St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-01

poem; William Lang Sutherland, dis
sertation, "Moral lessons of Macbeth !"
John Cooper Winslow, dissertation,
effective studies in college,"
Dartmouth graduates fifty -four men,
the class numbered eighty-twO on
entering, and afterward grew to ninety
one; one died, eight were dropped and
three are married. Eleven states are
represented, Massachusetts by ten, and
Nova Scotia is the only foreign country
The average age is twenty-five and a
half, the eldest being twenty eight and
the youngest eighteen. Average height,
feet 90 inches, and weight l58 pounds,
the lightest being 127 pounds. The
most spent by any man in the course is
1900, smallest 1915, and average
| 81 ,73O, though Sl9,977 has been earned
during the course, one earning $4,000
and two men more than covering ex-
penses. Eighteen are to be lawyers,
eleven teachers, seven ministers, six
doctors, four business men, two "litera-
ture," and one each missionary and
geology.
The Dartmouth athletics were well
attended, and the following prizes were
awarded: Throwing 19-pounds ham
mer, VIM. N. Prescott, II, distance 70
feet and 6 inches jumps, Fred. w.
Shattuck, 70, % feet % inches; 100
yards dash, first heat tied by Thomas
Flint, 80, and Charles F. Templeton,
'78, III seconds, second heat, Charles
H. Coggswell, 80, III seconds putting
19-pounds shot, VIM. w. Prescott, 81
feet and 81 inches half-mile run, Chas.
H. COggswell, 2 minutes and 81 seconds !;
one-mile walk, Parkhurst, z minutes
and 49f seconds; hurdle-race, leafs
were won by John c. Dana, 7S, Frank
w. Cove, 70, 204 seconds and 23s sec
Onds, and one-mile run by E. Nj. Wit
tum, 70, 5 minutes and liz seconds.
Three cOnvicts arrived at the Ohio
penitentiary last Saturday night from
| Wyandot county in that state under
sentence for burglary. The offense was
committed Friday night, the men were
arrested Saturday morning, examined
before a justice, bound over to court,
indicted by a special grand jury, tried,
sentenced, and inside the penitentiary
by seven o'clock the same evening.
The annual excursion of the Massa-
chusetts press association has been ar
ranged to start from Boston Wednesday
afternoon, June ID, the route being to
New York by boat, up the Hudson river
by boat, to Trenton Falls, n. Y, by
rail, thence by rail and boat to Alexan-
dria bay. through the Thousand Islands
and the Rapids to Montreal, thence to
Plattsburg, down Lake Champlain to
Troy, n. Y, and via the Hoosac tunnel
TO Boston again. 1t will be very
| pleasant excursion, and will occupy six
days. Sunday is to be spent at Platts-
burg.
Gen. Grant during his stay in Europe
will wear upon all occasions of cere-
mOny his uniform as General of the
army, which is a very elaborate and
handsome dress, and the two magnif-
icent swords belonging to him, which
he Withdrew from safekeeping in the
treasury department to take with him,
will also be brought into service.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
mikes 10 per cent. reduction June | =,
in the wages of all connected with it,
from the president down, except labor
ers and trackmen, who now receive less
than 81 a day. The engineers and fire
men are protesting, but it is not known
whether they will strike.
Rev. DR.. A. L. Stone of San Francis-
co, having had third and alarming
attack of illness on the 18th, sudden
change was made in his plan of spend
ing his six months vacation, and he has
gone on Il voyage to China instead of
coming East.
| Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina,
was offered the solicitsrship of the
treasury last week, but prefers to prac-
tlce law, and, after arranging his private
affairs in Columbia this week. will set
tie down in New York.
The Nursery for June has contribu-
lions i'll prose and verse by Alfred Sell
wynn. Emily Centre, Geo. Cooper. Geo.
l.. Burleigh, ''Uncle Charles" Josephine
Pollard and others. The poems, sketches
and stories are all good and of sort
sure to interest the little folks and the
pictures are numerous and of excellent
quality. John L. Shorey, publisher, &c
BroOmtield street.
Three Port Henry boys have returned
home from tie Black Hills, after a six
months absence. They report a rough
time, show but little money, and ex-
press themselves as being wealthy only
IN experience.
STRIPED BUGs.-Dissolve teaspoon
ful of saltpetre i'll a pail of water and
put pint of it around hill of squash
or cucumber vines and you will fix the
bugs. While the solution does does no
harm to vegetation it is death to the
insects.
'hn ,,Ntt h. 1 II I
crate dead at Norfolk. Va, were decor
AIRED Friday. The Marine guard and
the volunteer companies of Norfolk and
Hampton participated in the ceremo-
MES.
| While some athletic games were in
progress at Cornwall, Canada, Thurs
day, huge sledge hammer slipped
from the hands of the man who was
welding it, and Instantly killed Ellen
Kavanagh, Il girl who was standing
among the spectators.
A train on the Erie railroad ran into
carriage at Paterson, N. j., Friday.
containing Hugh McDOugal and Mrs.
William Parks and her daughter. The
carriage was demolished, and the three
persons mentioned above were proba-
bly, fatally injured. The driver and the
horses escaped. The accident occurred
near the crossing of the Erie by the
Midland railroad, and in Watching for
train on the Midland the driver failed
to see one which was approaching on
the Erie.
Gen. Sheridan's twins were baptized
last Friday, and will be hereafter
known as the Misses Irene and Louise
Sheridan