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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-23
NOTES.

The Cabinet members are deeply
affected, and cannot speak of their
Chiefs death without the greatest
emotion.
Private Secretary Brown watched
with the remains on Monday night.
Mrs. Garfield exhibited great calmness
and fOrtitude. There was rumOr
to the effect that she tainted once
during the night-but this Mr.. Brown
denies, saying, ''Mrs. Garfield is not
a woman who faintS."
The Garfield fund now amounts to
over 100000.
The Presidents mother received the
news with trembling heart and fearful
eye, but bore up bravely.
From all over the world, from crown
ed heads and princes, the messages OF
coincidence have poured in, and the
grief is deep and unfeigned.
President Arthur continues the cabi-
net in office mt least for the present,
and it is asserted that he will not dis
turb its organization.
a careful diary of the Presidents
case, with all the varying symptoms
from the beginning, has been kept by
the attending surgeons, and i'll the
event of the death of the President
would undoubtedly be called for by
counsel of Guiteau, when the doctors
would attempt to put the doctors on
trial.
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was the feature of Tuesday, and held
the close attention of the large crowd
for more than two hours. Seventeen
bouts were wrestled before the contest
was ended, and the participants were
II. NJ. Dufur, champion of the world !;
G. w. Flagg, champion of Vermont !;
w. A. Burbank, champion of the west
ern states and F. X. Wheeler, cham
piOn of New Hampshire. The premi
ums in the contest amounted to $3.50.
The first bout was between Flagg and
Burbank, rough and tumble, and was
won by Burbank; the second by Du-
fur and Wheeler, collar and elbow, and
was won, after some tusseling, by Du-
fur; the third was by Flagg and Vince
Ter, Greco- Roman, won by Wheeler;
fourth, Dufur and Burbank, collar and
elbow, won by Dufur after about four
foul falls fifth, Dufur and Flagg, col
lar and elbow, won by DufiIr; sixth,
Burbank and Wheeler, GrRcO- Roman,
won by Burbank ; seventh, Dufnr and
Wheeler, Greco Roman, won by Vince
Ter on account of Dufur's taking foul
grip on him eighth, Flagg and Bur
bank, collar and elbow, won by Flagg;
ninth, Flagg and Wheeler, collar and
elbow, won by Flagg; tenth, Dufur
and Burbank, collar and elbow, won
by Dufur; eleventh, Flagg and Vince
Ter, collar and elbow, won by Flagg
twelfth, Wheeler and Burbank, collar
and elbow, won by Wheeler; thir-
teenth, Dufur and Wheeler, collar and
elbow, won by Dufur; fourteenth,
FIagg and Burbank, collar and elbow,
won by Flagg; fifteenth, Burbank and
Wheeler, GrecO-Roman, won by Bur
bank sixteenth, Dufur and Burbank,
GrecO Roman, won by Burbank sew
enteenth, Dufur and Flagg, collar and
elbow, won by Flagg. F. Z. Martel of
Boston acted as referee. There is no
reason to believe that it was not fair
trial of skill, and everybody seemed
pretty well satisfied with it. Burbank
is cordy and did some good work which
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The Evening Journal of Jersey City
says that ''the question of trying Gui-
teau for murder if the president should
die at Long Branch, was decided in the
case of Hunter, who was hanged at
Camden recently. The murderous
blow was struck in Camden, but the
victim was removed to Philadelphia
and died there. 1t was cOntended that
Hunter could not be legally tried in
this state for the same reason as is now
given in the Guiteau case in the event
of President Garfield dying in this
state. The courts here decided that
Hunter could be legally tried here, and
he was tried and hanged. We wish
GInteau could be indicted and tried in
New Jersey, for we think he would get
more speedy and substantial justice
than he is likely to get in some other
localities
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-23
The Second Day.

Wednesday, the second day, opened
cool and clear-a trife too cool for
comfort until the sun was up high
enough to make itself felt. The attend
ance on the first day was fully three
thousand, but the second day was even
beyond this figure. The wrestling
match on Tuesday did n good deal
toward drawing big crowd, but there
were people enough to come on
Wednesday. On Wednesday fore
noon occurred the examination of
MARES AND COLTS.
The display of brood mares and
colts was excellent, and the judges
were called upon to pass opinion on
some fine specimens, c. l.. Dawson
showed colt ) weeks old, sired by
Judge Brigham !" d. w. Cushing
gOOd-lOoking fOur-months-old colt C..
B. SOmers yearling colt Geo. C.
Goodell good colt Jonathan Ross
neat colt three months old, sired by
two year-old, and two sucking colts
Mrs. Dunbar Hoyt Il nine weeks-old
colt Il. II. Lyster colt 81 months
old Henry Fisher year-old colt, and
little specimen of hOrsetlesh 10 days
old, which received good deal of at
tention.
THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDs.
Among the exhibitors of three-year-
olds were Geo. Flint, William Mute,
B. p. Cole, H. S. Pierce, j. A. Wells,
VIM. Blair and Dennis May. In four
year-o lds, Adna Clifford showed a
handsome black colt A. II. Jenkins
pretty, dark notified animal of good
parts Chas. Wilson exhibited "Patch
en-" a fine bay; J. G. Hovey "A stocky,
well built animal, full of life VIM.
Hall and C. C. Pierce also showed good
colts. The spectators found good
deal to admire in this examination of
colts.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-23

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, DAIRY, ETC.
The show of bread, canned fruit, but
ter, cheese, and this sort of articles,
was lighter than it has been for some
years. There were "a loaves of bread
and cake shown, all of which were very
tempting, but circumstances beyond
our control made us keep our hands off,
so we can't judge from sampling it.
Some &c specimens of canned fruit and
syrups were shown, all excellent of
course, though one by-stander remark
ed that she "wished she had brought
hers, as it was better than any there
was exhibited" Possibly; but there
was quantity and quality enough to
puzzle any judge, and good judge
too.n Butter, sugar and honey were
shown to the extent of about 30 boxes,
tubs and pals, and about ten cheeses.
In the way of fruit }. p. Foster of Pas
sumpsic showed 81 varieties of apples,
and b. F. Haviland exhibited two or
three varieties. Fosters were a SPLEEN
did lot, and Haviland's were very
large and looked as if they would mas
ticate well. Ten strings of seed corn
were shown; and there was the usual
display of vegetables in all quantities
and quality.
FANCY GOODS, ETC.
The display of fancy work in the
ladies' department was Overwhelmingly
fine-in fact, "too utterly utter for
anything. We don't propose to call
down any feminine wrath on our
heads by attempting to say which was
best and which was worst. There
were about 800 tides on exhibition,
besides every description of work
which only the ladies can construct.
The tables were crowded all the while,
and the "fair sexn monopolized the
space in the fancy end of the hall.
The exhibit in this department was, on
the whole, superior to previous dis
plays and included some excellent
specimens of handiwork in the way of
Kensington embroidery and needle
work of every sort. The arrangement
of articles in the hall was very good,
owing to the efficiency of the Superin-
tendent and his assistants.
Bingham exhibited case of fire
arms BAILEY was on manu- WIN Masoh
g. Hamlin, New England and Estey
organs, making an excellent exhibit ];
and the inevitable and Indispensable
sewing machine was represented. q.
Ii. Hale exhibited showcase of MILL
merry goods.
A good deal of interest was shown
in the honey exhibit of j. ID. Goodrich,
of Hardwick Besides specimens of
his honey, he exhibited a honey ex-
tractor for taking the pure article from
the comb the cell foundation used by
him in the manufacture of honey, and
an apparatus for smoking the bees
while handling them. The bee ques-
ton is always interesting, and Mr..
Goodrich was kept busy explaining
processes.
The show of flowers was very good
indeed and included the usual number
of attractive specimens.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-23

The lesson which Guiteau's bastard
" act teaches must not be forgotten,
but should be kept constantly before
the people. On recent Sunday, Rev.
DIR. Hall of New York city preached a
sermon in which, referring to Guiteau,
he said: "The nation ought to insist
afresh on the sanctity of life and law.
The revolver is an article of household
furniture and wearing apparel. Chill
dren carry revolvers. The father has
one of them in his bedroom and anoth-
er in his pocket. | have no doubt that
could find twenty now in this congre-
CATION. have seen advertisements in
which religious papers promise to give
revolvers as premiums. There should
at this time be a universal disarma-
ment.n
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springfield Republican,

lOPAAh ShOAo lNCpuoutiH.
President Garfield is dead. He has
fought the good fight, he has kept the
faith, but the earthly man has yielded
to the earthly lot. Medical science has
failed, his own strength and splendid
physical vigOr have failed, love has
failed,-the assassin only has not failed.
The great man, first chosen and first
beloved of the peopled land, has gone
down in the very flower and beauty
and might of his career,-his great
task undone and almost untouched,
his high purposes quenched, his noble
aspirations and energies cut short I'M
timely.
Gen. Garfield was man of the peo-
pie most thoroughly his life began as
that of millions of his fellow citizens
had begun, in honorable Obscurity ;
like them he had toiled in youth to
ease the burdens of widowed mother /;
like them he had developed his mas
sive frame and over laid it with joyous
physical strength by manual labor in
the open air; like them he had sought
schools, studies, lyceums, going at
length to college with his slender
hoard of earnings, and had thence
climbed the ladder of power step by
step; he had stood with Christ and
tasted the waters of faith he had
fought in the front of battle, taken
wounds for his country, served long in
the high councils of the nation. Yet
through all he was the same simple
modest man of the people, seeing them
freely, understanding them because he
was one of them, and loving them il
turn out of the abundance of tenn
permanent overlooking with affection.
As at the death of Lincoln, the eman-
cipatOr, a cry of grief will go round the
world that true and noble man of the
race of men has fallen.
But God, who purposes when the
sparrow falls, does not lay low a Pres
ident for naught. He has his owl
prOvidences to work out through Thu
people, to whom it has been given S,
signally to lead the human race up
ward and onward. 1t will remain TO
this nation to sense the profound lessor
emblazoned in this calamity, the les
son that ambition, greed of place, anC
the selfish perversiOn of government t.
the ends of favOritism and to the deg
radiation of the popular honor, must b,
put under necessary curb and whole
some restraint. Thus taking this grea
lesson to heart, we must so order on
institutions and so control the base
motives at work in our political system
that the historian will be enabled t.
say that James A. Garfield died not il
vain, but gave his life for the purifying
of our administration, for the healing
of partisan and sectional animosities
and for the strengthening of all tn
moral purposes of this great people.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-23

Fire broke out in the main building
on the fair grounds at Kansas City
lately, while fully 10000 people were
on the ground, and an indescribable
panic ensued, during which many
were trampled upon, manned and mu-
tilated. In addition to the other prop
erty burned are the offices of the three
newspapers of the city.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-23

1t looks as if there was going to be
quite dance among the New York
Democrats at the next election, owing
to an unwillingness on the part OF
some of the REGULARS" to dicker with
Kelly and his Tammany Hall.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-23

Emmett Hill, Richmond Girl, !
Jerry Drew, Fanny p, =
II. Brock, Hip-Hip, 3 . .
G. w. BOnet, Brown Nelly, A 4 a 3
Time, 2.52, 2.4oi 2.49, $50.
In the class for all horses that never
trotted for money, the following are
entries and result:
II. Brock, Hip-Hip, ! ! !
Horace Peck, Nelly Gray, . z z
c. Pinard, name unknown,
Time-3.06, $50, 2.55i.
THURSDAYS TRoTTING.
To-day Thursday occurs the an
nual horse fair, and four races are be-
ing trotted, namely 3 minute race, 2-3o,
2 80 and free-for-all races. As we go
to press early we cannot give the re-
suits. Among the trotters entered are
Utton's Fanny" and Little Fortune"
Peck's sBlack Johnny" Drew's Lady
Langmaid :" "Camors," Canadian
horse said to be very fast; Brooks
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-23

is in the order of things as prescribed
by the Constitution that Vice Presi-
dent Arthur shall assume the executive
functions. He should have the sup
port of the American people in posi-
ton that will be as full of delicate COM
plications as of responsibility. He
should not be prejudged, but simply
judged as he performs. The lesson of
this terrible event has been plain
enough, and kept so long before the
people that it should have made an i'm
preston. Should it be lost it would
he the worst feature of this great ca
lamitv
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The TrOftilsg.

The county premiums were trotted
for ON Wednesday afternoon. In the
2.40 class, the following are the entries
and the result:
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THE OATH TAKEN.

The Vice President telegraphed to
the cabinet as follows: 81 have your
message announcing the death of Pres
ident Garfield. Permit me to renew
through you the expressions of sorrow
and sympathy which L have already
telegraphed to Attorney General Mae
Veagh. In accordance with your sug-
gestiOn have taken the oath of office
as President of the United States, be
fore Hon. John p. Brady, Justice of the
Supreme Court of the State of New
York;
President Arthur arrived at Long
Branch ON Tuesday afternoon, and had
a sad meeting with the cabinet. He is
deeply affected by the Presidents
death, and seems to feel his response
bility.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-23
THE COUNTY FAIR.

The 34th annual fair of the CaledO-
MIA County Agricultural Society open
ed auspiciously on Tuesday. The
morning dawned cloudy and threaten
ing, and for time it seemed as if the
weather would interfere but the
clouds broke away by nine o'clock, and
it became evident that the first day at
least was to be favored with a clear
sky. At an early hour the stock and
articles for exhibition were on the
ground, and up to noon or later, the
officers of the society, the entry clerks
and assistants in Floral Hall and else
where were busily employed receiving
and assigning articles to their proper
places. The forenoon was pretty much
taken up in this way, there being
nothing to take up the attention of the
crowd except wandering about and
looking at each other, until the caval-
cade of
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The Voice Of the Press.
I Boston Herald, Ind.

But all these reflections are of no
avail. President Gartield's work is
done. For good or i'll, the record is
finished. He has left a name and a
fame which the nation will cherish
among those of her most hOnOred sons.
"James is good man." said the aged
mother of the President, with simple
dignity and just pride. The American
people believe that he was good man,
a devoted lover of his country and IA
just ruler. 1t is sad lit will always
remain ad-that he should be so cut
down in the prime of his splendid man
hood, with ''all his hOnOrs thick upon
him." But, if we believe in a God who
Over-rules all events for the good of the
race-which is his own glOry-or only
have faith i'll some power in the uni
verse, not ourselves, which "makes for
righteousness" it is impossible to
doubt or to despair. James A. Garfield
was Il man of faith, and his own strong
words of sixteen years ago, when Lin
coin lay dead at the capital, as he now
lies, cannot too often be recalled at
this sad iuncture "God still reigns,
and the Government lives"
Boston Post, Dem.
The President of the United States,
dead, is the nations President, and no
class nor party nor section nor creed,
unless it courts the execratiOn of all
good men, will or can withhold its
grief and sympathy. He will be laid
in the grave with sorrow unfeigned,
because in these eleven weeks the
American people have learned that the
bullet which pierced his vitals meant
more than death to an individual.
They have the vindicatlon of their
sovereignty, of their right to rule left
naked in their hands for proof. Will
they clothe it with the respect and the
confidence of the world by accepting
with wisdom and a dispassionate spirit
the embarrassing situation that is left
them 1t is easy to make the future
full of anxiety and peril, or to direct
our steps therein so as to prove that it
requires even more than the assassina-
ton of Chief Magistrate to disturb
the equipOise of great and free peo-
pie or interrupt their steady march to
higher development and destiny. 1t
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-23
TOWN TEAMS.


TOWN TEAMS.
There was splendid showing in
this line, and the cavalcade elected
many admiring comments. The string
consisted of eight yoke from Barnet,
twelve from st. JOhnsbury, sixteen
from Lyndon, eight from North Dan
vile and nine from Waterford, making
fifty three yoke in all. The cavalcade
was headed by ROy's premium oxen
from Barnet, weighing 5O45 pounds,
with a yoke right behind it weighing
1857 pounds. Among other OK
and steers we noticed that E. &
L. Fairbanks & Co. exhibited five
yoke, weighing respectively 361O,
$500, $500, 1884 and 1850 pounds ;
J. G. Hovey, H. C. Wood, Chase
and Hovey and Geo. Flint show
ed handsome specimens of working
oxen. From Lyndon, j. F. Sanborn
showed three good yoke weighing 1900
and 364O pounds; other exhibitors
were A. o. and j. Bemis, A. f. How
land, l.. Clifford, G. ID. BigelOw two
yoke weighing 34O0 and 35IO pounds,
p. B. Graves, F. HOyt, |. II. Hall, A
o. Harris, f. o. Hubbard, c. d. Hub
bard and Henry Chase, every one OF
whom had some good cattle to show.
From Waterford the exhibitors were
E. A. Parks, a handsome yoke weighing
4l25 pounds; G. r. Barker a yoke
weighing 1890; Geo. C. Lawrence a
yoke of :}605 pounds; c. L. Dawson,
l.. b. Church and L. B. Wheeler show
ed fine specimens; j. F. and E. E. Hale
a yoke weighing 3740 pounds; II. c.
Dawson yoke of $500. From North
Danville and Danville, the exhibitors
were b. COverny, g. r. Drew, /. p.
Hill, F. r. Palmer, Ora Drew, F.
Vance, ii. Kelsey and l.. Stanton.
E. p. Allen of st. Johnsbury, exhib-
tied a fine yoke of steers j. G. Hovey
a neat pair of yearling steers, handy
=. II. Gilman of Barnet, PAIR OF
trained twO-year- Olds which were beau
ties Joel Roberts, handsome, stocky
three year-old steers. This part OF
the cattle show attracted good deal
of attention from the farmers, ana just
what the committee thought as to su-
periority will be found in the premium
list. The entire lot was worth going
good ways to see-
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The last conversation of any great
length which President Garfield had
with any one was with Secretary
Blaine This occurred on the evening
of the LIST of July, and but few hours
before he was shot Mr.. Blaine spent
the greater part of the evening with
him, as it had been arranged that the
Secretary of State should remain in the
city and finish some details of business
which the President had not been able
to do. Among other things said by the
President to Mr.. Blaine during their
conversation that evening before his
attempted vacation tour, was this 81
have now completed four months of the
Administration and everything is going
well. The Cabinet is each day becOm-
ing more welded. There never has
been an unkind word said across the
Cabinet table,
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The Nations Grief.
DEATH OF ITS CHIEF
MAGISTRATE.
OUR MARTYRBD PRESIDENT At REST.
THE CLOSING SCENES
In a Life Dear to the Country.
RECEPTION OF THE NEWS.
The Vice-President Summoned.
OUR MARTYRBD PRESIDENT At REST.
RECEPTION OF THE NEWS

The Vice-President Summoned.
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The show of Swine was not very
large, but extremely good. VIM. Glenn
ent exhibited SOW and pigs; E. p.
Allen did the same, and j. b. Stanton
also H. C. Kinney exhibited boar,
the only one shown. The exhibit
in this department was about on an
average with what it usually is at
county fairs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-23

The show of poultry was light, only
about twenty coops being on the
ground. The exhibitors were H. E.
Koepka, L. S. Woods, C. H. Higgins,
j. w. Eastman, j. H. Annis, A. C.
Farmer, C. E. Curtis, Edwin Harris, f.
o. Wilcox, G. r. Crosby, Ellen Wright,
F. Vance and n. p. Bowman.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-16
BATH COUNTY.

Pursuant to public notice portion OF
the Conservative party OF the
county OF Bath assembled at the courthouse
thereof on Tuesday, July II, 1881, for the
purpose OF appointing delegates to Inc con-
vention which is to assemble IN Richmond
on Thursday. August 4th, DroXmo.
On motion, Col. John l.. Eubank was
called TO the chair, and Charles Sltington
was requested TO act as secretary.
The Chair explained the object OF the
meeting in few pertinent and well-tmed
remarks: whereupon, on motion, the Chair
annointed committee of FIVE gentlemen to
nresent names OF persons to be selected as
delegates and alternates TO the convention.
Tn accordance with the foregoing motion,
The following committee was named-to
wit: ...,,
Millboro' Observation-Disclosures Ii. Sltliug'
ton. =,
WilliamsyilIe District-Wiliam S. Nc
CHntic, Matthew NJ. Morrison.
Cedar Creek District-Charles X. McDan'
Maid.
Warm.Spring Dstrict-John Cleek, Jr.
The committee, after a short absence, re-
ported through their chairman the follow
ing-named delegates and alternates, who
were unanimously elected Deiegates-W
liam NJ, McCalister, Charles r. McDaDnald.
Alternates- Charles Sitlngton, George f.
Edyle.
On motion, a copy Of the proceedings was
ordered to be sent to the Dispatch. and that
they hs requested to publish the same.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
JOHN l.. ECBANK, Chairman.
Charles SitiingtOn, Secretary.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-16
shnnandnah Meefing.

The Shenandoah Democrats held a meet
ing on Monday and appointed the following
to the State Convention:
Lee Observation-Disclosures &. w. Ken
nedy, w. ID. Peachy. Alternates: Charles
Wunder, John Sibert.
AShby Observation-Disclosures John l.. Pit
man, John p. Lonas. Aternates b. f.
Rinker, L. Triplett, Jr.
Madison Observation-Disclosures Or. Il. H.
Stone, q. W. WindIe, DR.. ID. w. Prescott.
Alternates: Z. b. Wbissen, Michael
Clinedinst, William Ripley.
Johnston Di>trict-Delegates j. ii. Ro'
defer, Syrum Hausenhuck. Alterraes
William Dosb, Sr., Noah M'Inturff.
Davis District-Delegates Edward Zea,
J. b. M'Inturf. AIternates Josiah Stick
ley, Obed. Funk.
StonewalI District NJ. H.
Walton, II. c. Allen, E. K. ShckIey. Al
ternates Joseph MaphIs, James w. Smoot
| n. III. Rhodes.