St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-02-21

head OF this great valley is TuIaleIl
"a body of water comprising 7Uo .o,.
miles without outlet. but fed
streams from the SicrIa>. and Il,
smaller lakes which DISCHARGE ,r,.
This irrigation company prnpo,...
build embankment> to RESTRAIN thu.
tiers of Tulare Lake within the .,.
the low water shore line. to huilda,L
levetS and embank mrmts Ton rnI,rr,,r..
the streams that feed i: or tlon t,,
in time of flood, to cut ditrh,.
channels for retaining Swami
overtioved land, and to construct ,..,.
and works of irrigation tor dr. l,.
The Company have already cxpcrt,.
nearly S5OO,OOO i'll surveys and pI,I.,.
mary works, including the conlpl,,,..
of 10 miles of canal from the san H..
ulIin river, near the mouth Of Fr...
Slough, toward Antioch. which viii b..
used the coming season to llIigatc :ii,,...
3O. 900 acres of land, and is the iI.jri.,.
nv step in il great scheme of ellalg.
ment and extension from Tularn JaL
and other points. BY meals OF ELI
bankmentS these waters can hcuiirLl..
to irligatc millions of acres of ,ll. l,,
at the same time that the canaI, ~
dykes necessary would reclaim adIo.
ing swamp land. The Company TIM.
the main canals would also lac AZ allah,
for transportation and water powrI
such in brief is the great scheme ..
dertaken 10y this Company. 1t Is lar..
requiring millions of capital and
mrnse energy and enterprise TO dew
opc But it is one of which the tIir,..
are very Sanguine as to results, aud
great benefit to accrue to the str.
When one considers the size of Thu s;,I..
larger than the states of Vermont d..
Massachusetts combiued.) and it, rtp
bilitc> for wheat raising when ilI.rp.
he is led to place this scheme ainoa.
the big things" i'll CALIFORNIA;
EE-oNAL.-DEATH OF JUDGE SHALL
California has sustained II los ia m.
recent death at Florence. itIll ., l.u.
Oscar l.. Shatter. late Chief .Tu>tic. ~.
the supreme Court. The decreased W .,
born at Athens. Vermont, III thu tr.
1913. He was educated at Wr>..s.
University, Conn, and after acq.llla.
legal education. settled down ru 'l.
practice of law i'll Wilmington 80
mont. Many of Your Older readers IS.
remember Judge Shatter. aud hi~ BROTH
or. james Mem. Shaftcr, both OF IS ho.
were prominent citizens OF lom sra.,
previous to their removal to t,dlfol.,.
Judge Shatter came to this STATE
lS54. and practiced law with -Iccr.,
until 1868. when he was elected To II.
Bench of the Supreme Comt and roa.
his seat in l-64. He carried with hin
t" the bench the reputation of Il >"uLt
lawyer. and in this exalted station mo,r
than met the just expectations OF b..
Shatter then suffering from II di>ra>-
which finally proved fatal. Was forced
to resign his office. greatly to the rcgrr
of citizens of all parties. He Vel
abroad hoping I" reap some advantage
from the change. but his maladS madr
progress and finally carried him of H.
the very prime of his intellectual man
hood.
Judge Skaters home was in Oakland
the beautiful suburban city of Sa.
Francisco. and | notice by the loca
papers that his will is the largest eve
admitted to probate i'll that count.
The Judge had So many friends and a.,
quaintanceS in Vermont | am mini,I
to copy some specifications of his vii
H. find them. from which il will .,
seen he provided most literally tul b.,
family. The tcstatur heqUeath> L. hI.
wife nnehalt OF all his estate t. u..
six children an equal interest in rh,
remaining nnr-halt. To Rev. l.. Han
Ilt"m II 1000. besides some uthtl n+
quests of personal property. The pop
erty bequeathed 10y the Will consists u
part of about 10000 acres of land amt
several thousand head of horses and
cattle i'll Marin county; thirty-our OF
i'll the san Francisco Homestead A<>,-
soriati"n: lightweight acres OF land II
Brooklyn township: six acres in The
city of Oakland. some lots at BerhclrI
and Il large amount of stocks i'll Various
corporations. Sarah R. Shatter. wife Of
teStator. Is named as eXecutrlX: ant
James Mem. Shattcr. brother of te>tatol.
and Chas. Webb Howard. Snn-iu-la"
of testator. executors. without bonds
But find my letter is exceeding The
usual limits. and will close by SalIu-
that after sixteen days of warm SIN.
shine the rains have returned. and the
heart of the huShandmuu Icjocrth
The prospects for houmte"u> crop
never were better. The grain is coming
up finely: and remembering the tHt-
donidh'S weakness for tall grass.
friend has already plucked me bunch
standing nearly three feet high
{. VI. :.
7. :. Since sending the above, Irttrl.
have seen IL copy of Judge Nhattrl
will, which in some particulars i rulGar
aud characteristic of the mat II +
dated March. l~79. Most If the per
Sonal property is given 80 the widow.