St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-10-12

ten-year men to five, and otherwise
temper the winds of justice to the
ssshornn lambs OF his acquaintance.
The scene of the "Big Injun" farce
has been transferred temporarily from
Washington to New York. After being
received with high honors at the ma
tional capital, powwowing at great
length with the government, and re-
ceiving presents of money and clothes
made at the expense of taxpayers whom
they make it their business and pleasure
to slaughter whenever they get half a
chance, the s'noble red mem compris-
ing the delegation from the Sioux agen-
agency have now come over to this
city to be dined and lionized and
stared at like so many foreign poten-
tates. While have been writing this
letter three omnibus loads of the cop
peI-colored men have passed my win
dow on their way to some sight
seeing, the vehicles constantly sur
rounded by gaping crowds mostly COM
posed of men and boys whose highest
ideal of literature is the dime novel,
and to whom, of course, "SpOtten Tail'
.Iron Crow "He-Dog" and ''Little
Big Man" are heroes of the first water.
1t is sight at once ludicrous and
bile-stirl1ng to see thirty or forty OF
these hard-featured ruffians, the record
of most of whom would richly entitle
them to the immediate benefits of lynch
law, parading about the streets of our
cities, making arrogant demands of our
government, and finally going back to
the agencies and thence to the war-path
till they get ready to make us another
visit. If they would only, while on
here, distribute their collection of scalps
as keepsakes among the relatives of the
slain, it would be something, but they
always leave the former to dry in the
smoke of their wigwams, while they
themselves are off on these tours of beg
ging and inspection among the latter.
The flooding storm of Thursday night
has ended the most serious water famine
that this city has known since have
lived in it. 1876 was very dry year
and yet during the nine months of this
year, which have already elapsed there
fell almost one-third less water than
during the same period of last year.
Thursday morning Croton, Gilead, and
Gleueida lakes and the neighboring
ponds and reservoirs on which we de-
pend for water for every purpose, were
reduced to swamps and mud holes, and
the scanty supply which reached the
city was full of sediment. But the
timely opening of the windows of heav-
ell which made many of our streets
navigable by vessels of light draft and
indeed tioated some horse cars over in
Brooklyn if reports from that pious
suburb are to be believed, has removed
our difficulties, and averted what would
have become ii very serious state OF
things. New reservoirs are now in con-
structiOn which the engineers say will
prevent a recurrence of the scarcity.
Theatrical circles and the public gen
orally have continued to be convulsed
by the proceedings of the Count Joannes
against Mr.. SotheTn for libelling him
through the latter's portraiture of the
"Crushed Tragedian." The Counts
motion for an Injunction came up for a
hearing in the Supreme Court on Thurs
day and the room was .jammed. The
Count expended some impassioned elO-
quence in his own behalf but all to nc
purpose as Judge Barrett promptly de-
cided that no libel being proved he
must deny the application for an in
Junction with costs to the applicant
The look with which the dramatic noble
man received this decision was so emf
nently that of a "crushed tragedian'
that the COURTROOM was in roar.
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