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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
Senator Morrill, on Public Honesty.

A week ago Monday, Senator Morrill,
of this state made an elaborate speech
against the silver bill. In the course
of his remarks he used the following
language:
The whole measure looks to me like
fearful assault upon the public credit.
The losses it will infiict upon the hold
,ers of paper money and many others,
will be large; and if the bill, without
further radical amendments, obtains the
approval of the Senate, it will give the
death blow to the cardinal policy of the
country, which now seeks a large re-
ductiOn of the rate of interest upon our
national debt. Even that part now
held abroad will come back in a STAN
pede to be exchanged for gold at any
sacrifice. The ultimate result would be
when the supply for customs shall have
been coined, and the first effervescence
passed away, the emission of silver
would be far below the standard of
gold, and when the people become
tired of it, disguised or ruined by its
instability, us they soon would be, a
fresh clamor may be expected for the
reconciliation of gold, and another
clipping or debasing of gold coin may
follow to bring them again into circula-
ton on basis of silver equivalency.
In this slippery descent there can be no
stopping place.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
Railroad War Not Settled.

MONTREAL, Quebec, Feb. 2. Yester-
day Emmons Raymond, President, and
Hon. Timothy P. Redfield, Vice Presi-
dent of the Passumpsic railroad, accom-
panied by their counsel, were in Mon
treal in consultation with the officers of
the South Eastern railroad and their
counsel. After free discussion of the
questions at issue and owing to the
persistency of the Passumpsic officials
to endeavor again to come into possess
sion of and run the Southeastern rail-
way, all negotiations heretofore under
consideration and all further proceed
ings in the matter looking toward a
settlement of past differences between
the officials of the two railroads have
ceased. The Southeastern officers say
they will now proceed to manage and
run their own road, Independent of any
other lines, and make the best arrange
ments they can in the future for the
accommodation of the travelling public
and tratfie.-Dispatch to Boston Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

and the mobility of feature and never
ceasing gestures with which his speech
is accompanied and the rapid, impress
sive vehemence of the utterance itself,
give him power over his audience, large
or small, which many saner orator
might envy. l well remember on the
occasion of the railroad journey to
which | have already alluded, per-
Torrance of Mr.. Trains which pre-
sumo no one who heard it has forgotten.
We were tearing along over the Ne
braskan prairies one evening when he
jumped up from his chair in the parloI
car which contained our excursion par
ty, some twenty-five in number, and
rushing to the end of the saloon turned
about and began to recite "The Charge
of the Light Brigade" The effect was
peculiar and intense. The strange cir
cumstances, the growing darkness, the
rushing train whose rumbling illustrated
the "vOlleys" and "thundersn of the
poem seemed to accord with and en-
nance the exaggerated force and dra-
matte action of the declaimer. Amid
ordinary surroundings his performance
would have been painfully overdone
but as it was, when he had shouted the
last line, painting and frothing, with
wild eye and dishevelled hair, the APP
plause of his little audience drowned
the roaring of the wheels.
The impressions of this episode were
forcibly recalled during the interview
which have partially recorded, and
came to the decided conclusion that
visionary and even ridiculous as is the
man in his hallucinations, they who take
George Francis Train for a nonentity
make grand mistake. RADIx.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

r There is free-and- easy, rollick-
ing sort of newspaper printed at
BrattlebOrO, called the Reformer; from
which because of its name, we pre-
sume,) the Springfield Republican de-
lights to quote. To show how much of
that which is sensible and ridiculous,
true and false, the Refermer can get
into one short item, we give the follow
ing:
The Brattleboro Reformer wants an
independent party in Vermont that
shall be free from the Hiram Atkins
and John Cain sort of politicians on the
one side, and the Smith railroad oligar-
chy on the other, and whose mission
shall be to elevate the politics and
politicians of the state by electing IA
good man to Congress over Denison
and Poland, ex-GOg. Stewart to succeed
Col. Joyce, Judge H. H. Powers in
place of Hendee, and ex-Congressman
Willard to the Senate instead of Nor
rill. Then for Governor, the Reformer
thinks that, if 7. P. Redfield, E. j.
Phelps, Asa M. Dickey or A. B. Gard
ner were taken, "there would begin to
be hope of some reform in taxation, in
the liquor law, the judiciary system and
railroad management
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
Public Opinion.

The democrats of Louisiana have tn,
satisfaction of knowing that they ar,
playing the game of Mr.. w. Z. Chandlel
very nicely, and that the fault will moi
be theirs if they do not succeed in stir.
ring up sectional luminosity and strife
They could not labor more efficiently
in that direction if they tried.-Neu
York Times.
Gentlemen, ridicule it as you will
the woman who is good enough to pa,
taxes is good enough to cast ballot
and the time will come when You'll
have to admit it.-New York CONNER
ciaL advertiser.
The declaration of Congress in the
Matthews resolution leaves no option
to honorable men who love their coun-
try. The foes of honesty tell us that
things cannot be worse than they are.
This is sOphistry. Things will be worse
"a thousand times worse-unless pa
triOtic men, the country over, combine
against the present foe. federation of
evil is worse than the open support of
it. The only safety lies in vigorous
aggression. And in this aggression let
Massachusetts take the lead Her sons,
individually and in their associations,
religious, political aud social, must
make their voices heard and their in
fiuence felt. They must preach the
gospel of honesty, early and late, in
season and out of season, that the world
may hear and know the protest of Mas
sachusetts against this infamy of repu-
diatiOn.-BostOn Transcript.
The panic about hydrophobia, here
or in England, results, it may be said.
rather from the horror of going out of
life in this way than from the frequency
of fatal cases. At their utmost, the
deaths from hydrophobia are few COM
pared with those from causes so much
Ill control as the discharge of guns not
supposed to be loaded, the careless
crossing of crowded streets, and MANY
other incidental occurrences. 1t is hard
for strong, well mar to die for dog :;
hard, too, for such a one to die beneath
felled tree in the woods,-as a dog
lover retorted the other day. But.
while legislation cannot make a sturdy
wOOd-chOpper careful, it can put dogs
under restraint and defamation, and
this ought to be done, by tax and bullet,
all over the land.-Springfeld Republic
can.
If the silver men cannot carry their
measure by a two-thirds vote, let them
wait, and con the heat and fame of
their distemper sprinkle cool patience,
while an appeal is taken to the people
at the next election. If, with the time
that will thus be given for considera-
ton, they can secure majority in the
next Congress, they may with more
prOpriety demand that the President
shall refrain from exercising the veto
power. The bill by which silver was
demonetized was pending in Congress
nearly three years. 1t will be no great
hardship if the silver men wait half as
long for the final disposition of their
measure: The silver question did not
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
Vermont News.

Martin u. Everts of Rutland has or
dered lot of 200 migratory quails to
be turned out in Middlebury.
Charles Mason of Vergennes has sold
some 700 Merino bucks in Colorado
the past season. He sold one carload
for 81 200 in gold.
Members of the state fish and game
society i'll Rutland and vicinity are rails
ing money to buy number of deer To
be turned loose on the mountains.
At Pittsford, Sunday morning, Mr..
Israel Hewett died, aged 81 wears. He
was soldier in the regular army in the
war OF 1872, and served under generals
Dearborn and Wilkinson.
Matte Kelley and her mother of Rut-
land are recovering from typhoid fever.
caused by defective sewers, and will she
the village for damages.
Stephen Pike, who broke out of iaiI
at Rutland last fall, was arrested in
Mendon the Both, after committing -
robbery or two in the neighborhood.
DIR. Willmarth Hindes, prominent
physician OF Addison, died the 29th milf.
aged II years.
Aaron Earl and his wife of Chester
"a and 70 years old respectively, cele-
6rated their Goth marriage anniversary
the other evening.
DIR. Middleton Goldsmith of Rutland
is making a collection of casts of all Yer
mont fishes for the state cabinet at
Montpelier.
1t is pleasant to know that the dinb-
iberia is abated at Ferrisburgh, where
1t has made such frightful ravages. AT
present not a single case is known to
exist in the town.
The directors of the Bennington bat
tie monument association hope to put
the amount to be spent at $4,000, and
they promise that only noble work of
art shall be produced.
The other day, L. Hersey of Will
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

A Commemorative are informed on
the best authority that the statement
in letter from Stowe, VT, published
last week, to the effect that ''Mr. Girls
void, owner of the New York farm"
had been taken to New Jersey and sen
fenced to state prison for IA crime COM
mitted in an insurance transaction, is
entirely incorrect. There was such IL
report current in Stowe, us our CORE
spondent stated, but it is utterly with
out foundation. We make this state
ment i'll justice to Mr.. Griswold, and
trust that the papers which copied the
original statement will also copy this
correction.-BOstOn Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

The Secretary of the Navy propose.
to send Il man-of-war to explore the Am.
azon.
The vault of the Deep River (Conn.
National Bank WAS blown open Wed.
nesday night, but the noise frightened
of the burglars before they had secur-
ed any plumber.
Two thousand cotton operatives in
Manchester, England, were locked out
on Wednesday because they refused ia
submit TO a reduction of twelve percent
in wages.
Bennett H. Young, one of the Paris
Commissioners appointed by the COVER
nor OF Kentucky, was the leader of the
st. Adams raiders of 1864.
The great publishing firms of James
K. Osgood & Co. and Hurd and Hougb-
ton have been consolidated under tbe
firm name of HOughtOn, Osgood g. Co.
Rev. Mr.. Pentecost of the Warren
Avenue Baptist Church, Boston, has re-
signed his position for the purpose of
devoting his time to the work of evan
gelization.
The Washington train which left
Boston Tuesday night, was attacked
near Harlem, N. Y, Wednesday morn
ing by pistol shots and a shower of
stones. The fireman was badly womb
ed by stone. The attacking party is
supposed to belong to an Organized
band OF desperadoes, whose object was
plumber. ""'
The Special Commission appointed
Tor the examination of life insurance
companies i'll Connecticut baya mod
their report. They declare that the
Etna, Connecticut Mutual, Connecti-
cut General, Hartford Life and Appuitv
Phoenix and the Travellers are not oniy
solvent, but financially sound and wor-
thy of confidence.
A terrible epidemic of hydropbobia is
reported raging among the dogs of
wilkes and Lincoln counties. Ga and
Ebert and Abbeville counties. s n
Inc woods and fields are full of md
dogs, and IS of them have already haan
killed. onl y one person has been hit
ten as yet, but many have had verv
narrow escapes. 'o'9
capt. simmons of the Old Colonx
steamer, Providence, has resigned ~:
= Iause Oh the many marrow escapesn of
MS posltlon-which is pleasant news for
travellers by the Sound lines, ~
In New Hampshire two babes hav.
recently been smothered in bed Inv tho
eaFelessness OF their mothers-one in
N'anchester and another in Whitefield.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
A Sad Case.

1t is sad enough to see young man
fall into disgrace and wretchedness
through an uncontrolled appetite 1oI
Intoxicating drinks, but sadder sui
when the subject is a young woman
and a wife besides. The story OF MIS-
Oakman's miserable adventure I'D the
CITY of New York, last week, is one OF
too many, and ought to add to the ear
nestness of the temperance men, Dotll
in their preventive and prohIbltary Ell
forts. 1t seems that she is but twenty
two, was educated at Ipswich Femaie
Seminary, has been well married TO d
reputable young man, but had inherited
or acquired a terrible habit OF using
stimulants. She is said to have been
once sent to the Island from this city.
Her husband left her on his account.
On her way to visit friends in Baltl-
more, she stopped III New York to see
her sister. She drank lager beer on the
Journey, renewed the application when
she reached the city, and, feeling faint,
drank also glass of whiskey. There
is a probability that the liquor was
drugged. A brutal saloon keeper sought
to abuse her, when her cries brought
aid. The saloon that she entered was
noted den of thieves and tramps.
Thus education, social position and
womanly delicacy go down under this
awful vice, and the community licenses,
bv law, these dens where this satanic
work is accomplished The most sig
nificant fact in this case is the probably
hereditary nature of the appetite Of this
unhappy woman. Do wine drinking
men know what they are entailing upon
their families?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

IL A sad and somewhat mysterious
disappearance was that of Miss Lille
G.. KemptOn of Boston, who left home
Dec. 81. She wrote to her friends from
Fall River, stating that she should take
the Sound boat there. Although rela-
tives went directly to New York and
secured the services of detectives, no
trace of her has yet been found. 1t
was at first believed that she threw
herself into the Sound. Last week she
was reported in Hudson, N. Y. AL
pheus Sanford, her cousin, went to Hud-
son, but could get no clue to her pres
ent residence. The ticket agent stated
that woman answering the description
of Miss Kempton had been there, and
left bundle in the depot. Mr.. Sanford
failed to recognize any of the clothing
in the bundle. The only reason the
relatives of Miss Kempton can give for
flight is IA morbid feeling that she was
burden upon them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
Another Steamship Disaster.
ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.

The Metropolis" was wrecked off
the stormy coast of North Carolina, on
the night of Jan. Both, and 16O lives
were lost. The vessel sailed fIom Phil
adelphia for Brazil, and had on board a
very heavy freight with something like
$50 passengers and crew. The night
was stormy and the vessel drifted to
landward and grounded. Those who
were saved swan to the beach, or float
ed on broken pieces of the vessel. The
particulars of the disaster are about the
same as the ''Huron" that was wrecked
on the same coast, few weeks since.
Another report says, the wreck is
abont 20 miles north of Kitty Hawk
station. The Metropolis sailed from
Philadelphia on the Goth, with 200 la
6orers and fifty tons of railroad iron fer
the Madeira and Mamore railroad, in
Brazil. A Philadelphia dispatch says
the steamer was in charge of Capt.
Ankers. Paul White, formerly chief en-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

Over 300 Chinese have been
as mem bers of the Protestant gagcei's
of California, and in addition u IlnOId.
700 Cinnamon in Christian ass ,"gre q.
for learning Christian doctri"
Chinese attend the mission sob T.
San Francisco, and over .OO0 "'ob
Sunday schools. 7'"t
That notorious medicine ADJ.
A. j. Flagg, who posted his noI,
on every billboard, barn door T.
the columns of so many newxn npl
has gone into voluntary bantppdI+
and about 30 Vermont publish
invited to his funeral. This nano
no ticket.
Mrs. Louise Woodwork Fo,.
reader, is at her home in Maiden w.
ing from nervous prostration. t5 5u@
suit of her serious injuries. amy
been compelled to cancel all bo'
gagements.
The Postmaster General has d..
that the trade dollar is not legal
and post offices are not Obliged 81
ceive them.
The storm at Long Branch lac, p
day, was the most terrific ever Az,
enced there. On Coney Island p
shanties were swept away and j,
persons drowned.
Death from joy is a rare occur,
in this sober, cloudy world. A ST.
blacksmith, who had been in prson
two months, returned to his hon..
Dec. 10th, and on seeing his wife i,
child was SO oveljoyed that he Iun,aN
his heart and died before a pbrs%
could be summoned.
Mexico, with silver dollar ~
valuable than the one Congress -" n.y.
poses to make legal tender, has dr.
gold out of the country and reta,5.
business and a return of plo>no,'
Shall we outMexicanize MexicnT
The gale of Thursday and Tbm.d,
night, was very severe at Long Bran.
Hotels and summer houses suffered
verely, and several of the latter A..
demolished and swept away. Th,h
houses were all swept away, sixty h.
ing been taken frOm the Ocean Hm.
1t was the highest water ever know
New York city pays AVA persons ~,
aries of $4,000 or over, nominal,
help carry on the municipal go,-
ment, aggregating 1896, 500;
mayor receives SI2, 900, the corpora
counsel $4,000, the district attoa
$4,000, the controller John X,
$4,000, and so on.
Mr.. Nordhoff, the " ashington cor
pOndent Of the New York Herald.
that "all rumOrs that the Preside.
not veto the Bland bill if it shout,
sent to him, are false. 1t is the b.
in Administration circles that the B.
bill will pass, will be vetoed and
not be passed over the Veto"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
Cruelty to Animals.

We infer the public generally are not
aware of the strict laws of our state re-
gaIding cruelty to the brute creation.
We judge they are not from things seen
and heard in our streets and elsewhere.
The laws against cruelty are very plain
and comprehensive, and the penalty
severe, as it should be. We copy be-
low one section of the law passed in
1876, which will cover most cases:
Sec. !. Whoever overariyes, over
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
Peace at Last.

Europe has been relievd of suspense
by the announcement that the prelimi-
naries of peace and an armistice we're
signed OH the part of Russia and Tur-
key, at Adrianople, on Thursday. The
conditions of peace, which are onerOus
and amount to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
Turkey, are appended The armistice
went into effect at once. There have
been great rejoicings at st. Petersburg
in consequence of the conclusion of
peace. Greek troops have entered
Thessaly and are advancing without
resistance. A conference to settle Eu-
ropean questions resulting from the war
is to be held at Vienna.
The following are the conditions of
the protocol
First-The erection of Bulgaria into
a principality.
SecOnd-A war indemnity or territory
in compensation.
Ihird-The independence of Rou-
mania, Servia and Montenegro, with
an increase of territory for each.
FOurth-RefOrms In Bosnia and Her.
zegovina.
Fth-An Interior understanding be-
tween the Sultan and the Gar regard
ing the Dardanelles.
SirH-The evacuation of the Dan
ubian fOrtresses and Erzerum.
HosTIL TIES SUSPENDED.
ADRIANoPLE, Jan. 81.
The six bases of peace accepted by
the Porte and the terms of armistice
have just been signed by the Grand
Duke Nicholas and Server and Namyk
Pashas. An order suspending hostili-
ties will be dispatched forthwith to all
the corps and detachments, and also to
the army in Asia Minor The Turks
will evacuate all the Danubian fortress
es and ErZerum. General Zimmerman's
forces have advanced within ten miles
of VaIna and cut the Shumla Railway
and telegraph lines.
REJoICINGs AT THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 3, 1878.
Thanksgiving services are being held
in the churches, and salvos of artillery
fired in consequence of the signing of
the armistice. Flags are flying all over
the city, and preparations are making
for brilliant illumination tonight.
PRELUDEs TO PEACE.
On Thursday or Friday the Sultan
telegraphed to the Car asking armis-
tice. The Gar replied: al desire peace
as much as you, but it is necessary for
me-necessary for us-that it should be
a solid and durable peace"
A telegram from Cairo says ''that the
Grand Vizier of Turkey telgraphed to
the Khedive that the protocol of an
armistice was ready for signature. The
Sultan telegraphed to the Car, accept
ing the peace conditions, and asking
the Gar to stop the advance of the
Russian troops. The Gar replied that
he was about to give orders to that eff
feet"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

loads, drives when overloaded, over
works, tOrtures, torments, deprives of
necessary sustenance, cruelty beats, mu-
tilates or cruelty kills, or causes or pro-
cures to be so overdriven, overloaded,
driven when overloaded, overworked,
tortured, tormented, deprived of neces-
sary sustenance. cruelty beaten, mutt
lated, or cruelty killed any animal and
whoever, having the charge or custody
of any animal, either as owner or other
wise, infiicts unnecessary cruelty upon
the same, or unnecessarily fails to pro-
vide the same with proper food, drink,
shelter or protection from the weather,
shall for every offense be punished by
Imprisonment in Jail not exceeding one
year, or by fine not exceeding two hun
dred dollars, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

A MONSTER BANQUET.-A project is
on foot to give a monster banquet at
Chicago, in August, 1880, the occasion
being the triennial meeting of the
Knights Tenplar of America. 1t is pro-
posed to seat ten thousand people at
the banquet, and to serve this vast
multitude with elegance and prompt
ness. The plan is to divide the COM
pany into tables seating one hundred
each, each table to he served by sep
arate set of walters under the charge of
a head man. In this way it is expected
to serve the ten thousand as promptly
and as well as though there were but
one hundred. MANY of our readers will
have already guessed that Mr.. Tyler B.
Gaskell of the Grand Pacific Hotel, is
discussing the possibilities of this great
feast, and will probably direct the
affair.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

II There has been an effort to dem
onstrate that the present winter was
one of exceptional mildness, and we
thought one while with some show of
success but statistics are rather against
the theory. For instance, Lake Cham
plain closed the 3Ist ult., and the aver
age time for the last 60 years has been
Jan. %, while four years in this time
the lake never closed at all.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

- After reading of the terrible snow
storm and gale in Boston and along the
notwithstanding life and putting an
embargo upon travel and business of
all kinds-it is more than ever appar-
ent that Vermont is the only place
suitable for winter residence.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

w On Saturday last the Springfield
Republican moved into its new quarters
"a building erected for its special
needs, conceived aud planned in part
by the late Samuel BOwles, who did not
live TO enter il,