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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-09-10
A Fight for a Wife.
CHAPTER l.
TIIE. MEiII\t,.

The -rrur OF This deadly encounter
MAS nciIlnI gloomy mon romantic: il
was tain and pastoral and th" time
MAY : and all the sweet influences q"
the >pling time we've >hcddinw q soil
idly llIr Sweetness over "ur English dIlcS.
We had " it'll Us al this time u Young
American lady. Who Was un her iil>t
visit To the country and one evening"
when various plans were being pr"l'">cd
tor her amusement and cdiiicdti"n. one
of lis said Ia her:
Now. wouldn't lou rather gel away
from London. and =" straight down into
one of orr quiet valleys. and see Il real
old English town that has been .lum-
hcrin" there ion many centuries, and l.
likrlN IL sleep Ini ;I> many more "u
Will see - stang" old place. with quaint
houses of red and vi hitr. and here and
there Il garden be c'Wc,u the gal.lr>.
Then loI will 90 down to the side "l Il
broad and smooth river. flowing 10y.
under some beautiful woods. lnu will
live in an old d-i;IShioncd iun called The
Complete Angler and just outside
NuIlr window Nou will see the smooth.
blue river break white over Il long weir.
and Nou will see the trees. and lawn.
and vcrilnda of ihc nillrrS hoII>,. on the
other side and hey und that again tn,
soft low hills and hanging woods of ON,
of our English counties.
Our Young friend WAS much pleased
with thc notion. but hcSitatcd. OfcourSc
she said. this quiet and beautiful plac,
must he far away and difficult to rca..h
When she WAS told that il WAS some
! a. I
she at one agreed to go: and hence il
WAS that the desperate conflict which
have to describe took place in one al
the most peaceful hooks of Berkshire
ut ii time when the human bosom
should have been full. not of an"rN
passions. but of the singing of nightin
! gales.
For this WAS the secret of it -tw,
men had overheard this proposal an,
each of them had inwardly resolved IL
ont " it the other 10y Immediately telc
graphing to the "Complete Angler fo
rooms. so hat he should he inStallc,
there when this young lady and our
selves. her guardians for the time
should arrive. One of them. was Slen
der Young gentleman. f;iir-haired, large
eyed. and rather petulant III manner
who had just made some stlr III llteial,
circles by the publication of Il volume
of metaphysical VERSE the other VA
considerably his elder. inclined To h
stout. comely of face, and made wei
come among us chiefly 10y Il sort of 81,
good humor which sometimes led hin
into saying good things, but in amy cas-
and at all times seemed to make hin
very well contented with himself. Thl
MIR. Humphreys was understood b.
some to lie in Government office; bu
no one could ever precisely say what
was, and his duties certainly never in
tertered with his pleasures. His rival
who had the privilege of being style
by the Court newSman the Honorabl
Sturmere Maurice, was the youngeS
son of an impecunious nobleman, an
was believed to he waiting for som
colonial appointment.
) Now, these two men, from the mo
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CHAPTER, IL.
TIRE ATS.

They behaved themselves pretty
well at dinner. We dincd together in
the coffee room. queer, low-rooicd old
place. with an abundance of windows
looking ont on the river. and with col
nrcd pictures of the Thames hung round
the walls. The only other occupant of
the room WIS an auStcrc and elderly
maiden lady. dining all by herself. of
whom Mr.. Humphreys rather cruelty
remarked that, considering the number
of leap-year> she must have seen. il
was curious she had not taken advan-
tage of amy one of them. On this. Mr..
Maurice rather Indignantly retorted
that there were certain Spectacles which
deserved sympathy rather than ridicule:
and we all agreed to that sentiment
The incident passed by. No bone,
were broken.
After dinner we went out side there
was still some warm color in the sky
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In the following pleasant verses Mr.. Johnson
the editor of the Lirie Classics takes leave of hi
readers VIII" have much t" thank him for in bring
ing together many good things IN such pleasing
form. the fifteen volumes of his series contain.
'lis pleasant business making books
When other people furnish brains
Like finding them III runnin" hrnoks
The pleasure minus all the pains
They tell rs Wordsworth once declared
That hr could if he had the mind
Write plays like thns, of Av"n's bard
Whrrrat the suffering Lamb rt"inrd.
- : : ; you ~t-.
That all hr wanted WAS the mind -
q .rntl, Wordsworth /" dcrid,
Thy simple, ~IIrrch I'm moi inclined
For these GOOD friends and thou beside
Have freely lent IN, "f their mind
"" Slakrsprarrs point and Rurns's fire
And l;ulwrI's own grntilitN.
And Elias mrrknrs-, Vet aspire
I" r"p,s nlalibility
I'Nr made myself at home with Holmes
I've i'll tw" lay luT's garments dressed
Campbell has told his rhy vines for me
And shelley shrllrd out like the rest.
And Hood put hi, thinking cap
And Goldsmith beaten ont his best.
I've pilfrrcd Alfrrd- laureate strains
.tnd boldly countrd II,nry- chickens
And drained IIart'- blood from his best veins
And stolen from Dickens like the dickens
OF H"gg have not gone the hole
But of three. Proctor tith,s demanded
And from II Miller taken toll
And pluckrd Il Rr;ir. /" Il" as Pan did;
I've beaten l:ratti, like tree
That sheds its fruit for every ku"chrr.
Nor let Sir Walter I" Scott free,
And iilchrd shot from Frederick Locker.
The ladies t""-t;"d bless them all -
What pieces "f their minds We taken
1t would Nchill'-- self appall.
Ii hiding. here I" save his bacon.
BY IIawrh"Ine's genius hrl.rd about
Aud deep in I:r"wnn. hr"wnrst study
| This j. the SURE retreat no doubt.
From critics fi>"r- fair "r muddy
Nh How it Reads How we'll II l"nks
hat one may call a death I" pains
This Pheasant "f maxim" books.
With clt., -ri folks t" furnish brains.
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.nsiness DIRECTORY.

.,.,,.< ,pd LDcaiioH oC he Iedd
,.> H,u>c> in 81. JohnSh~y.
..,,,,,.I TbuI- and Hardware.
-i\~ Hn,t.- El"ck l.. Il. 81
Np"th"cari">.
.tu No . Bank Block. Main 81.
I;inrn..N- at Law.
%, .u.r = L. Uiii"". and Post Office
pr \,! CaI.l"nInm l:lh., nP stairs
..-p u,m II. over Hall y Flruchrr'~
.-r. Ifubrr.
,.,nL> and Stationery.
.., guWFLL. Calrd"nian El'k. Main 81
I:nnI, Flinders.
.u,Du. N.t-. Monument Square.
rI,uL>-Ir=lI and business.
.... A,p Nruuurut square.
r,L.r- and Cnufrctinncrs.
4ulrN Main Street.
.I.rhin.. Hats and Gaps.
ru.E iluk El"rh "pp"-II" 81. Johns
.. .a.,..r % E,rl, Made Cl"rhin., Hat
.,..- luu-um- ,;""d~. etc. etc.
,lhhrn. tor Wen and i:"N>.
..stNE~ 60. Fairbanks Village.
,...Lrr,. GI,,> and ~t"u" Ware.
..ntrF~ 90. Fairbanks Village.
! !. n... r,r,r IIansimu~. Window shades.
A ....N\k~ co. Fairbanks Village.
Dentists.
,.,> .d,,lmlu El"ck. Nam Street
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Jofris.

81. JOHNSBURY HOUSE,
MAIN SikEhf ST JOHNSBURY, VT.
GEO. h. WALKER. Proprietor
AVENUE HOUSE.
RAILROAD SlRkEI, ST JOHNSBURY, VT
HOWE 4 MORRISON Propret"rs.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HOUSE,
NEWPORT VT
W. +. BOWMAN. Proprietor.
RUSS HOUSE
SAN Francisco. CALIFORNIA.
=. IL. SEN NMOCR y co. Proprietnrs.
MT. MAN>FIELD HOTEL.
STOWE. VT.
\ first class Hotel. with all the mulern improve
mentS. Accommodations for 300 guests.
y. T.. KELLER. Manager.
ST. JAMES HOTEL,
FRANKLIN SQUARE. BoSToN
\ first class hotel i'll every respect.
COCKER BUCK. Prnprict"rs.
ST. JULIAN HOTEL.
PORTLAND MAINE
GEO. f. WARD. Proprietor.
MARLBORO HOTEL.
;.21 WASHINGTON STREET BosTON
On the American and European Plan
y. Il. STEVENS. Proprietor.
Formerly of rrntter House. Bradford.
GLEN HOUSE, New Hampshire.
This f;Ivnritr Summer Resort open from June Il
t" October l. I-15 w. 4 e. Il. MILLIkEN,
tAu"an Pr"Irirt"rs
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.BELMONT."
European HnteI.D
Ga3 \ G2i " W,suI>GTuN STREET RuSTuN
tOpJ,oSite GI"Jc TEcdtrel
new II"u~,. with Elevator and all mndrrn aI,-
p"IntmrntS.
Rooms 81 per day and upwards.
G""d Restaurant at moderate prices.
SANBORN HARDY.
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ti'.tI'I- lu
N'l D,rpI,~ BOOTS and SIIpES
lu HrL 'aiin., NJ,,, Tl,t.d
".'l N.II h, -,ld trI ta-h nr
D.. a. th, I,Nr-I i'rt.,~ Al
... uli l,lloN~ l;l.rk
-. Ipu>~rUKN. ' 1
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III TAI i HATES,

LNN EES.
"' ~'I''' u. I"hu~hurN. VI.
.H 'H" II ole I"utt- ct Vermont and
'''-'.'' tud ia The 4. =. courts.
II. g. BATES.
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CHAPTER v.
TIIE. Dl Ell.

In IL very short space of time young
Maurice came out again, dressed in an
other suit of clothes. He went past us
rapidly without speaking. We saw
him cross the bridge and go into the
town.
Nov what is he up to p said Mr..
Humphreys, Il tiitle more serious.
''He is either gone to get Il police
man to give You in charge for assault.
or to get pair of pistols ut an iron
mongeI's."
Pistols 7" said Mr.. Humphreys, con-
(Concluded on fourth pdge.l
, 1875-05-23

CARL ZEnRAHN has come to grief, and GU
MORE is juhilant. twill be remembered that
some time ago the irrepressible GILMORE
gave Jubilee at Boston, Of which, in large
port, Mr. ZERRAHN was conductor. GuMoRE
attended to the anvil and cannon business,
and the IL Hail Columbia, " flap doodle music;
hut whatever music was good for anything
was produced under ZERRAHN's baton. The
Jubilee made great noise, but did not make
any money. On the other hand, it lost =
great deal Of money, and left the Boston
hotel men, railroad men, and Others who had
guaranteed the affair, out Of pocket. When
settlingg-day came, there was dispute be-
tween GILMORE and ZERRAHN as to the value
Of the latter's services. It WAS let out to
experts, and they couldn't agree, the awards
running all the way from tan cents to ten
thousand dollars. Then ZERRAHH split the
difference, and went into the courts and
demanded 5000. The litigation was long
one but the Court, having no music in its
soul, has brought grief to CAn1's heart and
joy to PArn1oK's, by deciding that the former
il entitled to nothing. Perhaps the Court
had been caught in the guarantee fund
, 1875-05-23

Although nearly al ths newz Of ecclesasti~
eA vrsngling now has its origin in Germany
md Italy, it really appears that there is no
country in Europe where the relations be-
tween Church and State are more sharply
defined and contested thnn in Switzerland.
Thara szs now thrss different parties. On
ess ons nde SO the Ulramontanes, who viii
recognize the validity Of no civil laws that
conflict with the Church Government, On
fho other 6ds arc thoss who ars re-
eolvod to maintain thu supremacy of
tho civil laws over ths Church st a1l
hazszaa. Between thess two IL lib
erat pnty, who do not care 10 diacusa;Ulta
1uontaas policies at all, but wish the Church
and the State to 60 their separate vars The
question now agitsting these thres bodies is
oas sraang cut Of decree Of the Bernese
aoFernmsnt il Jsn>l-y, 1874, baniahing
ass9.nias Catholic priests Of the Jura, and
~ Who dgaed the protest against tho banish-
nhsat Tia rza*tsr Is betors tho Federal A.
s*oassy tna Council! apon motspn = ~.
M ss'Eas4ae Il hsaf3asatn*k &na II Ii
, 1875-05-23

alike. That possibility is tast becoming {.
certainty. Is it any mere incredible, in tht
present state Of civilization, that the tim.
may come when weak and strong nations viii
settle their disputes as peacefully Us in}ivia
uals do now2 They may be expected to settla
them moro peacefully, for most wong.
are done IN sudden moments Of irita
ton and temptation, andc sowlv.
moving body Ike7 nation is les
exposed to Aeeting temptation, AID
would be more deterred BY the prospect ot
punishment, than an Individual Court: rest
Of course, on the teserye~force Of the M donsI
strength. They arc obeyed because q ns,
knows that hs cannot by any possibl: :ty re-
sist ths forge that can BE- brought to taar to
compel his obedience. So intern.tiora,
courts would rest on the whole power Of
Christendom, and nations would use ttei,
strength for the great purpose Of enforcing
justice and preserving pence, instead Of pros. pi3
tituting it to ends Of savager3. There "a
perhaps some questions which cannot bs aab~
mitted to arbitration, but they are rezy, vsry
few. In really >eivilizsd world, eeaturia.
would pass without single war
, 1875-05-23

property in this city for ta1ation vas $780,
000, 600, and the rata Of taxation IS mills
On tho dollar. 1t will require that same rate
Of taxation and the same aggregate valuation
to produce the revenue estimated for by the
Comptroller. But to produce the revenue
needed to meet the appropriations asked for
by the Boards will require that the rate Of
tax be increased to ~ mills on the dollar. It
is useless to add to the assessment and then
point to reduction OF the rate Of tax Tint
fraud Will deceive no one. The productive,
and therefore real, value OF the property
has not Increased since last year, and it will
be q moakery and delusion to attempt to
hido and cover up an advance in the rate Of
taxation BY an arbitrary increase Of the as IS
sessnaent- :~. F;~ -.
The gentlemen who compose the Commit
tee on Finance in the Common Council GER
tainly know the condition Of the. people Of
Chicago. and their inability to pay increased
taxes. The citizens look to that Committee
to report such a list Of appropriations as will
require no increase Of tax over last year; and
they look to tho whole Board to preserve
the financial credit Of the city by 3 firm ad-
hcrence to close economy and to such rate Of
taxation as may be necessary to meet the
eity'a debts and necessary expenses.
, 1875-05-23

There was Republican Convention in
Summit County, o., yesterday, which did a
thing or two worth mentioning. It instruct
ed ia delegates to the State Convention to
favor the passage of resolution expressly
ooudemning thu third-term idea; and it de-
clsred that the public-schod system must ba
preserved intact, and that the funds collected
for its, support must not be divided among
"raligious or other sects." It was good
idea to speak out plainly about tho public
schools Attacks on them are largely due to
tie belief that the people are not interested
IN them. Gen Bur1m is quoted as saying
that there Will not be public school in the
country in twenty yeazs; but then 3. F. B. g
stronghold is not prophecy. He p1ophesied
his re- election in 1874.
, 1875-05-23

number Of appointments to Gangerships
il tho First District of Illinois were nada
yesterday. As the first lot Of Gaugers, who
turned out so badly, owed their places pre-
sunably to political influence, it would be in.
teresdng to know whether any other eause
dictated tbs selection of this second set.
GTl-SerGce reform. in the shape Of oom-
petetive examination, could scarcely have been
expected The only suitable questions to
have been asked would Lave been, Are you
honest ?" md "Are you 8 good judge OF
whiskyT AL the applicants would have
answered them in the same way. But it il
to be hoped that aoms care vas taken to as
certain the character Of the appointeos, and
hat they do not owo their places simply to
Che fact that they peddled tickets for some
body so1ne time.
, 1875-05-23
THE BEEcBER1AH VIEW OF PERJURY.

TIE BRECHER1AH VIEW OF PERJURY,
HENRY WARD BEEoHEn is not the only
BEEoHER whose ways Of life and thought art
peculiar. In tho light Of events connected
with the pending t1inl, the Rev. THoMAs z
BEEoHkR, Of Elmira,' n T., brother q
the defendant, will soon need to rise ant
explain It will be remembered that the
contrition letter WIS written in January, 1871
Mrs. WoonHu11 let tho corruption loose il
November, 1872. For three yearz prior tc
that time it had been ,agitating the BEroHrz
family, especially brother THOMAS and siste,
IaAnx1i1A HOOKER. Prior to the publicity ID
the scandal, tho. latter had been in CORE
spondence with Mrs: Woodruff, and in
April Of the same year with Brother THonAs.
As part Of this correspondence, we make the
following extract from one OF Brother THoA'
As letters:
You havp no proof n yst ot any onenas o. HraR1'.
part~ Your testimony would bs allowed In no court
Tu1oa wfa, Mou1roN + Co. are ~ttne2sea. Even Ats.
srAs7oH can only declare hea'soy. So, you move
remember you azs standing uncertain information,
end ~ slsu probably ever get the fscssand In,
glad OF It II H. md 1Irs. T11roH are brought into
court nothing viii b revealed. Perjury for good
raasona H. With advanced thinkers, no nin-
. At the time, this letter was looked upon as
careless and reckless assertion, but the de-
velopments Of ths trial have 6nce shown that
Brother THoMAs was right in his assertion,
and tllat perjury has been taken into account
as one of, the prime factors in the case,-de-
Iberate, rank, oold-blooded perjury: It will
furthermore be remembered that Gen. TRAo1,
It il alleged, gave uttarance to the same feet
es Brother THoMAa, only as lawyer and q
man OF the world Hs announced rather SEN
tentously that this Was q case which could
be Lied through, without limiting the men-
dacity to advanced thinkers or assigning any
good reasons TOR it. This conduct upon Gen.
TEAo7's part, however, does not strike us so
forcibly IS tho same general idea expreased
by Brother TzoxAa. TaAcx is lawyer, q
man who in his professional capacity has
been associated With stock, financial, and
rnilroad rings, and knows al the ms and
onts Of cabal and intrigue. Brother TnossAa,
however, il q man called Of God to preach
The Rihls to szrine man aud women. = nkn
4appoxsd TO- ktap himsaH an1pottsd from hi
world nd o4saatatd b tsatda. III sus4sssaattsad5
, 1875-05-23

cal, OF pecuniary reasons, WIS aiding and
abetting the criminals, he would Of course
discharge him Instantly. Yet this imaginary
emp1oye would be no more faithless to his
duty; and would deserve no more fully an in
stant discharge, than ths Superintendent Of
Police, who refuses to perform bis official
duty. Time was when the business Of Su-
perintendent OF Police in q great city was to
arrest rogues, break up dens Of 1ascality, and
drive the criminal classes out Of the CITY,
via the State Penitenhary if he could. We
have changed all this in Chicago. Our Police
superintendents duty does not now seein to
include such, business. a consequence is
that the dangerous class enjoy an un1isturbed
license to prosecute their criminal trade.
, 1875-05-23

Mr. L. & STEPHENS paper has ons Of that
veterans breezy column shalt paragraphs
in defense Of this Southern textbook from
which We quoted some passages the other day.
1hA Co1sstutionaAst, VIC arc sorry to ses, de-
fecds tia statements made in this book, one
of which Is that the lust two amendments
vera "carried through by force and uaurpa-
ton, " which Is equivalent to saying that they
ought to bs disobeyed Is soon as they safely
can We said then, and say now, that this is
"preposterous partisanship," unit to bs
tsught in schoo1s. The Consttutionahat de-
clazas that Northern textbooks are too unfair
and partisan to be used in Southern schools,
but carefully refrains from supporting its
opinion BY quotationa~ The Savannah Nesss,
which makes tho same charge aud dilatas up
m it, purs1es the same very safe policy.
, 1875-05-23

106 Q1u8ftuC6 QekNeeU LQeS6 G6tln8L6E
amounts to on@ million agat hundred and
t,oenty- -si9 thousand dollars!
Taking the Comptroller's estimates for the
other expenditures Of the city, and adding
them to those given above, we have as totals
Comptrqler's, $5,277,3 ,320; Boards, $7,103,-
845.
On tho LIST Of April, 1875, the Comptroller
reported that there were then unexpended Of
previous years. appropriations, $1,000, 900,
which sum is now to be reappropuated in ad-
dition to the SUMS above named, making the
following aggregates:
AZ advfsed by the Comptroller. $40
AZ o1ked by the Boards. ,oo38 846
OF the amount asked for this year, all will
havs to be raised by ta1ahon except $500, 900,
miscellaneous receipts. If the Council agree
with the Comptroller, then the sum to be
raised by taxation will b about s., 900, 600 !;
if ths Council shall agree with the: Boards,
then a tax must be levied that will produce
se,so0,0oo:
In the nAms Of ths sntire body Of Tx
payers we appeal to the Common. Council
not to exceed the estimate Of the Comptroller
in their appropriations. If they appropriate
what h. advises, the sum 1t tbs disposal Of
the city, including unexpended balances of
previous appropriations, will bs seven mill
ions ct dollars! Can the Common Council
be 80 reckless az to add another aighteen
hundred thousand dollars to tho sum to bs
raised by ta1ation7
The people Of Chicago have, Of their own
means, aud with borrowed money, expended
since tha fra from SIC, ,o0o, ,o0o to $50, ,ooo,-
900. 4 large part Of this property is as yet
unproduchve, and a large part Of it has, in
consequence Of tha panic and the general de-
preston Of business, not yet become profit
able. Certainly, ths productive value Of i'm
proved property in Chicago is not as great
as it ''as two years ago, nor any greater
than it was one year ago.: The owners are
not as abla out Of tho rentals Of their prop
erty to pay tho taxes thereon as they were q
year ago.. This Same property is also taxed
about s., coo for county and park pu-
posse, besides the general taxation which
our people are subjected to for tho support Of
the National Government
Under THESE circumstances, we appeal to
the Common Council that this is no time to
indulge in expenditures that mny be avoided
The people who have rebuilt the city cannot
At ths same time indulge in other srpendi-
lures. When t.: the interest on the money
invested in rebuilt Chicago are added insur-
ance, county, town, and Stats t&xeo, and the
city taxes ut the rate Of Last year, the eggre~
gate percentage will bs found to sweep away
the entire prod uct from thst property. There
IL no room o. margin tor increased taxation.
An increase Of ts1es tn hundreds Of cases
means iha conAecation nt ths property, b.
oauss, unahls to hold 1t, the ownef mum past
with 1t fox vhatevs7 hs eGn gst,
Ian ysa4 - tastsSasa ti,ltttsitax 4 iii