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

Nt>llN. where laDlt> were lodltu Will
refreshments suited to the centenary
spirit. The art gallery also was very
attractive: and altogether the evening
passed of protitahll and satisfactorily.
St. Johnsbury Centre.
Some of the ey-haired men of the
village had better take the boys upon
their knees say some between the ages
of Ii and - Years and tell them this
little true story. which has been care
fully handed down from former grncr-
atinns: More than - wears ago. Il class
of Iowdics had grown up i'll this village
under the instruction of ''Aut. Flint.
aud kindred spirits, who were Il terror
to women and children. disgrace to
mankind, and Il nuisance to every body.
We cannot recount all their wicked and
rowdNish acts. but Il tdVoIite nightly
pastimc WAS the taking off of peoples
gates and throwing them into the river,
/ to float away: playing Il 'h"lse-tiddle'
about the streets and one exceedingly
/ brilliant and entirely original Joke. Was
| the digging of Il grave under the bed
room window of an obnoxious person
! who would not accommodate the boy,
enough to die before the Lords time
| This work Was all done nights. after til,
honest and hard working people wrr,
in bed. but where they could not rest
because of the hideou> noises made 10y
these Young rowdie>. These tell"w'
were we'll known. but remnnstrance die
not avail. They waXed bold and dctic,
the respectable people VIII" chidc,
them. Thus matters went on until thu
wear l-49. we think. when forhcaranc,
longer ceased To he a virtue. and fou
OF five OF the reliable men of the plac,
got together. What WAS said and don,
ut that little meeting we VIII not di
vulge. but the result was that at tn,
June term OF county court. some lively,
or fifteen of these rowlieS were arrest
ed. taken over to DanNillc. where they
were all convicted and fined. This i
the true story of the blue Boys. Tn,
remedy WIS IL complete success. Fo
the next twenty years. st. JohnshuI,
Centre was the most orderly and quie
village in New England. The ride t,
the county seat in charge of the sheriff
WAS complete cure. But this littl,
history seems to have been forgotten
OF late the rowdy has again Appeared
This disposition on the part of certain
Young men has been apparent for Som
time. Take an instance Last wccI
IN Tuesday evening. when an organizl
ton WAS holding its regular meeting
and there was PRAYER meeting clos
by. there was hooting and yelling abou
the place of meeting and in the streets
object apparently was to break up tn
lodge meeting, and if possible. the OF
rauiZation. But the effect was rcall,
to remind some of the downfall of tn
Blue Boys, aud to suggest the ide
whether il was not about time to har
vest new crop of rowdies.
That bean in the Hill boy. has al
ready caused two items in the CdIcdO
MAN. and here is another and the mos
important one of them all. For tea
some may not have seen the tornr
items, OF may have forgotten them, w
will briefly rccapitulatc the history q
this bean. which throws the history -
...Jack'S bean familiar to every chill,
entirely in the shade: Some week
ago. Il three ycars-old boy of Van Blu
ren Hill, began of his own notion,
diet of raw beans. Those taken int,
the stomach did not digest. ii l. true
but this WAS OF small moment compared
to the fact that one WAS inadvertentl,
drawn into the trachca (wind pipe) AN,
lodged somcW here in the left lung
This caused the child much suffering
aud Il high fever resulted. The attend
ing physician SAW at once that he ha'
"A serious case on his hands. and counsc
was called. The case WAS thorough
looked over. but the pIIN stefan called il
counsel would not advise Il surgical
operation first because he could no