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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26
The Crane-Jewett Case.

As we stated last week, Mr.. Jewctt
reached Burlington on Monday. On
Wednesday he appeared before Judge
Smalley of the United States District
Court. Through Mr.. Underwood. one
of his counsel. he waived an eXamina
ton and gave bail in The sum of Sl2.-
600 for his appearance 1T the February
tenn of court. We understand MI
Jcwett returns to his business at Chlca-
go i'll a few days.
We may rs we'll repeat here what VT
said last week. that MI. Jcwctt st"utlN
denies the charges brought against him
and expects t" prove them falls, at the
trial.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26
Conviction and Escape of Another Ring
Thief

NEW luEK. Dec. IL
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26

tbe nay of the Vice President and
sneaker of House. 5000 and leaving
that of the President. Supreme Court
.Iudges and the Congressional employees
as # was fixed by the act which has
aroused 81 much dissatisfaction among
the people. 1t will be seen, therefore,
that the House has clearly evaded the
duty which the voice of its constituents
had imnosed upon it and which 1t had
recognized III the just and careiuiiE
framed measure reported by VII. iii'ie
from the special committee having
charge of the subject.
The WAY. however. in which this de
tiance of public sentiment was carried Is
infinitely more objectionable than the
additional 500 extracted 10y each mem
her from the Treasury although that,
| in connection with the half million OF
dollars required by the increase feat
ures of last sessions bill unrcpealed'
constitutes no slight item IN these times
of neccSSitatcd rctrrnchment. he good
| Judgment and the moral tone o1 the
/ House were deliberately undermined
and broken down 10y an exhibition OF
demagogiSm which had several partlcl-
pants. indeed. but only one capable
| leader. which il is the misfortune and
dislike of Massachusetts to supply.
/ How the silly Jokes, the drcary old dIa-
l tribes against the press. the braggartlSm
and the bullying, which We have eXpe-
licnccd to naIIScatiun here. could have
had such effect ON the national House
of REPRESENTATIVES. we are utterly at IL
loss 10 imagine. That fact alone does
more to throw mnckery on Cen. Buffers
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26
The Railroad Hearing at st. Albans

An important hearing before man
cellor Royce took place at -. Al"ahs,
Friday. on il petition of the Central
Vermont railroad company, rs rcceiN-
ers of the Vermont Central family ol
roads. to restrain the Vermont and
Canada road from attempting to mold
bl trustee process brought Ill the Mass
achusetts courts, the funds due the
Central Vermont from the Boston and
Lowell. Fitchhurg. Northern and other
lower roads. Oh account of last month )
business. This trustee process was III
consequence of suit brought 10y the
Vermont and Canada to recover ar
rearS of rent against }. Gregory smith,
Worthiugtnn {. Smith and Joseph
Clark. trustees of the first mortgage
bonds of the Vermont Central railroad
family. Gov Smith and Trcnor w.
Park. in behalf of the petitioners. ties
titled that the practical effect OF tins
Massachusetts suit WAS to greatly en-
barrass them III operating the roads. a.
the funds thus locked up, about $40
600, were urgently needed to meet
their obligations to connecting roads
The Vermont and Canada pu' i'll an
swer that the suit Is not brought
against the Central Vermont. but
against }. G.. Smith, W. {. Smith and
Joseph Clark. three of the old trustees,
and is founded on their collateral prom
Use To pay the Vermont and Canada
rent. They therefore denied the night
of til" Central Vermont, or ANY other
stranger. To get them cninimed. Chan
crllni Royce took the ca>c int" r"n>id-
Grafton. and ON Saturday AFTERNOON
granted the injunction. lac Yer
mont and Canada Immediately put III 4
rlaim that they were not trustcclnG
tr.ld, due the Central Vermont. hut
simply the funds due j. Gregory smith.
81 it,. trustees ~ aforesaid. and Win"
alone are the defendants III the Ma~~;t-
chu>ctt> suit The injunction Therefore"
was limited to the funds due the Cen
tral Vermont. and i intended /" apply
to any similar suits that may ht'
brought.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26
An Answer to Mr.. Powell.

Nj. EdttOf w Ill you allow me d
few words in reply to Mr.. Powell that
the action of the Caledonia Association
may he seen in its true light. | will be
as brief as possible, taking Mr.. POwell's
letter in order as far as it seems neces-
sary to follow it:
In regard to place, the Association
always meets with one of its members.
and there was none to invite it to Bar
net-and moreover there was no pro-
/ plicty in Mr.. Powell's saying where he
would meet it when under charges that
/ it was certainly for his interest TO meet
and refute.
/ Some individual must bring business
/ before the Association, and it was mere
! ly incidental that Mr.. Fisk brought
/ these charges. The action of the Asso-
citation lately published i'll this paper
shows that he was fully Endorsed 10y all
its members.
As to jurisdiction, Mr.. Powell signed
/ the constitution which contains this
]
ton by signing the constitution, do
>olemnly agree to hold themselves
amcnable to this body for their moral
. and ministerial character and conduct
until regularly transferred to some cor
responding body" and he has not thus
been transferred. 1t is true that ''reSig-
i, h.,
men resign an office they are dismissed
from membership. and cannot he 50 dis
missed when under censure as Mr.. p.
I was when he offered his ''reSignation."
He complains of not having sufficient
know Wedge of the charges. They We're
sent him in full 10y the Scribe of the
Association. His request that all the
evidence and all the details of the
charges be sent him. the Scribe had
not the means of complying with. The
way to ascertain these was to meet the
Association at the appointed time. The
trial could not he carried on 10y CORES
pondencc.
-A> 10 WI. / - 'l>>tl l''I> III
there i presumption against him in
the tact that he twice failed To appear
without giving amy satisfactory reason ::
in the iiI>t instance giving no reason At
all, and III the second making puihhle
about the place ;> if thai had nNthiug
t" ii" with evidence. But more than
this. II WAS the unanimous opinion of
the Association that the evidence given
was amply sufficient to sustain the
charges, 81 fan aS it could hc done in
the absence of rchutting testimony this
it WAS Mr.. Powclls privilege T." bring.
and he alone i responsible for its alb
ScnCt.
y reference to the result already pub
li>hcd will show that he WAS not ex-
rludcd on account of any improved
charges hut on two grounds: lst. that
he failed Ia respond To the charges I'd.
that they We're unahlc to find any evi-
lencc. beyond his own assertion. that
he had ever been Il congregational
minister.
The reputation of the Barnet church
is to" high and too we'll established To
he affected 10y this affair.
&. W. THOMPSON.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26
Some Plain Talk about the Salary
Evasion.

From the bosfuiI DAILY Advertiser
The people ask for Il vimdir,riom "i
the honorable name of the American
Congress. 1t is not satisfactory to hr
told the! have compromised the mat
ter 10y determining tn reduce the amount
50 di>huuorahlN obtained. 1t Is Us il
Spain had proposed a. Il compromise
that we should SAY no mnIc about the
pruprictN of the capture of the \irgini-
lis. while she surrendered whatever old
junk might hc found in the ships hilgc.
What the nation regards. and will
heucct;"rth regard more seriously than
ever before, is not the loss of Il few hun
drrd thousand dollars more OF less. but
the loss of dignity not the rXtraNa-
gancc. Int the dchaScmcnt of public
morals No tax could hc 81 oppressive.
or di>cuuraging is these repeated evil
dcnccs of decentralization in high places.
They poison the fountains of virtue all
-o>cr the Land And in tins direction
Gen. Butler. twice rcpudiatrd 10y MaS>a-
Chu>ctI>. il Il fit leader.
Gentlemen representatives. republic
cans 0r democrats. who follow such
leading. You may we'll believe the PEG
pile are not blind. The representative
who. one day urges Kew taxes OF Il new
debt before an attempt Is made To re
durc expenses. the next day presents
and advocates Il bill prepared 10y the
counsel of IL bankrupt house to ovcrtuln
the national bankrupt law, and the next
day rises t" show representatives how
/ they may compromise with duty at Il
handsome profit. is not the leader the
coming era demands. Do what Won
may, the principles involved in this
salary business will he among the issues
on which the country will pass judy
mcnt. Your attempts to whistle them
down the wind will not avail. That
part of the republican party which
assists on countrnanceS such attempts
will he defeated. Neither presidents
nor cabinets, nor prestige nor patron
age, nor cant of dema"ogUcS. can save
il.
The moment it is clear that corrupt
and coruptug influences have procured
control of the republican party and cam
not he shaken off, there will be IL new
birth IN politics. The forwardncss of
preparation among the people for such
Il contingency is much greater than is
commonly supposed. The events in
Washington since Congress assembled
have not tended to quiet approximations
that the republican organization is drift .
ing To the bad. y" department of the
public service is in satisfactory con-
ditiom, and. worst of all. there seems to
be an indiSpositium To work Il returma-
ton. There is everywhere indifference
to the suggestions of wisdom and COM
mon sense. When an administration
ceases to trust the men whom the people
trust. reserving its honorable rewards
for subservient incapacity. the country
will prepare tol Il change, and there il
no help for it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26

all in the shade. He further explained
The trouble had arisen from the fact
that the members did not stand togeth-
ell hut that they let the men up there
pointing to the reporters gallery who
weie held by the bounty of Congress
write diat,ibes against them. and black
en- them all over. until the whole world
was made to believe that members OF
Congress are worse than other men, in
stead of being as they were"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26

make his majority over all of them.
There is much rejoicing at Sacramento
and San Francisco over his election. AT
a later day Judge Hager was elected
for the short term. Gov. Booth was
the independent. anti-railroad- monop-
oily candidate.
The Senate adjourned without taking
action on the nomination of Attorney
General Williams as Chief Justice. The
President is reported to have said that
he had vet discovered no reason for
withdrawing his nomination.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26
What are You Going to Do about It

Mr.. Editor Permit me through your
columns to call the attention of the
temperance men of Caledonia County
to the following resolution adopted at
the last annual meeting of the Young
Meu's Temperance Society:
ResOlred, That we instruct the execu-
tive committee of this society to insert
in THEN call for the next annual meet
ing, an article for the alteration of the
Constitution of this society 81 as e. give
to the Semi-annual convention proceed
ing the election of county officers, the
power to nominate county officers ut
their discretion.
SO You see gentlemen of Caledonia
County, that the temperance men are
determined To put themselves i'll Il pop
CT position to demand their rights ut
the polls. and it is the object of this
article To give due notice of this move
mcnt. and to urge full representation
of the entire county ut ON coming con
vemtiOn, which is To he sometime i'll
january.
And now. Mr.. Editor. what is the
duty of our temperance men Shall
We form another political patty. OF shall
we he carried along as heretofore. III
the train of other palticS. incapable OF
asserting ON rights. from The. tact that
We are secondary to other organizations
or shall We come boldly to the front.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26
Passumpsic Farmers Club.

Meeting December 10Th. The first
houl devoted T." business and mi>cclla
ucolI> exercises: determinations from
Charles Peck. Gardner BuZlcll. Elmer
Porter and Arthur Peck which elected
much applause from the Younger mem
beers OF the club.
The club WAS notified that the state
Board of Agriculture. Manufacture and
Mining proposed holding meetings at
Pa>SumpSic. Jan. ID and Ii. l-14.
Ihcrrupon the following members of
the club were elected Il committee OF
arrangements with instructions To lie
port at the next meeting OF the club. viz:
Rev. }. w. Buzzcll, Joseph Dow, +. y.
Parks, J. L. Foster. Andrew Warden,
and Milo Lawrence
The subject toI discussion. What is
the best method OF treating ON wood
land
j. Dow: Vermont is fast hcimg strip
ped of its timber. How shall we man
49, ~ ~ a." w NV Il'~'ilA 'tlii'''ii'
good. Shall we clear the land now in
wood ur shall We cut the old and decay
ing trees ietting the Young and growing
timber remain think the best meth
cd is to take of the present growth on
land not fit tor cultivation. keep stock
from IT until the second growth gets
we'll started and you will get good in
terest i'll the growth of the timber.
j. G.. Lawrence | have owned Il
farm for 30 Years on which there l. Il
sugar orchard of old growth trees that
is enclosed i'll pasture with no second
growth among the trees. Near 10y Is
about an acre that WAS cleared some ~
Years ago. 1t WAS enclosed in Il field
for some 10 Years when it WAS turned to
pasture. 1t has now Il heavy growth of
maple. beech and other timber that is
growing rapidly. Its money value is
greater to-day than any other acre on
the farm. buildings eXcepted).
Andrew Warden We ought to grow
wood for the coming generation. Sixty
years will make as large growth OF
timber as is now upon the average wood
lots in this section. \ sugar orchard
should be pastured to keep down the
undcrbrIsh. One half acre cut yearly
would make Il winter work for most
farmers. giving about p cords. Tween
ty-tivc acres of woodland kept in wood.
the cattle kept from it would keep it
self good. Worn out pastures in this
section are coming up to white pine
that grow very rapidly. \ large
amount of second growth pine is now
being cut in Barnet. giving a large in
come To those who have it upon then
farms. The second growth timber is
generally underestimate, whether cut
for wood or lumber.
Peter Lindsey: If | wished to pre-
serve wood lot | would cut out old
and decaying trees. being careful to let
the Young trees remain. Pine is COM
ing in and growing fast on my farm
There are now on IL part of my land
that was once cleared and cultivated.
pine trees that will measure from one to
two and a-half feet in diameter There
is now on Mr.. Dow'S farm several acres
of heavy second growth pine that was
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26
Gen. Butler Pays His Respects to the
Press

In the exciting debate III The House
last week "Wednesday ON the salary
steal. Gen. Butler favored the country
with his Views. ~ Was cImnentlN ap-
pr"pliatc. He spoke of the howl OF
The newspapers a. having been pro
voked hecau~c THEN dirty sheets were
not allowed to =" Though the mails
free. and that lit WAS on that account
that Congress had been pursued with
forty -.iacka>> mud power" Forty Jack
ass mud power. il good. If the piess
does its duty that expression will stick
to the rcdouhtahle hcl" of Fort Fisher
1t throws lis usually elegant language
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26

burned over several times within my
remembrance.
VIM. Adams: | got most OF my
knowledge second handed. We do not
take proper care of our Woodland. |
have been on every lot of land i'll Bar
net and Waterford and | firmly believe
that more wood is allowed to waste
than is used for fuel on half of the farms
in said towns. My present winters
wood has been cut from land that 81
years ago cut n fine crop of grass, SAID
growth being mainly white birch many
trees being more than one foot in diam
eter. Railroads are taking of vast
amount of wood. The Lawrence and
Winslow sugar places have double the
trees suitable to tap that WAS there 80
wears ago. and the reason is no cattle
have run i'll it.
b. Woods: My way is to take out
all down and decayed timber. find
no difficulty in keeping my wood lot III
good condition by adopting this method,
G.. W. Felch: Woodland that we
wish to preserve should he kept clear
of stock My sugar orchard Is full OF
young growth. Great care should he
taken not to injure the young trees
when cutting out the old and decaying
ones. do not take that care of my
wood lot as would be for my interest
to do.
Mr.. Lawrence My wood lot is 81
rough that it costs more 10 get Il dea'!
or down tree than it is worth many
times. No economy to cut more young
and growing timber to get to Il dead one
than it is worth wien Nou get il. Bet
ter cut clean from ynul road +" the dead
tree OF let it alone.
\. +. Lawrence | have about TIVE
acres in my sugar orchard that has on
them about 300 trees that have been
tapped from } To 10 Years. Dr. John
Reach told us that he had corn on that
1 land in l-U2 OF 3. \ sugar orchard that
is clear of Young growth suits me the
best.
j. w Buzzell Survey "I> used To Z,
through the forests of Vermont viii
great rapility c"mparcd with the pres
rmt time. Then the Wild animals kept
down the NOlIun trees Now " here
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26
To Whom it May Concern.

We do not want To DIM any one. hut wish 10
settle with every body. II those with whom We
have deal will help in this cndravoT without
further notice it will only =r1,tify Us hut save
something of outlay fol postal cards.
When more convenient. money be- paid our
agents list OF whom can be- found on next page.
G. NJ STONE \ co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26

cowardly rascals were already in the
boat. Equal difficulty was experienced
in getting hold of life-preservers' the
ONLY ones within reach being fastened
so securely to the ship that they could
ONLY be detached by cutting with Il
sharp, strong bladed knife.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26
A Good Dairy.

One of the good diaries of this county
Is that OF Judge +. \. Parks. who OWLS
and lives on the nice farm situated in Il
corner of Waterford. on the main road
between this place and PasSump>ic
village. He has furnished us with Il
statement OF the product of his dairy
from the first of April last to January.
The butter product of the coming week
is of course estimated. We think our
readers will agree with us that under
all the circumstances it is very hand
some showing; and if we are not great
ly mistaken. the Judges '.hetter half
comes in fol Il large share of credit in
this exhibit.
Mr.. Parks has MIXED fifteen COWS
this season, of the following ages: One
xearling. which came in when IL months
old; one wears old three wears
old: three ) years old; four u years
old; one II years old.
Sold 1855 lbs. butter for SIIg7 Is
$50 lbs. cheese for - 90
u veal calves, 81 90
: heifers raised (estimatedD 100 90
Sour milk fed hogs - - %
Milk, cream and butter used in
family (estimated) 100 90
Total, 1851 10
Mr.. Parks goes Oh to state: | am
making 80 HIS. of butter IL week now
As last winter after the first of january
| sold PA lbs. from a dairy of II cows
think shall make more this. Some
may think that it cost me more to keep
my COWS. think | can afford to keep
them we'll. and that is all | do. will
tell how keep them: In the winter
when they are dry do not give them
grain generally: when they come in
| give them about ! qts. of grain day
/ to the old COWS; to the young ones not
| quite us much -onehalf shorts. keep
the quantity of grain up till they get
| | fed ont 1000 lbs. of shorts which cost
Sl5: and that WAS all the grain fed
till November. when gave them about
qt>. each.
In October fed ont about I25 bush
els of Mangel Wurtzel heets. and | fed
ont | J acres of sweet corn fodder in
course of the season. think | shall
put i'll toul acres sweet corn next Sea-
son. | think it is the hest way to plant
can run the cultivator between the
rows and that will let the sun in be-
tween the rows. Grow corn fodder in
the shade and l will agree with some
that corn fodder is not of much value,
but have the hills about twice as thick
Us you generally plant corn. and put
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-26

not done what it undertook to do with
regard to the salary question. that is.
To repeal the increase of the last session.
1t has now passed Il bill making the an
nual pay of members of Congress $1,000,
with their actual travelling expenses !;