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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01
The U. S. Senate and the President.

For four or five weeks the discussions
in the t. :. Senate have assumed such
Il character as to remind the student of
history of the general dcmeanor of that
body in other days, and to suggest com
parison not altogether complimentary
to the conduct of the Senate ;IS now OF
gained. Resolutions of inquiry made
as obnoxious as possible in form and
language have been introduced. and
become the subject of heated discus
sions. BY their inSinration> they are
provoking to the ardent friends of Gen.
Grant, who have not the >hrcw,lnc>s to
pass them, and enter upon Il speedy in
vcstigation of the subjects suggested.
and thereby put to silence all clamor
against his administration for none.
not even the originator> of the rc>olu
tions, believe him culpable in the man
ner and form ilSimuatcd in the rcsulu-
tions.
If Gen. Grant has erred occasionally
in the multitude of his appointments to
office, made 10y him necessarily with
out personal knowledge of the men.
and upon the recommendation of others,
the people will forgive him. for they
understand such things to he unavoid-
able. Farmers, manufactures and rail
roads, often employ men whose hon
esty and ability they must test, and if
found wanting, they are discharged.
Sensible and candid people understand
that Gen. Grant can exercise only ii
similar vigilance and discretion. There
fore, if he fails to find all men honest in
the New York Custom House. he is not
justly aSS;ilablc on that account. He
has not the gift of miracles. and with
out that how could he make pure men
out of the men of the city of New York
that Sodom of the 10Th century
And as to the other matter of Scua-
torial inquiry, of selling condemned
arms, the thing was authorized 10y act
of Congress, and if any cul pahle irrcg-
ualities attended the transaction 10y
acts of the Suhordinate> of Gen. Grant
they should he exposed, and the cNccu-
tive will in no wise suffer in popularity
or reputation. Therefore it is unwi>e
and unpolitic to attempt t" hedge mp
the path of inquiry, however the form
i'll which it is proposed.
There is Il large amount of jealousy
lurking i'll the breasts of quite il number
of the republican members of the Sen
ate. This has existed for Years. Mr..
Sumner, in his bearing and conduct
towards other senators. has done not IL
little to evoke it. He is impcIinuS in
his way. There are other men there
armed with the sovereignty of States.
They too may. in some manner. have
contributed something in creating this
state of things. Discord instead of hal-
mony, is the result. The people can
reasonably expect il turn i'll the dnimg>
of the United States Senate. Wisdom
should sit in the high places of our land
1t is high time for its inaugural day to
arrive in reference to the United States
Senate
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01
Methodist State Conference.

The next session of the Vermont An
nual Conference ofthe Methodist Epsco-
pal Church is to be holden at Chelsea.
April ID. Bishop Ames. of Baltimore,
Md, is to preside. This Conference Is
composed of the Travelling Preachers OF
which there are about one hundred. FoI
the first time in the history of this
church, Lay Delegates are to he chosen.
though we believe their work at the
Annual Conference is only to elect Dele
gates to the ensuing General Conference
For this purpose one Delegate is to he
sent from each station.
Once in four wears IL General Confer
ence is holden, the first of which. us now
constituted. held its session in New York
City, in May. 1872. and the next is to he
holden i'll Brooklyn, beginning its session
May LIST. of this year. The General
Conference hitherto has been composed
of Delegates from the respective Annual
Conferences in the United States and
Territories, of which there are now over
seventy. This year there is the addition
of two Lay Delegates from each Annual
Conference. 1t will require two-third>
of the Ministers and Lay Delegates ia
constitute Il quorum. The Lay Dele
gates sit and deliberate with the minis
tiers, and it will require the concurrent
vote ofboth delegations to complete any
action.
In all sessions of the Annual and Gen
eral Conferences the Bishops preside.
At the last General Conference there
were ten Bishops, but four have since
died, and this will make it necessary for
the Conference toclect several new ones
to office. The first Bishop of this church
was Rev. Thomas Coke, who was or
dained in 1874. Since then there have
been twenty three, and only six are now
living. of whom Bishop L. a. Morris, of
Ohio, is the senior in office, having been
ordained in 1896. Y.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

As one of the leading
Judges of this state recently remarked:
Christian sentiment as to government
i'll this country is crystallizing and
this amendment is the form it must
take. Let it be ours to labor for the
accomplishment of this aim, confident
that, as an other eminent Judge of this
state declared. AS sure as God reigns
in Heaven, and the Bible is his Word
of eternal truth, this movement must
succeed"
A committee was appointed to NOM
mate officers for the ensuing year con-
sisting of Revs. John Service, James NJ.
Beattie and Hugh Brown, and Messrs.
Jas. Graham and Andrew Wylie. This
committee retired for the transaction of
the business assigned them, and during
their absence the Rev. |. NJ. Faris OF
Topsham addressed the meeting.
The committee returned and report
ed the following list of officers:
President.-HOn.J. ID. Abbot.
Vice Presidents. Rev. W. j. Mae
dOwell, Hon. Peter Buchanan.
Secretdry.-Rev.J Jas. NJ. Beattie.
Treasurer Robt. w. Laird, Esq.
Executive Committee.-Mr Jas. Ora
ham, Mr. Alexander b. Pringle, Mr.. Jas
Dickie, Mr.. John Samuel and Mr.. VIM
Bone.
The report was unanimously adopted
Rev S. L. Frost was then introduced
took grounds against the movement
No sooner did he take his seat than the
Rev. Hugh Brown of Ryegate came for
ward and III il short speech undertook
to reply to Mr.. Frost's address, and
with what success those that heard hin
know we'll.
The Chairman who had been appoint
ed Il delegate to the convention in Phil
adelphia on the 18th of Jan. ISL. CAV,
an interesting statement of what occur
red at that meeting. and his impressions
in regard to it.
The Rev. JAS. NJ. Beattie and the
Rev. John Service then followed each
with an address in favor of the move
mcnt.
Mr.. Brown was again called out and
i'll speech of some length advocated
the proposed Amendment namely
That Almighty God as the source of all
authority and power in civil govern
ment. the Lord Jesus Christ as the Rul-
er among the nations. and his revealed
acknowledged in the constitution of the
United States. His arguments on these
different topics, especially the first am,
the last on which he tlWrlt chiefly. were
clear and conclusive to many. Indeed
such WAS the power of his el"qurnrr as
to silence every opposing tongue.
Voted to procure one hundred copies
of the report of the proceedings of the
national convention in Cincinnati, a+
published i'll the Christian Statesman
for grltutItouS distributions.
The meeting WAS then closed with
PRAYER 10y the Rev. VI. :. Dudley of
Pcacham.
This meeting was i'll all respects Il
tine success. The weather was all that
could he desired The attendance was
large and the speeches We're listened To
with profound attention. 1t was So in
teresting that it was proposed to have
another i'll the month of March.
JAMES VI. BEATTIE. Secretary.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

NEW HAMPSHIRE ITEMS. The story
that one of the signal corps stationed on
Mt. Washington, had been frozen t.
death, wa> probably made ont of the
fact that private named Stevens died
of paralysis. on Monday night. No
medical assistance reached him.
The next Coos and ESSEX Agricultural
fair will he held at Lancaster, Sept
Eth and 10Th.
The boiler head in Fisk \ Kenney'
SAW mill at Strattord. blew ont on SatIr-
day, imiuring several workmen. hut
none seriously.
\ small bridge on the Northern road.
near DanbnY, was burned Monday
night
Among the Republican speakers in
New Hampshire. we notice the name of
ID. /. t"rhim, formerly of Wells River.
Many of ON readers will rccollect Can't.
C"rhln. of company &. Third Vt. He
was terribly wounded in battle. Int re-
covered. and has of late been doing good
service as District Attorney of South
Carolina. 10y effectively prosecuting
those daStardll muIocrcrS. the -kluX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

- Mr. Willard of Vermont succeed
ed. i'll getting the House To set apart two
days month hence for the con>idera-
ton of civil service reform. His hill
prohibiting members of Congress from
soliciting appointments to office will
then come up. An amendment will
probably he adopted providing that
members may make recommendations in
writing. and i'll that shape the hill may
pass. The civil service committee will
endcaVor 10y that time Ia have ready Il
bill intended to cover the reComcnda-
tons of the president on the subject
Me>SrS Shellaharger and Perry of Ohio.
Willard of Vermont. and Holman of In
diana, the latter of hom is Il democrat.
are earnestly i'll favor of the passage of
such a bill. but there is not much hope
of it,. Washington diSpatch to Rtp"bL-
cdn. Fcb. %.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

THE Run MONSTER. The city cdi-
tor of the Dcs MONIES. Oowa) Register
died of intrmpcrance. and his death
WAS thus announced i'll the Hcgister:
MURDERED. - In the city of De>
MnimeS. December :. ISL. by the
agents and under the personal super
imtendcnce of his satanic majesty. in
the Both year of his age. J. II. Goodson.
city editor of the State Register.
I'VE trust" says the editor chief
of the Register. over his own signature.
THAT those who traffic i'll the poison
which sapS the soul as well as life. and
for the intamy of Il dime play the part
of assassin. will see in this and other
terrible instances our city has lately
had. the triumph of their work of muir
der"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

HIGH PRICE FOR What
do our farmers who are selling potatoes
for forty-tive cents a bushcl, think of
the following story:
Four thousand dollars bushcl for
potatoes is somewhat above our mar
ket quotations. but we have seen docu-
mentary evidence to prove that an offer
has been made at the above rates 4
gentleman in Vermont has raised Il new
potatoe which he represents us much
earlier than any other variety. The
potatoes being of fine quality, Mcssrs
Bliss & Sons of New York bought his
stock, allowing him to retain half Il
peck he entered into an agreement not
to sell this half-peck of potatoes nor
their produce until 1874. The raiser
now writes that Il neighbor has offered
him $500 for that half-peck of potatoes.
and he wishes permission to sell them.
The pOtatOe has not received Il name,
but will be tried during the coming
summer before putting it upon the mar
ket.-Hedrth and Home.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

massive weight went beyond even the
Congressman right to frank, and Mr..
Kinsella had the matter of $3.50 to pay
as postage. Mr.. kinsella's paper is
Democratic in politics. and keeps an
Eagle eye open tight for frauds and pet
ty swindles upon the government.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

While Senator Sumner is doing
his worst to show that our government
was guilty of Il violation of neutrality
i'll selling arms in ISL. and also of cor
ruption i'll the mode of making the
sales. his colleague. senator Wilson.
takes the opposite ground. and pointed
ly declares that the business WAS ueith-
cr illegal nor immoral. General Viii
sons opinion on the matter. and his
emphatic declarations as To the manner
i'll which the business was done. are the
more entitled to respect because he is
Chairman of the Scuatc'S Military Com
mittec. and 81 is thoroughly acquainted
with all the details that belong to the
sales of arms. sales that have been go
ing on for some Years. aud which had
no more necessary connection with
the Franco-Gcrman war of IS1O-TI than
they had with the AuStro-PrISSian war
of IS66
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01
Look at the Figures

Will subscribers to the CdLodonidn look at the
figures following their address on this paper
These figures indicate the date I" which suhScrip
tinns are paid. For instance. 4 Jan. % indicate,
that the paper is paid for TO next January while
Il Jan - or Il Jul Il. any other date pre-
vious to-day. is evidence that there is something
due
And il will be an especial favor when subscriber,
find wrong date against their names. t" let IL
know at once. that the mistake may I've corrected
II is much easier To rectifv the time. than
in six months a year afterwards.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

- over ut Lanca>trrthcy luNlriatcd
with the mercury ut ;3 below zero. ON
Friday the coolest morning of winter.
The gale of Monday and Tuesday block
ed the Grand Trunk railroad badly
worse than for Years before. Trains
had been sn"w-h"nmd between Bethel
and Gorllam for Il day oI two, and men
were working day and night to dig
them out
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

ANOTHER LAND GRANT The Senate
passed on Saturday Il bill reviving the
old land grant to the Bayfield, and Lake
superior Railroad Company. involving
about Il million of acres of valuable tim
Der land. Mr.. Morrill, of Vermont. en-
dcav"red t" stop it, hut failed. and this
is regarded is the advance guard of Il
legion of land subsidy bills. twenty-SiN
strong in the Senate and forty strong in
the House
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

Speaking of theoretical farming, Josh
Billings says he once knew man who
wouldn't even set Il gate post, unless the
ground was analysed to see if it posses
sed the proper ingredients for post
holes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

Pretty Winnie Rcam is busy ut
work in Washington modelling huSts of
Admiral Fanagut and Gen. Thomas.
and clearly intends t" lobby Congress
into IL commission to Sculp in marble
one or both of those. heroes for the ma
ton, and 1T the nations expense. One
would suppose that the Rcim statue of
Lincoln. standing in the old Represen-
tatlve hall. as one expresses it. Tin the
attitude of hotel waiter presenting
an cXtortionate bill" would always be
Il dreadful warning to congressman not
to indulge III the luxury of any more of
Miss Ream's wares. But she has IL very
winning way with her. and when she
gets ready we very much fear the de
sired so 900 or so 900 will he coaxed
out of the two houses. And she is evil
IDENTITY nearly ready, for she has offered
to send the plaster model of Farragut
to il Senate committee room.-SDriag-
feld Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

ITO JEW. 1t appears that our die
tiomarirS are all wrong, after all. The
JcTjSh Messenger publishes Il correspon-
dence between \. :. SOlomOns of W ash
ington. and the publishers of Wehstcr's
and WorccStcrS dictionaries. III which
Mr.. SolomonS seeks to have the leXico-
graphN of the verb ITO jew" rcctited
50 as t" spare the feelings of the Israel
itiSh portion of the community. This
verb i'll Webster is defined. ITO cheat
OF detraud; t" swindlc. (ColloquiaD.
The complaint is that this definition
docs violence t" the religious feelings
of our lluw-citizens 10y assisting to
perpctIIate thc bigotry of IL past age
After some attempts to substitute Il
new definition. both the McrriamS. and
Brewer y Tilc>ton (thc dictionary pub
liSherS) have accrlcd to this view. and
i'll no future editions of either Webster
or Worcester will the verb lev" APP
, pear. The Springfield Republican thinks
New Euglandels might as well demand
to have the word ''puritmicar' cNpur-
gated from these books. and some 9th
er words which, although expressive
and true. hit on the raw.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

RECOVERY OF THE There
don on Tuesday. consisting of thanks
giving ceremonies over the recovery of
the Prince of Wales. There were pro-
ccSSi"n>. imposing ceremonies at St.
Paul'> Cathedral, and Il crush of people
all about. Statutes We're fired. bells rIng.
and the Engliehman gave himself up to
joyful demonstrations. as he had il per
feet right to do.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

STATE CONVENTION. The Free Press
learns that the state Republican Com
mittcc held Il meeting ut burlington
Tuesday evening. and decided to call IL
state convention at Bellows Falls (why
so fan south , the first day of May. to
choose drl"S"tos' I" III" Philadelphia
convent ION
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

MUEE LAND GEANT>.-A bill has
been introduced int" Congress 10y Scua-
the Committee "n Education. appropri-
atimg to each state in which agriculture
al colleges are established i'll accur-
dance with the law of lr,2. one million
acres of public land for their support.
No mineral lands are to he taken under
this act.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

The Stokes trial in New York was
again postponed Monday. Judge Car
daZO was busy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

TREATMENT OF FFLON>. G. NJ. IL
Fahius, y. Y. i'll Germantown Telr-
graph says: y tclon is easily known
10y II sharp pain near the bone. Fill {;
pint tin cup "nc-tourth full of Wood
ashes. then till the cup with warm
water and place it in the stove. Hold
the finger or the affected part in the
cup until the pain is removed. The
contents of the cup must he kept lis hot
as the hand can bear. If the pain re-
turns repeat the process. In the more
advanced stages poultire made of
slippery elm, tiaXsce-l, or even bread
and milk. is good but the best thing
to draw Il telon to IL head is to apply il
sitlve made of the yol> of an egg thick
ened with wheat flour.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

= The japanese embassy arrived
1T Chicago at , o'clock on Monday al
ternoon. They we've escorted to their
quarters at the fremont House and the
Grand Central hotel 10y IL committee of
common council. which had met them
1T Aurora. In the fremont house par
lor the leading members of the embassy
We're met 10y Mayor Mcdill and Il large
number of leading citizens. who vel
coined them cordially. After Il formal
introduction. the mayor welcomed the
oricntals in a speech, i'll which he con
graduated Japan on the wisdom and
Sagacity of her present emperor i'll lead
ing ether oriental nations i'll the march
of Improvement, and expressed himself
gratitied that Japan ch"">eS America as
Il model. Prince iwakma responded t"
the mayors address in Il cordial and
feeling manner.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

Clark King of East Montpelier, an old
butter dealer, stated before the State
Board of Agriculture, at its session in
Montpelier last week, that only 30 per
cent. of the Vermont butter taken to
market ruled as tirst-class. He said that
the great mistake was, that the cream
was allowed to stand too long, and laid
down for the dairywoman this code
''Skim early, churn early and sell early"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

Senator Wilson is speaking in the
principal towns of the state i'll behalf of
the republican cause. Ex-Governor
Hartman and others. are also address
inc large and enthusiastic audiences, in
the same behalf. The democrats also
have speakers abroad. hut they rely. it
is understood. upon less open measures
to give them success.
The election in New Hampshire,
coming as it does. the first III the year
of the Presidential election. is regarded
as important. Its result will fore
shadow. in some faint manner. the
views of the people i'll reference to that
event. \ heavy loss. 10y the republic
cans would he construed rs adverse to
the prospects of the reelection of Gen.
Grant. or rather. perhaps. to his re-
nomination. ON the other hand. should
the republicans regain the state. Gen.
Grant will most likely he rendered Il
denomination.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01

THE PACIFIC Il. X. BLOCKADE AM,
SICKNESS. \ physician from Amora.
ILL.,. makes Il statement concerning the
health of the passengers. He SAYS that
the suffering WAS chiefly from impaticnCc
and All anticipation of the exhaustion of
supplies. The Sccond-claS> passengers
suffered from want of sleep their ac-
Communications. of course. being of an
inferior character. There WIS Il SlIt-
ticient quantity of food on the train. and
no danger of starvation existed. The
doctor related this fact upon his own
authority as Il physician. There WAS
considerable sickness on board mainly
among iil>tclaSs passengers. He noted
tw" cases of cry>ipelaS. several of dip
liberia and pneumonia Il child diving of
the latter disease. There is one case of
rrNSipclas still ON the train. hut the
afflicted party is likely to recover.
Most of the disease WAS cIIgcndcred hv
the poisonous gases in the ears. which
were necessarily closed on account of
the cold weather. and 10y the lack of
proper hathing facilities. There WAS one
case of smallpox. IL porter being the
afflicted party. who was left ut Carbon.
Near this latter place there were two
births. and mothers and children were
alike doing we'll.
\ curious ease is that of Mr. Stock
well of Waterloo. Iowa. who was five
weeks in the snow. He left home with
the liver complaint considered about
inculahle. When he left home he had
to he carried to the ears in Il chair. but
when he reached san Francisco he was
as lively as Il cricket. and declIred%hc
hl"ckadc had done him good. \ sadder
case is that of Mr.. Burroughs. who.
through exposure and lack of food. was
reduced almost to skeleton. was car
ricd t" Il hotel in II carriage Immediately
on the arrival of the train at san Fran
cisco. and died there shortly after.