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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-05-06


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Il, rave the contract lii ro hi, uurl.. H.,
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fl to me fhrc,.un :, r,.jo,iv,. Lv L,.r,,.
OF I!.hhard-iS.fhjch,m iInbbuJ -,
Indiana. ii, had had =, orndr, a.,',i,,.,
me Tor Ion. lia.c; but IN In, last mo
ment- ne sen. Tor me. and tnrrayc ~,
everything. and w,-,pino cave me thr
be fcoutract
This ends the history OF il un to liz.
time that | succc .,lud t. lii, pruicrty. /
viii HOW cniea,or 10 set myself -irai.h
/ before the nation in everything ,i.at con
Germs my share IN the matter. took
this beet contract. ana the till for ,ai.,.
agr AID Transportation. to the President
ot ;h' nitrd >.a.,-. lie sad:
"Wcll >tr what can do tor vou ,,,
1 said:
''.oirc: GA or about The lOth dry OF
October, 1861. John Wilson Si,ckcnlr.
ot Rotterdam. Chemuu. County. Sew
jersey. decreased. coairactud with tn,
General Government 10 turu.>h 10 Cen
,ral Sherman he sum total uf thirt,
barrcs ul beef
lie stopped me there, and dismissed
me from his preseuce-kimdlv, but iirr.-
ly. The next day called on the Sec
lctary OF S,atc. He said:
"Wcli, Sir !'
saiI: Your Royal IIi.hnc-s: OH
or about the 10th day OF Octoi,cr, 1861.
john Wilson Mackenzie, Of Rotterdam,
( Cnemung County, New Jc:scy, decca<-
ed, contracted with the General Gov
arnmcnt TO furnish to General Sherman
the sum total OF thirty barrels of beef
That will 10, Sir-that viii DO ::
this office has nothing 10 do with CON
tracts tor beet
was bowel out. | thought the
matter all over, and finally, the follow
ing day, visited tie Secretary OF tie
Navy, who SAID, 'sSpcak quickly. SIR
DO not keep me waiting" | said
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-05-06

REDUcIHG WAGt>.-Ihe Dutcirss
Falmer talks at ilrratle length and
with sterling sense upon the subject OF 4
reduction cf wages suggested by the fact
that several large manufacturing c>t;.b-
lI>hment- in the Lat nave already made
reduction Of ten, anI sometime, twenty
per cent, IN the wagc> Of tie operatives
IN their mills.
1t argues that al. his /, not only i'll
evitable, but jus:-the cost of living be-
ing much reduced, and, generally, the
expenses tor rent and fuel.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-05-06

Rainey, the negro, who is running for
Congress against WhIltemore, had the
lead most decidedly, at last accounts.
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-l' ROOMS
t'i l.t-.rru avenue. -. .Johu-ilfry.
'--"~rm'u- OF I'IA~..-. ,'NBIN.T
90 and i--I.r ,IIuN 30, L. and
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less his ycnr 'han lat, hlt not rs niue
les rs they should have been. consider
ing All the circumstances Of the case :
man uwhin" Il farm cannot affJrd to pa,
much more than two-,hir,l- as much Il
he could durn. the war
In 1850 We had the best of men 70
sixteen dollars month and board
During the war We paid thirty dollars
and comparing 1860 and 1860 witt
ls7o. twenty dJliars would he about ;
i;.ir price row.
And ,et men grumhIe many times b..
caGc they 90 i.ut get Twenty-Five dullar
or NOR, though the de:uanl j. 50 palpa
lily unjust.
Do>'r %IIGIIr In the hurry Of til,
springs work, barkcncd as it will be by
the snow of April. there may come a
tine " nem the farmers feel they oueh'
to do the work of two days in one.
This i ali right, il the work j. wei
done: but to Slight anything, no matter
what ib, circumstances ! wr,on
There l. always a greatcr los- than
ram from -u..l = nrnr..,yura u, v...I
what !, DONE = one oj tbr va.,.,,,v,r.I-
o! th.. farmers success.
III M -''''' Nj -Iii'Lt 'hI-fs'--A
writer /" i"r l'nr;d "'r.A states HAT ;
80 i'''H' N"C"h N"''' FARMERS MAKE II Il
'V..''''' !'.'''''' i"' " succession "I years
10 'ir'" ';'U>'' i'm' around 'h'i apple
''''- I' ih' -P''I2 'ti,"nm'r. We No.
"t'd '"'i " Tree standing 'n i1' lmm'-
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"hry t"i !'rih "I'A renewed energy. Al d
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-05-06
The Facts IN the Case nj the great
Hc@f COHtI0cf.

In as few words a. possible, | wish
to lay before the nation what share, how
>ocvcr small, | have had in this matter
this matter which has so exercised the
public mind, engcndcrcd 80 much i'll
feeling, and so flied the newspapers of
both continents with distorted statements
and eNtravagant comments.
The origin of this d,tie~sful thin@ was
this-im;i | assert here that every fact in
the following resume ctn be amply proved
by the official records of the General
Government
John Wilson Mackenzie, of Rottcr
dam, Chcmun4 county, New Jersey, de
ceased, contracted with the General Gov
crnmcut. on II about the 10th day Of
October, 1861, 10 furnish TO General
Sherman the SUN tottl Of thirty barrel,
OF beef. Very well. lie started after
Sherman wiki tie bcci, but when he 90.
to Washingto", Sherman had gone 10
ManIsSa>; 80 nc took the beef and fol
lowed him there, but arrived too late
he followed tim To Nashville, and from
Nashville t. Chattanooga. and from
Chattan oca to AtlanIa-hu! !.c never
could ovtrIakr him. At Atlanta lac took
u fresh start and followed li1n clear
thruugI! lis march To the SEA. IL ar
rived +" lalc again 10y Il few day bu'
hearing that Sherman wa going cut IN
the Quaker Cily excursion to Ia, IIa!v
Land, h. took shipping for B,irut. cal
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
The Bathing Tutor.

There is only one man that | have
cnvied during ths summcr-the man
who bathes the girls at Long Branch,
the norman of the hotel. He takes
his place about ten yards from shore
and as the vestals and danes come
into the water he does totally inn
merse them. He is brawnv and ug-
", and vet he is the most popular
man with the punctilious half Of our
species have ever seen. \ very
scrawnv and attempting maiden
lady. who had probably never had
a genuine pair Of mans arms around
her in her life, was the bane of this
bather'S existence. She went on
every day of the season to take her
bath, and under the pretext OF learn
ing TO swim, she made that devoted
child of Adam duck her for two
hours. The squeals, the sighS, the
intericctions this female used, were
agony to this bather. Said he: She
ketches me as if was hoss or
/ hitching post, and lives back all of
what might have been in them two
| hours. And the more she en- njovs
herself the colder she gets. | be
now on this beach FIVE year; but if
they don't trot out some livelier fe-
males. shall resign. amt no UNI
dertaker of drowned folks
Quite otherwise is the dcmeanor
of this guilty norman when more
tempting yraces come to swim. He
places them lenethwise across his
two arms, face upward to the sky,
and gently floats them in the surface,
| looking down meanwhile, at the
streaming treSSeS. the closed ewes,
the exhaling nostrils, and the little
>hod feet, with the mingled pity.
resignation and tenderness Of
Mormon Bishop baptiSing 4 convert.
I Occasionally he agitates the water
in guilty way, rs if he wishes to
be presumed to be earning his salt,
but he earns his salt easier than any
person of my acquaintance. Mil
lions Of his species would pay for
HIS position. St" HIiI oiN Z oHoeh
the feelings Of Il ba>htul young man
by the way he treated this young
gentleman lady love. The bash
ful man had probably never done so
much as to give the lady his arm.
The other took her from him at
once, and, swinging her under wa
ter, hoisted her in his arms, dipped
her again, and to facilitate her di-
wing, held her nose with one hand
and her toe with the other, and thus
submerged her absolutely. The
young man felt for his weapons to
immediate this uncivil varlet, but the
ungratetul young woman ust then.
getting breath, cried:
'Gustavus, it's positively spleud-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21

ANECDOTES OF CARLYLE.- The
curious and troublesome" style of
Carlyle is said to be quite in con
trast with his simple, straighttor
ward way of talking. Hatred Of
sham is one of his notable character
istics. One evening, at a small lit
erary gathering. a lady, famous for
her 'muslin theology" was bewail-
ing the wickedness of the Jews in
not receiving our Saviour, and
ended her diatribe by expressing
regret that He had not appeared in
our own time GLOW delighted"
said she, "we should all be to throw
our doors open to Him, and listen
to His divine precepts. Don't YOU
think 50, Mr.. Carlyle:"
The sturdy philosopher, thus ap-
pealed to, said, in his broad Scotch,
mo, madam, don't. think that,
had he come very fashionably dress
cd, with plenty of money, and preach
ing doctrines palatable to the higher
orders, might have had the honor
of receiving from you 4 card OF IN
vitation, on the back of which would
be written. To MEET OUR SAVIOUR:
but if He had come ultcring His
sublime precepts, and denouncing
the Phal iSceS, and associating with
the Publicans and lower order. as
He did. YOU would have treated Him
much as the Jews did, and have
cried out, Take Him to Newgate
and hang him.
On another occasion, when Ernest
Jones, a we'll known Chartist leader,
was haranguing in his violent man
ncr, against the established author
tiles. CARLYLE shook his head, and
told him that, chad the Chartl>t
leaders been living in the days OF
Christ, he would have sent the mn
clean spirits into them. instead OF
into the swine of the GergeseneS,
and 50 we should have happily got
rid ofthcm." This delicate alluslon
to the suicide of the pigs so aStoniSh-
ed the respectable representative OF
the numerous family of the Joncscs
that he said nothing more about
Cha tism that night. - EplToR's
DRAWER, in Xarper's .Wago~i for
Norenlber.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
The Village Circus.

The premonitory symptoms of the
circus break out upon the village
fences in the form Of huge placards,
conveying temptation which is
both appalling and irresistible. 1t
is at once evident that the utmost
ferocity in the wild beasts may be
expected. The rhinoccros is ter
rible creature. His horn, which is
a yard long, glistens in the sun
while he tears through the jungles
of the tent at an incalculable speed.
AS for the elephant, his huge legs,
trunk, ears, and tail are flying in
different directions as he rolls a
brace of royal Bengal tigers over
and over, who frightfully gnash
their teeth and glare upon Behe-
moth with savageness that curdles
the village blood in its veins. The
African lion in his native wilds is
consuming three villages and other
men at one meal, and the polar bear
lies under the amber shade of the
! glaicer receiving a friendly visit
from walruses and seals. If you can
turn your eyes from these delightful
horrors, here is the celebrated high
ly-trained animal, Napoleon, the
horse that waltzes to slow music.
And here Madamoiselle Eclair fly
ing and gracefully kissing her hand
to applauding words as she flies
through several miles Of papered
hoops. And the modern Hercules
simultaneously catches 800 pound
er, with smile, upon the nape Of
his neck and each elbow. In Rt-
hte Elise, aged five years, tlutters in
the most angelic manner, with tiny
flags in her hands. over floating dra-
peries. All is delight and grace
and happiness, skill, ferocity and
surprise, in the premonitory symp-
toms.
The young villagcr studies these
great bills with incxpressible awe
and expectation. He saw them last
year, perhaps, and probably the
year before. He has proved the
quality of their veracity. He knows
whether the rhinoceroS really does
plough up the elephants belly, and
the elephants flying leaps has he
not seen. But who knows not the
magic Of the plav-bill? Yes, and of
a dinner-bill? The first bluc-bird
in spring does not more surely fore
tell summer that shall not be than
the bill Of fare in the din"iest eel
lar smelling of beer insinuates the
delicate vision of dinner beyond
Dclmonico. Then is there not the
Grand Entrec of the whole compa-
ny? the band, comfortably sitting
in Clcopatra's barge, playing lively
tunes with an overpowerlng proper
tion of bass drum? the duskv, dusty
elephants. slowly following, tapping
their huge ears like punkahs, and
stoically restraining that promised
tendency of legs, trunk, and tail to
Hv abroad? and the camels, Bactri-
an and other, come lounging along;
and the boys instantly lose them
selves in learned labyrinth of de-
: bate whether it is the camel that has
two Jumps and the dromedary one
, Then roll in solemn silence all the
} red vans, in which we know. with
feelings not to be described, that
zebras and gnus, and leopards and
iaguars, and lions and tigers, are
, passing, although invisible. If there
, is hoarse growl, a sullen rumble,
a snarl, a scratch Oh JOY! that in
: these cages is something that doth
livc!.-Urper'S -Naga=ine for Octo-
her.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
Too True for n Joke.

4 lively correspondent of the n.
Y. Ereuing 4NoI sees an interest
ing little girl riding with her par
ents in the same railway car with
himself, and bursts into the follow
ing irrepressible soliloqny. Cannot
many of us mingle our tears with
his?
81 reflected. Tn a few years,
thought 1, that infant will be an or
nament to society; but had she not
better die? Soon they will tie some
dead woman's hair to the back OF
her head, fasten her ribs with cor
set, and hang bird cage around
around her lower limbs. Worse
than that, when she arrives at ma
turity she will be compelled to de-
termine whether she is for for pro-
lection or free trade, to comprehend
the mysteries of the Coolic question,
and to understand the intricacies OF
pig iron, and then go to the polls
and vote. Alas! in the coinage age,
had we not better be without wo-
mcn?"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
Picnics.

4 miss Of seventeen summers
sums up her experience of picnlcs
in the language given below. She
is right:
Ift broil, and to bake, and to
butter; to bottle, to slice, and to pack;
to get off before you are ready, and
before YOU are ready come back; il
taking a seat on a pie-dish, and To-
sing your meat in the grass, and
having bugs dIop in your pudding,
and snails take bath in your glass;
if toads boldly hop on your sand
wich, and beetles inspecting your
bread, when bramblcs and thorns
catch your feet, and worms pel'
down on your head; if scattering in
every direction to seek for foliage
and clover, and find you have been
outstripped by Sarah Jane and hel
lover; if, in gathering up all the
fragments of such an Arcadian feast
YOU can't tell whether twas most
like entertainment for man or fol
baast; if that kind of thing is enjoy
ment, in longer or shorter measure
and you're simple enough to believe
it so, why then help yourself to tht
pleasure; but for me Il speak from
experience, the subject I've closeld
perused,) the reply will be found il
the Scripture, i pray You TO hoi,
me excused
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
Why is Lace Costly'

Many wonder why what is tofhs'
ed real lace-as lace made by hand
is called, to distinguish it from that
made by machine, which is called
imitation-is so costly? The follow
ing paragraphs from foreign OK
change explains this reason:
''The manufacture of lace u
carried to it's highest perfection IN
Belgium. The finest specimen Of
Brussels lace is SO complicated ~
to require the labor of fseven persons
on one piece, and each operative IL
employed at distinct features OF the
work. The thread used is Of ex-
quisite iineness, which is spun in
dark, underground rooms, where 1t
is sufficiently moist to prevent the
thread from separating.
sIt is SO delicate as scarcely to bo
seen, and the room is so arranged
that all the light admitted shall fall
upon the work. 1t is such material
that renders the genuine Brussels 10
costly. On piece Of Valenciennes
not two inches wide, from two to
three hundred bobbins are sometime
used, and for the large width as many
as eight hundred on the same pillow.
The most valuable Valenciennes IA
determined by the number Of times
the bobbins have been twisted in
making the ground; the more fre-
quent the twists the clearer and
more beautiful will he the lace.
Belgium annually sells Of this lace
alone to the value Of over four
millions Of dollars. Chantillv lace is
always black. and is used chiefly
for walls and founces. 1t is very
fine, and is extensively worn.
Mechlin lace is made at Mechlin,
Antwerp, and other localities"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21

In Indiana a husband, after 4
spree, was led home by one OF his
friends, who, after posing him safe
ly on his doorsteps, rang the bell,
and retreatcd somewhat OBVIOUSLY
to the opposite side Of the street, to
see if it would be answered. Prompt
lv the porte was Converted, and the
fond spouse, who had waited up for
her truant, beheld him i'll all his
toddiness.
why, Walter, is this you?:'
Yes, my dear.
sWhat in the world has kept YOU
SOP
Been out on little turn with the
boys, my d-d-arling.'
why, Walter, you are intoxica-
tedr
Yves, dear, l es'mate that'sso.
'What on earth made you get SO
drunk? And why-oh, 'rhy, do you
come home to me in this dreadful
state?'
Because, my darling. ~ ~ oti'e'
joyrccs'' SHIT np.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21

DIR. Josiah Campbell, who lived
for many years on the Western Re
serve, in Ohio, was skillful physi-
clan, but withal one of the most ec-
centric and absent-minded persons
in the world, except Margaret, his
wife, and she was fully his equal.
One Sunday morning the doctor was
caught out in a tremendous shower,
which drenched him to the skin. 1t
soon cleared off, however, and DR..
Josh rode into his own yard where
he took the dripping saddle from
his horse and let him 60 adritt into
the pasture. The saddle he placed
on stout log Of wood which was
elevated some four feet from the
ground on two posts, where the doc
tor had begun to build a platform to
dry his peaches on.
After having got his saddle fixed
so it would dry, he took the bride,
and, putting the bit over the end Of
the log, he stretched out the reins,
and, hitching them to the horn of
the saddle, went in to change his
wet clothes and get breakfast. Jo-
siah, Jr., and Margaret, Jr., were
away from home on a visit, and so
the two seniors sat down to the NOR
ming meal. When they were about
half through, Jim Atwood, a farmer
who lived about eight miles distant,
came in, telling the doctor he wish
ed he would go over to his house,
as he rcckoncd he mi ght be wanted
over there, and then went off to the
village in hurry after some ncces-
sary 'ixens.'
When the doctor finished his meal
he took his saddle-bags and out he
went into the yard, where he delib-
erately mounted his saddle and set
out in imagination for Jim At
woods.
For long time he rode on in 81
lcnce, with his eyes intently fixed on
'Buchan's Practice which lay open
before him. At length he began to
feel the effects Of the fierce rays OF
a midday sun, and on looking W
from his book he discovered a hous,
close by him, upon which he sang
out Justify for drink of water.
Aunt Margaret, who had been fol
the last two hours very busy in tho
garden, soon made her appearance
with a pitcher Of milk, and after the
thirsty stranger had taken a long
draught, they entered into an ami
mated conversation, the doctor
launching out into rapturous prais
es of the scenery about the place
the neatness Of the buildings, tn.
fine orchard of peach and apple
trees; and the lady, who had caugh
a glimpse of the saddle-bags, made
great many inquiries about th'
health of the neighborhood, etc.
The doctor finally took his leave
Of the lady, assuring her that III
would call on his return and have
some further conversation with her
as she reminded him so much of hi!
wife, who, he was sure, would b.
very happy to make her acquain
tance.
The lady turned to enter the house
and the doctor had just gathered u
the reins when Jim Atwood dashe'
up to the gate with his horse all il
a lather of foam.
What on earth are you doing
doctor:' called Jim; get off that log
and come along.
The doctor was greatly astonish
ed at first, but after few minute
it got through his hair that he ha,
been all the morning riding beecl
Loo in his own door yard