St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-31
Squibs.

y Texas mau tapped two hundred
aPpl" trees for Il supply of cider.
Am uu>tampcd letter WAS Deposited
in the post office at Marshall. ILL.,. last
week. and underneath the address was
the endorsement. "Irt her slide y. m,
>hr'~ NIL hunk: inside air one of them
post hoir kccrds.''
The Louisville Comier-Journal says
that ~ Tennessee editor who has been
drinking Cincinnati whiSkey fora month
has written to an eastern printing house
lor patent inside"
Money is easier. \ twenty-five
cent scrip waS found lying around loose
on Pine street this morning. The OWL
cr can have the same 10y paving seventy
H,r cents len this notice. PrOrjdeHcc
Press.
The following note wa> received at
an ap"thcrail shop IN New Bedford, il
t.N days since. hut whether the dose
furnished to the "barrl" was followed
with The required result We are not adj
vi>rd: ''l'lca>c give he barcr >umpthin
to iiIjc him H. cents WORTH
\ writer in the Alta California drliv-
yI> Il sunday school address of which
the following passage is an example:
~ on hoN> ought To hC kind to Your
iiJilr sisters. once knew IL bad boy
VIII" struck hi> little sister IL blow over
the eye. although She didn't fade and
die in the early summer time. when the
Juur ru~c- were blowing. with the
sweet words Of forgiveness on her pallid
lips she rose up and hit him over the
hr'd with Il r"llim4-pin. So that he
cuul:iuI 20 To Sunday school for moIr
than u month. on account OF not being
able to put his best hat ON
Here urc Il couple OF specimens of
scotch humur: How. said an Ahcr-
deem philosopher To- some Young stu
dents hr VAS examining, "hoW. for in
~Iuncc. dn astronomers measure the
di~lanr, t" the sun - 1t rather posed
the ciI~> till Il Young Slrctlamdcr with
sandy hair exclaimed. "l'hcy calculate
onr-fmlih of the distance. and then
multiply 10y lorr." An Aberdeen lad
with very good appetite swallowed II
~ulI Icadcn bullet. His friends were
,cr, much alarmed about il. The doc
Tor ua> found. hraid the dismal tale.
and vitha> much uncuuccIm H. he would
manifest in Il c;I>e of common headache.
wrote the following lacomic note To the
lads father: ..Dumt alarm Yourself
If. after three weeks. the bullet Is not
rcuul ed. rive the boy Il charge of pow
.jrl. Yours. etc. p. :. Don't shoot
the hol at amy body.
Dr. r WAS the president Of Il
southern college. who pr"tcsSed to be-
very grammatical in the use of his Ian
yudgr. and therefore he expected his
pupils to he likewise. Playing cards
was strictly forbidden on the school
plcmi>r~: but. a~ i always the case,
ihi> law was often Violated hv the stu
dents without THEN hcimg detected. \
uumh.l of freshmen collected together
IN one of their numbers room. and were
,uin, linz a good game of cuchrr. when
u kunck was heard ut the door. "Who's
there !' ''McH WAS the laconic reply.
..Who'> me ," '''rotcs$or p" "lou
he! ila. Iia. ha Professor =
wouldn't say 'mc" HID say, It's sir"
The old professor turned his back and
went "tl. knowing that they had HIM
there.
How /" keep boys from running to
evil. aud Wasting Talents. opportunities,
and h..ith in dissipation, is IL subject
that j. ii present receiving considerable
attention ~ the public print, and many
remedies are suggested. One of the
best We clip from IN agricultural paper.
We don't know how it may strike 9th
rrS. but il seems to lis that the plan
suggested ~ our agricultural friend
will prov" ciirrtual. We do not sym
pathizc with his language exactly, but
we know not how much he may have
suffered from the actions of wayward
Sons. He SAYS:
"IO Preserve DdmS0HS.-Put them in
to stone jars set the jars up to their
neckS in Il kettle of cold water and boil
half an hour; then cork up tight. -
DdnbUy News.