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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-10-05
Inrai and Sfafs sNsips.

To-day is Changers fair at Lyn-
dopville.
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Horse Stolen.

Sheriff Preston overhauled one James
Patten at our fair, charged with steal
ing horse near Island Pond. A week
ago, some one bailed him out of jail,
and on Tuesday afternoon of this week,
Sheriff Mansur of Island Pond was
through this place looking after Patten
again. He said some one took horse
and wagon about mile from the Pond
the night before, and he had tracked it
down past Silsby's mill in Burke, and he
was going to look in Groton for both
Patten and the horse.
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went to st. Leon Springs last week,
and viii return the last of this week.
There were 30 Montreal excursionists
on the train which passed through Lyn-
donville, Wednesday morning.
A PEARL WEDDING.-Married, in
Walpole, N. H., Oct. 2, 1916, by the
Rev. Mr.. Dickinson, MI. Roswell Pierce
and Miss Sophia Floyd so might have
read the announcement in the news
paper 81 years ago. The 61st anniver-
sary of this marriage, was very happily
celebrated by the friends at the house
of grand daughter, Mrs. Phillips, in
Lyndonville, on Tuesday last. Up
wards of 40 of the more elderly friends
took tea in company with the old folks
in the afternoon, and rs of the younger
friends met in the evening; and alto
gether it was one of the most interest
ing and happy occasions of the kind
ever witnessed. The presents were
quite numerous and seasonable-a lib
eral purse of money included, for all OF
which, together with the hearty good
will and kindness which brought to-
gether gifts and people, the old folks
felt a thankfulness which they could
not express by words. Every heart
seemed free and happy, and none were
happier, am sure, than father Pierce
He was always particularly fond o.
music, and himself in his day very
good singer; and he favored the com.
pany in the afternoon and evening with
few of his old familiar songs and tunes
closing with "Oh, how happy is the
man who hath chosen wisdOm's ways,
etc., saying, as he did it, land am thai
happy man." Father Pierce is now g.
years of age, and his wife yeal
younger, and have lived in Lyndor
over so years, and now occupy the
comfortable and cozy log cottage which
they built, and have occupied for hal
century. May their remaining days bt
sunny and bright, and their cup of JOY
ever full, is the wish of all. After ;
little talk to the old folks and prayer 10y
Mr.. Potter, the company babe the elder
ly pair hearty good night. and re
tired. INCoG.
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The New Baptist Church.

w. S. Henay g. Son, of Concord, N
d., have completed the frescoing of the
new Free Baptist church in this place,
and the contractors, w. l.. Dow & Co.,
OF Newport, N. H., are now busily en-
gagged in putting in the floors, wains-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-10-05

ing year or two, if we remember cor
rectly. Bill served his full sentence,
and as Mr.. Davis did not follow up the
case of assault, he was liberated, and
has since died. He was talented"
English criminal and had seen prison
service in the old country. At the time
of these events he was 43 years old.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-10-05
the cOngregatiOn. d.
Street improvements.

Street Improvements.
The highway men have been expend-
ing considerable labor upon the lower
end of Eastern Avenue the past week,
lowering the street on the south side of
Avenue House, putting in deeper and
wider rubble surface drain on each side
and abolishing the water-bars. A
granite curbing is going up as far as
Pearl street on the south side, and
Capt. Ide puts in brick walk and street
lamp in front of his store at private ex-
pense. Plank covers to the drains at
Railroad and Pearl street, have been
put down, so as to make the entrance to
these streets smooth. On Wednes-
day the village teams began work in
front of the Methodist church, to lower
the grade there, so water will not set
into the church yard. Several new
plank crossings have been put down
through the village lately, and some
more street lamps hung out i'll the dark
places. &. Pearl street has not yet
been located, between the Avenue and
Maple street, but the Trustees are get
ting nearer to it than ever before.
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Persons intending to attend the In
stitute to be holden here the coming
week, will find free carriage to and
from "Clark's," by informing j. P. Otis
the day and train to expect them.
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sWew advertisements.

FINE WATCHES REPAIRED and rated at
II HOWARD g. ROWELL'S.
LOST.-A gold pin marked Milton Davis" II
finder will leave it at this Office, will be suitably
rewarded
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Excursion to Montreal. Cheap

Excursion to Montreal. Another Cheap
Trick.
One hundred excursionists took the
+. Il o. train at this station for Mon
treal on Wednesday morning. This
was much larger number than was ex-
pected. AS soon as the Passumpsic
road found that the P. & o. was to have
an excursion to Montreal, that road
Immediately got out posters offering to
carry over their road at the same price.
No doubt this fact increased the num-
Der who went over the p. & o.; at any
rate it is believed to have had this
effect. The Passumpsic road is an ex-
cellent road to initiate cheap fares and
cheap freights, but has always been a
very poor road to initiate any such
movement. The public will not be
likely to soon forget what it was that
brought this corporation to sits milk,
and when they can they will patronize
the P. & 0.,-the road to which they
are indebted for every cent of reduction
In both fares and freights.
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Harriasrs.

Wariagss.
"a Marriages and Deaths inserted free
Obituaries, sic cents line.
At ST. Johnsbury, Oct 2, by Rev. N. F. Putnam,
Charles Henry Houghton and Miss Susan Ann
Rice, both of st. Johnsbury.
In Ryegate, at the residence of the brides moth
er, Sept. 26, by Rev. JAS M Beattie, Mr.. Frank (.
Harding, of Stratford and Miss Sarah j. Whitehill
of Ryegate.
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The Fair.
PREMIUM LIST AppENpA.

Some one has been looking up the
fair premiums. and sends us the follow
ing list which was overlooked alto
gether:
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Spsrisl .aofires.

PASsUMPSIC LODGE, No. "a f. & A. M.
Regular communication Thursday eve, ON orbefore
the full of the Moon. JAS. Z. TAYLOR, Sec.
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to which they invite the attention of customers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-20
Prosperity OF tic Grnnces.

From the report Of the Secretary of
the National Grange, We learn that in
1875 the total membership was 76l ,263
but that it dropped to 5SS,9S7 in 1876
averaging 80 members to the grange,
The cause assigned for this great decrease
is mainly that deputies, in some States,
overdid the matter in organizing. More
oranges were organized than the territory
would support. Some Of these died Of
hamilton, others consolidated, while
many surrendered charters in disgust.
In 1873 there were 1862 oranges, and
1859 new ones were organized that year;
in 1874, 9,0S9; in 1875, 2,0l2, and in the
year ending October l, 1875, S55. The
Secrstary indulges in little Figuring"
Us follows: He estimates each grange
as being composed OF % families Of 5
persons each, or ll5 members, 80 that
the active oranges number S4S,9l0 fam
lilies, or 1854, $50 souls. That the shrink.
age OF numbers is healthy one is in.
ierred from the fact that while the
number Of oranges had decreased 373
per cent, the number OF paying members
had been reduced only -! per cent, and
the average strength Of each grange has
risen from SO to 40.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-20

IuE RELIGIOUS TEST IN New HAMr.
sHRE.-The State Of New Hampshire
has, IA has been noticed, again rejected
the amendment to the State Constitution
striking out the word protestant "a q
qualification for Office. \ provision Of
that kind has always been in the Consti.
tuition OF that State. The original Con.
stituiion was adopted in 1884, was
amended in 1872, and again in 1850. A
State convention in 1876 was held TO pro.
pose amendments. The original Consti.
tuition remains in force, but, except the
repeal OF the property qualification OF
voters, has no. been substantially chang.
ed. The Constitution provides, as one Of
the qualifications for Governor, Senators,
Representatives, and Counsellors, and
perhaps other officers, that they shall be
professors OF the protestant religion"
The Convention OF 1850 and the Con.
yeution Of 1876 both submitted amend.
ments striking out this religious test,
and it now appears that the people in
1877 have rejected the amendments, ga
they did in 1850. These amendments
were adopted in the Convention by an
unanimous vote; all the newspapers and
all the candidates advocated the amend.
ments. There was no public or ayoWed
opposition before the election, and yet,
according to the returns, the amendments
have been rejected, and, OF course, by the
secret vote of the people.
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The WInter Mhenf Crnn.

WARRINGTON, April 1.-THE slatisti.
cal Corps Of the Department Of Agricnl.
ture report upon the condition Of wheat
in SOS counties Of the winter wheat re,
gion. In 2lS the returns are compare,
lively uniayorable. In $50 condition
varying from average to superior thrift
is indicated. In the Atlantic States north
Of North Carolina and in those OF the
Ohio Valley there has been far less inju.
ry FROM frost than usual. OF 800 Coun
ties in the Ohio basin only As report be.
low average, and siX.seyenths OF the
reports from the Middle States are favor,
able, In Missouri the unfavorable re,
turns are from 10 OF the GO counties, and
in Kansas from II Of the IS counties
Grasshopper ravages are reported in 2.
counties Of Eastern Kansas, from Ne
braSka to the Indian Territory, and a.
far west as Saline county. The wheat,
growing district in Texas Is also alive
with grAsshoppers, which threaten the de,
struction Of the crop in several counties
more than 90 counties report the hatch,
ing Of Spring broOds. There is an in,
crease Of the area OF wheat In Texas, and
the prospects are favorable with the ex,
ceptiOn Of grasshopper ravagGS. In the
other cotton States a dry Autumn and
variable winter have depressed the con,
dition OF wheat below average,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-20
TRusTEE's SALE OF a
Valuable Printing Office and
Book BinderY.

BY virtue Of deed Of trust made by JOHN "
Sentry, to tho undersigned Trustee, dated the i.'a
DAY Of December, 1876, and duly recorded 10 o..
Clerks Office Of the County Court for Ohio oJlIE
west Virginia, In Decd Of Trust Book NJ. ii,lsr
ij!, will on
TUESDAY, the 2ith day Of April, 1871
Commencing At 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at the Traa.
and BOOK Binding establishment Of John " tn.
Ify, al the Southeast corner Of Fouftetn.h a.!
South streets. In The city Of Wheeling. ". Va, ~
Seed 10 sell NJ public suction TO the hishr,; 81
pest bidders, the following described property la,
70 say: IAN the stock In trade OF Printing nj!
BOOK Binding material, Printing PrCsscs, kus,
Nachines, IaIboard, Cutters, Paper Cutting "
Shlnesr and all Book and job Type, Book Bfia
Tools, mateIialS, furniture and fixtures nos oWss
and uici by the said John W. Gentry IN aui lly.
MS Book binding establishment, ut the sn4ihr-'
corner oil Fourteenth and South streets, In The 0V
o. Wheeling, consisting Of one CotTell n HlNUd
Sy!enIer Pres, one quarter medium Gordon Pc
one Hickock Ruling Machine, one TSrb5Nrl CT.
Ter, one Paper Cutting Machine, Eureka, ,DltllH
with all Book and Job Type, Binders Tool, OIL
materials used In and about Iaid eslab.i.hmpHl
1RRNs OF SALE-Madc known on day o ~
JOHN ]. JONES, luto
WHEELING, W. Va, April ., 1877. Nt
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The TELEPHoNE.-To; our readers
description OF the wonder working little
instrument known ~ the telephone" will
not be without interest. BY means OF it
persons l40 miles apart have carried on
conversation in an ordinary tone, and it
is claimed that certain obstacles will be
overcome which will enable the sounds
to be carried over the Atlantic Cable.
The wonderful little instrument Of
whose future value to civilization the in.
ventor ia 60 sarguine, consists Of a pow
eriul compound permanent magnet, to
the poles OF which are attached ordinary
telegraph coils OF insulated wire. In
front Of the poles, surrounded by these
coils Of wire, is diaphragm of iron.
A mouth.picce, whose function is to
converge the sound upon this diaphragm,
substantially completes the arrangement.
The operation Of the instrument is thus
described by Prof.. Bell: The motion OF
the steel or iron in front Of the poles Of a
magnet creates current Of electricity in
coils surrounding the poles of the mag.
net, and the duration OF this current Of
electricity comedies with the duration Of
the motion OF the steel or iron moved or
vibrated in the proximity OF the magnet.
When the human voice causes the dia.
phtagm to vibrate, electrical undulala.
lions are induced In the coils around the
magnets similar to the undulations OF the
air produced by the voice. The coils are
connected with the line wire, and the I'm.
dulations induced in them travel through
the wire, and passing through the coils Of
another instrument OF similar conStruc.
ton at the other end Of the line are again
resolved into undnlations by the dipah.
ragm OF this instrument. The voltaiC
battery is entirely dispensed with. The
line wire may be OF any given length,
provided the insulation be good. Prof.
Bell further says that soft tones can be
heard across the wires even more dis.
tinctly than loud utterances, even whis.
per being audible.
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The ateam street cars in Paris are re.
ported to be unqualifedly successful,
although they run along the grandest
boulevard in the city, and through some
Of the busiest streets, turning sharp an.
giles and climbing and descending per.
cepitible grades. The engines draw
crowded cars from the Arc de Triomphc
to the BastiIe, a distance OF seven miles,
alta speed Of eight miles an hour, and no
ona has yet been hurt, nor are horses
frightened by the sight OF the engines.
The latter are like the dummies on Mar.
ket street, Philadelphia, noiscless and
smoksless, and steam power is said to
have proved much more economical than
horse power.
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DIED.

FREw.-Ou Thursday evening, April 70, 1871
q, o'clock, ANNIE, wife Of Robert I. FEeW, ii
I'M SJth year Of her age.
Funeral from the residence oi,hsr husband, No
1851 Chapne street, on Saturday afternoon at .
O'Clock Friends Of the family ue invited.
FORpEs.-Ou Thursday, April 10, lSi7, at l? NJ,
GEORGE FORMS, Esqr 10 the 9th year Of his nGO
Funeral on saturday al 10 o'clock AN from tn,
residence Of his son, II, Forbes, No. sIs Main st.
Friends OF the family are invited to attend In.
terraeHt al Peninsula Cemetery.
ATHlSsOE.-on ThurSdly, April 10. 1871, al
$50 4. NJ, Of Consumption, LRH0r 5, AtEISsoA
IN the Alst year Of bis age.
Funeral from his late residence, At No. ;SS Mar.
Eet street, on Saturday, April Est, At > o'clock p
y. Friends Of the family are invited to attend.
BAGGs On Wednesday, Aprills. 1877, at / p
n, JAMES BA1ds, IN the Giih year Of his age,
The funeral will take place on Friday at p. N.
from the Chaplinc Street NJ. E. Church. Friend,
OF the family are invite to attend. Iutermeut al
Greenwood.
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The New Mayor OF Wellsburg.

luAhtScA county lCuElerI
The temperance meeting Monday night
was largely attended, and the address Of
DR., Caldwell, the hest that has been made
here. In the language Of the immortal
up. B. c." he gave the whisky sellers
"h-ll, from the jump" The Doctor,
from the beginning to end, kept up a con.
slant FIRE upon whisky and the dealers
therein, and advocated, in case the law
was not adequate to suppress gin mills,
for the people to take the law in their
own hands, and use the torch, or any
other effective means, SO that the end was
accomplished. We have not space to re.
view the Doctors speech, but would just
say, that he made the wool fly every time
hisIgun went of,
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MARRIED.

DARRAGH-GTLPIE.-On wednesday, April
II, lsIi, ut the residence Of the brides mother,
Rosldale Plantation, La, by the Rev. W. +.
Adams, MI THO, S, DARRLGTI, Of Wheeling, W.
Va, aud Miss MARY Z. GILPIN, Of Madison Par
ish, La
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FOR SALE
.oMNIIssIoNER's SALE.

COMMISSIONERS SALE.
Milton Maxwell ! In the'C0unty Court q
yOhio county,
Peter NOll and others. In Chancery.
Pursuant to decree rendered hy said court b,
the above entitled cause, on the 2ith day Of Mar.
1877, the undersigned Commissioner villon
SATURDAY, APRIL 2lsr, 1877,
a. 10 o'clock A. NJ, nj the front door Of the Conn
House u Ohio county. soil NJ public auction 10 Il,
highest and best bidder, the following real e,t,l,
belonging to the defendant, Peter SOll, tU-gil
tract OF land containing Z acres, and POLE. yG.
ate on the east fork Of Long Run, In RiChlaul p,.
ihct, in said Ohio county, three and ne-hai air,
from the city Of Wheeling. Said land is well IN
proved, having on 1t large iwo-st0Fy FnHr
House, slaughter hOusO' q good stable and U,b,
out buildings. Also good orchard.
TERNs OF SALR-One-third Of the purrAl,
money land rs much more rs the pufthas
may elect TO pay In cash and the remainder b
two equal instRllments, payable In ak and ivtr,
months with interest from the day Of sale, the pu
chaser giving bond with approved security iOf H.
deferred payments, md the title to he retained ul
til the purchase money Is paid in full.
]. +. JOSEs.
LirSl'F Special Comm ssioufi
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The east and ives. trunk lines Of rail.
road having made compact are now at
work arranging details, A basis Of rates
for live stock between Chicago and New
York has been fixed at ior!y.fvc cents
for hog and fifty cents on other cattle,
with difference Of two cents in favor Of
Philadelphia and three cents in favor OF
Baltimore. Rates to other points un.
CHANGED.
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S'EALED PROPOSALS.

OPJIcH OF llIR DXPARTNHSToF FRRE SCHOOLS,
STATE HoUsE, WHEELING, April 10. 1877. ]
Sealed Proposals will 10 received at the office Of
this Department until April Is, 1871 for Te-Shing.
ling the building Of the Branch State Normal
School at West Liberty, Ohio county. The bids
must he for removing the old shingles and putting
on the neW-fOuy squares, moro or icIs, by
the square. The shingleI 10 b Of the best quality
Of white pine and we'll nailed, and the ieveral
courses 10 show but four inches,
zach bidder must give his iull name and post
Office address, with responsible References as lecur-
ity that the work shall be done according to con-
tract. W. K. PENDLEToS,
President Of the Board Of Regents Of the State
Normal School. apo
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

oDaily except sunday-Cumberland AccommO-
dliion.
tDatly EXCEPT SundIy-NCWaTk Accommodation.
isieubenyiIle ACKNOWLEDGMENT train dur
In: the day passes backward and forward between
Martins Ferry and Bellaire, stopping when requl-
red at sherman House, KtnAville, West Wheeling
and Gravel HILL
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FRIDAY, APKIL 90, 1871.

The Government will hereafter give
ten hours pay for ten hours labor, and
those who work only eight hours will get
only cight-tcnths OF full days pay. The
supreme Court decided the Eight Hours
law to be directory only, and not con-
tract, hence the Government il left free
to mOke its own bargains as to work and
wages
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TRUSTEE's SALE.

TRUSTEE'S SALE.
BY virtue Of i've several deeds OF trust inside IL
Ellison l.. CTanmer Trustee Tor Mary Hua,tl
Walker Hunter, and Mary Hunter, wife Of Wake,
Hunter, to the undersigned Trustee. said deed,
trust being respectively dated Seth DcCenbcr, l:i
10Th December. 1871, seth December, 49,, 81
March, 1873, and 9Th oil February, 1874, and d n
eord in the Clerks office Of The County CoIro.
Ohio county, West Virginia, ! will on
SATURDAY, 18th 0. May, 49,,
Beginning al 10 o'clock A. NJ, at the 'front.' lvgra
The CouTT House Of Ohio county, proceed to NJ,
the highest and hest bidder the following deserted
real estate situate on Ztne's Island, ONO Cuuly
west virgins, t0-Vit; Commencing AZ north ~.
ecrncr Of lot numbered eleven IN, gii out b.
Daniel 2ant; thence south Clghty.slx (sGl fryi o.
huron street thence west one hundred and tEtI-
y'hVe usb) feet 70 Hunters alley; theme. DUf,4
ninety (9Ol iecti thence east one hundred and stI
Iy-hNe li9j) i9et 10 place Of beginning EIrF
that piece OF real estate on Wheeling lthnl ro1I.
ins on North Huron street and bounded as iOOu
Beginning At point on the west side Of S0v,h Nv.
ron street, which point Is the north east corner o.
INC property conveyed by Walker Hunter and VIII
70 Elizabeth Dew by deed datea 10th septcml-i
1901 and now Of record In the Clerks Oi!ite Of tt
county Court Of Ohio county In deed book %, p,l-
~ and 81 land now owned by &. l.. CHnre
Thence running with the north line Of sid prOIs
~ conveyed to Elizabeth Dew rs aforesaid to SO
alley commonly called Hunters alley; thence rl.
ning in EoTthcrly direction with the east side q
The alley thiriy-two (3!l feet thence running Ii
line parallel with said north line Of 81 d pr6pe,,
conveyed to Elizabeth Dew TO the west side OF sOs.
Huron street, and thence running with the sill
west side Of South Huron street 10 the place Of !,
ginning.
selling as Trustee | will only convey such l-
as Is Vesiedin me as such Trustee
Terms made known on day Of sale.
wM. II. CALDWELL, TRUSTEE
J. c. HERvEr, Auctioneer. iry
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NOR SALE OR RENT

T0UR SALE Or RENT
A Brick House containing nine rooms
with stable, wash.hOuse, cistern and well
on the premises, and with every convent
ence n country house could have. The
rooms on the first floor are finely finished
in polished natural wood.
Is situated on the National Road one
mile west Of Bridgeport and two miles from
the city. Will be rented until October LIST.
Apply ut First National Bank, Bridge.
port, Ohio. apgO
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AIDES TEMPERANCE BAND.

Prayer Meeting OF the Ladies' Temper.
ance Band at o'clock THIS AFTER
NOON, nj their room in Hornbrool;'s
Block. aplSP