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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
LYNDONVILLE.

E. w. Comstock has given up his po-
sition in the r. r. shops here and goes
to st. Adams to work for the Central
Vt. r. r.
The Good Templars will give pub
lie entertainment at their hall on Tues
day evening, Jan II. Cake and coffee
will be served.
E. A. Holtham has sold his house on
the corner of Center and Railroad Sts.,
to the Misses Graves. Price reported
to be $4,000. -Holtham has bought of
Gen. Grout house in Barton village.
At the village meeting last evening
the following officers we're elected ::
Trustees, w. A. Densmore, j. S. But
Ter, M. c. Miller; clerk and treas, L.
w. Sanborn; collector, NJ. c. Miller ;
chief engineer fire dept, G.. w. Knight.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
charged for it,

worth the price charged for it.
6. Better than all, we feel each
week that the subscribers of this paper
have not been induced to take it in or
der to secure some other paper at a low
price, but they take it because they
want it, hence the paper is welcome
visitor in the homes of it's readers.
In view of these facts we were never
so confident as now that the scheme of
the republican state committee to run
the business of Vermont publishers
was bad one. 1t had nothing to rec
ommend it; there was no demand for
it; it has taken dollars out of the
pockets of local publishers and put
them into the pockets of foreign pub
fishers. More than this the whole mis-
cradle business will be source of an
noyance to those who engaged in it
when another year comes round and
they cannot offer subscribers equally
attractive propositions.
By the way, our pert contemporary
over in Mortified, that has never con-
tracted the habit of correcting its mis-
statements, talks about the "Brattle-
bOro Phoenix and two or three lesser
lights" who "could not arrange con-
tract with the republican state COM
mittee," etc. The Phoenix speaks for
itself and we have only to repeat that
the offer made the CaledOnian, the
same made and published by the re-
publican papers of the state, was de-
clined from the start.
By the way again, if the editor OF
the Mortified News really ,Nants to
give his readers something wlolsh hav-
ing, he should drop a line to Carol S.
Page, Esq, and secure and publish all
the correspondence Mr.. Page received
from the republican editors of this
state concerning this scheme, including
some who went into the arrangement
The editor will know more about this
particular subject than he appears to
know now, and will startle his subscri-
bers with really readable paper on
the week these letters appear.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
Nine Killed and a Score wounded.

The Portland express train which
left Boston at | o'clock Tuesday after
noon met with a frightful accident
near the Haverhill bridge which spans
the Merrimac river between Bradford
and Haverhill. Nine persons were
killed outright and many others were
hurt more or less seriously, two OF
whom may die. Two of the cars left
the track just as the train rounded the
curve, and one of them went crashing
into a tank-house, in which were sew
eral section men. The second car was
also badly smashed, but the horror of
fire was avoided, as the train was
warmed entirely by steam.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
Good, But Not Fashionable.

The Boston Sunday Herald had a
page of communications on the topic
of "RecreatiOns of youth" President
Eliot of Harvard believes in most
sports, save the brutal features of foot
ball, sparring and wrestling; Gen.
Walker does not except even sparring;
Robert Bonner is bitter against 'Fpu-
giIism and every approach 90 it," and
so is Cyrus w. Field. But it was left
for Gen. Paine of the ''Volunteer" TO
hit the bull's-eye squarely when he re-
marks that Saving wood is pretty
good exercise for boys ~
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
Victims to High Speed.

The Boston Herald of yesterday, in
commenting upon the RAILROAD acct
dent at HaverIriII the day before by
which nine persons met an awful death
and 30 more were dreadfnlly injured,
says: "The exact cause has not yet
been established, but it may be said
with a fair degree of certainty, that
at so high a rate of speed the accident
would not have occurred" And still
the public cIamor for more rapid trains
and the railroads seem willing to ac-
cOmmOdate them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
THE TOWNS AROUND
EAST BURKE.

Ed. Harvey is on the sick list this
week.
Laura (Stafford) Shindlar's little boy
is quite sick.
Evening meetings will continue until
further notice.
Mrs. Chas. Harris has been quite
sick the past week.
Aunt Mary Wood had another shock
Saturday night and is very low.
Belle Gleason has gone to st. Johns
bury visiting, and Mrs. Leila Shurtletf
returned from her visit there Saturday
Joseph Hall, formerly a resident OF
this place but who has been in the
West for many years, is visiting old
acquaintance here.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
1885 1865
BOSTON WEEKLY JOURNAL.
ESTABLISHED 1888.
THE PRESIDENTIAL YEAR.
ONLY ST A YEAR
postage included.)
REPUBLICANS,

Democrats, Farmers, Business ana
Professional Men should take Inc
BOSTON JOURNAL during the Preslden-
tial campaign of 1883.
The interest felt in the Presidential
wear will give to the volume for 1883 a
peculiar interest. The progress OF the
campaign will be recorded from week
to week. While The Journal is he
publican newspaper from the date OF
the party organization, it gives the
facts and developments of the CAIN
paign i'm a fair and impartial manner.
The election of 1888 will have an
absorbing interest in political circles
and, i'm view of the wavering and
misleading course which has been
pursued by organs that claimed to be
guides to public opinion in the past, 1t
will show pressing need for one like
The Journal, which has proved stead
fast and able in it's advocacy OF Re
publican principles.
The Journal is the leading RepublI-
can paper in New England and has the
LARGEST CIRCULATION
in Vermont of any paper published In
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
THE FRATERNITIES.
What They are Doing i'm This Vicinity.

G. A. R. Installation.
The exercises incident to and those
that followed the installation of the of
fcers of Post Chamberlin, G.. A. r.,
Saturday evening, made up notably
interesting evening. Four new re-
cruits were mustered in to begin with,
and then the reports of the past years
work were read showing that the post
now has a membership of 1859, a net
gain of IL during the year. There
were five deaths during the year: e..
w. Southworth, sergeant Co. d, LIST Vt.
cavalry A. B. Jewett, lst Lieut., LIST
Vt. infantry, and Colonel 10th VT. in
fantry; James Wallace, private Co. M,
9th U. S. cavalry; A. l.. Hurlbutt, Co.
X, 18th VT. Patrick King, Co. E, 9th
Vt. infantry w. A. Chapman, Capt.
Co. X, 18th VT. infantry.
The installation was conducted by
Commander P. d. Blodgett, w. w.
Sprague the retiring and DR.. G. b.
Ballard the post commander elect.
Among the visitors present was Past
Dept. Commander w. g. Veazey, who,
when called upon for a speech, COM
plimented the post highly, saying he
had never seen the work better per-
formed; he spoke of the remarkable
growth of the grand army since 10
years ago when he was department
commander and paid an eloquent trib-
ute to the worth of the order. DR..
johnson of West Concord and Rev. E.
Il. Sandford followed. the latter speak
ing of the influence of the G.. A. r. on
young men. Commander Blodgett
eloquently urged his comrades to duty,
j. G. Thompson recited a poem, John
Mcdonald made characteristic speech
and E. l.. Hovey offered pertinent re-
marks.
A new carpet has been put on the
floor of the G.. A. r. hall i'm anticipa-
ton of the coming encampment.
Mrs. j. G.. Thompson visited Mon
roe Wednesday to assist Mrs. Addie
l.. Houghes, Dept. Inspector of New
Hampshire, to install the w. r. G. of
| ficers.
LOrin B. Kendall of Massachusetts,
is in this state looking up Good Tenn
plar lodges, organizing new ones and
strengthening old ones. He was with
Hector lodge Monday evening.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
RYEGATE.

The parlor sociable at Cochran's
last week was a pleasant affair.
Another car load of lambs from this
section went to market this week.
The school in district No. l proved Il
failure with Edward Niles as teacher.
After trial of five weeks, he has been
superseded by Lawyer Page of Groton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
CABOT.
l.. Myers is ill.

y
Mr.. Lamson is holding educational
meetings in different sections of the
town. One is to be held at the Lower
village Friday evening.
Mrs. Emily c. Haines has gone to
Newport, N. H., to spend few weeks
with her daughter Matte, who is a
teacher in the grammar school there.
Extra meetings are being held in the
NJ. E. church, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday evenings of this week.
Presiding Elder Truax is assisting the
pastor.
Green Mountain lodge, F. & A. NJ,
have rented the large hall in Union
block for five years also a large room
below for II dining hall. Extensive re-
pairs are being made to this end.
The ladies of the Congregational
church and society surprised Mrs. Rev.
Ii. A. Russell one day last week, by
taking possession of her house and
presenting her with silk crazy quilt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
PEACHAM.

Mrs. Margaret Davis took fall
down the front stairs last Friday, but
escaped serious injury.
Union meetings continued during the
week of prayer with interest increas-
ing throughout. On Wednesday even
ing the series of meetings will be re-
newed with the assistance of a preach
er from New York.
Mrs. Mary Hooker died on Sunday,
January 8, after suffering for many
weeks with heart disease. Mrs. Hook
er was loved and respected by all who
knew her. She was kindly cared for
in her decline by the family of w. HI.
Blake, at her old home just in the edge
of Danville.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
PASSuMRSIC.

The railroad company have cdm-
menced on the new bridge here.
Rev. Mr.. Buzzell, who has been con-
fined to the house for the past 10 days
with neuralgia, is gaining.-John Felch
is improving.
L. II. Witty has given up his job in
the pulp mill and goes to ThetfOrd to
take charge of the Thetford and Lyme
depot for q short time.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
a harder one

General GrOut starts off for a busy
sessions work in Washington. On
Saturday he introduced these bills !:
To reduce the postage on fourth class
matter; to enable the people to name
their own postmasters; for the APP
pointment of an alcoholic liquor traffic
commission. General Grout has also
introduced bill granting pensions to
all disabled soldiers who are dependent
upon their daily labor for support,
whose disability is not the result of
their own gross carelessness or vicious
habits.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
Valuable Papers Cheap.
Read What Follows.

We viii send the Caledouian and Man.
or Essex Counties one year for sails, and
to any post Office in the q. 8, for $3.50 ;
payment in advance. This applies to both
new and old subscribers. The Mirror is a
large eight-page paper and is invaluable
to Farmers, Horsemen. Poultry Raisers
and Grand Army Men. Order the Mirror
with the Caledonian and save money.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12

AS to newspapers, they have become
a necessity. Have them we must.
Which of them shall we have.-[T.
Dewitt Talmage.
The Caledonian, of course. Ask us
a harder one.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12

The Rutland Herald says of Judge
Ross's recent action in the Orange
county court when it was proposed to
call the bonds of an indicted liquor
seller, (his decision being that if the
bonds were called mittimus would be
issued for the partly: "If the lower
courts would execute the law in the
same spirit, they wonld close every sa-
loon in the state. But they would also
cut off their own fees, and that is why
they don't do it,"
1t is just exactly so.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12

The Rutland Herald under the cap.
ton 'Lying Begun" criticises the N
Y. Times for its comments on Senator
Shcrman's speech. The Herald is
strong and gritty bnt it has a big jot
on hand if it purposes following up al
the lies of the coming campaign.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12

To correct misrepresentation which
appears to be widely current, it should
be stated that the call of the Rev. DR..
Lyman Abbott to Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, is to the temporary and
acting, not the permanent passionate.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
The GalGdQlial and Good housekeeping.

Good Housekeeping, published every
fortnight,--the best household magazine -
with the Caledonian in Caledonia and Es-
sex Counties, $3.50 a year; outside these
counties. So IS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
WEST RURKE.

Simon Bartlett and mother have
gone to Stoughton, Mass, to visit her
daughter, Mrs. DR.. Tracy.
Bert French and his sister have TAX
en- rooms in Byron Berry's house and
gone to housekeeping.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
The Chinese FIood

Late details of the Chinese floods
make the story one of the most terrible
in history. What was a beautiful,
pOpulOus district of 10000 square miles
is now a rolling sea. At least 3, 00O, OOC
people are homeless and absolutely
destitute of the barest necessities OF
life, while it is thought that the loss OF
life will reach 10000. Everything in
the way of figures is as yet, however,
pure speculation, with the chances of a
total mortality far greater than the
present estimate.
Mrs. Merinda Sturdevant MarstOn,
who died at Post Mills on December
%, at the age of "a, was one of Is
children.
Work on the East Franklin street
marble quarry at Brandon was sus-
pended last Saturday for the winter
The quarry is now some IL feet below
the surface of the ground.
Among the more prominent natives
or residents of Vermont who died in
1887 were Rev. Truman NJ. Post, D.
D., st. Louis; John Godfrey SAKE,
Brooklyn; Hon. Luke P. Poland, Wat
erville; Elam r. Jewett, Buffalo, N
L. olepHen Z hOunuS, Omanh, NeD.,
Middleton Goldsmith and James c.
Barrett of Rutland.
Edison Fessenden president of the
Hartford hospital and director of the
Phoenix Mutual life insurance compa-
ny, who died Jan. 2, aged 81, was a
native of West BrattlebOrO. He was
one of the managers of the line to AL
bany in the stage-coaching days, and
one of the first cOrporatOrs of an in
suranee company in Connecticut.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
EAST HARDWICK.
Killed by a Falling Tree.

MhIfeA ny II Il HIIIhs Iree.
John Porter, while chOpping in the
woods last Friday, was caught by a
limb of IA falling tree and died very
soon after, being found about three
hours after the accident. He was
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12

The great granddaughter of Robert
Morris, of Revolutionary fame, is
seeking admission, at the age of "a, to
an old ladies home at Washington, and
needs 500 to pay the entrance fee.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12

Speaking of temperature, Geographic
dispatches state that on Saturday spirit
thermometers at Belgrade, Montana,
registered $50 below zero. Stock is
suffering, losses are heavy, freight
trains abandoned and traffic seriously
interferred with. This item is COM
mended to the ambitious young Yer
monters who would go West and
freeze up with the country.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12

Gen. John G.. Fremont is spending
the winter at Los Angles, Cal, and
proposes to complete the second vol
ume of his memoirs before spring.
DR.. Bradford K. Pierce has retired
from the editorship of ZiOn's Herald
and will hereafter give all his time tC
the care of the Newton public library
DR.. Pierce has made the Herald a
power in the Methodist church.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The Vermont Association of Boston
Will have it's annual meeting and din
ner at the Vendome, Jan. IL.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12

Attention is called to the ADVERTISE
ment of the Boston Journal in this is
sue, that staunch republican that
stands by the old party though the
heavens fall. The Journal is the only
Boston paper that has a special Yer
mont correspondent and this makes it
of special value to VermOnters.
The publishers of the Congregation
alist, Boston, have issued a neat little
manual for 1888, which will be found
convenient in every household, and
especially those interested i'm church
or Sunday-schOol work. 1t contains
"rhe Parsons Prayer Meeting," list
of prayer meeting topics for 1888, re-
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formation. Price only 5 cents.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
FOR SALE.

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12

The Weekly Journal has been the
popular family newspaper of New
England for half Il century. 1t is pre-
eminently the paper for the home, the
farm and the shop. The Weekly
Journal contains Sc long columns of
interesting reading. The contents OF
each issue include Washington gossip,
Congressional doings, political news
from all parts of the country, New
England gleanings, correspondence
and news from Vermont, city and
country market reports, political jot-
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mary of the news of the week, notes
for farmers and traders, religious in
telligence, obituary notices and fire
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business failures, personal notes and
special articles on domestic topics.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.

in Vermont of any paper published
the United States.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12
CLUB RATES.

None of the inducements for the get
ting up of clubs have been withdrawn
in consequence of the lowered price:
Ten Copies, and one extra to the
organizer of Club, so
Twenty Copies, and two extra, 20
| One COpY free for every 10 Subscribers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12

Mrs. j. G.. Thompson visited Mon
roe Wednesday to assist Mrs. Addie
l.. Houghes, Dept. Inspector of New
Hampshire, to install the w. r. G. of
fears
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12

Lorin B. Kendall of Massachusetts
is in this state looking up Good Tenn
plar lodges, organizing new ones and
Strengthening old ones. He was with
Hector lodge Monday evening.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-12

A new carpet has been put on the
floor of the G.. A. r. hall i'm anticipa-
ton of the coming encampment.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-06

sists in the sale and exchange of the
commodities transported. Such indeed
was the point decided in the case of
Brown VS.. Maryland, IL Wheat, 419, as
to foreign commerce, with the express
statement in the opinion of Chief Justice
Marshall that the conclusion would be
the same in a case of m among
the States. But it Is not necessary now
to express any opinion upon that point,
because that question does not arise In
the present case.
Although an obiter dictum, this state
ment can hardly be construed to mean
anything else than the opinion of the
court that liquors imported from other
States or foreign countries can be sold
freely in Iowa in the original packages.
In the Brown VS.. Maryland case to which
the court now alludes approvingly Chief
Justice Marshall said: "Sale is the OBJ
Iect of importation, and is an Ingredient
In that intercourse of which importation
constitutes a part. 1t is as essential as
an Ingredient, as indispensable to the en-
tire thing, then, as importation. 1t must
be considered as a component part of the
power to regulate commerce. Putting
articles imported from other States or
from foreign countries under the exclu-
sive authority of Congress, both as to
transportation and sale while in the or
iginal packages, it would seem that the
decision of the supreme court practically
strips the Iowa %prohibitory law of all
force or effect, since it would be only far
cical for the State to close its own brew
cries and distilleries and punish the man.
ufacture and sale of domestic liquors
while a flood of Intoxicating drink poured
in from the outside and was openly sold
in unbroken packages containing any
number of drains desired. Others besides
Prohibitionists will regret that the SUI
preme court felt compelled to go so far
in its decision and to cripple so seriously
the police power of Iowa in dealing with
the liquor traffic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-06
WONDERS OF NATURAL GAS.

Noblesville, Ind, enjoys one of the
best natural-gas plants in the State. The
tubing is of good wrought iron and
buried four feet below the surface. The
care taken in its construction has proven.
ted the recurrence of explosions here
such as have created a reign of terror in
other natural-gas towns. "Not a single
accident" said the company's agent with
conscious pride; mot even a burnt fin
ger" The plant cost $4,000, and sup
plies gas for 1850 stoves at rates that
seem Utopian. A cook-stove costs but
5000 a year, and heating stoves from
$3.50 TO 81 each. These prices are abso-
lutte and without any regard to the
amount of gas consumed, and there is no
attempt at economy, but rather a tenden-
cy to run fires at full blast night and
day, keeping the thermometer at 80 :.
Natural gas is used in nearly all the
stores and houses, it being the only illu-
minant. When burned in suitable lamps
it gives as good a light as coal gas. 1t
has less Illuminating power than artificial
gas, but this is overcome by using a
larger flame. A jet with a flame the size
of a mans hand costs but five cents a
month. Some families get along with
one burner, so their gas bill is not a
thing to be dreaded. That veritable lit
tie insect with a big bill-the gas-meter
received it's death blow when the drill
struck natural gas.
There is so little smoke from the COM
bustion of natural gas that stoves are
sometimes used without pipe. In an
clearinghouse in Noblesville an old egg
stove can be seen without a joint of pipe,
the door knocked off and the lid lost,
with a natural gas fire blazing out it's top
and side into the open room. This stove
has been burned in that way for several
weeks, and pretty much the same crowd
of loafers has toasted its shins and
cracked its chestnuts around it, without
placing any of its members on the sick
list. There was no p%erceptible odor of
unburnt gas or sulphur, the atmosphere
seemingly free from any contamination,
except what was put into it from the
mouths of the waybacks.
The family breakfast at the house at
which l lodged was prepared on a stove
with but one joint of pipe and that I'M
connected with any chimney. Gas is as
far removed from the organic world as it
well can be without entering the inor-
ganic realms of nothing. Its freedom
from dirt is in proportion to its freedom
from matter. Stoves without pipe,
houses without chimneys, factories with
out smoke-stacks, are nov made posi-
BILE Cor. Chicago Tribune.