The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-02-19
GIVE ARE ALL CHRISTIANS"


The following beautiful story is told by cores.
pondcnt Of The Boston Courier to illustrate tho uncon
querablo power of pence principles. The liule town
mentioned, got along very well without a military de-
Parment
have read Of certain regiment ordered to march
into certain small town in Tho Tyrol think, and
take it. II chnnccd TINT the place was settled byn
colony who believed the gospel Of Christ, and proved
their faith by works. courier from a neighboring
village informed them that troops were advancing 10
take the town. They quietly answered, ''if they
riH take il thy must Soldiers soon came riding
in with colors flying and 6fes piping shrl defiance
They looked round for an enemy and the far
mcr al his plough, the blacksmith hi his anvil, and
buys ran out to see The pretty trainers, with feathers
aud bright buttons, the harequins Of The nineteenth
century OF course, none OF these were in proper
position to be shot at Where your soldiers"
they asked. Eve have none,' wns the brief reply
'But we have como to take the town. wei, friends
ii lies before YOU. But is there nobody to fight. -
NO; we are all Christians Here was an emergen-
cy altogether unprovided for by military schools
This was a sort of resistance which no ballet could
hI; fortress perfectly bouib proof. The comman.
der perpexed. ne there is nobody to fight with
orcourse cannot fight said he. "Ii is impossi.
"
horses heads TO DO turned about, and they carried
the human animals out Of the village, guiltless
they entered, and perchance somewhat wiser. ,
RUSSIAN COURT FooLs. During the reign Of
Peter the First, Car Of Russa, il the custom Of
that tyrant TO punish those mobiles who offended hin,
by an imperial order that they should become fools;
from which moment the unfortunate victim, however
endowed with intellect, instantly became the laugh
ing stock Of the whole court he had The privilege OF
saying every thing he chose at the peril, however,o of
being kicked horse whipped. without daring TO Of
fer any sort Of retaation; every thing he did was
rdicurd. his complaints treated jests and his
casns sucered At und commented on, us marvellous
proofs of understanding in a fool The Empress Ammo
snrpasse cd this abon,inable cruelty but sometimes
mingled in her practices much Of oddiiy tina, it was
impossible not to be entertained. Once she decreed
that a certain Prince c. should become hen, to
punish him FOR triAng misdemcnnor. and for
this purpose she ordered large baske, stuffed with
straw, aud hollow cd into nest, with quantity Of
eggs inside, to he placed conspicuously in of the
principal rooms at court The prince condemn
ed pain Of death, sit upon this nest and render
himself the last degree ridiculous by miatug the
cacklins Of hen--.'Iemoirs of Princess Daschkat.
CoLD WINrER.-The Salem Gazette, in an arii- ,
cle respecting the cold weather, says: ~ ssesf l--,
"'rhe severest New Eng and winter record are
those ofl7l1, l74i, lT64, l772, 1880. and 1876.
The winter Of 74l bitter, and its severity wide-
ly felt. NO remembered the like In $780,
the SHOWS comm nced early in November, and cons
,nua storms, accompanied with violent winds from b
tho Nor,hw est, occurred during pecember-About
the first of January, period Of steady and severe
cold commeced. During forty days. even the
South and sunny side Of buildings in warm situations,
there was Indication Of t,aw. The light and dry
snow drllted ind eddej with incessant motions on
the wind. Paths, fopened, were Immediately filed,
and communication entirely interrupted. Wood
sold in the vngo of Worcester ut sixty dolats a
cord, owing to'the roads being filed with snow.
GERMAN MysTIcIsM.-The 81. Louis Gazette
has good joke in relation tC the obscurity Of some
Of the German wrers-A certain anthur OF the niys-
tical school being his death bed. called on by
his publisher for some eucidutory Information relative
10 manuscript, then the eve Of going to ptess.-
The dying German for a moment looked 1T the dubi-
Gus passage. and then turning to The interrogation
narkcd ''AIy friend, when that was written, il
rs probable that God and undsrs.ood il, God may
understand il yet, but do not. ~