St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-01
Vermont News.

forty pounds.
Asa L. Barron, the well-known hotel
man of White River Junction, is dan
gerously i'll, with but little prospects of
recovery.
Albert Buckum, of Hyde Park, has
been arrested for beating his wife.
Liquor is sold there freely, and the best
citizens are thinking of making an or
ganized effort to put a stop to it.
Mrs. Horace Livingston is celebra
ting her Slst birthday to-day. Of her
ten children eight survive and five are
still resident in town. Mrs. Livingston
was born in st. Albans and, with the
exception of one year, has always lived
here. She is one of the oldest residents
and retains her powers to II remarkable
degree. We wish her many pleasant
years. St. Adams Messenger.
This is the way the new tax law is
working down Bellows Falls way, as
described by a newspaper correspond
ent : Many plans are now making to
evade the law. Mortgages are under
going cancellation and bonds are given
to guarantee deeds. Government bonds
are in good demand. A prominent
banker said that it would take one
million dollars worth of bonds to sup
ply New Hampshire alone. Vermont
ers are buying Is of 81 and new SIS. If
ono borrows money and buys bonds
that mature May or July l it is good
move, as it will result in saving the
taxes of $4,000. All these plans, as
well as those which jewellers in the
Granite State have practiced, will be
brought into use by Vermonters.
Rev. Asher Bliss, for many years a
missionary of the American board OF
commissioners for foreign missions TO
the Seneca Indians of Western New
York, died on Wednesday, aged 50
years. He was born at Fairlee, VT,
Feb. 20, 1901, and was graduated at
Amherst College in 1899 and at An
dover Seminary in 1882. In November
of the same year began his labors as
missionary to the Seneca Indians on
Cattaraugus Reservation, Erie County,
n. Y, having married Miss Cassandra
Hooper, of BoylstOn, Mass. He has
remained among the Indians all his life.
Aaron Tucker of Calais has lived on
his farm sixty years and has never been
III a Twill vi NtNif bOl ONe
of the county but once. JeIre SlaytOn
of Calais, seventy-siX years old, never
was in Worcester or MiddleseX, except
once, distance of half a mile, going
from Wright's Mills up the Branch
through the "Horn of the Moon" i'll
East Montpelier nor in Berlin, only tC
the mill where the cab shop now stands
and once to muster on Langdon's mead
ow: in Barre only once, when Il boy
on the farm where G. +. Willard now
! lives in Marshfeld only once, when
about 30 years old, or out of the county
but once.
Every town in Windham county save
one was represented 10y one or more
listers in yesterdays meeting at Brat
tleboro, called for the purpose of set
| Ting upon some definite and genera
plan for the government of the lister,
throughout the county III the perform
anee of their duties under the new and
somewhat unsatisfactory law. After
considerable discussion, it was decided
that the law should he administered il
accordance with its strict letter, anC
that no exemption for government
bonds should he allowed unless the
amount is explicitly stated. ResOlu'
lions were adopted covering most O
the articles in the law.
A traveller holding a ticket from Mil
waukee to Boston took occasion during
the stay of the morning express at thi:
point, to visit one of the places on Lake
street where the stuff, which not only
cheers but also inebriates, is sold for {
dime glass. He was SO attracted 10y
the place that lie did not return to the
depot until Just as the train was draw.
! ing out. He managed to get hold o
the last car, but he didn't stay long, fol
the cars were travelling tritie faster
than he was and in Il moment he let GO
and turned over several times on the
plank floor. 1t took him some minute,
to find out just where he was, and the
last seen of him he was being assisted
over to the st. Adams house where he
will tarry for a day to recover his ideas
Il st. Adams Messenger, Goth.
One hundred natives of Vermont haC
a maple sugar party at public ball il
Elgin, Ill. They ate 100 pounds sem
from the old state, and told stories
sang songs and danced.
Hon. Frederick Billings has purchased
for winter residence, in New HOrl
city, of Mr.. Arnold, the coffee merchan
who recently failed, the very fine hOus'
and stable on the northeast corner o
Madison Avenue and 40th street. Blu
he has no purpose of breaking up hi
establishment here. Woodstock vii
continue to he his home and in Wood
stock he will abide, with the exception
of a short period in the winter, sharing
in all the burdens of the town and wha
he can for its prosperity. Only thu
people of Woodstock can appreciate
how much of good to them this mean
and they will all join in wishing for hin
and his much pleasure in their temper
airy New York residence.-[ WoodstOcI
, Standard.
The catalogue of the university O
Vermont shows 76 students, of whom
nine are young women, coming from II
states and territories. The medica
school has over I40 students from /
states.
Edward d. Murphy of Bellows Fall
has brought suit against Thomas Kina
rey, dOor-keeper at last weeks lOca
Catholic fair, for $4,000 for having bee
refused with his family admission t
the fair. Kinarey claims to have acte
under orders of Priest Jendren, who, i
is said, had taken offence on account G
Murphy's criticism of some of the act
of the priest. The affair creates con
siderable feeling in the town, Murph.
having the sympathy of the public, in
Guiding many in the church.
Luther o. Greene of the Woodstoc
> Standard has been selected as the ora
tor, aud Rev. A. J. Hough of LudlO'
as poet, at the coming meeting of tn
, Narmont nreSs association