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

is not unusual there either. The reason |
is, there is very little liquor drank in
that county and the inhabitants are of
a high class.
James Cram, of Chester, fell twenty
SIX feet from a staging recently and
broke one of his legs below the knee.
Middlebury is agitating the question
OF macadamizing the roads leading into
the village. The figures demonstrate
that for period of 30 or 40 years such
roads make large saving and they
are infinitely better.
Mr.. Moore of Charleston, found a
lighted candle stuck into bottle of
Kerosene and placed in pile of straw
III his barns recently. G. H. Chase,
who owns the building, was arrested,
but for want of proof was discharged
At South Dorset, June ID, James
Burns nearly killed Charles Reynolds
by striking him with whif1etree.
Reynolds was taken up for dead, but it
is now thought he will recover. Burns
had himself complained of and got off
by paying $40 for a common assault,
but this is probably not the end.
The Woodstock Correspondent of the
u
that Sheriff Stimson should subject
Henry Babcock, convicted of arson,
and "heart- broken man." to the
''needless indignity" of Stacking him
to Lucien Pratt, convicted of assault
to commit rape, while conveying the
two criminals from Woodstock to
Windsor prison. 1t seems to us that
their conviction of deliberate crime re-
duced the two prisoners to the same
level. If either were deserving of
special sympathy, it was the semi-idi-
otie Pratt, who was the less responsible
for his. crime. Babcock certainly for
feited all right to his pretentions OF
caste when he deliberately and intelli-
gently committed arson for the purpose
of robbing the insurance company
LudlOW Tribune.
There was a fire alarm in Bethel the
other night, and the people didn't know
what was the matter until they tele-
graphed to st. Adams and found out
Perhaps this needs little explanation,
The night express going north entered
the village with the engine whistle
bowling in most hideous manner
The train moved up to the new depot
and stopped there and continued this
alarming noise till the greater part OF
the male population were up and hur-
rying to find the locality of the fire
But no fire could be found, and tn,
good people returned to their home
and joyfully composed themselves tC
sleep. When morning dawned the
mystery remained unsOlved. Mr.
Stearns, the telegraph operator, in
quired ut st. Adams the reason of the
unusual whistling and received reply
that fire was seen, and upon inquiry
about the village it was ascertaiueC
that a lamp tipped over at A. p. Hun
tons house and lighted some papers
which the engineer saw as he passed
the house. The fire was soon put out
and no damage done.
A st. Albans man nearly chOked tC
death recently by swallowing false
tooth, but a neighbor slapped him be.
tween the shoulders and he coughed il
up.
The state dairymen's association
holds its 10Th winter meeting at Mont
pelier January -, % aud "a.
There was touching circumstance
attending the funeral of Chauucy X
Williams, late editor of the old Rutland
Globe. His wife was i'll away from
home. and the doctors forbade her be-
ing carried back to attend the services
so the procession halted on the way t.
the church, while the remains were
taken to her bedside for her last fare
we'll,