St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-01-08


roses are showing their noses, and thi,
2lst day of December is more like .
June day with YOU, and so it has been
for IL month past. We are luXuliatiua
Ill Strawberries, green peas and vrgc
tables of all sorts
The Chicago Tribune, after rcadin.
Mr.. BOwlcs's letters, remarks that tn,
.'indepentent journalists" are bcgIn
ming to open their eyes. They staltc.
out on the general assumption Tia
everything inside the republican par,s
WAS good. They seem to he approach
/ ing Il realization of the fallacy of tia,
latter part of their original proposition
the tallacy of the liiSt part will tnllo.
/ in due course of time.
The Boston city government has pr,
scented the State IL bill of SlUO.nUn t..
Attendance, the past year, "n small
p"X patients who were State pauprI~.
Norman Gould. il merchant of Bu
louisville, shot himself dead. Frida,
morning. He bought out Mr.. Fletcher
and went into trade only last fall. ana
no cari>e cam be assigned for the dec.
He stood so near the gun thar the Wa,l
set his clothes on fire. and nearly con
sumed them. with about >2OO in hi
pocket.
The Rutland Herald says &C Conduct
on Foss of the Central Vermont railluad
elected IL man Friday. from the train
between here and East Clarendon iol
refusal To pay the extra fifteen cent =,
charged 10y Tia" company when tickets
are not bought at the office. We Uu-
derstand that the question of the Legal
ity of the charge will be brought into
the courts for settlement.
Two men named Fuller ana C'cln-
ent>. at FredrickSburgh, Missouri, quar-
relied last Saturday, about some whi>-
key. and Clements shot Fuller with t
double baIrrllcd shot gun putting tho
contents of both barrels into him. Flu
Ter although nearly blown to pieces.
plunged IL knife into Clements. almo>i
di>cmbowelling him. Both of the men
died.
The little town of Readshuro. in Ben
ningtnn county is sadly stricken. Up
to the 2ISt ult.. there had been ~
deaths from dipthcria in that place. and
the dread disease is still raging with IN
abatcd fury.
Charles Atwood and wife. living Ia
the west part of Bethel. went to spend
the evening of Tuesday Goth alt. at ell.
nclghborS. After hcing from home. u,
looking from The window they di>cu\
cred their ilorlSr To Ice in flames The
house. together with its entire content
Na> consumed.
Mc>>l>. Rice y Gage. of the Grand
Pacific Hotel. at Chicago. have failed
with liabilities estimated at ~ .tEiU. uuu
Mr.. Gagr was formerly Il landlord at
Bellows Falls. and late City Treasure
off hicngo.
The Vermont Journal. at Wimd~"
which 10y the terms "l the will OF il
late proprietor. l.. j. Mcndoe. was t.,
hc sold at auction. December 9th. WIS
bid "ti' Icy Mr.. David McIm,iuc. Il broth
IL. VIII" Intends. We understand. {" rnr
time the paper. Mr. Franklin Butte.
the present editor of the paper. i /" lie.
retained. he prir" paid WAS S4.Du.
tW"-thrd> of which goes Ia The NrI
mont bible S"cietl and one lhird tn th,
New Hampshire Bible society.
\ fire at CcutIr Rutland. Fridls
morning. destroyed two buildings and
the covered bridge Just north Of Glen
cuts marble mill. on the road hetwccu
the east and west villages. The build
lng> were moCcUplcd, one hay ing been
previously used tor Woul-pulliug pul
poses. ana one for Il blacksmith shop.
and were insured for $1,000 and -.
600 respectively.
In the annual sermon of Rev. {. Van
N"rden. of the congregational church
All,tr,. L.. IL, Il
following statistics: The parish ha-
10y ten families and the nam
her ct visiting places at present "u
the books is i51, number of souls GJu
Morning attendance often reaches 400
while evening audiences seldom fail hr
low 200. There has lccn raised in Va
nous ways for parish expenses S3.3lU.
aud Ton benevolent carI>c> : .611. The
church has lost Il 10y death and II T.,
letter. and gained : by letter and ) D.,
profession. and stands at present IOi
males and lc~ females, total 2-9. Tween
fN-tiNc are absent and the whereabouts
bf tea unknnWn. The SUNDAY school
numbers 2H'. with average attendance
If 40. The pastor has preached - ser
mons III person | | hN exchange. andG
Lectures: he ha> made 2I~
calls. ntliciat,d at l. funerals
nd III weddings, and hapti>ed Il in
amt>.
William Hammond Whiting. of ST.
Adams. eldest son of f.. i. Whiting.
lied IN that village. on Tuesday, of con
We copy the following from
he apprcriatiyr sketch of the deceased.
published i'll the Messenger MIR. Viii
ing wa> born February 3D.. ISI3. When
sixteen wears of age he WAS prepared to
enter up".. a collegiate course Two
wears were sprnG at the University of
' crnnnt and two ut Amherst College.
where he graduated in I-Gi. lie short
y after formed Il business connection
with his father iii the publication of the
Messenger. His inst limitation of i'll
health, OF a serious nature. WIS an at
Jack of hem"rrhagr f.om the lungs im
the fall of l-i-. Very soon after thai
hc left to Try the climate ot Minnesota.
where he spent most of the time since.
In the summer of of 1869 he Joined Tia.
Northern Pacific Rraiload survey. but
findIn" its duties toe laboTiouS. he as
>l'n!rd lighter work on the United
States Coast Survey. on the Upper
Lakes. After that he was clerk for the
'hppcWay Indian agency until there
wis Il change in the Indian policy. In
he fall of 1873 he returned home. where
ne has fingered since, being able to ride
and continue about the house until
lbout the first of October last. Nj.
Whiting WAS IL universal favorite in so
'icty and his death has brought more
han common sadness to this entire
'ummunity."