St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-01
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The first suit for damages against
the South Fork fishing club has been
brought by a widow and her eight
children whose husband lost his life
in a hotel at Johnstown The dam
ages are placed at $4,000.
The best summer vacation trip to
be imagined is very likely trip to
Yellowstone park, and the best way
to take it is with a Raymond excur-
sion, full particulars of which are
| given elsewhere. The popular trips
to California are given in same 'ad.'
AS Allen G. Thurman was speaking
at Columbus, O., last week he pro-
duced the old bandana. The sight
of this campaign emblem so affected
his audience that they cheered for
five minutes and then Thurman went
on with his address.
The Vermont Horse Breeders assO-
citation offer in premiums to be COM
| peted for at their meeting Aug. $3.50
a thousand dollars for all classes, all
ages, standard and nOn-Standard
bred horses Entries to same close
Aug 10, and must be made to T. H.
harrington, secretary, Brandon.
A ]. DeVoe, an alleged meteorol-
ogist," announced a hot wave for
last week through Vermont, culmi-
mating in a cloudburst in Caledonia
county Friday. AS that was one of
the pleasantest days of the summer
we think the professor" is as reliable
a weather prophet as Gen. Greeley.
Even the strongest protection pa
pers are calling upon Congress to
lessen the duty on refined sugar.
When protection protects the mil
lionaire and INSCRIPTIONS speculator
at the expense of men and women
who earn their bread by the sweat
of their faces, even the most ardent
protectiOnist draws the line.
The assistant secretary of the treas
ury has decided that Canadian cars
shall not be taxed, and has submit
ted his decision to Secretary Window
for his approval. If the secretary
| confirms this decision New England s
interests will no longer be held in
jeopardy, and our pleasant relations
with Canada will still be maintained
The ocean greyhounds are still
making records, and last Friday the
new steamer columbia" arrived at
six days, 81 hours and 81 minutes
This is the best time ever made by an
ocean steamship over that course.
1t not only beats all previous records
to the westward for that distance,
but it also smashes the records made
by all the other fast steamers.
If President Harrison is at Bar
Harbor the last of August he will be
invited by Secretary Proctor to at
tend the annual muster of our state
militia on Governors day. 1t has
been - years since Vermont has re-
ceived president and she would give
Benja Harrison a royal welcome
if he comes. nonresident has visited
this state since President Hayes at
tended the Bennington centennial in
1877.
Murat Halstead writes from Paris
that his nomination for minister to
Germany was rejected because he
was held responsible for what others
wrote over their own signature. He
says he is well satisfied and would
rather go home than stay abroad
and then go to Europe again when
he feels like travelling Mr. Hal
stead, who has been very sick on this
trip, is now in excellent health. And
so is Secretary Blaine
A good many more people would
secure the education and pleasure of
travel if it did not cost so much.
While most people spend thousand
or more dollars in a trip to Europe
1t can be made for less A Brooklyn
young man had $3.50 to spend for
vacation trip. He concluded to go
abroad. He first bought a round
trip ticket for the cheapest cabin pas
sage. He walked much of the way
between London and the Scotch
Highlands, going up one side of Eng
land and down the other. Then he
Travelled through France to the Alps,
down the Rhine to Holland. and
back again to London, where he spent
a week and another in Paris. He
Travelled third class on the cars, and
reached home with II cents in his
pocket and a nice little collection of
photographs which he had bought
out of his meagre funds