St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27

familiar face at the theatre, at the opera,
and on the racecourse; he has been to
every exhibition OF Importance, and al
most every work OF art with any serious
pretension to merit has beer submitted
to HIM for his approval. He is popular,
he is an excellent speaker, he has tact,
humor, his memory is pht nomenal, and
he has been trained by the late Queen to
spare nett her himself nor any trouble in
the exercise of his public Duties Lon
| don Truth.
The Downfall of Mcclure.
The downfall OF Marvin A. Mcclure of
Rutland, found guilty of aiding and
abetting Cashier Mussey in abStracting
| $40 900 from the Merchants National
Bank OF Ru land, points moral" if
does not "adorn a tale" Mcclure had
an ambition which DER leapei legitimate
bounds. He is not bad man at heart
But he did not make honestly the toun-
dation of his manhood. He had the COM
mon weakness Of love OF attention and
praise. He went farther than tn S. At
time when he should have devoted him.
self o his business and his family, be was
posing as hail fellow well met" He
was not unknown at the gambling table
and he pl 4yed the races, not Tor gain, he
says, but, 'frr tun." He was attracted
by petty pomp and thought ostentation
greatI ess. He spent money lavishly-
money which was not his own and
which he ought to have known he could
never return. His own stattm, ntS show
that large sums were dlssipated through
his official connection with fraternal or
ders.
Nothing ever showed the weakness
and vanity OF the man more than his
conversation with an old Grand Army
and National Guardsman in Brattleboro
in May, 1899, when in respondent uni
form and mounted on a caparisoned
steed Mcclure rode at the head OF the
state Odd Fellows parade as colonel oil
the Patriarchs Militant. After the par
ade he said he resigned his commission
ae lieutenant in the National Guard to
push himself forward in the uniformed
branch OF the fraternity, and patted him.
self in recounting his success, or what he
called his success. but which now appears
to have been his degradation dearly
bought. He was the moth, and that
gllttering bauble, the title Colonel"
was the lamp which singed him, and
made him a breaker, a jailbird and a
pariah. His practices We're the indirect
means of robbing. 0ther people of thou
sands OF dollars, and of making thief
who is now serving long term of i'm
prisonment, out OF his tool, Cashier Mus
sey, man who had been respected and
honored for years Not only are the
the lives of both blasted, but the suffer
ing is visited upon the innocent families
of both.-[ Brattleboro Phoenix.
Mcclure, who robbed the Rutland.
VT, National bank of $145 900, got off
with seven years in the house of correc.
ton. What's the matter with the state
prison in the Green Mountains? The
man who steals mouse-colored mustang
fares worse and he is a saint compared
with bank robber. He has but one vic
tim and does not take away the means
whereby we lve," while the latter has
many victims and sends men, women
and children to the poor house. United
States law needs about 80 years OF tink-
er,ng."- Nashua, N. H., Press.
Even thus early are heard rumors of
impending conflict over state offices a
year and half hence. 1t is assumed
that Gen. Mccullough will try again for
the governorship and the guessers have
it that Col. W. Seward Webb and posi-
bly, Speaker Proctor will also enter the
race. 1t has neen stated that "our own"
Horace w Bailey of Newbury and Rep
resentative Graham OF Craflsbury will
ask Auditor Barber to show cause for
longer holding that office. It's early yet
of course, but experience has shown that
the early bird generally captures the
grub Randolph Herald and News.
"And now we are told from Washing.
ton that President Mckinley will ask
the mkt Congress for a standing army
OF $50 900 because the climate of the
"pacihed" Philippines incapacitates men
so quickly. - Brattleboro Retormer
Well, believe it, Hing it to your soul.
Let it warm the cookies of your heart.
Watch for every stray slur and ill.rumor
concerning the administra ton that floats
along your way. Don't believe any
good OF of the Republican party or Nc.
Kinley, whatever else you do. Croak!
And thank God the country is going to
the "demnition So st. Al
bans Messenger.