St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-23
NOTE AND COMMENT.

John Ruskin, the English critic, is
hopelessly insane. He has not been
to London for two years and has
been confined to his bed for the past
two months.
At the annual meeting of the
Massachusetts woman suffrage as
ISOLATION in Boston the 2Sth and
Goth, among the speakers are Hon.
John D. Long, Col. Albert Clark and
VIM. Lloyd Garrison.
The Boston Herald finds some COM
fort in the fact that there was one
failure to every 81 mercantile firms
in 1889, by observing that the pro-
portion of failures is much larger in
other walks of life. only they are not
officially recorded.
Lancaster people are trying to re-
vive their lecture course and a series
of four entertainments will be given
in February and March. If success
full an effort will be made to cooper
ate with ST. ,Johnsbury next season
and secure first-class course.
Lieut. Gov. Halle of Massachusetts
saws he shall not be a candidate for
governor to succeed Gov. Bracket.
He is quite content with his present
position, and if allowed to remain
there during Gov Brackets term of
service, he will then gladly retire.
Gen. Grout is to introduce bill for
the erection in Philadelphia of five
million dollar memorial structure
commemorating the first century of
the nations history. The design
with Pennsylvania as the keystone.
Christopher Talbot, the father of
the House of Commons is dead at the
age of sc. For SO years he had rep
resented the same Welsh county and
never made a speech. He made many
speeches outside of Parliament, how
ever, and was the largest landed
commoner in Great Britain.
Peter c. Henderson, the florist and
gardener, died at his home in Jersey
City, Friday, of pneumonia resulting
from the grippe, being 81 years old.
Mr.. Henderson had been in the seed
business in New York city for As
years, and was probably the best
known man in that business in the
country.
The rivalry for the site ofthe worlds
fair is so intense that both the Chi
cago and New York men are more
ready to concede it to Washington
than to give any advantage to the
other Washington is the place for
the fair and a vote will soon be taken
in the House that will settle the
matter. st. Louis is practically out
of the race.
Fall River merchants have resolved
to combine against the travelling
bankrupt" and fire and water
damaged stock" dealers, who de-
moralize trade, swindle customers
and pay no taxes. They have en-
gagged lawyer to draft bill to be
Immediately presented to the Legis
lature The bill will compel travel
ling blishments to pay a tax,
even if they stay only four days. 1t
is time every large place made a move
in the same direction.
The late commissioner of pensions,
Corporal Tanner, was one of the
speakers at the Butler dinner in Bos-
ton last week, and after denouncing
civil service expressed himself thusly
on the Administered ton =
Every intelligent man knows that
this country was carried in 1888 by
the votes of the soldiers. Indiana
was carried republican four times
over by the votes of democratic sol
diers. l plastered that state all over
two feet deep with promises of what
the republican party would do for
the soldiers left that office because
| would not become the liar of the
administration.