St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-05
News and Gossip.

the crcw-thc golden boat, Industry"
News and Gossip.
Although the gold pen is now extern
Sivcly used, We would be led to the
conclusion that. after all, the steel pen
is the popular implement. from the fact
that for some Years previous to Joseph
Gillott'S death his manufactOry in Birm-
ingham produced an average of l5O, ,OOO,
900 pens annually. elliott commenced
making his famous steel pens about
thirty-tiVc years ago. How many tons
of them he has manufactured! Sup
posing that for the last thirty Years
only half of I5O,O0O.0 900 had been the
annual average production, the pens
sent out 10y this one man allowing
each pen to he an inch in length would
reach nearly one and half times
around the earth. if laid lemgthwise.
The number of books, sermons, lectures,
ESSAYS, letters, newspaper editorials,
stories. poems. school compositions,
and copy books written with these pens
is il subject worthy of wondering
thought.
The ''Stove-pipc" hat 50 generally
worn 10y gentlemen has received more
hard knocks. verbal and otherwise, than
any other article of their attire. But
now il has found IN advocate i'll DIR.
Nichols. who, in his ''Fncside Science"
calls it absurd, to he sure, but also
says:
For thirty Years We have worn this
kind of hcad-covering, and we like it
better than any other: we have tried
hard To like the low. soft hats, hut we
can not and this is the experience of
thousands. Absurd a. the high, hard
hat is. it does keep the head more COM
Portable. il does maintain Il more equa
hlc temperature. it does feel better,
than amy other form of head-cOvering /;
and So let us continue to knock them
against beams in atticS and the branch
eS of trees. If they serve good pur-
pose in brushing cohwehs from the
roofs of old garretS and stables, they
also protect lis from bad bumps, and
keep oIIr heads comfortable"
Washington has set some most sen
,iblr fashions: if the rest of the world
will only follow such. society will be
improved For example, at one of the
finest entertainments tour informant
says he tineS) given in that city this
winter. the cards of invitation read
from eight To ten o'clock p. M" Let
sensible people make ii note of that.
The very latest cure for consumption
i kerosene oil. \ PENNSYLVANIA wo-
man has tried it. She took ten drops
every night. We are glad to learn that
kerosene will do any thing besides eX-
ploding. but we should recommend con-
Sulting the doctor before swallowing
even ten drops.
\ DOLLAR IN TIE SHOE.-A teacher
and his pupil, Il rich lad, were walking
ont together one day i'll the country.
~ they walked along they saw Il pair
of old shoes lying in the grass, belong
ing to Il poor man who WAS at work ill
Il field not far off. and who had almost
finished hi~ DAYS work. "Now let us
have il hit of sport said the boy.
"SuppoSc we hide this old mans shoes,
and then hide ourselves. and see what
he will do when he comes and can't
find his shoes" "Oh, no." said the
teacher. '.wc should never amuSc our
selves lay giving pain to others, and
especially to the poor. | will tell you
how You can give Yourself much greater
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