St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-07
Public Opinion.
RIGHT YOU ARE.

To southern senators: Don't monkey
with George F. Edmunds of Vermont.
He is loaded. - Philadelphia Press.
SENSIBLE OLD BAY STATE.
Massachusetts will be for Edmunds.
He is a strong, safe man. Ie.may not
be deemed most available 10y the con
vention, hut that is what is to be
tested. We think him wholly avail
able.'-[ EX Gov. Talbot.
IT Is SURELY TIMELY.
The Caledonian, commenting on the
Danville fire, has timely warning to
those villages which allow themselves
to remain without any means for fight
ing fire in case of its occurrence
Barton Monitor
HOPE YOU DON'T CALL THAT COLD.
The editor of the Gated0nidn is
highly incensed at the erroneous and
frigid stories about his place, and con
sders them repreheusible. He says
the thermometer rarely goes more than
30 below zero WoOnsocket Re
porter.
THAT SETTLES 1T.
Gov. Barstow is not IL candidate, he
We know whereof we speak. His ele-
ovation to his present position was
not through any "cnnnivingn of his.
He is not to he ''tarned out" his term
of office according to law will expire
and he is eligible for Il reelection.
Burlington Clipper.
THE USUAL VERMONT AIR.
There was an air of frank cordiality
about the dairy meeting that can he
| found only where Vermont farmers are
congregated. The CdledOnidn showed
commendable enterprise in reporting
the meeting - New England Home
stead.
VERY BASE HIT.
If Senator Edmunds should become
the next president, it will not be the
! first time he has been addressed as
! President Edmunds. In the files of
the Free Press twenty years back
we find Il notice of Il meeting of the
Burlington base ball club in the spring
of 1863, signed George F. Edmunds,
president Free Press.
WHY DON'T YOU NAME THEN?
The reporter for the Caied0nian must
have gone home on Il mixed train last
! Tuesday. The account of the fire us
given him by VIM. b. Palmer and
others was very clear but many of the
statements in his printed report are far
from the truth Danville Star.
CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY.
lnasmuch as we are to have a must
cal convention, which will open on
Tuesday of next week, February ), it
is proper that we briefly consider the
subject of music this week-its uses
and the Importance of cultivating that
art Poultney Journal.
But DON'T TUE MILES KICK
A st. Adams young man frozc both
hands, both ears and his nose, while
driving ten miles to Swanton last
week. - CGledOnidR.
That's where you're wrong. We
don't drive one mile to Swanton, nor
five miles. nor ten miles. We don't
undertake to drive our miles to Swan
! ton or anywhere else. We leave our
miles just where they are Mes
ssenger.
is IT PINGREE'S MACHINE?
Now Mr.. Billings has taken himself
Out vi iIO way titIC IL Il s'tIillS CoIl-
centration of political sentiment on
Lieut.-Gov. Pingree as the republican
candidate for governor. The Rutland
Herald and Burlington Free Press, it
is said, will come out for him at once.
Col. Pingree has been credited with
IA manly Independence of the machine.
but there are indications that it is or
ganizing for him, and if the intentions
of the Herald and Free Press are cor
rectly surInised, they will lind them
selves. after all their anxiety to fight
outside, again in alliance with the
machine. - Brattleboro Reformer.
LEAVING FIREARMS AROUND.
The extIeme folly of allowing fire
arms to remain where children can get
them is again demonstrated by an ac-
cident in St. .Iohnshury, recorded in
another column. There isn't the
slightest excuse for such IL thing, and
when revOlvers are thus carelessly left,
no one need bc at all surprised ut such
disastrous results AZ are reported in
this case These sad events are of
frequent occurrence, and although they
teach bitter lessons for the time being,
are apparently soon forgotten. 1t goes
! without telling that it is worse than
careless to leave deadly weapons
within the reach of children. - st.
Adams Messenger.
Generai News.