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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-09-12
NEWS ABOUT HOME.

Frank b. Martel will open a bar
Der shop at West Burke
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-09-12

The police arrested two men for
selling liquor on the Fair grounds
Wednesday,-Henry George of Clare
mont, N H., and Frank George of
Barnet. They were selling cheap al
cohol. At the trial last night before
Justice Sargent they were each fined
$50 and costs for selling and $40
each for having liquor on the ground
with intent to sell. Two arrests for
drunkenness were made on Tuesday
and Wednesday. The police report
the crowd as unusually orderly.
Last Sabbath evening Rev. Mr..
Lamson gave the first of a series of
sermons on his late trip to Palestine
and the East. 1t covered his first
day in the Holy Land, which was the
Sabbath, and gave an insight into
the appearance, customs, living and
worship of the people at Joppa, as
well as the city itself These ser
mons Tor familiar talks, as Mr.. Lam
son calls them), are of deep interest,
and will be continued Sabbath even
ings for the present. with occasional
Interruptions.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-09-12
PApER SHRAPS

And rated at A. d. ROWELL'S, opposite
Athen9um, St Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-09-12
SADDLE HORSE FOR SALE
FINE WATCHES REPAIRED

A Morgan mare, excellent under the saddle.
Enquire of c. NJ. STONE.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21
Obe Californian.
HIGH INSURANCE RATES.

Editor of the Caledonian:-In rela-
ton to your article on high insur-
ance rates. it is a fact that rates
are higher than have often been re-
quired, and in some companies too
high any way. But they should be
high enough to secure the soundness
of the company and the security of
the insured. y company with rate
only high enough to keep its assets
equal to its liabilities would, if there
was a shrinkage or loss of its assets,
an increased loss by death or a lower
rate of interest than that calculated,
render the company insolvent, as
would have been the case with the
company you mention. On the par
ticipa ting plans of insurance the COM
panies do divide their enormous
profits with their insured" as you
suggest, and many of them annually.
The high rate, if one lives a few
years, makes the cost of his insurance
less than if q lower rate was charged.
This idea may seem strange to many
but presume no more so than many
others, as in my opinion there is no
other business so general and of such
magnitude so little understood as
life insurance E E. SARGENT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21
INAUGURATION DAY.

On the morning of the 18th of
March President Cleveland will leave
the White House and drive to the
Arlington hotel, only a square away,
where he will receive President-elect
will at once proceed to the Capitol
and take their quarters in the Presi-
dents room which adjoins the Sen
ate chamber Both houses of Con
gress will assemble in the Senate
chamber, together with the cabinet
and the members of the supreme
court of the United States. The gal
lerieS will be reserved for the diplO
matte corps and the families of mem
bers of Congress- Each senator and
representative will be entitled to but
two tickets, as the galleries will not
accommodate much over q thousand
persons. When all is in readiness,
DoOrkeeper Bassett, who has per-
formed this duty for So years, will
announce 1.-The President of the Unit
ed States and the PreSident-elect,"
Mr.. Harrison entering the hall at
Mr.. Cleveland's right, and the entire
audience standing until both are
Ingalls,. The next business will be to
proceed to the front of the Capitol,
where, on q stand erected for the
purpose, Chief Justice Fuller will adj
minister the oath of office, immedi-
ately after which President Harrison
will deliver his inaugural address.
AS soon as this is finished President
Harrison and ex-President Cleveland
will drive to the White House. Mr.
Cleveland will leave the President at
the door, as is customary, and, will
afterwards proceed to Secretary
Whitney's house, where he is to take
up his quarters for a few days. Pres
ident Harrison will take lunch and
then occupy the central place on the
grand stand in front of the White
House, where he will review the pro-
cession. After the inaugural address
has been delivered at the Capitol, the
procession will be Immediately form
ed and reviewed there by General
Schofield, the commanding general
of the army, after which it will
march down Pennsylvania avenue
beyond the White House. In the
evening, of course, comes the inaugu-
ration ball in the great Pension
building, at which President Harri-
son will attend, and general illu-
mination of the city and a big dis
play of fireworks in the grounds near
the Washington monument. 1t will
be great day for President Harri-
son and the republican party.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21

! fell into the ditch, and filled one of
his boots with water, and his lantern
went entirely out Then he stopped
and pulled off his boot to pour out
the water. He had just pulled it on
again with some difficulty, for his
stocking was all wet, when he heard
a great rumbling, and had only just
time to jump off the track as a train
came up behind him, and passed him,
going with rush.
He called upfrom the ditch: Stop
Stopr' But no one heard him.
"Oh, if l were only on that train ~
he cried, and the tears came into his
eyes; and, as he pulled out his hand
kerchief to wipe them, he found that
it was wetter than his eyes.
Come, come now, Harry" said
he, aloud, though in rather a quav-
ering voice: IF you can't ride, you
can walk" So he limped along on
| back
! He could see very little; but he
walked close to the rail, so that he
could kick it now and then, and kept
| himself straight He walked on and
on, sometimes in cuts and sometimes
on the tops of entertainments, where
the wind nearly blew him off the
| road. He did not mind being wet
now; but he was growing very cold,
and his feet had to be dragged from
one tie to another.
AT last he saw ahead of him red
light; it was very far off, but he
thought he could get there He
counted a hundred steps, then hun
dred more. AS he was finishing the
third hundred he reached the door
Somehow he got it open, and clam
bered up the stairs on hands and
feet AS he reached the top he saw
some one sitting at the table.
Quick" said he, 'quick Tell
father there's wash-out at CAMS
ter culvert. Quick, or he'll be too
late" Then he laid his head on the
top step.
The operator stared. Then he tel
egraphed the superintendent, "a
messenger from Canister reports a
wash-out at the culvert" Then he
picked up the fainting boy, stripped
off his clothes, built roaring fire,
and rubbed some life into him.
The message was in time. The
road had just been mended at Six
mile Dump, and the whole force was
loaded on the wreck train to go up
to Canister. They stopped at the
tower from which the news had
come, and there Fetrow found his
boy sitting up and eating the opera
tors supper.
Father" said he. ANY one would
have come who heard what heard"
SO his father carried him down to
the train, and they all went up to
Canister. The water was nearly up
to the top of the culvert now; a lit
tie more and the bank might have
gone. But they had the derrick car
on the train, and axes; and they
pulled and cut at the logs and trees
till the water flowed through I'M
trammelled, and the road was safe.
II Rev. DIR. Edward Everett Hale.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21
AT THE PRESIDENTS RECEPTION.

One of the general public" was
named Decker, and as he approached
the President he told Col. Wilson in
confidence that his name was such
an easy one that it could not be mis-
taken.
Happy to meet you, Mr.. Cracker, y
said the President.
Happy to meet you, Mr. Baker, y
said Mrs. Cleveland.
Mr. Sacker," murmured Miss
Bayard, doubtfully.
Happy to meet you, Mr.. Black, y
said Mrs Whitney, confidently
And then Mrs Fairchild wished
him a Happy New Year, Mr..
Brown" and Mr.. Decker escaped and
looked at one of his cards to see
what his name was, anyway
WASHINGTON cOrreSpOndence
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21

w l. Douglas that goes with his So
shoe ad for Sir Joseph and that old
handbill cut of Emma Abbott for his
bride"
All right; and suppose that old
cut of the new Colorado capitol will
do for Sir Joseph's castle, won't it ~
"Yes, yes; run anything you can
find for the castle. There's lot of
old cuts in the job room. See if you
can find something there for an arti-
Gle I'm going to send down about
the Emperor William and his wife.
l guess that old cut we run a few
weeks ago of Coquelin and Hading
will do"
"All right, sir; Hading and Coque-
lin goes. - Detroit Free Press
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21
PRESS COMMENTS.
How The Man MP a Tree Sees 1t.

1AOD Il nc MAN hP a A1CC 1CCo IL
When an insurance company car
lose halfa-million dollars and let the
robber quietly walk off in peace, ii
looks to a man up a tree as if rates
ought to come down about so pei
cent Portland Advertiser
Life Insurance Too Costly.
There is one fact brought out by
the defalcation of Moore, the agent
of the Connecticut Mutual Life ms
Co at Indianapolis, which the public
will not lose sight Of The president
of the company speaks of the loss OF
half million as a small affair com
pared with the amount of their re
sources-that it is mo more than
$4,000 would be to a first class
bank" If this be the case it is very
evident that life insurance costs toe
much. There is no necessity for pill
ing up a surplus to the extent that a
half million loss is a mere bagatelle
unworthy of serious thought. With
such a state of things it is clear there
might be large reduction in insur-
ance rates without reaching the limit
of safety. If things go on in this
way the advertisement of a gigantic
surplus will be regarded as a warn
ing rather than an inducement to
would-be insurers Newport Ex-
press.
Signs of Sanity.
The Congressional committee on
immigration has drafted bill, which
compels all intending emigrants to
this country to give three months
notice to a United States consular
agent, who will investigate their
the United States" Better late than
neverl Such action ought to have
been taken long ago. That any
country of the world should consent
to allow itself to be made the dump
ing-grOund for all the incompetents
and incOrrig1bleS of all other cOun-
tries, would surpass belief, but for
facts staring one in the face every
day. Shipping companies have done
their utmost to persuade folks of all
nations that it is only essential to
put foot on American soil, and apples
of gold may be picked up in every
9IISCL vi ShSl I'll DSlNSSh liz ~ L
lantic and the Pacific. Consequent
", the friends of the "unlucky" have
found the means to ship all of their
poor relations" whom they could
bride to go. Prodigal sons and prodi-
gal daughters have come here by hun
dreds, not to repent and amend, but
to swell the number of those who find
no place of repentance, because they
never seek it. Scores of men
have escaped from justice in every
country of Europe, only to swell the
ranks of the dangerous classes in this
country. And benevolent men in the
old world are organizing themselves
to help over here that "residuum of
population" as John Bright has
called it, with which the old world
can do nothing. 1t is certain that
these United States cannot take in
and assimilate this heterogeneous
mass of demOralized humanity. If
American citizenshipis to mean some
thing reputable, as did the old Roman
citizenship, it must be selected and
assorted. If American ideas are not
to be trampled under the foot of a
nineteenth-centurv barbarism, the
gates must be guarded, and only
those admitted who can present a
clean bill of health lions Herald,
Reli0iOuS
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21
ALLEGED HUNfOR.

He timidly climbed up the brown stone steps,
He timidly rang the bell
He felt that this visit might be his last,
But why he could not tell.
As he stood in the door the winter wind
Whirled in the street about,
But above its roaring he heard her cry,
John, tell him that am out
AS the door was opened with stately mien,
He said to the butler tall,
Pray go to Miss Jones with my compliments
And tell her 1 did not call
It's poor rule that won't work
both ways, as the boy said, when he
threw back the one that had been
hurled at him by his teacher Puck
Asking Too Much of Him.-''You
all remember the words of Webster, s"
shouted the orator. mo, we don't, y
interrupted a man in the gallery.
He has so many words l can't re-
member more than half of 'em. -
[Harper's Magazine
He Lost the Place. Employer
"You say that your habits are all
correct ?" Applicant-"Yes, sir"
Employer (after a pause)-"Do you
drink ?" Applicant (absent-minded)
-''Thanks. Don't care if | do.
burlington Free Press.
Business is Business. Prima Donna
(proudly)-If that is the Prince of
Wales at the door tell him that the
queen of the operate stage has no
desire to associate with mere princes.
Maid-It is not the Prince, madam :;
it is a soap manufacturer. ooh !!
Admit him p New York Weekly.
A Buffalo man recently counted the
motions made by a BARRIERS hand
during the process of shaving one
man, and found them to be CTS.
Add to this the number made by the
BARRIERS mouth, the while, and the
result is a marvellous sample of what
may be got for 10 cents. Springfield
Republican.
Guest attempting to carve)-
what kind of chicken is this any
how" Waiter-"Dat's a genuine
Plymouth Rocker, sab" Guest
Throwing up both hands )-"That
explains it, by George! knew she
was an old-timer, but l had no idea
she dated back there. Take 'er away.
| draw the line on the hen-house of
the Maytlower."
AT the Museum. Jones-"See here,
Smith, here is that old Egyptian
mummy that l was speaking to you
about. This gentleman probably
hasn't opened his lips for ten thous-
and years. BY the way, speaking of
mummies, do you remember that
passage in Robert Elsmere-''
Munmy-"For heavens sake, give
us a rest p Burlington Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21
STATE personal ITEMS.

RevS L. B. Speare, late of Middle
bury, has taken up his residence in
Brooklyn, n. y.
Asa Southworth, for 40 years
resident of Boston, who died Febru-
airy g, was native of Fairlee, Yer
mont.
1t is next to impossible to keep
track of the caprices of James Gordon
Bennett and the resulting changes in
the New York Herald office. George
r. Miner is now at the managing
editors desk He is the son of the
late Hon. \. l.. Miner of Manchester.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21
ILLUSTRATED JOURNALISM.

Foreman of composing room
(speaking through tube to manag-
ing editor)-You say you want that
article about the woman who killed
a bear and three cubs illustrated
with cut of the woman?
Managing editor-Yes; do.
Foreman-What cut shall | use?
Editor-Where is that cut of Lydia
Pinkham that we run in the weekly !?
Foreman-It's been used in the first
form to illustrate that article on
Queen Victoria.
well, then, run that picture of
Harriet Hubbard Aver for the woman
who killed the bears"
"All right, but what are we going
to do for cuts for that article about
Joseph Chamberlain and his bride ?"
We'll, suppose you run that cut of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21
THE SMALLEST MEXICAN TOWN.

Vermont has the smallest town in
! the United States. 1t is Baltimore,
perched on the side of Hawks noun
tain, and is composed mostly of rocks
and knobs. Years ago it was part
of Cavendish, situated on the other
side of the mountain, but voters had
to go 5 miles to cast their ballots;
so, a petition was circulated, and the
town of Baltimore was set off many
years ago. The population in 1880
was 76, and there were not enough
voters to fill the town offices. The
voting list numbers scarcely dozen,
and there are 20 offices to fill. The
town has some ma terial for tradition
making. In the Old French and In
dian war Gen. Hawks camped near
the foot of the mountain that bears
his name, and graves are pointed out
where two of his band died. Tradi-
ton says he crossed where the noun
tain was so steep his horses were let
down by the tail and name In that
same war a corduroy road was built
up the north side of the mountain,
through quaking swamp. The an
cient roadbed still remains 1t is
said that lake existed on the sum-
nit of the mountain in a grove of
spruces and had the popularity of
being visible today and invisible to-
morrow An old bayonet picked up
where the lake is said to have been,
bearing evidences of having lain long
IN the water, tends to confirm that
opinion The mountain is very rug
ged, and has an immense pond of
water under it, from which flows a
large brook. The water in summer
scOld as ice A water mill for wood
saving once stood on the brook, but
It's decayed. Baltimore is the birth
place of one of the most popular
Baptist ministers. His name is
Graves, now at Nashville, Tenn. He
is the author of popular doctrinal
work, ''Theodosia Earnest A bro
Their, Zenas, occupies the old home
stead and has amassed a competence
from his rugged farm.-(Troy Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21
AGR1cULrURE NEEDS PROTECTION.

Vermont has acted as spokesman
for the farmers of New England by
petitiOning congress to increase the
duties on farm products. The ven
cradle Senator Morrill, presented the
petition in the senate, which has just
passed tariff bill gotten up for the
benefit of almost every industry ex-
cept the agricultural. If any class
needs protection, it is the farmers of
New England, and Vermont has
shown its enterprise by vigorously
voicing their needs. The petition
goes on to say that the farmers of
the United States are undersold in
many of our cities and towns by the
products of ill-paid or unpaid foreign
labor. Onions from Spain and
Egypt appear in the market as far
west as Chicago. Tobacco raised
by the coolies in Sumatra is imported
by tricks and frauds, which lessen
the reward of the American growers
The wool clipped by slaves, convicts
or creatures scarcely less degraded,
stops the wool growing of an army
of American farmers, and sends g.
OOO, 900 sheep annually to the slaugh-
ter. Potatoes by the cargo from
places where women work daily in
the fields come here as ballast with
eggs by the ship load from Holland
and cattle from Mexico and barley
from Canada. 1t is a favorite plea
with both high-tariff and tariff-re-
form politicians that agriculture
can't be protected-that the prices of
our crops are wholly governed by
foreign markets. But let us try it
that is, since we are to have protec-
ton, give the farmers an equal show
with other industries New Eng
land Homestead.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21
For Sale Low,

Formerly the L. d. Stiles store building it
being nice two-story building, so feet
front, SO feet deep, nearly new, and painted
new one year ago. All up in first-class shape,
good cellar and three other1arge rooms d own
stairs.
One good pleasant tenement already to
rent, up stairs, rents for $50 a year. With
little expense two first-class tenements could
be made down stairs. This would pay twelve
per cent on investment. Or building could
be decided for store if desired.
The above property will be sold low if sold
at once. For further particulars call on
CHARLES COBB,
st. Johnsbury Centre VT. 9 apr
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-02-21
VERMONT NEWS.
An Extensive Spree.

On the Goth day of October last,
Henry A Bowers of Montpelier, be-
gan to work out a sentence OF AT
DAYS in the House of Correction for
intoxica ton, the longest sentence yet
given in the state for this OffenSe,
having been committed on Il mitti-
mus issued by the Washington
County Court, September term, 1888.
He was fined So and costs in Justice
Court and appealed to the next term
of County Court, and being unable
to furnish bail was committed to the
Jail where he STAYED until October 9.
His attorney failed to enter the APP
peal and the court at the close of the
session issued the mittimuS as above.
The costs now amounted to S112.19
he having had costs of his board III
Jail during the summer taxed against
him at the rate of 30 cents q day,
and this added to the court costs
swelled the amount, fine included, to
$11719 He could not pay this
amount and so he was directed to be
sent to the House of Correction, and
this cost 500 10 more, bringing his
entire fine up to $139.29. The fine
in the first place could not have been
but So and vet Il bill of costs of
$134.29 goes with this fine, the al
tentative sentence of the whole
amount being All days, which Bow
ers must work out less five days for
each month of good behavior.
A business mems league has been
formed at Barre to promote the
towns welfare.
The Connecticut river railroad
company has let the contracts for
building the bridge across the Con
necticut river at Windsor, and the
whole structure will cost 500, 900.
George H. Rabbit of Bellows Falls
has been appointed general superin-
tendent of the northern New England
division of the American express
company with headquarters in that
town. Mr. Babbitt has been in the
employ of the company 40 years.
There is a runor that the Mont
pelier and White River railroad is to
be completed from Williamstown, the
present terminus, to ROyaltOn dur
ing this year; also that railroad is
to be built from WilliamstOwn or
Barre to the granite quarries this
year
A school district in Westminster
West, has present population of
119. There are more persons Ill the
district over 80 years than there are
children under five years; more over
10 years than children under 10
years, and as many over 60 years as
there are young people under 20
years
The finance committee of the Sold
iers' home, Gen William Wells of
Burlington, Col j. ]. Estey of Brattle-
boro, Col. A. S Tracy of Middlebury,
Col. Franklin Fairbanks of st. Johns
bury and Maj. A. B. Valentine of
Bennington, will meet at Bennington
on Feb % to transact important
business in connection with the home
The new hospital building will be the
subject of action