St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-30
Extracts from the Newspapers.

Those old fashioned NermonterS are
still 'mullimg' over the proper DISPOSE
ton of that grab-moncy which Senator
Morrill, turned into the state treasury
The Rutland Globe is clear that it
ought to hc passed along t" the trca>u
~ of the United States. I'VE have
the same objection to keeping this
money. ;" il SaNS. "that Senator Morrill,
had himself" SpingGcH RtpubIcdn.
\ poor drunken man stood i'll the
dock of the Municipal Court of this
city. Friday. to answer To Il charge OF
drunkenness. The girl he had prom
Used to love. cherish and protect had
followed him III all the weary way of :,
drumkard'S wife. Poorly clad. PENN
less, and almost il bcggar. she stood i'll
her place beside him, still, with all Il
woman'S wundrou> love. The fine was
imposed. but they had no money. and
of friends none were LETT them. and 81
to the '.I>laud' he must go. Her eyes
filled with tears as the dreaded hour
had come. ''Go"d bye. and God bless
you. | am all alone now" said the low
ing. suffering woman. rs she turned To
the darkness OF her lonely pathway
Sometime and somehow the tears. pray -
els and dcSpaiIing cries of poor human
itN will he heard. and the power of the.
demon nt Incompetence broken. We
care not 10y what means. but i'll some
way let the people. the God fearing
people. conquer this. our greatest toe.
B">to" D"jIg NcT>.
The amenities of the New York Gus
tom House were pleasantly varied, YES
tcIdaN. 10y Il little passage at arms he
tween II broker and Il clerk. III which
the latter threw an nk~taud at his op-
p"mrml'> head. splitting it open. This
i such Il sheer plagiarism of Luth,,'>
assault upon the Devil with Il similar
missile that We are really ashamed to
record 1t. II the Custom House clerk
had >tranmlcd the broker with red tape
or stabbed him with Il goose quill. we
should have chrcItulll recognized the
appr"pi ialrut>> OF the act. Try again.
Ho>ton Gi"bc.
Nh. George +. Edmund~ MAS reflect
ed United states senator from Vermont.
hN every vote hu1 one in the senate
and 10y l1l to I'll votes in the House.
of the opposition. Mr.. Hhrlp> of Bun
lingtun had i votes and Nj. Willard
-. Ed>ilt Ih, ahl..>D lc.Ll mind IN the
present Senate from New England. Nh
Edmund>'> faults and his Virtues arc
Ian g'lN trmpcIamrural. The same tor
p"I "t impulse. which narrow hi :, M
pdtlir> and p"licN to- >iIr smaller than
those of the statesman. makr> him
proof against the temptations of cor
lupti"n. Spr"gdcid E,p"hiicm.
The. state Board "t Education ha~
cost the State. during the past tv"
Years. uN,I rlc> ru thou>lud dollars tuI
it, SECRETARY. The Institutes. etc. The
Secretary now SAYS that the lahoI> of
his office cannot hr performed III less
than - weeks. and he ASKS fuI an a>-
>l>tant. To Ice paid inr. "f cnIiI>, 10y The
state. thus making an IurrrI>c of rl,
cNpcu>r~. besides this. The Bo:iId has
>:iddlcd Il lar"" expense upon the pa
rents of the 12.OOU children " ho attend
"uI public >rh"nl>. 10y II needless rN-
change in school books Instead Of
submitting To- tbs Increased expense.
why should NOT the Legislature now
abolish the Board entirely 1t l.i- ont
lived it, usefulness. and only pr"l"ug>
H. r\i>trurr ~ Il lrcch upon the trra-
>urN. Cut il oil. and lei the money
asked t"l IT, support. hr spent IN giving
tIcc tuilinu> ia the higher Schools "i The
~t.I!c To- the poor and iudIgcut Young
men and W"mrir. .HohtpcIi,J' l,JHS.