davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

The rebels against paving taxes to
the state, i'll Franklin county, it appears.
are not all pcaccahle yet. At their re-
sent convention Senator Ballard, who
Is Il lawyer. told them, THAT if pay
ment of the tax was refused, the matter
would not come before the supreme
court 10y application tora mdnddmuS on
the part of the state treasurer. He
said the treasurer would issue his lex
tent to the cOnStable>. and sheritfs. and
if they failed to comply, and the people
backed them. the state would have to
deal with the case as an open rebelliun
or back down and grant relief 10y legis-
latlon. The convention at st. Adams.
therefore. voted to take the action nee
e>>ary to bring on this state of affairs"
This then, points directly to an atti-
tude of rebellion. An extra session of
the Legislature is suggested 10y some of
them. Is it at all probable. that ii body
of men who have just acted upon this
question. would reverse that action,
simply because men who complain OF
high taxes threaten and buster. when
they have Yet I" prove that they now
pay no more than half as much tax a.
other citizens of the state do. on som.
likeproperty and of the same value? Let
them show how their bank stock. their
COWS. their horses. and other property
of the kind stand i'll the grand list. that
we can compare apprai>;l> with thos,
of other counties. We want an oppor.
tunity to institute comparisons with
Caledonia county. and ascertain if thcr,
Is unequal taxation. If it should prov,
50, it wonld only show what other town,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

= The Railroad Gazette gives long
and melancholy list of the railway ac-
cidemts that occurred in this country
during the month of November. There
were LOB i'll all, OF this number -
were caused by "deraimcnt." 81 by
collision, 10y boiler explosion. and /
are aScIibcd to other causes. The
whole number of persons killed WAS "a.
injured III. This is rather gha>tlN
record for Il single month. The detail
ed summary of causes goes to show that
10y far the larger proportion of the acct
dents are fairly attributable to criminal
negligence. The New York World has
Il novel plan for diminishing such acct
dents. 1t proposes to require of each
road bond to pay for all lives lost by
accidents upon its line. 1t estimates
every life destroyed in this way to he
worth to the state II. 800, and this sum
1t proposes snail he recovered as a pen
atty, i'll each case. to he invested for
the benefit of the helpless survivors, 1t
"Venturcs to predict" that the .'practi-
cal operation of such il system, 10y max
ing it cheaper 20 protect life than to de
str"y it. would he to prevent the occur
renee of amy such casualties in the flu
ture.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10
The O'Donneu Case.

The last jury case in the County
court here =. Randall. Administrator
of Hugh O'Donnell W. the Town of
Newbury, occupied nearly three days
i'll the trial. 1t WAS in many respects.
IL east of more interest than any other
one tried at this term. O'Donncll,
about two years ago, WAS passing over
IL highway ut Wells River, which. it
being the time of spring frcshct. was
overtlowed, to the depth OF nearly three
feet, with ii rapid current, and was
drowned. He passed into the water
when he met another team. Their
horses came face to face in the stream.
The other tcamSter got out with his
horses. OD"nnell according To the ev-
idcnce. seemed to he making efforts in
the same direction. 1t WAS dark, and
other persons were about, but O'DOn-
nell got into the water, in some way,
and was carried down into Connecticut
river, where his body was rescued at
Norwich, some seven weeks afterwards.
The plaintiff alleged that O'donncll
lost his life ON account of the INSULT
cheney of the highway. The defence
maintained that. if so. it was no fault
of theirs that if dangerous the danger
WAS apparent to any one, and moreover
that O'DOnnell was under the influence
of liquor ut the time. The town adj
duccd certain testimony to show this
fact, but their most important witness
to it. Geo. Leslie, cashier of the Bank
at New bury, did not reach here till the
testimony had been closed. He was on
his way 10y the ! o'clock train but the
court decided not to await his arrival
The defence did not think it necessary
to have Leslie here sooner, or until
tow ards the close of the case. when the
plaintiff put on the witness whose ties
tim"ny made it necessary that the de
fence should put in mor, rehutting ties
tim"ny.
We happened to hear the charge of
the judge to the jury. 1t seemed to he
IL very fair one. He referred 10 the
common dictum of the law. touching
such eases. that in order to sustain this
action and secure II verdict. the jury
must he satisfied that O'Donncll cXer-
ci>ed ordinary prudence in his effort to
pass over the highway and thrnugh the
running stream if he did not the de
fence wa" entitled 10 Il verdict.
The jury, it is understood. when they
first expressed their opinions to each
other. stood for plaintiff and / for the
defendant. Ina the course of two hours
they came III with Il verdict of y 900
for the plaintiff.
For the plaintiff, Burkcs. Dickcy and .
Smith. For defence, Rogers, Ray and
Davis.
The talk amongst the lawyers is. that .
the case will not reach tinality with
ont another trial.
Hugh O'Donncll formerly resided in
st. John>hury, on the Spraguc place III
the north part of the town. and adioin- .
ing the Lyndon line.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10
lln;NN \. tIITI\D
l.uncnhur@h W.. Jan. I>I. l~e}.
Congress.

Cni,o,,... ,,...,--.,,,iI,..i
In the S,.r.,r,. ..I...,
Iir.,.t;,.,,I, I,,.ii.;.,. ,..,.:.
;,,,,,i,.
ina, H.. .;,
and .,t,,, I.,.,,...,., -,
ina, t,,,. ;....I;..
-,
t.I.,. '''''
T., H.. Ii..,,
,,,.r,. ;r,,,,,I,,,.I .,-l ,,
,I;...,,..;.,.,
ill.,. ,.,,. ~
-. ''' IA
w.. , ''''''' ~ = ''''' "' ''" -
'''"l'' Ut MASSACHUSETTS, miro
.,.,., '''' '''' '''' ''''',' "'' y - u
..,,,,, a., ., ''.'> ','" con,
',,.. '''' - y '''''.' '''
''''''''''' WI ''''''N'''1 anu II
~ num- '''' ''>'''' IL
'''','' ''''' '''''''> WI >i'''
!" ,',''''' WIS i'''>''''''''
''',' WI NV '.'""
WI ii'"lt' : ''''' i an important one
II t''t ''''> '"' ''''' ''''',''P''''' %, =
'''' ~ '''' '''',' 1T -" '''"''' IMAM Il
f'''' ''''''' '''''' ,'' '''''' acceptance
'"' i''''>' i"
i'i', y" VIII W. nv i''''''''"'' "i the
''''' "'',>' ''''' treasurer Is '"-
= '''' =, " = '' '".'' amount "' .
IVA MS measure looks
49,, ~. pay '''''''>'
~ NV ''ii''''' Nh Buck
~, ''"''''''' "il' amen
I,, On w., ''''''''''' VI. i"''N a'' "i
h,nl,;n, ' l'''' ''''''S '"' nee
,o,.
hama and Louisiana difficulties. was
ais" passed hiicra lengthy discussion.
III the House Mr.. Hale of Me. report
td III" naval appropriation bill. apprn-
prlatln% Slc.HNl 1913. and Mr.. Nihlack
Oh lhd.' reported the annual iortifica-
'l"h bill. 1t appropriatr> II .9gg 900
S''lo,oo being for New England.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

probable candidates of the republican
party-Gen. Griffin, of Keene, for the
third district Austin F. Pike, of Frank
lin. for the second: VIM. B. Small or S.
NJ. Wheeler, for the first.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

The auroral exhibition Tuesday
night, was worth to the beholder, IL
good deal more than the 35 cent exhi-
billions of magic lanterns, &c, God
gives free tickets, in more than one
sense, to the exhibitions of his glory
all free and without price. The work
ing of the telegraph was seriously in
tertercd with by the disturbance of the
equilibrium of the magnetic forces.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

- Politics seem To he reviving
again in New Hampshire. preparatory
t" the March election. Two years ago.
when the republican party was under IL
cloud three democratic members of
congress were elected. OF course they.
like other patriotic men. would like IL
reelection. Therefore the camp fires
of both parties are kindled early. The
republicans, if they act wisely and well,
can carry all three of the districts. \
paper of the Granite State refers to the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

REGISTERED LETTERS. - The post
master general has decided that post
masters are to he held personally liable
for the loss of registered letters traced
to the offices under their care During
the last four years some $1,000 have
been lost in the Chicago postoffice, or
since Col. F. A. Eastman has been post
master there. In this office, of the 300
clerks, % are employed in the registry
department. Col. Eastman rebelled
against this ruling and resigned. He
had to give bond of $780, to the
government, upon salary Of 81 600.
TO do this, and he personally response
BILE for the fidelity of 300 clerks, and for
accidents, amongst so many, seems
hard. and few men will be willing to as
sumo the responsibility attached to
such an office. The government takes
pay for registered letters, and why
should it not assume the responsibility
in the premises, and take care of its
untaithful employees?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10
The Report of the Water Committee.

In our columns to-day. will Ice found
the report of the committee appointed
last June. to investigate. the question of
supply ing our village with more water
The report covers Il certain portion of
the estimated expense of bringing water
from Stiles pond to the village. We
notice no estimate of land damages
We happen to know the opinion of one
of the committee, as to the expense of
complete works extending the pipes
through the village, and that is. one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
We omitted. last week. To mention
that. after the vote to accept and place
on file the report of the committee. the
village or the few in attendance at the
annual meeting voted to invite the
present Acqucduct Company to provide
additional water needed 10y the people
of the village. \ new charter of an
Arqueduct Co. WAS obtained at the last
session of the state legislature. to he
made u>c of when necessary
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

Between Dec. |, 1872 and Jan. |
1873, two hundred and sixty-five assis-
tant assessors i'll the internal revenue
service we're discharged. The remain
ing 100 are to be dispensed with, by "a
gradual reduction till July l, when all
will be discharged, as the law requires.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

4 LIFE AND DEATH IN NEW IoRK.-
/ During the wear lr12 there were -, lH
deaths in New York city. of which
.:5:}O were of persons more than twenty
wears old. and 10000 of children less
than five years old. The past year WAS
far more unhealthy than amy of the
previous five Years. The nearest t" il
WAS $50. when there were J,Oum fewer
deaths. Smallpox for some months
caused more than thirty deaths week.
and ccrchro-Spinal meningitis took of
nearly fifty IL week for some time. rag
ING as an epidemic and killing three
quarters of all who were attacked 10y
/ it. Between June 10Th and July eth
there WAS Il period of intensely hot
weather. and the SIItlrrin" and death OF
that time were far i'll excess of amy
other similar number "f days. In all,
the >maIl-p"X killed H29 people. alec
huli>n. -0-. meningitis 90. and vio-
lrncr, .:f!9: 80 that Il New Workers.
chance of diving Il drumkard WAS almost
equal To his chance of diving of the
smallpox. although the latter WIS cpl
dcmic for several months. Violence
seems to Ice continually epidemic. The
deaths were -. 100. and the births of
would have been IL loss To the popula-
ton of nearly II .OOn. were il not fuI
immigration to the city. There were
nearly 2.:0O still-hirtlI> reported, and Il
large number undoubtedly occurred
which never were reported.
The LAWYERS AFRAID OF SMALL
PnN. The january term of the Su-
Prcmc Judicial Court convened at Ban
""r. Me-. Jam. I, Judge CUttim" prc>id-
im". After The iuri.> were impamclcd
and the Count adiuurlrd for the fore
noon. Il meeting of the haI was held at
which it va~ decided that The Judge he
requested To dismiss the .irIr> and adj
.i"urI Tia. Court without day CA account
'l inc prev .iitli't bi tIi'' >ilisili l'pN. =
committee Was appointed. who. upon
the comm" in of the. Cont in the after
noon. made the motion to ADJOURN
The muIi"m prevailed. and the count
Wis adjourned without day. tn" az
lion of The hai i strongly dcn"umccd
| h" whole number of c:l>c~ NOW under
Treatment in the city j. -. mostly of Il
mild type of NIriulnid No new eases
HAY" been rcp"Itcd tul three days.
" ''''-
N. ''''',' III an ''''''
'''''' '''' III '''> ''I' '0'''>'' "">
WITNESSES. drrlJIiu. with repeated oaih>
that nr"ucl had secuted the verdict
that the boys Ral uumd and IIat had
been hihcd. AMI that their testimony
had convicted him. He had expected
an entire a,uuitral. and rotiId not have
been more surprised if he had heard
New York bad burned to the ground.
lie continued that hr. WIS = victim, of
the excited public sentiment. that the
iur, had determined Ia convict him.
and hr va~ COM icrrd hccau>,. of his
lc>rcrt;.hilir,. 1t WIS AN outrage. He
Ms confident. houcycr. that his counsel
uouId obtain ,ta, of l,,oc,rdiuu, f,nn
some Sur,iior Count .Iudur. and thus
iu>urr MN an"rn"r rrrai.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

p The adoption. 10y the Board of
Education, of Frcnch's Arithmetic. to
20 into Use next November. if used at
all. does not compel amy body to Use it,
1t Is stated that it WAS adopted in face
of Il protest of most of the teachers and
superintendent of the State. They
proposed Grcenleaf-s Practical. now in
use. unless Il better one could he found
1t Is an excellent text book. and no law
of the state requires it to he excluded
from the schools The law is. when
changes are made, the books recon-
mrnd"d 10y the Board must he taken
II Is therefore optional with all to re
tain books now III Use. and III doing 50
no law of the State will Ice dishonored.
Grecnleai~S Arithmctics will remain as
good for twenty wears us they now are.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

INSURANCE AGAIN. Last week we
said the "uly safe insurance people
could have upon their property. was to
he cdretM. We propose to keep this
idea before the people, for we do not
wish any of them to he burned out.
We further said our Vermont insur-
ancc companies were safe. We had
before alluded to the fact that these
companies would not insure so much as
some people desired. The Farmers
company take only certain classes. The
Mutual will take only certain amount
i'll localities so therefore some people
must look to foreign companies. We
did not mean to say none of these were
not good. but did mean to intimate.
that while many had become bankrupt.
and others were uncertain on account
of the multiplication of fires, it was i'm
portant that the insured in such COM
pamics should he watchful and discrim-
mating is To what companies they in
SUIT" H. ANU mere III the country thtN
must trust. mainly. to the knowledge
they obtain of agents None can be
too careful i'll obtaining that knowledge.
for their OWL comfort. We are glad tn
say that thus far. in our region. few
fires have occurred. and that the pro-
prietors Of the factory at West Concord
will obtain all. or nearly all. of the
amount for which they were insured.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

The destruction of the buffalo wa,
carried on during the past year with a
T'pidiH entirely unprecedented. al
""''@'l II has been Il mattcr"f rcgrcttul
comment i"r Years. one firm in Lcav
rh""rth received 3U.06O hides Der
month. while IN" others in Kansas CITY
received l5,OnO each in the same linn,
! his Is at the rate of 1000 slain pen day.
he Immense piles or stacks of hides
I" he seen at all the stations along the
line of the kam>as Pacific Railroad h.,,
wines t" IA" slaughter, Prof. Nudge.
"f Manhattan. Kansas. who is well post
'd III tn" economy of the Plains. places
the number killed per day al 900
which Is sufficiently high to insure the
early extinction of the Species.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

hrr" seems now to Ice no doubt thar
the presence of Gen. Schoti.IL anil H..
war vessels at the Sandwich Islands !.
I" tie supervisory and conservative, ot
american Interests only. and that
though the United States v,rlJ .,.,
the Islands valuable. there will Il. ~,
interference with the will of the ipb,h-
ltant~. Very likely none is necess,,,
as th'y are kindly disposed to auuex,-
ton already.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10

western paper gives a startling a..
count of the punishment of Il Tain
wrcckrr The engineer and fireman
caught him and kept him under a,ard
on 'ht engine. which was soon -"r "i.
the track and under way. While speed
ih% along. the engineer picked up ID
round stick of wood, and struck rhr
criminal ii stunning blow ON the head
lie then caught the quiveIin. form 81
the poor wretch. and, opening the t..
mace doors. threw his body into TIE, i"'.
>crthlng flame. The door, we've slut.
the tram ratified along, and never. ul'.
the engineer confessed the act uIrul. biz
death bed. WAS it aSccrtainrd what lat
been the fate of the ticud who had p,,a
IN the habit of throwing the train oil rlr
track.
LIE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. The lr.
turns of the electoral vote received Do
aShln%t"n give 300 for Grant AMI
NllSon To 66 for all others. In the lI>'
category Is counted the vote of Alhai
siiS ana Louisiana, disputed by the Ol-
position. The Opposition vote i>dl,Id.
ed as follows: Greeley. 3: Brown. +.
Hendricks, -; jenkins, ,: Davis. J.
For Vice President the Opposition vote
stands: Brown, IL; Banks. /: Julian.
,; Colquitt, ); Palmer, 3: Brnnlrtir.
3; Groesbeck, | Machen, |.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-24
~ t.i-sEH Al.

Smallpox is responsible for one ou; OF
every eight deaths in II. Louis.
Boarding hoa-e chicken soup can be made
it is said, 10y hanging up hen in the sun 50
that her shadow shall fall into pot of salt
water. Tho only trouble Is that on a cloudy
day the~Iup is liable % be weak.
Bin boards aye to be abolished in New
York. The delight New Workers Of aesthetic
tastes experience in the announcement,
would have been increased If it had been
board bills, which are said 10 lack none of
the elements of greatn,s> in that city.
About the b1ldest robbery ON record has
just taken place at Boston. when brace of
thieves fastened the doors of a clothing
house and then helped themselves to what
ever wearing apparel they were in need of
from the stock hanging outside
4 Yaukton (Dacotah) sheriff attached
show in that iar-away country, the other
DAY. and while lacking up sale notice
on the elephants hindquarterS, which the
official mistook for a small barn. the animal
swung his tail around. And now. when
that county wants the services of 4 sheriff,
they viii have to elect one.
We are told of boy in Columbus, Ohio.
who would not % % the circus when his
father gave him leave. lie preferred to 20
to school and study his little book We
are sorry for that boy bat no properly man
aged insurance company would issue policy
on his life. Ills health cannot be good
[ Y. y. Nal.
4 Philadelphia manufacturer Is prepar-
/ ing plan for a column one thousand feet
/ high, To be constructed entirely Of iron. in
/ open work. from the summit Of which the
| grounds of the Centennial Exposition are to
be Illuminated by means of drummond
light. If adopted, it will be the loitiest
monument in the world.
4 Western paper speaks of duel between
two 'Jackasspcrated individuals
Ofsomeb5dy who was shot in Cheatham
county, Tenn, the local newspaper says
"lIe was stranger and poor man. His
grave will soon be unknown. Only the wild
rose, with briers. will grow above. it and no
flower will be dropped there by the hand of
affection, no tears TO his memory from the
eyes of love. Yet this is No reason why the
homicide should remain concealed and its
investigation Stunned" We rarely en-
counter fact less liable to argument
\ Dorchester woman has been three
times married. Her first husband was
Robb, the second Robbins, and the third
Robinson. The same door-plate has
served for the whole three, and the question
now Is, what extended name can be pro-
cured to fill out the remaining space on it.
TheFa was good skatirg on the Arkansas
river, at Pine Bluff, the day after Christ
mas, and the Oldest inhabitant never saw
the like before.
Russia has become customer for Amer
lean locomotives. Nine engines are to be
sent over for the Hongo railway of Finland
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-24

The following Is list Of the authorized
text books in the schools of Vermont for the
last year US72) and the present year, until
November
Read,rs.-Town 4 Ilolbrook- series. ex-
Guiding the intermediate; Hillard's sixth
reader.
Spehers-Town & Holbrook', Prosres-
siye.
Biographies. - Mitchell's first, primary
and intermediate. (Ihe Vermont edition
of the latter.9 Monteith'S Physical and
Astromical Guyot's common school and
wall maps.
Grammar. Towers Elements Norton
Weld and Quackenbos.
filaefics.-GreenleaFs primary, intel
lectual, and practical; Walton's cards and
keys. Nos. | and >. Davies University eii-
tiOn for High and Normal Schools.
Alge5rd.-GreenleaTs new elementary.
Histories. - LOssing's common school
Halls History and Geography Of Vermont.
(Ed. Of ls5S.)
Nafural Philosophy. - Quackenbos's for
Graded and High schools only.
\ new set Of text books viii be used after
the first day Of November of the present
year. a. authorized by meeting of the State
Board Of Education, held June 18th, ls72-
This list Is as follows
Reuters and S9ehers. - Webb's Word
Method; New American tirst, second, third
and fourth Hillard's Sixth New Amer
lean PrOnOuneing Speller.
Biographies. - Guyot's Elementary, In
termediate and Common School, for Gram
mar and High Schools only.
rifhmefIcS.-Frcnch' First Lessons in
Numbers, Elementary for the Slate, mental
and Common School.
AgebrG-Greenleaf Elementary.
Grammar - Green's Introduction, and
English Grammar, for Grammar and High
schools only.
HSt0ry.-AnderSon' Pictorial History,
and Inited States Reader.
Philosophy-Steele's Fourteen Weeks in
Philosophy.
The Board also recommend for use in the
district schools Of the State
Conant's Parsing and Drill Book, Spen-
cerian System Of PenmanShip, and Alden's
Citizens Manual Of Civil Government.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-24

In these days, when ferneries are 50 com
mon in so many parlors, any information
concerning them will doubtless be accepta-
bic. One simple thing has made my fernery
50 much more enjoyable than ever before,
that wish to give others the benefit of it.
Everybody that has fernery knows how
great drawback to the pleasure of it is the
moisture which collects on the glass in fine
dew. and often wholly hides from sight the
beauties within. 1t occurred TO me that a
continuous film of moisture, that did not
take the form of dew-drops, would be per-
feetly transparent, and that if | could pro-
duce inside the glass such film with some
permanenee. the moisture that was constant
" condensed on it would spread itself out
and be lost in the film and produce no cloud
iness whatever, Knowing that pure water
would not adhere in film to the glass, but
that soap-suds cling to most surfaces with
some tenacity, tried it with complete sue
cess. The process is short and easy. Re
move the glass, and wash it inside with
strong suds made with soft water and the
incest, purest soap you have. Pour out the
suds, and without waiting for the glass to
drain, put it in its placeagain. OF course a
few blotches of foam will be left on the