St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-11-07

ladIeS.-MiSSCS Alma Galhraith of Pas
sIImpSic and Hattie Savage of Stowe
"A> means of culture, is travel Of
none value than reading and study p"
The manner i'll which the question wis
treated showed much Thought and cul-
tune. ''lIcrocs," an Grafton by Harry
MclntiIe of Littleton, gave the right
sentiment. and was well delivered.
"Thc Culver" was the name of the
S"cictys newspaper Misses Minnie
Baker and Hattie Adgate, editors. 1t
aboundcd in. local hits and thrustS, mys-
FERROUS to outsiders. but things appar-
emily well known and highly enjoyed
by the students. The parody on the
craven" WAS very ingenious. Theclos-
ing discussion was on the question, "Is
it probable that the states of Europe
will generally have permanent republi-
can forms of government p This was
participated in by Geo. Harvey of Wa
tertor,l. and Isaac McAnn of this place.
both of whom did well their part.
There WAS il good audience present
of friends of the students and others in
tcrcStrd in the Academy, and every
thing passed off we'll.
Mischievous Rumors.
We feared il might come sooner or
later. and so six weeks ago to-day, when
the financial troubles first appeared. we
cautioned our readers in the following
words: ''In times of financial disturb
ancc the greatest enemy to the public
good is he who circulateS .rumOrs.' In
the excited state of the public mind i'll
the business centres of the country it
would not he strange if Il ripple should
| appear on the surface 50 far i'll the
country as this. We would therefore
caution our readers against circulating
ur taking stock in stories about thi,
thing or that. which any malicious ol
/ thuughtlcSS person may whisper. There
is no reason to suspect our local money
ed institutions on the legitimate bust
the contrary every reason to have con
hdcnce and faith in them.
We refer To this matter again anC
now to say that the false and wholly
untoundcd rrImorS which are in circula-
ton in some of our neighh"rimg towns
rcgardin" our Bank. the house of NcSSrS
Il Il =
business houses. are miscellaneous ano
wicked. At such times a. these. to civ,
circulation to rumuIS i the worst thin.
for the business of the country. 1t add
fuel to the fire and fans the flame
Since the first blow of the panic. ",
learn that our Bank has discounted Il
usual to its regular customers cacl
week. and the deposits have Stcadil.
. increased. The house of Fairhank
= never stood stronger than il does to-day
They aIr running their shops on tu
Gnc. and we learn that last week tn
. product WAS nearly nine hHH'iicd Scdic'
b. and all upon orders. While for the Ell
- TIRE NtIl bl ~ the Nv tldSt Nfth
production was about one th"ll>itm
scales We Il" not think the above
very bad for panic" times. We lear
to" that yesterday brought them iarg
- orders. including over fifty hay scale:
The general business of the place seem
prosperous.
When the +. y o. X. Il. i complete
through from Portland to MontIca
! which i expected next season. We >lal
/ look for Il much larger increase OF hu>i
- ness i'll our place. especially i'll the man
utacturimg line. as no better point fo
70 such business can he found in our state
Base Ball.
-, y match game of base ball was play
eel between Il picked nine from tn
Academy boys of 81. JohnSbury, an
the Muduc club OF LNudonNille ton tit
! grounds of the latter cluh) resulting
favor of the former 10y Il score of - I
. 81. The ModocS have heretofore bee
very successful in all match games play