St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-03-05

~. John,pury. VI. Friday. Mar. >. 1875.
Subscribers out of this County
Ii'W hereafter remit Wih their sWbScrip-
as all newspaper p0SidGe after Jdn"dry
LIST. has 10 be- PAIL at he oficc Thrre mail
ed. This wiU make the CALEDoNIAN
come Ia them ten cents Il year less than
hcrctOIorc.
Luke P. Poland.
The sober second thought has got
around thus early. by vote of AZ I"
% - majority the House inStruct>
the president to let Arkansas alone.
The lions share of the credit belongs to
one mau-Lukc L. Poland of Vermont.
The people will keep the name III mind.
The above. and similar talk. now fills
the ''indcpcndcnt' press. of which the
SprinqfcH Rcp"Jico" is shining light.
To those who know how this same press
traduccd and >tigmatized Judge Poland
during the last fall campaign. such talk
is simply disgusting. No sur or calum-
ny then was too mean or false toI them
To utter. Now that Vermont is soon to
bc deprived of his voice and Influence
in the National Council. and Congress
is to lose one of its ablcSt men, these
detamcrs come around and apply their
Sickening adulation. Gentlemen. Judge
Poland is the same man to-day he was
last November. lou see Il new light.
but YOU see il too late.
specials that on "Wednesday night there
was Il scene on the floor of the House.
hctvcen Butler and Poland. followed
10y an explosion which did not get Ic-
ported in the Record or the newspapers.
Butlrr accused Nh. Poland of bad faith
in calling up the Arkansas resolution.
Mr.. Poland denied il. Butler reiterated
the chrrgr in his way. when the study
Nermontcr Strengthened himself up and
replied: "lf You say that. >ir. yon are
Il liar and | can prove it. and | say II
ON my responsibility. Butlcr'> reply
is not reported. hut he >uh>ided. a.
usual when his enemies face him down.
- How about that odi"uS POLAND
Gag Law. over which the ''lndcpcnd-
cnt" press made such IL howl during tlI,
last Congressional campaign i'll this dis
uict Be half Il man. and come ont
and say you >landcrcd and tradurrl
Judge Poland. and You know it now
and You knew it then.
Town officers Elected March 2, 1878.
ST. JoIINsRUI;Y. Moderator. y. VI.
Dickey. Clerk and Treasurer. l.. ID.
Blodgett. Selectmcn. {. y. sylvester.
Abel Wiley. VIM. Higgins. Oversccl,
Moses +. Barrett. Constable and col
lector, Hiram Weeks. Listers. l.. {.
Matthews, Geo. Rannry. j. &. lI"Nr!.
Auditors. +. VI. Idle. Simeon llH>c. Al
bert W. Hastings. Trustee public
money, 7. ID. Blodgett. Fence viewers.
Sclcctmen. Town grand jurors. David
Chapman. David B"yntom. +. II. Stone.
Seal,r of weights and measures. Gr".
d. Randall. Inspector of leather. Henry
+. Griswoid. Town agent. Luke Buz-
zcll. Sup't. j, =. Humphrey. Railroad
commissioners. Srlcctm'm. Commits
sionrr, +. II. stone, i5i. Grand jurors.
}. W. Lewis. Ahial L. il"Icl. Emerson
Hall. Henry Ross. T.. +. Brown. Petit
Jurors. Henry Severance. j. {. Potter.
Il. b. Spauldn". George +. G"ndall.
Lat;,Nc cite SnprI. {. 7. Carpenter. ID
b. +. Rollins. \. &. Harvey, f.. l.. IL
drrwood. CIaS. Cobb. l.. ID. stiles. T.
:. Stevens. Highway Surveyors. lIiaI
Knapp. l.. VI. St"nc. =. Il. Adams. Rrn-
ben Emerson. Hiram Russell. Pctci
Clement. L. {. Hawkins. John Aver
I1lIiIll u. ltltt. Ilsl~. ' 'l''. 'ht'l. W
Cook. II. y. Roberts. Hollis Pierce
Reuben Spauldiuy. q. +. Russell. Artr-
mus Whitney. Reuben Nichols. kimhall
Snow. Luther =. Cheney. Bcauman But
Ter. Geo. :. Williams. j. q. Hale. Daniel
Halves. +. =. Allen. Simon Stevens. A.
f. Lawrence. l.. G.. Wheaton. Joseph
Nichols. Samuel Palm. Ezra Hallett.
The following resolution was intro
duced and adopted:
Whereas. the Hon. Calvin Morrill, has
for many Years served the town of st.
.JnhmSbury faithfully as :; public officer
of said town. and IN attempt being
made to Sti~matiZc his name H. such.
therefore,
ResOircd. That the thanks of the
voters of this town are hereby rendered
to Mr. Morrill, for his faithtulness Us an
officer.
BURKE Moderator. David Trull.
Clerk, Theron Bell. Treasurer. John
: } BemiS. Selectmcn. J \ Humphrey
ID : Townsend. H X Hall. Constable
and collector. ID W Cushing. Listers
David TIull. Geo DcniSon. John \
TYLER. Auditors. Jason Allald. e \
Harris. Abel Brown. Over>ecr. Jesse
Marshall. Town agent. David Trull
Town grand jurors. j Bowen, } McNcal
Supt, II VI Powers. Com. + II Stone
63.
Moderator. VIM McGrcg-
or. Clerk and treasurer. B + Wadlcigh
Selectmcm. : W Ford. { ID Root. q +
Harvey. OverScer, sullivan Ranncy
Constable and collector. + y Nav
Second constable. II K Pratt Listers