The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-12-01
Odds and Ends.

Odds and Ends.
Brigham Young is, indeed, a Pillar
Salt Lake. His idea of wife is-Lots. {
/ A Western exchange asks, Why is Gen.
Jefferson c. Davis like sailor ? and an
swers, Because he has reason to thank
God for the c.
At the farewell dinner which Sir Nor
ton Peto gave in New York the other day,
250 guests were present, and the dinner
cost about S25, 900, just 100 dollars for
each person, being no doubt the most elab-
crate and complete banquet ever q iven in
this country. At least twenty-tour kinds
of wine were drunk, and the price of some
of the brands, the Imperial Tokay, for IN
stance, was $50 per bottle.
A good bank to have stock ina bank
where early falls the due.
Most of the shadows which cross our
pathway in life are caused by standing i'll
our own light.
New York politicians are trying to rec
oncie the high price of coal with the low
price of Wood.
A traveller stopping at Western hotel
exclaimed to the waiter, ''What are you
about, you black rascal ? You have rous-
ed me twice from my sleep by telling me
breakfast is ready, and now you are at
tempting to strip Oft the bed clothes. -
''Why," replied Pompey, IF you isn't
suine to cit up, must have the sheet any
how, cause dey'r waitin' for de table
clotf.''
| Gen Carl Schurz, who has recently
seen large number Of Congressman, is
confident that the national policy OF Schuy-
Ter ColEtx will be indorsed, and that no
Southern nruIbcrs will bo .dIIiltcd.
Winder. Duncan and Gee, now in the
Old Capital prison, are to be tried by 4
court martial for their cruel treatment of
the prisoners at Andersonville. Let it be
hoped that in due time their superior Off
GERS, who countenanced the cruelties, will
be brought to trial.-Dtpatch to Journal.
A German usurer, who took per cent.
interest instead of six, the legal rate, was
asked if he ever thought of what God
would say to his extOrtion. ''Oh, yes
/ but when God looks down from heaven
the 9 will look like a g.
\ clerk in music store was lately
overpowered by a fastidious young lady
who wanted to purchase ''Mr. Thomas
Hood of the-a-gentle-
mans under garment :" The clerk Is
still alive.
IN Irish dragoon officer, on hearing
that his widowed mother had married
since he quilted Ireland, exclaimed, '.Mur
ther hope she won't have /; son older
than me if she does, | shall lose the es-
| tate"
| Why do the recriminatlOns of married
couples resemble the sound of waves on
the shore! Because they are murmurs of
the tied.
He that cannot forgive others breaks
the bridge over which he must pass him
self :; for every man has need to be for
given.
The principal of an academy gave a pu
pill who was an aspirant for the situation
Of school teacher certificate which said,
This young man is capable of filling any
position for which he is qualified"
Anybody can tell you about the daily
rate of gold, but who, now that the Eve
ming Exchange is closed, can tell you
about the nitrate of silver!
A lady named her son, the other day,
Petroleum. Her reason for doing so was,
that when she had occasion to whip him,
she might ''strike ile."
Glycerine is very useful article to
have at hand during this season, when
chapping prevails so. For the lips it is
excellent, though in some cases it may be
difficult to keep the chaps away.
On Saturday morning, as Mr.. L. F.
Ranlet, of this town, was entering his
house, he stepped on board covered with
ice, and fell, breaking his ankle.-LatIeton
| Gazette.
We learn from Capt. S. G. Goodwin,
Of this place, that himself in company
with others from this vicinity, have killed
twelve deer this season. They are quite
numerous in Carroll and other towns ad-
oining.-Luteton Gazette.
Among the spectators present at the ex-
ecution of Wirz, it is stated there was a
man from Vermont, who alleged that he
had Travelled post haste from his home in
that state for the express purpose of. wit
Messing the death struggle of Wirz. He
attracted considerable notice while the for
mer was hung suspended, by offering an
impromptu and not very reverent petition
to heaven that, ''To this end may all the
Southern leaders come