St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-10-22

dated. This was due to several reasons
it was new and novel thing here,
it was free, there were no Preserved
Seats" and last, but not least, fife and
drum bad been perambulating the court
house yard for several hours until every
drop of patriotic blood in town was up
to fever heat. When the hall got so
full that it would hold no more, Capt.
Blodgett announced that at the bugle
call every soldier was invited to seat
upon the platform. Some 40 or more
responded to the call. The Captain
then explained the nature and object of
a camp fiIe-which was in brief purely
social and benevolent-to keep alive
some memories of camp life, and help
needy soldiers and their families. After
this introduction there was singing of
America by the Glee Club, in which the
audience joined. Major Ide then read
his paper on the Vermont cavalry
which was written for the cavalry re-
union-after which Sergeant Smith of
Portland, an unexpected visitor, was
called out. and made short address
full of good nature and vim, closing
with poem, which purported to answer
some hard questions put to soldier boys
by the stay-at-homes. This fairly
brought down the house. Major E. w.
Harrington then gave some of the aw-
full scenes in the Wilderness, and Capt.
Blodgett supplemented this narrative
with a vivid portrayal of the bloody
scenes of Cold Harbor. These exercises
were interspersed with singing by the
Glee Club, including the Battle Hymn
of the Republic, in which the audience
joined in the "Glory, Hallelujah !" The
affair was every way success, unless
it may have been a failure financially.
The receipts" have not been reported.
Attempted outrage.---A Vigilance
Committee Needed.
Last Saturday evening, between
and 9 o'clock, as Henry Roby and a Mr..
Crane were driving up Western Ave-
nue., they met girl ON the sidewalk
near the lamp post, at the west end of
Gov. Fairbanks's lawn. After passing
her few rods, they heard loud and re-
peated screams, and turning about they
saw man leave the place where the
girl was and run swiftly up Belvidere
street. They followed Immediately
and as rapidly as they could drive, and
nearly overlook him at the top of the
hill, when he jumped the fence and
lodged into the bushes, and although
both Roby and Crane followed and
made some search, they saw no mOIe of
him. Meantime the neighborhood
had been aroused by the screams, and
Policeman Hovey and the Spencer fam
lily had come out and taken the gill in
to the house. 1t was found to be Miss
Alice Folsom, a young lady living in
Fairbanks village. She said she had
been to store on the Plain, and was
returning home, and when at the place
designated a man accosted her and
asked to accompany her. Upon her
refusal. he seized hold of her and threw
her down, and when she screamed he
struck Der in the face and swore at her.
On finding he was seen and pursued,
the man ran as above stated. Miss
Folsom was terribly frightened, but
received only a slight bruise on her
face. She says she struck the man
with her umbrella, lit had been raining)
and her umbrella was found broken.
The man was thick-set, wore a black
moustache, and Miss Folsom says she
could identify him. If our streets are
not safe for woman any hour in the
evening, it is time the people knew it.
This is not the first case of attempted
assault upon women in these streets at
seasonable hours, and it is to be hoped
lhste SbO W III oC Oub
punished. 1t may be a good invest
ment for this village to put on an eff
cient and sufficient night watch; it is
not good recommend to town that
a woman is not safe on its principal
streets without male escort. There
is another feature of our village that
we will speak of in whisper: There
are good many men and few women
out on the streets at unreasonable
hours. They think it is not known,
but it is, and it is also known that they
are out for no good purpose.
Accident on the Passumpsic.
The mail train south Saturday morn
ing ran into some freight cars on the
track near North -Hatley, demolishing
several cars, but injuring no person. 1t
seems the early freight was very heavy
and had become stalled. The train was
divided, and part taken off to a sid
ing at next station, and the engine had
just returned and coupled on to the re-
naming cars, when the mail train came
upon them and made wreck of sever
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