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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02
Vermont Greeley Men after a Cover

The Greeley men. in pro>pectiuo H..
Il candidate for Governor. >,ut Il ..t.,l
cr' L" Hon. ID. {. Drmmi>um OF Eu.
ton. and received the following l,.,..
otic reply. which was not lust .I..
they cNpectcd:
"RuNALTo>. July IL. -.
+. Henry wiley: sir Yours OF ,l.
morning Is before me. | am mlE ~.
the opinion that the election of ~.
Grcclcy to the Presidency would 70,
disaster to the country. which a.u..
require Years and perhaps decade, p.
overcome.
regret exceedingly that IN. ,,.
should for IL moment bclicNr thar f..
Yer his election. HIS success In r...
campaign will he the >mcrr>> of ,f.
Democrats of those who worked H..
and perhaps fought fr the >ur,,>, ,,
secession and the rebellion u,od .,
praised ii VAS without avail .u.
cannot and do NOT wish 1" Ice co. >...
political connections.
| have no aspirations t"r ANY pr.>,..
i'll political advancement. hat lir,.
and pray for the election of Grant .i...
Wilson as did tor that of Lincoln ..r.,.
IIamlim. believing hat the h,>D ur,
c>t> of the country demand ii.
Yours respectfully.
DUpLEl {. BE\NI>u>
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02
What II. G Knows about the Position
of the Democratic Party.

1T WIS not Ia Ice expected that TIA"
party which opposed the war fol the
| Mon could long >ur\ i've it> successful
conclusion. Held together l., the co
hr>il,- power of expected p">iti"uN of
party spells. il has "utIivcd the logical
period for it, demise. hut NOT fnI long.
Becoming Il party for mere negatives ii
has uothiu" tut opposition and dc,,tIItc-
ton /" "t1,'i the country. 1t pr"pu~c~
only to abolish. repeal. rcpudiatc. and
ammul: il Offers II" substitute tor hat
II seeks To destroy. 1t l. tine anarchist
which would destroy order. huI reveals
no future condition "t h,tt"lmcmt only
confusion. rhau>. nnIhugmr~>. such Il
party cannot. IN the nature nf things.
long maintain even Il >pI~mnodI, cAI~t-
"mcc. In all truth and ~uhrInr>>. We
cannot SIC uhl1 p">>ihIc mission the.
Democratic party has To fulfill ia the
country. Party organization tol the
~.iI>r only of >ccurim" and div ldIu@ th'.
public offices cannot long exist. And
tu thi~ complexion the once proud old
Dcm"cIrric party ha> come AT last lh,.
great thctt~ oI lammaul. il New orh
Ir' a' earnest of What a"uld. hc done
Wherever the Democracy S.m >,CuIr
power. 1t j. public PLUMBER not pin
riplr. vi ich binds together The d"ui
mamt party IN New York, and. whether
toy. llnltIuan'> trrrhn"ttr> fleece ihc
merchants in the Bay. "r th, man " H."
boasts of owning the Legislature of
New York binds the city hand and tool
il i rcch"urd legitimate, policy to,
Democratic tacticIau>. 1t does moi
seem III rca>"n rhat It panty :" uI"anilrd
ana conducted should long exist. But
1t needs all the hard blows that ErIuh-
h"'rm> can deliver upon il t" hrim" down
1" the dust of defeat this pIcp">tcIuu>
sham. " hich has II" longer amy cNcI>r
t"I being. We do not see what i To
keep this mi-mamcd band of culI~pira-
tors much longer alive. only the lrth
argN "t il natural foes will permit it,
further success in the nation. - I,iL-
HHt. September = ISL
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02
From the Brattlcbor" PhnniN.
Our Member of Congress.

We have. until recently. confidently
hoped and expected that Judge Poland
would he returned to Congress from
this District without opposition. and
10y common consent of the Republicans 8.
hut il is now understood that Il contest
more or less sharp will he had FOR the
nomination. Judge Steele of Iiartland.
w ndSor county. and his friends. are
nov actively in the field against Judge
Poland. We deeply regret this. for
however readily We may conccdc Judge
SteclcS qualifications for the office he
seeks. we regard Il change at this time
is unwi>r and prciudicial to the highest
interests of the country. For many
NcaIS past this Congressional District
has been >imgularly fortunate in the
character and ability of the men repre-
Scntimg it. The people held Mr.. Morrill,
in the House of Representatives. in spite
of all opposition. tor six successive
terms. ending in l~tii with his election
to the /. :. Senate. Judge POLAND
fortunately bccamc his successor IN the
House and has NOW served three terms
with distinguished ability. Ii l. well
known that Judge Poland ranks with
the ablc>t and most influential mem
beers of the House. As a .iuriSt his adj
vice Is sought 10y committees having in
charge questions of statute or com>titu
tiOnal law involved in national legi>la-
ton. From his long and ripe cNprr-
fence as Il Judge and Legislator. we
think he is needed in the IIuu>,. of Rep
r'Scmtatiyc>. and we know the people
of this county fully agree in this opim-
ion. Without amy di>rc~pcct i" the
qualifications or ambitions of amy 9th
81 man. the Republican tlccmrn of the
county of Wimdham want no change At
this time. and Judging from adNicr>
from all parts of the county. We can say
they arr. Il unit against it. huI viii use
all due efforts Ia return Judge Poland
to his old seat i'll the House of Repre-
~cntatiNc>.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02

The VALLEY OF TIE UPPER Con
NECTICTT. A correspondent of the BoS-
ton .j0urhdI who was along with the
Board of Agriculture eNcIlrSimiSts to
the head waters of the Connecticut last
week, thus writes of the beauties of the
upper Connecticut valley. which is tIur
every word:
We can hardly find words with which
To adequately describe the great beauty
of the upper Connecticut valley. For
miles and miles the river winds grace
fully through Il green intervalc whose
wonderful fertility is shown in luNu-
RANT grass land. frequently producing
two tons of hay To the acre. and III
waving fields of grain. houses
here and there dot the scene. while fire.
qurntly, on either side. grand old hills
rise up like Scntimcls keeping watch
over the peaceful scene below. Such
was the picture that WAS spread before
us nearly all of the WAY to Colchrook
The reception of the cNcuISioniStS at
this enterpriSing town WAS IL very
spirited and graUifliug one. \ large
number of people We're assembled III
and about the Parsons House. and ;l,;
the carriages drove up i'll front of the
hotel the music of the COlcbrook Coruct
Band added to the enthusiasm of the
occasion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02
Reply of Judge Adds.
BRATTIEBORo. ,July u

BRATTLEBORO, July -, l-72.
J"dge French Ny Dear Sir: | am
surprised to hear from yen that certain
persons are saying that Judge PoIand's
Congressional career is IL failure and
that he has no influence at Washing
ton"
During the last year and ahalf that
have resided at Washington have
had pretty good means of knowledge as
to this matter, and am happy to say
that the precise rererse is the tdcf His
standing i'll Congress is very high he
Is highly respected 10y men of all par
ties. democrats as well as republicans.
as Il man of sound Judgment. of great
falrlIcSS and candor, and of eminent
ability and learning. especially in all
legal matters.
There are, i'll my opinion. very few
men III the House who have as much
influence i'll legislation aS he Few are.
:" constantly i'll their places. liz. has
the good Sense not To he making speeches
all the time tritteriug away his in
tiucnce on the air: but when he does
make Il speech it is worth hearing and
reading and is listened to 10y the House
Judge Poland is an honor to our State.
| cannot imagine how any person
having amy knowledge ON the subject
could have started 50 erroneous Il re-
port.
When think how universally Judge
Poland is known and homored at WASH
Ingt"n. it really seems absurd that any
one should be asked as To the correct
hess of such Il rumor. should say
every body knows better.
am with much respect.
Very truly yours.
\. o. Adds.
\ meeting of the Greeley club will be
held At Avenue House Friday evening ]
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02
Notice to Public Libraries.

BY recent act of Congress. each rep
reSentative is entitled to eight sets of
distributed to Public Libraries in his
district. therefore request the libra
rian of each Public Library in this Dis
trict to send me the name and locatiom
of the same. and the number of volumes
therein. that | may property designate
to which libraries the drawings he
given.
Papers i'll the district will please copy
this notice.
l.. L. POLAND.
81 Inhn. hnl.N- lnl,- ~ I-1D
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02
At the Profile.

Nh. l.. l.. Holden of Boston. and Prof.
Tourice. accompanied the New Hamp-
shire newspaper men through the Noun
tain> on their late excursion. The
former gentleman thus writes to the
Jon,n0I of the Profile House and Notch.
and some changes thcrrahoutS
The Profile House is the Mecca of I'LL
W lIitr Mountain tom lists. and il Is more
attractive this season than ever before.
In outward appearance there is but
little change. hut nevertheless. the hotel
has been very much enlarged. At least
one hundred more guests can now hc
accommodated than before. and We
presume that even i much larger NAM
her could hr slowed away upon an
emergency. | pom entering tn" house
the changes and Improvements IN and
about the office inst strikes ones 1T
tcmiion. The office Vas formerly upon
the left OF thr entrance. II - NOW
nearly "pp..-ilr lhc doorway. and while
il l., twice ~ ~pI,.i"u> IL the old office.
in itself Iirrl, j. IT least three times the
space outside the counter for he t>,. of
the quests than there Vas under the old
arrangement. BIN the main ImlI"lr.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02
The Democratic Candidate.

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and rv,n,I, n,,.. "a, Han, i,.,. l.,,.'|.'
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ncI;,tir marry has MOI L,,,n,,. p.,,IJ;
can. th,i President vh,,,, il .J,.,.,L ,.,',
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depend unnn tine uumhrr nf Drnn,,.,,.
who will yot. for him ~ tL. r,.,,,I.,,
party candidate. To FIN. nr,>,.,t ,.,,.,I;
lion the Rrpuhlicou r.r,uit> Lnirr ma,
ORGANIZATION and mo t,r.,.n,., fn, ,I,,
nrrr>Sar, rxrrusr of the ,.I,cii,m. ,L"'
hrin" as their share som. >n,..,L.,
Willingness To work urnu i. ,.,,, a.
those who look fnl. reward in thn ,.,,.,,,
of success. and :, us,.ul,.,u,I,,.;,.,
which has Tins far rhr .,.n..., ~ ,',..,.,,
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02
Grant Visits Pullman

Gen. Grant takes il sensible Nar,r..
from the crowd that gathers al I.o-
Branch. n> we'll ;IS from the p"Iirl.Js,
III Washington. 10y going /" spend rt,,,
weeks with his friend Pullman "u '.,
lattrI'> island in the II. Lawrence d..
rr. 1t j. Il beautiful summer home, ..
The palace ear millionaire has c>tabII,..
eel there. He OWES entirely one of r,.
most charming of the Thousand l.h,
has erected extensive though ~im,.,
summer quarters there. has Il steam
Yacht To do his bidding. and entertain,
his friends there 10y the IuzcII> of ..
time Better hc Pullman than To- n,
president: but if one can't. The u,N'
best thing is /" Ice his friend. ami t..,
the KEY To his island home
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02
Letter from Judge French.
=

ST. JnHN>RI EN. July -. Ic72
Dear Sir: In the political canvass
which is going ON in the ID Congress
si"mal District, it is urged against Judge
Puland'> examination that his "Com-
Grtssional career has been an utter tdiI-
He. and that he has acquired no jhha-
eHce ur sfdHdinJ at Washington" Now
You and | know very well that such an
assertion is simply infamous: and as
you are IL life long friend of Judge
Poland, and have had ample opportuni-
ties to know what his Congressional
career and standing 1T Washington is {:
i'll the interest of decemcy and fair play.
| wish (if You have no "hiection) that
Won would give me in writing. SubStam-
italy the statement Nou made in regard
To the matter, at our recent interview
at BlattlebOro. together with YOUR
means of information on the subject.
with liberty to Use, or publish the saline
Very sincerely yours, &c.
ASA l.. FRENCH.
Hos. Asa q. \ LIDS
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02

meant anything. II was that II WAS pllr-
n,s.d to make some canvass here. as
had been done elsewhere. before war
was openly declared. hut that circum-
stances had rendered il wise to open IL
vigorous campaign before this pIelimi
nary work had been done. Now what
were these circumstances We leave
our reader to conjecture.
We are sorry to learn that language
used 10y us last week in reference to the
personal relations of the two competi-
tors. has been misinterpreted. We
spoke of the peculiar personal relations
of the parties ever since Judge Steele
WIS elevated to the Bench. This has
been Interpreted to mean that Judge
Judge Steeles appointment. The Ian
gIIage used is not susceptible of such an
Interpretation. 1t is. "from the time he
was elevated to the Bench" 1t WAS
from that time that their intimacy he
gan. 1t meant Just what it would had
We said from the time Judge Poland
Went To Washington. and no more. We
referred To other obligations. for We are
not aware that Judge Poland ever
/ claimed any special credit III this mat
ter.
/ We do not desire to disparage Judge
steele. We have no feelings of un-
fricndlincSs towards him. hut quite the
reverse. We had expected to see him
succeed the present member. We have
put the facts before our readers as they
have come to us. in all camdnr and i'll
all truthtlllne>> Judge steele i II
Young man He should not Ice impa-
tirnt He WAS well assured of the size
crS>um two wears hence The place i
tminently we'll filled AT present. \
change at this critical time in our na-
tiomal affairs. would certainly Ice very
imiudiciuuS. What ever position Judge
Steele may ultimately hope to attain in
Congress. he goes there without intlu
tIltf. anu llIllSl ltllstlu lutIt W IL
Influence till he has built one up for
himself IA thing which not one man in
il score VIII" goes there ever succeeds III
doing.
We have Il man whom the District
knows already holds Il position among
the foremost. who is gaining strength
and influence every day. why should
we set him aside for II man entirely
without experience. and who. whatever
may h.. his promise. can fur the present
add little t" the decreasing strength ut
the republican party. Ii l. understood
more. II Judge Steele is found to Ice
the man whom the people need tW"
Years hence. he will not Ice the less fit
To serve them then for two Years added
To his now scarcely more than youthful
age. If we are NOT misimioImtd. he i
hut httl" more than half past the third
decade of life. Judge Poland is about
fifty sin i'll the very prime and Nig"l
of manhood just that age when Wis
dom and prudence controls and directs
undated force. No injustice would Ice
done Judge Steele were he asked to
hidr his time. just now it would not
Ice treating the present incumbent with
fairness. thus SulumarilN to set him
aside
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02
The Reform" Movement. and It's Can
didate


~ IN
~ Nv" l''''''''-'''i '''~' tan
rh nom Inc immune 81 II"l''r" the"
ley ~p"rrin.~. show the Views of tn,
MAN the. d,un,.r.,r- IN, iI,,, f., mad, ,
p,..i,L.,,,.
H. g. IIn\ WANT J." r:h il;t>IhI -.
WI Webster "a> NOT only Il G'nlI'-
man. huI 10" hId the elements OF moral
4Ir"lnt>~. ami i" had faults ~ we'll.
II" ialI"d only ~ ON r'~pc"t. and in
I'M respect dliirl from HIM he want
W. anu "'i, h"'
h,,, rL,. nr,.,,,.., u,.,,, \,u,,;,", ,,',.,
prndu,rd. W.. have. >c..r, nur .,r,.,,r,.,r
man. Mr.. Chase. m;kiu"tI,. ..,rI,. him
der. have. seen men !, hn had the. .li-
east, early and died of it ut Il NcI\ old
age. General Lew i Ca>~ died at about
-. and M tu the ,la, of his drath h,
wanted tn IL, President No one ,,,.,
,.>,arr> " hn once r:,rrh,, th,. di,,,s,
hr lives and dies in rhr J,.Iu,i,,n Re-.
inc Il reader and an observer. at ~, ,..,,l,
age. | >aw how il poisoned and r,rlI
wed the very best of oIr puLIi,. men
and have carefully avoided it," Ho,-
ace. G,,,I,3j> NDr,ch nt On,b,r. l-G-.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02

FuI Il Persons CARRIED ONIE \.
AGAEN FALLS. y boat containing
old fisherman named Barney. and
tlirmd. cap>iIcd in crossing Inc Ma.
river near Clifton. ont. Friday att,
noon. and they were carried oNcI p.
falls. y boat containing boy u
yirI. children of Il fisherman nan.
Lessor. while above the falls. Wa> a..
rendered mmamagcahlc to- tn, d..
wind. and both went over the ca1a..
\" traces of the bodies have been a..
c"NcIcd
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02
From the Montpelier Waterman and Journal
The Second District.

.UrsSrx. EditOrS i have 50 long
taken vom .J0HIndI and it has so wide
il circulation in this county, that feel
at liberty to trouble You with IL few
words about political affairs i'll the Sec
omd Congressional District. lou have
doubtless learned that Il. H.. Steele.
Esq. of llartlamd. has undertaken t."
secure the nomination in this district
for the next Congress. am not very
familiar with the mOd"S OpeIdHdi III
politics. but it seems to he this. When
an ambitious man thinks that \. or Il.
has served his country long enough. or
that he has qualities fitted to make Il
shining mark i'll the halls of the Nation
al Legislature, he beg mS to manipulate
the district to secure the succession for
himself. He goes about the towns and
feels of the managing politicians, and
after IL few months of careful cNplora-
ton and fRcS~r. he announces himself.
or gets himself announced. aS Il randi-
date for Congress. He has secured his
friends and Il few papers. and organized
Il party within the party to e" for him.
When all is ready the hue and cry is
raised, the old and experienced. mem
Der is hustled off the stage and the new
man steps to the front. We. the PEG
pie. have nothing to do about il. no
VOICE even III the nomination. and are
expected only to register our votes for
the man who has been successful in I'M
dermlnng IL friend and toi>tin" himself
upon us az OWr candidate.
Now this strikes me :iS Il very poor
method of choosing congressman. 1t
leaves Us. | mean the people. pretty
much i'll the hands of smart. political
adNcmtuIcr>. who can descend To the
management of camcIISc> and the work
ing OF rings, and who have got brass
enough /" put themselves up a. better
qualified for office than the able and
experienced men who have held it t."
the satisfaction of the people. 1t gives
the vain and aspiring men the control
over "ur votes 10y the fact that they
can intrigue Il nomination fuI them
selves. We. the voters. lie helpless
and have L" vote for the man no li~
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possession of the nominating rom>cn-
li"n.
think. Nj. Editor. that w,
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useful public servant " ben We have the,
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02

luE AMHERST Bul> MD ..t.
IEAI\IE. The Amherst cIrn m.,
John BIglin a present of -IuU COL Z.
evening after Ih, Regatta. 1t i md -
attcr Watching them row on >rlrIa.,.
cuimg-. Bigliu changed the lru.rh ..
all THEN "utIIggrI>. and ben nr\t ,..,
pulled thcir time Wa> l,>>curd D.. u.,
q minute. The day before, the. I.,,,. ...
boys thought it would Ice best boot ..
Tow and Capt. Bradley went To 49,
and told him they had voted no, o..
ont that night. and asked whr
Thought about it. Bigim answ,...
''CHpt. Bludlcl. | am paid SO - t.
/" ii" N"rn thinking fur Nou. and -,
N"u Just ten minutes Ia get Nuun Loa.
and men To the river - Ihr boo. ,
g1"W ltd. bur after the race tclt b,r'.
over II. They made quicker time .
t"" seconds IcgHtta day than The. ta
mad" II ANY time practising. vh..h ,
something quite uncommon. ~ crew.
generally Il" best in private and VIE
they cal pick Il day with Smouth v.,,.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02
Great Fire at Jersey City.
TIE ERIE EAllW ~ SHOPS IN IN.

RIM. r,Ir r,IIv\ ~u,.. ~
Early "Wednesday evening. of last
week. Il tire broke ont i'm the r;,rn,rrr,
shops of the Erie railway cnu,u,u,
near the shore end OF Lon" dock. .Jrr-
>rl CITY. which Shnp formed rL, r.,si-
rrn end of a palillrloulam of sheds.
covering an area of .}uI il, 1:5u foe, I'm
the western end. trnutinr an prn,o-t
street. within the space thus cu.I,.rJ
were the repair shops. ma,hii,r >hnns
blacksmith. carpenter and p,iul shni,>
and the general ~torc-rouuS of the com
panN. Before the iiIrmrn could rrt at
work. the flames extended aInu~ I'M.
roof of the machine >hnp. bu>tiur am
ofcvrrN window for :}m feet, In les.
than an hour the whole, block of sb,uS
WIS in ruins Within the shous v,r.
30 locomotives. about half = dozen of
them almost new. The machine and
black ShopS V.r, tIII ,f ,,.tI