St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-12
A General Celebration.

Govcrnnr Peck has received from the
department at STATE. at Washington. the
following communication:
BE it resolved hN the SENATE and
h"u>, of representatives OF the United
states "t America IN cungIc>> assembled,
That it he. and i hereby recommended
10y the senate and house at representa-
tI\r> To the people of the several states.
that they assemble III them several coun-
Ties III towns ON the approaching cen
trnnIII anniversary ot our national in
dependence. aud tina! they c.IlI>, to
have delivered on such day an historical
sketch of said county "r town from it,
formation. and that Il copy of said sketch
may h" filed III PRINT ~ manuscript at
the clerk : office of said county. and an
additl"nal copy in print or manuscript
he filed III the office of the librarian of
r"m"rc>>. t" the intent that Il complete
record may thus he obtained of The pro
gr'>S ct our institutions dunn. the first
centennial of their existence"
S"mrh"dN over on the west side has
named President Buckham of Bullm"-
ton a> an available candidate To Use for
representative in this third district.
The democrats are said To have pick
ed out rs those of the delegates al Large
IN the national conventions. W. H. H.
bingham at Stove. candidate for GOV
rrm"r. tw" years ago: Hiram Atkins.
editor Of the Montpelier Argus: and Il.
Il. Smallry of Burlington. Charles y.
Davenport of Brattlchoro is down as
one of the district delegates.
churches, as well as those of Connccti-
cut. will observe Sunday, july .. aS a
day of centennial thanksgiving. the
clcrgNmcn delivering historical dis
courses. and the people making il thank
offering.
y significant illustration of the world
wide interest in the centennial is afford
ed 10y the fact that all the principal
papers of Australia. and there ale
some very enterpriSing and able papers
published therc-arc represented hy
special correspondents ut Philadelphia.
And now they are getting sick of ID.
{. DcniSon, the representative in the
Vermont second district. He is making
no mark III Congress, is on the tail of
insignificant committees. does not shine.
Is not known, voted wrong on some
measures. etc. etc. But You had Poland
and might have had Il man in Congress
that would have been Il power. if Won
had not acted foolish down there. I'VE
told YOU So" Carton Monitor.
Littlcton comes to the front with a
stomach ming story of Il hermrticallN
sealed tin can recently uncalthrd from
the debris of IN old building there. An
incisl"n being made in the can. its con
tents appeared To he fine old whiskey.
which was finally remembered to have
been sealed up by ii citizen of the town
twenty Years before. Half Il dozen of
the hNstanders took Il pull at the liquor.
when 1t was determined to seal I'M in
another can what was left, and store if
for another twenty Years. The top of
he can was accordingly ripped off. and
the vessel turned bottom up. when ont
tumblcd ii mans hand Investigation
showed that the can was the propcrty
"f Il former surgeon of the place. who
lIad preserved in spirit the terminal
portion of some unfortunate patient's
forearm. Those who drank the ..fipe
old whiskey' have since signed the
pledge.