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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-26
A Curious Story.

Shortly after the revolutionary war, GER
tain man VAS keeping tavern in Trenton, \.
J. Hv had two daughters, his only children,
aud both Of them said to be comely lasscs. -
One day a French gentleman, With a rich
equipage, rode up to the tavern and ordered
dinner. One of the daughters alluded to
waited on him al the table, and he WIS eth
er so fascinated by her. actual charms or 50
Modified by the good liquors of mine host
that when he had finished his dinner, he Of
fered the young lady his heart aud his hand.
She called her parents in to hear the singu-
lar ofer, when he told them that he was a
widower, that he had property, and that he
loved their daughter, whom, with their per
mission he would wed in form as soon as
they could reach Philadelphia. He moreover
asked them to go with him to that city, and
see the marriage properly performed. With
in an hour the parents, with their daughter.
were in the Frcnchmnn's carriage on their
way to Philadelphia, where the marriage took
place. Not long afterwards the Monsieur set
sail for France with his pretty young bride.
Many years passed away without any tid-
ings from the young lady who had entered
into marriage under such circumstances
Both her parents died without hearing what
became of her. and her sister was married to
man named Cook When Rev. Mr.. Arm
strong was pastor Of the church in Trenton,
several letters came to him from London
lawyer acting for this lady, and asking what
had become of her sister. Was she married
To whom ? And had sbe children /? In
these letters the lawyer stated that the
Frenehman treated his wife with the most
confederate affection, but that his children by
a former marriage resented her intrusion up
on them, and made her very unhappy Her
husband hearing how it was, cured the evil
! by threatening 70 disinherit them. In due
time he died, leaving her in her own right
enough property to make her independent
She afterward removed to England, and wa,
there solicited in marriage by wealthy gen
teman, widower with grown chihlren.--
She told him her only objection to his Offer
was the fear that his children would max,
her unhappy. He called them together, ant
stated the matter 10 them with this very pos
tive alternative EI mean 70 marry tins iariy-
If you will treat her with the respect whicl
Is due my wife will now give sanh Of yot
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Phunnygraphs.

Why is an Eugl,hman like bee Be
cause he Is ruled by Queen.
MRs PARrlNGruN uN SHorrNG-"Whcn
| goes shopping" says Mrs. Partington,
81 allays asks for what ! wants, aud If they
have it. and is suitable, and l feel inclined
to buy il, and It's cheap, and can't be got emmy
other place for less, most aIinls takes il
without chapperin about it oil day long, like
some people does
SuorrINo At TIM Posr OFFICE lady
applied at the Post OH.cc the other day in
this city, says the Bangor Journal. for some
stamps. Being informed that they were three
cents apiece, she asked if they could not be
afforded cheaper She was told that that
was the price through all the States. She
then asked il there was not cheaper kind.
Yes, said the clerk, here are some blue ones,
which are a cent apiece. She asked If they
were just as good The clerk said they were,
only it would take more Of them and they
did not took 50 wril. Oh Gel!- said the la
dy never was so particular as some folks
on looks, and I'll take some Of the blue ones.
The difference between Christian and q
cannibal is, that one enjoys himself and the
other enjoys other people.-Diogenes.
Each moment makes thee dcarer," as the
parsimonious tradesman said to his cxtraya-
CANT wife.
An acute angle--any angle that enables
you to cross a street SO as not to run against
a dun.
What an ungratcful return'' said de-
feated candidate, when. count Of his votes
proved him To be in the minority.
What is the difference between sailor
and soldiera One tors his ropes and the
other pitches his tent. 4
Although the word "ovation" seems deriv,
ed from the Latin ov,m, an egg. we hardly
suppose that mob which pelts poor fellow
with eggs can properly be said to give him
an GvTtIuu
"what has been your business ?" said a
Judge to prisoner at the bar. "lvhy, your
honor, | used TO be II dcntist--but now l am
puglisti then put teeth in--now l knock
'em out"
An Irishman who had returned from Italy
where he had been with his master, wos ask
ed in the Kitchen, Yea, then Pat, what is III,
lava hear the master talking ahout" "On
~ a drop of the eruter," was Pats reply.
"why don't you wheel that harrow ofcool
Ned % said miner to one Of his sons "it !!
not very hard job. There is an incline,
plane to relieve you" ~Ah," replied Ned
1.-The plane may be inclined, but hang me if
am
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-26
Tho Seeds Of Consumption.

Tho terrible mortality caused Is hrouchit,
Is, pneumonia, and consumption, which to.
gclhcr kill--in England and Wales only-a
hundred thousand people, thcing one fourth
Of the pnHrc mortality from more than a
hundred other causes IN addition tu thc,n-
selycsl should make us think little serious
y Of the many things, and not lrust seriously
Of the freak, Of fashion, which set climate at
defiance. why do We send children abroad
in damp and cold weather, with their legs
bare, submitted, tender a. their bodies are.
90 risks that even strong adults could not
brave with impuniiy? Custom has made
this matter appear familiar and uiaing, but
IL il not out Of place 70 say, at the beginning
Of another winter that the denial to young
children Of proper skirts to their clothes, aud
warm coverings 10 thei' legs, has sown the
seeds Of consumption in thousands aud thou
-Hf-'i-, rt.s-t-r. ~ many dangerous things done
in obedience to laws Of fashion. the cue that
is moAt thoughlless aud most cruel. Il is in
the child thai consumption es,fs most readily
be panted-in the child that when the ten,
NNffNf NAAHAHf - - ~ hNttAAN "a - aats
Il is TO bo fought against by protecting the
body with sufficient clothing against chill and
damp, 10y securing it plenty Of wholesome
Sirri'==fi5'J ssE'sErz.ss-.=si.a alinng lclihcrs
and eurtans-phnty Of free ,abIution with
Que prejudjces on behalf of water, icy c8ld,
plenty OF cheerful exercise short'of fatigue,
plenty Of meat and bread, ana -aS!esome
pudding Those, indeed, are the things
wanted by all children. Many a child pines
in health upon diet stinted With the hes,
intentions. But the trush is, that it is not
possible to over-fced a child with simple.
wholesome eptahles. Il can be stimulated to
excess in the demolishing Of sickly dainties;
and, with a stomach once fairly dcprayed
may be made incompetent to su, yyhen it has
had too little or too much. But n child fed
upon wholesome things knows better than
any mamma can tell when il - aa's more il
can eat great deal has not only to- main
tain life, but to add hight and breadth to
stature. FortifY'it, then, against variations
of climate, by meeting freely the demands of
its bodyi give it full animal vigor to resist
unwholesome Impressions. Especially let the
good house wife, who has young family to
feed. learn 10 be utterly reckless of her milk
score. Somebody has declared pint bf
milk to contain as much ncurishment as
half pound Of meat. BE that as it may, il
is the right food for little ones to thrive up
on, and may save much subsequent expendl-
ture for cod liver oil DickraS' Hots.boLd
Words,
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so many thousand puunds Y you will not,
will cot you on with a shilling" Such IN
ducsments had The desired effect, and OH
was married the second time In few year
her second husband died, leaving her very
tine estate Ia her Own right. by the gsnsr
osiiy Of aeT two husbands she had been pad,
Independently rich, bot she had no, singl,
heir, unless her sistar had children. Hsnes
the London lawyers letters.
Il was asesrtained that the sister Married
uuU tiiiE Cook and a mar sf that man, we'd
in Hanover. Morris county, but Mrs. Ellis
CooA did not anawer the description. For a
long time ail the iuquiries would lead right
back 10 the Ellis Cook In Morris county
A. last another trail was found which led
them 10 an Ellis Cook Ia Vermont, whose
wife proved 70 be the long-sough,..,.. sister
Meanwhile the wealth, woman In England
died. and her property went into the English
treasury until an heir could be- mgnd Tor H.
4 lawyer in this country undertook 10 get Il
for the Vermont family at bis own expense.
and in ease Of success he was 20 have half Of
all that was obtained. am told that for ten
or twelve years he has done ). ching else but
trace out this thing perircling the claim Of
his clients 10 the property, and AZ last, with
incredible pains, he has secured his end, and
has paid 20 the heirs their portion Of the
One of these heirs be found At
the West, humble eobber, whose share was
said % be some sGtesn thousand dollars.--
The poor man was all taken ubaek with MI,
good fortune, and told the lawyer that he did
not know " bat 70 do with so much money,
a difficulty which that acute gentleman met
by advising him 20 give each Of his six boys
a thousand dollars, and 20 invest the balance
Tor his own bcncfL-C0r. Of Neie iork Tri-
luHe
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fohGiVEAEha.--Amahgst aii the proyerbs
maAims, and apolhsgms, which ths poets
have furnished, there is none more useful
than the familiar line,
''io err is human, 20 forgive di'ihe."
The oonteEt Of thia conveys sle'i sd-
mlrHhls advice, that Il deserves equal huili-
a. " running, a. i lnss, thus
,,'for every tribe seofu 20 fake oHencs-
hni alWays sheHs great pride Or liftle sense E,
GOOD nature and good sfnsa IAust alsays lsin-
10 2" - huH.sn, % forgive, di'ins,"
We commend this string Of pearls 10 our
readers' ls truths cannot be too fmliarly
OF strongly lHFfss'e1 upon their miuds,---
There Is nothHg more beautiful than forgive
ness Of real Injuries. And, 40 for imaginary
ones the tribes spoken Of bS the poet-it
should require 10 effort TO overlook thsh Ia
our erring fsllow-belugs.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-26
WIT Thou Love her stnl P

VILE thou love her still, when the sunny cufls
That over her bosom how,
Arr laced with the siyrry threads OF ago.
And hrr step falls sad aud lVN
VILE thou love her still, when The summer amilc'
ON her lips no longer live
Throsgh good and ul
will love her still.
Thou wilt love Acr bt.ll then uur darling ehlid
Ii marriage 10 thee we give.
Wlt thou love her still. when her changchi eye.
Have grown dim vith sorrow rain
When thc bosom that beats against thine own
IArobs slow with the weight VI pain
When her ,ilycy laugh ruHs qui no more
Alrl vanished her yuuillul cAaflHa..
vN love hcr e'il
with right good viii
Thou wilt love hcr ,tll--thcn sur darling take
Unto thy shcttling auha.
Rnncmhrr mo- grief has -hc ever known,
Her spirit ), light and free
Nuuc other with fNtgrlpas step has pressed
Iis iuuefmost shades but thee,
vii, thou love her then when the joys sfyouth
With her b,ushiuE bloom depart
Through good ana li
will love hrr nNA
rb.tt tuf love hrr .tiII--thrn our loved one take
To thc JOS OF thy uuht heart
r. member for thee she .mlinTlcayes
The nirn3, of her early days,
SO longer t1 meet their approving .-nkH
Or their fond. uuf, iIutd praise
TYrgiyc her then, u the tears tl i4st
yriri I7rrIrrJr---- --t.. .a.al Lcl ',gIlt
Through good and al
tli love bcr still.
Thou Viit love her rfll,-thcu our darling tAac
irf t+i- ',4'..e -ut LlN heart 90 dNciL
When her father is dead, and the emerald sod
l.ics green un her mother breast,
N U,4 htr bTUthUr vutr~ b. ne longer heard.
And urr sister. hu-hcd in rrhi,
% love her then, for thee she looks,
Her star ou lifr's troubled sea,
N,th 'hg m1r' lagc vow ON htt Nouihiulh mp
r.uu Vr TI-r ='ifFgts;= ~ t.s---
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-26

MORE ABOUT THE CoNEr-Comets. doubt
less, answer some wise and good purpose
so do women comets are incomprehensible
so are women: comets are beautiful and
eeceutric-so are women comets shine With
peculiar splendor, but at night appear most
hrilliant-so do women comets coniound the
learned when they attempt to ascertain their
nature--so do women. So comets and wo-
men are closely analogous; but the nature Of
each being inscrutable, all that remains for
us to do is to view with admiration the one,
and, almost to alteration, love the other.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-26

FoGGY THoUuHTs.- Written ia a very fog
gy state, on Il Joggy day-by an old fogy.-
A dinner without the presence Of ladies is
like a clown without 'paint--Mind you, a
child is not q wooden tod, that YOU can make
come roundi as you will by whipping it,
You should not blame the Goals because the
chimney smokes.-Happy the mind " no. is
content with good dinner that he has paid
for himselG-A little man Il passion ~
sometimes a most dangerous thing.--It is
curious how little we feel The burdens we put
on the shoulders of others.-Some one must
be the last to put the candle out.-The bar
ometer is not proud because it is up to-day
nor will it be low should it happen to be
down tomorrow. Man, If he were wise
would take lesson from this.-Don't scold
a woman, lest she should scold better thar
-thec.-=Froubies are drSGdful bores, 50 leul
as we are visited by them but il is pleasant
to laugh at them as soon as soon as they arr
goue.--& headache is the hatbaHd Of som'
departed pleasure. - Punch.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-26

BARON ANDERSON TO HIS SOM have
sent you to Eton that you may be taught your
duties as an English young gentleman. The
first duty of such person is to be good
and religious ,Christiani the next is to be a
good scholars and the third is to be accom-
plished in all manly exercises and games
such as rowing, swimming, jumping, cricket,
and the like. Most boys, / ,fear, begin at the
wrong end, and take the first; and, what
is still worse. never arrive at either of the
other two at all. l hope, however, better
things Of you-und to hear, first, that you are
a good, truthful, honest boy; and then, that
YOU are one OF the hardest workers in your
ciassi and after that, confess shall be By
no means sorry To heas that you can show thr
idle boys that An Industrious. one can be a
good cricketer, or jump as wide a ditch, clear
as high hedge as any Of them"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-26

A MASS BRuH KVoCKFp OFT Ayu w
M SIM LIyFa The Eau Claire wis. Tel
egraph narratcs the following singular case
Of surgery. The case is that Of James Camp
bell n laborer Ia the employ Of George c.
Irvine, Esq, Of Dunn county, whose brains
we're literary knocked out hy the falling Of a
tree, some ak weeks ago, and strange 70 say,
he is not only still living, but has reguined
all his faculties, and bids fair TO recover his
usual sound health. DIR. Croeker Of Dunn.
yiile' the surgeon in attendance, thus dcs-
eTibes the case, 81 found the patient lying in
sensible, with a large hole broken into the
len side of the skull lust over the ear-hoih
the len frontal and parietul bones shattered
and two pieces, Une an inch and a half by
two Inches square driven completely into the
brain, and portions Of the brain prctruding
Amer removing the fragments Of the bone
then removed three-fourths Of a wine glass
Of brain, ia conjunction with three pieces Of
the tree which had also been driven quite in.
20 his head. From the frst there was co.
pious discharge Of thin watery fluid from the
ear, Of course through the EuA,achian tube
considered tbe case hopeless, as for several
days after the irst dressing the brain eontin-
uec! TO ooze out. and pieces as large as a wal
nut sloughed of before the wound began 70
cicatriLe- TIE ease prusgutH uiso rrtT,srka-
ble mental phenomenon, which will interest
phrenolosists. The patient; before The acci-
dent, was never known 10 siHg or whistle a
tune in his life--but no sooner was he uhlc
TO speak than he began to sing with perfec,
correctness, and now displays a taste for mu-
sic amounting to passion"
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Origin Of tho Names OF States.

Maine was first called "Marvooshen," !" but.
about 1888, took the name it now bears from,
Maine, a province in the western part Of
France. The name Is originally derived
from the Cenomanni. an ancient Gallo peo.
pie. New Hampshire was the name given
to the territory granted BY the Plymouth
Company to Capt. John Mason, by patent in
1859, aud was derived from the patentee. who
was governor of Portsmouth, in Hampshire.
England- Vermont is from regd, green, and
mont, mountain. Massachusetts was named
from a tribe Of Indians In the vicinity OF Bos-
ton. Roger Williams says the word signi-
fea "blue hills" Rhode Island was so called
in 1914, in relation TO the island of Rhodes.
in the Mediterranean. New York was nam
ed in honor Of the Duke of York, to whom,
this territory was granted. Pennsylvania
was called after William Penn. In 1864 the
Duke Of York made grant Of what is now
the State Of New Jersey to Lord Berkly and
Sir George Carteret, and il recsived its name
in compliment to the latter, who had been
governor Of the island Of Jcrfey. Delaware
was so called, in 1902. after Lord De La
Ware. Maryland was named in honor of
Henrietta Maria, queen Of Charles l, in his
patent to Lord Baltimore, June 3, 1892
Virginia was called after the virgin queen Of
England, Elizabeth. The Carolinas were
named by the French in honor of Charles TX
Of France. Georgia was called, in 1862, af.
ter George H. Louisiana was named AFTER
Louis XIV Of France. Florida received its
name from Ponce de Leon, in 1912. while on
his voyage in search of the fountain OF youth
He discovered it on Easter Sunday in
Spanish, Pasqie Florida. The States of Al
ahama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky
Illinois. Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, and Nilsson
ri, aro all named from their principal rivers
and the names are Of Indian origin.--exoept
/ ing perhaps, Kentucky.-and their meaning,
I involved in some security. Tennessee is salt
to signify Curved Spoon Illinois, the Riv
er of Men; Mississippi, the Whole River, ol
a river formed by the union of many. Mich
1 iEan was named from the lake on its borders
Iowa is an Indian name; also Texas-sigui
/ fying "BeGutiful." California was thus nam
ed by the Spuniards at very early day.
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30 he got through the fsnss and made terri
Bile havoc amonIthsm. IN the early morn
ing, laborer o6mes and finds the elephant
pulling up the tuuips with bis trunk, and
deyouring them. lie rushss OF 10 his mas
tor and hays, -Masier, master, do come, thers
is an awful beast IN the turuip field, walk
ing backwards aud picking up turnips with
bic curly tail" The man had never seen an
elephant before and mistook his trunk for his
tail
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JOB PRINTING.

Our Printing rst4I llaA lrnt fIF newer 10 batter
condition ugn now. an Increased attention VIII
be- .nru 90 tAia hrauph Oi husinrsh. We keep
~.-.,-l-.l-4 u hand PAPER and Card htnfht aud are
uuW prepared 90 print landhlla. FtoHanlWcsi
A.0uun Bids, lll lieada, LaDels, CFeYlars huHl-
noes aud Wedding Cards, SO, Ag., 20 hhuIi notice
hrirrs by mail Rih be- carefully attended CO., and
H. work forwarded sitn drsJatsA,
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\ FHoa sToHY,--A fsw days ago, rs ivc
eolliers we're working coal in plt IN N,
neighborhood Of Bathgate, LinliJhgowshlre
they we're astonlshed, on breaking q hrgf
piece Of coal. 70 see living frog skip nlmbly
from H. The niche IN which e had lived wa
perfectly smooth, and Of the exact shape Of
the frog. The hind legs Of the animal are a.
least twice % long as those Of an ordinary
frog, the fore legs alinost gone, Il Il Of d
beautiful bronze color, Il leaped bdskly
about The moment that twas liberated from
its dark abode, How many generations Il
may have been shut up from light and air Il
IA impossible 10 say certain Il Is that al.
though diminutiye 10 form, and with great
brillianey Of eye, II is very antediluyian-
looking customer. Il inspires 0s with Kind
Of fear 10 be brought into contact with a liy.
ing being that has, IN al probability, breath
ed the same air as Noah, or dispored IN the
same limpid stream in which Adam bathcd
his sturdy limbs.
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Suicidal Women.

There are women who, after a hard days
work. will sit aud sew by candle or gas light
until their eyes are almost blinded or until
certain pains about the shoulders come on,
which are almost insupportable, and are only
driyep to bed by physical incapacty to
work any longer. The sleep of the over
worked, like that Of those who do not work
- all, Is unsatisfying and unrcfreshing, and
'6oth alike wake up in weariness, sadness,
and languor, with an inevitable result, both
dying premnturely
Let no one work in pain or weariness-
when ma k;S~i, he ought to lie down
until he is Lly rested, when, with rem
oSated strd work will be better done,
done the 4 lone with sclf-sustaining
Pie time taEvN from seven or eight hours
sleep out of each twenty-four, is time not
guiScd but time more than LOST we can
cheat ourselves, we cannot cheat nature
A certain amount of food is necessary to q
healthful body, and il less than that amount
be furnished, decay commences the very
hour. II is the same with sleep. and any on,
who persists in allowing himself less than ma
turc requires, will only hasten his arrival al
the mad-house or the grave.-Hal's Jour
Of Health.
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AN ELErHANT SroRy--A .menngerie came
once upon time to Lavingion near DEVICES,
md at ishtfall they turned the elephant out
into a grass field to eat his fill. The beast
found out that there wers .'rrniDs not far off
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-26

OUTLAWS Two brothers of the name of
Lawes, creating disturbances at the buhiiu
theatre, were called TO order by the ceebrat-
ed Felix Mccarthy who happened 10 be in the
same box. One Of them presenting hts card
said, "You shall hear from us, our name is
I,awcs." "Lawes, is it ?" quoth Felix, "thon
III give You satisfaction, I'll give you On nd-
ditiou to, yeur name" and exercising his we'll
known strength hauled them out VI the box,
-ezslerrhing, "Now, by the powers, ye,re both
t-Lawcs."
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Budt is an entirely obsolete expression
for report or fame.
The above are selected from list Of near
IL one hundred different words in the old
Testament, which greatly mar the usefulness
OF that volume.-N !. Chronicle
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When a mt
until he is
oSated strt
done the q
alacrity.-
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~ T'EFT' ~ " Ut ~
u, he ought to lie down
~ rested, when, with rem
work will be better done,
one with a self-sustaining
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