St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-03
The Great Musical Jubilee.

For the benefit of our country cousins
and those living in the provincial cities
of New York and Chicago, who desire
to know how we are going to put
through GilmOre'S great Musical Jubi-
lee, we would say as follows:
Everything will he done on big
scale: the chromatic scale will be moth
ing To the weigh this will be managed.
Gnnpowder and nitro -glycerine will
he employed to blow the organ. and a
trumpet blast may he expected by the
same agency.
All the leading bakers are now en-
ployed in preparing rolls for the drums.
Skilled navigators have been sent out
to bring Cape Horn, and George Fran
els Train has been engaged to blow it.
The Trump of Fame is expected to
he present. if it is not played out.
An amateur who plays upon words,
will perform duet with another who
blows il cloud.
There will he overtures by dry good
drummers.
New York judges will lie admitted to
the orchestra as instruments of the Tam
many ring.
Sixteen locomotives will whistle Yam
kee doodle with bell accompaniment.
The heidelberg tun has been con-
tracted for the bass drum, and four ele-
phant skins are now being tanned for
the heads of it and i'll place of sticks
two steam pile-drivers will he used.
The Chinese National Hymn will be
performed 10y the band of the Emperor
of China, who are expected in junks.
In their absence three hundred cats and
sixty saw tilers have been secured to
prevent disappointment.
There will he il number of celebrated
airs the contesting heir to the Itch
borne case is anxious to he present, if
hc can get beyond few bars.
Finally Mr.. Gilmore will give new
version of the March of Progress with
full orchestral and vocal accompani-
meDt.-Bos. Conn., Bulletin.
HINTS FOR loUNG MOTHERS. The
three requisites for babies are plenty of
sleep. plenty of food, plenty of flannel.
The saying that man is ii bundle of hab-
its is as true of babies It's it is of grown
children. If an infant is accustomed
from its birth to sleep from Il o'clock at
night till daylight, the habit of early
sleep will he formed. and the mother
may have all her evenings to herself.
If the baby sleeps all night, il long
morning nap will naturally come about
dinner time, after which the child, eX-
cept when very Young. should he kept
awake till Il o'clock. Perseverance, in
this routine will soon result in securing
quiet evenings for both child and par
ent. Some mothers have IL long season
every morning and every night i'll get
ting the baby asleep. They rock them
and sing them till Morpheus infolds
them. With most children this is en-
tirely unnecessary. An infant can he
accustomed 10y Il few days training to
z" To sleep itself for IL morning nap as
well as for the longer rest at night A
mother has duties to herself as we'll as
tn her offspring. While she should ex-
ercise Il constant care i'll securing its
utmost physical comfort, she should
secure rest and recreation for herself
In no other way can she keep fresh i'll
feeling and buoyant in spirit Moth
ing is so wearing as the unceasing ten
ding of a fretful baby. Every means
should he employed to aid the child
III taking care of itself and giving as
little trouble us possible. 1t may learn
or 10y watching movements going ON
around it. Fashion as well us good
sense requires infants dresses to he
made with long sleeves and high i'll the
neck. Fashion requires children of all
ages to he warmly clad. Flannel
should incase the whole body, with the
exception of the head and hands. The
fruitful cause of collie in infants is the
nakedness of their necks and arms.
Regularity i'll feeding is as important
as either of the other requisites. Ba-
bieS cry as often from being Overfed or
fed too frequently as from hunger.
Let the mother obey the dictates of
common sense in this matter and not
force food into baby's stomach for ev-
cry little complaint it makes. Children
of three and four Years old need much
more sleep than they usually have.
For irritable and nervous children
sleep is Il specific, and it can be secured
to them only by the force of habit.
Many light forms of disease may he
cured bv keeping ii child in uniform
temperature and in quiet. Let the
Young mothers who read this column
experiment upon these few suggestions,
and we are sure they will have many
an hour i'll the nursery for reading and
thought.
LrXTRIEs AND HELPMATEs. bach
elor who wrote to IL New York paper