The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-05-24

How TO ENrEl EAr~-The las. num-
hcr OF the Fn,m .JonrnI eives scientific. re-
'rilt Tor clearing house Of rats. The plan
IS a chcmi al one. and the editor describe. IL
As having been put in totre hv friend in
Boston, to cNpei an army of rats after all 9th
er means had failed The following is an
account of the affair
Raising a small board in tho carret floor
our TREND opened a communication between
The lioor and the ceiling beneath. which in
terror communicated wt!i .hc spaces between
the SIDE walls and The hath and plaster of the
whole house. Into This opening he placed a
dish containing finely puIveriz"I black oxvd
OF manganese. and poured over i, a suitable
quantity OF strong hvdrorhlorc (muriari,.l J
arid he effect "i this rhemiral mixture -
10 d'Srn"a.c IN the cold that most powerful
d"cd"rl>inr. tunr.atinr n,S. chlorine. In
r"iliin"n with all ga>c- 1t gra,lu, div diIu--s
t~".t through the AIR, bat having greater
wrl4ht than atmospheric air. II arrumu!atcs
+" th' lowest levels. The Tendency %. h.
"aS liberated. therefore. was to penetrate cy-
cry vacant space between the walls and the
ceiling, aud at last find exit in the cellar
II NAV here be stated that the quantity of
Gas 50 liberated can exert no iniurion~ effect
upon The house or rs inmates: indeed the re-
suit Is rather beneficial than otherwi>" TO the
general health
The arrangement described had not been
i"nG III operation. when II became evident
that something unusual was occurring in rat
dom All night long. saws the narrator. il
seemed AS If EedIam had broken loose be-
tween the Partitions of nv house Tow ards
morning all had become Juict-thc rats had
N3mo>"d. b'C and little. and for period Of
thrrr months not one was heard or seen on
the premises.
AMERICAN Cr>T"N>-G. +. H. James in
lis late novel, The OlI Dominion" thu,
speaks of our customs:
There is no such thing "a sccrcsv in tbi,
country; everybody knows everybody else
business much better than his own.
How magniticcntlv ri!i,nlous the names of
our towns are in this country. The Unite.
States have been ike the father with to'
many children,-so hard run ny for Chris
tan names that he has been Obliged to civ,
the m the most unchris;an names he coul,
get.
a haronet or a lord in the United State
is exactly like Japan cabinet. a Chimes
, pa""da, or any other ou'landi>h curiosif,
No one knows how it ought to stand how
:, ought to be placed, what are its ends, object
or purposes.
Nobody in the United States appears t
comprehend that any other person can hav
. private business with which nobody else ha
anything to 90, and vn1 must lock your doc
: very tight ifyon would not have others con,
and listen to what yon say.
4, VCCtFATI"NS OF THE AMrRICANS-Th
census returns OF The occupations OF the pee
. PIE OF the mted States are curious and IL
S1ruc'lve. The number of BARRIERS and br,
> kers Is about the same, and between the tw
people get we'll shaved there are abo,
> eighty proiessed doctors to one profession;
Il undertaken Only cishtv-two people inform
ed the census takers that they were "authors
u while no less than two thousand individua
assumed to be " artists" There are one hu,
: dred thousand blacksmiths. and the san
:, number Of merchants" The LAWYERS on
number the bakers bv ten thousand. there b.
ing twenty-four thousand OF the former an
fourteen thousand of the latter. The ha
ters and the tObacconi>tS are about enual
number. The carpenters number two hu,
u dred thousand; the maSons sxty-four tho,
!, sand; the taiOrs fihv thonsand the whee
= wrights thirty thousand; the sa1ders twert,
> three thousand. There are more confectiol
i, ers than watchmakers: more weavers tha
u than teachers: more vinegar-makers tba
showmen and tie same number of waoo1
/, makers as editors. Strange to relate that.
=, moHS the returns the trades. not spill,
cldn' IL enumerated and the tables OF n
professions do not include single "patriot
l-Bosfon Transcript.
y ENvY-The boy upon foot cannot bear
see the boy who is riding. And so it is wit
q envy of larger growth. We are aIwa,
: crying out. Whip behind :" in the miser;
ble hope of seeing some hsngeron more fo
tunate than ourselves. knocked off bis perc]
"A Philosopher in tie Street.