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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-08-27

The morning after Adolphus's fate
was decided the frigidity which for the
last fey wesk5 had ShaEacEsEizea ri I'd. brsak re (.
abruptly as if NeSuvius had suddenly
bIoken up through the bottom of the eel
lar.
Mr.. Butfum sat reading his paper and
slipping coffee between paragraphs with
the most visible intention of ignoring
Adolphus's presence. Adolphus deliber-
ately cracked an egg, sailed it, stirred it,
and set the glass down. buttered a slice
of bread, sweetened and creamed his cot
fee, cut himself "a piece of steak, and
spread napkin on his knees. With
each of these acts MS manner grew more
decided, and reached its steam culmina-
ton in the first spontaneous words which
he had spoken to his guardian in many
days.
"NIr Butfum ~
"Well, Sir ~
"Some time since we conversed upon
the subject of my marriage, i'll connection
with my fathers will. How that con-
vcrsation ended L need not remind you.
| think proper, however, that you should
not learn from other sources than myself
the fact that L am now engaged"
MIR. Butfum's paper dropped from his
hands. Pushing the coffee away, he
fixed on Adolphus stare of stupefac-
tion.
Engaged! Oh, Adolphus, | am
sorry it-if-if-I was-I know l was
-overstrong in what said. My poor
boy, l really didn't mean TO drive you to
MHr"
"Dr1re me Not you! think any
body who tried that would find himself
mistaken in his man ~
"Oh, Adolphus." :" groaned Mr.. Buff
fun. "Who is 1.-THE girl, l mcan?"
THAT is a frank question, but shall be
answered as frankly. The At0y is Miss
Lofty Burrill."
"Oh! am sorry!-I am very sor-
ry Il swear am.
"Why should you be sorry? 1t only
adds couple of hundred thousand to
your small estate"
Oh, the goldenness of silence! Could
Adolphus only have spared this slant and
let his guardians heart work for him, the
last remnant of Mr. Buffum's obstinacy
might have melted away in the warmth
of his sympathy for youth and helpless
ness. But this great art speech is silver
at the best, often arsenic and vitriol
With all the love of his nature damped
down to embers, all its logic wakened
into full blaze, Mr.. Butfum tiercely re-
torted:
Eyes, Sir, you are right L should
not be sorry! l should know my ration
al duty as an executor, and do it with
out regard to the weakness of human
feelings. Yes, and l ariH! You may be
sure OF that, SRI will ~
$50 L expected, Mr.. Butfum. l am
not disappointed in you-not in the least,
Sir -
With that Mr.. Bufium once more
picked up his newspaper and plunged in
to the tariff article, while Adolphus cool
ly entered upon the discussion of his
steak, from which the length of this in
terruption of the happy family's usual
reticence had perceptibly substracted
neither heat nor flavor.
MIR. Buffum, however, thought much
that he did not say; and Immediately
after finishing his breakfast, without a
warning to Adolphus, set fourth for his
first neighborly call upon the Burrills
AS he went, he one moment told himself
that he was fool for going; the next.
that stern sense of duty, supported by
all manner of rational arguments, de-
| manded the visit imperitively. His final
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dividends could have put him inside its
ONCE rail to answer the stockholders
questions. His cheeks wore a healthier
bloom, his eyes clearer brightness, than
MIR. Butfum had seen there since his
ward entered Aristotle Cottage. Thus
the guardians premises "fell down and
broke their CROWN" and his conclusions,
like Gill, ''came tumbling AFTER Thus
he became still more piqued, still more
determined not to bate one title of his
determination. Thus these two of the
most excellent people in the world made
admirable progress in the familiar art of
misunderstanding each other
The source from which Adolphus drew
his cheerfulness was quite out of SIGHT of
MIR. Buffum. He knew the Burrills on
ly by name, and had never discovered
any rational argument for going to see
them. He merely felt that, being wo-
men, they were wholly illogical, incapa-
ble OF fair discussion, and so altogether
Improbable to a man with his serious
purposes in existence. Meanwhile Adol-
phus was paying daily, sometimes b. (or
even t'7-) diurnal visits to these unprofit-
able folk; and at every interview becom-
ing more convinced that his own end in
life was not Logic but Love.
As for the Burrills, they saw in Adol-
phus young man whose age entitled
him to judge for himself That less than
another year of tutelage interviewed be-
tween him and his entrance on his prop
erty was but a trivial consideration TO
the mind of Mrs. Burrill and if any
body had asked Lofty whether it would
not be unprincipled to fall in love with
young man personally worthy of that
distinction prior to obtaining the permis-
sion OF his guardian, she would have
looked through the enquirer with those
clear brown eyes OF hers, and blown
away the conventional fallacy which
the plot Of half the British
plays and novels with such a healthy
laugh as must have taken the logic even
out of Mr.. Butfum. Fortunately, how |
ever, both mother and daughter had ac-
quired such a personal attachment for
Adolphus that any question whatever
relating to his property was with them
"A matter of but small moment and infre-
quent thought. Accordingly, when the
first distinct avowal of his love to Lofty
made 1t necessary that he should frankly
take them both into his confidence with
reference to bis fathers will and Mr..
Butfum's determination, the only alloy
10 the happiness with which each in her l.
proper way welcomed him into the fami-
y was the true feminine Indignation with
which they sympathized against his guar
lIan's cruelty and baseness.
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VOLUME 33 NUMBER 1874

final point, She rejects the property
What must she now do7 you would
say"
Continued nert ,ceek.)
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F. 3. GAGE. ARTIST.

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W. y. LEARNED, Agent.
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DANIEL O. WOODRuEE-

VI suaiuCturtr Of
.''' f.'Af--I"NE-, ASp oENAMENTAL WoRI
.alHI. Vermont.
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For the next lew weeks Mr. Buifum
daily grew more and more dcsolate; he
had hot been so unhappy since the day
when he found that you cannot argue as
much as you want TO even in lawsuit.
For now he could not argue at all. Adol-
phus Shearsworth never vouchsafed a
syllable more to him than was required
10y absolute necessity, and spent most of
his time out of the house-Mr Butfum
knew not where-without the slightest
pretcnse OF accounting tor his absence.
How many thousand times did he wish
from the bottom of his heart that Char
lotte Lumlcy were at Halifax that old
Shearsworth had had any other on earth
to think OF i'll that solemn hour when he
made his final testament. But he had
taken his ground with Adolphus-he
could not back down without contesSing
himself defendant in error, the mere
thought OF which made him yellow with
chagrin. His pride he might have over
come, for he loved the boy; but, oh, his
idolzed logic. The thing was rational !.
- incontrovertible - ir-efutable, He
must carry out the commands of his tes-
tator. He had no option! There !.
He was right He knew he was!
Under any other circumstances Adol-
phus would have been equally miserable.
He was a youth OF warm and generous
impulses, and had acquired a sincere af-
lection for his guardian. Mr. Butfum,
when his wards back was turned, often
looked on him with a sigh. ''Poor boy,
how dreadfully this trouble will prey up
on his mind. I'm afraid he'll 60 into a
consumption.
But, as usual, Adolphus defied all the
logical processes, and showed no signs
either of consumption or wear. He ex-
hibited a sustained frigidity of demeanor
which would have made his fortune il
lany railway company which pays nc
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JOHN BACON I'd,
lA-L.. - lilIIS, LEATHER AND OIL
=. D Ea-HU,, { utrc, Vt.
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Backgammom-The Grecian bend.
The foot guards-Boots and shoes.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-09-02
The Latcst lTarIket Report.

Honor - Scarce. Old stock ex-
hausted and the new will be a failure.
Virtue-Old growth nearly consum-
ed; young growth, prospect very un-
promising.
Honesty-None in the market.
Patriotism-First quality scarce and
none to be disposed Of. Second quail
ty easily bought on speculation at 100
per cent. discount.
Prudence-All in the hands of old
stockholders, and held close.
Modesty-Stock badly damaged
None for sale to street spectators.
Vice-Market overstoeked. e
Pride-Market glutted.
Politeness - Cheap. Holders un-
willing to dispose of any at the pres
ent rates.
Seandal-None at wholesale. Dealt
in chiefly by peddlors at retail.
ReligionEVery little of the genu-
inc article on hand. Stock generally
adulterated.
Lo7e-Nono offered, except fOr
greenbacks.
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a hot, salt bath is one Of the most
I powerful tOnics which can be employ
ed in the various skin diseases so
prevalent in new countries, and for
persons Of delicate constitutions who
find themselves at the foot Of the lad
der of health.
If you think you cannot afford time
for a bath, take a crash towel and
wiring it out of strong brine, let il dry,
and when you get out of bed in the
morning rub yourself from top to toe
till the skin is in glow. 1t will not
take more than three minutes Of your
time, and you will feel the good of it
all day.
For congestion of the lungs, a nap
kin Wrung out of brine and laid over
the chest, changing as soon as cool, will
give great relief. In cuses Of bleeding
Of the lungs or stomach, dry salt, sWal-
lowed in small quantities, will at least,
arrest the flow of blood until other
measures can be taken for relief. For
a sprained ankle or wrist, make bag
and fill It partly full OfsaIt, quilt it sew
eral times across to hold the salt in
place, bind it upon the affected part,
and keep it saturated with strong hot
vinegar. For Inflammation Of the
bowels, nothing can be better for an
outward application than TO take the
yoIks of six eggs, stir in salt sufficient
to make a pOultice, spread it upon a
piece Of linen, or cotton, and apply to
the part. twill be moist, and con-
sequently cool for twenty-fOur hours.
There are those who discard the use
Of salt for any culinary purpose, and
Of course, if there are any such who
read this-article, they will be greatly
pleased to see it Classed among drugs
and used only as a medicine But we
by no means wish to be understood rs
joining In the raid against the use Of salt
as food. We make use of It in al
most everything we cook, and think
some dishes are unfit to eat If it be
wanting. We could, doubtless, ac-
custom ourselves to It's disuse, as to
other dlsagreeable things, could we be
convinced Of the sense Of It. But it
seems to US when we see a COW lick
the end of a salt barrel until the skin
IS worn of her tongue, and the blood
drips from the corners of her mouth,
that there Is a pretty strong indica-
tiOn, of a natural taste for salt. May
be human animals don't have such a
taste naturally, but somehow they &c
quire it easily Western Rural.
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Concerning the Pulse.

Every Intelligent person owes it to
himself to learn from his family ply
sician how to ascertain the pulse in
health; then by comparing it with
what it is when aling, ho may have
some idea of the urgency of his own
case, and it will bean important guide
to the physician. Parents ought to
know the healthy pulse of each child;
as now and then a person is born
with q peculiarly slow or fast pulse
and the very case in hand may be
that peculiarity. An infants pulse is
13O, child Of seven about 80, and
from 20 to go years it is 40 beats in a
minute, declining to 60 at four score.
There are pulses all over the body,
but whcro there is only skin and
bone, as the temples, it is more easily
felt; the wrist is the most convenient
point. The feobleness or strength of
the beat is not material, being mOdi-
fed by the fingers pressure. Com
parative rapidity is the great point
near death it is 40 and over. A
healthy pulse imParts to the
finger a feeling Of a woOlen string in
a fever it feels hard like a silk threads
if there is Inflammation, which is al
ways dangerous, it beats fast, spiteful
and hard, as if a fine wire was thrOb-
bing against the finger When the
pulse beats irregular, as if it lost a
beat, then burries to make it up
there is something the matter with
tho heart; but do not worry about it;
take nothing, do nothing except by
the advice Of an intelligent physician,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-09-02
Ashamed of his Sympathy for
the Rebels.


An Englishman on a tour In this
country says in letter to member
of the British Government
81 never felt SO ashamed Of our
sympathy with the SOutherners as
when 1 was in the South. The slave
owners tell you with the most brazen
faces that they are better off now than
they were before. One large slave
owner said to me, "The Yankees
whipped US out of slavery, but they
could not whip rs into it again. "
Another told me that he grew. larger
crops with twenty-five free negroes
than he had done with seventy-tive
slaves. They have found out already
that the rebellion was economically
an enormous bIunder; a handsome
cause for us to encourage them in
thereby estraDging the North for a
generation or twOP
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! Mr.. Green was gOOd-lOokinR man. VERY
l--he dressed Well-was we'll posted IrD in
matters of business, and had the reputa.
/ tion of being very smart man. But Mr.
| Green had lived thirty years without q
wife. Il was not his fault, for he was
fond of the societyOf the fafrer sex : owned
fine house, which he rented for his
\ board, and there we're plenty of marriage
able ladies in the village.
| How happeJ,ed it, thon that Mr.. Green
| remained in the state ofsingle blessedness7
/ Want OF courage. Mr.. Green was a cow
ard among the ladies'. True, ne could
pick up 4 lady's handkerehief, hold a
skein Of yarn, or give his arm in the pOlit-
est manner to escort a lady from church.
| He had seen at least half a dozen women
he would have married, or who would
have married him; but he never could
muster sufficient courage to ask either of
them whether she would or not.
One evening he was visiting at the
widow Smiths. Widow Smith-uOt
twenty-six years had flown over her head,
and yet she had been a widow three years,
and had long put off her widows weeds.
She was pretty, had placed her only child
beside her husband in the graveyard, and
sighed for a companion; and many time
had she remarked to her friends she "won-
dered why Mr.. Green did not get mar
ried % He was an occasional caller at her
house, and would have married her at an
hours notice. But she did not know It.
He had never whispered to her Of love.
He could talk about the crOPs-the
growth of the. Village-industry of the
young men, and all other matters which
the widow did not care to hear about, but
the "One thing" which would have struck
her ear as the sweetest Of sounds, he never
mentioned.
On the evening in question, the widow
was excessively annoyed by her dOmes-
tics. Hardly was Mr.. Green seated when
Bridget made her appearance at the door.
"Mrs. Smith, il it please ye," said the
domestic, 'wilf ye look into the kitchen
fer a mint ?" es.aH a
Scarcely had Mrs. Smith returned, when
the bushy head Of John, the hired man,
was thrust into the door, with
"Mrs. Smith ?,'
elbow hate the name of smithI' said
the lady.
Mr.. Green's eyes dilated for moment
he opened his mouth and exclaimed In
hurried accents
"Malze it Green, ma'am-make it
Green And in less than month there
was no "WidOw Smith" in our village.
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Poetry.
: ARE THH CHILDREN Ar HOME ?

:. ARE TIE CHILDREN AT HOMES
Each day when the glow Of sunset
Fades in the western sky,
And the wee ones, tired OF playing,
Go tripping lightly by,
steal away from my husband,
Asleep in his easy chair,
And watch from the open doorway
Their faces fresh and fair.
Alone in the dear old homestead -
That once was full Of life,
Ringing with girlish laughter,
Echoing boyish strife,
~ WetWO were waiting together; 2. = E. g.
And oft, as the shadows come, ..st
with tremulous voice he calls me,
'It is night are the children at homer
-,. eyes, Io7e,'' answer him gently, 80 =
'They're all at home long agoi'' i
And I sing In my Quiyering treble, I'm
song 90 soft and low,
fin TnFihe old man drops 70 sInmbef, 1879
With bis head upon his hand, lHt
And tell to myself the number .---
Home in the better land. -. 80
--. ~ U.| .---.- a.f-- .rF Fr
Home, where never a sorrow
Shall dim their eyes with teaTsi ' -
Where the smile Of God is on them
Through all the summer years
know l--yst my arms are empty, ra ..
That fondly folded seven, i'E
And the mother heart within me
~ Is almost starved for heaven.
- Sometimes in the dusk Of evening,
only shut my eyes,
And the children are all about me,
A vision from the skiesi
... The babes whose dimpled hAgers 20 g. 80 sS
Lost the way to my breast,
Aud the Beautiful ones, The angels, , 81
Passed to the world Of the blessed.
With never a cloud upon them,
I sec their radiant brovs
4 My boys that gave to freedom;
The red sword scaled their voWsl
In the tangled southern forest,
Twin brothers bold and brave,
They fell: and the flag they died for,
Thank God floats over their grave.
breath, and the vision is lifted
Away the wings Of light, .f
Aud again we two are together
All alone in the night
They tell Ioe his mind is failing, H --
a- But smile at idle fears;
He is only back with the children, H
In the dear and peaceful years.
And still as the summer sunset
Fades away in the west,
And the wee ones tired Of playing,
Go tnooping home to rest, ..F
s5 My husband calls from his cornfr, ~ e P.
''Say, love, have the children comet"
- r., And answer with eyes upIifed,
eyes, dear, they are all at hOmeis I ! ti
re [Atlautic Monthly.
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The WidOwer and the Philosopher
"A husband lost dutiful and below
ed wife. The loss filled his mind with
grief, and, in his despair, he would
have slain himself with his dagger,
had not his friends prevented him.
Disappointed, but still furious, he
dashed his head against the wall, de-
termined to seek death in some way,
so as to Join the beloved one. 1t was
with great difficulty that he cOuld be
appeased and persuaded to consult an
old philosopher, and seek advice and
consolation at his hands, He did 50,
and the philosophers only answer
was, rCone again in eight months. "
At the end Of that time, he did not
come; E; for he had married again. u