St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-10-22

! the life and times of James Fisk, jr.,
that he commenced his business career
As an employee in Van Aambur@h's
menageric, and served long term i'll
"stirring up the animals" Here, then,
we have the solution of his wonderful
skill in stirring up the bulls and bears OF
Wall street. Trained among hyen;,s anu
royal Bengal tigers, the bulls, bears ana
lame ducks of Wall street, were mere
childs play to Fisk.-N. T. He'"'"
A Devonshire matron, whose husband
SHORES badly, keeps clothcs-pr@ under
meath her inflow, and when his snoring
iawakes her. she adjusts the peg on MS
hasal organ. and then SAUNDERS peace
fully.
A man on the day he became 100
years old went to have PAR OF shoes
made. rcmarkiug that he wanted them
built substantial, with plenty OF hob
nails. The >torekeepcr suggested that
ne might not live to wear such pair OF
shoes out. when the old man Indignantly
retorted that he commenced thus 100
years a good deal stronger than he did
the last one.
To cure corns Hold your feet near
the fire until the corn5 pop. This Is
said to be a sure cure.
A pretty good story is told Of the son
of distinguished Berkshire divine who
one Sunday had exchanged with a not
very powerful preacher The young
man had attended church in the morning,
but not shown" an inclination to 20
again, the preacher venturei to ask him
if she was not going to meeting In the ai-
;ernoon ~ well, guess not dryIy
responded the youth; Il hear poor
preaching enough when father Is at home
In lis early days the -1ha C4liJo,ml
once contained paragraph which ran
thus: ''NNc have no W IN our type, Is
there is none in tie Spanish alphabet.
| We have sent to the Sandwich Islands
for this letter; until it arrives, we must
Use two v"
James OlipIant, minister to Dunn
barton, had Il curious habit OF making
running comments. in a low tone Of
voice, a- he read the Scriptures. Hence,
as he never cured himself OF the prac-
tice, those seats nearest the pulpit We're
the most highly priced Here are two
samples OF his ''pulpit notes Read
IN" of the swine running into the sea.
he muticrered, "Oh tl.At the devil had
been checked too :" Reading Peters Ie-
marks, 'We have left all aad followed
thee" the minister calculated, Aye,
boastin', Peter, aye, bra@gin'; what mad
yc 10 leave but an OH crazy boat, and,
maybe, two or three broken nets =
\ pungent little incident occurred in
an argument before the Superior Court
i'll New Haven ON Friday last on the
Derby railroad question. Mr. II Is.
Harrison, counsel for tnr road, was con-
tending that, in.smuch II the legislature
did, only SIX day, days bctur, the cNpi-
ration OF the charter, execute important
lcgi-iation in reference 10 the completion
ii the Derby railroad, il WAS ridiruiou>
70 argue that IT. charter could be forfeit
ed by the old terms 81 nOr-coGnplctiou ut
a certain prriod-Ur that the legislature
could possibly eNpcc; the railroad 10 hc
completed in sir dn~. ut this point
Mr.. 7. +. Dooli;tle (who was making
sharp ti4ht ON the other ~ide.D -;.eostcd
hat possibly brother Harrison had
read of Il little incidrnt in sacred history
in which w,rk OF nearly the size and
of the Derby railroad was
completed in six days lie referred to
the creation OF the world" "Ah, We
that X very true responded Mr..
Harrison. "but brother Doolitt,e om't-
+" mention u very important fact i'll that
He should remember that
during the creation .SH,m 3c0> MT b,aagiDy
.To~m utb lis rocLet> J"I/oI r,nson>t,mc..
'r@i U4'mctionS, 0qpoi,ny and oi>t,ratnyM,
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