St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-17
Notes and Extracts.

If Gen. Grant called an extra session.
the West and South would want more
vhiskcl to cure the dclirium trcmcnS
Even the democrats West have forgot
ten THEN old pot -mrtal ideas of hard
money. and are just mnN ing up to con
Stitutional views as To resumption.
know them. When spoke at Column
bus. O.. in $50. being then New
York member. | was accused of speak
ing for eastern nahoh>. because | argu-
ed in the general interest for IcSump-
tlon.-SHH>Ct Cor.
\ Utah despatch informs lis that
Brigham loung'> last effort at the re
cent conference was i'll opposition to
public schools. This is natural enough
for education and enlightenment are
the hane of MuImomi>m. The faith is
recruited from the most ignorant class
e. in the Old World and there i no
chance for its success among intelligent
and cultivated people. No woman not
mentally weak would marry the sin
tcrnth part of Il man. and no really wise
person would cncumhcr himself with Il
plurality of wives. Education will kill
MormoniSm aS it has destroyed other
false beliefs and evil practices Boston
Globe.
The Boston Pilot (Catholicl is max
ing war upon the Irish custom of wakes
over the dead" and the san Francisco
Catholic Guardian joins in the assault.
The latter says with truth that lit is
showing hut little respect for the dead
to make Il night of drinking and feast
ing ut the feet of the corpse" and the
former says the practice is "a remnant
of paganiSm. but in its usual crcum-
stances worse than paganiSm ever WAS"
The wonder Is that Il custom So dcgrad-
ing and brutal can he tolerated any
where by protesting Christians.
Contrary to its first conclusions, the
scientific world is really greatly cncour-
aged 10y the PolaIiS expedition. No
previous expedition. we presume to say.
has stood the Arctic weather so success
fully. Capt. Halls death WAS largely
tcmpcramcntal. and cannot outweigh
the general good health of the other 81
members of the party. some of them
child hearing women. They found quad
rnped game far up in the highest lati-
tndeS, and seem to have stood the lone
Illness cold and dark with great forti-
tude. The trips of the relief vessels
show that through all the known part
OF Batfin's bay, navigation is safe and
rapid. 1t is not impossible but that
some later and better equipped Hall
will yet reach the North pole. hut il is
highly Improbable that he will ever
turn it to amy profitable use. And after
the plagucy thing has been found. the
rest of us will have to content ourselves
with the barren assurance from the mi
mary biographies that it is mcIc i'm
aginaly point.
This is decidedly Bccchery: Now. |
had rather have been the plodigal son
than his brother. He WAS too Stinry to
get drunk. He was too cautious, too
cold, to" unSympathctic to sin laScivi-
ously. He was lean, mean. stiff and
proper. He was going to heaven like
Il mummy.-Hwry Ward Bcechey's Sun
day Sermon.
here Is too much Indifference about
appr"priating other peoples money. A
man occupying IL position of trust is
bound to more than ordinary watchful-
hess over himself, and if he abuse this
trust he becomes the greatest of crimi-
mails. The safety of the community is
involved i'll the preservation of thes,.
| trusts, and the more respectable the