The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-10-06
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But lew men die Of old age. Almost al
''e o. disappointment, passional, mental o
: bodily toll, or accident. The passions some
times Kill men suddenly. The common ex
preston, " choked with passion" has Ittl
, "xaggeration in it; for though not sudden
ly fatal, strong passions shorten life. Strong
: bodied men often die young-weak men liv,
longer than the strong, for the strong us,
: their strength, and the weak have none Il
use. The latter take care Of themselves. th,
former do not. As it is with body, so it i
with mind and temper. The strong are ap
to break down, or. like the candle, to run =
the weak burn out. The Inferior animals
which live, in general, regular and temporal,
> lives. have generally their prescribed tern
OF years The horse lives twenty-five years
: the OK fiteen or twenty the dog ten I,
twelve; the rabbit eight the cuint a-pic 81,
to seven wears. These numbers all bear
simiar proportion to the time the anima
takes TO grow to its full size.
hen the carti!asinous parts of the bone
become OSsiticd, the bones cease 10 GROW
This takes place in man at about twent,
years on the average !: in the camel at eicbt
IN the horse at five; in the OK at four i1
the lion at four; in the dog at two: in III,
cat at eighteen months: in the rabbit Al
:wclve; in the guineapi. at seven. Five O,
SIX times these numbers give the term of
iife five is pretty near the average; somt
ANIMALS greatly exceed it. But man. of al
the animals, seldom comes up to his average
lie ought TO live a hundred wears. accorln,
to this physiological law, for fiv" times twcn
yare hundred; but instead of that. he
scarcely reaches on an average four times hi.
growing period; whilst the dog reaches 81,
times, the eat SIX times, and the rabbit even
el1ht times the standard of measurement
The reason is obviouS-lran is not only tbc
most lrrrS"ia: and the most Incorporate, bn;
The most anorlous and h2rl-worxcd q. All
animals. Hc is also the most irritable of all
ah'h'aIs ana there Is reason to believe, tho
we cannot tell what an animal secretly feels
that more than any other animal man cher
isheS wrath to keep it warm. and consume,
himself with the fire of his own reflections
RUSE.
A gentleman residing for some time in
Kingston, Il, l., writes the following revo,u-
tionary anccdoe to the Bo,toAl Tror H.r:
"ln l''S. while our country was at war
with England, fhc tories. rs they were call
ed. unwilling to e>pou>c their countrv'S cause.
LETT their country for their countrv's GOOD
Among the number who thus left for the
British dominions in Nova Scotia. was nv
aunt F, with her tory husband During
the war. an American privateer was seen
approaching l., where nv Aunt and 9th
er Americans were located. At ;he approach
Of the ugly looking stranger, all the Amer
cars fled except my aunt, who kept small
store at the place OF entry Having secured
what she could from her shop, she fastened
to her house to secure her valua!rs there
also; hut the officers were too close upon her
heels to allow her to secretc much They
'ame upon her as she was entering a cham
her which had previously been left ir some
confusion. Seeing the officers 50 near ber
She turned in IN instant. and with her usual
quIckncsS OF invention for she was ALWAYS
ready for turn-said to the leader, " hope
YOU will pardon the appearance of my room.
as we have Just had the small pox in it, and
have not had time to put things to RIGHTS
since the patients were carried off," II was
: a word and a blow as we sav. In bis haste
to escape, the officer turned upon his heel
and in turning fell over the stair case and
rolled down two flights of stairs into the
street. dropping from its scahbarl an clecant-
lv mounted sword, which he left behind as a
prize to my aunt. Picking himself M AZ
best he could he was joined by his comrades.
and very soon the rrivatccr had her sails
spread, and was out of sight and out of dan
ger, leaving my aunt to laugh over her we'll
timed stratagem. and to hunt for her money
box. which was found some months after a.
mong the current bushes in the garden. lust
where she placed it herself when she took il
from the shop"
-liE ALWAYS HAD TnEM-Dofl,S
rushed tt the doctors with terror dcpicted
on his visage in uumi>takable characters
tie looked pale his nosrils were dilated and
there was an uneasy look in his ewes. The
doctor noticed it instantly, and inonired with
as little exhibition Of excitement as the case
would admit
"Why. what's the matter, Dobbs 2,
po'bs dropped into chair in all-conea-
tIveness peculiarly touching
i don't know he replied; bIeve I'm
so'h9 10 nave the small pox. I've got the
symptoms sure"
-" by, SAID the doctor, "how do YOU fecl?"
49, do'no, hardly" replied he but
feel a great reluctance to do anything"
lhe doctor inquired how long he had had
the symptoms.
""eil, said Dobbs,"I've alwavs had EN- !"
The doctor was ' sold" Dobbs case WAS
evidently past all surgery.
-Ienn!vson, in his poem of Fatima."
relates the strongest case of suction within
our knowledge at present. Speaking of a