The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-07-25

PATIENCE OF WOMAN.-llow strange that
the the patience ot job should be considered so
remarkable when there are so many mothers
not exceed his What would job have done.
had he been compelled to sit in the house and
sew. and knit and nurse the children, and
see that hundreds Of things were attended to
during tn" day. and hear the children cry and
fret. and complain? Or ho" would Il" have
stood it. If. like some poor woman. ne has!
been obliged TO raise a family of ten or twelve
children. without, help, : pending months.
years-al the prime of liry-in Washing.
securing. >crubbil@. mcns.iu", cooking. nur>-
ing children. fastened to the house and off
spring. from morning till night. from night
till morning. sick or well. storm or sunshine.
his nights often rendered miserable by watch
ing over his children. How could he have
stood all this and i'll addition to all other
troubles. the curses and even violence Of Il
drunken companion How would he have
felt after wearing out his very existence for
his tender offspring and a worthless compan-
ion. 10 be abused AID blamed Job endured
his bilcs and losses very well. for a short
time. but they did rot endure long
enough to test the length Of his patience.
Woman tests her patience by a whole life Of
trials. and she does not "rumblc at her bur
dcn>. We arc honestly of the o. ;nion that
woman has more patience than job: and IN
stead of saving the patience of job. We
should say the patience Of woman.
TIE LATE ME. WHIRLPOOL OF NORWAY.
1t is said to have been demonstrated. as
the result of scientific commission detailed
for Investigations upon the coast of Norway
that the "Maclstrom." or whirlpool. has no
existence; at least it is not to be found at the
point designated upon the maps, 1t seems
then, that not only large ships and whales,
but Edgar \. Poe and all the rest of us have
been "spcldm in" byit. What an "opening
for the crcdulity and wonder Of youth has
thus been corkcd up. And how muchpoctic
yas must henceforth be uttcr Y turned Off
Poor credulous. marveling boys and girls of
former generations to"r own a> wclD have
been MLrn IN and done for by Olncy Mitchell.
and all the other gcographcrs. But science
will vet swallow all up i'll the ever narrow
ing circles with which she comes the whlrl-
pool over ignorance and crc,lulity. West
ern lands are sometimes improved to the cX-
tent only of hole i'll the ground but
Norway has sold the whole world with her
often mapped but undi>covcrable, "ho'e I"
the moter." Well. we hate to think that We
have been humbusgcd, but after all, 1t is
pleasant to have sucl. big hole plugged up
AWKWARD Mist UNDERSTANDING. - Smith
the auctionccr. is popular man. wit and 4
gentleman. No person is offended at what
he saws. and many hearty laugh has he pro-
yoked bv his humorous savings. He was re-
Gently engaged at sale Of venerable house
hold furniture and knocked down sundry lots
of kitchen furniture and iixcns. He had just
got to "going. going, and a half and half
a.einn," when he SAN smiling countenancc
upon agricultural shoulders. winking at him
4 wink is always as good as a nod to blnt
horse or a keen-sichtcd auctionecr, so Smitl
kept going. going. going. with lot Of glass
ware, stove pipes. carpets. pots and perfumery
and finally the whole was knocked down.
40 a-who?" said Smith, gazing at TIT
smiling stranger. I dunno who. Why
ycu ei.," said Smith. Sho. NE - Yes
yc>.' said Smith: "you bid on the lot. =
Ne , I'll be gol darncd if did," insisted
the stranger Why didn't YOU wink, anC
keep winking?' quoth the auctioneer
"Wmking? well. !, did-so did YOU winl
at me. thought YOU were winkin as mucl
as TO say, keep dark Ill stick somebody OF
that lot of stuff, and | winkcd, as much as t'
say-l'll be goll darned if YOU don't, mis-
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