St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24
STATE PRESS COMMENTS.
They Know 1t All.

One-third of the fools in the coun-
try think that they can beat the law
yer in expounding the law. One-half
think that they can beat the doctor
healing the sick. Two-thirds of them
think they can beat the minister
preaching the gospel, and all OF them
think they can beat the editor IN run
ming newspaper.-lB Bennington
Banner.
Everybody Wonders.
"There are no road crossings OF
railroads at grade in England, all be
ing either overhead or underneath
the road bed. Anyone trespasslng
on the right of way of any railroad
is subject to a fine of $40 or one
month Imprisonment" If this was
claw in Vermont the railroad COM
missioners would not report so often
either that nobody is to blame, or
that cit is very dangerous for any
one to walk on the railroad track. J"
And still we wonderl- Hardwlck
Gazette.
Breakers Ahead.
The Beacon, commenting upon the
collapse of the Farmers Loan and
Trust company of Kansas, the first
great American farm mortgage COM
panv to go under, quotes a Boston
banking firm as saying: A slSnlfi-
cant indica ton of the way the credit
of the cOmpany's bonds was kept UP
is found in letter written by an 9th
Ger in Kansas to the Boston office.
For Gods sake husband every re-
source and secure all the money pos
sible from the sale of debentures to
meet the October coupons Such
state of affairs cannot be character
lied as otherwise than disgracetul
The troubles of the officers who al
lowed such a state of things to exist
is one thing; the suffering of the
small investors who put their saw
ings into the obligations of the con-
Germ is a much more serious one.
This is, undoubtedly, an exceptional
case, but it is startling warning to
| the community. The business has
been pushed beyond the limits OF
safety and honesty, and other crafts
| besides this leaky one are dangerous
lv near the rocks Burlington Free
! Press.
| Our People Must Be Willing to Help.
| 1t appears that when Mr.. Valen-
tine entered into his verbal arrange
ment with Mr.. Nordgren of Nebraska
for a colony of Swedes to be brought
to this country, Mr.. Nordgren stated
that his confidence in the prospective
cOlOniStS was so great that he was
willing to guarantee personally, the
repayment of the loan of $25 to eacl
family, or $500 for the twelve faml
lies, necessary to start them in the11
new homes This remark having
got to the public, and its tendency
being to relieve the people most di
rectly interested of that feeling of re
sponsibility which they ought to
have, Mr. Nordgren's proposed guar
antv has been withdrawn and Mr.
Valentine will ask the people, wher
ever the colony is finally located, t.
assume for themselves this degree o
financial responsibility.
After careful examination of VAR
Gus sections of the state Mr.. Valen
tine is satisfied that Windham cOun
ty presents the best of any for tn
proposed experiment and is anXfOu
to start the first colony here. Blu
to assure this our own people mus
show a proper Willingness to help tn
new corners, and we trust, therefore
that this Willingness will be show
in such a ready and tangible wa.
that there will be no question as t.
what the final decision of the com
missioner will be- Brattlebor
| PhOauix