The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-06-26

''' NEVER co TN WHOLE iioG.-,"A iAt hog
+, the very quintcsscncc Of scroGla and car.
homie acid gas, and he who eats it must not
expect thereby TO build up sound physical
organism. While !, contributes heat, not the
twentieth part Of il is nitrogen, the base OF
muscle The Scientific American cordially
indorscs the above sentiment, rs being sound
practical truth, and saws --"Fnt pork was
Irrvrr dryTgurd TOR human food. II is mait.
rial for breath aud nothing more See Lie.
hig, and other organic chemist aud physioo.
eiSts. Il makes no red meat or muscle
i he prlzc-hghtcr is not allowed 10 eat it
AF that is not consumed hy the lungs. re.
mans to clbg the body with fat"
ONE OF THE OuTAGus.-Thomas Lock
of GaleNburg Illinois, writes to the New
York Tribune that he was a scamon on board
the ship John and Albert from Genoa To
New Orleans. and he is much surprised To see
statement that that vessel was fired into by
n British cruiser. He says 81 am positiye
that no such thing ever occurred nor do
believe that we saw British cruiser ON the
voyage"
y-0- Saturday afternoon, the lcvcc at Carlo
illinois, Welded to the pressure of the
Hood, and the place was at once o0ont
in the Mississippi. The embankmcnt
OF the Central Railroad was washed nwnv.
anu scnrcelN building was expected TO with
stand the flood. Cairo is situated on very
low ground, at the confluence of the Ohio
and Mississippi rivers. 1t is an unhealthy
localityand on that account it is mentioned bi
Mr. John Phcnix as placcwhcrc the cholera
plays an annual engagement and is succeed
ed by the yellow fever.
~ The most distressing single casualty
resulting from the foods and tornadocs thnf
have visited the West this season, Is that nj
ltosooe, on Rock river, near the Illinois and
Wisconsin line, 10y which the houselof Rev.
lioratio llsloy, formerly of Maine, standing
on the rivers bank, was overturned and
swept in by the food, when the whole family
were asleep in their beds. Father, mother
and eight children together went down in the
catastrophe the father escaped, he hardly
knows how,-but all the rest persisted IL is
another Wiley White Mountain tragedy,
wei known to all visitors at the Notch.
~ The New Orleans Vigilance Commit
tee has not yet completed the redemption of
that city The Picdy1me Of the 10Th instant,
chronicles one murder and one attempted as.
SaSsination, and notices the death of ono per
son from stabs inflicted few nights preyi-
Gus.
To HEAVEN AND HACK FOR 1--WE DOLLARS
Balloon excursions have been for some time
N''ihNi ~ iiNuNCi uNN, now we read that,
in -PrnAiCence. Rhode Island n cnmpanr of
'rronauts initiate Sarge balloon, tethcr Il
ffvTTtrvH 'tauHdTtd fcct long, and
permit people to ascend to the clouds for
" five dolm@- there and backr-the return 10
this lower world lin most cases ardcntly de-
sired , being accomplished by aid of wind
lass
~ Married in Gibson county, Tenn. on
the 10th ult., Mr.. Dennis Thompson aged 90
years, to Miss Sarah +. Koonce, aged 8
years!
iiRs In an old mail bag recently purchased
by Milford shoe manufacturer TO work into
shoes, was found letter containing S2S3 in
bank bills. The letter had been mailed al an
Office IN Tennessee Cor another place in the
same State. The same manufacturer has
purchased thousands Of worn out mall barg.
ana letters are occasionally found in them,