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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-11-15

ARE OUR FEET PROPERLY CLOTHED.
1t Is somewhat surprising that. with
all our boasted improvements, we have
not, As yet, produced Il proper covering
for the feet. Barbarou> people, il their
climate admits. go with bare feet, or
wear sandals, covering only the sole OF
the foot. We, however, cnca>c the
whole of the foot, and a portion OF the
leg. i'll material almost impcrviou- 10
air and moisture, and generally umcom-
tortably harl and rigid. The color AMI
polish of our boots are directly calcu-
lated TO attract the suns rays: and the
enamel on patent leather and the black
ing OH ordinary calt>kin, tends tc harden
and solidify the substance. closing the
pores, and making air-tight cascs ior Il
portion of the body which eXu,lcs more
perspiration than any other, and Is sub
jccted to greater strain. Our boots in
summer parboil our feet in warm bath.
and in winter freeze them in IN icy en-
velope. 1t is doubtful if wet feet are,
in themselves, very conducive TO disease.
some medical men TO the contrary, not
withstandlng; but cramped confinement
of the feet in an icy cold envelope, gen.
Grated by perspiration, and chilled by
the external atmosphere, thus shuttin 4.
the imprisoned feet almost air-tight, Is al
unhealthy as it is uncomfortable
For hot weather, there Is hardly anv
shoe so agreeable rs that introduced
within the past three or four years,
known as the army shoe, and extensive
| ly used by base ball players. 1t is of i
heavy canvas and unblacked leather. Ii
is cool and remarkably easy TO the feet.
The texture of the canvas allows the es,
cape of the perspiration, and the color
of the shoe does not attract the heat OF
the sun. 1t weuld seem that the plan o.
covering other portions Of bodies Will
material pervious TO air, might advan
tageously be extended to our feet. Tier,
is no natural reason why our feet Should
be so much less sensitive than our hands
They become indurated and deprived o
their natural activity by long, close con
fnement. The people of warm climate
who use their toes as we do our fingers
and the bare-footed school boy, VIII,
picks up, and throws pebbles with hi
feet, show that the foot of the civilize,
adult in our climate is a much abusel
member A more flexible and porou
material for our boots and shoes nigh
save US from many of those terrible an
noyances which, in the form of corns an
| bunions, make our pilgrimage one Q
/ pain.-.Scientite american,
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Total of 81 Colleges
SS,0il,0O0

Tie LIVE MAN.-The live man Is ike
the little PIC ; he is weaned young, and
begins 10 root airly-
He Is the pepper sass of creation-the
alsplce of the world.
One live man in VILLAGE IL like 4
case ov itch at n distrikt skool-he sets
every boldly few SCRATCHING at onst.
\ man who kan draw New Orleans
molaS>is in the munth of January thru a
half inch augur hole, and SIM Home.
sweet home" while the molas,is i run
nlng, may be strikingly honest, but lie
amt sudden enuti for this climate.
The live man IL full oy bizzinis> as the
conductor of a street kar-he IL often
like hornet, very bizzy, but about
what the Lord only knows,
He lights up like cotton faktory, and
haint got emmy more time to spare than
Il skoolboy haz Saturday afternoons.
lie IL like dekoy duck. always above
water, and lives at least Is munths dur
ing each year.
He IL ike runaway hos; he gits th,
whole ov the rode
lie irots when he walks, and lies down
AZ night only because every boldly else haz-
The live man IL not always a deep
thinker: he Jumps as conclusions, Just az
the frog does, and don't alwayes land al
the spot he IL looking at
He IL the American pet, a periekt
mistery 10 foreigners but he haz don,
more with charcoaD 20 work out ihi
greatness of the kuEtry than emmy othei
man IN IL
He is Jest As necessary az the greas
on an axletree,
He don't alwus die ritch, but alwu
dies blzzy.-JoA BiLEggs-
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never yields to temptation, even if she
puts it in his way; who is ambitious to
make his mark in the world whether she
encourages him or not; who is never ia
mlliar with her to the extent of being an
adopted brother or cousin: who is over
careful about dress, always pleasant and
considerate, but always keeping his place
as a man, the head, and never ceasing it.
Such department, with noble princi-
pies, good mind, energy and industry,
will win any woman in the land who is
worth the winning.
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HIND INQUIElES-Cousin Kate was
sweet, wide-awake beauty of about sev
enteem, and she took it into her head TO
30 down on Long Island TO see some re-
lations of hers. who had the misfortune
TO live there. Among those relations
there CHANGED TO be young swain who
had seen Kate on previous occasion,
and seeing, fell deeply in love with her.
He called at the house on the evening of
her arrival, and she met him on the pi-
azza where she was enjoying the evening
air i'll company with two or three OF her
friends.
The poor fellow was so bashful that
he could not find his tongue for some
time. AT length he stammered out:
''How's your mother p
Quite well, thank you
Another silence on the part of Josh,
during which Kate and her friends did
the best they could TO relieve the monot-
Ony. After waiting about fifteen min
utes Tor HIM 10 commence TO make him.
self agreeable, he again broke the spell
by
Flows your father?''
Which was answered much after the
same manner as the first one, and then
followed another silence like the other.
''How's your father and mother p
again put in the bashful lover.
Quite well, both of them"
This was followed by an exchange OF
giances and suppressed smile Silence
lasted some ten minutes more, during
which Josh was tidgetting in his seat and
stroking his Sunday hat. But at length
another question came
''How's your parents =
This produced an explosion that made
the woods ring,
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AGENTS WANTED

4'- "'ntei in every town IN Vermont to sell the
'"DER OF THE WORLD SOAP!
= Nd circular cent On receipt Of rs cts Agents
81 ',hg 'r'In $40 to So per day. Adirers, BOX
~ hNSBJ RI, VT
500 wAn'cd ~ sell SARGENT'5 EUREKA
nv" SOAP by the 100. AT
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Speaker Coliax well says, every
stamp you put upon deed, check, or
mortgage, is Democratic sticking
plaster to remind YOU Of democratic re-
belion."
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WESTERN TICKETS

Pt''' vest over all de4irabls routes, for sale
j. FLETCHER.
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II, CALIFORNIAN.
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What Mere Triaes Cost.

The Rev. f. NJ Sharpe, West Hoboken
N. j., IN a recent sermon, said Luxury
need never plead with her votaries.-
Every heart and every purse are open
when the Devil presents his enticements.
Civilized man drinks every year 80, 0O0,-
600 bottles of genuine and $4,000 600
spurious champagne; or nearly $780,
100000 worth. Yet the,total expenses
OF. Christian propagation may be roughly
estimated at not more than that sum if half
as much Tobacco is nauseous to every
unsophisticated sense of man, medicine
as strycnine is medicine; but, on the
highest medical authority, the origin of
nine out of every ten cases of real heart
disease, original or inherited-a concen-
trated drop oe whose essential principle,
lif placed on the tongue of dog, will
cause him to die in convulsions. 1t de-
Estroys the power of mastication by drain
ing the salivary glands, and by its excit-
hing properties is the gentleman usher of
intoxicating drink. So long ago as 1850,
there were raised in the United States
19s, 600 pounds, or what would now
be equivalent to about $500, 600 900
worth, and it is safe to say that the pres.
ent consumption is nearly $500, 900, 600.
Suppose an ordinary case: A business
man uses four or sometimes many more
cigars day, worth fifteen cents each, or
Sl5 or $40 pound; this, of itself, leav-
ing out pipes, chewing tobacco, lost times
and lost opportunities. at the very low
est estimate, $3.50 year.
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NUMBERS is
Mhich Hauf

& =
Here is an English story Of the tines.
a bank panic incident, which must not be
lost: In the midsl Of the late excitement.
and at the moment when everybody
thought all the banks were going to the
dogs together, ] ones rushed into the bank
of which he was stock holder, and thrust
ing certificate into the clerks face. he
said, in great haste: s. = &.
"Here, please transfer half Of that to
James p Smith, - =
The clsfk looked at it and asked.
(which halt. Mr.. Joness,,
2 II don'tcare which hal, y replied Jones,
puSzeled at the inquiry. 4yfs 3
"You had better go to the courts;T can't
make the transfer without1a legal decis-
ion. IF you really wish to transfer yaur
other half to Mr.. Smith, we cannot do it
here"
Jones was confounded. he knew the
banks were all in muddle, but this was
too deep for him. He took his certificate
from the hands of the smiling clerk, and
on looking att, lol it was his MARRIAGE
certtfcdtei Being printed form on fine
paper, and put away among his private
papers, 1T was the first thing that Mr.. Jones
laid hands on when he went to his secre-
tary for bank stock scrip. He went home.
kissed his wife, glad to find she hadn't
been transferred to Mr.. Smith, and tax.
ing the right papers this time to get il all
straight.
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OrafOry.

in speech delivered by Henry Clay
before the students of the New York
State and National Law School, that great
orator said Of oratory:
81 owe my success in life to one single
fact, viz: That at the age of twenty
en- commenced and continued for years
the process of daily reading and speaking
upon the contents of some historical and
scientific book. Whose off-hand efforts
were sometimes made in corn field, and
others in the forest, ,and not unfrequently
in some distant barn, with the horse and
cow for my auditors. 1t is to this prac-
tice of the great srt that am indebted
for the primary and leading impulse that
stimulated me forward and has shaped
and moulded my entire subsequent des-
tiny. Improve, then, young men, the
superior advantages you hereby enjoy
Let not day pass without exercising
your power of speech. There is no pow
er like that of oratory. Caesar controlled
men by exciting their fears. Cicero by
their passions. The influence Of the one
perished with its author, that of the
other continues to this day."
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The Workings ofthe Constitution.
n Amendment. ~

The Harrisburg Patriot and Uaion thus
exposes the effect of the Constitutional
amendment. Itsays: '9srs aegiTsb ssai
"Some ofthe Radical organs 90 so far
(being SO very magnanimous) as to ID.
commend the Rump to make the Constr
tutional amendmen. the basis Of recon
struction' n'--that is, to let the Southern
States have Representatives 10 Congress
if they will disfraneliise all the whites
vote. Such an important ecncessionn
will certainly not be lost upohthe South.
ern people asa asaags no
''Let US see how it would work. tn
Mississippi there are about SO ,O08 voters,
more than nine tenths Of whom we're en-.
gagged in aud gave aid to the rebellion.
and would be disffanchised, having but
about 5000 capable of voting. There
are about 10000 darkies. one-sixth Of
whoms would get the ballot--aaking
about 20 600 black voters against 5000
white ones. Wouldn't that Be n;ce?"
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The Change.

2
An exchange thus, pointedly con-
trasts ths present With the rot distant
past: esaa SEA
"Does the poor man remember The
good times he enjoyed when James Buoh-
anan was President? Does be remember
the silver dollars he received for bis work2
Has he forgotten the.ten pounds of cof.
fee, the twelve yards of muslin, either of
which he might purchase with the pro-
ceedS of Que days labor?" 'iek
All this was before the crusade waged
against the South had eliminated in re-
bellion. Northern negroes ware fed clothed
worked and provided for by Southern
masters. The result has been, that q
half million of white men have gons,
prematurely, to their graves, double THAI
number have been reduced to beggary,
aud the nation itself borne down with a
mountain of debt. 4 m
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70 Consumptlves,

The advertiser, having been restored to
health ina few weeks by a very simple reme-
dy, after having suffered for several years
with severe lung affection, and that dread
disease, Consumption--is anxious to make
known to his fellow-sufferers the means of
cure.
To all who desire it, he will send copy
of the prescription used (free of charge,)
with the directions for preparing and using
the same, which they will find SURE CURE
FOR CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, ,CuUeHs,
CoLDs, and all Throat and Lung Affections.
The only object of the advertiser in sending
the Prescription is to benefit the afflicted ,and
spread information which he conceives to be
invaluable, and he hopes every sufferer will
try his remedy, as it will cost them nothing,
and may prove blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription, FREE, by
return mail, will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
febl4ly. Williamsburgh, Kings Co., ". Y.
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A Reef Pie.

Take cold roast beef, or steak; cut 1t
into thin slices, and put layer into,
pie dish; shake in little -four, pepper
and salt;cut up tomato Gf you have IT'D
or onion chopped very fne; then another
layer of beef and seasoning, and SO on
until the dish is filed II you have any
beef gravy, put it in; if not little beef
drippiDgs,and water enough to make sui
fcient gravy, Have ready dozen pota-
toes, well boiled and smashed, half q cup
of milk or cream, and little butter and
salt; spread it over the pie as crust, an
inch thick; brush it owe. with egg, and
bake about twenty FIVE minutes.
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One Of Artenaus Wards English
Testimonials. sss zfaf
ToTNEs. October 20 1886

{ :
ToTNEs, October 20, 1856
MI. Aysemxs Ward: So dilR
ny DEAR SIR: Ny wife was dangerous
ly 'unweil for over sixteen years She
was so week that she couldn't lift q tea
spoon to her mouth. But in a fortunate
moment she commenced reading one Of
your lectures. She gained strength SO
rapidly that she lifted the cottage piano
quite distance from the floor. and then
tipped it over on her mother-in- law, with
whom she had some little trouble. Please
send me barrel ofthein. II YOU should
require any more Recommendations you
can get any number of them 10 this placs
at two shillings each, the price charge
for this one. and | trust you may be ever
happy g ass y ga ss'lis
| am, sir, yours truly, and so is my
wife. r. SPRfNoERs.
- 7lI- = - %
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NOTICE

The beautiful Piano Fortes of GRovRsTEEN
& Co.. are deemed by all good judges to be the
Ultima Thule of instruments of the kind.
We cannot suggest what is wanting to make
a musical instrument more perfect; although
we are slow to admit that the limit of i'm
provement can ever be attained.
Before they had brought their Pianos to
their present excellence they had submitted
them to competition with instruments of the
best makers of this country and Europe, and
received the reward of merit, over all others,
at the celebrated Werlds Fair. 1t is but JUS
tiee osay that the judgment thus pronounced
has not been overruled by the musical world.
Still, by the improvements lately applied
by them to their Pianos, it is admitted that a
more perfect instrument has been made
They have accordingly achieved the paradox
of making excellence more excellent. Sure
ly, after this, they are entitled to the motto
Excelsior" may29.
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WooDsFIEID MONROE COUNTY OHIO JANUARY 8, 1867

Then the cold Colonel" walks to th
wheel with his face purple, his glengar,
pushed far back on his head, and his ci
gar glowing like the "red;eye of battle,
as he putfs angry wneezes of smok,
through his nestrils. Damned hard
sir-hardl hard! Egsdl I'd burn th,
last ham in the locker to overtake her.
and he whirled the glowing stump at tn
Senator, as the Spartan youth hurled tn
shields into the thick of battle befor
rushing to reclaim them. On we speed
until the trees on the bank seems to f,
back past US, and round the point, to SCI
the Senator just turning another curve
On still, faster than ever, with every
glass on board jingling in its frame, ant
every joint and timber trembling, al
with congestive chill.
Still the black demons blow ply theil
fires with the fattest logs--and even few
barrels of pitch are slyly slipped in
the smoke behind US stretches straight
and fat from the smoke stack.
Now we enter straight, narrow reach
with the Senator just before US. Faster
and faster we go,till the boat fairly rocks
and swings from side to side, half lifted
with every throb of the engine. Closer
and closer we crept-harder and harder
thump the cylinders-until, at last, we
close our bow just tapping her sternl
So we ruD few yards. Little by little,
so little that we test it by counting her
windows; we reach her wheel-pass by it
lock her bow, ,and run neck to neck for
a hundred feet.
The stiffness of death is upon both
boats; not sound but the creak and
shudder as they stranggle on. Suddenly
the hard voice of our pilot crashed
through it like broad ak:
"Good by, Sen ntorl I'll send over a
tug!" and he gives the bell mery click.
Our huge boat gives one shuddering
thro b that rocks her from end to end;one
plunge, ,and then she settles into steady
rush ,and forges rapidly and evenly ahead
Wider and wider grows the gap; and We
wind out of sight, with the beaten boat
five hundred yards behind US.
The cigar | took from my mouth to
make way for the deep, long sigh, is
chew ed to perfect pulp, A Wild, penl
up yell of half savage triumph goes up
from the crowded deck, such as is heard
nowhere else but where the captured work
rewards the bloody and oft-repeated
charge. Cheer after cheer follows; and
as we approach the thin column of smoke
curling over the trees between US, Styles
bestrides the PROSTATE form Of the still
sleeping Professor, and makes the CALI
ope yell and shrek that classic ditsy
"Old Gray Horse Come Out of the Will
derness!' at the invincible rival.
| doubt if a heartier toast was ever
drank than the "Colonel' gave the group
around the wheel-house, when Styles
''stood the wine, and plighted the pilot
The "Colonel'' was beaming, the glengary
set jauntily on one side, and his voice ac-
tually gurgled as he said:
"Egadl I'd miss my dinner for week
for this, gentlement, toast! Here's to
the old boatl God bless her soul?"
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Divorce Notice.

MARIA GRo3ENBACHER, of the city OF
Nl Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny,
in the State of Pennsylvania, is notified that
Stephen Grosenbacher did, the 18th day OF
November. A. D., 1866, file his petition in the
Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas, within and for the county of Monroe
and State of Ohio, charging the said Maria
Grosenbacher with willful absence for more
than three years, asking that he may be di.
vorced from the said Maria Grosenbacher,
which petition will be for hearing at the
spring term of said Court in the year A. d.
1867. Dated at Woedsfeld, this 10th day Of
November, 1866.
AMOS & SPRIGGS.
Atty's fer plaintiff.
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Errors of Youth.

Gentleman who suffered for years from
Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all
the effects of youthful indiscretion, will for
the sake of suffering humanity, send free to
all who need it, the recipe and directions for
making the simple remedy by which he was
cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the ad
vertiser's experience, can do so by address,
ing J0HNB. OGDEN,
febl4ly No. 13 Chambers ST., N. Y.
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phe Grovesteen Piano Forte still re-

Tlhe Grovesteen Piano Forte still re-
tains its precedence and great popularity, and
after undergoing gradual improvements for a
period of thirty yeats, is now pronounced by
the musical world to be unsurpassed and even
unoqualled in richness, volume and purity of
tone, durability and cheapness. Our new
scale, French. action, harp pedal, iron frame,
over-strung bass, seven octave, rosewood pl-
auos we are selling cheaper by from 500 to
$500 than the same style and finish are sold
by any other first-class makers in the ooun-
try. Dealers and all in want of good pianos
are invited to send for our Descriptive Cata-
logue, which contains photographs of our
different styles, together With prices. Medals,
almost without number, have been awarded
to the Grovesteen Piano, and at the Celebra-
TED Worlds Fair, though put in competition
with others from all parts of Europe and the
U. S.. it took the highest award.
Established 1886 Grovesteen & Co.,
jan10ly. 499 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
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STRANGE. But ITrue.

Every young lady and gentleman in the
United States can learn something very much
TO their advantage by return mail (free of
charge,) by addressing the undersigned.
Those having fears of being humbugged will
oblige by not noticing this card. All others
will please address their obedient servant,
TH0S. +. CHAPMAN,
feb14lv. S3l Broadway, New York.
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Batter for Fr,ffers.

Take half pound Of -four, one eunos
of butter, which melt, the whites of three
eggs well beaten, half glass of beer,
and enough water to make a thick, bat
ter. s.E 49,
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"Shall ladies have votes ?" asked a
stump speaker. "Certainly, replied a
strong-minded woman in the audience.
is woman only made to sew.on buttons |?
And, if she is, it is against the Law of
nature to turn away the needle from tho
roll. .h-Er. .sAsl
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

For Bronchitis, asthma, Cdtarrh, Con-
sumption and Throat Diseases,
rRocHEs ARE USED WITH ALWAYS GOOD SUCCESS.
Singers and Public Speakers
will find TRocHEs useful in clearing the voice
when taken before Singing or Speaking, and
relieving the throat after an unusual exertion
of the vocal organs. The TRooHEs are recon-
mended and prescribed by Physicians, and
have had testimonials from eminent men
throughout the country. Being an article of
true merit, and having PROVED their efficacy
by test of many gears, each year finds them
in new localities in various parts of the world,
and the TRocHEs are universally pronounced
better than other articles.
OBTAIN only "BRowN's BRoNcuIAL TRocHEs,"
and do not take any of the WORTHLESS IMI-
TATIoNs that may be offered. SOLD EVERY
WHERE. nov27m6
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Save Fifty Dollars.

A NY PERSON wishing to purchase one of
"A Grovesteen's Pianos, advertised in this
paper, can save fifty dollars of the price by
applying to the editor Of this paper junez5
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David S. Patton's Estate.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
was, on the 18th day of October, 1866, ap-
pointed Administrator Of the estate Of David
Patton. deceased. W. r. FORD.
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