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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
The House of Correction.

In regard to the House of Correction
and the reasons assigned for the resig-
nation of Mr.. Trip, who was appoint
ed superintendent, the Rutland Herald
says: "The change in the manage
ment which was made last week was
occasioned chiefly by the disagreement
of the directors and Mr.. Trip in re-
gard to the amount of help necessary to
the safe keeping of the prisoners and
the general care of the place. To state
1t mildly, without any exaggeration.
this House of Correction is not as
strong a fortress as the Ehrenbreitstein.
1t is as safe Il prison as the commission
ers thought they could build with the
means ut their command. 1t would
have been more economical if the walls
OF the building and the cells had been
made more secure. A larger force of
keepers and guards will be needed be-
cause of the thinness of the walls and
other lnsecurities, which a man of Mr..
Irlpp's experience detected, and which
will be Obvious to the practical eve of
MI. Rlce, But it is what it is and the
directors must try to make the best of
lt. No one who knows what it is and
the many things yet to he done before
1t is finished, will expect that it can be
very cheaply managed, We shall be
happily disappointed if it does not turn
out to be an expensive concern. Such
being the case, IA fair degree of indul-
gence should be allowed to the manage
ment In perfecting plans and carrying
them into execution. The superintend-
ent is the keeper of the common iail for
Rutland county, and is responsible for
the safe keeping of prisoners committed
to his charge. He should have what
help is necessary and be allowed some
degree OF latitude in inagurating what
at the best may be regarded as as ex-
pertinent i'll this State"
On the same subject the st. Adams
Messenger, whose editor was one of the
three commissioners who built the
House OF Correction, has this to say:
The resignation of Superintendent
Trip is said to have been caused by
the unwlllingness of the directors to
allow him all the guards that he
thought were necessary. We have
heard 1t stated, however, that he want
ed clerk and was inclined to cast the
scale of expenses larger than they
thought the appropriation would war
rant: The Herald 81 Globe, which evil
IDENTITY sympathizes with MIR. Tripp,
says;-
To state it mildly, without any exag-
geration, this House of Correction is
not as strong fortress as the Ehren-
breitstein. 1t is as safe prison as the
commissioners thought they could build
with the means at their command. II
would have been more economical il
the walls of the building and the cells
had been made secure, A larger force
of keepers and guards will be needed
because of the thinness of the walls
and other insecurities, which a man OF
Mr.. Trips experience detected,
Let US see about this; The walls OF
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

and before they could be got to a bonso
which fortunately was near, they cam
near freezing.
In Orange county court John WeI,I,
plead guilty to the charge of threaten
ing to assault Stephen Page, and W..
fined $500 and an equal amount nf
costs. In the ''dog case" so-called. e.
M. Hyde and wife against Chart.
Downing for damages received from,
the bite of his dog, the jury repders%
verdict for the plaintiff for s5O06
damages.
A dispatch from Bennington saws the
wife of Ex-Governor Hiiand Hall died
at their residence i'll North Benninoton
on Wednesday. 1t is but few weekI
since they celebrated the Goth anpiveI.-
sary of their wedding day with their
friends.
One of the deer that was turned opr
Oh Rutland mountains yeal or two
ago was recently seen in the highwa,-
in Bethel.
The prevalence of influenza, so often
miscalled by the press epizootic (which
means upon animals, and is, therefo,a
not properly applied to human being,
is quite general in Vermont. Ia man
neglected cases pneumonia results, and
if the air or methods of living are bad
diphtheria or scarlet fever eusue win
children.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

one evening during Joe Jefferson's en-
gagement. The eminent Rip Van Winkle
was dressed for his part, and gooa-
sized audience was assembled III Cne
house, when the actors and actresses
unanimously struck for their back pay,
and as they Obstinately declined to take
soft words and fair promises In lieu
thereof, the impatient audience had TO
be told that there would be no perform
ance. but that they could get their
meney back at the door. Thus closed
i'm disgrace, for time, at any rate, the
career of one of the most brilliant and
apparently successful places of amuse-
ment in the country. 1t remains to be
seen how soon a manager will be found
courageous enough to attempt to coax
back it's former prestige.
In the theatrical line there is nothing
else particularly startling, unless it be
the attack which is just commencing on
the so-called "sacred" concerts, which
have recently so multiplied, especially
at low resorts, as to make Sunday eve
ming in New York about the most dis
orderly and immoral time of the week.
A movement to suppress the annoyance
is now getting under way. In the way
of other amusements there is the con-
tinuance of Madame Anderson's attempt
to walk 2,700 quarter miles in the same
number of quarter hours. She is now
nearing the end of her task, and at this
writing seems sure of success. She will
make a great deal of money out of her
tramp, although perhaps not as much as
the $24, 900 of gate money which the
O'Leary Campana match attracted to
the Hippodrome. She seems to be
versatile little woman, stopping her
walk now and then to make speech
to her audience, or to sit down at
piano which she has near the track to
sing and play for their delectatiOn. AT
Gilmore's Garden, Captain BOgardus, of
shotgun fame, has done some good
this week, breaking 5000 glass
balls with only thirteen misses. The
occupied two days, during the
first of which he broke his J, 700 without
a single miss. Bogardus and DR.. Car
yer are expected to shoot in exciting
match here before long. RADLX-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Extract from Private Letter.

OHIO, Jan. 5th.-EnclOsed you will
find 81. Please send your paper the
coming year, for | could not possibly
do without it. take great pleasure in
the peruSal of its pages. From them |
hear direct from both friends and rela-
tives, for Old Vermont is the place of
my birth, and it does my heart good to
read even the smallest items concern
ing its welfare. | missed its coming
last night. but we have had such very
bad weather The past month | have
hesitated about sending on my money
for fear it would not reach its desti
nation. There have been but five
pleasant days here in all, since Dec.
first. We have now over three feet of
snow, and it SHOWS and blows nearly
all the time. New Years day was very
beautiful, but before morning it turned
its heel on us, and ever since it has
blOwed fearfully. The north and south
roads are impossible, except on foot.
Two brakemen have frozen to death,
on the Lake Shore road. and hear two
little giIls were found dead by the side
of the road, us they were returning
home from school. We truly have had
the most snow and the longest spell of
severe cold weather there has been
since | lived here, which is twelve
years.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

tbe prison are twenty inches thick, lal0
in gray lime nearly as strong as cement
and the windows are grated. The cells
are not built against the walls, but
from a block inside, four feet distant
from the walls, the corridor completely
encircling them. They are built OF
hard brick laid in cement their walls
are one foot thick, and the floors and
ceilings are OF marble four inches thick,
bedded on concrete "a foot and a hall
thick. Their doors are grated ana
locked. To escape, therefore, a prison
er has two walls Ia total of 81 inches OF
compact masoDry,) or two sets OF
CRATES to go through, and all this while
under the eye of a guard, for both
wings of the prison are commanded by
the guard room in the center, and OF
course the directors have not thought
of dispensing with guards altogether.
This prison is as strong as the average
of houses of correction throughout the
country. The portion which is to be
used for Jail prisoners is to be iron
lined according to the plan of the build
ing commissioners and the vote of the
last legislature. Mr.. Trip had no ex-
perience in such an institution he had
only kept Jail and small one at that.
Of course he had not been accustomed
to working prisoners out of doors,
and those who are accustomed to
it always expect there will be such
ESCAPES as occurred there a few weeks
ago unless the men are manacled or
guarded. But it is not necessary to
have very large force of guards if
they are of the right kind. How many
the directors have authorized we do
not know; but this we know, the di-
rectors are practical, prudent men,
who will be likely to provide fol Sc
curity, to expect vigilance and to en-
force economy. And until we hear
of a prisoner escaping from some place
besides the outside of barn upon
which he is at work we shall not he in
haste to conclude that the prison is in
secure, the directors stingy or the in
an expensive one to run.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17


Norman McKay's house and barns
near Derby Line were burned Monday:
loss $500, insurance $1,000.
Fayette Sheldon of Jamaica has been
fined S52 for pulling out his horses
tongue.
The sons of Vermont in Chicago will
hold their second annual banquet. at
the Grand Pacific Hotel, on Friday
evening, Jan. 18th, the anniversary OF
declaration of independence. There
VIII be toasts, speeches, letters, dane
ing, etc.
The Burlington Manufacturing Com
pany have recently closed Il contract
amounting to about 100000 with a
wealthy man in Chicago to furnish
marble for an elegant residence to be
built in that city the coming season.
The marble will be worked partly in
Burlington and partly at their works at
the Illinois State Penitentiarv at Joliet.
where they constantly employ a large
number of prisoners on marble work.
Charles Whitcomb's fork-handle fac
tory at Rochester was burned recently
loss $1,000.
Chester Carr, the principal witness
against his cousin, Royal Carr, who is
believed to have murdered William w.
Murcommock near Worcester Corners.
has disappeared, probably from de-
sire not to testify.
If nothing interferes, three murderers
will be hung this year at the state
prison, us follows: March IA, Henry
Gravelin for killing Herbert O. White
at Weathersfield; April 4, John P.
Phair for killing Mrs Freese at Rut-
land; November %, Asa S. Magoon
for killing Streeter at Barre. Phair's
petition for new trial will probably
be presented to two judges of the SUI
preme court this week, and it NAV
possibly be granted on the ground of
new evidence, though there seems to
be no doubt of his guilt.
The Barton National Bank declared
dividend, on the 9th inst, of S4 on a
share, and carried $500 to the surplus
fund.
The saw mill owned by c. j. Robin
sou, Barton, was burned on Saturday
night. There had been no fire in the
mill, and SO far as is known no person
near it for some days. 1t was probably
case of spontaneous, or nefarious com
bustiOn,
Among the Vermont cattle sold in
Boston last week were two oxen, bv
Hall u Seaver, fatted by William Will
son, of Orange, estimated to dress
l,O5O lbs. each, at &c per h., dressed
weight =; twO-year-old heifer, raised
and tatted by j. Adams, of Tunbridge
and estimated to dress 925 lbs, for S55
to ship; and two oxen, fed by w,
Brock, of Newbury, that weighed 4, 600
also to ship.
One week ago Friday, during the
very severe storm of snow and wind
Mr. Edwards of Westmore, his wife and
little daughter who were going to visit
friends in Westtield, came near perish
ing III the storm, The wind was so Sc.
we're that the horse could not make
Roadway against it, and Mr.. E. got out
OF the sleigh to lead him. Within :
few moments his sleigh with the wifi,
ana child were blO'om over by the wind
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
What One Dairyman has Done.

The following statement tells its own
story, and shows that in butter-m making,
as in every thing else, there is great
improvement:
Mr.. Stone: Dear Sri send you
statement of the butter made from Jan.
LIST, 1873, to Dec. 3lst 1873: | MIXED
during that time twenty cows, of which
there were two two yearS-olds, and
three three-years-olds. One of my best
COWS | lost the use of from the Goth of
April to Aug. list. l sold 800 lbs. of
butter to E. & T. Fairbanks g. Co.,
making an average of 255 lbs. to COW.
without making any estimate of what
was used in the family, and counting all
the cows. S. j. HASTINGS.
Passumpsic, VT, Jan. IA, 1879.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
The Farmers' Meeting

The secretaries furnish us ouite n full
report of the last days proceedings at
the farmers meeting in this place last
week. The subject was
THE DAIRY.
Col. Mead opened the discussion nv
saying those who fed the highest made
the most and the best butter. The best
method of setting milk is still unsettled.
he man who establishes beyond a
doubt the best method of setting mill,
VIII be oenefaetor to the dairy inter-
est. The dairy is yet comparatively in
ITS Infancy. He cited the case of q
farmer who kept I8 cows and made
from l25 to $50 lbs of butter from =
COW, and was well satisfied with the
result, while Mr.. Skinner of Tupbridoe
with five or six cows, made Alb lbs. ner
COW last year, and intends to beat if This
year. Would it not be better TO dis
pose OF half the COWS and feed so as 70
make more butter from the half retain
ed' with an improvement in quality
lessenlng the expense one-half and in a.,
creaslng the profits in the same ratio.
Dr. Hoskins: No risk of heinz ar
rested for cruelty to animals bv feeding
high. Certainly if it was left to the
animals they would prefer the high
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
A Slaughter of Indians.

SOME CHEYENNEs TRY TO ESCAPE FROM
The hostile Cheyennes, imprisoned
at Fort Robinson, Neb., since last De-
tober, having been informed few days
ago that they were to be taken back to
their agency in the Indian territory,
became very sullen, and repeatedly ex-
pressed Il determination to die before
conserving to such a movement, and,
Thursday night, while nearly every
one was in bed, they jumped through
the windows of the prison-room, and
made for the prairie, which is thickly
coated with frozen snow, firing on the
guards from revOlvers they had con-
cealed since their capture, dangerously
wOunding four, two of whom have died.
The main guard rushed out of the
guard house, and, following them up,
killed over 40. Over 100 of the caval-
ry, mounted and dismOunted are still
i'll pursuit of the fleeing savages. Thir-
ty-seven, mostly squaws and children,
have either surrendered or been cap
tured. Thirty-four are still out, in
Guiding about ID warriors, among
whom is Chief Dull Knife. Wild Hog,
Old Crow and Left Hand, head men,
are among the re-captured. The dead
bodies of the Indians brought into the
post for burial number 30 warriors. s
squaws and two children. The Indians
were almost naked and suffering in
tensely even in their sheltered quarters.
Clothing had been promised but was
not expected for two weeks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

thinks it best where volume and in
tensity are required. They have re-
Gently put four Brush electric lights
into Music Hall in place of 500 gas
burners-the former costing Sd per
night, and the latter from SIS to $50.
We notice they are trying it in facto-
ries in Lowell, and in churches in Eng
land. u.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

tY7 Those who read 'F. p. WIS" let
ter from Skowhegan, Me-, in our issue
of Jan. 3, will be sure to see his second
letter in our issue of to-day. The let
ter has real information in it in regard
to city and state little known to many
of our readers; and it has also Il hint
near its close as to what will kill the
growth and life of village; all of
which is lust us true as preaching"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Old Prices and New Prices.

"Why don't you sell the CdtedOnid''
as cheap as before the war !" We do,
and much cheaper. GLOW sOY L used
to pay only Sl.50.' We will explain
In the CaIedOnidn of Jan. III, 1861
which corresponds to our issue OF last
week, being the second number of the
new year-there were, what is known
in printers phrase as $4,000 ems OF
reading matter, making less than
twelve columns the remainder of the
paper being advertisements. Since
that time the paper has been enlarged
four columns, and the columns length
ened. In our issue of last week-Jan.
IO-there were 49, 800 ems of reading
matter, filling twenty-three and a-half
columns. Taking these two papers Tor
fair samples, and we think they are, 1t
will be seen that we give more than
double the reading matter now than we
did in 1861.
As the work is done by the piece, 1t
costs us double for composition. 1t
also costs more than double to gather
the news and put it in shape. In short,
both the labor upon the CaledOnian and
the amount of reading matter in it, Is
double what it was in 1861. The press
work and paper costs but little more
than at that time but neither is the
advertising patronage any where near
what it was before the war-prObably
not over one-half us much.
The above are plain facts, capable of
being demonstrated by any one. Now
if any think we can afford to print the
CdIedonian for less than $500 a year,
we should like to know on what they
base their belief. We shall this year,
however, sell it for Sl.75 in advance,
with fifteen cents to he added for post
age to those living out of the county.
Those who do not pay in advance must
not expect to get it at advance rates.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

no appeal from this decision and it is
believed to be the opinion of the full
bench. 1t deals Mormanism the hard
est blow it has vet received.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Our New York Letter.

A JUNIOR LIEE-SAvING SERVICE-NAN
THE MAJESTIC PEELER AND HIS LITTLE
CLUB THE SUGAR CONTROVERSY
TROUBLE AT THE 9TH AvENUE-MA-
DAME ANDERSON AND CAPT. BOGAR-
DUS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-23
ReIrigeratOrs, lee Chests, Water
Coolers, JeWett's Patent Filter.
Ire-cream Freezers, very low.
56t +. J. TURNBULL, 23l Main.
Farewell Sermon.

At the Lauderdale street Presbyte-
rian Church, yesterday, the Rev. j.
N. Waddell, for some years its pastor.
delivered his farewell sermon prepare.
tory to accepting the presidency of the
Presbyterian University at Clarks-
vile, Tenn. While many here regret
to lose the citizenship of DR.. Waddell,
yet all will be glad to know that he
will be transferred to a field of useful
ness and good. REGARDING the proposed
change of DR.. Waddell the HOLLY
Springs South of June 18th has the
following:
Rev. j. N. Waddell, DID,, now pas
tor Of Presbyterian church of Mem
phis, secretary of the Presbyterian
board Of education, and formerly pres
ident Of the Mississippi State Univer-
sity at Oxford, has been elected to the
presidency of the Southwestern Pres.
byterisn University at ClarksviIle
Tenn, which is destined to become, il
not now, the chief Presbyterian insti-
tuition Of learning in the Southwest.
There is no leading man of that church
so beloved Of Mississippi as DIR. Wad.
dell. For capacity as a profound
thinker aud reasoner, for adaptation
and qualification as an instructor OF
others, and for worth and integrity a.
a man, he has no superior, and but
few peers in any church or class oil
men. We hope he will accept the Office
rendered him, as of all men we know
in the South the most suitable selec-
ton to be made. lie is too great a
man to be shut UP 10 any city congre.
cation of average people, and should
be In u position to mako his inauencC
felt TO the largest extent possible.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-23
4 PromInent Ternn Lost.

As the steamer Robert Mitchell
game up the river from New Orleans
a person named Jeremiah Galvan, one
of the cabin passengers, was lost over
board, in the night, at a point below
Greenyille, Miss. Mr.. Calvin was q
native of ireland, hut for thirty years
past has resided at Brownsville, on
the Rio Grande river, in Texas. He
was a man of wealth, owning largely
in steamers on the Rio Grande river,
AZ well also in other enterprises. lie
was unmarried, and about ffy-fve
years Of age. For some weeks pre-.
Yious to his loss he had been at the
Hotel Dieu, New Orleans, undergoing
treatment for soltening of the brain,
but had apparently improved sufi
%ciently to enable him to start North on
a tour in company with his friend Capt
Dalzell. II Is supposed that during
the night he rose from his berth, will
only his night clothes on, and while il
a bowildered state of mind either
walked or jumped overheard. He re.
tired on the night previous, laying biz
garments carefully aside, as was hi
custom, and next morning when hi
absence was discovered the clothing
was found IS he had placed il. Tn,
sleeping berth indicated that he bar
occupied It, and the indications az,
that he went out Of II while asleep Of
partially so. During his stay on tn
Mitchell Mr. Galvau gave no oatwart
signs Of ALTERATION, though Il was IN
derstood that he was a little Of. A
hundred dollars has been offered 70
the recovery Of his remains.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-23
COurt-House Notes.

In the Criminal Court to-day Sandy
Kirkland was found guilty of petit
larceny and sentenced to three years
in the penitentiary. VIM. Jones was
sentenced to five years in the same In
stitution. In the case Of Henry Sea.
a new trial was granted. Charles
Gobel was found guilty of carrying
concealed weapons and a new trial was
applied for.
An old Chiaaman named George
Lock, who has been regarded as a gem
eral nuisance about the courthouse
for two orthree years past, was on trial
before the Criminal Court to-day on
a charge of vagrancy. He is a sickly-
looking heather, and though he has
been kicked out of the court-house on
various occasions, he invariably re-
turns to be kicked again. Judge Ray
said that in his present condition he
felt it would be wrong to send him to
the island, therefore he sentenced
George to fine often dollars, the same
to be suspended, provided he keeps
away from the courthouse unless he
has business there.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-23


Lieutenant c. Augur, U. S. A., i.
registered at the Peabody.
The Helena Rifles, thirty-two in
number, are at the Peabody.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Col,
NJ, G. Galloway has been i'll for several
days.
General j. L. Alcorn, of Missis-
sippi, and General D. H. Reynolds, Of
ChicOt City, Ark, are stopping at the
Peabody.
G. h. Boggs, jr., New Orleans A.
Rainey and w. Il. Moore, jr., Hell
ena. we're visitors at the cotton ex-
change to-day.
Carl Gutherz and Miss Kate Scruggs
aud Edward H. Fritz and Miss
Mamie A.. Sinister we're licensed to
be married on Saturday evening last.
Among other arrivals from down
the river by steamer last night was
General d. H. Reynolds, of Chicct,
also General Alcorn, of Friar's Point;
Miss, and DR.. Peters, Of Commerce
Bend, Arkansas.
Mr.. l., c. Frey, of the firm of L.
c. Frey & Co., has returned to the
city after an absence of about two
months making purchases for his
mammoth shoe establishment, 344
Main street. This house has become
one of the institutionsp f our city, and
has built up a trade second to none in
their line.
We had the pleasure of a call to-
day from Mr.. 7. G. Broughall of
Atlanta, the travelling agent Of the
illustrated Sunny South, published in
that city. He is a genial gentleman
and represents the only illustrated
paper published in the sunny South.
The last number has a splendid pic
ture of General Albert Pike with ac-
companying biographical sketch.