St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-05-16

station by express. Inc vigorous Swing
ing of hats that occurred soon after in
dicated that some of the hives were
leaky.- West Randolph Neacs.
About 3 o'clock Thursday morning
(Sth) Rutland barber was aroused by
pulls at the door bell and a shout OF
s'murdern An investigation discovered
stranger at the door who declared he
was pursued by enemies with murder
GUS intent, and the barber thinks he
caught a glimpse of some person on
the opposite side of the street through
the darkness. The stranger hailed from
Cleveland, O., and was conducted to
the Berwick House, which he after
wards left, Saying he was going to st.
Johnsbury where he had relatives, by
the $40 a. m. train for Bellows Falls.
He acted as though suffering from
delirium tremens or insane.
A Craftsbury correspondent of the
Orleans County Monitor says: ga cou-
pie of swindlers, who are forcing gratis
on to those who have apple trees are
about. They drive up in a great hurry,
ask permission to heat up kettle OF
grating wax and proceed to tell re-
markable stories about their sciOns.
Unless they are emphatically forbidden,
they put scions into trees, and only ask
as payment conditional note. People
in this vicinity are getting little shy
of giving notes to strangers"
Some time ago the Burlington Review
published a tale whereat Will Wait
took offense. On Wednesday, (7th)
Editor Love pranced into town, and
speedily found himself in juxtaposition
with said Waite, and, just after, in the
gutter. Love was not ready to die in
defense of his valuable self, so he re-
spectfully but firmly declined the hon
or of being thrashed, and Immediately
began to hug Waite so tight that he
couldn't strike. Right in the street,
too. Then Waite Rugged Love so tight
that he couldn't strike back again.
And there really wasn't any more strik-
ing-no biting, no coughing, no punch
The gate of the St. Adams cemetery
is now kept open in the daytime, so
that visitors in carriages may drive in.
A hint to other cemetery associations.
G. E. Francisco of Rutland, "a years
old, who was badly injured at the re-
cent burning of Caden's store, has just
died.
There are $50 regular attending
scholars in the BrattlebOro Universalist
Sunday school.
A drive of from Is ,000,0 to 20, 000,-
600 feet of logs, started from the New
Hampshire woods, is coming down the
Connecticut river for McIndoe's Falls,
and Bellows Falls.
The tenth annual session of the Yer
mont Baptist Sunday School cOnven-
ton will be held June 4th and 5th, at
VeTgennes, with Professor William F.
Sherwin, of Newark, N. j., as general
conductor.
Thomas Parker, father of Joseph
Parker who lately died from injuries
received at Barton, took poison yester-
day morning and died during the fore
noon. He got up early, and it is sup
posed took the poison about four O'Clock;
he was found at seven o'clock in his
barn.-MOnitOr.
The Lake Champlain "sea serpent"
has appeared earlier than usual, three
reputable St. Adams men having seen
it the other day while they were out
fishing in a row boat. The water was
thrown 80 or 40 feet high, and dark
object rose to hight of 10 or Is feet,
but before they could get near enough
to distinguish the monster fully it dis
appeared.
A hearing was had before the govor-
n n Rutland Friday, tho oppli-
cation of George Bromley of Dandy for
pardon from the state prison. The
hearing was not completed, and an ad-
iOurnment was had for two weeks.
Bromley was sentenced last fall to i'm
prisonment for five years for assault
with intent to kill.
On a recent Sunday at Castleton an
eighty years old minister delivered a
fifty years old sermon at the COngrega-
tional Chapel on the subject of ere
pentance," from the words, "And they
went out and preached that men should
repent" The discourse was first preach
ed at Liberty, Indiana, fifty years ago
last November. Among his hearers at
that time was the father of General and
United States Senator Burnside of
Rhode Island.
The PROCTORSvILLE SUICIDE.-The
correspondent of an exchange says: j.
c. Spaulding, who is supposed to have
committed suicide at Proctorsville, Fri
day night was about 60 years of age,
and has been collector here for years.
His accounts have been gradually grow
ing short, until now it is said they are
some $4,000 behind. His bondsmen,
some ten in number, have been pressing
him for a settlement. Wednesday
morning Spaulding took the stage for
Claremont, N. H. 1t was soon rumored
that he was missing, and inquiries were
made as to his whereabouts. Thursday
an attachment was placed on his prop
erty, which consists of real estate which
was mortgaged by the bOndsmen. On
Friday, Spaulding was at Bellows Falls,
transacting some business. He took
the train on the Rutland Road, and ar
rived at Proctorsvile at 6:45. When
the train arrived at ProcteIsville,
Spaulding passed through the train
towards the engine, got out of the car,
and, it is supposed, he deliberately
placed his neck in front of the wheels
His body was found as soon as the
train left by the station agent, with the
head severed from the body.
| On the other hand we are informed
that the friends of Mr.. Spaulding and a
large part of the public, believe that he
was sleeping during the journey, and,
reaching Proctorsville, being but par
TALLY awake and in a sort of dazed con-
dition, stepped off on the wrong side of
the cars, was drawn underneath the
wheels and killed. 1t is said, too, that
his arms and the upper part of his body
were badly mangled. Furthermore, it
is claimed that there was no shortage in
his accounts, save that he had not
pressed his collections with sufficient