St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-09-18

VI e. ne deceased has al late wears
been quite di>>ipated amd to hat fact
may he ascrihc,l his sudden death.
Last Wednesday,. Il council of church,
IS assembled ut Wells River to consider
the resignation of Rev. w. :. Palmer
and the action of the church in regard
(" the same. The result is expressed
IN the following resolution. unanimous
ly adopted:
That, in view of the unanimity of
the call from another field of labor and
the strong conviction of the pastor. af-
ter piaycrful consideration of the
same. that II Is his duty to accept it.
and the cheerful acqulcsccncc in his
decision 10y the church and society. we
advise the dissolution of the pastoral
relation that. for more than twelve
Years. has So tremendously existed be
tween Rev. W. :. Palmer. and this
church and society. Mr.. Palmer goes
to Norwich Conn.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The safe of }. Adams X Son of Fair
Haven, WAS robbed Monday night of
one United States bond 500. twenty
United States Hotel bonds 500 each.
with coupons for sept. LIST attached, one
draft and one check for about : 10 each.
and 500 in money.
John Peterson of Rutland. went to
West Rutland the other daN, and while
intoxicated quaIIclrd with another man.
and cut his throat witha lack knife.
The girSh WAS long. but not deep. thanks
t" Il heavy flannel Shilt and large but
ton i'll the collar band. which arrested
ihc conlSc of the knife. Peterson WAS
held. on examination, in the sum of
$1,000 for the action of the county
court.
The following alc the different prizes
taken 10y the Nickwackct Engine Co.
N". of Rutland: I-G9. muster in
ilatI>hurgh. y y. fiI>t pIiIr. IS- feet
Il inches. 800; $50. muster at Salem.
y. l.. first prize. $50 feet. SaOG ISL.
muster ut Grc"miicld. Mass. second
piizc. POI feet : inches. 500; ISL.
mI>t"rat platt>bur.i. y. Y. first prize.
200 feet ) inches 5000.
The thieves and pirkpockrt> did Il
good deal of huSulc>>, ut Rutland on
Thursday. Gov. Converse WIS Among
the sufferers, losing his wallet with ;.5o
III it. during Il crush at the depot.
Mr.. VI. o. Hlinn. of Whitehall. had
his pocket picked of Il gold watch and
cham Valued at 500. III the depot.
Charles Severance of MiddlrhuN. had
his pocket picked of 81. ON the fair
grounds.
y gentleman from Orwell. WAS rr-
lirNcd of Il gold watch and Chain and
so in money, Il Ncrycnnr> man of -:JU.
and man from Ludlow of his pocket
book which contained Sl1.
Mr.. +. y. Packard. travelling agent
"i Mr>Si>. Carter. Rice y Co.. of Ho>-
'"m. occupied Il room with another
drummer" at the Bates House Wed
nc>,laN night. His room mate got up
early III the morning and went ont.
leaving he door unlocked. ~ hen Il tibet
stepped in and lonl> Nh. Packard'> vest.
containing his watch and money amount
in" ia all To 80. from under his pill
low.
Another gentleman. Mr.. \. &. New
hall OF New York. Nh" occupied Il room
III the sam" house. lost $40 in money.
Il heavy hunting ease gold watch and
papers of Naiuc.
Pool SELLING At THE STATE FAIR.
Vet. notwithstanding the cnactmcut>
of the Legislature and the moral >cn>c
of the community. "amhlin" and bet
ting ON these ''hor>c larc>' are open
and notorious. Pool selling" :rS Il is
called. and which i hut another name
for h"ttin% and gambling ON the result
ct these, rI"r-. j. open and public. No
attempt is made I" keep il secret. The
time and place are publicly announced.
The fact of such sales and the sums hid
al lct thcIcat on particular horses aIc
made matters of newspaper mention.
Tine officers of the society have inter
:clcd and prevented these practices "n
the ground uudcI their control. out
side. We hear of Il man who sells pens.
oI >"mrthim" else. in some of which i
4 pIiz,. and ni his arrest. hut we hear
Of II" interference Oh the part of ''c"m
mIttrc> 81 officers. special oT rrgulII
with pool selling" We can hardly
c"nc"lV" OF ANY practice more democrat
IZn| IN lis tendencies tiiau gambling
and Vet is Suffered 10 ne publicly prlr-
iiccd in the Village of Rutland without
m"lc>laIion and hardly without Il pro
test. We are informed. and we have
reason 10 believe that he information
* true. thai Young boys are allowed to
bid against men. who ought To know
hcttrI. f"I the choice Of Il t,rynIitc horse.
Think of ii. ,lc men of Vermont beard
less boys and full grown men Openly
and publicly gambling in Rurland. with
cut an effort being made t. pal :. stop
thereto. shall this thing bc allowed
II 81. y"u will make N"ur State aud
county agricultural lli> Il matter ni 10.
proach. HHfLund Ghobr.
WASHINGTON cor TN.
We understand. SAYS the Montpelier
Waterman. that the directors OF the
Central Vermont have decided To build
the Barre Il. L.. ut once. Work will b,