St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-03

cStal ALREADY pTepdltn loI " III the sd
diers' cemetery. 1t Is eight feet Lia
and costs ten Thousand dollars. IT,
State of PENNSYLVANIA furnished thr,.r
non used in casting the statue.
Robert Collycr says that general
the lady lecturers draw like an old lee.
pot.
Miss Sophie Barney took Il prcnIjgr.
at "A Montgomery (Ala.) fair i, ..rlo
Young woman who would make m.
hest wife for a poor man."
King Kamehameha of the Sauduhil
Islands. the last of his line. died Oh Tia.
18th of Dec without appointing It ,rr-
ccssor. This event throws the >o,er.
eighty into the hands of the people
with promising hopes of an improve.
ment i'm form and administration ,r
government.
As Il train on the Portland and Or
densburg railroad was leaving the STA
ton ut North Conway, the other di.
Il large deer Sprang upon the track and
ran on ahead of the engine for ahng-
two miles. when it got little tired and
concluded to switch of. In the If.
tempt, however, it slipped and rolled
over. and the train stopped and an I'm
ploye jumped off and killed the animal
which weighed 1863 pounds, and it w.,
carried down to Portland.
The Exeter (N. II. } Ncrs L,it.,
hears it suggested that i'll the rcoru.m
ization of the Presidents Cabinet. "a,
ter the 18th of March. the name of sci
ator j. W. Patterson of our own >l.r.
will he prominent for IN appointment"
New Hampshire has had no rcwc>,,.
tativc in the Cabinet since the retire
ment Of Secretary Woodbury. in III.
The Montpelier Waterman gives .n
emphatic denial to the story in cru.
latinu that the Boston, Concord and.
Montreal Railroad is to lease and np,,-
ate the Montpelier and Wells Riyn
Railroad.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Boston Journal SAYS an artcmpi i
being made to recall Nh. Marsh from
Italy and send Mr.. Bingham of ohio.
but it will not succeed.
Said IL Frenchman to Il German.
"Whcn the Ncndomc Column j. IT,
stored We mean To put Il statue of q
French soldier on the top. Right"
said the German, THAT is Il place If
safety.
Thullow Weed has il long communi-
cation in the y. \. Herald. show iuy ,hr
imprarticahlity of carrying out the so.
called civil service reform.
Judge L. X. Foster of New Haven
narrowly escaped shooting himself ole
night recently. While feeling under
his pillow for his watch his pistol VAS
accidrmtly discharged. hut fortunately
the ball Went down instead of up. thu,
saving his life.
1t has been ascertaincd that eleven
men were buried in the Cottonv"od
slide. tab. some of them being >tlau-
gers from the East. Three bodies have
been recovered. 1t is reported that
three more slides occurred on >unda,
last. One man WAS carried down by
one of them. but WAS rescued without
having sustained severe injuries.
The reason why President Grant has
settled on Mr.. Richardson as SrIccc>>ol
to Mr. Boutwell, Is that he wants the
treasury department to "dn 50 SOM
more. In other words. Richardson
will he simply prolongation of Bout
well, while Mr.. Dclano or amy othrr
man would he something new.
Recent developments at Washingt"u
have ;" impressed Gen. Hawley. mem
her of Congress from Connecticut. with
the need OF some powerful Safeguard "t
good morals that ne has joined the
church. May his example prove u-,-
full to his heather aS>ociatc>.- BoStop
Herdld.
Gen. TIawlcy and wife, joined the A>,.
Ium Hill congregational church at
Hartford. Sunday. the former 10y pro
fc>>Inn and the latter 10y letter from
Christ Episcopal church Among the
others received into the church at the
same time WAS Lo-a-Iip. the Chinese
tailor employed 10y the commissioner in
charge of the students from that cnuu-
try At school in Connecticut. who
brought Il letter from the Chinese church
At Hong Kong. of which he was for
some Years a member.
1t must have been with infinite
that Henry Ward Brcchcr.
during Il late vacation. heard one of his
own published sermons delivered in an
obscure Village. At the close of the
service he lcc"Stcd the divine and said
| hat WAS Il fair discourse: how long did
it take You to write it! oh. tossed il
MI one evening when had leisure. WAS
the reply. Indeed! said Mr.. Bccchrr.
II took me much longer than that to
think ont the very frame work of the
sermon Are you Henry Ward Beech
.r am. WaS the reply. Well. then.
>dld the unaha>hed preacher. all that
have t" say is. that amt ashamed To-
preach one OF Your sermons ANY here
luz PLUCK oF THAT BARNI i ~
t"ni>hing: he comes out of this tire
right side up with care" as he has
from all prey iouS disasters. and IN rr-
>p"lSc t" his agents telegram inform.
ing him of the tire. he sends this mes
sage from New Orleans:
Tell editors | ave cahlcd European
agents t" eNpcnd half million dollars
for extra attractions: will have new
and more attractive travelling show
than ever. early in April +. T. BAE.
NUM-"
There is something admirable in such
audacI"US rebellion against the sling
and arrows: :" but his loss is hy no mean,
TRIVIAL. lie had four girItfcs which o."
money could have purchased. hut the
fire took them. and with them went the
Bengal tigers. two sea lions, two polar
bears, an arctic seal. nine camcl>. an
elephant. an Gland. IL lion and Homes.
besides large number of more comuou
ana less expensive amimalS-the whole
forming the best collection of the surt
III the country.
The EMINENT DEAD OF IH72 The
record of thu, d,nnrt.d ,.,,,.i,,- tI.