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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
Republican District Convention

A Republican Convention for the Second Con
gressiOnal District of Vermont will be held at
Montpelier Wednesday, the 4th day of August
1886 at 10 O'Clock, m, for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidate for Representative from this
district to the 50th Congress of the United States
Also District Committee for the ensuing biennial
term.
Towns will be represented in said convention by
their delegates, chosen upon basis of one delegate
from each town, and additional delegate tor
each one hundred votes or fraction of one hundred
votes fifty CASTOR the Republics candidate
for governor at the state election of 1884.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
RECENT DEATHS.

STARK.-Archibald Stark died at his
home in this town last Saturday night,
aged 81 years. Mr.. Stark was born in
DummerstOn, N. H., and removed to
this town with his parents when about
five years old. He was one of family
of children all of whom but one are
dead. The most of his life was spent
in town. His family consisted of three
children, two of whom, AFRO B. Stark
of this town and Mrs. John Beers of
BinghamtOn, N. Y, survive him.
About six weeks ago he was stricken
with what was supposed to be an i'm
mediate fatal disease, but he has lived
thus long suffering much pain but
looking for the end in happy, hope
full manner, feeling that God had given
long lease of life and telling those
who so tenderly cared for him that the
future looked bright to him. The flu
neral was held Monday afternoon, Rev.
A. E. Hoyt officiating, and was attend
ed by large number of friends and
acquain tances.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Notlce.

GIMON PECK'S ESTATE.
- The subscribers, having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District OF
Caledonia, Commissioners to receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Simon Peck late of
Danville, in said District deceased represented
the creditors of said deceased exhibit and prove
their respective claims before Give notice
that we will attend to the duties of our appoint
ment at the dwelling house of Mrs. Simon
Peck in Danvile, in said District, ON the
18th day of Aug. and the LIST day of Jan. next
at ten O'clock in the forenoon each of said days
HENRY FRENCH, }Comm,,.
55-57 VIM CLEMENT {Nomm re
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
DANVILLE.

When Geo. F. Spalding of the BOs-
ton Traveller and his son of the BOs-
ton Courier were in town last week at
their friends, the Doles', Mr.. Spauld-
ing bought very fine four-year-old
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15

TIE democratic conventions for the
first and second districts of Vermont
will be held at Montpelier at the same
time of the state convention.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
c A s n
Paid for
WOOL, BUTTER AND EGGS,
By
L. D. STILES,
37tf st. JOhnsbury Centre
COnnissiOners' Notice.

DOMEO z. BROCKWAY'S ESTATE
III The subscribers, having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District Of
Caledonia, Commissioners TO receive. examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Romeo E BrOekway, late of
Barnet, in said District, deceased, represented
insOvent, and the term of six months from the 9TH
day Of Aug 1886, being allowed by said Court 10 the
creditors of said deceased, to exhibit and prove
their respective claims before US: Give notice
that we will attend to the duties of appoint
Dent at the dwelling house of Mrs x z. Brock
way. in Barnet in said District the 18th
day Of Aug. and the 7th day of February next, at
one O'Clock in the afternoon, each Of said days
sa yQHN 1: F RSEis {cOmm'rs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
CARROT.

The summer term of the. village
school, taught by Miss Alice NJ. Morse
closed on Saturday. The following is
a list of the scholars having no absent
marks during the term Allan Collins,
Maud Enright, Dean Fisher, Mayor
Haines, Ralph Hoyt, Mabel Morse,
Myrtle Myers, Walter Myers. Eight
cen of the thirty scholars had no tardy
marks Wilmer Barrett, Myrtle Britt,
Leon Cole, Allan Collins, Carrie En-
right, Dean Fisher, Winnie Freeman,
Mabel Haines, Mayor Haynes, Ralph
Hoyt, Arthur LampsOn, Carroll Lance,
joey Lance, Edith Morse, Mabel Morse,
Myrtle Myers, Walter Myers and Flora
Southwick. Several had no absent
marks until detained at home by sick
ness.
The many friends of H. B. Whittier
we're glad TO welcome him last week.
He has good situation in boot and
shoe store in Rutland.
Mrs. Cynthia (Brown) Cutler of
Mortified, Mimi, is visiting friends in
town.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
Caledonia Count,

H. c. BATES St. Johnsbury, ls.,...
e. A. BUNKER, Peacham, 'o
J. G: HovEY, st. JOhnsbury. Asst. Judges.
CLOUD HARVEY, Barnet,
w. p. SMITH, St Johnsbury, Judge of Probate.
A. DUNNETT, st. JOhnsbury, States Attorney
LORENZO SULLOWAY, st. JOhnsbury, Sheriff
j. S HENDERSON, Barnet High Bailiff.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15

DERBY.-In the death of Mrs. Sarah
G. Derby, which occurred the 9th in
slant, one of our oldest residents was
released from long and painful ILL
ness. She had been tenderly cared for
all the last months of her life by her
daughter, Mrs. I. j. Robinson. Her
remains were inferred at Laurel hill
cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
mo dread of wasting sickness,
No thought of ache pain,
No fretting hours of weakness,
Shall mar her peace again;
No death her frame DER shading,
Shall eer her harp unstring;
For all is life unfading
In presence of her King"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
Ite TaIedunian.
Republican Nominations.

Republican Nominations.
For Governor,
f. j. ORMSBEE, of Brandon.
For Lieutenant Governor,
LEVI X. FULLER, of BrattleborO.
For Treasurer,
VIM. III. DU BOIS, of Randolph.
For Auditor of Accounts,
Il. II. POWELL, of RichfOrd.
For Secretary of State,
CHARLES III. PORTER, of Montpelier.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
over Niagara Falls.

over LStaSafa
A fool-hardy fellow named C. d
Graham, Philadelphia cooper, passed
safely through the whirlpool rapids al
Niagara Falls in a cask Sunday after
noon. The boat was made in the form
of buoy. A boat tOwed it out from
shore, a swift current caught it and
carried it along, moving faster and
faster until it dashed on with full force
1t kept the centre of the river until il
reached the whirlpool, when it struck
a strong side current and was carried
swiftly through, reaching the quieteI
waters beyond. The cask was picked
up five miles below the starting point,
and Graham came out uninjured, ex-
cepting slight bruise on one arm. He
says he will yet go over Horseshoe
falls.
Terrible Volcanic EruptiOns.
New Zealand has been greatly dis
turbed the past month by fearful earth
quakes and volcanic eruptiOns. Lives
have been lost, many villages com
pletely submerged with burning lava
and dust and ashes. The entire cOun-
try, over an extent of 100 miles long
and 20 in breadth, was nothing but a
mass of flame and hot crumbling soil,
which i'm places rose to the height of
40 feet, capped at the highest point by
the TekOphe geysers, said to have been
the grandest in the world.
Hugh NJ. Brooks, alias w. HI. Lenox
Maxwell, convicted of numbering Chas.
A. Preller, was sentenced Wednesday
to be hanged August 81.
Gladstone has lost the election, but
it is not certain that the tories will
have a majority. The uniOnists will
probably hold the balance of power.
Nine persons were lost in Mammoth
cave in Kentucky last week, having
from a party of 81 of which
they were members. They wandered
about for eight hours and
finally adopted the plan of leaving
small articles of clothing in their path
Is they walked along, and by these
means they were finally found by the
party of friends who were sent in
search of them, sitting on the banks of
Echo river, to which they bad finally |
Lrriyed
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
NOTE AND COMMENT.

New Hampshire prohibitionists, ire.
spective of sex, met in convention yes
terday to nominate a state ticket.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15

SHATTUCK.-BOWman b. ShaCtuck
died at his home on the Danville road
Sunday morning at the age of SO. Mr..
Shattuck was a native of Danville and
came to st. JOhnsbury in 1866 entering
the employ of the Fairbanks scale
company. A year later he began seal
ing the beams of railroad scales and
has continued at this work for 10
years. He was one of the efficient and
trusted employees of the company as
is evidenced by his long and uninter-
rupted term of service. He has had
few sick days and no long sickness I'M
til this one which proved fatal. A
month ago he left the shops and has
been sick since, one feature of his dis
ease being an inability to eat and di-
gest the food. He was highly esteem
ed by his companions at the works, by
his neighbors and all who knew him.
He leaves a widow, two married daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Walter Nutting and Mrs.
Walter Cook, and a son William, the
latter living on the old farm at Dan
vile. Funeral services were held
Tuesday, Rev. Henry Fairbanks Off
ciating.
JONEs.-The many friends of Miss
Minnie V. Jones will be panied to
learn of her death July 8. She return
ed from a visit to her uncle in E. Ca
naan Feb. l and from that time grad
ually lost strength. For weeks she
suffered from severe cough, but in
all her sickness she illustrated the
truth that they are brave who can suf-
fer cheerfully and patiently. She
seemed to sorrow most that others suf-
fered from her pain. She loved life
yet felt that if death was appointed for
her she could accept it at Gods hand.
She was the daughter of Mrs. Viola M.
Jones and the late B. G.. Jones who
formerly resided at Barton Landing
and w. Charleston.
RANNEY.-Cbarles F. Ranney and
wife of Newport are in great affection,
having been called the past week to
part with their second child and last
daughter by that dreadful disease,
diphtheria. Several weeks ago Willie,
their oldest child had quite a severe
run of the disease. During his sick
ness the two younger children had
been sent away from home, and did
not return for some ten days or more
after Willie had got up. The house
and everything about it had been most
thoroughly disinfected during and af-
ter his sickness, the utmost care being
taken to prevent any spread of the dis
ease. Edith and her older sister, Ethel
had been at home about fortnight
and all fear of the disease had gone
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15

SHATTUCK.-Thed death of Samuel F..
Shattuck, who died in the south part
of Wheelock the 9Th instant, was pc
culiarly sad in the fact that he left
three young orphan children, the moth
er dying five years ago.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15

The general opinion is that B. B..
Smalley, collector at Burlington, will
be rejected, owing to the hostility of
Senator Edmunds.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15

Attorney General Garland has asked
the president for two months vaca-
ton and the Boston Record suggests
that the president make it longer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15

Reports from Washington state that
Senator Morrill, is now improving
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15

from the minds of the parents. But
somehow the disease was contracted.
Ethel came down with it June IL, and
Edith the day following. The disease
seemed to take stronger hold of the
younger one and though everything
possible was done, she died after five
days suffering. 1t was supposed that
the older daughter Ethel had nearly
recovered. She was about the house
and apparently doing well when the
disease took the form of paralysis OF
the heart and she died on Saturday
last Both these little girls were pets,
not only of the family but of the viii
lage. While the parents have the
deepest sympathy in this great Attic
tion it is gratifying to know that they
are wonderfully sustained by trust
in One who doeth all things well.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
Miss Grams School for YOUNG Ladies

Pupils fitted for any College; if desired pupils
can remain during the session of the Summer Col
lege of Languages. For terms address MISS
CRAM, 261 Pearl St. Burlington VT. augI9
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
NORTH DANVILLE.

Rev. NJ. Atwood will exchange pull
pits with Rev. j. r. Franklin of Shelf
field next Sunday.
Miss Laura Moore of Barnet lectures
on woman's suffrage at the church on
Friday evening, July Is, at II o'clock
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
appOttIOhIntHI IS rs IUIIOWs

In Essex county: Brunswick, East Haven
CRANKY Lexington. Maidstone and Victory, one
delegate each; Bloomfield, Canaan, Guildhall anC
Lunenburg, two; Brighton and Concord, three.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15
Saved a Life.

The Jacksonville, Fla, Times Union
of July 10 tells the following story of
the courage and pluck of Carl H. jew
ell, formerly employed in the CaledO-
MAN office and who has many friends
in st. JOhnsbury. The affair took place
Saturday, July 9, at Pablo, Florida.
Says the Times Union:
An incident occurred in the surf, be-
tween 3 and o'clock p. m. which
came near terminating the life of one
of our young citizens. Mr.. E. w. Jones
went down on the 230 train, and i'm
mediately upon his arrival at the beach
repaired to the bath house where he
dOnned bathing suit and went into
the water. He claims to be a good
tured too far out, reaching point
where the water is quite deep. After
going as far as he desired he turned
round and started to swim back to the
shore but just as he did so he was
seized with a cramp. AS soon as he
felt the cramp coming on he called for
assistance. His calls were heard and
Mr.. Carl HI. Jewell, assistant fore
man of The Times Union cOmpOs-
ing room, who was nearest to him
swan out and found Jones in an al
most helpless condition. He caught
Mr.. Jewell round the neck, and the
latter being thus rendered unable to
swim, experienced considerable diff
Guilty in freeing himself; but finally,
when he succeeded in getting loose he
pulled Mr.. Jones safely ashore.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-15

men.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
Extraracancs and Poverty.

MI. Zig Tag spends $1,000 a week In en-
tertaining on his yacht, does he2 l can
find him a thousand men within sound OF
my whistle to whom q Tooth part Of hat
sum would be a weekly boon not only, but
an absolute shelter, shield, defense, and
support. Miss Flyaway sports five dresses
q day in the spacious ballroom OF the
West End hotel, and the precious stones
that dance and sparkle in her ears and
the gorgeous necklace that rises and falls
with the heavings Of her bosom are esti-
mated at the sum Of an old-time fortune,
but, nevertheless, with bare feet, scuf1ing
through the dusty roads Of Long Branch,
l saw with my own eyes q woman, 20
years Of age, with but one slazy garment
between her and the ocean breeZes, ex-
tending, as she stood timidly and irreso-
lutely, a veined and shriyelled hand,
shaking with the palsy. and begging for a
cent
Men and women appeal every day in
every week TO the public, through the col
umns of the daily papers for something
on which they can stand, for some work
on which they can build a hope. The
spasmodic charity which doles out to this
one S and to that one so is helpful, as an
umbrella from the nIumentary down
pouring Of a thunderstorm, but what Is 1t
as a help to keep the wolf Of hunger from
the door Of famine during the along win
ter months before us2-Joe Howard in
New York World.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03

People in large cities do not pay sufti-
Gent attention TO the quail fications of doc
tors. If a man be sick, the nearest physt
clan is called. That physician, we fear,
from personal observation, sometimes
kills his patient, because the neighbors
are naturally kept from exercising their
own common sense in the case. The doc
tor, having carried his course Of treat
ment to its logical conclusion, p%ronounces
the patient beyond hope, and then only
another doctor, generally a good one, Is
called to attend the man in dying. This
latter doctor will say no word concerning
the previous treat men.
Now, why? Is the business Of d~octoring
merely an experiment, wherein it Is I'M
safe to say q quack or an empiric has
mistreated his man, and unsafe because
the learned doctor may do the same thing
tomorrow There is in most folks a De-
sire TO put their own family physician on
their best friends. Probably this
many lives through holding off the be-
ginner in drugs. We would be pleased to
see a custom established that would make
it possible for a student doctor to accom-
pany a physician of twenty years expert
ence in his rounds for about two years.
An immense amount Of money is paid to
doctors. When a doctor knows all there
is to be known, the money is well spent.
When the doctor is compelled to read his
book at every case it is apt to be unlucky
money II Current.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
The writing of the Stars.

The marvellous nature Of star photo
graphs is keenly appreciated by Mr.. r. A.
Proctor, the English astronomer, who
says: Il know not how it may be with
others, but l find myself strangely moved
by Photographic records Of the heavenly
bodies. To see on q small area Of photo
graphic film the ripple marks Of light
waves which have travelled across the IL
Imitable depths of interstellar space, tax
ing years or centuries on their way, to
close their career by writing down their
record for the astronomers on our tiny
earth-this, surely, is among the most
moving achievements Of the science Of our
day"
Describing the process Of engraving a
Eineographic plate, by sunlight, from the
star-made negative, he concludes: thus
was an engraving formed by the action Of
the stars and our sun alone-or, remem-
bering that our sun is himself a star, we
may say that the photographic plate from
which charts are printed was the work Of
the stars onlyl No human hand has
touched the disk-shaped hollows by which
each individual star has records its
place,"-Arkansaw Traveller.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03

The marriage of George j.. Gould, son of
Jay Gould, is everywhere the subject of
gossip. Being ayoung fellow of brains and
good sense, the bridegroom was true to his
affections, and the young lady Of his pref
erence not being of society" he married
without the sanction of society" His
father approved the match. and the young
couple were welded in q simple, hOmely
way, in the paternal mansion at ~Irvington-
on-the- Hudson. They will reside in New
York City.
George J.. Gould isa broker, industrious
and able; and his bride will some day, in
all probability, be the wife Of millionaire.
She is beautiful and clever; and will adorn
any station in life to which she may attain.
Her name previous to her marriage was
Edith Kingdom. She resided in Brooklyn,
New York, before the time when, four
years ago, she made her advent on the
stage. Her father died when she was
quite young, and her mother,
who is u widow the second time,
married a Brooklyn lawyer. Edith was
carefully educated in the City of Churches,
and in the curse of time her graces and
attachments distinguished her in social
gatherings. Her decided histronic gifts
and bias toward the stage, led to her pre-
paratiOn for the life of an actress.
She made her first appearance at Newark,
n. J.. Subsequently she appeared at the
Boston Theatre, where she remained a year.
Her next engagement was as a member Of
Daly's stock company, from which she re-
signed a few weeks ago. The statement is
made that her graces had so won on public
favor rs to excite the jealousy of some of
her colleagues OF greater experience than
she, and that she had retired earlier than
she had intended, to escape annoyance from
this cause.
Mrs. Gould is a brunette, with black
hair and eyes, a small but shapely figute,
and much grace OF movement. Her exper-
fence on the stage has been q brilliant
success. When she went to London, as a
member of Mr.. Daly's company, last spring
Mr.. Gould followed her. Gossip has never
associated another name with hers than
his, and the young people begin their
welded life under an unclouded sky.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
Cranks In tha Postal SerrIce.

The postal service produces not peculiar
terms, but peculiar men, correctly de-
nominated cranks. These are men who
have for years held positions that occu-
pied almost their emit ire time so that they
rarely think Of anything except the post
office or postal service. / remember n
railway postal clerk named Poole who
never heard o name but he would imme-
diately try and locate a postofice Of the
same name. He was walking on
the street in Oshkosh with a
friend named Watkins when they met a
Mr.. Jessop whom Watkins knew. Wat
kins introduced his Jessop to Poole, and
the latter, taking JesSop'S hand, looked
thoughtful for a moment and then muir
INJURED, -Jessop, Jessop, Oil yes, Jessop,
Buchanan county, Iowa. 1 am glad to
meet you, Mr.. Jessop." We have any
number of such men to deal with, and it
sometimes requires a good deal of tact to
get along with them. On postal subjects
they are all right but on all others they
are cranks.-Maj. Harlow in Globe Demo-
ont
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
VI iRrISs FERRY.
A Few Minor Happenings, Briefly Cnron-
icled-

A Few Minor H~sppenings, Briefy Cnron-
An infant child Of Mr.. Samuel Perry Is
seriously i'll.
Auditor X. X. Bennett was In the city
last night On official business.
Two very large new wine casks arrived
on the c. & p. yesterday, for the Ohio
Wine Co.
The Laughlin mill will probably be of
several days on account Of the breaking Of
their engine.
Mr.. j. Il. Fowler is removing his cigar
shop from the Carpenter building into the
post Office room.
The strike among the self feeder boys
at the Laughlin mill still continues, with
no sign of the boys weakening.
Quite q number Of Martins Ferry peo-
pie will attend the presentation Of 'The
Gladiator by Robert Downing at the
Opera House in Wheeling tonight and to
morrow night
Yesterdays rain washed tons Of gravel
on to the pavement and into the street in
different parts of town. Mr.. City Com
missioner, please go to work and keep up
your good reputation for promptnsss in
alternating the distress Of drivers and
pedestrians. =
Tho two canvas men of Wallace Bros
circus who were arrested for fighting on
Monday evening were taken TO Bellaire
yesterday to allow them to collect apart
ofthe wages due them so they could pay
their fines. The proprietors however,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
E. C. Stedman on True Genius.

Not every mind catches fire with its own
friction and emits flashes that surprise
itself, as in dreams n is startled at
things said to him, though he actually is
both ~interlOcutor and answerer. Thus
Swift, reading his Tale of a Tub, ex-
claimed: sGOod God! what genius I had
when | wrote that book" Thackeray
confessed his delight with the passage
where Mrs. Crawhy, for a moment,
adores her stupid husband after his one
heroic act. There" cried the novelist,
ais q stroke Of genius!" 1t was n Of the
occasions when, like our Autocrat COM
posing "The Chambered Nautilus" he
had written "better than he could."-
New Princeton Review.