St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-03-26

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1t is stated that there are in the South
to-day. tw" hundred thousand men in
organizations. under arms. and busily
engaged in drilling. What for ? i il
because the old rebellion. which faced
To the rear ten Years ago and went into
civil bivoIiac. intends. upon opportuni-
~. To face To the front again and renew
It's reasonable experiment 9-Pittsburg
Commercial.
! Wo Of the four nicce> of Il man who
recently died i'll California are mill girls
at Lowell. and get each il quarter of
S22.UOO which he left To be equally di-
Nlded letwecn them.
A kind-hcarted Charle>tnwn, Mass.
baker. who has regularly filled a basket
with broken bread for Il female brggar.
every morning during the winter. has
been surprised Ia discover that she WAS
a boarding house keeper and that ten
people daily eat At her table.
y Salem gentleman and lady have
brought suit against the Eastern rail
road for S2o.uDO damages tur being
elected from the ears on that road, last
summer. The ease i Il somewhat pc
cullar one and raises Il new point at
law: the parties, having bought tickets
at Bangor for Boston. and coming from
Portland 10y boat. prnffered the tickets
on their return tIip.--thc case differing
from usual cases of attempting to take
"IeNrrSc' ride on Il ticket. in thai
these tickets had been used Il part of
the va! and punched.
Tho
re-appointed Hiram circuit of West
Lebanon trustee of the State Normal
school. and has appointed +. \. Hill
bard of Laconia trustee of the ASYLUM
for The insane.
Mrs. AlVah GoSS of Amherst. y. H..
the oldest person in the state. died ON
Saturday at the age ut los wears. one
month and - days. She WAS Il native
OF Lunenhurg. Mass. aud had lived in
Amherst for 80 wears.
The preliminary canvass of y. H..
which the republican state committee
makes before the state election. every
year. Is the most remarkable Job of
figuring that is done in the country.
being almost always remarkably close
to the actual result of the vote. This
year. for instance. the Amherst can
vasSer returned these figures: Cheney.
2ll: Roberts. 100: White. i. The
actual vote was: Cheney. oil; Rob
eItS. 100: White. &.
Rev. Dr. Bouton of Concord. y. H..
had prepared an elaborate historical
discourse to deliver on the 10th ami
VersarN of his settlement us pastor over
the old North church, Tuesday, but AS
tins year is also the third semi-centeu-
NAL of the settlement OF Concord. the
event Is To be duly celebrated later in
the spring, and DIR. Bou.on will defer
the address until then.
President Grant has agreed to he at
Lexington i'll the forenoon and at Con
cord III the afternoon. on the dav of th.
centennial celebration. and having ex-
pressed desire to travel over the same
road from Boston that the British did
on the morning of April 10. I775, the
National Lancers of Boston have been
detailed To act as escort over the entire
route, and, after dining at Lexington.
the Ancient and Honorable artillery
will escort him to Concord.
Mrs. Hannah Hawlev of Roxbury.
Mass, who celebrated her Tooth birth
day. last August. is still in excellent
health and is making preparations to
visit the centennial exhibition, next
year. Born in New Hampshire. the
great event of her youth was the sight
OF Gen. Washington, near Dover, when
she was II Years old. Her father com
manded IA company at Bunker Hill. and
was by the side of Gen. Warren when
he fell.
Gen. j. r. Hawley said in speech
recently delivered in Hartford that he
regarded the third-term as "a sensation
originally got up by the Herald to
bother the Republican party :" and that
if Gen. Grant has finally. by iuiudi !
cIous advice, been led to indulge the
hope OF nomination, why, it is one of
the most hopeless of all things"
Moody and Sankey, the American
revlvalists now creating so much in
.erest in London, telegraphed to
Rev. t. Dewitt Talmage to come over
and help them, but unfortunately he
leclined