The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-12-23
From the CongregatiOnalist.
Your Duaning Machine.

q u l. oau enough ~ oc uuIiiieu ponlely by :
letter, through the post office but to in
= vent a curious machine. at an expense o
seven hundred dollars, to perform this un.
pleasant business, it is an instance of Yam
: kee perseverance surprisingly annovinc
'" hat will come next? A machine, Nc
doubt, that will take the money RIGHT ou
OF a subscribers purse, in spite Of him
a great time this, for the printers devil
All talk about paying the printer is at az
ehd now. Printers must be paid. Thos,
little harmless editorials that exbort sub.
scrlberS, from time to time, to paw theil
bllis, have played out. They have prov.
ed like blank cartrid ges fired into cop
perhead mob Nobody cared for them
But now that you propose to get your paw
by machinery, the tables are turned. Just
look at it.
Your paper came, as usual on last
FRIDAY evening. The first thing that met
my eye was your humble servants name
III new type, and against it these mvs-
ferrous characters. - AmW' W'63." "What
do these mean p | said. looked aoai,
and again. and the characters crew NOR,
mysterious. Anything OF the knights
OF the Golden Circle p | enquired silent
ly within. Sill, mystery was more mvs-
ferrous. SO fell 10 reading the first
page, as usual, thinking all the while,
"what can these characters mean ," You
may well Judge Of my surprise when. OF
opening the sheet to read the editorials
| learned that they revealed the time tc
which my subscription was paid, thereby
disclosing the painful fact that am in
arrears | read on; but l. April '63.'
was continually before my vision. |
couldn't drive it away. If it had only
been Il ApIH '64," it would have Weld
ed solid comfort. But there it was. {" |
april '63.' and the fact couldn't be blot
ted out. ! got up, and walked the room
nervously, with paper in hand.
"Ill look at the paper, if You have
read IT," SAID our better half. lust enter
ING the room. | flung it into her lap. As
she seated herself at the table
4" Whats this - she inquired. discover
| inc the aforesaid mvstar;ou, cbo,o.+ors Of
her first glance on the paper
..Wbat's what p, I ronl;od ror,, n,,oh
as felt.
"Whv. your name hore-wbat.. tbot =,
.Fieires Of course ;,.s nla;n enouah
to scc.' | answcrod taol;no na+tlaJ ~. ~.
erv word '''O' =
Well wife wont to ro,J;n,, ,n1 .;,onao
ra;onod in Worsov uho ,f7,a,I I ~
editorials She rcad and tLen t,,rnaJ
back TO the cboracte,..-reaJ ,r.,;n onL
looked at the character.
"Whv. john" at Ienoth she exclaim-
ed; have Mt You paid for your paper this
year,"
"N Nhat makes vou think | have Mt r'
Because i .lD,V SO means that
YOU have paid to that time The new
machine saws So
81 don't care for their machine"
said and every word of the reply was ::
lie for cared more for if than for oIl
the dunnino editorials that have anncare,l
in the last five wears. But women, Won
know. are very conscientious and do nt
like to run into debt.
..Well. would nj reod a noner tbat
isn't paid for" she added.
The subject was dropped here. 50 far as
discussion relates: but nv mind could MT
dror it. The last think rcvoIvcd On uo-
mo TO sleep. and the first thine on awak-
mo in the morning. was that inevitable
Il thrill '63," Oh. that if were mis-
take, But it was not It possessed that
essential element of a Good storv-it told
the truth.
Well, on the next day, our Charlie,
who ALWAYS reads the stories in the C0a,
0pYuationaIit. sat down to read:
Father" said he, .what do these fo.
urcs mean side Of YOUR name here ,"
: What fc,.res ~ I cnouired.
Why, these here" holding ND the Da.
ia.,.
,.or oTh,
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