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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
Two Suicides.
spring.

The wife of Frank p. Spaulding, a
fireman on the Central Vermont rail-
road, committed suicide at West Brain
tree, Sunday evening, by taking dose
Her age was twenty-eight years.
Charles Webster of Randolph ended
his life Sunday evening by shooting
him self with a revolver, the ball enter
ing his right temple, just above the
eye, and instantly killing him. He
had lived and worked for Dana Morse,
prominent farmer, about a mile from
West Randolph, for a number of years
past, and by very close economy had
saved considerable money. He was
unquestiOnably insane. His age was
about thirty years. A love affair is
said to have been the cause.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
Petition that Bradley Barlow be
Adiudged InsOIVent.

A petition was filed in the probate
court for the district of Franklin on
Tuesday asking that Bradley Barlow
be adiudged an insolvent debtor. The
petitioner is the Barton National bank
of Orleans county, and Gen. w. w.
bank claims to be a creditor of Mr.
Barlow's to the amount of Sll 900, and
it is set forth in the petition that said
Barlow has made transfers of property
to creditors, on value as follows viz {:
800, 900 to Bradley B. Smalley of Bur
lington, and like sum to the Vermont
National bank these preferences to
creditors are asked to be set aside and
that said Barlow be adjudged an in
solvent debtor. A hearing upon the
petition is set down for October 10.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
The Portland and OgdenSburG
Road.

The negotiations for the purchase of
the Portland and Ogdensburg road are
still pending. At meeting of the
Portland city government on Monday
evening, Judge Nathan Cleaves and
Attorney General H. b. Cleaves sub
mitted a communication, in which they
stated that they represented respOn-
sible persons who desire to purchase
the interests of the city in the stock,
bonds and obligations of the Portland
and Ogdensburg railroad, aggregating
: 300, 900, for which definite propo-
sition will be hereafter made. They
stated that i'll entering into nogOtia-
lions it shall be with the understand
ing that the management of the affairs
of the road shall be under the direction
of citizens of Portland and that said
road shall be maintained and operated
| for the best interests of the city and as
an independent road extending to all
connecting lines, with equal facilities
and uniform rates. There are two
other bidders, the New York capital
lists who made the first advances, and
the Canadian Pacific. The Advertiser
says that for "A property so poor rs
some would make ont, the Portland
and Ogdensburg road is in good de-
mand," and that ''the Canadian Pacific
is not negotiating anonymously, and
if the prospect of II sale or lease to it
appears in all respects more for the in
terest of the city, it is because the
Canadian road is working openly and
all the bearings of the case can bC
easily taken. Nevertheless, the other
parties have reasons satisfactory t.
themselves for concealing their identity
at present, and possibly can offer terms
and advantages equal and perhaps
superior to those of the Canadian com
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
Increase of the Postal system

There has been Il wonderful increase
in the postal system since congress
provided for carrying the mails i'll 1889.
The revenue for the first year was but
81 300. which sum exceeded the eX
penscs of maintaining the seventy-tive
offices and the short routes. The
lowest letter rate was eight cents for
forty miles or less, and the rate ran up
Ia twenty-five cents for distances over
five hundred miles. These rates con-
tinucd without any important change
until ISl6, when new schedule was
adopted, and the charge was st cents
for ~ miles, 10 for 80, l2t for $50, IS4
for 300 and - for 400 miles, and this
remained in force up to lSl5. The
charges then were made upon il "single
piece of paper" instead of upon weight
as now. and prepayment was neither
required nor customary. The high
rates did not encourage correspond
cnce. and much written matter was
sent 10y friends who were going from
one place to another. When railroads
and steamboats, were established, pri-
waite companies did considerable of II
business in the way of carrying mail
matter. The postollice department
tried to stop this last operation, and
the Springfield Republican recalls the
fact that for participation in it james
W. Hale of New York was arrested
4jO times, but the old law which sought
to secure a monopoly to the govern
mcmt contemplated only routes oper-
atcd 10y horses and nothing could he
done. There were no envelopes used,
which would have subjected IA letter to
a double charge. The paper was
folded and then sealed with WAX or "A
wafer. which will Ice remembered by
many persons who do not lay claim to
any great age. 4 reduction in postage
was proposed in congress i'll 1876, but
nothing was done until years after Sir
Rowland Hill had given England the
benefit of penny postage in $50. In
ISIS considerable reduction was
made, fivc-cent rate being established
for all distances under three hundred
miles and ten cents for longer dis
tanccs. at which time the practice was
inaugurated of weighing mail matter
instead of counting the sheets of paper.
In ISL the three-cent rate was estab-
lished for all distances under 5000
miles, and beyond that ten cents. In
I-63 the small stamp was made to
cover all distances. In 1851 the first
step was taken towards prepayment 10y
charging five cents when postage was
not paid until delivered. At the pres
cnt time the postofiice department
spends $4,000. 600 and handles 600,
OOO,OO0 stamps annually, which is a
large amount of business, and which
mainly has grown up within the pres
ent generation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
Report Of the DepOSitOrs' Conn
Inittee of the Trust Company.

The report shows the cOmpany's per
SOnal estate fund to amount to $780,
10000, capital and interest real es-
tate, capital and interest, $50, 1920 !;
mortgage loans, SGT, 2l0.90; personal
notes, S466, 530.26; collaterals, 500
BOIL total amount of assets, S709,-
$3.50; worthless paper, $4,000 of
the balance of the assets, 1864, 445.S7,
the committee say they consider that
Sl93, 600 is perfectly good, S50I Sissy
as doubtful. If all the doubtful assets
could be collected the depositors would
be paid in full, and if half could he
realized on there would be good as
sets enough to pay seventy cents on
the dollar, if there are no preferred
claims. The committee say that in
sane persons, minors and married wO-
men must come in for their full share,
first, probably, and it is not known at
present how much money it would
take to satisfy such claims. They
have some reason to hope $50, 5S6.l3
deposited in the Vermont National
will he paid in full, but are in doubt
about the $4,000 secured by $50
shares of same bank. OF S312,742.76
due from the Norwood Lumber COM
pany's notes, amounting to 1927 ,742.-
26 signed by E. p. Cotton, Sl37 900 by
II. II. Bailey, ColtOn's brotherin-law
and chief clerk, and the balance of
So, 900 by l.. Brainerd. The commit
tees report shows that l.. Brainerd is
responsible as principal on surety for
Sl0I ,02S. 30. Brainerd's property
turned over for the benefit of the Trust
company and other creditors is valued
ut about S40,000. The report con-
cludes by saying that some of the
worthless paper ought to have been
charged to profit and loss many years
ago, as the signers were released by
bankruptcy proceedings. The com
mittee and Receiver Rich are working
tOmether harmOniOnslX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
The Base Ball Championship

The Boston base ball club has won
the championship this season, having
ing next, with 80. The BoStOns won
the pennant in 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875,
1877, 1873, 1883, seven times in all and
three times since the organization of
the league in 1876. The Chicagos won
it in 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, and the
Providences in 1879. The Bostons are
the only club that has played for the
championship every year since the or
ganizatiOn of professional base ball.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
General News.

The late Matt Carpenter left $4,000.
The army worm is damaging the
North Carolina crops.
The Mormons have gained 1000 by
immigration this season.
There are fifteen murderers confined
in the New York tombs.
New Haven expects 400 or 800 wheel
men at its bicycle show Oct. 10.
Boston will spend $4,000 in an at
tempt to purify the Mystic water.
John Butler of North Adams, Mass,
died after drinking II quart of whisley.
The Jewell pin company of Hartford
Conn, are shipping 350,00O,O pins Il
day.
The price paid by the eastern syndi-
cate for the Denver, Utah & Pacific
railroad is SS50,OOO.
Business is booming in Maine this
year, there being II revival of farming,
ship building and cotton manufacture
Massachusetts has paid the militia
for duty during the current year, SI356
for special duty, Sl0,6I6 for spring drill
and S5l, $50 for camp duty.
The Washburn Iron company of
Worcester are considering the feasibil-
ity of manufacturing their own steel
for rails. The outfit will cost $50, 600
The Methodist is now the strongest
denomination in the Dominion, having
a membership of 100, 100. The Church
of England has 574,SlS members, and
the Presbyterian 629, $50.
Secretary Chandler has directed the
acceptance of the highest bids received
for the condemned vessels of the navy.
These bids amount to S30S ,273, while
the appraised value of all the vessels
is S27 300.
Prof. Allen, the Providence Or. I.)
ballOOnist, made an ascension at ROch-
ester, \. H., Wednesday. The bal
loon in its descent struck tree, and
the professor is reported to have had Il
narrow escape from death.
The profile of the Old Man of the
Mountain is to have competitor, for
at COhasset they have discovered a
rock which, looked at from one posi-
ton, gives a very good contour of the
features of Daniel Webster.
The temperance people of Ohio are
making tremendous efforts to carry the
constitutional amendment which pro-
hibits the manufacture of beer and fer
mented liquors. Meetings have been
held in every town in the state.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union of Iowa proposes to attend the
polls at the coming election with a
procession of children with banners
and temperance songs. Lunch for
prohibition voters will be provided.
Arrangements are made by the
Southern Memorial association to re-
move to North Carolina the bones of
the North Carolina confederate soldiers
buried at Arlington national cemetery
Railroads will carry the remains free
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
State Baptist Convention.

The fifty-eighth annual convention
of the Vermont Baptist association
closed a two days meeting at West
Randolph, Thursday evening, Sept. %.
The attendance was large, nearly every
church in the state being represented,
and the deep interest manifested made
the meeting of unusual interest. We'd
nesday evening the annual sermon
was delivered by Rev. J. g. LOrimer of
Georgia Plain. Thursday forenoon
there was public meeting of the board
of managers and the ladies' missionary
meeting, and a meeting of the Vermont
Baptist Historical society. In the
evening an excellent sermon was de-
livered by Rev. Geo. c. Baldwin of
Bennington.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
ST. c5umsburp Galedonian.

The Newport Express says that
Judge Redlield's relations to the Pas
sumpsic road may be as the Waterman
states, "but corporations it remarks,
care not in the habit of electing officers
just for the purpose of having a vacan-
cy filled. We can see no particular harm
i'll Judge Redtield making some such
public announcement. 1t certainly
would remove all ground for unjust
criticism. The public had no means Of
Judging, only the fact of election Ger
tainly was strong evidence that he
would accept the office, especially
when nothing was said to the contrary
either at the meeting or subsequently,"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
Editorial Notes.

The New York Tribune prOnounces
this indictment upon Butler: "A man
without refinement, politician with
ont a principle, seeker after vulgar
applause 10y the arts of the mOunte-
bank. Butler will so down in history
as one who used his best efforts to
pollute and defile the springs of public
life"
The Boston Post does not take much
stock in Buffers election. 1t says,
GAny clean and able democrat" nom
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
Judge RcdGeId as "a Railroad
Director.

The structures upon Judge Rediield
in the state press for permitting his
reelection rs a director i'll the Pas
sumpsic road have called out the
Montpelier Waterman in his defence.
1t says that it has taken pains to look
up the matter. and this is the result OF
its inquiries:
When Hon. T. Z. Redfeld was elect
ed Judge of the supreme court, he IN
formed the president of the Passump
sic road that he could not longer act as
a director, and he has since that time
refused To qualify or act with the
board, and. in point OF fact, is not re-
sponsihlc director of the road. lie
cannot pre- vent them from clecting him
to the office, but will not accept it.
The Waterman will have hard work
to convince the public that, if Judge
Rcdfcld had objected very strongly to
the use of his name as Il director i'll the
road. the stockholders would have
persisted in rc-clccting him. A man
who SAYS No, and means it, usually
has little difficulty in making people
believe that he means No. The judi
ciary should he free from every suspic-
ion of cntangling alliances, and Judge
Rcdhcld owes it to himselfand the higl
office he holds If the facts are as the
Waterman states to take steps to pre-
vent his being compromised by any
such unwarrantable use of his name
\ public statement from Judge Red
fled would settle the matter beyond
any question and until he makes sucl
statement, he cannot complain if the
Watchman's defence is taken Will
some grains of allowance.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
POPULAR PRICES.
new CL0AKS AND DOLMANS,
JERSEY JACKETS,

From two of the most celebrated man
ufacturcrs in New York and Boston.
In this department we intend to take
the lead of any house in the state, for
quality, style and prices.
The entire rear portion of our
spacious store has been devoted to this
department.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
NEW CARPETS

from a zoe quality upward, in the new
fall shades, just received as large a
stock as can he found in this section.
As we have had the name of selling
the BEST GOODS ut the LOWEST
PRICES, we shall endeavOr to do our
best to please all who may favor us
with their patronage.
We make and put down carpets in
the very best manner. All work war
ranted
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05

Another sham battle At Marvville.
Mo-, on Wednesday of last week, at
the soldiers, reunion, sham battle
was fought, during which a company
charged a battery, suppOsing that the
guns were unloaded. Unfortunately
one was loaded, and a soldier forged
ahead of the line just as the gun was
discharged. The wad passed through
his body and his right arm and shout
der were torn off. He died that even
ng.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05

1t is not expected that Lieut.. Harder
will return with the bodies of Captain
belong and comrades of the Inflated
before next March.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05

New Styles in Black Goods and our
regular line of Black Cashmeres,
Ladies' Sackings and Flannel Dress
Goods in all the new shades and at
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07

FRIDAY DECEMBER Z, 1888.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07

To build a ship so that In case of &C.
cident to the bow the stern half can be
instantaneously separated from 1t and
car continue the voyage securely and
easily on its W account, is the latest
contribution to the list of safeguards
against the dangers of the sea. The
idea is that of a German inventor, and
is set forth with some details In the
Hamburg Courier, which sees no reason
why 1t should not be entirely feasible.
1t would require many DEPARTURES from
the present mode of building vessels, as
well as from their internal arrangement
and equipment; but the inventor asserts
that, rs q whole, a vessel so construct
cd, could be fully IS seaworthy and
swift as any built on the present plan,
and would be twice as secure against
disaster.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07

THE New York Journal of Commerce
says there is nothing in the story that
tae trade dollars are in the hands Of a
suffering people. who took them at par
on the faith that a dollar Is a dollar. 1t
says that they are all held by specula-
tors, who bought them up at IS cents
on the dollar, and are now waiting for
the profit that would come If the gov
eminent should buy them up at par. A
Wall street money broker says that
since the practical retirement of trade
dollars In the New York market he has
shipped 250, 600 OF them TO China. He
also stated that one rich brewer of that
city had about 800, 900 in trade dol
lars, and would not part with them for
less than par. He expects congress to
authorize their redemption with stand
ard silver dollars.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07

THE Philadelphia Times says:
When Governor Murray, of Utah, sug-
gested that the women of Utah should
be deprived Of the right to vote he
made a practical contribution 10 the
discussion Of the mormon problem. II
such a provision had been embodied in
the Edmunds law Its failure would
have been less pronounced and some
Roadway might have been made In
dealing with this difficult question.
Under the iron rule OF the mormon
hierarchy the right Of suffrage at Its
best estate is nothing more than giving
enlarged powers 10 the prophets and
apostles. Monogamus mormons are
bound to the church no less firmly
than II they had twenty wives. In the
universally recognized influence Of the
church upon women, what then is to
be expected where they have the right
to vote and are attached to a serious
moral wrong at the same timer 1t is
inevitable that the interests Of the
church should be conserved by a
strict obedience to orders from the
leaders.
Woman suffrage has been a doubtful
experiment or a failure wherever 1t has
been tried. 1t is both in Utah. If 1t
were abolished the abuse is reduced to
smaller proportions and it Is possitse
that even under the Edmunds law, the
influence of travel, immigration and
further legislation on the same line
the problem might be tettled reacea-
bly, and quietly. Polygamy must go
and woman suffrage is its natural bull
wark- 1t ought to go. too.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07

ME-. j. r. LOWELL exhibited q pro-
per spirit in refusing to transmit to
the government at Washington the
slanderous resolutions adopted by the
employees of the underground railway
in London, charging Americans with
responsibility for the recent explosions.
He further replied that there was no
evidence tending to impllcate any
American citizen in the conspiracy, If
there was one. The people who have
been abusing Mr.. Lowell for subser-
vience to English opinion will, how
ever, keep on villifying him just the
same.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07

A DEMOCRATIC politician In Wash
ington who vent the rounds Of the can-
didates, said that he found no liquor at
the headquarters of any excepting one
Of the six democratic candidates for
Chaplain of the House.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07

THE largest farm in the world is
probably that of Samuel Mackey, in
New South Wales. His land runs 200
miles in one direction, and comprises
5000. 900 acres, and has been nearly all
reclaimed from the desert.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07

JUDGE ToURGEE says a good thing
now and then. Looking at the new
statue at Washington in New York on
Saturday he remarked: "For the 6rst
time In my life l begin to believe that
Washington actually lived. All other
representations of the first president
make him look as il he were saying,
Let us prayI'n
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07

GOVERNOR IRELAND, of Texas, tells
the people to shoot train wreckers on
the spot. He makes a standing reward
Of $500 for every train wrecker caught.
The governor of Texas doesn't wish to
nise any family Of James boys on his
ranch, and he is right.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07
New Advertisements.
Advertisers

By addressing GEORGE P. RowELL & Co..
10 Spruce street. New York. can learn the
exact cost of any proposed line OF ADvER-
Using in American Newspapers sa-lOo
page pamphlet 10 cents
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-07

Legal blanks at the LrADEa office.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-03-08
Windows in the Barn.

One of the great mistakes which the
farmers of the past have made, has been
the keeping of farm animals in dark
barn. Many careful experiments show
that light is very necessary for health
and the good condition of animals.
Mich COWS, when changed from dark
to a light place, not only give more milk
on the same amount of food, but keep in
a better condition; and when returned
to their former dark quarters, shrink to
the amount OF milk given before removed
to a light place. What is true of the
COW is true of other animals. The horse
stable should not only be well ventilated
but also we'll lighted. Sunshine is almost
as necessary to good health as water and
air.
In building barn efforts should be
made to locate it and arrange the inte-
rior so as to have good light from both
the south and west sides. A light barn
is not only better for the animals, but it is
also much better and more pleasant for
the owner to feed his stock There is a
serious objection to keeping hogs in
a barn cellar or account of the
want of light. If it is intended
to keep hogs on the manure, some
other place than the cellar should
be provided to keep it in. If the
barn sets on a side hill, this can be
done by shed on the side of the barn
where the cattle are kept; it should be
some four to six feet lower than the barn;
this may be made light by numerous
windows, and will make an excellent
place to keep hogs in, and certainly a
better place to keep manure, because it
can be more easily carried out, and is
where the odors will not penetrate the
barn as much as when in the cellar.
AS a rule, the barns are too dark,
therefore the need of reform. There
are many farmers who have not yet
given the subject of light any attention,
but it is a subject so important that no
farmer should neglect to give this care
full attention; by so doing, few, if any,
will fail to become satisfied that few
things viii pay better than few extra
windows in the barn.
In the days of our grandfathers when
every pane of glass, however small, was
taxed by the Government, there might
have been some reason for dark barns;
but now, when glass is cheap and the
Government officers do not stop to
count the panes of glass, there is no ex-
cuse for shutting out the light. MGssG-
chuSettS PZOlLgltn1d11.