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

Hon. Frederick Billings, of Wood
stock, has just been elected president of
the Northern Pacific railroad.
A Swanton correspondent of the Free
Press writes: Diphtheria in its worst
form has made its appearance at the
village, and several deaths have occur
red. Until within six months this town
had almost entirely escaped the rava-
ges of this fearful disease.
The liquor suit against C. C. knights
OF Castleton, was concluded Saturday,
resulting in Mr.. Knights being convict
ed OF SIX counts in the Indictment. He
was fined $50 and costs, which will
make the sum total about 5000. The
members of the Women's Christian I'm
ION attended the trial.
Rev. Ward Billiard died at his resi-
dence In New Haven Nav 81. He had
preached but little for several wears.
devotlng himself to agricultural pur-
sults. lie was superintendent of schools
tor several years, and town representa-
1--WE IN 1866 and 1867, and was a con-
sclentlous citizen, good neighbor and
an honest man. His age was SO wears.
A young man named Reed. about 40
years old, employed in the hotel at
Charlestown, N. H., drove to Bellows
rails, Monday, to attend Coup's circus.
and, being drunk, he run the tOll-bridge
three times without paying. The fourth
time the toll gatherer, Buss, endeayor-
ed to stop him by lowering the gate
The horse on full run passed under
and Reed, who made no effort to ston
him, was struck on the forehead and
froa
ably fatally. -''- p'o'
Burlington has lost 1913 soldiers in
war. In that of the revolution IS of
her citizens died, in the war of 1919
"a died, In the war for the Union 80.
wallace Wakefield of Westfeld.
while driving home late the 2sth. was
h upon by an unseen person, the
pail passing through his hat and graz
ing MS head. Suspicious are directed
towards parties, but no arrests are vet
MADE. The matter is undergoing in
vestigation.
The night of the 23d, at South Pom |
tlet, an immense rock weighing many
IONS become lOosened from its seat near
tne top OF the high hill just south of the
W EIlag e and went crushing down across
Gne highway, breaking down trees and
9emollshing fences, but doing no other
The other day, Mrs. M. L. Langley
and Mrs. j. F. Randall, of MontpeIieg
by Mrs. DR.. Cooley and
lnfant, OF Lisbon, N. H., were driving
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06
Pollution of Streams.

The st. Adams MESSENGER has been
looking up the law, and finds that by a
Vermont statute man can be fined
from five to twenty dollars ~ for the
offense of placing any dead animal or
animal substance'in any water liable to
be used for domestic purposes. It verv
properly feels that our laws are not IN
to the times, and adds:
The case in Newark is no worse than
one which occurred in Richford last
year, save In the greater extent of the
mortality, and that was caused bv the
surface wash of focal matter into a
well. Well authenticated cases of sim
liar poisoning were published at that
time by Drs. Conn and Crosby of Com
cord, N. H., and copied into the Mes
senger. In st. Adams before our acme
duct water was introduced, there were
many cases of fever and death which
physicians concurred in thinking were
caused by the contamination of wells
by nelghboring sink drains, PRIV vaults
or barn yards.
The pollution of streams by town
sewage and the wash from factories and
farms is harder thing to prevent. A
large proportion of New England cities
and villages necessarily drain into
streams. Efforts have been made. and
with some degree of success, to prevent
the emptying of poisonous DIVES from
factories, and dangerous chemicals
from laboratories, into streams. but if
has been considered practically impes-
slole ana on the whole unnecessary to
cases Wnere they are necessarily used
ior drlnklng water; The whole problem
is fTaught with difficulty in legislation.
and safety must be sought for more in
pu6ilc OPINION and practice. Stupidity
ana careiessness are the most cuipabie
factors, for it is not to be supposed that
any but criminals would purposely
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06
A Swindler.

One A. w. Bridgman, Andover, n.
H., has advertised roses and other
plants for sale quite extensively this
spring, and among other papers, he has
favored the CGledORidn with his adver-
tisement. Some parties in this place
having forwarded money to him, and
not receiving the articles ordered, have
made investigation. A reply to one of
these enquiries from a we'll known man
in AndOver will be in order here. 1t is
dated June 2: "In reply to yours will
say of A. W. Bridgman, he has been
stopping here and advertising vines,
etc, but has not had anything of the
kind here. He has gone from here now
though his family remain. His past
record has been bad-he is what you
might call id rascal. Other par
ties have sent him money besides you"
We also learn that Bridgman has
gone to Oxford, Pa, where doubtless
postal card would reach him, unless he
should move again before the card
reaches there. We regret to have ad-
vertised this swindler, but if it teaches
us to be more careful in future and our
readers to buy of LEGAL dealers who are
honest, and where they know what they
are getting, the lesson will be worth all
it has cost. The idea that if something
is obtained from distance it must be
of more value, is too prevalent not only
in purchasing bedding plants, but in
many other things.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06
Text Book Conventions.

The Lamoille county Text Book Con-
vention was held at Hyde Park, May
3lst. 1t was unanimously voted to
recommend Greenleaf's series of arith-
metics, Kruses' drawing books and
Cows morals and manners. There
was quite difference of opinion with
regard to the other books, particularly
the readers and biographies. But a
vote on readers showed Appleton first,
the Independent second, and the Amer
lean third in choice. And on geogra-
phies, Guyot stood IL to 3 for the Mitch
ell, 3 for Monteith, and for Harper.
Of the histories there were but two ia
vored, the Banes and Quackenbos. The
choice was pretty nearly equal, but the
odds in favor of the Quackenbos. The
choice of Spoilers was quite varied, but
the American lead and Swinton follow
ed. Of the copy books, the Model was
generally favored.
j. P. BOOTH, Sec.
The Washington county text book
committee submit the following !:
Where books are in uniform use
throughout the county and give good
satisfaction we suggest their continu-
ance. Otherwise, after carefully ex-
page by page, and topic by
topic, twelve series of readers, fourteen
of arithmetics, eighteen of grammars,
sixteen histories, ten of biographies,
seven civil governments. We report
the following list as in our opinion the
best, all things considered, for our
common schools: Appleton's readers,
Fish's arithmeties, Reed and Kellogg's
Swinton's elementary and
Warren's common school Biographies,
Anderson's new popular history, VT,
Edition, and Townshend's seventy les
sons in civil government.
CHAs. DOLE, for Com.
The Chittenden county committee
recommend the following books: Guy
DTS new elementary and intermediate
Biographies; Appleton's readers; Wor-
'ester's new spoilers; Payson and Dun
toms copy books Cows morals and
manners. There was considerable de-
bate over some of these books.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06
Public Opinion.

Our citizens have deprecated, de-
plored, denounced, published, and done
everything but take the law in their
own hands, yet crime increases. 1t was
bad last year; it is worse this. We
positively believe that Mississippi aver
ages one murder per day, and we have,
perhaps, better means of securing in
formation than almost any other per-
son in the state.-V icksburg Miss. }
Herald.
Watterson is the recognized donkey
of western journalism-the laughing
stock in national politics, a bunion on
the big toe of the democratic party, a
sly in it's eye, pimple on its nose, a
rotten molar in its jaw, pain in it's
bowels, a cancer in its stomach, blue
tailed fly in its councils, tumble bug
in its campaigns, and IL jack o'-lantern
on its highways of success. Henri in
the democratic party is what trichina is
IN hogs ham-unhealthy. In the
political atmosphere he compares ia
vorably with puff of malaria from a
morass.-IndiGndpO Sentinel.
The last Congress forced the Presi-
dent to call an extra session, without
would continue his vetoes or not, and
equally without ascertaining whether,
If he did so, the members of the pres
ent House would have back bone enough
to let the appropriation bills go by de-
fault. The consequence is that Con-
gress has accomplished nothing at all
to forward its own side of the questions
at issue. 1t has forced the President
to take sides with the ''stalwarts," but
it is neither willing to pass the appro-
priation bills stripped of the clauses
which are objected to, nor to go home
leaving the appropriation unmade. 1t
hangs fire like a foul gun, and no one
can tell whether, if the charge should
finally go off, it will hit the mark, fizzle
out, or kick the owner over. At the
present writing the latter seems to be
the more probable result, and if it
should be so, impartial spectators will
be prone to admit that the punishment
was Observation-Disclosures Sun.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06
Soldiers Headstones.
To the Selectmen :

To the Selectmen
At the annual meeting of the Depart
ment encampment, held at Rutland, IN
January, 1879, the undersigned were
appointed a committee to obtain the
names of soldiers buried in the various
cemeteries throughout the state whose
graves are unmarked; therefore, we
would call your attention to the follow
ing notice promulgated by the quarter
master-general United States Army,
viz:
Congress has recently authorized
the erection of headstOnes over the
graves of Union soldiers who are buried
in private and village cemeteries. This
will be done as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made. In the
meantime, the quartermaster-g general
at Washington, is collecting the neces-
sary information as to where these
headstOnes are required.
All persons having any knowledge of
the burial places of United States SOL
diers in private cemeteries, whose
graves are not marked, are requested to
communicate the fact to the quarter
master-general, and give the regiment,
company and date of death of deceased,
if known. Similar information is de-
sired from parties in charge of such
cemeteries.
OF course it is not intended to furnish
headstOnes for graves over which mon
uments have already been erected by
the relatives or friends of the deceased.
M. G.. MEIGs.
Quartermaster-G General, Brevet
Major General U. S. Army.
Washington, D. c. Mar. ], 1879.
We would urge you to respond at
once to this circular, and send list of
names to either member of the commit
tee before the 18th of June 1879, as in
all probability this will be the only Op-
pOrtunity of having headstones furnish
ed by the government, and we trust
none of the towns in our state will fail
to take advantage of it. The list of
names furnished us will be promptly
forwarded to the quartermaster-g general
at Washington.
REDFIELD PROCTOR,
JOHN A. SHERMAN, Com.
JAMES H. DYER,
Rutland, VT, May "a, 1879.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06
CHAs. DOLE, for Com.
Our New York Letter.

A WEEK OF CELEBRATIONs.-o
OF THE CATHEDRAL.-TOM MooRE's
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DAY.-TAL-
MAGE's VACATION.
NEW YORK, May 80, 1879.
10 the Editor of the CaledOnian:
The past week will be a memorable
one In Catholic annals, for the opening
OF st. Patrick's Cathedral, on Fifth
avenue, which has been many years in
building, and is the grandest and most
imposing church structure in America.
Inc ceremonies, which occupied the
greater part of Sunday, May 25th, had
oeen long pre-arranged and pre-an-
nounced, and attracted a multitude SO
vast That the thousands who crowded
cne edlfiee were but handful to the
multitude that surged about the out
Side OF the cathedral with such an eager
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06
To Holders of Bonds.

ovVr U..'-y OF UlIv II. o,.-,,.-.y, JvI-r, DI-Or-
man. requests that U. S. bonds which
mature this month, be sent to the De-
partment for payment during the pres
ent month. In this way the holders of
these bonds will receive payment for
them with interest to maturity, before
the bonds mature. The First National
Bank of this place will cash these bonds
at their value, less cost of handling.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

poison water OF air. The New York
Herald well says that "this is subject
as to which our people generally are
barbarously ignorant and our laws
barbarously silent" 1t is high time
that the minds of all should be sharply
called to the necessity of reforming
their practices in reference to the dis
posal of refuse, be it dangerous or
otherwise, but it is sad pity that such
a fearful case as that at Newark should
have arisen to furnish the instruction.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

General Shields died suddenly Sun
day evening at Ottumwa, Iowa. He
fought with great bravery in the Mexi-
can war and the war of the rebellion,
and during his life represented three
States-Minneseta, Illinois and MissOu-
rim the United States Senate
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

At the Ohio Republican state cOnven-
ton at Cincinnati, Wednesday, Ex-
Congressman Charles Foster was nOmi-
mated for Governor by $50 votes,
against 27l for Judge Taft. A Cincin-
matt German was nominated for Lieut..
Governor. The platform condemns the
course of the Democrats in Congress
and plants the party flag in defence of
national authority, free suffrage and
equal rights, and strongly commends
the course of the President and Secre-
tary Sherman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

An elevator fell in Parker's glove fac
tory at LittletOn Wednesday, severely
injuring four workmen. 1t was caused
by overlooking.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

II Congressman Noble A. Hull of
Florida, of whom our correspondent
wrote about last week, has been acquit
ted by the United States court at Jack
sonville, of the charge of hiring the re-
turns from Brevard county doctored to
secure his election. Hull is a carpet
Dagger, and was Republican until the
Florida Democrats elected him lieuten-
ant-goveTnor in 1876. They then ran
him against Horatio Bisbee in the I'd
Congressional District, and the returns
gave Hull majority of the votes cast,
as recorded in our Florida letter last
week. Although acquitted, every one
believes his election was made by
fraud. The jury at first stood eight for
conviction and four for acquittal. 1t
will be remembered that there were
two colOred men on the jury, and the
Southern way of convincing niggers of
their errors is somewhat peculiar.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

u There is a marked unanimity in
the expressions of the state press re-
garding the failure of the biennial sys-
tenn to work the reform expected by its
friends Woodstock Standard.
With other states constantly adopt
ing the biennial sessions, we reckon it
will be difficult to drive Vermont back
ward into the old system of useless ex-
travagance. The state press may want
annual sessions, but the people who pay
the bills don't want any thing of the
kind. The impression is growing that
we have too much legislating. There
was truth as we'll as humor i'll the re-
mark that there is nothing now in
the way of a revival of business pros
perity in the country, except Congress |!
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06
The Week.

The N. H. Legislature met Wednes-
day, electing Henry H. Huse, speaker,
and j. H. Gallinger, president of the
Senate.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

p There is just the best chance i'm
aginable for the public to be egregiously
swindled in this text book business.
Every man who has an AK to grind is
not at all backward in coming forward.
The country is full of runners from pub
fishing houses who are rushing from
town to town, and from one member of
a text book committee to another, urg-
ing the merits of their especial books
upon them with all the tact and elo-
quence and persuasion and persever-
ance and cheek for which book agents
have a well-earned reputation. The
only hope is in the good sense and
back bone of the book committees; and
from the haste with which some of
these have already examined and re-
ported, we fear the public have not
very much to hope for there.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

The new railroad from Bethlehem to
the Profile House will be opened the
last of this month. Fare IL cents
mile.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

Oscar F. Barron, the we'll known
hotel proprietor of White River June
ton and the White Mountains, lies in a
critical condition at his home in Que
chez, of heart disease.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

Ex-COngressman Ingersol's funeral
occurred at Washington Monday, and
his remains were laid away in Oak Hill
Cemetery just before sunset, in the
midst of heavy thunder storm. His
brother, Col. Robert G., oficiated and
read eulogy of his departed brother,
whom he is said to have tenderly loved.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

The American horse Parole won the
race for the EPSON gold cup in England
Friday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

The treaty of peace between England
and Afghanistan was ratified at Simla,
Friday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

A severe thunder shower prevailed at
Westheld, Mass, Sunday night, and the
house of Marquis Thompson was struck
oy lightning and Mrs. Thompson pos
sioly fatally injured. The house of
Cyrus Mitchell at Nashua was also
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

The observance of Decoration day,
Friday, was very general throughout
the country, and many features were of
peculiar interest. In Boston the OBJ
servance was after the usual custom,
flowers were furnished in profusion and
large crowds of people witnessed the
procession and other ceremonies. The
services at the soldiers and sailors
monument on the Common was of
beautifully symbolic character, and i'm
pressed all who witnessed it. The eel
ebratiOn at New York was on an unus-
ually grand scale and at Washington
and OTHER large cities the completeness
of the observance was equal to that of
former years.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

struck, and several of the inmates had
a narrow escape from death.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

The democratic managers at Wash
ingtOn confess, now that the legislative
appropriation bill has been vetoed,
that the zig is about up" with them,
and that an early and unconditional
surrender of their position on the APP
preparation bills will be the wisest and
most graceful thing to do. So thorough
ly disheartened and discouraged have
the rank and file become, that 1t is con-
jcctured they will withdraw the politi-
cal riders and pass the appropriation
bills pure and simple before the close of
another week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

The Washington Hotel at Hagers-
town, Md, was burned early Thursday
morning eight persons are supposed
to have persisted in the flames, and
35 were injured.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

An unusual interest is felt by the
people of New Hampshire in the con-
vening of the first biennial legislature
on Wednesday. The most important
event of the session will doubtless be
the election of United States senator to
fill the vacancy caused by the expira-
ton of Senator Wadleigh's term. Sem
atOr Wadleigh is candidate for reeelec-
ton, and the Hon. Henry w. Blair of
Plymouth, the Hon. Gilman Marston
of Exeter, the Hon. o. c. Moore and the
Hon. Aaron F. Stevens of Nashua, the
Hon. James w. Patterson of Hanover
and the Hon. William E. Chandler of
Concord are prominent candidates.
A terrible tornado, accompanied bv
one of the heaviest rain-storms ever
known in that part of the country,
swept over portions of Kansas and Mis-
souri, on Friday night, killing and Sc
verely wOunding many persons besides
demolishing large number of public
and private buildings. At Irving, Kan
sas, sixteen houses were DESTROYED.
twelve persons killed and between
thirty and forty wounded. At this
point also the Presbyterian church,
public school building and the eastern
span of the railroad bridge crossing
Blue river were blown down. Beyond
the Big Blue river the cyclone moved
with great violence. In Missouri the
tornado struck the earth in the vicinity
OF Lees Summit, and for distance of
ten miles levelled everything in its
track, besides killing and injuring sew
eral persons. Additional details dis
close that the loss of life and destruc-
ton of property were even greater than
at first reported. 1t is now thought
that at least fifty persons were killed in
Kansas alone, and larger number than
that injured. The casualties in Mis-
sour will probably be less than this.
although the list of killed and wounded
is already quite large.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

The Presidents message vetOing the
Legislative Appropriation bill was read
in the House, Thursday. The message
was received with applause by the Re-
publicans. The Democrats were so
much interested in that portion relating
to the election law of 1876 that they de-
manded that it be read again. The
closing sentence, in which the Presi-
dent said that he could not approve of
the repeal of the election laws at any
time unless a system better calculated
to prevent fraud should be presented
in its place, was received with prolong-
ed applause.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-06

by overlooking.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-05-01

OriasA.
Good travelling bereabouts, and every
man that intends TO work 10 busy.
Our Reform Club Is now deciding the
momeEtous question whether "a runsellcr
Is roSber or not. and whether he should
be treated as such." II was impossible to
decide the matter At the last meeting, and
% ii goes over for further collaboration"
II divides the clergymsn as well A. laymen.
Brains seem to have one side, and masce
and lungs the other.
A youag lad here, of IL years OF aye,
Andrew. son OF Solomon Saunders, while
1t play with his plsymstes, broke his right
arm in . shocking manner and In q num-
Der Of places. and take this opportunity
to dub him . hero. The little man came
to my Office will, his hand turned around,
palm to the baca, the bones protrudinY
through the flesh. and the whole forearm
dreadfully deformed, and without taking
anything whatever, Gas il usually the case, }
allowed @e to mould and adjust the bones
10 place even without scarcely finching
He 10 doing well as his age Is very favor
able for \ recovery Of the full use OF the
arn. Such herois IN is worth recording.
MKDICUs.