St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-10
Public Opinion.

We did not suppose there was man |
on earth SO simple as to suppose that
one individual disposed to sneak into
the back door of liquor saloon on
Sunday would stay out and go to a
picture gallery if it were open. A man
who can swallow THAT might readily
believe that Jonah swallowed a whale |
This talk about open museums drawing
topers away from liquor shops is mere
twaddle, deceiving no one, and least
of all the men who talk it. Sunday
saloon tipplers care nothing about art
or the curiOsities of Il museum, and
would not enter gallery if one were
on every corner open and free every
day and night in the year. The visit
ors at the loan exhibition last Sunday
were not drawn from the rum holes.
They were people who could just as
well have gone any other day. The
Sabbath was desecrated in the name
of art for the avOwed purpose of
making money. 1t reflected no credit
on the parties perpetrating the wrong
it Disguised many friends of the enter
prise in behalf of which the Sabbath
was publicly trampled upon and CON
temned the respectful protest of wise
and eminent citizens was coOlly disre-
garded and a wrong done that ought
not to be passed over without distinct
public condemnatiOn.-lN New York OBJ
SERVER.
Yesterdays catalogue of horrors
marks an Ominous beginning of 6he
new year. railroad collision near
! Toronto caused the loss of twenty
seven lives; II dam gave way in Mich
igan, killing six persons, and the burn
ing of tow-boat near Pittsburg is
supposed to have resulted i'll the death
of four men. The worst of it is, that
these accidents might have been pre-
vented by the exercise of an intelll-
gent human foresight. With all the
appliances for safety now provided on
railroads, there is not the slightest eX-
cuse for IA collision like that which
took place yesterday near Toronto.
Speedy and severe punishment ought
to be meted out to the conductor OF
the freight train, if it be true that he
was responsible for the accident n,
Y. Tribune.
Gen. Sickles has again met the Man
: haitian gas people aud they are his. If
will be remembered that upon the gen
erals return from Europe in 1881 he
found gas bill for the five months Of
his absence, although during that time
his house was shut up and the meter
t disconnected from the gas pipes. He
refused to pay, and the company I'M
dcrtoOk to remove the meter, but wa:
; prevented by a temporary injunction
granted by Judge Lawrence pending
! tho trial of the case upon its merits
An appeal was taken to the genera
term and the Lawrence decision wal
confirmed. The trial of the case hal
just taken place before Judge Van
: Worst, who continues the injunction
= The next step will be for the cOmpan.
to sue for the amount of its bill in tn,
= ordinary way. The public knows Onl.
; too well how common it is for gas com
= panies to settle disputed bills by sum
4 marily taking ont the meters, and TIL
=, Van Worst decision will be a goo,
precedent to refer to in future cases b.
u hundreds of people who get their bill
I inflated by Il process of long-sutferln
= and heroic ecouomy.-LSpringiield Re
@ publican.
The Northern Pacific is a DANCE
\ signal. len years ago Jay Cooke
Il failure precipitated II financial crisis
5 Now Willard has lost all his propert
e ',,non 7I'uh'o, tiiu''n vIIsTs does nc
follow, it will be because the news
papers for n year have been warnin
people to take in sail and look ont fo
=, squalls Portland Advertiser.
Y The new governor of Massachusett
V favors biennial elections. We shout
think that the people of the Bay state
after such struggles IT'S they have ha,
I of late years with Butler, would fall i
= readily with Gov. RObinson's sugges
Y ton i'll this regard. There is consid
cradle ''wear and tear to annual tus
sizes of that sort. st. Adams Messen
II yer