The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-11-24


by a she'll, which, direct; by Providence
had cut the electric wire in two"
~ coun,rvman in Springfield. illinois.
when tie unt.rriiicd were Sivim. salute to
Senator Douglas. asked inquirinr-" VIVA: is
that cannon firing tor" y hy>tandcr told
hun ii was in honor OF Senator Doug As arr
val. Well" said he" have heard before
OF firing cannon to raise people that were
drowned. but it TO late to Try the experiment
on Douglas. Gunpowder can't save him
now
--PEOTIrABIE PHILANTHEorY-Ilc
Grinnri. the " celebrated phianrhropi>t."
has actually pald towards the cx!cn,,-> Of The
several .\r,lr expeditions fitted out from y
York. about ten thousand Iol!ars-thc gov
ern,ncn, ha>in. assumed the rest, The house
of Grinnr, Mnturn 4 Co, Of Which he is "A
partner. wilt have cleared at the close of the
present season, on gam and other tran>ac-
IONS upon orders trom the British govern
nv ni-al OF which orders came 10 this house
in consequence" OF Mr. Henry Grnnrli>
philanthropy" about three quarters OF IA
million of dollars.
THUNDER The finest idea of a thun-
der storm rXtant, is when Virgins came home
tight. Now Virgins was teacher, and had
been 10 Il temperance meeting and drank IL"
much icmonNi,', or something. lie came in
to the room among his wife and daughters
and Just then he tumblca over the cradle and
Tell whOp on the floor. After while he rose
and SAID:
Wife, are YOU hurt ?"
NO"
Girls, are you hurt 2"
no.
Terrible clap, wasn'tit.
1t is customary in many of oar city
churches for the congregation to Join in sing
ing the last hymn. On Sunday last a gen
,lemar, accompanied by his little girl o: some
five years OF asr, >trayed into one Of the a
toress.d churches, and hi, fine voice matcri-
ally assisted the choir in getting through
Winchester" Just before the bcnc,liction
the little girl observing the fine effect pro-
duced 10y her parent on the occupants of the
surrounding pewS, crcl out in an audible
voice, Papa please sing NlIikens and his
ediction was unceded
Mrs Sally Eaton of North Reading.
commenced her one hundredth year on Sat
urdav last, on which occasion her children,
grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great
orer, "ranachiIdrrn assembled to do Ter
reverence. Mrs Margaret Martin, now liv-
ing with her grandson at Troy, n. T., is
ninety eight years ola She was with her
husband in the battle of Saratoga, N which
engagement she had the honor to receive a
wound. Her husband was a scrccan, in
t'atess army, and was wounded in the shout
der durino the battle While she was dress
ing the wound ball struck her in the hand
She says, " Gilbert sprans up like a chated
lion. Peggy SAID he, I'll 80 and teach
those cowardly dogs better manners than to
shoot at woman, and saw him no more
TIL the fight was over" Of such material
were the men and women OF the revolution.
"A few days since an officer of one of the
Boston Banks stepped into the safe, just be-
fore closing it for the day, to see that all was
right. AT the moment another officer coming
along and not knowing that any one was in
side, gave the door slight shove which clos
ed it fast, and as the key was in the posses
sion of the prisoner within. it was something
OF puzzer how they should effect his liberia
ton. Parties rar in different directions,
some for locksmith, others for safe keys,
&c. &c. After some little time KEY was
fortunately found which proved an open Sc
same to the safe, and the suffering prisoner
was delivered, to the great JOY OF himself
and anxious friends
-THE DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD.-Pren-
tice o! the Louisville journal, gives the yeo9-
raphy OF burial and burning: -"A South
Carolina editor inquiries whether burning or
burying is the better. Ii we were to die ia
Kentucky, We should prefer to have our re-
mains mingle with her glorious soil; but if
We were so unfortunate as to draw our last
breath in South Carolina, We should choose
burning by all means !
The members of the bogus Kansas Leg