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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-04-16

As the period of the road embargo APP
breaches again. we cannot help thinking
whether the time-honorcd policy of our
70 d makers be correct. No doubt they
think the expense OF highways is enough
a. it is. but isn't there some way to less
en- that expense, not for this year, nor
for next, but for twenty or hundred, II
YOU please We boast and we think
truly. of the superiority of our New Eng
land civilization. of our qulckness to per
ceive and adopt everything winch addS
to our comfort and convenience, and yet
we have worse highways than any coun-
try of equal wealth or age in ChrlSten-
DOM For the next two months every
stick of wood or timber, every pound OF
produce, every vehicle, nay every boot
and shoe that is made, pay heavy tax
10 those rounded lines of soft dirt and
water. we call roads. The draught an
imals are exhausted more than by the
whole summers work business Is OBJ
-truc,ed or stands still pleasure is sus-
pended, though that is no consequence,
perhaps.
The Romans had neither forks. nor
steam their clothing was uncomtorta-
/ bic school houses were not, yet they
scanned Italy with broad, smooth high
ways, the most of which after two thou
sand years OF wear and neglect, is fan
! better than the best road in Vermont.
/ Suppose some cnterprising surveyor, IN
stead OF scraping Il little mud and turI
into the middle Of the road to help MAKE
it worse than it is already, We're TO try
to do thouSandth part rs we'll as the
conuuerors OF the world, and thus get VI
a highway that would last for two years.
/ Or stiil better. take bad spot somewher,
and do Il hundrcdth of tier labor. The
taxes would lie tremendous for Il year OF
two, and the growing proportionate, bu
railroads will not reach every mans door
and the time Is coming when Tie slovcn
" dirt mounds of the present generation
will be only 4 thing Of the past, and To-
comotion will he feasible all the veal
rounI.-NoHy liza. Fr,.ma,.
Tie above article from the Freeman /
very GOOD as far as it goc>. 1t tells II
what very many already know, and wha
all particularly realize just at this time
But il stops too soon. Now will SOM
one tell Us hotr to make good roads. w
believe there are a great many highwa,
surveyors and road commissioners vile
would take the ''growlin." like martyr
il they only knew how to make the roads
Il has come to he generally believed
that good roads cannot h. made in thi
country without Undertaking. Whyr
. Is thr cnicrpri,ip4 surveyor who vii
. post himself on the best modes ui road
making and experiment with shor
piece the coming season Drain tile
cheap. and if understanding Is the fir
requisite, "a, we believe it ~ let = tria
be made.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-04-16

PI~ruLs ANp CurFEE.-Ihc phcniN
pubIi-he, the following curt cpistle OF
one citizen Of Brattleboro to another; an
unusual document for the latitude Of
Vermont:
BEArTLEBoEo, April ,, 1869.
Eitor Ph,air:-Will you be 50 kind
A. TO insert III your next ISSUE, the en-
closed note to Mr.. Alexander.
SIR: you are aware that in all public
gatherings subject 10 parliamentary law,
low personalities should never be indul.-
ed in.
You are aware that difference of opin-
ion or personal enmity toward any party,
will never excuse you for making Il
cat>paw Of any third party.
You are aware that III SO doing you
frosty in,ullcd me at duly warned
town meeting, held in the town hall,
March 81, 1869.
l expect an immediate, ample, and
public apology, the least you can DO in
return for 50 unprovoked an attack.
.JNO. CURTIS TYLER.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-04-16

Jane" SAID Mr.. Boggs its all over
town :" "Whal's all over town ,"
Mud" James eyes dropped.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-04-16

IIENEru A>p IIoME. - The Hearth
aad Home Tor April l. Is a splendid
number livery one who has farm or
Iardou. o. who want, entertaining aud
instructive reading for the family will
find it in tins paper.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09
THE FATE OF SIR JOHN
FRANKLIN.

Halls detailed report Of his arctic ex-
petition is published /; appears there
i no longer Il shadow Of hope that any
one survives frnm The Franklin company.
IL is thought that none nf them reached
even So far rs Montreal Island. Their
homes lie scattered nlong the coast Of
King William Island some in isolated
graves, aud others where they died in
companies. Their melancholy history
has crownius terror in the knowledge
that they died Of Starvation through the
base behavior of the E<quimaux. On
learning their fate. Capt. Hall was re-
ducci to the awful necessity Of taking
thc life Of one Of his own mutinous men,
Hall states that the "Ernbus" and Ter.
ror" were abandoned. One ship Of Sir
John Frinklin's was in complete exder.-
Four boats hanging high up at ,he >kip's
side and on ias quarter deck. The Yes.
sci was IN winter housing nf sail cloth
! his vessel was gound ~ the sa'ives near
O'ReilIy Island, latitude So. 30". longi-
tudc $50 8" west, carly in the spring of
1919, being frozen in the midst Of u
smooth unbroken foe Of ice of ony one
winters formation.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09
MOUNT HOOD!
PEOPLE OF OREGON.
LOOK TO YOUR INTERESTS!

F, u. MORRIS 81 ". &. AVERY,
both old Oregouians. having beyond q doubt the
largest OK in the world, propose to the people "i
oregon TO take this monster to the Atlantic States
and exhibit him as an Oregon production. This
animal was raised by Mr. +. NJ Morris. an Bnfter
Creek. UmatilIa county. Before leaving the State
they wish every man, woman and child IN oregon
TO see Mount Hood upon legs, and in order to give
them an opportunity to do so. they will exhibit
him at the Linn County and State Fairs. for the
sum of 25 cents children bali price. Their object
in doing this is to raise funds for transportation
All those who think that IT viii have tendency
to wake up the people OF the Eastern States 70
realize the fact that there is such place as Orc
gon on the Pacific slope. and that not only large
cattle but everything else is in advance OF the
rest Of the world and all that il necessary is in
dustry and economy I'd realize fortune in Oregon
in few years. and that it is the best place to en-
Joy fortune after it has been accumulated. Busi-
ness men make note of this, and remember that
money makes the OK go, and patrOnizc us accord
ingly.
". C. Avery will also have supply of Mrs. L.
A. Stipps Thoracic Balsam on hand, and for sale
v5n4w5
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

4 MogRNER---Nlark Twain thus
mourns over Adams grave: The tomb
of Adam. How touching it vas, here il
the land ofsirangers, far away from home,
and friends, and all who cared for ne, thus
IN discover the grave of "A blood relation.
True. distant one, but still relation.
The unerrisg instinct of nature thrilled
its recognition. The fountain of my fiIial
was stirred to It's profouudast
depths, and gave way to OtumuAuous emo
tlon. | leaned upon pillar and burst
into tears. | deemed it no shame TO have
wept over the grave of my poor dead rela-
tive. Let him WHO would sbeer at mx
emotion, close this volume here, for he
will find little TO his taste in my Journey
ings through the Holy Land. Noble old
man-he did not live to see me-he did
not live to see his child. And I-I-alas,
| did not live to him. Weighed down
by sorrow aud disappointment. he died
before, was boru-six thousand brief
snmmess before | was born. But let US
try and bear it with fortitude. Let us
trust that he is better off where he is.
Let US take comfort in, the thought that
his loss is our eternal gain.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09
JOSH BILLrNGs PAPERS.

never bet on man who is always
telling what he would have done if he
had been there / have noticed that this
kind never gets there.
The fear of the law here and hereafter
has furnished US some very clever speci-.
mens Of Christianity.
Fools don't know their strength; If
they did they would keep still.
Trac happiness seems TO consist in
wanting all that VIC can enjoy, then gcs-
ting all VIC want
Beauty never dies; it is lie truth,
they both have an Immortality some
where.
Truth IL radical. fiction is conservative.
= lfyou would make yourself agreeable
wherever you 90. listen TO the grievances
of others but Deyer relate your own.
Men never seem TO get tired Of talking
OF themselves; but have heard them
when | thought they showed signs Of
weakness.
Common sense is generally despised by
those who haven't got it.
z Although mankind worship wealth, I
will give them credit for one thing-tbey
seldom mistake it for brains.
Monuments are poor invessmcnts-the
bad don't deserve and the good don't
need them.
The best way to keep secret is to for
get it.
1t isn't so much trouble to get rich as
it is to tell when we have got rich
If man wants to get his actual dimen-
sions. let him visit the graveyard.
| don't care how much man talks, if
he would say il in few words.
Anybody can tell where lightning
struck last. but it takes smart man to
find out where it is going to strike next
time this is one Of the differences between
learning and wisdom
have got a first-ratc recollection but
no memory. can recnlIcct very dis
tinctly Of losing tcn-dolIar bill, but can't
remember where to save my life.
There are some folks whose thoughts
can't be controlled; they are ike twins.
they can't be had. and can't be stopped
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

\ Swiss journal mentions that the
neighborhood of Menrisio, in the Tieino.
is Infested with plague of Black snierpiA
lars, which enter the houses, creep into
the beds and cause painful swelling By
their touch. Some persons have endcnv.
ored to protect their dwellings by laying
a train Of sulphur around, but without
avail. Thousands Of these insects have
been killed, but the number does not
seem to decrease. In localities prayers
have been, offered up for the removal Of
the scourge.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

/ can see," cried he, rather excited,
would be if cut up Thousand OF
my co1cJsidcs in strips and furnish these
strips to our suffering people, who
should freely use them on the backs OF
the advocates Of monopoly That, sir,
is the only relief and remedy | Idesire. +"
These were the words, 0 Greeley,
sabib, of the enameled-leather man,
and not mine but what benefit il the
future castigation of monopolists to my
present distress Of being unabled to
bring orship enameled leather to Bonn
bay? Can you not devise in your po-
litical-economical brain a spcedier
remedy?
Always, with great respect,
a. CUmoUs1BHoY,
OF Apollo street, Bombay.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09
No. q.
To Horace Greely:

SAH1B: Far from discouraged by
not being able to buy 200 tons of Amer
ican made tough ingot copper for ex-
portation to Bombay, said to myself
there are hundreds of other articles /
have seen just in my rambles in New
York which will sell we'll in India I
shall pick up more goods than I have
money to pay for them. I had noticed
a very desirable, calico print, which
would sell in Bombay by the Toe, 900
pieces. soon found out the, great
factory situated in, Providence. Moth
ing can exceed the politeness, with
which I was received by the great sa-
hib of the cotton prints. When ]
asked the price of the goods / found
them to be about % per cent. dearel
IN gold than a similar print, called in
England, Schwabey's, could be bought
for in Manchester. When / made. the
calico sahib aware of this fact, he said
"Of course I know it, but you can,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

4 SPECIAL DisPATcH-Thc following
is London special to the New York
Eceuing MaH:
"LoNDoN; 6 p. M.-The Hoxfords 'ad
hit hall their hown way, 'eading hoff the
Awards from the start. Simmonds was
hevidentIy hagitated, hand pulled han
nervous hoar, and Loring was 'ot hon
haccount hof the boil. but hall The both.
ers pulled hevenly. Hit his TO be 'oped
that this friendly tug will 'astcn the set.
Element hof the Halabama hafiair
Yours heyer, CRATIC"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

not import Schwabey's prints and lay
them down in New York for the price
] sell mine"
"But," I said, "I want to buy 90
900 pieces of this print for the Bombay
market. 1 know they will sell there
we'll and supersede the English prints.
Their style il really better in every re-
spect, yet, in reality and intrinsically,
not worth more than Schwabey's. "
TA1y friend" said this great cotton
sahib to me, "my counlry has of late
appeared to me Utopian Congress
and the Senate I have always put down
as Utopinn but you nre more Utopinn
tharsall these, If you came here all the
way from Bombay to buy my goods for
export; firstly, we have our own mar
ket and get more here for the goods
than we could abroad, which il, Of
course, owing to our protective tariff;
secondly, although we have cotton
cheaper, machinery better, and labor
more skillful than in Europe, still the
high price for labor and dcarness Of
money will not let ms produce rs
chcaply ns Europe. If the iron peo-
pie were not 80 greedy, and wool man
80 rapac0us, and all the
rest of the monopolists 80 unreasona-
bic. we might reduce the necessaries
Of life, building materials, and other
commodities. labor could be got cheap
or, and no doubt we could beat Eng
land in calico prints. All this viii
work round. NJ opinion il unaltera-
bly, fixed; and I don't mind to tell
You, rs an intelligent stranger, this
country needs capital. cieGp money,
that's NIL. Wait until We get "a rich
as England, then YOU will see. Until
then I sec no other remedy for us but
the tariff.
Thus spoke the great cotton sahib,
while |, with longing eve. once more
looked at the handsome print which
would sell 80 we'll III India. and would
20 far towards cnrlching this country
with the very capital the cotton sahib
so much crayed. And is there really
no other remedy but what the cotton
sahib suggested? Oh Greeley. Gahib
Reflect and weigh these matters in
your great political, economical mind
and look for spcedier solution.
With great respect,
4. CUmosmHoY,
Parsce Of Appollo street, Bombay.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

AGuE.-Mr. Martin, in paper read
before the Therapeutic society of France,
states, proved fact, that the common sun
flower possesses the faculty of freeing the
from tie animal and vegeta-
BILE germs supposed to constitute the mi
asms productive of fever and ague. He
says the experiment has proved success
ful in the low districts, near Richefort,
and that the Dutch have proved its valxe
in neutralizing the noxious effects of
exhalations. The sunflower has long been
as a fattener of poultry, and
supplying food for bees, etc., and many
people cultivate them chiefly for that
purpose. But if Mr.. Martins theory be
correct, we expect to see it more largely
cultivated, especially in low-lying dis.
tricts, aud the homely-looking flower will
be blessed by thousands, who now look
with horrid anticipation for the return OF
their regular shaking day" The theory,
apparently new in Europe, was long ago
broached here.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR a SENSATION
-1propos of Mrs. Stow, 3 Byron story,
the public may recall the scandal which
was cSrrent at one time concerning Thack-
cray and Charlotte Bronte. An Ameri-
can lady, meeting Thackery just before
his death, said to him: Is it true this
dreadful story ne hear about you and
Miss Bronte p . Madam" replied the
novelist, q it is, crievc TO say, too true.
Six children we're the fruit of that unhaL
lowed intimacy. and killed them al
with my own hand"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

Too MUcH HAIR.-A Paris coTrespon-
dent says the Bavarian girls. whatever
may be the reason, have the fnsst hair In
Europe. There is in town where the fair
Austrian Empress passed her childhood'
the monument of = giSl who died of hav--
ing too much hair. 1t is stated in her.
epitaph that the noaEishment of her body
was absorbed By the capillary vessels. aud
that her hair in the short space of ten
months grew to the extraordinary length
of three years.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

About 800 of the Miners Union started
from Virginia City, with fife and drum,
on the 10Th, for the purpose of expelling
the Chinese from the works on the Vir-
ginia and Truckee Railroad The authori-
ties read the riot act and tried to get the
miners to disperse, but without success.
As they approached, the Chinamen drop
ped their tools, ran to their camps and
gathering up thcr effects, put for the
hills. No injury was done to any OF them
or to the companies works
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09
BY AND BY.

by and by We say II softly,
Thinking of IA tender hope,
Stirring always in our bosoms,
Where so mnny longings grope.
by aud by Oh love shall greet us,
In time that ie 10 come.
And the fears thst now defeat us.
Then shall all bo stricken dumb!
By aud by! The mournful sorrows
clouding o'er our sky 10 day.
Shall be gone In glad to-morrows--
Shall be banished quite away!
BY and byl We say il gently.
Looking ON our silent dead,
And We do not think Of earth life,
But of Heavens sweet life iastcad
BY aud by! We look in ycarning
Toward the harbur uf the biesi,
And We sec the tcacon's burning,
In the purts Of perfect rest.
ny and by Our ship shall anchor,
Ii the tide and wind are fair.
Some day in the port "f Heaven.
Hhcre ouy lost and loved ones are.
by and by oh say II softly.
Thinking not of earth aud care,
But the by aud by of lteaycn.
Waiting for ut over there
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09
GOING AND COMING.

Gains--the Ers at rnunI Sun.
Dragging the captive Day
Over beyond the irowning bill.
over behind the bay
Dying.
CominS--ibe duaky Night.
Silently siCsl.uss u.s
Cloamily drariug 'ha sa1, warm couch.
Where the C;.'lleH- haired bay had bee
Lying.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

A HEAVY REToRT,-" You have not
one drop Of the great Napoleon's blood
in your'veips," said tqstY old Jerome one
day in pet to his nephew, the Emperor.
'Well," replied Louis Napoleon, "at oil
events I haye bis whole family on ny
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

The uses to which paper can be put
seems 10 be in no way exhausted yet. Pa
per collars have become n great fact Of
the present nineteenth century; but
what will the ladies say TO paper petit
coats These have been produced with
great success. and will rival in every Kay
the snow-white and elaborately ornate
garments POOR male morials are accustom-
ed To look upon with fear and reverence.
We have all heard of the artist who used
TO make caricaturcs Of his friends upon
his shirt collars. and the author who in
scrlbcd an epic upon couple Of dozen Of
the same useful articles Of attire. THUS
We see a field OF great usefulness for the
peticenat Of the future Young ladies' can
then make nice sketches from nature on
their own petticoats. Every damsel her
own skctch-book, will be their motto.
Poets can inscribc sonnets to their mis-
ircss' ankles around the hem of her pet
ticoats. Mothers can have fairy tales,
alphabcts and small scholastic works in
scribcd on their garments, aud 30 instruct
their children rs they walk with them.
Fancy m announcement: Madame
Parcale begs leave TO call the attention OF
ladies about TO visit the seaside to her
new aud richly embroidered pctticoats, at
one shilling each. Each pctticoat con.
ialns an nstaltnent Of new novel Of great
interest, BY Anihony Trollope, entitled
- Tacks and frills" The story will be
complete in ffty pctticoats There is no
reason whatever that journalism should
not be represented in this way. For ex-
anime, the Daily Pctticoat. journal for
ladies' or the the Weekly Pinafcrc and
Girls Gazette.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

The OcToRER ELEccIoNs.-The fol.
lowing is list Of State elections to be
held next month
October 5s Colorado; Delegate to Con-
gress.
October IL, Pennsylvania; State off.
GERS aud Legislature.
October II, Ohio; State officers and
Legislature.
October -, Iowa, State officers and
Legislature
October 20, California; Judges of the
Supreme Court.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

a New Mexico correspondent says the
Pueblo or Aztec Indians, who have
about twenty settlements, numbering
1000, cultivate the soil, and practice the
Roman Catholic religion, are the only In.
dams in Mexico deserving the kind con-
isideratiop of the government.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

The first chapter of western novel
contains the following: "All of a sud-
den the fair girl continued to sit on the
sands, gazing upon the briny deep, on
whose heaving bosom the tall ships went
mcrriIy by, freightcd-ah who can tell
with how much of JOY and sorrow, and
pine lumber and emigrants, and hopes
and salt fish.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

TUE New STYLE.-The new stvle of i
female apparel, according to the Rev0lt-
tion, is silk stockings to the knee, shorts
trousers, slashed iacket, no hoops. nc. pct
ticoats--limbs in full play. >
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

An exchange says '-Wade Bolton.
of South Carolina, has left in q viii
SO 900 to Stonewall Jackson's widow,
and fly acres. of land to each of Jack
sons slaEes ;" s
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09
THE BRIDES DEPARTURE.

The bride oC an hour stood milling;
llcr mother in tear. was near by!
For the "pet Of her life. so heguiling."
Was soon to bid her good bye.
F"nd friend. tried yainiy "a cheer her.
Te stop up the tears ,hat ia-t fell.
And she claspcI her daughter stiil nearer.
AMI in agony uttered farewell
Tho grootp with his bride has departed.
To journey far n in strange lands.
Aud tho mother cries "ut br ken hearted.
"WeiL I'm glad that gals % my hands 80
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

The Boston advertiser SAYS that 8
book will soon be published In that
city from the pen of clergyman, not
a Mormon, defending polygamy on
moral, social, physiological and relig-
nous grounds.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

RATES OF ADVERTISING: PER YE An; On
Column, 500 Half Column, $50 Quarter COL
umn &35.
Transient Advertisements per Square often lines
or less, first insertion, 50 each subsequent inser-
ton, 81.
square is one inch in space down the column,
counting cuts display lines, blanks, &C., as solid
matter. No advertisement to be considered less
than square, and all fractions counted fuit
square. All advertisements inserted for less
period than three months to be regarded tran
sient.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

i ScoTcH clergyman was talking very
seriously to pasishiorer about drinking,
and hoped he had produced some effect,
and so he had, for the parishioner said,
p" Ye'er right, sir, whlsky's bad thing,
especially bad whisky"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09

The wife.of petty justice at Odesso.,
Greece, grossly insulted coachman,.
who had her. aGHested and brought be-
fore her own husband for trial The
Just Judge fined her fifty roubies. s.