St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01

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to these public institutions, the unfor-
tunate classes will in the end lie better
served.
The Rutland GlObe has an editorial
advocating the trial of the Bowen
Beecher-Tilton scandal case openly.
1t claims that a private examination
will not satisfy the public. That the
results of secret conclavcs will have II"
weight with the community. The PEG
pie are anxious to know whether Henry
Ward Beecher is the man they have
always considered him to he, or whether
he is the scoundrel and hypocrite that
the rumors and stories, emanating from
Bowen. Woodruff and company, if true.
would make him. The Globe says 1.-THE
human mind is prone to suspicion and
doubt There's the rub. Many peo-
Pile rather believe evil than good of n
person and an insnuation of a party,
no matter how base, will he believed
or half believed sooner than the sworn
testimony of responsible man. And
the higher the party scandalized stands
in society, church or state. the more
eager are the cormOrants to drag him
OF her down to their own dirty level
and filth. 1t is necessary to educate
the public up to a higher sense of the
value of ones good name then these
base slanderers 10y pen and tongue, will
receive perhaps moiety of the dis
grace and punishment their acts deserve.
1t should not he enough to shake ones
confidence in fellow man that some
vile creature dare hiss out his venom.
How many cases where the innocent
suffer in the estimation of their fellow
men, when really the calumniator
alone should he punished. The public
have Il discriminating work to do If
they would mete out even justice.
While deploring the short sighted
policy that delays the building of the
Portland. Rutland and Oswego Rail
road, the Rutland HcrdId reioices with
its neighbors up this way at the pros
pect of the early completion of the p
Il o. r. r., and alludcS to one feature
of the road, i. e. the expense of con
struction, i'll tlattering manner. at
is intended that by next summer tn,
iron horse will go screaming through
the rich valley of the Lamoille. and st
JOhnsbury and Swanton will he brought
within a few hours of each other. Thi:
road shows one curious feature i'll rail
road building. The engineers estimate
for building, grading and ironing i
averages so, 500 per mile. The aetna
average cost 50 far as finished il sd .SOl
per mile, and the part built is the mos
expensive portion"
A strange and disgraceful feature o
the workings of the criminal law il
Massachusetts is told 10y some of tn,
Boston papers. which in brief is this
A countryman i'll the city was entice'
into saloon by one of Boston's siren
for the ostensible purpose of getting
glass of beer. While the parties wer
there together. the woman relieved TIN
man of his pocket-hook, containin:
some $50. He complained of her. anc
she was tried before a Judge, who de
clared her to he guilty of the larceny
From this Judgment she appealed, CAV
bonds i'll 800, and left the court. No
SO her victim. He is held as witness
and called on for bonds that he canno
give. As a result he. the party that
robbed, goes to Jail where he is de
prived of his liberty and the county
burdened with his support, while tn
criminal returns to her old haunts, am
probably to her old practices.
Political.
New parties are always sorely tried