St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-27
PrCSidcnt-ReV. DIR. KitcheI.

L ItSiICHI-NtN. III. hlIcneI.
Ijce Decentralization County
+. ;. Bottum. Bennington-G. W.
Harmon. Caledonia Fairbanks
Chittenden $. Huntington. ESSEX
y. VI. Algcr. Franklin-C. Wyman.
Grand I>le-A. Brown. Lamoillc IL
II. Powers. Orange Hon. }. Hutrhn-
son. Orleans Rev. \. W. Wild. Rut-
land-C"l. F. Parker. Washington
! Hon. Heman Carpenter. Windsor-A.
7. IiuntOn. Wimdham f. Butter
field. Secretary W. Atwater.
Treasurer Weeks. Executive Com
mittee Col. l.. Z. Knapp, Mial Davis,
! DIR. l.. sheldon, J. EStcy. j. c. w. Coke,
! H. VI. Stevens. Col. J. b. Mead.-Bcl-
IoUs Fats Times.
MONTPELIER.-Th temperance meet
imgS i'll Village Hall. still attract large
numbers of citizens. The meeting last
Sunday evening was very spirited,
among the speakers being Gen. Stcph
en- Thomas. State Auditor Ferrin. j. r..
| Ihurst"n, Esq. and James X. Langdon,
who said he approved of moral srIaSion
he Thought it Il good thing as far as
II trent. but ii did not "tOuch bOttOm."
The Freeman thinks the new militia
!
shirt" of anything vet "enacted" 10y
the General Assembly. and lis IL peace
footing" is of the mldcst type. 1t adds :
The excuse that the bill as first block
ed out, provided for more than one reg
imcnt. and that in the last hours of the
session. there WAS not time to amend
the pllriScology to correspond with the
reduction. is hardly sufficient for
spreading upon the statute book. law
:" awkwardly and inaccurately phras-
ed as t" invite ridiculc.
The only pensioncr of the war of
lSl2 i'll Woodstock. is Col. :. l.. Marsh.
HOW i'll his eighty fourth wear. He
walked nearly five miles Il few DAYS
since to get his quarterly pension pa
pcr> made out.
EN-State Senator William L. IIorro-
bin. of Bennington. and late one of the
Democratic nominees for Presidential
electors in this State. will soon take up
his residence iii CohocS. y. Y. where
he has large business interests.
The -. Adams Messenger SAYS: 1.-THE
early completion of the Lamoillc Val
ley Railroad. the land purchase of Fair
banks y Co.. to the extent of S1O.OOO.
the combination of circumstances which
clearly point to Swamtum as soon to he
one of the most thriving i'll Vermont"
BrKNING OF THE MI>>I>QroI VALLEY
House. We learn that the Mi>>i~uuui
Valley House, at sheldon depot. WAS
totally destroyed 10y fire. with all its
contents. about ) o'clock Tuesday Il. H.
The fir" is supposed To have originated
from Il chimney. Insurance. SG.OOO on
the house. and 2.OOO on the furniture.
The loss is about double the amount of
the insurance. HWrIimgton Free Press.
Following the lead of their Chittcndcn
county mcighhol>. the >,lcctmcn of II.
Adams have called Il meeting of the
Franklin county town officers AT st. Al
bans. to STE if something cannot hc done
t" remedy the unequal state TAXATION.
The counties of Chittcndcn. Franklin
and Grand Isle. " which complain of over
valuations. will probably unite to test
the matter before the courts.
There are over IOu.OO COWS in the
state of Vermont. Yielding an income
OF .-:i.:I:E}.:E}O.
The track on the new railroad WAS
laid "m this end To Newport Center last
night. Om account of the severity of
the Weather. only about 1000 feet can
Lee laid III Il day. The grading i all
completed except Il >hmt distance on
Kings section. About halt Il month
more will he required to complete the
taack t" Troy. Express.
Bennington has Il man 80 fond of
gold that after paNing Il hill, recently,
1t" walked home with the man. il l.
sad. To- Toe mean the. money H. long ~