St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-13

dedicatolN prayer. In the evening an
extra service was held. Rev. l.. IL. FL
liot of Bradford. preaching the sermon
AMI Rev. VI. Crush of y. Y. conducting
the other services.
The smallpox is still nn the increase
al Montreal. The hotel Diru and gen
eral hospital are ovclcr"W died.. aud the
Hall house in New Mountain park has
been taken poS>c>>iom "t and ten pa
ticmt> placed there. since Saturday.
1t is rum"ed that petition has been
III private circulation since last Wed
nc>daN. and has been uumtruusly
signed. and will Ice kept in circulation
until New Years. asking G"v-ru"r-
elect Tilden to par,l"n Boss Tweed "ut
of BlackWrll'S Island.
George Washington First in war.
first i'll peace. and last in getting Il
monument. y. .. Rep"biicd".
Galrotng i again Incoming IN
pleasantly frequent in New York. Sat
urdal night. Nh. ID. c. Peters WAS
knocked down. robbed and left oil the
>idcWalkrd dangerously wounded. and
Henry Frederick WAS served the >Irnr
way on sixth avenue.
y company of California farmers.
being unable L" get their grain t."
market at reasonable rates tor tr;tnsp"r-
tation, Joined together recently and
built Il harrow grIigr railroad. twenty
miles long. /" the nearest port. They
expect to pay for the road i'll Il short
time 10y them Swings on freight.
How Il" Won like the character Of
Il. Paul ;" asked Il pal>uI al hi> Land
lady one day. 'Dh. he Vas Il good.
clever old soul. | know. for he once
said, You know. that We must eat What
i put before us. and ask no question
tnI conscience sake. always thought
should like him for a hnarder.'
Formula of divorce used 10y Il negro
Justice in pr>ha county. Arkansas !:
AS iincd lou :" bust y"u '>undcr.
80 90. You niggrr>. You. 90.
David Linton. OF Cincinnati. gave
S:HIUo0 t" the l"ung Mems Christian
Association I" pay oil the debt.
y California farmer. from an almond
orchard OF t"ur arr">. >iN Years old. has
Il return this yraI of about ~" tons Of
almonds.
It must indeed Ice dry in Kansas. if it
h' the. Is Il local paper says. that ''th"
suffering catfish lies stranded ON the
nli>tcIiug bottom Of hl> Late happy
home. waving his tail N TIL cri~p
uccZt> ~ u signal of distress
There WIS not Il rain storm in bct"-
hcI during which half of an inch OF rain
fell. Although it I.Iiucd on nine dal :
of the month. the aggregate tall Wa-
only l.:G inches.
\ ChlcIg" Woman cut hcI dog open
and found ~I3 in .rrcuhack> in his
stomach We ad i~r the uWncl of
every dog t" follow the example ot the,
Chicago woman. If the dog has NOT
~Ii in grccnhacR> slowed away in hi-
stomach nov. hc certainly viii have
that amount before spring.
The Washington Chronicle makes the
pertinent inquiry Nov that the
monument in memory of Lincoln j.
completed. what is To hinder the com
plriInm of hat DESIGNED L" commemorate
the heroic and >tatr>nlaulhr deeds of
Washington
Nh. J. J. II. t'TrgorN at MnhlchrId
offers To rive during the comm" winter
4 Loaf of bread. morning and evening. to
every person III that town who will call
upon him. Gregory l. the ''urNrut"I"
of the Hubbard squash. and it would h"
more appr"P!i.it" t" give his callers u
piece. OF squash pie.
1t is Il little rcmarkanlr. SAYS the
Providence Journal. that tW" large
shareholders in the New York Tribune
should he victims Of the political over
turn for which that paper has been la
boring t"r Il couple of N"aI~.
So the struck Eagle. stretched upon the plain
Viewed his feather the fatal dart
And winged the shaft that quivrrrd III ms heart
These are VIM. Walter Phelps and
? DIR. J. {. Aver.
The counsel for Francis ID. Moulton
after adjournment of the City Court at
Brooklyn to-day. filed an answer To the
complaint of Edna Dean Proctor. 1t
l. in the form of Il general denial that
any libel has been committed upon her.
as no name WAS given IN Mnultou' :
statement, and defendant has II" kn"wl-
edge that the plaintiff was the person
alluded to. save from her claim. and
leaves the fact to Ice proved. M"ul-
tons original statements are quoted IN
full in support OF the answer.
Even so sensible Il man IL Governor
elect Tildcn of New York prctcnIS t"
tear that President Grant designs to
continue his power 10y reelection. and
wants to know why he may not run tor
Il fourth and fifth term. What non
sense,
The Washington Chronicle, not to he
outdomc in wild political speculation.
calculates the prospect of jeff. DAVIS
being elected President 10y the next
house of representatives.
\ Cabinet officer lays the blame for
Republican reverSeS on Congress. he
cause it did not carry out the recon
mcmdatiomS of the Presidents last an
muai message concerning cheap trans
p"rtation. Internal Improvements and
other prominent questions.
\ private letter from Boston says
Gen. Butler is ~mlrting 50 under his de
feat that he is preparing IL letter for
publication to show its cau>cS. He
claims that he was betrayed 10y men
protesting To he his friends. and promi-
Ses uncomfortable revelations. He
threatens to form Il new part} III MasS;I
chusettS.
a. I. Stewart has relinquished his
idea of dcNoting the great iron build
ing erected on Fourth avenue to its
original purpose of il working womcn'>
home. as has discovered the plan to bc
entirely impracticahle, since working
women would not enter it under the re-
strlctiOns necessary.