St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-10-11

rlll was mOrtally wounded at the time,
and the account of his experiences and
finally of his death at railroad sta
tion in the enemy's country was deeply
interesting.
Capt. P. d. Blodgett followed with
bus national encampment.
Dr. G.. B. Bullard fairly outdid him
self in his account of the first COW that
ever marched with a regiment. This
COW was picked up on the Rappahan-
mock, fed and cared for and followed
the regiment through all it's marchings
and battles to Gettysburg. She was
fed horse's rations and milked seven
times day and contributed material
ly to the well-being of the sick and
wounded.
Further remarks were made by Capt.
French and others, and this most sue
cessful campfire closed at late hour.
Cold, Wet Weather and the Crops.
Some years ago Prof. Cunning de-
livered series of scientific lectures in
Athen4um hall. Some readers of the
Caledonian will recall that in speaking
one evening of glaciers, the lecturer
predicted that some day the northern
portion of the United States would be-
come one ice field, as uninhabitable to
such people as now live here as is
northern Greenland today. 1t was in
midsummer of an exceptionally warm
season that the Professor made these
predictions, and they seemed particu
larly absurd at the time, but the wealth
er of the past week brings the predic-
tions uncomfOrtably to mind. There
have been considerable snow falls and
the higher hills are spotted with white.
1t will be impossible to estimate the
losses to farmers hereabOuts by the
unreasonable weather. Considerable
quantities of grain still stand in the
fields and some that has been cut is
good only for manure. Such thrifty
farmer as Capt. Ford of Kirby had his
silo corn ruined, while Charles Bell of
Walden lost a large amount of wheat.
The loss on grain in this northern
country will aggregate very large
sum, the loss mainly accruing because
of the frequent rains which have pre-
vented harvesting
Railroad Commissioners Investigate.
The railroad commissioners held a
hearing at the st. Johnsbury house
Friday on the accident at the depot,
Sept. 6, which resulted in the death of
Mrs. R. X. Richards of Kirby. The
Lake road was represented by Lawyer
Shurtleff of Montpelier, and the family
of the deceased by Ide & Stafford. Not
much that was new was elected in re-
lation to the accident. w. I'll. Ward of
st. Johnsbury, who was on the small
platform between the tracks at the
time of the accident preparing to take
a train, saw Mrs. Richards get off the
train from the East and noticing that
SIl0 sClAOu o1
arm and said "Hold on!" Mrs. Rich
ards pulled away, struck corner of
the moving car on the Hyde Park
train that was backing in Oh the Pas
sumpsic track, fell on to her hands and
knees and rolled under the car wheels.
P. D. Blodgett, who was about taking
the train West, saw the woman get off
the train and that she was excited and
called out for some one to stop her,
fearing an accident. Conductor Win
ters of Lancaster, Engineer Mitchell of
the Hyde Park train, Car-inspector
West and others testified on various
features of the accident. The investi-
CATION took up pretty much all the day.
Presentation.
The Daughters of Rebecca assembled