St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-02-02

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weakening and Mansions in the Skies"
as strong and rising rapidly. No one
but the labOrers themselves in this some
what unpromising vineyard seems to
regard the movement at all seriously,
and it will be short-lived beyond a
doubt. Wall Street brokers are about
the last class of men Oh the American
Continent to be 'bulldOzed" into the
arms of the church.
The sleepy quiet of Staten Island has
been a little broken into this week by
the operations of some adventurous
spirits from New Jersey, burning with
desire to possess the vast wealth sup
posed to have been hidden in the soil
of that locality in revolutionary and even
pre-revolutionary periods. Legends as
serting the existence of such hidden
treasures have always been more or less
current on the island, and on one or two
occasions trifling amounts in old Span
ish and English coins have been either
turned up by the plOughshare or found
secreted in the walls of old buildings.
Of course these have been sufficient to
keep alive the old stories and maintain
an interest in the place in all emulatOrs
of Monte CristO. Of late efforts in this
direction have been fruitless, no iron
bound boxes filled with gold and dia-
mond rewarding the labor which has
honey -combed the hills of the island in
the search. Nothing daunted by this
ill success, however, a party of five
valiant Jerseymen have three times
during the last fortnight crossed the
intervening water at midnight, and by
the CHASTITY light of a dark lantern dug
what the terrified observer might well
have imagined to be the secret graves
of murderers. Although nothing has
thus far come of these endeavors to dis
cover a royal road to wealth, perse-
verance is said to accomplish all things,
and | may yet be called upon to
chronicle a resurrection of treasure
which will cover those barren slopes
with gold miners from this hard pinch
ed island of Manhattan.
For some time the world has heard
but little of our eminent refOrmer,
philosopher, and former candidate for
the Presidency, Mr.. George Francis
Train. Now however he is out again
large as life and twice as natural-in a
small two cent paper with the motto
olive Ideas in this Dead Age from the
most Sane man in this Mad World, !"
and called "Geo Francis Trains Pa
per-" In the initial number Mr.. Train
styles himself "The most remarkable
man living or dead" and | hardly think
it would be safe to dispute him. The
paper is evidently all from the same
pen, and is the most amusing and as
founding collection of rant and non
sense, sprinkled here and there with
sharp bits of truth, that it is possible to
conceive. Whether it will be continued
is question which probably the illus
triOus editor himself could not answer,
but as nothing which he ever yet did
has succeeded, it is more than likely
that the first issue will be the last as
well.
Train used to call himself worth 800
100000 when he controlled most of the
real estate in Omaha, but now ackowl-
edges himself bankrupt. There was
enough method in his madness, how
ever, to settle IL moderate fortune on
his wife in the days of his prosperity,
so he lives comfortably enough now.
Throughout the pleasant weather of the
past year he has almost lived in the
open air, the benches in Madison square
being his favorite resort. Here he could
he found morning, noon and night,
reading his paper, sunbrowned and
hearty, the very picture of repOse and
good health. When not thus engaged
in watching the affairs of the world. he
was usually busy with his only friends,
the birds and the children, with both of
which shrewd and observant classes of
the community, to his credit be it said.
no g.,
bread crumbs to the one, sugar plums
to the other, and talks to them all alike.
With the grown up portions of humani-
ty Train processes to wish little to do.
He will shake hands with no one. and
allows no one to sit down beside him.
Conversation with acquaintancesh he lin
Its to i've minutes duration, giving as a
reason that such conversations draw too
much on his store of magnetism and
has score of similar original and re-
Gently imposed rules of life. Whether
he be at present sane or insane no one
who has ever talked with him half an
hour can doubt that IA powerful and |
useful man was spoiled by leaving the
oalancewheel out of the intellectual |
mechanism of George Francis Train.
Spurred on by the continuous cold of
this winter, there has been Il general
hue and cry after the horse car COM
ptnies to force them to provide means
Tor heating their cOuYeyances. The
pressure was i'll fact so strong that the
Common Council had to appoint a spe-
rIal committee to investigate the sub
lect and report on the feasibility of the
demanded. This committee
has just reported against compelling the
corporations to make such provision for
5he comfort of the public, and shivering
md cold toes will continue to be the
order for the local travelling public for
he rest OF this year at least.
new sport is added this week by
he opening of the ice yachting season
'n the Hudson river. The fun must he
to say the least, as these
lueer crafts can with a favorable wind,
ather better a mile minute.
AT the Fifth Avenue Theatre Mr.
Oaly's new comic sensation Lemons
5 being nightly squeezed to the great
of both manager and audi
nee.
AT Wallack's Mr.. Lester Wallack is {
lctlng for the first time this season.
[ he play is one especially written for !
lim and called "All for herr I
Miss Emma Abbott the Young Amer
can vocalist whose studies, difficulties
md successes in Europe have been the
uDJects of constant comment in the I
American press for several years is an
lounced for series of concerts in This S
Ountry commencing early i'm Fabruarv | |