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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07

making nominating conventions feel
that the press, standing for the people,
will force the political convict off the
ticket, or defeat him at the polls. e.
A convention may say TO me
that my opinion as to my neighbours
abilities is prejudiced or poisoned by
my temperamental incapacity to guage
him accurately, and they have a right
to expect that / will vote for the un
welcome candidate, but if / know that
the candidate has stolen sheep or forg
ed note, or robbed an estate, that is a
question of fact and no conventions
action can cOndOne my offence, if [
support such candidate. No cOnven-
ton presumes to sit as a court over a
candidate, and no convention can at
ford to treat with contempt objections
to candidate, whose betrayal of a
public trust has become not a matter
of opinion, but of official fact and rec
ord, and when a convention through
carelessness or Indifference makes a
mistake of this sort the limitation of
concession and compromise for party
unity and harmony of action has been
reached and the time has come when
no party newspaper can plead allegl-
ance to party as an excuse for accept
ing an Infamous exponent OF ire
prOachable political principles. Such
cases are not common but do some
times occur, and they would occur still
more seldom, if party newspapers said :
eve shall support the party ticket,
except you nominate notorious trail
tor to public trust when you do
that we shall whip him if we can" A
mans notorious moral untitness fOI
public office is not changed because he
has become the party candidate by a
cunning stroke of caucus strategy. A
newspaper can compromise and sur
render on differences of opinion, but il
cannot afford to exchange its con
science it's conviction its knOwl-
edge, for the ignorance, the meredith
| ty or the Indifference of another man.
He who rings the fire bell in the ears
of his party is not its incendiary he Is
the saving alarmist, not the tirebug
We don't quarrel with the party ma
chine, but we have a right to quarrel
with its shOddy product if we cannot
get prince we are willing to take
an honest pigmy in politics, but we
ought not to take a notorious political
knave under the party lash. Great
party trusts are pearls too good to be
thrown to swine, because the swine are
willing to make place for you at the
trough. On no lower platform of prin-
ciples ought the press to stand if il
would help push the people up into
the serene air of nobler methods and
purer politics. In all essentials har-
mony in non essentials charity, but
it is not charity, it is folly to accept al
infamous exponent for IA just and noble
| cause.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07

dicated but tightening. Then it held
firm and | swung turning in the air,
secure above the waves that beat be-
low.
ITO slide down and place my feet
in the loop was the instructive work OF
a moment. Fortunately it was of di-
mansions to admit my body barely. !
slipped it over my thighs up to my
pits Just as the dreaded reaction OF
weakness came. Then l lost conscious
ness.
when awakened my dear mothers
face was beside my pillow, and she
told me that had been tossing for a
fortnight in brain fever. Many weeks
lay there, and when L got strong
found that had left my nerve on thai
awful cliff-side. Never since have
been able to look from height or see
any other human being on one with
out shuddering.
$50 now you know the story, Mr.
Frazer, and have had your last wall
on the factory wall"
He spoke truer than he knew. Hi,
story has given me such horrible night
mares ever since that l could no more
walk on the high brickwork than along
that narrow ledge in distant Corn
WALL Youths Companion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
Home Frightening.

There was one thing Sally honestly
disliked, and that was having no bed
room but her parlor yet the sOfa-bed
was better than one of those inven-
tons that shut up bed, clothes and pill
lows in a cabinet, and give no air to
freshen them. Daily she took the
sheets and blankets out to the little
covered piazza, back of the kitchen,
and hung them on a line there if the
weather served if not, they were air
ed on clothes frame in the kitchen
before the open window, and then fold
ed away in wooden chest that stood
under the kitchen table, and this was
all that could be done. She would have
liked many things that she could not
have, for Sally had delicate tastes and
keen eye for beauty, but she had also
thorough religious principle and keen
common sense, so she made herself
cOntented with what she could have,
and in place of pictures, china, or the
thousand little bric-a- brac trinkets
which adorn many peoples houses no
better able to afford them than Tom
Greene, she decked her room with wild
flowers, gathered in her daily walk,
and deftly arranged in pair of little
china vases that had been her mothers.
Sometimes she brought home a bunch
of fragrant pink arbutus. earliest and
dearest bloom of the forest then a
cluster of blue violets, scentless but
lovely big lunches of daisies, gOr
geous fre-lilies, sprays of the delicate
wild rose, or feathery plumes of mead
Ow rue, orchids from the river mead
ows, tangles of clematis, slight gay
blossoms of jewel and when all
flowers, even asters, gOlden-rOd and
blue gentian were gone, there were
the replendent leaves of autumn, in
their pomp of gold and scarlet, bright
er than the blossoms; and after them
she filled her shelf with plumes of pine,
thick set twigs of dark cedar, with its
dove cOlOred berries, crosses of stiff fir.
and graceful twigs of hemlOck. There
was always something to please her
seeking eye in the abundant stores of
nature, and her artistic sense knew
how to bring out their beauties in their
deft arrangements Rose Terry Cooke,
in Good Housekeeping.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
Duty to Party.
Some Vigorous Words from the RUTLAND
Herald.

The slavery to party volunteered by
the first number of the st. Johnsbury
Republican is the text for a ringing
article from the Rutland Herald, from
which we extract the following:
Suppose man succeeds, as men
sometimes do, in capturing nOmina-
ton by sudden dash or underground
work, who is SO notorious for treachery
to public trust that he has no more
standing among honorable public men
than a strumpet has in decent society,
what then3 Is a party newspaper
bound then to sustain, under these cir
cumstances, such nomination for
public trust high or low ? We think
that not only it is not bound to ignore
patent facts and swallow such a nomi-
nation, but it is its duty to the party's
interest in the long run to teach its
party that it is not safe to nominate
for a public trust a man who has been
VIGOROUSLY false to a public trust, and
in no other way can a high standard
of public servants be fixed, except by
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07

From Carl Schurz's Speech at Boston,
April "a.

Gentlemen you will all agree with
me when | say that it would be I'M
reasonable to expect even the best men
now in power not to make any mis-
takes. But it will not be unreasonable
to expect when the president has dis
covered mistake which he has made
that he shall be prompt and earnest in
correcting it. (Applause.) | do not
mean to say that, whatever may hap
pen, you should keep silent. BY no
means. On the contrary, | consider it
the duty of every friend of good gov
eminent to inform those in power of
whatever may go wrong. (Applause.)
He should do so freely, frankly and
without malice. For let me tell you
the atmosphere of Washington is some
times so thick with fattery and with
selfish advice that the soundwave of
public opinion can scarcely penetrate
it unless they are propelled with IL GER
tain vigor. Bnt one thing keep in
mind. If you want your criticism to
be effective, above all see to it that it
be just. (Applause.) But in any
event we, gentlemen, have reason to
congratulate ourselves upon the ire
mendOus progress made by the reform
movement against what some time ago
appeared almost overwhelming odds.
Our successes have been fairly aston
ishing. Now at last the people begin
to wake up to it, to understand its
principle and appreciate it's aims and
its benefits. We have only to go on
in the way in which we have begun
and we shall accomplish it all. ZAP
plause.) One thing is certain, and
that is that the reform movement has
come to stay and to grow.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
Bill Nye to a Communist.

Dear Sir-YOur courteous letter of
the lst inst, in which you cordially
consent to share my wealth and dwell
together with me in fraternal sunshine,
is duly received. While | dislike to
appear cold and distant to one who
seems so yearnful and so clinging, and
while / do not wish to be regarded as
purse proud or arrogant, | must decline
your kind offer to whack up. You had
not heard, very likely, that am not
now a communist. / used to be, | ad-
init, and the society no doubt neglect
ed to strike my name off the roll of ac-
tive members. For a number of years
L was quite active as communist.
would have been more active but | had
conscientious scruples against being
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
Brother Gardner on Latin.

''If BrOdder Shindig Watkins am in
de hall tonight, he will please step
dis way" said Brother Gardner, as eve
rybOdy except Red Rock Taylor drew
in his feet and ceased coughing.
Brother Watkins made his way to
the presidents desk with look OF
keen expectancy on his face.
"Brudder Watkins, continued the
president, 81 want to spoke to you in
diwidually. On seberal Occashuns has
heard you wind up an Observashun wild
cum dig soils. Has you got any diggin
to do ~
"NO-nO, sab"
"Ain't gwin to dig a cellar or wellP'
"NO, sah."
''Do you know anybody named So
lis ~
81 reckon not, Sah."
"Den why do you call on Soils to
come an dig"
81 dunno"
Gum! On odder occasions, Bruddel
Watkins, | has heard you speak OF
stock on hand ?"
''I-I-nO, sah."
''Dat's too bad war; gwin to buy a
ton or so of you. All out, eh Now,
Brudder Watkins, what did you mean
one day las week when you told Give
adam Jones that you felt EN- dishabilleF
II dOan' remember, sab"
''Doan', ell Doan' happen to have
any dishabille in your pocket tonight,
do you?"
"NO, sah."
"Dat's sad-werry sad. At de oyster
patty de Odder ebening, you told the
widder Callforth dat you nebber went
out nights without your similia simil-
bus curantur wild you. How many
times does it shoot, Brudder WatkinsP'
81 dunno, sab"
(Which pocket do you carry it in %
''NOne of 'em."
"Brudder Watkins, look me in de left
eye! De man who has looked in at de
back doah of II college am not speshu-
ally called upon to give de fack away.
An, too, the English langwidge am So
plain AN easy dat anybody can make
his-self understood widOut breakin' his
back. When the president of republic
lie dis sends fo'th an annual message
in sech simple English dat skule
boys kin swaler cherry word, dat hain't
much call for the likes of us to stand
on de hind platform of a street kyar an
call ont: AID interim amicus humani
generis ante bellum CONNIE je fus! We
knew it widOut his givin' hisself away!
Take yer seat, Brudder Watkins, an
let us hope dat you will hencefo'th use
the langwidge of de kentry in impartin'
de infurmathun dat you went to bed
with cold feet an got up wild a back
ache Detroit Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
H. C. DAVENPORT,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER

House repairing and shop work done to order.
Am agent for the sale of Freeman ONeil & Til
denis Stair work, ClaremOnt, N. H., will furnish
Black walnut, Cherry, Oak, Ssh. Birch stair
work. Will show you all the different styles of
stair work, take my own measures and irraDt
every part free of charge; you pay the Company $
lowest cash price for the work; l will contract
for the work put up in a neat, wOrkmanlike man
ner. Shop over William .Ons blacksmith shop,
Eastern Avenue. IS1tfI H. &. DAVENPORT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
How He Won Her.

A young editor, bright, poor and
punsteriOus, had won the affections Of
rich mans daughter, and they had
fixed ii day for him to call on the IA
Their, and on that day he was promptly
in the old gentleman's Office.
"GOOd morning, sir" he said, conf
dent, yet ready to run. Il have called
on you on Il matter Of"
eve don't want any advertising to-
day" interrupted the old gentleman,
looking up over his glasses"
~ am not on that business, sir.
came to ask you for your daughter"
what do you want with her 2"
marry her"
"What fOr?"
"FOr better or worse?"
"W hat does the girl say p"
|'She says she will be my wife"
"Ugh! You haven't got cent in the
world, have you?"
eyes, sir. She gave assent, and if
You will do the same, that will make
two, and we can buy postage stamp
and write to you for the balance of our
salary"
1t was wretched attempt, but he
got the girl Merchant Traveller.
SQUIBS.
A dead give-away-P Presenting bodies
to medical college.
S. S. teacher. -'Why did the chill
dren of Israel sprinkle blood on the
door posts ~
Pupil.-"Please, mann, they wanted
to paint the town red."-[Life.
A little girl noticing the gIittering
gold filling in her aunt's front teeth,
exclaimed, "Aunt Mary, | wish | had
cOpper-tOed teeth, like yours"
The office seekers who come back
from Washington swearing, appear to
he precursors of reform.
"WOn't You have another piece of
pie, Mr.. Featherly n asked Bobby,
Hospitality. His mother was enter
tanning a few friends at dinner and
the dessert was being discussed.
"Thanks, Bobby" Featherly replied,
"since you are so polite about it, will
take ii small piece more"
"All right" said Bobby. "Now,
MA, remember your promise. You
said If it was necessary to cut a second
pie could have two pieces. - Tran
script.
An exchange hints that General
Grants physicians don't understand
their business. They don't, ell You
just wait until they send in their bills,
and you will discover your error
[Norristown Herald.
A gentleman who was making a
drawing in his sketch book in Central
Park, New York, the other day was
informed by "a policeman that "sketclI-
ing is not allowed without a permit"
A paper down South is called The
Epidemic. The editor probably thinks
that everybody will take it.-[New
York journal.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has decided that unless persons look
both ways in crossing IA railroad track
they cannot obtain damages for inju-
ries they may receive. This gives
crOss-eyed people a decided advantage
over those who can see straight, and
in some measure mitigates the Attic
ton of being crOss-eyed. Life is full
of compensations.- Boston Courier.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
HambIet0nian Stallion,
DUKE ALEXIS.

This horse was foaled Aug ), 1874 bred by The
Odore f. Mapes of Monroe Orange Co., n. Y, and
was purchased by Il. M Bacon of New York city
hen two years old since which time he has been
in the of b. F. Haviland- of Danvile, who has
also been half owner since he was four years old.
Alexis has proved to be an extra stock horse his
colts having taken premiums at both State and
County fairs, and found ready market at good
prices. ALEXIS, with his stock, took second pre-
MUM at State fair at Burlington in g and the
first premium at Caledonia fair the same year and
and also took first premium at County fair in go
size, style and action, makes him a very desirable
horse for breeding purposes.
ALEXIS is a beautiful golden bay with black
points, heavy name and tail stands 152 hands high
wei ght from ll50 to 1900 lbs.
PEDIGREE.
DUKE ALExIs was sired by Iron Duke he by
Rysdyk's Ham bletonian. Dam by Miller Sir Henry
Bird T" " ' -''''" '''-''' = & '''"' y i''1
MilIer's Sir Henry by Coles Sir Henry; by Sir
Henry Duroc I; of Sir Henry by Sir Archy.
Young Red Jacket by Old Red Jacket by Duroe
son of imported DiOmeed, sire of American Eclipse
Red Bird by Bishops HambletOnIan, son of i'm
ported Messenger.
The dam of DUKE ALEXIS sired by Kings
Champion; he by Grinnells Champion he by Al
mack; he by Membrinoi he by imported Mes
senger.
Kings Champion is the sire of the celebrated AL
burn horse, who trOtted in Is; also Geo 3. Dan
iels who trotted in "a and other fast ones.
the Of 1895, and will be kept for the of
mares. PersOns interested requested 20 call
and examine the horse. Terms SIS to warrant.
All mares at owners risk.
B. f. HAvILAND & co.
Dsnyille, Vt, April y, 1895. July.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
Thirty Years. Experience

has proved to that conscientious care and
painstakng to produce the best work possible is
appreciated by intelligent public, and / assure
my friends that shall continue the same old way
Ny facilities for producing every kind of port ait
landscape. architectural animals interiors, &c.
far exceeds any establishment in northern New
England. large assortment of fine gilt, bronze
enamel and gilt frames
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07

ID. A Clifford. Artist in Photography would X
press sincere thanks to his very numerous patrons,
far and near for their generous patronage during
the past fifteen years he has been resident in st
JOhnsbury and assures them that in the future as
in the past he will put forth ry effort to merit
continuation of their tavOrs. by adopting all pro-
gressive ideas developed and applied in the Art
Science of Photography.
The work of my Gallery has a NATIONAL rep
utatiOn, well at home, receiving frequently
large orders from the most distant parts of this
country. (And 1 wish it to be remembered that
am not carrying on what is known Copying
house" with canvassing agentsD
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07

t 20 sept,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07

turn my face once more to the vast
| expanse of water and the nothing be-
yond that awful cliff. Closing nv
eyes, | writhed, with know not what
motions, easily around till again my
| back pressed against the precipice.
| That was IA restful sensation. And
now for the decision of my fate
| looked at the rope. Not for a moment
could fancy it within my reach It's
swayings were not, rs | had expected,
| even slightly inward, but when falling
back against the wind, it swung out
wards as though the air were eddying
from the wall.
"NOw at last | gazed down steadily.
Would IA leap be certain DEATH The
water was of immense depth below.
But what chance of striking it feet or
head first 7 What chance of preserving
consciousness in the descentP No, the
leap would be death that at least was
clear.
again | turned to the rope. | was
now perfectly desperate, but steady,
nerved beyond the best moments of
my life, good for an effort surprising
the human. Still the rope swayed as
before, and its motion was very reg
ular. i saw that | could touch it at
any point of its gyratiOn by a strong
leap.
But could grasp itq What use if
it were not firmly secured above? But
all time for hesitation had gone by.
knew too well that strength was mine
but for II moment, and that in the next
action of weakness | should drop from
the wall like dead fly. Bracing my
self, | watched the rope steadily for
one round, and as it returned against
the wind, jumped straight out over the
heaving Atlantic.
"By Gods aid | reached, touched,
clutched, held the strong line. And it
held Not absolutely. Once, twice,
and again it gave, gave, with jerks
that tried my arms. / knew these in
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-23
The DAYS RECORD or GRIMES.

AnILESE, April 2l.-lSpecial, A bit.
ter wordy warfare, which has been in
progress for some time between the ed
itors of the two daily papers of this
place, the Quill and the Reporter, came
TO II head this afternoon Ia u pistol on
countor, which resulted in tho serious
wounding of Editor q. Il. Gilbert, of tho
Reporter,
Gilbert has just returned from Ala
Dama, whore he had been 10 visit rela.
tiyes, and was more than ever inceGsod
at the hot shot which had appeared
from day To day in the columns OF the
QIill, which is conducted by VIM. l..
Gibbs.
The row commenced as fol-
lows: Gilbert, armed with a
siX-shootor and heavy horse-whip,
and accompanied bv his brother-in. law,
Abb Wilson, who was also armed, re-
paired TO the Quill Office, and not find
ing Gibbs at his desk, engaged in q
quarrel with Capt. Thompson, the com
posing-roOm foreman, and finally at
tackled him with the whip, inilicted sew
erai .!!o severe G;e1I ,,,oS cuts No pistols
son guarded of the blows
with his fist. The two enraged men
then left the Office, swearing vengeance
and declaring their intention to find
Gibbs and six" him. The latter was
met on the corner of North Secondhand
Pine streets, and accosted by Gilbert
who demanded an immediate settlement
OF past difficulties. Gibbs had learned
of the conflict in the Quill
I,n .N,-- t.,
his family by the first attack, and was
on his way home to comfort his wife,
and so informed Gilbert, and told him
also that in a short while he would give
him all the fight and satisfaction he
needed. But Gilbert appeared frenzied
with excitement and rage, and struck
Gibbs a heavy blow on the
arm with the butt end OF
the whip, which action he
tol, In spite of the heavy rain which was
falling. Gibbs then prepared for the
deadly encounter, which appeared in
evitabie, and drew his aix-shOoter also.
Five shots were then fired in rapid sue
cession, resulting in the fracture OF
Gilbert's skull above the eyebrow.
The shooting occurred opposite the
First National bank and IN the vicinity
Of a number of large business establish
TO the door fronts and windows. For
unately Capt. Gillespie, of the state
ranger force, was in the vicinity, and
rushed to the spot, and persuaded the
COmbatHnts to desst before mortal
wounds were inflicted. The two editors
have long been personal rivals, as well
as newspaper opponents, and their
quarrels have long engaged tho atten-
ton of citizens. Both are church mem
bers, and Gilbert has long prided him
self on the conspicuous figure he cuts in
the Southern Methodist church
and exalts himself on his piety and
unceasing opposition to pistol-carry ying,
saloons ana wickeduess generally. He
was taken home shortly after tho en-
counter. and placed under the care of
skilliul physicians, and both beligorents
were compelled to give bond for their
appearance at the bar OF justice. Gibbs
is member of the Laborers league,
and acts as secretary for the organlza-
tipn