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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28
Vermont Editors and Publishers As
sociation.

The ninth annual meeting of the
Vermont Editors and Publishers AssO-
citation, was held at Brandon, Tuesday
evening, June 18TH There was a very
good number of members present, some
of whom brought their wives and daugh-
ters with them. The meeting was called
to order in the Brandon House parlors,
by Hon. E. P. Walton, President. The
roll was called and the following mem
bers answered to their names, viz:
Joseph Poland, E. P. Walton, Mont
pelier; G.. G.. Bennett, Burlington A.
A. Earle, Morrisville D. NJ. Camp,
Newport; l.. o. Greene, Woodstock
H. M. Mott, Brandon; H. G. Johnson,
Vergennes A. H. Tuttle, S. B. Petten
gill and Henry Clark, Rutland. After
reading the minutes of the last meeting,
the following named editors and pub
fishers were proposed for membership ::
o. w. Tinkham, Pomfret E. R. Poland,
Montpelier; Egbert c. Tuttle, Fred. G..
Tuttle, V. C. Meyerhoffer, Rutland; d.
c. Hackett, Brandon; w. A. Macarthur,
Ludlow; and Barnes Frisbie, POultney.
George A. Tuttle of Rutland, was elected
an honorary member.
On motion of S. B. Pettengill the fol-
lowing committee was appointed to re-
wise the roll and to report amendments
to the constitution and bylaws, viz {:
G.. G.. Benedict, l.. o. Greene, S. B.
Pettengill. ...-.. .......
The following officers were then
elected:
President-E. P. Walton.
Vice President-D. M. Camp, V. c..
MeyerhOffer, A. Chandler.
Recording Secretary-E. R. Poland.
Corresponding Secretary-S. B. Pet
tengill.
Treasurer-C. M. Stone.
Executive Committee-G. G.. Bene-
dict, A. II. Tuttle, l.. o. Green.
d. M. Camp, editor of the Newport
Express and Standard, delivered the
annual address. A large company of
ladies and gentlemen of Brandon, came
by invitation to hear the address and
poem, so that the parlors were well
filed by an appreciative audience.
The great event of the evening was
the beautiful poem of Mrs. Julia c. R.
Dorr which was read in fine style by
son, Harry Ripley DOrr, and received
with great applause.
1t was voted to hold the next annual
meeting at Rutland, and make an ex-
cursion to Saratoga Springs and pOssi-
bly, to Lake George.
On motion of A. H. Tuttle, the thanks
of the association were giveI to Mr..
Camp-for his admirable address, and to
Mrs. DOrr for her beautiful poem, and
to Harry r. DOrr for his excellent rem
dering of the poem. After the an
nOuncement of the order for Wednesday
the association adjourned. Mrs. Dor
received the congratulations of all pres
ent for her poem. The Brandon band
serenaded the guests of the hotel where
every thing was done by Mr.. Demine
to render the meeting pleasant re-
union. Wednesday there was an ex-
cursiOn to Lake Dunmore with dinner
provided by j. NJ. Dyer, Esq, at one OF
his cottages. The Brandon band ac-
companied the excursionists.- Herald
and Globe.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28
Origin of the Cardiff Giant Fraud.
From the Popular Science Monthly.l


That great hoax, the Cardiff giant,
was conceived by one George Hull, a
tobaccOnist of Binghamton, New York
1t was the Outgrowth of a controversy
held one evening in 1866 between Hull
and Rev. Mr.. Turk of Ackley, Iowa,
regarding the former existence of giants
in the earth, in which the latter proved
victorious, his ready tongue and loud
voice easily bearing down and over
whelming his opponent. Hull retired
at late hour, and being chargrined
with his defeat, lay awake the greater
portion of the night, thinking of the
extreme gullibility of the world in
matters where the Bible could be cited
as evidence, and in planning how to
turn this popularity to his advantage
The result was, that he decided upon
producing an image which should, after
being buried and exhumed, pass muster
as fossil man of unusual size, being
assured that such men as his late oppo-
nent in argument would aid not little
in contributing to the final success of
the undertaking.
In 1868, having studied the subject
carefully, and completed his arrange
ments, Hull associated himself with one
Martin, and proceeded to Fort Dodge,
Iowa, to procure suitable block from
which to carve his image. An acre of
quarry land was purchased, and work
commenced, but only to be soon aban-
doned, owing to the extreme frailty of
the stone, and the persistent annoyance
of the curions and inquisitive inhabi-
tants of the neighborhood. Martin,
now thoroughly disgusted, withdrew
from the project; but Hull, hearing OF
another gypsum bed in more retired
locality, on the line of the Dubuque &
Sioux City railroad then in process ot
construction, went thither, and the fol-
lowing Sunday engaged the foreman OF
the railroad gang to employ his men in
quarrying out as large slab as the ma,
ture of the ground would permit, paying
for the labor with barrel of beef The
result was slab weighing three and &
half tons, measuring twelve feet il
length, four in breadth, and twenty.
two inches in thickness.
With almost incredible difficulty anC
labor the block was transported ovel
forty miles of terrible road to Montana
the nearest railroad station, where i
was shipped to E. Burghardt, Chicago
who had been engaged to grave The
image. On its arrival at that city, il
was moved to Burghardt's barn, which
had been prepared for its reception, ant
two men at once set work upon it-one
Edward Sale, a German; the other
an American named Markham. 1t wal
HulPs desire to represent ''man wht
had laid down and died )" but, as h.
entertained doubts as the universal ac
acceptation of the "fossil man. theory, i
was decided to produce an image tina
might also pass for an ancient statue
This combination of designs was tn,
cause of that curious feature which at
tracted notice and provoked discussion
when the giant came to be exhibited
viz: the lack of hair.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28
The Vermont Democratic Convention.

The Vermont Democratic state con-
vention at Montpelier Thursday, did
up its work in short order. Hiram At
kins called the 300 delegates to order,
George L. Waterman of Hyde Park was
made president, and w. Fl. II. Bingham
of Stowe was nominated again for gov
ernor by a unanimous vote, with Jerome
w. Pierce of Springfield for lieutenant
governor and George E. Royce of Rut-
land for treasurer. The platform opens
by congratulating the country upon the
restoration of home rule in the South,
and charging the republicans with all
sorts of offenses in the 16 years they
have controlled the legislation of the
country. In opposition to all which,
the resolutions declare for: First, fdel-
ity to all the provisions of the constitu-
ton, retrenchment and economy in fed
eral aud state administrations and the
lessening of the burden imposed on
labor by reduction of the offices and
taxation. Second, the strict accounta-
bility of all officials, and the restoration
of the democratic tests of honesty,
fidelity and capacity, as essential quail
ificatiOns for all public officers. Third,
the honest payment of the public debt
in such currency as its terms imply and
the preservation of the public faith.
Fourth, home rule; no Capitalization
of state or federal powers no federal
interference in municipal state or fed
eral elections. Fifth, just and equit-
able revenue of the tariff, incidentally
fostering our agricultural and manu-
featuring interests. Sixth, one currency
for all /; we oppose the present national
banking system, and recommend the
gradual substitution of greenbacks for
national bank-bills. The resolutions
further denounce ''the great crime' of
the counting-in business, return thanks
to the patriotic men who originated,
and in the face of a most determined
opposition are carrying through, the in
vestigation of the electoral frauds in
Louisiana and Florida; declare that
the revelations already made before the
committee. eliminating the secretary of
the treasury and the republican senator
from Ohio, leave no room to doubt the
wisdom and necessity of this investiga-
ton and that, "while we would sane
ton no assault upon the official title of
President Hayes, we urge the criminal
prosecution, conviction and punishment
of all who aided and allotted the in
famous frauds by which the presidency
and vice-presidency were wrested from
their lawfully-elected possessOrs."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28
VOLUME 41---NUMBER 2135.

an hour before to secure the box, and
the wOrkmen were then decorating it.
Then and there the terrible thought of
assassination was suggested. 1t took
this form "1f l failed to serve the
South in my conspiracy to abduct,
can now be her Brutus.n He went to
the KirkwOOd House to find some of
the men with whom he had plotted six
months before. John Surratt was way;
H'Loughlin was in Baltimore Arnold
was at Fortress Monroe; but Payne,
Atzerodt and Harold were in Washing
ton. These three men he called to-
gether, and conspired with them to kill
the President, the Vice President, Sec
retary Seward and Gen. Grant. Dur
ing the afternoon he wrote long state
ment for publication, defending his in
tended crime by Roman precedents
This sealed package he gave to an actor
early that evening, directing that it
should be delivered to the National In
telligencer the next day for publication.
The actor, it seems, was frightened at
the risk he ran in holding such docu-
meDt. He broke the seals, read the
statement, and burned it in the CRATE
of his chamber in a boarding house.
hO oOOtOi subsequently, COHlcSScu IHc
fact to Catholic priest, and also in
formed Mr.. Ford of the destruction of
the statement. If that package had
been preserved it would have revealed
the fact that until noon of that day
and after he had seen Mrs. Surratt-
John Wilkes Booth had not premedi-
tated murder; but feeling deeply the
humiliation of the South, which he
loved as Brutus loved Rome, he then
resolved to strike down the leaders of
the hosts who were shouting their p9ans
of triumph. When he was dying, with
his face lit up with the blaze of the
burning barn upon the Garrett farm, on
April "a, 1865, he muttered some words
and soldier bent over him and caught
them. First, a message for his mother:
''Tell her did it, as thought, for the
best" Then these words: "Tell others
that the communication l wrote ad-
dressed to the National Intelligencer
will explain why l did what l did"
During the conspiracy trials Judge Ad-
vocate Holt could not find any traces of
that statement. Mr.. Ford explains the
reason.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28
Squibs.

1t is estimated that every man, who
lives to be sixty years old, has spent
several months of his life buttoning his
shirt-collar.
Sentimental young grammarians are
very apt to parse Glove" as ''fine-
night verb."-COurier- Journal.
There is probably not a woman in
all this broad, sunny land of ours who
doesn't think that the carving-fork was
made for the express purpose of pulling
corks out of bluing bottles and lifting
stove-lids.-St. Louis Journal.
There is no ridiculous nonsense about
the honest Deadwoodians. The most
vigorous waltzer at dance there last
week excused himself at half-past IL
because he had stage-coach to rob at
IL. What rebuke this is to our giddy,
procrastinating, self-indulgent vOtaries
of pleasure. That man is bound to rise
even if the whole community have
to pull on the rOpe.-Saa Francisco
NelUs Letter.
Jonah ought to congratulate himself
on how much safer he was in the whales
belly than he would have been in an
iron-clad man -of-war.
An Illinois freshman has the reputa-
tion of having thus outwitted a pert
senior: Senior.''Do you know why
our college is such learned place f''
Freshman-"Of course the freshmen
all bring a little learning here, and as
the seniors never take any away, it
naturally accumulates."-U University Re
porter.
A butchers boy was coming down the
avenue with tray on his shoulder. 1t
accidentally struck a young lady's
seven-story bonnet, when she exclaim-
ed: '1Deuce take the tray.n MADAME, -
said the boy gravely, ''the deuce can't
take the tray"
"Have you card, sir9" asked the
doOrkeeper of the House. The man
looked a little surprised, and answered.
"Card? No, don't carry a pack y
'Where are you from ?" inquired the
doorkeeper. ''Nothe Carliny,n was the
reply. .'What do you do in North Car
DINA when you go a-visitingq Don't
you send in a card to the man YOU
want to seeF The "tarheeln laughed
outright. 'Ior' massy !" he exciaim-
ed. "W'y we ride up to feller's fence
and iholler to him to tie his dog, and
then we light and go in."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28
A Pleasing Incident.

A Pawletite recently came "across
the line" to Granville, to secure a sup
ply of whiskey, and purchased keg of
of it, leaving directions that it should
be shipped to him per express. 1t
would not do to have the keg enter
Vermont in it's nude state and with his
address on, so before the next train
arrived there was in the express office
harmless looking barrel of -four, ad-
dressed to a well known resident of
Pawlet. A member of the blue ribbon
fraternity happened along, and having
noticed not long since that similar
-four barrel had been shipped to the
same parsonage, became somewhat Gu
riOus. Flour is as cheap in Pawlet as
in Granville. Why so much express
charges should be incurred seemed in
deed singular. AS soon as nightfall
came, the temperance advocate thought
of good method to administer a tenn
perance lecture. An auger was pro-
cured, and getting directly under the
barrel, he commenced to bore. The
floor was first pierced. Then the barrel
side was perforated, when the sharp
pointed instrument rested in white
meal. But a little pushing further
upward brought the point in contact
with something hard. The investigator
chuckled, then began boring, and soon
there was left an empty keg, much
lighter flour barrel, and strong odor
of whiskey came from the ground. The
''fiour barrel" reached its destination,
but the tell-tale hole, the spilling meal
and unmistakable scent that accompa-
MED it, gave the recipient chance to
endure an occasional chuckle from the
village people, among whom the incl
dent soon became known.-IrOy Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28
Piute Appreciation of Mark Twain.

The Eureka Republican tells about
Mark Twain's lecture in Dayton, Ne
vada, some years ago. His agent used
to get up an excitement about the lee
ture by building bonfire before the
hall and sending fife and drum
through the streets half hour before
the beginning of the entertainment. He
did this in Dayton, then flourishing
camp, and the Piutes naturally got the
impression that some kind of an ex-
citing show was to be given, so the
chief tackled the enterprising agent on
the subject of half-price admissions, and
some 30 bucks paid their half dollars
and filed into the hall. Presently Mark
made his appearance on the stage and
began drawing away in his usual style
The white people laughed boisterously,
but the Indians looked puzzled, and
after standing it for Is minutes they
began whispering and grunting among
themselves, and finally the chief got up
and went out to the box office and in
quired when the tumbling was going to
commence, and that cheap big fOol'
was going to quit talking. Upon learn
ing that the performance was going to
be all talk, and conveyed this horrid
information to the other Indians, they
rose in body, left the hall and swarm
ed to the box Office and demanded their
money back. The agent couldn't think
of such thing, and the Piutes went out
on the street and gave vent to their
feelings in war-whoOps. 1t looked foI
a few minutes as if the disgusted war
riOrs would start in to wreck the hall
and murder the lecturer. A crowd OF
whites, attracted by the loud, angry
yells of the red men, gathered, how
i! ever, and Mark Twain was saved to an
| admiring world.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28
Republican County Convention.

LIST OF COMMITTEES AND RESOLUTIONS.
County Committee C. Fletcher,
Charles Rogers, c. H. Davis.
TOWN COMMITTEES.
Barnet-A. H. Gammell, Andrew
Warden, l. NJ. Smith, A. c. Ritchie.
Burke-l. d. Bemis, S. A. Nelson,
William Belden.
Hardwick- H. George, A. M.
Woodbury., 1. P. Titus.
Wheelock-HOrace Bradley, Jesse G..
Green, Ed. A. Williams, Ed. j. Gray,
Edwin Hill.
Sutton-M. A. Cambell, B. NJ. r. Will
ley, E. L. Carr, H. A. Blake, Henry
Barker.
Peacham-S. H. Rowell, James Nc
Laughlin, David ChOate, Hiram San
born.
Ryegate-M. R. Gray, J. H. Currier,
Alexander Dunnett, A. w. Abbott, AL
bert Whitelaw.
GrotOn-F. M. Page, Peter Welch,
I'll. C. Glover.
Lyndon d. P. Hall, A. o. Harris,
William P. HOughton, B. F. Lincoln,
c. H. Hubbard.
Newark-O. C. Woodruff, W. S. AL
lard, L. C. Walter, A. B. Stoddard.
Walden-S. Montgomery, I'll. Foster,
w. II. H. Davis.
Danville-Chas. d. Brainerd, Silas
Stone, Lyman Stevens.
Kirby-Milo Jenkins, P. w. Russell,
P. H. Graves.
Waterford-A. B. Carpenter, A. B.
Goss, JOna Lawrence.
Sheffield r. Gray, T. R. Stiles,
o. w. Chesley.
Stannard-J. H. Clark, o. c. Cole, E
w. Clark.
RESOLUTIONS.
ReSOlUed, That this Convention hearth
ly approve of the manly course which
the Republicans in Congress have pur.
sued in relation to the revolutionary
scheme initiated by the Potter resolu-
tiOn-and the backing down of the
Democrats on the introduction of the
Burchard resOlution-testifies to the
purity of the title of President Hayes
as President of the United States.
=, That this Convention take this op-
portunity to testify to its approval o.
the honest administration of the Gov.
ernment by President Hayes and we
tAcIlIOuS 10 llslI-
mOnize sectional ill feeling between the
North and the South, and to bring
about reform in the civil service.
B, That the action of the Republican
State Convention holden at Burlington
on the 23d day of May last, meets oul
hearty approval. We fully concur il
the platform and resolutions by said
convention adopted, and we pledge tc
the candidates thereof our earnest sup.
port at the September election.
a, That the candidates this day nom.
mated for officers of Caledonia County
for the ensuing two years are worthy
of and shall receive our unanimous sup.
port at the coming election, and We
heartily recommend to the Republican,
i'll this State and County unanimity ant
vigilance in the state and county cam,
paign.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28
VT, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1873. E

writer's from distinctly Christian point
of view. This is natural, nor do we
mention it for disapprobation. There
is no reason, however, why it should
not be also philosophieally considered,
as it has been, indeed, by several emf
nent religious writers, and as it is oc-
casiOnally in the Holy Scriptures them
selves.
We have made these comments upon
beautiful and remarkable poem, be-
cause we are unwilling that any who
share our admiration of it should think
it in need of extenuation or excuse.
The poet was writing upon the mortal
ity, not the Immortality of man. He
took away no genuine religious conso-
lations-he simply offered others which
are not to be disregarded because they
are almost entirely intellectual.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28

M. Labouchere's London Truth has
more funny stories in it than all the
rest of the English papers put together.
Here is the last "The records of Rom
sey Abbey show that the curates in the
livings of st. Leonard and st. Lawrence
received their tithes in kind, receiving
every tenth COW, calf and pig. A rath-
er pompOus tight laced clergyman was
one day called upon to christen child,
but on asking its name the woman who
brought it said, 4 don't know, sir; it's
your child, sir ? MY child p exclaimed
he. Yes, sir, it's the tenth child, sir.'"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28
The Assassination of Lincoln.

John t. Ford, who was manager of
the theatre at which President Lincoln
was assassinated, believes that the
crime was the sudden thought of man
who had been trained from earliest in :
fancy to consider Brutus as the deified
hero whom Shakespeare has immortal
lied. In the course of rambling con
versation with a reporter of the Balti-
more Gazette, Mr.. Ford states that John
Wilkes Booth, after calling on Mrs.
Surratt, reached the theatre at noon on
Good Friday, and learned that the
President and Gen. Grant were to oc-
eupy a box that evening. A messenger
from the White House had been there
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

ADvENT-Paddock Village. Rev. G. H. Wallace,
Pastor. Sabbath Services at 10:45 m. and las
p. m. Sabbath School 10 m. Prayer Meeting $50
p. m and on Tuesday and Friday evenings.
BAPTIsT--Railroad Street, Corner Mamie Rev
E. 7. Sanford, Pastor. Preaching 1890 A. M. S.
School IL M, prayer meeting $780, Prayer meet
ings Wednesday evening at 1880.
FREE BAPTIsT-Man Street Corner Prospect
Rev. C. s. Frost, supply. Sabbath services at lO:3O
A. NJ and 6:30 P. M Sabbath School at 1900 M.
Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 7:3O
CHURCH OF THE MEssIAH-(U Universalist) East
ern avenue, corner Cherry street. Rev. B. M. Til
lotson, Pastor. Sabbath services at 1:45 and $3.50
P. M Sabbath School at 12 M. Wednesday even
ing prayer meeting at 1880.
Pastor. Residence head of Summer Street.
Sabbath services at 1890 A. M, and $50 P. NJ.
Sabbath School at 1900 M. Wednesday evening
St. Johnsbury Centre, Sabbath services at 1:sO };
social meeting at 5:O0 Sunday school at 1890 p. m.
Thursday evening meeting at $780,
NORTH CoNGREGATIoNAL-Main street, corner
Church. Rev. Henry W. Jones Pastor Sabbath
services at 1890 A. N. and 6:30 p. NJ. Sabbath
School at las P. M. Wednesday evening meeting
at 1880.
Edward T. Fairbanks, Pastor. Sabbath services
at 1890 A. NJ. and $3.50 p. NJ. Sabbath School at
1900 M. Wednesday evening meeting at 73O
ST. ANDREw's-(Episcopal,' Main street, Rev,
p. m. Sunday school, $3.50 p. m. Wednesday
evening meeting at 7:S0.
ROMAN CATHOLIC Cherry Street. Rev. j. A.
Boissonnault, Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a. m
Vespers and BenedictiOn at p. m. On the
second Sunday of the month, service at $50 a. M,
and p. m. AT Lyndonvile same day at 1890 a. m.
Noon PRAYER MEETING-Every week day, from
IL to 1890, in the Y. NJ. c. A. Rooms over K. F.
Browns Store.
st. Johnsbury Atheneum.
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 GALLFRY-Open TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS.
w HAVER Iibrorion
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28
Safe.

Write it down, angel, in the book,
Among the lambs of my fair flock,
One more dear name shall be engraved
''By Jesus savedi"
The angel paused and wrote it down,
And turned and touched glowing crown
On which the precious sentence cleaned
'By Christ redeemedr'
1t was our lamb whose name was there,
So precious to our hearts, SO fair,
That oft we trembled as he dreamed,
So near to heaven he seemed.
Ah mel we would have stayed the hand
Which led him to the beauteous land
But troops of little ones came down
To lead him to his crownl
And as he joined the glittering throng,
We almost heard the shout and song
Of countless darlings, gone before
Unto the shining shore!
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-28

closing days of the session by being
found in their places. 1t is their mis-
fortune that they cannot altogether es-
cape the discredit which the frequent
ascendency of the reckless and disor-
derly crowd have brought upon the
whole body.-BostOn Advertiser.