St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-31

The case of Henry Peck agains, d.
New York Central Railroad was trinI
at Norwich, Chenango County. ON Tu.'
day. This is case brought for d,,n
ages for being put off IA palace ear e.,
refusing to pay the extra fare fan.
drawing room car when the ordn,.,'
car of the drawing room train was mi
The jury returned a verdict of :. nnn
X. a. Stanton acted as attorney for NJ,
Peck.
Milton Daggett, for p years sex,o,.
to the Bromteld church. Boston. Ji.I
at his residence in Charlestown ON Sa,
urday night, from eating piece of NJ,
which had been poisoned by his hons,
keeper for DISCRIMINATING rats. Shm,,.
after the poisoned morsel WAS eaten ~,
servant learned what he had done .,,d
persuaded Mr.. Daggett go To a docto,
this he did. and was given some ant,
dote, which. however was not Sufficiu,,
to prevent his death.
\ pleasant story is told of Mr.. Cola,
which. if not new to all our reader, l.
worth many readings. At IA large din
party, where were illustriou> Anne,
lean and foreign statesmen. he drclu.I
to take wine. \ noted Senator. HIM.
self little heated, exclaimed across III.
table, half iestingly, "CollaX d,,,,> po,
drink ~
"lou are right" said Mr.. ColfIy, -.
riously; Il dc,re not -
That simple answer given with gru-
tie and earnest Solcmnity, was itself an
impressive temperance lecture.
The attention of the country hi, been,
called by IL bill presented to Cun-1r,,
to the necessity of taking measures Ia
prevent the destruction OF forest ur,.,
W here there are no forests there i liz
tie or no rain. and cons equrnrlv rb,
land is not fortified. Many counrIi.,
rs Italy. France, and Spain. which have,
suffered from the loss of trees hay,
been to immense expense To replace.
them. This is matter worthy OF i'm
mediate consideration.
Jubilee Gilmore has just offered The.
famous prima donna Mdlle Tirirl,
c4-0O and all expenses to and from
Boston to sing two pieces of music each
day for twelve consecutive days. IhI,
sum Is double the amount Jenny Lind
ever received for similar services. eith-l
in Europe or America. The teInptm.
offer. which was made 10y Atlantic cahl,
ON Wednesday, Mdlle Titiens hats been
obliged To decline in consequence Of
her engagements in London.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONvENTIO>.
\ Democratic State Convention will hr
held at Montpelier on "Wednesday.
June II. at II o'clock \. NJ. To appoiu'
4. Il 4 . -,
more convention. The convention vii
Ice composed of one delegate from each
town and one foT each fifty votes. ur
the larger fraction thereof. for the dem.
ocr;itir candidate for Governor at the
last election.
One OF the republican memhcT> Of
the Connecticut Legislature who voted
for Mr. Ferry is named Benedict and
another Arnold. ii circumstance which
the New Haven correspondent OF the
Hartford Courant takes advantage ui
10y placing at the head of recuSamt>. IN
large type. the two patronymics thus
Benedict Arnold. The conjunction i,
Il suggestive one. especially as the Ben
connecticut man.
\ novel litt-huat was exhibited Il
South Boston on W edncSday. called the
Beaupr,. aIIt omatic life boat 1t l. built
of galvanized iron. about 20 feet in
length. and will hold 30 persons. The
floor il constructed with air chambers
having valves So arranged that the pre-
sure of the air keeps ont the water from
below. while water entering from above
opens the valves and as soon as the WI
ten is discharged they close 10y the aiI
pressure. The boat WAS capsiZed and
filled with water. which emptied itself
III less than fifteen seconds. and it again
hailed itself out with 10 persons i'll it.
y curious suit was recently tried al
Ellsworth. Me, upon a promissoIy note.
The defense claimed that the note was
written for practice aS the defendant
and his brothers were studying partial
payments one evening. and this note
was made payable To an old man who
happened to he i'll the room. Years at
terWard the old man died and now thi>
note Is presented tor payment by unr
who claims he purchased it for valu-
able consideration. The defendant WIS
able To prove his homage at the date of
the note. and thus escaped payment
l'r. TouTiec commenced the eXami-
nation of jubilee singers in Boston on
Monday. About POO are tested daily
and as no one has Vet been rejected the
examination cannot he very terrible
but Is rigid enough To secure only good
singers. After examination the accept
ed singers name Is inscribed upon a
book kept tol the purpose and the APP
pllcHnt receives Il ticket similarly in
>crihrd and emitting the owner to q
place i'll tn" jubilee chorus.
- Nineland. y. j.. contains Il pop
Mat on of 10000. Its society i of the
highest class and the selling of liquors
IF all kinds is strictly prohibited. A>a
consequence" their police and paup,r
EXPENSES last wear were only about -.
Rutland has Il population about the
same. has about 20 rum shops. and hrI
pauprr and police expenses tor the Ia,
ear was more than five Thousand dol
lars What better argument t"r tenn
pcran'c : RHtidHd independent.
Instruction In French.
MADAM MARIE. French teacher at 81 .I"m~hlgt