St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-17
A Nice Family Affair.


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There was a pleasant little shooting
| picnic at Indcpcndcuce. Mo-. on Sun-
/ day Iast-a uuict if not imprrssiyc
manner of observing the Lords day
! tourhinr instance of tiliaI dpyotion and
parental love, The cheerful littl,
| Shooting affair. in which the content,
| of several pistols were distributed in an
entirely impartial manner. tells its owl,
story. and hardly needs to have, il.
moral poiutcd further than tn remark
| that Indcprudcnce must he = d.lioLt-
| fuI retreat for pcople of weak nerve.
and iuy1lids scrkiur uuiet and rcnns,.
| The hero of the affair seems to have
| been one Jim Crow Chilcs = gentleman
/ of thr bnrd,r rutti,u ncrSII,sinn -
nromineut mcmher uf thrt class vLicI
/ Rrct U,rte and his imit,tnrS L.,,n
,nnthcSizrd 81 many times of late II,
v,S , ccutIcm,n who had Killed .,v,,.-
nj pronIc who had the temcritv to Tres
/ mass npon his GENTLE disnositiou nr
/ muk. themselves ntt,uSiv, I'm his cLiy-
/ abrams uotiouS If j. r.,,,t,.d tL,t
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and m,ni.l man Lut uIf,rfnu,t,Iy !,
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..u.,i ,t Ii.t,Is .,hnn, hin, Win r'Li,.L
tn defend hims,lf .,r.,irst th. L,rr,r.
which Threatened him in his trr.rhrr-
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ON this no,tiruI,r Suni.v mo,uipu
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mood fan. ,rniu,, tn ,hIr,L I,n,.J intn
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nSen.,I win him won't nrt fnI. ItrnIi
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,IIy fine ,r,iuirnt nf his f,ynrs I,n,,,r-
tiulity WAS on,. of his hriuht,st rL,r,r-
t,,i.ti,s , small L,,. - women, ,,,. .,
Lnrs,. vouId h,vr served him inst -.
v,.II ,S , man hut u,fn,tum,t'J, t,,.
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Marshal and :, y.,i ,f,i,,,nt N.,r.L.I
vhn nuotvitLst,udii,,,h hi. ,,n,. .bny,,..I
mo Jisunsirin, tn turn t,iI mnnn tLn I.,t,,
MIR ChiI,, Nu>LlI p,.,,n,.L vi.L.J
him good mn,uiu,r. The. I,tc Nh, Cbi,,s
unt vi>l,iu, to hr Disturbed in his Suu-
daI mcditItiou. in thi, ahrunt manner
,t nnco ,.nrnu,.u,.I ,r.u,i.,ti,,,. f,,
the Marshall, funeral hl ltriLirm hin,
The Marshal defended himself Will, hi.
cane. vhrrcupnu Mr.. Chilcs Irr,y bi>
nistnI Th, Marshal hvuo u,,..,u..,,y
ions for ,u nlituor,. also drrw his MS
fol and snurht to vrrst CLiIc.' uiStul
from him. At tins iuurturr tbr Mar
shnI', boy Got = rryuIvcroud ;,nuuuurrd
his urc,rurr lax Indriur = bali in Mr.
Chiics' back. which must have surmri>-
ed and mortified th,t gentleman ~
hitherto he hnd claimed the mnununIy
of shontin". Then Mr.. Chilrs. bn, en-
t,red unnu the scene of oction and mi
rtIy Shot tbr elder and ynum~rr Pru-
cock Thiuws ,,,ro unv ,nn,irr tn e.,
head with cnmmrudoblc ccIrritv. The
Marshal uuintl, nr.soutcd hi, r.voIv.r
to Mr.. ChiIcs and shot him tbrou"h thr
head and that v,s an end tn Mr. 1,hiI,s
who took his druarturr to a re~iou
where shuotiuu and iuto>ir,tiou are
strictly fnrhiddru. NOT only nm sunday.
hut every other dav in th. week If
WIS NET rx,ctIy the druoumcnt which
Mr. ChiI.s had rxnc,trd ar irt.nJoJ
when he set ont rpou his sunday stroll
and if Mr. Chilcs in his nrosont whore.
.,hort. has am, recollection nf tI,,t Iit,Io
Sunday affair he i urdnIhtedIv g., s,d
and ,iS.nnnintcd man To Ln emf nt,
in his nrim, and Ie,yn sn ,on,. o,,rnr-
turitins fn, shnntinr and Lave 80 rIucb
,vhi.kev unrnnsumnL LeLind him j.
ouourh to .,d,Ion , u,n lilo CLiIoS
who v.,s sn ,,oni.,I nnJ Lirb n,;nJaJ
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