The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-12-16

thrk-set bird. In saving the pl1llc:s. Imakc
it a rule to take much Pains in picking out
the best, handSomcSt, and myst uniform chick
ems.
Yours, &c..
roViTEY.
st. Jolii<',,;ry
C"NSrMrIIoN oE LIFE DURING; TIT
Riit;< al NIcHoIN~- The consumption Of
human HE during the reign Of the f.nprro r
Nicholas has been cnornlouS He has carried
oH war with The Circa>>ianS rnintcrru,:cl!v
tor - years. at i cost o! :o.ono lives on the
:'N>>iaus WHO have Ie.i.hc,l in attempting To
>U'alur the Independence Of Circa>>ia In
The two campaigns a.aiH>' Persia. as in the
Hungarian campaign and the two Polish cam
i'a@l> % 1872. there are no: sufficient d.ta
10 cntti, NE e. form q correct estimate of the
Russian loss. which was. in Tie Persian and
Polish war. enormous. IN the two campaigns
2!all~t Turkey OF 1889. 3GO.o0o fell. Of
whom. however. .'"."0" pcyi~hrd hv the
piag"c. The loss o.. The russians. in various
way. ,ncc Ike entry Of the NanuEiln rrin-
cip;it;rs. is understood at ;;o.ooo In these
'1' ~ tN WI III Ill fiiiiIt ttldl
no estimate is ATTEMPTED to he mad; Of The
sacrifices Of human life on the SIDE of those
who fought ,or their l;hcrtirs against tn, a.
nrc>>;ons of Russia. Il THIS calculation were
attempted. it is probable that the result would
prove i':,.t neither Julius Cesar nor .tlcxan-
DIES, nor even TamcrIauc. has been a greater
>cour-c to the human race than the present.
Emperor Nicholas III. Emp,rors III rGn!e r
and .N,ch0it< In Dr. r..
\ Busy l!EN.-E H. Pitcher. Of Miriam
Mic h.. GIVES an account Of wonderful hen
he had in his possession. She hid lad one
hundred aud >iN:v-scvcn eggs in 50 manv
successive days. During this time she inter
nttrd two DAYS. to wit the 2'h and the 9TH
but to make up or this. she laid two on the
l22d and idN'li days cach.-Eo<'on tie.
ss George T. Marsh, la;c american Min
i>tcr in Turkey. made some interesting re-
mars ':.';.r. q" Nnw York City Bible >oci-
~. II Preference TO the best mode of iiilu-
>ing Chri>tiu";ty in Turkey. He finds the
Mahonn:oAan tai;' Possessed Of many moc:
points Of rrscrl lance to the Christian .:.an j,
has credit tor, aUi 'l::::;S ;lat The Bible mus;
>upcrscJc the Koran with the aid OF I'll.
Moran, rather than in suite Of It,
;;49 The Nashua oasis saws = I;cclzchul
has been voted for rs a can.li,Ia.e for Con
Ercss. in a caucus convention in Virginia.
Our distinct impression is, that he had bee"
elected YEAR ago for TIE Ion. term, and Ia,
taken leading part in Congressional pro
cccdings, especially in ;he io~er Uo,lsc How
is it:'
CiiINA.-i is stated that thousand les
iamcnts were put in circulation at N;ncpo il
single bay at a literary examination in tia
city. There Were no: less than 6 or 500,
literary men present tf3m all parts of til,
country.
X During The past year $3.50 500 hay,
been contributed tcr charitable purposes b,
iii iri.a;c charities. not made known,
i iro'..5itory law OF $1,000 has beer
imposed on .cta;l liiuor Establishments G:
luscunlia, -l'a., y q vote o. The people of
ihat place.
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a North Carolina paper, Thirteen negroes
consisting Of mcn. boys. women. and children
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