The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-01-22


writing eHtiques on the poets, and In other
kinds Of "hard labor" To has acute rheu-
matism, and his mind Is weighed down by =
eanHainusness Of his social degradation,
~ Dr. Daily, che drunkarf president If
she Indiana university, was accustomed, when
presiding elder. 10 light bis cigar Ia the pull
pil, aher service aud walk through ths aiale
pndlng the weed AND blow ing cloud or I
smoke that was not incense-bul should
have inesnsed the eongregauan-abopt the
church, \
~ During the past year, eighteen rsvolu
tlonaty soldiers have died
o. a lady IN st. Louis Ia, sued one
William Flukes Tor biting offths tail Of her
pet spaniel, Her name j. RHthburn--it
should be spelled with a W, "1aata ira r
She had bettgr have sent the tai 60 onr IT
the weekly papers and had is continued" 10
the proper length,
o. II Is said that q roasted onion bound
upon the wrist, on the pulse, will stop the
most inyeterate toothaohv In very few min
uts', Worth trying
o. Two English eopyiets lately brought
20 New York, and Who assured Mayor Tie
mann that they should be obliged 10 resort
To their former occupation Of burglary " not
provided with food, have been sent back 10
England at the expense ofihe owners Of the
steamer Washington which brough, thom
over.
a. When Gen, Scott arrived IN New
Orleans, some one near him In the crowd
which pressed around him at the ST. Charles,
asked permission 10 carry his overcoat for
him. The General granted the request. and
the person in carrying oui his intentions
In getting the coat IN his possession carried
IL entirely away and the General ha, not
heard Of Il since Ia consequence, the Gen
eral had to call upon tailor the ncHt day
INV PERfuME--A new perfume has b-cn
dised,ercd boy the editor Of the Washington
States. lie say, that. NJ a recent ball Gen
=, Senator, and the very essence II 0ai
aHyy, M, present We don't know what
name has been given to this extract, (says
the Boston Posl) but VIC propose &, be called
Bouq'site de Pg6baA
PROFANITY 4 SouRCE or REENUE Re.
Gently, at Sandwich, Canada, John McGcc
and his Wife were seyerally fined for profane
swearing. 1--WE have similar penal law in
Massachusetts, tsays an cxehange) aud II
would br an interesting calculation to asecr.
ioin how long It would take to pay OF al the
state debt II the law were enforced" We
think il not unliSely that there arc some
places in this state, where q very good IN
might IN this way he had 10 our state Hnane.
IS.
e. Tho admirers Of the poet Robcr,
Burns in Lowell inlcnd To celebrate the cen.
ttrnih anniversary or his birth in that city,
ON Tuesday next Hon, Peter lawson is
President Of the Club.
To- The Bangor ladies indulge in extern
siye sport, il we may credit the Times, wnich
says that in eoosting down Hill "rhcy bound.
ed ten fee, over the inequalities, eSperienc.
ing the sensation Of riding through the air /.
on a brooms,ick." We opine that the witch /.
cs OF Bangor can beat their Salem sisters es.
pcoialll in ice frolics.
~ A robust mother Of three children. 2s
years old and apparently in excellent health, I.
iiAaA= las iMn- YEATS with no
other nourishmei than three cups of coffee.
per day.
~ The New York state prison olliecrscx .
culpote the prison officers at Auburn from .
rccklessness aud cruelty il killing /
the convict Moore with the shower bath. but .
have prudcntly ordered the diseontinuance
Of this punishment in future.
~ A creditor at Bufa,o, y. Y, levied on
the grave stone Of q child that his poor cred.
tor had ordered at a marble yard. aud had il (
sold at auction, buying it himself Without
any breach of Christian charity il will be safe
10 set him down as mighty mean man.
r-v- In September the peasants Of Koouo,
Russia, came together in their churches and I
ook solemn pledge To drink no more bran.
ly, aud they haze kept their pledge 40 well !.
hat the sale of brandy is only one twelfth
what il was, aud many of the distilleries have
given Up business.
It's pity such good example could not
be followed in our own country,
There we're 5000 skaters aud specta-
.ors on Central Park, New York. on Sunday.
and all the police did was to preserve order
md to make preparation" TO pull them out II
he ice should break. There were great
many ladies present The lion among the
skaters was young Hollander.
a very pretty amusement for the Sabbath.
,-S~ Gen. Qui,man attributed the cause Of
MS decline, up to the last moment Of his life,
% poison, administered to him in the shape
If arsenic whilea resident Of the National
Hotel. Washington He used TO assert that