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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-12

Very Remarkable Discovery.

Mr.. Geo. V. Willing of Manchester Nich.
writes: My wife has been almost helpless
for five years, so helpless that she could not
turn over in bed alone. She used two bot
ties OF Electric Bitters, and is so much i'm
proved that she is able now to do her own
work"
Electric Bitters will do all that is claimed
for them. Hundreds of testimonials attest
their great curative powers. Only so cents
a bottle at Devine & Coughlin's
Colgan's Taffy Toiu strengthens the teeth
and imparts a healthy color to the gums.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-12
Headquarters

Open Day and Evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-12
JONES & THORNDIKE,

lSuccessors to Jones Brothers.
Manufacturers and dealers in Caskets and Collins,
Door and window Frames, House Finish and Door
and Window Screens.
Saving, Band Saving and Planning. Wood turning
a specially. Stair newels and bau1sters furnished al
short notice. Also brackets Of all sizes made to or
der at reasonable rates.
Allen Small Building, Bangor ST., Augusta Me.
JAMES A. JONES. II. A. THoENDIKE,
mayl3deodly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-12
ARoOsrooK

c. Sweetser. of Island Falls, has re-
turned home. He says that he was knocked
down and robbed in Portland, and from there
was somehow sent out to sea in q boat He
was picked up bv q vessel bound to South
America, but before making port was trans
ferred TO q steamer and landed at some place
in Florida, and from there he went to Tenne-
see where he remained until he started for
home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-12
SALVATION OIL,

The Greatest Cure on Earth for Pain"
Will relieve more quickly than any
other known remedy. Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Swellings, Bruises, Burns,
Scalos, Cuts, Lumbago, Sores, Frost
bites, Backache, Wounds, Headache,
Toothache, Sprains, BIC. Sold BY ali
Druggists. Price Is Cents Bottle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-12

IN re we're tv"nty barrels OF free beer,
ic d, on ZAP at the Mine Central station on
saturday, Sunl"y, and yesterday forenoon,
TIC beer had ueen shipped from Portsmouth
to the soldiers National Home, Togus, and
arriving Saturday morning, was rolled from
the ear into the station 1t was not long ere
the beer begin to CONCEAL, and pop
went a bung. and the beverage flew
in all directions. The authorities at Togus
were notified of the condition of their beer
but did not come after it until Monday morn
ing. Meanwhile the freezing continued and
the bungs popping, until most of the beer had
run out upon the floor or squirted about over
the building. When the Togus team arrived
yesterday morning there was but one barrel
which had not been damaged. and the entire
lot of barrels, with what frozen beer remained
in them,was shipped back to Portsmouth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-12

The ice men were casting about yesterday,
to find ice fields to made up the deficiency
caused by the ruination of the river ice be-
tween this city and Swan Island. Mr.
Charles II. White and several other gentle
men had q field above and below the saw mill
next the east bank, staked out in the forenoon
The ice there is passaby smooth and
should prices rule high they will no doubt
house large qua tity. But it is too early
now to progn )sticate with certainty in regard
to the future of the crop. There is an album
dance of time yet for the Hud
son to freeze over and the ponds
and streams elsewhere which yield
a .ujp!v Of tbs c"mmo 1iv, ana
-hnuld % ere tie an tNlenled term If cold
weather. prices vi ! rvitab'v be low and it
would Mt be pAyiH. "pcration 10 house ice
at any great inr,,,.eI. est over the ninu-
imnm in Years whom tn r, is a good freeze in
the r.y,r I'D tn houses IN the bank can De
Fl I'D
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
Marring the DecOrum of a Funeral.
ISpyinUfeLd Republican,

The funerals of great men are be-
coming very painful experiences, not
merely from the mourning of the dead
but from the unfortunate cOntretemps
between distinguished living. At Gen.
Grants funeral, it was a natural ar
rangement that the two ex-presidents,
Hayes and Arthur, should be assigned
to the same carriage, of the
fact that the former one found it his
painful duty to remove the latter from
the chief cOllectOrship in the country
on charges of unsatisfactory admins
tratiOn. If the two men could not re-
fer to old times with mutual pleasure,
they each had sufficient sense and
breeding not to mar the solemn deco
rum of a funeral occasion with person
al resentments. Mr.. Blaine and Sena-
tor Edmunds were less fortunate in
meeting under the roof of President
Arthur, and almost in the very pres
ence of the dead. The two accounts
of the interview elsewhere given will
enable the reader to judge the affair.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
pelier Monday.

pelier Monday.
The Hollow is bound to have post
office-if one can be had.
Nelson Whitehill and wife are
spending vacation in town.
l. L. McClary and wife returned
from Boston Wednesday.
The academy opens with the pros
pect of a goodly number of students.
About 60 were present at Grin Jen-
nerson's reception last week.
We have had frst-class sleighing fol
few days, but thaw beginning
Monday, will probably ruin it.
The home missionary society have
collected goOdly array of clothing
etc, which is to go to Dakota.
The artists of the town are busy
painting scenery for the coming play
About 25 have parts in the drama.
At the business meeting of the Chris
tian Endeavor society Monday even
ing, Walter Blanchard was elected
president.
The school on East Hill is larger
than for several years. 1t really seems
like and old time district school, with
many boys taller than the teacher.
Grin Jennerson gave an oyster sup
per at his home in Green Bay or
Thanksgiving night. 1t was a general
invitation and Notwithstanding the in
clemency of the weather between sew
enty FIVE and one hundred were pres
ent and reported a pleasant time.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
How Cheap Regulations are Won.

Speaking of the cheap nOtOriety
gained by some men in public life by
incessant "boOming" by certain papers
and news reporters, an able writer
puts the whole thing in nutshell in
the following paragraph taken from a
private letter: at is an easy matter
for few papers (Which seek the sale
of extra cOpies) to give favored man
considerable temporary prominence.
Other papers do not feel like doing so
ungraciOus an act as to contradict
what is said, and if the man does no.
thing that especially invites criticism
he acquires a reputation considerably
larger than himself 1t is too bad that
so many cheap men are thus given the
monopoly of prominence while the
men of real worth keep in the back
ground and are little known. But twas
ever thus"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
VERMONT NEWS.
An Old Woman gets a PEI

An Old Woman gets a PensiOniby Fraud.
Mrs. Mary Swan of Ludlow, "a,
charged with getting pension frau
duIently, was sent to the county Jail in
default of $1,000 bonds by United
States Commissioner George E. john
son at Rutland last week. She applied
for pension in 1878, on the ground
that she was dependent for support
on her son Franklin, who was killed
during the civil war, and pension of
So a month and $1,000 arrears was
granted her in 1882. Franklin had
married a girl of IA in 1868, and this
fact debarred Mrs. Swan from getting
a pension. 1t is charged that she
knowingly represented her son as I'M
married when she applied for a PEN
sion. Mrs. Swan has two children liv-
ing at Pittsfield, and has given them
$4,000 of the money. The government
would drop the case if the children
would pay $1,000, but Mrs. Swan says
that she shall not tell them, and can
not see that she has done anything
wrong. The government will proba-
bly, bring a civil suit to recover the
money, and probably criminal pros
ecutiOn against Mrs. Swan, if she does
not pay up. Efforts are making to get
bail for her. Her case would natural
ly come mp at the February term of tue
United States court.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
1t Was Elkins.


Steve Elkins has succeeded in get
ting himself interviewed again about
the chances of 1888. If he knows as
little about '88 as he did about '84 his
opinion is not of much value 1t is
curious that as bright man as Blaine
is should allow himself to be appar-
emily represented by person like Ell
kins; but the smarter a politician is
the more unfortunate he seems to be
in the choice of his friends. If some
republican with brains and political
sense had been at the head of the ma
tional committee two years ago Mr..
Blaine would have been elected be-
yond all question. The campaign was
literally thrown away in the last three
weeks by the persistent and unpar-
dOnable laundering of the committee.
1t was Elkins who announced that the
question of carrying West Virginia
was merely one of finance, and who
poured money into the state only to
have it go more democratic than ever.
1t was he who encouraged the Ben
Butler fiascO. 1t was his intellect
from which the imbecility of the mill
ionaire banquet was evolved. 1t was
his bright idea to call the ministers
meeting which gave Burchard his
chance. 1t was he who persistently
snubbed Sullivan, Finnerty and Bo-
land, the Irish leaders, and virtually
turned the business of the committee
over to a noisy nuisance named Dom
aldson, who gave every one within
four blocks of the headquarters the
earache. Mr.. Blaine was not only de-
feated by the Elkins stupidity, but he
is fully aware of the fact, and it is
strange that he does not drop him
hint to keep his name off his tongue.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
NOTICE.

The undersigned, constituting majority of the
corpOrators named in section of act entitled
IAN Act to Incorporate the Citizens Savings Bank
and Trust Company of st. Johnsbury," passed by
the General Assembly of the State of Vermont at
its biennial session for the 1885, who have been
duly sworn to the faithful discharge of their duty
as such cOrpOrators and commissioners for the
subscription of Stock to said corporation. In ac-
cordance with section three of said act, hereby
give notice that books for receiving subscriptions
for shares in said corporation will be opened at the
Merchants National Bank in St JOhnsbury, in the
county of Caledonia and State of Vermont, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon. the 10th day of Deem
Der A. ID. 1886, and said books will continue open
for the purpose aforesaid, from 10 o'clock in the
forenoon until o'clock in the afternoon each day
thereafter, Sundays excepted for the space of ten
days and thereafter until five hundred shares shall
have been subscribed.
Dated at St Johnsbury, Vt, this LIST day of De-
cember, A. ID. 1886.
Geo. p. Blair, o. II. Austin John T. Richie,
Harley Z. Folsom, Charles L. A. Humphrey, o.
H. Henderson, VIM. p Fairbanks j. G. Hovey
Isaac M. Smith, VIM. a. Burbank, w. S. Streeter,
Benz G. Howe, Chas NJ. Chase, Perley F. Hazen,
l.. ID. Hazen, Joseph DrOuin, G. A. CalderwOOd
VIM. Daniels, d. R. Densmore G. B. Billiard. LIS
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

A Foolish Girl Through Niagara Rapids.
George Hazlett and Sadie Allen of
Buffalo went through the rapids and
the whirlpool Sunday afternoon in the
torpedo shaped barrel used by Hazlett
and Potts last summer. They were in
the rapids and whirlpool five minutes
and were taken out of the eddy on the
Canadian side just below the whirl-
pool three-quarters of all hour later in
good condition. Miss Allen is a re-
spectacle girl Is years old, a petite
brunette and rather pretty.
The city of Duluth, Mimi, suffered
Saturday night from the most disas-
trOus fire in it's history, the loss being
about 1865 900, with an insurance of
S7O2, $50. Three men were killed. The
flames broke out in the top of elevator
Q, communicated to the annex of ele-
vatOr A, new building near compile
ton, and finally to elevator A itself,
and all were consumed with a row OF
nine frame buildings, dwellings and
stores. Of four men in elevator Q
when the fire broke out only one es-
capped. Charles Moore, a Waterman,
after being severely burned, jumped
from the cupola to the ground, IA dis
lance of 80 feet, and was killed.
William Reed, treasurer of the South
Boston horse railroad company, is
found to be a defaulter to the extent
of $3.50, 900 or 100000.
H. M. Hoxie, vice president of the
Missouri Pacific railroad, and the rep
resentative of that corporation in the
contest with labor last spring, died at
New York Tuesday. The great strike
broke down his health. Mr.. HOxie
started life in Iowa, as hOstler in a
stable. He was man of excellent
business capacity and firmness.
l.. d. Collier, a son of Rev. Robert
Laird Collier of Kansas City, has been
in the employ of the Atkinson, Tope-
ka and Santa Fe railroad. Desiring
to visit his father short time ago he
employed j. III. Marlborough to fill his
place. On his return he had occasion
to reprimand Marlborough for drinking
and abusing his confidence, and blows
passed between them. A few even
ings after Marlborough knocked at Col
lier's door and when the latter opened
it Marlborough shot him dead.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
History Set Right.

Editor Benedict in Burlington Free Press.
The fight against the reelection OF
Edmunds was made first to last by Mr.
Blaine's friends. When the county
committees throughout the state had
shown the intention on the part of the
republicans to return Edmunds the
fight against him was maintained by
men and money sent to Vermont by
Mr.. Blaine's intimate friends in anOth-
er state, who hired a professional SIAN
derer to come to Vermont and filled
the state from one end to the other
with copies of the newspaper which
printed the scurrilOus illusions of the
hired libeler. The letter recently
printed was not given to the public at
the instance of Senator Edmunds it
was simply one of number of expla-
nations of his course given to his friends
two years ago, several of which were
printed during the canvass, and it af-
forded no reason why Mr.. Blaine
should cease to conduct himself like a
gentleman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
meeting at once became anything but

meeting at once became anything but
calm.
In letter to a friend written since
this unpleasant occurrence, Mr.. Cable
lays down some points which are
worth considering and from which we
quote:
am not in favor of licensing or al
lowing any kind of an establishment,
open or secret, that facilitates dram
drinking. The laws of Massachusetts,,
as / read them, are a virtual prohibit
ton of all mischievous forms of drink
ing that can be legislated against. l
am for the enforcement of every law
against drinking or liquor selling now
in the common wealth statutes.
And here is large truth about where
the fault lies that laws are not execut-
edit is with the officers themselves,
who shirk their duty:
AS long as a public vice is backed
with the money and determination of
avariciOus and INSCRIPTIONS men, and
public officers are not compelled to eX-
ecute the laws against it under penal
ty of the might of the law against
themselves, so long will the question
of the mere stringency of the laws be a
false issue and the laws be the more
outraged the more extreme they are in
form, wherever populations are dense
enough to furnish the unruly with
masks and hiding places. Let lovers
of law, peace and sObriety unite for
compelling officials to enforce the laws
we have. Then if additional string
ency is evidently needed, there will be
united and intelligent demand for it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02

Among the leaders in the late house
of representatives the first position
was 10y common consent conceded to
Judge Poland. Occasionally" says
the st. Adams Messenger, "the boys
would break away from Judge Poland
when they thought him wrong, but on
the whole, no doubt, allowed him to
have his way as much as he had rea-
son to expect. The judge was a tower
of strength" The judge has reason
for special cOngratulatiOn on the final
passage of his pauper bill, after it was
once killed i'll the senate by presiding
officer Fuller's vote on tie.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
CLOSE OF THE LEGISLATURE.

The Legislature adjourned at three
o'clock last week Wednesday morning.
One of the interesting features of the
closing session was the passage in
both houses of the scientific temper
ance instruction bill. Gov. Ormsbee
vetoed a former act for this purpose
because of certain apparent weak fea-
lures of the bill, and the senate refus-
ed to pass it over the veto. Another
bill was hastily drawn up and passed.
The new board of agriculture, re-
constituted by the gOverno., is as fol-
lows: w. w. Cooke Burlington, Hen
ry Lane Cornwall, Nj. w. Davis West
minister, ID. l.. Cushing Hartford, H.
c. Smith PittsfOrd, H. H. Hill, Isle La
Motte.-The money men won in the
double taxation contest, and the house
killed the senate bill to exempt from
taxation debts due on prOmissOry notes
secured by mortgage of real estate,
not paying more than per cent.-The
Currier license bill was slaughtered by
a vote of I58 to Is, no voice being
raised in its favor in the hOuse.-The
number of bills introduced in the leg
islature was 653 of which 277 became
laws.-Rev. George w. Perry, pastor
of the Universalist church at Rutland,
has been appointed state geolOgist to
succeed DR.. Cutting at Lunenburgh.-
1t has been a short session, only so
days having been occupied. The to-
tai expense of the session will be about
$49, 900, little less than $1,000 per
day.
Caledonia county took prominent
part in the legislature of 1886. Some
of the more important bills passed
were presented by senators Bates and
Bunker, while Representative Fetch
er was one of the leading members OF
the house.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02

The most unique editorial on the
Blaine Edmunds episode is furnished
by the st. Adams Messenger, which
manages to work in the sentence, "Ju-
das betrayed his Master with a kiss"
Should the rumor that Edmunds de-
sires a reconciliation with Blaine prove
true, the Messenger may hunt up its
Bible again and compare Edmunds to
repentant Peter. But here is one SEN
tence in the Messengers article which
is as true as the gospel: "What oc-
Cured on the spur of the moment ex-
plains the different characteristics of
the two men,"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
A Rare Offer.
This May Interest You.

We wiIllsend the Caledonian and Man
chester Mirror and Farmer to any address
in Caledonia or Essex Counties one year
for s2.l5. and to any post ofice in the U.
s. for s2.25; payment in advance This
applies to both old and new subscribers
who pay a full year in advance.
The Mirror and Farmer is a large eight
page paper and is especially valuable to
Farmers and Grand Army men.
Don't pay 50 for an agricultural paper,
but subscribe for the best local paper and
get with it a good agricultural paper for
less than one dollar. Cash must accompa-
ny orders c. M STONE co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
cath of w. HI. NelsO

w. H. Nelson, native of this town,
died at Haverhill, N. H., last Saturday
morning. Mr.. Nelson had been an in
valid long time and his death was
not unexpected. He was in trade a
long time at McIndOes Falls, from
there he went to Haverhill where he
was in trade few years, then moved
to Lawrence, Mass, and finally, sever
al years ago, moved back to Haverhlll'
He leaves wife and very large
bright and intelligent family.
The schools in town are now all in
session. In district No. 2, the same
teacher has been employed about four
years. No district in town takes more
pride in having good schools, and nc
district in town has more attractive
schoolroom. District No. | is taught
by Nelson Parke, a young man of con-
siderable experience and good success.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
Notice i'm Insolvency.

STATE OF VERMONT, 1,,, ~ r,
CALEDONIA DISTRICT, IS.
In the matter of Arch; bald Whitehin of Rye
gate in said District, InsOlvent Debtor
Notice is hereby given that Archibald whitehiII
of Ryegate, in said district, the 29th day of
Nov. A. ID. 1856 filed his Petition in Insolvency In
the Office of the Court of Insolvency in StJOhnsbury
in said district, and meeting of the creditors OF
said InsOlvent debtor will be held at the Probate
Office in st. Johnsbury, aforesaid on the l4th dav
Of Dec A D. 1886. at lO O'Clock a. to prove their
debts and choose one or more Assgnees upon said
estate and notice Is also given that the payment of
any debts and the delivery of any property belon0
ing to said Debtor TO him for his use and the
transfer OF any property by him are forbidden by
By order of the Court, Attest.
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
"Cou1dn,t Stand It No Longer,
Burlington Free Press

AS Mr.. Edmunds would not speak for
Mr.. Blaine, Mr.. Blaine will not speak
to Mr.. Edmunds. The senator will
probably survive the deprivation.
A story is told of an old squaw who,
when found weeping bitterly, with an
empty bottle in her hand, explained
that she "lost a little pappoOse 20
years ago and couldn't stand it no
longer" Mr.. Blaine has had the rea-
sons for Mr.. Edmunds's silence for two
years, and he can't stand it no longer
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
SOUTH WALDEN.

WhoOping cough and canker-rash
are thinning the schools in this vicini-
ty.
church is being talked of with other
exercises.
Harvey Chase has moved his cooper
shop to the other side of the road near
his barn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
PEACHAM.
A Slight Fire.

We came near having a disastrous
fire here last Friday. The Hale house
caught fire in the second story from a
defective flue. Fortunately it was dis
covered in season, and the worst re-
suit was the scare to the occupants.
The Public Schools.
Miss Nellie NJ. Harvey began her
fifth term in district number 3, Nov.
%. The register shows the following
names as having no marks the previ-
Gus term Smith and Laureston Liv-
ingstOn, Hattie and Robert Bailey,
Willie Hastie, Dwight Moody, Virgie
McLachlin, Gertie Farrow. Effie d.
Moore received the prize offered by
the superintendent for the best writ
ten copy of the Lords prayer. Many
of the scholars draw very nicely. Pic
lures and notices make the school
room look home-like in winter and
flowers and plants in summer. Spe-
cial attention is given to reading,
spelling and writing. Barnes series
of text books on hygiene and the ma
ture and effects of alcohol, tobacco and
opium are used. All in all it is good
school.
John Varnum took a trip to Mont
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
THE TOWNS AROUND.
PASSUMPSIC.

F. P. Davis is moving back to st.
JOhnsbury.
L. H. Witty, station agent, has re-
turned from his vacation.
The village school commenced last
Monday with about forty scholars,
several from out of the district attend
ing.
The ladies' mission circle and Star
band give an entertainment at school
house hall on next Tuesday evening.
Every one invited.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-02
Good Enough for EN-.

The Vermont senate evidently is a
high prOtectiOnist body. 1t has pass
ed a bill combining all bids for state
printing and furnishing stationery to
parties living in the state. If this be-
comes law it will shut out several
Boston firms.