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AM,IL-DRIvER.s sUrFERISGs.
Living on Tobacco and snow for Ten Dap
aud Nights.


Bobby Casey, the faithful aud intrepid
mail carrier of Montana carried what is known
~ the horseback mail, but which Is IN inct.
conveyed in two-wheecd vehicle like II sulky
from Sun River TO the Twenty eight Milo
Spring ON the 27th ult. he started from tho
former place. There was binding snow storm
at the time. and the track across the prairie was
oblterated. As he did not reach the end OF his
drive at the appointed time Il was assumed that
he we'll founded. There we're not wanting
brave men both at Helena and Sun River TO un-
dertnke the search for the missing man but tneir
Efforts were in vain; On the 81 instant VII,
liam Rowe reached Benton. ana was informed
Of the affair. The weather was fcariully cold {:
tempt that humanity dictated. Mounted ON a
horse. he set forth. ana in due time found
dim track where i seemed probable that Casey
labor- wcrc rewarded on the 9th inst by Ind
ing the driver about go miles north OF twenty
cart which the horse was drawing slowly and
painfully along. The mail carrier WIS IN u
DOE and Mr. Rove shouted to him once or
twice before he wa- aroused 70 consriousness.
1t was then found that his right loot ana reg
We're frozen nearly TO Ne knee nhd lhM hls lrit
not suffer tho loss of either limb.
He story was soon told' and with hi recol-
lection 81 his experience. and what Mr. Rowe
learned in his search. the tale II wonderful be-
yond fiction. The driver had been wandering
over that trackicss. prairie for tn days and
pcrature never above zero All this time he nat
moved in nm almost perfect circle and had
almost the same spot. More remarkable still.
he had daily passed within mile ana hall ot
the Twcnty-eight Mile House. which was his
destination. All this time amid sufferings that
would have crushed an ordinary man. Bob
Casey had only one thought. that ne must stay
with the mail ami get II through. whatever l'e-
fell him. And he did not single package was
lost. Starving. half frozen ami dalrd by expos
urN aud priVation. his duty WAS still upper
most in his mind During NIL thcs" terrible
days and nights the only thing that PASSED his
lips was tobacco and snow. lie had with him a
goody supply OF the former article at the start,
but as day wore into night, and night into day.
lac began boarding IL with US much uvidtY ~
ever did miscr his gold.
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Fror, h, Hurrrd Oim'an.

Prom ne Hur1rd Nimsnu.
when made visit home
Ana stole M STAIRS. good fortune leading,
saw. OF rather Thought saw,
Ny sister In the study reading.
with noiseless tread forward crept.
Win schemes ui mischief mn-t impiudeut,
And lcauiul DER Che urrn.cuhil hhCk,
/ softly kis,ed the gentle student
She turned to ~ with burning lace
Ash q brother KISS polluted
Rnpturrf twas not my sstrf lu,
Int Cousin Amy ~ snluted.
OF course then began 10 log
She would excuse my having kissed hers
Protesting tht upon my word,
Itoally Thought II was my sister
A conversation followed next
Whose theme, he sure, was not the weather :
And then very blissiul pair
Seated-wel. rather close together
And Amy with her rogush way,
when Tor the second time ! Kissed her,
SAID, AFohly looking up Ia me,
Ave YOU quite sure It's not your sisterF
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Country Negro Ver.u. Town Negro.


An eternal warfare seems 10 rago between tho
country negro and he town dHrkcA TINS wa illustrated
nt tne pas.,ntcr depot yesterday Coiured youth rom
PiA. county approached town negro, and the following
conversation rn.utdi
Nhur bouts B. de ticket oicf'
" Rsht dur 'fo Nn' eyes
" fu Whose oNesf
" Nrnn.'
." ]. YOU de ticket onicef'
"Iouk ser ulg-cr Il nj you gimme none 80 sack
I'm Almighty slack man, ole man, wen get. stirred
up" .,.,,, ...,,. ... ,..,,,.
longer me. ...... o., o..
And with they elm htd ANA mad rrht lively tussle
They Mere separated. however before policeman came
along nnd the pl. County darkcl found the ticket Of
Nee The town negro, IT may be well 10 mention, was
badly usd up
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with Clearer Vision.

Tnn ~. Hptug',n Hu-iEe
1 saw touicht the man I loved
Thr., uulr wears agn
did Urt UHluk go short ulho
CuuId change mortal SOL
There were none like him In those days
80 strong. so true. su wise,
He had Elu.tN, marble brow,
And tender soulful eyes
A voice Of mndc. hair hv which
The raVeu's Wing Mnuli .ttn
mi unlr mdsoa. face nnd tom
Tohaunt a sculptor sdtcain
But when looked al him tonight
saw No. single trace
OF tlI. did III nv only lusi
Nery common lace.
Komarblc brow no soul lii orhii
Tie lace WAS round AM sleek
Thai once 10 my love haunted yes
Was So Intensely creek.
know fan we'll he has not changed
so vor, much. An, me
nut WAS blind In those dear days
AMI now, alas, 1 see.
III. very dreadful 10 he blind,
on course, and yet to-nlsll
should be happier TAR II
Had not received my slshI
ono little thought viii trouble me
only wish Knew
ms eyes are open, too CARLorIA rAHh'
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Married In AN Iowa Rain storm

INN N I'M IislI IIIIFTf
4 stout young farmer Of Pocahontas County
hat prevailed ou te maiden To- name lh' lHN Shr hA'H
County The gir hycd inst over t,r line m ,ah9nn
Comfy Tho c,. hing ST Tor the marriage WAS RAINY
nui d.al hut tr minister arrived at Tie BRIDE house
% perform tlH ceremony ,..-..
inc cer,n'ouv tlc minister asked 10 SO Tie ht"n"
Ahrtlt Ma, shown there trouble, TIE munster re-
f.ius 10 ftteI unless trl went over int focaho ntas
t'nunty The h.4... Wa. unIy ttW rods nom the hr,
l Wa d. dark A. E1ypt and rninir- 10y the bucket
ul However. everybody was ANXIOUS ana honoll
Ihc M rsr Wa, over the line and toward IL te party
-tcrr,i flr minister mounted tlo irnto To- ~ Ht ol
thc mud aud Wouui his legs among the boards 20 ~
huus,lf an aiU rhi, the BRIDE brother h,d lantern
the CtrtuluHA NI. Performed
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At Durham Quarter Sessions. on Wednesday
Jan J. convicted tnirt named IWtciN aims smith, dis
prled greater legal Nnow ee Than bench ana bar conn
ulued. lie was found guilty ui attempting 10 steal hhu
tnr Chairman sentenced nm 10 sNrh years penal sfNl-
Jude INtvdl ap" ai,d against thr sentence, ana shd
the bench had nu power tu tnct "A sentence OF penal
,tnuAe although lac had ploa4ed guilty lu several pre-.
Nluua COM actions
In the present indictment he said he WHs only charged
with Rttcmpung T., -rt, ami not With acuu thvt and
hpucu could not sentence lW tuIunf W an mo years
imprisonment bon b,n ru ana bar looked az tue law
upnn the case aud, after IL tugtntntd ruusutahun were
conn ,ied to admit uyt tur PRISONER was correct lhr
sentence WAS al once rrmuci 10 tishten months AM
prlsuulcdt Win nara labor
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how, and he sald that tho young men only
troubled him. the men Of middle nRe thought
M he did, that no women and children, and no
mon unarmed must be- killed. and he scribed
one encounter with wagon train whore he re-.
guired his men 10 purchnsc their supplies, and
Looking Glnss narrowly escaped being shot In
disarming the younger and moro turbulent In
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A duel took place in Lima on Sunday morn
ing tho 2ath lcrrmhcr between M's,rs Pedro Gal-
lghor ami Arturo urrauu. ga consequence 90 ds'u
tri inc on u lie races the 2Gtu The seconds
were Carlos Elias ami Manuel Alvarez Caderun Tor NJ r
duel MA, fought win tolls. and was 10 terminate AZ the
nr,t blood. Mr. gallagher received slight wound Ia tie
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Fighting Birds.


A main between birds owned in Schenectady
amt West Troy WAS hod IN TIE latter place uh lhnr day
night Twenty -hNe birds were presented on each side
Ihe stakes "a battle and 500 iur hnhl victory
Eleven battles were fought m winch number four were
Won by Vest Troy Schenectady thus the victor and
The winner ui tie 500 The ltGans are said " have
lost heavily
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SHE WOULD GO WITH HER HUSBAND.
a Bride Not IntImIdnted by her Angry
Fathers Revolver.

RICHMOND, Ind, Jan. 22.--About 8 o'clock
on Monday evening. rs the Cincinnati express
steamed into the depot at this pl9ce the tram
companled by quiet-loOking old gentleman,
who from his appearance might nave passed
rushed through the train evidently in great
haste. anXiously peerlng into the face Of every
lady and gentleman IN the car. An, an I've
found you nj last - said the farmer. ns he halted
before lady and gentleman who were seated
together In n most suggestive, proximity that
would indicate connubial bliss very recently
acquired. me young gehticman JUMPED up
and demanded the mission Of the elderly party.
" | want my daughter. you villain and u have
her or | IL have your hearts blood exclaimed
the now Infatuated old man and, whipping out
n huge navy NJ was about To level itat the young
mans head when the gentleman who accOmpa-
The passengers hearing tho scuiIie and tho
call Tor blood and seeing the pistol flash in the
the old man. come homo or III Kill you and
the scamp that 7t9lo YOU away from me. Sull-
ing the action TO the word lie broke away from
the old man who held him. and covered tho
youthful pair with his revolver. I'll" EirL who
had sat very quiet thus far, sprnng 10 her feet,
her black eyes flashing as she GaYed into the face
oi her white haired old father, saying: Father
there viii goi ana ms ior, going nome, VIII
not-shoot or no shoot" The old man was so
inlurialcd at thls ,oulburst that he would have
killed them both had not the hystandrrs. who
had sympnthiHed with the young couple from
The outset. disarmed the Old man and held him
in n corner and hustled tho young couple ont of
tho car and into another tram that Immediately
started ChicusowHrd. Tho Old man and his
partner were held until tho fleeing couple were
The bride was a petite little brunette and her
husband WAS hne-looking young man, both
! t. all appearances belonging 10 the wealthy
class OF country people.
THE OTHER SIDE OF TIFF STORY.
Prom me- OHciIsaI CnuerrtL
sIy ' s. orn R"sM. S SS eT" TeiGy
farmer hyns near Minehg ,ier about Two }rr AZ" g."
o l@Ansion' Ky and snS ihen they haNt eotc,rnnd,
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IN DEfIANCE or THE Law.
Army Oficers ExpendinR on Two Forts Nearly
Twice the Amount Appropriated.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. - Two years ago.
after Clusters defeat. Congress appropriated
$500 600 TO build Two military forts on the Vel.
lowstone and Musscshcll Rivers Since then
the forts have been built and named FortCu
and Fort Keol,h The law prohibits expcndi-
ture under an Appropriation in excess of the
amount appropriated. THIS law controls every
department except the War Department Under
the decision and control OF officers Of the army.
who construe laws to suit themselves the laws
do no, control that department. The law said
these forts should cost $2O0OO0 by returns
made last fall it is shown that thoy actually
cost the Government t377. 1864. nearly twice
the amount appropriated. This is done by the
ingenious system Of using the appropriation
10 pay for the cost Of materials. charging their
trans por,luiun to the quartermnsters account
and getting the money needed to pay the sol
diers working on the forts a- special duty. AZ
most any building can he huit chcaplY IN TINS
way, and In this way u becomes impossihlet To-
tell how or for what the money Appropriated
"a the army II really spent. In this case
special return had 70 be made In answer g.
letter from Gen, banning before the facts he
came apparent THIS return shows tue facts;
Coz, Of material ...... ... ssiisiyS si5.5>, -
co,i ol LABOR ,........., t707, =! 7o6aS SO
Total co.t..... .sisa8on si,dsaS -
A part Of this material consisted Of bricks
which were uur ,hn-cd In { cagl.and the price
cost ten times their original value. aud u j. said
that they had become So rubbed ami hroh"n rs
60 he comparatively worthless, Some later pur-
chascs o. brick were made at Fort Koegh NJ
less cost to the Government. But without re-
/ gard Ia these ia idrnts the bald fact remains
that when Congress restricted the cost t.
5000 Ou0. the War Department has gone on aud
! spent s377 1864. Tus fat needed som" eN-
PLANTATION. and Eu'us Ingalls, htcmts ON" ~ q
letter ACCOMPANY Ing IA" ryl turns. %" rNpldhh-
/ tiun admits itr-r things First. thht this Dr. th"
current PRACTICE ia the War j. apartment ;
J seeund that th. total cost WIS as stated and
| thirl. that iu auN case the real cost NJ these
forts IN not known even 10 tir drphritun NJ
Estimates iur tn, construction oi tuiiuts ordinarily
Io lusIlI, che NINusr N ifNl Hfnif WHfi llfte
&r On. extra allowance to ,i.' trt Do. Ac which are
provided general nlr.' prHfnNa fur NE army
iHr, are u,uil,t hasrN'r On th. ,Inrt H- they were
ORIGINALLY H Iilt tufa eNfHNf u.t~ reported nu
The ~ post amount 10 $50 ~" ~ OF wh-h
/ sl4p $50 81 tor Nsnsrurtarnu lhl" hAyes VII
547 "a lyon lmlnauon NJ th' pap r. nnd mat U "
mi. wind miii-, tolls MACHINERY. AMI ether ARTICLES
which rfnhahit -nHi uut he cou-it eNreWi'i in
the CH.ruD H tNr pn,t. and rNra iuN nav mr., tn.
Guided Making allowance Got tt~ Tic actual cost ~
maternal AMI Ht0r used IN me cnnstu0 ton 90 the post,
Wa probably not hr from t2fs'i the amount appt b.
| pr.4tca lot tlc construction Of the posts
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-03-28

= The president evidently means to do
his mart TO make the extra session as
short as possible. eve shall have to
make mutual concessions, and 1 guess
we will be able to cipher il out be
told a prominent republican anxious to
make the White House useful party
wise.
The noses of western republican sen
ators are out of joint, because the thfee
chairmanships the minority got were
given to Edmunds, Anthony and C0nk-
| ling.-all eastern men. They think
Senator Ferry of Michigan, the Oldest
senator from the West in length of SER
vice. and has been the Senate's presl-
dent pro TEN, or Senator Window OF
Minnesota was entitled to one of the
empty honors.
Charles Wainwright, paymaster OF the
Arlington mills at Lawrence, drew
$4,000 Thursday evening to pay the help
and locked it in the counting-TOOm safe,
but the next morning he found the re-
ceptacle's door open and the money
gone. The locks to the cOunting-rOOm
| and the safe are old fashioned, with
keys of simple make, and the rObber,
work without leaving clew.
Speaking of the number of missing
women that the Investigation of the
Lynn tragedy has brought to light, DR..
Green, Boston's city physician, says he
thinks there are now nearer 1000 than
1000 females in that city whose relatives
do not know where they are.
The Boston Herald says :-"Clerk
Adams of the House is a very useful
man indeed. When the people of the
United States fail to elect such repre-
sentatives as they should have chosen,
Mr.. Adams kindly sets aside their act
and saves the voters from the cODse-
quences. To he sure, Mr.. Adams has
never been formally declared dictator,
but he is doing his best to fill the place
of one"
Having dragged a dozen or more
young women into cruel nOtOriety, the
detectives have at last identified the
victim of the trunk tragedy. The work
of discovering the guilty party will now
begin, and the regulations of an equal
number of innocent men will probably
he blasted.-BOstOn Transcript.
The Rev. Joseph Cook has closed his
Boston course of Monday lectures, hav-
ing given 100 of them. The last lecture
was on SOCIALISM, Temperance and
Woman's VOCe."
Paul Boyton, the swimmer, had a
narrow escape from death at Louisville,
KY, the swift current of the falls of the
Ohio sweeping him past the city, and
severely bruising him. He had better
go ashore and foot it awhile. +
Preparations for Gen. Grants recep-
tlOn continue at Yokohama, although he
is not expected there for many months.
Three of the most powerful ancient
daimos have been appointed to receive
and attend upon him, a distinction hith
ertO vouchsafed to no visitor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-03-28
Going West.

There is already an immense emigra-
ton west, thus early in the season. We
are told that the trains west from Chi
cago, especially, are very heavy, and
have been for month. The excur-
siOns gotten up in this part of New
England in the interest of Kansas
railroad, carry many Vermonters and
New Hampshire men west, the one on
last week Wednesday taking S5 on the
train out from Montreal. Some of these
people will return, but very many be-
ing young men without families, will
settle in that country and never again
see their eastern homes.
This is we'll. The west needs New
England men and women of energy and
thrift and industry /; and especially it
needs New England principles. 1t al
ready has its full quota of foreigners
with their sOcialistic and infidel views,
and the better people in the west feel
the need of New England blood. But
it is best that people from the east con-
slider the matter well before they emf
CRATE. While they gain some things
they also lose some. They will miss
New England privileges, and the pro-
lection of law backed by public senti
ment, especially if they go into the far
west or south. The item we give this
week of the murder of Vermonters in
Washington Territory, and of the law
lessness in Texas, gives an idea of what
New Englanders will encounter when
they go where every man is law unto
himself.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-03-28
Letter from Florida.
CRYSTAL LAKE, Mar. 18th, 1879.

CRYSTAL LAKE, Mar. 18th, 1879.
Editor CdledOnidn
| intended to have written you before
this, but since my arrival in the State
of Florida, l have bought my lumber
and other material, had it shipped
about one hundred miles by schooner
to Dunn's Lake, then carted three
miles, built a house 18 30 feet, with
Is feet posts, painted it, and moved in
about two weeks ago, besides building
a shed for my horse and cart, blowing
among my orange trees, planting doz-
en- kinds of garden seeds, and clearing
about an acre of Hammock" land.
This has kept me hard at work all day,
and at night was too tired to write.
We left Charleston, S. c., the 18th of
January, and arrived in Jacksonville,
the 18th, coming by rail from Charles
ton to Savannah, thence by steamer
City of Bridgeton, (inside route) to Fer
nandira, thence by rail to Jacksonville.
The city was not very full of visitors,
and that day one of the largest hotels
away without paying their bills. Since
UneH unere mas been quite an increase
in the number of strangers, and | I'M
derstand that they call it a very good
season. From the Goth to the 28th,
spent in going and returning to my
place, which is back four miles from
Welaka, which is one hundred miles uI
the river from Jacksonville, and in buy.
ing the materials for nay house; also
horse, cart, some furniture, sc.
Hearing that the schooner which haG
our boxes of household goods aboard
had been seen off Hatteras in storm
with sails torn, we gave up waiting TO
them, and started for our place on tn,
18th, and arrived there on the Doth
One can go through to Welaka or t,
Port Como or Dunn's Lake in one day
but as we would have had to land il
the evening, we preferred to stop owe
night at Palatka, and land in the fore
noon. The schooner which had our eft
fects on board came in two DAYS afte
we left, with water in her hold, havin,
been three weeks off the coast. Afte
time got my boxes, which had bee
wet and the contents partly damaged
but for which l expect to get some in
surance.
We stopped for day or two wit
Mr.. Dogerbery, a neighbor, and the
moved into my old log house, where W
lived, (and had two boarders who work
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-03-28
Phair Once More.

The Rutland Herald says: 1--WE
learn that consultation of Phalr's
counsel, last evening, it was decided to
apply to Chancellor Redfield, at Mont
peiier, for an Injunction restraining the
sheriff from executing john P. Phair.
Col. Veazey, C. b. Eddy, Esq, and s.
w. Mccall, Esq, of Boston, were en-
gagged last night on the preparation OF
a bill and brief in the ease, and expect
ed to go to Montpelier to-day. The APP
plication will be fruitless, doubtless, as
the court, for their own satisfaction,
talked the matter over at the time OF
Phair's application for a retrial, and
were unanimously of the opinion that
there was nothing of this point, to be
raised by Phair's counsel"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-03-28

| from the field in a carriage. His posi-
ton as United States Marshal, of course,
gave him a wide acquaintance. His
genial qualities made him general
favorite, and his loss will be mourned
nv a large circle of friends and ac-
uuaintances throughout our State.
Gen. Foster had been for years a suf-
ferer from the kidney disease (diabetes)
to which his strong and muscular frame
finally Welded. The disorder in his
blood showed itself at last, among other
forms, in carbuncles on the neck. On
Tuesday forenoon, March 18th, he was
seen on the street for the last time, and
on the next day he took to his bed,
never to rise again. For many hours
he had been unconscious but at about
three o'clock Wednesday afternoon he
recovered his senses for short inter-
val, and took an affectionate farewell
of his family and friends. To the care
of his old and tried friend and comrade
in the army, Gen. William w. Henry,
he commended his wife and children.
At five minutes past nine O'Clock he
breathed his last-dying as peacefully
and quietly as an infant. He leaves a
widow and two children Ia son and
daughter), who will have in their sore
aff1iction the deep sympathy of our
community.
GEN. FOSTERS FUNERAL.
Gen. George P. Fosters funeral oc-
Cured at the WinOOski-avenue Con-
gregational church in Burlington Sat
urday, and the spectacle was the most
imposing one of the kind ever witnessed
in the city. The procession was mile
long, including veterans of the 4th Yer
mont, the dead soldiers old regiment !;
the LIST regiment of the state national
guard the Capitol guard of Montpelier
and the Green Mountain Boys of Bur-
lingtOn Masonic bodies from in and
out of town; the local Grand Army
post; the city fire department and
many prominent citizens from all over
the state. The pall-bearers were Gov.
Redfield Proctor, Gen. w. Y. w. Rip
ley and Col. w. G.. Veazey of Rutland
Gems. p. p. Pitkin and Stephen Thomas
of Montpelier DR.. S. j. Allen of White
River junction, surgeon of Gen. Fos-
ter's regiment; and Gems. George j.
Stannard and William Wells of Bur-
lington, while Gen. w. w. Henry had
charge of the funeral. Rev. L. o. Bras
tow, eX-chaplain of the old 18th regi-
ment, with Rev. II. A. Griffin, pastor
of the Methodist church, conducted the
services. At the cemetery the Masonic
burial service was read and three vol
leys were fired over the grave. Bust
ness was suspended throughout the city
during the day, and flags were flying
at half-maSt.