St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27
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babies.
1t Is better To he flush i'll the pocket
than III the face. Ddnburg Ners
The man who has not anything to
boast of but his illustrous ancestors is
like 4 p"tat" plant the only good be
longing to him is under ground
The opinion is being strengthened
every day that the man who first made
ii shirt /" button hchmd did more for
the world than one who has discovered
five comets.
Girls, as you valu" Your lives, don't
yet up and get breakfast in the morn
ings. y Young lady attempted it one
day last week, and was burned to death.
Show this I" y"ur mammals.
y young blood at hotel was request
ed To pass Il dish neal him. "Du YOU
mistake me for Il waiter - said the eX-
quisitc. No, sill; mi>tnok YOU for
gentleman, WAS the prompt reply.
The Governor of Wyoming winds up
his Thanksgiving Proclamation in this
style: "tivc thanks unto the Lord,
for his mercy cndureth forever. In
witness whereof have hcreunto set my
hand. and caused the glca. seal of the
Territory Ia he affixed" etc.
An Irish gill in Auburn lately went
mt" Il barn under which she had seen II
small black and white dog take RET
ugc. by the holy Saint Patrick" says
she. Il ii" swear that little doggy must
have been aiting "ni"ns.'
What i the world coming to! Here
Is II Yale college student fined Sl5
and costs t"r stealing Il paltry sign, 1t
W:t> nnl thus III former times.
y man in Cincinnati. advcrtises tor
situation. saH~: "W"rk is not 50 much
an object as good Wages"
Washington Irving alluded to Il man
"i superior p"mp">itI, ''ts Il great man,
and. III his own estimation, Il man of
great weight. When he goes to the
West he thinks the East tips up"
1t l. said that beef is only three cents
per p"iud III Oregon, while coffns aIe
>iW apiece. Thus the temptation of
the Oregnmian to eat himself to death
is proNldrntiallN countclactcd hv the
high price of a funeral. .- LouisriVe Cou-
ricT-.joHiH0i.
lhcA SAY that the empress of Ger
many makes up her bed and dusts
out and all that, ever! morning. We
are rather surprised at this. because we
had understood that since the French
wal she had kept two girls. Buffalo
EIPrc>s.
'Thc shah of Persia contemplates
sending an Ambassador to this country,
hut t"l what purpose it is not known
Ii l. coniecturcd. however. he requires
a tt in f,,rs Ii
book
Tcunic G. Clatin. according to the
thlcdg" Inter Ocean. is NOW Mrs. John
Green. Has this sweet cheGub been
getting married again And is there
Ii" law ion the protection of her artless
innocence
Ther" is IL German i'll Carbon county,
Pa. who is father of thirty-three chill
drem. His wifi has just rejected an ap-
pllcation of til" commissioners of Char
titles to put HIM upon the retired list
Rrookim iIg"S.
y Young man has been arrested in
New York tor sleeping in Il standing
position. He would stand on the street
tor tnuI hours At Il stretch. with his eyes
closed. and not move IL muscle. 1t is
hereditary. His father was police
man. " ASH. ChroH.
If the times are hard stop your paper,
but Ito not shorten Your allowance for
WhiSkcy OF tobacco. \ good paper III
Il family l. 4 great comfort to the wife
and children. int that is no reason why
You should provide them with IL weekly
luxury ut the expense of Il daily neces-
>ItN.
The singular Statcmcnt appears in the
st. Louis Gluhc that ''GcmrriIl Sheridan
won't marry hccau>c he doesn't want to
give up the privilege of going To bed
with his hoot> on. The amount of USE
til information lying around IL western
newspaper office makes circulating Ii
hralic> Il >uprIiluity.
NEAENE,> OF DEATH.- When we
walk near powerful machinery we know
that one ml>stcp and hose mighty ell
gincS will tear lis To ribbons with THEN
dying wheels or grind us to powder in
their pOndcrou> jaws. SO when we are
laundering across the land in Il railroad
carriage. and there iS nothing but AN
inch of iron iiahgc to hold us on the
line. 50 when We are in Il ship and
there Is nothing but the thickness of Il
plank between lis and eternity. We
imagine, then, that we see how close we
az, t" the edge of the prccipicc. But
we do not see it. Whether on the sea
or on the land the PARTITION that divides
H. from eternity is something less than
the oak plank or il half inch iron tange.
The machinery of lif, and death is with
in H.. The tissues that hold the beat
Il 4,
thicker than Il sheet of paper. and if
that tim paltitl"n rupture it would he
the same H. il Il c:tnuon-hall had struck
IL. Death Is m>cparablN bound up
with lite in the very structure of our
bodies. Struggle aS he would to widen
the space. n" man can ut any time 20
iuIthrr from death than the thickness
ot ~ sheet of paper.
An AUDACIOIs QTACK. One of the
most aIIddrIOIIS quaCk> that Great Brit
tIIi "yci produced WAS John Harrison
Curtis. "AurI>t." He knew almost alb
SolutclN nothing of the profession that
he adopted. but he got something of Il
regulations, and was once summoned to
attend SiI Robert Peel, who WAS suffer
n@ from Temporary deafness. He went
provided with Two watches. one that
licked very weakly rnd another that
made a> much noise as IL clock. Peel
hcgan To question him a> to his mode of
treatment. hut Curtis. giving him dig
with Il syringe, told him that if he didn't
hold his tongue some injury would be-
fall him. The qulck at first applied the
wcak-tickmg watch to Sir Roberts ear,
and Of course he couldn't hear any
thing, but after working for some time
he used the other one, and Peel could