St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-09-29
Our Radix Letter.

-, sTBTERRANEAN SHoWEE-THE
HEAVIEST CHARGE ON HECOE'-PIIIL-
ApEIPHIA - NEW YORK DAY - THE
LARGEST CROWD YET-GEAHT Al THE
EXPOSITION - KAILEoADIN" EXTRA
ORDINARY.
To the Editor Of the tdledOHidH
NEW York. Sept. -. $50.
The crack OF the rifle has res"unded
from CrerdmoOr all this week III the
Shooting of various matches OF minor
Importance but :" far a. the Puhllc l.
concerned it has gonr III al one ear and
ont al the other. The mark smaIIshP
j. reported good. the contest close and
exciting. and the Valuable prizes nu-
merou,. hut all this l. like the dull pat
ter of the rain after the bursting "t the
storm. Public excitement reached It's
team ha> again defeated the Irish, the
general applaus, L. huI feeble.
Among the teams themselves, how
ever, the ball l. kept rolling III every
>t.n>t of the word. Monday night the
National Rifle Association gave the
/ visitors Il magnificent banquet AT Del
monico'>. which MAY ht regarded a.
tn. swans song of the old Fourteenth
street establishment to which | referred
To- in my last for II WAS not only the
last great occasion of the Kind To trans
pie within it, walls hut also one at the
most brilliant in its history All the
Z I l,.-
exception of the Canadians. who c:tInc
out al the little end of the horn III the
great match. and perhaps didn't cart
/" hrar any public references I" the
occurrence.
Another good reason ON people have
tor refusing attention L" the >nIall-h"Ic
>hooti>t> has been ON almost hourly
expectation of General Newton : grand
hIuad>dc from the honey -c"nhcd rock
ot Hell cate. which will pr"t'ahll have
been fired 10y the tim, tins rcdclr''> You.
Numerous dates have been set ion the
explosion. hut oWI Ing /" repeated delay :
III furnishing the dl uauIIc. the TINE
: has been often p">tpnurd. II l. pr"ha-
bt. however. that sunday dttctu"oI
will aCluall. WItur>> thI~ huge engineer
ing experiment. fol IT. such II must h,
: regarded. ne blast IN the history 81
mining having been ANY thing to com
prr, with II IN power 81 extent.
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to the prnl.thl. effects ot In, lmI,tud
iug earthquake 10y winch Hell G.tr "i
. more pr"ptrlN Hallctt> Rect l. {" h,
, blown up. hey "nd thai which u l. III
= tended /" produce. The engineers II
charge naturally claim thar nu dLugcI
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