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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01
The August Magazines.

Rret Harte's new story, An Episode
of EiddIetown. is begun in Scribners.
The strong characterization, ana 4ilch'
mastery touches of pathos, wnlcl We
find in these open pages, show tha' .ile
hand of the poet -romancer has not ior-
got its cunning. DR.. Hollands Arthur
Bonnicastle is continued, the accoiipa-
nving picture, by Miss Hallock, Illus
troting the scene of the destruction OF
the will. There is in the same number
a bright sketch entitled Fred Trovers
Little Iron-Clad. by j. Il. TrowbrIdge.
The illustrated papers are on Nantuch-
ct, Normandy Picturesque, Mount olias-
tn, and The Campus Stone. coiih
Burroughs, a good authority on piTuS'
writes about The Blue-Bird; FltZ-Ed-
ward Hall contributes an interesting ar
ticle on bandits; II. II tells about My
Day in the Wilderness; Mrs. Plunkett
cossips of Modern Hotels, and >. Esteh
Cooke about My Knee-Buckles. ME-
Blauvets's leading essay on Modern
Skepticism will doubtless attract the
attention of the religious press. In the
Old Cabinet we find The flaw i'll the
Jewel. | Met a Traveller on the Road,
and A Sewer went Forth to Sow. Home
and Society treats of Dinner-Givlng,
The Abuse of Appetite, The Habit OF
Reading. Ready Made Garments, and
the Fashion in Jewelry. The other de
garments are as varied as usual.
In HdTper. Mr.. Charles l.. Brace eX-
noses the overworking of little children
! in New York City: Charles Nordhoif
commences series of articles on the
Sandwich Islands, and there is an artl-
Gle on the Telegraph, covering every
phase of the subject. The illustrations
are more than usually excellent. The
eminent Spanish statesman, Castelar,,
continues his review of German schools
of speculative philosophy, and their
connection with the progress of Repub-
licanism. Charles Reade in his serial
"A Simpleton, gives thrilling nara
tive of lion hunting by his hero. There
are several shorter stories for those who
like that kind best. The editorial de-
partment is unusually full, suggestive
and interesting.
The leading article in the GdIdry il Il
sketch of Vienna i'll which passing
glance at the costumes, customs. char
acter and general features of that famed
city is given. "Japanning the English
Language" is an enquiry into the teasl-
hilitv of making n new language tol
the japanese. taking the English for a
base Richard Grant White who Is al
authority upon modern language. dweilS
on some of the grammatical errors o1
careless people. such as You was and
had not ought" in an article entitled
"Linguistic and Literary Notes and
Queries" Here is another interesting
article on the personal Recollection>
of the Revolution in Berlin i'll Isis.
Mr.. Albert Rhodes depicts halfforeigl
race living in our midst, the Cre"les OF
Louisiana. of which most people know
nothing whatever. Under the title oi
the Martyr of Balaklava" the memo
rablc charge of the six hundred is again
immortaliZcd. These are a few of the
many good things.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01

CALEB CUSHING'> Doc SUIT. The
Hon. Caleb Gushing has addressed Il
letter to the Germantown Chronicle
concerning his famous dog case. in
which he says:
] believe that all the newspapers
chronicle my dog fight. have thus of
4 sudden become famous. pretty much
as Alcibiades did by cutting off his
dogs tail. to the astonishmrmt of all
Athens. | plead guilty to barking at
Sir Alexander Cockhurn: hut | have
done this i'll elf-detence, and. as it
seems to me. with great moderation.
seeing that Sir Alexander began by
barking ut me through 100 pages of
close printed large octave. while bark
ed at him through only % pages of
large type loaded. these pages not half
the size of the others. You see that |
have been very temperate. In justice
to Mr.. Fernando Wood. also. | desire
to say that the dog did not belong to
him. hut to his tenant -at-wilI. Thomas
Kelley. and that being written to on the
subject. Mr.. Wood gave me full per
mission to act i'll my discretion against
both Kelly and his dog.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01

TIE WEATHER WEsT-The wealth
er has been remarkably exceptional in
California. this season. frequent show
ers of rain, which have been unknown
before, after May I'D, and if they con-
tlnur much damage will result to the
unh"used grain in the fields. In the
eastern part of Kentucky and i'll the
Blue Grass regions, recent rains have
greatly damaged oats. wheat, and corn.
and hemp is very light. The aggregate
yield will not he equal by two-thirds
to the crops of the preceding two years.
IoboccO in eastern and central Ken
lucky is promising. The cereals in
southern and western Kentucky were
somewhat damaged by rain, but prom
Use an average crop. Tobacco in south
ern and western counties promise IA fair
crop.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01

for Governor. Should he receive it,
farewell to the Republican party i'll
Massachusetts | believe he would not
be again elected i'll this district, even
though he should manipulate nomi-
nation =
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Notes and Comments.

The abuses at the BrattleborO Insane
ASYLUM continue to absorb considcra-
bic interest in public attention and "c-
cupy some space i'll the newspapers.
As we have before minated, there is
an opportunity to take some of the
statements with Il grain of salt. For
instance, the very week that the Re
pUbIicGH prints statement of Fay
rttcville correspondent. complaining of
i'll treatment, the said correspondent is
taken to Brattlehoro and adiudged in
sane by DIR. Gale, and is re-committed
to the asylum. Still this patients COM
plaint NAV he true, but her mental
condition will he taken into considera-
ton by those who wish to Judge i'm
partially. In respect to the 'under-
ground apartments which the investi-
eating committee found ''unwholesome,
and utterly unfit for occupation by
human beings" none of the rooms eX-
tend more than eighteen inches below
the surface of the ground, and each
room is furnished with Il four-llghted
widow. capable of being raised or
lowered at the will of the inmate. And
the records show these rooms to he the
most healthy in the asylum. However.
we believe that in directing attention
to these public institutions, the unfor-
tunate classes will i'll the end lie better
served.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01

CALLING THINGS BY THEIE RI'.i..'
NAMEs.-The Inter ocean makes t"s
excellent practical suggestion:
1--WE suggest, as the first step 3"
ward reformation, that the next t'iIr =
bank president. or director, al ca,i.',
steals the entire capital of the ln'''...
ton he manages. he he called i con- ROM.
mon thief, treated as a common iD i,.y,
and punished as common thlci. "a.
records of the Courts support the -
eral impression that 'detaulter' are 'I
punished. If it is agreed on all hl,',
to call them thieves, it may tN','
wholesome influence in bank pa,t'.L
where one of the old men ur one al ..'
Young men occupying a director r.
presidents chair, is conscious an 80.
time that he is a rogue, and 0HA.,
occupy a felon's cell in the pcnItc'''L.",...,
Calling things by their right l''1
sometimes brings men to Their H'n's
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01

VERMONT BOYS AND VERMONT COL
LEGEs.-Of eleven boys who enter col
lleGge this year from st. Johnsburv.
three go to Dartmouth, three to Cornell
two to Amherst, one to Bovdoin AMI
two are undecided. These nine bows
who go abroad could get Just as good
an education at Vermont colleges
thereby helping to maintain home in =,
stltutions. We suppose these younq
i men seek the colleges of other States
because 1t is fashionable to get n for.
elSn education. Vermont or ito ;nst;
,u'i"hS cannot expect to prosper 80
long as its boys are sent away tn he ID
urated when they can procure inst "a
good training within its borders. Ne
nope. tne tw" undecided boys will pat
iol'|G Vermont college, and W. shall
he willing, everything else heipr o,,,,''i
10 make just comparison Of their
'';a and education with the other
nine, Tour years hence. -RufIonJ CLaIo
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01

The OCEAN BALLOON VOYAGE
Whatever else may hc the rcsul: of the
proposed balloon VOYAGE across the
ocean. it will prove Il good advertising
medium for the Graphic newspaper.
OF course it would not h" the right
thing for our distinguished citizen to
take his departure without giving the
people of New York. Philadelphia. Bos-
ton and other places, an opportunity to
take Il last look ut the man who propo-
Scs Ia take the risks of Il pioneer in Il
dangerous experiment just for the ben
eft of science. and the glory of the
country and the Graphic. This paper
announces that the construction of the
balloon progresses satisfactorily. and 1t
Is now hoped To have it i'll readiness 10y
August goth. The chief of the weather
bureau thought to allow any one of
his Suhordinates. who voluntarily offers
for the work. To accompany the voya-
gers. One hundred carrier pigeons are
+" he taken along. and one released eV-
cry hour To furnish information of pro-
grcSS. There were 81 many volunteers
from the weather bureau. that tnc chief
found it difficult to select and he has
decided that the risk is too great for
any of them to incur. and will not per
init them to accompany the professor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01

The REPUTATION WE ARE TIL
We extract the following from ID" 80
ticle in Macmillan's (London) Ma4'I',"
entitled An Englishmam in N'iI''",' nj
The temperance laws of tn" -''i' r.
Vermont are very stringent, an" IL,
therefore universally evadrd. the P,..
lie sale of liquor is crime anu ~,
crime is committed everywhere. ~.
is Il bar, but the public is only I'll 81
pearance barred out. The lIf'"' ii
frequently sold in a private i",,'
which he who drinks is locked ' ,g
you follow the landlord int" ms INA
sanctum. and take your hasly guy IT
half guilty fashion without Il liant
question. There is loud c"I,,f' ',,L
about increase of drunkenness a''
the state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01

MORE NITRO -Wednes-
day afternoon the lahorers at work ex-
cavating the tunnel at Ticonderoga on
the line of the New York and Canada
Railroad, tamped the holes with four
charges of nitro-glvcerinc. After the
discharges We're heard two laborers en-
tered the tunnel, and just us they ap-
preached the spot where the rocks were
being eXcavated, two of the charges of
nitro-glycerine which, unnoticed. had
not been previously discharged. explod-
ed with fearful report, scattering i'm
mense fragments of rock i'm all direc-
tions and literally cutting to pieces the
bodies of the two men. The remains
were gathered up as far as they could
be and conveyed to Ticonderoga.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01

tor Dv Ei,,; SEIZrREs. deputy Collec-
g "' n W MAN H. Rand and Inspector SiIas
hnr, Dan seized two horses at Water
y ,na. oentre' Monday, from John HAYES
ut~ G,m i.n', Tor differentiation. Den,
10y I"llector james Lang. ON FriJap
seized one horse at st. Adams anG T ti' > ,
Essey Jay, two horses and wagon at
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01
Costly for Massachusetts.

The fact that Mr. l.. II. Keith of
Kingston. Mass. has drawn one hun
drcd thousand dollars in u Kentucky
lottery is hcraldcd 10y the papers of that
state and echoed by our own ~ an
event of great Importance. While no
one would wish tn deprive the lucky
man of his wealth. there is no doubt
that the incident will create Il new de
mand for lottery tickets. and that there
will he fools enough Ia try their luck in
the hope of securing similar good for
tune, making an aggregate large enough
to offset the hundred thousand dollars
which will lie added to the taxable val
uation of Massachusetts. The Spring
field Republican long had the exclusive
monopoly of lottery advertisements. for
other papers refused To give them an
insertion. as there is law prohibiting
such announcements. and thousands of
dollars are thus cNtortcd from the
pockets of the people in the hope that
luck may bring in big pile at one
Sw""p. The purchase of lottery tick
cts Is mania with some people. and
where one man draws prize there are
hundreds who annually contribute to
enrich the managers who are engaged
in getting up these dclusivc schemes.
From time to timc.some large prize falls
to Il man who is known. hut it is after
all the money of his fcllow-citizens. and
the acquisition is no more tn he envied
than if the same amount had been Sc
cured 10y gambling. \ desire to Jump
into fortune 10y single turn of the
wheel of fortune has wrecked thousands
of young men, who dcspiscd the ordna-
ry paths to wealth as too slow to suit
their wishes. Lightning does not often
strike twice i'll the same place. and it
will probably he a score of years before
another Massachusetts man will draw IA
prize. Boston Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01

NALwORTII - Young Walworth,
though he marches lock step with the
other prisoners of Sing Sing. to the din
ing room at every meal time. does not
eat mouthful of prison fare He is
fed on dainty food Struggled into his
cell by sympathizing friends on the ont
side. His work is merely nominal as
he is called clerk" in the shoe shop.
and has really but little writing to do
Some of the prison officials say they are
afraid, if he stays. if he is not soon par
doned. he will sink into complete
''loater," which would he pitiful, see
ing that he is now only petted muir
derer. In six months, efforts will COM
mence to procure his pardon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01
Great Fire at Baltimore.

Last Friday was Il fearful day in Bal
timorc. 1t was one of the hottest DAYS
of the summer. and ut half-paSt ten n
fire broke out and thirteen acres near
the business centre of the city were
burned over and the loss Is estimated in
the neighborhood of Il million of dollars.
As the centre of the burned district WAS
mainly occupied with small tenement
houses. a great number of families are
made homeless. The fire department
seem to have acted promptly and with
commcndahlc energy. though the Wash
ingtOn steamers, which came over in
about fifty minutes from that city,
largely contributed to control the fire
during the afternoon. So that Il night
contlagration was averted. Two church.
eS-thc Central Presbyterian and the
FIRST English Lutheran burned
but the fine Cathedral happily escaped.
as did the Catholic Church of st. Al
phonsus, although the orphan school
attached to the latter was almost en-
tirely destroyed. Baltimore may he
considered fortunate in her escape from
Il greater devastation.
The casualties were of no importance
except in the ease of the death of Sister
Rinaldi, nun III the Convent of st.
| Alphonsus church. who died from fright
Mr.. Coonin. Chief of the Washington
Fire Department., was hurt 10y being
driven against 10y a wagon but his inju-
ries are not serious. Two tircmcn were
injured by an explosion of steam, but
they will probably recover.
The burnt district in Baltimore was
Just outside to the north of what may
properly he termed the business centre
of the city. lying between it and the
tine private residences on the hill. 1t Is
about quarter of Il mile southeast from
the Washington monument mile and
half northwest from the President street
railroad station; half mile northeast
from the Camden street station only 4
single block from the Ford's Opera
house, where Horace Greeley was nom
mated for tho Presidency one block
from the Lexington market and two
blocks from BaInum's Hotel.
The destruction of the Maryland
Academy of Arts is the most seriou,
loss which the city as community
meets by this fire. The academy wa,
organized Il few years ago by number
of the weather. citizens, and severa
valuable donations of statuary were
supplemented by purchases by the so
ciety in Europe from which the stu
dents copied. The most notable work
and probably the most valuable, was ;
copy of the frieze of the Parthenon
brought to this country at great ex
pense. The works of value were most
ly statues, and the materials of the di
recting artists. There was also Il fin,
collection of rejected designs by Balti
more architects. The academy wa,
just in the dawn of its success, the val
liable aid and costly gifts of the pas
year having provided all the requisit,
means of study.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-01

A WEEK OF FIREs.-The Boston
Journal states that during the past
week, the number of fires that we have
been called to record makes it nota-
ble one even in year of fires. We
have during the last week reported y
fires. of more or less consequence, in
various parts of the United States and
Canada, aggregating a loss where the
loss was as reported, of : ,292 600, reck-
oning Baltimorc's loss at half million
and that of Portland at S5O,0OO. Of
this number II were reported as having
destroyed more than 100000 each, and
II of these more than Sl0,000 each.
The Baltimore fire was of course the
largest, and so far OverShadows the
rest that they seem but small in com
parison. But at any other time, or if
the public mind had rot become ac-
customed to fires so large and devas-
tating, those in Montreal, with a loss of
SI40,OOO, jackson, Tenn, 100000,
Cleveland, 10000, Portland and New
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California Butter.

Seed Potatoes.
k0 BARRELS EARLY ROSE and EARLY
~ GOODRICH, in fine order, and for sale
by V HOPE n GYLES'
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Office.

NOLlC6.
PE1NG charged with the enforcement of
ID the following Ordinance, relating to
.'the duties OF tho City Surveyor" Concern
ing which due notice has been given h: the
City Clerk,) reading thus:
"Be ii further ordained, That hereafter any
person about to build any house on any new
site. fronting or bounding on any OF the
streets OF the city of Columbia. shall be re-
qnired to have the same located, and the
boundaries thereof. adjoibiDg such street or
streets, fixed by the Oity Surveyor. who shall
be entitled to receive tho sum OF IS for zach
lot so located. And in case any person shall
erect any house Ii aforesaid. without having
the same located by the City Surveyor as
aforesaid, such person shsll be subject to a
penalty of s45 for each and every offence"
hereby notify all parties concerned TO re-
port their names and locations OF lots, either
at my Office or to G. Mahon, City Surveyor. at
tho ollico Of Soibels & Ezel. The conditions
attached to tho Ordinance will be strictly
required, end the penslty OF non- compliance
to it's terms be rigidly enforced and wit hout
the slightest delay. J. A. JACKSON,
April IL Chief OF Police
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I,oU1syMIH OouRIEn, En,JouaNA11sMs.-A

Il
L,oUIsyMLE OoURLERJopRNALlsMs.-A
Washington paper tells us. that "the
postmaster OF Lynchburg, Va, has had
his name inscribed on monument in
Illinois, erected to the memory Of. those
who were killed. in the war. . T. His s,name
is there. We presume. not as one of those
who were killed in the war, but as one Of
those who ought to have been.
A fault-finding correspondent writes
'1s, among other things; TN your paper
OF, last week. is a joke, the point Of which
cant Bee." And no wonder. There
was NO point to it. We had to print q
good many jokes last week, and couldn't
get points enough to go round.
.'The New York. Epening Post wants to
know whether the Republican party
shall live or die." LET it die by all
means; but BIB its prospects in the next
world are about as black as it's character
in this. il will 6nd dying mighty rough
piece Of business.
A court martial at Versailles has sen.
fenced Felix Pyat to death for con-
tunaaoy. Contumaoy is an awful thing
to be guilty OF, but We would have. sup.
posed that it would take. the united ex-
ertions OF three or four men, to. be
guilty Of enough OF it to deserve death.
An exchange thinks that the fact that
sixteen men are confined in jail here on
the charge Of murder is bad showing
Tor Louisville. True, but it is much
worse showing for the sixteen men.
r. id said that Kahsas hemp grows
1000 pounds to the acre. Nevertheless.
It hall the rascals there had justice done
them, the importation of hemp would be
nm absolute necessity.
The Mckenzie Times says: General
Grants salary is. within fraction of
S137 per day; congressman get little
over $22 per day; the common. hard
working men get from 81 to 50 per day. "
Very true, but it the common, hard
working man isn't satisfied with his pay,
Why doesn't he quit working and run for
PRESIDENT, or go to Congress? He might
find some difficulty in getting into Con
gress; but the history of Gen. Grant
shows that any blockhead can gel to be
President.
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: IMPoRTANT IsvENT1oN.-We congratu-
late our .fellow-townsman, Gen. Rains,
In obtaining q patent for his safety valve,
invented TO meet objections to the COM
mon one SO universally adopted, which
latter is frastum OF q cone inverted,
and fitting in the end q the escape pipe;
the former. cone fitting on. Few re-
hect as they pass into steamer, near a
locomotive or factory boiler, that there
is friend in q. safety valve which stands
between them and destruction, and that
should that friend prove treacherous, by
sticking in its seat, or other cause, they
Will be crushed to death, par.boiled
alive, or torn to pieces, and thus ushered
into eternity. From the numerous o..
suaitieo OF bursting boilers we road Of in
the public prints. we are naturally led to
infer that there is something radically
wrong about them to remedy, which
would constitute, ,benefaction to the
community worth millions OF dollars.
Aiken Journal.
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The New York papers are still engaged
IN settling who was responsible for the
nrst OF April joke, which announced
that Prof. Cantell A. Biglie-can tell q
pig Ae;vwon!a Ay.across Broadway, then
to t1e top OF Trinity: steeple, and return.
thousands - assembled in the vicinity OF
the steepie. only to be disappointed. OF
and, Edward A. 4Sothsrn, are CHARGED
with The perpetration of the. joke.
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@Rec1S1A. IN oC1ce@.
ORSTACLEs TO MARIeIAaE.-Happ
relief for young men fron the effects OF errors
and abuses In early life. Manhood restored.
thod OF treatment New and remarkable re-
medies. Books and Circulars sent free. in
sealed envelopes. Address HOWARD ASSO-
phia. Am institution having high repu.
tstion Tor honorable conduct and professional!
ekll1. kll1.------ Mar "a 9m :.
HOME OF HEALTH.-Trnyele from
the & South will find Dr.. E: P. Mllier's HOMO Of
most desirsHle.PIacei to 1.-Two {p NsT York
city. The btatiSA is frst cIase; {ooi6s large.
airy al: .onsI and gsR taA5s e.celentA 1d prices
the Eleefic BatNs Swedish Movements and
tiitin& &Cure sSein the establisRmSnt. Tran.
sienS@ 81 nass6A l9ardaEs tecoui podated
sens n Tor Tor, circ1lar; a AddressE. P. miller, NJ
/bIar 25 40
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The Great Workshop Of the Body
THE LIVER

IF the Liver ia not well-reeulated in its ac.
i tion, yon will always be unwell. You will
complain CT 3nllncss, oppression OF the brain,
headache, rick and nervous. constipation,
restlcssness. iuIlncss OF the stomach, !ndiges.
tion. dyspepsia, wind on the stomach, colo,
heartburn. The workshop is derarged, dis
organized, out Of order. No better regulator
can you apply than HEINITSH'S BLOOD
AND LIVER PILLS. They are. OF all tho
PILLS that will do tho work OF correction.
They are. therefore, Liver corrcctor.
Everybody uses them: Everybody likes them.
ever! body speaks well OF them. Only twenty
five cents n box. Will cure moro disc a. scs than
aquart of noxious decoction. Pepared only
by f.. II. HEINITSH
Feb IL Columbia, 4. G..