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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-13
Tie Results Of the Freshet.

The Results Of the rreshet.
Vince III, +. y -. hyid", came inw II
H",.e.. tiNri. IL t"uh uii the top 81 Ely .
Batch y COS dam. and thl~ company
viii mud 1t h., work /" I'LL their "rdcr>,
..- ihrl r;unut now obtain all the power
rlc< need The lam of il. above the
Portland >iI,,.t bridge CAUSED the water
-, -,.f back fu pa;idurk village. and the
o.u \cucimi.h Dung h"u~c Wa~ com
i.lr1,k Inundated. and what was not
.,uo>c,i from thc house WAS thorough
T !, saturated lht next day Carpets and
thIag,, vcIc hanging out on the fence
90 dry. Ahuut two Thousand dollars
worth ct hardware at IIddocks shop.
i'll boxed aud ready To ship /" Boston.
was caught in the high water and 81
Thoroughly wet and ru~tcd a. to he
WORK Immediately and stayed up the
/ Portland street highway bridge So that
teams began tu PASS on THIN Sday. The
lailIuni bridge at the old Barrett mill
W:t> completed "n saturday. and trains
cas-; pa>S as usual The culvert halt
way "a Pa~Sump>ic WIS also repaired
the next day after the flood, and COM
mnnir,ltion with the outside world Is
Thoroughly established.
The boom mt Halls mills AT Lyndon
broke. letting away great number OF
logs. hut fortunately an lee jam turned
/ them out upon the land where most OF
| them were secured.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-13
nI:I.I.AN> COZ MY

At CI.ttt>hluh. a partridge comes rec
ullrlI from the woods to the dwelling
OF Augustus Paddock. and l. fed with
crumbs 10y his little children, who much
enjoy the visits of the forest stranger.
Mrs. Alice AinSworth died At Crafts
bury last week. aged 90.
Barnahu> LrClarc of Barton got
drunk last Tuesday. and WAS fined -
and costs. He WI> made to tell where
h,- got his rum. and the man that sold
il to HIM i sorIy 80 worth.
MIS-. Cornelia Hint. widow of Lyman
H. Hunt of CrattshurN, has recently
moved to Albany. and i'll this commrr-
ton We would like To relate IL little >t"-
~. 1t must he remembered that MI
Hunt died the first of the winter. Mrs.
Hunt has Il little girl. little Lola. just
big enough to toddlc about. AMI a> they
were about NOV ing, she MAS made Ia
understand that they were going home.
After arriving at the h"u>c. this little
child was observed earnestly and care
fully searching every nook and corner.
aud at last. It's if in despair over her
fiuitlc>s search. turned to her mother
and said Mamma. can't find my
papa" Poor little Lola In the inno-
crncc and simplicity of her heart she
thought if they had got home. of course
her papa would be there. Never mind.
little Lola. it WAS Il sore diSapp"int-
mcnt and all you little children. You
have Just entered a life of diSappoint
ments but if you are good children.
and love and obey Jesus, Won shall all
get home by and by and there will be
no disappointments there. and. o. sweet
thought papa will hr there. too. Non
iOr
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-13
4 Lumber Market.


The Barton Monitor has the following
bit of news: We are Informed from
crrdiiablr sources, that a new enter
uri~, i about I" he started at st. johns
bury. " hich will be most important 10
the Interests If that place. Arrange
ment- ara said /" be completed already
With leading lines of railroads west. 81
that lumber can he shipped To TINS
point at such rates as will a!lo" the
building up of lumber mart OF much
consequence. Beside making 1t point
from " hich pine and other Canada and
western lumber can be shipped to sup
nj, oar home and New England mar
ket-. it i proposed to build very
/ large manufacturing establishment ioi
the working Of this lumber into furnl'
ture. The Fairbankses are at the DOT
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-13

Ne learn thJt the French { ath"lic-
go. 10 ara agirdtiug the matter OF 4
a hurch
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-13

..uI l. over that -,rcW driver bat
;.urd
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-13

BALTIMORE Nd. Dcr"I.,r 81 I-..
lin" MARY Wand institute has awarded Wheeler
\ Wilson tn, Cold Medal tn THEN ", No. O.
sewing Machine pth'r Swim N'....l mes r,r,l.
e,l nnihin.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-13
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Commencing Monday. F"hruar, I'd. 1874.
LE AINS MnNINL. slI--LLL
TRAINS MOVING NORTH

TRAINS NOV ING sol III
Leave Winchrndun al 7:}G \. Nj MS \ VI
il5 l.. VI. Arrive AT Worcester at as \ NJ.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-13

tom of the enterprise, and are trying to
esta blish business that will he perma-
nent and of advantage 20 the town. If
thu undertaking is carried out. il will
he of great advantage To ST Johnshury,
as well rs to surrounding towns. The
+. 4 .. Railroad will lie employ to
bring the lumber from the west
CRANKY.
The farm known as the Drown place
was sold al public auction. on the 18th
of February to O. :. Rice. for <4I5.
Officers chosen nj town meeting ::
Moderator. b. Isham. Clerk and treas
urrr. l.. Wells Sclcctmen. l.. Wells.
j. Matthews. G.. W. shores. Constable
J. Matthews. Ovcr>ccr. j. Ford. Lis
teI>. l.. W. Jones. =. &. Gleason. q. :.
Rice. Auditors. .. :. Rice, J. Ford. f.
u. shores. Trustee of public money and
town grand juror. &. W. Matthew's
Supt. of schools. +. \. Rice.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-13
RUTLAND cor NTY.

4 family ut Rutland were -tupeiied
from coal gas. Their next door nci Oh
Dor went III To get some catnlp for Il
sick cat seeing their condition. she
opened the windows, and thus saved
their lives. MOral-If you burn coal,
live next door to Il sick cat.
Quite lively fight is going on for
the Rutland postotfce. between Capt.
j. b. kllburn, now postmaster. whose
commission is about to expire. and
Albert II. futile. managing editor of
the Herald. Petitions for both were
circulated.
Norman Henry Of Rutland has tor
some yeaIs been occasionally troubled
by Il bunch or swelling of his leg. the
cause of which he had always been I'M
able 10 discover. 4 few days ago he
opened his leg below the knee and ex-
tracted a piece of glass an inch and ii
half in length and half an inch wide
which had worked from his hip down
since fifteen wears ago, when he crawled
through window and received several
pieces in his hip. all OF which be sup
nosed had been extracted.
Mr.. Zimri Howard. Of Hubbardton
while AT work in the woods Oh We'd
nesdav last accidentally slipped and
tell over ice and rock down au embank-
ment seventy feet high. He was terri
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-13
TWO GOOD DWELLING HOUSES,
Three Valuable Farms.

w" ~t"r~ hI-h built last ~.sn.'r.-. lam.
nud sheds "a .>d r'-l'f ',u,,'l gardens with .:l.'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-13

with his mother, were just about ready
t" start for II. soutr"rn part of the
stat. hoping tie Innate to he lore
la cable there. MI Ezra Hutchinson
an" family lost mos; of their clothing
ana furniture. 80 did ais" Mrs. Esther
Hutchinson.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-24
The Republican Party.

Senator Hamlin, of Maine, in his
speech at the Republican Congressional
Convention at Bangor, said "Any
reading and thinking man must see that
a spirit Of progress animates our party
IA disposition TO open up new chan
nels of commerce and to increase the
production of thecountry, disposition
to aid all the genuine projects calcu-
lated to benefit the nation at large, a
spirit of liberality to aid the Govern
ment in in its upward cause, desire to
have a stricter accountability between
government officers and departments, a
strong purpose for economy in every
Z anch of the Governmental those
are characteristics of the party to whom
the government is intrusted, notwith-
standing the scandals and ISLANDERS set
afoat by a portion of the press. There
has been too much of this SANDER by
innuendo. The man who boldly charges
me with crime, and fixes the time and
place, | regard as q gentleman when
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-24
The New Postal Law-lts Probable Eff
feels

We have already called attention to
the new postal law, and to the fact that
the amount Of merchandise, samples,
etc., which can be carried for less than
letter postage has been increased from
twelve ounces to four pounds, and that
the latter quantity can now be carried
for but thirty-two cents. On inquiry at
the Postofiice to-day, it was found that
the new provisions had not yet affected
the bulk of mail matter to an apprecia-
BILE extent, but it was thought tnat n
considerable change would be percepti-
BILE when the public became familiar
with the increased privileges.
Even under the old law, it was said,
the quantity OF matter sent for less
than letter postage was much greater
than generally supposed. One firm in
this city, for instance, makes great
quantity OF uppers for patent leather
boots and sends them through the mail
to shoe-dealers in all parts of the coun-
try, pair of uppers just coming within
the old limit as to weight. Now, it is
supposed, with the reduction in post
age, this business will be respond
ingly increased, as will that of the large
millinery establishments which now ill
small orders through the mails for
ribbons, laces, etc., from different parts
of the Union. There is nothing now
to hinder the latter from sending dress
patterns in the same way, if customers
are willing to take the risk of loss in
transit.
A dealer in musical instruments visit
ed the Postot1ice to-day to obtain infor-
nation iii regard to the law, and became
satisfied that he could forward by mail
at a cheap rate, nearly all the articles in
his stock of goods.
1t has also been suggested that tea.
dealers could do profitable business
mailing packages OF not more than four
pounds Ill weight to customers in coun-
try towns, who would thereby obtain
their tea at n rate much less than is
usually charged by village shopkeepers,
while the city dealer would secure his
usual price.
If the cost OF postage were the only
thing to be considered, tailors might
find no obstacle in mailing whole suits
of clothes, but nothing can now be
registered on which letter-postage is not
paid, and the risk of loss, 1t is said, will
probably prevent the transmission Of
many valuable articles in this manner.
An experienced officer in the Postoflice
to-day spoke of this as IA defect in the
law, saying that he thought the fee of
five cents for every registration would
be sufficient to defray the expenses of
the increased clerical labor. -NcW York
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-24
Butternuts.

1t is better to do evil bi acksident.
than TO do good bi acksident.
Ekonemy is the parent ov 9-tenths oy
all the welth and happiness there liz in
this world.
The truth bides its time, but lie liz
alwuss in CRATE hurry to vindikate it.
self.
Most all ov our misfortunes are the
result ov karlessness.
Lazyness and fear are not recognized
aiming the vices, but they ought to be,
for they hav dun as mulch hurt to man
kind as ennything kno ov.
The fool crop IL the most prolifick,
and about the surest one we hav.
Thare are but phew who think at
all, and thare are less who think
right.
III we should live orr lives over again,
we probably should make just az menny
blunders, they would only be different
ones.
How menny thare liz who think they
are wise, just bekauze they kno how to
dispute.
/ hav thought that men were honest
from vanity as often as they waz from
virtew.
1t liz the aimable weaknesses ov men
after all that endear them to us more
than emmy other traits.
The man who kan keep a sekret liz
one who has got his vanity well under
control
With all due respekt for the wimmin
think they hay more coquetry than
modesty in their natures.
Gravity often turns out to be only the
wisdom OF Ignorance.
Menny men are obstinate from ig-
norance, but more are obstinate from
pride ov opinyon.
One reazon viii lies are so prevalent
IL bekauze people are too lazy to hunt
up the truth.
/ suppoze we are constantly doing
good and evil without knowing it.
Thare is no satisfakshun to the hui
man harte so CRATE as the refekshun
that we hav dun worthy ackshun.
The worst people we hav are those
who have just about as much vice az
virtew in them.
Menny men decide right bi kind ov
intuishun, and if they were called upon
to give their reasons they couldn't do
it.
1t IL CRATE art to know how to con-
fer favors, it liz often done in sutch
way az to do more hurt than good.
Fools are plenty enuff down here
bclo, and most ov them hay made them
sells SO.
1 don't kno which IL the biggest
phool, the man who kan spend two
hours Dragging about himself or the
one who kan set pashuntly and listen
to it.
A sekret is not only the hardest, but
the meanest kind ov thing to keep.
Ridikule that amt true has got no
more strength to it thar lie haz.
Friends are lost and enimys are made
bi too CRATE familiarity.-Josh BIZ
mas
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-24
How 10 Keen Cool.

A moderate Indulgence in cooling
baths and drinks is not injurious, but
ice should be sparingly used, and the
other extreme of exposure to the sun,
so far as possible, avoided. The cloth
ing should be light. but, where a person
has to go in and out of town, it should
be thick enough to suit the sudden and
extreme changes in the weather, which
are the curse of our climate. In such
cases light flannel is more desirable
than linen for everwear. The food in
hot weather should be less hearty and
stimulating than in cold, for there is
no need III the summer months of add
ing TO the supply of animal heat. Care
should be taken, however, not to weaken
the system by too great abstinence.
Moderation is the true rule here as
elsewhere, and the appetite in a healthy
state is safe guide. The fruits and
vegetables of the season are valuable
aids TO health and comfort at this time,
but especial care should be used to
avoid those that are unrire or decayed.
Total idleness is not the way to keep
cool, but some interesting occupation
is needed to divert the mind from
thoughts of heat, which are often
more troublesome than the heat itself.
To sum up in word, how to keep cool
is best learned by cheerful, useful and
moderate living.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-24
Pith and Point.

WHY should a spider be good cor
respondent? Because he drops line
by every post.
JONES calls the chapter in q new nov
ell, over which his wife wept profusely,
a watering place.
A SENSITIVE girl has broken off the
match because he said she had foot
like raisin box.
ALLUDING to the increasing number
of female poets, it is said that Pegasus
now wears side saddle.
WHAT is the difference between
belle and burglar One wears false
locks and the other false keys.
An Iowa justice of the peace refused
to fine man for kissing girl against
her will, because when the lass came
into court, he was obliged to hold on to
the arms of his chair to keep from kiss
ing her himself.
A YOUNG lady at the postoffice got to
putting on airs yesterday about stamps.
The clerk gave her some green ones.
She asked him If he didn't have any
pink her stationary was pink, and sic
wanted stamps to match.
THE remark of little eight-year-old
on Monday was in accordance with the
wish of many people. " Mother" he
said, CT wish l was built like hen
coop, out of laths, and then the breeze
could blow right through me. "-BoSton
Traveller.
The popular phrase "too thin is
from Shakespeare. See Henry WILL,
act ". scene 4: "You are ever good
in sudden concentrations, Bishop of
Winchester, but know / come not to
hear such batteries now, and in my
presence they are too thin"
"YoU ought to acquire the faculty of
being at home in the best society"
said fashionable aunt to an honest
nephew. 81 manage that easily
enough" replied the nephew, by
staying at home with my wife and child
rem.
A LITTLE six-year-old daughter of
Rutland clergyman watched Barnum's
street parade with great interest, the
other day, and finally said to her papa,
eff 1 want a ministers little girl, 1
must set an example to the whole
church now.
OLE BULL was once seeing the sights
at Denny brook Fair, when he was attract
ed by the sound of very loud violin in
tent. He entered and said, "My good
friend, do you play by note ?" 1.-The
deuce note, sir. DO you play by
ear, then ?" "Niver an ear, yer hon
or" "How do you play then?" Be
main strength, be jabers."
A SAN Francisco woman, who had
stepped upon a treacherous pea-pod
which some one had thrown on the side
walk, is thus described She kicked
with both feet as high as ballet star,
gave the peculiar, shrill, feminine
scream, sat down, said, ooh my,
smoothed down her disordered attire,
looked round wildly, rose quickly, shook
herself to see if anything was loose,
gave a whitening glance at the place
where she had fallen, and, with all the
spare blood she had in her face, went on
with her shopping.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-24
Strike the Knot.

"Strike the knot ~ said gentleman
one day to his son, who, tired and
weary, was leaning on his ak over log
which he had been trying to cleave
Then looking at the log, the gentleman
saw how the boy had hacked and
Clipped around the knot without hitting
it. Taking the TX, he struck a few
sharp blows on the knot and split the
log without difficulty. Smiling, he re-
turned the AK to his son, saying:
Always strike the knot %
That was good advice. 1t is good for
you, my children. as it was for the boy
to whom it was first given. 1t is a cap
ital maxim to follow when in trouble
Have you hard sum to do at school e?
Have you to face a difficulty? Are you
leaving home to live for the first time
among strangers Strike the knot +!
Look your trouble in the eye, as the
bold lion. hunter looks in the face of the
lion. Never shrink from f. painful
duty, but step right up to it and do it.
Yes, strike the knot boys and girls.
and you will always conquer your diff
culties.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-24
Atrocities In Earnings.

There is one item OF the present style
Of fashion which 1 must notice, writes
Paris correspondent of Swiss paper,
and that is theextraordinary mania that
now exists for wearing earrings that rep
resent animals and implements. Thus,
Won see pending from lady's.ear. mon
KEYS. guinea-pigs, lizards, chandeliers
with candles in them, bird-cages filed
with birds, tortoises, turtles, shovels,
tongs. and who knows what. Gold
stirr,lps in the ears are also very popu-
lar. and if the lady's husband be a SOL
der she wears his Sword and "epau-
lettes " in her ears. This is not pretty,
apd no fashion can make it SO. The
French, who justly pride themselves
on their taste, say these eccentricities
come from "over the seas" To you
they will say that the Americans intro
duced them into Paris to Americans,
however, they say that it was the En-
glish. 1t may be any one, in fact, but
the French. For my own part, l can
confidently aver that it was neither
Americans nor English who first wore
such atrocities.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-24

compared with him who endeavors
to fix it upon me by innu-
endo. The fairest flames have been
blasted by this underhand, whispered,
half concealed method of abuse, when
there was not the slightest grain of truth
in the slander-when 1t was false as hell
itself The so-called Independent :"
press has nothing to do but scandalize
the whole people, and public men in par
tcular; it is they food they live
on. / do not say this because
they have accused me of steal
ing, God knows how soon they will,
but it has become crying evil. In
this country, as III all others, war has
been in some degree cause of demon
alization; but we have come out Of the
greatest war the world ever saw, and
have taught the world lesson. We
have demonstrated that a republic is
not only the best but the strongest
form of government, and that ours
has done more than any other
of which history tells us
to correct this Generalization. For
thirty years past / have known the
Presidents and heads of departments,
many of them intimately, and state here
on my reputation, which hold dearer
than anything else in this world, that
there is as much integrity III public
officials to-day as at any hour since we
have had a Government. | do not say
that the Republican Administration has
done more TO get rid of them than any
other Government.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-24
Effects of Imagination

The Toy Times relates the following,
which may strike the reader as the
effects of the imagination of the boy
or of the writer "A lad named Cum
mings fell from a car at Whitehall,
Wednesday, and the train passed over
his arm, severing it. The lad, with
great presence of mind, lay until the
train had passed, and thus escaped
further injury. When the lad was taken
home his arm was brought after him.
1t was thrown into pail, when the
poor little fellow screamed with pain.
The severed limb was then placed in a
box and buried in the garden. Shortly
after he said that something was crawl
ing in the inside of the hand. The limb
was exhumed, when a large worm was
discovered in the palm of the hand.
A large jar was then obtained, and it
became necessary to crowd the arm in,
when the sufferer fairly went into
paroxysms of pain. The limb was
placed in jar partly filed with alco-
hol, and then replaced in the ground.
The little fellow complained that his
arm and fingers were in a terribly
cramped position, and that the little
finger and the next one were growing
together. The jar was then taken up.
when the limb was found crowded and
cramped rs described. The boy knew
nothing of the disposition of his arm.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-24
Husiness BEFORE PIensure.

Put the young horse in the pillow, "
said the farmer and very much pleased
he was to be in a team with Dob
bin and the gray mare. it was Il
long field, and gaily he walked across
it, his nose upon Dobbin's launches,
having hard work to keep at so slow Il
pace.
"Where are We going now ?" he said,
when he got to the top of the hill.
This is very pleasant.
"Back again, said Dobbin.
"What for" said the young horse,
rather surprised; but Dobbin had gone
to sleep, for he could pillow as well asleep
as awake.
"What are we going back for ?" he
asked, turning round.
"Keep ON, said the gray mare, "or
we shall never get to the bottom,
and you'll have the whip at your
heels"
every odd, indeed" said the young
horse, who thought he had had enough
of it, and was not sorry he was coming
TO the bottom OF the field. Great was
his astonishment when Dobbin again
turned, and proceeded at the same pace
up the field again.
=" How long is this going on p he
asked turning to the gray mare.
Keep up, tell you, or you'll have
me on your heels.
When the top came, and another
turn, and the bottom, and another turn,
the poor young horse was in de
spair he grew quite dizzy, and
was glad, like Dob bin, to shut his
eyes, that he might get rid of the
sight of the same ground so contin-
ually.
"Well," said he, when the gears
were taken of, elf this is your plow-
ing, / hope I shall have no more of
it. But his hopes were vain; for
many days he Plowed, till he got
got-not reconciled to it-but tired OF
complaining oil the weary, monotonous
work.
In the hard winter, when comfortably
housed in the warm stable, he cried out
to Dobbin, as he was eating some de-
licious oats, " l say Dobbin, this is bet
ter than blowing do you remember
that field? L nope / shall never have
anything TO do with that business again.
What in the world could have been the
use walking up a field just for the
sake of walking down again It's
enough to make one laugh to think of
ii"
Glow do you ike your oats ?' said
Dobbn.
Delicious ~ said the young horse.
"Then please 10 remember, if there
were no blowing, there would be no
oats"