St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-18

not say anything about their Uncle
George. Contound the fellow he was e
blacksmith Nor ask about Cousir
Rachel. Miserable thing She is ii
the poor house. Nor inquire about his
grandfather's politics. He was Tory.
Nor ask what became of his oldest broth
er- He was shot in hen roost Sew
eral of the family practised in the High
Courts of the United States and Eng
land-as criminals. One OF their kin
dred was martyr to chirography, hav-
ing written the name Of John Rathbone
N Co. under promlssory note, and
written it SO well that John Rathbone 4
Co. were jealous, and seriously objected.
But all this is nothing SO long as they
spell Smith with in the middle and
an c at the end. They have always
moved in the circle OF the Rittenhouses,
and the Minturns, and the Grinnels,
and the Nanderbelts. They talk much
of thcir silver plate to everybody save the
assessor. In the year 100 they had an
ancestor that rode in the carriage with
the Lord Mayor of London. Yet boy
one day had the audacity, with piece
of chalk, to erase the armorial bearings
from the side Of their coach, and, in al
lusion TO the industrial pursuits charged
OIL certain members Of that high family,
sketched in place thereof, as coat of
arms, bar OF soap and a shoe-last. Oh !,
this awful age Of homespun and big
knuckles. We would all have gone
back farther than we have in the search
of ancestral stars and carriers. crest and
scutcheon, but we are 50 afraid of falling
into kettles OF tried tallow, and beds OF
mortar, and pans Of dish water.
When God has given us 50 many fac
ulties to use, why use only one of them
With nifty white p;.lirrys to ride, why 10
tllting Il hobby
He who yields 10 this propensity never
sees the whole OF anything. There is no
sin in all the earth but slavery, or in-
temperance, or municipal dishonesty.
All the sickncsSeS would be healed if
they would take our medicine. The
only thin. needed to make the world
what it ought to be. is new pavement
on our sidewalk. If Ulysses gets into
the White House we shall have the mil
leunium. The nations are safe lis soon
as we can bring to an end the expccto-
rationS of tobacco juice. All that We
can see of anything is between the lea:h-
er pricked-up ears of our hobby.
This frantic urging on of our pet no
will In, nan,rlt { l,tr
in charger will sink down with lathcrcd
flauk- anl we bc passed on the road by
some Scotch Presbyterian, a>tride plain
draft horse that has been paSturine in
the field next To the kirk. Jogging along
at an easy pace. knowing it has been
elected that he is to reach the kingdom
Brethren. let lis take a palm-ieaf and
cool Oft. Let your hobby rest. Ii it
will not otherwise stop, tie it for u few
days t" the whifr-washed stump of mod
crn conservatism. DO not hurry things
too much Ii this world should be
saved next week, it would spoil some of
our professions. DO not let Us do up
things too quick. This world Is too big
a ship for Us TO guide. know from the
way she swings from larboard TO star
board that there Is Il strong Hand at the
helm. BE patient Gods clock strikes
but once or twice in a thousand years
but the wheels all the while keep turn
ing. Over the caravausarie OF Bethlc-
hem, with silver tongue, it struck ONE.
Over the University Of Erturt, Luther
heard It strike NINE. In the rockings OF
the present century ii has sounded ELEv-
EN. Thank God. 1t will strike
TWELVE.