St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-19

NV ielt tildl 10 tne eXtlrpatlOn OF rev
C%sars himself. He then drew the
ghost of the old Caesar, OF as some
thought, CTsarsm in the shape of An
drew johnson with COZ Onet on his head.
and gorgeous in silk and erminc. and
by his side he drew the present Caesar,
being IL jackasS' head with FOOLS cap
on, with pair of long legs hut no
body.
The lecturer then went on to speak
of the antiquity of caricature, but until
late Years the art has made but slow
progress in this country mainly because
of the expense one of the large car
toons in Harper's Weekly costing
some 800. and taking often the labor
of sixteen engravcrs three days. One
issue often contains $4,000 worth Of
pictures. This, he m"destly said,
brought him to talk about himself. for
he believed he WAS the first individual
III this country who accepted caricatur-
ing as ii profession accepted, he said,
for in his youthful days he hoped to
become a great historical painter. See
ing Burton i'll comedy was what first
gave him love for caricaturing. He
drew picture of Burton as he used To
depict him when Il boy. with nerktie
awry and the look of drunken aStomiSh-
ment which, as Toodles. he used to
wear. He loved to draw the comedian
i'll all his favOritc characters. and thus
was acquired the taste which, as the
lecturer facetiously said. deprived the
world of those magnificent historical
paintings he had contemplated. When
about fourteen years old he went to the
editor of an illustrated journal and
boldly told him he wanted to draw for
his paper. He drew an amusing sketch
of the heart rendering" scene. lis lac
called it. and told how he was hidden
to go to the Hoboken ferry and draw Il
boat just about to leave the dock. ''llc
expected never to see me again" SAYS
the artist. "but drew the picture and
went back. and was employed at 50 1t
week"
Mr.. Mast gave II graphic description
of his work during the war and his first
efforts at political caricatuIe, when But
Ter declared the slaves "contrahand of
war" A most amusing cariraturc of
the General himself was here sketchcd
with few rapid dashes of the cray"ns,
the paper containing the preceding
sketch being removed i'll each instance
to expose IL fresh surface. Then the
war Oh the Tammany ring was descrIh-
ed, and stripping off the Outermost
coating of paper, a few quick strokes of
the colorcd crayons were made, and
Boss Twced's pear-shaprd head. and
flashing diamond stood out from the
screen. The suits against the ring We're
mentioned. and then suit with ringrd
stripes was dashed off. which the lee
tulcr said would tit thieves of one
politics a. well ~ another. The oprr-
atiOns of rings, the frequent deialca-
tions, he said have created II feeling of
distrust. hut he thought this di>tri>t To
be almost as bad as the misdceds. He
believed the mass of the people and the
most of Our public men I" Ice honest
and our government to Ice the best in
the world. But should those in power
ever prove untaithtul To their public
trusts the people would find the rarica-
turi>t ready with his pencil. Again the
outside paper WAS stripped off; again
Il few rapid passes with the cnl"red
chalk> we've made. and Il man in long
nightgown and peaked nightcap, with
candle i'll hand. appeared. y few more
strokes with Il black craN"n. and ict;y
moustachc, g"atce and eyebrows. chang
ed the likeness to that of Mast himself.
food night To all. WAS inscribed over
the picture. and the lecturer bowed
himself off the platform. amid the ap-
plausc of the audience.
Caledonia County Court. Dec. Term 10.
Hon. JoNA. Ross. Presiding Judge.
Hon. HENRY PEHLEY.i g., I,l,,a..
Hos. john BACON. ID -'>S '''H'>'
y. +. Rankin. Clerk.
|. VI. Smith. Sheriff.
Elisha May. States Attorney.
Theron Howard. Auditor.
State rs. Maurice BOWcn. Indictment
for rape and an assault with intent to
commit rape. Main facts given last
week. Verdict of guilty of first offence.
states Attorney and B. y. Davis iur
PIN. Burkcs and Bates, and Dirkcy
for drft.
state rs George H. French. Appeal
from verdict of justice jury finding re-
spondcmt guilty of three offences in sell
ing liquor contrary to law. Respondent
is Il merchant at Mclndoc's Falls. and
claimed that the sales were made i1
made at alb 10y his hired man. AN,
without his knowledge OF consent. Yer
diet of guilty of five offences. State
Attorney for plff. Burkes and Bate
I for deft.
State rs. 4lphOneo l.. Nichols. Imdict
ment for grand larceny in stealing a
harness from Laban NJ VI. GRAY. April
%. 1873. The case was tried last Jun,
and resulted in disagreement of jury
| The main witness WAS an accomplic,
who was Il conceded thief: but his story
was reasonable, and supported by re