The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-01-08

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4 FoHtPAuiEis DAT.-Iks two hundred
and thiuyieighth anniversary VI ths landing
of the Pilgrims was celebrated a. Plymouth
and Boston, ON "Wednesday last, iu an appro-
priate manner, Al Plymouth Mr, Everett
repeated bic GRAFTON On Washington, and ths
smndislr guards were out-ln. Boston, the
day was celebrated by the Massachusetts, His
torcal Society. Hon, H. &, Winthrop dely-
cred on address and suudy historical Incl
dents we're narrated by other gentlemen,
/ ~ The Reilers-up ~ the Mount Vernon
festival in New York, IN an advertisement Of
/ spreading rhetoric, invited every citizen 20
come, and give o sons mite towards main
tanning inyiolate the home and the tomb Of
| the American who was barn chiidfsss that the
nation might call him father" The bull H.
good enough 10 become the text u one Of
M. E'erett's Mount Vernon papers IN the
Ledger,
~ Parson Drownlow Of the Tennessee
/ Wing tries % snake Il easy % HI subscrih-
rrs lie oilers ~ take Last Irnnfssae bills
worth twenty cents on a dollar, Shanghai
chickens, hoop skirts, hoot-jaeks, broom corn
babyjumpers, fishing tackles, patent medl'
cines, sucking pigs, frozen cabbage, old clothes,
Colts reviewers, secondhand tooth. brushes,
ginger cakes, pnrched corn, circus tickets, or
ANY other article found In retail store" n
they will not setllo up ON these aoeommoda-
ting terms, the p'non says he shall Gle bis
claims In Tho high chaneery of heaven and let
them settle with their God In the world to
come
Letter WmTEC,-lt Is generally mppos,
ed that the people Of this country write moro
letters than those ofany other country n,tho
world, hot II Is not 50, The Swiss write
twice NJ many letters ~ we do, the English
more than three times ns many ~ We do, aud
the French and Dutch nearly ~ many. The
mail statistics show thst In the United States
there are an average ofi 10 letters sent an.
nually by every iuhahilqut, In Great Britain
nearly -, In France over 4, IL Holland 4 10
IN Switzerland IA, in Belgium ~, and
in Spoino -. Perhaps We have Dragged
more than the facts will justify about the su-
/ perior intelligence 81 our people.
~ A new Tribe Of negroes has been de.
covered IN Australia, who II the account IA 10
he believed, are entirely withouthair. Their
complete badness gives them strange, IN.
earthly appearance, at which, Il IL said. the
balonne blacks were at first much terrified.
~ It is stated that in New York at lca.,
500 persons 0re annually picked up dead in
the streets and rivers, who nre unknown, and
are never identified by their friends. In
( Boston there are not more than Gfieon or
twenty such case, in year.
a. Capt, Townsend, Of the SLAYER Echo.
has been sen, from Boston to Key West.
; Florida, for trial, " hich he regards as eaulya.
lontto honorable acqui,tal And 40 It l.,
likely 90 prove.
o. Baking hcets mal,cs them more ten.
der sweet and juicy than boirgi in Italy,
they are carried hot from the oven, aud sod
IN the street, md are very delicious with
butter, sal, and pepper
] a. a discharged servant girl at Cincin.
natl carried oil at one fell swoop, under her
crnolire, bng Of buclwhcat, n quantity Of
/ Hour small can of milk several pound, Of
sugar a package Of tea and jug Of molavcs.
/ a. On Christmas night, Jacl, Niilisa free
colorcd man, and his wife, residing near Hall
IaN, y. {" whIic indulging IN strong diiGt.
/ had quarrel, after which the man las down
and went to sleep. His wife then took an ax
and deliberately chopped his head of. The T..
deed was Witnessed by a boy, who gave the
alarm, and the woman was arrested.
Willim II. Woods, of Nashua, n. r.. re-
Gently discovered hens nest in a secluded
place in his yard, containing one bngdre3 and
seren eggs. His biddics evidently meant to
surprise him.
/ o. a knowing dog in Lawrence, the
other day, seized the handle orthc town pump
worked the handle up and down. but the
water within being frozen Towscr could rot
get drop to drink. gentleman who had
observed his motions kindly presented pail .
fol Of the liquid element for the assuagingoi
his thirst, whcreat lowscr waggcd Install
joylully and pnrtook.
~ \ man named Kicker, who recently
elopcd with and married fair dnmscl at Nil. F..
ford Mass, where he passed by the name Of /,
Morrow, has been arrested for cattle.stcaing /,
at Rochester. y. H., where he also has wife.
to whom he will now havo an opportunity Of /
explaining his absence from home for the last
six months
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