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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14
Kerosene VS.. Gas.

The newspapers III the State and ont
aic discussing the question of >ub>titut
ing Kerosene for gas, us one of the most
obvious economies to be adopted in
this season of hard times and necessary
relrrnrhment. The fact that the gas
hill at the Boston Post Office for the
month of March was fiereH Thousand
dollars, WAS rather an -ye-opener to
many, not only as to the waste of the
public service. but also is to the price
of gas.
The tax for gas light has becomc 50
heavy that many in some cities are eX-
changing it for Kerosene. In BROOKLYN,
y. Y. it is stated that | 800 families
have dispensed with gas altogether. and
that quite Il number of shopkeeprrs
have made Il change from gas to kero-
>eme. with manifest advantage, as care
tuI experiments demonstrated that with
no diminution of light there was IA clear
saving of from two-tlirds to three
tonlths of the expense of lighting.
On this subject the Springfield Repub-
HcdH SAYS:
The maintenance of Il gas lamp with
argand burner costs probably ten times
AZ much as that of the GERMAN student
lamp. with Kerosene oil. aud the latter
gives certainly the best light. Speak
ing generally. gas is the handler. clean
rr and safer of the two: but, us in our
special citation. it is not always superb
or III Illuminating power or more CRATE
tul to the eye. For reading or sewing
the slightly yellow tinge of the kerosene
flame. as delivered from the hest burn
ers. is more agreeable. In cities, we
forget that the great majority of the
world USES Kerosene and lives on from
day to day without exploding or going
to ru,G All the country homes and
villages are lighted with kerosene, and
wcll-lightcd. III an expense. say. of -
Il quarter.
TO this the Burlington FREE Press
adds: II gH& ut 81 Il Thousand 1.-THE piice
III Spiln9iield) Is five times as expensive
~ KEROSENE, then at $50 thousand.
which Is the price III Burlington, it is
seven and half tunes as expensive as
kerosene. And. Judging from our own
experience, the relative cost of the tw q
must he just about in that proportion.
About half of the Free Press establish
ment was lighted last wear with gas.
and bali with kerosene and the half
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14
A. T. Stewart Dead.

Alexander T. Stewart died at his res
idence i'll New York city ut IL quarter of
two Monday afternoon. The news
comes with Il sudden shock to the coun
try ut large, and even to the city, for
although there have been several ru-
mors of his illness during the past
month, they have been promptly con-
tradlcted or pronounced exaggerated
and 1t was not until yesterday morning
that 1t was known he was dangerously
sick. 1t appears that about month
ago MIR. Stewart took severe cold.
which resulted in inflammation of the
bladder. The malady was very pain
full, but his strong constitution enabled
him to rally. and after three weeks OF
suffering he WIS pronounced out of dan
ger, and soon became so far GONZALES
cent that he was able to walk about his
house. Last Thursday, however, 10y
imprudent exposure he took another
cold which resulted in inflammation oi
the bowels. BY Saturday his condition
had become alarming, OIL Sunday he
was still worse, and he continued to
sink rapidly during Monday morning.
| till his medical advisers and the few
friends allowed access to his residence
gave up all hopes of his recovery. \
plaster of paris east of Stewart was
taken, last night, by A. Bierstadt, and
the impression was very true to nature.
Both stores remain closed till Saturday.
The n. Y. Times estimates MI. Stew
arts wealth at from twenty-five to thir-
ty million dollars. but ''Burlcigh," who
does the \. \. sensation" for the Bos-
ton Journal, has the following:
Concerning Mr.. Stewards vast wealth
there Is Il difference of opinion. Suffice
it to say that Cornelius NanGtrbilt'>
wealth is estimated ut from S75.OOO. ON
to SS0.OOO, 900, and Mr.. Stewart was
said to he the richer man of the two. II
the English papers are correct in THEN
estimate of Sir Nathaniel's fortune, Mr.
Stewart WAS probably the richest man
of the two. 1t is thought that 1000,
600 would barely represent the annual
rentals and receipts of Mr.. Stewart.
While Yet IL Young man Mr.. Stewart
made the boast that he would have Il
store upon which there should he ne
sign. He kept his word. There was,
however. tins one sign upon the dooI>
81 his establishment. 'Push." 1t was Il
significant word.
Mr.. Stewards holcSale and retail cS-
Establishments combined have sold H.
high aS fifty million dollars in one wear.
| Vt present they run III the HtighboI hood
of thrty-thrcc million dollars per an
| num-.
Durin" his business career of fifty
yeaI> Nh. Stewart MAS Il constant buyer
OF real estate III this city. his holdings
of real property being only SURPASSED
by those of the Aston family.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14
Mr.. BristoW.

Speaking of the fear OF l}ri>toW :
IT. lerizing." the Pittsburgh Telegraph
SAYS: Just here is BriStow'> strong
point. His father was IN old-time Ken
lucky abolitinmiSt. and the son brought
up ON such political diet that con>titut
eel him il born republican when that
party WAS organized. lie has never
been a democrat. therefore cannot
.Inhn>"nize : and :" far is TNlcrizing is
concerned. his principles are too we'll
established t" admit OF his being SWAY
ed therefr"m 10y the politicians of any
school. Four oi the best of his school
Years. when the character of the man
WITS being formed. were spent in the
North. ut college III Washington county.
Pa. and he has proved. in the field and
III the cabinet. that he is i man of incur-
lurlihlc integrity and unqur>tiomahl,
cIparitN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14
Rhode Island Election.

The election III Rhode Island which
came of on Wcdnc>,laN resulted in ne
choice tor governor, though the Itpuh-
lean candldatc Tor secretary of state.
being supported 10y the prnhihlri"mi>t>,
WAS elected 10y Il very large majority
rcccINin" HOB votes to 3.6-I for the
democratic candidate. which i proha-
bly, ag""dtc>t of the respective strength
of the parties. The majority against
ti"v. Lippilt has been reduced from
last NraI when it WAS loo Lippitt
has S.2l1 votes To G.;2!21 for Howard.
prohibition. and Beach. democratic,
3.l12. Tn" Legislature i five >iNth>
republican. which it is understood Ia
Ice largely in favor of rlrcting Henry Is.
Anthony To the |. :. senate for the
fourth term.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14
The Black Hills Fraud.

In some localities of New York and
New England. men who have h,com,
discouraged with the slow and slender
Income within reach at home have struck
ont for the Black Hills and Il fortune.
They have sold ont at Il sacrifice. and
have ri>krd everything on the hazard OF
4 g@ld-huntimg expedition in The Black
Hills. The result i poverty. defeat.
and Il bitter disappointment. Some
bod! should he punished for this Shame
full deception. From the first. the Times
has denounced the inflammatnry dis
patches a. fraudulent and mi>chicVouS.
There has been no good reason to he
llcNc that the stories of gold discoveries
III the Black Hills were worthy of he
lief. Every thing pointed to >N>tcm-
attic attempt To miSlc;td. The result
shows that from first To last the whole
business has hccn Il mou>trnulS dclm>iou.
NcU York Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14

EDITORS EXPRESS n STANDARD-
GentIemen Il see your paper has Spok-
cn of me as il possible candidate in the
coming congressional election in our
district The Kindness of such favora-
hlc notice | appreciate: but | desire
that my name be no further used in
connection with the coming election.
Hoping that the unusually important
verdictS soon to be rendered will he
fortunate and favorable to the true in
tereSts of the whole country. and result
in establishing il national administra-
ton which VIII reflect the wisdom and
glories of the century gone, remain
VeIy Respectfully Yours.
GEO. \. DALE
island Pond, april 5. 1876.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14
The Burlington Convention, Again

The bold and manly criticisms of the
Free Press are meeting Il response all
over the state, and even out oi it. The
editor simply thought ont loud, What
very many were thinking to themselves.
These thoughts carry all the more
weight hrcIu>c that paper has never
been Il rarpimg or ''indeprndcnt" jour
nal 1t talks its convictions for the
public good, and with no private aX to
grind. Its stand on this matter brought
down upon the head of Mr.. Benedict.
its editor, Il cart-load of personal abuse
from IA rival sheet in that city, but Mr..
Is. not only denies its charges, but pub
fishes facts which only make the Bur
lington ring appear in Il still worse light
than before. One charge made against
Mr.. Benedict Was thai he charged the
party for printing. That he even solicit e
ed the call for the state convention in
advance of the other papers, and then
sent in IL bill for printing it. He dt nie>
that he ever solicited it. and also states
that during the last presidential cam
paign he paid the whole printing bill of
the Grant and Wilson club of Burling-
ton, $40. and nobody thought of AZ
Stunning part of the load till he made
the Suggestion, when the state commit
tee paid him half the amount
On the whole. the public are getting
considerable light about this state con-
vention. The Montpelier Freeman says
publicly, what was known privately,
that John F. Deane of Cayrndish, was
drunk, as he was at the Bellows Falls
convention four Years ago. When the
convention was electing its vice presi-
dents. he thought it was selectin. the
second executive officer of onr glorious
republic aud persisted in nominating
Judge Poland.
The Freeman further SINS of the action
of the state committee. and of the con-
veution itself:
The state committee burned consid-
cradle midnight gas over the selection
of temporary president OF the conven-
ton. They expected 10 appoint Col.
Proctor of Rutland. but in walked the
Rutland county delegation and pre-
scented the name of tX-Gov Page.
Then there was trouble. In the first
place il was believed that Mr.. Page WIS
Il very poor presiding officer, and then
we'll. his appointment might not have
been pleasing to the other ex- governors.
If Captain harrington. who 50 boldly
protested against the election of Mr..
Woodbridge. had taken ex-Gov. Page
at his word when the latter stated that
the full convention had no authority Ia
overrule the choice of the District, Mr..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14
The Turkish Revolution.
ct TRACES BY BOSNIAN INSURGENTS.

CT TRACES BY BOSNIAN INSURGENTS.
LONDON. April ..
The political correspondence news
paper of Vienna, publishes from reliable,
sources some extraordinary details of
atrocities committed by Bosnian insur-
gents upon the Mohammr,lar and
Christian inhabitants for rctI>in" To
take part ID the in>urrcction Ii is
alleged that several villages III Chleona
were destroyed 10y fire. and two
gcndarmcs and Il Turkish hotel keeper.
with his wife and four children. we've
burnt alive. 1t j. also stated that a
Christian, who per>i>tcutly refused to
obey the imiunctiouS of the insurgents,
WAS masSacrcd with his whole family
y party of insurgents also made Il raid
on the kr"upa districts. >cttin. fire to
300 hou>rS in PasnitZa. and killing mnl-
than 2OO innocent persons. The Chris,
tiamS suffer rqally with the Mohamme-
dams
The lIcIlrg"Ninian chiefs have left
Nuttmnid and rcjoined their bands. and
intend to resume ho>tilitic> against the
Turks on the | lth inst. when the truce
expires.
The London Illness Berlin CORES
puudcnt thinks the crisis of the Turkish
in>urecti"n is evidently approaching.
II Austria does not interfere. the inSnr-
gents will he reinforced 10y Bosnian and
ScrVian allies. If Austria does inter
tclC. Russian sympathizer> may he ex-
prcted To uS. THEN influence in favor of
what they consider Il national cause.
Austria will most probably abstain from
active intervention, but will prevent the
passage of supplies across the frontier.
The iu>urrection in Bosnia and
Croatia is assuming dangerous proper
lions. The majority of the insurgents
aIr said To bc veterans of the Austrian
militia. The governor of BuSua adj
vl>ed the proclamation OF II holy war.
He has been recalled.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14
Gambling in Burlington.

An Anxious Mother writes to the
Free Press lS follows:
have been much yratiticd at seeing
the notes of alarm already sounded in
Your columns against gambling: but
the running. soul destroying practice
still goes on in our midst, us | too we'll
know. Can nothing he done to pre-
vent 1t and save our Young men To
my certain knowledge there have been
three professional gamblers in this city.
all winter. and hy the aid of their local
stool pigeon. or ''roper ill.," they have
robbed Young men, and old. who '.pla\
for amusement" of large sums of money.
Free rum is kept in their gambling hell.
ana men, our young men. are lured To
ruin. y case in point A few DAYS ago.
Il man whose hands are hard with hon
est toll. received Il months paw. SO.
He was lured into this hell by the local
stool pigeon. and in two hours he
emerged from ii penniless. with his
brain bcf"ggrd by liquor, and this is
only one instance of what transpires
nearly every day. Much larger sums
are frequently lost by those who ..play
for amusement" and the professional
-.
These gamblers who are thus running
our young men, morally and financially
have just changed their quarters. and
they will doubtless nimbly ply their
trade i'll their new place. Two of them
are reported to have left town for Il few
days, but they will soon return. The
other and the ''coutidence man" remain.
In Heavens name can nothing he done
to stop their work and stay this ter
rible evil ?
TO the above the editor adds: We
call the attention of the states attorney
and officers of the law, to the state
ments above, for the truth of which the
writer vouches, in Il private note. They
can easily verify them, if they douLt
them; and they can shut up the hell
and prosecute its keepers, if they will.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14
st. Jonn>uury. VI. Friday. April II. 1876
News Items and Notes.

The jury i'll the case of Dr. y l. liaSkin@ oil B"r-
ton, who was killed few days age" by "A fall over
banisteI at the Huntington house can quite make
up their mhd "h'th"I 'he IAN Was "'''u'"'"' VI
not hut think he may have committed snclde IL
is said thai he has been half insane Tor some Time
of his Authorizations being That people nave
put dead bodies i'll the places oi his patients II.
has been known I" rub dead man Nv" hours en-
deavoring to restore HIM 1" NE ne I'''h'N ii"i
relied with III. Eu"aru "'EI'''' am "
charged that Wigglesworth gave him kick that
aggravated his insanity.
y magnificent monument has been erected III 'he
cemetery AT Lltchh''u !" '"e 'i'e VI III"
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some four years az" anu the subsequent ''""o''
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14

Benjamin Whitney of Keene. q wear.
old. has got a divorce from LYDIA X
Whitney. 80 Years old.
=. Let it he enacted 10y the Legislatur,
of Vermont that mortgages paving moi
over u per cent. are exempt from taNa.
ti"n. and the money which So constant
~ flows Westward for investment. and
which escapes taxation, will remain al
home. " oolStock Stdnddrd
DIR. Nathan DnIire OF Fall River. who
has Just died, WAS one of the best known
of the Fall River manufacturers. and
was president of the Fall River manu-
featuring company. He WAS. until re-
Gently. treasurer of the state agricul-
tural college ut Amherst. and twice Il
member of the Legislature.
Boston leads all other cities in pa,
mcnt> for postage. the sum amounting
I" SOL PSI gross. OF S3.~O to each p,I-
son, New York paving 81. Ii and Chi
cago 1903. Taking the average of 81
cities with the highest postal reccipts.
and IT is found that the citizens pay an
annual per capita of S2.Ol for postage.
1t seems that there are 1900 ras-
burners i'll the pnStotiicc building. and
the gas bill. last month. was SlI .OOO
/ That must be ut least one half unnccc>-
>aIy extravaganza. In our business.
with 100 men employed. and using Gas
all night. our bill is about 5000 "A month
Public service means waSte.-BoSfou
/ HcrdId
Daniel Wehster'S old pillow is going to
the centennial under the auspicrs of fine
| II l tt hn1rl If 4
1t made tor his own Use and never en-
joyed farming more than when sittiu"
on II fence and seeing six yoke of cattle
Sna Ike that pillow through scrub oak land.
win seven hired men radiating from it.
BY way of an April fool joke, the
Boston Herald announced in an adver-
tISemcnt that two dollars would he poid
for lS6l cents in that city, and after
paying the expenses of il few pe,pIe
from down East and up North. the Her
aid draws this moral for other people .
Let il be Il lesson to all orr r.,ders
that any scheme that offers two dollars
or even two cents. tor one, should Inc
suspected" The moral it draws fn,
itself is not published.
Our readers NAV remember an .x-
traNaganza, which appeared in the AL
hanN Journal, last wear. and WAS lorge-
~ copied, describing the establishment
of Don Sanza Cabral. of Diamaptiuo
Brazil, and II grand wedding he rave
his daughter, at which every guest had
present of hatful of diamonds. If i.
fact that the United States Dead LET
ter once received by the last steamer
from HI" de Janeiro, IA package weigh
sHa.n. =
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14

lighted with gas cost us about seren
times as much us the half lighted with
kerosene. This year we light wholly
with kerosene.
And this from the Rutland Herald /:
On the first day of April. 1873, we shut
off gas entirely and began the Use of
kerosene. We have now used it il
year. the light has given better satistac-
ton than gas and the cost was S69O7
for the year. The cost of gas to do the
same lighting in IL less satisfactory man
ner for Il year previous t" the iatroduc-
ton of oil was $6OS.SO. Interested par
ties can figure the saving.
~ We notice that both the Mont
pelier Wdtchman and St. Adams Mes
senger head Gov. Peck's proclamation for
fast, Thanksgiving Proclamation. Well,
it is good thing to give thanks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14

To-day the two most prominent can
didatr> before the people for the repub-
lican nomination are Mc><r>. Blaine and
Brist"w. and in NewllampShire. while
there seems Ia Ice Il predominant feeling
tav"riug the former. it Is safe To SAY
that the second choice of the friends of
MI. Blaine i Mr.. BrIStow. and the seq
"nd choice of the BriStow men is Mr..
Blaine. Ner Hampshire Sentinel.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14

beinr an ignorant, brutal person, mahN
Thought he knew something oi the chlld.
The sentiment finally became so strong
that on Friday he WAS arrested by SheI :
iff Goss. After his arrest he confessed
to concealing the infant III il box IN ms
barn. but he said it was dead ut birth.
Search was made. the box found, and
the child's body examined. The phys
iciaus decided that it was alive at
birth. The girl confessed to the phySl-
clans that it cried. but at the eXamina-
ton held to-day denied that it did so.
When his daughter was sick Jones did
NOT procure the services of il physician,
nor would he allow woman whom the
ueiphbOrs offered to send to take care
of his daughter to enter the house. lie
is a widOwer and lives alone with his
two daughters. The one here referred
TO is ID wears old and the other one Is.
He has IA bad reputation and has been
in iail for heating his eldest daughter.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
w. Y. Rogers. salesman for il cigar
bouse. WIS found dead on his bed ut
Bishops Hotel. Montpelier. last week
Wednesday. He was partially undresS-
ed and had written Il card in which he
asked that il telegram he sent to l.. y.
Durant. Claremont. y. H., saying that
he committed suicide. a bottle OF
chloral WAS found in the room. The
deceased had been there several days,
and had been drinking freely. Rum
did it.
A new stock company has been or
ganizcd at Barre during the past week
under the name and style of 1.-The Stat
ford 4 Holden manufacturing c"mpa-
ny" with capital of Sl0.0m, which is
to prosecute with vigor the manutac-
ture of hay and manure forks. garden
rakes, potato diggerS. ice tools. etc. for
which there has been of late an increaS-
ing demand.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14
State News.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.

tIlTTENDEN COUNTY,.
For the past year delegations OF la
dies and gentlemen of the Young Meu'
Christian Association of Burlington
have visited the prisoners i'll the jail
every Sunday afternoon, and more has
been done and the work has been more
encouraging than ever before. With
prayer, personal conversation, distribu-
ton ot tracts, singing, etc, these visit
ations have been productive of much
good, and from one or two prisoners
sent to the state prison for Il term of
Years. very encouraging reports have
been received from the warden at
Windsor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-14

- The Rutland Gi0be loves "a Mr..
llendce, member of Congress from the
Third District mainly, We judge. be
cau~r he bad the manlinesS to vote as
he thought ON the Centennial bill. Hear
it: Ills name (Iiendcc'S) may lie in
valiahlN found in the list of yeas and
nays on every measure voted on in Con-
grr>> Yea on every measure. good or
bad. introduced 10y Il republican. and
nay on every measure. good or bad,
suggested by a demociat-even nay on
the centennial appropriation bill" Then
the centennial appropriation WAS Il
''dcmocratic measure" was it