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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12
Another Defaulter.

NORTH TROY, Vt, July 8. Carens
w. Morse, ex-COllector of Newport.
turns out to be defaulter to the extent
of $4,000. Morse was elected Constable
and Collector of Newport in 1877, and
held the Office until within three months
since, when he was called to make a
final settlement with the town. His
accounts were supposed to be all right.
At the expiration of his term of office
he was called upon to close his accounts
with the town, which has been post
pOned on the assurances of Morse that
everything was right. Two weeks ago
he was cited before the Selectmen and
ordered to submit his books to them
for examination and completion. Fail
ing to make his appearance, papers
we're yesterday issued. An officer at
tempted to arrest him at his home in
Newport last night. 1t was anticipated
10y Morse, who was on the lookout and
made his escape. Morse is now lust
across the Canadian border, where he
was to-day interviewed. He is reticent
as to his alleged embezzlement and re-
fuses to make any disclosures. The
extent of his defalcation is placed at
$4,000. His bOndsmen are not good on
the amount. Morse has always borne
an excellent reputation. He is about
40 years old, and has had the confidence
of his tOwnsmen and has handled large
sums of money for other persons. He
has been quite wealthy, but has hereto
fore lost his property by speculations.
What has become of the town funds is
mystery.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12

of success and flushed with visions OF
easy victory; but the result of the
ballot showed that they lacked just
about $22. The delegates were instruct
ed to vote for General Grout until he
was nominated or the last shadow OF
hope had gone and the meeting closed
with three rousing cheers for the Cen
eral. 1t was very pretty little game
but did not work. Great praise is due
our citizens, who rallied so generally
when the game was known, broke the
back of the Barlow opposition and saw
ed the town and the party from foul
disgrace. We have heard of votes be-
ing bought and have in some cases seen
veIy strong circumstances to warrant
such suspicious, but for open, bold,
high handed, brazen-faced operations
of this character this has no parallel in
this part of Vermont. When offers from
81 to SIS vote are made in the most
open manner upon public streets no
wonder that people are excited and
rally to maintain the right. And this
is the course Mr.. Barlow is following
all through the district. Is such fit
man to represent us in congress? If he
will buy votes, won't he as readily sell
his principles ?-NewpOrt Egpress.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12
North End Speaks.

Mr.. Editor Feeling that the time
is at hand for some reform in our pOlit-
ical matters, it is cause of hope that
there are a felU, if no more, that have
the courage, seeing the right, to stand
for and work for it; although it is very
unpopular with the wouldbe leaders.
Have the voters of this county been
fairly represented in our late cOnven-
ton ? If so, how? Is not ours a gov
eminent of the people, by the people,
and for the people? Have not the fen
run it on the road to ruin about far
enough? And is it not high time that
we as the common voters awake from
our long sleep, and make some part OF
this business our own? 1t does seem
so to me; and when we-have good and
true officers,-as all good citizens think
some of present incumbents are, to try
and keep them in their proper places as
long as they are true and faithful to
their trust, or till crimes are less fire.
quent than now.
The cry is to let the offices rotate.
But let them rotate ever so fast are we
all going to have a chance, suppOsing
we are all ever so well qualified fol
the same? But how shameful it is to
see how some of the wire pullers try to
manage all the offices of the county, to
see the persistency they have to get the
good ones out, and to keep the poor
ones in.
| was well pleased with what "South
End" says. If they live in the county,
and are not rebels, it does seem that
they should have rights and privileges
like other people, at least once every
two years. He also speaks of the
northern ring" that run the cOnven-
ton. l wish it was possible to have IA
magnifying glass made strong enough
so that we all could see the smallness
of that ring. 1t would be pleasure to
present it to "South End" and all
others that would like to see, to let
them know that the common people OF
the north end had not all, nor about all,
got into that ring.
| am well aware it is not popular to
bolt the regular ticket, but as there is
hope and faith in the integrity of the
voters of Caledonia county, let us so
vote at our September election that oul
conscience will be clean, honor untarn-
ished, and our oath not myth.
NORTH END.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12
ST, cSulmsburg Galrduniarl.
Caledonia County Politics.

The more the people think of the
county ticket the ring nominated at
this place the Goth of June, the more
they do not like it. There are mutter-
ings deep and determined, as well from
the North end of the county as from
the South end. The main question with
many seems to be, how is the best way
to defeat the present nominations.
Some are for calling another convention
as soon as haying is over, to inaugurate
a reform and put in nomination ticket
that all good men can support. This
is good subject to mediate upon.
Two counties in the state-Addison and
Windham-have already bOlted the
ring nominations, and are going in hot
and heavy for reform.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12
The Newport Caucus.

1t was no doubt the plan to smuggle
on TO the list of delegates two at least
who were talking well for Grout here,
but who in the convention would be
good Barlow men. 1t was soon found
this plan would not work, and then an
open push was made. 1t could only be
done by that system in which Barlow
has been so thoroughly versed, buying
votes. Money in abundance was at
hand and on Saturday forenoon the
work of buying human beings COM
menced. Several emissaries started
out, including at least two strong dem
ocrats. The most open, unblushing Of
fers were made with no apparent dis
position to cover at all what most men
would consider most mean, disreputa-
BILE business. Times were hard and
from 81 to SIS each secured good
number of votes. They were confident
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12
The Addison Co. Bolt.

A mass meeting was held at Bristol
the other day in the interest of Tenn
perance, Republicanism, and Reform.
A large part of the county will bolt the
regular nominees made at the county
convention recently held at Middlebury
and will present the name of j. H.
Lucia for state attorney, J. w. Boying-
ton of Orwell as senator, in place of
Joseph BOttell, whose republican record
is not satisfactory, j. w. Barnes of
Ferrisburgh as high sheriff, and N. N.
SOllace and c. t. Stevens as side judy
es. A big temperance mass meeting
will be held as soon as the farmers are
through haying. The contest on both
sides promises to be very lively one
as the factions are pretty evenly divid-
ed
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12
Who Is Responsible ?

The following communication comes
to us from another town; and as Others
NAV be under the same misapprehen-
sion as the writer, we give the criti-
cism and its explanation
What a terror the present States At
tornev is to the "Pet Lamb !" His
adultery case, wherein he was convict
ed, went to Supreme Court on excep-
lions, was remanded back for new trial,
and year after yeaI stands on the docket
uutried. He needs putting!
The facts relating TO the case of F. T..
Bridgman, if he is the 'Pet Lamb" re-
ferred to, are these: Brdgman was
indicted under the administration of
Elisha May as States Attorney in 1877
or 3. At the December term, 1874,
while w. p. Smith was States Attorney,
Bridgman was tried and found guilty.
Among Bridgman's counsel was the firm
of Belden & Ide. The case was taken
to the Supreme Court, Mr.. Idle drawing
the petition for a new trial. The case
was heard 10y the Supreme Court at the
General Term, 1876, and a new trial
was granted, the case being sent back
to the County Court. Mr.. Ide's term
as States Attorney commenced at the
December term, 1876, at which term he
suggested to the court that as he had
been of counsel for Bridgman, it would
not be proper for him to take the other
side of the case. ThereupOn the court
appointed w. P. Smith, Esq, as special
prosecutor to take charge of the case
for the State, and Mr.. Smiths name
was entered upon the docket as the
prosecuting officer tor that case, and
has so remained ever since, Mr.. Smith
having the entire charge of the case
The above facts are all public, and
known to the court and bar, as we'll as
to all persons who had any knowledge
of the court proceedings. If there has
been undue delay in the case, the re-
spOnsiblity rests with the court or Mr.
Smith but we are informed that Mr.
Smiths reasons for not bringing the
case to trial are substantial, and thai
no fault is to be attributed to him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12
The Institute of instruction.

Quite a number from this place,
teachers and others, have gone the
present week to the Fabyan House to
attend the 49th annual meeting of the
American institute of instruction.
There are great crowds of people pres
ent, all the hotels as far away as Little
ton being filed, and yet many had to
be lodged in Pullman cars. Thirteen
loaded cars came up through the Notch
Monday afternoon, and the other roads
were also well patronized. After the
opening address by President T. w.
Bicknell on Tuesday, Rev. s. S. Green
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12
U. S. Military Academy at West Point.
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION.


Having been ''invited by the Secre-
tary of War to nominate a legally
qualified candidate for appointment as
Cadet to the U. S. Military Academy
from the Second Congressional District
of Vermont" notice is hereby given
that a competitive examination of ap-
plicants for nomination for such APP
pointment, will be held at the junction
House at White River Junction, in
Hartford, in the county of Windsor in
said District, on the 25th day of July,
A. D., 1873, at one O'Clock P. NJ.
The general qualifications are lis fol-
lows: The age for admission of Cadets
to the academy, is between seventeen
and twenty-five years. Candidates
must be at least five feet in height, and
free from any infectious or immoral dis
order, and generally from any deform-
ity, disease or infirmity which may
render them unfit for military service.
They must be well versed in reading,
in writing including photography, and
in arithmetic, and have knowledge of
the elements of English grammar, of
descriptive geography, particularly of
our own country, and of the history of
the United States.
The following gentlemen have been
invited to serve as examiners, viz: DR..
S. j. Allen of w. r. Junction A. w.
Swain, Esq, of Bellows Falls; Hon. j.
w. Rowell of West Randolph, and Rev.
H. T. Fuller of St. JOhnsbury.
d. C., DENIsON.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12
Windham County Reform Convention
ITS FOURTH OF JULY PLATFORM.


Waving for the time being, natural
politics, with the purpose of promoting
the public welfare, we, the freemen of
Windham county, in mass convention
assembled, hereby declare:
|. That official position should never
be the reward for party service-office
should seek the man, not man the Of
flee. Public officers are servants of the
people, not theiI masters. That men
selected for official positions, should. in
the language of the trainers of our Con-
stitution, be those most noted for wis
dom and virtue
2. Taxation is the equivalent for pro-
lection. All property which the law
protects, should bear its just share of
the expense of that protection. We de-
mand such legislation as will reduce
and equalize taxation, and compel or
ganized capital to bear its just portion
of the public burdens. To that end we
demand the most rigid economy in
every branch of our State government.
That all salaries and fees for official
service shall be reduced to the standard
of 1860. We demand that the property
OF all railroad corporations, deposits in
erty of all other business corporations,
be taxed in the same proportion as real
estate is now taxed.
3. We condemn as wrong in principle
and dangerous in consequences, the
legislation which has enabled the CAPT
talist to escape taxation, and placed
nearly all the burdens of government
upon the productive industry of the
country, and the owners of it's real es-
tate. We demand the immediate re-
peal of all laws which exempt capital
from taxation, SO far as possible, with
out conflicting with the Constitution
and laws of the United States.
a. All forms of bribery are dangerous
to liberty, and subversive of good gov
eminent. The public welfare demands
that railroad corporations shall attend
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12

w One of the most successful pat
ent-medicine men the country has de-
veloped died on Wednesday in the
person of DIR. James c. Aver, whose
pills, pectoral, ETC., have been adver-
tised all over the world. He made a
fortune estimated all the way from
three to twenty millions, and then was
foolish enough to try turning Estates
man." He succeeded in capturing the
republican nomination for Congress in
the Lowell district four years ago, but
was overwhelmingly defeated. Not
long after his mind began to give way,
and he died at last in private asylum
at Winchendon
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12

The HORRORS OF THE CHINESE FAM
INE.-The following is an extract from
Il letter received by a merchant in BOs-
ton from a gentleman holding an official
position at Pekin, China, which is a
fearful narrative of the terrible suffer
ings by the famine in that region:
Il am very glad that you have taken
"A collection in your church for the fam
inc in North China. You can by no
possibility conceive a 1.-THE of the dis
tress. Fancy starving wretches stand
ing by to watch for the death by starry
alton of a member of their own family,
and then fighting over the few shreds
of flesh left upon the bones of the
corpse. Fancy cities in which shops
are opened in which human flesh is
publicly sold, as in ordinary times beef
and mutton is disposed of! Fancy a
district containing 100000 souls in
which the death rate from starvation
alone is 400 per diem.
1t is estimated by the Governor of
Shansi, the province adjoining this up
on the west, that half the population
of the entire province is already dead
of famine. In this province, and in the
three bounding it upon the east, south
and west, there are at Il low estimate
ten millions of people utterly destitute
of a morsel of food except what is Civ
en- them by the Government and by
charities.
Those who get any relief at all get
only tea cup full of sort of Cruel
made of millet, one each dag, which, of
course, won't keep life in grown per-
son very long. Some of nv own mis-
sionary friends have been in the field
distributing relief, and they give only
II cents per day to each grown person
only that, for funds would not allow
more generous assistance. If million
of dollars could be sent here NOW, it
would save almost a million lives"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12

gThe ST. Johnsbury (Vt.) CaledO-
MAN has the courage to expose the
trickery by means of which the Gale
mia County Republican Convention was
lately captured for the benefit of a
"ring" of aspiring men. We ale glad
to see such an exhibition of iDdepend-
ence in Republican newspaper, and
if it shall lead to a defeat of the regu-
lar ticket it will teach the conspiratOrs
a much-needed lesson.-Orange, N. T.,
Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12

wThis is bad year for big rascals.
The courts are honoring themselves
and protecting the people by dealing
out justice in righteous measure to the
respectable criminals who have betray-
ed the trusts committed to their keep
ing. Ira B. Wright, the defaulting
South Hadley treasurer, goes to Con
cord for five years to meet the other ex-
members of the Legislature already
there. The chest circles" are becom-
ing we'll represented in our state
prison.-Spr. Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12

States Supreme Court, has just left this
city after long session of Court here.
Judge Waite makes his home while in
New York at the old St. Nicholas Hotel,
which is located in the healthiest part
of town. Excavations now in progress
for a new building in the same block
with this hotel, show it to be underlaid
by by deep bed of pure sand, over
which malaria never is known.
RADIX
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12

Miss Annie Sweet, a schoOl-teacher
of WinOna, Mimi, and Maud Bissell, 10
years old, daughter of George NJ. Bis
sell of Richmond, were drowned in the
river at the latter place Sunday, while
bathing.
James NJ. Anthony of Fall River
who was largely interested in the Union
mills, was found dead Monday, having
taken an overdose of choral hydrate,
as an opiate, to quiet his nerves, which
were unstrung by the failure of the
mill.
Senator and General Burnside, who
has not been we'll of late, was seriously
injured by window falling Oh him at
his summer residence at Bristol on the
Fourth, and he has since suffered so
much from the heat that his physicians
are anxious about his recovery.
The forest fires in Canada are prov
ing very destructive. A long sectan
of the new North Shore Railroad track,
just completed, but unfortunately for
the contractors, not turned over to the
Government, has been destroyed, and
other property burned.
1t is believed that the Potter inquisi-
ton in Washington will be closed in
one or two weeks.
The Canadian Government has order
ed 1000 troops to go into camp in Mon
treal to preserve peace on the 18th of
July. The Mayor of Montreal is con-
sequently unhappy, because of the &C
ton of the magistrates, and has gOnetO
Ottawa to endeavor to prevent the or
der in regard to the troops from being
carried out. He wishes to prevent the
Orangemen from parading.
Ira B. Wright the defaulting town
Treasurer of South Hadley, was CON
victed Monday of embezzling S29,O 900,
and was sentenced to State Prison for
five years.
The town of st. Albans has voted not
to pay the interest on its MiSsisQnoi
Railway bonds. 1t is understood that
legal proceedings will Mt once be com
menced against the town by holders OF
! the bonds.
There is still considerable excitement
in Knox county, O., and that region
over the threats of the tramps to de-
strOy the property of farmers who use
machines to gather their crops. The
farmers have formed secret Organlza-
tions, one of the duties being to keep
their guns loaded to shoot any one tam
pering with their machines or crops.
AT Ithaca, N. Y, few days ago, as
Mrs. Charles King was sitting at Sec
ond story window with her thirteen
months old baby in her lap, the little
one sprang, and fell headlong t" TIE
ground, distance of fourteen leel'
The terrified mother expected that heI
child was killed, but strange to say Oh
hurrying to the yard picked it up ap-
paIenty unhurt, and a physician WIN
subsequently examined it could find n0
trace of injury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12

Intelligence has been received at
Portland, Oregon, from Governor Chad
wick, that an engagement took place at
Willard Springs, on Sunday, between
Capt. Sperry's volunteers and the In
dams, in which the former suffered al
most complete humiliation. Captain
Sperry was killed, and, SO far as is
known, but about five of his command
of fifty escaped.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12

Rain has fallen in North China and
faint hopes are entertained that tho
long drouth with its miseries NAV end !.
but up to this time there is no abata'
ment of the famine.
= A singular challenge is reported from
Cohoes, N: T., where Henry M. Bureber
Is matched against George LoyelT of
Cleveland to climb a church steenIa
5oo feet in height for purse of SI50i
Boston had seven cases of sun-strola
on wednesday, five of them proving IA
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12
The Bennington Monument.

A good many adjectives are being
expended in condemnation of model
which Larkin G. Meade has completed
for the Bennington (Vt.) battle monu-
ment, as if his design had been accept
ed, and America was saddled with
another art monstrosity. As no design
was to be adopted until all the funds
deemed necessary to build the Vermont
monument had been raised, and then
the plans were to receive the approval
of the governors of Massachusetts and
New Hampshire, as well as Vermont,
we guess the Florence correspondents
who are berating the United States for
accepting Meade's work are ahead of
time. They report Meade's monument
to consist of I2-feet statue of Gen.
Stark mounted on I00-feet tower for the
inspection of the birds; the base of the
tower is to be a copy of GiOtto's bell
tower ut Florence. which cost upward
of S5,000,000. Has any one been i'm
posing upon the Florence cOrrespon-
dents of the New York Times and Bos-
ton Herald 2 Certainly, after their
solemn promise to get ''the best" the
Bennington monument association could
scarcely he guilty of such monumental
foolishness as this.-Springtfetd Repub
licdn.