St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-17

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Liquor Agents report showed the ann
of liquor sold during the past year
II, l43.7l. The profits i'll the same af
ter paying salary for selling, S24S.5I
The Town Agents report showed We
had II" law suits on hand. they being
all disposed of and costs paid. This
report shows, we think, the strongest
signs that the millennium is approach
ing, of any sign Yet sccn-;i town with
ont IL law suit. \ tax of 40 cents on
the dollar was voted to meet expenses
the coming year. Road tax ID per cent.
in addition to what the law requires.
\ very quiet town meeting. Not
a ballot WAS called for; business all
completed and adjourned at 2:l5.
Sutton.
Continued from Hird pages
\. X. and VI. a. Campbell, after due
dcliberation, decided to buy the bank
rupt stock of goods referred to. and did
do so. is true; that they finally passed
int" the hands of y. X. Campben,-he
paying the full amount and releasing
his brothers name. is also true. That
y. X. Campbell was induced to buy
these goods by Blake. is not true 4:
neither did he buy them of or for Blake.
oI i'll his interest. am aware that in
saving this | contradict Il statement
which has hccu made and affirmed and
e-aifirmcd, times without number. but
truth 10 truth. ''for aye that and ave
that. And | might add neither did
Campbell buy Blake along with the,
goods. to have and to keep during his
natural life. That he STAYED in and
around the store during the ten months
that Campbell's goods were there, is
true. That he is stan ing there Vet is
ais" true. would respectfully enquire
| who Is t" pay him for his time since the
goods were removed And this is not
all he stayed there from the time the
store VAS first shut up, till Campbell
!
! I" pay Tor this lost time, please raise
thei; hands Hands down, Time and
space will not admit of all the particrI-
las III this case, but | will just SAY that
, Canphell had onl Y one object in buy img
The goods: He hoped to make enough
oil item To pay Il note where his brother
I..I 4. ;,I
d!cd dollars this fact had been truuL-
linz y. X. for SOME time. Not so Blake.
The statement of last week that ~. J.
Campbell never undertook to sell ont
the goods. is not true. His brother
went for him Immediately on buving
them. and he came from st. JuhlIsburN
fol that especial purpose. That hc did
not stay constantly i'll the store is true
that he had good reasons for not STAY
ing here * also true. But he left others
To attend To the store, plenty of them
Il head clerk and assistants And this
reminds me, what about those assist
ants II Blake draws pay for his time
WY h'' 'ifN lntI were illtGc almost
a> much H. he was. just one word to
those acquainted with \. X Campbell.
and | have done What think Won; if
he should chance to meet on the high
way of life with one who had been I'M
fortunate and lost all that he had. and
Il great deal more, would he be very
likely Ia knock the man down for what
l"">. change he might possibly have
about his clothes. and having ritied his
packets, leave him bruised and bleed
Ing 10y the Walsidc! Respectfully |
submit the question and await your
answer.
\. Is. Norris of Norrisville. who
bought \. q. Evans steam mill in the
north part of this town, has recently
purchased of the q. Il c. steam mill
aud has let the job to have one hundred
Thousand feet put into his mill, which
he will SAW up aud take to Norrisyille !
and work up into different articles of
manufacture.
Prof. Wagner. the horse man. received
nearly Sl25 from this town for talking
horse to the people here IL few hours |
and from remarks that We have heard |
since, We are OF the opinion that those |
that paid their V out. would us soon
have the money now as the large
amount of knowledge they obtained by |
being hnmbnggcd us they were
There Is an item going the round of
several papers. that the snow is SO deep
in Sutton that when Mr.. Trip died il
few weeks since. they were obliged to
draw the casket by hand. etc. 1t is
true they did So. but it was not on ac-
count of deep SNOW. but it was because
Mr.. Trip died at the time that there
was IL very severe crust formed, aud Us
the place is on IL back road. it could
not well he reached with teams. We
protest against its going out that the
snow is deeper in this place than in any
other place i'll the world.
At the Republican caucus held last
Saturday evening. b. VI. X. Wiley and
l.. }. Campbell We're chosen delegates,
and F. W. Barker and y. X. Campbell.
to the State Convention at
Burlington. the 18th of March.
Deacon stephen F. Bean. whose death
l. noticed III the proper place. was Il
resident OF this place until nine years