St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-21


court of the United States, in the case
of the Protector, ~ Wall, 700, held
that the war ended in all the United
States, except Texas, on April 2, 1866,
and in Texas on August 20, 1866"
In the 20 years since Lincoln's death
he has been joined by all the members
of his cabinet, Seward, Chase, Fessen-
den, Stanton, Willis, Blair, and Bates.
Of the noted military and naval lead
ers Lee was the first to die, and he has
been followed by Farragut, Meade,
side. Among the leaders in political
great majority the names of Sumner,
Thad Stevens, Chandler, Morton,
Greeley, and Alexander H. Stephens,
besides host of others, will be easily
recalled.
The recent death of Jacob ThOmp
son of Mississippi leaves five men Gv-
ing that held cabinet positions during
the democratic administrations prior
to 1860. These are jefferson Davis of
Mississippi, who was secretary of war
under President Pierce Joseph Holt of
Kentucky, who was postmaster gener-
al under President Buchanan, and lat
er secretary of war as John b. FlOyd's
successor Philip Francis Thomas of
Mary land, who succeeded Howell Cobb
of Georgia as secretary of war under
President Buchanan James Camp
bell of Philadelphia, who was post
master general under President Pierce,
and HOratiO King of Maine, who was
postmaster general under President
Buchanan.
The annual reunion of the Society of
the Army of the Potomac occurred i'll
Baltimore on Wednesday,, and General
Grant was unanimously re elected
president of the organization for the
ensuing year. He responded by tele
gram, accepting the honor, expressing,
however, his hOpelessness of being able
to perform the duties of the Office.
Several resolutions were passed, among
them being one asking that the portion
of the civil service law giving prefer
ence to bOnOrably discharged Union
soldiers in the distribution of patron
age be strictly enforced, and another
asking Congress to take speedy action
in carrying out the recommendations
of the military committee looking to
the complete vindicatiOn of General
Fitz-John Porter. The X. E. Lee camp
of ex-cOnfederates were given warm
welcome by the association, and the
greetings between the blues and the
grays were of the most cordial charac-
ter. San Francisco has been selected
as the place of meeting next year.
Two Cat Stories.
IL
street family and the lady of the house
concluded that one was sufficient to do
all the business, and an edict of death
was passed on the old cat and her kit
ten. The question of the manner of
death was settled and the chlorOfOrm
purchased. Days passed after the chic
reform was in the house before the ex-
ecutioner could muster courage to eX-
ecute the sentence. To facilitate mat
tiers the lady thought that some lauda-
mum, added to the cats milk would
produce stupOr that would make the
chlOrofOrm more easy. The drug was
put in the milk and rendered the old
cat. She tasted the food, cast her eyes
suspiciOusly about her and refused to
eat. The kitten rushed to the dish to
partake of the milk and was violently
hHOCkcu away ny Out Olu Cat. WHO
took corner of mat and covered
over the dish to hide it from the kitten
and prevent her from taking the ''med-
icine." The lady could not believe ii
possible that the act was intentional
on the part of the cat, and uncovered
the dish and again rendered the milk
to her. She again knocked the kitten
from the dish and covered it over more
carefully than before. This repetition
of the protective act gained the good
will of the lady and she gave up kill
ing the cats. She cannot satisfy her
mind, however, whether the action of
the cat was prompted by instinct or
reason.
On one of the east side wharves is
cat which has been there for some
time, and has become the pet of all lin
the vicinity. A few days ago she gave
birth to two kittens. Tuesday the
little ones were drowned, and in CON
sequence the cat seemed disheartened
and showed that she felt her loss keen
ly. In another shed, about fifty yards
from where the kittens were born,
were five puppies only a week old.
Tuesday evening the cat stole one of
the puppies and carried it to her dom
icrie since which time she has nursed
it as fondly as if it were kitten, and |
will not allow any one to approach the |
locality where the strange pair are
now quartered.