The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-04-05

! A VALUABLE RECIPE. To cure hams, first
ascertain what is the matter with them. Then
apply the proper remedies and If you do
not succeed in curing them, it is not your
fault.
Lord Campbell said he himself heard a
judse al Stafford thus sentence prisoner to
death for forgery 'And trust, through the
merits and mediation of our blessed Redeem
,r. YOU may experience that mercy IN anoth-
er world which a due regard to the credit Of
the paper currency of the country forbids
YOU to hope for here
1t is said that in Denmark carriage horses
are taught to step high by the substitution Of
magnifying glasses for blinkers. They ihs
take every pebble tor boulder, and lift their
legs accordingly. This must be the same
place where green spectacles are worn by
Jackasses, who thus suppose shavings to be
wisps Of hay.
An invincible Wit and punster asked the
captain Of craft loaded with boards how
he managed to get dinner on the passage
Why, replied the skipper, we always cook
aboard Cook boo,d. do YOU rejoined
the wag then see you have been well SUP
Piled with provisions this trip, at all events.
1t is rot what people eat, but what they
diSes,, that make them strong. 1t is not what
hey gain, but what they save, that makes
them rich II is not what they read but
what they remember, that makes them learn
cd. 1t is not what they profess but " hat they
practice, that makes them righteous.
The wealthy Marquis de Allsre who died
some time ago, who was SO pan lmonlous
thai, seeing his servant one lay with nice
looking hat, he seprmanded him for his ex-
travagance But il is the old hat You gay.
HE | had it ironed for franc 'Ah. said
the Marquis, but did not know it could he
restored. Here is the franc you paid will
take the hat and lie forthwith transferred
the renovated beaver to his own head.
i think nave seen you before, sir ; ar,
yo.! OF Owen Smith p oh, Yes, I'm OWN
Smith, and OWN Jones, and OWN Brown ,anC
OWN everybody.
FASHION Lone NrhnID. 1t is STATED
that the latest fashion announced from Eu
rope, is that Of dressing very plainly whei
gong 20 church. Some of the ladies of III,
first circles 80 to worship in plain Calico. |
is thus sought to encourage the attendance 0
the poor who have hitherto withheld thei
p presence for lack of Sunday clothes.
!, Human hair varies from the 2j0th TO tn
GOOth part of all inch in thickness. Tn
fibre OF the coarSeSt wool is the 500th par
Of an inch III diameter Silk worms silk j
about the 5OOOth part OF an inch thick bu
the spiders line is six times finer, and sill
ge pound of this delicate but strong sui
VI stance would be sufficient to encompass tn
y globe.
An old Scotch parSon, praying after flow
cry young brother had preached, said 'l.or
bless thy young servant, and with thy grea
wisdom prick him with thy spirit, and let tn
wind out CT HIM
to H. W. Beecher says: AS men grow ric
they grow mean. Why know men-pior
men-who actually perjure themselves abol
\ the value of their property, that they ma
save what is justly due the city for taxes
lhey are as mean as-Weli-meanness n;
tunneIed them from end to end, and the BIZ
sest one lies through the heart, and the De-
Il daily runs his trains through and throuS
The London Magazine states that job
Chedgey OF that city, has succeeded IN DO
Is, ing and turning glass, and has thus rendert
it more applicable to great variety OF US
5, ful purposes. He makes 6 Ass cylinders pc
tectly round and smooth ; also very strol
glass pipes as substitutes Tor metal in COZ
yeying acids and alkalies, and his c!hnd.
are cmineniIy adapted for the barrels
> pumps. Glass tubes Of moderate bore a
- quite common, but they are never made Wi
X a uniform size of bore.
The following is too good to be lost. 1t
often made subject Of complaint that mi
>' listers OF the Gospel participate IN polite
matters. An anecdote Of a MIR Field, WI
lived in Vermont several years ago, contai
Oh On. a good reply AS the reverend gentlem
went. at a time. TO deposit his vote, the OF
Ger who received it beng d friend and p;
;shioner, but opposite politics, remarked,
am sorry, MIR Fleld,t TO see YOU here. why
asked Mr. Field. Because, said the oflic'
- Christ said his kingdom was not Of Il
" world Has no one right to vote, Sd
- Mr. Field, unless he belongs to the klngdc
Of Satan 2 This at once let in ray
W light to the darkened chambers of the o
w GERS cranium, which he had never thought
~. before.