St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-06-05
Personal Items.

Congressman Hendce has made an
able and exhaustive speech in the house
of representatives in favor of govern
mcnt aid toward building the Caughna-
waga canal.
Col. f.. Vi. Brown. for some years of
Montpelier. has been appointed Re
ccivtr of IL newly created Land office at
lii>mark. Dakota.
J. W. Sharks. late road master ON
the laS>umpSic and South Eastern. has
taken Il similar position on the New
London road, and left last week with
his family for his new field.
Ben Gage. for Il time conductor on
the PaS>mmpsic. has been appointed
station agent at Stanstead Junction. in
place of Mr.. Turgenn. who has been
promoted to Sherbrooke Jail
The DuStan monument. to he erect
ell on Comt"ocook island. near Concord.
is nearly done. and will be dedicated on
the 18th. The monument c"mmemor-
ates the achievements of Mrs. Ann Du>-
tan. who was taken captive at HaVcr-
hill. Mass. 10y the Indians in March,
1867. and carried to ContoocOok with
II others. but got up i'll the night. killed
=" ';'..'- anu carried their scHInS to
\ contribution in aid of the Mill NV
er sufferers was taken Ill i church i'll an
adjoining town. Il few evenings since.
Among the articles contributed was Il
new clotheS-linc from Il lady. labeled.
ITO he used in hanging the contractors
of the reservoir = Boston Traveller.
The Hampshire disaster" says Il
Massachusetts man of brains. ''secms to
recall the eruption of Ne>uviuS and the
overwhelming of P"mpeIi. Aud 81 it
does. except when the dam ut NcSuviu>
broke and the waters came trolicking
down on the fatal city. more lives were
lost because none of the unfortunate
inhabitants knew how to swim - Brook
Ign 4rguS.
Nelly Hutchinson says that Anna
Dickins,n's new book. instead of being
Il novel or Il protest. or something of
that sort. will he fresh unconvention-
al talk about things and people she
has seen in her lecturing tours. And. as
Miss Hutchinson remarks. the average
American will he badly shown up"
1t was an unfortunate idea making
the new ten cent scrip so much like the
fifty cent scrip. 1t is no pleasant SELL
sation. after hurrving from il store and
all the way home under the impression
that You have beaten somebody ont OF
forty cents. to find that you have the
right change after all. We may he a
/ little preiudiced. but it strikes us that
this is taking an ungenerous advantage
| of Il trusting nature.
\ BIG SNAKE SToRY.-In our Swan
ton items, Wednesday. the types made
us relate one of the biggest snake stories
on record. 1t WAS stated that Mr.. 4.
A. Brooks and his son lately killed Il
water snake that measured three feet
and nine inches IN circumference 1t
should have stated three feet and nine
inches in length. and about nine and
one halfmcheS in circumference" This
makes quite Il ditference.-.St. 4lbans
Messenger.
The strike of the omnibus drivers in
New York continues and a large part OF
the 'husSeS are housed. greatly to the
relief of Broadway. greatly to the dis
comfort of ladies on shopping intent
1t is noteworthy that the strike grew
out of the owners cOntliving a remedy
for stealing. When the money for fares
passed through the hands of the drivers.
they We're quite con;ent with $40 Il
day since it WAS PIT into boxes, which
they cannot reach, they have become re-
belliouS on $3.50.
The contents of the wine cellar of the
late Mr.. Sumner, as catalogued by the
auctionecrS, embrace 81 varieties of
wine, whiskey and brandy. many OF
them of the most costly brands.
Messrs. Van Sicklen and Shedd OF
Burlington have sold their herd of blood
cows, short horn Durhams. about TWEEN
ty-tive i'll number, to Il gentleman inKen-
lucky, and Mr. Shedd left with the
stock last week in company with the
purchaser. Prices not stated.
Two young ladies aged 10 and II
wears respectively were burned to death
at Netherse;le, England. recently, the
light fabric of the dress of one of them
,gnltlng as she passed an open fireplace
III the drawing room, and the other
lady's clothes catching fire in an at
tempt to save her sister Two other
ladies We're also badly burned in at
tempting to aid the unfortunate pair.
The Chicago Times has advices from
all sections of the Northwest showing
the condition of the crops. With but
few exceptions the indications point to
an abundant yield of all the cereals,
The acreage of wheat is fully up to that
OF last year, and there will probably be
quite as large an area of corn put in
when it is planted. Other crops are