St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-09-18

make Il general sweep in Brooklyn, and
bundle all the promulgators of the scan
dial. including the Plymouth church
committee and Bessie Turner, into such
hospitahlc cells as once held Mrs. Wood
hull. But it will he as we'll to wait for
Mr.. JewelI's decision about the nasty
postal cards. SprinqfeId Republican.
SCIENCE DEFINED Il meeting of
the Agricultural College graduates in
Michigan. the other day, one of the
speakers said: science is simply the
search for truth: and scientific knowl-
edge is merely the collected mass of
such truth as has already become Ger
tainly known. Simply the search foI
truth and how is this truth discovered
BY the observation of facts. The sci
cntiic man then Is one who observes
facts and from them draws his conclu-
slons. or. in other words. discovers gen
eral truths. What is the difference be
tween IL fact and il general truth This
can best illustrate by an example. Ii
Is Il fact that my dog has IL nose. IL L.
also thc fact regarding every other do"
that ever SAW or heard of. that, unless
mutilatcd. he had IL nose; hence, from
these facts we may dcducr the general
truth that all unmutilated dogs have
noses. But il would he very poor sci
cucc To conclude also from this same set
of facts that all animals possessing nos
g. were dogs. And it is precisely such
mistakes aS this. assuming too much
from the facts discovered. that have led
to nlnc-tcmtIIS of the blundcIS of Scicn-
tiiic men"
A NIEGINIA WIFE Orpo>Es SOCIAL
EQI Atty. y recent issue of the Boil
var (Na.) BHIIcijn contains the follow
ing: "Nhilc III the Junction last Mon
day. we were told by gentleman of
Ncracity Il good joke, practical in its
nature. on the fellow Boyd. who ran
for tan collector of Faycttc county on
the radical ticket. The day after the
election Il negro man called ut Boyd's
house while he was eating dinner
Boyd invited the ebony, civil rights
man and brother to sit down ut the
table with him and appeaSe his hunger.
Sambo slid into Il chair alongside the
S"ciahlc Boyd, but Mrs. Boyd did not
like such conduct, and She hastily gath
cred the ioHr corners of the table CLOTH
brought them together with il jerk
throwing plates. glasses. dishes. vc%rta-
hlcs. meats. Ac.. all into Il >haprlr>s
mass. and then pitched them into the
yard. Having thus plainly expressed
her sentiments concerning the social
equality of the races. she told Mr.. BoNd
that he could remain III full poSScS>ium
of the house and enjoy to his hearts
content the company of his African
friends. hut Is for herself she would go
To her mothers. and there remain, ncv-
cr t" meet him again. Boyd'S own
brother. We are informed. escorted her
to The family mansion. and this miScr-
able husband fled the coumtry.'
The City Fathers of DAYTON. Ohio.
HAY ing no reverence of the Roman SOFT
for the noble and vigilant goose. recent
~ promulgated Mcdr;In ordinance
against the running ut large of that
historic bird. The consequence has
been Il great killing of geese. 50 that tnr
awhile three tines II day the Daytonian
tables grodncd under II load of goose
flesh. while the following is said to nave
been the bill of fare at the principal
hotels: soup %o">c: Fish g"u>,..
Boiled sugar cured goose. rorncd
goose. goose tongue. goose liver. goose
kidney. goose trip": Roast knucklr of
g""Sc, l"in of COOS" with gandcr sauce.
>lri"n "t g"">r: Entrees goose and
beans. goose with salt pork: Pastry
COOS" pie. @o">c cake: Dessert more
gnosr ,! What The effect of this some
what mnnntnnnII> diet WAS upon the
h"hrdcr> We are not intnrmcd: but Il
little kissing would certainly have been
perfectly natural.
A French Account of the Beecher Case.
The New York correspondent of II
French newspaper wrote the following
brief summary of the affair To his paper:
"lhrce prominent New York clergy
men, Rev. McS>lS. MoIIlton. Bccclirr and
Sutton, are at present involved i'll Il
grand quarrel. II seems. in the posses
sion of Mr.. Moult"n. we've found some
love letters which revealed the fact of
an improper intimacy between Mr.. Still
ton and the wife nf Mr.. Bccchcr. Mrs
Harriet BrcchcI Stove. the mother OF
Uncle Tom. the blind pianist, and Nr.
Stilton ACCUSES Nh. Bccchcr of haN my
dchauchrd his daughter Florence. tur
which he claims SjO.OOO damages. New
\ ork Is greatly excited over the affair.
y Nashville paper calls this Il .'gc-
theological puzzle :" There is a family
III tins county composed of four ladies'
which contains two widows. four on
phanS. two Stcp-motlcrS. two step
daughters. one grand step mother. om,
@rand->tep-'au"htrr. ono half strp-aunt
one halt->tcp-nrire. two half->iSter>.
one mother. one daughter. two aunt>.
give it up. but we would like to see
the hdlt->lcp-aumt. She must he nice
KIND of Il person to know.
In Mrs. Iiamiltom'> '.Lrctmrrs ON Ed
urati"n, Il story is told of Il school girl
who. during her examination, persisted
i'll installing the word patriarclIs par
hidgcs. ''Oh, WAS the comment of an
auditor, she makes game of the patli-
archS. sydney Smith characterized
this as the most perfect pun he knew
There Is Il story of Il country clergy
man who WAS sent for suddenly to IL
cottage, where he found ii man in bed
''Wcll. my friend" said the pastor
''what induced You to send for me ,"
The patient, who WAS rather deaf. APP
pralcd Ia his wife. what do he say ,"
"Hc SAYS. shouted the woman. "what
III" dcncc did you send for him for ,"
The pounding of the stomach for the
cure of dyspepsia WAS the caIIsc of IL
good joke the other day. Two men
were describing what they had done to