St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-03
Vermont Sheep at the Centennial.


varo,+ shaa, Of tho centennial
-
The Vermont department of the Me-
rino sheep exhibition at the Centennial,
which opened Oh the 10th and closed on
the 18th of October, was composed of a
car load of sixty-one sheep selected at
large in the state. The principal con-
Full.r. of Pomfret. H. G.. BurwelI. of
Rridport. Stickuey Brothers of shore
ham and X. j. Jones. of Cornwall. The
marty WAS Organized with :. G.. Holyoke,
of ST. Alhaus, us general manager, while
\. F.. Perkins and Alonzo Bingham, of
Cornwall, had immediate charge of the
sheen. The Woodstock Standard SAY :
that it is permitted to announce, in adj
vance of the publication of the awards.
that the gentlemen above named won
nll the special prizes and the only
Sweepstakes prizes offered. of which
Mr.. Burvel took that on rams and Mr.
Perkins that on ewes. 1t is the second
time the sheen breeders of Vermont
have vanuuisled all competitors III II
worlds exhibition, and it ought to settle
at once that Vermont has the climate,
intelligence and skill requisite to pro-
duce the best sheep in the world. In
connection with the Centennial prizes
!hc state society of PENNSYLVANIA offer
ed Il premium of 800 to the best flock
of five MerinoS. the flock to he selected
and presented bv states. Vermont com
peted tor this prize and won it with
east.
a Renaissance. The continued Sc
rious illness of the singing master,
Moses +. Cheney, of Barnard, from
which we trust he will speedily recoN-
er, brings to mind many anecdotes of
that humorous and versatile parsonage,
which will bear publication. His maid
Ell speech Ill the House of 1870. III which
he Nns th,. d,uncr;,ti, ,u,nhrr from
Barnard, is fresh in the memory of vet
Grams of the Third House Early in
the session, some member introduced Il
motion that the resident clergymrn of
Montpelier he invited to otfiriate in ro-
tation aS chaplain. Various amend
mcmts were suggested. such Us pro
speaker invite such rIerrlmrn as he saw
III H..
House pcrtorm the sacred dutv. Fa-
ther Stevens. of East Montpelier. who
v,s an earnest Ouak.r. desired that
the House spend five minutes each
moruiup in silent PRAYER. After these.
motion. had been 1rayely discussed for
an boIr or more. Nr. Cheney aro,,. in
his seat and said. in his wonderfully
clean voice. MIR. Sneaker" That Off
Ger who WAS then that skilled pallIa-
m.uturinu. t;,n. (;r;,udey. of Yer
r.u,,,.s Instantly r.coUuiI.d him and
sid ..Th,. gentleman frn,u Barnard =
Foldiun his hands and r,Iliuu his bin,
ives Le,yeuw,rI -. if in th,. ,,ttitude
of d.yotion. the new member .Nclaim-
ed in his most imur,ssiv. manner.
..vb.,, r,,,,,. ,,;,,,,r,,,c.- ,,...,
In coming To the mercy seat
and sat down. The HOUSE. remained in
silence for Il few minutes. although Il
smil, pla\td over th, cnuntcnancrs of
a few of its most sensible, members, aud
then stopped the uupIotitah, discus
sion. and the original motion WIS cal
ned. NonfDeIie, DaiIy.
,..li,r fr,,,i.L..,I tI,,.... Ln,J,..J ..,I.ii,.,
j., m. I.,t,. ,.,, ,fvLi,L tbi,,, ,.
..,,Ii.,..J ,,.,I;,,,, ,.,...I;t - ,I,....
Ln,,Ir..J .,,,,J ,i7;,t, IN, ,Li. ,,,,,,,I,,,,
,,,I, i'm nav, ,.,i,I,. t,r',,.t ~.
di,.d m th,. >.,,i,.,. ami tI,;,t, L,,.. Ii..,I
since. th.ir r.turu m. ,th.,.,L,rt.
,t ,.i.ht, ara. u,, Lu,v,, =, ti,.. v.r;,..,
and th,. r.n,.,iuin. niu,tI-tiy.,, ,. .,.,t>
t,.,,d nh n,.a, tL,. ,.nm,,tr, and ,,.J,.
,.I,.,J '.nJ ,.t ,,,,,.
i, ,h.. ,n,,n ~ ,L.;, .,i,.tnnt Thi"
,.nnmt Ln., u,,t ir,.Ind,. H., ,I,,,'.. t',,,
scores of others vim had f., gntn Other
towns +, enlist and v,r, nat ,.r.I,t.J
f., I'm. t,vn ~ th. t,v.n ,nnt, v,.,s f,,II
herr, When thn ,v.n ,.Ins..J ,L.' ,,',,m
,tn,d t,,t,-,i.Lt .,L,.,J nf L,r ,,n,,t.,
lt,u.,r r,,,.Iin,, L,IJ j., ,,,., ~, H.,
t,ru,in,, ,,.,,t - r',,.''.,',, - ,n,i
N,rrnnnt R,.,,i,,,.,,, ar H. ,,,.'I,'''
ami, t,,rt,,.,, .,,,. nav, ;,,,, ,..,,
th,ir lives in th,. .,,i,,. .,I,I .;r Il, 49,
since, th,ir ,,turn hun,,. If tL,. tnn,t....7,
nav G>iur fen ,,.t r,.,,.,i,, i, t,,,.,
Fireman.
STABBING AfFRAN. EuosbuIgh WAS
the scene OF violent aillaN SUNDAY
evening, which may result fatally. Be
tween seven and eight o'clock. a man
named Jack O'l}rirn. boss of Il section
on the Mi>siSuuui railroad, was stabbed
and once. in the neck. aud left ON rim.
track. After a time lac, PARTIALLY re
gained consciousness and cravIrd To hi,
Il Il. 1 IL