St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-24
A Jersey Adventure.

In Newark. Just opposite the Bergen
avenue depot of the Newark and New
York Railroad. are two houses built on
the same plan. one of them i occu-
pied hy Mr.. James b. Alexander. His
bed room l. i'll the first story. and is
entered 10y Il door leading from the
parlor. About midnight lately he WAS
awakened 10y his wife shaking him, and
whispering james hear some one
in the basement" He listened drow-
silly for IL minute. and. not hearing any
noise. told her she was talking non
sense. and dropped off to sleep again.
| In about five minutes she woke him
again. eXclaiming in low, trembling
tones, ''JameS, there's man stealing
up stairs" He listened. and heard
some one opening the parlor door. lie
jumped out of bed with nothing on but
his night->hirt and got as tar aS the
bedroom door. and then stout. mus
cular man grabbed him 10y the TIN oat
| he two men were evenly matched,
and recovering from his momcntary
surprise. MIR. Alexander grappled his
'i>>lllant. \ fierce struggle followed,
the two powerful men knocking over
chairs, sofa and table in thcil efforts to
gain the mastery. Al length they got
near one of the windows. through which
Il faint light WAS reflected from Il gas
lamp. and Mr.. Alexander SAW in his
opponent the man who lived next door.
He broke away and exclaimed. "MN
God. Mr.-. what aIe You doing in
my house ,
~ our house. yOu rascal What are
Nou doing in mine - shouted the other
An explanation followed. from which
il appears that the intruder had been
with some friends. and returning home
somewhat mellow, tried to open what
he supposed was the front door of his
own house. Failing in this. he went
round to the back of the premises and
got inside through the kitchen window.
The BEECHER SUIT ABANDoNED.-
Moulton conte>>eS that he has no case
against Nj. Bccchcr in his suit for
damages for malicious prosecution. 10y
abandoning it and paying all costs. his
excuse being the change of venue from
Kings to Delaware county 10y order of
Judge We>throoke. to whom he doubt
less feels profoundly grateful. This
finally takes the Becchcr scandal out of
the law courts. as it has already been
taken out of the couitS ecclesiastical,
the result in both. as before the great
tribunal of public opinion. being the
vimdication of Mr.. Bcccher. His ma
Iigncrs have done their best and worst
against him, but ''thc dog it was that
died"
a The reduction in the price of the
Herald recalls an incident III New York
journalism, some fifteen Years ago. when
Bennett. Greeley and Ray were at
the head of the great daiic>. An en-
gagement was made 10y the three to
put up the price of the papers, and, on
:; certain day, the Tribune and Times
announced the new arrangement us in
effect. On that day ont came the Her
aid with Il long editorial, saving that
the Herald would bc sold at the old
price, There was Il great deal of swear
ing III New York for several hours but
on the following day. the Tribune and
the Times came down aS gracefully as
possible, though NOT without columns
uf denunciatlon of the trcachcrnus Ben
nett.
As gentleman stepped into Il New
York drug shop and called for ii glass
of soda water, the boy at the fountain
jokingly asked, ''Will YOU have Il fly in
it ?" ''le>. sir" said the man promptly.
The boy ,c"oped one off the wall. aud
dropping it in the syrup drew on the,
water, and set it down for the purpose
of continuing the joke. hut before he
could Withdraw it the stranger seized
the glass and swallowed the beverage
fly and all, rcmaIking as he wiped his
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