St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-26

was a masterpiece of foxiness. There
was a determined stand made against
Drew, and some advantageous" were
put up as compromise. Five minutes
afterwards when the enemy had re-
turned to celebrate their victory and to
profit by the rise in stocks, the meeting
was reOrganized, the convenient new
directors resigned, and in very small
packed assemblage Drew and his CO.
cOnspirators were elected in their pla-
ces. When this was known, stocks
''slumped" at one, and Drew cleared
himself some SI,500,00O. Another of
his lodges, which for time deceived
even Vanderbilt and Fisk was to "bull"
Erie. His change of tactics-fOr he had
always been bear-surprised every
one, but by utilizing several brokers on
the sly, buying cheap and selling dear,
openly buying large blocks at large
prices, but selling still larger secretly,
he kept the market bubbling like a
tea kettle, and came out many millions
ahead. He may be said to have trained
the men who ruined him, and beat him
at last at his own tactics.
l do not generally say much about
murders. They are unhappily so fire.
quent as to be commonplace, but two
which have occurred since l wrote are
of singular dramatic interest. The two
brothers of ex-COngressman Morgan
Jones, Zone very famous New York
politician, formerly a plumber before
Bill Tweed took him by the handy were
machinists, both smart and shrewd.
They accumulated much property
e. 81 Ill IL,
became stone blind, but still preserved
his delicacy of touch to marvellous
degree. The work of his hands was
almost unapproachable by the most
skillful mechanics with all their senses
about them. This misfortune embit-
tered him still further. With faithful
man Friday, who had formerly done
odd jobs about the place, he buried
himself in complete seclusion, nursing
his wrath against his brother, and after
lawsuits had broken out for the parti-
ton of their property, amusing himself
by all sorts of evasion of legal process.
1t is said he lodged the Court officers
successfully for over a year. At last,
one outwitted the blind man and his
henchman, and while the latter had
gone for beer to moisten their frugal
meal slipped in the house, served the
papers and hurried out. 1t was too
late. The blind man came down stairs,
the attendant blocked the passage to
the back door by which the unhappy
official had entered. Both closed on
him, and whether, as they say, they
him for burglar, or deter
mined to kill him in revenge for hav-
ing Outgeneraled them, the blind man
did stab him fatally. The other case
was that of a policeman who shot a
milkman whom he met coming out of
ing after leaving the milk. The story
of the Knight of the Club was rather
inconsistent. He claimed that he mis-
took the early visitor for burglar, and
then justified himself for shooting him
anyhow because he declared his matri-
mOnial rights had been tempered with.
The chief novelty here is, that the
policeman thought it necessary to
make any excuse at all. They usually
club away as they please, and consider
any remark about it quite rude and un-
called for. We are getting tired of our
''fnest force in the world"
People interested in yachting matters
here have had two things to talk about
this week. First, the Atlantic Yacht
Club, which has been famous for its
bold mariners and yearnings for the
breeZes that never blew at their regat-
tas, unexpectedly were favored with
just the gale they had for years been
praying for, and as unexpectedly to
their rivals and admirers, declined as
body to face it. Only three yachts of
the entire fleet sailed the course, and
the adoption of white feather as a
Club ensign is universally recommend
ed. The other event is the advent of
new yacht of small dimensions, in point
in dimensions, large enough to hold
four Corinthians comfortably on a
Summer cruise, and to be handled east
ly by one man, while for speed it has
excelled anything known in these wa
tiers, except the flying catamarans,
which ale indeed mere sailing machines
and quite unsuited for cruising or in
deed sailing in anything but smooth
water. The old sailors who derided the
little craft are in raptures with it's per-
and the illustrated papers
will be full of the subject in ensuing is
sues.
The Fall shooting at Creedmoor has
so far developed wonderful improve
ment over even the grand scores of
former years. The competitors are very
and as mass tread closely
on the heels of the old time champions.
By the way, prisoner escaped States
prison queerly enough the other day,
and for which he had in1iraotlv to
thank CreedmOOr. A policeman had
him for attempting his life with
a pistol which he swOre was snapped at
him. The case was tried before Judge
one of the old Interna-
tlOnal team, in whose Court Col. BO-
dine, ''Old Reliable is Court officer.
These experts speedily saw that the
cartridge had not been indented by the
alleged swapping and that the police
man-our police again-had deliber-
ately purjured himself The prisoner
and his accuser speedily changed con-
ditions, the former going free and the
policeman being held for the Grand
Jury.
A glorious and infallible sign of our
approaching prosperity is afforded by
the sudden and great increase of immi-
and chiefly of good, substantial
people, with some little capital. One
day alone, 1907 were landed. Quite
proportion are Mormons who don't
scare worth a cent for Secretary Evarts''
recent proclamation against them.
RADIx.
Gen. Grant Arrives at San Francisco.