St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-02-16


H>tring his lecture in IN easy. CONVEX
-ttional II IL. and perhaps he il a. good
All illustration Is IAN hc found III this
country OF his subject the gentleman
i'll politics should Nc have another
lecture course. We petition i"I IA Go. =.
ilawlrN.
Runaways
There have been bat Two fist class
run,,N a> ON Main street this week
um. un Monday and the. other Tuesday
hat Monday was rather inSipid. as the
horse kept the street but Tuesday
after dinner Il horse took the sidewalk
ii :. higgins and kept it until "pp"
lite the Athtna.um. when he cI">-cd
over into i pile of SNOW nctW cen that
building and Nh. l'"ltri~ then rccr"ss-
ed the street. and getting >narlrd mp
among the stone posts. Ma- >trui"d 10y
hN ISLANDERS. Not. however. until he
had broken both thil- and made. kin
ding wood 1T Tia, dt-htl To the sleigh.
here were ii number ut teams hitchcd
out side of the ". alb III front II the post
office and bank hut none we've night
entd enough t. bleak away.
An Exponent, and What Came OF 1t.
DuI place caInr neal being thu scene
OF :, tir-t class sensation, one day last
" ceh. 1t >eeIns i Young fellow hamed
Ellis cl"p,.d from Winrhrnd"n Mass
with nn orphan girl unteI age. They
came To this place and attempted 10
get 1t marriage certificate. but OUT tow Ii
clerk would not grant It. hey stop
ped at one Of the tnrnhaIn's. All ar-
Iutint.n,e 81 the ftull,. In 1t day al
two All agent ot The guardian nrIiN rd IN
town, and taking sheriff Weeks soon
found the girl and took hri III charge
at he Avenue House. The W"uid lie
husband wu- aAaN when Tins took
place. and when lie returned and com
pretended the situation. lie mate fnr
the Avenue ll"l,-, post haste. ArIiN-
ing there lie called f"I his girl The
sheriff told him she was going home.
W hen he asked Jennie for 4 hast EN-
brace. !rirh was had there before II
, large and Interested audience, when the
girl departed hs the train, and Ellis lie
. manned.
| Soon after this sheriff Weeks rrcei,
ed order. To l"ok Ellis over t"I a Ger
tain d,.>rIibri %rld watch. ms " lie
= done. but the watch Wa- NOT found
but certain peIson> were found VIII" t'--
titird that they h.,d seen such IL watch
iii the pus-cs>inu "t ILLS. and he Was
bound up for HI appearance ~ 'UuIt
Nh. Greeley. tn tranl~trI. h,i!cd him
St JohnsOury Academy.
The following report Of The examin
luz committee at the last term OF til,
Acldem, has been handed It's tni puhli
cation:
@ 10 the T,asftrs0f st Johnsd",y 4radcmy
loui examining committee have
pleasure i'll reporting the results Of th'i'
observations, We heartily c"nYrttu
late \uu IN lew of the excellent tacili
Iits finI acquiring Il substantial c,rIca-
ton. which ynu are able To offer youI
patrons. We are thoroughly persuaded
+ of the c;lrne>tne>s. fidelity and rompe-
tcmce of Nuur cutiie Board of lnstruc-
h.t in all
drSirabit requisites. Your accomplish
ed Principal evidently holds the >choo
under admirable control. he CLASSES
generally showed the results of careful
and vigorous training. The Glasses III
/ Latin and Greek gave evidence that
: they had not only been pointed Il
= to habit. of accurate and rapid mental
. action The French classes plainly
I showed that they had enj"Ned the
70 double and rare adv antagt of drill il
the nicetirs of pronunciation 10y II cul-
t tured French lady, and in accuracy an,
4 cluIucncc of Translation by their Ell
= glish teacher. The History class prov.
a ed that they had not only been Ieuuir-
4 ed to commit authors to memory, but
4 had also been stimulated to that wider
| research for which the eight Thousand
> volumes within their reach furnish such
unsurpassed opportunities. Glasses IL
= Mathematics eviuced the work of /
Il teacher singularly fitted for her chosel
e sphere The Rhetorical exercises
D though OF the middle rather than the
. higher classes, reelected careful anC
f thorough training.
Y Your boarding house both Ill Its table
= and its associates strikes Us as plainly