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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03
The Elections.

Ten states have thus far held their
elections. OF these the republicans
have carried four and the democrats
six. The republican states are Yer
mont, Maine, Rhode Island and Oregon.
The democratic states are Ohio, Ala
bama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky
and West Virginia. Five of the ten
states have chosen their representa-
tives to the next Congress, the number
chosen being thirty-twO, this being the
number by which the next House will
exceed the present. The republicans
gained two members in West Virgins
and the democrats five or six in Ohio
The members chosen are about equally
divided politically, and it remains fol
the 293 members to be chosen to settl,
the interesting question of the com
plexiOn of the next House. All o
these will be elected next Tuesday
The November states gaining by thu
readjustment of representation ar
Arkansas, one; California, two
Georgia, one Illinois, one; Iowa, two
Kansas, four Kentucky, one ; Massa
chusetts, one Michigan, two; Mime
sofa, two Mississippi, one Missouri
one Nebraska, two; New York, one
North Carolina, one Pennsylvania
one; South Carolina, two; Texas, five
Virginia, one Wisconsin, one. Tn
only November state losing under tn
appOrtiOnment is New Hampshire.
The states holding elections mex
Tuesday are thirty three in number
1t will be of interest to remember hoy
these states voted in 1880, and the plu
ralities they gave the republican an
democratic candidates. Fifteen {
these states gave Republican pluralitie
as follows: Colorado, 2S03; Connect
cut 2656 Illinois, 40,7I6; Indian;
6696 Iowa, 78,059 Kansas, 81 ,73l
Massachusetts, 1924 Michigan, So
500; Minnesota, 40,5S6; Nebraska, 26
456; New Hampshire, 1858; New Yorl
81 ,033 Pennsylvania, 81 ,276 Rhod
Island, 7416; Wisconsin, 29,763, or
aggregate, 466, 326. The other eightee
states gave democratic pluralities {
follows Alabama, "a 500; Arkansa
1923; California, 70; Delaware, 106;
Florida, 1910 Georgia, 1854 KeI
, lucky, 44,449; Louisiana, 23,4l9
Maryland, 1901 Mississippi, 1896
Missouri, 5000 Nevada, $40 Ne
Jersey, 29I0; North Carolina, 1896
South Carolina, 54,241 Tennessee
: 2O,5l4 Texas, 98,3S3 Virginia, AZ
: $50, or in the aggregate, 524,0l8.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03
The Legislature.
WEDNESDAY. OCT. 25

lSendte.-Senator Ide's bill relating to
levy of execution was passed, as was
the bill providing for instruction in
physiology and hygiene in the public
schools.
Senator Ide introduced a bill allow
ing the court to assign counsel to assist
the states attorney in cases where the
penalty may be imprisonment in the
state prison for term of five years.
The bill legalizing the grand list of
Barnet was passed in concurrence.
House.-The bill repeating the laws
making it a penalty to exhibit come
dy or tragedy was passed.
The cigar bill was passed, after being
amended. 1t now stands as follows
"a person who sells, furnishes or gives
away cigar or cigarette, OF chewing,
or smoking tobacco to a person under
the age of fifteen years, except on the
written order of the parent or guardi-
an of such persons, shall be fined ten
dollars"
THURSDAY, OCT. 26.
Senate.-Bills were passed extending
the present provisions for review Of
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What the Elections will Mean.

This is an "off year" in politics.
There is probably more independence
in political action to the square inch
than there has been for some time.
People are voting about as they please,
and instead of the bosses debating to
the people, the voters are Overturning
the nicely-laid plans of the bosses.
The people are becoming tired of ma
chine-rule. They feel that there is lit
tie at stake in the impending elections,
aud they propose to administer the
castigation now rather than wait until
the possibility of a change of admins
tration, with all that implies, cOnfronts
them.
The people are tired of the hollow
pretensions that parties have made and
labelled "civil service reform" They
are tired of this ceaseless and unhOly
scramble for office. They are tired OF
party protesting love for the
| temperance cause in one locality and
hObnobbing with liquor dealers in some
I
other locality.
And this feeling is so strong and
deep-rOoted that great changes may be
expected on Tuesday next. The great
states of New York and Pennsylvania
will speak in clarion tones in their re-
Dukes of machine methods. 1t is not
that the people are any more ready
than in the past to take TO their bosom'
the republican opposition. From then
they have expected nothing for the las
twenty years, and what they have re-
ceived has been as barren as their ex
pectations. They are determined t.
read the republican party lesson, ant
they can best do it by independent ac
ton, even if it should temporarily Civ,
the democrats temporary control o
certain states. Don CamerOn's pOwe
in the Keystone state must be broken
and the same thing must be done il
the Empire state, whether the man VIII
moves the chess on the political boar,
is ex-senator COnkling or Presiden
Arthur. 1t will be well, therefore, t
be prepared for full display of demo
: cratic poultry.
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Editorial Notes.

The st. Adams Messenger has been
taking observations, and it comes to
the conclusion that Notwithstanding
all the efforts of the present Legislature
in behalf of sobriety, the moon has
succeeded in getting full again.
A Meaker fellew than he who asks
the legislature for a Communication OF
his death sentence cannot well be i'm
agined.
There is no one more sOlicitous about
the progress of the temperance reform
than he whose temperance record will
not bear investigation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03
The Tam O'Shanter Hat.

There is quite a rage here for the
Tam O'Shanter hats. They were in
trOduced in Boston two or three years
ago, and sold at two dollars and half
to three dollars apiece. Thousands of
girls throughout New England and
other parts of the country are adding
TO their incomes by knitting these hats.
A dealer said to a reporter of a Boston
paper that he could sell one thousand
dozen per week if he had them, and
that he could not get quarter as many
as the demand called for. Most chill
dren's hats are shaped like the Tam
O'Shanter, but all are not wOrsted.
Silk plush and other fine goods are
used.
In Scotland they call them "bon-
nets" and the form of those worn there
is that of the general headgear for old
and young. Members of Parliament
from Scotland wear them, and the son
of the Duke of Argyle, brother of the
Marquis of Lorne, has been seen wear
ing one of these bOnnets. The Scotch
bonnet, however, is of different mate
rial. 1t is so closely woven and finely
finished that it resembles felt. Most OF
the bonnets are blue, with "A red "tOp-
knot" Around the band of the bon
net is the plaid of the clan to which the
wearer belongs. The American hats
are quite becoming small lads and las
sizes bnt on girls women grown they
are rather stunning, especially when
made of the material which so much
resembles in color ROSTERS comb.
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which they commenced housekeeping
sixty nine years ago. Two gOblets,
two saucers and two spoons were upon
the table which were among the we'd
ding presents sixty-nine years ago.
Parties who have recently obtained
pensions are George S. Hubbard of
Montpelier, guardian of child of Guy
NJ. Reed, so a month, arrears, S2094 ;
John ID. Kellogg of Waterbury, SIS a
month, arrears, 1904; Lucretia A.
Pearson of Randolph, widow of Arthur
NJ. Pearson, $40 a month and arrears
$500; David c. SillOway of More
town, A month, arrears 800; Isaac
p. Mann of Hardwick, 81 month and
$500 arrears Charles Smith of Water
bury, 80 month and S430 arrears.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03
State Items.

There are now no prisoners in Addi-
son county jail.
Senator Morrill, is erecting at Straf-
ford a building which he will give the
town for public library.
The two year-Old son of B. H. Street
er of BrattlebOrO was drowned at
Vernon, Saturday afternoon.
Monday Frank Proctor, aged eight
cen, of Huntington, fell from the eve
ming train, when near Barre, while in
tOXicated, and was run over and killed.
Walter Wheelock, a wealthy and in
fuential farmer at Cambridge June
ton, aged seventy-siX years, fell from
his team Wednesday afternoon, break
ing his neck.
The drug store at Ely was burglari-
ously entered on Wednesday night OF
last week, and cash and other booty
secured to the value of several hun
dred dollars.
Ex-President S. G. Brown of Hamil-
ton college has been requested by the
faculty to deliver at Dartmouth COM
memOrative discourse on the late
George P. Marsh.
A Mrs. Peoples, living in Bridgewa,
ter, went to Woodstock, distance Of
three miles, one day recently, and be.
tween daylight and dark husked forty
four bushels of corn.
Monday morning the dwelling house
owned by John Enright, farmer liv.
ing in Berkshire, was destroyed by fire
with its contents, including a quantity
of grain and vegetables.
At Brookfeld, Thursday, William
Eddy, aged about eighty-fve, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself through
the head with a shotgun. Failing
health is supposed to be the cause.
Foster Grow, for many years prom
inent jeweller in Chelsea, and well
known throughout the county, dice
Saturday night of paralysis, aged 66
He represented the town in the legis
lature in 1915.
The Gates house and part of the sur
rounding property at Bennington wa
destroyed by fire Thursday night. l
caught from defective flue in tn
kitchen chimney. The loss will prob
ably reach $4,000; partially insured.
Austin st. Onge, little French DO,
of Manchester, jumped into one of tn
watts in the tannery, suppOsing it to b
empty. The vat was seven feet dec
and was full of a liquid used 70
tanning. The child only lived a few
hours after he was taken out.
The only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Blakely, of Pawlet, aged nearl.
twelve years, was passing from tn
parlor to the sitting room, when sh
dropped to the floor and expired al
most instantly. She was just recover
ing from an attack of diphtheria.
While James Downs, about 35 year
old, was chOpping in the woods a
Newfane, Friday, tree fell upon him
and he died Saturday afternoon from
his injuries. He leaves a widowe,
mother, who was dependent upon hi
support, besides brother and sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Hurd of Sand
gate, the oldest married couple in Ben
ningtOn county, recently celebrated tn
SEVENTEEN anniversary of their wed
ding. The ages of the couple are nine
ty-One and eighty-seven years. Th'
house they now occupy is the one il
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03

There was a narrow escape from an
other theatre horror in New York on
Monday. The Park theatre, in which
Mrs. Langtry was to make her first
appearance before an American audi
ence, was discovered to be on fire
about 4.30 p. M, and was totally de-
stroyed. The loss to Mr.. Abbey, the
proprietor, is $I9I 900. Mrs. Langtry
felt the disappointment very keenly,
but she bore up under it bravely, and
generously laid aside her own disap-
pointment in her sympathy for Mr.
Abbey's misfortune. II do not care sc
much for my own disappointment
said she, '"as do for Mr.. Abbey's loss
He has been so generous. 1t is toe
bad. | am only sorry that | did mo-
lose anything. 1t seems selfish" L
is IA matter for great rejoicing that the
fire occurred before the people were
in the theatre. If that had been thu
case, the loss of life would have beer
fearful. While a horrible catastroph,
was happily averted, this event vii
once more draw the attention of tin
public to the means of egress iron
theatres and halls and places of publ
entertainment.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03

After Walt Whitman's "Leaves of
Grass had been in circulation for a
quarter of a century and found "A place
in almost every public library of any
size in the land, it was declared OBJ
scene by the attorney general of Mas
sachusetts and its publication pro-
hibitcd. The notorious +. II. Hey
wood, whose name has been intimate
" associated with obscene literature
was arrested on Thursday and held
for $1,000 bail, pending examination
ON Il charge of sending obscene matter
through the mails. Among the things
charged to be obscene are extracts
from Poet Whitman's "Leaves OF
Grass The effect of such prOhibi-
tions is usually to excite the liveliest
curiosity in the works thus placed
under the legal ban.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03

The national convention of the WO-
mans Christian temperance union met
at Louisville, KY, on Wednesday, Oct.
%. Mrs. f. G.. Greene of st. Adams,
the vice president from Vermont, was
present. She conducted the devotion
al exercises at the opening of the first
member of the committee on resOlu-
tons. In the absence of the superin-
tendent of the press department, Miss
Laura Moore of Barnet, the report was
made by a Pennsylvania lady. The
convention was the largest one ever
held in the country. Among the reso-
lutions adopted were the following
1--WE rejoice in the advance made along
the line of the constitutional prOhibi
ton in the past year. We hail the sue
cesses in Kansas and Iowa, and the ac'
tivity in other states for securing pro
hibition by this method, as harbinger.
of the swiftly coming time when, witt
a majority of the states fixed upon thu
| foundation of a constitutional law pro
hibiting the liquor traffic, they shall b.
able to engraft this principle upon tn
national constitution. We rejoice il
the day that gives recognition to on
prohibition principles by political par
tisans, and will endeavor to infuenc
the men in all communities to commi
themselves to that party, by whateve
name it is called, that shall give t
them the best embodiment of the pro
hibition principle, and will most surel
protect our homes"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03

sion, as symptoms of gangrene have
made their appearance. 1t is heredi-
tary disease, which caused the death of
his father and grandfather.
Prof. G. NJ. Hammond, a New York
medical man, has had himself hanged
in the interest of Jack Ketch's science.
He got a medical friend to twist a
towel around his neck while another
watched him and experienced with
knives and things as to sensation, and
as a result of the experiments gives il
as his opinion that slow strangulation
is more comfortable than the jerking
business which breaks Il neck. Per
sons under sentence of death will be
deeply interested in this.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03
st. Johnsbury, VT. Friday, Nov. 1889.
A little over two years ago John c

A little over two years ago John c.
Freund established Music and Drama,
"A musical and dramatic weekly paper
in New York. 1t is the first paper of
its class published, clean, high-toned
and elevating, and has already reached
= circulation of 10000 copies. On Sat
urday Mr.. Freund will commence the
publication of a four-page paper, to be
published every afternoon, to be de-
voted to music and the drama. 1t is
the first daily publication of the kind
ever attempted in the world, and with
the same ability and energy as charac-
terizes the weekly issue, will be pa
per of which New York may he justly
proud.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03

Massachusetts is politically wide
awake this fall. Meetings are being
held, speeches are being made, flags
are being raised, and an interesting
campaign is in progress. Buffers
nomination always ensures lively
campaign, and such is the remarkable
hold he has upon the hearts of the COM
mon people that a republican campaign
of indifference would mean the election
of the hero of Fort Fisher. He is a
crafty and designing man, and with
him any position is justifiable so long
as it subserves the purpose he has in
view. Even his biographer, james
Parton, is forced to make this admis-
sion. 1t will not do to underrate his
strength in this campaign. Bishop,
the republican candidate, has demon
strated his executive ability, and the
reforms he inaugurated at the state
house inspire the people with conf
dence in his professions. On the con-
trary, Gen. Buffers record savOrs OF
salary grab notoriety, and to offset
Bishops record he has nothing but the
promises of scheming politician tc
offer the people. But while Genera
Butler will not be elected governor
the vote will show that he is no meal
antagonist. Many republicans will vote
for him as an experiment, to see wha
he will do, if elected, trusting to the
, intelligence and patriotism of the peo
pie to see that no harm comes from hi
q. temporary power.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03
Farm For Sale.

The farm lately owned and occupied by Abel
Wiley, NOV deceasedl situated one mile north Of
st. Johnsbury Centre, very pleasantly located con
connected with the buildings and 81 acres short
distance from them. The farm is suitably divided
into tillage pasture and woodland JOO sugar trees
on said farm sugar tools. The buildings in
excellent condition consisting Of house she'd
rage house. barn shed To barn. and hog house.
The farm is in a good state of cultivation. fences
good neyer-failfng water To the buildings. The
whole will be sold together or separate To suit
toners Terms easy. JAMES X. STEVENS,
Administrator with win Annexed
St Johnsbury Centre, Oct. 80 I5s2 62tf
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03
In insolvency..
STATE OF VERMONT, lcon,, o,In.o,,.n
District Of Caledonia ~. VI

STATE OF VERMONT Court of Insolvency:
District Of Caledonia ~.
Take notice that on the 18th day Of October, a
D. leS2 petition was filed in this Court by Henry
Russell Of Danville IN said district, praying that
he be adiudged an nsolvent debtor, under the pro-
visions Of CHAPTER 80 Of the Revised Laws of Yer
mont and that a meeting of his creditors will be
held at a Court of insolvency. at the Probate
day of November, A. ID. lse2 at 10 O'Clock a. m.
to prove their debts and choose one or more
aasfgnees Of his estate and that the payment of
any debts and delivery Of any property belonging
to said debtor 10 him or for his use and the transfe
Of any property by him. are forbidden by law
Dated at ST. JOhnsbury, this 2sth day of October
A ID. lea.
62S3 HENRY FRENCH, Register.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03

A lively debate took place in the
senate on Tuesday over the joint reso-
luton making a member of the legisla-
ture Ineligible to a state office. sena-
tor Burnap, the mover of the resolu-
ton, made an earnest speech in favor
of the resolution, arguing that the
practice led to a great evil The Bur
lington Free Press says senator lde
recalled the only objection to the res
olutionl worthy of notice" He argued
that the choice of the legislature should
not be limited that the true aim was
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-03

the obtaining of the best man, be he
a member or private citizen. Final
" Mr.. Ide moved that the considera-
ton of the resolution be postponed in
definitely, and this was done, to the
intense satisfaction of three-quarters
of the senators. The Free Press cor
respondent says: Nevertheless its
mere introduction and discussion have
done some good and predict that
there will be less ground and lofty
tumbling among legislative aspirant:
than for many sessions past. So Sen
ator Burnap can be congratulated ever
in defeat"
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Christine Nilsson says her whole ar
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since her last visit to America. Her
desires seem to turn to the dramatic
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The voyage was rough and boisterous,
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An interesting state of affairs is re-
ported from Connecticut. The repub-
lican candidate for governor has bar
rel of money, and is doubtless using it.
The democrats are running the cam
paign without money; not that they
are any more virtuous in that respect
than the republicans, but they have
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