St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-11-01

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/ friends of the deceased to the depot,
but by dint of urgent appeals to the
Metropolitan Railroad Companya spec
ial car was obtained for the purpose. In
another instance where thirteen coaches
had been engaged Tor funeral only
three were forthcoming ON the appoint
ed day.
! Owing to the accumulation of mer-
chamdiSe i'll the great dcpotS of New
| York. the officers of the Boston and Al
bany and Old Colony railroads. decline
/ to receive freight except for wav sta
tionS. All the freight houses in this
city are cloggcd with goods. which it is
found impossible to remove. Only IL
small proportion of the express matter
finds an outlet from the city offices. and
very few orders to call for packages are
complied with.
The suspension of the trucking bust
ness fall heavily upon IL class of men
who are poorly prepared t" withstand
the loss accruing from the withdrawal
of their teams. The horses of hundreds
of men of moderate means are literally
eating their heads of. The loSs,> III
income to tcamStrrS is estimated at
from ten To fifteen Thousand dollars Il
day.
The hand and whrcIbalrow brig
ldc WAS out III foIcc SATURDAY. ami
were the objects of amused attention
and some cheerful remarks. Old heel
h;Irrows and hand-rIIt>. which had
been dormant in junk shops and store
houses back Yards and safe places tor
IL lon" time. made their debut thai day.
and more of these vehicles were seen
on the streets At ten o'clock in the for.
noon than horses. Several coal dealers
are supply Ing their customers with caul
dronS placed upon hamd-caIt> drawn hl
several men pulling steadily and pa
ticntlN hl Il rope attached 10 the vchi-
Gle. All over the city bays arr harness
ed to wlrclEdIoW>. truttim" along like
colts /" all parts of the city. The rpi
dcInir has ir> hum"r~ ~ we'll ~ di>r"m-
forts. and like the mcoml cmIcmcc~ of Il
great SNOW storm. every body phll"~"-
pixies and bears ii rhccTtullN.
Pearl street. Oh Saturday III paItiru-
Ian. exhibits Il lively appearance. Hun
drcd> of wagons. trucks. express vans.
&c.. crowd and surge through this great
shoe malt. Saturday the street NI> al
most deserted of horses. NJ times
often extending l." many minutes nor
=, LnI..,. al, ,,.,,.n,t ,y.,S som, rLrnu.,h,,u,
il, extent. CnSidcrihI, m,Ilim.,1
WIS created by the advent of = ,ok, of
oxen hauling. Howe \ cos r\urc>>
vauou with shoes from Nu1ic, The
TngIiMlN animals make aWk ward Woll,
OF II. ne usual street cries and uuI~-'>
were completely pulrtcd. and only tn"
novel ''Iu~h. hHW. Buck. and gee.
Star. of the drivers brnk,. his >il,,,,,.
Duiu,, th, tnI,uonu nu,. ,.l,t,r,Ii,ir,,
,\u,,,> ,,.,u,u u,.,d.. If. .,,,,,,..,,.,,,,.,.
drawn h, tn,l men
Farmers :I,. ,n,,,i,,., IN, tl,r, b,. ,.u,ii,-
try with their OK team, ia. Tia, u>.. ut
which they ;u, b,.NiII,r.d win fin.
prices paid. The tr;,r. hnv..,.r. i thar
TN, oxen Will moi h,. .,bI,. Ia ,udur,.
stone paNcmcur> tnr an, I,.u"rh of time.
II r,.IuliII> tn Il, >,.,.u lisa 4, L,.rL,,. tI,.,
will not also fail victims to rh, rpiti,,u-
ir.
The entire withdrawal ut rh, bn,,,.
cas- ON sunday. rrrdurrd th,. most ma
tirr.rbl,. effect of 1I,. uutI.id, and th,.
greatest Inconvenience. to the puhIir.
y" cars were run. and the horses ,.l,iu,
ed a day of resi- which r:,ur,nt t.,il IA
then >uff,liuu> and h,>l,u
then IrcolrlN.
>,.,, ,..,.,.
- ;".'S'' '>' ''i'''' ','N'" on an hhl'>-
i-''' WI "'I'' Nt>"IhiN ana evening.
stage lines. 5000 10 EXPRESS comuan,i,.-
1000 to the liver, and sale stables. >iN
Thousand are sick in BrnokIIn. 900 i'm
Jersey Git! and 600 rl>cw here. making
t,t al ,,t' - nm -, .,,,,I