St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-03
Personal and Political.

The poet Longfellow was - years
old on Monday. Portland, Me-, cele-
brated the day, and so did Boston, New
York, Baltimore, Atlanta, and other
places.
Scion Chase will start another Green
back paper at Chase's Mills. Maine.
He can't be made to believe that the
rag infant in his arms is dead.
We have Il Vermont editors word
for it that the two new districts of his
state together contain all the able
men there were in the three old dis
tricts." Republican.
Set it down that the Rev. Emory j..
Haynes. Baptist, of Brooklyn, is not II
BOG brass medal man. He classes
Moses as the greatest man i'll history. -
Utica Herald.
The ex-confederate soldiers resident
i'll Cincinnati did touching and grace
full thing the other day, when they pre-
scented Mrs. Garfield with beautiful
memorial tribute to the late President.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Gladstone
proposes to resign on account of en-
barrassments growing out of the Irish
agitation.
Hon. Clarkson \. Potter, president
of the American Bar Association, hay
ing deceased, the executive committee
have invited Hon. Francis Herman of
Utica, Qate Senator from New York;,
to preside at the next annual meeting
of the association, and deliver the an
nual presidential address, and he has
accepted the invitation.
Quite Il Robbery was kicked up i'll
the Connecticut Legislature by the in
PRODUCTION of bill permitting school
committees to order instruction upon
the effect of Intoxicating beverages.
If this was taught i'll schools, it might
encounter prejudice as profound as
that against the spelling book and null
DUPLICATION ble.-[Springtield Repub-
lican.
The President has set himself an I'M
possible task. We do not expect him
to please us. But if he tries to please
the individuals who were beaten at
Chicago. and at the same time to be
President of the United States, he had
better devote himself to the squaring
of the circle New York Tribune.
Senior Logan's revival of his bill to
place Gen. Grant on the army retired
list has brought out one memorable
fact namely, that Grant himself is APP
parently prompting this measure. In
that case, Gen. Logan sends Ulysses
5. Grant down to history not only as
one of the sturdieSt soldiers, but us one
of the most inveterate beggarS, i'll hui
man annals New York sun.
Senator Sawyer is one of the most
practical of rich men. He called his
young daughters to him one day, and
asked them. as Il testimony of their at
lection for him to learn to make their
own clothes and to cook IA good dinner.
The young girls cheerfully promised,
and not long after invited their parents
and few friends to dine with them.
They cooked the perfect dinner them
selves and each wore dainty gown
made by her own hands. SO pleased
was the Senator that he gave to each
of them check for 81, 900.
Thomas Carlyle once said to Jas. T..
Fields, with reference to Washington ::
give been reading the life of your
mighty George, and poor creature
enough | find George to he. He was a
sad specimen of a great man. God
help nina good surveyor of land and
lumber, but he had no faith and no re-
ligion. You must have a biography
written about him that will take him
down several pegs. Aye! but he was
a poor stick enough. signboard sort
q Teller. Rest his soul -