St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-04-26

issued, notices the condition Uf farm
stock throughout the country, and the
disposition to give Increased attention 10
the breeding Of animals, The ind;ca-
tons Of wheat crop are generally iavcr-
able.
There is general impression among
New England farmers that they can rli>e
their wheat much easier than they can
buy ii, and there viii lie a considerable
breadth OF it sown this season.
The largest Presbyterian church in tie
country is that Of Rev. L. L Cnyler IL
Brooklyn, \. Y During the year 1866
three hundred and thirty-iiye members
were received into the church. The
whole number OF members Is 1850, and
there are 1920 scholars and teachers in
the Sabbath. schools.
The Lorain (OLio) News says tliat
"the young ladies of this place walk on
their tip-tOes, and can't help il, as the
waterfalls on the top Of their heads draw
up their back hair so tightly thai tley
can't put their heels down squarely will
out great pain
A Mobilian being informed that III
ticket in lottery had drawn q prize,
consisting Of 10 less than twenty-eight
articles, wrote 10 bis New Orleans cor
respondent for the particulars Of bis good
fortune, In reply, lie learned that The
number Of articles Was thiriy-a pint OF
bittcrs containing twenty-eight ingTe,li-
ents. and the bottle and cork.
"Daughter, why 10 yoa not wear
Your rings 2 because, Papa, they
hur; me when anybody >queczes my
hand " What business have you. l
would Ike TO know, TO have your hand
squeezed p Certainly non- bu; sill
YOU know, papa, one would Ike 10 keep
IN squeczeable order
In 1850 two Dutch travellers vi>ited
Harvard COLLEGE. and calling at a house
they wrote I'VE found there eight OF
len young fellows, sitting round. smokin.
tobacco, with the smoke of which the
room was so full that Won could hardly
see ; and The whole house s,nclt - stronz
Of Ii that when l WAS going up stairs L
said, this is certainly a tavern" There
has been very little change since then.
NEW SrYLE-1he ladies Of Alabama
have adopted 4 new style OF waterfall,
consisting of a cocoanut fastened TO the
region Of the eerebellum by ribbons. Ii
is beautiful arrangement, the nut being
itself covered with hair, which makes
artificial covering unnecessary. The size
is exactly right, and 10y having a little
door in the nut, brushes. combs. scent
bottles, and other little necessaries Of The
toilet can be conveniently carried,
False cars of flesh colo7ed India rnb-
Der are the latest invention of fashion in
England. They are torlaIies with large
ears, and are used in front OF the real
ears, which are drawn down back and
concealed under the hair.
1t is estimated that there are about
sc, 600 commercial travellers or ''drlnn-
lnerS" now employed in this country,
6000 by New York houses, 5000 by
Boston, and 1000 by Chicago.
Two boys were on the bill back of IIr.
Giliets near Camels Hump last Friday.
getting some spruce gum, when one of
them, Buell. Andrews, 4 lad Il years oil,
shot and killed an animal in 4 tree,
which is described 10 us as larger than
common house cat, with head, cars and
tail like one. coiored white with red
spots on It's sides his LEGS were rs large
as an ordinary dog, and his claws some
what like cOon's. 1t was probably |
wild cat, of the kind which is known TO
spring from the common cat.-Blrhay-
ton Free Pres.
The strike OF The Lawrence mill hands
is at an end, and all who could obtain
employment have gone back 10 work.
An Oxford, Ne, soldier named Sam'l
Wing, about 30 years old, in the battle
of Spottsylvania was struck by a ball
near the elbow, which passed ~ the arm
and entered the right lung, where ii
lodged. Ten months afterwards he
cOughed up a piece Of his blouse l inch
by ! in size and piece Of the lining l !
by I inches, and nearly three years later
a piece of bone : by ! of an inch, piece
Of shirt II by : and another piece of
blouse l inch 10y LIS. lie can some /
times feel the ball in his lung, but is now
last regaining his health.