St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-06-20
Sense and Nonsense.

| lie highest Once within the gift OF
,hc people iS the weather signal station
"u Pixies Pike.
y St. Louis woman took the veil re-
Gently. She MAS caught and had to
give it up. though
W hat i the usr "t living if seventeen
new female lectmcr> are To lie turned
loo>c I" alright and dcsulate the land,
next season
The edition of The Missouri Republican
Is slow ly dll ing of repeated doses of the
cumulative poison If Walt WhitnIan's
poetry.
The >lad III the Connecticut river,
like sensible fish H. they are. prudently
refuse t" pass uHdcrauy thing that looks
like Il railway bridge.
1t is r"malkaIir fact that. although
common sheep delight in vcrdanl fields.
religious ti"ck~ are not auNious for green
pastors.
said Il w"nan /" - phN>ir vino
. VAS weighing tW" grains of cal"mtl for
q child "pinma l." =" mean wi it it
is for Il poor. tarhrrlr~> hairn."
Queen \irtUiia'> chief ply ysician SAYS
that hOHsewOrk Is admirably calculated
! to preserve Il robust woman, and to
make an nNdlid rohuSter He thinks
an hour in the laundry. with hot flat
non. better than one of non internally
or ctrinalll taken.
Susan Il. Anthony >als that among
all the "ld-w"Ild wisdom. So-callcd.
. which hiud> the minds Of the human
'arc in >tupid. ualIow-n minded igmol-
Imcc there i nothing mere delusive
than the often quoted pI"Ncrh. Man
/ PROPOSES.
An "ld uraid in Pittsburgh has MANI
t:t"tultd 10 W"Iat' ii cats. this spting.
and a Ra, Inc Woman has killed several
/ dogs with Il IcNulNrI. Which is the
more useful ncIul,rr of society The
one "h ho killed the dogs
My experience ~ Il medical man"
SAYS Il New York ply >ician. shows
that hald-hcadcd men are seldom ol
never drunkar,I> and that moreover. IA
BALD head i seldom found in Il lunatic
ASYLUM. Bald-hraded men. it may he
explained. seldom drink at their own
expense. ana there are public imstitu-
rinu- beside lunatic aSrlum>.
\ ~rlt-p">>,.>>cd Young man called at
"a h"u>c in Atlanta. tra.. It few mornings
since. and asked To see his wife. The
lady "t the h"il~c Informed him that his
ltc WI> not there: only HE members
of hcI own family We're in the house.
Nv ell. sad the Young man. Ills one
"t them | want 10 see. ! married YOU
eldest daughter. last night"
some >poiIive draN men cmploN Ell iii
Il grain STORE at Portland. Tn. dropped
Il bag "f wheat down u hatchWaN upon
the head al Il fellow -dlaNman. named
Blake. the other day. Just tor Il joke.
II Nn~ il splendid Joke. and the boys
We're rverla>tiugly tickled "verit. The
bag broke Nj. Blakc'> neck Ia lie suc.
hut that didn't hurt th, joke.
Another man WIN" meant to hang
himself only temporarily. found his
situation one OF permanent dependence.
IL. 'Ns,S a negro acrobat from Jamaica.
aud was exhibiting his voluntary >trau-
gulati"u i'll Costa Rica. His partner
played the banjo tuliurl>ly encouraging
irini to Increased efforts in his convul-
>i"n>. int finally the poor fellow hung
down like plummet. dead as a door
nail, and then the white trash laughed
and ir"rcd at him as Il foolish nigger.
prominent manufacturer of this
rIty. has Just been taught. at the ex-
pens, "i II broken carriage. the impro-
plictl of meddling in other people,
affairs. He Wis going To Chicopee
y hen about halt way there. he SAW II
cat and Il hlack shake locked in Il close
embrace. The possibility of thril be
mg lovers 1t iii>l occurred ia him. but
their Wild and Vicious manifestations
ruuN nced him that they meant w"r.
Then his >yInpathic> we're enlisted for
th, eat. and. as i~ all lac procured Il
lie stick and brought il down with Il
Tc,iifir thwack. not upon the snake as
intended. hut upon the cat. which. with
inc"ucriNahlr Iapidiil. scratched him
three or four times. and dashed between
his hoI>c'> legs and ont past his nose;
whclcat that >lgacinu- beast materially
increased his noses safety 10y standing
nu hi~ hind legs rhrn he tipped the
buggy over and sci out ful home: while
his master laughed by >rcricaIly AID
rlappcd both blnodS hands to his shirt
bosom. - the snake lcaped up against
The fence and seemed To- Ice irving To
set a dog ON TIA" unhappN ally. as he
tr"ttcd AWAY. Sp'i"lfcid Rcp"bijc"m.
BECAUSE HI LOVED HER. Edward
+. Sprakmau l. Il vcIl imprc>Sble
lurn. man. of Webster city. la. an
aIdcIrt admncI OF the ttiI SEX i'll gcucl-
al. and. after once gazing upon the daI-
Iling loneliness of Miss Ella Darin. hc
found himself being gradually convert
ed [" Il cimdcr 10y Il particularly con
Stunning passion Miss Ella dallicd with
him. ioI time. but. as she knew scores
ui Nnuuu men. the latchct OF whose
m"rca sins Edward WAS not worthy to
uninn~r. She told hm one day that he
had h,ttci seek other pa>ttTes. Driv-
eli to desperation 10y his burning pas
sion and her m"cking cruelty. he pur-
chased 4 - cent revolver, loaded it and
suught the rc>idrucr of lis idol. Being
admitted /" her presence. hc again
pressed his suit. and reminded her of
her promise Iu hcromc his wife. She
denied having ma:ic amy such promise.
Then he drew his pistol. and. pressing
it against hes temple. begged her To re
fresh her ur,nInIN didn't she love him,
lust Il little biz and. under the cmcuIm-
stances. wouldn't she Try Ia remember
that She Wa> engaged To him : The
circumstances were certainly calculated
I\oN any tender sentiments She might
hahoi. hut She ciin>c. with maidrnly re-
serve. tu keep the secret fast locked i'll
her breast. and told him he WAS II fool.
On receipt or tins information he fired.
and the .irl fell. wounded in the tenn
pie She did not seem To die with the
CELEBRITY lac had anticipated, hut jOcosrly
alludin. to her probable early demise,
he said hc wnuld g" with her. and fire
,.I t!l,.,. shots into his own face. Bad