The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-12-20
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Erc"lIEcrI"S> OF HIS LIFETIME; or Men and
Ihlug> Have Seen. III SERIES of Familiar
Letters 70 a Friend. HISTORICAL B.o.rarhical. An
ecio.icul and Descriptive. Bv ). G.. t,oodrich
Two Vols. New York: Miller, Orton x Null.
gan. l-~6.
These are the most genial and pleasant
volumes we have met in long time. The
kind old Peter Parlcy, whose wonderful sto-
rIes delighted our 5ovhood, whose geogra-
phieS and histories we studied with an inter-
est We never could feel for anv other .eog-
raphies and histories, has here written out
the general outlines Of his life The various
incidents. interesting in themselves and writ
ten with that ease, simplicity and unfa,ing
good humor which characrerizes all Mr.
Goodrich, multitu,Iinous books. cannot iail to
be read with delight bv those who remember
and who does not the picture CT the I,i.-
e:ab!v Peter on the cover Of their geography
/ The books contain the observations OF an
educated, thoughtful man, made in great
variety Of circumstances, in different part,
OF the world, and enriched with numerous
anecdotes OF men and places.
The work Is q! too diversified a character for
us 20 GIVE an outline of lis contents: and we
refer the reader to the volumes themselves
as one OF the most cheerful, interesting, and
instructive OF literary records. We take
the !ollowiE. anecdotes from this work, d.
specimens Of the S.n>ohtltq:
Some years ago a ,ounr New Engian!nr
found hin>rii IN thr '.t-h parts Of p..nr,yl.
vaIli. ashore Is 10 tie means Of iivtnr. la
this >t'a; he applied 30 wealthy Quaker in
tie n,i.tboll.0o'! to: help.
will furnish ,hr2 with work. and pay
the for 1t, friend. SAD the Quaker: iut It
Is not NY custom TO g!se aluI, 10 one able 10
labor, Ike th''c.'
"cii, that's ali want sad the Yankee :
OF cour>r an wiling 10 worN'
hat can the. do. iticnd:'
Any tang. ! will 40 any tAinr t. oct a
li'iir money, 10 hrl p me out .. my d.ili Id
ties
Well. there i, loo vor,!,r. and there is
an axe. The" may rouad on the o4 with
: the head OF the axe, and If thee is dili.ent
and faithful, | will lry thee dollar day
Agreed Id a> soon 90 that as any ,hin.
else
And 50 tie vou''l wcn to work and ronnd-
ed Justify with ,hr hra'! OF th,. aNy uIon rh,.
log. Aii'r Il time he rAU>c,! TO take brc,tj
then le bean a4a!n. Bat att,ra halt m
hour he >toYprd, threw down he axe map.
ticniiy. and walked away. >nyim1. I'll 60
hanged ii II! cut wood without seem. the
CLIPS ly ~"
In speaking Of Mr. .,:lrr,on'> KEY arfurc
from 'hc Old fashioned po.i,cne>>, Mr. Goo!
rich tells thi> story:
>inII,lc IN h. taste. dress and manners. H..
wore pantap,u>, instead ot i.rctcl!,>, and 70
oIied leather shoe >t,in@> n place Of buck
| les These and other >iui, ,r thji..> were
praised iv hi admirers as >ign> OF his ,;r-
nrt1arv-a certain coar>"ne>S of manners.
surpassed 10 hc cnr"ura-rd l,y The leaders.
paste, TO tie led. Hndrrt>~ anri irrrvcrtnce
we're at lcnr;h deemed democratic II bot de-
: .norrarv. An anrc'iotc. wh.ch is STREET '
historical Will illustrate. thi>.
About tbs time. there in IT." eastern
rart Of CounrcticHt a CLERGYMAN ty III" name
: Of Cleveland, who was noicd Tor his Wit
, One summer lsv, as he was ,!ln" along h'
cane 10 a brock; Here he au>cd To let h"
r horse drink. Just then. STRANGER rode III
: to tie stream trem the opposite direction. ar
r hi, horse tccan - drink also The animal:
+ approached, as l. their Wont under such ear
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+ lace ~ itce.
$ How are vou. priest = .ail the STRANGER
J. How are YOU dcuocral: :: SAID the Ya'~on
;. How 90 YOU know am democrat sal,
IT one
t How DO YOU know ! am PRIEST SAT-
.S the other.
r Il know you to be priest by your dress
!, said the stranger.
= i know YOU 10 be a democrat hv your al
IS dress, said the par,on.
II The extent OF Mr.. Goolrch's labors ma
:, not bc generally known. lie is the cdito
:. and author of 10 volumes, of which aho,
ID seven millions copies have been sold; an
!" they are still selling at the rate OF 500 .o0
volumes annually. The volumes before
i. are the record OF lite thus !aboriou,y all
el usciuly spent.
st KANSAS: ITS INTERIOR AND EXTEEI"E LIFE. !
,v Sarah l. l.. E,bin-)n. boston: Crosby, Me
ol> X c.. Io5G.
as This is a book of thrilling interest. Ar
in yet II is written in most simple and trut
full style. |; relates INFINITELY the various az
!" in the TRAGEDY Of which Kansas has bcc.. Il
..n theatre. In The form OF a journal, it posses
ut es all the completeness and rca!it: Of alet:
rs from friend, and will be found bv the f