St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-26
Ole Galedunialt.
i. Johnsbury, Vt, Thursday, April &c, 1888.


The trade edition of the Burlington
Free Press issued on Saturday was a
credit both to the office from which it
was issued and to the city. Unjust be
conceded that there is no other place
in the state that offers such a variety
of and so many attractions as does the
Queen city.
There is one thing we dislike about
the sprightly Boston Record, it is too
modest by half, not appearing to I'M
derstand the art of "blowing its own
horn" In some of the recent issues of
the paper nearly one-half of the edlto-
rial articles and notes contain no refer
ence whatever to the enterprise and
brilliancy of the Record.
The st. Albans Messenger says that
st. JOhnsbury feels little ashamed
over Bradford's catch of the Chubb
fish-rod industry. Guess not. st.
Johnsbury and Bradford both fished
for the shirt factory and both are glad
they didn't catch it. AS to the fish rod
factory ST. JOhnsbury made no effort
to get it and heartily joins in cOngrat
ulating Bradford on securing what we
hope will prove profitable industry.
Col. Hamilton, who killed the prOhi-
bitionist editor ROderick Gambrell in
Jackson, Miss, some time ago, has
been found not guilty by Mississippi
iury. The facts. of the case will be
readily recalled. Gambrell criticised
Hamilton for his official conduct as
state senator. One day Hamilton in a
carriage overlook Gambrell, who was
afoot OF a street in Jackson, and shot
him dead. The verdict, coming from
southern jury, was not an unexpected
one.
The Rutland Herald, having said in
reference to Mr.. Harris's letter of with
drawal that "When a man says, by
himself or friends, that he will not be
a candidate, the public takes him at
his word" is met by the Woodstock
Standard and other papers with the re-
tort "that is just what we have been
saying all along and we suggest to the
Herald to take some of it's own medi
cine in the case of Mr.. Blaine" Some
how the Herald doesn't find it easy to
respond. 4-... ....
The Montpelier Argus wants to
know why it is that st. JOhnsbury
newspaper must necessarily be kick
er and opines that it must be due to
some peculiarly of the local atmOs
phere. Brother Harris ought to know
all about it inasmuch as he once had
the honor of editing a paper in this
town. AS for ourselves we advertise
to kick every time occasion seems to
demand it, but it is an amusing thing
to see a paper kicking that was put on
its feet by Caledonia county capital to
the tune of ten or a dozen thousand
dollars for the express purpose of hav-
ing an organ up this way that could
be depended on to boom everything
republican. After all we sometimes
wonder if the CaledOnian isn't the best
republican paper of the two.
Editor Swain of the Bellows Falls
Times expresses it as his judgment
that no person who has been connect
ed with the legislation of the. country
during the last score of years can poll
the largest vote, next November. Gen.
Sheridan continues to be his candidate
for the presidency, and he very sensi-
bly,, as it seems to us, urges the nOmi-
nation of a SOutherner for the second
place on the ticket, personally favor
ing Hon. w. o. Bradley of Kentucky,
the man who ran as the republican
candidate for governor in that state
last year, crOwding the republican vote
up to I27, OOO-an increase of more
than 81 900 over the previous state
election, the highest republican vote
ever cast in the state, and 5000 more
than Blaine received there in 1884.
ArbOr Day.