St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-23
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Notwithstanding the caution people
receive. they continue tiocking towards
the Black Hills. 1t is estimated that
over 5000 men are now on then Way T."
that New Eldoradu. Read the "word
ia the foolish" on the fourth page, be
fore You stat, reader.
Boston i 81 taken up with the Cen
tenmial that it can hardl! give proper
attention to Mir. NmleN, the great Eng
llSh reviNalISt. who Is now preaching
ihcrc. But with the miyhtier matter OF
Concord and Lexington on hand. the
Giobt quotes the following from one of
his dscuurst.s. under the head of ''eX
IRENE views:
But some ot you may say. MIR. Var
Icy. don't believe i'll the devil Re
member what | say To Won: If you
ever utter thai thought again. You
brand the Lord Jesus Christ as Il liar
II there Is not Il personal devil, >lI, YOU
arIaign the Lord Jesus Christ as the
greatest liaI the world has ever seen.
BE very careful how YOU talk.
Good news if true: Nh. Charles
NnrulhnIl. an able and reliable man and
journalist, writes the y. Y. Herdid rel.-
tive to the state of atfaiI- III Arkansas,
in which he remarks that the state Is
la better material condition than before
the war. The negroes show no iudS-
position TO Labor, and generally hirt
small pieces ut land from the owners of
plantations. the rent of Which they pay
promptly, either ~ cash OF producc.
They work better than under the slave
system. and are generally provided with
churches and schools. Neither are they
ustilclled III politics. rs there are nearly
three hundred ofiireh"ldcrS scattered
through the staff. There is also Il state
civil rights act i'll full operation which
is much stronger than tuat recently
passed 10y Congress. aud its workings
are without ill-ctfccts.
\ maniLc WAS found with a loaded
pistol Oh his pcrson. uiting in an ante
room of the White House tor an audi
illustrates The danger to " hlch rulers III
all nations .trc exposed. | ne monalchS
of Europe have long ago found how
uneasy lies the head Whicl. wear,
crown. and the head of Il President is
not much better off.
The method of conducting the NOW
popul.u spelling matches i unfair. alid
10y it Il poor Spcilel may hlunder into Il
dictionary, or any other prize. II the
capacity of the. contestants i sought,
provide the spoilers With pencil and
paper. and let them write the words.
with Judges IL inspect the writing. by
the ordinary way OF spelling down.
an ordinary >pellcr may hunder into
the truth 10y spelling Il word differently
from the one " h" has just missed il.
The veracitl of the incident narrated
III the striking poem OF "Blrhara
Frcitchie." has often been questioned.
Here is Il little testimony for Barbara.
An rx-Confcdcrate >"ldicr writes To Il
san Francisco paper:
saw i'll N"ur paper Uf the 26th. an
item concerning Barbara Frietchic 1t
denied the fact that she held the flag
in her window during the march through
Frederick. She did for | WIS iii one
of the dust Drowned ranks tmal he
parduucd) that StoueWall ordered to
halt. and | tlattri my >clt that the bullet
from my gun was one of the many that
hit the flag.
The BUlIctin. the most reliable daily
ia San Francisco, gives encouragement
of another good fruit crop on the Pacific
coast. the cherry. pear and peach trees
being iii full blossom and the apple
trees beginning to bloom. In the adj
joining territories. Young orchards are
coming into hearing. and 81 the market
to which California has supplied green
fruit is becoming abridged. The small
valleys among the mountains are well
stocked with fruit trees. and ere long
fruit will lie produced in these regions 50
good and cheap that it will he difficult
toI proprietors of old orchards hun
dred miles distant To compete for the
trade of the local markets. In view of
these facts the Bulletin predicts that the
time will come when every farmer will
..ure his own fruit and store If AWAY as
he does his hay, the dry ing apparatus
forming part of every well regulated
farm outfit.
Maine CONTINUES To do honor to her
brave soldiers. either because she likes
to, ot else because the politicians have
found that they '.run'' better than the
"home guard She made he, brave
aud talented Gen. Joshua L. Chamber
lin, governor, and now the Republicans
Of the state are talking earnestly OF
eiccting Gen. SeldcH Common to that
office. Gen. Conner is Il native of Fair
held, Maine. and Il graduate of Tufts
college III I-J9. At the breaking out
Of the Rebellion be was reading law in
Woodstock. this state. He entei.h the
service as pIjN ate IL the First VT