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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-04-07

duty of 20 pei cent. and are now to re-
cover the 10 per cent. excess.
Mrs. c. II. Hubbard of Bennington
has given to the American Board the
sum of $1,000 to establish the ''Norton
Hubbard Scholarship in the Ahmed
magyar theological seminary of the Mar
tina mission. The gift is made in hon
or of the memory of her son.
Saturday night the police of Bur
lington arrested three more of Il gang
charged with burglary there, making
eight in all. Those last arrested are
Clifford Lamay, Mary Lamay and
Mary Lovely. A large additional
quantity of stolen goods was also re
covered.
The directors of the state agricultu-
raj society have agreed to consolidate
with the new Champlain fair associa-
| ton, and the buildings and grounds OF
the combined societies will be located
ut Burlington, where the fairs will bt
held.
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A Training school for Nurses.

The Free Press says Directors of
the Mary Fletcher Hospital at Bur
lington have organized Il training
school for nurses, i'll connection with
the hospital. The object of the school
is, primarily, to educate female nurses
for intelligent and effective service in
the sick-room. and, by SO doing. to Sc
lect, train and provide IL class of COM
petent professional nurses, whether for
establishments or private families.
The requisites for admission to this
school are, that pupils must he between
20 and 40 years of age must bring
certificates of sound health and good
moral character: and must pay in add
vance. fee of so. for the session.
| The course of instruction will consist
of lectures, Rotations, demOnstra-
tiOns, and instruction at the bedside,
upon all medical and surgical topics,
necessary to fit the pupils for the prop
er care, as nurses, of the sick and help
] 1850 - iihiitN' huiii'Nl VI BhpiiN " III
be selected to render assistance i'll the
hospital, and such persons will receive,
besides the remission of their tuition
fee, lodging and board in the hospital
during their time of service. At the
close of the session, pupils will he eX-
amined in all the branches taught, and
IA record of their proficiency will be
kept for reference. The managing
committee of the training school will
act as an employment bureau, for the
benefit of the nurses approved by
them, and of those who may desire the
services of competent nurses.
The first session of this school will
open at the hospital, on Tuesday, May
ID, and continue four weeks DR.. A
}. Willard, superintendent of the hos
pital, and chairman of the managing
committee, will give all necessary i'll
formation, regarding the school, and
the employment bureau, to those de
string it,
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Personal and Political.

Memorial services in honor of Long
fellow were held at several Boston
churches on Sunday also at Portland,
Maine.
We have been asked to sign the pc
titiOn for the pardon of Mason, the as
sailant of Guiteau. ~ We have refused.
We consider Mason disgrace to
American markmanship.-[ Puck.
Edward A. Freeman, the English
historian, said at Cincinnati Il never
heard of Oscar Wilde until | reached
Boston. He may he a great swell in
England, but | never heard of him
there" 1t takes America to run after
the swells.
Somebody at Washington who was
hard up for news telegraphed that
Mr. Blaine was about to become IA Con
gregational preacher. 1t goes without
telling that the rumOr is absurdly false.
1t is not probable that there will be
veto, and the only benefit to be an
ticipated is that, as we have now de
cided to regulate immigration, we shall
exclude every class whose coming can
not he considered to be advantageous
to the national welfare Harper's
| Weekly.
The New FORK Tribune publishes 4
list of 10 appointments in that state
recently made by President Arthur
of which I4iare Conkling men and on,
Garfield Republican thinks thi,
shows which way the cat is Jumping.
An effort is being made to Undue,
Secretary Folger to run for the COVER
norship of New York, on the grounC
that he would be acceptable to boil
factions of the Republican party. II
the last election he ran 25,O0O ahead o
his ticket.
\ little spasmodic case of indepen'
dent voting here and there doesn'
mean much. Independent voters, from
the nature of things, don't flock to
gether much. Still there is warnin:
conveyed by their acts, and, even i
only country town meetings are thu
scenes wherein men display their indi
viduality, it will not pay to ignore
them Boston Herald.
The opposition to the Chinese is ;
narrow and unmanly prejudice. 1t i
unworthy of an intelligent people. |
belongs to the Kearneys, the hoodlum
of our cities, and to Il class of ignOran
people who are the easy dupes of dem
agogues An intelligent, cOntiden
and self-respecting people should scorl
such contemplate prejudice and inius
tice. The better feeling of Il Christian
people should revolt against such i'll
Justice. = Boston Journal.
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Whatever may be the ruling motive,
an unerring love of the beautiful, or an
inherent instinct of curiosity, or per-
haps the betrayal of early country
tastes and habits, an irresistible i'm
pulse leads you to join the thrOng,
whether in front of book store window,
art rooms or confectionery shops, and
enjoy it intensely. Of course you can
not but admire Prang's new Easter
cards, "The Resurrection" and "The
New jerusalem" appropriately encir-
cled in clean white satin frames and
fringe; but hundred other less COM
pick designs delight You, because of
their truthfulness to nature. Truly
the artists must have explored the re-
cesses of country woods, dells, and
caverns to bring so wildly before you
those punches of early viOlets, deli
cate spring ferns, trailing vines, en-
twining bits of MOSES and stray ferns.
| The treasures of the woods are brought
to our very doors Let us enjoy them
at a distance, a closer inspection might
unloOsen ones purse strings. A friend
| ly voice near says, sit is the little
| things, which take the money!" you
know. if we ''take care of the pence
| the pounds will take care of them
selves; so also said the crowd of peO-
pie, Judging by looks and actions, and
we passed on.
Your eye takes in at IA glance the
eager, longing, delighted looks of the
children, in front of Il candy store,
whose fixed gaze is resting upon the
bright Easter eggs, hens and half
tiedged chickens peeping out of theil
shells; or beyond, IA greater variety of
animals than we ever before heard
came forth from NOah's ark, only
waiting to confer dyspepsia upon some
happy child, in exchange for silver
coin. One cannot fail to notice the
caricatures of Oscar Wilde's face, APP,
parently illustrating all the stages o
Darwinism pcering forth from swee
pea blossoms. pansies, geraniums
such representations rs might cure
the most romantic. Also boxes %
tiny little eggs, delicately cOlOred
blackbirds, sparrows and robins il
their nests, cOntrasted with two mann
moth white ostrich eggs, only five dol
lars apiece. Plates covered with Grim
son plush or with blue, green or bronze
colored silk or satin, standing on on
side by means of il frame attachment
and bright artificial flowers fastened
with satin ribbon and placed upol
one side are something new and pleas
ing as well as flowers with Easte
cards.
High winds have prevailed for tn
week past and one cannot complain
but what he has had his allowance q
dust and dirt. Z.
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Vermont News.

Pardon Deuel. ID, of Alburgh, was
and broke two of his ribs and dislOcat-
ed his shoulder.
jeremiah Frost, highway robher
who had escaped from Canadian au-
thoIities into st. Adams, was arrested
there the other day.
Edward Church fell from the top of
IL moving car at st. Adams last week,
and broke his collar bone and three
ribs.
Harry NJ. Vincent, genial and pop
ular young man of st. Adams, died OF
diphtheria last Friday, after six days
illness Some 200 st. Adams people
went to Sweetsburg on Sunday morn
ing to attend his funeral.
Gowing Bros grist mill at Chester
Depot was burned the 3lst ult. Loss
S45O0; insured $1,000.
Dora Forbes, unmarried, died re
Gently at Rutland from childbirth, and
Rev. w. l.. Smith of Brunswick was
charged with being her seducer. Pre-
siding Elder Widmer investigated the
charges and declares them absolutely
grOundlesS.
Bishop Merrill of Chicago will pre-
side over the Vermont Methodist con
ference ut Ludlow, April %.
j. f. Marsh, well known lawyer OF
Enosburg Falls, was arrested at St
Adams on Monday, on the charge OF
disappointing money collected by
him for st. Adams parties.
Mr.. Justice Blatchford will sit with
Judge Wheeler at the May term of the
United States Court, at Windsor.
Hon. Henry Ballard of Burlington is
seriously i'll and the doctors say he will
have to try Il warmer climate.
A goose fight was one of the sensa-
tions at Bellows Falls the other day
The police broke up the affair, and the
spectators. all of whom were women,
were fined.
Geo. W. Bridgman of Barton recent
ly received IL pension, which, with ar
rearages, amounted to nearly S24OO.
In Burlington, Z. NJ. Sutton pleaded
guilty to five offences of liquor selling
and was fined $50 and costs, and of as
sault upon his wife, and was fined -
and costs.
}. l.. Martin of South Londonderry
speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, buried child recently, aged
about three months. This is the last
of the speakers family, his wife and
two children having died recently.
A suit for $500 damages has been
brought against Hurd Il Bludgett OF
| White River Junction for furnishing
liquor to B. F. Levin, who was found
dead on the 18th ult.
A man in Westtield has been con
victed of stealing hay, and it is proved
| that he has stolen and carried away
enough by back loads to keep two
horses and COW through the winter.
Rev. Harry Brickett, late of the Con-
gregational church at Hillsboro Bridge,
y. H., has left to begin his labors at
| ThetfOrd.
For vaccination during the small
pox scare the city of Burlington has
to pay a bill of SI494.30. 1t is thought
that the bill is high one, but the
health officer ordered the work and il
has to be paid for.
Northern Vermont is particularly
interested in recent decision of the
United States circuit court that baleC
hay from Canada is a non manufactur-
ed article and dutiable only at 10 pei
cent. Since 1868 importers have PAID
20 per cent. yearly on several million
dollars worth of such hay. Many i'm
pOrters have protested against this
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pie are getting left in the operation,
and they feel mad. Strikes are spring
ing up on every hand like early peas,
and there is no peace with them.
One of the meanest was rumpus
kicked up in the World Office at P.
NJ. on Tuesday, about whether 40c. or
45c per NJ. was the proper pay for
compositors. The paper came out in
queer shape on Wednesday-onl three
men having remained ut their cases
with Il lot of standing matter intend
ed for the Sunday miscellany, editori-
ais of the day before repeated, para
graphs cut short i'll the middle, 4 c.
The proprietOrs say the trap was I'M
fairly sprung on them. The printers
say they were harshly used and sprung
no trap, and had no intention to strike.
As a matter of fact, happen to know,
of my own personal knowledge, that
one of the printers went to work in
another office, ii rat job office ut that,
early on Tuesday morning. He would
scarcely have thrown up il steady job
unless he knew something was i'll the
wind.
Easter cards, eggs, &c, are having
an immense sale. Some of them are
very expensive and are veritable
works of art, the compositions from
which the chrOmos are made being
often the work of men and women OF
world wide renOwn. One huge card
by Moran is simply exquisite i'll Its
poetic beauty and suggestiveness.
The glow of IA heavenly sunrise, oven
the heavenly city of promise, is almost
worthy of Turner i'll execution, and
superior to anything Turner ever did
in imaginative feeling.
Oscar Wilde has been utilized t.
make money for numbers of ingeniou:
people. There are fans in the shape
of looking cigars, which eX-
pand in the shape of suntiowers
There are suntiOwer pen-wiperS (pa
tented forsooth), and suntiOwer pin
cushions. The latest thing I've seel
was an Oscar Wilde concert, gotten III
by lot of small children, with grea
trouble and great expense for thei
small pockets, i'll order to swell the
amount of their Easter offerings. Al
ancient victim, who can draw il little
was called on to paint il gorgeous drOI
scene with sInt1OwerS and lilies. Ii
the middle of the sunfiower were holes
Through those holes appeared before ;
succession of delighted audiences ut ;
Children's Fair, by way of IA side show
sundry little noses. a solemn pre-
sentiment of the original Oscar, i'll full
aesthetic rig, pointed to il card inscrib
ed Gan aria by Mendelssohn, or word
to that effect, and beat time to charm
ing rendering of one of Mother Goose
Melodies, which had been much prac
ticed, to an excellent accompaniment
Then down came the card, and anOth
er was shown, with another song, AM
so on. The utter was quite intensel
too too, and the dimes dropped merri
ly in.
Everlasting smash has befallen {
w. Fields singular monument to tn
British spy, Andre. 1t has been blow
to smithereens. People enjoy til
thing hugely, and wonder if the obsti
, nate old fellow will put up another
If he does powders cheap. RADIX.
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fesses to be the particular friend of the
colored man. We believe that this
party is more generally the cOlored
mans friend than the Democratic par
ty-and this the cOlored man himself
will not deny; but there is some
ground for this growing dissatisfac-
ton. and it behoOves the Republican
leaders to keep their promises and see
that this color line is not drawn so
closely. If this class of voters are to
he held they must he treated well. A
very independent spirit is manifest
among them.
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Our Boston correspondence.
BosroN. Mass, April ,, 1882

BosroN, Mass, April 3, 1889.
Editor Of the CaledonidH Easter
and spring openings are the order of
the day. Much time and money
are spent now, not only in ornament
ing windows. but entire shops and
stores, each firm striving either to sur
pass his neighbor in beauty or novel
ty of design. Last week, upon enter
ing Buffers bizarre, ON fremont street,
we thought ut first 1T had been con
verted into il conservatory such flo
raj display met our bewildered gaze
FestoOn after festOon of roses ran up
from both sides of the room to the high
arch in the center, while the circular
supporting pillars were covered with
masses of flowers, upon dark back
ground. Upon your right side, youl
eye rested upon Il bank of flowers,
composed of beautiful long sprays
which looked so natural, You felt
tempted to take sniff of them. Al
intervals in the room, your attention
was called to huge placards suspend
ed over the counters, covered with
| bright paper pompons and flowers, in
forming you what articles were fOl
sale. Truly the most fastidious ought
to be pleased this season, by the vari-
ETY. afforded: from the huge sunflow-
er and beautiful pond lilies, white
pink and blue, to the small creeping
vines of delicate hues. Boston has moi
as yet exhibited many victims of the
aesthetic craze" not yet arrived a
that state of ''high art (P)" We saw ;
short time since one of the first exhi
billions of it: A friend had received ;
present of milking stool, covered Will
black satin, embroidered in Il Kensing
ton stitch What next
At Zinn's large bizarre, they hav,
recently fitted up japanese parlor, il
order to crafty the popular taste anC
increasing desire for articles and de
signs of their manufacture. Their,
you can see Japanese screens, larg,
and small. pendant from the walls
elaborate costumes for both sexes. il
glass cases also tides, fans, lanterns
parasois, laces. embroiderieS, article
in china and hard ware in fact, al
things which are necessary for genera
and practical use i'll every day life
can be purchased there.
In dry goods, large, bright plaid
} and stripes seem to be gaining in favor
but although many of the best materi
ais for dresses are not only seasoned
with gold and silver threads ant
: stripes, but often the tinsel is clOSel,
interviewer with the fabric itself; We
it requires little longer time to edu
cate the public up to this standard q
taste, and make it universally popu
lar. Lace, in the greatest profusion
/ is worn upon dresses, sacks and out
door garments one ought To marry
: wholesale dealer in this article, to ad
: vertise his goods, i'll order To dress i
the latest fashion. 1t has been sal
t that never before have we enioye
t such liberality of thoughts and idea
2 as at the present time. 1t certainly
E true respecting the latitude given
| STYLES and fashions. Almost any on
can please him OF herself, and this i'll
dependence is highly agreeable an
= | satisfactory TO the average American
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The COIOred Man Uneasy.

The colored citizen i'll some portions
of the South is getting uneasy and dis
satisfied because he is not remember
ed rs frequently rs he has right to
expect in Il political way: and it does
not take much thinking to conclude
that he has some excuse for complaint
in this direction. Through the efforts
of certain Senator, the colOred men
of Louisiana have received degree of
recognition at the hands of politicians,
aud certain share of the offices. But
in other states of the Southland III
fact AT the North-it is complained
that the colored citizen is particularly
sighted. aud no effort made to help
him Ia office. even when it Is known
that he il tit for positions of trust.
The colored mans newspaper at Wash
mgton, referring la federal privileges
awarded that class in Louisiana, asks :
Are there no intelligent colOred men
in other states How il il that they
are passed by in the North Is not
this drawing the color line by the par
N in that section r. Fortunately" il
continues. 1.-THE day is near at hand
when the colOred man can feel that he
is free to form new political alliances
if the old ones shall not merit his sup
port. IL may as we'll be known that
we are being approached, and that il
is not demanded of us Ia abate in the
least our demand for equality before
the law and protection in our civil
rights"
This dissatisfaction is aimed direct
" at the Republican party, which pro-
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In insolvency..

STATE OF VERMONT, lcor,, a, t,..,,,...,......
District Of Caledonia 49, ) " 7'''"
In the matter Of Buck q Wallace of Ryegate, ia
said District: InsOlyent Debtors.
Notice is hereby given that the ID aud Sd meet
ings Of the creditors of said insOlvent debtors will
be held at the Probate Office in st. Johnsbury in
said district on the 22d day Of April \ ID. lss2 at
IL O'Clock in the forenoon. for the purposes set
forth in Sections e4j I545 and 1861 OF the Revised
Laws of Vermont Of A. ID. IS-O.
Notice il also given that John Bailey assignee of
said insOlvents estate has fled his account pre-
paratOry to final dividend Of said estate 10 The
creditors Of said insOlyent debtors
By order Of Court,
32-a HENRY FRENCH Register
Dated at st. bloomsbury, April Sd, A ID 1859
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WE MEAN BUSINESS |!
STATE OF VERMONT.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
\ORTHFIFLD MARCH p l5-2


NORTHFIELD MARCH p. 1872
An act providing for the publication Of future
vember ~ 1873 sealed proposals for printing and
binding eight hundred copies ~ the Fiity-fouTth
Volume Of said Reports will be received he
fore the 18th DAY OF April l-s2 ito he opened the
day following under the following conditions to
wit:
First-The printing including size Of page, style
Of heads size and style Of type and quality of ink
used to be uniform with the preceding volumes !;
and each signature To- embrace sixteen pages a
sheet of medium.
!SeeOnd-The paper u be medium. twenty BY
twenty-fOur inches, weighing thirty pounds to the
ream. and in color, stock ana finish corresponding
with the preceding volumes.
Third-The binding TO be in law sheep strongly
bound thoroughly pressed, and trimmed. CORE
spending in quality stamping and style Of titles
with the preceding volumes.
Printers king the requisite sealed proposals
are required TO state the price OF composition per
thousand ems, the price Of paper per ream, the
price of press-WOrk per token Of two hundred and
ifty-twO perfect whole sheets Of medium, printed
on both sides and the binding per copy.
Contracts are 20 be subject to all the conditions
of the act above named and the right 10 reject any
or all proposals, not deemed advantageous to the
state, is reserved
Proposals must be addressed 10 the undersigned
az Northheld Vermont endorsed "Pr0D0sdLs for
printing Vermont Rep0rts.'
1872 GEORGE NICHOLS Secretary
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While maintaining the uni
form standard of quality in
excellence of work and mate
rial, by good management,
careful buying and small mar
gins, with which we are con-
tent,) we have Raised the
Standard and LOWERED the
Price until it is a positive fact
that the best stock of Clothing
in this County is now being
sold for the Least Money at
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The May Magazines.

The poet Whittier has written for
"Wide Awake" tender and exquisite
poem commemorative of the children's
love for Longfellow. and of Longfel-
lows death. 1t will appear in the May
number, together with a fine frOntis-
piece portrait of Longfellow, engraved
10y ClosSOn.
The May Century" is to have IA
brilliant list of contributors. Thomas
Carlyle, James Russell Lowell, Ed
ellis, Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett,
Archibald Forbes, Constance Fenimore
Woolson, John 6. SAKE, Frank X.
Stockton, Edward Everett Hale, An
drew Lang, Richard Grant White,
"Uncle Remus," and II. c. Bunner, are
names which are known in many fields
of literature, and all these and more
are to he represented in this notable
number. Elihu Nedder furnishes the
second of his cOver-designs for special
numbers, and the frontispiece portrait
of James Russell Lowell is said to Ice
an excellent likeness, as well as one of
Mr.. Kruell's best engravings.
Chaplain Clark, of the L. ). Training
Ship Portsmouth, will have story in
the May "Wide Awake" entitled "Lost
in POmpeii," giving Il young midship-
mans adventures among the sewers
and yet buried mansions of POmpeii.
A prominent manufacturing firm in
Massachusetts has recently subscribed
for more than three hundred copies of
"St. Nicholas to be sent the children
of its employees. They were paid for
from fund which had been set aside
for educational purposes. The May
number of this magazine will have
some special feature in the way of
Illustrations which will surpass any
thing that ''St. Nicholas" has done
heretofore. There will be eleven full
page engravings in the number.
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