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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-24
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ht'd uIIu set in sabbath evening,
continued with little interruption
' N"ndal night. 1t rained much
Gel i"I a portion of the time than it
10 '.r glcal rain of two weeks ago.
''''am> Mere brought up at once,
'"' P1>>rmp>ic has not been so
."i"Ir since the flood of 90.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-24

ld,A Hidden. flour and grain deal
have moved into their new store at
-,o, ot the Avenue. The IdeS III
.,.np>ir have il lot of Michigan APP
o. the road. to arrive soon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-24

\.,lau badger has sold his house
.;.L.rL> village to Geo. Page.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-24

w.. .uppo>,. F. F. Fletcher has sold
neral ~pling near his store, us the
,,i,,mcnr j. taken down this morn
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-24
WINDSOR COUNTY.

Three of the oldest and highly re-
spected citizens of Springfield, have
died recently. Samuel Derby, aged S3
wears Mrs Bates, wife of the late Rev.
Dexter Bates, aged St, and Ebenezer
Harlow. The latter who lived to the
age of 90, was the last surviving mem
Der of a family of thirteen children,
who were very remarkable for their
longevity. All of them, with one ex-
ception, lived to be above 60 years of
AGE and the average of their ages was
over IS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-24

Sold bg Druggists and Chemists. and dealers il
Medicine at TiceHtu- Fire Cents BOr. t25Iul7i
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-24
WOOD FOR SALE!
St. Johnsbury Academy.

The second half of the First Term will begin
MONDAY NOV. 3. and continue ten weeks.
A special class in telegraphy will be formed under
the instruction of Mr.. c. n. Cheever. Terms, sl3
for fifty lessons. Apply to
9I-92 H. T. FULLER, Principal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

FECUNDrrY OF FIsnEs.-It is said
that probably about 10000, 900 or TO-
100000 Goldfish are taken from the
sea annually around the shores OF
Newfoundland. But even that guam
tity seems small when We consider
that the cod yields something like s.
100000 eggs each season, and that
even 5000, 900 have been found in the
roe of single cod Other fish,
though not squalling the cod, are won
derfully productive. A herring six or
seven ounces in weight is provided with
about 10000 ova. After .makinp all
ton Of eggs and of the young, it has
been calculated that in three years Il
single pair of herrings would produce
l54 100000. Button said that if
pair Of herrings were left to breed and
multiply undisturbed for q period of
twenty years, they would yield fish
bulk equal to the globe on which we
live. The cod far surpasses the her
ring in fecundity. We're it not that
vast numbers of the eggs are DESTROY
ed, fish would 50 multiply rs to fill
the waters completely. - Scientific
Imerieon.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

POWER OF A FEw.-"To be in min
ority is not discouraging position,
and it is not great numbers that al
ways produce the most important re-
suits. A very small body Of earnest
believers may pivi"~~ IN sny depart
ment o: activity, intellectual or moral,
most marvellous results. We all re-
member that little body of staunch
Abolltionists, who, thirty years ago,
devoted themselves singiy and reso-
lutely TO u purpose; and slavery in
America is no more. There are found
scattered throughout the earth, here
and there. sentinels upon their watch
towers, observers of the skies, watch.
ers Of the motion of the planets, men
who observe and calculate the heaven
ly forces. Very few in number are
they; but the traveller upon the far
thcst sea, the mariner in his lonely
bark, is safer all over the earth for the
labors OF those solitary students and
workers. And few and scattered as
We may be, if faithful TO our trusts,
may we not hope that everywhere, all
over the earth, in whatever solitary
pathway, our brother man may find
himself safer for our celestial obserya-
tions:'- Judge Hoar.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

Blessed is the memory of an old
fashioned mother. Ii floats to us now
Ike the beautiful perfume of some wood
land blossoms. The music of other
voices may be lost, but the enhancing
memory Of hers will echo in our soul
forever. Other faces will fade away and
be forgotten, but hers will shine on until
the light from heavens portal shall
glorify our own. When in the fitful
pauses OF busy life our feet wander
back to the old homestead, and cross
ing the well-worn threshold, stand once
more in the low, quaint room, so hal
lowed by her preseuoe, now the feeling
of childish innocence and dependence
comes over US, and we kneel down in
the molten sunshine streaming through
the western window, just where long
years ago we knelt by our mothers knee
lisping "Our Father" How many times,
when the tempter lured US on, has the
memory of those sacred hours, that
mothers words, her faith and prayers,
saved us fom plunging into the abyss of
sin. Years have filed great drifts be-
tween her and us, but they have not hid
den from our sight the glory of her
pure, unselfish love.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

ADVANTAGES OF SMALL HORSES
The Southern Farmer says: "The ar
guments may all be in favor Of great
size, but the facts are all the other way.
Large horses are more liable to STUN
BILE and be lame than those of the mid
die size. They are clumsy, and can
not fill themselves so quick. There is
nothing more surprising to Western
men than to visit Montreal and see the
small but stout Canadian horses haul.
ing large two-seated carriages, full of
people, with apparent ease. A horse
weighing 900 pounds in Maine takes a
chaise or Concord wagon, with two
men in it, and makes fifty or sixty
miles day over hills that might have
terrified Hannibal. But their weight
is where it ought to be. 1t is COM
pact, and not lying around loose. 1t
is muscle, not pulp. that we want in a
horse"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19
The Balloon Voyage.

1t is now almost q fixed fact that
Professor John Wise, Secretary of the
meteorological section of the Franklin
Institute Of Philadelphia, will start
from Boston Common on July on his
aerial voyage across the Atlantic. Mr..
Washington II. Donaldson, the daring
aeronaut, and two scientific gentlemen,
not yet selected--although there are
many applicants for the adventure
will accompany him. Within a few
days past the Common Council at Bos.
ton have appropriated the sum Of e.
600 for the purchase Of the materials
for the balloon and for other necessary
apparatus, provided the Boston men
OF science can be satisfied that the pro-
fessor's theory is a plausible one. Pro-
fessor Wise says that he can do this
beyond all question. He will make
the journey of 5000 miles in not more
than seventy hours and probably only
sixty. His confidence In the success
Of his venture is based on the theory,
which his frequent experiences as an
aeronaut have proved to be true one,
that the entire upper atmosphere sur
rounding the earth moves with the rev.
olution of the earth eastwardly. Ac-
cording to this, as soon as air-tide is
struck by the balloon the ar-ship will
drift Europeward at the rate of one
hundred miles an hour. But this i'm
mense rate Of speed will not be a
source Of peril to the voyager, as the
balloon, no matter how fast it may 90,
seems TO stand still. Professor Wise
does not claim that he can return
across the Atlantic though, his theory
only involving the practicability of
the voyage to the East. lie will take
mail out with him which he will en-
gage to deliver at their destinations in
three days time or less. The air-ship
in which this extraordinary venture
will be made will consist of three bal
looms, one nearly three times as large
as the other two. They will be capa-
BILE Of lifting H. 900 pounds, exclusive
Of their own weight, basket, life-boat,
&c, of which later, one fully equipped
for an ocean accident will be carried
along. The basket and its appurten-
aces will be something novel. 1t will
resemble covered room, with cellar,
where the water and food for the trip
will be stored. 1t will have windows
on all sides, and limestone for heat
and cooking, while an eletric light will
be secured at night by means of va
cum tube at each end.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

The Wing tells this story of Ban
gor boys enterprise I'll. Eugene
Nealley, a son of Chas. A. Nealley, of
this city, aged Is years having had
some experience as sailor and wish
ing to continue in seafaring life, was
provided with schooner of sixty-five
tons, named the Eliza Frances, which
was loaded with lumber at Mr.. Neal
ley's mill, and the young man was told
to sail where he pleased and sell the
cargo. He purchased a chart of the
coast and sailed, arriving at Rockland
the same day; but as he could not sell
his freight there he again set sail and
went to Thomaston, and meeting with
like result there, he tried Carver's
Harbor and from thence went to Port
land, being fog bound three days. A,
Portland he sold the cargo for a GOOD
price, sent the money by a check to hi.
father, chartered for Boston, loadet
his vessel all in the space of nine days
realizing as the proceeds of his frs
S40O.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

HAYTIEN PRovERBs.-Thed day that
the little chicken is pleased is the very
day that the hawk takes hold of him.
Eggs ought not to dance with stones,
Before You speak, turn your tongue
over seven times.
When you go to the monkeys house,
don't ask if his ears are long.
A little dog may have courage be-
fore his masters door.
It's only the shoe that knows wheth
er the stock ing has holes.
Good soup may be made in an old
saucepan.
The cock wears spurs, but he is no
horseman for all that.
Pardon does not heal the wound.
A pig that has two owners is sure to
die with hunger.
Reproach is heavier than a bag of
salt.
A promise is a debt.
Flies are caught with syrup, but not
with vinegar.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

streaming from the brightness of her
glorious home q slender beam seemed
TO come trembling to his very feet.
Then he knew that the light was plac-
ed in the window of heaven.
Once more he knelt in the little room
where he last LEFT her. Nothing was
removed, but, oh, how much was want
ing. There, on the window still stood
the little lamp-that brought tears
afresh. But he took his mothers we'll
worn Bible, and kneeling by the bed
side, as if she could hear him, he
sought her Savior, and consecrated
himself to the life and work of right
eousness. From that cottage he went
out into the world, carrying his grief
as sacred memorial, but seeing al
ways, wherever his work lead him, his
waiting mother and the lamp in the
window of heaven.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

The German Emperor, while visiting
a village, was welcomed 10y the school
children of the place. After making
speech for them he took an orange
from plate and asked: ITO what
kingdom does this belong:" "The
vegetable kingdom, SIRE" replied The
girl. The Emperor took a gold coin
from his pocket, and holding it up
asked, And to what kingdom does
this belong!" 80 the mineral king,
dom, sire, replied the little girl. "And
to what kingdom do l belong, then ?''
asked the Emperor. The little girl
colored deeply, for she did not like to
say "the animal kingdom" as she
thought she would, lest his majesty
should be offended, when a bright
thought came, and she said with radi-
ent eyes, ''To Gods kingdom, SIRE"
The Emperor was deeply moved. A
tear stood in his eye. He placed his
hand on the child's head and said,
most devoutly, "God grant that 1 may
be accounted worthy of that kingdom.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19
Afeared OF q Gall.

on, darn Il all l.-afeared of her.
And such mite OF a gall
Why. two of her size rolled into one
Won't ditto sister Sail.
Her voice l. sweet A. the whipporwilrs
And the sun-hine's in her hair:
But d rather face a redskins knife,
or the grip Of 4 grlzzly lear.
Yet Sail says, "why she's such a dear,
She's just the one for YOU"
Oh, darn it all .-afcared Of a gall,
And me just six feet two.
Though she amt any size, while I'm
Considerable tall,
I'm now here when she speaks to me-
She makes me feel 50 small.
Ny face grows red nv tongue gets hifched,
The cussed thing won't go
IL riles me. cause Il makes her think
I'm most tarnaiion slow.
And though folks say she's sweet on me,
CUES. IL can't be tue.
All, darn ii all .-afeared Of gall,
Ond me just six feet twol
Nv sskes jus; 'spose If what the folks
In saving should he so!
Go. cousin Jane, and speak to her,
Find out and LET me know;
Tell her the gals should court the men.
For isn't this leap year:
That's why I'm kinder bashful like,
Awaiting for her here.
And should she hear I'm scared Of her.
lou'll swear ii can't be true.
Oh. darn it all.-afeared Of gall.
And INT just six feet two.
SISTER Sail don't like this word. Says IL
only ht for stockings, and such like. But il
can't be helped. The country folks are gTes
nj darning. They will darn, and that's n
about its. S. Jr.
-BLACKwO oD.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

Antony to Cleopatra.

l am dying, Egypt. dying.
Ebb. the crimson lfe-tide fact;
And the dark Plutonian shadows,
Gather with the evening blast,
Let thine arm, q Queen support me-,
Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear
Listen to the great heart-secrets,
Thou, and thou lone must hear.
What tho my SCARED and veteran legions
Bear their eagles high no more;
And my wrecked and shattered galleys
Strew dark Actiums fatal shore.
What tho no glittering guards surround me
Prompt 10 do their masters will:
Yet. must perish like a Roman,
Die, the great Triumyir, still.
Let not Caser's servile minions
Mock the lion, thus laid low,
Twas no foeman's arm that slew him.
Twas himse If that struck the blow,
Hear, then. pillowed on thy bosom.
Ere his star fades quite away.
Him, who drunk with thy caresses,
Madly flung world away.
And II the Pleibian rabble
should assail my fame at Rome,
seek my noble spouse. OctayiA,
Weeping in her widowed home,
Say To her, the Gods have told me,
Augurs. Affairs circling wings
That her blood. with mine commingled,
Yet shall mount the throne Of Kings
V.
And for thee-star-eyed Egyptian.
Glorious sorceress of the Nile,
Light my path 10 stygian horrors
With the splendors Of thy smile,
Give this P-ar. crowns and arches
Let his brow, the laurel twine.
| can scorn the Senate's triumph,
Trumphin <. in love, like thine!
vi.
| am dying, Egypt, dying,
Hark hear the focman's cry,
They are coming. quick, my fAlchion,
Let me front them, ere die.
All. No more amidst the battle
Shall NV breast ex uliani swell
Isis and Osiris, guard thee.
Cleopatrs-Rome-farew
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19
Vol. XIX. Whole No. $50 No. Is.
CURIOUS ELECTRICAL PHENOMENON. :

CURIOUS ELECTRICAL PHENOMENON
The Des Moines, Iowa, Register OF rec
ent date says that "the air in this vicin-
ity was so full of electricity that for
several hours it was almost impossible
to get the telegraph wires to work.
Other phenomena indicating the pres
ence of an immensely large amount of
the lightning fluid were observed not
only here but in other places. No re-
port has reached us any more curious
than that connected with the passage of
the Eastern bound express train on the
Rock Island road. From the time the
train left Stuart, the track behind it APP
peared for several car-lengths like a
stream Of fire. Passengers in the sleep
leg car crowded to the rear door to gaze
at the unaccustomed spectacle. On they
rushed, the fiery eye of the locomotive
in front, that trailing banner of fame
behind. As they enter the valley,
above Commerce Mills, the current in
creased, as it did in all the low, damp
places, until the ribbons of fire made a
regular illumination behind the train.
1t was evidently caused, in some unex-
planned way, by the friction of the car
wheels. The same phenomenon was
noticed at the car yards in this city, but
the light was not so bright, nor did it
continue so long"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19
ENGLISH AS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.

ENGLISH As A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.
More evidence that the English tongue
is fast becoming the language Of the
world comes from far away Siam, the
King of which realm has just established
two English schools for the education Of
the sons of his mobiles. These future
Asiatic aristocfats are to be able to con-
verse with aud read the literature of the
people of Great Britain and the United
States. French may remain the langua-
&c of European courts, but the commer-
cial tongue Of the world is undoubtedly
the English, and the knowledge Of it is
spreading with every fresh port in Asia
and Africa opened to commerce, with
the advent Of each American in Japan,
China, and Egypt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19
Correspondence.
For the American.
Our Rights.

Those ''inalienable rights, among
which are life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness" enumerated in the De-
claration of Independence, have more
significant meaning and are suscepti-
bic of more practical use in the every
day walks of life than many people
seem TO imagine.
Reader, while you behave as well,
you are the peer Of any man in the
universe, while Ben. Butler, Senator
Patterson, and the whole long list of
swindlers in high places are your So
cial interiors.
You have right to earn your bread
by the sweat Of your brow-to be in
dependent. You are not slave-ex-
cept, it may be, to some vile habit of
self-indulgence which binds one tight
er than chains and manacles. You
have right to live within your income,
to turn your back on fashion and APP
pearances when their imperious de-
mands require you to spend more than
you earn, or to use for your supposed
wants, funds which others have en-
trusted in your care. l have known
men to spend other peoples money
that they might retain Fictitious
standing in society. Did it never oc-
cur to you that social standing, when
it requires the sacrifice of manhood,
honesty and decency, is not worth re-
tanning? that it is a curse to be avoid
ed as the smallpox or cholera?
You have a right to all the culture
and Improvement of which you are sus-
ceptible /; and this right is lifelong in
its duration. You have a right to
worship God according to the dictates
Of your own conscience-remembering
that some Of the greatest wrongs ever
perpetrated on humanity, have been
conscientiously inflicted in the name,
and under the sanction OF religion.
You have a right to wage an intermin'
able warfare on rum-sellers, tippline
shops and all vile poisons known - in
tOxicating beverages,
We. each Of Us have right to deal
honestly, kindly, charitably, benevo
= lently with all men according to theil
several needs. Reader, do you realize
these rights9 Are you willing to &C
7 cord to others the rights which you
yourself enjoy?
Your happiness depends on tn
!. manner in which you shall exercis
these privileges. ]. c. c.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

A sportsman tells of q singular in
stance OF gun hanging fire. He had
snapped his gun at gray squirrel, and
the cap had exploded, but the piece not
going of, he took it from his shoulder,
loo ked down into the barrel and saw the
charge just starting when, bringing it to
his shoulder again, it went of and killed
the squirrel.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

FAMILY CONUNDRUM-At an elegant
dinner party given in Washington the in
FAINT terrible of the family was permitted to
occupy seat near one of the most distin-
guished guests. Moreover the young man
has sister who is shining belle in soci-
ETY.. Eliza is the name Of the young lady,
but the scapegrace will call her Lie. The
company were startled by the youngster
asking. s'why is father like the devil p'
An awkward pause ensued. Then be
shouted out, Because he is the father OF
Lie" That boy did not get his deserts
| for he was sent to bed
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

A raw countryman gazing at gar
den in the vicinity of Boston, in which
we're several marble statutes, exclaim.
ed, "Just see what waste Here's no
less than six scare-erows in this ten
foot patch, and one of them would
keep the crows from q ave-acre lot ~
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

They catch pickerel at Hamburg, N.
Y, by tying lines with baited hooks to the
feet of geese and driving them across the
pond. When . fish bites the geese found
er and make for the shore, when they are
relieved of their burdens and sent back for
mOfA
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

A foolish young man in Savannah, Ca,
fred his revolver into the bung-hole Of an
empty kerosene barrel. The barrel burst,
breaking his nose, gashing his forehead,
and knocking him more senseless than he
was at first
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19

What house pet is it that is 80 general
ly admired, sought alter and valued,
yet more abused, trsmpled upon, kicked
about, looked down upon and whipped
than any Other7 A carpet.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-06-19
Ms& A LECTURE

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The world-renowned author in this admirable
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For Sale.

The schooner eaAer, tons. new measurment
with new sails, cable and anchors, and in good
For further particulars, Apply 70 j, WOOSTER.
Hancock, April 2, ls73, l5tt