St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-07-12

the andulan racine RallfOau.
| am, Sir, yours faithfully,
liI'GH ALLAN.
Among Our State Exchanges.
Referring to an article III Il late dem
ocratic paper, to the effect that Judge
Poland was making efforts to secure the
place of j. ). Morrill, in the Senate, the
Brattlcboro Phenir SAYS: I'VE have
excellent authority for stating that
Judge Poland does not propose To make
Il fight for Mr.. Morrill's seat next fall.
tinued for another term i'll the respect
i've positions which they now 81 worth
lily fill, is we believe. not only in har
mony with their own wishes, but i'll
accordance with the general feeling and
desire of the people. The state could
lily afford to lose the experience and
sagacity of the one, and the district
certainly has no thought of ignoring
the wisdom and ability of the other"
O'BrIen'S circus furnishes Il theme
for lecture on plra>nIahlc :nru>emcnts
in the Middlrhury Register and Il very
good one it is. We have room here
for tew extracts only: ''lhcre is an
old maAim and quite il sound one too.
that lie, that lnNcth pleasure shall hc Il
poor man And does not experience
fully sanction this maxim We think
81. Vino that gives himself az, Iu this
ideal is not on the direct road to ptIIu-
~ and the poor house And i il not
surprising that 81 many do il it must
arise in all cases. from Il false or made
uuatc view of life. :" long ~
such MASSES of our populations. aIc
more attracted with Il little hIa/cn mn
sic from more hlilcm faced men. aud
10y the gaudl posters Of itim"ratim"
matters and things. of one sort and
another. and h> much of mrIc sight and
sham. and find THEN ill of delight III
and amid such sceucs. What high hopes
can any entertain for amy rational pro
yrcS>. y mere pleasure seeking life
will hr downward life. For pleasure
is Il sort of stimulant. Like him who
INDUCES in IL drink of vhi>krl. to buoy
him up and carry him through some al
duous duty. while it may answer such
Il purpose. if INDUCED in again and
again will necessarily require an added
amount or additional strength to pro
duce like effect. And 81 the pleasure
seekers course is Il DOWN. one. EN-
cry place has its saddcning illustrations.
When We see Il Young man OF Il Young
woman give themselves up to pleasure.
without any effort at self denial. We
give up all hopes of their improvement
We expect to see them moths upon SO
textures and of its richest adurnmcntS
We have Il great many such III all this
region. The world over We find them.
They have never learned the art of
self denial. They have never been
taught that this art is one of the c>>cn-
tial branches of a good education.
They are very far from ever realizing.
that such an education may he the tru-
est source of the trrIc>t pleasure"
The Montpelier Freeman makes Il
good argument for aholi>himg the
Frankimg Priv ilcgr in replying /" Il
brief telegram that Roosevelt. Il New
York Congressman, failed in his at
tempt to frank through the mails five
Thousand packages of Cincinnati cam
paign documents I'VE are not sorry
that the necessities of the campaign
should call attention to the Use of the
Franking Privilege and the necessity
for its abolition; although Mr.. Roosc-
Welt was only doing what the law prob
ably allows to he done. The frank of
Il member of Congress is. by law. al
lowed to pass free through the mails
any package not exceeding four ounces
in weight at least, this has been the
previous understanding of the law.
And it is used 10y Republicans and
Democrats alike mainly for electionecr-
ing purposes. Last winter thousands
of copies of the New York Times were
folded i'll Washington 10y boys employ
ed by the government, in wrappers
paid for 10y the government. and frank
ed by members of Congress and sent all
over the country, and Republicans just
flied it, In the New Hampshire and
Connecticut campaigns last spring elec-
pioneering documents were put in gov
eminent envelopes at Washington
tranked, t the frank generally writer
10y some one else than the member al
Congress, in other words, forged -amo
sent by the cord through the mails.
Now the tranking privilege ought to h,
abolished but while it is Il law ON,
party is as much entitled to use it Il,
the other
The Glorious Fourth
The Fourth was not celebrated very
generally in this immediate Vicinity
There were many little picnics and cA