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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-09-21
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have known spirit calmer
Than the calmest lake. and clear
AS the heavens that gazed upon it,
With no wave of hope or fear;
But storm had swept across it,
And its deepest depths were stirred,
Never. never more to slumber,
Only by word.
l have known one word hang star-like
Der dreary waste of years,
And it only shone the brighter
Looked at through mist of tears;
While a weary wanderer gathered
Hope and heart on life's dark way,
BY its faithful promise shining
Clearer. day by day.
Words are mighty. words are living;
Serpents with their venomous stings.
Or bright angels, crowding round us
With heavens light upon their wings
Every word has its own spirit,
True or false that never dies;
Every word mans lips have uttered
Echoes in Gods skies.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-09-21

of Marlands burglar and fire proof safes
which attracted much attention BY the nicely
of It's workmanship and the evidence it gave
ofstrength and solidity. The safe was made
to the order of Hon. Edward Dickinson of
Amherst, and was fitted up to his order. 1t
is steel-lined throughout, and of such strength
that it would be impossible to bore through
it in any reasonable time. Mr.. Cram. the a
gent of the firm, informs US that their busl-
ness is rapidly increaing, and that their or
ders now on hand are quite large. The safes
made by this firm should be examined by ev-
cry one interested in the preservation of ar
ticles of value.-Boston Journal.
These safes are advertised in our columns.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-09-21
From the Philadelphia Enquirer. July H..
4 Story with Il Moral.

That truth is sometimes stranger than tic-
ton is not disputed, and it falls to the lot of
a reporter to be cognizant of many strange
ard startling stories. One of these shall be
transcribed. 1t has local character, and
the parties referred to are well known in
Philadelphia.
About five years ago an enterprising firm
was engaged in lucrative business on Wat
er street Its integrity in business was be-
yond suspicion or cavil. The promptness
with which its obligations were met was the
subject OF general encomium, and its paper
mad in every case the value of bank notes or
of specie. The firm was composed of two
members, both of them wealthy. With time
their riches grew apace, and with cash their
kindness and integrity increased. The SEN
ior partner resided in magnificent west end
mansion, surrounded by all the luxuries that
money could command and taste could ask.
The junior partner lived with his family in a
rural district upon small farm. lie passed
the business hours in his establishment on
Water street, aud in the cool of the evening
rested in his cottage. His children grew up
healthy and contented, and all the treside
virtues gamboled about his feet.
In the lapse of time the firm dissolved
Its purposes had been subserved in the sue
cess of its speculations and the preservation
of its integrity, and each partner retired
to his house to enjoy the profits of his labor.
The saddest part of the picture is now to
come, and Natures sternest painter, yet the
BEST" might delineate with pity the disgrace
of the one and the happiness of the other
The west end millionaire has forfeited the re-
spect and friendship of his ancient partner
We passed him last evening in a state of
bloated intoxicatior, filthy with exposure and
absolute want The men with whom he once
associated would blush to-day to recognize
him. His fortune has been squandered il
continued excesses, his family is scattered
and penniless-and the sole aim of his de-
graded ambition is to find the wherewitha
to furnish drink. The junior partner has mo-
changed in circumstances. The home tie.
have proved stronger with him than the at
fractions of vice, and he still lives to demon
strate the advantages of retired virtue ant
contented competence.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-09-21

Conference being now called, it was voted
to recommend the several quarterly meetings
in this yearly meeting to take collection at
their next meeting for the benefit of our Do
mestic Society.
Adjourned without day.
The gathering was large and the services
very interesting. Sermons were delivered
during the session by Revs. NJ. c. Hender-
son, ID. S. Frost, I. p. Moulton and J.
Woodman. The Conference was cheerfully
entertained by the people of East Orange,
and We hope they may receive some lasting
good from its session with Them
L. 7. HARRIS.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-09-21

NJ The Coos IN. H. Democrat not on!
advertises lotteries, but "pufs" 'hem S''o"e
in its reading columns.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-09-21

A MODEL SAFE. NJ. B. Bigelow and An
son Hardy had on exhibition on Saturday, at
their establishment No. 80 School street, one
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-09-21
Genfral Mistellanu.
The Escape of the Arabia.

DR.. Smith of Springfield writes home the
following graphic account of the narrow es-
cape of the steamship Arabia from sudden
and terrible ship~reck or Fasnet Rock, Cape
Clear, of which brief account has been CIV
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-09-21

N. e.. HOUGHTON. M. D''
'Of the rrm Of Darling / HOughton;, pcrnN
hOITOPArUIC PHYSICIAN AND SUn"AoN
BARNET VILLAGE, W. ..&oa+b
~ Aso particular attention paid to ext1ae.ns
on!tA Al rHI GREEN MOUNTAIN AoSs.'
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THE CALIFORNIAN.

THE CALIFORNIAN.
ST.JOHNSBURY. VT.
G.. NJ. STONE & Co. Publishers
OFFICE, next door north of Court House.
Terms.-One copy per annum, $3.50
1fnot paid within the year. $500
Terms of Advertising. For one square
(of Is lines this size type) three insertions, 81
Each additional insertion. Is cents square. A
liberal discount to those who advertise by the
year. Cards of 3 lines in Business Directory, 81
year. Liberations, Estrays, Notices to Legis-
lature, 81 each in advance
S. NJ. PETTESGILL & Co., ll9 Nassau ST.. New
York. and State st. Boston, and S. R. NILES. l
Scollay's Building, Court st. Boston, are cur au-
thorized Agents.
Job Printing of all kinds done neatly and at
living prices. All kinds of Papers and Cards
kent constantly on hand
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-09-21

IRA l.. NcC1AARH,
u. Je.e,,-,Ul,..1npy Coons ROOTS SHOES
- al NIUE OF IN uOV' Ou,, - &c us
Fta hau Cnrner NeImont.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-09-21

Smith had great time over old Nance 1t
turned out that each of the two other COM
mittee men had friends whose mares we're to
be judged, and they pretty soon picked out
their favorites. So he kept still and let them
talk, and they soon got into quarrel, and
then they appealed to Smith, and he kind O.
sided with one, but thought old Nance was
the best mare, and finally, to keep the other
from getting the first they sided with him.
and he went in for both of theirs. Smith
says he saw some queer things on that COM
mittee.
You see We got our premiums, but you
don't see, perhaps, COL, as we'll as do. tina,
it wants something more than merit to be
sure of winning.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-09-21

Geo. e. H. Geo. w. CAHOON,
ATTuRNEyS K COINSELLORS AT LAW
ANpS SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS, LlADoS' W.
They Will attend Courts in Caledonia, Orleans
AID Essex Counties.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-14
The Old Oaken Bucket.

The following reminisence of Samuel
Woodwork possesses sufficient interest, we
think. to warrant us in presenting it to our
readers. 1t is portion of a private letter
recertly received from one whose authority
in the matter cannot be questioned. In ref
erence to the period of the production Of the
"Old Oaken Bucket" the writer says:
at was written in the spring or summer
of1s17. The family were living at the time
in Duane street The poet came home to
dinner one very warm day, having walked
from his office, somewhere near the foot of
Wall street. Being very much heated with
the exercise, he poured out glass of water
New York pump water-and drank it at
a draught, exclaiming as he placed the tum-
bier on the table. "That is very refreshing,
but how much more refreshing would it be
to take good long draught this warm day,
from the old oaken bucket left hanging in
my fathers well at home" Hearing this,
the poets wife, who was always suggestive
body, said, Samuel, why wouldn't that be
pretty subject for poem p The poet took
the hint, and under the inspiration of the
moment, sat down and poured ont from his
very soul those beautiful lines which have
im,nortaized the name of Wooworth. ~.
T. Home Journal
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-14
The Visitors Trunk,

What sound that is-the banging down
of the preliminary trunk, without its claim
ant to give it the life which is borrowed by
all personal appendages, so long as the own
er's hand or eve is on them! Fit announce
the coming of one loved and longed for, how
we delight to look at it, to sit down on it, to
caress it in our fancies, as a lone, exile
walking ont on windy pier yearns toward
the merchantman lying alongside, with the
colors of his own native land at her peak,
and the name of the port he sailed from long
ago upon her stern But il it tell the near
approach Of the undeSired, inevitable guest,
what sound short of the muilied noises made
by the undertakers as they turn the cor
nerS in the dim lighted house, with a low
shulilS'of the feet and whispering caution,
carries such sense of knoching-kneed col
lapse with it as the humping down in the
'front.' entry of the heavy portmanteau, ramm-
eel with the changes of amounted coming
weeks s-DR HOLMES
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Fight With Snakes.

Mr. James Lqnkfori. of Fearing township
had severe fight with three enormous spot
ted black snakes, on Monday morning last.
He had been repairing harrow by the side
of large tree, in one Of his fields when
strange sensation passed over him, which
paralized him to such an extent as to render
him almost powerless. He felt concious that
danger was approaching, yet he seemed un-
able to save himself He heard ruStling
noise on the tree beside him, and was par
tally aroused from this stupor by snake
es in circumference, striking him on the back
passing over his shoulder, around his body
and under his arms. A second snake i'm
mediately coiled itselfaround his body. See
ing third approaching. and aroused to des-
peration, he seized an ak which he FORUM
ately had with him, and by a lucky blow,
severed it in two, six inches back of its head.
This one was five feet and eight inches
long. Mr.. Lanford then turned his efforts
to Kidding himself Of his other two foes, then
beginning to tighen themselves unpleasantlv
around his breast A severe contest ensued
lasting fifteen or twenty minutes, during
which Mr.. L. was thrown down several times.
The reptiles kept up constant Kissing noise
and emitted feted sicknening odor. At
length, the largest snake, in endeavoring to
strike Mr.. L. in the mouth. at which it made
repeated efforts, was seized by the back Of
the neck between Mr.. Lanfords teeth, and
literally crushed. The snake instantly un-
coiled and threw itself from him to the
ground, hors du combat The third one did
the same, and made his escape, Mr.. L. being
too much exausted to make any attempt to
pursue it. 1t was nTrow escape fr Mr..
L. who is a farmer and whose veracity is un-
questioned We had the narration from his
own lips ps-Hriettn Home Nems
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-14
Garibasdi in Sicily.

"What will Garibaldi do?'' was the uni
versal question when, less than year ago,
the two Emperors concluded a peace at Sol
ferino. That his restless and active spirit
would not be quiet till italy vas free and'that
reasons of state in other countries would weigh
little with him till that consumation was at
tanned, was the universal opinion. He has
justified their hopes and expectations and
has, ere this, it is to he hoped, achieved the
freedom ofSicily. 1t is new complication
Of Italian affairs, not without immense sig
nificance; and though we need not stop to
consider precisely what the effect will be, we
may at least, indulge the hope that it win be
as wholesome and invigorating as true cour-
age and disinterested patriotism, when back
ed by cool judgement, always are.
The expedition, it seems, started on the
5th from Genoa. Having seized two steam
ers belonging to private company, and sup
plying himself three days after with guns
and ammunition from the fortress of Orbitel-
TO- Garibald landed at Montalbo on the 10th,
in Papal Itqly. Here he issued proc1ama-
ton, leading the Government to suppose
that he was about to march to the Abruzzi-
His force amounted to only 1000 men at
the utmost. and with this small body, while
the NeapolitanS We're concentrating troops on
the Roman frontier, he effected landing
the next day at Marsala. He was chased by
two Neapolitan steam frigates. but fortu-
nately the presence of an English frigate
was the reason or the excuse for not making
an attack upon them The two hours thrs
gained enabled the intrepid leader to land
his little band and stores, and to repeal the
Neapnlitans who opposed his coming. Two
of his men only were killed, but one of his
steamers was captured and the other sunk,
a cutting off of retreat which, it is not at all
likely, he regretted The landing once made.
he relied, no doubt, upon "native swords and
native ranks and with the help of the in
surgents in the mountains, with whom, it is
supposed, he intended to put himself into
immediate communication, he assured him
self Of tho accomplishment of the liberation
Of Sicily. The insurrection there was in
full and hopeful progress before his arrival !;
the presence Of such leader will give it new
vigor, and may push it to speedy and sue
cacccll termination
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"Nary time, Sir -

During the Convention at Chicago, party
of Iowa boys and their friends were discus
sing the merits Of various candidates pro-
posed. at their rooms in the fremont House
Some one remarked that Mr.. Seward would
get the German vote to certainty, but
would lose that of the Irish, because Of the
interference and dictation of their spiritual
advisers. A Miesian lass who was diligent-
ly engaged in cleaning up the room hereup-
on turned round and earnestly facing the
speaker, exclaimed, mary time, sir; nary
time, sir? Mr.. Seward will get the Irish vote
he is in favor of educating the whole peo-
pie, and the Irish uM vote for him-thc
priests can't hold them ~ OF course there
was pc feet shout of appreciation over this
unexpected clincher, and Bridget resumed
her employment very much raised in the es-
timation of many who heard her emphatic
and decisive speech, and the story itself be-
gan to 90 the rounds soon, diScomfiting cer-
tain croakers most effectuary.
Gazette. . .... H.
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Getting ont of a Difenrms

An exchange relates the following amusing
incident, which, is stated to have occurred at
Chicago drsiioe the recent convention:
Two fashionable young ladies from New
York, with profusion Of skirts and an i'm
mensty Of hoops, desired to enjoy birds
eye view Of the city, and for that purpose
were con1u:te} by Some gallant gentlemen
to the roof of a high building. When they
reached the ladder leading to the small scut-
tie hole, it became desirable, Of course. for
the gentlemen 70 ascend first This they
did, and taking the hands OF the young la
dies as they made their appearance through
the scuttle handed or rathe, dragged them
up on the ro,f. As they rose tn ough the
small opening, their hoops from the waist
down. became more and more compressed,
requiring no little effort to pull them through;
but suddenly the feat was accomplished,
and the hoops, b rsting forth from the scut-
tie hole, once more expanded into their orig
inal rotundity. After enjoying the scene
for some time, the party started for the DOWN
ward voyage; but then came the rub
While it had been comparative easy for the.
ladies to squeeze through the scuttle-hole,'
commencing from the waist and rising up
wards, it was difficult task when the bot
tom of the hoops had to be compressed into
the same space for the descent When one
side was squeezed in the other remained out
When the front was gathered together and
sticking up at an awkward elevation. No
fitting together of the joints of stove pipe
ever caused so much labor and yexation as
did the attempt to compress those large
hoops into that little opening. After several
Intellectual efforts, but one way out of the
dilemma appeared. The gentlemen were re-
quired to descend while some mysterious
operation was performed, and were particu-
larly cautioned not to come up again until
called. When the signal was given, and
they once more mounted to no the roof,
their fair companions were discovered stand
ing, in all the slimness Of uncrnolined
grace" while near by lay two huge, mys-
terious looking circles of skeleton bones and
sinews. The descent was then easily &C.
cotnplished, rush was made by the young
ladies to their chamber, and "Mary Ann
was despatched on a salvage expedition to
the roof, to bring in the remaining portion
of the wreck.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-14

Rev. DR.. Fuller, nf Baltimore, in recent
address at one of the Religious anniversaries
in New York, paid the f6kowing tribute to
'the press"
Who can measure the power Of the press!
An ounce of lead, nodded into a bullet and
put into minnie rifle. with few grains Of
powder beneath it will go two miles, and do
its errand in an efficient manner, lift encount-
ers no obstacles. But that onnce of lead made
into types, and put into one of Hoes light
ming printing presses, will go thousands of
miles and do its crrand effectively, not on
one man merely, but on millions and though
oceans, rivers and mountains may intervene
A steam printing press! Did you ever go
down in one Of the spacious vaults beneath
your sidewalks here and watch the mon
sters! Why, my friends, feel like taking
off my hat to the huge machine Laughter ]
It seems to be living thing-one of Eek
iers living creatures with 'the hand of man
and the sound of many waters, and theliving
eye III IHc WiicSi IL dshS lic 10 ioutisH-
ment, knows no WEAKNESS. How it strips
itself to its work, and tolls on with a
strength that mocks to scorn the might Of a
giant, and with camor as ifit would shiver
to pieces every substance in its grasp; and
yet. with delicacy and precision unattain-
able by human muscles, it receives fabric so
delicate that rude touch would rend it, and
imprintS:upon, in the twinkling of an eye,
that which it cost hours to compose. 1t
filings off sheet after sheet to entertain, in
strnct, .egenerate and bless the earth--
None of us have yet begun to begin to ap-
preciate the Influence of the press as an
agent for the diffusion of knowledge, wheth-
er it he in volumes, pamphlets, or above all
through the daily newspapers, the moral in
stitution which has revolutionzed not only
the literary but the commercial and political
world. Ifyou have read the Constitution
you will remember that there are only two es-
tates in Congress the Senate and House Of
Representatives, but a third estate has
sprung up occupying during the session of
Congress. seat higher than that occupied
by the Senator's and Representatives them
selves, and which continues in session long
after Congress adjourned, every where and
at all times. 1t is composed of the reprsen-
tatives of the press.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-14
CaRse Of Deterioration Of tire
Soil.

The Baltimore Rural Register says -
'In this new country, npon which the first
European settlements were made but little
more than two centuries ago, 90 where we
will, east of the Allegheny mountains, we
are constantly meeting with old fields, worn
into glllies, or covered with sedge, and per.
fectly valueless in their present condition for
agricultural purposes. In England. ou the
contrary, during the last half-century, the
! crops instead of diminishing in quantity.
have been increased in the product to the
acre by more than so per cent Yet the
land there has been under cultivation more
than thousand years. Now it has been
repeatedly demonstrated that by pursuing a
similar system, our soils are capable of rails
ing as large an amount Of grain or hay to the
acre as those of any other country. The
remarkable decrease in our agricultural
products which statistical tables indicate
can proceed from no other cause than careless
and sloveniy farming. The fatal defect in
the old system of farming with us was. that
it did not take into due consideration the in
furious influence excited by our climate upon
surfaces constantly exposed to an almost
tropical heat in the summer season. At ar
earlier day tob1cco was our staple production.
1t was what wheat has since become--the
planters money crop; and high prices
and a steady demond stimulated him to cul-
! tivate in a negligent manner as many acres
of this plant as the number of his field hands
would admit of putting under the plow.--
A succession Of crops taken from the same
| field, without rest or intermisson. speedily
wore tie life out of it. Fresh lands were
cleared, which were subjected to the same
ruinous treatment, until in the course of a
! few years, thousands Of acres of as fertile
soil as the world can boast became but little
better than a sterile waste. Where the
! fields were not sufficiently exhausted to be
thrown entirely out of cultivation. corn sue
ceeded tobacco and shallow blowing. and
the sun, the wind, the rain. and the frost
acting continually upon the exposed surface
completed the work of destruction which
reckless tiilage had commenced. IF there
had been instituted, from the beginning, a
proper rotation of crops {; if tap-rooted plants
had been allowed to succeed fbrous- rooted
plants if the manure of the barn-yard. and
tn wood ashes IF the house fires, had been
husbanded; if shells, or lime, or mari had
replaced the alkaline constituents which had
been taken from the soil by previous crops
if plaster had been permitted to exert its
singular influence upon the growing clover,
and if the latter instead of being cut and
carted off the land, had been turned under
it, those fields now looking so barren and
folorn would have been more fertile at this
day than they were when the plow turned
the first furrow in the virgin SOIL"
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Young America Wonders.

Why mamma keeps Bri,lcet at home from
church to work all dav, and then says it is
wicked for me to build my rabbit house on
Sunday?
Won Ter why our minister bought that
pretty cane with the lions head on top, and
then asked me for nv cent to put into the
missionary box. Didn't | want a Jews
harp jus. as much as he wanted the
cane.
Wonder what makes pappa tell all Of
those nice stories to visitors about his hiding
the masters rattan when he went to school.
and about his running away from the school
mistress when she was going to whip him,
and then shut me up all day in dark room
because I tried just once to see if could be
as smart a boy as he was?
Wonder why mamma tells pap he is cross
when he comes home at night and SAYS the
tea is cold, and then tied handkerchief over
my mouth so that I can neither speak o,
breathe because I said he was cross ?
Wonder what made papa say that big word
when Betsy upset the ink all over his papers
and then slap my ears cause said it VIII en-
my kite string broke?
Wonder why mamma told Batscy, the 9th.
er day, to say she was not at home when
Tommy Days mother called, and then puts
me to bed without any supper every time
tell lie?
Wonder what makes papa, when he is tel
ling mamma how much money he has made
in the month. and all about how he
made it, say Little pitchers have grea,
ears?"
O, dear, there are lots of things want t.
know.
How l wish was man.