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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-01
The Blue-Light Cure.
From the Providence Press.

From the Providence Press]
A lady well known in the Third ward,
and the wife OF a prominent manufac-
turer, has been for three years afflicted
with paralysis, which deprived her of
the use of her limbs In her helpless
state she had to be taken bodily to and
from her chair Various doctors were
consulted, experiments with electricity
were made, and nothing was left untried
that would afford relief. But all efforts
of the medical men were unavailing,
their visits ceased unless specially urged
to call and, while not wholly abandoning
the case, yet they very broadly intimated
that it was hopeless to expect any per-
manent benefit from the physician skill.
SO matters stood when the articles on
blue glass appeared in these columns.
Little attention was at first given the
matter, but as reiterated statements we're
made of the beneficial effects derived
from blue glass sun baths it was deemed
OF sufficient importance to give the mat
ter trial. If no good effects followed,
certainly no injury could result from SO
harmless an experiment, while the theory
of the efficacy of blue glass could be
satisfactorily tested. Accordingly the
husband of the sick lady had the lower
sashes of two of the parlor windows glazed
with blue glass in the manner recon-
mended by Gen. Pleasonton. The parlor
fronts south on Transit street, and in the
morning the sunlight streams through
the south blue-glass window. The
other is side window looking to the
west, and along in the afternoon the
sunlight pours through the blue glass
window, so that for several hours of the
day the patient can sit aud receive the
sunlight. The husband had not par
ticle of confidence in the blue-glass
theory, but cheerfully acquiesced in the
experiment, being willing to go to any
expense or inconvenience to have his
wife's health restored. About ten days
ago the blue-glass arrangement was COM
pleted, and the next succeeding pleasant
day, when the sun was shining, the ex-
pertinent commenced The lady was
carried to the parlor and left sitting in
her chair, the other members of the
family withdrawing. In the course Of
an hour or two the family was startled by
a noise in the parlor, fearing that the
lady had fallen from her chair On en-
tering the parlor, what was their aston
ishment to find that she had actually
risen. from her chair and walked across
the floor Strength had returned to her
limbs, she was able to move her arms,
and Immediately incredulity in the eff
cacy of blue glass was banished from
that house. This was the first days ex-
perience, but subsequent experiments
only confirmed the confidence of the
household, and the husband, who at first
had "pooh-poohed" the whole thing,
is now one of the frmest be-
levers. 1t has done great good, and,
while a cure has not been by any
means effected, yet very good results are
looked for.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-01
French Justice.

An extraordinary decision has just
been arrived at by the civil tribunal in
Paris. Seven years ago lady purchased
92O0 worth of jewelry from a firm in the
Palais Royal, the agreement (made in
writing at the time of payment) being
that, if the articles were not approved Of
they might be exchanged The pur-
chaser kept and used the jewelry for
more than six years, at the expiration of
which time she intimated to the ieweler
her desire to exchange it for other arti-
cles. Upon his very naturally declining
to entertain such a proposal, she com
menced an action for the purpose of
compelling him to do SO; and, though
his advocate urged that he could not be
called upon to accept, at the full price
originally given for them, article which
had been in constant wear for several
years, the Judgment Of the court was
against him, upon the ground that in
the agreement che had failed to define
the period during which the exchange
might be made
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-01
An English View.

The special correspondent of the
Manchester Examiner writes as follows
to that journal
cit is somewhat difficult to arrive at q
full knowledge of the cost of the public
schools in the United States, owing to
the fact that the management of them is
so thoroughly localized. According to
the report of the United States Commits
sioner for Education for 1873, the total
revenue from the permanent school funds
throughout the Union was G708, 474,
while the amount raised from the State
and local taxation for the maintenance of
the common schools was e12, 321 ,595
sterling, making total of 913, 03O, O69.
These amounts do not include local dona-
tiOns, which in some cases are of consid-
cradle amount. Compared with this
large sum, the amount expended in Great
Britain upon the education of the people
looks very trifing. Including the
amount received in the shape of school
fees, the gross expenditure in England,
Wales and Scotland for the year 1874
was but e3, 592, 1886. The contrast be-
tween the expenditure of the two coun-
tries for education is perhaps even more
clearly shown by the following figures,
which give the amount raised by current
axation per head of population in En-
gland and Wales, and several of the
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the Americans attach to their system of
education and Of their determination
that it shall be efficiently maintained"
Since Bishop Fraser's visit to America,
twelve years ago, their common school
system has been developed and enlarged
in remarkable manner, and the charge
upon the current taxation to defray it's
cost has grown and increased enor-
mOusly.
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Several years ago the present Bishop
of Manchester, in his able and we'll
known report upon the common-school
system of America, alluded to the readi-
ness and cheerfulness with which the
American people responded to the call
made upon them for the support Of these
schools in the following terms ssViewed
as a burden pressing equally on the
property of the whole community, they
are quite unparalleled. That they are
borne so generally without complaint,
and, indeed, that the amount appropriate
ed to the public schools keeps growing
SO considerable year by year, is the
proof, if proof were wanting, of the value
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-23
Personal.

Miss Smiley, the sweet Quaker
preacher, has been spending week at
Mt. HOlyoke seminary, and the girls are
said to be delighted with her. She sails
for Europe in December.
The poet Longfellow has entirely re-
covered from his grievous neuralgia,
and his health is better than it has been
for many years. His daughter Edith,
will be married very soon to r. H.
Dana, Sd, the handsome and clever son
of r. III. Dana, Jr. The young lady is
exceedingly fair and golden haired
like the morning"
Samuel Bowles, of the Springfield
Republican, has been very i'll.
Rev. DR.. Willard Childs, formerly
Congregational minister in Rutland
county, and for many years pastor of
the church in Castleton, died at the
residence of his son, at Moeer's juno
ton, n. Y, the 18th.
Rev. George HI. French resigns from
the johnson Congregational church.
President Bartlett of Dartmouth col
lege, has been made doctor of laws
by Princeton college.
Rev. Moses Patten was installed pas
tor of the Congregational church at
Greensboro, on Wednesday.
The will of Arunah Huntington, of
Brantford, P. O., which contained a
bequest of 100000 to the common
schools of Vermont, is being contested
by some relatives of the deceased.
The case of the State of Vermont V.
James Richards, indicted for arson in
setting the fire which destroyed the
central portion of Plainfield Village,
May 10, 1877, began at Montpelier, be-
fore the County Court, Tuesday after
noon. The State has 40 witnesses, and
the case will occupy some time. The
prosecuting attorney, Frank Plumley,
made quite lengthy statement to the
jury, claiming that he could show the
motive to be revenge for prosecution
under the liquor law and the confisca-
ton of liquor; connecting respondent
with the fire by circumstantial evidence,
such as previous threats, contradictory
statements as to his whereabouts on the
night of the fire and as to the amount
of his loss and his being among the very
first seen at the fire.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-23

~ Never swap horses when you are
crossing the stream that separates the
high table-land of single blessedness
from the low levels of married life. The
wedding guests had gathered at state
ly mansion in Rupert, VT, and the bride
had descended from her chamber to the
parlor, when up rose the constable of
Windham county and arrested the
bridegroom on a warrant charging him
with trading horses under false pre-
lenses. The bridegroom's father had
quarrelled with neighbor, and malice
had prompted the prosecution. "There
is no bad tool for a workman possessed
of the devil" says the proverb, and the
constable was blunt but useful instru-
ment. He had arrived in the town on
the night before the wedding, but did
not serve the warrant, preferring to
wait until the guests had assembled,
and he could drag the bridegroom from
the altar in their presence. The brides
father and other friends offered to go
before a judge and give 100000 bail,
if Unnecessary, and the bridegroom begged
the constable to wait few minutes I'M
til the ceremony could be performed ;
but the officer was inexorable and car
ried off his man. The guests went
home, and the bride took off her we'd
ding garments. On the next morning
the bridegroom gave bail in 5000, and
last Monday there was a private we'd
ding.
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W Newspapers are denounced for
publishing the prurient details OF family
secrets as developed by the courts, but
what can be said of men and women
brothers and sisters-who deliberately
go to work in a systematic way to rem
der possible the publication of such a
mass of filth as is now being evolved in
the Vanderbilt will case The measure
of human charity ought not to be large
enough to wipe out the enormity of
their shame. Commodore Vanderbilt,
we all know, was no saint, though when
he died his minister tried hard to make
him one; but he was no such monster
as some of his children are now en-
deavOring in a court of law to show him
to have been. 1t is very disgusting,
hyena-like business. Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-23
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

A barn belonging to Geo. Rogers of
Panton was set on fire, the 9th, by some
unknown party, and was consumed with
the contents, including 400 bushels of
oats, other grain, and farming tools.
Loss 81 900; no insurance.
Prof. Collier of Burlington has finish
ed the analysis on the remains of Mrs.
Cordelia Smith, wife of Dea. Smith of
Vergennes, and has found poison in the
body. The examination of the deacon
and Miss Mary E. Champlin, charged
with administering the poison, takes
place next Tuesday at Middlebury be-
fore Justice Knapp.
The other day Mr.. Charles Bowker,
of Shoreham, found four large skunks
in his cistern. The water was taken
out. Also the skunks.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The Brooklyn IN. W papers tell
romantic yarn about wealthy Brook
Ign girl, Miss Ella ", who in the sum-
mer of 1874 fell desperately in love
with ga lean, lanky Bennington boyn
during summer sojourn in Vermont.
The Bennington boy demanded her
hand of the proud old father, who
stormed and refused, but finally prom
Used that the marriage might take place
at the expiration of three years. The
pair proved true to each other; the
wedding was appointed for Nov. 9TH,
at the family's villa on the Hudson
every preparation was made the young
man wrote that he was on his way but
he didn't come, and no trace of him
can be found. The disconsOIate girl
thinks that he has been made way with,
while others believe that the ''cruel pa
rent" in the case has paid him a good
fat sum to disappear.
A man calling himself Capt. Perry
and his wife have kept millinery store
in Bennington for few months past;
but now they are among the missing,
leaving various unpaid creditors, and
several crooked transactions with bust
ness paper are coming to light.
Reuben Strong of Landgrove, has
been arrested, charged with committing
an outrage upon the daughter of Gil
man Davis of Peru.
Three men, named Grace, Healy and
Perkins, held for burglary, escaped from
the Bennington Jail last evening, after
telling and gagging the jailor.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
]. K. Goodwin, peaceably disposed
Frenchman of Richmond, was shot
through the arm the 18th, by Charles
Eaton, while trying to defend his house
from the attack of Eaton and number
of roughs. Eaton was arrested, and
held in default of bail on the charge of
assault with intent to kill.
There is report that the Central
Vermont railroad is to build branch
from Swanton to Maquam under the
general railroad law.
George R. Foster, employed at the
Central Vermont railroad shops in st.
Adams, was run over and killed by a
train at a street crossing yesterday.
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ST. cyuImsburg Gstedunialr.
1t. bloomsbury, VT, Friday, IS Now, 1877.
Probable End of the Railroad War.

Later advices than those given else
where, report the track repaired on the
Southeastern Railway, and the first
train into Newport since the outbreak,
was run on Tuesday of this week. The
Southeastern has complete possession
OF the line. When the train reached
North Troy from Montreal, the entire
town turned out and cheered it on its
way. The despatch says that the Pas
sumpsic refuses the Southeastern any
courtesies at Newport, will not let their
trains upon the Passumpsic iron, or al
low them the use of their turn table.
The impression is, however, that the
border railroad war is virtually at an
end, aud the public will be thankful.
The courts may have some legal points
to settle, but we hope the time of tear
ing up railroad track by angry railroad
officials is at an end.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-23

II Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe will
begin serial story, "Our Folks at Pog-
anue," in the Christian Union New
York; this month. 1t is said that this
story is one of Mrs. Stoves admirable
pictures of New England country life,
dramatic. pictorial, pathetic, and full
of that mysterious life principle which
is the first condition of the highest art
in every form of literature.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-23

A SINGULAR Casa man from
WOburn, Mass, was brought before
United States Commissioner Hallett, at
Boston one day last week, charged with
sending obscene pictures through the
mail. 1t was shown that they were
only photographs of statuary publicly
exhibited, but the commissioner decided
that such things corrupt the young, and
so bound the man over for trial. Now
ordinary ,mortals are led to enquire if
the shadow" so corrupts the young
that the man peddling it is adjudged
guilty of crime, what is to be done with
those who exhibit the statuary itself 7
We await to hear from Commissioner
Hallett.
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MOORE & CO.,
Main Street, opposite st. Johnsbury House
ST. JoHNsRURY, VT.

GTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT SIS
DIN Probate Court held at the Probate Office in st
Johnsbury in said District, on the 2lst day of
November, A. D. 1877.
James D. Bell, administrator "de bonis non, :"
cum testamento annexo" upon the estate of
Lewis 81. Deano late of Hardwick in said district
deceased, presents his administration account
for examination and allowance, and makes ap-
plication for decree of distribution and par
tition of the estate of said deceased
Whereupon, it is ordered by said court, that said
account and said application be referred to a ses-
sion of said court to be held at the probate office in
St. Johnsbury, the 18th day of Dec. A. u. 1877
for hearing and decision thereon And it is further
ordered that notice hereof be given to all persons
interested, by publication Of the three weeks
successfully in the Caledonian, a newspaper pub
lished at st. Johnsbury previous to said time ap-
pointed for hearing, that they may appear at said
time and place, and show cause, if any they may
have, why said account should not be allowed and
such decree made.
By the Court, Attest,
HENRY FRENCH, Register.
true copy of record.-Attest
46 HENRY FRENCH, Register.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-23
Real Estate i'm Barnet at
AUCTION.

Will be sold at auction, in Barnet village, on
Saturday, Dec. 80, at o'clock, the following
property:
Six acres of valuable meadow land lying on the
railroad, and in good state of cultivation.
good dwelling house and barn, with about Z
acre of land, lying in Barnet village, known the
"McKnab place."
Also another house in Barnet known as the
slaughter house." The buildings are in a fair
state of repair.
The above described property belongs to the es-
the estate.
Terms made known at time of sale.
J. II. MOORE, Auctioneer.
4-6 j. TRUSSELL, Admir-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-23

THE VERGENNEs POISONING CASE
The examination of Dea. Ezra P. Smith
and Mrs. Champlin, on the charge of
poisoning Smiths wife, was begun at
Middlebury Tuesday. States Attorney
Chapman said he expected to show that
Smith became criminally intimate with
Mrs. Champlin last spring that the in
timacy continued until after the death
of Mrs. Smith in August; that the latter
was attended by Mrs. Champlin. He
also produced letters written by both
prisoners, and letter written by Smith
to Prof. Collier offering a bride if he
would desist from making an analysis
of his wife's stomach. The court room
was crowded. Mrs. Cyrene Banquette
of North Lawrence, N. Y, sister to Mrs
Champlin, occupied seat beside her
sister, and wept bitterly. The physi-
clans who attended Mrs. Smith testi-
fed and Prof. Collier testified that he
found arsenic in the liver. The ease is
looking black for Smith and his para
mour.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-23

ness talent that never ought to have
been hidden under news stand for
she had during her modest career ac-
cumulated by saving and Investment
the snug sum of S75, 900. RADIx.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-23

A RUSSIAN VIcToRY.-The capture of
Kars is confirmed. The Grand Duke
Michael entered the city at IL o'clock
Sunday morning. This is a decisive
blow. 1t secures the Russian commune
cations in Armenia, and sets free the
besieging force to take part in the OPP
erations near EIzeroum, There is moth
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-23

A VICTORY FOR T. w. PARK.-The
petition of the town of Bennington to
avoid paying bonds in aid of railroad
in which It. W. Park was the principal
defendent was dismissed, thus beating
the town and fully sustaining Park.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-23

ing now but the bad roads and bad
weather, to prevent the Russians from
overrunning Armenia.