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Farmer Wilson's Hattie with n Mount ain
Lion Ut Close Quarters.


The TSuntain Lions are making ite bur,
open ar after MIC StislH TheS lave b Sec !" i
50 bold that to 20 about nlnarmed isnn indis;;
daylight and the majority Of ranchers nro
compelled to guard their stock night and day
The lions arc vicious In the extreme. being
tail and scamrerng on to the mountains. as is
generally the case when approached In broad
daylight they not only stand their ground but
arg da, sn ias Jahn who resides
Brush Creek. about six miles below Aspen.
was hooking up his team preparatoryto bring
ing q load Of grain to Aspen. when his alton
the foot Of a haystack which stood In the barn
yard and within about ten feet Of him. He
statos that the animal was preparing to
%adc h; bali stand stan, and his blSSod run oeld;
two In his belt, and fired. but owing to
his sudden fright the aim was not accurate.
a an red the Tie lion that att s ,s
upon Mr.. Wilson. bearing him to the earth with
terrific force, Fortunately the firing OF the re-
volver called to his aid two large dogs, who
beast sprang upon their master and they set
upon the animal attracting its attention he
fore 1t had time to fasten Its teeth in tho flesh
OF the PROSTATE man.
Then there was conglomerston OF man.
hard to describe: Mr.. Wilson soon succeeded
in eYtrcating himself from his dangerous
another shot striking the beast over the tenn
and the halit between the dogs and his lion.
tho dogs Mrs. Wilson appeared on the scene
rins. but Was unable to bring II Into ass Tor
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Paradise Valley. The birds started to nest IN
hawks molested them 80 often that the quails
changed their abode to a field n few rods from
the barn. The hawks followed them and KILL
cd two or three. and then Farmer Knight went
ON guard duty with double barrelled shot
gun. lie sat for, several days under shed.
nesting ground OF tho quaiia. and whenever n
hawk hoverod over the spot within gunshot he
blazed away. and tho hawk came down. He
killed nine hawks inside Of n week; tho rest
took a hint and stayed away. and Farmer
knights little game birds are raising their
broods without being Obliged to watch out for
winged enemies from the sky.
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In Z boston street Car.

Been In street car last Tuesday: A youns
SWSman reading Greek; lady orochsting q
cards; an obstreperous baby gettlns a sSsnSIt
Ing; 2 person with q fine rag on sound ssiesn-
and last, though not least by any meSns n
lady" 70 the women pAAsNpRslk ]
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freed by an lephani-DccIdediy Worse
Than Beinx freed by Something Smaller

-, Having in my younger days said a travel
whore held reereaions. in tie .' way e If eXtr
pat!ng wild animals. were of a moro serious
kind than had been accustomed to. No ut
!ackal. tho leopard. and the tiger + had
frequently heard Of elephant catchiny and
resolved to ENJOY TINT noble sport a-o. lav-
the most expert elephant hunters in the coun.
Wishes in this respect. Wn"n tie ia, ar.
y wGen was pary I'd female pan pnd
my attention To tren enhClls elephant, which
We Immediately attempted to CAPTURE. Care;
elephants t" attract thu savage monsters at.
tentiop. TaSore fastened a rop. around tn.
beasts leg and I" u lurse nrighhoring tres.
dous captive struggled with great vioiunce
and beloved Ii Ike thunder.
Well to maze n long story short. he broke
nearest troe. and my heart nearly l.np"d from
my breast as the monster stood believing and
looking at me: then. as IL studying revenge. no
tering RAM. drove hi immense w.ighl against
tina trunk with such repeated violence that
was nearly shaken from my hold. lie paused
the roots 81 the tree with such vshemenre
tree should is My fo!ttude seemed ~t to fore tne
tho GROUND. that my misery might not he pro-
tracttd. Meanw hilc the monster pursued iii.
attack; alternately tearing away thu earth aud
what felt M 1t yielded to tho pressure, Tn.
tree fell. But. from the eagerness Of the exor-
ton. in slantinc direction. and its topmost
liml,s Of much larger adjoining tree. gained
II WIN i. incredible rnpidty us my iormerpcrch
was rescued by Tagore and his friends. / have
not cared 10 hunt elephants since
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so.s Startling Revelations About certain
Catfish.


HAMMoNpsroRT. May 30.-Itis . little early
for very successful catnshing. but fisherman
tried his hand at 1t the other day at tho inlet Of
Lake Kcuka. and. having captured two or three
OF these liberal nouthed fish. the fact was
developed that while fishing for catfish may
not be what 1t should BIO yet tho season for cat
fish stories was never better than Just at the
present time At the last meeting OF the Fair
child House Circle the subject OF catfish came
up. Landlord Ross said he had never caught
many catfish. nor any OF inordinato size but
no remembered landing ono once. down near
Penn Yam. which at tho time he thought was
most remarkable freak Of nature.
THE fish was as white as snow" said Land
lord Ross. and its horns were only Just above
the skin and Ms blunt as n tenpenny nail. I
thought sure had discovered o new species
OF catfish. and was making quite fuss over
1t. when Jim Benton explained tho apparent
freak. and made out the queer fish to be only a
commonplace affair after all. Jim said the cat
fish around where caught that one were In the
habit OF going out OF tho lake and lying by the
hour In the fields. baskinG in tho sun. and the
sun bleached them out Just tho same as IL
would sheet.
But said. the sun don't wear their
horns of clear to tho butt How do you ac-
count for that. JlmT
Ihats pain. SAID Jim. While the cat
digging ilshworms with their horns. and that
wears them off,
Thus was another rare specimen lost to
science" concluded Mr.. Ross. regretfully.
Packy ,Grlswold. tho naturalist Of the circle.
related how he once netted couple Of young
catfish, and Just for the fun OF the thing fas-
tened them together. side by side. by putting
back into the water.
There wasn't much fun got out OF II. after
all, at least not Just then" said Packy. for the
Two Hsh swan away Ms easy as anything and
as marry as crickets. Three years afterward
was fishing for catfish, and I'll have to say that
at first thong lit was q doubie-headed catfish.
but which soon discovered was two completo
catfish joined together NIL the way down. In
passing all the way around. Was q curious
ridge. Now. when run against anything
to work immedately to get 70 the bottom OF the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11

sally recognized as the best man the
state ever produced"
There certainly has been no call
for the agitation of this matter,
and so far as we have had knowl-
edge of Gov. Pages personal feeling
on the subject he has not been in
clined towards second term, and in
fact SO declared himself some time
ago. There has doubtless been a
method in all this persistency as to
a second term-a method that will
develop later on. But up to date
the performance has been quite en-
PERTAINING. The Governors letter,
however, drops the curtain on the
first act of the comedy, and the sec
ond is now in order.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11
BLAINE OUT OF THE RACE.

The question which has been gitat-
ing the politicians mind, as to
whether Secretary Blaine would or
would not be a candidate for the
presidency this fall, has been defin-
itely settled by the following letter
from the secretary himself, addressed
to Chairman Clarkson of the re-
publican national committee, under
date Of February 6:
MY Dear SRI am not a candidate
for the presidency and my name will not
go before the republican national con-
Vent1on for the nomination. | make this
announcement in due season To those
who have rendered me their support l
owe sincere thanks and am most CRATE
full for their confidence. They will, am
sure, make earnest effort in the approach
ing contest, which is rendered especially
important by reason OF the industrial
and financial policies of the government
being at stake. The popular decision on
these issues is of great moment and will
be OF far-reaching consequences
The letter does not come any too
soon. Mr.. Blaine was looming up
as candidate. and it was only fair
and just to all concerned that he
come out squarely with yes or no
and thus give opportunity for definite
action on the part of his friends.
The republican party must take him
a his word, and it now remains for
them to unite in the denomination of
the present incumbent of the presi- |
dental chair. Mr.. Harrison's ad- |
mlnlstration has been thoroughly |
American, and the business men of |
the entire country, we believe, feel |
that their interests would be safe in |
his hands. There are other aspirants
for the presidency, who may possibly
take new courage now that Mr.
Blaine has declared himself; but the
party can do no better,
t seems to US. than to re-elect Mr.,
HARRISON
Secretary Blaine and President
Harrison have been the prominent
thus far discussed, and
the formers withdra wal should leave
4 clear field for the latter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11
THE LOTTERY WEAKENING.

That the persistent opposition o.
press and people, backed up by a re-
cent decision of the United States
supreme court, has had a wholesome
effect on the lottery evil, has become
very evident within a few days past.
and there are those who believe
that the beginning of the end has
been reached. A New Orleans dis
patch Of the Sd inst. announced that
John A. Morris, the chief owner and
director of the Lottery company,
had given notice that in view of the
supreme court decision, which virtu-
ally shuts the lottery men out of the
mails, the company would wind up
It's business and retire from the field
when its charter expired, in 1894.
Tine da tie fixed is two years ahead,
but the public are to be congra tulat-
ed on the prospect of the final doing
away with this unla wful traffic,
which has made several individuals
enormously rich at the expense of
Others and has proved curse to the
country. This death-blow which
the lottery business has received
shows emphatically that even a pow
erful, wealthy corporation, firmly
rooted and with a most tenacious
and insidious hold upon the public
interests, must perforce give way be-
fore the pressure of public opinion;
and the victory achieved will inure
to the moral and financial advantage
of the whole country.
The state of Louisiana and the
country in general will be relieved of
a disgraceful burden when the lottery
evil is buried beyond hope OF resur-
rection.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11

with pension of S37, 500 a year for
life. BUTT seems ra Their to be a pure
case of charity, Mr.. Beers having de-
voted the best part of his life to the
service of the company, and having
received only the pittance of about
100000 q year in return. And
what more worthy objects of charity
and life pensions than the poor at
the head of our life insurance com
panies, who often receive even less
than 100000 year with which TO
keep the wolf from the door and Law
by for the time when cast upon the
mercy OF rude world. sans every
thing but old age? 1t is enough to
draw tears from stones Now who
will ask these trustees to resign p
LSpringheld Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11
CONGRESS-.

| The bill authorizing the construc.
ton OF railroad bridge between New
York and Jersey City was killed in
senate committee on Thursday.
The house agreed TO a code of rules
on Thursday, and thus put itself in
condition for business after wasting
two months time
A bill to give every considera bic
town postoffice building of its own
has been introduced in the senate.
1t is now stated that Roger O..
Mills will not offer any general tariff
bill at this session.
The senate committee on finance
decided on Tuesday, by a vote of
seven to four, to make an adverse re-
port on Senator Stewards bill for
free coinage of silver.
Senator Proctor has introduced
bill providing for the enlistment of
5000 Indians in the army.
Mr.. Powers of Vermont has intro
duced a bill fixing a duty of four
cents a pound on maple sugar and
20 cents gallon on maple syrup.
Senator Sherman has introduced
Chinese exclusion bill.
The house has passed a bill defin-
ing the position of the secretary of
agriculture regarding the presiden-
tial succession.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11
FOR A VERMONT BUILDING

A West Randolph special to the
Rutland Herald on the 9Th announces
that the extra $4,000 necessary
for the erection OF Vermont build
ing at the Worlds fair has been
guaranteed by one hundred citizens.
who pledge themselves to the paw
ment Of one hundred dollars each.
These are the contributors.
Hiram Atkins, Montpelier; L. H. Alb
bott, Bennington; Adna Brown, Spring
field; Hugh H. Baxter, Rutland; Frank
N. Billings, Woodstock; Mrs. Frederick
Wells River; ]. w. Brock, Montpelier:
6. 6. Benedict, Burlington; George
Briggs, Brandon; c. E. Bush, Orwell
j. L. Barstow, Shelburne; T. NJ Chap
man, Middlebury; John H. Converse.
Philadelphia; A. B. Chandler. West Ran
dolph; L. Bart Cross, Montpelier: Alex
ander Cochran, Groton; P w. Clement
Rutland; ]. w. Champion, Rutland; M.
S. Colburn, Manchester; H H. Camp.
Milwaukee; LeGrand B. Cannon, Bur
lington; George F. Dawley. Brattleboro:
Charles Dewey, Montpelier; VIM. S.
Dewey, Quechee; ]. ]. Estey, Brattleboro:
w III M E'ai -, WIHuSoI denTy A.
Fletcher, Cavendish; Henry F. Field, Rut-
land; Fred 6. Field, Springfield D. K.
Fuller, Brattleboro; Franklin Fairbanks.
St. Johnsbury; n. w. Fisk, Isle LaMotte:
Harley E. Folsom, Lvndonville; Vim.
w. Grout, East St. Johnsbury; Joel H.
Gates, Burlington Josiah Grout, Derby
A: Y Gray, Middletown Springs; E. P.
Gibson, Rutland; P. K. Gleed, Morris
vile; Silas l.. Griffith, Dandy; &c.
Houghton, Montpelier; Henry D. Hol- |
ton. Brattleboro; George w. Hooker, |
Brattleboro; A. w. Hyde, Sudbury: B. |
D. Harris, Bratt1eboro L. Downer Hazen.
St. Johnsbury; Vim. E. Johnson, Wood |
stock; F. B. Jennings, New York; James
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11
POINTS IN ONE DIRECTION.

After Mr.. Blaine, what? Benjamin
Harrison, now president OF the
United States, will have to be re-
nominated for second term. How
ever little some of the prominent
men of the republican party may
fancy this situation it cannot be
caPed.-[Springheld Republican.
The country will have none the
poorer opinion OF Mr. Blaine for his
prompt acknowledgements of the
Obligations of official etiquette; and,
as to President Harrison, we ha We
no doubt that between him and his
secretary there is a mutual respect.
and an entirely harmonious under
standing.-[ Boston Journal.
The withdrawal of Mr.. Blaine NAV
not Immediately settle beyond con
troversv the result of the republican
convention, but undoubtedly it does.
IN large measure, clear the field for
General Harrison. He has given the
country an admirable administra
ton, and he is amply entitled to the
great advantage of position which
he thus secures.-lN. Y. Tribune.
The absolute withdrawal of Mr..
Blaine's name from all further con-
sldera ton leaves Mr.. Harrison as
the only prominent candidate, even
for those who are fond of speculat-
ing about candidates that do not
exist; and although few politicians
will endeavor to defeat Mr.. Harri-
sons denomination. there is at
present no basis for reasonable ex-
pectation that they will succeed
Worcester (Mass.) Telegram.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11
THE GOVERNORSHTP.

There is something very amusing
about all this talk, in certain quar-.
tiers, as to the second gubernatorial
candidacy of Hon. c. S. Page, which
has finally resulted in letter from
that gentleman declaring that he
would not stand for reelection.
The Rutland Herald has it right
when saying that 1.-The apparent
gravity with which second term
was urged has been funny enough"
And the Herald further adds: 1T is
sale To say that not single man in
the state has for moment thought
oi Gov. Pages reelection as a posi-
b'lity- Tosay nothing of the person
"a matter, the single term rule is so
firmly established that the governor
Could not be elected if he were univer-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11

| Johnston, Ryegate; L. c. Kingsley, Rut-
land r. ]. Kinball, West Randolph: E.
D. Keyes, Rutland B. H. Lincoln. Lvn-
don; w. c. Landon, Rutland &c.
Lewis, Rutland; ]. S. Morrill,, STAFFORD ;
F. S. Mckenzie. Woodstock; Crosby
Miller, Pomfret: E. W. Morris, Hartford /;
Hosea Mann, jr.. Bennington; Tohn A.
Mead, Rutland H. w. Mcintyre. West
Randolph; c. P. Pitkin. Montpelier; F.
Henry Powell, St. Adams; Carols S.
Page, Hyde Park; J. S. Pierson, Burling-
ton; Redheld Proctor Proctor; F. D..
Proctor, Proctor; Morrisville; ]. G.
Parker, Quechee; A. E. Richardson, Bur
lington; j. w. Rowell West Randolph !;
George E. Royce, Rutland Robert Rob
erts, Burlington; Fred E. Smith, Mont
pelier; Henry r. Start, Bakersfield :;
George w. Smith, White River Junction; ;
E. c. Smith, St. Adams; Philetus Saw
yer, Oshkosh, Wis; N. T. Sprague, Bran
don B. B. Smalley, Burlington; F.
S. Stranahan, St. Adams: w. ". Stick
ney, Ludlow; c. M. Spaulding, Burling-
ton; w. H. II. Slack, Springfield; c. II.
Stevens, st. Johnsbury Elihu B. Taft, Bur-
llngton; James NJ. Tyler, BrattIeboro; w.
I. Van Patten, Burline ton ;lW c. Veazev,
Rutland A. B. Valentine, Bcnning ton;
w. B. Wright, Orwell; Edward H Viii
Hams, Philadelphia; A. F. Walker, Rut-
land; William Wells, Burlington; Ed
ward Wells, Burlington; U. A Wood
bury, Burlington; Hoyt H. Wheeler.
Brattleboro; w. Seward Webb, New
York Edward Whitney, Wiliiston; 7. N
Woodfn, Rutland; George J. Wardwell
Rutland
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11
Preparing FOR THE cAMPA1cN.

TomorrOw-the anniversary OF
Abraham Lincoln's birthdav-is to
be celebrated by meeting of the
Vermont Republican league at Bur
lington, and if half the prepared pro-
gramme is carried out the politicians
and laymen will have great time.
The meeting is for the purpose of
preparing for the work of the comb bin
ed presidential and state campaigns,
and arrangements have been made
for the firing Of an elnpha tic first gun
Some league business will be trans
acted, including a revision of consti-
tuition and bylaws, the election of
officers and the choice of delegates to
the coming National League conven-
ton. There will be a banquet this
evening, at which many prominent
guests are expected to be present,
and speeches will be made by several
of the party leaders in the state AL
together it promises to be a very
political Occas sion, and
the attendance should be large An
early start and a right start will
mean much before the battle is over.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11
NEWSPAPER COMMENT.
Vermont and the Presidenc,

Vermont and the Presidency.
Three-fourths of the republicans il
Vermont are undoubtedly Blaine
men and would be only too glad tc
see him nominated for the presidency
The state, however, may be safely
counted on in the republican national
convention for Harrison, providing
heis in the race Burlington Clipper.
Maple Tree and Corn Stalk.
The sap boilers of Vermont get a
cool $50, 900 in bounties as a first
installment from the government.
while the Kansas farmer who bOils
sap from corn is sent to Jail as a
moonshiner.-[Globe. The maple
juice sweetens the buckwhea is; the
corn juice lessons the supply Of the
breakfast delicacy. Does the Globe
see no difference between the manu-
facturers of these products Pr Bos-
ton Traveller
The Kind of Governor Wanted
WHAT'S wanted is man who re-
presents Vermont, and who can help
her people to understand their own
possibilities, and work for their de-
velopment, while showing to the
outside world that the state has
good and active life in her which is
bound to come to the front in the fu-
ture as it has in the past 1t is pref
ty safe to say that it will be on
these general lines that this years
governor of the Green Mountain
state will be selected.-[Br attleboro
Phoenix.
Somewhat Sarcastic.
1t is lame compromise which has
been reached by the trustees of the
New York Life insurance company-or
-ather a committee of the trustees
n the retirement of President Beers
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11

Wanted, an electrocution concern
ing which the doctors and others
who witness it will all agree
either that it was bungling, brutal
affair, or that it was smoothly and
humanelv conducted. So long as
there is as much wrangling between
the medical men on this subject as
there has been at every electrocution
since the law was enacted, it will be
hard for the public to form an
opinion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11

Ii is to be hoped that project n ow
said to be on foot, to put the control
of the famous Yellowstone National
Park into the hands of four men.
may be promptly nipped in the bud.
The plan as outlined involves the
prostitution of that immense ation-
al beauty spot to common, every
day, money-making purposes, and
the entire Punishment of the charms
which the park now possesses. The
United States government should
step hard on all such projects.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11

States senate, which has confirmed
as postmaster at Elmira the very
man whom David did not desire; and
Hill finds also the political situation
IN New York growing rather too
perplexing even to be easily straight
ened out by his dictatorial wire-pull-
ing. Alas for David's hopes
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11
1t should be i'm Every Ronse.

]. B. Wilson, 81 Clay ST. Sharpsburg.
Pa, says he will not be without DR.. King S
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and Colds. that it cured his wife who was
tn eatened With Pneumonia after an attack
La Grippe" when various other remedies
and several physicians had done her no good
Robert Barber of Cooksport, Pa. claims Dr.
Kings New Discovery has done him more
good than anything he used for Lung
Trouble. Nothing like it. Try it Free
Trial Bottles at Flint Bros Drug Store
Large bottles, so cents and 81 90.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11
EIecfrice Rifters.

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special mention
All who have used Electric Bitters sing the
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cure of Headache, Constipation and Indiges-
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bottle at Flint Bros Drug Store