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HANLAN AGAIN CHALLENGES COURT
NEY.

TORONTO. Oct. "a, 1872
AT sfmeeting of Hanan's friends this evening 1t
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posted by the first mail west tomorrow morning.
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ond time. barring accidents or fraud
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-17
Where the Mistake Was.

In calm editorial upon the late Or
der of the Post Office Department in
regard to INSTRUCTED letters, the BoS-
ton AdUertiSer hits the nail squarely on
the head when it says:
The order was of course. designed to
be for the advantage of the public. The
mistake was in issuing SO important an
order, making so radical change in
the disposition of large class of let
tiers, without due notice. The sudden
enforcement of rule so radical in its
character must greatly derange the de-
livery of letters, and in some instances
cause incalculable injury.
1t strikes us there is another fatal
blunder in this new order. The Depart
ment goes on the supposition that it is
teacher, and that the people must be
taught caIefulness in the direction of
letters. Here is just where the Depart
ment dulls. 1t is a servant of the peo-
pie, and is worked in the interest of the
people; and when this servant sends its
masters letters directed to New York
city to the dead letter office, it is as
though the man-of ll-work should be-
smear the outside of his masters wagon
wheels with oil when told to g1ease the
carriage, in order to teach his master
carefulness and explicitness in his di-
rectioDs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-17

owned. He did not purchase any part
of the Vermont free road, but simply
the right of way over the bridge, and
the right to take toll. But last spring
the courts of New Hampshire condemn
ed this bridge, and made it free to the
public, taking away all the rights and
property which said Barron ever owned
in said bridge. He ceased to have any
rights on this highway when the town
of Lebanon paid him $4,000, the award
of the Commissioners. Hence the en-
tire road from West Lebanon to Hart
ford is as free as any other road in eth
er State. This is the opinion OF the
best lawyers on both sides of the river.
Here lies the cause of the intense eX-
element manifest throughout this whole
community. No intelligent man who
is familiar with the facts believes MT.
Barron has any private property ID that
bridge or highway, or any rights that
do not belong to any other citizen IN
Vermont and New Hampshire. Still he
stands by the old toll-gate, either per-
sonally or by his agents, and demands
money of every passer-by. If any re-
fuse to pay they are driven back, and
if they have the hardihood to pass
along in spite of the resistance offered,
they are told they will not return alive
if they pass through again. "Your
money or your life," is the implied Ian
guage of this extortioner. "Webster's
Unabridged" has a special name for this
kind of robbery. Sometimes they take
the regular toll, at other times nearly
double; and in one instance Asa L.
Barron in person refused to allow man
to pass the gate at all, when the toll
was rendered. He ordered him to
Glitch his horse" to the fence, and kept
him there all day, and to get back to
West Lebanon he was obliged to drive
round through Hanover, eight miles
extra travel.
This series of outrages against the
public have so excited the people that
unmingled and universal indignation is
felt and manifested throughout the en-
tire community. A few tame, bull
dezed and frightened souls still crouch
to Asa T. Barron, and fen ''hired SER
wants." aurite and bIOw for him. All the
rest are asking the question whether
this community have not some rights
which even Asa T. Barron Is bound to
respect and how long this public in
suit is to be tolerated &? If it was any
other man in any other community,
how long would the toll-gate stand, or
the toll gatherer escape public ven
geance? This question does not in
volve mob law, but simply the exer-
else of civil rights against public enc
my. There is no legal responsibility,
nor moral wrong in running or tearing
out SUCH toll-gate. 1t is nuisance
which the selectmen of Hartford are
bound to remove, but do not do it for
fear of the damning they would receive
from the "landlOrd.n
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-17
A Combination of Law Breakers.

A Vermont correspondent of the Bos-
ton journal signing himself Brownie
and other correspondents of Boston and
Springfield papers, have been writing
letters from different points in this state
where the liquor law has been enforced
NOTABLY Misunderstanding at a
combination of the hotel-keepers in
these several places to close their houses
on the 18th of the present month.
Brownie" asserts that so determined
are the business men of Brattleboro to
make the present liquor law odious.
that they are uniting in their efforts to
enforce the law on all offenders for the
very purpose of making the law so OBJ
noxlous that the next Legislature will
repeal it.
All right If the business men of
any town will combine to enforce the
liquor law impartially upon all rum
sellers, the Temperance people will be
the last ones to complain. If the rum
hotels are closed by the means, tenn
perance houses will be speedily opened.
The issue of rum OF no rum is forced
upon our state, and the law-abiding
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-17

of its destination, should be sent to the
Dead Letter Office. For instance, a
letter directed Saratoga, N. Y" in
stead of Saratoga Springs, N. Y" goes
to Washington. A letter directed to
'sBox 2O12, Boston," cannot be deliver
ed if it has not the name of the state,
''Mass.n upon it. "Boston Highlands"
will not do; it must be "Roxbury,
Mass" .Old Cambridge, Mass" is not
proper; it must be Cambridge, Mass"
t'Readville, Mass" is contraband it
should be "Readville Station, Mass"
"City" will not do for local letters the
exact name of the post Office must be
the address in all cases, even when
mailed at the main office itself. "New
York City, is placed in the prohibited
list, the proper address being, accord ),
ing to the order, ''New York, N. w."
simply, and the state must be deslgnat-
ed. The effect of such an arrangement
may be readily imagined. In Boston
alone, under the new rule, the average
number of letters sent to the Dead Let
ter Office per week has increased IN one
week from IS to $500, and such
wholesale delaying of letters cannot
fail to cause great inconvenience, loss
and positive suf6ering.-Boston Journal.
The same paper from which we copy
the above, has the following:
1t is impossible for the unofficial
mind to conceive more ridiculous and
mischievOus order than that which re-
quires the sending to the Dead Letter
Office of all letters not addressed in full
to a post office which the postal agents
and letter distributors know is intended
by the sender. If the order was simply
a nuisance, the public could tolerate it
but it is positive source of danger to
every person who sends important COM
munications through the mails. If
every letter to which the writer neglects
to add "Mass." to the address "Boston, u
and every drop letter addressed "City''
is sent to the Dead Letter Office, not
only will great Inconvenience result
but great loss will be sustained by bust
ness men. The Department should
either modify this order so as to make
it sensible and reasonable or revoke it
altogether. For its own credit and the
convenience of the public, the Post
Office cannot attend to this matter toe
promptly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-17

dresses have really been very becoming
and sensible the last two years, and
why the milliners will insist in invent
ing forms of ugliness to be worn for
fashions sake by everyone is some of
them things no fellow can understand"
The latest craze of the young and love-
ly is to meander through the streets
with broad belts of coarse canvass or
webbing with bridle-leather straps and
iron buckles, for all the world like the
surcingle of a saddle
The American Institute Fair, which
formally opened short time ago, is
now in full swing, and really looks bet
ter than ever before. This is becoming
stereotyped expression, but it is liter
ally the only one possible. So steady
an improvement can be noticed in few
displays of human ingenuity. 1t is one
of the oldest of our institutions, and
the father of the eminently successful
fairs held so widely all over the CONT
nent, for since our manufacturers have
invaded Mexico, and the Brazilians are
going to hold permanent fair at Rio
de Janerio under the immediate patron
age of the Emperor, we may fairly ad-
NIT our neighbors south of our frontier
to a share of the credit for enterprise
all America should enjoy. RADIX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-17
Terrible Railroad Disaster.

TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE KILLED, AND
ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER WOUNDED.
A terrible railroad collision occurred
on the Michigan Central railroad near
Jackson, Mich, early Friday morning,
killing some 25 persons and badly
wOunding as many more. The Pacific
train bound West, consisting of seven
Wagner sleepers, four passenger coaches
and mail and baggage cars, struck a
switch engine on the main track. The
tender of the express train was
showed about half way through the
baggage car, and several of the passen-
ger cars were telescoped or crushed.
Many of the passengers in the second
and third coaches were killed, while
those in the sleepers escaped injury.
Most of the killed and hurt were emil
grants or secOnd-class passengers. The
engineer and fireman on the express
train were literally torn in pieces, while
those on the switch engine escaped by
jumping. About 20 dead bodies have
been taken from the wreck, most of
which are unrecOgnized. 1t appears
that the men engaged in making up the
freight train at the east end of the yard
learned at the telegraph office that the
Pacific express was nearly SO minutes
late. COlwell, the yard master, told
Jones, the engineer of the switch en-
CINE, that they had IS minutes of the
Pacific's time in which to make up the
freight train, and it was that work they
were engaged in when the collision oc-
Cured.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-17
A Railroad Train Robbed.

Twenty masked men stopped the
Chicago and Alton train at Glendale,
Mo-, Is miles east of Kansas CITY.
Wednesday night, and robbed the ex-
press safe of $4,000. The messenger
was knocked down but not seriously
hurt. Manager Mullen of the road,
offers $4,000 for the capture of the
robbers, or proportionate part of the
amount for Il portion of the gang.
Though the loss falls entirely on the
express company, the road is deter
mined to prevent recurrence of the
outrage, and break up the band of out
laws who perpetrated it, if the most
stringent measures can do so. The ex-
press company will save a large pro-
portion of the stolen property, as pay
ment can be stopped upon the drafts,
checks, ETC., which largely made up the
contents.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-17
American Board of Missions.

The meeting of the American board
of commissioners for foreign missions,
last week, in Syracuse, N. Y, was very
largely attended, some 1000 persons
being present. DR.. Mark Hopkins pre-
sided, assisted by VIM. E. Dodge of New
York. Secretary Alden read report of
the home department, showing that
during the year six corporate members
have died 90 new missionaries, z OF
them ordained, have been sent out, and
25 after temporary absence have re-
turned to their fields. The receipts of
the year have been: From the woman's
board, S73,957; from donations, 1888,
627, or S97, us less than last year; from
ordinary legacies SCI 1881, or S43,027
less than last year-the total income
being 1851 1875, exclusive of the extra
ordinary Otis legacy of 1906, 735, while
the expenditures were $513,617. The
committee recommend that the balance
of the Otis legacy-$750, 00O-be divid-
ed equally and used for educational
work, enlarging the present fields and
for new missions, especially those in
Central Africa. Secretary Clark read
the annual survey of the mission fields.
There are IS stations, 500 out stations,
1874 missionaries from this country,
| ITO native helpers and preachers, 26l
churches, with IA, 675 members, 2,024 OF
whom were added last year-the larg-
est number for any year since 1849,
while 100000 pages have been printed.
Notwithstanding war and famine abroad
and diminished contributions at home,
the outlook was never more encOurag-
ing.
An exhaustive paper prepared and
read by DR.. Means, home secretary,
upon Africa, its explorations and eli
mate and peOple-addresses by Rev.
DR.. StOrrs of Brooklyn, Rev. DR.. Tay-
lor of the Broadway Tabernacle, Rev.
Dr. Goodwin of Chicago, Eddy of De-
troit, Bacon of New Haven, Behrends
of Providence, and many other men OF
note and spiritual power, made this
meeting one of unusual interest and
profit.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-17
Biennial Sessions.

against biennial sessions of tl,v 10 O L
lature was a surprise to many, although
the voters were not much more than a
quarter out, and evidently those who
wished to keep up the annual sessions
made an effort to vote, while those who
did not care, staid at home. This
amendment to the constitution had been
recommended by a commission of prom
inent citizens from both parties, and
the movement was in accord with the
general tendency of things, large ma
jority of the states having already aban-
doned annual sessions, and in no state
heretofore where the subject has been
agitated, have the people failed to vote
for the fewer elections, and therefore
more stability and peace.
The most prominent opponents of
the measure were DR.. Leonard Bacon
of New Haven and Gen. Hawley of
Hartford. The latter gentleman was a
member of the commission that recon-
mended the amendment, and now that
he should go back ON his record was a
surprise to every one. The Democrats
generally opposed the amendment, and
it is believed the leaders have designs
on the election laws, hoping to get con-
troll of the next Legislature and then
alter the laws so as to permit certificate
voting, and thus pave the way to the
old-fashiOned Democratic methods of
carrying elections. Perhaps this plan
won't work.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-17
What They Say.

The Democracy are trying to raise an
issue upon the tariff question. 1t won't
work. The "Solid North" demands
protection for the wool on mans hand
before it can stop to discuss about it on
a sleeps back.-POrtland Press.
When a gentlemanly note, asking
payment due from debtor well able to
make it, doesn't bring the money in
due time, try the virtue of postal card.
Some are mean enough not to pay their
debts, but are not willing that the world
generally should know of this mean
s.-COngregationaliSt.
The state must organize itself into a
vigilence committee and kill the men
who kill. They have chosen to open
the first chapter with blood, and the
tale must end with blood. A patched
up peace will not do. The single and
effective way to settle the Indian ques-
ton is to turn it over to the jurisdiction
of Winchester rifle. We can at least
avenge the lives that the government
refused to save.-DenUer (COl.) Tribune.
However we may sympathize with
the hard fate of the wild warriors of the
plains, they have now got to make a
radical change in their lives, and it is
the duty of the government not only to
prepare them for this, but to compel
them to it.-N. 7. Herald.
''ParOlen has been injured. Parole,
you know, is the American horse that
has done so much winning "over the
water" The injury was inflicted by
another horse, which did it with its lit
tie hoof. Parole is favorite, and the
whole nation will mourn now that he
Tor she) has been kicked Even an
American horse that does credit to its
country is worthy of some consideration
of course. Parole goes to England, and
is kicked. Rowell comes to America,
and is not kicked Ungrateful Eng
land Magnanimous America.-St. Al
bans Messenger.
Southern Democratic leaders are be-
ginning to realize the fruits of their
folly in welding Solid South" for the
Democratic party. For four years the
crack of the Mississippi shotgun, in
defence of Democratic principles, has
been heard without protest. No protest
to this baTbarOus mode of enforcing Il
political dogma has ever been breathed
by any prominent Mississippi Demo-
GRAFT. No computations of conscience
ever visited the Lamars, the Single
tons, the Hookers and Barksdales, till
they discovered that a South made
solid by violence and fraud, had made
solid North for the Republican party.
A solid North bids the Southern Demo-
cratic leaders pause. But it is too late.
The solid North has been made, and
last Democratic President for all time.
- Memphis AUdldnche lind. Dem.)