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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04
Montpelier Correspondence.
MONTPELIER April. !. lS1:

MONTPELIER APRIL. !. 1873.
Editor CdltdoHjdH The last few
weeks have witnessed some advance
ment III the temperance cause in this
place. Our sunday evenin" temperance
meetings are still continued with hut
little abatement in interest. There have
been two elements i'll these temperance
agitations the radical and the conServ-
alive. Some have dared to talk and
act III the immediate and total suppress
sion at the liquor traffic. while others
have only dared to tall" temperance.
The former would use legal suasion
while the latter is in favor of only moral
suaSion.
Through the influence of these meet
ings a set of temperance men have Ie-
Gently been elected for town officers
who have already signiticd their deter
mination to put down this extensive
illegal and destructive business. They
have requested or demanded every
known dealer III Intoxicating drinks who
is selling contrary To law. to discontinue
his unlawful trade Immediately. a
portion of those warned have iumedi-
ately agreed to comply with the re-
quirements made of them. But of
course they will not all give up their
greatest source of gain unless they are
pushed to the wall" 1t is hoped with
the courage and true principles of the
town officers of Montpelier. and the
strong public sentiment to back them.
that drunkenness will soon cease in this
place.
For several years this town has been
without liquor agent, but now one of
the most reliable and respectable bust
ness men here, has received The agency
with a specified salary for his services,
so he will have no temptation to initiate
his predecessors, by selling all he can
to as many customers as he can find.
Last Sunday night. Rev. 9. II. Schin,
of West Virginia, addressed the tenn
perance meeting. Among the places
which he had visited, and of which he
spoke, was st. Johnsbury. He spoke
very highly of the public opinion pre-
vailing there upon the subject Of in
temperance. and specially compliment
ted the Fairbanks for their efforts to
suppress this great evil, by refusing to
employ any men but those of good
steady habits. The speaker wished
every other company would adopt the
same plan.
Rev. Elisha Brown. at one of the
recent meetings, spoke in glowing terms
of another town in Caledonia county.
Sutton, he said had not IA single rum
seller. Few are the towns that have
such Il record. G.. II. F.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

RAILROAD ACCIDENT Two MEN
KILLED. Upon the Washington aud
Rutland Road, last Saturday, in Wash
ington county, New York, the track
sunk, tipping the locomotive down one
side 40 feet, and the remainder of the
train upon the other side, some four
feet. Downs, the conductor, and Mon
ahan, tireman-bOth Oh the locomotive
We're buried under the engine and
killed. Passengers were more or less
badly hurt, but none fatally. Water
had washed under the track.
This disaster, by some later accounts.
was more serious than the first account
indicated. The Free Press has the fol-
lowing additional particulars of it:
Mr.. Miner, of this city, was in the
rear end of the sleeping car, and WAS
sound asleep at the time of the accident.
lie went to work at once to assist his
injured fellow passengers, and did not
discover for some time that he himself
had received several severe bruises, but
nothing that will prove serious. He
arrived home this morning, feeling sore
and lame, and considers that lie has had
narrow escape from death. He de-
scrlbes the scene as terrible, as the rain
was falling pitilessly and the night in
tensely dark, no sounds being heard
save the groans of tn wounded, and
the screams of the women and children
who were passengers. Mr.. Miner, with
the assistance of Edward A. Smith, ESQ,
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A Shocking Disaster.
PANIC IN A CROWDED CHURCH,

A dreadful calamity happened at St.
Johns Catholic church i'll Trenton. \.
j., sunday morning, about half-past IL
o'clock, on the occasion of the funeral
OF Rev. Father Macklin. The church
was denscly crowded, and thousands
stood outside. There were soule 20 Of
heating clergymen present, and. while
the requiem for the dead was beiuo
sung, loud cracking sound was heard
winch the audience supposed came
from the gallery, and, from the general
opinion that it was giving away, there
arose IA fearful panic. Consideration
seized every one, and loud screams
arose from the women and children. 4
rush was made for the door, and imme-
dlately scores of women and children
ieil and were trampled beneath the feet
Vi the mass of human beings who be-
came wedged between the front gate
ana the door. There the mass stood
stubborn and immovable. while the
groans OF those beneath were fearful II
was fully III minutes before the worL Of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

of st. Adams, who was on the train, sue
ceeded in carrying DR.. Fitch. of New
York, who is - years of age to a house
about fifty rods from the railroad. The
Doctor is dangerously hurt, and there
are great fears that he cannot recover.
He was left at Salem. There were
about twenty-five passengers on the
train, ten of them in the sleeping car,
ten in the coach, and the remainder III
the baggage car. Almost every one
was hurt more or less, and the injuries
were mainly about the head.
All but three i'll the passenger coach,
were injured. Among the passengers
who escaped unhurt, were Joseph Fa-
lardo, wife and two children of Yer
genncs, and II. G.. Burleigh of TicOn-
deroga. Miss Cushman, of Middlebury
who is among the injured, was teacher
in the High school i'll that village.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04
The Brooklyn Murder.

At last the public are informed Il
the mystery relative to the mudr
Goodrich in Brook yn Il few nighr,,,,.
has been solved. The police Of p
city, soon after the murder, are
woman named Lucette Myers, an ,
made Il confession exposing keI D..
sins, the villainy of Goodrich, ami .
maine of his murderer. 1t appcal> r.
she had been the mistress of Il Spl,.
named Roscoe. and leaving him IT,, .
society of Goodrich. the Spaniali
came enraged, and took reveng, OBI \
paramnur by shooting him. He H.
robbed the dead man of his watch Al
pocket book and ah>comded. The a
man Myers, not Ai>himg to became j,
plicatcd in the Transaction. wa>l
away the traces of blood. and left =
murdered man as he was found.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

The BROOKLYN MURDER.-The mur-
der of Goodrich, in Brooklyn, y. Y,
remains still mystery. So far as it
can he penetrated he had shaken" one
mistress, and taken another, who had
to relieve herself by shaking" fellow
"a Spaniard the name of Roscoe.
Now the question is, which of the
shaken did the numbering. We do
not think, if these developments prove
to be correct, the public care much.
while many will be ready to say, Served
him right 1t is an illegal way of rid
ding the world of corrupt men-and to
be deprecated-yet the world is cleaner
when their black souls and debased
bodies leave it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

storms but nothing to compare with
that. 1t was so cold that you could not
face it for ten minutes without freezing.
When it got little calm, l crawled out
and dug hole in the snow and took
the frying-pan and was lucky enough
to build fire in it, and then we soon
had large fire, got some hot coffee
and breakfast. We could hardly move
for three days; we finally got back
home feeling quite well except for sore
ears and fingers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

z If the laws of the state of Yer
mont are such as permit our courts to
step i'll and shield railroad managers, in
Withholding the net earnings of rail-
roads from its stockholders. or Justify
such managers in divcrting such earn
lngs to other purposes. then there
should be some new laws enacted for
the protection of individual rights.
When courts do this We. must conclude
that the law is imperfect. We should
be sorry for an occasion to think that
our courts did not cleave closely TO the
law, and to such rules of practice rs
tend not only to magnify the law, but
to protect innocent parties. Such ac-
ton as was had ut st. Adams can have
no other tendency than injury to the
reputation of the road in question. by
exciting the people against it. 1t is
simply piling burdens upon the camel.
back-the last feather to he laid on a,
some future day. If however, there i.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

\ TIMELY tTTERANCE.-iov. Jewell.
of Connecticut, i'll his proclamation for
Fast, cnjoins upon the people of his
state to offer supplications. THAT indi-
vidual seltishness may not be permit
ted to undermine the foundations of the
republic" This is a jewel of an idea,
and broad in its significance. Had our
good governor of the state of Vermont
happened to have thought as brilliantly
and appropriately, when he wrote his
proclamation for Fast, he would natu-
schools of the state"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04
The SWanton Bay.

Our readers are aware that compa-
nv of gentlemen interested i'll the L. x
o. railroad made Il large purchase, Il
year ago or more, at Swanton Bay. to
secure 4 water front. and afford extra
ordinary advantages To the railroad
when it shall he opened to that place.
The association is known as the MAC
guam Land Company" Unlike some
such companies they do not propose to
shut out everybody else, but as we
learn from the annexed paragraph from
the st. Adams Messenger, they open a
way for other enterprises to expand
with themselves. The Messenger SAYS ::
The Macquam Land Company through
Col. Jcwett, have offered free water
frontage. right of way and land for
freight house, etc. ut the Swanton ter
minus of the =. \ o. railroad to the
managers of the Vt. Central, who have
the matter. it is understood. under ia
vorablc consideration an arrangement
which would seem To he mutually adj
vantageouS. especially if the road to
st. Adams Bay is not to be Immediate
" constructed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04
Barre street

The Cincinnati Times thinks IT,
stranger things have happened r.-
Joe Hawlcl's nomination and elc,,...
to the presidency i'll 1876"
The Senate agreed to having Pate.
sons statement bound up with the 'r
port and testimony of the Gre dit MOI
Her investigating committee.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, WMtela9
Reid, of the y. Y. Tribune. will I've ii.
orator mex, commencement, before liz
United Literary Societies. The Me-
dclssohn Quintette Club has been FL.
gagged to furnish music for cOmmelte
mcnt.
Ed. Avery, of Hanover. y H..
freight conductor, got an ann hctvtt.
the bumters while coupling cars 1t "
X. Junction, recently, injuIing it II
verely that amputation was thought,
be necessary.
Counterfeit five dollar national baas
bills have, appeared, skilltulll made r
cutting and FASTING. Six spurious t!.'
are thus made from five genuine uo,c:
The y. y. Evening Post 81 'l!,>-
troubles are an Interchangeable qaaut...
i'll English politics, and hence III, ave-
age Englishman puts up viii rlcm d
he does with bad weather. a> a ihu-,
be endured and not To Le understood
Minnesota papers complaiu that He
OF the East have cruelty mili@u,d the.
climate. They assert that then trn.
peIaturc Is never lower than H. <
low zelo. Very we'll. but how Is tha
for low
The Holy"l,e Company have bou.a
the stump"gc uf the Whole town "
Lewis, paying two dollars tuI spruce
and five dollars for pine. The tIId, :
estimated ut >25o.OO0. They have tar.
own time to clear it up. This l. la,t
owned 10y the sumner estate, and IT.
wife of Hon. b. ii. Steele is Il b..
owner.
1t is announced that several fami,.
who went from Ludlow last fall 49,
settled i'll Minnesota and Dakota ar
about to return, having seen enough
winter i'll the northwest.
y bill has passed the Michiyan lrEi,
latl!rc, after stubborn opposition. lt"
NldIng for the appointment of two pr"
lessons OF homeopathy in the mcdI,I
department of the State University.
The Caledonia National Bank
Danville, has declared IA semi-uuu4
dividend OF per cent. payable App.
LIST.
Some one with little memoranda
book remembers that within like
more than ten years, members %
Congress have voted three increases "
pay to themselves. Before the uar i-1
compensation was eight dollars per day
tor the actual days of the session J.
WAS then raised to 5000. and rtcent'
to 1850.
The mice are making s"rry "'''
among the apple trees i'll WINDS
county, L. F. Buttertield of the >piIi-
field nursery having lost over 5p''"
young trees. Scarcely young ".
chard i'll the county has escaped the"
depredations.
The Legislatures of Illinois, MltF
gan and other states have formal.
boxed the ears of the members Of ."
gress from their respective states VI"
voted for the salary steal.
Woman suffrage is making pr"G'rs
III New York. The assembly bias III
structed its Judiciary committrr t. IL
port an amendment to the con'utd'l'-
allowing tax-paying female citizens
vote.
Rev. Charles Van Norden . 'cept> w
call of the Congregational church Al
Albans, and expects to preach his 9''I
tatory sermon on the third Saboa'H
April.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

The subject of Teachers Institutes
was taken up and it was resolved. that
the Teachers Institute for Essex county
be holden at Guildhall, and shall COM
mence on Monday, June 9th. The
business of the meeting being completed
it was voted that the secretary be IN
structed to furnish a copy OF the pro-
ceedings to several of the papers clrcu-
lating in the county.
OsMOS B. BOYCE, Sec'y.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

CHEESE FACTORIES. - Chittendcn
county heads the list i'll the number OF
cheese factories in the state. The first
one was set up there i'll lS5S-the whole
number now is 22-and there are 10 III
other parts of Vermont. The town OF
Richmond ia miles square, makes 200
tons of cheese IL year. The erection of
IL cheese factory III Caledonia county
has been discussed but none have been
erected vet Most of our farmers who
give any attention to dairy matters.
continue in the butter business. and
doubtless, to their pccuniary advan-
tagc. The butter-or Il large portion of
manufactured in Caledonia county.
never goes a begging for a market. Its
reputation i'll the Boston market is not
exceeded 10y that made in any other
section of New England
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

no law to Justify the court in ordering
an immediate payment of back divi-
dends, no one will blame the court
for not doing it,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04
THE THIRD OFFICERS STORY.

Having ascertaincd that one man
from the wrecked ship had arrived in
town, II reporter went in search of him
and found him III an catlnT-hou>e on
Water street. He proved to hc Mr..
Brady. the third officer OF the Atlantic,
bruised. worn out and almost speech
less. After the terrible events of the
morning he WAS. as might he expected,
i'll no condition To talk. Nevertheless
he cheertullN consented to answer the
reporters questions. and gave such in
formation us he could.
What occurred between midnight and
two o'clock. the time at which the
disaster occurred. Mr.. Brady cannot tell
Us he was sleeping. He was awakened
and thrown out of his berth 10y the
shock when the steamer struck She
struck heavily three or four times. Mr.
Brady ran up To the deck and found II
full of passengers. He found an AK.
and with it commenced To clear away
the starboatd boat. He observed
that the Captain and other officers were
engaged i'll clearing the other boats.
Mr.. Brady succeeded ill getting his
litc-boat out, and there was rush for
the boat This was the only one
launched. and it had no sooner touched
the water than Il crowd made a rush to
get into it. Mr.. Brady had to use force
to prevent them crowdiug in. lie put
two women Ill. and about Il dozen men
also got i'll. just then the steamer fell
over and sank. The boat with its liv-
ing freight was carried down with the
steamer, and all i'll it were drowned.
The hull of the steamer became al
most totally submerged. and only the
bow and the masts remained above
water. The greater part of the pas
sengcrs were i'll their rooms below at the
time. and were Immediately drowned.
Indeed 50 soon after striking did the
vessel sink that many of the Passengers
were no doubt sleeping peacefully in
bllsstul ignorance of all that WAS going
on around them, and passed into eter-
nifty without Il struggle. OF those on
deck, numbering several hundred, many
were washed overheard when the ship
fell over, and their cries for help, as
they struggled in vain for life, were
most heartrending.
Many. however. had taken refuge in
the rigging and on the bow and were
still living, hut with the prospect of
almost certain death before them. for
they knew not where they were and
were Ill momentary expectation If the
ship sinking further and cnguliing them
all.
Even as they were, clinging to the
rigging IL desperation. with the sea
washing over them continuously, their
situation was most trying, and every
few minutes some of them, bcnumbed
10y the cold and exhausted from their
struggles, loosed their hold and per-
ished
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

~ The rain storm, last Saturday,
lasted. at Albany, n. Y, for twenty-four
hours. 1t fell, at times, perfect tor
rent. The storm extended west, and
the streams are bank full, and, with the
breaking up of the ice great damage is
anticipated. Merchants near the river,
in Albany, have removed their goods
from their stores The storm was viO-
lent upon the Mississippi and extended
along the Atlantic coast.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

SPAIN.-The struggle for a republic
in Spain, promises to be a fierce one.
The Carlists-monarch in bat
tie array against new born ideas of
liberty in that distracted country, and
we have fears that they may he crushed.
Several battles have been fought be-
tween them and the Government (repub-
lican) troops, and in the last one, March
%. the latter were repulsed. The inhab-
itants of Spain are lacking in those ele-
ments of character necessary for per
manent Government of themselves.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

II Tw" or three papers within easy
range of the Vermont Central aud Can
ada railroads, indulge in rejoicings on
account of the result of the late chance
rv suits. Our Joy is embittered, some
what, by knowledge of the fact that
certain orphans may be shedding tears
for lack of bread and butter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

- The Free Press says, in reference
to the ability of community to pro-
tect itself from the evils of the liquor
traffic, '.that in Montpelier, in conse-
quence of the recent awakening on the
subject there, the sale of liquor has been
repressed to degree never known be-
fore. and that when sold now, outside
of the agency, it is only in the most Sc
cret manner. This, for Montpelier, is
certainly a change worth noting" One
thing is great wonder to us, and that
is, that anybody can be found, in any
civilized community, who can so far
disregard the best good of humanity as
to he willing to traffic i'll that which, by
its use, brings so much of sorrow and
poverty upon those who are so unfortu-
nate It's to be lovers of Intoxicating liq-
uors. Such men ought TO be very
scarce.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

r The Waterman and Journal
thinks that if nothing else comes out
of the investigation of the Credit Mo-
hilier, it will eventuate in future
careful watchfulness of the doings of the
Pacific railroad, and close the door of
the treasury to that corporation. 1t
ought to do that, and more too, and not
last nor least, convince the people that
it is dangerous to send men to Congress
with the least faint of seltiShness, of
fraudulent transactions, or of bending
integrity. We had looked upon this
investigation as the beginning of better
days in this respect, and with gladne>s,
but it was sadly Swallowed by the al
most last act of the session in the back
pay robbery of the treasury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

e The Springfield RpnbIicm pub
fishes u timely aIticlc-''chli>tian union
on the march losing with these
words-.'So, after the halt, the drum
beats-the buglc sounds, forv ard
march The order comes from high
authority. 1t must and will he obey ed.
Not the millennium Net-that divine
prayer not answered Yet, that they all
may be Que hut a days march near
el toward that glorious consummation.
The careful observer of events has
seen the rails i'll the bars that have sep
aratcd religious denominations i'll the
past, coming down. one after the other.
though some are Vet remaining up.
The National congregational convcn-
tiOn, wear or So ago, set the door of a
future union ajar, 1T least, and atoned
for that early offence of sending Roger
Williams across the Pawtucket. \ re-
cent article that we noticed declared
that MI. Chaplin, of New York, preach
GU b'i'Al lh' upIlliit llltil inc SdN lbl
did to Nicodemus, and that DIR. Bellows
was about to join the congregationalists.
He always has been such in the matter
of church government, but as TO the
rest, we do not see anything to warrant
Il change of views other than a gradual
coming together of the leading religion
lists of the country. +. Everett Hale, a
leading unitarian attended the last
meeting of the American Board, and
went home and told his people that il
was the best meeting he ever attended
and wanted them to contribute to its
treasury. These are only straws-mul-
tituGrs of others might be alluded to
showing the tendency of the minds OF
people towards the time-'.that they
all may he one"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-04

The floating debt of the village of st.
Adams is SI7,;35.6S.-Erchange.
Some villages and towns, us well as
individuals, have debts that do not
float. They are generally bottom debts,
and the hardest to get rid of, and it is
the part of wisdom to avoid such.