St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-01-14

that OF Babbltt. the SOap-maker, who
is prosecuting two former employees for
larceny, of something like that amount.
he having recently learned of his loss
by accident. Whew He must Use his
soap to clean Aladdin's lamp with.
/ 1t may not he generally understood
/ that we have two Christmas days here
in New York. but such is the fact, the
members of the Greek Church having
duly celebrated the "other" one on
january 9th. The way that happens
/ is, that the Greek faith holds to an old
chronology. while the rest of christen-
dom prefers to run 10y the new one
should have been happy to go over to
the Greeks temporarily for the sake of
another chance to hang up my stocking,
but understanding that old Santa Claus
only endorses Dec. 18th, didn't think it
worth while.
The ilustrious Mayor of Bridgeport.
| Mr.. +. Il. Barnum, has sold his wild
animals and all the other appurtenanceS
of his big lIippodrome, but can no more
! live out of the show business than can a
fish out of water. SO for lack of other
attractions he is now exhibiting himself
with considerable effect. He calls his
caravan il lecture-tour this time, but
that don't matter. People want to
see him ut least us much as to hear him.
and they turn out well, in this city and
Brooklyn ut least, and the Prince of
Showmen is successful. as usual.
The case against Tweed having re-
ceived another setback through some
! technical error, the question is begis
ming to he raised whether such pcrse-
vcIing bungling on the part of the pros
ccution can he entirely accidental.
have to receive its settlement. if ii ever
reaches one, at the hands of postcrity.
1t may he, however, that the proposed
new City Charter. now under considcla-
tion at Albany, will if adopted. help
! this matter incidentally. us ii will intro
ducc some very Wholesome reforms in
various departments. that of the law
among the rest.
If it would stop the existing disScn-
sI"nS that disgrace the City Council. it
would d" Il good work. Two opposing
bodies have organized and are Suu:Ih-
bling tor rcc""nition. one with the en-
d"rSemcnt of the Mayor. and the other
without it. Tn" former has poS>rS>i"I
of the chamhci. and demonstrates lis
fitness for office 10y 50 conducting itself
1T regular meetings. :I> to rel der threats
OF calling in the police necessary i"l the
! preservation of order.
/ 1t has long been the fashion To con
slider Commodore Vanderbilt IL crrI>iN
7 old cuImuigc"li. with bat >camtN BE
mc>"lcucr in his chronological dcvcl"p-
mcnl hut his letter to the trustees OF
/ Wander hilt University at Na>hl lie.
| published few days since. shows that
he can he as open handed " hen lac
pl"a>c>. a> George Peabody himself.
Commencing with Il comparatively small
donation to the institution mentioned
his ~ mpathic> and interest became en-
listed in its grow inc needs and he has con
tinucd to enlarge the amount. till now
as shown 10y his letter. he has given it
the muuilIceut sum of >7Ou.OOu and
that not %rndgimgll. but accompanied
with words of encouragement and APP
probation to lis managers.
ChickcIing Hall has witnessed the
closing concerts of Won BuluW'S second
series. which have been increasingly
successful and also the first annual
meeting of the Society Tor the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Children. in which
Mr. Brrgh figures prominently. and
which has already begun lis good work.
10y rc>cuim" from their pcrilnu> and
child acI"hatS who are forced To risk
their lives in break neck performances.
To put money III the packets of their
hard-hcart"d parents or masters.
In. Hollands charming story OF
''Srven"ak>," which appeared in ''Scrib-
nrr's Monthly" last year. is now being
dlanatized under the super> i>iom of
the author, and will he placed upon
the stage in due time. RADIX