St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-13

The respectable inhabitants of Woo,
stock are in danger of becoming b "T9-
headed in attempts to find ont Wy
they were picked out to receive WY
short range all of this unbanninodt
about the Administration. They shoniS
feel around carefully and see if tban u
is not an advertisement of sometbin
or other on their backs.-Tribune.
A building which was being movo5
in clearing site for the new AsbTeIot
railroad depot at Keene, fell Satusda,
burying number of work.
Henry Eames was killed and ~
Brown and Henry Lawlor probaE,
fatally injured. LawlOr has since dial
More than. 5000 packages of cboioa
Orange County Butter were shipned te
Europe by steamer on SATURDAY. tb o
California taking $500 packages. '
Recluse Island in Lake GEORGE h..
been sold for $4,000. ""'
Every night good-sized eel is placod
in an aquarium filed with goldfish !"
Washington Market. All that is left mr
the eel the following morning is hi,
bare back bone.
Bands toOt before every hotel in ga
ratoga now, and the band which NAV,
in Congress Park has been increased :,
number. One effect of a large ncreasa
in the Summer population has been ~
make hunters reckless of the game law
penalties, woOdcOck being hunted viz,
orously in the marshes about the place
A pigeon perched on the MINT.
hand of the clock in the tower of tbo
Trinity church, Pittsburgh, at a Quarter
of eleven, Friday forenoon and held
its post until its body was securel,
fastened between the two hands
When it attempted to fly it could not
stretch its wings, and in few seconds
was squeezed to death. The ponder,
Gus machinery was stopped by the sex
ton, and the dead bird could NOT no
taken out until the hands were nm
screwed.
StOrekeepers and street railway CON-
ductOrs in many cases refuse to accent
silver coins with holes in them at their
full value, and insist on deducting one
fifth for the loss of silver. 1t is stated
that there are several firms, notably ON
Chatham street, that make regular
business of punching holes in coins of
all denominations. They collect the
of silver and melting them
together sell the lump as bullion.
When Thomas Grape sailed out Of
the harbor of New Bedford few
weeks ago in a tiny boat bound for
Europe, he had the proud conscious
ness of being the greatest ass in the
world. 1t is unsafe to forecast the
possibilities of human folly, for Grape
is to be Out-CrapOec. Another Lillipu-
ton craft is Oh the stocks in the same
harbOr it is to be built of cedar, with
IN oak frame, and is to have center
board and three masts; and it is to
round Cape Horn and possibly crcum-
navigate the world.
The President is said to have uu-
shaken faith in the ultimate triumph
of his Southern Policy, and to be con-
fident of the party carrying several OF
the southern states besides North Car
Dina at the next election. He believes
there are Old Line Wings concealed all
over the south, with republican labels
under their coats.
The best scholar in the class which
was recently graduated at the Univer-
sity of Vermont, was cOlOred student,
who was slave twelve years ago, aud
the place of honor on the commence
ment programme was given to young
lady. This is the third New England
college where the girls and the colored
lads have triumphed over the white
youth this season. On the whole, is it
worth while to send white boy to
school Tribune.
The use of steam for propelling street
cars is an improvement so obvious and
practicable that the delay in
its general introduction seems remark
able. Probably, however, we shall not
have to wait for it much longer. The
of steam street cars in Phil
adelphia is now of several months
and affords a conclusive prac-
teal demonstration of its feasibility
and cheapness. The city government
Of New York has, in consequence, H.
censed the Third Avenue company to
run five steam cars on that street rail
road, under supervision of a special
and if they work well prob
ably the end of the year will see the
well established on all the
ines of the city, and undoubtedly it will
prove only "a question of time when
horse traction for street cars shall be
IN exploded fashion everywhere. 1t
will then only remain fer the inventors
20 devise an application of steam to
private carriages, and horsefesh will
take rest for good and all, and well
earned rest it will be.