St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-27

united all Its strength and skill in a
bitter war upon Masonry, wherever
found, and especially upon Eaton and
his paper. That kind of pressure was
so great and persistent that he finally
not only renOunced Masonry, but also
denounced it in the most satisfactory
manner for the anti's, and began fu
riOus onslaught upon the Institution,
which greatly displeased all the Ma
sons and the neutrals, and drew from
them repeated and urgent remOnstran-
ces, but without any avail. Col. Dana
of Danville was Mason, and owned
the North Star press and all the fix
lures, and he learned that if he depriv-
ed Eaton of the privilege of using them,
the anti's would Immediately procure
other materials and re-instate Eaton
with renewed vigOr, and it would fur
nish q pretext for more violent pros
ecutiOn of the war.
The rffore, as Eaton would not
Fchangs fSs course, the people of st.
Johnsbury Plain, at their meeting held
at that place early in the summer of
1923, resolved upon using means for
securing the publication of a cOnserva
tive newspaper at that place, which
was soon after carried into effect by
DR.. Luther Jewett, who then began the
publication of the Farmers Herald at
that place. DR.. Jewett not being a
practical printer, all the mechanical
work on the paper was performed by
hired help, among which was Mr.. POr
ter, who afterwards published the Spir
it of the Times at New York. The
doctor had new type and an improved
hand d-press, and issued a goOd-sized
paper, filled with valuable matter, and
it had a tolerable circulation, but its
support was far short of what it de-
served. 1t was rejected by some be-
by others because it advocated the
reelection of Adams, and by others
because of their Indifference. After
the doctor had published that paper IL
few years, he abandoned the business,
which was Immediately assumed by
Samuel Eaton, young man who had
previously been employed in the same
office.
1t may be seen by the above that the
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primary cause which brought the Her.
aid into existence at that time, and
consequently the latter was the off
spring of the former, although the two
papers were not related or connected
by the ties of consanguinity of senti-
ment or action.
The CdledOnian of the Doth of last
January contained the statement of IA
certain man, that ''during the time of
Jackson's first presidential campaign,
the North Star, which was published
once i'll two weeks, was delivered to
him by post-rider." AS Mr.. Eaton
was ife-lOng democrat, and was at
that time US2S) anxiously laboring for
the election of jackson, it appears very
strange for him to change his long-es-
tablished weekly paper to a fOrtni ght-
ly one at such a time. 1t is also as
strange that even so much as one post
rider was employed so late as 1928,
when there were not less than four reg
ular mail stages in that region, each OF
which performed its weekly trips, as
follows: One from Haverhill through
st. Johnsbury to Stanstead and return,
owned and driven by Mr.. HOughtOn OF
Lyndon. One from Haverhill through
Peacham, Danville and WheelOck to
Stanstead and return, owned by Man
ming Morrill, and driven by Mr.. Tice,
both of Danvile. One from Craftsbury
through Danville and st. JOhnsbury to
LittletOn and return, owned and driv-
en- by Mr.. May of Hardwick. One from
Danville through Montpelier to Bur
lingtOn and return. The first two
named stages were certainly on the
road as early as 1925, the other two
were but very little if any later, an(
mail stages were continued on all those
routes until superseded by the rail
roads. HENRY LITTLE.
f kalamazoo, April 6, 1883.