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hid his head in Mother Bates's lap.
The doctor was out, *s= :> ,:>@s. :. ..= *=...

The doctor was out. i.t= . Ar 6:
!. $50 I went for him. said Billy,
glancing curiously and half nerVously
at the sick man. .95s.s4! :=s<:s7% '::s:t
II The noise Of the street reached this
quiet room only in a distant murmur.
AZ step. was heard on the stair. Moth
er Bates moved uneasily. Billy, fail
ing to find one kind of doctor, had
chosen another, and the difference was
not clear to his own eyes. Mother
Bates had never received city mission:
aries with favor, and now one was at
the door. Her creed was a crooked
yet self-helpful one. EVERY one must
get along the best they can,'' she said.
He was on the threshold Ia grave,
slender man, with dark, calm eyes.
Terrible indeed if he proved q broken
reed How did he divine the very
depths of human need at glance.
With unerring tenderness he sought
in Gottlieb's pocket for a package of
money, guided by book, and gave a
ten.dollar bill to the old woman. Then
he bent his ear to the faltering lips.
'Use the-money-to send-the
child-to her friends-in the West.
She knows-the--town.''
Thus the old soldier made his last
bequest, and so, utterly spent in the
battle, died. Evening merged into
night, and darkness again yielded to
the morning, when Christine Carlen
was led away by the missionary. Mr..
Gildwell knew nothing of the event,
and Mother Bates said, grimly, to the
good missionary:
eff ye take the baby, Sir, we'll just
stay as we are.'
Gottlieb Braun. soldier, laid away in
nameless grave, had done what he
could in saving the bloom of a young
life.
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i Months For q IlOllar.

St. Nicholas for January, with its
CHEEKY greeting on the cover, its exquisitely
beautiful frontispiece, the wonderful variety
in its pages, and its
FUN FOR THE NEW YEAR,
Will charm everybody both old and young.
Among the more notable papers will be
found "Letter to Young Naturalist" by
William Hewitt, the poet, and "The Stars tor
January" by Prof. Proctor, the astronomer.
ST. N1cHoLAJ FOR JANUARY
will also contain paper by Horace E. Scud-
der, "Great Grandather's Books and Pic
tures," with fac-simile reproductions from
the New England Primmer'' and Webster's
old ''Spelling- Book" "Budge's Visit to the
Centennial" by the author Of "Helen's Ba-
bies," and "The Modern and Medieval Bal
lad Of Mary Jane," with: silhouette drawings
by Hopkins, will be found amusing and en-
tertaining. Besides
'tH1s OWN MAsrER,'' by Trowbridge,
There are shorter Stories and Poems, Rhymes
and Nonsense Verses, Historical Sketches,
Fairy Tale, Comical Pictures, Pages tor Very
Little Folks, &C., &c. In short this is the
New Years Number of that magizine of which
"The London Daily News'' said, eve wish
we could point to its equal in our own Period
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Send one dollar for q trial subscription, be-
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your nose. Catarrh is cured BY DR.. J.. H. Nc
Leans Catarrh Snuff. It soothes and relieves
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4 The Oroneco Touring mill is turning
out one hundred barrels OF dour per day
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-26
New Deal IN the Cabinet.

On Monday President Grant made
lows: Attorney General PicrIcpont has
been nominated Minister to England :
Secretary of War Alphonso Taft assumes
PiciIrp"mt'> present porttuli"; and }.
Donald Cameron. son of Simon Gamer
ON. is named ton Secretary of War. AZ
ten SAILING that these appointments
took the country lay surprise, the Bos-
ton JOHrHdI SAYS:
Mr. Pirllep"nt Is Il scholarly man of
high character and good Judgment, and
the appointment. We think, will he ac-
ccptahIc i'll England and regarded us
honorable 10 our Government. There
is Il public gain, also. in transferring
Judge Taft from the War Office To the
Attorney Gencralship, as it takes him
from matters where he had every thing
I" learn {" those i'll which his lifelong
legal training has made him completely
ut home. That he has done 50 well thus
tar i'll the Cabinet augurs his complete
success as the chief law officer of the
Government.
Had the Secretary of Wars place
been filled 10y an appointment of the
same grade as the above. no special
comment, except of commentator
would have been elected. The selection
OF }. Donald Cameron. however. is
quite Ot another character. He has no
national reputation, nor has he, that
We are aware of, ANY local reputation
which had pointed him ont as suitable
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-26
The Governorship.

From what we believe to ne an au-
thrntic source we are Informed that.
while Mr.. Harris WAS. four Years ago.
dissatisfied with many of the apparent
tendencies of the Republican party. and
with many of the acts and surroundings
of the Administration, and did not hes
itatc to freely express his opinion ON
the subject, he never expressed or en-
tcrtaIned Il purpose to vote for Mr.
Greeley. We are also reliably informed
that Mr.. Harris did not contribute any
thing for the Greeley movement in this
place or elsewhere, but that he did con-
tribute to the fund of the Republican
State committee which was raised and
di>hmrSrd during the campaign of lS72.
- ButHcbOrO PhGnir
We know large number of men of
liberal education and culture who can
not spell correctly. and it is not remark
able. as to spell correctly is Il mere
trick of the memory that is no assurance
either for or against Il mans capacity,
for otherwise the proof-readcr of Il
newspaper might fairly argue that the
editor should ahdicate his position and
change places with him. 1t WAS but
the other day that an Ex-Governor of
Vermont expressed in friends hearing
his disgust for Governor Peck, himself
Il man of culture, because in his iu-
nocrucc he had assumed that if Il man
edited the Rutland Globe he was p,'ina
ti,cia Il man of Autographed inteili-
gence and grammatical knowledge, and
had appointed the urbane Henry Clark,
Esd. of the Globe, "Centennial His
torian" for Vermont, and the ex-Gov-
ernor proceeded to warmly protest
against the appointment as one scan
dalously unfit to he made, asserting
that the Globe man was notoriously
weak. sloppy and inaccurate writer. and
the place belonged to some such man aS
Hon +. =. Walton. We mention this
to let the Globe see what this ex-Gov
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-26
Ohio.

The Democratic Convention in Ohio
dozen Belkmaps could the Republicans.
Thurman representing the hard mon
ey element Wa> >oundll beaten. and
the delegates to st. Louis were in
Structcd To vote for Bill Allen upon IL
rag-moncy platform. How Tom Ben
ton would rise in his grave if he knew
his old friend Allen had changed his
views and become IL rabid iniationiSt
II is the same Allen that WAS beaten
last Fall, and if We mistake not. he is
politically dead :" long as the people
refuse to believe that ''promi>,> t" pay =
are money.
\ great many Democrats are IN favor
at assumptions, and the action OF their
brethren i'll Ohio will place them III II
false light before the country. y com
promise will no doubt Ice patched up ut
st. Louis toI the sake of the party. and
Democratic orators will com, forth ~
champions of lcSumpli"u. But the pco-
pie will hardly he deceived. since the
Democrats IN 81 important Il state a.
Ohio have demanded the repeal of sol
enn national pledges and advocated Il
fncinatIng paper currency tor the na-
tons standard and since Il majority
ot the members ot Il Democratic House
sustain them in their views.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-26
The Great Unknown Coming to the
Front

| notice III Your last issue il short mo-
ticc headed the Reform Conference
lately held in New York, and among
the members of that conference notice
the names of some of the best men in
the nation. Now. Mr.. Editor. hrlic>
im@ that the Republican party has not
Vet h,cnmr ;" curupt but that it might
he reformed provided right men are
placed At the helm, | would respectful
~ suggest the name of Prof. ScclNr tol
President. and Hon. Felix r. Blunut
for ' lee President, as suitable candi-
dates L" head the Republican ticket
names with which no Christian voter
can justly find fault. and with those
namc> on its tla" | hclic\c the Rrpub-
licHn patty would Ice inNiucihlc.
REFORM.
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and bring every object of admiration
| into bold relief.
This grand scheme is to he effected
by Mr.. w. +. Schroeder. of aeronautic
celebrity, who proposes to the Philadel-
phia city Fathers Il plan of illuminating
the entire municipality by means of
calcium lights and retlectors, DISPLAYED
from his lair ship" at an altitude of
some five or six hundred feet The
cost of the operation would he less than
one thousand dollars. and aside from
the question of economy, the novelty of
the idea would he in appropriate keep
ing with the countless wonders which
faScinate us at every turn in the great
est exhibition which the world has ever
seen.
While verbal descriptions of the great
Exhibition are thick as leaves in Val
Iombrosa," good pictorial representa-
tons are 10y no means equally common.
The illustrated papers contain many
credilablc productions, but in the whole
range of the engraVer'S art we have
seen nothing to surpasS the beautiful
illustrations in llarper'S Weekly. An
efficient corps of artists and cngravers
is maintained ut the Exhibition and all
the most attractive features of the grand
display are promptly and accurately
represented. As IN evidence of news
paper enterprise this may be considered
lis of equal interest with the most at
trtrtlve features of the great show it
self, and parties living at ii distance
aud unable to visit Philadelphia, should
not fail to procure the successive num-
beers, and thereby preserve Il complete
record of the Great Exhibition.
Since the opening day such progress
has been made that we may now safely
ASSET that even the most eXtriiNagant
antlcipatlonS will meet with no disap-
p"InIment III the attractions presented
by the Philadelphia Exhibition. Order
Is rapidly becoming evolved out OF
chaos, and with the lapse of each day
new and beautiful novelties are devcl-
opcd. by the time that national ell
thu>lasm eliminates in the celebration
1T the "Fourth." everything will he in
such perfect order that we may we'll in
dul%c III manifestations of no ordinary
character. and if the Bind of Freedom
should scream Il little louder than uSu-
ally, cNtenuatIn% circumstances may
ln>tlliahlN he plead in defence of such
nnM"ntcd cNultaiI"n. Seriously. how
ever, there Is ample cause tor congIatu-
| latIon, while at the same time We shall
benefit 10y comparison with the progress
OF foreign nations, and in the inter
change OF instructive information help
| forward the onward movement of human
dc\ clupmcmt. RApIX.
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making bargains and delivering the
goods, because we are unwilling to use
any such terms i'll connection with Pres
ideut Grant or Senator COnkllng. We
prefer to treat the movement lis one of
those political arrangements into which
the exigency has tempted the parties.
without undertaking To settle It's moral
character very accurately.
As an arrangement, however. IT Is IL
blunder to say the least. The President
of the United States cannot Swerve
from the path of plain lmpartlallty III a
contest like that now going on III the
Republican organization without the
uniairuess recoiling upon the very par
ties sought to he benefited. The day
has gone bV when an edict from the
White House. or an understanding Owen
Il Cabinet place, is going to have the
slightest effect upon the decision of the
Republican MASSES or the destlnles OF
the Republican party. Even If such an
effort could transfer the Pennsylvania
delegates one way or the other ut will
hich we do not beiieNe it would
he certain to provoke healthy and
powerful reaction in all quarters, which
would restore the equilibrium of sound
Judgment and righteous resolve. The
competition in the Republican ranks
thus far has been carried on fairly and
honorably, by direct appeals to the pop
ular will, and it will he II great mistake
now t" intcrp"se ANY wholesale attempt
at executive dictation or management,
for it will surely hc found that the Re
publican MASSES will have none OF il
besides setting their brand upon the
Presidential aSpirantS who have II" bet
ter knowledge of the American pcopl,
than this
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lr rifle and SiX-Shootar

/ ing rifle and siX-Shooter.
''IIe visited the blacksmith shop, and
after asking the prcie of shooting, said
that his brother would he along soon.
and that he would wait for him before
deciding whether he would have heavy
or light shoes put on his horse. He said
that he would sit 10y the window OF the
shop till his BROTHER came. The win
dow commanded IL view of the river for
some distance up and down, and there
he remained for some time-an hour or
two-and was spoken to 10y several par
ties, to whom he replied IN such man
ncr Us to imply that he did not care to
converse, and ut no time did he uncover
his face fully. At 9 o'clock Senator
Twitchell and his brothcr-in-law, q. II
King, rode down to the ferry and cross
ed. The stranger mounted his horse
and slowly logged to the point where
they must land, and when the skitf
reached the middle of the river he was
100 yards from the landing. The man
dlSmounted, tied his horse and walked
toward the river bank in II careless
manner. AS the Skitf struck the river
hank, or landing. he commenced firing
upon the party with his rifle. The first
shot missed. the second struck Twitch-
ell : arm. King had by this time drawn
his pistol and WIS firing in return. when
the stranger changed his fine and killed
King, who fell in the boat. The negro
who WAS rowing had managed to get
the Skit1 thirty OF forty feet from the
bank by this time. and Twitrhell jump
ed overheard and hung to the side of
the skin with his remaining arm. and
was struggling to protect himself with
Il board.
The stranger, however. kept up the
shooting with cl"ck-work precision, and
managed to break TWitchelrS other
arm, and he dritted away from the boat,
helpless and drowning. At this time
ten. Mudgctt, who WAS awaiting the
return of the Skitf to cross. commenced
firing at the stranger. but did not hit
him and he apparently paid no atten-
ton To him. Several persons lin town
had run oNct To see what wis the mat
ter and been ordered back. Finally the
stranger walked toward his horse, Ie
loaded his rifle. mounted. and was
about leaving when he SAW the negro
boy pulling Twitchcll to the boat under
the direction of Il lady who stood on
! llt i"lllh. ne iout Ia tht billh ana
commenced firing this time with re-
v"lvcr. One shot hit Twitchcll in the
leg and another struck the negro in
the hand. The lady begged of the man
T." dc>i>i. but apparently he paid no at =
tcnti"m To her. The lady asked the ne
~" il Twitchcll WAS dead. and upon
his reply ing in the affirmative the >tran-
ger TUNED and rode ont al town. He
passed several parties VIII" knew moth
ln@ of the >l""timg. hut their attention
wa> attracted t" him Tor the reason that
he kept them covered with his sin
shooter until he had passed them some
distance. Meanwhile the negr" had
reached the bank from whence they
had started. Twitchrll Was shot three
times. King three nr four times. and the
negro once.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-26
The Reform Convention.

y new phase of politics l. presented
to the country 10y this convention which
held through Monday aud Tuesday of
last week. and of which brief mention
WAS made in uuI last. Several ahurtive
attempts have been made from time
Ia time 10y Sn-callcd IcfnrmcrS To purify
ON politics, but with little success.
This gathering is the largest ever held
of MS KIND. and on account of the char
actcr and number of the people repre-
scented. and a general sympathy with
its object. it viii evidently hold the
balance of power between the Cimcin-
natl and st. Louis nominees. 1t Ger
family ought to have the support al
every citizen of whatever party who
desires administrative reform and
Judging from the hearty cncomiumS of
the Press, the movement will he a sic
cess.
The y. Y. Iiord calls it an ".Advi>orv
Council" and thinks that its members
have no right to NEEDLE in "practical
politics for none of them have attained
any real success of the sort which
clothes men with authority when
talking To their fellow men," 1t is
true that the supporters of this Con-
Hention are not 81 skilled in packing
caucuSrs us Randall OF Cuukling nor
have they attained success us party
den'agogueS nor Vet are they political
hacks and disappointed office seekers.
They are men who stand at the head of
their professions, intellectually and NOR
ally, and as such they are above the
saunders of partizan newspapers. An
ADLER set of men have not gathered for
political purposes for many Years
The fact that 50 many prominent men
VIII" areinot politicians. deem it nccc>Sa-
rN, III view of the corruption of both
parties, t" take active measures for re-
form, Is sufficient to commend their
views To the whole country. The ad-
dress issued is Il nIaSterv exposition of
the danger threatening our Republic.
aud calls upon all good citizens to unite
with them i'll demanding of the Con-
rentl"n tit candidates for the peoples
choice. They do not wish il third DIR
ty, but clearly threaten one if the NOM
inees are not men who will carry
through thorough reform of the GOV
fTument.' No names were mcntion.d
but the air seemed To rcsouHd Adams oil
Brist"". The following from the ad-
dress will best show what they do not
want
We, therefore, declare. and call upon
all good citizens to join Us. that at the
coming presidential election we shall
support no candidate who in public DO
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ernsr thinks of the culture and literary
accomplishments of the Globe that Is
now so nervOusly anxious lest Vermont
should select IL Governor that nobody
can "spell down" The thing grows
more ludicrous in appearance when we
remember that the Globe critic ana
editor was once an aSpirant for Congress
despite his somewhat superficial literary
glory that has daZed the eyes OF Gov
Peck, only t. be denounced by every
intelligent man in the state. i" TINS
puerile objection of the Globe. and ITS
other point that we need Il lawyer, We
answer that Paul Dillingham; did us
excellent credit as Governor by his
ability and good sense, and does the
Globe pretend that any bright school
girl fresh from her books could not spell
him ''out into the cold :" does the Globe
remember Ryland Fletcher and Erastus
Fairbanks. who were not lawyers nor
'mcn of culture" and yet we do not
remember that they were other than
respected for ability in office. - Brdttie
boro Record Estey organ.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-26

great difficulty that three men could
hold the pipes. and in fact III two in
stances they were unable to ii" so.
When it is remembered that there is no
elevated reservoir there, but that the
streams are derived solely from the
pumps. one can better realize the power
and force of the machinery.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-26
Vermont Exhibitors.

The following Is Il list of Vermont
exhibitors At the Centennial and THEN
exhibits ~ taI a> can Ice CLEANED from
the catalogues:
MAIN HI ILDI>G AND AMEN.
Albeit +. Knapp. p"ultncN. Pictorial
Family Bible and Record
Este \ Co.. Brattlch"ro. organs.
+. {. Gilman. Montpelier. track >ulk '
and open wagon.
M"nrp"lier Manufacturing Co.. chill
dTcu'S carriages.
Burlington Manufacturing Co.. tile
marble
Columbian Marble Co.. Rutland. maI
hlc Wain>cntting, tile. vases. shafts. etc.
Rutland Marble Co.. West Rutland.
wrought and unwr"ught.
st. ,]nhm>huN Granite Co.. St Johns
bury. granite monument and tablet.
sheldon \ Sla>un. West Rutland.
pedestal of >tatuary and blue notified
marble.
Mi>>i~pu"i Lime TO-. IIigh.atr Spl ing>.
pure lime.
Burlington W""Icn Co.. Winou>ki.
w""lrn>, ca>t"iinr>. M">c"w>. krr>rl>
hr"adrl"rh>. d"c~kiu>. elastic doc>kim>.
ely ~laiI>.
MACHINERY HALL.
BIamd"m Manufacturing CO.. lI"wr'>
scales.
Jones. Lam>nn \ Co.. Windsor. en-
%Imc lalh>. screw machines. gang drills.
etc.
Thomas Ross. Kirkland. stone cutting
machine. steam derrick.
Steam Gutter Co.. Rutland. steam
stone clanncIliuG "r IuarrNing machine.
and block al machine cut marble
George j. Wardwrll. Rutland. sta
ti"marl and portable NalNcl.>> steam
engine.
B. :. Nicholas y Co.. Burlington.
steam tir" engines.
Lame Manufacturing Co.. Montpelier.
>:lW mills. bed planning machines. match
ing and iuintimg machines.
+. y +. Fairbanks " Co.. 81. ,Johu>-
bury scales.
woMEN'> PAVILION.
Mrs. Israel DavcN. Brandon. slate
stand tops and panels. jewclrl and
paper weights.
Lucia VI. Gilbert. Pitt>f"rd. oil paint
Ing on slate.
ART GALLERY.
II. {. White North Bcnningtnn. pho
t"graphic apparatus.
Warren Harris, Danvillc. photo
graphic apparatus.