St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17

gregatlOnal church in Vermont is to hc
held at Brattleboro, June IL.
A Kansas City grocer has got ahead
of everybody by already advertising
Greeley butter"
The Dolly Warden style of dress i.
no go in good society, but it takes Won
derfully with the servant girls.
The Buffalo On. " Courier is out
frantically for Greeley. Frank Blai
goes for him. Children cry for him
As for ourselves, give lis liberty or rive
us death ~
Ex-Governor Page sailed from New
York for Europe Wednesday, in the
steamer Scotia. His early return tn
Europe. we regret to learn, is caused l.,
the intelligence of the serious illness of
his wife who with his family is AT
Nice.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Springfield Republican telegraph>
that the supplemental apportionmcnr
bill. giving Us in Vermont another rep
resentative will probably pass the sen
ate.
Dolly Nardens are nothing new after
all. The fashion was introduced t. the
Egyptians many years ago. 1t WIS
then called IL COAT of many cOlur>."
1t fitted Joseph handsomely; and took
the fancy of Potiphar's wife.
STATE CONVENTION IN MONTPELIEE.
We understand that the State Repub-
lcan Convention have decided upon
Montpelier as the place, and June 18th
as the day of holding the convention
for nominating State officers.
Pension GRANTED.-Mr. Willard.
from the Committee on Revolutionary
Pensions, reported Il bill to the Hou>t.
Friday tOl the relief of Jason Barnes
of Danvillc. Vermont, which WAS pass
ed
The San Francisco Californian i in
dignamt over the manner i'll which the
Golden State was represented ut Gin.
rinnati. saving: California don't
amount To much politically anyway.
but it is entitled to Il better representa-
ton than ii strong minded Young We
man and two weak minded old men"
Quantrcll. the famous guerrilla chief.
who was the terror of eastern Kansas
during the border rutfian epoch. and
who directed the Lawrence (kanl
butchcry during the war. has turned up
at Los Angeles. Cal. His deeds have
caused him to he declared an outlaw 10y
the government, 50 that his recogni
ton i'll any place is usually followed hl
Il speedy departure.
A middlc-aged woman died most
wretchedly at the Chicago police sta
ton IA few days ago. who WAS the
daughter of IL Rochester On. " clergy
man. and had been famed for her beau
ty and accomplishments. hut fell into
lit,. of dissipation which terminated in
1t lonely and miserable death.
Several lads III Milwaukee have in
operation ii line of four miles of trl,.
graph, the copper wire costing about
$50 per mile. The apparatus of the
company consists of - cups, ID tor
the main battery and 10 for local bat
teIieS-and 10 Morse Instruments. The
line was put up for practice and pleas
urc. and it proves very convenient in
stormy nights. enabling the boys to con
verse with each other. or PLAY check
crS and chess, without leaving then
homes.
The Windsor Journal says seven
months ago Charles Barton, the feeble
bank robber, under sell
teuce of ten Years, started with the
Montpelier sheriff for Windsor. but he
has not Vet arrived. Nor have hi
bones been recovered
The residence of the late Isaac Rich
on Beacon street. Boston. was sold
Monday. to Samuel Hatch for sta, 900
The house l. four-story, treestonr
front octagon, with ii French roof. ON
the land, which contains 25}6 square
feet. there Is Il restriction that no build
ing shall he erected in the rear of the
house more than one story high The
terms of the sale We're. cash in 10 day..
he tax on the estate last year was as
>crsrd upon valuation of S75.0OO.
There are at present upward of TWEEN
tN mills Ill this country exclusively op-
Grated III the manufacture of oil from
cotton seed. and over one hundred and
fifty thousand tons of seed are used an
nuallN. The oil-cake is sent largely To-
England. where il is used as food for
cattle. The oil goes mostly to Boz
,ieauN. Barcelona and other olive grow
ing sections of Europe. from whence
after ''doct"ring." it comes back ~
pure olive OIL
The latest plan for rapid transit in
New York is ITO dam the East river at
il point near the Battery. and also AT
Harlem. sufficiently to prevent the tide
passing through: then pump ont tn,
water and convert the bed of the stream
int" an underground railway. thercb,
making New York and BROOKLYN unr
city, with central und,r-
ground railroad of ten or fourteen track
through its centre
/" illustrate Mr.. Greelcv's sancuiur
disposition and his houmdleSS confidence
N his own popularity with the ma>>,>.
l contemporary announces that when
irtrated The will insist that he and the
people were cheated out of the electoral
votes. For Years to come readers Of
he Tribune will he treated to elaborate
tables of statistics. proving that Nh
.'rccley really carried the electoral
votes of Il majority of the States. aud
ought To he President.
The ComgIcgationali>t says of Horace
'rcrlcy. that he is one of tie last men
" hum we should desire to see elevated
+" the presidential chair. Mr. GrcrLl
ackS qualities which are absolutely e.
'cntlal i'll that office: he has Others
which would inevitably make mischief
n it. and if the people of the United
states are as wise as We think they are.
IL will he allowed to remain at the post
lc has 81 long and so houolably occu-
ned. Ii looks very much aS if the new
'hrtN OF reform. initiated at Cincinnati.
Iad committed suicide AT the outset.
Here is the story of woman> life
l"bll spent. Miss Rhoda r. Ellis. at
.Ncter. y. II. has inst henIm thr tnltA-