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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12
Disturbing Religious Meetings.

On Wednesday of last week Sheriff
Weeks brought before the Court in ses-
sion at this place two Young men from
Lyndon named William sullivan and
charles Peck on complaint of States
attorney for disturbing the Methodist
meetings at the Corner. The Court
rnled that the States Attorney had no
right to file Il bill against them, but
that the case should come before II jus
bail. The Methodist meetings have for
i long time been disturbed by rowdies
who have gone to them for that express
purpose, and they are bound To pur Il
stop to il. or know the reason why.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12
Smokers BaZaar.
PRICES LOWER THAN EVER.
St. JohBsbury Village Laundry.

The subscribers have opened Laundry At The
south end Of Railroad street. We hope by good
work and strict attention 10 business to merit II
share ni public patronage
Order Book. will he found ~ rh- Avenue and
-. Juhnsbnry Houses Post Dffio" FHirhLnk. ,'tDrr
(PS.)-Fur partir"'ar, SO C,rrnior
g1if F.. MOVES \ 90
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12

What do lniversalists believe /!
BN request, Rev. L. VI. Tillutsun will
answer the above question ill Il discourse
ut the Town Hall next SUNDAY after
noon. Morning service a. usual.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12

ing PRAYER wa> then offered by Rev.
Mr.. Lewis. when the company dispcrS-
ed. happy that they had helped 9th
elS to he happy.
OF the present family of four children
of Mr.. aud Ms. Hopkins. two young
men are we'll known as holding respon-
sible positions with McsSrS. L. g. +.
Fairbanks \ Co. One Young man
Charles-giving great promise. was
suddenly stricken down IL little more
than year ago. Had he been spared
their cup of JOY would have been full.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12
The Fairbanks Lumber Yard.

Mr.. Daniel Carpenter. who hat chang,
banks. gives II. th.. following figure,
respecting the amount Of lumber used
10y the Scale Company. and di>r"Scd of
during the year 1871:
2.iti3 900 feet sp!urc.
:aG,70O birch and maple,
.9S:2 heminrh.
:9l2.312 " pine.
6S,2I2 l,as>.
HOO ash.
81 .2ll hutteinui.
$3.50 = spruce claphoard..
/ 1850 g pine claphoard>.
1925 - oak plank.
1860 - strip lath.
1000 white wood board.
2.G:H elm plank.
2,24l = cherry plank.
200 =. cedar boards
700 - tamarac board
Il 300 pine shinglc.
IL 800 cedar shinglr.
TEL 80 liz shingle.
BIOS cedar posts.
Making almost four million feet %
| lumber used and sold, besides shingle.
and posts. The large amount of I'll
/ shingles used is noticeable, is it is only
within IL few years that they have
come int" market. The amount o
lumber received ut this yard in ISL wa
considerably larger than the above
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12
"A Feast OF Fat Things.

There will he sociahle in the rrstIy
of the North Church on Tuesday eve
ming, next, Jan. IL. supper. from Il!
toS. Admission ten cents supper cX-
ira. \ cordial invitation is extended
to all
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12
Frigid, Again.

Attera Christmas of unusual mllducSs.
The wind on Saturday afternoon whi>k-
ell about into the northwest, and came
leaning down from Walden Heights at
Il fearful rate. The mercury sank
rapidly, and Saturday night was terri
bly, cold and windy. sunday waS cold
er still. and Monday the coolest of all.
the thermometer registering at 30 he
low zero. ON Tuesday the weather
commenced to let up Il little. and
Wednesday was II comfortable day
This morning it threatens Il Storm.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12

The week of prayer is being oh
Il, ed in the churches al this place.
The only union meeting j. tonight
Thursday III the Methodist church.
The meetings are inll' attended and of
Iuuch interest
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12

CoLfAN.-The people will he glad t"
learn the statement i'll an authoritative
dispatch from Washington. that Vice
President Colflx has so far yielded Ia
the solicitations of his friends as To say
he will accept if denomination Is ten
dered him. That he has been sincere
i'll his expressed desire to retire to phi
vate life at the end of his present term.
we have no doubt, hut that he did not
care for the place has been an added
recommendation for il in the eyes of the
people.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12

Howard. the Rochester negr" VIII"
outraged the little girl, Ochs, and whose
crime excited the recent riot, was on
Thursday evening secretly taken into
court, and. pleading guilty, sentenced
to twenty wears i'll the State Prison at
Auburn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12

There was ii right smalt shock OF
earthquake felt i'll this place on Tues
day evening, about two minutes before
=. The vibrations continued for sever
al seconds, and were hard enough to
shake windows and doors. tables and
lamps. and some felt Il little shaking
.,hout the legs
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12

The last .Stor thus notices the new
snow pillow OF the L. y o.: I'm extra
large snow pillow intended for use on
the =. < o. K. r., while passing the
station at SO. NcwburH over the Pas
sumpsic line, took away the platform
to the depot. Snow plows are good
thing in their place, but when they pillow
out railroad stations are rather acting
ont of their proper sphere ofusetulness.
AT the annual meeting Of the Sec
md Univers;tlist Society at the Avenue
House on Tuesday evening, the officers
Of the society were elected. and it was
voted to go forward with the work OF
building the church ediiice. some pres
ent offering to double their suhscrip-
tioms Unnecessary. and several who live
ont of town also offering aid.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12

Quite number of people have
been made sick the past week, as Is
supposed from eating cheese. Seven i'll
one family have suffered. and three
each in two others. The cheese wa-
what is called green cheese" and was
not factory" cheese. \ person III or
right thinks people green who eat
cheese any way: hut then there is II"
accounting for tastes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12
West Concord.

VI the third quarterly meeting of the
VI. T.. Church II; West Concord. last
sabbath, two gentlemen wee baptized.
and one lad} WAS Received into full con
ncction 10y the Pastor. The sabbath
school. undrr the efficient >uperintem-
dence of }. L. Woodbury., ESD, l. Il
model school. and they are soon L" eX-
pend the SUN Of one hundred dollars in
making additions tn their Library.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30
Greeley's Letter of Acceptance.

Greeley's Letter of Acceptance.
We publish elsewhere in this issne
the letter of Horace Greeley in reply
to the Official notice ofhis domination
by the Cincinnati Convention, in
which he unresefvedIy b accepts the
Nomination en- the platform adopted.
Aside from IT'S proiixity it rs avery
able, Straightforward and statesman
like document: and interpreting as
its author does the platform upon
which the Convention placed him 1t is
difficult to see how he could have alb
breviated it. While we are not dis
posed to favor the endorsement of the
Cincinnati Nominees by the Balti-
more Convention, yet we should
much prefer their election under, such
q platform, with men whose ability.
and integrity no one ncanqquestion,
than to endure four years more of the
rule of Grant and his crew, with their
corrupt practices and their policy of
hate and tyrsnny, and we doubt not.
that in saying this, we speak the feel
ings ofeyery Democrat in this region.
This document viii be carefully read
and weighed by every voter through
out the land. sIA1AsTaq fl2i5s 4s9g q
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30
Fire and Accident at, Itbica

IrHIcA, N. Y, May 24.-About 5 o.
clock this morning the buildings be-
longing to w. @. johnson, on Fall
Creek, were fired by an incendiary.
A steamer was stationed on the
high bridge over Fall Greek, lust be-
low the foot of the main fall. When
the fire was nearly out the bridge,
without any warning by cracking,
fell, carrying with it the engine and
people who had cengregated there to
the number of about two hundred.
The bridge was about twenty feet
above the water, and the whole of it
went down together. Fifteen per-
soma were seriously injured, includ-
ing some students from Cornell Uni
versity-several so badly that they are
not expected to recover. The follow
ing are seriously hurt: Charles Da-
venport, A. j. Davis, j. w. Finn,
Samuel Brook, j. w. Smith, Warren
III. Lyons, E. w. Blind, John o.
Stratum, d. L. Davy, Major Robert j.
Berwick and an old man with q leg
broken. Surgical aid was quickly OBJ
tanned. The steamer was slightly in
jured. svoP
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30

4-
gsiTHE, administration organs claim
that the reelection of Senator Ferry,
of ofConnecticut,b the coalition of Lib
eral Republicans and Democrats in the
Legislature was not an administration
defeat and that Notwithstanding that
fact he will earnestly support the NOM
inee ofthe Philadelphia Convention.
After the opposition he has mani
tested to Grant it would be disgust
ing spectacle TO see him going for his
reelection. The Hartford Times
says:
Senator Ferry has placed himself
ON the record as opposing, with hard
Iy all exception, the centralizing aud
usurping schemes of the Administra-
ton. The bayonet policy received
his strongest condemnation last win
ter, when he denounced the President
as, striking at the very bulwarks OF
civil liberty in this country" He has
also stoutly maintained the rights OF
the States and opposed to ceniraliza-
ton, arrayed himself against the San
Domingo job, fought maDfully against
the Force bill, and protested against
putting the power of suspending the
habeas corpus into the hands OF the
President"
These are the living issues of the
day, and Senator Ferry nor any other
man who has opposed the policy OF
the Administration upon these ques-
tions can go back. to his wallow in the
Radical mire, and preserve his own
elf-respect. ~ o
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30
aPauper Labor.

The high tariff advocates say that
under low tariff the American arti-
san will be brought into competition
with the "pauper labor" of Europe.
"A careful comparison of the rates of
wages paid in the Clyde iron ship
building yards and in similar trades in
the United States shows the following
facts; The hours of labor per week on
the Clyde are 81 in the United States
go. Average wages per hour on the
Clyde, 1534 cents, soia, equivalent to
171a currency average wages per hou.'
in the United States, 231a cents. Act
ual difference 30 per cent. But now,
in New York rent costs one and a-half
times more; coal the same; blankets
one and one=third more; woolen
suit one and one-quarter more; and
SO on. To translate these prices back
into their equivalent in labor the re-
suit is as follows: The American arti-
san has to work five hours more for
his weekly rent, nineteen hours more
for q ton of coal, thirteen hours more
for o pair of blankets, three and a-half
hours more for a pair of boots, thirty
two hours more for common wooden
suit, nineteen hours more for twelve
yards of alpaca, and one hour and
three-quarters more for dozen spools
fthread-all indispensable articles of
the poorest households-than is re-
quired of his competitor of Scotland.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30
THE DEMoCRATfc CALL.
National Democratic Convention af Bal
err ffu,ore, July 0,s.ssf,s fsf sfssa

National Democratic Convention NJ BAL.
e19 fimore, July Q, sfl,s ii ,sfsa5
The National; Democratic Comnaittees8by .Eir-
tue OF the authority conferred upon theni by the
last National Democratic Convention. voted. at
a meeting iieid this day New York. to hold the
next copveatiep for. the, purpose. Of poininatlng
candidstes for President and Vice President OF
the United states. ON the ninth day Of July,
1s7s. at IL o clock NJ. In the city Of baltimore
The basis Of Representation. as axed BY the
last De.iocratic Conxchtion. is double the MINI
her of SENATORS and Representatives, In Congress
in each state under the appoitionsnent OF the
census OF 1s7Us 800 5et174 s.iiS = -
Each state will send delegates accordingly.
and weafayite. tiie cordial corporation of all
conservative citizens who desire tilerestoratipn
of constitutional govrrnment and the perpetaa-
tion of sepublicap institutions, 1sff5o d3ae
John Forsyth. John u. Harrsl. Wm- NJ Con-
verse, James Topder, Chas; e DYKE, a. H. Sol-
quit. Wilbnr z. storey, VIM =. Niblaek. isaac
Z. Eaton. fhps ~ MeGeary. Albert reorhess,
Moore. Cfas " Nash Charles e. Hooker, Shas.
a. M aistz, CT Il Miller, J VI MsGDrkls. Harry
Bingham. Jn9 Al cGregDr.s Jno. q, Lnompso1,
James r. barr, Gideon Bradford. Charles n I.
Simonfotl. William D. Bats, John Hancock, IL.
- sATSUsT BELM0NT. Chairman; (,
FsxpERIck o. PEIxcE, Secretary. -, .ss.ssr
New York. May s. 1s1z. .@..y. -. -.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30

ONE of the most singular and char
acteristic arguments against Greeley
that the Radicals are now using, is
that he. q temperance man. Has it
come to this, that .habitual rintoxiea-
ton. is a necessary quaifca1io for
the office Of President? r Has thee
ample of Grant so wrought upon the
Radical party that they regard sobri-
ETY. as an evidence of unfitness for
that high position and look upon
maudlin drunkenness as the normal
condition of the Chief Magistrate of
this rebublic? If so-=if they intend
to go into the campaign on that issue,
why don't they discard Colfaxs and
and nominate Dick Yates forgsViee
President? ~ aasssi sques5 faooi -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30
Tornado in Illinois and Iowa.

Tornado in Illinois and Iowa.
A terrific tornado passed over sew
eral counties on the Mississippi River
and The central portion of Eastern
Iowa and Western Illinois, on the
evening Of the e3d inst. 1t appears to
have moved in . southeastern direc-
ton, and accounts from Des Moines
county, Iowa, and Adams county, lii
nois, state that every movable thing
in its track was swept clear. Trees
were uprooted, fences scattered, tele-
graph poles and lines demolished. and
numerous barns and houses unroofcd
and blown down. As far as heard
there waspe loss of life, but the de-
struction of property is very great.
No details are yet received.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30

I A post-office organ says; "lNot one
Republican paper in the State of New
York puts up the name of Horace
Greeley for President" Oh no! for
just as soon as any paper of that party
asserts the least spark of independ-
ence tits denounced by Grantshounds.
as not a Republican paper. But how
is this7 A Greeley paper says that
:. Among the Republican papers in
New York supporting Greeley are
the N. Y. Tribune, Syracuse Stand
ard, Yates County Chronicle, g enesee
Valley Press, Greenpoint I,qte Re
publican, Clinton Courier, etc. l..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30
The Two Political Schools.

/, The fundamental principles and
views of government dividing politi-
cal parties in this ceui Try, and which
must necessarily continue, to divide
them, as long as, etiie people are left
free to think and act upon their own
public, affairs, are aeoncisely and forci-
bly, stated bins the following extract.
from am editorial in the New y York,
sWorltl, May 9th.9 Upon one or other
iofitheye underlying principles every
citizen who understands our political
sys stem must take position . There is
no other ground for him to. stand
banl ,4g 8ulsv atIins % l&b3H 5&rs.
IPsDnsfffs souhQr9 biUods 0GrS 4SafEcaf
bs$ There always has been, and we.
presume always will be, two opposite
schools uof political thought in this
EcsuhtEy I, one of which seeks to- en-
blalge, and the etheri to- restrict, the
sphere of government Theiod Fed.
sefal party, its successor thew hig
bparty, and its; successor the Repubi-
iican party, have all belonged to the
school of political thinking which
aims to enlarge governmental control !;
while the Democratic party has con-
sistently maintained the right of indi-
yidual citizens and of local commune
| ties to be exempt from unnecessary
/ interference. This distinction is deeply
imbedded in the conflicting views of
human nature held by differently con-
stituted minds. The fundamental te-
net of Democracy is the natural equal
/ ity of men, 1t is q logical Inference
! g., xl, n
more right to- control or command me
than l haye to control or command
YOU. The tendency of this principle
of human equality, when fairly ac-
tcepted, is to restrain government
within the narrowest limits, inasmuch
las the rulers are composed of the same
| flesh and blood as the ruled, equally
i fallibie, subject to the same passions,
land quite as likely to be influenced by
| selfish motives. AS the governing
class are not made of finer clay than
1.-The class governed, there is no more
4 reason, in the fitness of things, why
those should domineer over these,
than why these should domineer over
jthose, except SO far as governmental
frestraint may conduce to the common
j interest. In pursuance of this sound
i principle. the Democratic party has
always maintained that the Federal
j government should not domineer over
the States, nor the State governments
Edominate over their individual citi-
zens. We shall always have parties
4 resting upon this broad distinction as
4 to the sphere and functions of govern
ment, for no distinction goes deeper,
Ris more far-reaching, or is so certain
P to prove permanent. 1t is the nature
kof power to be always grasping at
more power, and of those who are
4 oppressed by it to resist
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30
The sDead. Democracy.

Early as it is the canvass develops
some qneerfhings, the most amusing
of them the dayyning consciousness in
so many hitherto beclouded minds
that there is really a great, compact,
well-organized, thoroughly disci-
plined, veteran political organization
in the United States numbering close
OH to its three million votes-a party
which has no incompetents in Office
and-no Cincinnati Convention out.
How this party compares with the
Republican party, taking the votes
cast in each State at The last general
election, the subjeined figures viii
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30

OF Appalling Calamity bni
New Y ork dispatch of Monday

-ssavs - gaia4ow sft' ffaa ,noiteln2og, ,noi
) The Times ne tomorrow tomorrow viii viii publish IS blihab,
the particulars Of the loss of, vessels,
of. the coast of Labrador and New
foundland during q sealing voyage,
this spring. TIP to the latest possible
mail date, over forty vessels, inelud1
ing four steamships, had. beed heard
from as total wfeeks. haying been
dashed to pieces while amid hdge ice
,bergs and plains of ice dtfrihg a ter
rife hhrricane, On an average, each
of these vessels carried about one Hin
sdred ifilef, who were employ ed as seal
hunters, and out of these four thou
sand human souls only one hundred
and seventy-ffve have been accounted
for. The large maj jority Of these un-
fertunates have left families behind,
exclusively dependent on. them for
Asa5 sls7- 80 =
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30
THE DRY GOODS CAMPAIGN
IS NOW FAIRLY OPEN AT
NO. 1, ETNA BLOCK.

Come and See
Our new stock of Dress Goods, the finest stock
we have ever shown in this market, from 20c up.
Many of the Dolly Warden styles. Japanese
Silks at SOC. 75c. and 81. per yd. Splendid black
Gro Grain Silks at $50. good stock Black
Alpacas from 40c up. 500 yds. splendid Piques
at 20c and &c per yd.
Come and Sec
A fine assortment of shawls, from s. up.
Come and See
A splendid line Prints from Z to 125ke.; splen-
did heavy Ginghams at II and 1850; fine A
bleached and brown cotton at 1s1Ec.; heavy
brown Cotton at l4c.a-5 bg aer5-t4
Come and See ,[s
Plain White Hose at 1Oc.: Ribbed do. at 1s1c.
Regular made Hose at 25c. Gents British half
hose at 25c. $3.50
Come and See -,,...
a hne line of Dress Linens, cheap. Good crash
at 1oc.; Heavy Table Linen at 4Oc.; Napkins at
II per doz. 4 linen hdkf's for s5c. Ladies good
laced Caters at 80 per pair.
Come and Buy -
Good 200 yard spool Thread at &c. a spool good
Paper Collars at 1Oc per box: good elastic sus-
penders at s5c per pair. ''.'..a " 20
los Come and Buy .esa5J
Your Groceries cheap. Good Sugar at 10c. per
ID. ;choice Green Tea, fresh and nice at 81 rs.
9if Come and See Us, lai
We have not time to enumerate our great
variety. We have large stock of Crockery.
Wall Paper. Boots Il Shoes, Hats s. Caps, &c,
and all must be sold at low figures. Feeling
very grateful for the very liberal patronage be-
slowed upon us in the past we hope to merit the
same in the future. V-S
Bring along any amount of good Butter and
Eggs and get the highest market prices in
goods or Cash.
!. = N. CONVERSE.
Ravenna May .. ls7e r. 4'-'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30

Republican majority ...-- ..<.-,.:--- 1lSsSlS
AT the Presidential election Of 1868
the vote stood : Democratic, 2, ,T03, GOO !;
Republican, 3,0l4. .l68; Republican ma
jorityy 400, ,58S. ii What has been gained
since thatdinae has been gained by the
Democratic party what has been lost
has been lost blythe Republican.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-30
The a. cry !. is. is. ssstilll they Come" !"

g There appears to be no end to the
candidates for Presidential honors.
We had supposed. after, the Cincin-.
natl Convention, when the Philadel-
phis and Baltimore assemblages had
put forth their men we would have
no more, tickets in the field but we
were doomed. to disappointment in
this. East week quite a number of
lold fossils assembled at Oberiin, and
nominated Charles Francis Adams, of
Massachusetts,, for President, and, Go
II. Howard. of III, for Vice President
to be voted for by the anti -Masons Of
the United States It is doubtful
whetheriC CHARLES Francis will regard
this nomination az highly compliment
tary. The prospect is that there win
be such q variety of candidates In the
field that he whois unableto suit thim-
| sslf from tile Tot wilp be exceedingly
fastidions. p You pays yonr money
and takes yopf choice .nrse Biz