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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31
Another Defalcation.

/ y. \. Shute was cashier of the Granite
State National Bank. at Exeter. y. H..
and also Treasurer of Exeter Savings
Bank. He went off ten days ago, as
was supposed. to Boston. His I'M
wontcd absence caused suspicious, and
upon examination of the banks it was
ascertained that he had used SI23.0
of the deposits of the Savings Bank,
and some S5O.00O of the funds of the
National Bank. His bonds to both the
institutions. amount to S55.OOO. and
are well signed by some twenty men OF
the place.
And Il still further examinatiOn-and
the investigation is not yet concluded
reveals IL present loss to the two banks
OF Sl9O.OOO-with the apprehension that
this Is to prove simply IL growing sum,
before the totality is reached. 1t is the
same old story-speculatiOn using the
funds of the banks for the purpose.
The Directors of the institutions offer
il reward of $1,000 for the apprehension
of the dcfuultcr. This seems to he an
effort to shut the door after the horse
has been stolen. What were they do
ing, with il speculator for cashier, and
they not know the wasting of the capt.
tai of the bank ? Had they, as all
Directors should do, discharged the
cashier 81 soon as he entered upon
speculation, OF any eXtruNaGant living,
they would have proved themselves fit
men for managing the bank, and saved
intact its assets. Aside from the i'm
morality of the theft We should us will
imgly stand i'll the shoes of the cashier
as in those of the Directors. Knave is
not Il very reputable appellation for Il
man to wear, while that of dough head
is altogether an unpleasant one. unless
it is well earned. as these Directors of
the Granite State Bank have earned it.
The cashier is not alone the sinner.
This is the second time this bank has
suffered. i'll Il like manner, within our
recollection.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

q Macdonald is lecturing in WASH
ington City upon Robert Burns. Gen.
circuit Is doing the same thing i'm Or
leans county. and with much accent
ance. as we hear. The first named is :;
Sc"tchman, and the latter a Yankee.
SO Burns finds admirers among men of
ankee land as well as amongst the
race who with Wallace hled. A printer
may like Sc"tchmen hugely, but he
hates the Scotch language of Burns
poems. 1t more than runs out th.
English alphabet. and eXhaustS his case
fap"strophes. 1t is hard reading when
there Is a lack of letters us a basis ot
sounds and utterance. To love to read
Burns one needs to be born "A full
Sc"tchman. OF with vocal organs of the
elasticity of india rubber. Tongue-tied
as we native born Yankees are. with mo
natural fancy for skeleton language
though ahlaze with poetic tire-Burns
can never become Il general fayorite
with us. When we take volume Of
his poems i'll hand we think of the lad
who wis found crying because he could
not get up the right pucker with his
mouth to whistle back his truant puppv.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

= Work has already begun for the
erection of Il chapel within the prison
at Windsor. Mr.. fIartshorn. of Lunen-
burg, one of the Directors of the prison.
Is interesting himself i'll this ncedful
Improvement. People outside of pIis-
ons cannot get along very well without
Sabbath worship and teachings from
the Master, then why should not con-
victed criminals he provided with need
full auXiliaric> for their reform
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

~ The Senate passed the bill abol-
lShlng the Thanking privilege, with ii
wholesome amendment by Mr.. Morrill,.
Mr.. Edmunds said he was opposed to
its abolition-that with abuses cor
rected. the tranking privilege was some
thing that belonged to the people. and
was for their benefit.
p. S.-The House has passed the
Senate bill aboli>hing the Thanking
privilege. by Il two-thirlS vote.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31
st, Sohnsburn Galedonian.
Free Banking.

The proposition is before Congress t.
remove all restrictions upon. or limit to
the amount of banking III the country
As the law now stands, Il certain amount
of banking is allowable, and thai
amount distrihutablc in different sec
tons of the country, on. in other words.
all sections of the country are provided
with an equitable portion of the bank
ing capital, if it is wanted. Some sec
tons have not used their assigned pro,
portions. whilst others have. and cal
for more. Will they got it! Yes
doubtless, at some time, hut not. prnba-
bly,, at the present session of Congress
yet there may be "a possible chance. AT
some "pportune moment. to push Il hill
through both Houses. The Atlantic
states now hold some 80. OOO. 900 OF
authorized banking capital beyond then
share, and this. 10y existing law NAV he
transferred To such sections of the coun-
try as have not made use of their quota.
Whenever this transfer is made then
We can look out for Il demand. in the
Atlantic states. for free banking. or fol
large expansion of banking capital.
There is Il deficiency of currency at
the West t" move the productions OF
the garden of the world. The call
comes lOude>t for more banks there than
from any other section of the Union.
People need money. and Vet if they
have more. they would still call give.
give. They are not unlike other pco-
pie. The question i. wiicrc is the true
medium the just enough and no more.
to prosecute Il hcalth.ul business The
same demand exists all over the country.
with less urgency. perhaps. If the full
demand were answered there might he
danger of stimulating unhealthy Spccu-
latl"nS. This Is to he apprchcndcd
Yet this perhaps would not Ice Il greater
evil than the present u>uriou> cmhar-
K" upon money. not only at the West
but all over the country. Either way.
men pursuing legitimate business. if
long continued. will find ''dcath in the
pot"
Nevertheless. the fact cannot he
denied, that the demand for more money
Is becoming lmpcrlou>. The demand
for loans of banks cannot Ice but par
TALLY answered. though the banks en-
tend their loans to their utmost rapaci-
~. 1t is for their interest to do this.
The demand is universal. limited only
by the extent of the country. More
money l. wanted not only of banks.
but to discharge obligations To them.
We are not sure the same state of things
would not exist, at certain periods.
were the present banking capital null
tiplied two-fuld.
However this may lie. the demand
for money Is accompanied with Il de
mand for more banking facilities. We
hear II Ill private circles almost every
day, with the suggestion hat We must
have more banking capital in St Johns
bury that the present amount is ia
sufficient for the business of the place.
Should Il door hr opened 10y free bank
ing, on AN expansion of authorized capt.
tai, Il new bank. with Il couple of
hundred Thousand dollars capital. We
should expect +" sec bonn, If not in II
day lin Il very short period of time, in
our midst. We thus dagucrrotypr pub
lie expectation or rather wish. under
present demands for more money to
uSr.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

g Gov. OgleShy was elected last
week, 10y the Illinois Legislature. United
states Senator, to fill Senator Trum.
bulls place. The vote was. Oglesby.
10: Tlumbull. Is scattering, ,. Trum-
bull. with sumner, Fenton and one %,
Nv" other Senators, undertook to com.
ihahd the communicated chief. He did
NOT march at their word, and they tried
TO depose him. The sequel is-the peo-
pie are deposing them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

'FIR>r MORTGAGE GOI.p BoNp-" of
the Portland and Ogdcnsburg Railroad
advertised for sale in our columns to-
day-preScnt an opportunity for invest
ment. t" such is wish for large or small
amounts. Some ten ortwclve thousand
dollars per mile from stock suhScrip-
tons have been expended upon this
road So far as it is built, and these bonds
are issued to raise funds to purchase
rails and equip the road. The sccuri-
tN Is upon the whole road. including the
expenditure from the stock subscrip-
tlons-a first mortgage upon the entire
property i'll the road.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

MORE OF THE INVESTIGATIONS Vice
President C"lf;lX. 10y some more recent
developments. seems to he involved in
the Pacific Railroad affair. Amcs teSti-
fled that he paid him $1,000 as profit
upon Mohilicr stock. ColfiX denies this.
and proposed I" the Senate To vacate
the chair. and demanded an mvestiga-
ti"n of his c;lsc 10y Il committee of his
political opponents. The Senate refused
To d" 1t The Mohilier investigation
:" far a> it relates to witnesses. is very
much like some of our liquor proSecu-
tons III Vermont. There is an awful
amount of failure of recollection, and
of contradiction. 10y the witnesses.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

p y bill is before Congress to raise
salaries from the Presidents down along
to that of members of Congress If
Oakes Ames does not do il large amount
of lying we wonder why members of
Congress should need an increase of
salaries. or what they could possibly do
with more money.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

20 y paper over the mountain
speaks OF new sect, residing at BriS-
tol, not far from Lake Champaign. They
wash each others feet. They do nor
eat pork, and live upon beans and
brown bread, and salt fish. Saturday
is THEN sunday, and they treat SUNDAY
~ Il secular day. The women wear
trousers. or the hloumcr style of dress.
We are not very >crtariam in our no
tons, and see much in this new sect To
commend-morc especially the feet
washing article of the creed. and In,
brown bread. only We should like if
made a. uur good mother made il.
There Is certainly something practical
Ill this creed. II l. not all sentiment.
Its tendency Is towards publication,
and If It's deNottcs do 50 much 4, to
keep their feet clean they will do more
than some people accomplish. The
sect has great as well as Il good work
before 1t. 1t begins right-at the bot
tom, and if it will elongate upwards.
and clean the whole mainland make
the human race clean every whit. if
Will do an exceedingly great work. and
promote the longevity of the race-and
for ought we know, introduce again up-
on the earth the patriarch era. when
undertakes will lind their occupation
gone. 1t Is not necessary to dream to
find philosophy III this new dcvclop-
ment, and Yet not entirely new. though
too much out of fashion. We have eli
ther dreamed, read or heard. from lee
turer' OF perhaps it may have rung out
from some pulpit. that cleanliness wa,
nigh nelghhor To gudliuess.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

The CREDIT MoBILIER.- Last week
ii seemed that the Poland committee
had nearly finished their work i'll dis
secting this m0nird monster. and its
management. and that no one was like
ly to he involved in it. very seriously.
except james Brooks. of New York
city. The end had not then been
reached. Cakes Ame>. recalled us ii
witness, inculpatcS. somewhat seriously.
Senator Patterson. of y. H., Judge
Kelley. of Penn, if not others. Pattcr-
son enters IL demurrer. or really. il sub
>tantial denial. but some written docu-
mclt> leave him in no enViable atti-
tudc. The path open for these men
was Il plain one-tO own that they
bought this stock. and had the same
right t" do 81, rs they had to hold
United States bonds or National bank
stock. and doing this. unless their votes
had been Influenced by the fact, the
country would have dccided-no cause
of action. This special pleading, and
padding about for safe landing place.
carries Il suspicion that they took and
held this stock for some unworthy pur-
pose: and herein alone exists IL cause
for their condemnation. provided their
original act of purchasing the stock
was simply and alone for Il good in
veStmrmt. Yet had they not touched
it at all. it would have been the better
way. for then they would have avoided
the appearance OF evil
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31
Personal.

y Telegram informs Us that Hon :
y. Briggs died at Brandon. Jan. ~.
Col. George y. Merrill has ag..n. a..
>lmed the SUPPLEMENTARY of the Nr
London Northern railroad.
Hon. Oscar l.. >haftcr. Whose dr.,,
took place ut Florence. Italy. Jan q.
WAS Il native of Towmshcmd. IL. ,t.
State.
SUICIDE DR.. Levi Brooks. u dr..
gi>t i'll Clarcmont. y. H.. cnmn.fr-e
Suirid" Monday by taking strlchri.,
mixed with morphine.
\ boy in Il ncighhoring city saved
mans life who had been caught co..
revolving shaft. by throwing Il daur.
of soft soap on the main belt and ill.,,
causing 1t t" slip. Troy mrrhanir> rn..
find the idea of avail in similar acc.
dents.
y Havana letter SAYS that the. rn,
Niction has come over all. that SLAYER.
i'll its present form. will Ice aholi>. ,.
and not IL single step has been take. :.
secure any other system.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

- During the Year l-72. - person,
died III New Hampshire. of the are of
." Years and upwards four of them
1t" Years old and upwards -thc eldest
being lol Years. 10 months and - DAYS.
he aNrrag" age of the - persons WAS
~ wears and months: their SrxuaIit,
30 men and 81 women. W. co,,,jI..
these facts from Il list i'll New U,mr-
shire paper showing the names and
residence of each of the - iudi,iIu.,I.
According to our Vermont laws m.
statistics school. vital and martial
are taken this month. 10y the school
district clerks, and when compiled there
can he instituted comparison. i'll the
matter of longevity. between Vermont
and New Hampshire.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31
For Sale by all Crocers.
Al THoKIZED LIST OF TINT-Huoh>

~ meeting of the Vermont Board OF Elu.ft..a
h"Id at AllddlehurN. on TUESDAY jun, l. - D
iht members OF the Board being present III -
l'At -h'"k~ given below Wa selected and o.
Yea Tor us III the District schools ut III, ~ta- -
hNc Years from November l. l-7S
IN" t'Nt books now in Use remain hindlI- ....
Sur'rlnl"ndentS and Teachers until Nu,... Irr
- the new list becomes binding upon rn I..,..
81 thlcati"n, .,uPrrintrndcuts and 'frachrr~ '- ~
and after that date
authorized Lot II Tcrt Books scI.r,cd f,r ~. 81. ~.
u Icrn'"m bE HE Vermont B6aTf ~
Educdfi"H. JuIic IL l-19
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31
Temperance Convention.

ton at Avenue House Hall, st. johns
bury Jan. 22d. Convention called 10
order by the President. Rev. p. Is. Fisk.
Prayer was offered 10y the Rev. Mr.
| ThurstOn of East Burke. ON motion
committee of one from each town rep
resented appointed on permanent
organization. also one from each town
to present the name of IL person fol
county commissioner.
\ committee on resolutions waSN ap-
| pointed by the Chair. consisting of Dea.
c. l.. Morrill,. :. c. otis. Rev. Mr.. Spen-
Ger. Rev. Mr.. Dudley and Rev. Mr.. Hy-
att. Reports were given from several
towns i'll regard to the temperance
cause, most of which tended To show
that the cause suffered from the mae
tivity of temperance meu-aud then
lack of Willingness to help i'll support
ing the law.
The county commissioner gave Il very
concise and spirited report. stating that
in the Il towns III the county. there
were but nine agencies and Yet that
these niHe. had sold over nine thousand
dollars worth of liquor in the last Neal
and three months. Adjourned t" half
past one.
Afternoon nominating committee
reported the following gentlemen for
officers of the society who were unan-
imously elected:
President. Rev. p. b. Fisk. Lyndon.
Secretary :. G.. Oti>. sheffield.
ETec"tjrc Committee }. Il. Kcmcl>on.
Peacham c. l.. Morrill,, Danvillc; y.
o. Harris. Lyndon.
Vice Presidents II. +. Cushing.
Burke: W. H. Preston. Danyillc: T..
IL. Stome. st. .Iolm>hury: Cha>. Gates.
Peacham Carleton Law renee. Barnet ::
/. y. Hall. Grot"m; Cha>. Ross. Water
ford; Henry Blake. ilardwick H. Eos
ter. Walden: y. :. Moore. Rycgatc :
VIM. Chase. WhccIock W. L. Pearl
Sheffield: |. W. Sanhorn. Lyndon: IL.
y. Blake. sutton: j. II. II"lt. New
ark +. II. Graves. Kirby Chester
Brown. Stannard.
Nv e"iil'lil't'' Oh NOMINATION. "i
'o'i''ilis>i''iei' iei'oI 'cu the manic "i /
y. Granger Tor county commissioner.
which was cnucurrcd in nl the conNcm-
uoh' AMI VIZ. Granger declared the
nominee toi that office.
VERY able addresses were listened 4"
from the Key. Mr.. W ilcN "t sutton
subject. ''>"ulrr OF Incompetence al
50 10y Key. MI. Fuller at II J"hm~hulN.
subject. "E"me'iIc> ton lntcnPrI-
anr"; ais" Rev. l.. ii. stone, state
agent mtrr>prr>cd lay very excellent
music gwen 10y the Me>>I~. Morrison
with Their singing clHs>.
scented H., tl,. ,,u,,,i,,.... anal .,J,,,,I..,I.
ryy m,
Wv ''''i ''''.
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=
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tive committee al tins society. Ia insert
III 'hrir call for the n"At annual meet
,ri, >, ,t. .....,
=.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

.V Money in New York. on Tuesday
last, was quite easy. Interest rate, )
to q per cent. on call loans
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

- The chair factory connected with
the Vermont reform school. at Water
bury. was burned January 18th. Cause,
some defect about the engine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

= Another line of steam ships is Ia
run from Portland to Europe
making. during the winter months.
two lines. As Portland is one of the
best harboIs upon the Atlantic coast.
So is it likely To become one the larry
cst-of export and import. And no
small share of the freight and pas>en-
gers will pass through Caledonia Coun-
~, when the l.. \ .. road is finished.
Then the route will he completed. bv
rail, from Portland to the Pacific coast
and connect with steamers from Chi
and Japan. our good ladies who like
Il little tea. To give >pIlnGiness To their
tongues. can then have their chattv tea
parties every afternoon. They will have
fresh teas direct from the celestial re-
gions. Won't that bc nice but we
suppose. if We were Il lady. we should
add. ec>tatic. We may come to ii our
selves when the tea actually arrives.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31
California---Its Climate and Produc-
tons.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. II, 1873.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. II, 1873.
Undoubtedly the charm of California
is its climate; and this is the one thing
that to-day fills this city and many of
the towns down the coast with invalids
and tourists from the Eastern States.
The temperature of some portions of
California is probably more equable
than that of any other portion of our
country, and perhaps of the world. 1t
may not he better from December to
April than some portions of Florida,
but what nOrtherner can endure the
summer months in Florida. This is
where California excels. The climate
in much of the state is even. To-day
is like yesterday, and yesterday was
like every previous day for the past six
weeFs. and | expect as all the days
will be for the next six weeks. As
there is no day in the whole year that
flowers do not bloom in the open air, it
seems to me that if of any place on
earth it may be said of California:
Here everlasting spring abides,
And fading flowers"
| suppose winter is the pleasantest
season, particularly in San Francisco
| am told that the summers are parch-
ed and windy and dusty-but they are
not hot. The country along the coast
Is kept cool by the northwest trade
winds, and the section of country near
the foot hills by the breezes from the
Sierras. a belt of country lying be
tween the two is very hot in summer,
but there has never been il case of sun
stroke. and there is vitality in the air
50 that laborers toll through the heat
without difficulty.
FIGURES WORTH REMEMBERING.
From ii record carefully kept at San
tn Barbara in IS70-7l, | find that De-
cemhcr was the coolest month, when
the mercury averaged - degrees, OBJ
>ervatioms being taken morning. noon
and night. August was the warmest
month. the temperature averaging -
degrees. There are some places i'll the
state where the difference between Au-
gust and December is not So great as
this: but can the reader fully take i'll
the meaning of these figures re de
grees tn summer and - in winter-the
coolest day III winter being but 20 de
ErepS colder than the warmrSt day in
summer. and the hottest summer day
being only temperate, From March to
December the mercury did not get be
low 10 or above -. Think of this We
who endure 10 below i'll December and
100 above i'll July. and to whom thir-
" on forty degrees change i'll forty
eight hours time is not an unusual
thing
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

Prof. Tymdall sails for England ON
the 9TH OF February. E|ch0ngc.
If, i'll crossing the ocean. the Prof.
should find out there WAS ii big hole
below the water line of the steamer,
we wonder If he would stop To test the
potency of prayer, before he found ont
he had knees
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

the means for keeping tally of,l,
and swift movement, with .,r.'' Va
the eye, and i'll bulks and v.i'I,, IT
to the largest capacities OF r,,,. 'i.''.
ships. These admirable u,irbl,,, '''a
chimes make yearly for Us an '""-
Unreasonable saving of Labor and i'' u;
Penn. paper. ''''e
WHAT CONSTITUTES LEG\I ".
RAGE The question wh.rL...
public acknowledgement hy man. ,.'
woman as his wife legally c,,,.,'.' VI D.
her such. has several times ar.,,.
our counts, the usual decision h,i,..,. .
such an acknowledgment confirms .'''
same property rights as Il m.,rri,c, ''
due form. One of these CASTS r,,,.."
came before the New York com. ,,. ..'
attempt by Miss Phelps to set .l,.J,. a.
will of Augustus f.. Mobile. Thu. ."
was drawn up i'll lSG6, giving the. .,,.
property of the teStator. some S1np,,.
To his mother and sister. In l>,;-
met Miss Phelps. the contestant ....
subsequently,, without ANY uar....
contract or ceremony, the paItic, ,..
mcnccd living together a. IMAM ...
wife. Noble introduced her IN ,n,,..
as his wife, and invariably pad ,...
bills as she contracted. In du, III,
she gave birth to a child, which H..
dead ut birth. or died soon after. ....
the ply stefan who attended h,,
since died. Noble himself died
fall. and. when the will WAS Offered :,
probate. Miss Phelps contested il ..
the ground that she was his legal v,..
After taking much testimony the Iu5
ruled that hcl claim to he 50 cun>hI,-.
WIS valid. and that She is entitled
her dover. but since it cannot hc pr,..
en- that the marriage was ever hI,.>,
with living issue. that is the lcyal
tent of her claim. The will has u,,
admitted to probate, and its cond.,u.
will he carried out after her duu...
claims are satisfied.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-31

Corn sells for 80 cents per bushel by
the hundred bushels, at Littleton.