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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10

YET THEY SELL RUM.-They sell it
to the beardle>s boy and he goes home
and abuses his widowed mother: and
falling from bad to worse, he is at last
sober only to steal, and steals only to be
drunk. They sell it 10 the gray headed
old man and he moves reeling about the
slippery streets Of winters night; goes
TO sleep in gutter and wakes in another
world. They sell it to the husband and
his home becomes hell, and his children
starve. They sell it to the unprincipled
wretch and he goes forth to murder and
TO burn. They sell it to the miserable
drunkard, despite his bloated cheek,
blood shot eye, and laltering speech; and
he goes away and falls into the grave.
The dramselers know all this, and yet
they sell rum.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10

HE PURITANs AND THE YANKEEs.-
10 the inquiry of the n. Y. E,emy Post,
whether the Yankees were dying out, the
E.rpreSs replies:
I'VE hope not-God never raised Il
better breed of men,-but no matter how
soon the Puritans among them die out,
or die otf,-for there never will be any
peace in the United States until there is
an end of them
We can tell our contemporary, after
having lived among the Iangees for more
than half a century, that when all the
Puritanism has died out of the Yankees,
there will be little of anything worth left,
but their clothes And as tor the
''peace" which the Puritans destroy in
this land, it is very much the same kind
of peace which certain man and his
disciples destroyed in Judea, eighteen
hundred years ago. ''Suppose We that |
have come to give peace on earth | tell
you nay; but rather DIVISION
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10

y RAILWAY NOVELTY. - \ Russian
engineer exhibits at the Paris exposition
a railway invention which has attracted
considerable curiosity. The object Is to
save the power gained in descent, now
lost in the friction of the brakes, with
wear and tear, and use it in an ascent.
To do this the engineer has attached to
the locomotive two very heavy fly
wheels. Going down hill they act as a
brake, and the force they gather Will
carry the train up an equal rise, less the
friction. Here model train loaded with
water runs down sharp incline, the
water runs off, and the force of the fly
wheel carries the train back to the place
of starting. In this way short line,
taking coal down an incline-from the
pits mouth, for example-could be
worked without any power but that
gained by each descent of the train.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10

UNINFLAMABLE DRESSES 1t is much
to be regretted that the process of rem
dering the materials of ladies' muslin
dresses uninhamable is not more gener-
ally understood and used. Either OF
three Observation-Disclosures ammonia,
of soda, and sulphate OF ammo
MIA, can be mixed in the starch, and at
the cost of two cents a dress, deaths
from burned garments can be rendered
Articles OF apparel subject
ed to these agents can, if they burn at
all, only smolder and in no case can
they blaze up in that sudden and terrible
manner in which SO may fatal accidents
have occurred to the fair wearers OF
crinoline. Artisan.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10

GLrCERINE AND ITS UsEs.-Glvcer-
me i'll It's pure state is clear, colorless
liquid syrup, of a swedish taste, being
the sweet principles contained in oil and
FATTY bodies. Although lis existence has
been known TO science, yet, like many
other articles OF kindred nature, its value
in science long remained unknown. In
1911 lis value for medical purposes was
first discovered, in which year it was in
troluced into the London Hospital, for
diseases of the skin, deafness, and other
complaints.
In Russia the article is extensively
used by all classes, who apply it TO the
lace, handS and ears us a protection a.
aainst intense cold, as it will not freeze
1T any temperature, and excludes the air
without The evaporation. 1t is also much
u%r'l us AN adjunct to the bath soften
ing the skin pleasantly, and also bears a
high reputation as a lotion for the COM
pieXiOn. In the arts its uses are mani
fold; by pertumers as preservative fluid
tor flowers and fresh plants; in photo
praphy to keep pictures in an unfinished
stale, and also in keeping the colors OF
organic bodies. Large quantities of this
article are consumed by manufacturers
of chewing tobacco, who find it valuable
in maintaining the soitness of their pro-
ducc, while imparting sweetness to the
taste.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10
Gen. Grants Letter.

The letter of General Grant to the
President upon the removal of Stanton
and Sheridan is characteristic of the
man. 1t shows the same supreme good
sense which distinguishes Grant as it did
Lincoln the same sagacity and moder-
alton, clearness and tirmness which
endear him more and more to the coun-
try. In regard to Mr.. Stanton the Cen
eral reminds the President that the Ten
ure of Office Bill was intended especially
to protect the Secretary of War, and
concludes quietly: "The meaning of the
law may be explained away by an astute
lawyer, but common-sense and the views
of the loyal people will give to it the eff
feet intended by its tramers'' In speak
ing of Sheridan he gives him high praise
in saying : ''He is universally and de-
servedly beloved by the people who sus-
tanned this Government through its tri-
ais. and feared by those who would still
be the enemies of the Government"
1t seems to be impossible for any man
to pretend further that he does not know
what Grants views and sympathies are
Could he make them more clear, could
he awaken profound.r public confidence
If he should write letter advocating Ger
tain details of policy On the Contrary
if there be any thing which would dis
turb the feeling which the vast body of
faithful Union men in the country enter
tain for General Grant, it would he a
letter from him .'dchning his position"
Deep and permanent faith in public men
at such period as this is not founded
upon what they say for particular pur-
pose. but is the result of the impression OF
their whole career.
This letter, written under a strong
sense ofpublic duty, shows that the Gen
erals opinion o.. the policy of reconstruc-
tion which has been adopted is that OF the
most intelligent men in the country. Sap
porting his friend Sheridan against the
rebel pressure TO which the President
gladly yielding, he says that the assertion
constantly made that the administration
was dissatisfied with Sheridan ''cmbod-
ened the opponents of the laws of Con
greSs within his command To oppose him
III every way in their power, AMI has
rendered necessary measures which utl-
crwisc may never have been necessary
Those laws are to be repealed. or they
are 10 control reconstruc ion. The Dam
ocratic party will 20 into the election
clamoring tor its repeal, and insulting
Sheridan and all the .'eatrap," who en-
forced the law. The Republican party
will insist that the principle of the law.
namely, the equal rights OF all the cili-
zens. shall contInu. 10 inspire recon>;ruc-
uoh. One Of the two parties viii sue
ceed. There will not be Il new party.
and, OF course, ii the Republicans repeal
the law they retire from the contest
Can there be any doubt, then. that Cen
eral Grant will be the Republican candi-
date as the representative OF the R,pub-
lican policy He will hc the President
elected by the principle which maintain
ed the war to its trIumphal close. - II.
Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10

DIDN'T LIKE TIE LIQUoR.-The Pert
land Argus tells story of a countryman
who was coming from that place to Bos-
ton on one of the steamers and who met
with a curious accident. The vessels, it
seems, have fire aRnihilators placed round
in convenient spots. The gentleman from
the interior became thirsty; eyed an an
nhiator for time and evidently con-
cluded it was some new-fangled drinking
arrangement and was not going to show
his greenness by asking about it. So he
stepped up smartly, put the nozzle in his
mouth and turned it on. The effect was
instantaneous and stupendous. The
countryman was knocked sprawling some
ten feet away. The shock to his inter
nal organization must have been some
thing tremendous, for he remained sense
less and speechless for some time When
he sufficiently recovered to articuate, he
wanted to know if "the biler had bust ~
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10

"Taking them one with another" said
Sidney Smith," Il believe my congrega-
ton to be the most exemplary observers
of the religious ordinances for the poor
keep all the fasts and the rich all the
feasts."
Mayor McMichael of Philadelphia
married a couple the other day ami in re-
ply to the question what was the price
of the ceremony, said there was no regu-
lar charge. "Gosh Mr.. Mayor, give
US your hand," exclaimed the groom,
''your Just the kind of feller | like to
meet" and shaking the worthy chief
magistrate violently 10y the hand, bowed
himself to the door.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10
Hints for the Uinter.
The following rules are not from Hall
Journal

The following rules are not from Hall 5
Journal
AS winter approaches, great care
should be taken to suitably clothe and
protect the body from cold. You owe ii
to yourselves to do so, no matter how
much you owe your tailor
Dress SO as to keep the body of uni
form temperature if possible. If you
haven't any uniform enlist so as to get
one.
Some persons require more clothing
than others. For instance, we can get
along with less than the man who stole
our overcoat-at least we do.
Don't take bath in cold room un-
til the room has been warmed. Cold
water can be used with impunty, taken
hot.
When going into the cold you can
guard against colds, sore throat, and in
tlammation of the lungs, by keeping the
mouth and nostrils closed, and breath
Ing through the ears if they are long
enough.
If you get any of your clothing wet
or damp, change as soon as possible. If
you havn't any change break a dollar
note and get some.
BE exceedingly careful about exposing
yourself to draft of cold. A draught
of hot whisky may lead to equally bad
results.
Secure good ventilation in your sleep
ing apartments. Some of you have to
sleep out Of doors to get it. Don't be
afraid to leave your windows open, un-
less you have been drinking hard, and
feel alarmed least you may jump out.
Thousands of people suffer from cold
feet, especially during the night. As
they are mostly bachelors and old maids,
all we have got to say is, it serves them
right.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10

those great departments of human knowl-
edge which are concerned with medicine
whose mere romance has been touched
upon in these random tes-London
.S0cicty.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10

A young man, not far from Portland,
Me-, was attending his sick father, (who
was rigid Baptist and while rubbing
his fathers lack, their pastor, who was
present, asked the son if he was not bear
ing on too hard. "No, SIR" the son re-
piled, "hes hard shell Baptist"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10

The last kind of match for the champi-
onship is invented by man who adver-
;ises in 4 London paper as follows:
-. H. Adams will whistle any man
within fifty miles of London for 81 up
10 s., VINO has never whistled for a like
sum. Min and money ready at Mr..
Philips, Langley place, Commercial road
East"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10
THE MAN

a.Iut trust Lie feeling no doub; did business On
B. -lglplc. Sp king Il ci Gu. Id Us that you
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'.e % tASsINs'S SpIilNG MAI IRESSES
.. N''l>. y tiue us-oi tInen OF nice Covers just
N..ll aud .Luui. Etstcru iNcnue st. j.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10
-ANUFACTURING PURPOSES
'.t;3 { BAKER SEWING MACHINE co.
A MAN OUT WEST

-'7l. ing gale Of wind. said "a y,I How dog wa
80 With lis month pen, and .uruc cuu.plct,Iy IN
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- wi or ether, ] ut 20 1T ,ucc and ord,
8 CASSINO'S STRING. MAlTEESSES and
.D g.. IL cIa Ih Il bc C'u!iO table these luI.g
scuiugs, anu sleep vel h oold gut.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-10
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-24
HOW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS VOTE
THEMSELVES RICH.

General Sanford E. Church, in his
speech at the recent great New York mass
meeting, exposed the way Congressman
corruptly vote themselves rich, in the
name of loyalty" He said:
81 desire to ask Mr.. Atkinson why il
was that two dollars gallon was put upon
highwines which did not apply to the
quantity on hand
| desire to ask him whether he does not
know, and every man does not know, that
members of Congress and Radical politi-
clans bought largely of highwines before
that tax vas put on, and then pocketed
the two dollars gallon which that tax in
creased it in price Why it would not
take great many barrels of highwines to
make man rich. That tax would amount
at forty gallons to the barrel, to eighty
dollars barrel, and thousand barrels of
highwines, which is not great quantity,
would make a man very rich. l charge
here, without fear of contradiction, that
men high in ofice-members of the Senate
and House of Overwhelmingly
voted that tax tc put the money into their
own pockets. Applause. And yet you
are asked to sustain that party and that
policy"
General Church followed up his expo
sure of Radical robbery, and added:
II desire 10 ask Mr.. Atkinson this 9ues-
ton: What has become of the hundred
millions of dollars they have collected on
whisky, not one dollar of which ever
reached the treasury? [Cheers.l They
ought 10 have had one hundred and eighty
millions of dollars from whisky. They
never had thirty millions, and allowing a
liberal margin in price. One hundred
millions of dollars has been collected from
the people every year upon that simple ar
ticle, not one of which ever reached the
public treasury. want to ask this Mr..
Atkinson what has become of this large
sum? | want to ask him whether he does
not know that this hundred millions year
has gone TO enrich the pockets OF Radical
members of Congress and Radical polit l.
clans all over the country, and while you
have been toiling and lsboring to support
yourselves and your families these rascals
have been filching your money and stealing
from the public treasury" lGreat cheer
ing
And there are honest tax-paying citi-
zens, who, under the influence of party ex-
citement, are ready to continue these
fhiavas in noUpr
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-24
DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH
EIROPE

The direct expectation Of cotton from
the South to Europe would, of course,
bring about q more extensive Southern
importation and consumption Of Euro-
pean faDries Herein, again, we twould
be great gamers, Not Onlysswould wo
gain IN the quality, and reap profit for
the eheapness Of the goods thus substi-
tuted for Northern trade would tend to
improve our political standing. The truth
Is, that, having secured, since the close
of the war the command Of our cotton
trade, the north now has a commercial
performance that contributes largely
to the feeling that treats US as interiors
and dependents in the Union. This pre-
dominance is not healthy condition,
commercially or politically, and our best
interests demand It's modification.
the two principal Southern ports from
which such direct expectation of cot
ton to Europe can be most successfully
carried on, are clearly New Orleans ami
Savannah, because they are now the lar
gest cotton receiving ports, and are likely
hereafter to receive even a larger proper
ton of the crop then at present. We
are pleased to see that both these cities
have made some preparations for such a
trade, having vessels engaged to com
mence at an early day. Our people
should be prompt to second the mOye-
ment There is nothing like a good and
successful beginning. Let the vessels
now engaged have full cargOes, and more
will be put upon the lines, until the ac-
cOmmOdation shall be ample for the
transportation of any amount Of the
crop. A successful direct shipment OF
one fourth of the crop to European ports
this winter viii lead to the shipment OF
still larger proportion next year, and
thus in a short time all the advantages to
which we have above adyertted Will be
secured to us-COlumbus (Ga) En-.
quirer
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-24

The Free Masons are to hold an inter-
national convention at Havre. One of the
questions on the list of problems they are
10 discuss is: "In what manner may Free
Masonry counteract the current idea of
war, which is hostile to every notion of
human fraternity"
The work on the new suspension bridge
at Niagara, which was begun a year sgo
last June, will be finished in about a
month. The bridge extends from point
lust below the American Falls to point
on the Canadian side, just below the Clifton
House.
The propriety of changing the site Of
Yale College to more ample grounds is be-
ing discussed. The sale of the present
location would give net profit of $780,.
600 over what it would cost to buy new
and better one.
A letter received from Fort Lyon, de-
tails the capture, last Monday, of a niece
of an estimabIe lady of Chicago, and her
child, by the Indians. There were but ten
men in The party, and they were attacked
by seventy.fVe Indians. The lady captured
had the money with her belonging TO the
family. She wrote the following to her
husband on a card which was afterward
picked up: "Diek: Nellie and / are pris-
oners. They are going TO keep US if We
live. Save US If you can. We are with
them. CLARA BLAIR"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-24

PAYMENT OF AN ELECTION WAGER
Betting on the result Of an election ID a
foolish business at the best but 10 bet a
hat or a suit OF clothes is not so stupid as
to bet 10 saw a cord of wood in public, or
to wheel a man in a wheelbarrow, or 10
carry a man on your shoulders. All these
bets have been made, and paid. But about
the most silly wager that we ever heard OF
was made on the result Of the late city
election. A few weeks ago, Anthony J.
Brown, third ward Radical, and Joseph
Long, Democrat, made bet on the slsc
ton, Brown agreeing that in case Tyndale,
the Radical candidate for Mayor, was de
featid, to play hand-crgan in front Of his
house, northwest corner of Third and Cath
ariue streets, from A. NJ. to P. NJ. with
half an hour inteTmission for dinner, Long
to do the same thing should Fox be De
fealed On Friday Mr.. Brown had the
pleasure of paying the forfeit. He ground
the organ all day long. and was continually
surrounded by a large crowd. He had a
box on top of the organ, and into this pen
MES and curTency were dropped by people
who were silly enough to encourage such
tomfoolery. The money thus contributed
was given By the loser Of the bet to the
family of policeman Young. We pity the
neighborhOOd that had to endure this
nuisance of all day.-Phiiaddphia Age
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-24
THE CANVASS.
An Important Letter From Preside
Johnson 10 GOV. Seymour

An Important Letter From President
Johnson 10 Gov. Seymour.
BUFFALO, Oct. 2S.-The following dis
patch from President johnson was read
BY Gov. Seymour here this morning:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, d.
c., Oct. p, 196S.-To Hon. Horatio Sey-
mour: l see it announced in the papers Of
this morning that you will enter the Presi-
Dental canvass in person. / trust this
may be go, as the present position of pub
lie affairs iustifies and demands it. 1t is
hoped and believed by your friends that
all the enemies Of constitutional govern
ment, whether secret or avowed, will not
be spared, and that their arbitrary and
unjust suspensions, together with the waste
ful, profigate and corrupt uses of the pub
lie treasure, viii be signally exposed and
rebuEed.
The mass of the people should be
aroused and warned against the encroach-
ments of the despotic power now ready TO
enter the very citadel of liberty. | trust
you may speak with an inspired tongue
and that your voice may penetrate every
heart throughout the land, let the living
principles of a violated Constitution be
proclaimed and restored, that peace, proc
perity and fraternal feeling may return TO
divided and oppressed nation.
(Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-24

AN account Of the singular effect pro-
duced by lightning was lately given By
Gen. NORM before the French Academy OF
Sciences. In the Department of the Yonne
the lightning struck a whole village, and
set several cottages on FIRE and in Que in
sane, oansed n most extraordinary metal
lurgic phenomenon. 10 the drawers OF one
Of the burnt cottages we're some gold coins
and twenty-five franc pieces IN silver.
The electric fluid melted these coins 10
four ingois of a most strange appearance
The silver coins have been completely
neled but the gold coins, although l.
cruslrd and adhsring to each other, have
not been dsfacsd, the ,lfgies on each being
dislil city iraceable. These inguts have
been deposilsd at the COnservatOire te'
Arts ct Meters.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-24
FOREIGN.

New YORK, Oct pa Panama letter
states that all the ports of that Slate are
declared closed, The government could not
raise twelve thousand dollars to hire q
steamer to take troops TO Chiriqui to put
down the rebellion there. An armed force
took possession of the American newspaper,
the Chronicle, and were supposed to be
looking for the Spanish editor. Some three
thousand stand of American arms, prop
erty of a New York firm, were seized by
the authorities on the Ilth, and carried of
TO the barracks.
A letter from the Sandwich Islands, con-
firms the reported subsidience of the South
Eastern shore of the Island of Hawaii,
The Rev. Coan states that the subsidence
is plainly shown by trees which were once
on dry land, being now in the sea and
rocky inlets once five feet out of water
being now submerged.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-24
ARKANSAS.

The Assassination of a Member of
Congress.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 13.-The Democrat has
a special telegram from Little Rock, Ar
kansas, as follows:
"Hon. Jas. Kinds, member Of Congress
from the Second District, was assassinated
to-day while travelling through Monroe.
Jas. r. Brooks, who was. with Kinds, was
wounded, but it is supposed not fatally. Jas.
Coolsey, an out-spoken Republican, was
murdered in the same county, near ClaTen-
don. q few DAYS sincen