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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24
Children, Come Home Again
BY HENRY WARD BEECHER.

No house i solitary but one that
has had children. but has them no
more II it he the Giver who takes
away the first. to glnrify it. we can only
bow the head and wait
Bat If III the course of life one child
goes oft To school. and another dies: if
one marIieS and departs. until none are
left. the old house that used to be 50
merry grows sad and solemn i'll their
ahSrucc.
No more songs. no merry noises, no
morning upr"ars, no evening rejoicing,
One feels like Il tree in winter. depriv-
ed of all its leaves.
But sometimes the wheel turns
round again. and brings back the chill
dren: perhaps their children Then
comes the past back again III Yet bright
er form. For years mellow the heart.
And if the nerves are less sensitive. it
is to pain rather than to pleasure. For
ripcning years i'll generous souls leave
undiminiShed the power of ENJOYING.
while ii tcmper> that sharpness of nerve
which leads to Il too easy suffering SEN
>ihility. At any rate. good aud virtu-
ou> old people ENJOY having children
around them. aud get along with their
pretty violations of law and order
more patiently than their parents do.
Who does not know that grandparents
are more indulgent than parents?
They are institutions indispensable to
the well bringing up of children that
are full frcighted with life and energy.
Too many? No, bring on the children.
many as You will. knee deep,-arms
full, i'll threes, tives, tens, if you will,
the more the merricr. They are like
rain Oh Il garden. Every one is ii flow
er that makes the whole brighter and
more beautiful. There is infinite va
riety i'll their evolutions. Their pleas
ures and sports are charming, and even
their little quarrels are often good as
play" They ill the air with music.
and content the heart. SO that there
is bread enough in the house. and
shoes enough, what more do we need
In what other shape do riches ever
come 50 retreshingly What gifts can
touch the heart so deeply, or fill it so
gratefully? We think of the rogues as
all asleep. We are not allowed to for
get them when we wake. All day long
they are like music, and week after
week, the choral band 20 on filling the
house with gladness, the heart with
gratitude.
OF all ways of starting men in life,
none Is to be compared with children
What If the race began grown up !!
What If each generation brought forth
only men! These little men and wom-
en- are wonders of creative skill, rare
proofs of divine wisdom, evidences of
design, and very benevolent design.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24

to the little sufferer When second
visit. with fresh flowers, was made on
Thursday, the boys mother said, Jim
my would not lay the flowers ont of his
hand while he was awake only when
he slept could | put them in water to
freshen bit. for he must have them i'll
his hand again as soon aS he walked.
Sure enough the little fellow still held
his withered treasures. which had been
more to him than doctors visits or
prescriptions. Fresh flowers from the
basket brought smile and look of
grateful recognition to his face: the
long. weary hours of fconvalescence were
lightened and heightened for one little
sufferer by the Flower Mission. Ellis
cray, IN Harpcr's -Nagasine for May.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24
The Story OF a Postal Card.

Since Eve and Adam ate those apples
there has probably been nothing in
vented more comfortable and convcn-
lent for the qualification of curiosity
than the postal card. Thanks to this
attribute of the new thing. Mr.. Creswcll.
poStma>tcr-grneral of the United States
has had IN opportunity to distinguish
himself. and in this wise \ merchant
of st. Joseph. Mo. named Johnson. put
Il label about the size of postage
stamp on Il postal card. and sent it to
Chicago. The label contained his husi-
ness address only. hut the Chicago post
master decided it Illegal. and collected
six cents postage of the recipient.
Johnson heard of it. and having Seut
off II good many labels. consulted the
st. Joseph postmaster. who. being a
man of sense. told him twas the extra
charge that was Illegal. and not the
label. Then Mr.. Johnson. rapidly
drawing an Inference, sent another
postal card to Chicago, with the terse
and natural remark "Our postmaster
SAYS yOur postmaster is an ass" The
oretically miSSives sent through the
mails are not read. but it is so hard to
resist Il postal card This missive. ac-
cordingly. reached Gen. McArthur. the
Chicago postmaster. who, not sharing
DogherTy'S famous ambition. sent the
offensive card straightway to Cre>well
instead of delivering it. as one would
suppose his duty was. CreswelrS avcng-
ing arm was prompt. In the first place
he sent an official note of stern rebuke e
to the postmaster of st. Joe, who I'M
fortunately hadn't read Mr.. Johnson's
abridgment of his remarks before send
ing it or he might have escaped the
trouble and, in the second place. he
ordered the arrest of johnson for send.
ing obscene and scurrilous language
through the mails. Poor johnson. who
may have to go to Jail and pay fine
if judges in his region are sufficiently
ip awe of Creswell,-p Johnsol
quotes in his own defense the dictionary
definition of lass" videlicct. "a dull
heavy, stupid fellow" and wants t,
know the generals ground,
for calling that "Obscene and sculrilous.
1t may not be safe to comment on thi.
caSe,-but why not send ii duplicate o.
that card to Creswell himself 7-Spring
.feid Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24

crimes before experience has come with
its cruel teaching. Too soon we all
must learn that goodness dwells not in
every man, and that there is treachery
and duplicity in many a heart, but let
those fresh enough. sweet enough to
believe in angels, keep their faith as
long as possible.
Let them he happy, too. Never
darken their lives with sad revelations.
We are none of lis free from care too
long. If all women are not models of
innocence, what good will it do the boy
to know it If all men are not faith
ful lovers and husbands, why should
you force the truth upon loving girl +!
The very knowledge of crime sometimes
sullieS the soul. The longer one is kept
ignorant of it. the more likely is that
one TO he permanently good and inno-
cent
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24
Squibs.

Did YOU execute this instrument
without fear or compulsion from your
husband asked the judge. Fear ?
Compulsion He compel me7 You
don't know me. Judge"
Dr. johnson didn't like to hear any
body talk about the weather. Well, it
is diSagreeable subject about this time
of year.
An English boy, on being asked the
other day who was prime minister OF
England. answered. without hesitation,
Mr.. Spurgeon.
An indianapolis father shot six times
at il supposed burglar. and was aston
ished to heaI the fellow ask, ''Whazzer
mazzer. tazZer whuZzcr doing ?"
| One vote cast Oh election day for
good candidates is worth more than
three hundred and sixty four days of
complaining about public affairs.
Bald mountain seems To have guieted
down. now. and some of the people
around there are beginning TO fear they
got religion Il good while before there
was really any necessity tol it.-LOWS-
rifle foHicr-,JomJmdi.
While a youthful couple were being
7 I''" ~ " II
NV i"iN w. ',t e,a'ta.
tors 10y suddenly breaking out with Il
want to know whether we are to keep
house OF boiud before going into this
thing - The Judge ruled the question
out of order. and the ceremony pro-
,..d.d
Io,,,,,I;.,;o ri,.,I,;o. ara. sham, and
'oG! '''''>,,t =, "''' r ''ct'
@ ;nn -, !" romn,,'-' m' nf no CbicnGo % post
III ~ ~, St,r,. of +ba Ti,,ea
, .i'l''. .I ~ ~ ,,L .,DI.od hin, -. ba had
NV n I',I'' a''' ,,i,,,nrod IT,
oII ' ,,ii, ,, i,',,,od;.t,l, n,iIaJ ntY bis
S,actncIas '',L SnIor"d rnunJ r. the re-
porter and replied Young man do
time for the evening papers ?"
7, oua of fla. su.a,.s, and most
- "r' ot,,.,i'n- W tho n,enino son
, -o,i - I,,Jl anJ hn,ynrs vLnH tbe
! brook, shall lie released from their icy
chains and there is a fair promise of
the Gentle lambs skippinc from rock to
, rock and thistle 70 thistle. that the
; NIGHTS are rapidlv growing briefer and
0 the iron rod of the oppressive gas man
has been broken at the fountain to
; some extent.
\ man went home so drunk that his
) wife had 10 undress him. which she did
f tenderly. and then took her shoe and
| raised several Iaroe blisters, This is P
( woman, temperauce movement in the
f right direction.
,.or,oi, Iod Of tiv. summers made
o Iic 5ob,t in ar, ,f tho nnhIic scbools
. ,nsonti,. ,,,s A. mioht hiS ,,otber asIe ed
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24
The Seal on the Breeding Grounds.

The systematic and regular routine
of the lives of the fur seals upon these
islands nearly six months of every wear.
the long fasting of the males on the
hreediEg grounds when presiding over
their haremS of from ten to twenty
females. which are strangely dispropOr
tionate III size. cannot fail to draw the
attention of the most casual observer.
With the clearing away of ice and
SNOW come the first seals of the season.
usually hy the first or second of May.
All these early arrivals are males. full
grown. which anticipate the coming of
the females even six weeks in advance.
Thus. 10y being first upon the ground
for the season, they ale able to choose
their locations without much difficulty,
upon which each is to receive his fam
lily.
From the time the male comes out
and takes his position upon the rookery
ground until he leaves it mt the close of
the season--a period usually of a little
over three montls-he takes no food or
water, and never for an instant, unless
driven away by superior force. leaves
his ground, which is about ten feet
square in area. The subsistence of fur
seal males for three or four months
without eating, while engaged in the
most violent exercise, combined with
the greatest vigilence, is marvellous,
for they do not stagnate, like bears, or
similar alternating animals. None of
the other classes, the cows, young males.
and pups, sustain any protracted fast
ing, the COWS feeding every two or three
weeks, at least, while the young males
and yearlings of both sexes seldom stay
upon land more than a week or ten
days at any one time.
The males fight desperately, even to
death, for their positions in the rook-
cries, the combatants, with teeth clinch-
ed in each others hides or flippers,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24
The Liquor Business.
y Y. Evening Post

y 1 Evening iOSl
THE MONEY AND MEN ENGAGED IN 1T.
One of our correspondents sends us IL
detailed statement of the amount OF
Intoxicating liquors used i'll the United
States. He says that he has obtained
the figures from official documents. and
that he has presented them in the fol
lowing compact form. so that even the
casual reader may see how large. both
absolutely and relatively. the traffic i'll
Intoxicating liquors is in this country
Statistics showing the amount of money spent IL
the United States fuT intoxicating liquors during
the wear leo taken from official records
Imported and domestic distilled spirit
nous liquors 81 3ii. 900. .Out
Brrred and termrnted LIQUORS I23 900 O6C
Imported wines 5000 UOt
Duin.stIc wine. 5000 OOC
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24

FLOWERS FOR THE SICK.-ln an
upper room in a poor house
lay a sick child, wasted with fever and
the prostration which followed 1t had
seemed impossible to rouse him, or ex-
cite the slightest interest in any thing.
The young lady who had carried her
tiower-basket to the room selected a
bunch of shining golden buttercups,
and held them up before the child.
The dull languid eye Enlightened. the
tiny emaciated hand opened to receive
them too feeble for spoken word,
the smile that fitted across the wee
white face was eloquence enough. The
fingers clased tightly over the simple
flowers that were like yellow sunshine
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24

V,pg Business and Location Of me teud-
~, Business Houses IN st. JOhnsbHry.
Agricultural Tools and Hardware.
ALVEY 4 HASKELL. Hoyt's Block, Il. X. st.
Apothecaries.
q. RIX,iHANl No :. Bank Block Main st.
Attorneys at Law.
t.rsIA NAY. over r. K. Office and Post Office.
r.. ,FN & IpE No.2 Caledonian Blk. up stairs.
WILLARD. Main st. over Hall 4 Fletchers,
- Eeal Estate Broker.
Books and Stationery.
EDWARD & ROWELL, Caledonian Bl Main St
Book Binders.
STONE * 60. Agt's. Monument Square.
Blanks--Legal and business.
STONE & CO. Monument Square.
Bakers and Confectioncrs.
.gu-S 4 BRADLEY, Main Street.
Boots and shoes.
f.ANCIS GALLAGHER, Wards Blk, X. R. st.
Clothing. Hats and Caps.
.HN ! MOORE. Bank Block. opposite st. Johns
bars House dealer in Ready Made Clothing, Hats
.ut caps. Gents Furnishing Goods, etc. etc.
Clothing for Men and Boys.
At FAIRBANKS * Co. Fairbanks Village
orockery, Glass and Stone Ware.
4 /. FAIRBANKS Il co, Fairbanks Village.
tsrpeiing. Paper -Hangings, Window shades.
D. st FAIRBANKS 4 CO. Fairbanks Village.
Dentists.
l.. PERKINS. Caledonian Block, Main Street.
WARMER S.SMITH, Union Block, Main Street.
Dining Rooms.
NAIHEWS s PETTENGlLL. Eastern Avenue.
Dry Goods, and Ladies' Fancy Goods.
o.. H. HALE, Avenue Block, T. K. Street.
+ \ r. FAIRBANKS 4 co, Fairbanks Village
Flour and Feed.
UhO ALDRICH & CO.. Eastern Avenue
Furniture and Caskets.
HALL & SWITSER, Main Street.
q II. TISDALE, Flanders Block. up stairs
Family Groceries and Fruits.
= II COOK & CO. Eastern Avenue
Groceries and Meats.
HARVEY GRAY, Union Block, Main Street.
File Manufacturer.
st. Johusbury File Works, opp. Passenger Depot
Groceries and Housekeeping Goods.
e < r. FAIRBANKS & co. Fairbanks Village.
Hotels.
AVENUE HOUSE, X. X. Street. g II Aldriel
Proprietor.
Insurance, (Life.I
l. SARGENT, (Etna,j Railroad Street
Iron Founder and Michinist.
LIKE BCZZELL. North end, K. K. Street
Millinery and Fancy Goods.
SENTEE Main Street.
Merchant Tailors.
UNDERWOOD Danville Block. r. r. Street
Photographs.
G II ALDRICH, Burnham's Building Main ST
. \ CLIFFORD Cale,lonian Block, Main Street.
Printers and Publishers.
NJ STONE & co, Caedonian Block Main ST.
stoves and Tin Ware.
4 FLETCHER Eastern Avenue.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24

Jones of Nevada is something more
than ''silver" brick, he is a man of
sense. In his speech against initiation
the other day in the L. 5. Senate Jones
said that the ''increased paper curren-
cy, instead of being the spade of the
husbandman, was the dice box of the
gambler" Morton wanted to know if
there were not gamblers on the Pacific
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24
VOLUME 37---NUMBER 1917.

slope! Jones said, yes, but their
gamblers had never asked the Govern
ment to relieve them from their debts,
nor to issue more money"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24

Do NOT PoIsoN YOUNG HEARTS,
Never try to poison a young heart.
Never tell it of all life's sorrows and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24

CANYONS to hard for health or comfort
elsewhere. From all we have seen and
all the information we can get think
this i the healthie>t and best place in
Southern California. There may be as
good places in Arizona. perhaps little
dryer but hard winds. My health is
much improved, cough is better, and 4
am feeling tirSt-r;ttp N ~
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cooks of All Kinds,

cr made by the
yArelaoni ikTA9NT < . MANUFACTURING CO.,
l2tf
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s.. ,4uhnsburp Galedonian.
rrBIrsHED EVERY FRIDAY BY

rrBLIsHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
VI. SToN l. a co.
opposite soldiers Monument st. '"hn'D"ry'
,,,--rne copy per annum .---------- S2.5O
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y er are ~ persons indebted to the subscrib-
Nus hereby notified that intend to go out
-1nlhs M ,'I 'H lew months tn be absent for six
%itenen, w. ana that shall call on them for a
yted % ,sL "a. :, l"rr part of July next l am COM
'7ots 'his OF my clients in order to pay my
NIOhpsbrrr o. s. BURKE.
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business pirettorn:

v,ms. Business and Location Of the lead
ma Business Houses IN st. JOhnsbury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11

and the duties collected. as readily and
efficiently as in New Orleans The
great advantage of Pascagoula over
New Orleans is this, that there is hardly
any expense connected with the trip
of even large vessel to the ports Of
Pascagoula and Ship Island. Pilotage
into Pascagoula harbor is very reason
able, and at Ship Island nothing at all.
4 small charge Is made for Tightening
ballast. That terrible towboat extor-
ton of the Mississippi river is avoided
Loading and unloading cargo is only
connected with reasonable expense.
The harbor IS perfectly safe, and yes
sells of 500 or 600 tons can come with
in three or four miles of the shore A
thousand ton ship might come into
Pascagoula harbor, take in half her
cargo. and take the other half outside
of Horn Island bar Imported goods
can be landed at the depot of the New
Orleans and Mobile Railroad and laid
down in New Orleans much cheaper
than by going to New Orleans direct.
We invite the closest scrutiny into
this statement, and feel convinced that
if duly and properly investigated, i'm
porters will find it to their advantage
to send their cargoes hereafter to Pas
cagoula, unload, and take back our
splendid timber and yellow pine lum-
Der. Merchants connected with the
West India, MEXICO aud South Ameri-
ca trade take notice o. V.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11

RocHEFoRT, THE escaped Heroteur,
and friend of liberty, has arrived at
New York via. San Francisco. and
Chicago He will remain in retire
ment near New York, before starting
for France whittier he goes with the
intention of oyer-throwing the Mae
Mahon government. 4 more frey
impetuous being does not exist, He
stakes his all on the liberation of
France and lacking the genius of even
the average military man he will prob
badly find himself either an exile or q
decapitated enthusiast in less than a
twelyemonth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11
WOOD COUNTY c.
TRT-fN PROBATE.

WOOD COUNTY CoURT-fN PROBATE.
State Of Wisconsin,
Wood County,
In the matter Of the estate Of Albert R. White
hair, deceased.
an this tvyenty-nintl1 day Of May. A. d: 1874,
" mon reatIinc AMI filing the petition of Hem
y Whitehair. Of Fond In Lac County. WiSeon-
SIN, stating that Albert r. Wh;teha'r3 Of the
18th isv IF ArriI. {. u. 1874. and praying that
Henry Whitehair be appointed administrator OF
the said deceased 1t Is ordered that SAID apnl-
ea5laTt be heard before me. a. ne rebate othce
in the City of Grant Ranids in sail Wood Coun-
y on the twenty ninth (=9th) day OF une, 4. "
1874. n one O'Clock. p. II.
And i further ordered that notice of said
application ara hearing be given by publishing
4 copy OF this OF Ter for three successive weeks,
once IN each week, In the " ood County Reporter
newspaper printed in said County OF Wood,
PRIOR to said hearing BY the Court.
l. l.. M0SHER.
GARDNER 4 HAYDEN Co. Judge.
A;ty's for Petitioner. 25-2o
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11

At the close the audience were request
ed to manifest their advocacy of the
Temperance movement by a rising vote.
The response was unanimous. Thus
ended the Convention which is to meet
next year at Whitewatea on second
TUESDAY in May.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11

THAT PORTABLE fool. and itinerant
pauper Of cheap patriotic impulses,
Sergeant Bates, is preparing for an
other fag-trotting tour Of the world.
viii some one who delights to do good
as he has opportunity, scalp him?
We hope he will have a first class
stone bruise the first fourteen miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11
State of Wisconsin,
County Of " God, IS.
Ctr; e. Office


Bvvir4IIe Of an execution 10 me directed against
thenronartv Of Francis Frecaette AMI IN favor
Of Frank D. Graudbois. have this day seized
and taken into my possession. rs the property OF
Francis Freeh cite. the following described PROV
ertv. 10 wit: Ore building known 'Frechette
House" situate up0n lot humber we've % ~
block mum Der two 90. of the village. now city Of
Grand Rapids in Wood County, Wisconsin, and
the lot Of land upon which the same. stands;
which are bounded and mentioned, which shall
expose for sale and sell all the right title and in
terest which the said Francis Frecsette had in
and to the said building, and the premises upon
which the same Is situated, on the Sd day OF
April A. d. 1873, or which he has subsequently
acquired thereto. to the highest bidder, for cash.
or 50 much as will be suficseut to pay the
amount Of seventy dollars and sixtyI-iiou[
cents and costs. The said property to be sold at
The place where its lying i. as above mentioned
at the hour Of ten clock in the foEen9941' On
the twent fourth day OF July, i. d. 1874, IN
said city, at Grand Rapids. County and State as
aforesaid.
Dated. Sheriff 5 ofi,e, Grand Rapids, County
of Wood, State of Wisconsin, 10th day OF june
1874. 1.-r-
E. LAVIGNE,
II sheriff Of Wood County
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SHIPYARDS

at Pascagoula. | saw beautiful sos
goo schooner. just completed for a
Mexican trader, lying gracefully out a
few miles from shore Both these
yards have as much business as they
can do At Moss Point, there is also
foundry, and quite large one. DIE
ferent from other sections of Missis-
sippi, there are few lands for sale in
the coast counties. though any quanti-
ties Of it further back, and accessible,
as [ have stated. to the seacoast by the
numerous inland streams. Mr.. Bald
win informed me that his sales had
been made at from 81 . to S. 80 an
acre. I hear of numerous tracts for
sale, where the lumber would have to
be hauled not more than from one to
three miles, which can be bought at
from 81 to s. an acre, according to
location There are. also, large tracts
of land, which actual settlers can take
up under the Homestead act leo
acres If I am not mistaken, to each
head of family. The land IS gener-
aIly, however, too poor for agrieultur-
al purposes. though for stock raising,
as I propose to show in future letter,
it is excellently adapted | close this
letter with the following clipping from
the current number of the Sea Coast
Republican:
pAscAGouLA As A PORT OF ENTRY.
IF we are not greatly mistaken,
LARGE amount Of foreign produce that
has heretofore been imported into New
Orleans and Mobile, will hereafter 20
to Pascagoula. Possessing a custom
house, deputy collector and inspector,
goods can be and are imported there.