St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-12-18
Note and Comment.

NOIe ana &OIbuItht'
The two postmasters at Bath n. H., |
are not especially on the anxious seat,
as both of them are democrats.
The trial of DR.. Allen, formerly of
White River Junction, charged with
the murder of man in cold blood i'll il
Boston drinking saloon last spring, is
again continued, this time until Feb
rnary.
Upon counting up the newly elected
congressman there are shown to he Isl
democrats, I42 republicans, one flu
| sionist and one greenhacker. This re-
duces the democratic majority from Is
! to 81.
| The Burlington Daily Free Press is
a credit to Vermont journalism. 1t
shows what ability aud perseverance
will do in making n daily paper even
( with so limited a field as Vermont of
frrs. The advertisement for 50 APP
pears IN another column.
1t is claimed by the Popular Science
Monthly that receut experiments have
demonstrated that the oil of the pine
needle, made from pjnus pWnit0, will
successfully remove tapewOrm. The
oil is given in teaspoontul doses, the
patient fasting.
:, There was an attempt Saturday
evening, between five and six o'clock,
tn blow mp the London bridge. There
was loud explosion, hntaside from the
breaking of glass in the vicinity little
damage was done. Irish dynamiters
are supposed to have engineered and
carried out the scheme. No arrests
have been made. The explosion might
have been fatal to many innocent peo-
Pile who throng that locality at that
, hour.
, VennOr is dead, but that does not
relieve suffering public, as he left
manuscript for an almanac which pre-
diets .'moist period which will con-
+ tinue for two Years, extending over the
: Northern and Middle states and Cana
da The fall of 1884 he predicted
would he very open, with mild, I'M
: settled winter. to follow with great
e falls of rain and SNOW. lie also pre-
: dicted an unusually green Christmas
5 and a mild new year,
: 1t appears the Washington monu-
n ment is not yet quite finished as an
- no ifrl hny
e iuterfered with the work, but it will
e unquestionably he finished in time fol
: its dedication in February. The stairs
+ the elevator and the memorial stones
o will be placed in position afterwards
II The committee on the inaugural cere-
e monies will meet soon. when Il pro.
q gramme will be agreed upon. The
. Washington people, who always have
II an eye to the public treasury, urge ;
e larger appropriation from Congress
d" and an extension of ceremonies Owe
t at least three days.
n The decision OF the English cour
II regarding the killing of hoy by ;
shipwrecked captain and mate wh'
were dying of hunger, presents III
t unusual phase of the murder question
' and if the decision is sustained it vii
$ settle the matter in English courts tina
1t the taking of human life under an!
IL circumstances, except strictly in self
u defence, is murder. and must be pun
e ished as such. Later information
states that the Queen has interposed
W committing the death sentence to 81,
s. months imprisonment without labor
The cannibalism was confessed, ant
II no course was open to the court but
i sentence for murder.
Some sanguine temperance people
Y are looking for success in lSSS. he
cause Lincoln WAS elected only fou
- when Fremont was beaten, he go
." .34l ,OG0 votes, or about oue-third q
" the whole. st. john got less than 80,
900, or perhaps one-siXty- siXth of TIN
> whole. Fremont got considerabl,
. more than one third of the electOri
p" votes. and 81. John did not get any
Still all this proves nothing, hut tn
late election shows one thing decided
ily. that neither political party is StrOn
enougL numerically or morally to il
a more the conscience vote of the cOuu
IN try, and we doubt if either party trie
IN it again very soon. ...
ut AT celebration az the election a
OF Kalamazoo, Michigan, fortnight age
al among the speakers of the evenin
p was Mr. Frank Little of that city
k. native OF St. Johnshury. His address
C. was a forcibie presentation Of the is
Iy sues on which the late campaign wa
$ fought, and it closed with the followin