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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12

The Saratoga scientific convention
says that our coal supply will be ex-
hausted in the year 2065, after which
we suppose that we shall be warmed by
science.-HerGLd.
The accounts Of700 post masters who
were agents for the sale of the four Del
cent certificates have been closed up.
and not dollar lost to the Govern
ment. Considering the amount of
money handled, and the constant pres
sure on the post masters while the sales
were on, this result is a striking proof
OF their carefulness as well as honesty.
DeYoung's bullet made Kalloch
mayor.
Cen. Grant is now said to be home
ward bound, having sailed Sept. 3, in
vessel which will be due at san Fran
cisco on the 2Ist inst
Some OF the Mississippi planters sent
colOred excursion party north and
Ghey liked Kansas SO well that one
quarter OF them stayed. A considera-
ole number who did go back will return
10 Kansas with their families this fall.
Another young lady pays the penal
" Oh TOO much haste in making a fire
oy being terribly burned. And vet
people are SO slow to learn that kero-
sene oil is not a safe application in
hurrylng up fire. More patience and
less Kerosene oil would lessen the rec
ords OF death by burning.
The story of Gen. Hoods family in
New Orleans is sad one. Not MANY
days ago Mrs. Hood died of yellow fe.
vel on Saturday the General was Laid
or her side, and two or three of his
children have been stricken.
The public debt was decreased last
month to the tune of more than tbree
and a half million dollars; and the de-
crease would have been much more. |
says Sherman, if the arrears of pension
had not called for such heavy amounts.
AS is well known, the duty of our
custom-hOuse officers is two-fold. They
hfst have to entice all persons landing
at tins port to commit perjury, and sec
ondly, to prove them guilty of that
crime. Every passenger, before his
baggage is examined, is required to de-
Clare under oath whether or not he has
anything which is dutiable. When this
Is done the officers search his baggage
1Or proof that he has purjured himself.
mere is no doubt that the real object
wnlen the government had in view in
the existing rules in regard
20 passengers's baggage is not the col
eceion OF revenue, but the education of
travelling public in the accomplishment
Of peJury.-N. z. Times.
Inc number of imprudent persons
nno nave been killed since the Franco
: russian war in trying to empty the
'efman shells that have been found i
lnexploded in the fields around Paris
8 extraordinary. At st. Denis a fors-
light ago charcoal dealer, an old man
y %, who had earned some celebrity
y the neighborhoQd by his collection
y German shells, was trying to empty
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12

harmony cannot conceal the fact that the
campaign has opened in a dlsplrltlng
manner, and nothing but the conscious
ness of the immese consequences OF Re
publican defeat could secure victory
under such auspices. The duty OF con-
cealing what hosts of the most lnteilI-
gent and patriotic Republicans feel, we
do not recognize"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12

n 1t is very singular that the only
death that is likely to occur from that
murderous affiay in San Francisco in
which Kalloch was shot twice and De
Young was nearly torn to pieces by the
mob, is that of a young woman named
Mrs. Litchfeld, who was getting out of
a horse-car at the time and near the
scene of the shooting, when the excited
crowd rushed by and knocked her
down, and more than fifty persons step
ped and trampled upon her. She was
very badly bruised and mangled and
her death is considered certain. She
is a grand-niece of the late Commodore
Vanderbilt, has been married but a
short time, and was expecting to sail
for Europe soon for pleasure trip with
her husband, who is one of San Fran
ciscO's wealthiest men.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12

CT One of the most striking instances
of fool hardness on record was the at
tempt of Capt. Goldsmith and wife to
cross the Atlantic ocean in little min
iature boat which they christened Gun
Gle Sam" These foolish vOyagers en-
cOuntered heavy seas almost from the
start, and terrific gale off the coast
of Newfoundland on the 10th ultimO,
and after drifting about for three days,
suffering terribly meantime from the
extreme severity of the storm, were
rescued by the British ship Queen OF
Nations and taken to Liverpool, arriv-
ing there on Wednesday last.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12

II The Burlington ReUiea0 gives Is
columns-its entire space-to detailed
account of the late muster at Bradford
and a muster-roll of each company and
the battery. 1t shows considerable
newspaper enterprise, and besides, it
gives the tax dodgers a respite of one
week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12

e There is strong upward tend
ency noted in nearly all lines of mer-
camille dealing. The hardware men,
drry-goods dealers and representatives
OF various interests, all find prices aetu-
ally rising or held in the expectation Of
a rise. Some of the departments at
Washington report builders and iron
workers too busy on private orders to
take government contracts. One of our
dry goods firms which ordered Ameri-
can carpets of manufacturers in June.
has not yet got the goods. The brisk,
ness of the situation is highly encourag-
ing, and it is to be hoped that prices
Will not be put up. so as to xiii the
goose that lays the golden eggs.-or
DIVE her off the nest, to vary the fable.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12
If You Wish to do Business,

You must tell the public of that fact, and when
you have once begun, you must keep telling them
of it. Your surest cheapest and quickest way to
tell them is by advertising inthe Newspaper circu
iating among the.people you want to reach.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12

A man named Scott, of Montreal.
cnoked to death while eating breakfast
Wednesday. 'n
ana so it is given out in Mississippi
that II the Chisolm murderers are found
guilty there will be riot. Will Sena-
TOR Lamar, who rather jastifies the. as
sasslnatiOn of Dixon, denounce -t5,is
attempt to terrerize Jury =
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12
The Next Governor.

Our readers will recOllect that we
long ago intimated that the Republi-
cans of the State could hardly do bet
ter than elect the Hon.. Frederick Bill
llngs the next Governor. The following
paragraph we find in late number of
the st. Adams MESSENGER:
The political events in other states
have naturally set Vermonters to fole-
casting home probabilities for. next
} ear; accordingly when two public men
meet, one is quite certain to ask the
other before separating, "Who is going
to be the next governor ?n So far as
our observation and inquiries have
reached, the'e is a unanimity among
Republicans in favor of nominating
Frederick Billings of Woodstock. He
does not seek the office, and it is ros
known whether he wolld consent to be
Candidate. But since his longer resi-
dence in the state has obvjated the On
lection that many raised when he was
proposed before, and since the one term
question which thea served to divide
the party has been long since settled,
and since the Republicans of Vermont
VIII desire to be led in. the next cam
paIgn by a nlen Of distineuis abilitvy.
'F''o ~, widely and favoabiy Anessasn,',
= pom fane<>us szsurning Of
toy s<<|> ~ IS: tiies best lll,taI
isahief, bi|I We we're
led with one officer.
Randall Of Mont
b! Y Randall of the
lou fniont, who got the
s s,l pox buying q shirt at
y ashington ksg store that was af-
forwards rel led to have been fur
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12

be to the temperament of a suicide
His death in itself, at only 30 years DID,
is a tragic and lamentable event.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12
LOST.

Finger ring, marked IN NJ. B. to C. C. B." Re
turn to this office and get reward
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12

LITT!L,EToN, N. H., Sept. "a rain
ana nan storm, accompanied by light
hing, the sharpest ever known here.
passed over West Littleton and Water
Iord, Vt, Yesterday afternoon, doing
muci damage to the crops. Hail stones
lay IN heaps. Two barns of Charles
carpenter at West Littleion were struck
oy lightning and burned with their
contents. Loss $500 no insurance.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12
The Maine Election.

The political contest in Maine has
been of unusual vigor and interest.
From present indications it would seem
that the Republicans had recovered the
ground they lost last year, and are
again masters of the situation. They
appear to have about 10000 plurality
on the governor vote, and yet there be-
ing three parties, they still lack some
1000 of electing their governor by the
people. In Massachusetts, New York
or Ohio, such Il vote would have elect
ed their governor, as in these states a
plurality governs.
The House is Republican by about
twenty majority, but the Senate is in
doubt at this writing. This makes the
gOvernOrship still in doubt. The can
didates voted for are Daniel F. Davis,
Pa@9blieap; Alonzo GcoHaanbacE. The
vote pOlled was the largest ever given
at state election, reaching dts high ao
l3S, 900. Davis vote will show about
H@O,oOO ONCi bhC
and 1000 over the Democrats. This
is really fine triumph for Republicans,
considering the greenback craze and
other things they have had to encoun-
ter.
LATER.
While the Republicans have failed to
elect their governor by the people, they
have secured at least Is, and probably
20, of the 81 Senators, and about 25
majority in the House, thus insuring
the election of Mr.. Davis. The Re-
publicans have carried the following
counties: AndrOscOggin, Cumberland,
Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Lincoln,
Oxford probably, Piscataquis, Saga
dahoc, Washington and York-total,
III. The FusiOnists carry Aroostook,
Knox, PenobscOt, Somerset and Waldo
total, 5.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12
LEGAL BLANKS.

LEGAL BLANKS.
| WARRANTED DEEDS
MORTGAGE DEEDS
QUITCLAIM DEEDS
ADMINISTRATORS DEEDS
BONDS FOR DEEDS
GUARDIANS DEEDS
PERSONAL PROPERTY MORTGAGE
DEEDS.
JUSTICE TRUSTEE WRITS
JUSTICE WRTTS
JUSTICE CRIMINAL WRITS
JUSTICE EXECUTIONS
COUNTY COURT WRITS
COUNTY COURT TRUSTEE WRlTS
COUNTY COURT EXECUTIONS
COPIES OF APPEAL TO co. COURT
NEW BILLS IN CHANCERY
NEW DEGREES IN CHANCERY
DISPOSITIONS AND CERTIFICATES
vENIRES
SEARCH WARRANTS
TAX BILLS
COUNTS
CERTIFICATES
TAX COLLECTORS RECEIPTS
ETC. ETC. ETC.
C. M. STONE & CO.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12
LATER.
The California Election.

The California election returns al
ready in, warrant the statement that
California has done well and proved
that she intends to keep in the republi-
can column for some time to come.
Perkins is the GOvernor-elect, and the
last accounts say there is no doubt that
all four Republican congressman are
elected. This is even better than was
at first reported. The workingmen
have elected Kalloch as mayor of San
Francisco, but otherwise they have not
made much of a success. The Demo-
Gratis nominated for governor Mr.. Glenn,
land mOnOpOlist, who represents, in
the manner in which he manages his
huge estate, that selfish, cynical and
semi-barbarous spirit which has Justly
offended and alarmed the small land
holders and laboring people of the
state. They placed on their Congress
slonal ticket several meRaf. little char
acter and small ability, aud they scourte
ed in various ways the .lsast repntable
element ESTATE. ..s;',i -
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12
Can ! Afford to do Business
Without Advertising?

Successful advertisers admit that the newspaper
Is the most effective advertising medium, and the
best agency for communication between people of
all classes
'udicious advertisers select those papers which
have established character and influence They
are read by thinking people and people of enter,
Prise-the most desirable in all communities to
reach byadvertising
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-04-24
"FLAPDOODLE,"

Since the extra session of Congress con-
vened, the Cincinnati Commercial has
been indulging in an inordinate amount of
political "hapdoodle." 1t sees all sorts of
snakes and hobgoblins in the Greenback
cauldron, and in its delirium, every legal
tender note has changed to confederate
shin-plaster. The following is the result
of one of its late paroxysms:
"There is dreadful news from Washing
ton. Our Greenbackers
are determined upon mighty work of re-
form. They believe in the Confederate
system of finance. We all remember what
that was. The price of pair of shoes in
Richmond before the fight of the Confed-
crate government was $500. The color of
the back of the note that bore the fiat"
on its face, was not green, but the great
principle was thes as that of the peace
greenback. 1t was based upon credit
1t is not enough that the
credit of the government is higher than
ever before in our history-that we have
secured since the LIST of January, by re.
funding six per cent. bonds in four per
cents, reduction of the income of bond
holder, to the amount of ten millions a
year"
1t will occur to the average reader that
if the credit of the government has arisen
to such an unprecedented altitude from
neglecting to pay its six per cent bonds in
coin when due, putting off its creditors
with notes bearing thirty-three per cent.
less interest, to run IN indefinite period,
and redcemable only at the option Of the
government, thereby it might be raised to
notch higher by extending the process,
and converting them into obligations bear
ing no interest at all, and redeemable on
the same terms, Or more so. 1t is all a
question of credit, and when the bond
holders are deprived of their entire inter-
est incomes, and are compelled to cooper.
ate with labor and production for increase
thus calling the tramps from the streets,
and closing the prison doors to those who
are driven to crime for sustenance, the ma
tons credit will just boom.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-04-24

A local correspondent of the Cambridge
Mass Tribune writes: "A few days ago
heard my 5.year-old boy Offering to his
schoolmates tickets to circus. On in
quiry found the performance was to take
place in my stable. On looking at the
tickets prepared for the occasion, discov.
cred that the child had been tearing up
some elegant colored note paper my wife
kept for her tastidious correspondents, and
on each rude slip was written In a coarse
hand. Admit the bearer The price
charged for the tickets was six pins.
heard afterwards that one big boy, con-
scious of his power, offered some old bent
pins, and when they were refused threat
ened to visit the show and break it up.
do not propose to give an account of the
entertainment, where there were six per-
formers and three spectators. merely
wish to state the result of the affair.
heard that the affair broke up in Il general
row, in which some boards which had Just
been planed for shelves in the house were
broken up, two or three panes of glass
smashed in the windows, and considerable
damage done to things generally in the
stable, The darling boy had carried out
into the stable nice sheet to divide off
the ''green-room, and in the excitement
at the close OF the moral show some one
accidentally set fire to it. The fire was
easily extinguished with two or three dip,
pers of water, but one of the larger boys
was frightened and gave the alarm, which
soon drew two or three engines in front OF
my premises. At night looked at the
cherub with delight as he was sleeping
beautifully and peacefully, as only a calm
conscience will allow one to do"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-04-24
A Deadly Point of Pronunciation

From the San Francisco Post.
At a wedding in South Carolina last
month an incident occurred aptly illus
trating social life in the United States
The bridegroom, b who belonged to the
"drst Southern families" took exception
to the phraseology of the officiating
clergyman, andremarked: "You shouldn't
say those uns whom the Lord hath jined
together, but them uns." The preacher,
who prided himselfupon the "high-toned'
quality of his language, dropped
his hand into the pocket of his surplice,
and interpolated: "You jist paddle your
own canoe, young feller, or your trouble'll
begin sune enuif. I'm running this tea
party, am-as said afore, my beloved
hcarers-those uns as the Lord
Just then the bridegroom made a motion
toward his hip, but before he could draw,
the minister fred from his pocket and the
young man fell dead at his feet. Instantly
the whole church was filled with blazing
pistols. In less than FIVE seconds the only
person left alive was the bride, whe had
ducked behind the pulpit early in the
action. The halfmarried female gazed
muslngly around and remarked as she
started for home: "These self-cocking
revolvers is playing the mischief round
here and that's fact.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-04-24
John PhilpOt Curran.

When his school days were over and his
college career ended, Curran went to Lon
don, to keep his terms for the Bar. His
finances were often very low, but his spirits
kept high, and, though oppressed by pov
erty, he did not give way to despair. A
story is told of his going dinnerless to st.
James Park, where, sitting hungry on a
bench, he began whistling an Irish tune.
An elderly gentleman paused to rest on
the same seat, and, struck by the melan-
choly look OF the youth. inquired chow he
came to be sitting there, whistling an
Irish tune, when other people were at their
dinnerp" Curan replied, "He would be
at his dinner, too, but a triaing matter
delay in remittances-obliged him to dine
on an Irish tune" The stranger struck
with the playful manner of the youth, in.
vited him to dine at a neighborlng tavern,
and ere long was delighted with the hu.
NOR of the young lrishman. Curran was
equally pleased with his new friend, and
year afterward, when Curran was known
and famous, recalled this occurrence to bis
entertainer Macklin, the celebrated actor
with the assurance, "You never acted
better"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-04-24
Flirting from a Window.

From the Denver News.
As a rule the Denver beau is a sympa-
thetic animal. He loves wOmen-ha dotes
on romance, and the young and fair never
fail to find in him willing coadjutor in
any social entertainment which can be
dignifed with the name of Irritation But
he is invariably particular in one essential
requisite-the woman must be pretty.
Rich or poor is of but little consequence;
but her eyes must sparkle and flash with
emotion; her arms must be moulded from
faultless model, her taper waist must re-
semble the zone of Venus. These things
he regards of the last importance, and
nothing less charming than creature re.
vealing all these perfections. is worthy Of
his ammunition. But the Denver beau,
like his prototype in less favored cities, is
liable to error-he slips up; makes mis-
take as it were. For instance a youth on
Larimer street had become fascinated with
a picture of youth and beauty which on
bright sunny days framed itself in the
window of neighboring hotel. 1t was
winsome face-eyes, luminous eyes, and
on each delicate cheek teyered the carna-
tion Of the rose. Only the head of this
fair-haired Madonna was visible-the en-
vious window case obscnred the form.
But our gallant knew where face re-
veaed such charms, the body must be Of
kindred grace. So he waved his handker-
chief to her and begun a Irritation. His
signal was answered. 1t progressed with
fervor. 1t seemed indeed as if there had
met at last,
Two souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one.
And so one day the youth interpreted a
signal,
Come and see mel
His heart thrilled with ecstacy. The
idea of going into the presence Of that ra-
diant being-clasping her hand-feeling
the 1utter of her pertumed breath against
his cheek was enhancing. But he went.
Ushered into her presence, there rose
before him huge, unwieldy mass of fat,
She had the face of an angel but the body
of pork barrel.
He stammered, hesitated, and finally
blurted out.
"feckon, madam, there's some mistake
here?"
"oh mol" she SAID, "this is the place
you seek"
But he shook his head, and shifted rest
lessly upon his feet. For the first time in
his life his tongue refused its office. At
last he said: "You see, madam, had
only seen your face. | had no idea there
was so much Of you.
"Sm!"
The monosyllable became an icicle,
and il almost froze the blood ofthat YOUTH
full rooster. But he buckled down bravely
to his explanation:
"of course, you know, it's not your
fault"
''What fault, sirP"
The oleaginous mass was quivering like
u sphere of beef-foot jelly.
But" continued the disappointed
young man, 1--WE gentlemen in society
have TO draw line somewhere, and--and
we always draw 1t at a fat woman!'
He lodged the missile which sailed
through the air, felt the floor trembleun-
der the elephantine tread Of his robust
Venus, and then rushed frantically from
the scene. As he crossed the street he
murmured sadly;
"she's the worst ever sawl"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-04-24
The Benner Bale Rolls On.

From the Augusta (Ga) News.
The "Benner bale" has now reached
Montgomery, Ala. This is the bale oi
cotton donated by Miss Clara Conway, oi
Memphis, to the Benner fund. The Mem
phis Cotton Exchange sold it for $500, II
was then sent to New Orleans, where il
brought 81 $40; in Galveston, 81, ,109, and
in other places corresponding amounts
After it is sold in Montgomery it will be
shipped direct to Augusta, when the liber
al.hearted people Of that city will have ar
opportunity of doing something towards
the Benner fund.