St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-16


tom-foolerv which is worthy of "Pina-
foren or "The Pirates of Penzance.n
One lives at Mortified, the other at
Edgefeld, seven miles apart. Some
difference of opinion arose about the al
legged bribery aud corruption of a
drunken old superannuated seaman of
the Sailors Snug HarbOr. and the Irish
man had his Dutch friend arrested on a
warrant, very early one cold morning,
and brought before him for examina-
ton. Next morning, which was still
colder and more disagreeable, the Irish
Justice found himself treated with lit
tie of his own medicine, and was trot-
ted off shivering to visit the Teutonic
Judge in his majesty. The arrests
caused the greatest CONSERVATION among
the sisters, cousins and aunts of the
contestants, the villagers ranged them
selves hotly in favor of their respective
dignitaries, and the rest of the adjacent
world laughed. 1t is refreshing to note
that with the holidays benevolence pre-
vailed and the war was ended over o
reeking forum of hot Scotch.
Charity begins at home it is said, and
the Charity Commissioners of New YorI
have been keeping their weather eye
open to good purpose. There has beef
considerable trouble of late for the Lou
isiana Lottery people. Their scheme
may be all right in Louisiana, where;
indeed, two distinguished ex-COnfeder-
ate Generals have the supervision of
the drawings, but it is against the laws
of the Empire State, and few daysIago
their offices here were raided by the
police, and tickets, money, &C., COLTS
Gated. 1t turns out that amOnM the
tickets was the one drawing the capital
prize of 100000. According to the law
by which forfeited property of this de-
scriptiOn is turned over to the Chari-
ties, the Commission have put in their
claim for the money. 1t is nice aues-
ton of law whether they can legally
profit by illegal spoils, or whether if
they accept this money they do not
felony, or at the very least a INSIDE
meanor. The lottery gamblers style
their action ''infernal impudence.7
The venerable Gen. Abner Doubl eday
has been startling the grave merchants
of the Chamber of Commerce from their
thoughts on trade and finance by dire
predictions of what would happen to
New York, in case of a foreign war,
should hostile fleet choose to enter.
According to the old soldier, who is
acting president of the Philosophical
Society, and is no doubt intimately ac-
quainted with spirits of all sorts, and
whose utterances are considered by a
small circle as inspired, there isn't a
gun mounted on any of the forts in New
York harbor capable of making more
impression on a modern irOn-clad man
of-war than the ammunition of boys
bean-shOOter on the scales of an alliga-
tor. A feet, or for the matter of that
one ship, could calmly steam to the loot
of Wall street and demand a modest
contribution of, say $500, 100000, to
induce it to refrain fIom laying the city
in ashes. This argument, addressed to
their pockets, made the rich men Tery
uneasy. Somebody feebly reminded
them of tOrpedoes, but the idea was
dismissed promptly us too puerile, and
petition is to be sent to Congress,
praying for protection, signed by the
most influential men in the city.
Your readers will no doubt recOlect
how Rabbit, the soap man, was some
time ago swindled out of million or
so by some of his employees, and had SO
much financial ''soap" that he didn't
miss it. He was mad, though, when he
did find it out, and when the Gu prits
we're sent to state prison rubbed his
hands jOyfully. To his intense disgust,
one of them has managed to getup a
petition signed by a number of well
known citizens which completely pulled
the wool over the eyes of the outgoing
Gov. Robinson, who committed the sen
tence, and the rascal got out of jail
scOtfree. Mr.. Rabbit has Judgment
against him for S20d,000, which he may
now whistle for. He is now engaged il
trying to checkmate the efforts of the
other scamp to get off in the same
way.
Turn Halle, famous German resort
was burned early the other morning
and seven walters and chambermaids
we're destroyed with it. The poor ccea-
lures were worn out by the previous
evenings festivities, which included {
wedding, and when awakened by the
cry of fire found their escape cut off
There were no fire escapes. Facto
ries, hotels, tenement houses, ETC., are
all compelled by law to have more o,
less adequate provisions for such con
tiugencies. This Turn Halle, which
seems to the average mind to combine
the characteristics of all these, was not,
so say the Building Department, under
any such legal protection. For city
that is governed so much it is horrible
to have so many recurring catastrophe
by fire which would appear to he Sc
easily preventible.
The first collision on the Elevated
Railroad has occurred, owing, of course,
to gross carelessness. Luckily Tor per-
haps unluckily) no one was hurt, and
the matter will no doubt be carefully
forgotten till some terrible so-called adj
cident shall occur.
Capt. Mackenzie, the chess champion
OF America, who has recently played.
; on several occasions, as many as twen-
, ty-one games at once, winning twenty
OF them and drawing one, together with
a number of other vOtaries of the noble
game, from all over the world, irt
: holding tournament. Our Americll
/ players, so far, seem to be holding thei
own capitally. The games are to b,
published at the completion of to-
grand contest, and will no doubt prov
most valuable addition to chess libra
ries, embodying as they necessarily vii
the most effective openings, supple
mented by the most vigorous succeed
ing play of skillful players on thei
mettle.
The Produce Exchange brokers an
dealers have been coquetting with tn
GENITAL system. but have at last by a
overwhelming vote resolved to go bac
to the old weights and measurement
with all their Inconvenience. Old Gus