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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27

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presented fully and fairly.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE, giving move
nent~ Of ministers and news al interest t" all
d"nomInitI, lis.
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t-rr-tln. incidents, carefully Cullrd.
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act Agents for the Weekly JoUr,,1j. being thu,
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New England weekly. We intend that during the
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27

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" TuANEE. Librarian.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27
Glen advertisements.
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brings business.

Persistent Advertising in til" right medium
brings business.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27

This exercise perhaps more than any
other reveals the real characteristics and
makeup of a Literary Institution; and
with this test and thought in view
of the school. The Fall term number
ed ~ students. The prospect bids fair
for an unusually full Winter term.
lNCOG.
The public schools in the village of
Lyndonville begin next Monday under
the instruction of Miss Tyler of Burke
and Miss Nettie Proctor of Lyndon
Schools continue II weeks
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27
CHRISTMAS IS COMING

And HASTINGS is bound to lead i'll the quality OF
photographic work made at his rooms. Main street,
ST. .Iohnsbury, VT Though d" not claim
Photographs made at our gallery are not excelled
by any ill the state.
PHOTOS SUITABLE FOR FRAMING,
PORCELAIN PICTURES. CABINETS AND
CARDS, sc. &C,
made in the highest style of the art and all
from Rrtnuchcd Negatives, (having an Artist
pecially for this work. and also finished with the
SATIN GLOSS FINISH.
Holly Wood Goods
such a. EASELS. FRAMES. CARD BONES. and
ever shown i'll the county they are selling very
fast please come at to secure the pref
test ont of the stock, also good assortment of
Stereoscopes, Stereoscopic Views, Pass
partouts,
in great variety. STRAWS for frames plain and
c"loIrd, tsomething new FRAMES,
PRANG'S CHROMOS,
FRANCS NOTICES,
PRANiiS BOOK MARKS &c.
\ variety of cheap ChTomos, large lot OF Black
Walnut Frames, Panel Pictures, &c, Ac., which We
would be happy {" show To all.
9 very pretty Frame and Photograph given
away tn every patron.
Thanking the public for their very generous pat
r"nagr bestowed upon us for the past tw" Years We
intend I" finish work {" merit an increase,
nf the GEO. ii. HASTINGS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27
Holly Wood Goods
NOTICE.

The subscriber having sold his interest III the
requests all persons having notes and unsettled ac
counts with the firm t" present such accounts al
the company's office for adjustment on "r brt"r,
the 18th of Dee. lS.4 NJ. +. BLAKE
st. .J0hnsbury Vt Nov 10 I-1i. $50
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27

POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS The full
report to postmaster jewell of +. W.
Barber. third assistant. and \. ID. llaZeu,
chief of the stamp division. respecting
the regulation, for the prepayment of
postage on newspapers, to 90 into eff
tect January |. has been printed. BY
the terms of the act. postage on news
papers and periodical publications mail
eel from II known Office of publication
or news agency. and addressed To rcgu-
lar subscribers or news agents. l. to he
charged at two cents per pound, if
issued weekly or ottcncr, and at three
cents per pound it issued less frequent
| ~ than once Il week. TIN" matter Is
To hr weighed in bulk. and the postage
paid with adlIr>lN" stamps, To he Spe-
ciallN prov idrd ior the purpose. OF
several plans OF using stamps. the one
most approved permits them 10 he at
fixed to Il ''mrn"randum of mailing.
al Il coupon receipt book. To hc kept in
the Post Office; and when the r"n>i%m-
ment Is received from the publisher or
news agent. the receipt is To- hc iillrd
out and given HIM upon payment "t the
required amount of postage. The stub.
also pr"pcrl, filled cat and stamped.
VIII SCI We rs Il Itt''l'l bl lllt' llill>'it-
ton. Not only will the cancelled
stamps remaining III the Post Onicr he
IN themselves evidences OF the good
faith of the Postmaster. bat their re
tcmti"m there will prevent outside par
ties from attempting then reuse.
KILLED HN NnI>kEN. THE NATION
NJ CUK>E. The Greenfield Mass. Cou-
rirr furnishes the following particulars
1t Il tragic death: civilian Guinau.
we'll known here H. aIrti"ut'.r tor many
Nc.II>. died in Springfield. Saturday
night. the 9TH. II" purchased 4 guam
| IitN of " hi>hc\ al Il saloon in that city.
! drank over Il pint III Il few moments.
! aud died almost immediately. Guman
was Il native of Canada. enlisted in the
| second Vermont Regiment I> Sergeant
! Major. May -. l-6l. aud WAS di>char"-
! eel on account at Wounds. September
81. of the same wear. He moved Ia
! Springfield Il year az more ago. where
he lief, Il wifi. and children. Ills re
mains were brought here on Monday
for iutrrmcmt. llri pawnrd Il looking
glass tn buy the Whi>kcN with, which
WAS sold him 10y Guuu \ Co. His wife
followed him /" the liquor saloon aud
requested the keepers not to sell liquor
to him. They took her bN the arm. and
telling her il WIS no place tnr hcI.
| walked hrI ont of the saloon. and sold
the liquor t" hen husband which killed
| him
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27
FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS

The subscriber will keep constantly on hand al
kinds of Fresh Fish and Oysters. which will b,
sold on reasonable, terms at Hallrtt Block X. Il
street carr will b- Tuesdays, Fridays and
saturdays forenoon. Oysters supplied for partef
At reduced rates. EUGENE BURR.
ST .Juhnsbury Nov. II. I-74.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27

The son of DIR. W. H. Eldridge of
Charlestown. who disappeared about
five weeks ago. has returned and gives
Il most remarkable account of his his
tory since he was last seen at Charles
town. He is 10 Years of age, but was
tolled away on the day of his disap-
pearlnce. he SAYS, by man who told
HIM that there WAS large ire near the
Chelsea bridge. When they had reach
ed the bridge, the man seized him and
choked him till he didn't know any
thing and then threw him into the riv-
er. Somewhat revived by his plunge.
he ti"ated down the Mystic till he got
hold of a spar and went with it out to
sea. lie soon became unconscious, and
when he recovered his senses he WAS
out of sight of land. a vessel bound
to Greenland picked him up at last j..
but he WAS transferred to an English
steamer which carried him to Liverpool,
whence he returned to this country
The story sounds like those told 10y the
good old Baron Munchausen.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27
!olln9burn G'alrdmian.


,..r Vt. Friday, Nov. -. 1874.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27

w hat an amount of discomfort wet
boots entail. and how well we all recall
the painful efforts we have now and
then made to draw on il pair of hard
baked ones which were put 10y the fire
over night To dry. Once on. they are II
sort of modern stocks. destructive of all
comfort. and entirely demoralizing to
the temper. The following plan. which
we cut from an exchange, it is said
will do away with this disc Jmfort ::
When the boots are taken off, fill them
quite full with dry oats. This grain
has Il great fondne>s for damp, and will
rapidly absorb the least veStlgr of il
from the wet leather. As it quickly
and completely takes up the moisture.
it swcllS and fills the boot with Il tight
ly fitting last, keeping its form good.
and driving the leather without harden
ing it. In the morning shake out the
oats and hang them in il bag near the
fire /" dry, ready for the next wet
night: draw on the boots. and 90 hap
PLY and comfortably about the days
work.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27
At Satisfactory Prices !!
T.. Il. r. FIIRBlNKS If. 90.

DARRON MOULTOSS ESTATE.
ID The subscribers having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate fnT he aledonia
commissioners, Ia receive. examine and adjust all
claims and demands of all persons against the cstat.
of Barron Muultnn late ot II. Johnsbury, i'll said
district, deceased represented inSOlvrnt, and the
term of six months from the 18th day of Nov. l-7i.
heinz allowed 10y said Court Ia the creditors of said
decreased, Ia exhibit and prove their respective
claims before Give notice that will attend
to the duties Of our appointment at the dwelling
house al the said Barron Moulton, III st. Johns
bury. i'll said district. on the eth day of December
and the 18th day ut Nav next at ten oc clock i'll thu
forenoon, each at said days.
T.. +. BROWN },.
l. r HALL Quinn is
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-15
A Fortune Made and Lost.

The Dimmock mansion on Broad
street, Elizabeth, N. j., is generally
recognized as one of the most magnifi-
cent as we'll as costly private residences
in the States. It was begun in 1871, or
thereabouts, and cost Anthony W. Dim
mock, the once well.known Wall street
millionaire, between $400, 900 and $780,
900. His failure in 1872 left the house
still unfinished and encumbered with
mortgages. Recently the matter has
been thrown into the hands of Master
in Chancery, who is taking testimony
as to the rights and preferences OF
mortgages and mechanics.
At the time it was commenced A. W,
Dimmock, although but thirty-fve or
thirty-six years of age, was one of the
lions of Wall street. At the age of
nineteen he commenced business in q
banking-house and worked the first
year for $3.50. In 1864-5 his business
tact led him into speculation in gold,
and so successful were his ventures
that he withdrew from the house of
Maynard and established the firm of
CA. W. Dimmock & Co." He is said
to have cleared 100000 in one day
during the rise of gold after the battle
of fredericksburg. In an evil hour he
invested the greatest portion of large
fortune in the Atlantic Mail Steamship
Line, but through the withdrawal of
Daniel Drew and others, who were in
the SPOOL" the stock deprecated SO
rapidly that his losses in one day reach
ed $1,5OO,00O. By disposing of his
vast estate at Tarrytown hesettled with
his creditors and began anew, but. get
ting a controlling interest in the same
line of steamships, followed by long
train of mishaps, irretrievably ruined
him, and in 1872 he retired from Wall
street. Previous to his last failure he
purchased 800 acres of land in Eliza
beth and erected thereon large num-
Der of elegant villas, and finished by
putting up the palatial residence mem
toned, which, like the others, are in
litigation among his numerous
creditors.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-15
Driving Them OFF.

How the farmers of Wright county,
Iowa, drove away the grasshoppers is
revealed by the local paper. The crops
in that country we're abundant, and
anxious husbandmen we're in hopes that
these destructive pests would not ap-
pear until after harvest. At once they
came, however, in clouds that darkened
the sun. By preconcerted plan, the
farmers set fire to piles of dry straw on
the borders of the wheat-felds, and
smothered the flames with green hay.
That caused volumes of smoke to roll
over the fields. The grasshoppers
didn't relish this procedure at all. They
rose with such multitudinous hum OF
wings as to deepen into roar like dis
tant thunder, and fed the country. In
that way the Wright county farmers
have fair prospectof saving the crops,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-15
Items Of Interest.

There wasn't siugle crew at the
regatta which couldn't have won, "H,
&c.
The theatre burned in Chicago re-
Gently is the eighty-fourth In the coun-
try to go up in flames.
A wonderful scientific young man has
had ocular demonstrations of sound
he has seen his bed tick. f-
A prisoner in q Georgia jail was re-
Gently put on a block and his services
sold to the highest bidder.
A Pottstown, Pa, couple, in full pos
session of all their faculties, have q
large family of deaf and dumb children.
"He has left void that cannot easily
be filed" as the bank director touch
ingly remarked of the absconding
cashier.
Chicago has gone brick crazy now.
A man was mobbed there recently for
building q wooden dog-house in his
back yard.
A young lady at Des Moines put
vitriol on her scalp to take the dandruff
off, and what scalp she has left doesn't
Dotner nef any.
One man on the McMasters farm,
near st. Joseph, picked 800 quarts of
strawberries in seven days. His best
days picking was 180 quarts.
A Boston lady in California says that
the big strawberries on the Pacific coast
have but little flavor, being a cross be-
tween turnip and dried apple.
An old iron mine in Salisbury, Conn.,,
which has been worked over one hun
dred and fifty years, recently declared
an annual dividend of lis per cent.
A family of Iowa frogs has been
found one hundred and eighty feet un-
der ground, and it is supposed that they
have been nest hiding there for at least
century.
Several bandits, who were recently
captured in the mountains OF Santa
Ana, Nicaragua, received two hundred
lashes each, band of music being en-
ployed to drown their cries.
It was considered deed of magma
nimity for San Francisco street crowd
to allow a Chinaman to depart with his
life, after having killed two immense
dogs that had been set upon him by
some of its members.
The German military authorities have
determined to revoke their absurd or
der which prohibited soldiers from
drinking water while on the march.
This privation caused many deaths dur
ing the Franco-P -Prussian war.
An interesting problem of the from
tier is, why the Arickaree Indians,
steadfast friends of the whites for over
half a century, are without arms and
ammunition, while the hostile Sioux
are armed with Spencer rifles.
A Minnesota divine, in an unguarded
moment and in the course of his dis
course, called thirty-fve of his flock
"empty heads" Empty or full-headed,
they have since pertinaciously refused
to pay their pew taxes, and the pastor
has taken out writs against them.
An investigation into the burial of
Baltimore paupers has developed some
curious facts. A coffin costs the city
SO, and it is alleged that James Nash,
the driver of the dead cart, has been IN
the habit of dumping the bodies at
Potter's Field, and taking the collins
| hack
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-15
The OId Man Goes TO school.

Tknow I'm too old to learn, wife my lessons
and tasks are done
The dews of life's evenin' glisten in the light
--.. of lifs's settin' sun. .....--u.r
To the grave by the side of my fathers they'll
carry me soon away
But 1 wanted to. see how the world had grown
r so hobbled to school to-day. .r
couldn't told twas a school house; it tow
cred up to the skies.
1 gazed on the noble structure till DINNER
grew these old eyes. , L. r u gi n
My thoughts went back to the log house-tAe
school house Of long ago,
Where studied and romped with the merry
boys who sleep whore the daises grow.
of its monstrous bell
On these eais that are CROWN deaf the sweet
notes rose and fell.
entered the massive door, and sat in the
proffered chair
An old man wrinkled and gray in the midst of
the young and fair. t
Like garden of bloomin' roses, the school
room appeared to me-
The children were all so tidy their faces so full
of glee. .......
They stared at me when I entered, then broke
DER the whisperin' rule,
And said, with emile, to each other, ''the old
mans a-comn' to school,"
When the country here was new, wife-when
was a scholar-lad
Our readin and wrtin' and spellin' were bout
al. the studies we had.
We cleared up the farm through the summer,
then travelled through woods and snow
To the log house in the openin'-the school
house of years ago.
Now, boys go to school in palace, and study
hard Latin and Greek
They are taught to write scholarly essays; they
are drilled on the stage to speak
They go into the district hopper, but come out
of the college spout
And this is the way the schools of our land arc
grindin' our great men out.
I'm glad I've been to the new house, large and
grand .. i''.
With pride 1 think of my tolls in this Liberty
loyin land ." f.
I've seen palace arise where the old log
school house stood,
And gardens of beauty bloom where the shad-
ows fell in the wood.
To the grave beside of my fathers, they'll
carry me soon away;
Then I'll go to higher school than the one
I've seen to-day;
Where the Master Of Masters teacheth-where
2 the scholars never grow old g
From glory to glory I'll climb to the beautiful
college Of gold.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-15
An Ancient City.

Capt. W. @. Manning, of Gen. Cook S
forces, has furnished an interesting de-
scription of an ancient city in New
Mexico, inhabited by remnant of the
race which centuries ago was flourish
ing tributary of Montezuma's empire.
The captain has visited the towns,
talked with their inhabitants, and
studied their customs. The largest set
tlement is in New Mexico, about thirty
miles south of the border line of Arizo-
ma. A strong wall surrounds it, and
within are houses for about four thou
sand people, though the population is
only 1890. The language and some of
the customs resemble Chinese, though
religious worship is formal and pomp-
Gus. The priests have heavily embroid-
cred rebes, which have been used for
unnumbered years. Like the Peru
vians, the people keep o record of
events by tying knots in long cords.
The Government is administered by
thirteen caciques, or chiefs, six of whom
are selected for life, the others being
elected from time to time. There is a
head chief and vice head chief, war
chief, etc. Everybody votes, morals
are good, and women are respected, q
fact which alone makes wide gulf be-
tween the dwellers in this ancient city
and the horsemen of the plains. The
place was mentioned by Spanish
Jesuit in 1929, and is probably as old
as the Mexican empire, which was in it's
heydey of glory and prosperity when
invaded by Cortez.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-15
MY LIFE STORY.

Ny story is one of terror. had
been seriously overworked and curious
symptoms Of what I conceived to be
cerebral disorder had made themselves
felt. They took the form of what we
call familiarly "absence of mind"
though they were not fits of abstraction,
but rather moments of blank uncon-
seriousness. Tt was just nine o'clock
when an awful sensation crept over me
of moral fear. Something was taking
place in my body which made my soul
shudder, but which affected none of my
senses. was conscious, to speak prop
erly, but was devoid of physical sensa-
tion. And was conscious that con-
seriousness was leaving me. ALI knowl-
edge Of events and of the external world
passed away, and nothing remained but
the cloudy cognition of my condition.
knew that had overtasked my brain,
and flung my books away, redoubling
my exercise in the open air, and asking
permission to absent myself from the
classes for a week.
When came to the city lived at nv
aunt's house. There was in my aunt's
house a girl employed originally as q
chambermaid stout, healthy country
girl, with red cheeks and round, dim
pied arms, and hearty laugh that rang
through the mansion and had strange
charm for me. Owing to her own
cleverness and honesty, as much as to
my aunt's need of such a person, she
became the housekeeper. Her name
was Judy, but that atrocity had been
softened into Ju, and it was only as Ju
that / knew her for long time. From
the moment that I became an inmate of
the place this girl attached herself to
me with pertinacious devotion that
was remarkable. Understand me, it
was the modest, respectful attachment
of sincere friend.
The girl kept out of my sight as much
as possible, but she exerted an infu-
ence over me of vital kind. I used to
open my chamber of mornings, when
she was bustling about the house, to
listen to her laugh, for in it there was
subtle suggestion of health that was
like the magnetism of outdoors. When
ever I came home late, no matter what
the hour, [ was sure that she had been
waiting for me to come in. Well, the
summer came on. 1t was generally
understood that was to marry Miss
Featherstonaugh. No sooner had re-
commenced my studies than my mental
troubles returned. One morning
went to my window to pull up the
shade preparatory to dressing. There
was church clock visible from the win
dow, and I noticed that it was nine
o'clock to the minute as I drew up the
curtain. Then my fit came on. I de-
spair Of making you understand the
nature Of it or the intensity of my
agony before and after it. / suppose
that not more than three seconds
elapsed between the lifting of my hand
and the full paralysis of all my powers.
But in that instant of time suffered an
eternity of terror. There I stood with
only dull, icy consciousness that
could not take my arm down and thai
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-15

How TO EooNoAuzE.-T years ago
the Turkish Government wanted to
economize in its salaries and yet not
reduce the pay, and it declared, with
pleasant innocence of the result, that a
year should consist OF fifteen months,
and the pay for year be for that
period; and so it would have paid for
five years with four years salary. Now
it is discovered that this plan was in
vented by Louis XIV, who paid his
pensions that way.