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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
Fairbanks VS.. Fuller.

One of the conundrums proposed in
the Apollo Climb concert at LyndOnville
last Saturday evening was as follows:
Mr.. Lowe, tambOrine, to Mr.. Boutwell,,
interlOcutOr.-Mr. Boutwell,, can you
tell me why the last Vermont Republi-
can state convention resembled n city
visitor to the country, who INDUCES in
Democratic principles by getting lit
tie full ?
Mr.. B.-Mr. Lowe, you must be a
progressive politician to be able to dis
cover any resemblance between the
last Republican state convention and a
city visitor who INDUCES in Democratic
principles by getting a little full.
say there was no resemblance.
Mr.. L.-Mr. Boutwell,, say there
was a striking resemblance.
Mr.. B.-Well, Mr.. Lowe, L shall have
to indulge you in your ideas, so please
explain the resemblance.
Mr.. L.-Well, they got in windy
place, sat down on the Fairbanks and
got a little Fuller.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
What Did 1t.

The university boat race at New
London last week was lost by the Har-
ward crew and won by the Yales much
to the surprise of everybody, the latter
crew coming in seven lengths ahead
and in the best time ever made on the
Thames. The jOkers at once started
the story that those Harvard boys had
been studying, but the joke is robbed
of its point in the light of the fact that
instead of going to bed at ten o'clock,
according to their training rules, some
of the Harvard crew frequently sat up
until , o'clock in the morning playing
cards, and also that claret punch was
not an unknown drink to some of
them, and that large quantities of
Basis ale was INDUCED in. Bob Cook,
the man who trained the Yale crew,
says that Harvard was working against
a principle, not against muscle, for it
had as much muscle as Yale. So it
seems that even a sporting student had
best let rum alone.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
"The Standard Bearer"

The above is the title of neat news
paper printed at Concord, N. H., de-
voted wholly to the temperance cause.
Rev. j. r. Bartlett, formerly of North
field this state, and for some time the
editor of the Messenger (organ of the
Methodist church) has purchased the
Standard Bearer and took possession
of the same last week. His first paper
is an excellent number and his many
Vermont friends in particular, and the
friends of humanity everywhere, will
wish him abundant success. In his
announcement Mr.. Bartlett uses these
words
"Our own convictions in this regard
a prohibition party are strong, and
we think them well grounded. They
are not of recent origin or of impul-
sive character, but have developed
with the passing years of a manhood
which we have endeavOred to mould
with a thoughtful remembrance of an
eternal accountability to God for its
opportunities and responsibilities. And
because of a conviction that the ballot
is God given thing which as a citi-
zen, parent and a Christian, we
should always use in view of eternal
consequences, rather than in supine
fear of immediate results, we have cast
our lot with the prohibition party, and
propose TO use these columns to vim
dictate it's existence and if possible to
promote its success"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
Does 1t Pay ?

People who were annoyed, abused
insulted or injured during the pande-
monium that accompanied what by
courtesy is called the Fourth of July
celebration" may be interested in
the following paragraph under the
above head which appeared in the
Springfield Republican of Tuesday :
The lawlessness of the night before
the Fourth was held in check better
this year than sometimes, but there is
a good deal of just indignation that it
is allowed to the present extent. To
allow bands of hOodlums to ravage the
streets, making night hideOus with
noise, committing petty depredatiOns
on property and thieving, is to write
ourselves down as scarcely graduated
from the country village, where OBJ
streperous youth Overawe the Dogber-
ry of the watch. These performances
are a licensed school of the youth in
lawlessness and crime and it is time to
suppress them. The freedom with
which fire. works are let off is another
scandal and source of danger to the
city. The fire department has been
kept pretty active over the Fourth and
the day brought US probably the larg-
est loss from fire so far of any day this
year. These losses have to be paid by
the community as a whole. Does it
nav
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
SENATORIAL NOMINATIONS.
The Harrington Monument.

The monument to Judge TheOphilus
Harrington, dedicated at Clarendon
VT, Saturday, commentaries one oil
the ancestors of the abolition move
ment, the man whose declaration thai
cit takes bill of sale from God AL
mighty to hold a man in this court
survived as tradition and was quot
ed and misquOted with much fervor in
the abolition meetings that preceded
the war. Harrington was man
whose strong native endowment en-
abled him to rise above obstacles
which would have kept most men
in obscurity. Never a lawyer, and ig-
norant of all technical legal knOwl-
edge, he was yet elected 10 times judge
of the supreme court of his state,
where he sat beside strong lawyers and
sustained himself against their learn
ing by his keen sense of justice and
righteousness. Born in Connecticut in
1862, he went to Vermont at %, be-
came a farmer and remained farmer
his life through, save for his years OF
service in the Legislature and the cOun-
tV and supreme courts. The anti
slavery decision on which his fame
rests is thus accurately stated by
Judge III. Ill. Wheeler of the United
States district court in the historical
address at the dedication of the monu-
ment. 1t was "a case under the act of
Congress of 1898, empowering the own
er to reclaim fugitive slave in any
state where he might be.
The attorney was armed with affida-
Wits of title to the slave. He seemed
to doubt whether Judge Harrington
understood the procedure, but put in
proof an affidavit of bill of sale of
the man. Judge Harrington asked if
that was all. Then he put in an aft
davit of bill of sale of the mother to
the man who sold the slave. Judge
Harrington said, 'Is that all ?" The
attorney said he had gone back to the
ownership of the mother. Judge Har-
rington said, "But you don't go back
to the original proprietor" The at
torney was surprised at this and asked
what would answer beyond these bills
of sales. Judge Harrington went back
in his mind to the original proprietor,
the creator of all mankind and over all
mankind, and over all pretended in
termediate ownership of one man by
another, and answered, IA bill of sale
from God Almighty
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08

hopeless, and the disgrace arising from
it becomes deeper every year. To the
world it must appear that whenever
we have to do with the Indians we
throw off every pretence of honor and
equity, and cheat and rob them with
shameless greed and persistency. Not
withstanding the incompatibility of
the attitudes we have assumed toward
them, our incOngruOus and contradic-
tory policies all operate alike in one
way they all work together for the
plundering of the Indian. Happily in
the present instance the interests of
the American citizens are likely to be
so seriously affected that congress will
probably be driven to adopt the only
measure which can clear up the en-
tanglement. Right of way has been
granted several railway corporations
through the Indian reservations. Now
that congress had no authority to
grant right of way through their lands,
and so the corporations will find them
selves threatened with costly and te-
dious litigation and they will bring
pressure upon the national Legislature
to take action in the premises.
AS the Tribune says, there is but
one plain and obvious remedy for the
trouble, and that is to cut the GOrdian
knot by making the Indian a citizen of
the United States. Why the negro
should be given the ballot and the In
dian refused it, why the immigrants
from Ireland, France or Germany
should be welcomed almost on their
arrival as citizens and the Indian treat
ed as a foreigner are questions that
cannot be reasonably answered.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
The vermont situation.

The editor of the Record has receiv-
ed letter from one of the leading
democrats of Vermont and in previous
years its candidate for high Office
He says:
There will not be more than three
votes in the state senate against Ed
munds, and in the house there will not
be over twenty republican votes
against him, and l should state as my
belief that there will not be ten. Wind
ham and Windsor counties will bt
unanimous for him. S. C. Shurtleff OF
Montpelier, if Timothy Redfield with
draws, will be the democratic candi.
date for governor.
The letter shows the general verdict
which is already registered in Yer
mont Boston Record.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK
The Useless Dog.

A big and fierce mastff attacked a
three years old daughter of Patrick
Shea, near his door in Providence, r.
l., July 1, and probably fatally injured
the child. The dispatch adds that the
dog has borne a bad name and his
owners are willing that he should be
killed.
There were 13 reported cases of ac-
cident by fireworks in Boston Monday.
Francis McCabe, boy who played
with a tOy-pistol during the PrOvi-
dence, r. l., celebration, resulted in
his wOunding his hand, having lock-
jaw and dying Friday.
By an explosion of an anvil while
charging Friday morning, j. w. Fuller
of Buckfeld, Me-, had both hands
blown off and an arm broken. He is
so years old and has family.
Portland, Me. is celebrating her Tooth
anniversary with great pOmp and cere-
mOny. There was procession of mil
itary, etc, Monday, over three miles
long. Speeches were made by many
prominent men.
The English election excitement con-
Times. Both the liberals and tories
claim advantages. The total number
of votes SO far cast and counted is
Gladstonian 348, 227, opposition 375,-
752.
Anyone who heard Matthew Arnold
speak when he was in this country a
few years ago will not be surprised to
learn that he is the most astOnished
man in America today. A writer says,
"The unanimity with which he is over
looked by both press and public must
prove startling to him, to say the
least"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
SUTTON.

Last Sabbath Rev. A. P. Tracy bap-
tiled IL and they with two others unit
ed with the Freewill Baptist church in
this place. Mr.. Tracy was hindered
from attending the temperance picnic
at LyndOnville grove July B by the
sickness of Mrs. Tracy, and not on ac-
count of the marriage ceremony to be
performed as reported. Mrs. Tracy is
improving.
Harley Switser and wife and Willis
Berry have returned from California.
They think Vermont good enough.
Rev. A. P. Tracy was called to
Wheeleck on Monday to attend flu
neral and was called on Wednesday to
Burke Hollow to attend the funeral of
Willard Bean, who died at his sisters,
Mrs. Wells Norris. Mr.. Bean was for
merly resident of Sutton and son of
Deacon Stephen Bean formerly of this
town. The whole family went to Hi
nois some years since. Mr.. Bean came
to Vermont the present season. His
remains were brought to Sutton for
burial.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
INDIANS AS FOREIGNERS.

A recent decision of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia makes
the Indian a foreigner! Perhaps this
government has committed no greater
number of nor more glaring absurdi-
ties than in the great variety of poll
cies ii has adopted toward its "wards."
Says the New York Tribune:
Congress, while cOnceding in one
way the position of foreign nation to
the Indians, undertakes in another
the care and subsistence of these for
eigners, and yet further proceeds to
dispose of their territory as if they
possessed no rights whatever. Even
the present decision that the Indian is
a foreigner operates only to prevent
the Cherokees from obtaining Justice
upon certain men accused of swindling
them. Congress could pass the law
which resulted in rObbing them of a
large amount, but when they seek res
titutiOn they are coolly informed that
they are foreigners, and that the court
has no Jurisdiction in the matter.
The middle in short, seems all but
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
DANVILLE.

Saturday June 26, Charles Sargent
and wife of Peacham drove to this vii
lage to visit at Peter NELSON'S, having
with them their little child eight weeks
old. When starting from home the
child appeared to be as well as usual,
but it was taken i'll as soon as arriving
here and died in a few hours Dan
vile Star.
DIR. James Aver of BuenOs Ayres, S.
A. arrived here last Friday, and it is
hoped that he will spend the summer
here.
The Misses Bidwell of New York
city will spend the summer at the Elm
house.
Rev. T.. w. Darling has gone to
Keene, N. H., for two weeks rest.
Miss HELEN WoOlsOn is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. III. S. Cook.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Page of Littleton,
N. H., are in town a few days.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
GREENSBORO.

Clark Baker has six summer board
ers from New York at his pleasant
country home, and expects some five
or six more. 1t is the same party who
were with him last season.-Charles s..
COnant, at his place nearer the village,
also has few bOarders.-TrOut-i fish
ing in Caspian lake is over for the sea-
son.
Frank Dow is visiting in N. II.
Florence Dunn is ill.
George Lovejoy is drawing lumber
to Hardwick.
The new paint improves the grist
mill and Cuthbertson's store.
Several moving machines had trial
here Friday, some think G. j. Bells an
improvement. The grass is left stand
ing to dry.
Mrs. Fred Kinney has returned from
Georgia.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
LYNDONVILLE.

Charles H. Wilson, son of S. j. Will
son, who is now one of the managers
of Raymond & Whitcomb excursions,
leaves Boston to-day with an excursion
to Yellowstone rational park. Mr..
Wilson is in way to see good deal
of this country since February last he
has been through old Mexico with two
parties, through California and Colora-
do with one, and will probably spend
the next two months in the national
park. If an excursion goes to Alaska
next season he hopes to take that in
also.
About 1000 people attended the
races at the park last Saturday and
those who enjoy such sport were we'll
entertained. Since last year the seat
ing capacity of the grounds has been
nearly doubled. The attendance at
the camp meeting grounds was larger
than usual and the program was car
ried out nearly as advertised. Music
hall was quite well filed in the even
ing and the "Apollo" clubs receipts
were 1886. The entertainment was
much better than is usually given by
travelling shows.
Carlos Bundy has returned from his
trip to Europe. He visited England,
Ireland and France.
The Kickapoos have departed and
Barton people have our heartfelt SYM
pathy.
Stoddard & Campbell have fitted up
a coal shed and are now putting coal
in store.
The "Alert" base ball club are out
with new uniforms. The money with
which they were bought was nearly
all contributed by interested friends.
The Good Templars had the restau-
rant and dining rooms at the grove last
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
PEACHAM.

Under tile able management of NJ.
S. Hidden the repairs Oh the academy
are progressing finely and the thorough
and efficient manner in which every
thing is done is a cause for congratula-
ton. The building has been raised
nine feet and the stills have been drop
ped four, making n space of ID feet for
the new rooms which are to be three
in number. Through the middle of
this part of the edifice runs an alley
way with doors opening into these
three rooms and also into the music
room and laboratory at the other end
of the building. These three rooms
are to be two recitation rooms on the
right side of the alley and one large
room the preceptOr's room on the left,
the latter to serve as a chapel and for
general purposes. The old recitation
rooms which have been raised to the
second floor are to he united and fin
ished for a hall for exhibition purposes
and possibly to be rented.
OF the proposed repairs the most inn
pOrtant are the entire encouragement
of the foundation, the raising of the
building, the building of new CHM
neys, and the addition of wing sew
eral feet in depth aud the widening of
the portico to the front part of the
building. THIS last is quite an addi-
ton to the room inside as it allows the
removal of the old entry which Occu-
pied a comparatively large amount of
valuable space.
So far the cost of the work has fallen
much below the estimates. The cost
of the stone work was less than the
estimate by about 500; the cost of
raising was much less than was eX
pected. At first it was not supposed
that the funds would hold out to finish
the hall in the upper part but it is now
hoped that this may be done without
entirely eXhausting the eXchequer.
Large additions to the laboratory APP
paratus and supplies would be prOduc-
tive of very good results and are actu
ally needed. The piano also is almost
useless and should be Immediately re-
placed by one of more modern make
or at least by one which has not sue
cumbed to the wear and tear of ages.
One of the patrons of the academy has
recently supplemented generous
money subscription by presenting the
institution with fine coal stove of
sufficient size to warm any of the
smaller rooms. This should be hint
to those who have the matter in hand
to provide the ediice with suitable
warming apparatus either coal stoves
or furnace.
1t now looks as if the fall term would
commence at the usual time with ev
erything in a very prosperous and
hopeful condition. Peacham begins to
understand that her one hope is in the
prosperity of this grand old Institution
which has sent from it's doors so many
noble men and women.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
PROGRESS.

Despite some of the ridiculous fea-
lures of the passage of the temperance
resolution at the Montpelier conven-
ton it must be counted as progress for
the temperance cause, in that it was
felt necessary to pass such resolution
to pacify the temperance men. AS
another evidence that the republican
party feels the need of regaining the
definite position upon this question
which it once held, is the movement to
secure representation in the anti-sa-
loon convention at Chicago. Letters
have already been received by a num-
Der of pronounced prohibitiOnists in
this county urging their attendance at
this convention in accordance with the
action at Montpelier. Positive tenn
perance men meet these Overtures with
some reluctance, because they question
the sincerity of those who make them.
They do not want, no sensible men
want third party merely for the sake
of the satisfaction of running the party
machinery, but that they may see the
cause which they have at heart pro s.
per. The moment the republican par
ty becomes the honest supporter of
the temperance idea and puts men in
nomination in the state, county and
town that temperance men can honest
ly and consistently support, that mo-
ment the third party movement is
dead. 1t is the belief that the repub-
lican party will never do this that
keeps the third party movement alive.
Meanwhile the temperance cause is
gaining ground both within and with
ont MARTY lines
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
Wants to go to Montpelier.

al want to go to Montpelier this
fall" said Franklin politician recent
Iy to farmer who is credited with
considerable influence" in his school
district. "What do you want to go
there for Z" "Well-ah-er-Iw want to
CO." "Well, sir, let the man who
wants to be senator say what he pro-
poses to do when he gets to Montpelier
and if his services are required I'll do
what | can to send him. I've got
through helping men to go to Mont
pelier because they want to gO-just to
go, you know" Thus said the horny
handed son of toll, and the woods in
his vicinity are said to be "full of
men" who think just as he does
(Swanton Sentry.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
NORTH DANVILLE.

Wednesday morning of last week,
about 11.30 fire was discovered
around the chimney of the house own
ed and occupied by James Rollins,
about two and One-half miles north of
Danville village. The fire spread very
rapidly, and the whole house was en-
velOped in flames before hardly any
thing could be removed. Mrs. Catha-
rine Rollins, Mr.. Rollins mother, was
sick at the time and barely escaped
with her life. The fire rapidly COM
municated with the out buildings, and
in a very short time every thing was
burned to the ground. About forty
cords of wood, which was in the yard
was also burned. The insurance had
expired about one week previous to
the fire. North Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
WEST BURKE.

Mrs. Amandarille Beckwith from
Ludlow, Mass, is stopping with her
father, John Colby. Mr.. Colby has
been failing for long time and at this
writing is very low.
Miss Wellington from Milford, Mass,
is housekeeping for ID. r. Densmore.
The village schools close Friday with
a picnic i'm the afternoon.
Byron Berry has moved into the ten
ement vacated by Judd Kimball.
Mrs. M. A. Townsend is acting as
Bible agent in place of Mr.. Boynton,
who was obliged to go home sooner
than he expected.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08

On the second page of this issue will
be found a sermon recently delivered
by Rev. f. w. Culver of st. Adams on
what has come to be known as the st.
Adams outrage. 1t was called out by
the murderOus assault on Editor Ma
lOney of the Richford Gazette by one
Tierny of st. Adams, full report OF
which was published at the time. Mr.
Culver has many friends here, not only
in the Methodist church of which he
was the pastor, but in the community
at large. His plain talk on the rum
traffic deserves the thoughtful atten-
ton of all readers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
EAST HARDWICK

Clarence harrington of johnson was
home over Sunday.
Keith and men are through at Mr..
Wards who now has one of the best
finished barns in town.
July / new postoffice and new post
master.
DR.. j. c. French has returned from
his Western tour.
Miss Lizzie DelanO and Mrs. L.
Hyde have been visiting in town.
Fred Kellogg received pair of alli-
gators by express last week.
Harry Nelson of st. Johnsbury is
visiting his uncle, M. G.. Nelson.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
aturday and netted $50 above ex-

Saturday and Melted $50 above ex-
penses.
The water in the reservoir is very
low and the pump was put in opera
ton last Tuesday and for time we
shall have to drink river water. Some
are connecting their houses with the
new system of water works which was
put in last fall.
There was anoticeable absence of rum
and its effects here last Saturday. The
crowd was very quiet and orderly and
we learn of no arrests or necessity for
any.
Judge Baxter has sold his house to
c. p. Chase for $3.50 and has bought
the Galusha Bundy place on Depot
street for 1880.