of SlOO
was taken by Torrent No. ,, of MARI
boro, \. H., the second OF 5000 by
Washington No. ,, of Rutland, and the
third of 800 by the Erving of Erwin,
Mass. The failure of the EagIc of
Greenfield was attributed to stone
found in their hose pipe. The Emerald
of lIoiyohc broke down without IA chance
In Mn. I'M, Mn. [, .ll.,,,...
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. -Ihr .
term OF the COLLEGE commenced I'uh
The entering class in thc ac,drm.rd .
partmcnt numbers -, and IN H., ~...
tiiic department -, not quite Il Lar.
number ~ last year. The a.rriw
department now occupies Culver H.
AM lis entering class numbered lIl 6"
though several additions were mad.
the other GLASSES. The Chludlr hu.
ing which i being rcmodc,cl So. r
lIr iiui>h2,! under two months. dI"
which lime the students will IrI.' 100
different recitation rooms of Culver ].
and other COLLEGE buildings. PrA LA.
position as Chandler professor o' n'i...
history will not he filled at prr-,ni. j.
duties having been assumed 10y liz "'d'.
members of the faculty. Mr.. N-'Tin"
for 4 year past quite successful at W.
cc>tcr, has assumed his position a. 49,. 49,,
ant professor of mathematics.
Blandlricd has been appointed l'i". J.:
mOnd'S assistant in chemistry. aud VI
Sicur Hubert, native born Fanri'''. '
Prof. Rugglc's assistant in m'I"A ID"
9uagcs. Col. Locke OF Cur".D.' .
weIl-known engineer, i a lr"m"''' ,''"
didatc for the CHAIR Of civil ,u-u''' 3D..
The medical school number ...'"
quite II number of whom grl .uA,'
| the class oi ~ from the AGA .uI...'' '
! partmrnt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08

IL" The New England Fair Is being
held at Lowell this week, the Orleans
county ut Barton, and the Chittcnden
county at Essex Junction. 1t has been
Il fine week for them. To morrow H'li-
day. there is a balloon ascension and
horse race at Barton. The far closes
today.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08

Fountain, No. /, of Bralllcboro, won
the prize Of 500 offered To local com
panleS, 10y Il throw of 203 feet s inches,
llyiropath, No. 3, playing 1916 feet
This WAS doing pretty we'll after work
ins hard all day, doing escort duty, and
pumping wafer for the visiting c,mpa-
mics -ELrc 2rcSS
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08
me EtiiiOT'S TUUFF.


We find lying upon our table Il large
number of papers, pamphlets, magazines
and books, some of which should have
received attention before. And first, the
Eo>tm DtUy AcrS comes to Us freight
ed, not only with all the news found in
the associated press dispatches, but a
choice selection of miscellaneous reading
and correspondence; and further and bet
ter, short, f0rcible editorials, which have
the ring of temperance and morality in
them, and show cunclusivcly that there
is one daily in boston that is neither
bought up by the liquor dealers no. cares
10 he ''popular" at the expense of prin-
ciple. We need many more papers like
it TO stem the current of iniquity that is
set ailoat by the dchauched and prostitu-
ted press of today. The Wars is the
largest and best cheap paper we see, the
price being only two cents, or - u year
4 Description 4 Dahot0. is the title Of
a little pamphlet which takes for its text;
"lncle sam is rich enough TO give us all
a farm" This book is designed to an
swcr the enquiries usually made by those
who are looking west for homes, and
shows as well as it can the inducements
offered by that Young territory, Dakota.
Printed by Stone x kin@sbury of the
Nnult on Press
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08

Tie Voice oj Prayer, is the name of a
beautiful poem by Warren Sumner Bar
low. 1t makes a thirly-page pamphlet,
and is published by Carleton, New York
Nose .SLuHcr's BrdH Tom, anil oihn
sketches, is the somewhat attractive title
of IL great string Of nonsense got up in
something the style of Gum, the insur-
ance agents story. The chapter on Bos-
ton Drummers isn't bad, and the one on
Summer Resorts is very readable bur
lesque. Published by New England
News Co, and for sale hy Howard x
Rnwcll
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08

is he honest 2" should be the test applied
to those whom we elect to make and cX-
ecute our laws, and the sooner we adopt
that standard the better for US
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08

POIIuCAL BATTLES IN New NJ
collie Santa Fc (Ncw MrNiry / ..
of Saturday published the inIIoniu .
rcSpundtnca from La Mcsilla in til. -I.,
crn part OF the territory, dated sand.
evening", August p The cIcriiun O..
element in this Vicinity culminairl.
day. in one of the most fearful u'u
ever Witnessed here. 1t is no r<l--rr
Ilom To ~ly that tie plaza has been ua.
ally drrarhcl with human blood 1
the present wrilin"--!Sumday cNr.t.
the 21th-it i known that seven p,
SONS have been killed, while it is c-t.u..
eel that the number O! wounded rr.,
H. high 4. thirty-Srvcn or cight 81 o..
fatally. From ) o'clock this att,ru.
until . the plaza rc%ounded with r-.
shots anl gr"anS. For l. minut,-
iirim- was incc-slnt. The r,w,..
lul democratic parties had each 81
to-day ~ ia. most suitable time i,r {.
Grand demonstration Of the campo.
and at AN carly hour, tbs morniu., o..
parties com n"nrrI their prrplr4 Die
The leaders were evidently d,>i.u-
aNoidIm- disturbances, and the RESPECT,
parties formed in procession ami la--
each othcr'~ place ut meeting wititnu, 20
outbreak, and nothing happ,uul n0
Tie meetings had adJourncI. and 81
professions had reformed, At = P ID
both parties met in the plaza, c>d.u-
in defiant vivas. 4 pistol shot 81
fired, when "a General ti4ht rn>uri. VI
women and children hurried ro d.
houses. bat the ii9ht was kept up TO-.
windows AMI hou~s-tnps the dead m
wounded ialIin. on ali sides. John !
man. the republican canIidrtr for ia
Wa the inst man killed The haIa
of the killed. and woun,lrI were mo.
Mr>ican-. Another iilht took pl,,.
Anton Chuc+, near Los Vega, in vI
two were killed AMI six or seven wr.u.
cd. The people are terribly r>.D
here, but everything Is BEN. done + q.
serve peace and good order.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08

u" The inquest into the causes Of the
terrible disaster at Revere is going for
ward, and although not completed, the
evidence throws the greatest amount of
negligence and cul pability upon the di-
mo sufficient number of cars TO carry
their passcngcrs-for having no telegraph
uiliccS-Qhcre not bcing one for the first
- miles from Bostom)-ior not having
double track-and for using the old
appliances for hrakin" the cars. Tine
Westinghouse air brake would have stop
ped that Pullmam tram, ana not a life
need have been lost. This brake Is now
used ON very many OF the best roads in
the middle aud western states. Such
bcin% the facts, we hardly see how the
engineers and conductors can he punish
al very much for the Revere disaster.
The hopes that were raised hy the new
Undiscovered remedy for canccr-cun-
derango-arc blasted by the report Of
the medical men ut Washington, who,
having analyzed and tested it, declare
there Is 10 medical virtue in it. Nor
will the attempt t" revive public conf
Lcn2c in it by the story put ailoat the
present week about the snake and cat at
at Venezuela, be successful. The fact
will undoubtedly prove, as We have it
from private sources, that the man at
Washington who has made all this
splurge about cundcrango, Is an unprin-
Ciplod advcnturcr, and he will cndcavur
10 keep up the excitement about this
wonderful plant until he gets an in, dice
of it from lis native country, when he
will make a pile of money by selling it
at fabulous prices 10 medical men all
over the country, who, ignorant of the
true character of the man, Will expect
or hope 10 find some medicinal virtues in
it. But Tie report of the college Of doc
tons should undeccve them in regard TO
1t, and it will very many. If some rem
cdy Tor cancer only could be found, what
81 boon TO suffering humanity would be
discovered but We fear cunderango is
not IT, and the man who can trifIe with
human life for speculation, should be
exposed.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-03-21
Heaying the Lead.

THE steamboat "Fanny" was coming
Il down the upper Mississippi, loaded
with pig-lead. AS she was going over a
shoal place the pilot gave the signal to
heave the lead. The only man forward
at the time was green Irishman.
"Why don't you have the lead ?"
Is it to heave the lead your honor?
Where to 7"
Overheard, you blockhead,"
The Irishman snatched up one Of the
pigs of lead and threw it overheard the
mate, in endeayoring to prevent him, lost
his balance and fell into the river.
The captain, running to the edge of
the deck, asked Why don't you
heaye the lead and sing out how much
water there is 2"
"The lead is heaved, your honor, and
the mates gone down to see how much
water there is" responded Pat.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-03-21

" A corpse? What do you mean? don't
know anything about corpse"
The box contains corpse, believe" /"
replied Condor, firmly, but kindly.
" What did you expect?"
Well, / expected melodeon," re-
piled Mr.. Devoe. If there is a me-
lodeon in the box it is mine, but if there
is corpse in it, it belongs to somebody
else"
Well" replied Condor, "we will
have to open the box and see what its
contents are;" so armed with hatchet
they proceeded to the warehouse, Condor
commenced operations upon the box with
trembling hands and paid checks. The
cover was pried up in short time, and
there in the box lay, calm, still, and
noiseless-a melodeon.
1t appears that the box containing the
instrument had been made tight, to pro-
tect its contents by filling the seams with
putty or some kind of cement; that the
box had been placed in close proximity
to a fire, which had melted this sub
stance, and thus cause the smell thatlhad
proved so offensive and created such
panic with Wells, Fargo & Co., from the
general superintendent down. 1t is only
necessary to say" corpse" or " melodeon,"
to Condor or Detective Casad to raise a
row at once.