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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-07
The Office Holder in the Caucus.
From the New York Times


1t is not too much to say that the in
huence in the caucuses of the 10000
office-holders, whose Importance has
been so much ridiculed, has outweigh
ed that of all the rest of the community.
The whole spirit of our institutions is
warped by this system. Instead of the
people meeting in free consultation for
the selection of candidates for public
offices, governed only by the general
welfare, as in theory they are supposed
to do, the nominations are too often
forced upon them by knot of office
holders controlled by their own selfish
interests, and obeying the behests of
their political masters. For the free
choice of the people is substituted po-
litical manipulation. =. This is the
great evil which civil service reform
aims to cure, and it is this fact which
entities it to become great national
issue. 1t aims to restore to the plain
people of the country the power of
which they have been robbed, and to
make the caucuses and conventions the
expression of their will, and not of that
of political mercenaries, obeying the
whip of their masters. . 1t is en-
phatically the peoples reform, in which
every good citizen who loves his coun-
try and her institutions is interested,
and sooner or later it is certain to pre-
vail.
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ST. JOHNSBURY, VT, FRIDAY JUNE z, 1873.

In the afternoon Professor preach
ed, but "what fall, o my country
men !" The Congregational church at
that time was without settled pastor,
the previous one, fol some reason, hav-
ing itinerated.
Monday morning bright and early a
Congregational committee were in con-
sultation to see if it were possible to
secure the services of the eloquent
bishop as pastor of their wealthy church.
1t was thought, with his talent in their
pulpit, they could possibly raise the
salary to $4,000. How nearly persuad-
ed the good bishop was by this orthodox
temptation to settle in st. Adams we
know not. But isn't it strange that,
with salary of only $4,000, travelling
expenses paid, an elegant house furnish
ed by his Methodist friends, and the
honOrs of bishop of more than mil
lion of Methodists, he should, after due
deliberation, decide that he felt that
God called him to the Office of bishop
But then the bishop is but man, and
Methodist ministers are "church tramps''
and will itinerate. Well, there is no
accounting for tastes. And so Bishop
Simpson did not settle at st. Albans,
for we heard him preach at Argyle
April 10.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-07

was apparent that Stephen Ranney had
in moment become the hero of the
occasion. Jacks eyes, too, were nearly
closed from the energetic blows he had
received, and his courage, if any he had
ever possessed, seemed to have gone
entirely.
A nod, watch closed and returned
to the pocket of its owner, announced
the expiration of the time. Not a
change of muscle or expression passed
over Stephens features as he remarked !:
The time is up, Jack Dunlaw will
you live or dieq
Jack looked around once more, and
plaintively asked:
What do you say, boys?
Do as he tells yer, replied one who
had been Jacks most devoted supporter
in times past.
The last hope seemed to leave the
contemplate giant. In voice weak
and wavering, he said:
Pll leave that Orter satisfy We.
You will do what said, or
The sentence remained unspOken.
Jack Dunlaw bowed his head, and
walked meekly away to make the re-
quired apology. did not follow, though
many did. Five minutes later | saw
him, the blood washed from his face,
walking slowly away into the forest
We did not see him again, nor did he
return to that station to my knowledge
The favor which Jack lost was trans
ferred to Stephen, and fine village
which has since grown up there, bears
to-day the stamp of his quiet energy
and courage.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-07
Failure of the women's Hotel.

Judge Hilton's explanation of the
failure of the Stewart wOmen's hotel
may serve to please the crowd, but its
brutal coarseness will simply convince
sensible people that he is wholly unfit
to carry out Mr.. Stewards intentions.
In fact, he confessed as much in saying
that he never believed in the enterprise
and tried to persuade Mr.. Stewart out
of it. Such venture must have a
heart in it, and man who believes
that woman's supreme ambition is to
get husband betrays an unfortunate
ignorance of the very class of women
for whom the hotel was intended, and a
cynical disposition to preserve that ig-
norance. The failure of the women's
hotel is due to this vulgar disregard of
the womanly nature, and to nothing
else. We were at the start charitably
disposed to expect that the martinez
rules against pictures and flowers, birds
and sewing-machines, and others of
that, nature, would be reformed as ex-
perience indicated the wisdom of such
notifications. We have now no doubt
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-07
Didn't Know he was Loaded.

"You will please OBSERVE" said old
Mr.. Lambwell, as he led us through his
school the other day, ''that the boys re-
quired to pay the utmost attention to
quietness and discipline, and in short
time become even divested of that most
annoying disposition to tease each
other; in short, they soon settle down
into the gravity of mature years, under
the wholesome system / have intro
duced."
We at this moment arrived in front
of several boys who were standing
around bucket of water, and one had
just charged his mouth with the con-
tents of tin cup, while the old gentle
man was STOPPING to recover his pen
from the floor, when another passing
along behind, snapped his finger quick
ly beneath the drinkers ear, and caused
him by sudden start to eject the con-
tents of his mouth over the pedagogue's
bald pate. Starting upright, with his
hair and face dripping, the master said
"WhO did that ?"
The party unanimously called out
''Jim Gun, sir"
"Jlm Gun, you rascal, what did you
do that for ?"
jim, appalled, at the mischief he had
done, muttered out that it was not his
fault, but that Tom Owens had snapped
him.
This changed the direction of old
LambwelPs wrath, and shaking his
cane pOrtentously over Ovens head,
asked:
"Did you snap Gun ?"
The culprit, trembling with fear, mur-
INJURED:
eyes, sir; I snapped Gun, but
didn't know he was loaded"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-07

Y The interesting case of Mrs. Kate
Southern, the beautiful Georgian SEN
fenced to death for killing Narcissa
Cowart at a dance in Pickens county, a
year and half ago, has been settled
by compromise between Justice and
public sentiment. Gov. Colquitt COM
mutes the sentence to Imprisonment for
ten years. Few cases have attracted
more interest than this, because of the
extraordinary beauty of the criminal
and the circumstances of her crime.
Her husband, evidently weak headed
fellow, had paid attention to Miss
COwart before his marriage, and con-
tinued it afterward, and at the dance
where the tragedy eliminated that
young woman had taunted Mrs. South
ern with her husbands detection. The
justly jealous wife acted precisely as
men are wont to act in similar cases.
she killed her rival. 1t was simple
murder, no doubt, but we do not sup
pose case can be cited where a man
has been found guilty of murder for
doing the same thing, and it was a sur
prise, after Laura Fair and the rest, to
find Mrs. Southern convicted and under
sentence of the capital penalty. The
pressure upon the governor for COM
mutation, and even for absolute pardon,
has been very strong, and the fact that
the woman was shortly to become a
mother had good deal to do with the
potency of the appeals. Naturally no
body expects her to stay in the peniten-
tlary ten years.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-07
Squibs.

1t is told of an Advent brother in
Westfeld, Mass, who recently caught
man stealing meat from his market,
that in reply to his plea to be let off and
his declaration that, God helping him,
he would never steal again, the brother
said: "God helping you Why you
scoundrel, if hadn't caught you steal
ing you never would have known there
was God"
The other day the Berkshire Courier,
with well teigned innocence, inquired
"How can five persons divide five eggs
so that each man will receive one and
still one remain in the dish 2" After
several hundred people went two-thirds
distracted in the mazes of this PROPOSE
tion, the Courier meanly says: "One
takes the dish with an egg"
An old gentleman walking near a
race course stopped and tapped an in
terested spectator on the shoulder.
''Why this cOncourse of people, my
friend ?" he asked. t'It is not con-
course, sir, it is race course replied
the spectator.
Never call race horse Comprehen-
sion, because there are many things
which pass comprehension.
A thorn in the bush is worth dozen
in the hand.
Two hundred and fifty raw doctors
stepped across the threshold in Phila-
delphia few days ago, and are now
calmly, patiently, even cheerfully wait
ing for the first green apples to open
business.-Haavkeye.
Elizabeth Allen in a poem, asks, "Oh,
willow, why forever weep7" Elizabeth
is little mistaken as to the facts. 1t
isn't the willow that weeps; it is the
boy who dances under the timber end
of it.-Ha,okeye.
A scrawny-lOoking individual came
INTO the office, the other morning, to
advertise his wife, who had left him,
that people should not trust her on his
account. He asked the book-keeper
the price, and when told, said, in some
surprise: SIS that soq Why, that's
what l paid to advertise my first wife.
l thought prices might have come
down."
1t is related that Mr.. Erastus Clark.
a pioneer of Utica was dining one day
with Stephen Van Rensselaer,, when the
PATRON asked him, GLOW would YOU
make Yankee out of Dutchman, Mr..
Clark 7" "Can't do it, sir,n was the re-
sponse, "ain't timber enough" Chow
then, would you make Dutchman out
OF Yankee 7" asked the PATRON.
Easy enough" came the quick retort,
'Break his under jaw and knock his
brains out"
When little Thomas stoops to toy
with berries, jam and jelly cake, no art
can soothe the chastened boy-no nos
trums ease his stomach ache. And if
the gripping pains defy the medicines
prescribed to foil, his parents will do
well to try the limpid, liquid castor oil.
Deadwood, Dakota, if the local paner
is to be believed. That lively sheet
mentions that Christopher Hoffman. a
saloon keeper, in bar room row, was
shot twice in the abdomen, and once
In the barber shop adjacent"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-07
VOLUME 41---NUMBER 2l32.

that Miss Brackett was but too sharp
sighted in the suggestion that Judge
Hilton meant to prove to Mrs. Stewart
that a working woman's home was an
impossible dream. Billiards and bar
are more in his line, and out of the low
indulgences of men no doubt the Stew
art estate will profit. What becomes
of Mr.. Stewards hope that the hotel
would ''make thousand working wo-
men happy and independent,"-is of no
consequence.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-07
st. Johnsbury Post Office.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston and intermediate Offices Arrive SIS p
m. Close $50 a m.
Boston through mail Arrive 2.25 m. Close
7.50 pm.
New York and the West. Arrive 2.25 and II 25
a m, Sis pm. Close s.45 m and 7.50 pm.
Newport and the north. Arrive 9.20 m Close
430 pm.
Portland and the east. Arrive 1910 m Close
11.45 am.
Swanton and intermediate offices. Arrive 2.15 a
m. Close 1.50 IN.
Waterford. Arrive s. 20 m. Close AS pm
North Danville Arrive $50 a m. Close $50 a
m.
West Concord and East ST. Johnsbury. Arrive
9.20 m. Close 4.30 p m.
CHAS. p. CARPENTER, I'd, P. M.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-07
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

ADvENT-Paddock Village Rev g. H. Wallace,
Pastor. Sabbath Services at 10:45 a. m. and las
p. m. Sabbath School 10 m. Prayer Meeting $50
p. m. and on Tuesday and Friday evenings.
BArTIsT-Railroad Street. Corner Maple. Rev.
e, L. Sanford, Pastor. Preaching 1890 A: NJ. S.
School 12 m. prayer meeting $3.50. Prayer meet
ings Wednesday evening at 1890
FREE BAPTIsT-Main Street, Corner Prospect
Rev. G. S. Frost supply Sabbath services at 1880
4. NJ. and $3.50 P. M. Sabbath School at 120O M
Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 7:30
CHURCH OF THE MEssIAH-(Universalist East
ern avenue, corner Cherry street. Rev. B. NJ. Til
lotson, Pastor. Sabbath services at las and $50
P. NJ. Sabbath School at IL NJ. Wednesday even
ing prayer meeting at 1880.
METHoDIsT-Central, street Rev H. F. Austin
Pastor. Residence head of Summer Street
Sabbath services at 1880 A. M, and $50 Z. M
Sabbath School at 1900 M. Wednesday evening
meeting at 1880.
st. Johnsbury Centre, Sabbath services at 1:3O;
social meeting at 500; Sunday school at 1890 p.
Thursday evening meeting at 1870.
NORTH CoNGREGATIoNAL-Main street. corner
Church. Rev. Henry W. Jones Pastor. Sabbath
services at 1890 A. NJ. and 6:3O p. NJ. Sabbath
School at las p. M. Wednesday evening meeting
at 7:30.
SOUTH CoNGREGATIoNAL-Main street. Rev.
Edward L. Fairbanks, Pastor. Sabbath services
at 1890 A. NJ. and 6:30 p. NJ. Sabbath School at
12OOM. Wednesday evening meeting at 7:SO.
ST: ANDREw's-(Episcopal' Main street Rev;
N. +. Putnam Rector. Services at 1870 a. m, and
p. Sunday School, $3.50 p. Wednesday
evening meeting at 1880.
ROMAN CATHOLIC Cherry Street. Rev. j. A.
Boissonnault, Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a. m /;
Vespers and Benediction at 3 p. m. On the
second Sunday of the month, service at $50 a. M,
and p. m. At Lyndonville same day at 1890 a. m.
Noon PRAYER NJ MEETING-Every week day, from
12 to 1890 in the Y. NJ. c. A. Rooms over L. F.
Browns Store.
st. Johnsbury Athen@um.
LIBRARY AND READING RooM,-Free to all. Open
from A. M to IL NJ; from to G. and from to 1-2
P. M. Closed Wednesday Evenings:
ART GALLERY-Open Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Bound to Keep Pace.

There are hardware men in Detroit
who keep a cook stove at the store door
as sign, and that the stove may not
be injured by the rust they paint it
over. The other day one of them who
had stove with red legs, white covers
and blue top, secured an old farmer
for a customer. The farmer stipulated
for stove '.just like that" and ordered
it sent home by Il neighbor. A stove
OF the size and pattern was selected and
sent away in good shape, and all was
lovely until next day. Then the farmer
and his wife came in with their own
team, having the stove in the wagon.
The husband held the lines while the
wife entered the store and remarked:
stove we don't like to be put off with
anOther.n
"Why, madam, isn't that stove all
right 2" asked the man who sold it.
''NO, sir, it isn't! you sold my old
man stove with red legs and white
covers, and blue border around the
top, and that one out in the wagon is
nothing but a scrub looking old black
stOvew
"Why-why" he tried to explain, but
she waved him around and declared
"We're old folks, and we live out
among the frogs and owls, but we keep
pace with the styles just as much as
any one, and you can't palm off any
scrub stoves on US ~
The men could hardly lift ten pounds
apiece as they exchanged the nicely
polished stove for the one with red legs,
but the old lady thought it was because
they were so mad.
'"There-that stove has got some tone
about it !' she muttered, as it was load
ed up. 81 don't want to appear captur-
Gus, but if style demands red legged
stove then go in for the gorgeous with
the rest of 'em, and I'll gid the stove
pipe to boot !n-Detroit Free Press.
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~ The Forest and Stream urges up
on anglers to kill the fish they catch,
since it is more humane, gives the fish
a more inviting look and better flavor,
and makes it possible to keep them
twice as long as where they are allowed
to die of suffocation.
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Portland & Ogdensburg r. R.-June 3, 1878.

Portland & Ogdensburg r. Rune 3, 1878.
TRAINS MOVING EAST.
MA1L-Leaves SwantOn 7.30, Cambridge juno
ton 9.15, Hardwick 1885, East Hardwick 1045
Greensboro 1885, Walden Ills, Danville 11.37, ST.
Johnsbury 1215 East st. Johnsbury 2.25, West
Concord .33 Miles Pond 1245. East Concord 10 S.
Lunenburg LOS, arrives at Portland at $50, and
Boston next morning.
EXPRESSLY. SwantOn 4.45 p. m. Cambridge
Junction 6.25, Hardwick 7.52 p. m, East Hardwick
S.O4 Greensboro s13 Walden s.5s, Danville 9.02
arrives at st. JOhnsbury 9.35. p. m.
TRAINS MOVING WEST.
MAIL-Leaves Boston 600 and Portland 700 8.
m, Lunenburg 1.10 p m, East Concord l 20, Miles
Pond LII West Concord LII, East st. Johnsbury
1.50, arrive ST. Johnsbury 200, leaves 2.1O, Dan
vile $40 Walden 3.01, Greensboro 3.21 East Hard
wick $50, Hardwick $40, Cambridge Junction
4.4S, arrives at SwantOn at 6.25 p. m.
EXPRESS.-Leaves st JOhnsbury 9.10 a. M,
Danville 9.46, Walden 1912. Greensboro 1894
East Hardwick 1046, Hardwick 1888. Cambridge
Junction 1925, Swanton 2.10 p. m,
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Passumpsic Railroad.---May Is, 1878.
TRAINS SOUTH LEAVE ST. JoHNsBURY.
Mail Train, 9:O3 a. M
Accommodation. s:36 d. m.
Montreal Night Express, 11:5O D. m.
TRAINS NORTH LEAVE ST. JoHNsBURY.
Montreal Night Express, las a. m.
Accommodation, 1105 a. m.
Mail Train, 4:54 d. m.
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st. Johnsbury Athenaum.

LIBRARY AND READING-RooM, Free to all. Open
from A. NJ. to IL NJ; from to G. and from to 1-2
p. NJ. Closed Wednesday Evenings.
ART GALLERY-Open Tuesdays and Fridays.
w. w. THAYER Librarian.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-30

VIcKsBURe, Oct. 2S.-Ice and black
frost last night. The Howard assoc,a-
ton are closing up their affairs. A
number Of visiting physicians and
nurses will return 70 their homes to-
morrow.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. IS. Weather
clear. pleasant deaths. %; cases re-
ported. ~.
xEArnls, Oct. sS.-Last night Was
the ccidest Of the season. A heavy
frost fell and ice lined the CUTTERS dur
ing the day, Throughout the city. The
board Of health will tomorrow Official
" announce safety to refugees return
ing TO the city. but recommend that all
dwsllings b thoroughly ventilated BE-
fore occupation. From o'clock
lest night 10 noon to-day, only six
orders for isteressnts wers reported
By undertaksrs. This includes deaths
boeh IN the city and suburbs.
INV YoRx, Oct. A-The Tribune
reviewing it specials from the South
aays the persecution Of Republicans
eontiaas in South CArolins. Too Re-
publican leaders have been shut MP in
Jail to keep them from holding meet
inga A meeting in Louisiana was
broken up By N armed mob and in one
ot the counties Of Texas the Democrats
Will not permit any political activity
Whatever on the part oftheir opponents
Tho State Of thirgs in South Carolina q
described BY IN old union soldier shows
that data - veil - others is to be car.
r'ed 1t the coming election BY military
power.
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To the Voters Of King County

GRSrLnEx: ct notice 10 this mornings papers a
card over the signature o: R. l. Thorne Democratic
nominee for County Treasurer. which reads As
follows:
electe Treasurer the ensuing election will not
charge the ten per cent. on delinquent taxes until
the frst cf February next
(signed) r. L. THogSE."
The oath Of Office taken b. the County Treasurer
elect Is ~ follows: IL, A. B., do soemniy swear
tina, will support tie Constitution Of The United
States. and that will faithfully and hor es,iy per-
form tee duties Of County Treasurer OF King Couu-
~, Washington Territory, 10 accordance With the
prescribed laws, dunDg my continuance in ofhee,
8, help me God
Tn. general revenue law of Washington Territory
passed at the last session Of tine Territorial Legsa
,ure. 10 defining the duties Of County Treasurer in
the collection Of taxes provides Of follows to wit;
sec. 81 On the lst day Of December. of eaca
year all unpaid taxes IL toe ID District shall become
delinquent.
'Sec. - To all delinquent taxes ten Der cent
Of the amount threof shail be added a. penalty.
and stall be collected BY the Treaurer u the same
time and tn the same manner thai the tax Ii COL
leetd.
Sec. a. The Treasurer shall continue to receive
payment Of all taxes after the same shall have ne
come delinquent. but he SHALL REQUIRE ALL pRLlS-
ousSn 10 PAT ZEE TEE PEE CENT. PENALTY AND L.
YsaEsr As PROVIDED BH THIS ACT
Mr.. 4. l. Tborne pledges himself that should be
be elected he will enforce collect the penalty
prescribed BY law uutil February ISL 1879, though
ne must necessarily have taken the oath Of ofce to
perform the duties Of Treasurer In accordance with
the prescribed laws during bis continuance in Office
Does Mr.. Thorne propose to violate his oath Of ace
should he be elected, and not enforce the laws that
he has taken his solemn oath to obeyr
So far a. am concerned, can ooly say to the
people Of Kine County that should be reelected to
the Office Of Cousty Treasurer shall strive, az ia
the past. TO do my whole duty according to the
laws, without Partially or favor to any man class
Of men.
haze hean nsrsIs..n,Iv e.r,.ad hv ey,i a,,nassd
persons Of being the author OF the present. Revenue
Law and OF using influence to lis passage at
the last session Of the Territorial Legislature. New
desire TO positively AMI unequivocaly state. that
l never directly or Indirectly bad an,th thing to do
With drafting or 10 any manner influencing the pas
sage OF said law that never saw said Law until
Its passage, aud Ia yindcasiop Of the assertion re
fer TO Hoo. c. H. Hanford, member Of Couccil from
this County, who understand the author of the
present Revenue Law, also Hon. G W. Tibbetts and
Hoo. JoseDh Foster, members Of the Legislative As
semby from this County.
GEO. D. HILL
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ton which might formerly assail couts
ty Treasures. to use Territorial fund
for private purposes for few months.
II requires the public accounts to be
kept with simplicity AMI settlements
to be made with exactness. II pro-
vides for obtaining . good title to real
estate sold for taxes. by decree Of the
District Court, after due notice to the
former owner and after ample time for
redemption. thus affording protection
to property holders. and at the same
time impartially sxscting from oil alike
their due proportion of the public bur.
den.
The beneficial effects of this law aie
already apparent; much larger per.
centagc Of taxes were collecte, last
year than was usual under former laws
and the scrip of most of the counties 10
much nearer par than it has been for
many years.
Notwithstanding these facts. nowev-
er, there are ct the present time csndi-
dates for county Offices and legislative
positions. who are seeking to gain pop
ular favor by sssailing this most Whole.
some law. Perhaps they will by this
course raise themselves in the estima-
tion Of ell who are opposed to progress
and Improvement for the same reason
that the Dutchman whipped his boy
for being too smart to 60 to mill With
the corn in one end Of o bag. balanced
by stone in the other end. We trust.
however. that the people will not be
deceived to their own injury by these
declaimers.