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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-19
Another Outrage in louisiana Two
More Vermonters Assassinated.

On Tuesday OF last week. State Sena-
tor VI. II. TWitchell of Louisiana. and
his brotheI-in-laA, George King, were
;l>saS>inated while crossing the river
near Con>lIatia, 10y an unknown man.
who appeared on the river bank and
fired upon him with a repeating rifle
King was killed. Twitchcll fortunate
~ escaped with the loss of an arm
The negro tcIry-man was also wounded.
Senator Twitchrll WAS one of the hold
UNCOVER republican senators. and WAS
Il brother of one of the Victims of the
Coushatta massacre of 1874. Both
Twitchell and King were from Ncwf;,ne
i'll this county. Senator Twitchell's
business is in New Orleans. and he had
gone to CouShatta to transact some
business previous to coming marth with
Mrs. Willis. his sister, whose husband
was also Il victim of the previous mas
sacre. and who had determined to give
up her residence III C"ushatta and
return to her old home.-P hdnir.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-19

Sabbath. Vet it is by the people. and
that is sufficient to give it national
character. England will close her de-
partment> on Sunday as at Paris and
Vienna. and it would he singing re-
buke to us if the Commissioners should
revoke their decision as they are urged
to do.
In regard to the laboring men. but
very few in the neighhorhood of the
Exhibition would he accommodated,
and we see no reason why these cannot
find ample time in six months to visit
the grounds. The men who will loaf
about the streets and get drunk. will
do the same whether the Centennial is
open or not.
Then. too, bv accommodating one
class of labnrcrs another is oppressed.
II the buildings and grounds are open,
the wolkmcn connected with them
must labor ;tS on other days, railroads
would run, and thus Il large number of
won kmen will have no day of rest.
But besides these arguments against
opening the Exhibition. there is an
other which we are not ashamed to
plead. and that is the command of God
.i;cmcmher the Sabbath day to keep
it holy" We its il people have always
accepted this in Junction, and it would
i'll becomc lis. if, in celebrating the
goodness ,t God to our nation for il
hundred Years, His mo>i direct com
maud should he violated. Other ma
tion> of whatever faith will respect the
stand taken by the board, and in spite
of the slurs Of such papers as the NeD
York Herald and Graphic and FOrrey 3
Philadelphia q Press, the people will
heartily approve the closing of the Cen
tcnnial Exhibition on Sunday.
If thou Turn away thy foot from the
Sabbath. from doing thy pleasure on my
molly day and call the sabbath Il de
light, the holy of the Lord. honouriblc;
and shall honour him. not doing thine
own pleasure. non speaking thine own
words:
Then shalt thou delight thy self in
the Lord and will cause thee to ride
upon the high places of the earth, and
iced thee with heritage of Jacob thy
! father: for the mouth of the Lord hath
| spoken it. lisa. - : Is. II.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-19

is probably the handsOmest piano ever made. The
style is entirely novel and the design and inaying
defy description. Standing on prominent corner
among number of Mr.. Webers elegant instru-
ments it elcits a murmur of admiration from the
constantly changing crowd that surrounds il. Mr.
Weber is a living embodiment of New York pluck
and energy. In spite of hard knocks and enormous
competition. he has fought his way single handed
to a foremost position among the standard makers
of Europe and America, and his praises are sung
by thousands of his beautiful Instruments i'll both
hemisph-res. He of the first To improve
and perfect the upright pianos to make it a
practical success. and to-day the scales and styles
which he originated find more imitators than any
others He is also well represented in tins style at
the exposition. His success is well attested by the
excess of his annual retail sales among the elite of
the city those of of his rivals and further
hy the overw helming and always unsolicited test
monials which the excellence of his work has ellie
tied from the whole musical profession
The city during the pleasant portion of the day
and evening presented Il gala appearance. have
been through the Carnival at Florence and Rome
and witnessed various national festivals in the 9th
er European cities but never i'll any of these
snch rainbow streets general frstivity.
The great feature everywhere hags-hags by
the million. above below, and all sides. OF
course the and stripes predominated, but
there evidently nothing mean narrow about
the decorations for every banner known under the
and myriad more whose like is not to he
found in history prophecy were handsomely rep
resented. And Ia people, the city, Centennial
grounds, and the whole vicinity literally swarmed
with them. All day long and far int" the night the
solid masses poured up and down the main thor
oughfares apparently aimess, apart from their fix
ed resolve To what was going The number
that visited the Exposition was probably from tw"
hundred and fifty three hundred Thousand the
former number being certainly exceeded. In an
ticipation of big demand upon their resources the
numerous saloons and restaurants in and about
the grounds had laid in what they thought he an
ample provision but they had entirely miscalcu-
lated the size of the American Eagles crop. Early
in the day their store began To show alarming
symptoms of gall"ping consumption, and by four
or FIVE in the afteInnnn the whole region looked a.
though it had been gone through by grassh"l-
prrs. The receipts Of one bar room for the day
were nearly 40. ., and many others did II prnpor-
Tomato business. RApIN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-19
The Reform Conference.

There wa~ quite a notable gathering
of prominent men in New York ON
M"udaN, t" consider the question of ic-
tnIm IN politics. There were about
100 delegates present, and among the
prominent ones wrIr CaIl SchuIZ, W.
&. Bryant, cN-Prc>idcnl Wuol>cN of
>crlNc. David \. Wells. Charles Fran
els Adams. Jr.. Gov. Bullock. Parkc
GodWiu. DolmIu i. Eaton. Cyrus w
Field. In. Holland. COL Ilimgin>un. f..
t. Haskell al tlIr BoSton HeIud. Saml
H"wlrS of the Springfield Rtp"bHcdn.
{. ". Willard AID FrrdcIick Billings
"t Vermont also f.. b. Phelps. John
pr"ut and Capt. Harrington of he west
side at the state. EN-Pn>ilcnt Wool
seN WIS chosen president, and among
the Vice presidents were Geo. G.. Fogg
"t New Hampshire, and Mr. Willard of
this state. Th. plim, ipal speeches of
the cNruin" were 10y W".lsey, SecIyc
and SchuII. Prof. ScrlNr'> i called
mastery. Among other things he said :
ON great evil is II ~ stcm which will
inglN haltcls office rs between coigIcs>-
men and their officials. We want. MIR.
Chairman. Il president tit for the place.
We want Il man in whose view the office
is moi 81 much IL place of high dignity
aI> il l. of solemn trust. We want Il
man 1t" does not 80 much desire the
office i> the office wants him. WcWant
Il nGIn " lio will not barter his Influence
We want IN honest man, and pure. and
one Who will not need amy defense.
We want such Il man is the God of Is
lacl described to David. g." He that rulcth
o\cl men must hc just" Have We such
Il man The nation never lacked such
men, and it never had such men in
Iar"cl numbers than day. This con-
ference should recognize this. and have
tn" courage of lis onNlctIonS. Mess
couIagr. justice and resolution is rccng-
niZcd in the nomination of the national
convention, that nomination will not he
Snpp"ltcd 10y the people. The man tit
t"I the presidency is one who should
not hr duped 10y designing men and
should make his appointments solely
upon THEN fitness and merit.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-19

were known to have been drinking 'iiei,'
Since that time the work has adNahceu'
rapidlv. and the results already reii'h-
ed have far exceeded the expectations
of the most sanguine. The enthusiasm
rose to il high pitch Sunday evening
when HI. F. Brooks, A. '. Cox, a;
White. Patrick Lynch. |. X. Allen, ana
Others came forward and signed me
pledge. The ice then WAS Thoroughly
broken and many IL time since has me
old hall ruug with applause as one iii'eI
another has gone forward AMI pIeuSeu
himself to total abstinence. I'm mel
dent occurred in one of the earlier meet
ings which will not soon be forgotten.
While the pledge was passing, Mr. Alex
ander rose in the back part of the hall
and said that many were being dcprlN-
ed of the privilege of signing the pledge
because it contained the word cider.
adding that he, for one, liked Il glass
oii cider with his dinner. This instant
" brought Mr.. Drew to his feet, VIII"
protested most emplIatically against
striking ont the word cider. He would
have every other word taken ont rather
than that. Mr.. OSgood also took up
that point, and his speech was a mas
terly specimen of tact and skill. The
tremendous applause which followed
showed on which side of the cider qurS-
ton the audience stood.
An organization WAS effected on Mon
day evening 10y choice of \. '. Cox.
president. and II. b. Chamberlain, sec
Rotary. On Tuesday the crowd was still
more dense. At this meeting Fountain
Engine Co. No. 1. in full uniform, num-
herring - men. came into the hall and
took their seats on the platform. Later
in the evening the whole company sign
ed the pledge MI. Drew stated that
he had seen nothing like this in Concord
or in any place where reform clubs have
been started.
"Wednesday evening the hall WAS again
packed az before. At eight o'clock lly-
diopatha Engine Co. No. 3 came upon
the >tagrand We're heartily welcomed 10y
President Cox. The pledge WIS passed
and all Joined the club. Among the
new recruits. John RAY employees came
forward in II body. bnc card contained
the names of all the employees of the
Vermont Central railroad at the station.
Another. the name of Frank Moore, an
engineer. and all the men cmplnNrd on
his train. Upwards of POO have al
ready joined the club and the number
l. daily increasing. such a popular up
rising in behalf of temperance III Brat
extend lis power Throughout the state
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-19
The Reform.



O>GoOp AND DREW IN ERNTTLEBoKo.
From TIA, Erattlrb"r" Record.
The news of the glorious work in
New llamp>hirraud Massachusetts hay
ing awakened Il strong desire on tn,
part of the friends of temperance here
To have the wave of reform reach us.
IN inv itatiun WAS extended Ia Mc>Sr>.
bS"ood and Drew. at the close of their
lahorS in krcnc, To visit us. They
came. and on FRIDAY last commenced Il
series nt meetings which have been
steadily growing in interest and rmthu-
>Ia>m. until the town hall i no longer
Ian e enough Ia accommodate the null
titudr. Each meeting Is opened 10y
prayer h\ one of the clcryNmcu OF the
place and the exercises are iutcTSpcrScd
with singing OF the most spirited kind.
under the direction of Mr.. Markham. the
hN mnS being printed on cards and cil-
culatrd through the congregation.
Mr.. O>good l. Il remarkable man. and
fitted IN Il peculiar manner for carry ing
on the work in which he is engaged.
His power as Il speaker is not that OF IL
professional orator. but OF Il man OF
''' ~ "'''' l'' "'''' N'H TUE h'fI'>'
- lhpatlN Ion MS tempted and fallen
'l"'h'l>' ana on ilrc WIN enthusiasm
III ms work. IN ms opening address.
'> ne "''I'i'" MS h"N ara career. ana
spoke OF the SORROW of those ten Ion"
NcdIS ot MISERY To his family. there were
many fearful eyes in the audience
lNtn'N years az" he was Il pI">prI"nS
merchant III Gardner, Me-, and held Il
hl@h position IN society. Led mt"
drinking hAhlI> ny MS social nature, he
Nr"rltd the ld"i oil even hrc"inIh" an m
temperate man. 81 am To" much of II
man t" he thrown down 10y strong
drink. Wa> his reply when warned of
ms danger. Al Ith%th aittl ten Years
ct hand drinking. he found himself de
serted 10y his friends. his property all
gene. il pale. hh%"ald. weak. broken
down old man. On the 9TH of August,
I0'I, ha\lh hten warmed out oi his
empty stone ana threatened 10y the tan
collector. WIN the prospect "f hclng
put lhlail, ht Irft his h"I>" with eighty
cents IN MS pocket. Aftri spending the
daN ana evening diIlklh%, wherever he
c""id una ANY one 10 give nm liquor. he
started towards nome Iatc i'll night. his
last uihic having been spent Tor rum.
L""klh" III at the window. Ii" SAW his
wife. weeping (wcll he knew the cause
"f hen giIrD and raising his hand to
wards heaven. he vowed, with the help
of God. never again t" taste intoNicat-
Ing drink. All through his drunken
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-19
The Governor Question.

To rs there l. Il more serious ohicc-
ti"m To Mn. E>tcl than simply the fact
il IT is Il tact that he i lllittIltr.
We are informed ON authority that we
do not question. that Mr.. EStcN i nun
10y Nh. Davenport, as m>rrnpnl"u> II
dcmagoguc aS there iS in the Demo
cratic party of Vermont. To elect Mr..
EStey, is virtually omahrC. y. DaVrn-
port Governor Il thing that the Hrp"b-
HcdnS of this state do not want To do.
\ week : time does not change the
aspect "t the Governor question t" our
view. 1t is evident WindIlim county,
cannot combine ON Il suitable man fuI
the place. and the convention will not
do better than to Icnoninatc GOV. Peck
an umeXceptinlahlc man 81 put at
the head of the ticket Hon. f.. Z. Wal
ton of Montpelier.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-19

Observation-Disclosures AGAIN-GREAT MAY 10TH
WILDERNESS OF ELEGANCE -sCKNEs AT THE
GRoU>ps-THE EAGLES APPETITE.
NEW YORK Man L. I-7G.
I" IL" Etitor If tie Cdleionidn
If our friends. McSsIs. Moody 4 Sankry. the
evening, OF the 18th inst could have stepped into
the llipp"dr"mr, where for months they wrrstled
with the cohorts Of satan. they would probably
have considered of New York a. h"pclessly
given IL the world, the flesh. aud-thr other
fellow Fountains. flowers. green turf statues
and twelve thousand gal dressed people welcomed
the famed composer, jacques Oticnbach. his
first appearance III this country The occasion was
ais" the opening of the summer season at this ia
v"ritc resort The fine. but lack al
space tnrbds description. | must add. however.
that the illustri"us attraction of the evening re
c"vrs Il OO3 per night for his appearance. which
calculate T." be- 5000 for each time he assembled the
conductors stand, at least 81 for every wave "f
his whitegloved hand during the whole evening.
Pretty well for hard times.
The latest phas.--.s-N A. -a-,-y-- =
much comment, and the quidnnncs are on the gui
rice for furtheyI deyelspansuiE- nTte question of
expeling Mr.. II. c. Bowen from Plymouth Church
is under discussion and has caused some very live
ly passages at arms between the contendng fac
until the evening of Thursday, the 18th inst. Mean
while Nh Bowen proposes To tell Mr. Brrcher. i'll
the presence of IA third party all he knows deruga-
tory Ia the character OF the Plymouth divine
said third party t" be- bound To strict secrecy Dr.
William NJ. Taylor al the broadway Tabernacle
has been selected a. the mute witness. and there
seems Il probability that Mr. B.rch-r will at last
get at til. ''h"tt"m facts How much he NAV sub.
~tqurntlN disclose. is they used To say IN Cali
iorni;, II of q'ien sdbe
PHILAnELPHIA MAY Is.
We'll that biz gathering upon the banks of the
Opened and Grand affair it in spite OF the
deal of unsightly rubbish. The rain ut the pIevous
day and night besides making q sort of thin hasty.
pudding Of tn" roads and surrounding country
continued int" the evrntful morning and threat.
rnrd th""NPrctant million with IA most inaIs picous
set t"r the commencement of the inaugural ceremo-
MES odd Prob r,lcnted however and the clear
spring sunlight frightened up the scene very ma
tcrallN.
In the wilderness of costly elegance i'll every
branch "f manufacture which the Main Building
contains IT is difficult Ia pick out for special men
ton any single, aIiicl,-lherr is one class however
which containing the materials "t almost all other
exhibits Is sufficiently salient /" attract attention.
Tins class l. pianos. Of which the show is very ex
t-nsIvr and complete. Ii il "A notable. fact that
none hut American manufacturers represented
AT Paris and Vienna the American makers .xbib-
tied and bore OH the palm but now the foreign ones
Il" mol display til" same confidence i'll their powers
The finest instrument Of the whole array il a mag.
niic'nt concert grand of Albert Weber y which
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-19
Sunday at the Centennial.

Some prominent papers of the coun-
Try are indignant that the Centennial
grounds and buildings should hr closed
on sunday. They argue that since We
day is considered hl the Government
as IL holiday only. rs Il nation we have
no right to demand the uhScr> amcr OF
the first day of the week aS the Sab
hath.Nct granting that the sabbath is
il national institution. they claim that
the Centennial i an International en-
hihitlon. The different people repre-
scented 1T Philadelphia recognize dit
ferrnt Sahhatlls it is impossible tn
satisfy them all. hence the Commission
ers have no right To force ANY one of
them to observe the New England Sun
day. .t. ...,....... .r,.,.,.
1t e grSod, mnreove", that there will
be nearly million people in the city
every Sunday. There are church ac-
cOmmOdations for only 100000, and
what will the rest do The liquor and
dancing saloons have d"nblcd in number.
and the streets leading to Fairmommt
Park are lined with groggrric>. Is it
not better. then, T." open the grounds
than t" compel the people To rrcrcatr
in the streets!
These same papers kindly remember
the working men. saving that sunday
is the only day which they will have to
visit the Exhibition. and it will hr un-
just t" deny them the privilege. You
cannot compel the people to worship
God. and is ii not preferable. for them
to improve their minds and extend their
knowledge III viewing the Exhibition
than to loaf about the saloons
These last arguments haVca sound OF
strength, Yet We believe that the coun-
thy viii heartily sustain the action of
the commissioners. There ar. but few
nations at Philadelphia which do NOT
recognize sunday as Il holy da\. The
Christian powers of Europe all accept
At as IL day of rest. and since thr>, ma
ti"H~ have been invited to examine oul
Institutions, it is not probable that they
will complain if we observe IL daN
which has always distinguished our
civilization and made us to Il good ex-
tent what We are. Though Sunday is
not regarded by the Government as IA
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-19
COME & c.
MOORE & HARVEY,

STATE OF VERMONT CAIFpu>I, pIsrpt,~r -
I'm i'r"hair Court held AT the Probate Oiic, in 81
,,,"hhHhnlA, III said District on the 10th day of
May, \ ID. Ie76 say va
iiairlet ) Gates, administrative upon the cs
'dir oi John =. Gates late of Peacham in
nu dls'rlct deceased, presents his administers
u"n account Tor examination and allowance, and
makes Application for a decree al distribution
thI PARTITION al the estate ri said DECREASED.
Nhereupon, il il ordered by said court that said
application lie referred Ia "A session OF said CONT
10 DE held al the probate office in said 81
1"IIlSbniN' On the Sd daN of june, \. u. I-1G
ioi hearing and decision thereon And il is furth,
ordered that notice hereof he given all persons
Interested, by publication of the same three week =
sncr"ssINely in the tale,onian. a newspaper NIB
lish"d at -. bloomsbury, previous said time. an
pointed for hearing, that they may appear at said
Inn" and place, and show cause. il any they may
have. why said account should not be- allowed and
such decree made.
BY the Court Attest
HENRY FRENCH Register
true copy uf recurd.-Attest
2r21 HENRY FRENCH. Register
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ton of the stairs and told them 10 20 back ana
threatened to shoot them. They were Obliged I"
retire down the stairs. Soon Rivers came down
the stairs with his pistol in his hand pointing IL al
the crowd and telling them not t" "bstrnc' MS
way or he would shoot them. The crowd retlreu
and as he reached the foot Of the stars haileS
seized him by the right arm, in which lie heid the
pistol. Bailey is large. muscular man fihulh@
himself powerless after a short struggle he gave
himself up. He was quickly secured ana taken l"
south Troy. and there tried before orS"h NIL
Ter Justice and waving examination, WAS held l"
hail in the sum of g. O0O Failing to furnish bail
he, was committed to the county jail at lrasburg
He will not be tried until the September term OF
the Orleans County Court
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chorus, the Foreign Commissioners
passed down into the main building,
and took places upon the central avenue
in front of their respective sections.
There was then Il long pause, after
which the procession of invited guests
began to descend the steps from Memo
rial Hall. The President calamity cs-
corted the Empress of Brazil. and Dom
Pedro gave his arm to Mrs. Grant. At
ter the Republican and Royal dignitaries
came IL vast number of army and navy
officers and the procession then entered
the main building. As the invited
guests passed to Machinery Hall the
scene was exceedingly grand and i'm
posing. The long lines of troops ranged
in rows under the green trees, the eX-
pectant thousands throngIng the gal
IcIics of both main and machinery
buildings and the roof of every struc-
ture near, the strange and dazzling con-
traStS of dress. of language. of manner
which the observer encountered on ev-
cIy hand the thunder of organs and
the music of chimes. the cheers of the
troops us fiIvorite public men like Gov.
IIartrantt or John Welsh passed 10y, the
long rows of spectators which looked
like black lines on paper rather than
like human beings, :" far away were
they; and the brilliant weather, all
contributed to make Il picture which
must have gladdcncd the hearts as we'll
as the eyes of the projectors of the eN-
hIbItIou