St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-29

switch. and before he could extract 1t
/ the wheel ran upon II, and II was only
! 10y the greatest presence of mind of MI
/ Davis that his life was saved. for. when
finding that his foot must he crushed.
/ he threw himself at once upon his back
/ between the rails. letting the ear pass
over him. Ii is now hoped that his foot
may be saved. Lancaster Rep"Giicdn.
| How EDGAR \. PoE DIED. The
/ true story of Pnc'> death has never been
correctly told. 1t is this: In the sum
mer of : ~ he left New York for Nir-
ginia. In Richmond he met Miss FL
mira shelton. whom he had known III
| his youth. renewed his acquaintance.
and in Il few weeks they were engaged
/ to Ice married. He wrote to his friends
/ in the North that he should pass the re-
maindcr of his life in Virginia. where
/ the happicSt days of his youth had been
spent Early i'll October he set out
| from Richmond to fulfill Il literary en-
gagrmcmt III New York. and 10 prepare
for his marriage. which was to take
place on the Eth of the month. Ar
irving in Baltimore. he found that he
had missed the Philadelphia train which
|
to wait two or three hours for the next
train. He went into Il restaurant near
the depot to get some retreShment.-
There he met some of his old West
Point friends. who invited him to Il
champagne supper that night. He ac-
cepted the invitation and went. Attirst
he refused to drink. but ut last he WAS
induced To take Il glass of champagne.
That set him of. and i'll few hours he
was madly drunk. In this state he wall
dered of from his friends. was robbed
and beaten 10y rutfianS. and left inSen>i-
bile i'll the streets all night. The next
morning he was taken To the Maryland
hospital. He was delirious with brain
fever. He waS we'll cared for 10y the
physicians of the hospital. Int he WAS
beyond the skill of the doctors. He
fingered two OF three days. and died on
sunday. October :. I-l9. III the :}-th
year of his age. 4Ppietons J""rndi
WITH HIS FIDDLE UNDER HIS Arm
1t i not only i'll writing of What |
know about farming" that the y. y.
Tribune can Ice funny. rs witness the
following:
Everything that can possibly happen
I" a fiddler happens t" Mr.. ole Bull.
Being in the Clinton House. Iowa City.
Iowa. Il few nights since. when that
tavern burned. Mr.. Ball i reported to
have escaped from the flames i'll his
night clothes. with his fiddle affection
atcly carried under his ann j scene for
Il historical painter the best of the kind
since that of .Enra> carry ing his veneer
able papa AWAY from the flames of con
Stunning Troy. OF course the classical
reader will he inevitably reminded 10y
this accident of Mr.. Bulls eminent pre-
drcr>>nr. Nero lmpcratur. scIaping ont
his great ContlagIatiom Concerto. Pro-
badly this WAS the most natural CON
tHOcO movement ever executed hV Mr..
Bull and we suppose that he will util-
We II III crotchrtS and semi brcVcs. and
will give lis Il piece which. in its way.
Will lie quite AZ moving Il thing a> the
artists great War Polacca: for the ring
ing of bells. the shouts of the walters.
the screams of the chamhcrmaidS. and
the swearing of the lircmcu. all imita-
ted upon one string OF the very fiddle
which came 81 near being burned. will
furnish Il sonata which Mr.. Gilmore will
he glad to have for his Jubilee. One of
the sweetest and tenderest ideas sur-
gestcd 10y Mr.. Bulls rescue of his fiddle
Is that, in the absence of Mas Bull. he
sleeps with his dear Crcmona: and so
the new composition may open with Il
lullaby, deepen into Il hurricane and
end as God pleases.
The tower for the East river bridge
on the Brooklyn side has begun to
settle and lean. although it is not vet
erected to half its hight. 1t will cost
an immense sum to rebuild it,
The Hartford Courant SAYS the de
feat of the democracy i'll Connecticut
promises to he more overwhelming
than it WAS in New Hampshirc."
There We're recently in one car on
the Rutland road twenty eight drum
mers.' The people who buy the goods
have to support this army of drummers.
which is i'll no sense Il legitimate cost
of the articles of traffic.
There is serious talk of passing a law
i'll Congress making Judges of the SUI
preme Court ineligible to any other of
flee. 1t is needed.
That veteran Republican," who OBJ
Jects to President Grant because he
wants Il talker in the Presidential chair,
is assured that George Francis Train is
still IL candidate.
A New Haven landlord who lately
presented his bill for rent to a tenant,
an NJ. D., was led into his private office
and shown a skeleton, with the remark
''That man came in here just two weeks
ago with bill" He was startled, but
uniataI down n LITTLE Whap fold thnt
''he could be excused for this time.