St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-03
The State Press.

says: ''FlOral Hall was perfect mu
scum of the useful and the ornamental
We cannot particulaIize, but every
thing that ingenuity could invent, skill
could perfect and taste could sugges
to make the exhibition attractive hat
been carried there, and the very larg,
crowd that constantly filled this hall
showed that this part of the exhibition
was very attractive. The good ordel
and good regulations always maintain
ed at st. JOhnsbury, prevented any
disturbances or anything to mar the
occasion the shutting up of the liquor
saloons, and the prompt arrest of al
boisterous persons tended to this re-
suit"
The druggists and apothecaries ot
the state met in convention at Burling-
ton last week, and held discussions
heard essays, passed resolutions, etc
The Free Press thus alludes to the
Seeley of Middlebury at the late meet
ing of druggists and apothecaries al
Burlington in which he urged the
founding of Il Vermont College of Phar-
macy at the same time admitting that
such all institution at this time is pos
>ible only us an adjunct to the Medical
college, and says that almost all the
means and appliances for such an in
Stitutinn exist in connection with Oul
State University. 1t possesses one OF
the finest chemical laboratories in the
| Union. Its Professor of chemistry, al
so. is one of the most skilful chemists
and most competent instructors in his
department, i'll the country. 1t num-
beers i'll its corps of instructors scien-
tific and thorough botanIst. 1t has an
Medica, every year. All that need he
added for the College of Pharmacy, is
Il course on practical pharmacy"
The Caledonia Fair receives some
mild criticisms, but to its credit he it
said. the people were orderly and good
natured. Very different was the fair
up at Ayers Flat last week, according
to the Newport Express: Rum and
its effects, fighting included. We're alto
before witnessed Deliberate fight
when Il ring was made 10y byStandcrs
and two. beings i'll human form stripped
To the waist enter the enclosure and
proceed to pound each other for their
own amusement and that of the crowd.
They fight till one, quite an old man.
is beaten. The defeated man is led
away, his bloody face washed up and
friends administer to his bruises. The
victor surrounded by his fellows is
proudly pattcd upon the back Il noble
champion. is led. almost carried by his
comrades from the field, Il piece of raw
beef Is bound over one eye which APP
pearcd to get hard hit in the fight, and
loud boasts and big bets are offered 10y
his ardent friends. Some effort was
made to find an officer to arrest the
belligerents but without avail. 1t has
been our misfortune to witness good
many disgraceful scenes but nothing
quite SO disgusting and barbarous as
that. 1t was far from an appropriate
finale to what was otherwise Il most
creditable and successful exhibition"
The Montpelier Freeman has an ar
ticle (trom the pen of Hon. c. W. Will
lard, member of Congress) criticising
the resolutions of the late MassachuS-
etts state republican convention in ref
erence to the increase of salary lcgiSla-
ton. and says that the resolution was
cowardly and based upon false facts"
The resolution condemned Congress for
increasing their own salary on the pre-
sumed justice and necessity of increas-
ing that of the President, members of
the cabinet and judges of the Supreme
court; and, in speaking of this, Mr..
the bill before it passed either house.
and personally expressed to members IA
desire to have his own salary increas-
ed and the selfish interest of members
i'll increasing their own pay was only
one of the devices by which the PIesi-
dents salary was raised; in other
words, it pulled that increase through,
and the whole measure had favor at
the White House on that account. 1t
should be added that no president has |
heretofore complained of the nadequa-
cy of the former salary and provision |
made by law for that office indeed, it |
has always been understood that presi-
dents, prior to 1871, have been able to
live upon their salaries in a style salts
factory to the public and to themselves.
and have besides saved something out
Of it i'll addition to their private fort
ines. Those who think that, in view
Of these facts, the presidents salary was
doubled have, of course. a
right to their opinion. but it is not easy
10 see why they should, at the same
line, denounce members of Congress
for making their salary, in fact, about
that of the presidents. Mem
Ders of Congress voted for the bill in
,reasing their own salaries, for which
hey have been properly criticised
he president urged the passage of this
Dill i'll advance, approved it after it
passed, and thereby made it a law and
doubled his own salary, and the Massa-
republicans practically approve