The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-09-09

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\ SUBSTITUTE FOR PorArors.-Tn view
of the failure of the potato crop, the Provi-
dcnce Post has suggested substitute, which
the editor SAYS he has tried and found very
satisfactory, namcly-thc bet. lie saws that
beets baked in the peel answer all the purpos-
es of potatoes cooked in that way. "Neccssi-
ty is the mother OF nvcntion"-therc NAV be
some virtue in baked iccts Who knows?
e. The Roman Catholic bishop of Buffa-
10 has commanded that no more than five
carriages shall accompany airy corpse to the
church or cemetery, and the Catholics have,
with few exceptions. shown disposition to
obey the order checrfu:lv.
e. Eighty oxen only make one meal for
the crews of the British fleet in the Baltic.
&c" y daughter stolen ten wears AGO, was
found by her mother in BROOKLYN, few DAYS
since. They mutually recognized each other
The meeting was intensely affecting.
e" \ great national cattle show is to be
held under the auspices ofthc United States
Agricultural Society. to take place at Spring
field Ohio. on the 10Th of October and con-
tinuc three days.
H. The heirs of Augustine and George
Law. Of l.oUdon county, Va. have offered to
set free fifty slaves, valued at $50, 900, provi-
lcd that the American Colonization Society
will send them TO Liberia, and make the usu-
al provision for them after their arrival out
ES Last year there were consumed in this
country about 10000. 900 pounds of cane
sugar and 21,ooo."oo pounds OF maple sugar
II the dealers. wholesale and retail together
made profit Of only two cents pound On
this sU,ar. these profits alone would amount
TO nearly l5,ooo.ooo.
e" \ correspondent of the National Era
saws: We have now ten or twelve ant-sla-
very churches established in Kentucky. in
good condition, and there are few but admit
that the time is not far distant when Kcntuck-
Y will be free.
g" There were destroyed a; Greytown l5l
buildings. Only seven small ones remain
standing. The rrc>cn, estimate of the loss
of property is one million and half Of dollars
IL y number OF persons in Maine, chiefly
females, in the vicinity OF the burning forests,
became insane. th;nkin. that the final contla-
grafton predicted by the Miilcritcs, had be-
Gun. Some OF them have been taken to the
State ASYLUM.
X" The y. Y. Tr'bunc thinks that the
less to the country in the way of crops from
;his existing drouth. will bc two hundred
millions of dollars
NICHOLAS IN THE PorNp.-Punch rep.
rcScnt> Nicholas as an ass who has allowed
himself TO 'e shut up in a pound and all
Eur"ii'can nations conspicuous among which
Is John Bull, lookin. over the fence at him.
but no one darcs TO Get inside to put the bri-
die on. Turkey las let down one bar, and
reaching his hand through, has rot hold of
his tail, and implorcs France and England
to 90 in and take him by the head, but thew
manifest most decided dissemination to take
hold of the lifting end
e 1t is estimated that the whisky drink
ers of the United States could build
the Pacific Railroad in couple of wears
The money they spend for whiskcy might pay
for the grading: smokers and chcwcr> could
buy :he iron. and the money which the sur
plus two inches in the length of ladies' dress
cs cost, would supply the locomotives.
ORIGIN OF TIE Book OF MoE"oN.-Thc
following account of the origin of the Book
of Mormon was gvcn to the writer of this ar
ticlc 10y the widow of the writer of said book
and confirmed by another relative OF the said
author She was native of Pomtret. Conn,
0. respectable family and connections. and
her statement is entitled TO full credit, which
is in substance as follows:
~ Mr.. Spanldns. her former husband
was a native of Ashford, Conn. a clergyman
by profession, who removed with her into the
State of Ohio After some wears residence
in that State, he became unable to follow his
professional calling, from feeble health which
confined HIM to his '!Omicil. In this situation
of health mind. and location, the various an
cicnt mounds and notifications. so common in
that region, attracted his attention and the
probable science and civilization of their
builders, so far in advance of the natives of
the country, led him to inquire by whom
Y they were constructed. and from whence a
people came, who could perform these stu
pcndous labOrS. For his own amusement and
the exercise of his mind and Imagination, he
t. commenced writing, in the solemn style, his
: ideas of the migration of mankind, from the
d time of their dispersion after the dclucc,
$ through the regions Of the East to this West
S ern continent, giving such romantic names
). and descriptions of persons and places as his
ina" nation furnished him with His neigh
| bors also enjoyed the fruits of his laborS, and,
): as he progressed, spent their evenings at his
D house, to hear and enjoy the illusions of his
vivid Imagination. These manuscripts, after
, the death of their writer. falling into the
$ hands of the designing Mormon prophets,
have by them been claimed to be Miraculous
~ given and discovered.
"FROM TIE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE
t We saw day or two since on Main street. a
fair haired, interesting looking boy of some
six or seven years. hclplessly drunk, in the
act of being lifted into a wagon, bv his father
and rolled under the feet of a drunken COM