St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-31
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Thanksgiving will be four weeks
from today, Nov. %.
Judge Walter Q. Gresham is talked
of for the vacancy on the supreme
bench and is every way fitted for
such an important position.
The Prince of Wales has Bright's
disease, and all news of his i'll health
has been suppressed in London. He
is now on his way from Athens to
Egypt.
Judge Cooley, chairman of the in
ter-state commerce commission, is
troubled with paralysis and it is fear
ed he will never resume his work up
on the board.
OF the eight new senator's from the
four new states only two can have
the full term of six years, three will
have three years and the other three
but two years.
Leading citizens of Brooklyn gave
ex-Mayor Seth Low, the new presi-
dent of Columbia college, a very
brilliant reception Saturday night.
There was no experimenting.
Gen. Alger has already begun
working his boom for 1892. He is
arranging to have the western state
encampments held at different dates
that he may be present at all of them
and "shake hands with the boys"
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler is going
to write a book. He has preserved
every important letter save one
written by him and to him in the
last 80 years. 1t is needless to say
that his book will be interesting read
ing.
1t now looks as though Congress-
man Reed of Maine would easily be
made speaker of the next House, and
if SO Mr.. Mckinley, it is supposed,
will have the craftsmanship of the
committee on ways and means. Mr..
Reeds friends say that Secretary
Blaine will not interfere in the con-
test.
Ground was broken for Talmage's
new church in Brooklyn on Monday,
DIR. Talmage turning the first spade
of dirt 1t will be very large and
imposing church., with seats for
5000. The insurance on the church
burned two weeks ago was $115,-
900, which just about pays for the
new lot.
One of Commissioner Raum's first
acts was to grant a pension to a
lady born under the administration
of President Washington who was a
widow of a soldier of the war of
1912. 1t IS such deserving pensions
as these that the public want to see
granted and not re-ratings of gov
eminent clerks or wealthy senators.
Frank P. Pettigrew and Judge Gid
con d. Moody, the newly elected SEN
ators from South Dakota, are both
native Vermonters. Mr.. Pettigrew
was once a merchant at Ludlow and
in 1860 he was SO short for funds
that he was compelled to walk into
Sioux City to save his fare Yer
monters come to the front wherever
they go.
The Episcopal General Convention
adjourned last week after a three
weeks session. The proceedings can
be summed up by saying that the
Nicene creed was sustained, action on
the Mosaic marriage law was post
poned, a strong impulse was given
to home and foreign missionary
work, the Hymnal was revised and
the Prayer Book was amended.
The adopted daughter of c. P
Huntington, the millionaire, married
Prince Francis Hatzfeldt at London
this week The prince is titled and
dissipated pauper and Miss Hunt
ington has undoubtedly wed most
foolishly. 1t is said that Mr. Hunt
ington has bought nice Fifth ave
Hue residence for the welded pair
and that they will leave European
castles and abide in New York,
The students at Northwestern Uni
versity have practical way of tax
ing their athletics and have formed a
life saving crew. Last week in the
midst OF heavy storm on Lake
Michigan when three vessels were in
danger the college boys rescued the
lives of % sailors and one woman.
This is much more sensible than cane
rushes or the Rugby foot ball match
es as played by Harvard, Yale or
Princeton.
Speaker Barrett of Melrose, Mass,
may not get into the House again as
the republicans have bolted his nomi-
nation and placed another candidate
in the field. Mr.. Barrett is editor of
the Boston Record which is devoting
most of its time these days to sling
ing mud at William E. Russell, the
democratic candidate for governor
in the Old Bay state. What a joke
it would be if the Bracket Barrett
combination should be defeated at
the polls next Tuesday?
State officers will be elected in ten
states at the November elections. OF
these Iowa, Massachusetts,, Missis-
sippi, New Jersey, Ohio and Virginia
will choose governors, while all of
them and Maryland, Nebraska, New