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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-03-21

of them Were large. Vet Miss Steven.
maintained her position as head of til,
school. and created very apparent in.
tereSt and progress i'll the variou,
studies. The primary department. dur
ing the first term. was under the charr,
"f Miss !. {. stiles, a Young teacher
VINO. however. succeeded quite well.
Second term. Miss Carrie Hallett
tea''hrr, secured quictnrSS and prompt
recltIti"ns. II was Il successful term.
third term, Miss Georgia L. Wright.
teacher. Miss Wright managed her
flock OF little ones with east and tact.
and taught them we'll
DISTRICT No. Il.
Tie first term was taught by Miss
k0>>le Il. " ecks. Il teacher of expert
cncc. The school steadily improved
from tue beginning to the end of the
tenn. The aItcndancc was especially
full and regular. In that respect. this
School shows the best average. through
out The year. of any in town.
Miss Weeks commenced the second
term, bIIt resigned to accept a more re-
sronsihle position III district No. /. She
"Hs >'~ICI" ~ Miss Mary y. -,IduuIITNS,
w no 'oiN l'ltttu lnt term Win g0Ou sue
cess. Third term. Miss Belle VI. Carr.
teacher. Miss Carr WAS abundantlv
able and willing to instruct. and secured
4 reasonable interest in study and IL
good attendance. But her pupils. as
they always will in such cases. took ad-
Vantag' of Il little ea>ine>S on the part
OF the teacher. 81 that coming and go
ing. whispering. and playing. mtertered
with the best use of time. \ new school
house is needed IN this district.
DISTRICT No. 4
There have been two terms of school
i'll this district. the number of scholars
small each tenn. and the house entirely
destitute. OF Il suitable blackboard. of
chains. maps. globes. or other almost
appliances. In spite of
these disadvantages. the teacher Miss
Emma VI. Russell taught il good school.
Herself quiet and interested. her pupils
seemed I" share her interest and order
i system. Miss Russell is IA Young
but her earnestneSS and fidelity
promise well.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-03-21
DISTRICT NO. J.

The first term was taught by Miss
Carrie Hallett. | went to the school
house several times. but through Il
misunderstanding of the time when the
school was III session. failed To find the
school. This is the only school in town
which failed to visit. | learn. how
ever, by inquiry that the term was re-
garded by the parents i'll the district as
profitable and successful.
Second and third terms. Miss Jennie
Hoyt, teacher. Miss Hoyt kept her
school quite well i'll hand during her
first term, but with an increase of num-
berS in the winter came loSeness i'll
government which intelfered very scri
ously with any good progress i'll any
direction
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-03-21

This district. embracing the village
of It. Johnshury, and the old districts
Nos. =. and 3. has supported nine
schools during most of the past year.
Several new teachers have taken the
place of former ones, with an apparent
improvement III most cases, though not
in all.
The High school, the most impor-
tant of any in town in its influence upon
the OF crs. continued during the first
term of the year under the charge of
Mr.. c. l.. Clay. assisted by Miss Eunice
\. :. Arnold. Both teachers were faith
ful and devoted to their work, anxious
to do their whole duty. But more OF
less dsatfcction existed among the
scholars. and the school became very
small. At the end of the term, both
teachers resigned their places, Mr.. Clay
after three years of earnest and deServ-
ing work. Miss Arnold who had been
in the school one year. was a lady of
excellent scholarship, and gave thorough
instruction to those under her charge.
At the commencement of the second
term, Mr.. w. Ii. Galbraith, Il graduate
of Dartmouth college, took charge of
the school, assisted by Miss Katie E.
BOWieS, both of whom still remain i'll
the school. Under their care, the num-
Der of pupils has more than doubled.
and the general progress has been eX-
cellent. Mr.. Galhraith has given an
admirable drill to promising class OF
boys who go to college at the end OF
the current year. His instruction III
other directions has been accurate and
scholarly, and he has controlled his
charge with firm and even hand. Miss
Bowles has given all her energy to her
work. and the result has been very sat
isfactory to the Superintendent and to
the patrons of the High school.
There is no rivalry between this
school and the Academy. Both are
needed. There is an ample field fol
both. The Academy is an old institu-
ton, well equipped, and we'll taught,
with long standing reputation that
brings honor to the town. All our citi-
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INFANCY OF KING CorroN. In his col
lection of essays on "Science and Com
mcrce, and their Influence on Manufac-
ture," Mr.. Simmons gives the following
account of the frat Importation Of raw
cotton to England from the United
States: "Many years ago. the senior
editor OF one OF the leading American
papers was informed by his venerable
friend, AIr. Samuel Maverick. OF Pen
dleton, that when boy. as clerk in the
house OF his uncle, Mr. William Turpin,
OF Charleston, he assisted in packing
the first bag Of cotton ever sent to Ii.
verpool from the United States. The
cotton packed by Mr.. Maverick was put
up in the seed. This was long before
Whitney's invention of the cotton gin.
The consignee of the lone bag of cotton
informed the house of Wadsworth e.
Turpin that he could not sell it, that it
was valueless, and advised .hen, to send
no more"
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HE GRASIrEvILLE KILLING From q
brother of Willie Howard, the little
white boy who killed colored youth in
Graniteyille, Monday, we learn that
Willie was taken before magistrate in
GranitevilIe for preliminary examina-
ton. From the evidence, it appears
that the negro, boy about ten years OF
age, was sitting on door step as Willie
Howard WAS passing along the street,
singing. The boy made some insulting
remark to Willie, who is between ten
and eleven years old, when an altercu.
ton arose between tho two, in the course
Of which Willie stabbed the negro in
the neck with pocket-knife, infictine
a wound which caused the denth of the
boy in short time. The magistrate
sent Willie to Aiken in charge Of ne.
gro constable for commitment to the
Jail in that place. The Sheriff of the
County, Mr. Hiram Jordan, instead OF
putting the little fellow in jail, however.
took him to his house, and placed him
in a room with one of his own boys.
Wiilie's trial will take place in Septem
ber. Efforts, we understand, are being
made to have him bailed
augusta Chronicle ard Sentinel
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The SLAVERY OF DEDr.-Those who
have always enjoyed competency and
freedom from the care and anxiety Of
earning their daily sustenancc, can have
but little appreciation of the shackles OF
bondage which dobt forges about the
unfortunate or extrayagant debtor. The
servitude is as severe as that OF tile Bra
lillian slave, and the intellect soon feels
the blighting effects, giving evidence of
disordered and unstable reason, un-
fitted for either great mental effort or
high reach of the Imagination. Neces-
sity does not beget intellectual inyen-
ton. The toiler st the oar, pulling
against wind and tide, can only pull;
beyond that, his powers are feeble. jean
Paul Richter. with but penny-roll in
his house, grasped at the shadows fitting
by in his grand arena of poetic creations,
only to feel his hand close upon nothing
but bis own misery. The feeling OF sub. /.
mission, of dependence, drags genius
from Olympus into the dust of humility
at it's feet
One OF the greatest of the many evils
OF debtors existence is, that he ia
compelled to offer to whatever bid;lor
bis Wares, intellectual or commercial, at
any price offered. Unable from neces-
sity to stand independently awaiting n
return suitable for the quality OF his
worth, he sacrifices jewels for the value
OK srash. Those who are 80 situated in
life that, without feeling tie thirst and
hunger OF poverty, they can await for
the demand on their skill or ability
commands IL higher market or greater
appreciation. The same proiessio nal
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DI>TEIDCT1oN OF TIE SEXES In
Numbers, the two sexes are very nearly
equal in the United States: mules
~, 4o3. 565; females l9,0G4 .S06; bu! the
distribution is not even. Tho greatest
excess of miles is found in Idaho
l2,1S4 to ISIS fcmaies.) Montana
llG,.7l to 3.s2l Wyoming (7.2lo to
1.S9o,) and Nevada (32.379 to 1912 J
Females are in excess in Alabana
(50l, $50 to 4s2, ,470,) District Of Colum-
bia lGl.2S7 to 81, ,l53.) Georgia (G00,s
to So, laG,) Lonisiana Lou (336: 80 to 32S.-
743,) Maine 600, 600 to 297. .434. Mary.
land 1855. 5.24G to $40. 1861 Massachu-
setts (56S, 1s0 to 535 ,852.) New Hamp-
shiro ll47,G3S to 1lO,9ol,) New jersey
(363; G6s to 353. 4S5,l and New York
l,647,2 to 1857, 1922 Virginia,
Vermont. Tennessee, both Carolluas,
Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
New Mexico show like excess OF female
population. In Utah. there are moro
males than feinales-2S. .904 to 27.090.
".ScisntiGc MiSceluny," in June Gulary.
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4 MEAN AND SACRILEGIoUs ROBBERY.
Ga Sunday afternoon. some vandal en-
tered Old Christ Church, Alexandria,
Va, famous as tho place where Wash.
ington worshipped, ard turned the fur
ni,nre upside down. destroyed all the
music, saturated the cloth cushions and
prayer books with oil. removed tho silver
plato from Washington's pew, besides
committing many other depr.la.ions.
1t was undoubtedly the intention Of the
party to set. fire to the ancient ciiiics.
but the sexton, fortunately, had occa-
sion to visit the church, aud, seeing
wha! had been done, hastcncl to inform
one OF the yes!rymoD. E..urning. one
OF the doors WAS found open. which leads;
to the belief that the scouul-ci was Sc
creted in the building when the sex.on
first entered, and in Lis absence made
good his escape.
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A COMING MAN, (PERuAps )-The
House Of Hohenzollern is divided into
two branches, one Protestant. the other
Catholic. The Protestant branch rules
Prussia; the Catholic branch has no
principally. but is in membership with
the Prussian royal family. Prince Leo.
pold, who had so much to do with the
Franco .Prussian war, is member Of
the lattor branch. lie is allied by mar
riage to the Kings Of Portugal and Bel
GUM. He is said to be man of erca,
aDliity: galiaue soldier, anil, if Spain
Is 20 nave King, he is perhaps the
uioss eh9lo:e Pfiuco, personally, ihat
can De picked up in Europe ut ,Lis
time.
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Particularly to those who have used
lead and sulphur preparations hereto.
fore, IS Na:!ans' Crystal Discovery re-
commended for restoring, cleansing,
beautifying the hair with none cf tee
objections. No poisons, no stains, 20
sediment, hence no shaking when used.
Sold by druggists. For sale by G. II.
Mlot. ASH
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NERVOUS DEBILITY A DEPRESSED, If.
NrADLE STATE OF MIND; WEAK, NERVOUS,
EXHAUSTED FEELING; NO ENERGY OR AM.
NATION; CONFUSED HEAD, WEAK MEMORY,
OFTEN WITH DEDILITATING, INVOLUNTARY
DISCHARGES. The conse sequence Of ex.
cesses, mental oyerwork or indiscretions.
This NERVOUS DEBILITY finds SOVEREIGN
CURE in HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC SpE.
cIFlc, No. 2S. 1t tones up the system,
arrests discharges, dispels the mental
gloom and despondency, and rejuvenates
the entiro system; it is perfectly harmless
and always efficient. Price IS for pack.
ago OF five boxes and a large 50 vial OF
powder, which is important in old serious
cases; or 81 per single box. Sold by ALL
Druggists, or sent by mail on receipt OF
price. Address HUMPHREYS SPECIFIC
HoMGopATuIo MEDICINE CoMPANY, No.
562 Broadway. n. Y. For sale by GEIaER
& McGnEooR. Columbia. S. G. Ap14 lily
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There are so many Americans travel
ing in Europe this year, that at nearly
oil the English churches on tho CONT
nent, it is said, tho usual prayer for the
Queen is Immediately followed by one
for the President Of the United States.
TIE PATH TO PARADISE. According
to the profession Of two Maryland mnr-
derers, who wero hanged the other dav,
the sure way Of getting to Heaven is to
murder some old lady, and get religion.
along with halter.
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This is no apology for whiskey drink.
ing; it IS medicine that cannot be ueed
to intoxicate; it produces tonic effect,
as well hs acts as n cathartic. In fac.
simmons 'ver Regulator is pro.
nonnced an unexceptiouable medicine.
A9t3r1
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LIST OF New ADVERTISEMENTS
George Dawkins-Strayco or Stolen.
Meeting Acacia Lodge.
Lost-tioll Cross.
Jacob Leyin-Auction Sale.
Geo. L. Dia!-Directors' Meeting
Wanted-A Situation.
Harrison, Bradford Il Co.-Peps.
John Agncw ~ Son-Bagging, Ties
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-. -
-~FHeWATsae ks,os, -Eae Boeraoi
Health held . meetingl on the 9th INIT,
at which the following preamble and re.
solution woze adopted, and the Cls.k Of
the Board furnished Capt. J. A. Jack.
son, Chief of Police, with copy Of the
same:
Whereas the water furnished to this
CITY by the Columbia Water Company is
extremely impure and unfit for domestic
purposes, it has been declared q nui-
sance by this Board. The health of
many of our citizens has greatly been
impaired, who, from their circum-
stances, have been compelled to use said
water. The experience OF many years
has demonstrated the fact that on aban-
lart eupply Of pure spring water has
been and can still be obtained for the
supply Of the city, for ull purposes
whatever. Request has been made to
Col. 8. A. Pearce, the Agent Of the Co.
lumbia Water Power Company, not only
by this Board, but by mass meeting of
the citizens OF our city. TO desiss in
supplying the city with river water, and
TO supply us With pure spring wuter,
with which We have therefore, been sup
Agent of the said Columbia Water
Power Company. has refused, and still
refuses. to comply with their reasonable
request, whereby this great evil might
be corrected, and the popular excite
ment and Indignation Of our citizens al
layed. Therefore, he it
Resokred, That Captain j. A. Jackson,
Chief OF Police Of the city OF Columbia,
with the aid Of His police force, be, and
is hereby, directed to proceed at once
to abate said nuisance, peaocably If he
can, forcibly if he must, by severing the
connecting pipes between the receiving
| reservoir Of the Columbia Water Power
Company, ot the river, and the receiv-
ing reservoir at the steam mil! lot, in
which the water from the park and else
where is collected; and that he is here
by ordered to place the steam mill in
working order, and proceed to supply
tho city through the distributing reser-
voir with pure spring water; and il he
| finds his force inadequate to carry out
the distractions of this Board, he is
hereby authorized to employ sufficient
force to carry out said instructions cf
the Board.
Captain Jackson consulted the City
Attorney, as to his power to carry into
effect tho instructions of the Board Of
Heath. The following is the opinion
OF the attorneys for the city in the water
case: ~
Co1UMDIA. S. G. August 6. 1873.
| lie above resolutions of the Board Ct
Health have been submitted to us for
advice in the premises. I've are clearly
Of opinion, that the Board of Health
cannot revoke the temporary Injunction
of his Honor Judge Carpenter. His
opinion, right or wrong, must be obeyed
until it can be dissolved by due course
Of law. It may be dissolved by the
Judge himself or by the Supreme Court.
We cannot advise any proceeding that
might lead to breach Of the peace.
Greatly as the community is suffering,
it would suffer much more by any illegal
conduct on the part OF the city. We
cannot advise Captain Jaokson to pre-
cecd under the resolutions of the Board
Of Health.
JAMES D. TRADEWELL,
City Attorney.
JOS. DANIEL POPE,
For Pope & Haskell.
|
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OLD TROY USEAnrnED. A private
letter from Mrs. Fruncis, wife of the
American Minister to Greece, onveys
the first intelligence of the comp!nts
aud brilliant success attending Mr.
Schl;emaur's long continued explnra
tionS on the site Of ancien, Troy. The
letter says:
Mr. Schiicniann has returned from
Troy. He has completed his cxcava.
tiors, after three years of labor, by u
grand master-stroke He has discovered
the Palace OF Priam and large treasure
in gold and silver. lie has carried away
with him forty large cases containing
various articles. also fifteen baskets Of
real treasure. We cailed upon him ut
his residence for the purpose Of examin-
lug his collection. saw in his house
gold gobiets anl vases which shine inst
like the gold OF our age [ also saw
some beautiful head ornaments made OF
gold, massive nn,i we'll made, resembling
those now worn by the modern Greeks.
There il golden goblet weighing nearly
three pouEal, also a quantity ot smul
round earrings, such as are used uud
worn by chill lreu Of our days.
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BRAVE WORDS FROM PESNsYLyANIA.- -
Mr.. Samuel J. Randall, Chairman Of
the State Democratic Committee of
Pennsylvania, has Just issued an address
calling State Convention to assemble
on the 9th day Of this month. In this
address, he states that he was unani-
mously instructed by the committee to
call the attention Of the people Of
Pennsylvania to the political condition
of Louisiana, in order that the State
Convention, when it assemblies. may be
prepared to express it's opinion Of the
''infamous nets" of the Federal Execu-
tive in subjugating, overthrowing aud
destroying the rights of the sovereign
people of sovereign State by violent,
unlawful and unconstitutional means,
using Federal troops and the usurped
power of Federal Court to determine
and decide questions OF local franchise,
constitution and government. The ad-
dress goes even farther, and frankly =
and boldly announces that the "Demo-
craoy Of Pennsylvania proclaim in nd
vance that one Of the issues before the
people of the country will be free States
or subjugated provinces, the right Of
the people to govern themselves, or the
power of the Federal Government, Fe-
deral troops and Federal agents to 60
vern the people of the States by force
and without law, right or constitutional
sanction" Bravol this is good enough
platform for the Democracy all over the
country to stand on and to fight upon.
Let tho Pennsylvania Democrats make
this issue squarely and fairly before the
peoplo, and our word for it. they will
triumph for once over the hosts of cor,
| ruption.
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a1yiuer coming from ths needy physician
and the popular surgeon. returns 3 shil-
ling to one and crown to the other.
The late Horace Greeley never gave
better advice to young men than in his
terse injunction. ''Never get in debt. "
Forego everything that perhaps eduoa-
tion and habit have accustomed one to
look upon gs necessaries, If existence
can be kept up, rather than rivet about
the neck the burden of creditors
chain. It is ns unjust to those who
furnish the credit as it is to ones self.
Poor Wilkins Micawber, the unappre-
oiated. lived life OF trepidation, not
unlike that of the felon, who secs
an cfi ser in every bush. Tittlebat Tit
mouse had street after street closed to
his travels about his humble lodging
place, as he incurred one debt after
another on noighboring thoroughf.res.
The Micawbers and Titmouses of this
world are many. The frightened air,
the hurried look, as the poor unfortu-
nate sees an approaching collector, or
hears his name called, Indicate the vic.
tim Of extravaganza or the creature of
mishap. "Psy as you go" never costs
a man his self-respect, and his merits
are never pawned at the worlds golden
balls at o.e-quarter their value.
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Hearts have they. yet pity uo.-CAb
bags
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r DISTURBANCE AT ~FoRrsq MInns--THn
NEGROES DEFY TIE CIVIL AUTHORITIES
"A person from Fort Mills informs us
that great excitement was caused at that
place on Sunday and Monday, Goth and
2lst ult., by threatening demonstration
from the negro population. It seems
that negro, Chap. McKenna. (fortnerly
from this place, and, we believe, fugi-
tive from justice,) defied Che village po.
lice and resisted arrest. The policeman
succeeded, after two or three blows with
his "billy," in "bringing him to-" and
marched him of TO the calaboose; but
after arriving there, the prisoner was
left in charge OF another gentleman,
while the officer went for the key Of the
prison, and Chap, seeing favorable
opportunity, made good his escape.
He Immediately circulated around on
tho plantations in the vicinity and ga.
thered up quite number of colored
men, armod with guns, axes, &c, who
came In short distance of the town,
threatening death aud destruction to
the inhabitants. They paraded around
the-v;llage lat a safe distance) for two
or three days, finally rendezvousiug
about mile from town. Au old citizen
OF the place went out aud advised them
10 dispense and go to thcir homes,
which they did. A couple OF State
constables from Rock Hill, arrived on
Monday, after the excitemeut hud
at.ated and the rufinns had dispersed.
No arrests wore made, bnt We presura .
that our vigilaut Circuit Judge, should
not tue inferior officers Of the County do
their duty, will not let tue matter pass
nnnoticed. d.-LuncaSter LetLyer.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS, August c. IVhee!-r
House-R III Chatterton, Md; A Pope,
J b Hill. N G; j " Mathews. Ala; T "
Long. s 81 Blodgett, NJ W Bissell, Cam
den; L Wilaon. D c.; d Charles.
Williamson; Il 7 Adams, U S A; S G
Garner, Richland; T A Jeffers. Grove
wood; D e Gosneli. Nd; D Ultram, Ala.
Columbia Hoiel-W Crosswe'!. 8 c.;
L Walker, Charleston; NJ H Lindsay,
Aiken; w J Sprinkle, n G; s G Gil
bert, Mrs. Allen ard son. Charleston; "
L Manning, Miss NJ d Manning. S C;
r Il Hemphill, FL Wilson, Abbevi!!e,
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Frederick Morlks. OF Williamsburg,
n. l., is on example for ali mrn who
have n hankeri0g after their uncles
wives. Frederick supplautel Ais uncle
in the affections Of the latter better
half, and the guilty bat loving pair cs-
capped III company to New York, where
the uncle, who Was naturally indignant,
found them. The wife drew pistol
and threatened suicide. In the strug.
ge for Its possession, the weapon cx-
ploded, the ball woundinS the woman.
Frederick. at the came moment, fired
another pistol and dropped dead; and
the moral Is, that it is dangerously un-
h1aithy TO go off With your uncies or
anybCdy else's wife.
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1t Is told OF a young gentleman. whom
maiden liked, but her father didn't,
thai at reasonable hour, the old gent
mildly iutimatcd that the time for re.
firing had arrived. 81 think you are
correct. my dear SIR" answered nine.
teenfh century, modestly; 1--WE have
been waiting over an hour for yon 10
put yourself in your little bed" The
father retired thoughtfulIy.
Mr. Sergeant Simon, NJ. p, seems to
he an English Sir Boyle Roche. He
lately began speech on the judicaturo
bill by saying. Il cannot keep silence
without saying IL few words"
1t Is sail that the inscription "for
sale, or nor runs, is posted on more
than 6.OOO houses and stores in New
Orleans.