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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17
Defending Vermont.

During Il recent debate in the House,
Mr.. Joyce took occasion to remind his
fellow Representatives that Vermont
was not to be SneeZed at, after all.
He spoke as follows: "Now, some
one has found fault because it is said
Vermont runs behind, and does not
keep up in the population. | want to
call your attention to a little matter.
How much do you suppose Vermont
can do ? What kind of people do you
expect we are up there? Look about
this house and in the senate, look over
the country, if you please, go into the
great states of the north and west, and
see whom You will find there, sitting
on the bench, practising at the bar,
occupying the pulpit see who are the
men in the front rank in their great
business enterprises in this country.
If they do not come from Vermont,
their fathers or their mothers did.
Look at the senate of the United States
If you please. You Will find there not
only our own senators from Vermont,
but we have been obliged to furnish
one senator for Louisiana and one for
Wisconsin, and i'll this house Vermont
furnishes for Iowa, Kasson and Cults !;
for Kansas, Haskell, whose trumpet
tones occasionally wake up the very
echoes of this chamber; for Massa-
chusetts we have furnished my bril-
liant friend Ranney; for Michigan We
furnished Weber and Horn, and for
Missouri my friend Hazeltine for New
Hampshire we send Ray, for New York
we send Parker, for Wisconsin We
send Caswell and for Dakota we give
you Pettigrew. Why, sir, doubt
whether without New England char
acter, New England pluck, New Eng
land virtue, civilization, intelligence,
perseverance and morality you would
have been IL free people to-day"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17
Fast Day Proclamation.

BY ROSWELL FARSHAM, GOVERNOR.
In accordance with a custom, SO
long and scrupulously observed in New
England that it seems almost part OF
our religious faith, |, Roswell Farnham,
Governor, hereby appoint Friday the
seventh day of April next, as a day OF
fasting, humiliation and prayer. And
urge upon all good citizens that they
regard the day not only by refraining
from their usual employments and i'm
proper amusements, but also by such
religious observances in places of pub
lie worship, and i'll their homes, as are
betting the day.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the state in executive Chamber al
Bradford, this thirteenth day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-twO, of the
independence of the United States the
one hundred and sixth, and of this
commonwealth the one hundred and
fifth.
ROSWELL FARNHAM.
BY the Governor.
LESTER f. THURBER,
Sec'y of Civil and Military Affairs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17

actors who moved in places of high
trust.
Henry Watterson gives his peculiar
certificate to President Arthur, who
he declares is "a handsome young fell
low who is not afraid to serve seven
kinds of wine for dinner, drink his fill
and throw his empty glass in the face
of the temperance movement"
"All roads lead to Rome" and all
the..manifold evils of our present mode
of conducting the government point to
the essential error, which partly pro-
duces and always aggravates those
eviIs-the distribution of government
offices as a reward for partisan activi-
ty.- New York Times.
When Gen. Garfeld's nomination
was talked of, Mrs. Garfield asked Gov.
Jewell if it would pay to leave the
pleasant home in Mentor, and received
in reply: eyes, in a year your hus-
band will be President of this country,
and hold the highest Office on this
whole globe" On the funeral train
Mrs. Garfield sent for Gov. Jewell, and
asked him: Governor, has it paid ~
/ Again he replied eyes; for that man
is the best loved man on the globe"
Il Brooklyn Union Argus.
Arthur is a cunning political wire
manipulation. His appointment of New
and the probable appointment of
Chandler to important positions, where
these sharp machinists can put in their
work for him, indicate his intention of
having a second term at all hazards.
| He began to work for that last Sep
TENDER. Arthur lets his purpose be
come apparent by slow degrees. He
doesn't want to shock delicate sensi-
bilities.- [Courier-JOurnal.
A touching tribute was paid to the
memory of the late DelanO A. God
dard, of the Boston Advertiser, by the
Omaha Indians. When the news of
his death reached them a council was
called and several of the chief men in
brief and simple speeches testified to
what the tribe owes to the late editor
of the Boston Advertiser for the effort
he made to assist them in their strug-
gle for titles to their lands. His name
was not mentioned in any of the re-
marks, Indian etiquette forbidding
such mention, but he was spoken of as
one belonging to them, IA high compli-
ment for Indians to pay, and his worth
was described in terms that were elo-
quent from their simplicity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17
Town Officers.

BURLINGTON.-Ma j. ID. Hatch
city judge, Seneca Haselton; alder
men, E. B. Taft. L. A. Woodbury., G.
}. Alger, w. II. Brink, A. +. Richard
on,-twO democrats and three repub-
licans for county commissioner, Yves
ton had 446, and Kingsley of the Clip
per had FOG.
BRADFORD.-Clerk, j. B. w. Prich
ard; selectmen, j. w. Bliss, Arad
jenkins, H. S. McDut1ee; treasurer
Barron Hay overseer, }. ID. Aldrich
constable, G.. b. Hartman listers, j
II. Peters, E. p. Norcross, r. f. Orms-
by: agent, ID. X. Andross superin-
tendent of schools, r. b. Fay.
KIRBY.-M Moderator, p. W. Russell
town clerk, p. II. Graves; selectmen,
P. II. Graves, p w Russell. f. W.
Church; treasurer, H. 5. Wetherbee
constable, ThOs. w. Kelley; overseer
d. 5. Young; listers, Henry Ranney
Milo Jenkins, \. 5. Locke; agent, Z.
w. Church superintendent, r. Ris-
ley g; auditors, Selectmen for commits
siOner, w. p. Houghton had IL votes
MONTPELIER. - Moderator, H. A
Huse clerk, T. p. Merrill selectmen,
j. w. Ellis, w. c. Walker, Clark King
treasurer, j. c. Houghton overseeI
and constable, E. NJ. Irish; listers, c.
j. Gleason, c. E. Perrin, w. q. Ferrin
superintendent, Rev H. F. Hill.
NEwBURY.-MO Moderator, E. j. Rams
low clerk, II. W. Bailey; selectmen,
John Reid, John 5. George, Robert
Lackie treasurer, George Leslie
listers, VIM. X. Shedd, Henry g. Rol-
Inns, Henry Whitcher superintendent
w. II. Buck.
ST. Selectmen, II. II. Bow
man, c. d. Rublee, A. d. Collins
treasurer, c. n. Bishop first consta-
BILE, j. w. Barnes overseer of poor
w. p. Walker; listers, A. ID. Tenney
Willard Pierce, J. II. Brooks, f. p.
Braiperd, j. X. Arlington town grand
jurors, F. w. McGettrick, Stevens
Lawrence, Ii. g. Morton; superintend
ent of schools, ). w. Landon. Voted
tax of 80 cents, which will raise SO,
900.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17

up the amount Another circle had
an album quilt and the boys could
have their names inscribed upon it by
paying 10 cents square. Miss Morris
of South Africa exhibited many curl
Gus and useful articles which she had
brought home, and explained their
use.
Upon Wednesday afternoon, March
sth, Pilgrim Hall was literally crowd
ed with large audience, who came to
the farewell meeting of quite com
pany of missionaries appointed to At
RIGA, India and China. Secretaries
Clark and Means introduced the vari-
GUS missionaries who told us something
of their past lives and what led them
to think of becoming missionaries.
The Oberlin band going to Africa in
terested many in their experience.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pixley, who have been
away % years, instructed others re-
garding them as veterans in the.service.
Rev. X. X. Meredith's Bible class in
fremont Temple, Saturday afternoons,
seems to be steadily increasing in num-
bers. The question concerning de-
moniacal possession brought out di-
versity of thought. One novel sug-
gestiOn made by a lady in reply
to Mr.. Meredith's question, why
should the demons desire to enter the
herd of swine was "Everything seeks
its own level !"
Caledonia county seems well repre-
scented in some of the churches and
Sabbath schools. In one large Bible
class we noticed what they termed the
Vermont row or brigade, so many rep
resentatives from that state.
We are having very early spring,
the last heavy rain carried off all the
snow, and the walking is fine and the
weather delightful. T..
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Vermont News.

Rev. Francis Parker of Enfield ac-
cepts call to the Congregational
church at Craftsbury.
Rev. j. l.. Litch of Derby Line has a
call to the Congregational church at
Marion, Mass.
The trustees of the Fletcher free Ii
brary at Burlington, which contains
200 volumes, have decided to buy
no more works of fiction this year.
Philip Cullennan, 60, an insane man
from Arlington, committed suicide by
hanging with long towel in the bath
room at the BrattlebOrO asylum. An
insane brother and sister of the man
killed themselves some years ago.
Gen. p. p. Pitkin of Montpelier has
bought J. w. Brooks third interest in
the Montpelier Manufacturing Co.'S es-
tablishment, which had a par value of
$4,000. Gen. Pitkin now owns two
thirds of the stock and Dennis Lane
one third.
At its town meeting BrattlebOro unan-
imOusly voted to establish and main
tain IA public library. One thousand
dollars was voted for the purchase of
books, and the room in the lower town
hall was selected for the library. The
BrattlebOrO library association gives a
large collection of valuable books so
long as the town shall maintain pub
lie library.
Patrick Hickey's house, in Towns
bend, was burned the other day, and
Hickey persisted in the flames. He
was, as is supposed, full 20 years of
age, an honest, peaceable but eccen-
trio man. He came from Canada many
years ago, bringing with him, as is
said, some $1,000. He has no known
family or relatives. Many have sup
posed that he had good deal of mon
ey, and there is ii good deal of suspi-
ciOn that he was murdered for his
money and his house burned to con
ceal the crime.
The national ear company has voted
to retain its offices at St. Adams, and
paid the town treasurer 5000, accord
ing to the terms voted by st. Adams
taxpayers. Several towns which hope
to get the proposed shops of the com
pany were represented at the meeting.
Randolph offered exemption from taxa
ton on the shops for 10 years, and a
free gift of all land necessary for the
works, and very low taxation on the
capital stock of the nOn-residents.
Northfield, Berlin, and Richmond made
like offers. The advantages of each of
these towns were set forth by their
respective committees. The shops will
no doubt be located at ST. Adams.
The catalogue of Middlebury college
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Lively Sunday-schOOI Reading.

A st. Johnsbury lady who has a
large and interesting Sunday school
class of little folks sent recently to a
Southern publishing house for lesson
papers-thinking that papers from that
section of the country might have adj
ditiOnal interest for the little ones.
The lesson papers came i'll due time,
but the reading matter was of so va
ried a nature, and combined so much
of the profane with the sacred, that
the teacher concluded they were bet
ter for week day festivities than for
Sunday instruction. On one side of
the leafiet were the questions and an
swers appropriate to the lesson, and
on the other side-by way of variety,
we suppOse-were the following reli-
gious (?) items:
Child: "Tell me about Pygmalion,
mamma" Mamma: "Well, my dear,
he stole fire from heaven to give to
man, and as a punishment for this, Ju-
piter had him chained to IA rock, where
a vulture was perpetually feeding up
on his liver" Child "PoOr vulture
how tired he must have got of liver :"
A teacher asked the smallest boy in
the class, "WhO was it that said 1T is
not good for man to be alone p" The
lad answered, "Daniel, sir, when he
was in the lions den ~
A great many people find fault with
Sunday school literature because SO
many books of "A sacred character are
put upon the library shelves and pass
ed out to the young. The demand,
they say, is for something lively and
interesting. There is of course great
danger of going to extremes i'll the Sc
lection of religious books for Sabbath
school scholars, and many library com
mittees are open to criticism for not
giving a proper share of consideration
to the call for something interesting as
well as instructive but when such in
congruOus publications as that refer
ed to above are palmed off on an I'M
suspecting public as lesson papers for
special use i'll the Sunday school, it
simply shows to what ridiculous ex-
tremes the supply of something
lively can be carried.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17
News Of the Week.
Washington Matters.

Sergeant Mason, who endeavored to
shoot Guiteau, has been found guilty
and sentenced to dishOnOrable dis
charge from the army, and to be i'm
prisoned at hard labor for eight years,
The alcoholic commission bill pass
ed the senate, "a to IA. The bill pro-
vides that the commission shall inves-
tigate the alcoholic liquor traffic, its re-
lations to revenue and taxation and its
general, economical, criminal, moral
and scientific aspects in connection
with pauperism, crime, social vice,
public health and general welfare also
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17

for 1872 shows gratifying increase
Ill the number of students, and indi-
Gates that the college is returning, I'M
der DR.. Cyrus Hamlin's wise govern
ment, to its old-time prosperity and
usefulness. During the last year more
than $1,000 has been spent in improv-
ing the college buildings, valuable ad-
ditions have been made to the library.
which has been moved to large and
handsome quarters, gymnasium has
been built, new reading-rOom fitted
up, and the scientific rooms furnished
with complete sets of new instruments.
st. Adams postmaster gets 5000
with 5000 for clerk hire Bennington,
$500 BrattlehOro S2400, clerks ST.
525 Burlington $1,000. clerks $4,000 :
Middlebury Sl700. clerk 5000; Mont
pelier $1,000, clerks Sl3OO Bellows
Falls $500, clerk $40; Bradford
S1I00 Brandon $1,000 Fairhaven
$1,000; Mortified SIlO0: Poultney
$1,000 Rutland $1,000, clerks 5000 ;
st. JOhnsbury $1,000, clerk 5000
Springfield $500 Nergennes 1890,
clerk 1910 Waterbury Sll00; West
Randolph SII00; White River Junction
$1,000 Windsor Sl40O, clerk $500
Woodstock $500.
Parties in Bernardston, Mass, are
negotiating for the purchase of the
Weldon House, St. Adams.
The Vermont Waterman has been
sold to w. W. Prescott of Biddeford,
Me.
Alonzo ID. Washburne, 20, farmer
living near Woodstock, shot himself
dead the other day. He had been
''queer" for some time.
Emma Bracket of st. Adams Bay
was badly bitten in the thigh by "A
bull dog a few. days ago.
c. L. Hayes, of st. Adams, freight
conductor, had leg cut off by the
cars at Essex Junction Il day or two
since.
Three of the noted herd of 10 HOl-
stein cattle on the ''Houghton farm
at Putney have died from the effects
of mercurial ointment applied to de
stroy lice, and the others are so badly
affected that they will probably die.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17
Horrible Murder ut Waterbury.

A horrible murder, committed at
Waterbury on Sunday night, has just
come to light, in which Michael Nc
Caffrie, aged 30, killed his wife, aged
concealed their bodies till Tuesday.
On that day he hitched up Il team, put
his seven children in the wagon and
brought them to Waterbury Centre
from the Cotton Brook neighborhood,
where he lived. After their arrival
the eldest son, who is II years old,
gave the first intimatiOn that ii muir
der had been committed. He said he
heard terrible screams some time Sun
Ell nor grandmother since, and that his
father had kept the cellar door secure
ly fastened ever since. The authOri-
ties took McCatfrie, and, going to the
scene, found the bodies in the cellar.
McCaf1Iie showed the knife with which
he killed them. He stabbed them to
death in their bedrooms, dragged
their bodies to the cellar door and tum-
bled them down into the cellar, Subse-
quentIy going down and covering them
with a sheet and bed-quilt. McCaf-
fries house is a mile from any neigh
Dor. Some years past he showed
signs of insanity, and two years ago
was taken to the insane asylum at
BrattlebOro, where he remained sew
eral months, and from which he was
discharged and was supposed to be
cured. He is evidently insane now.
He is a native of Ireland and has some
property. He talks necessarily in a
crazy manner about the deed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17
GEORGE F. EDMUNDs.
March IL, 1882


ed at the manifest consideration you
Associate Justiceship, but further re-
Election has not enabled me to change
the views | expressed to Mr.. Freling-
huysen. With the sincere hope that
you have experienced no embarrass-
ment from the delay your kindness
has caused, am faithfully yours,
GEORGE f. EDMUNDS.
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Edmunds and the Judgeship.

The announcement that the nOmina-
alton to the supreme bench was ten
dered to Senator Edmunds is confirm
ed by the following letters:
SENATE CHAMBER, WAsHINGToN,
March 8, 1882.
Mr.. PRESIDENT: | have received
through the Secretary of State
your very tlattering offer of the APP
pointment of Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court. | thank you sincere
ly for this highly valued proof of your
good opinion, but | feel-for reasons
that have expressed to Mr.. Freling
uysen-that | ought not to accept it.
shall cherish this mark of your kind
ness and good opinion--though | did
not need this proof of it-as one of the
most pleasant of my life. | am, sir,
very faithfully yours,
GEORGE F. EDMUNDS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17

The House has done a very sensible
thing in passing the Edmunds anti
poNgamy bill just as it came from the
Senate. The vote stood 1919 to -, and
with one exception all who opposed it
were Democrats.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17
Z IMBALL SHOWS ESTATE.

L IMBALL SHOWS ESTATE.
N The subscribers having been appointed bv
the Honorable Probate Court for the District Of
Catalonia Commissioners to receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Kimball Snow, late of st. Johnsbury
in said District, deceased, represented nsOlvent
and the term of six months from the 18th day of
Feb'y, a. ID. IsS2, being allowed by said Court to
the creditors of said deceased exhibit and prove
their respective claims before Give notice,
that will attend to the duties of appoint
ment at the dwelling house of the late Kimball
Snow in St. JOhnsbury in said District the Goth
day of A pril and the 18th day of August next at
one O'Clock in the afternoon each Of said DAYS.
MOSES E. BARRETT, tCommr'.
1881 VIM. HIGGINS, 'AnNii D
CTATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA DISTRICT, IS.
- In Probate Court, held at the Probate Office in
st JOhnsbury, the 18th day of March, A. ID. 1882
Charles L. Morrill,, guardian Of Phoebe CHECKER
ing of st. JOhnsbury an insane person, makes ap-
plieatOn to said Court for license to sell the whole
OF the Real Estate OF his said ward representing
that the sale thereof for the purpose of putting the
proceeds of such sale at interest investing the
same in stocks other real estate, would be bene-
fetal to said ward:
Whereupon il is ordered by said court that said
application be referred a session thereof to be
held at the Probate Office in said St Johnsbury
on the LIST day of April, A. d. 1552, for hearing
and decision thereon and il is further order
ed that all persons interested be notified hereof by
publication Of notice Of said application and order
thereon, three weeks successfully in the CaledO-
MAN, printed at st. Johnsbury, before said time of
hearing, that they may appear at said time and
place, and if they see cause, object thereto.
By the Court, Attest
1881 HENRY FRENCH, Register.
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Leading Mormons now at Washing
ton think if polygamy is to be abOl-
ished it ought to he done by more
humane measure than the Edmunds
bill. News Item.
Nothing is more natural than that
the Mormons should vince at the pro
visions of the Edmunds bill, since the
bill was not framed to encourage theiI
iniquity, but the rather to abolish it,
The House joins the Senate i'll the pas
sage of this well directed blow at a
vile practice.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17

Montpelier has put i'll her modest lit
tie claim for IA hundred and fifty thou
sand dollar building to he devoted to
the federal business done at that place.
Senator Vest, of the committee on pub
lie buildings, has reported bill for
the erection of such Il building. If
the bill passes, then st. Adams will
very likely put i'll claim of the same
sort, for if We are not very much mis-
taken, st. Adams does as much feder-
al business as Ontpelier-and per
haps more.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17

1t is being suggested that in no better
way can the state atone for the unwar-
rantable slight put upon Judge Barrett
by the last Legislature than by nOmi-
mating him for governor and then
electing him. Newport Express.
Judge Barrett would make a good
governor, and the state might make a
poorer selection. 1t would be a cold
two years for criminals who want par
don. if the Judge occupied the chair.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17

After giving Mr.. Conkling an oppor-
tunitl to play with the supreme court
back into the presidential basket after
offering Mr.. Edmunds the situation of
second fiddler to the great Ought To
BE, President Arthur has nominated
Judge BIatchford of New York for the
supreme .judgeship and he will no
doubt accept it. This will end the
comedy of errors" of which the public
have been amused witnesses during the
past few weeks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17

The power of the press i'll the work
lug ont of reform has had another il
lustration in Philadelphia, where the
whole detective force have been con
victed of corruption and incompetent
cy by the persistent efforts of the lead
ing journal of the city, the Press -
which, having instituted charges
against the detectives, followed them
up and proved them, compelling the
mayor to remove the old force and APP
point new one. Philadelphia is to
be congratulated on such "A victory
won by a newspaper single handed !;
and other journals can take courage.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17

The finding of the court martial be
fore which Mason was tried for shoot
ing at Guiteau has been announced,
and the sentence imposed is dishOnOra-
ble discharge from the army and eight
years confinement in prison at hard
labor. This is altogether too severe "A
sentence, and is generally condemned
as such by the Washington public.
1t will strike most people that there is
very little consistency or justice in
combining Mason at hard labor while
Guiteau-the cowardly wretch who
struck "A blow at the nations life, and
who ought to have been hung three
months ago-is holding levees and re-
ceiying the fiattering attention of
maudIin sentimentalists. 1t is limited
that an effort will be made to secure a
pardon for Mason and if the stories
concerning his rough treatment by the
military authorities are half true, 1t Is
about time pardon was granted. MIL
itary discipline. if seems TO US, ought
to Ice satisfied in this case with some
thing less than eight years at hard
labor.