St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-03-10
Madame Parcpa-Rosa will leave En-
Land for Aunri,r in A unust

Madame Parcpa-Rosa will leave En-
land for America i'll August.
GoNsIsTEsr-A liquor dealer in the
Boston city council proposes tll.t the city
shall establish Il home for inebriates.
The Massachusetts grand lodge Of
Good Tcmplars will hold its annual Sc
sion AT Boston, March l. AMI lG.
During the year 1870 there were lis
steam boiler explosions in this country
32G persons being killed and 227 wouni
cd.
The immigration returns for the twu
months of the present year show ycrr
large proportion of new corners from
Germany, the total being 1895 Germans
since the l<t of January, against l053
from Ireland, and 1901 from ENGLAND
Walter Brown, the Portland oarsmaa,
died at his mothers residence in Neu-
burgh, \. Y, on Friday. Althou4h
only Is years cid he has long headed TIA.
list of professional oarSmcn in this c,u,-
Try, il not in the whole sporting world
There are three international commi>-
stems now sitting in Washington. Onc
engaged in settling the claims between
Mexico AMI the United States one abb
rating between Spain and several South
American States ; and the Joint High
Commission between England and thc
United States.
\ lilllc five year old at Portsmouth,
whose father i AN officer of rank in liz.
United States naval service, and now
absent on sen duty, was recently oii"iiug
up her petitions for the absent one, AMI
conclulcd rs follows: 80, Lord. please
send my dear papa home again, IL quick
as Uncle sam viii let you ~
\ French physician HIS investigated
tie fleet oi smoking on thirty ci.ht boy.
between the ayes of nine and fifteen, who
were addicted to the habit. TwcHty-Scy-
Ell presented distinct symptoms Of niro-
tine poison. In twenty-five there Were
serious disorders of the circulation, imI-
g,>;ion. dullnc.s Of intellect and a mark
ed appetite for strong drink.
Horace Grcclcy has bought out ths
North Carolina wural spring. \ West
crm paper mentioning the fact says that
Horace en- never ARRANGE nests around
the tcpid gcy>crs in such Il way that the
hen, will lay boiled cggS-and the effort
may a. well be pronounced futile. Mr..
Greeley is getting to- old to spend his
money in that way.
Tho-e inli, iIuals who held tickets in
the late Opera House lottery at IIamil-
ton have awakened tOa realization of
the fact that they are not lucky. Mr.
Schwab drew the Opera and Peter
Schwab, husband OF MIS-. Schw;lb, and
former owner of the house, the S2O,OoO
cash prize. The ticket holders are begin
ning to believe that their cash has been
swabbel up Icy the same family.
Bic TEour.-Mr. ID. kingman caught
trout through the ice on the pp,r
| Saranac 4 few DAYS since, that wrighcI
IS pounds, and was three feet and an
inch long, As lie attempted to secure
| him, he ionnd the hole in the ice too
small, when he fastened one hand INTO
his mouth and gills, while with AN Ice
chi>cl he enlarged it, and secured hi
prize at the cost of Il laceratcd hand.
Mr.. Bartlett sent the trout TO parties IN
New York .-Frte Press
A. an examination on the subject g,
bank discounts in Boston school, tia
other day, the committeeman questioned
4 boy ~ to the meaning OF the familiar
expression, bank Irregularities. The
lad promptly replied: If u poor man
wron-tully takes Il small amount of any
thing it Is called stealing, and he is pun
i>hcd: liza bank officer steals Il very lar.
amount OF money it i called an iyrc.g-
iarity and he is not punished" NJ ".
tIuth than poetry in That definition.
\ certain Bangor milk dealer obtain
part of the milk he sells from nci.lb.,
living hall a mile distant Each day
about sunset he harnesses lis horse to T.. &
milk wagon. puts in lis cans AMI throws
| the rcinS over the lashcr. His large Nov
/ toundlani dog then gravcly steps in. Il,
the horse, under the direction OF H. caa.r.
driver. proceeds 10 The aforesaid n,.-i.-
bor'> ana stops; the do9 announces th.t
arrival. ;ile naigbor fills the cans, tn
| dog Resumes his seat in the vehicle. T.
horse carefully turns and trot. home
These Intelligent animals have done tia
daily, and have never met with an acc
dent.
Trrrc Ilaut2. Ind. las gone ..clc;u
daft" over Nilsson. The Gazette critir
compares her to the ''Ncnice de Medici,"
and says that her notes fell on ''tcndri-
of his heart" Ike ''ihc bubbling mus.
of distant waterfalls on a bed of Smaslrt
roses" She came like n guSh If
bright sun>hinc,' and when she sl,-
''Sw,ct Home" the dazzlrd critic tlt
like ''building n castle of alaba>;cr al.
gold, surrounding it with ranbowS, Shut
ting it in with gates Of pearl and moon
shine, empowering it with roses" an,
then presenting it, with his compliments
to the song-bird. lie didn't do II.
though. What he really did do WAS t.
slip quietly round the corner and stand
on his head.
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