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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-01-27
He CALICO ON A n.
Newbury Seminary and Female
Collegiate Institute.

Newbury Seminary and Female
Collegiate Institute.
HENRY 3. MOVES, A. N. Principal.
CPRING TERN begins February 90, 1855.
- Summer Term do May II. 1850
Connected with the Institution is 4 and excel
lent Boarding House in which the rooms are large
and convenient. Board, including furnished room,
fuel and washing. 200 per week. Ample accom-
mOdatiOns for self boarcers at reasonable rates.
Tuition in common English Branches, 50 90
do in higher English X Languages, 400 to S3,25
according to studies pursued.
TO engage Rooms or Board or for further infOr-
nation, address the Principal.
PRENTISS KNIGHT. Sec. of Trustees.
A. G.. BUTroN, President.
Newbury, JAN !, 1850 9lOw3*
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
WYE, the subscribers, being appointed by the
| w PROBATE Codrt for the District of Caledo-
MIA. commissioners to receive examine and adjust
all claims and demands ofall persons against Ag'b
Young late of st. Iolnsburv, in said district, de-
ceased and the claims Of the deceased exhibited
in offset thereto, hereby give notice that six
months from the first day of.Jaruarv, \. d. 1853.
are allowed for the creditors to present their claims
! to said commissioners. for examination and allow
ance, and that we will meet for that purpose at
the dwelling House Of Ransom Young, in said
| St. Joinsbury, the 3oth day OF January i'll
stant and on the last SATURDAY of June next, ut 10
o'clock forenoon. on each of said days.
MOSES NOSE ,, HirTEEDGE' Commissioners
Jan. IL, 1855. OLIVIA
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-01-27

4 Al,lSr Law STATE The Hartford
tnio., tell, vi /. ~. style o.! eating oysters
prActlc.d i, the J..... House. New London
j man OF rattle" suspicious appearances call
al tor oysters, when the UarArrper opened Il
very large one. and set both shells en- the
counter; wherrupon the customer swallowed
III. oyster III onr half the shciI,& Oh prrtcnrr
OF taking the 'bro,h." drank liquid OF rash-
~ s;~9r'"~ -~-r,--,"o f-n~' 49, ~" Wv
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-01-27


STREET TALE. Two sons of Erin were
moraliziuS over the result OF the late election
in Massachusetts,.
"l;ad new, Pat" says Mike.
Faith, an you're right there responded
Fat
What would oull General Jackson say to
this, If he was alive now :" calculated Nike.
BE sorra." replied Pat, he'd say he was
glad he was dead
CT Capt. Ethan u. Allen died o, atoplcX::.
II. Norfolk. Va, on the 9TH Of January, at the
age ct IS years. Capt Allen was graduate
from West Point, aud formerly an officer III
the L. 5. Ary lie was the las. surviving
con Of U.I Ethan CT Worldwide nOtorItv, tuI
POSSESSED few, i, is said. OF the bold aud Pc
GUITAR traits y! bis father.
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This Day
Received.


/ AEGE lot Ladies DRESS ~ rs and elm .
1 reduced prices. H. ". EkICkETr.
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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-01-27

Minerva. Ky. Dec. lG, 1854.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26
The Law of Newspapers.

|. Subscribers who do not give express no.
tice to the contrary are considered as wish
ing to continue their subscription.
= If subscribers order the discontinuance oil
their periodicals., the publisher may continue
to send them until all arrearages are paid.
B. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their periodicals from the Office to which they
are directed, they held responsible, TIL they
have settled the bill and ordered them discon-
tinued.
4. If subscribers remove to otherplaces with
ont informing the publisher, and the papers are
sent to the former direction, they are held res
ponsible.
>. The Courts have decided that refusing to
take periodicals from the office, or removing
and leaving them unealled for, is prima facia
evidence of intentiona fraud.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

was extremely tidy in the small room.-
There was bed with a mattress, table,
some chairs, drawers, and various toys; a
gun hung on wall. The bell rung, lack
went and reappeared with his master,
wheeling in the chair. Meanwhile, / had
taken the gun from the wall; Mr.. Vanneck
handed it TO the monkey, who fetched the
powder-fask and the shot-bag, and in the
whole process Of loading acquitted himself
like rife man. had already seen SO
much that was astonishing, that | hardly
felt surprised at this feat. Jack now pla-
ced himself at the open window, took aim,
and discharged the gun without being in
the least startled by the report. He then
went through the sword exercise with the
same skill.
1t would be too long to jot down all Mr..
Vanneck told us about his method of edu-
cation and training; the above facts wit
messed by myself, bear sufficient evidence
of the abilities of the animal, and its mas
ter's talent for tuition. We stayed to sup
per to which there came some more ladies
and gentlemen. Jack again exhibited his
cieverness, in waiting, at which he acquit-
ted himself as well as any man servant
Going home, my companion missed small
bottle of sweets out of which he had re-
galed the monkey with almonds. Jack
had managed to steal it from the pocket;
and on being afterwards convicted of the
theft, he was severely punished by his mas
ter,
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26
G9e Aoet' s Golunln,
THE HOLY WELL.

Lowly knelt at eve, maiden
On the green grass near well,
Throbbed her heart with sorrow laden,
Which she fain to Heaven would tell.
smooth and high her marble forehead
Met her clustering, dark brown hair;
While the lily might have borrowed
Beauty from her neck so fair!
Der her face veil of sadness
Chased the sunbeams all away;
Not a trace of festal gladness
In her couhtcnance had sway.
Meekly knecling by the fountain,
Prayed she earnestly and long 8
Sank the sun behind the mountain
Rose the friar's evening song.
Long and earnestly she pleaded,
Kneeling there beside the we'll,
And as prayer to prayer succeeded,
From her hand black bead fell.
Thus, o maiden! thy desires
Should be dropped into the we'll;
And its waters, all the fires
Or thy breast will cooling quel!.
One by one the beads she numbered,
Slowly praying all the while,
I'LL the evening shadows slumbered
In the abbey's dim lit aisle.
Many an Ave and Paternoster
Mnrmured she as evening fell,
Till the monks within the cfoister
Sounded loud the vesper bell.
Rose the moon above the tree-tops,
Stud the stars, the summer sky;
Aud as slowly each black bead drops,
The air is burdened with sigh.
Mary Mothers name Is blended
With those to which we . Saint aflix.
Till at length the vlgil's ended
The beads have reached the cruciiix.
Learn, o maidens! learn and ponder,
The worlds treasures are but dross,
Those to which the heart clings fonder
Must be humbled to the Cross.
Thus to thy poor heart, o maiden!
Cometh peace no word can tell
Tears with which your eggs were laden,
All are vanished in the we'll.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26
A Good Recommendation.

please, Sir, don't you want a cabin
boyz'
81 do want cabin Toy, my lad, bu,
what's that to yous A little chap like you
amt fit for the BERTH"
'Oh, Sir, I'm real-strong. l can do a
great deal of work, if amt so very DID,
"Bst what are you here forz You don't
look like a city boy. Rpn away from
home, hey?" s
"Oh, no, indeed. Sir; my father died,
and my mother is very poor, and l want to
help her. She let me come.
"Well, sonney, where are your letters
of recommendation Can't take any boy
without those"
Here was damper. Willie had never
thought of its being necessary to have let
tiers from his minister or his teachers, or
from some proper person, to prove to stran-
gers that he was an honest and good boy.
Now, what should he do. He stood in
deep thought, the captain meanwhile curi-
ously watching the workings of his ex-
pressive face. AT length he put his hand
into his bosom and drew out his little Bible
and, without one word, put it into the cap
tain's hand. The captain opened to the
blank page and read:
"Willie Graham. Presented as a re-
ward for regular and punctual attendance
at Sabbath School, and for his blameless
conduct there and elsewhere. From his
Sunday School Teacher"
Captain Mcleod was not a pious man,
but he could not consider the case before
him with heart unlnovcd. The little
fatherless child, standing hulnbly before
him, referring him to the testimony of his
Sunday School teacher, as it was given in
his little Bible, touched a tender spot in
the breast of the noble seaman, and, clap
ping Willie heartily on the shoulder, he
said:
you are the boy for me; you shall sail
with me; and if you are as good lad as
think YOU are, your pockets shan't be empty
when you go back to your good mother
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

Bg-A blacksmith, having lost his wife,
complained to neighbor of his misfortune
in terms of the most bitter disappoint-
ment.
"Oh," replied the latter, 'your case is
not SO deplorable as to excite grief like
this; will give you my living wife, and
a barrel Of cider to boot, for your dead
one.'
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

hA person meeting an old man with
silver hairs, and a very black, bushy beard.
asked him show it happened that his beard
was not so grey as the hair of his heada'
because" ," said the old gentleman, sit
is twenty years Younger
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

s8EPaddy's description of fiddle can't
be beat. at was big as turkey, and as
muckle as goose-he turned it over on
its back, and took a crooked stick and
drawed across is belly, and oh! St. Patrick,
how it did squalei''
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

EB Jonah wrote to his father, after the
whale first swallowed him, stating that he
had found a good opening for young man
going into the oil business-but afterwards
wrote for money to bring him home, sta.
ting that he had been "sucked in."
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

A HAPPY SImILE.-A writer has COM
pared worldly friendship to our shadows,
and better comparison was never made;
for while we walk in sunshine it sticks to
deserts us.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

9EMany lives might be saved by a
knowledge of this recipe: A large tea
spoonfufof of Mustard, mixed In turnbler
of warm water, and swallowed as soon as
move all that is lodged in the stomach.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

B@f you would have a sharp appe-
tite for breakfast, repeatthe following over
twelve times without breathing. Repeat it
twenty times, and you can eat mastodon:
81 saw five brave maids, sitting on five
broad beds, braiding broad braids. 1 said
TO these five brave maids, sitting on five
broad beds. braiding broad braids-braid
broad braid brave maids"
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

s8|A bachelor, the other morning, re-
marked that wives who used the needle
are like the enemy spoken of in the para
ble-they t'sew tares" while the husband
man sleeps.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

n~A a distinguished Partisan physician
writes to friend out West, who is In deli
cate health: .sTake to yourself young,
healthy, virtuous and amiable wife. 1t
will do more good in one winter than all
the mineral water in America for twen-
ty.n
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

DB-swift, in his ironical proposition for
the abolishmcnt of Christianity, says there
would be Inconvenience attending it, as il
would lower the funds one per cent, which
was more than any government had given
10 uphold il.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

ga Texas paper, in speaking of one
of our Presidential aspirants, says, that as
he has got no morals, he had better 60 in
for the Pice Presidency.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26
pATFs OF ADVERTISING.

EET Announcing Candidates for office, in
aEance, $3 If inserted on credit, candidates
will be charged eight dollars.
70. Communications of a personal nature,
will be inserted as advertisements, and charged
for at the rates of $500 per square, and pay
ment required in advance
rg5s Advertisements not marked on the copy
far a speciic number of insertions, will be con-
tinucd until ordered out, and payment exacted
accordingly.
c15D All advertisements must be paid for in
advance or at the expiration of three months.
eS5s All letters addressed to the Editors
must be POST PAID, to receive attention.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

@Bayard Taylor delivered a lecture
recently, at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Next
day lady was asked her opinion of the
lecture whens she replied
40, it was excellent; he has such a
..sweet" rnoustachcl
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

E0TWe have at length discovered the
true reason why the youth of the present
day, wear such enormous shirt collars. Il
can be with no ether motive than to con-
ceal the length of their earsI''
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

B~"Pray sir,' said a judge angrily,
to blunt old Quaker, from whom no direct
answer could be obtained, ado you know
what we sit here for2''
"Yes verify. I do" said the Quaker,
'.three of you for four dollars each a day,
and the fat one In the middle for tour thou
sand a year"
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

ESAn Irishman being told that
friend of his had put money in the stocks,
said: "Well, never had farthing in the
stocks; but l have had my legs in them
often enough"
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

glA An exquisite young lady wriggled
into linen diapers, and, with the most ex-
cruciating drawl she could affect, inquired
if they had any, "subdued mouse-colored
silk2"
NO. replied the draper, with sudden
and expressive t1virl of the yardstick "but
we have some enraged rdt-color."
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

E@"My dear sir" said an election ac-
quaintance, accosting a sturdy wag, on the
day of election, "I'ln uery glad ..to see
YOU" "You needn't be-I'ye yoted.n
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

E8To make short winter-gite
note in the fall payable in the spring. You
will find that spring will be here as soon as
you are ready for it.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

B@We have friend, six footer, who
was promenading on a public occasion,
with magnificent woman.
1--WE are the observed of all observers. -
said the gentleman.
'Yes," replied the lady, "we are two
brilliant stars
"Put the stars together" responded the
gentleman, and what a brilliant sun they
would make
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26
ATcHIsoN, KANSAS TERRITORY TUESDAY, JUNE 26 1855.

fact, that when God established the rela-
ton of master and servant under the
law, he said to the master and servant,
each of you must love the other as your
self, is, to say the least Jesus to presume
largely upon the intensity Of their intel
lect, that they would be able to spy out
discrepancy in the law of Moses, which
God himself never saw. Again: if 'sdo to
others as yewouh they should do to you"
is to abolish slavery, it will be for the
same reason. level all inequalities of hu-
man condition. Il is not TO be admitted,
then, that Jesus Christ introduced any new
moral principle that must, of necessity,
abolish slavery. The principle relied on
to prove it, stands boldly oat to view in the
code OF Moses, as the soul, that must reg
late and control, the relation of master
and servant, and therefore cannot abolish
it.
Why master cannot do to servant, or
servant to master, as he would have
them do to him, as soon a wife to a hus-
band or a husband to wife, am utterly
at loss to know. The wife is ''subiect to
her husband in all things" by divine pre-
cept. He is her s'head,'' and God "suffers
her not to usurp authority over him." Now,
why in such relation as this, we can do
to others as we would they should do to us,
any sooner than In relation, securing to
us what is just and equal as servants, and
due respect and faithful service rendered
with good will to US as masters, am at a
loss to conceive. | affirm then, first, (and
no man denies, that Jesus Christ has not
abolished slavery by prohibitory COM
mand: and second, l affirm, he has intro
dueed no new moral principle which can
work its destruction, under the gospel dis
pensation; and that the principle relied on
for this purpose, is fundamental principle
of the Mosaic law, under which slavery
was instituted by Jehovah himself: and
third, with this absence of positive prohibi-
ton, and this absence of principle, to work
its ruin, I affirm, that in all the Roman
provinces, where churches were planted by
the Apostles, hereditary slavery existed, as
it did among the Jews, and as it does now
among us, (Which admits of proof from
history that no man will dispute who knows
anything of the matter and that in IN
structing such churches, the Holy Ghost by
the Apostles, has recognized the institu-
ton, as one legally existing among them,
to be perpetuated in the church, and that
its duties are prescribed.
Now for the proof To the church plan
ted at Ephesus, the capital of the lesser
Asia, Paul ordains by letter, subordination
in the fear of God,-first between wife
and husband; second, child and parent;
third, servant and master; all, as states, or
conditions, existing among the members.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

E%There is lady in Albany, who pro-
fesses to considerable experience-who
contends that kiss on the forehead denotes
reverence for the intellect; a kiss on the
check, that the donar is impressedwith the
beauty of the kissed one, but that kiss
imprinted on the lips shows love.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

e@The man who ate his dinner with
the fork of river, has been attempting to
spin a mountain top.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

"a Some of the farms of Vermont
stand SO much On their edge, that plough
men with one short leg command double
the wages Of other people.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

~..Poor old General Debility" ex-
claimed Mrs. Partington; SIT is surprising
how long he excites; the papers are full Of
remedies for him.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

s9If "silence gives consent" does il
follow that man has a right to kiss a
dumb women2
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

Bg@A fellow in New Orleans was
charged with stealing piece of cloth from
dry goods store. His lawyer put in q
plea that he did not see it.
"Not see it!'' SAID the the Recorder.
''The individual" responded the lawyer,
enlarged with stealing that cloth, did not
see it, sir-he could not see it, sir-it is an
inUisible green!''
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

When you want warm BATH and
can't pay for one, pull your neighbor's nose.
and you viii soon be IN hot water.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

p@A Western editor IN speaking of a
concert singer, says her voice is delicious
pure as the moonlight, and as tender as
a three shilling shirt.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

Sss Why is the letter A like a honey
~u'Aies Because b follows it.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

ia Doctor said wag to his medi-
cal adviser one day, "isn't there disease
called shanglesg'
ayes, to be sure" replied Galen.
"Then I've got it for certain" said the
patient, ..for the roof fofmy mouth is broken
out in dozen places"
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

gF"We have span of horses" said
an economic the other day, 'on our farm.
that support themselves without any cost"
''Why how is that2' exclaimed a lis
tener.
"Why, you see," remarked the ques-
toned, "one is saw horse, the other q
clothes horse"
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

scsrIcE AND THE REyoLyER.-We find the
following JEU D'EspRIr in the New York Al
Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just.s'
s. wrote British Shakespeare, in his day no dolt.
Sser guess that notion Is downright bust;
by Colt fe s-a
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26
DO YOUR DUTY.

BE thou like the old apostles,
BE thou like heroic Paul.
Ii free thought seeks expression,
Speak it boldly! speak it all!
Face thine enemies-accusers,
Scorn the prison, rack or rod!
And if thou hast TRUTH to utter,
Speak, and leave the rest to God.''
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26

gan Irishman, being told to grease
the wagon, returned in about an hour af-
forwards, and said
i've graised every part ov the wagon,
inside and out, yer honor, but by the blue
hair ov Moses's wig, can't get at the
sticks the wheels hang on sure
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-26
aflistellaneolls.
A BRIEF EXAMINATION OF

gl2lnPTUlRlB TIEaSNlrRG0iMY
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-02-22

of the members Of the League, After the
adoption of the Constitution, the League
proceeded to elect officers. The result was
as follows:
President.-J. W. Ragan.
Vice President.--Wm. R. Boyd.
Secretary.-Alex. Clark.
Treasurer. N. Desellem.
On motion it was
Resolved, That the Secretary request the
publication of the preliminary proceedings,
together with the Constitution of the
League, in the True American and Amer
ican Union. J. W. RAGAN, Chm.
ALEX. CLARK, See'y.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-02-22
Distance Of the Sun.

Imagine railway from here to the sun.
How many miles is the sun from us? Why,
if we were to send baby in an express
train, travelling necessarily hundred miles
an hour, without making any stoppages,
the baby would grow to be boy, the boy
would grow to be man, the man would
grow old and die without seeing the sun;
for it is distant more than q hundred years
from us. But what is this compared to
Neptune's distance? Had Adam and Eve
started by rail road, 10 go from Neptune to
the sun, at the rate of fifty miles an hour,
they would not have got there yet; for Nep-
tune is more than six thousand years from
the centre of our system.
By reading the above you can form some
estimate of the vastness of the world ii
which we live, and which God made.
The sun, the moon, and all the stars tha
shine so beautifully above us, by day o
by night, are all the workmanship of God
who requires us all, both young and old
to love Him. Why do you love your faith
er! You answer: ''because He is good t
me-" Why do you love your mother
"because she loves and takes care of me,
} must be your answer. Why do you lov
your friends? "because they are kind t
me-" is the reason you give.
, Little children should think Of the kline
, ness and greatness of their Heavenly Fatl
, er, that they may in early life learn to ODE
r and love Him. He who learns it in ear
life will not be apt to forget it in old ag
s And he who truly serves and loves Go
d is the happiest man in the world. Such
man is not only blest by his God, b
d he is loved, honored and respected by !
fellow men.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-02-22
Have we not Hutchinsons among us?

The virtuous indignation of legion of
political hucksters, who have become old
and VIGOROUSLY corrupt in caucus service I;
who have spent "midnight' hours in pull
ling political wires which lead, no man
knows where, but they and their confreses
in secrecy-have been very suddenly arou-
sed at what they are pleased to term, in
certainly very choice language, the "infa-
nous doings" of the "terrible monster of
Know Nothingism, because Of its secrecy,
These lattor-day- converts to political mo-
rality and virtue, who, still contaminated
with the stencil of former and present
political corruption, would fain make us
believe that the Know Nothing Lodges are
composed of the various classes of commu-
nifty, which disturb its peace and well-being
and "disgrace the name of American citi-
zens," and that Know Nothingism itself is
a perfect "bloody-bones."
In 1774, while the elements of our pres
ent political liberty and national greatness
were fermenting, but tending to no COM
mon end, the "true-hearted" Samuel Ad.
ans, proposed, as his darling scheme Of
union, the organization of committees Of
correspondence throughout the colonies
Boston took with it, and led off, and the
organization spread like wild-fre. The
Boston Committee, at its organization, by
unanimous vote, gave each to the other
the pledge of honor not to divulge any
part of the conversation of their meeting
to any person whatsoever, excepting wha
the committee itself should make known,
held secret sessions-that is, incurred tn
censure Of "dark-lantern proceedings. y
The hypocritical and corrupt Hutchinson
described the Boston Committee as "i
part composed of 'deacons' and atheists
and black-heartcd fellows whom one coul
not choose to meet in the dark"