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Beaten With a Bottle,

Three per cent discount ON states taxes
paid In April.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
The Dictatorship.

We understand that Mr.. John o.
Stearns of Bradford, is moving 70 take
the office of Collector from Mr.. Dana,
and that he has procured very many
signatures to petition for his appoint
ment, said petition being numerously
signed by the Legislature, of which Mr.
Stearns was member. 1t is whispered
that Senator Morrill, is friendly to Mr.
Stearns' appointment, Mr.. Stearns hav-
ing done valiant service for him in the
late canvass before the Legislature. II
will be Interesting to see if the Presi-
dent adheres to his civil service princi-
pie, and retains the present collector,
for certainly Mr.. Dana has filled the
Office well. 1t will also be interesting
to see how much influence our Senators
have with the President, after turning
the cold shoulder upon him as they did
the last session. 1t is the impression OF
some that President Hayes will not be
run by the machine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
The Legislature.

Our Legislative correspondent failed
to send us letter respecting the clos
ing of the session. Perhaps he is asham-
ed to tell of the scenes of the last night.
Possibly he thinks it bad taste as well
as setting bad precedent that LIT. Gov
Cotton was presented with gold watch,
Speaker Martin with a gold watch and
a nice silver service, Newell, the clerk,
with Il fine silver service and Skeels,
the doorkeeper, with fine Elgin silver
watch. Very likely he cannot endorse
the ''lunch" served up in the night al
the expense of the State. But what
ever he thinks or don't think, is imma-
terial now-the Legislature adjourned
Wednesday, and we trust the members
were us thankful as their constituents
were over their turkey the next day.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
Our New York Letter.

A NEW LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND
RADIX ON THE AMERICAN EXPORT
TRADE - ITS EARLY HISTORY IT'S
DEATH AND REsURRECTION-A PANA-
CEA FOR sTAGNATIoN-THE YANKEE
IN FOREIGN MARKETs-WHAT WE ARE
NOW DOING-OUR MANIFEST DESTINY.
NEW YORK, Nov. %, 1878.
To the Editor of the CaIedonian:
The old maxim about demand Great
ing supply, is good enough, and per-
fectly true. But there is a converse to
it, which is just as good, though fire.
quently overlooked and that is, that
supply will create demand, if properly
introduced. For instance, the King OF
the Cannibal Islands would never have
been so anxious as he is reported to have
been, for roast missionary, if missiona-
ries had not gone out to his dOminions
Previously, His Majesty had to be con-
tent-and was content, not knowing any
better-with ''longpig" in the shape OF
baked victims of his wars, or an occa-
sional wrecked sailor. When the mis-
sionaries appeared, sleek, well-fed, un-
contaminated with rum and tobacco, the
demand for sailors diminished at once
This may seem ludicrous way of put
ting things, but the fact is there, and
the moral may be gathered from what
follows.
One year ago became actively asso-
ciated, in journalistic capacity, with
the reviving export trade of this cOun-
try, and in this connection have had my
attention constantly directed to the sud-
den and surprisingly rapid development
of this all-impOrtant branch of COM
merce. The subject of foreign trade, the
great element of national prosperity, is
of such vital interest, not only to the
nation, but to every one of its citizens,
that ] think need offer no other ex-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06

its winters tempered by stoves from
Fuller, Warren & Co., of Troy. Our
artifcers and their works are seen every
where. Japanese and Chinese of high
rank come to study in our colleges,
while our cars and locomotives are car
rying their compatriots in the hOHery
land, or under the shadow of Furiyama,
the holy Mount of Japan.
Is it any wonder then that we are call
ed ''go-ahead" nation? We have fair
ly walked upon this long-neglected sub
ject, and, although we have as yet hard
" more than relaid the foundation of
the ruined structure, it already gives
sure promise of a thOusand-fold greater
extent and magnifcence than before its
downfall. Not only private citizens but
the general government is alive to its
duties in this regard, and our consulate
service is fast becoming disciplined
and useful advance guard, preparing
the way for, and advancing the vast
movement. The boundless fields for
commerce comprised in Cuba, the West
Indies, Mexico and Central and South
America are being worked with con-
stantly increasing vigor, and with very
encouraging results. Our exports this
year VI ali SOOuS nave III
value, s5O,OOO,OOO in excess of those
sold last year, or a total of 5000, OOO,0 900
during the fiscal year. Our imports in
all have declined $55,OO0,0OO. The
drain from this country has been lessen
ed in these enormous proportions till
the ebb and flow of exports and imports
have been equalized, thus permitting
the entire annual product of our mines
to remain as accumulated wealth.
For the export trade the United States
have every advantage. We have nearly
all the raw materials, animal, vegetable
and mineral, which enter into manufac-
lures. We have fuel in exhaustless
abundance. We have the skilled labor,
the enterprise, the brains and the money.
And lastly, we are already acquiring
the momentum of success, and it will be
our own fault if this country does not,
from this time forward, move steadily
on to the fulfillment of it's natural desti-
ny-does not become the foremost work
shop, as it is now the most generous
granary of the world. RADIX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
Vermont News.

Mrs. Geo. l.. Waterman of Hydepark,
who was injured in the accident on the
p. & o. road, is rapidly recovering.
Job Swallow, of East Hardwick was
recently thrashed by Capt. Davis, and
he has now sued for $4,000 damages.
A North Troy merchant won't send
any more eggs to Boston right away.
Ont of Il little over 1900 dozens he sent,
500 dozen were unsOund.
In the matter of divorces, Lamoille
and Washington counties lead, with one
to every IL marriages, while Rutland
follows closely with one in every IA
marriages, and Caledonia makes the
best showing, with one to every "a
marriages. Nearly all the divorces are
among Professionals, the Catholic religion
forbidding it for any cause except adul-
terry.
The Rutland military institute, Il
wooden building, was almost totally
burned up last week, Wednesday in
sured for $500.
George Whalen, brakeman on the
Vermont Central railroad, was fatally
injured by train of cars at White River
Junction, Wednesday.
David Eddy, farmer, was thrown
from runaway team at South London
derry, Wednesday, and died from his
injuries.
Mrs. George B. Richardson of Bur-
lington, slipped on nail which ran into
her foot, the 29th, and taking cold, died
of lockjaw Saturday.
Mrs. Oliver Fairbanks of Woodstock
received letter recently, from Texas,
conveying the startling intelligence that
her son, Charles D., was dead, having
accidentally shot himself.
Miss Mary Waters of Rutland, who
fractured her thigh some three months
ago by falling from swing, and who
was fully recovered from the accident,
fell Sunday, and fractured the limb in
the same place again.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06

border and other minor points in our
foreign relations. He summarizes the
report of the Secretary of the Treasury
and dwells upon the gratifying condl-
ton of the national credit, the reduction
of the debt aud the successful progress
of the refunding at four per cent. he
deprecates any radical changes in exist
ing financial legislation, and considers
that if business continues undlsturoed
by Governmental interference, the re-
sumption of specie payments Will DE
easily maintained and will be followed
by healthful and enduring revival OF
business prosperity. Passing to the re-
ports of the other departments, he in
dorses certain recommendations of Sec
rotary McCrary, passes over those OF
Secretary Thompson and presents brief
ly the questions to be determined IL
connection with the postal service.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
Bankrupt Sale.

will sell at public auction on SATURDAY,
Dec. %, 1878, at the Lyndon House in Lyndon at
one o'clock, p. m the following property to wit
All the uncOllected notes and accounts belonging
to the estate of e. III. & j. NJ. Weeks, bankrupts |;
also all the personal property belonging to said
the following property viz: The Mooney House
so called, in Lyndon; the Smith House. so called
in Lyndon; the BOwditch House. so called in
Lyndon the Bennett House" so called in I,yn-
don 1 Building Lot, 40X60 feet, on Main street in
Lyndon; Starch Factory, Lot and part of Water
Privilege in Lyndon; the Wellington Williams
Farm in Lyndon; the Thos. Knox Farm in Kirby ;
and partly in st. Johnsbury. All of the above
property is covered by mortgages and various at
tachments and will be sold the right of redemption
above all mortgages and attachments to the high
est bidder for cash.
$500 GEO B. WALKER; Assignee.
Dated at st. Johnsbury, Dec. 3. 1873
STATE OF VERMONT. CALEDONIA DIsTRIcT: SIS
- In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
St JOhnsbury, within and for said District on the
I'd day of December, A. d. 1878.
An instrument purporting to be the last Will and
Testament of Nancy Coe, late of Burke in said
district deceased being presented to Court for
Probate:
1t is ordered by said Court, that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at a ses-
sion of said Court to be held at the Probate Office
in St Johnsbury, on the 21st day of December
A D. 1873, and show cause, if any they may have
against the Probate of said Will; for which pur
pose it is further ordered that a COPY of the rec
ord of this order be published three weeks success
lively in the Caledonian printed at st. ,Johnsbury
previous to said time appointed for hearing -
By the Court, Attest,
HENRY FRENCH, Register.
A true copy of Record, A test
oo-6O HENRY FRENCH, Register.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06

II While the Presidents message is
a clear-spoken, candid state paper, as
becomes such document from a man
in such position, and that part relat
ing to the political condition of the
South is sensible and discreet, there is
one important omission. In respect to
civil service reform, of which the Pres
ident has heretofore had something very
especial to say, and whose utterances
have resounded all over the land, he
has now not word to say. His silence
on this subject would seem to indicate
that he has lost his courage in battling
almost alone, not only against the OPP
pOsite party, but against large part OF
the Republican party in Congress as
well as out. The more the pity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06

Harriet Beecher Stowe and family
leave for their winter home in Florida
tomorrow.
Ex-GOv. Curtin of Pennsylvania is
reported to intend contrasting the seat
of the republican greenbacker who beat
him for Congress, on the ground OF
fraud.
Rev. E. d. Winslow, the forger, has
dropped out of the public mind, but it
is believed at the state department in
Washington, by those who ought to
know, that he is living quietly some
where in the neighborhood of Boston.
The United States District Court at
ST. Louis has rendered Judgment for
the government against Geo. Atcheson
for failing to account for about $4,000,
placed in his hands as an army officer,
for distribution among the Indians of
Minnesota, in September, 1870.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
Petition for Discharge in Bankruptcy

In the District Court of the United States tor the
District of Vermont.
In the matter of ROB'T G. BEATTIE, Bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been
filed in said Court, by Robert G. Beattie of
Ryegate, in said district duly declared bank
rupt, under the Act of Congress of March ID, 1867
for discharge and certificate thereof from ali
his debts and other claims provable under said
Act, and that the 18th day of Jan 1879 at O'Clock
\. NJ, before the HON. HoYT H. WHEELER Judge
of said Court, at the o. S. Court Room in the city
or Burlington, is assigned for the hearing of the
same, when and where all creditors who have
proved their debts and other persons in interest,
may attend and show cause if any they have why
the pray er of said petition should not be granted
Dated at Burlington, on the 27th day of Nov. 1878
$500 B. B. SMAIIEY ClerL,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
Note and Comment.

We must either have better jurymen,
oriurv trials must be abolished, and cases
submitted directly to the judges of our
various courts. The jury trial, as now
conducted, is simply farce-that is to
say, it is farcical so far as justice is con-
cerned, although it may be something
more serious and expensive for the los
ing party. What is needed is radical
reform. We must either have better
jurymen or none at Chicago Times.
Simon Cameron is a remarkably san
guine individual. He predicts that
Grant will Ego in with sweep in 1880,
carrying every northern state"
Colored Senator Bruce of Mississippi
talked with Grant in Paris, and this is
the way it affected him 81 think | am
at liberty to say that Gen. Grant does
not consider himself candidate for Il
third term. Should, however, the nomi-
nation be rendered him, do not think
he would feel at liberty to decline it,"
Congressman j. D. Cox's nomination
of Vice-President Wheeler as the re-
publican candidate in 1880 does not
W Herald, however, thinks the sug-
EcSllOu is WhItu tuluhlHS dDou', anu
that "the party and the country might
look farther, and fare a great deal
worse"
Rev. Crawford Nightingale, after sift-
ing his ashes the other morning, jotted
down three thoughts for the Christian
Register. viz, IA silver dollar is now
worth 81 cents. Our government is thus
committing petty larceny at the rate of
l8 cents for every silver dollar it puts in
circulation. How long is this to last p
"What is most needed for the better
government of the state is not an abate-
ment of taxes, but an abatement of
knaves and fools" The third thought
seems commentary on the other two !;
IA great deal of truth can be told about
the evil and sin in the world but does
telling that and that only do any good"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
What More or Less" Means in Deed

The case of j. B. Darling VS.. James
p. Osborne and others, heard at the
General Term of the Supreme Court,
has just been decided. 1t appears that
in 1871 the Montpelier & Wells River
Railroad Company sold the defendant
Osborn four lots of wild land in GrotOn
for $4,000, of which sum $4,000 was paid
duw", ""d ".arteaGn was given for
the remaining $4,000. The deed from
the r. r. Co. to Osborn described the
property as four lots, supposed to con-
tain one hundred acres each, more or
less. The r. r. Co. sold the mortgage
to the plaintiff, j. B. Darling, and he
brought petition to tOreclose the
mortgage. The defendants claimed
that, when they bought the property,
the agents of the r. r. Co. represented
that the lots wonld contain over 100
acres each, and that they bought with
that understanding, while, in point of
fact, two of the lots were very small
one containing but fifty-three acres,
and another but sixty, making de-
ficiency of eighty-seven acres in the
two lots. The plaintiff claimed that
the "more or less" in the deed was in
tended to cover such deficiency.
The court held that the defendants,
having bought with the understanding
that they were getting one hundred
acre lots, were entitled to have that
understanding made good, and decreed
a deduction of 81 1850 from the note
of $1,000, as of its original date, by
reason of the deficiency in the size OF
the two small lots, leaving balance
$245.31 and interest due on the note
1t was held that the words ''more OIL
less" in a deed, were no excuse fol
actual deceit as to the quantity of land
sold, nor for great and important
deficiency resulting from a mutual mis-
take, but that those words are intended
TO provide only for small variations
such as would not have interfered with
the trade had they been known.
The case was tried by Leslie &
Rogers and S. c. Shurtleff for the plain
tiff, and by Belden g. Ide for the de-
PENDANTS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
Harper's Magazine.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
TO DELINQUENTS.

Those subscribers who neglectto keep their
accounts square, must not be surprised IT the
bills are collected at their expense. We must
have a settlement with all our subscribers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06

II The prospectus of the Christian
Union is given in another column. Be-
sides Mr.. Beeeher's sermons, this paper
has much valuable matter for house
wives and children. The frequent ex-
tracts made from this journal in these
columns, must have given our readers
an idea of its merits.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06

II The last session of the 45th Con-
gress commenced Monday, to contiue
until the 4th of March. Let US hope
that the saying of a witty paper that
1.-The only thing in the way of prosperity
to our country was the next session of
Congress-" will not prove true.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
Remember the Postage.

Subscribers living out of Caledonia county should
not forget remit ten cents orpostage with their
subscriptions. By the present law, publishers
have to pay the postage in advance upon all their
publications.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
HARPER'S PERIODICALS.

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prising 81 Volumes, in neat cloth binding will be
sent by express, freight at expense of purchaser,
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06

ST. ALBANs MEssENGER.-Si the
election of Mr.. Barlow, the st. Adams
Messenger is putting on airs. First it
moved into a nice new office, so we are
told; and now it comes out in bran new
type, and with much better makeup
and general appearance than hereto
fore. Its looks correspond well with its
contents. 1t is first-rate newspaper,
and we are glad it seems to be appre-
ciated.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
Notice in Bankruptcy.

DISTRICT OF VERMONT, SIS.
At Wheelock, the 29th day of Nov, A. d. 1878.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap-
pOintment assignee of j. & E. j. GRAY of
WheelOck in the county of Caledonia and state of
Vermont, within said district, who have been ad-
Judged banllrupts on their petition by the Dis
trict Court of said district. j. G.. GRAY
5S-61 ASSIGNEE.
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DAUCHY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

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g The storm Monday was very
severe on the coast, doing much dam
age to shipping, and causing more or
less loss inland
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06
1.-THE Little Belle of BIoomingdaIe.
A SERMON BY Mr.. BEECHER
EACH WEEK.
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ed is an excellent family religious newspaper.
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I have been a gratified reader of the Christian
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MoLASSES, TOBACCO, CIGARS,
SUGARS, LOAF OR PULVERIZED; AP-
PIES BY THE PECK OR BUSHEL,
AND ALL OTHER GROCERIES
AT PRICES CHEAP FOR CASH, AT
ROBINSON'S, AVENUE HOUSE.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06

Fred. Douglass, the colOred orator,
says time, not bayonets, is the remedy
for the Southern situation. He thinks
public opinion must be educated, and
urges order loving people to exhaust
all civil processes. If they do not ex-
haust their patience first, we shall be
mistaken,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-06

He may be honest in it, but the edi-
tor of the MorIisville Citisen makes a
mistake when he blows for the presi-
dent of the "Moonshine Mining and
Reduction Co." of Colorado. There are
several people in the state who know
John II. Drew.