The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-01-19

~ w '''"'' "du Voieu 10 the summit Of
Mount \e>uvus, and, after resting them.
selves on that s"lnhurons bed, they descend.
ed the steep incline to the mouth Of the era.
ter. lhrr" was little smoke Oh that day. an.
the srIen'ific gentlemen began to set in.o
danger without being aware of it. The guides
having hal quite enough Of soft ashes and
hard WORK i'll the ascent, sat on the up,mr
rim OF the crater. not feeling inclined for
more exerflon. So many people had gone
to peep INTO the chi,nuev OF the Internal r..
g'ons day after day without any accident-
ard these lazy guides preferred SON. .onr
WINE. anh slice Of lemon sprin1lcd over
win sait-a very common coa,eStiUle amor,
the lower order Of N-aroltans--aml a little
s">ra to looking after the souls aid bo,ie.
of those entrusted 10 them.
onc Of the most alvcn,urou. OF the Ger
mans fnain: ;ha. hc could bear th.. H,,l- .ul.
p!ihr which seemed emitted from the crater.
resolved topenetratc further; bu, scarcely
had he placed his foot upon AN apparently
solid projection. than the whole crun,iard ,,.
meath him and he was rreripi.atrd at least
one hundred feet. The interior Of the era
ter. seems a, soft as the rxetrior. for the frs,
words heard from the unfortunate man we're
'''at he was not hn,t. In vain h. tried 10
rxtrIcate himself: whatever he crashed
mou'iered in his grasp. lie con.d no, re-
"a'" his frrt--ot tins hi, companions above
were informed. They seemed 70 hav. b,.
come more stupid than thu uEiOit, We
tim; Tor. 'ns'"ad OF '.esp.tci,i,.s ti. guide, to
the observatory of the hermitage Tor Iu,r., or
as>;stan"e OF >onr, kind. they >tn,d listening
to their friend below. who gave t,.,-rn the idea
OF gong elsewhere than where the, r-,u.in-
ed useless and spell bound. There i. every
thing IN Naples but what is required: AMI a,
! the observatory. although rope, must aiwa,s :
be IN request. aud at least a precautionary
utility, We; none could ie u:ta.:cd either
there or at the hermitage and the guides
were Obliged TO GO to Resin Toy that which
ought to bc at hand. ia the meantime the
sulphur began to operate on the poor fellow
IN the crater. and lac ict himself .ra,Iu.ii,
..nk'"! Rot ociy IN strength. hu' in position
Vita wonderful sell command Ia. took leave
! OF h's friends, bean. Perfectly certain that lac
could not s"rvivc thai natura ;ii.at.ry t,,.y
+, oi the Nerporsn>. For TWO Ipns i.,'.r. i,d
he survive. when his voice 70. t..ri,l..r and
/ 'echicr. Perhaps AS h. bv slow de- rrcc> slid
hcrf~r III inr crater hope vanished. until
'he VOICE WIS entirely lost An o.,.,>iou.l
.roan va beard. until after the expiration Of
The above time when all WAS silent Tie body
was many hours after rescued by a guide.
who dts,rnic, two hundred t,..t before h..
'ohnh H. VI course. II was perfectly li;ties>
the Sulphur had suiiocat,d III. poor fe low
-PrE>rIr on MArHIMArICs rNI,.r
NutfICI CILIIf>.-Dne II the most a,nusin q
incidents We have lately heard Of occurred
% CERTAIN c''~.';ric Professor, noi a .;on-
sand MIL, from How,.oin College Ii Seem.
'hHi thr Professor Is getting out a hcw rd:-
ton q: Mechanics: AMI ole ni.hr iasi week
while hn>iv AT work Al his f,uriic pursuit.
he su'l'irnl. conceived the idea that he uu.ht
10 81" The operation OF the brake Gu the
ra1'rofd >arS. With characteristic iiupe;u.
o>lty. he sciz"'l his lantern ard hurried ont
II was almost u O'Clock at night aud t. is
avery quiet vi!la.e-so that the Professor
did not dream OF disturbing arv one. or be-
ing disturbed himself: The fates. however,
ordered otherwise. IL: had not l.,n Oh tie
spot hive minutes. when the wa:chncn. a.
rra'!cd by the light and the hammrrn. aboai
ttc ears. mace rush on the unprotected
frufrssor. dragged him TO the depot, where
they had an apartment for such oiicndrr>.and
We're :''r committing him at nlrc IL in,an.,.
vile Is felon. IL was with tine utmost t..til
cut. that "Ol'i -" As the students irrcv-
rrenil, call him. could persuade. the watch
men that he was really Prot s.. r.,
I
himoni'on 10 br mole careful la future
Stain ot Maine.
-REfEf f>HI>GLY C"oI-A conduct tor
on New England road was sent :or bv the
president or superintendent one dav. and ra-
thcr summarilv informed that after thar week
the company woul.. not re, uirc bis services,
He asked who was to Ice his Sn,cr>sor. ani
the name was given him. H., then asked
why hr was TO be- removed. After pressing
the question some time. aid fai!irc TO get a
satisfactory explanation, little light dawnrh
upon hun. and hc addressed hi superior Off
Ger ncarlv as follows: lou are about IL
make great mistake. sir. great mist axe
iou know. SIR. have nice house, fast
horse, a splendid gold watch, and an rl.can,
diamond ring. That f;No~ pou hare cbo>,,.
10 take my place has got TO get W tbs, Min.<"
1t Is said the argument was conclusive, and
the conductor was allowed to retain his ,c>i-
ton.
SOMETHING TO THINK Or. Nv frs:
step to rum exclaimed "A wrc,ched vouth. as
he lay tossing from side to side On the straw
bed in the corner OF the prison house. Nv
first step to ruin was gong fshin: on the
Sabbath. knew it was wrong; INV mother
taught me bctter-mv minister taught me
better. ] didn't believe them. bur I didn't
,mnk !, would come ~ this. | AIN undoic
am lost
Perhaps he said, 1t is unnlcasant TO be-
cooped up in church. What harm is thcr..
in takin. a stroll in the wood = What harm,
Why. the harm is that God is ,lisot'cvch, who
says. Remember the Sabbath dav to keen it
hoiy.' The moment youth determines to
have his own wav. choosing his own pleasure
before Gods will. that moment he lets 90
Lis rudder, his compass. his chart: nothing
but Gods word ran guide YOU safely over the
ocean Of life. Give that up and YOU will be
lost.
STARVING HE HoUsE To A SrEAKFE
On Thursday, Mr.. Mace OF Indiana offer
ed resolution that the acting doorkre,~r of
the House be required to lock all the doors
leading to this hall instanter, and keep then,
securely fastened until Speaker is elected.
unless they are opened for the purpose oflet-
ting in absent members. Laughter. We
had rt,leSiastjcal prccplent for this in the o.
lection Of pope laughter to succeed Ciem-
ent ". in 1865. The cardinals were for
learlv three wears unable TO agree on the