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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03
Quackery and Quack Medicine.

Editors Of 81. 4lbdns Messenger: Dur
ing the last two or three Years the Yer
mont Pharmaceutical association has
been agitating the subject of enacting a
law. requiring all persons engaged i'll
the sale of drugs and medicines to I'M
dergo rigid examination by a board
or committee competent to judge of
their qualifications, and grant license.
Such Il law, we think. would meet the
approval of every well qualified physi-
elan in the state, and as physicians are
generally considered the guardians of
the public health, in all sanitary and
hygienic matters. we should think it
advisable that they ask permission
through the columns of the secular pa
perS to bring the subject before the
people of the state.
1t has been il matter of Just astonish-
ment and regret, with the better IN
formed classes of the community, that
its enlightened legislature, anxious as
it has always proved itself to promote
the interests of science and literature.
should not only have neglected to sup
press qIackery altogether, whether
found among the druggists, physicians,
Tor those who claim to be) or the patent
medicine vendors.
1t is, in fact. a singular and unac-
countable soilciSm in the legislation of
an enlightened and free people, that
while the interests of all other profess
sions are acknowledged and protected,
those of medicine alone should have
been so much neglected. 1t would
seem as if they were not considered of
any Importance to the public veal in
stead of being identified with it.
Did such Il state of things as now eX-
lists prevail during the dark ages, it
would occasion little surprise. but in
this nineteenth century, when the
sciences are cultivated with zeal that
is almost universal, for ii Legislature to
permit such gross ignorance to vend or
prescribe active medicinal agents that
contribute SO largely to domestic com
fort or happiness and preservation "r
life, is Il phenomenon not easy to he
explained.
We often hear it remarked that this
medicine is purely vegetable and will
All ply SicianS and even naturaliStS.
know that the most active medicinal
agents and poisons are To he found i'll
the vegetable kingdom, and that they
are indigenous to the United States {:
and that in the hands of some of these
ignorant mcdicators many valuable
human lives have been lost.
For the honor of our state. and the
credit of the profession. we sincerely
hope the time is not far distant. when
we shall have Il drug law, and Il law
regulating the practice of medicine that
will protect the people. MD.
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count stands thus tissue of green false
hood. two dollars; vivid narrative
strongly resembling the truth, thirty
dollars: verbatim report, eighty dol
lars. In every department of news
paper, from the most commonplace re-
porting to the most important criticism,
we find that lies are very cheap and
truth is very dear.
We must also bear in mind that if
lying is easy, it may also he for the
moment, highly effective. That tawdry
falsehood of Bonaparte bounding over
the mountains adOrns at this hour hun
dreds of barbar shops in all countries,
us the tale, equally grOundless, of Lin
coin and the Scotch cap figures i'll many
histories of the late war. Some men of
very ordinary abilities do succeed, after
long practice, in purging their CONVEX
satiOn of the usual eXaggerations and
crcdulities: but even this negative part
of Il difficult virtue is apt to be pur-
chased by the loss of vivacity. Their
conversation is aS dull as it is correct.
But the journalist lies under an ineXor-
able necessity of not being dull. In
correct he may he. to Il certain extent,
and live: but if he is dull. he dies.
And, unhappily, there are three ways
open to the journalist of avoiding dull
ness; two wrong, and one right. The
right way is vigilance, tact, and hard
labor in the gathering and utter;nce OF
truth proper to he told. The two wrong
ways demand vastly inferior powers.
One is the invention or repetition of
falsehood. and the other the revelation
of matters not proper to he told. a
fertile and sympathetic mind, capable
of public spirit, finds the material for
stirring and delightful journalism in !,
village: but there are duh dogs that,
even when posted in Washington, the
most interesting capital in the world,
are compelled To exc ont their daily
dole of routine 10y calumnious invention.
lanes Parton, IN HdDpe,'s Ndga-ine
for Juiy.
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Cheap News.

AS easy as lying" says Hamlet.
This is one of those happy touches of
Shakespeare that seem slight and ac
cidental while furnishing IL fruitful
text to all atter-time. Self observant
persons are aware of the ease with
which cxaggcration and other varieties
of falSehood slip from the tongue. and
the extreme difficulty of giving an err
act account Of the simplest matter. And
this difficulty is greatest to ardent and
imaginative persons, who naturally
take to writing. The very qualities of
mind which give them their power to
interest other minds are, in many in
stances. the qualities that incline them
to picturesque and effective eXaggera-
ton. Telling the simple truth is the
hardest thing done either by tongue or
pen. How easy it was to represent
Napoleon Bonaparte galloping over the
Alps on robust charger. gorgcolIsly
caparisoned. his cloak flying in the
breeze, and compact legions pressing
up the steep activity. This lie was
imagined i'll lRoment but it cost NJ
Theirs much painful toll and long travel
to ascertain that his conqueror crossed
the Alps on mule, muttied to the eyes
in his cloak. and attended by one guide
on foot.
In the press, as in literature, false
hood has the additional advantage over
truth of being much the less expensive
Your raw hand will bring you in an
account of a finance meeting which
shall he of necessity mere tissue of
misconceptions and misstatements. To
get an approximately true narrative of
what occurred. without verbarim re
ports, YOU must send three persons of
trained intelligence but full and ex-
act report. with the requisite descrip-
tive matter, demands the intense labor
of twelve trained men. Now the ac-
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The Truth about Skipper Ireson, of
Narblehead.

Plain horest folk don't know about
poetic liccnSe. and | have often heard
the poets conduct in the matter of
skipper IreSou~ ride characterized with
profane stvcri He unwittingly de
parted FROM til, truth in various par
ticuarS The rcck did not, as the
ballad rec,tcs, contain any of his own
towns people. Moreover, the most of
those it did contain rere saved by Il
whale boa; from Provincetown. 1t was
of Cape Cod. and not III Chaleurs Bay,
that the wreck was deserted. and the
desertion was in this wise (: 1t WAS III
the dark thai the wreck was discovered.
In the d;::kntss and the heavy sea it
was Impossible to give assistance.
When the skipper went below he or
dered the wat, h to lie hy the wreck till
'.dorning." bm the watch willtully dis
obeyed, aid mterward. to shield them
selves, laid the blame upon the skipper.
Then came the taling and fcatherlng.
The women. hose role in the ballad is
81 striking, had nothing to do with it.
The vehicle W iS not Il cart. but Il dory
and the skipper, instead of being con-
trite. said. Il hank YOU for your ride"
asked one Of the shippers contempo-
rarics what the effect was on the skip
per. "CUwcG him to DEATH said-he
"cowed him t" death" He went skip
per again the next year. but never
afterward. He had been dead only il
wear or two wirn Whittier's ballad ap-
peared. His real name was not Floyd,
as Whittier SuppoSeS. but Benjamin.
"Flood being no corruption. but one
of those micknames that We're not the
exception. but the rule, i'll the old fish
ing days. For many Years before his
death the old man earned ii precarious
living by dory fishing in the bay, and
selling his daily catch from Il wheel
barrow. When old age and blindness
overlook him. and his last trip was
made. his dory was hauled up into the
the lane before his house. and there
went to rot and ruin. This solitary
dory fishing is the last resort of many
an ancient fisherman. y few days ago
! found one OF these in his eighty-tifth
year splitting up his dory for tire-wood.
1t was sad job for him. He had fol-
lowed the sea for seVcnty-Seven years.
He could still row and fish, he said.
as well as ever, but his sight was
getting dim.
One of the most persistent supersti-
tons of the town attaches to the vicini-
ty of Skipper Ireson's dwelling. Time
was when hundreds of people were
ready to aver that they had heard in
this vicinity the Screcching WOman's
doleful and heart breaking cry. The
story was that once upon a time pi-
rate crew had landed at the cove, bring
ing Il woman with them. For one
hundred and fifty years. on the ami
versaly of her outrageous death. at
night, her cries for help could he dis
tinctly heard. But while this, with
many kindred superstitions. was the
staple of the old wives evening talk,
and sent curdling horror through the
young folks veins. in is remarkable
that the witchcraft dcluson which
made such havoc only four miles away
was here quite innocuous. One Mar
blehead woman was accused before the
Salem courts, and suffered death foI
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03
Keen Out the Cold

j. H. HULL'S Patent Weather Strips ar" =" con
structcd as Ia completely close every aperture
about windows and doors thus PREVENTING
the COLD AIR from ENTERING. They are tit
ted closely 10 every part of the door and window
and are supplied with sct-scTrws that i'll ease "i
any shrinkag- swelling of doors, or heavng by
action of frost THEY CAN BE frightened at
ANY TINE. And besides this means al pressure
against the windows and doors, they al" supplied
with spiral springs, which constantly press thrMr
against the same. Another GREAT ADNANI-
NGEO OF THESE STRIPS il that THEY PRE-
VENT NOISE 10y shutting doors. The amount of
fuel saved i'll one season by application of th"-''
strips to any one room. WILL MORE THAN
TWICE PAY THE EXPENSE. II kept On
through the summer they will act a sur" and
rtltrtu agent against the entrance Of dust 1hc-'
strips manufactured i'll any desired SIZES TO
SUIT CUSTOMERS. Thrs" Strips arr manuiac
turcd by j. II. HULL i'll the shop opposite the
passenger depot, st. .Johnsbury. VI. 10 whom all
orders should be- addressed. All orders will h.
promptly and satisfactorily filled. state. County
and town Rights Tor sale. Address
j. II. HI Ii,
st .Tnhnsburv Vt. gltf
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,Gstafes.
TOHN S. CLoUGH's ESTATE

VOHN s CLOUGH'S ESTATE
u STATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT, SO.
In Probate Court holden at the Probate Office in
1874.
of John : Clough late of Ryegate, in said district
deceased makes application to said Court Tor license
to sell all of the real estate OF s'ild deceased
except the widows right of homestead ana dover
therein representing that said sale OF Real Estate
would he beneficial to the heirs ana all interested
in said estate and said administrator mas
brought into Court the consent and appreciation
in writing of all the heirs to said estate rtsldi" IN
this State o.,
Whereupon, it il ordered by said Court that said
application come under consideration and he heard
on the 18th day of July. A. ID. ls74 at the Prnbatc
Office in said St ohnsbury and it is further ordered
that all persons Interested he notified hereof by
thereon three weeks successfully IN the 'alrd"nian
printed at st. ohnsbury, before said time appointed
for hearing, that they may appear at said, sad tim'
and place, and if they see cause, object thereto
HENRY FRENCH, Register.
4 true copy of Record. Attest,
1922 HENRY FRENCH. Register.
S,TATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA DISTRICT, s..
- In Probate Court held at the lrobat" Office i'll
st. Johnsbury within and for said district on tn"
I'D day of June y. d., 1874. $500
An instrument purporting to be the last VIII
and Testament of Moses Martin late of Pcacham,
in said district, deceased being presented +"
Court by Ashbel Martin, the executor therein
named. for Probate:
ccrned therein he notified To appear at a session al
said Court Ia be held at the Probate Office i'll St
Iohnshury; on the nth day of July \. D.,
the Probate of said VIII for which purpose II Is
further ordered. that copy of the record of this
order he published three weeks successively in the
CalcdUnian printed at st. .Iohnsbury, previous I"
said time appointed for hearing.
by the Court, Attest,
HENRY FRENCH. Register
1928 HENRY FRENCH, Register
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AUCTION {!

The subscriber will sell at Public Auction, at the
resi,lnece of the Widow John ;. Clough i'll Ryegate'
Monday June 10Th ls1i at twelve o cloek, noon,
horse. 3 cows yearling heiter, good shoat, !
lumber wagon, with hay rack, l buggy wagon, l
railroad sleigh, quantity of hay, about SUI sap
farming tools Consisting of pows, harrows, chains,
&c. a quantity of salt pork, and a lot of House
hold Furniture consisting of bureau tables chalrS'
bedsteads and other articles too numerous to men
ton. Sale positive, and terms made known at
time and place of sale.
JOHN BAILEY, JR., Admir-.
Junp 18th 1874 1t
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offer NV real estate for sale consisting of forty
acres of land. twenty acres of which is well wood
ed and tmbered. seven acres meadow. the balance
excellent tiage land in a high state Of cultivation
\ new two story house containing fourteen rooms
and five closets. Three cellars, large wood shed,
two barns, carriage house &c. all thoroughly built
finished and painted and well arranged for two
families if desired. with excellent Stream of
never failing water running to house and barns.
This property is desirable the fences are new and
good and the land about the buildings graded
tastefully laid out and enclosed, and within ten
rods of the depot al West Concord VT. The above
property will he sold at II bargain either i'll whole
in part. t" suit purchasers. Terms with
security. Don't fail 10 look at this property he
fore purchIsn. elsewhere. Address, or enquire al
JAMES Il. BARRON on the premises.
JOHN BA IRON.
West Concord Vt. March BID 1874. I3tf
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Desirable Place For Sale!

Having left town the subscriber offers for sale
his place situated half mile west of Fairbanks
village. said place consists of new dwelling
house and barn, and about ten acres of land Run
ming water to house and barn. 1t is desirable
place for any wishing little land near the vii
lage. For particulars, enquire of ALBERT LAW
RENEE near the premises, or of
GEO. n. SMITH.
West Eairlrp 15tf
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FOR SALE.

The subscriber oil, rs for sale his HOUSE and
Ais" two three vacant lots Spring street.
j. A. HADLEY.
st. .Inhnsburv July r.. l-13. 71tf
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6or Sale.
House for Sale !

The House, situated on Portland Street, is new
two.story building, well finished and is supplied
with water from a good spring on the premises ~
fitted for two tepements Terms easy. Apply on
fba w
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reasons, too absurdly gross for ears or
eyes polite.-John ". Chddwick, in
Ha,per's Mogd-ine for July.
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Desirable Place For Sale.

offer my place for sale, situated on Central
street corner of Spring. The buildings in thor
ou.h repair and the place is central pleasant and
every way desirable.
y portion of the purchas" money can remain on
NOR .agr. fltf j. i. Met ORMltk.
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House and Land for Sale

bargain his place. consisting of Il new House and
Barn with fifteen acres of Land situated one half
mile from the Village of West Concord. the road
Icidin. /" Concord Corner. Never failing water
rIInnin" Ia buildings. For further particulars
address W. W. OS,iOOD, West Concord, Vt.
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WEST RANDOLPH. VT
The followin. Trntting stations will make the
Season "f 1874, at the Green Mountain Stud Farm.
HAMBLETONIAN MONARCH,
Foalcd I-64, Blood BAY. IL Hands. Sired by Rys-
dyk's IIamhlrt"nian. Dam by R"c's Abdallsh
Chief nv Old Abdaah.
Terms $50 to wit. SlO AT time of service. and $50
when Mares prove III fnal.
DON GIOVANNI,
Fnacd $50. Bay. I5A Hands. Sired 10y Hampton, h"
by RYsdyks Hamhlrtnnian Dam by Volunteer.
Chr sire of Iuntrrss record :h2t Chester, !!, and
VIM. II. Allan. :E2it he by Rysdyk'S IIamblrtu
niau. Grand Dam bV Old Ahdaah.
VIII br limited To twenty Mares Terms $50 t"
wit $40 at time Of service. and $50 when Mares
prove in tnal. Mares that do not prov" toal can
he returned next Season and the so previously
paid will IL, allowed.
PORTLAND,
Foalri 1-t5. Black, l. Hands. sired 10y Clarion,
Dam by VIM. Tell Grand Dam by Old Abdalah.
Terms 80 to insure.
Mares pastur,-d at 81 per week atspwnrT's risk.
No business attended tn sundays.
g For Circulars giving extended pedigrees,
full particulars. etc, please address
MOULTON BROS, West Randolph, Vermont.
july Il
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,EEELkEKIEEEsKInIni
- -; l-zlfi-EA....44 Gardner R. R.

Commencing Monday, April A.. Is!
TRAINS MOVING ~uI-H
Leave Winchrnd"n AT IN 4 y I.r
i.2n l.. VI. Arrive al N "r',~I.r ur "... .
NJ. 80 +. VI.
TRAINS MOVING MORT.
Leave Worcester at 800 y. ". .l.H
J.. NJ. G:4O =. VI. Arrive al Nlu,I,nt.r
\. NJ. 2.25 i. NJ. s:Il T.. NJ
Passengers for Prov d,uc,. lea. in ~ .....
at 9:l2 y. NJ. arrive AT N"r,,-',r r' ....
and leave Worcester AT ESQ T. VI f.r De-.
Trains L. and from " iurh,ulsI l.-........'
Express and way trains "u l:"-i"u s.
Norwich y Worcester. Tor Ia.~r.. '-
Springfield. also for New York r. ST..
Springfield y l-t'>-
II If
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FARM FOR SALE !!

Within nchalf mile of Pracham Hollow, one
fourth mile al Sch"nl House. On" and "ne-fnurth
mile at Academy and Church. Contains about 40
acres. abundance, of wnod and timber. failing
water at house barn and pastures. House and
shed we'll built. Also ~ acre lot al moving, pas
tur" and timber land. one mile from said farm. all
nu a road that never drifts. From Pc.cham Hollow
" Rarmrt r. W. CLARK.
Pracham. VI. Jan 10 -. l0itf
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Machinery for Sale.

Having sold my shop will sell the following
machinery:
Daniels Panin. machine
Bucks Trn"niug mHchiu-.
Richardson. Norman y cos Sash and Mould
IN. machine.
Foot M"rtisine Machine.
The machinery i nearly To any i'll
of any "i the above will find il f"T their inter
est L. see IT.
Also. a custom Carding machine i'll good repair
that can l." bought cheap. tal ON az address.
j. L. VILLA Ms.
2J-2-' East IlardwiCk, Vt
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Farm in Lyndon For Sale

The Ira Dow farm now occupied hy Sayles Ran
dali. three, mills from Lyndon Corner on the
branch road I" " h,,l"ch Hollow. Said farm
~st~ Of IA at Land divided int" tillag- wood
and pastura.,.-ah,ut - acres of woodland with
sugar orchard of som" Go0 trees. HOUSE and barns
GOOD repair and runnn. water To- barns. For
particulars. terms. etc, enquire of
\. q. HARRIS
I
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Wanted =!
Splendid Premiums

with the n: Y. Independent for ls74, of which
subscribers have their choice. JAMES BERRY,
st. Johnsbury VT
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ROWELL'S IDIEj..-~
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GREEN MOUNTAIN STUD,

I. .TohnsburV Vt.
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Desirable Place For Sale

West Fairlee. V
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-06-05
w ~ OshIh8H1l1t 4HtfE VI
w. III. PRATHER, Secretary.
HOUSTON, June 2, 1874.

HOUSTON, June 2, 1874.
To the Editor of the Dallas Herald:
Tomorrow the annual meeting of
the grand lodge of masons for the state
of Texas, conyenes in this city. Many
of the delegates are already on the
ground. l have endeavored to obtain
from all to whom | could gain access,
information concerning the status of
the growing crop in every part of the
state. From the aggregate of intelli-
gence thus collected, | am led to con-
clude that the first of June never be-
fore, in Texas, dawned upon brighter
prospects for an abundant yield of all
the productions suited to her soil and
climate. That the recent rains have
been general throughout the state, there
can be no question-in some sections
more, and in others less abundanti but
everywhere enough to answer present
purposes. Another such general rain
in about one month would insure much
the largest yield with which Texas has
ever been favored. The prospect for
fruit II better In the northern than in
the southern part of the state. The
corn crop Is assured beyond all perad-
venture. With our fellow-citizens of
your favored wheat region, we rejoice
In the prospect of an abundant yield OF
that useful cereal. The long talked of
merchants Touring mill in Houston 10
prepare -four for Mexico, Cuba, ETC., d
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-06-05
Congress.

WASHINGTON, June AIN the senate
bills We're passed to remove the politi.
cal disabilities of Fitzhugh Lee and
Van r.. Morgan, of Virginia.
In the house bills were passed to
deepen the channel at the mouth OF
the Mississippi river. 1t authorizes
the secretary of war to advertise for
proposals to do the work by dredging
or otherwise, and to contract with the
lowest responsible bidder at rates not
exceeding one million five hundred
thousand dollars, for twenty feet depth
and two hundred feet in width, and to
pay fifteen thousand dollars q month
for maintaining that depth.
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THE Denlson News says that Mr. G.
Baker, contractor and bridge builder,
closed contract with Mr., Colbert TO
put up one OF the national iron bridges
across Red river at the old Colbert's
ferry. This bridge viii be built ofwood
aud iron combined, will be six hum
bred feet long, single wagon track, and
supported by three stone piers besides
the abutments. Work Is TO be commence
ed on the structure at once, and 10
complete II ~ soon os possible, all of
his force, now In Texas, will be con-
centrated on the work. Mr.. Baker has
returned to Saint Joseph, Missouri, TO
prepare the plans and specifications,
aud to ship the iron and other materl-
al necessary. He expects TO have the
bridge finished by September next IL
will cost about $4,000,
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THE following items are from the
Denison News of the 3rd,
Capt. Wright and eX-Marshsl Chiffon
left Tuesday for Bonhain and Paris to
arrest twelve violators of the u. 5, rev.
enue laws, already Spotted
Rue n Loving shipped four ear loads
of beeves Monday, and Lark Hearn, Of
Denton county, nine car loads. Tues
day Frank Houston shipped three car
loads, Rue twelve, and by other parties
six.
THE Office of railroad conductor is
one for which ladies are peculiarly
fitted. They understand the manage
ment of long trains.