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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16
Fatal Railroad Collision in Iowa.

y terrible railroad collision occurred
on SUNDAY morning IL little after mid
night. near Tyrone. Iowa. between the
Chicago Express train which left Onla-
ha toI Chicago on Saturday evening"
aud the Pacific Express train bound
West. Both engines. the baggage ears.
and one passenger ear were totally
wrecked. Conductor Miller of the
Eastern train VIII" had sprung to the
brakes express messenger. Gardner.
and Il fireman were killed outright ::
and one of the engineers. mail agent
North. ANA three baggage men were in
jurcd. None of the Passengers were
seriously injured. We learn that
among the passengers were Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira +. Shartuck. and Mr.. II. H.
bn"l;itlr of this rity Mr. Shat,urk.
VIII" WAS exceedingly weak. had To he
carried 4 quarter of II mile. after the
accident. III Il mans AIMS. and though
he l. described ~ having been one of
The ",Iimc>i among thr passengers. il i
not unlikely thai the catastrophe hast
enrd his death. Tn" patty lost their
baggage. hut were III hopes of reclaim
ing IL. The accident WAS caused by
the hlnmd'r of Il telegraph operator
VIII" has disappeared. In the express
WAS Il corpse houud East. which WAS
mamglcd lcy"ud all descriptions The
Eastern bound train WAS detained t.
hours 10y the accident RurIingtOn
Free Press
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16
Mr.. Beecher's Power as a Witness

His view of the issues OF the trlll
has trial is substantially before the
American people. OF its wonderful
character as an emamation of personal
ity, We need not say Il word. No more
striking exhibition was ever made of
the power of mind and of the influence
of Il great character built up 10y Years
of noble cudeaNnr in the sight of and
tor the welfare of the whole commun-
lty. Spoken in the little courtroom in
Brook yn, in the hearing of only a hun
dred or 50 persons. the testimony has
been followed 10y the most intense in
interest of millions. who have reflected
III some degree the excitement and ap-
plauSe which were stirred in his pres
ence 10y the voice and manner Of the
the witness. All this. however. does
not bear dcCiSively on the main uues-
tion-the weight of the testimony as
testimony. That Nh. Bcechcr WaS IL
great orator every body knew. us we'll
rs that he has the waImest sympathicS
of the great body of the American PEG
pie I: but how abont the verdict which
the jury is to render upon his case ?
We shall not. of course. discuss that
question ANY farther than to comment
within the press limits upon the
progress of the case thus far. The sub
stance of MIR. Bcechcrs testimony is Il
complete denial of the charges of
the prosecution. What he was said
to have confessed he denies having
confessed explicitly and utterly. and
of the crime of which he WAS accused
he declares his entire innocence His
own letters, which had been the most
fruitful of suspicious in many minds.
and had furnished the hardest facts to
get over to many who wished him well
these letters he explains in his own
way. We should judge that the ex-
plantations had generally affected the
public mind tavorably. though far from
disloging all doubts and misgivings as
to certain letters.
1t will he seen. then. that the effect
of Mr.. Beech"r'S testimony thus far is
to bring ont the issues and contradic-
tions of the trial still more sharply. W..
had almost said hopelcsSly 50 far
from supplying u clue which should
disentangle the sndrl of terrible alter
natives, and enable the public to see IA
common ground of reconciling matters
by apportioning the miSdoings and
mistakes of both sides perhaps, the
trial has moved in exactly the other
direction. 1t would seem that either
Mr.. Beecher is still greater monster
of guilt than he was first charged with
being, or else that he has been the vic
tim of still more hideous conspiracy
on the part of Tilton and Moulton than
even his warmeSt friends had supposed
at the outset. There seems to be no
alternative, and every day makes the
matter worse. Boston Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16

The detection of frauds on the part
of clerks in the Postoffice Department,
in connection with the bids for mail
contracts. appears to have unearthcd a
rich mine of iniquity, of which the
worst is not Yet known. Washington
dispatches state that some of the par
ties implicated have been promised
freedom from arrest iii return for Il full
exposure of the machinery used To de
fraud the government. 1t has been as
ccrtaincd that some of the contractors
had arrangements 10y which they could
procure all the bids filed from the de
pIrtmcnt 1T night, and before the
awards were made. So that lower bids
than any received could readily lie pre-
to steal and destroy rival bids. There
is general CONSERVATION amcng Il large
number of contractors and their agents.
while certain parties at present far
above suspicion i'll the public mind are
being gradually but surely cnme>hcd
in the tolls, and i'll all probability will
soon be called upon to step down from
the positions which they have used tor
their own personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and
profit. Ii is announced that the Post
master General is determined. no mat
ter who may he affected. to continue
the process until he reaches every per
son who has connived ut or aided in the
fraudulent schemes. If such persons
have committed no offence recognized
under existing laws they can at least lee
ANONYMOUSLY dismissed from the posi-
from hereafter holding any office of profit
and trust in public SrrN ice.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16
Rutland Spelling Match.

Rutland had its spelling match Friday
evening between t"rty-elght pupil, of
the public schools and thirty-tivc out
siders from the townspeoplc. The GIobe
gives this account of it:
The word first pronounced WAS '.ah-
scond, which WAS spelled correctly by
Il Young lady on the list of outsiders
The first word missed WAS absent"
which WAS spelled ''IhsccnI." and the
young lady went down. The second
word upon which an outsider Went '.ouI''
WAS acid. which was spelled ''a>>id.' -
Soon three OF the scholars went on the
word "addict, which WAS spelled
"adict; then decent" "de;lsent" WAS
its spelling, aud effort was spelled
'';lfort.' Then ''gamut." lapel" and
"matin," assisted in thinning the rank ,
of the pupils. Much amusement was
created at the spelling of ''otfall' "otfel. -
then "ofal," and finally ended with
awful" One of The outsiders got him
self into limbo on seize" Then came
Il succession of words containing lie
and lei" all correctly spelled. "Asper-
sion," '',liscretion." and "attrociollS.' $
were atrociouSly mangled and sent sew
eral to the pit. .'Flagitious" was cor
rectly and promptly spelled by gen
tleman who had apparently welded the
rod. ''Protitient" was given by some
one not ''proticicnt :" "onions" WAS cor
rectly spelled, and with Il relish which
won the audience "battalion" sent one
Young man home to his ma"
An economical member of the board
of school trustees, spelled .cry
with one Il"
Thus far the ranks had remained
nearly even, both sides spelling with
great spirit and reasonably correct. with
few exceptions. One of our Young bust
ness men spelled ''varioloid" promptly
and we'll, much to the amusement OF
the audience. Several not given to the
study of show-bills failed on the word
''menagerie." At this point Prof John
son changed books and the words began
to grow harder. Under evident "em-
barrassment' three went ''tO the WALL
two more left the platform gu ''intel-
| hgible. and four more We're '.irretriev-
able QN) removed from the the plat
form.
newspaper man was '.laudably'
taken down at this point with an II.
Two fell out by the way on "tyranny.'
One of the gentlemen spelled ..chrysa
lis" without the III \ Young lady
spelled "catechise" without the III
but corrected it before it douid be called
erroneous. ''Complaisant" and IAN
Awe were missed by the scholars. A
young bank teller failed on the word
ECSTASY" Ayoung schoolmaStel whose
"reminiscences of teaching should have
taught him better, spelled "remeni-
sence."
There were very few left on the stage
now, and Reconnaissance" carried off
five of these. disability" disabled
three more. and left only Capt. Sam. E.
Burnham. Henry II. Smith. Esq, and
Will. F. Eddy, of the outsiders ami
Will X. Sheldon, Pat Meldon. and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16
The Lebanon Poisoning Case.

LEBANON, y. H., April 9.-No evil
dence has been discovered which throws
any light upon the recent sad poisoning
case of Mrs. kendrick of this place.
There is no reason to believe that 1t
was anything except mysterious case
of accidental poisoning. The eIvantS
in the family were Il man, Il Swcde, and
a househeeper, who has relatives and
calls it her home in Canaan, an adjoin
ing town.
No suspicion whatever rests upon the
man, and no motive can he found for
the act which can be applied to the
woman. The latter cred when she
went away this week, and said that she
had never liked any place where she
had lived so well as ut Mr.. kendrick :.
She was in some respects peculiar
woman, but il is difficult to believe that
she WAS guilty OF the act.
Edward \. K,ndrick and wife, mem
bers of the family, recovered from the
poison which they took. and Professor
Frost of Dartmouth College says that
the lady who died would have rallied
from it had it not been for Il severe
heart disease from which she suffered.
The poison was il powerful one, but
not necessarily fatal If taken 10y Il ro-
bust person.
Although the family had used for
some time out of the tea chest which is
thought to have contained the poison
without harm, yet was possible that
some poisonous substance might have
been in the drawing of tea that was
used by the family that night. The
rImor that the poisoning might he con
uected with a plot To rob the bank of
which Mr.. Kcndrirk is cashier is purely
sensational aud entirely unworthy of
crcdcnre.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16
Mr. Beecher Still on His Defense

The time up to the recess, Monday,
WAS almost entirely spent in examining
Mr.. Beecher upon points of Mrs Moul-
tons testimony regarding alleged inter
views between them and confessions
from him to her. Most of her state
mentS all of them that So much as
iutimated any confession of criminalitv
on his part. were met by the Plymouth
pastor with fiat denial. He admitted
having visited MoultOn's house. ut
times, every day, and then, at other
seasons, not visiting the house for
months. When the scandal was quiet
he did not go there, when it was rife he
went very often.
MRS. MOULTON AND THE Woodruff.
Mr.. Beecher said: recall two con-
versations about Woodruff. In one.
Mrs. MOultOn made some humorous re-
marks abou! what she considered the
exaggerated enthusiasm of her husband
and Tilton for that woman. In another
she wished to get my opinion of Mrs.
Woodruff, and | said | had to get NV
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16

the country know when the ti,r,.
Senator Morton and his wife. L.i,
a visit to New Orleans he is canning o.
in one OF the leading paprr, + '''''
notice of the people as Il ">lauJ,,.. -'
''foul specimen of ButleriSm IT,,
Mephistophelic adviser of Gram Toe.
ga venOmous and foul-mouthrd d., ''.
gogue." All of which reminds n,,,. u I'
there might have been somcrhi,., A'
Sheriden's "banditti" disnatrb
all
If there is ii man on earth than o,.,
to he il just man and man of ho,,,,
is man that conducts ii nvv,n.,'
He can say what he pleases thout
man, and the man has no uppo,,u,..
to defend himself. am moi >n..I@.
of this because it is something ill.,.
recently felt, because when peop,, Nv,
ont in the delugc | don't think .,l,, H..
ticular drop of water hurt them. -
showers, such deluges fell upon, ~,
that they did not mind ANY paIt;,r.
drop amy more than the rest. Hen
Ward Beecher
The re- election of William II. BarYn.
in Connecticut to Congress proves H.
wisdom of being particular in tie, chn...
of ones associates. He carefully .,
stained from attending the lIr,n.
greSs.-New York Sun.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16
Public Opinion.

The New Hampshire election limited
/" the Democrats that they must really
behave themselves, tol the majority of
electors III the nation WAS not of their
party. right or wrong. The Connecti-
cut and Cincinnati elections have en-
phasizcd last falls solemn warning. ad-
dressed to the Republicans, reminding
them of their mortality. The great 20
litical organizations into which the bulk
of the people are divided are. thus mott
fled that while there is no third party
i'll the field, there is il mass of men who
d" not belong To either party, ample in
numbers, to decide who shall Le winners
and who losers i'll party contests. Gin
cinndH Commercial. (Id)
The Republican party. to triumph in
the next Presidential contest, must heed
the counsels of prudent men rather than
suffer itself to he led away by the hasty
advice of extremists. There must be
conclliat"ry action within the party; IA
firm adherence to strictly constitutional
measures; no Endorsement of admins
tratlve acts merely because the admin
IStlatlon is Republican appreciation of
What Is right aud condemnation of what
Is wrong III President or Subor,liunt.s
and finally, the party must have "A wise
regard always for the great principles
under which it has lived and has so
nobiy succeeded since it sprang into
existence us the forcrunncr of il victory
which saved the Union. - Harttoyd
COuIdnt.
The New Haven Palladium and the
New London Telegram both declare
that Il less explicit Endorsement of the
administration than that contained in
the Republican platform of Connecticut
would have resulted still more disas-
trously at the polls. The latter paper
saws: 1.-The experiment of rebuk ing the
administration was tried in last wears
platform, but failed to bring victory
with 1t. The total Republican vote this
year exceeded that of last year by near
~ 5000
Senator Gordon's word is at il too
early to put an ex-rebel soldier on the
national ticket" He will probably let
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16
Bank Closed.

Al the adjourned Ir;,sburg bank meet
ing on Wednesdays the vote 10 90 into
liquidation WAS not rrcnnSidrrcd. SO
the fiat has gone forth and the Ilas-
burg national bank of Orleans will
soon Ice II" more. 1t will take perhaps
Il Yea to close ont the thing. though it
will II" able t" pay Il dividend OF 30 per
cent pcrhap, III tW" months. There
WAS Il protest against the meeting is
being Illegal and parties VIII" have done
Il large amount of business at the bank
threaten to enforce the United States
law. which gives them the right to re
cover double the amount of interest
paid III the last tw" Years. The feeling
Is not most amiahle. but they talk of
nursing their wrath 10y going il for Il
new bank with Il smaller capital
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16
The Perpetrator of a Horrible Outrage
Sent to Prison for Thirty Years.

Some three months ago Il brute named
Charles stevens went from East Con-
cord. y. H., Ia CantcI bury and hired Il
girl named Ellen \. George. the only
daughter of IL widow, to go To his house
t" work. representing himself To he Il
farmer III good circumstances. aud Civ
ing false name. Not long after she
had departed with him, knowledge came
Ia her mother that she had been IN
weighed away and was in the snare of IL
weil-krnwn villain. Pursuit was made
and on going to stevens house il was
a>crrtained that he had taken the girl
To- an evening meeting. Going rapidly
towards the place, the pursuers. while
passing IL barn. heard screams and rush
ed t" the rescue. Stevens. hearing their
shouts. fled. hut WAS pursued and over
taken. Stevens pleaded guilty in Com
cord Thursday and received the right
e"u> sentence of thirty years confinement
I" hard Labor III States Prison. stevens
Is a hard looking character. with dark
features. dark hair. i black eve low
hIuwS. that looks evil. and british tea-
lures. His past life has not been IL
very cIeditahle one. nor one calculated
To develop Il sensitive conscience. and
Ii" VIII probably take up his thirty
years task. with Il stubborn perSiStcncy
that usually characterize such creatures.
He is Il man about forty years old. and
will probably end his days in prison {:
for il is rarely that IL convict lives out
such Il sentence. The victim of this
man is Il mere child. fourteen years old.
and sue WAS So cruelty treated. that for
some days it WAS feared her reason WAS
dethruncd: but she came to herself and
has been able To tell her story. though
hcl life has been drSpared of. several
times. and though she is slowly improv-
my under skiltul treatmen! il is doubt
tul if she ever fully RECEIVERS
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16

These are some of the facts | have
observed or gathered about Athens as it
is to-day. OF course the objects of
most interest to lis were the relics of its
ancient grandees, which 1000 years
have not entirely destroyed, and of
which hope ut some other time t" he
able to write you. {. a. ).
Robert College, Constantinople,
March II, 1873.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16
The Search for Charlie Ross.

Christian X. Ross. father of the mis-
sing boy Charlie Ross. arrived at New
York, Friday, to consult Superinten-
dent Walling in regard to supposed
clue, but returned to Philadelphia, Sat
urday, upon receiving information that
gradually weakening under the con
slant strain upon his mind, and the
pursuit of his son has become with him
a mania. He appears unable to rest.
and grasps at the slightest information.
He appears suffering again from tenn
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16

porary alteration. and it is feared ne
will have to he placed under surveli-
lance. Superintendent Walllng Is wolk-
ing constantly on the case. but his oe-
lief that the boy is living is beginning
to waver. The police are now hunting
for man who knew Mosher and Doug
lass in Philadelphia. and who is expect
ed to he able to give important Infor-
nation regarding the movement after
the abduction at Germantown.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16
,criberS out of this County

Subscribers out of this County
UW hereafter remH wjh their s"bscrjp-
tim. ten cents in ddiiHon. for pOSfdgc
as all newspaper pOstdgc after .jdnudry
lst, has To be- pail at he oNcc whcre malt
ed This rW maize the CALEDoNIAN
come 10 them ten cents Il year less than
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\ NJ ASA HASTINGS

S,TATE OF VERMONT. CALEDONIA ,,I,I.
- In Chancery, Caledonia County Jun, L.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-03-19

three days. Already had robins mads
Their nests, and the mortality among the
redbreasts was sad indeed. la Nav of tbs,
year, the greatest rain and ireshet known
% Connecticut occurred. The winter ~
1870 81 l. known as an intensely cold one
The sound and every river and harbor up-
on II We're sealed with ice. Steamhos,
NAVIGATION ceased for the space Of four
weeks. The year 1864 gave a mild winter.
Ice scarcely forming thick enough for ic.''
men 10 handle. The winter OF 1865 was I.
severe one, with many weeks sleighins
iiarbors remained last TIL March OH. In
1863. no s~leighing ill March 2d. In lisa
there We're two successive snow storms
each dispelled by succeeding mildness
l>94 10 we know something about rhns
far, but none of us can tell how soon tie
wind may yeer 20 the northeast. the clouds
thicken, and snow visit u. which. II it
does not assist i'm maintaining our aver.
age, may furnish the material for stories
that We may narrate TO the coming genera
tiOn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-03-19

BY reference 10 an old weather record.
says the New Haven Register. it appears
that on February l1l7. ON or about the
2ith. occurred the greatest snow storm
ever known in New England. The snow
fell twenty DAYS in succession. and did not
till the 10th of March following.
The SNOW was twenty feet deep in many
places. and 50 drifted that the people step
ped from their chamber window upon the
banks. and walked with ease upon a thick
crust which had formed. After the storm
there wa a tempest of wind, so fierce and
terrible that a flock Of one thousand sheep
in the town Of Windsor wa buried six
teen feet deep, many OF the sheep perish
ing before they could be rescued. Rely
ing en- the memory of an aged citizen for
the facts, the winter of 1913 was most Sc
we're, the spring being late and farmers
every where Respondent. On the first
Monday In May, Moving Day Of that
year, occurred a great snow storm, which
blockaded the streets, and for a time him
dered locomotion.
In 1915 a storm Of snow set in January
Is. continuing three days. The snow at
tanned adepth Of five or six feet on a level.
New Haven Was smaller AT that time than
now. No police existed to see that side
walks were cleared by 3 o'clock a m. after
a storm. Citizens were helpless until
eighty yoke OF oxen from East Haven.
ninety yoke from North Haven. and as
many more from Hamden and WOOD
bridge. attached To huge sleds, came in to
break paths and afford relief. That snow
remained till April. when a great rain and
flood dispelled ii. The winter Of 1885,
memorable as furnishing a record of the
great fire in New York, can be placed
among the bitter winters Of the century.
IL was a winter of deep SHOWS and thick
ice. continuing long. January %. lsS.
fell throughout Connecticut. to
the depth of tive feet. and it, drifts did not
disappear till Easter Sunday, early in
April. The winter Of 1910. none need be
was terrible In it, Ice and snow
1912 brought great snews IA
nous as such throughout New England.
Here. on the 10Th of November. snow
four foot deep fell. and a north
wind following. banked 1t up in places
literally mountain high. Good sleighing
from that date till h 10th Of
~. In January. 1896. snow fell
without interruption during three days
and three nights. Wind blew from the
northeast. and the record of ~shipwrccks
along the coast reported soon after. was
appalling. Three great SHOWS fell In ls49.
I Inc winter Of 1854 was mild, but Bryant
have based a truthful poem on the
March that followed. On April
18th a great snow storm SET IN and lasted