St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-06-06
East and West.

Between the Last aud the West thci,.
should hc I, very generous sympathy,
hccIu~c tt certain seasons" both :iIr
S"rcl! afflicted. They may comfort
each Other if they will. "r they can br
strangers and uu>Nmpathctir.
Eastern >nuw and western mad are
old familiar terms. And can a>~urc
! the readers of this sheet thai When We
read of SHOW slightly drittcd three
rails deep. il makes II tremendous
,Iaught upon the - mpuihic> ot those
Walluw through such inc0iN rtlrucir>.
| We suppose that t" hv au exceptional
depth however. for the last Cdioioaidn
quotes thr total" in Walden ~ "ly
! Il feet umd i,tch ! \ ra~c dr>rr> in=
sympathy indeed. ii we may hr allow
| ed 10 judge.
But what at Western mud and how
does ii compare with deep snow fhiIk
of S'd Of mgd. it i seldom m'ay"l-
able though ii s"mt times actually do
lies measurement. .And in the spring
il is no un,"murm thing To- scc The no
tico "" HoHom r"~t,d within city
limits. ;tmd upon streets much travelled.
Western. or prliIic mud l. ors' "i those
imdi>crihablr>. that j. much more foIci-
blc felt tham expressed.
1t is decidedly impressive to sec 4 man
walh in sticks mad when il rolls up t"
the top ot his huoi-ieg>. tut quite as
! impressive thu~ to walk, 1t l. ais"
striking Ia >cc II horse stuck with an
empty wagon, ;" that both h"l~" and
Wagon nave tu hc shnlcicd out ahd in
one instance the poor horst Is said tn
have di>aprrar, despite ali efforts.
and gouc a. the hottoInlc>S hoItouI.
iiut the mud is slippery as well as
sticky and We have seldom seen Il
.'mam of cloth" more embarrassed than
Stulc-pipc hat. with fancy kids. and
the boot blacks ''>Linc" fresh upon his
dainty fcct-likc Murray> deacon-
both feet took the upward tendency to-
gcthcr. and nothing but Il plank tw,
inches deep with sott clay mud. which
I instantly c;,mr up under him, saved
him from falling. lie rat down. But
in>'cad OF sliding, like the good deacon
III the clean SNOW, he stuck fast. anG
WAS able to recover himself only 10y
tremendous effort. DI course such III
''appearance" appealed to the ''risibles'
i'll human nature, 81 the gazing Grove
laughed uproariously. The boots cal
he re- blackcd, but alas. for the bat ant
. gloves, Unfortunate man, How NOR
titled What trial of his-temper.
Now. if possible, this is worse thai
T. breaking through the crust into six fee
e of snow and spilling two pals of sal
into ones boot t-lcgs, o snow o mud
We know not which to choose. Blu
happily the mud is now on the decline
and we are glad to know that the snow
drifts are settling also but the sprin
- days approach with uncommon modes
= ty. not to say cOoiness.
D. NEW DEPARTURE-DOCTH
kev. DR.. Ryder. of this city (Cniver
salist) recently preached IL sermon o
Capital Punishment as Il means G
grace" He strongly denounced tn
= idea of foul murderer swinging frol
t the scatiold into the kingdom. In tn
maiu it was common sense and ''orthC
dox" thoroughly, and even IRE shoul
give little more margin for pen'te'
dying there's. He objects to scoopiu
all sorts in together. This Is vie
from some preaching of the same pc
= suasion" which we have heard furth'
It. east. Let us be hopeful. W. L. y.
ne Chicago, May 20.