St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-14
MARCH 4, ISSI-ISSo.

On this day our minds naturally
turn back to the brilliant, JOYOUS
scenes attending the inauguration of
lanes A. Garfield He was in the
full prime of robust and splendid
manhood. His wonderful career had
been crowded with successes, and
| good fortune seemed to have claimed
him as his own. The inScrutable
Providence that was preparing him
for the aSSaSSin'S bullet and for a
lingering martyrdom that made all
Christendom kin in tender sympathy,
did not overshadow the triumphal
march and succeeding festivities of
that memorable dav
The developments of the four years
that followed Garfeld's inauguration
taught the nation many lessons, and
they showed that the republican par
ty needed the Christening and unifica-
ton that followed the defeat of Mr.
Blaine, the party's most popular
leader, then and now
The action of the Chicago conven-
ton, the course of the campaign the
conduct and utterances of Gen. Har-
risOn during and after the campaign,
revealed two great facts: First, that
the republican party was once more
united and inspirited by the belief i'll
great living principles, that subordi-
mated all leaders; and, second, that
for such a campaign Benjamin Har-
rison was the tittest of candidates.
Now comes the trial of President
HarrisOn's equality to the require
| of he I,a 1aI 10
We have reason to know how deeply
he realizes the difficulty and the
gravity of the many tangled prob
lens that confront him and that will
confront republican congress. There
is phase of these problems to which
he has not given all the intense and
patient study of which his thorough
| ly trained and informed mind and
earnest nature are capable. No Pres
1dent-We beEeve-WaS more single
minded, honest and determined to do
the right, as he may be given the wis
dom to know the right.
May God guide, sustain, strength
en- and inspire him for the tremendous
work, the endless troubles, the I'M
ceasing cares that will be his portion
so long as he is in the White House.
and may he so bear himself in his
great office-by far the greatest on
earth-that his reelection will be
wellnigh unanimous. - New York
Mail and Express.
THE FAST MAIL
The train, as it leaves New York, is
made up of five cars which are fol-
lowed by express and baggage cars
and one passenger coach The car
next to the engine is devoted entirely
to letter mail, and the four following
it to papers and packages. The let
ter car is fifty feet in length, while
those for the newspaper mail are ten
feet longer. The platforms are en-
closed by swinging doors which when
opened afford a protected passage
between the cars. This arrangement
no doubt suggested the modern i'm
prOvement now known as the vesti-
bule train. The letter car is provided
with a mail catcher" which is
placed at small door through which
mail pouches are snatched from con-
venlently placed posts at way-side
stations where stops are not made
Each car is divided into three sec
tiOns, all fitted up alike with conven-
fences for the service to be performed
The letter car, however, is somewhat
differently arranged from the Others,
to meet the requirements of that par
ticular branch of work.
There have been received in this car
before it moves out of the Grand Cen
trail station between 1000 and 1900
packages of letters and in addition
forty or fifty sacks of Dakota and
| Montana papers. To handle this
mass of correspondence there are six
men in addition to the chief clerk, or
superintendent This official is not
assigned to any particular duty, but
he supervises the general work and
lends aid where it is most required.
| The second clerk handles letters for
Ohio, Dakota, and Montana; the
| third clerk takes charge of those for
New York state; the fourth, Illinois
the fifth opens all pouches labelled,
New York and Chicago Railway
POst-Office," distributes their con-
tents, and afterward works on DakO-
ia and Montana papers; the sixth,
Michigan state letters, and the sew
enth, California letter mail. The sal
aries of these men entrusted with so
much responsibility and of whom so
much is expected range from 5000
per annum for the lowest grade to
81 800 per annum for the superin-
tendent. - EX-Postmaster-General
James in the March Scribner.
STANLEYS LABORS ON THE CONGO.
A railroad has been planned to car
nv freight around the cataracts.