St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-12-30

a matter of course, their gallant Colo
mel, Charley Spencer, whose appear
ance in full uniform was the admira-
ton of all behOlders.
When was on the wedding question,
it was almost objectionable of me to
leave out the grandest of all that prob
ably ever came off in Gotham. Van
derbilt's latest unmarried daughter was
surrendered in the bonds of Hymen to
a lucky young doctor, in the presence
of all the toplofty money-bags of New
York, the other day. Everybody with
an income of $50, 900 and over was in
vited, but nobody with less than 800
900 found his name i'll the printed lists
in the newspapers. | know two or
three of the guests, rich men too, prom
inent men they think themselves, who
are very much Disguised at being left
out. The groom is Il son of the vete-
ran James Watson Webb, the oldest
journalist in the world and the most
uncompromising know -nothing who
edited the Courier journal in the days
of our great .grandfathers, had the
original Bennett as an office boy, and
afterwards helped to establish the
Herald by thrashing the editor in the
street two or three times week,
which encounters being duly published
under the standing head ''COwhided
again." attracted attention to what
was at first very dirty, scurrilous
sheet.
Delightful Newark has provided an
other sensation. The city auditor,
Il a n = n IL,
and the Nemesis, has given himself up
to the police as defaulter to the ex-
tent of Sl25,000. He says he did it
himself, but evidently lies, for he
couldn't have touched IA dollar without
cOnfederates, and if he stole anything
it was by means of forgery, and the
amount may be very much larger than
named. 1t is possible the whole thing
is a hallucinatiOn. 1t is certain though
that such a genius is out of place where
he is, or was, and that good many
officials are ludicrOusly ill-assorted
The boss of candy store or "A peanut
stand takes much better care of his
financial operations than, as rule,
our city authorities seem to do. We've
had Tweed in New YOrk-with lot
of little Tweeds besides-and his vile
example has spread like the smallpox
The methods of addition, division and
silence are deeply rooted in Brooklyn
where, however, the axe has been laid
pretty low down, and they seem to
have become acclimatized everywhere
The men who founded our common
wealth were honest men, and it is
time for our taxpayers all over the
United States to see to it that honest
men alone are put i'll places of trust
now. There ought to be general in
vestigatiOn, and a ruthless extinction
of the scamps who have got into fat
places on pilfering intent, like bxd bXg>
into an old bedstead. Scald 'em out
As an instance, the beheading of {
carpenter on one OF the elevated roads
this week, revealed the fact that til,
company has been supplied will
blanks ready signed by one rascal of i
coroner, so that, when an ''accident'
occurs, they may he relieved of the
trouble they deserve. The police hap
pened to hear of this case, and got hole
of the body of the victim Just before its
removal, but no one seems to know hui
that they may have killed dozen PEG
| plC u Sdil'i
it. Why those blanks otherwise ? anC
how much did they pay for them ?
When Greek meets Greek, &c, the
Robbery is apt to resemble the acct
dental encounter of two GOthamite pO
licemen. One of them, the son of III
alderman, who had been arrested Sc
often before his appointment that he
was given IA shield as Il last chance (iI
defiance of the law, of course,) in re-
turning in citizen clothes from paying
a visit to lady friend, managed to of
fend an officer in full uniform, who, moi
recognizing him as brother of the To-
Gust, dubbed him on general principles
This angered the alderman's son, anC
he shot the uniformed officer. 1t was
a Kilkenny cat fight, for the shooter
went away and the shOotee died. Ii
about seven -eighths of the police wer,
Similarly disposed of, the remainder
would be an admirable nucleus for
really fine force. They are now tn,
very model of arrogant hlackguards.
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