The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-12
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man. over AT, ,rars 81 sc-. Nth hi, wie
and t~o daughters. irom fhilaI-lph,a. pass
I'd through that cit, Tor q n-alv selected
home At ~, IAul. Minnesota. all buo, Nnt
with hope. and none more 40 than the OH
g"ntlemsn. On arriving at 81. Paul the old
man bought out a store. and was Ia make The
! payment the next day. when during the tenn
porary absence Of the family from the hotel,
some villain entered their apartment ard
robbed trunk OF 1910 in gold, which con-
s'ituted the whole of their worldly wealth.
All efforts to recover the m ,ney were una.
vaiIing. The citizens Of St Paul made W
subscription to help them to return 90
Philadelphia, now their only resource. and
on the Goth they reached Chicago on their
way back. sad aud disIirited. and the old
man cou,l'.i,.v ~ broken 'io~n, hy iac nas:.,
tune whIch had !.ctiien them.
. MKs. PARIING1u>'s UrINI"N o> KAN
sAs.-Mr. Shiiiabcr. in lesrri,in. a visit
from the talkative Mrs. Parting ION. 10 Ls ed
ltorial sancium recently, SAYS
We asked her oi,inion on the Kansas gues-
tion. They tan be- cured" said she. firm
", though The. are very raintu! and irrira-
,in., W, they can he draw-d out hv plas-
tiers. They arr humorou. things, aid NAV
t'e eradraiated 10y proper remedies" lleav-
rn help Us, she was thinking Of graduating
cancers. We looked at her with surprise,
ning ed with admiration. Here WAS All M
stance OF sublime sin;lic', Here Wa one
who knew nothing o. the X ,nsa> Gne>ti"n
whose mind WAS vet fresh from the rollu.
ton of border ruiians' or 'squa'fcr GOV
ereisntv v"-anl We vowed that such mnI,
thus uncontaminatcd. was a treasure indeed.
We i'uAed on her a> She sat there, tut said
nothns Like Ensign S,.bhins. after M.
Fourth 0. July dinner, We nrrc too full to
speak.
-N"ah grew erav preaching repent
anre. ! he ark stood useless for wears. a huge
liughIn. stork ior the sr"fi.rs wit: ii stood
'ill it WAS covered with ,h- mark. 81 a.e,
and It's huiiders with the con,emp: of the
world: an: uany a sncer had those men n
bear. as. pointing 10 the serene heavens A.
love and an empty ark below. the question
WAS put. Where the promise. of hls com.
ing" Most patient God Then. a. now.
th"n wrrf slow to punish. waiting to lie
gracious. .-fruiLyio
-Exfra, anance IN eating ruins more mock
els and digestive organs than bad rum, hard
worS. or any other arrangement up town or
down. II vou desire W last as l,,rp A, won
live. and ieel like a tmlu.t Of fresh roses
and couple of boxes oi strawberries. order
plain dishes. and very few a; that. Light
and simple diet and health train in the same
company AS NATURAL, as bass drum ard a
very large man to beat it,
BoRHIN AEoUND.-" Bob. bv sitting on
that side Of the cars. YOU are missing all the
sights on this side" Never mind, Tom.
am sighting all the misses on tutrr si,ir."
The Newburvrort Herald saws: Three
quarter, ot all the mechanics in America are
working themselves ~ death 10 paw for the
!o.iics of fashion for themselves and their
iamllies. That's afart. AMI shame, too.
a CHARITABLE MAN-Rrv Mr.. S,iepine
said. Il am a charitable man. and think every
one entitled to his olinion-and never cher
i>h malice against INV foes. not even against
Mr.. Mniburrv. who has Indirectly called me-
sinner: but stil. II the Lord has thunder
bolt TO spare. think it would t,e we'll ,cstow-
ed upon dear Brother Mu,burr,s head"
OLD AGE. Beautiful is old ape.-beauti-
full As the slow dropping mellow autumn of a
rich glorious summer. La the old man ia
;ure has fulfilled her work ; she loads him
with her blessings; she fills him with the
fruit of a well spent lite aud surround,d d iy
his children and his childrcn's children, She
,o'ks HIM softly awav to grave. Ia wins. h he
Is followed with blessing. God forbid we
should not call It beautiful. 1t is beau,i,ul.
hut certainly not the most beautiful There
is aro'her life hard. rough. and ihornv.
tro,ld.n with bleeding feet aud aching brew ::
the life of which the cross is the symbol a
battle which no peace follows tins side. of the
grave: which the grave gasp, to finish be-
fore the victory Is won and. strange that il
: should be So this is the highest lite OF man.
Look back along the great names OF mart,r rs :;
there Is none whose lie has been other than
this.
THE Force OF BEArTY-The force Of
beauty is universal, and the homage A. r.n~r
al. but ii is not ALWAYS that one hears in the
street as pretty a compliment as We did the
other dav. Walking aloEg one OF the streets
uptown, an ordinary looking man arrested
the progress Of a very beautiful matron. VII
a Young chld in her arms. by the ex, x,ama-
ton, " a word with you. madame il YOU
please" She stopped. and turning oppo-
site TO him. said, What do you wish. cir ="
" Nothing. madam, only TO .et il the babe ia
~ beautiful as the mother" We thought
for a moment that .he seemed little xexe.l.
out her countrnance soitrn-d quickly. and
smiling. she kissed the infant nesting IN her
arms. aud passed on-\,m York Nus.
"Seam-le.s shirts for ladies' are adverti-
sod. Let US pray that they shall come into
speedy use; ANYTHING to make the dear rr-a-
lures seem less. Ii is like rubbing against q
FIVE rail teace 10 rome within three feet OF q
fashonably appareled woman now -a-daya
I The Chinese have thoughtful proverb:
The prison is shut up night and dav-yet it