St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-13

press confidence in the success OF their
favorites, and the canvass is livery. a
new candidate has appeared III the pei
son of ex-senator James w. Patterson.
Mr.. George W. Childs, who is on
terms of intimacy with Gen. Grant and
receives frequent letters from him, says
| that he has not mentioned the maGter
of the Presidential candidacy to him
and is confident that the General mas
no expectation of being candidate.
The seventy fifth commencement of
the University of Vermont and State
Agricultural college, commences sun
day June %, and closes Thursday June
%. The Central Vermont railroad and
lake steamers will carry for fare one
way. Return certificates can be obtain
ed of Chas. E. Allen, the secretary OF
the Alumni. At the celebration of AS
sociate Alumni, Rev. Geo. B. Spauldlng
D. D., of Dover, N. H., will give the
grafton. and VIM. II. Bliss of ROches-
ter, Vt, the poem. The Germanla
Band of Boston will furnish the music.
They are talking up the project OF an
Episcopal cathedral at New York again,
and subscriptions of 100000 are al
ready pledged. 1t may occur to the
unregenerate lay mind that the money
could be better spent in providing ten
ements for the poor OF in lifting mort
cages from sanctuaries already built
Springfield Republican.
Inasmuch as it costs So in currency
to buy a ten-cent loaf of bread in Bue-
nos Ayres and $500 to buy pair of
boots, the Cincinnati Commercial says
sit would have simplifed matters and
amounted to the same thing if the
greenbackers, instead of adopting the
platform they did, had resolved that
7 they cordially approved the Buenos
Ayres system of finance, and were in
favor of it's introduction into the United
States"
In another column appears the an
nOuncement of the formation of new
banking and stock exchange firm under
the name of William B. Hatch q Co.,
with Offices at 25 Pine street. The
members OF the firm are Mr.. William
b. Hatch, for many years leading
New York member of the firm Of Fair
banks & Co., Mr.. Thomas H. Bonden a
weli-known member OF the New York
Stock Exchange, and Mr.. Frank Jen-
kins, formerly publisher of the Christian
Union-N. Y. Eue. Post.
1t is thought in Massachusetts that
General Butter has his plans so well
laid that he will have little trouble in
capturing the Democratic nomination
for Governor, this year. He is leaving
the Greenbackers to train with the
Democrats, anu will run as the regular
Democratic nominee, if he runs at all.
The Ogdensburg Journal says huge
snow banks can still be seen at Il num-
Der of points in st. Lawrence county,
and that they were not damaged i'll the
least by the late frosts.
A New Haven man recently allowed
one of his employees to occupy his large
residence on one of the principal city
avenues, and, noticing that he was al
ways after that received at the rear OF
the residence, he pushed his way to the
front and found COW i'll one parlOr and
hens in the other.
Two Maine farmers discovered that
beans planted between their rows OF
potatoes drove away the potato bug.
Joseph A. Gould died in Enfield, Me-,
lately, and an autopsy showed that
death was caused by a splinter of bone
about the size of match, which had
penetrated his brain from il wound re-
ceived during the civil war in 1865, and
remained there ever since.
Judge Christian of Richmond, Va,
refuses to place colored men on juries
or treat them like white men. He says
the state of Virginia has the exclusive
right to say who shall be drawn upon
her .juries, and when he can secure the
best material among the blacks he will
select them for jurors, but not till then.
Well, we haven't any volcanoes in
this land threatening destruction to all
around. In that respect we differ from
Italy. The present eruption of Mount
Etna threatens to be one of its greatest.
Tbirty-twO craters, covering several
square miles, are now pouring forth
lava, and the eruption will probably be
of long duration. The flood of lava is
very extensive and is moving toward
f the river Alcantara, having already de-
vastated the village of Mic. The erup-
tons of Nesuvius are also on the in
crease.
The Boston, Concord and Montreal
; railroad, alarmed at the success with
which petitions to the Legislature fol
a reduction of fares is meeting in the
, state, have reduced local rates 25 pei
cent.
: James Johnson's daughter was NOR
5 tally wounded at Brunswick, Me-, by
the discharge of a gun which her elder
sister aimed at her in sport, supposing
4 1t WAS not loaded.
Cyrus H. Field of Portland, looked
i. over the Dexter savings bank books
and examined the ground generally the
other day, and does not think the
, bank officers substantiate their charges
against the late Treasurer Barron. HI
thinks that BarrOn's only reason fo
suicide would be the fact that he CAV,
$4,000 to such set of men,
Vermont News.