St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-05-10
VERMONT MATTERS.
HIGH Water Mark.

The recent food did considerable dam
age to farm lands in the Connecticut anc
other river valleys in Vermont, covering
the meadows with the sand and debris
and DESTROYING many miles OF fences. III
some instances barns and other buildings
were carried off by the high water. The
direct and indirect loss to the farmers Of
the state will amount to several hundred
thousand dollars. The flood was the
worst experienced since 1867, when
much damage was doneto railroads and
other property, especially. along, the
Connecticut River. lhaye obtained from
Road Master Clark, OF the Vermont val
lev and Sullivan Divisions OF the Boston
and Maine Railroad a comparative
statement, showing the high water
marks of the floods of 1869 and 1890, as
registered on the Connecticut River, near
Bellows Falls. Calling the highest
mark made by the river, 0 lin 1867 ,, the
high water mark in 1869 was Is inches
lower than in 1862, while in 1S95it was
nine inches below the mark OF 1862.
The railroads suffered less from the Hood
of this spring than in 1863 as the Hood
of that wear carried off several bridges.
So far as can be ascertained, no bridges
were lost by the railroads in the state
during the freshet this year. Several
miles of track in the aggregate were
damaged by the road-bed being washed
away, but these breaks were promptly
rcpaired.-[ Forbes letter in the Boston
Journal.
Rutland residents have been busy set
ting out trees in some new streets.
Naples and elms were in most demand.
Bellows Falls is going to be written up
and illustrated in volume to be pub
lished bv Messrs. Nickerson & Co., who
have done similar work Tor other Yer
mont towns. A number of prominent
men of Bellows Falls will contribute to
the publication, which it is hoped will
prove a benefit to the town.
Deacon Benjamin F. Lawrence COM
mitted suicide at Westford last Friday.
1t is thought he was of unsound mind.
A new and rst-class hotel, called the
Rockingham, was recently opened at Bel
lows Falls. The proprietors are Mosely
and Pollard.
The trustees of the Morristown free
library have passed an appreciative reso-
luton with respect TO the legacy of the
late Dr. w. H. Stowe. 1t is not yet
known with certainty what the sum will
be, as its acquisition is still in the future,
butt is expected that it will be from ten
to fifteen thousand dollars.
An American physician in Berlin, DR..
Louis Waldstein, who is known in Brat
tleboro, claims to have made the dis
covery of a cure for consumption and
cancer. He has made patient investiga-
tons, and his discovery will be one of the
leading topics at the coming medical
at Munich. This discovery is
in regard to the extraordinary action of
minute injections of pilocarpine, crys-
talized extract from the Brazilian labor
andi plant, on the Emphatic system. By
successive injections Of minute doses in
the veins he arrives at gradual stimu-
Iation of the system. That system in
creases the white corpuscles in the blood,
which, in some way not agreed upon,
overcome and render harmless those poi
sonous particles in the blood that pro-
duce disease. The discoverer strongly
advises physicians to try pilocarpine in
the early stages ofconsumption and in
deed in all diseases involving the lynn
phatic system. He has satisfied himself
that it forms a trustworthy test for the
presence of tuberculosis in man and ami
mails. The discovery, even if it only cures
the obscure and hitherto incurable dis
ease of the skin called lupus, is an i'm
portant one.