St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-08-06
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Oh farm houses. that every neighbor-
hood, where practicable, would do well
to organize Il system of signals, by which
/ the vicinity may be suddenly alarmed
for defense. in case of an attack. and il
any such attack is made as that at Ber-
/ lin. the most desirable thing to he done.
would he the prompt execution of the
famous order of Gen. Dix elIows
Fails Times.
As long us the world stands people
will delight in being cheated, if it is
onl V done neatly by il man with a
smooth tongue. We have had il fresh
/ illustration of this fact within IL few
days. \ half days canvass 10y one man
WAS sufficient to procure sixteen adver-
tisrmcmts. contributed 10y our business
men at S3 each. for what he termed a
! business directory of the town. but what
is in fact IL little sheet Il quarter as large
as our paper, containing the names OF
most OF the business houses and the az
rival and departure of mails in one
column and having two columns of adj
Ncrti>cmcmts. OF this little hand bill
he made the magnificent offer to print
and distribute lmD copies and furnish
each advertiser - copies free, Who
wouldn't bite when it cost only 50
Now rs Il matter of fact any printer
would bc glad to do he same Job for
| they have paid SIS for it U'oodsiock
/ Standard.
True, the viudicatinn (of Gov. Smiths
SOM WAS absolute, overwhelming. tri-
umplIant. Every man was challenged
| To appear on the stand. OF to question
/ the witnesses. The idlcSt gossip WIS
treated as solemn allegation: every pc
son supposed to nave. or likely to hay.
/ knowledge of adverse facts or circum-
stances was Subpu-naed. The rumors,
under scrutiny, one by one, became.
manitc>tly To all. merely the impalpalac
iictI"u> of the common buSybody. y
dozen Responsible pan ties established an
allhi. with mlnutencsS of Circumstance
tor the possibility of which acknovl-
cdgemrnt Is owing to Il mcrclful Prov
/ dencc. The result must surely conviu.e
even the most suspicious or the most
/ hostile. Still the significant fact It
mains that Il man unimpcachcd 10y fact
OF circumstance. against whom no grand
jury would or could have found Il tire
bill. has been indicted. arraigned and
tried 10y common SANDER The cIIrl
ordeal has miIrcd his happiness. imiIr'-
ed his health. and ruined his prospects
of business: il has wounded the >cn>i-
hiiiiics of Il Christian family. and left i
shadow however unjust. upon their his
tory .NonLprIicr Waterman.
| W.. do not hold the managers of the
Rutland I;lilInad we mean those who
nave had control Of its affairs since
January. 49, responsible for this I'M
toward financial condition. The fault
lies back OF that. and has its origin in
the unexpected Indebtedness reported
i'll l-12. 1t MAS necessary that this float
ing drh should he paid. before any
dividends WcI" declared. and whether
1t MIS- paid oI not. ii remained on the
wrong side OF the account unless II WAS
rNliu"ni>hrd by something besides 9th
er promises to pay. To meet this III
drhtciin, -. the ONLY resource of the
road MAS IL r'.ut>, To hc paid 10y the
trustees and managers of the Vermont
Central. and when the ro>, colorcd
theory that the common stock WAS Il
good three pen cent. dividend paving
stock WIS put forth. ih">,. rents were. Il
''''"'' '''l'''''' hN'" amount. ''lh''
ilIii Time Inc rental. 10y mutual agree
m'ht' hi~ been reduced. AMI even that
Is not ~ me report informs u.s. paid
n"' eve" u ina lrll' ill" htch lfiid' lhc
d'h, would no" II" some quarter oil Il
million "l u"ll'l> mon" than II WAS IN
january - It ia'' l.. debts can
not he paid without money. and IL road
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The morals OF heating are II" worse
tilth me morals "i me old college HE
'"iih M"iri>>e\ SaihhlllIS place l. not
'tH van -''"''S I" inc '"Il'%c STUDENT aN
ne average u>'l"It place "f resort Ion
lllt last boys "l any IAN SIZED college
town. ne lt"atta> VIII OF course have
abuses connected with them. Some
hoy VIII gel h'Irt from them morally
on pll\H icallN instead al getting the same
hurt oll 81 something else. But that
then Scitlai lniincnc" ior e.ll on the
amount of learning shipped yearly from
our colleges INT" active NE. VIII he
great Is not probable. 1t is far more
likely that 10y drawing attention more
ana more t" the .dct that the body Is
affected hN training and exercise. the
general phN seal condition of students
will Toe impr we'd and Incidentally the
average of scholarship raised. Mont
peter freeman.
The imitation huhhI, which fin, Re
pubIicm party has hloxu nm f., d,zll,
urosn,,it, gives siuns nf r,II,nsn m.
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