St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-31

more lndh TWO vi tHlec uoildIS. IltiN =
en- only knows how they have fought
the winters battle but they have done
it in some way, and now that the winds
begin to soften and the suns bright
fingers to regain their hold on the world,
one sees their faces relax their expires
sion of dull endurance and take on Il
look something akin to content.
Long Island must he good place for
lawyers. if the Smith and Carman tami-
lies are fair representatives of that pop
ulation. The heads of these families
are wealthy farmers possessed of all the
Spartan tirmneSs of our Pilgrim Fathers,
with possibly. slight infusion of the
leading characteristic of the noble mule.
Several years ago, the former gentleman
gave to his beloved daughter il knife =
value, fifty ctntS-whIch through some
accident, got into the possession of the
Carman damsel, who refused to give up
the property. Arbitration WAS restored
to d la Geneva, the result of which was
in favor of the uSurperess. Smith,
smarting under the injustice, sued i'll
the local court and won but the judge
who during the contest had custody of
the property, handed it by mistake t"
the wrong lady and she bore it off in
triumph. Smiths dander rose at this
slip twiXt the cup and the lip, and he
sued and won again. Then his oppo-
nent appealed to the County Court and
gained the case and now Smith. after
the expenditure of much money and
bad blood, has carried the matter to the
General Term, and is prepared to go
higher if necessary. Meanwhile both
families attend the same church, and
every Sunday, Miss Carman nearly
drives the Smith family to desperation
by displaying the trophy all through
Sermontime. Local Long Island has
lost all interest i'll politics, and is devnt =
itself exclusively to watching the mo-
mentous contest.
The .iourneymen printers, to the num-
beI of about five hundred. are en il
strike, on account of IL ten per cent. re
duction in wages, which the EMPLOYERS
find to be absolutely necessary The
Typographical Union. with its custom
AIRY arrogance. refuses to recognize the
fact that the Inflated prices of past Years
can no longer he sustained. and not only
WItiIdraWS its mcmbcIS from the offices
announcing the reduction. but forces
them to patrol the streets. and use eV-
cry etfolt To prevent nom-union men
from working. About thirty day apiece
on BlackwclrS Island would do the
leaders of the movement Il world OF
good. The employers. to the number
of forty, have banded together for mI-
tual support. and both PARTIES feel con
tidcnt of success.
April 9th WAS the day fixed 10y the.
court for the hanging of the Hebrew .
RubenStcln, who is. | believe. the first
of his race upon whom the death penal
ty has ever been pronounced in this
country. The Jews are naturally proud
of this record, and being also extremely
clanniSh and thus. although the accu>-
cd is poor and belongs in the lowest
stratum of society. no effort OF money
has been spared to procure Il new trial
andacquittal. These efforts wcrccrnvn-
ed with success just in the nick of time.
and the coveted proceedings obtained.
The strange circumstances surrounding
the case, together with the personal
peculiariticS of the prisoner. having
created an unusual public interest in
these proceedings.
The number of deaths for $50. from
all CAUSES, in this city, WAS 30. 100. an
increase of .9S2 over the number re-
ported for lS74. The greater part of
this Increased mortality WAS among chill
drcn and Ii" small proportion has
probably come from the maladminiS-
tration of the city public schools. The
disregard of the commoncSt laws of
health III these places is mon>troIIS. aud
has become the subject of general and
just complaint. Many of the buildings
devoted to school purposes are mi>cr-
ably inadequate in size and crimimalll
and ventilation. To such an extent is
"vercrowdlng carried that rooms al
ranged for forty to fifty pupils ale made
t" hold seventy OF eighty each. The
graNeSt evils, of course. result. The
trouble Is one that Is constantly incrcaS-
Ing. but as Vet no action is proposed 10y
the city government.
Sheriff Conner sold the desks, books
and papers of the late SANTANA BAY
Company yesterday, at I3 B"werv. to
satisfy IL judgment of SIl 900. obtained
10y Isaiah Reed. IL secretary If the com
panN. The property yielded $40. Rnth-
CT an inglori"n> ending of this grand
san Domingo scheme, whose projectors
were supposed t" have Il good deal tat
ter thing than any post tIadcl>hip.
The performance of brass" at the
Park Theatre continues to nightly crowd
the house, and forms the third in the
trio of mi-pcrmanent attractions from
which RoS; Michel has Just been with
drawn. ''BraSs" has been steadily gain
ing ground ever since its first produc-
ton. and its merits as Il play are now
more fully appreciated. MIR. &. F. Rowe
Is IL Skilltul playwright. and while the
plot of "l'r;iSS' Is very slender, il is a
thread on which are strung pearls of dia-
l"Sue and incident sufficiently numcr-
ouS to keep the behnlder in good hu-
mored enjoyment from beginning to end.
MIR. Rowe, however. is not only il success
tul author, but is an unsurpassed char
acter actor as well, and his PRESERVATION
of the central figure Walton Stray"
IL the incarnation of cool. impertub-
able. admirable check; il gorgeous. stu
pendous liar. who would drive Mum
chauSen himself to despair. but who
nevertheless gains our sympathies bv
his evident good heart and his devotion
t" the heroine. His catch phrases
''See this ring ?" and Fact. | assure
You "'-have been taken up 10y Young
New York, and made part and parcel
of its peculiar vocabulary. The east
of the play is otherwise exceptionally
strong and the erformancc very smooth.
As soon as they can he spared from
New York, Mr.. Rowe and Brass" will
make an extended provincial tour.
RADIX.
Death of Isaac F. Redfield.