The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-12-02
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ted 10 some extent the widows and widow
ers. la Que church il il snid there Is sGarcc-
ly mnrringeble couple left
0T@"Ihere is no nrm,p says Tie Rev. Mr.
Montgomery, Sin smoking tobacco, except
llint II leads 10 MISUNDERSTANDING TO inl0Ni-
cntlon-inIoXicalion 10 hile--hie 10 indgcs-
ion--lndigesliOn 10 umpliOu--cOnsurnp-
lion TO death, That is nIl." Rather II gloom
y iorealIndowing for gentlemen Of the pipe
aud cignr
FATHER TAYLOR QN Gov. BRIGGs. AT the
close Of his services, yesterday afternoon,
Father TUylor held up the Governors Proc
Iann;ion, appointing u day Of Thanksgiving
and snld;--"l5retlreu, would rend This pa
per, II ] had strength enough left TO do it,
II is very long, aud us good us it is long. 1t
ends with the prayer, God snve the Com
monwenIthp Thank God, brethren, that was
done week ngop'I referring 20 the day of The
election --Jowna,, 27h. ..
On DIT.-ll is rumored thai Major Bliss
who has been Con. Taylor's inseparalle CONF
pnnion d confidential adviser for many years,
has made good use Of his opportunities, and
will soon form n matrimonial alliance with
the old veterans daughter;-a decidedly hiss
tul termination Of both the Mexican and
Presidential campaigus.
G~F7An Albany paper says-"We onco saw
lady laced so tight that, while STOPPING for,
ward 10 pick up pin, her slnys gavn wnv,
ard.she turned three suinnerscts in couse-
quGnce" Don't believe that.
0F7rho Kennchcc journal states that
Charles Willie, Of Vassulhnro,' who will be
ninety nine years old next February, went TO
tho polls on the 7rh, aud voted the Taylorund
Fillmore ticket. Ills fret vote was for George
Washington. MIR White las always been
Wing, retains his faculties physically and
mentally, and takes much interest in polti-
cal affairs Mr. White was in the army of
the Revolution, and is a native Of l.unenhurg
Massachusetts.
A DRUNKEN INcESDIARY. A man in Wolf
horo, n. H., recently returned home drunk,
and inter beating his wife, seized fire brand,
and running To his barn, threw it into the hay
mow, which wus instantly in flames, cousuni-
ing the barn aud house, wiuI all their contents.
QT@A According to the Raleigh IN. ca Bib
licaI Recorder. one hundred aud sixty three
persons, ofwhom twenty one were colurcd,
were hnpti2rd nj one time in the river Chow
an, in that State. The line Of candidates en-.
tered the water hand in hand, aud extended
over hundred yards.
o. Young mechanics, who would pros
per in business, have only two rules TO live
up toto iusure success. First do your work
as your customer wishes to have il dome
The other rule is to do ii hy the time you
promise TO have it done. These Two rules
complied with, and there is lule danger, IL
ANY, Of future.
MIcHIGAN FOR BIG OxEN.-We noticed ia
the market yesterday four of tie best fat OK
en- ever driven 10 this city. Their aggregate
weight is 5000 pounds, the largest one alone
weighing $500 pounds. They were ihuencd
by Mr. Hubbard, near Clinton, in Lenawee
coun,y.--Dctroit .fdr.
WARSIG FOR Country PEOPLE. Let
those Of oar readers who are inclined to re-
sort 20 the cities for livelihood Especially
iemales,l take warning by the following i'll
stance OF starvation in New York, on the 18th
ult. II is only one ont Of hundreds that oc-
chr there annually, and is by no means ali
extreme case. We copy from the CONNER
cul Advertiser:
".Sidrration al Homc.-Il las heen the boast
of ihe American people that all their POOR
arc fed, and that un iuhuhitant of this repub- |
lie need never perish, and scarcely need SUI. .
fer from want. In the morniug pnpers we
find, 10 our regret, different story. 4 ma
tive Of Long Island, named Elizabeth Sic
Vens, aged 81 years, was picked up in the |
streets of this city or the G,h inst, exhausted !
.or lack Of food, and died in the hospital on |
sunday night. Ii was given IN evidence be- .
fore the coroner'S inquest, that deceased was
a widow, who had no means of support, and |
or several days before she was found, had |
had no IoOl. Ncrdigt nrcDrIinulyu