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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13
For the Waterman.
DR.. Cuttings Lectures.

.NcsSrS. EditorS: DIR. Hiram \. Cut
ting. ON State Gcologi>t. has recently
delivered three lectures in this village.
and feel it my duty. not only to nc-
knowledge my own qualification. hut
ais" t" express the pleasure of all his
hearers. The lectures are sound and
sensible both in their hearings on sci
ciIrc and religion. wish those and
more of the same kind might be dcliv-
cred in all our churches and Schnols
To-" many christian people have an
opinion that true science l. somehow
opposed To religion. and that if Il man
Is Il gcologI>t. al Il naturalist. he must
he an intidcl. Dir. Cutting shows this
to nc Il false impression. On the other
hand ii to" often happens that the little
scientific lcarmin" of nur teachers carlS-
cS them to give instruction in natural
>cIcncc, ;IS if they we've teaching " hat
must overthrow all commonly recciN ed
religious Views. a. mere SIIpcrStitiou>.
He shows that il l. only false >cicncc
that can do this. and it i those >pcru-
latIon> borrowing the name of science.
that Is the element in modern >ccpti-
ci>m. We were all delighted with his
lectures a. being honest and sensible.
scientific and reasonable. asking Us to
believe only we'll attc>fcd facts. to Ic-
ccpt only we'll >uh>tautiatcd cnuclu-
>lon>. and these facts and CONCLUSIONS
were 10y him shown to Ice consistent
with reasonable faith and true. pirtN
| hope frequent opportunities will hc
him for delivering thc>, and
other similar lectures upon kindred sub
Irrt> and NnulI ,.,tnun,il Tai. L..
lures t" the churches of Vermont ~
we'll suited for instruction in matters
which now even. more than ever. are
stirring the world.
remain >ir very uuly youI>.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

Pastor Of GongI church. .NcIH,ioc> F0H>
W. November 29d. I~19.

The several cattle drnvcr> ON the line
of the Pa>>ump>ic railroad. showed
their appreciation for the assistance and
many little kindnc>>,> rendered them
on Various occasions hv Conductor
John Gale. 10y presenting him with Il
handful of scrip. To the amount of
Sl2J. one day last week.
The Boston UrorrH,y abiding to the
fact that the gold dollar is Ia hc with
drawn from circulation. prItimcntll rr-
marks:
Withdrawn. whence? MI the gold
dollars that have been in circulation
here for many Years might Ice with
dawn i'll Il wagon made of Il walnut
shell. and that drawn 10y the ghost of a
ticld-morI>r.
The Portland High school girls have
inalIguratcd Il reform in dress. 81 that
their Sc"ol-ronm looks more Ikea place,
Tor educating the mind. than Il sample
room for fashions. They have Il neat
and attractive uniform and only fnm
c"l"IS are allowed black. blue. brown.
and drah. The dresses are made in
SHIRT waist with one Iutlic on the skirt
JtW"lrN and lacc> are forbidden.
Gcn. OrNillc +. Bahcock. Il native of
Vermont. has been assigned to the DO
Sltl"n of Secretary t" President Grant.
i'll place of Gen. Porter. who has resign
rd and been appointed Vice President
of the Pullman Palace Car Company.
Cars are being built for mail trains
between New York and Chicago. to
consist of three cars and one locnmo-
tive. No St"ppa%c> are t" Ice made en-
ccpt tor coal and water. and the trains
are expected to make the distance he
tween the two cities in twenty-fnur
hours. running about forty miles an
hour.
Judge Poland, has been appointed
chairman of the Investigating commit
te" raised 10y the House To inquire into
the charges made against Speaker
Blame and other members of Congress.
IN relation tn ihc Credit MobiIirr mat
ter. Few members of Congress have
the necessary cnol-hcadrdmeSS and
clearncSS, requisite for 50 important a
position.
Horace Grcelcy'S daughter Ida. was
engaged To Il naval officer named Man
well. who WAS lost in the Inflated
steamer Missouri about the time sh,
was called to mourn the death of her
mother. Now, lover, mother and ia
ther have gone, all within the space of
IL brief month.
The fact that in several of the STATES
made choice of Greeley and Brown
electors the electoral vote waS divided
between Graft Brown. +. \. Hendricks
and others. is one not calculated to
strengthen the confidence of people in |
the present mode of clrcting our chief
magistrate. Had Greeley been elected |
10y the people i'll the choice of electors.
1t Is apparent from this action that his
death might have resulted in the cleo
ton of some man 10y the electors never
contemplated by the the people.
Gen. Butler made an appeal for the
bill, because the tiremcn had saved at .
lease thirteen millions to the govern
lnent. The families of men who lost .
their lives We're entitled to relief.
Mr.. lloar advocated the bill. and AT
tel further discussion it WAS referred to
the Committee on Appropriations, with
leave to report at any time.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

Ex-Governor Morgan has au.,..
that ne VIII not run against H.,
Conkling for the Senate. 50 rI.,
tlcman has Il clear field for hi, ~. -
ton. 60
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

misses in a way that will give satisfac
ton to the public, and as a first step
in this direction, will try the warming
guards"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

credit of di>charging the duties of the
place quite acccptahly, as our readers
will have observed 10y an article from
the Bellows Falls Times. copied into the
Cdicdonjon of recent date. The political
opinions of the I,yus. have not any
thing to do in shaping its opinions. OF
course not.
This imtimation of the manner in
which the transaction of business lin
gcrrd in the House. reminds us of con-
Ncr>ation we had after the election,
with Il prominent EIan and experienced
legislator. i'll the southern part of the
state. He remarked that, i'll looking
over the liSt of the members elect of the
House. only the names of Il few old
members appeared, and they had had,
with few exceptions. hut one term : cX-
pclcncc. and some >olicitudc was telt.
~ to the legislation of the then APP
preaching session. Not but that the
members were excellent men. equal to
the members of the House in previous
sessions. except in this one particu-
lar lack of experience. With the cN-
pcricmcc of one session. Il man just he
gins T." acquire the requisite qualitica-
ti"Il> tor he discharge of his duties with
facility and intelligence. Few men.
compared with the whole. are acquaimt-
ed with the rules of legislation. and few
fully understand the various existing
laws the thousand and one projects, in
tr"duCcd III each session. propose to
amend or repeal. 80 then much is to
he learned. t" begin with. y certain
number of apprentices can he inter
mingled with experienced hands, and
business can go on somewhat SatlSt;Icto-
rilN. The people of "lIr state will soon
correct this matter. They will not fill
ninc-tcnth> of the seats in the House of
Representatives with new men. This
uutgruwth of the experiment OF hicnmi-
i'll sessions of the Legislature will he re-
formed III the future. 1t is too eXpcn-
>ivc to the state, and detrimental to its
interests. to pass without remedy.
And NOW. To return to the fault find
in% "t the I,p"S. l. that paper :" I'M
mindful OF these considerations as to
hold the officers of the House account
able for the faults inevitably pertinent
to the manner in which the House WAS
constructed 10y the sovereign action of
the people Divc>ted of all prejudice,
the l,g"S must b to" innatcly just t."
do 81.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

q Some very Jealous friends of Mr.
Greelcy. since his intcrmcnt. proposed
To raise Il fund for his two daughters.
They thcrcup"n gave these friends to
understand that they de>ifcd no such
thing. intimatim. that they were in no
present or prospective need. Mr.. Gree
ley lost two SONS and one daughter
two of whom died at the age of ) and Il
Years. and the other the daughter at
the age of u months. Tw" daughters
both between - and ~ wears Of age.
We think survive him OF the family
the parents and five children five
are buried at Greenwood Cemetery. in
an underground vault. Within the
vault are tablets for each. hut upon the
surface there is no monument. aud only
stakes to mark the spot.
Mr.. Greeley left IL will. giving his
property to his two daughters 1t WAS
made III November. and written hy
himself. Mrs. Grcclcy's property of
considerable amount was willcd also
to the daughters.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13
Farm, Stock, Tools, hay A.
Grain at
AUCTION

Tn" subscriber will sell at pui,r.
Tuesday. Jan. = til" Farm ku,v, ''..
turricr place. III the East pirt ut g. '.' ...
farm consists ct 100 acres of 49,. .'..
Dwelling" HOUSE. two good Bans III 90. BOON.
Running water 1" the huIIS. and I. 600. f,....
orchard H. in fine condition VIII %. '.'
sugar tools such buckets nan. .''- ..
Also. AT the same tim" and uI,, Dr.. .'..'f- g.
work horses four wears old c.If d .'' '.a-
colt. yrarling hriiorS. with r,I, '' ..H-.
years old bull. = Shut'.s. ~ ton. b. '.'- '....
$50 bushels oats, 100 bushels Win, -, . M -'Ir.
~ bushels table p"tat""~ lot of .,r, .'.' .~..r.
wagon for one or two HORSES Zoo.
press wagon tr"ttIng ~. ~r .-- |,.
horse sled | pair of coach harm. 'a..
| pair work harnesses / dr.,.. ..f... .... .
blankets. Household tururrIr. ..-- r...-
ding bcdsir;id- tables bui..,. .- ode .-.
Three shares i'll the Fair Iiru.r,I '.".. ST..
slips in the M-th"di-t , ..,. ''.l-..r.
horse shed near the rhur,. i..'..Ir. D
moving machine. hay trtll,- -... .-
ter. seed ~nwcr. dairy TOOLS .H ..' -.at ...
numerous Ia m"ntiun. Sale ,...r. JOS '....
al L. o'clock. and nnIinu, m.rU .','.-. .
JOSIAH \ IMMERSION Ann
FRANKLIN NlI:>I,.
Fracham. Dee. :. - .i
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

In view of the probable retire
mcnt of Mr.. Fish from the place of Sec
rotary of state, President Grant is So
Iiritcd to appoint i'll his place. Mr..
Charles Francis Adams. late minister to
England. Since Mr.. Adams WIS 50
nearly in accord with President Grant
in his views of conducting the Alabama
claims. and rendered such efficient SER
vice III their prosecution. the way seems
I" he. III some measure. prepared for
Mr. Adams to occupy the place. At
one time 1t WAS unprecedented that Mr.
Adams did not fully endorse the admin
I>tIatiom of Gen Grant. bur of late. if
We have rightly interpreted the indftca-
tionS. Mr.. Adams. and many other con
sentative men like him. look upon Gen.
Grant a> the right man in the right
place.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

The people of Prmm>N lVania are
of the state. of transporting the Judges
of their courts aS dead heads. and il is
proposed to insert Il clause in their state
constitution prohibiting the roads from
doing 81 hereafter. There is reason in
this. However disposed men may he
To hc just between parties at Variance.
the acceptance of t;iVoIS 10y one of the
adjusting power, could not fail of
cNcrtimg Il certain influence adverse to
the party not able to favor the same
power. If it is right for the rail
roads to carry the judges of our courts
free. ii i equally right and proper for
the roads To transport jurors to and
from courts in tn" same manner. The
salaries of our Judges are regulated in
view of the fact that they are supposed
I" incur travelling expenses in the dis
charge ot their official duties. but if
their salaries are insufficient for this
pun pose lllt'\ SHblllu NE increased. II
l. not right to allow Il privilege t" the
railroads "t torc>talimg the slightest adj
Nanta%" over Il private party, III the dis
pcm>ati"n of justice between them. 1t
i II" imputati"n of the integrity of our
Judges I" suggest Il reform i'll this par
ticular. 1t simply recognizes IL weak
ness in human nature common to men
the world overland 81 common that it
is we'll To guard against it.
The United States. 10y an act of Con
"rC>>. make it IN offence. punishable 10y
both fine and imprisonment. for any
officer connected with the admini>tra-
tion of our revenue laws to accept pres
'nt> from importers of goods. or their
agents. This feature in our revenue
laws j. certainly Il Wholesome one. and
is equally important in all analogous
eases.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

SMALL PoX. The number of deaths
III Boston, 10y the small pox. has been
from 40 t" 30 per week. for the several
past weeks. The towns adjacent to
Boston. are all suffering from the same
loath>omc disease. 1t is spreading all
over New England from this centre of
business. We hear of cases in almost
every direction. which originated i'm
Boston. The disease in Boston has
proved fatal in ten or twelve out of Il
hundred cases. At first it was among
foreigners almost exclusively. hut il is
now spreading among American fImi-
lies. Persons who have been vaccima-
ted, have had it and died. but vaccima-
ton has proved Il preventive to Il great
extent. Wherever the disease apprarS.
there should he the most perfect i>ola-
ton of the patient possible under the
circumstances.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13
The Supreme Court of the United
States.

Judge Nelson. of New York. having
attained the Iipr age of seventy
Years. Irtirc> from the bench of the SUI
prrnc court. Ward Hunt. for il long
time judge "f the State courts of New
York. has been selected 10y the Prc>i
dent. L" ill the Vacancy. Another year
Judge Cushing will reach 80 Years of
agc. and the next will he Judge Chase.
" h" will attain 80 years in about five
Years. Ec~igmim% judges. having served
upon the bench ten Nc.Il>. receive there
upon Il salary of SJOOO tor life. Men.
ordinarily. 1T ~ Years of age. with life
guarantee like this. will recognize their
IniiImitic> moIc readily than under the
former laws retirement. minus salary.
Warning guards. We understand.
are 1" h" put Irp upon the line of the Z.
and q. Railroad. This consists of a line
across the track IL hundred feet or more
from bridge. upon each side. with
something hanging down to strike IA
mans head. and warn him of danger
short pieces of wire chains are some
times used. Upon some roads stick
Is used. something like he old fashion
"d chimney crane. attached To Il spring.
:" it flies back when it is hit. Some of
the railroad men in the Legislature ia
v"rcd this plan of protection against
accidents in lieu of the requirement i'm
the act passed for raising railroad
bridges. There would he IA certain
measure of safety secured by these
warning GHd,tiS, if not entire immuni-
~ from accidents. Ii will be IL good
while before all the bridges will he
raised. bat this plan could have been
carried out forthwith. without the eight
years provi>o of the present act. Should
til" railroads provide these guards. and
experience prove their efficiency. the
bridge act would tlercupon he repeal
"d. 10y 4rchceItul consent of the people.
| he public will not ask the railroads of
the state To cNpcnd IL million or TWO of
dollars. II safety from accidents from
bridges can he secured bv some less eS-
pcn>INc system. We think railroad
men are wise enough to act in the pre-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13
I VI =.

IHE GREAT RUTOENEE. Senator
Sumner has been I" Europe and re-
turned again. 1t i supposed that tray
clcr> i'll foreign lands learn something.
but perhaps not ALWAYS that they ac-
| quirc wisdom. He announced upnu his
return that he should push forward Ger
tam pet measures of reform. and who
does not wish him success. in all zen
nine and sensible Ictolm>! But he has
Matched ont Il new one since, ne started
:" suddenly upon his European tom.
1t * nothing less than to strike the
names of battles from the flags our
brave >"ldicI> pushed forward To- the
front. and I" victory. upon numerous
>an%uinary fields during the var al the
rebellion. He has presented the mr:l>-
IN" T." ia" Senate. y correspondent
gives Il few remarks of Gen. Grant in
rrt"l"mr" I" this project. which exhibits
this reform measure in its true light.
The correspondent SAYS:
''cn. Grant said to-day. in cunNcr-
>atI"n with some gentlemen who were
at the W hitc House. that should Con
grc>> pass the resolution dircctiu" the.
names at the battles of the war for the
suppression of the rebellion. To- I've re-
moved from the flags of thn>, regiments
which took part III them. il might hr
necessary t" immediately order the i'm
PrI>ommcmt for life of all the unr-armcd
and the ouc-lrg"cd >"ldicI> of the land.
that they might not remind the people
OF the Struggle through which the ma
ton had triumphantll passed"
B">r"\. Mayor Castor WAS ret elected
on Tuesday ."Nrr Pierce. candidate on the
citizens ticket. lay Il plurality of :&J11.
Aldermen elected. . republicans and 3
democrats. Common Council. 10 re
puhlican> and - democrats.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

of his, such as the expression of desire.
paramount to all others. that he might
die. The manifestation was so great
prior to the election, that some of his
political friends urged his Withdrawal
from the contest. but majority OBJ
jected to his doing SO, and it was not
done. They did not, probably, expect
a fatal issue so early, and in the event
of his election, and his death occurring
thereafter, they were willing to accept
Graft Brown as President
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

Ly Ex-Governor Orr of South Carroll
ma, has received the appointment of
Minister to Russia, in place of Mr.. Cur
tin. who came home and didn't defeat
the election of Gen. Grant. Mr.. Orr
was once the Speaker of the lower
house of Congress.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13


y GooD BEGINNING. senator Pomc-
roy has offered IL hill. providing for the
suppression of the sale of Intoxicating
| liquors in the district of Columbia.
Should Congress do this nice thing the
act would he gratifying to the country.
| though it would undoubtedly incrcas,
the business of the express companies.
\ few men Vet remain in Congress who
need an e>topplr in their threats. but
this numheriS becoming less every wear.
Hard drinkers, of Years past in Con
grc>>. have been dropping off by death.
and the refusal of people to return such
there. so that they are less plenty there
now than formerly. The people are,
alive to the work of cleaning the drunk
ards ont of Congress. This cannot he
done with too much haste.
- The great diamond discovery, in
Arizona, has turned out an outrageous
Swindle. 1t now appears that certain
parties purchased SI5.0OO of precious
stones in England, and '.S;lltcd" certain
localities i'll Arizona, got up IL company,
sold the stock, and got rich themselves.
ut the expense of the fools who pur-
chased the stock. About S2.OOO, 600 of
this stock was sold in San Francisco,
and millions in other places. The ra>-
Gals and the fools are not all dead vet
~ Mr.. EdmundS, one of our Sena-
tors i'll Congress. has been elected chair
man of the judiciary communicative
most important. in ordinary times, ofany
of the standing ofthe Senate.
Mr. sumner, on account of the state of
his health. gave notice that he must he
excused from committee service.
Me>Srs. Trumbull, Fenton and Schurz.
have places upon committees, but do
not occupy the position of chairman.
1t is not understood that they are not in
accord with the administration.
g 1t Is not now even Il matter of
doubt. but that Mr.. Greeley was suffer
ing some mental impairment for IL CON
siderable time before his death. His
friends repeat some strange declarations
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

- The Scmi-annual interest, due
fr"m the Vermont Central. on the stock
of the Vermont and Canada railroad
0.0O-and payable the LIST of the
current month. not having been paid.
IL suit. i'll chancery. has been brought.
to compel this payment. and to restrain
the Trustees from paying out funds for
other purposes till this interest is paid
The hearing waS to be the 9th. but by
agreement it has been postponed to
january -. All of our readers interes-
ted III this question understand the po-
>ition of the matter. Before this chance
ny suit the holders of the stock of the
Vermont and Canada road mcritcd the
pity of all their friends. and received it
but now. with this new sultan incu-
bus we hardly know where they will
look for consolation. There is not
much. certainly. for them in looking
down to the bottom of their pockets,
and finding them empty. Such is usu-
ally the end of IL railroad suit in chance
IN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

- 1t is not now even il matter of
doubt. but that Mr.. Greeley was suffer
ing some mental impairment for II con-
siderable time before his death His
friends repeat some strange declarations
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13
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one of the triumphs of modern Journal
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13
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