St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-18
Wit Without Vulgarity.

Wit Without Vulgarity.
The following diminishing at long
range. explains itself. The cool DELHI
Grafton with which Capt. Blake of the
Barton Iron Cidd punctureS the weak
and shaky hull of his opponent, il de
cidcdly refreshing. The wit of the
Captain is only cqualled by his equa
nimity. Two weeks ago, the Farmer
had the following item:
If that Nonitor don't stop making
mistakes we shall get 81 we can't steal
locals from it with ANY degree of conf
dcncc.
70 which the Barton H0nifor replied :
Nothing is more annoy ing to the cdi
tor and the printer than the many mis-
takes III matter and i'll type that almost
unaVoiddhlN occur III ihc hurry of MAX
ing mp the last page oi Il paper. and
since. "miStakc> will happen &C..
would il not he well for those that live
in glass houses not 10 throw stores d!
We cite an instance: The Farmer III
the same issue ti"m which the above is
copied that SAYS the odd Fellows
used | l5.2ti:J 900 tone hundred and fit
teen million two hundred and SiNty-tivr
thouSand) feet of lumber i'll the con-
Structinm of THEN new building: an
amount of lumber that would have cost
the snug little sum of = .:f-3. $50 at 81
per thousand feet. and would require 4
train nearly 90 miles long should il hc
loaded on common Railroad car. The
Farmer also gives tn" weight of the
building IL l-~.:29j3 tons. This weight
would make II cubic m.iS> of iron that
would he neatly fifty feet in length.
breadth and height. We cant see h"N
this immense weight was obtained un-
less the computation W;iS made dit,l the
Farmer had removed to HE luildug.
and tn" edition had taken hi Sr;u in the
~anctum.
And tn tIi> the Farmer rallies and
>cattrl> away ~ follows:
Ia the iil>t place the Farmer never
said that I5.2Gj. 0tm. 81 any other mum
bel, of feet of lumber MIS- used in the
huildinw. non that the huildnig weighed
i--133 tons. mon any other number ot
tons. We said Mr.. Gale said" thus
and 80. aud ihr figures were copied
from Mr. Gales books. he helm" the
man through whose hands all Inc mate
rial passed. There rcre three innocent
little o. accidcutalll added to the NUM-
her of feet at lumber. hat line weight "i
the lumber Wa> correctly stated. aud If
Bro. Blake had been Il lumber dealer,
or had any experience in the lumber
business. he could have seen at a glaucc.
from the weight given. that those three
characters were ont of plac" AMI de
served all the blame for that di~'rclau-
cv. When the Bartomian editor has
| seen more of the world. perhaps Il
| building weighing lS-.2l3 tons wont
seem to him 81 much of lu impo>>ihili-
/ ty aS it does now III his guilclc>S limo
ccncc.
And now the Nonitor p"urS IN Il part
ing broad>dc
Since the Farmer choo>e> to make it>
own correspondents. and other ncw>pa-
pcrS responsible for Il class of errors that
appear III its columns. let us see If Ia,
will father the mistakes in the ahoN,
quoted criticism; and for the imStIuc-
ton of the Bartonian editor. will tn,
editor of the Farmer answer the follow
ing question
If the Farmer never said that 10.
265. 900 feet Gf lumber were used in til,
construction of the odd Fellows Hall
} what paper did say 50? We SAW thai
statement in Il Caledonia county paper
Will the editor of the Fnrmcr rnligIItcI
:. lis and his readers, 10y showing how ;
number can he increased 10y dd,ijn,
three innocent cipherS to it ,! The
| editor of the Farmer says 1.-The weigh
of the lumber was correctly stated.
Now, will he tell what kind of lumbc
weighs 1000 ponnd.; to the square foot
as this is his statement, when figure,
/ out. Who should bear the blame he
cause the three innocent ciphcrs" wer'
out of place. the correspondent. tn,
tNpe-Scttcr. the proof reader. the editor
the Farmer. or the ''innoernt ciphcrS ,
) The editor accuses the ciphrrS. w
! cannot see their fault. They profcsSe'
to know q. while the other paItic
claimed t" know something, and the re-
suit shows their mistake.
: The editor of the Nonitor has no
seen much of the world, it is true: bu
he looks forward with most plcaSin!
anticipations to the time. durin;
the coming season. when he ma.
l he permitted To visit st. JollnShury, an,
L look upon the immense structure. whicI
!, weighs 1928 tons (accor,ling to tn
estimate published in the Farmer ant
lifts its lofty head more than two thou
sand feet-if that estimate is true
! Overwhelming" us may he the sight q
! this pillar of the shy. upon our guile
, less innocence" we expect the effect t
, be as nothing compared to the emotion
i we shall experience. when we are pei
+ mitted to behold the intalliblc prodigy
t whose pen irra'.iatcS the columns of tn
!. newspaper that O0zeS out from the base
ment of that tremendous building.
Il 4 .Hoss" CASE is the way
reporter Whites up Il ''hoss" case i'll til
Windsor County Court. for the Woo
stock Post:
In Jan. 1873, an agent of the compa
Is NY left specimen of the noble quadrr
= ped il was claimed III good health an
e condition., with raging tail and man,
j. in the care of PeaSc ut his hotel {;
" White River village. To be kept an
1t cared fol, including exercising. for son
little time, and at the end of two
is three weeks the horse was returned I
thn lunnt in,, tn i'll traitn.ut l.