St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-22
A Warming.

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A Warning.
The Popular Science Monthly gives
this warning on the important matter OF
using sedatives for little ones: lone OF
the great dangers attending the use OF
the various sedatives employed III the
nursery is. that they tend to produce the
opium habit. These quack medicines
owe their soothing and quoting effects
to the action of opium, and the infant
is by them given morbid appetite for
narcotic stimulantS. The offering Tor
sale of such nOStrums should he pro
hibited. as tending to the physical and
moral deterioration of the race. In
India. mothers give to their infants
sugar pills containing opium, and the
result is il Ianguid. sensual race of hope
less debauchees. In the United States
the poisonous dose is administered I'M
der another name, but the consequences
will probably be the same
ATTEMPTED REORGANIZATION
cry (MasS.(, reports good attempt at
an elopement. One Allen from Yer
mont. tits said, started off with daugh-
ter of Mr. COwles, Wednesday night,
and walked to Huntington. where the
twain awaited the arrival of the morn
ing train. But the watchful Cowles
followed them, and coming suddenly
upon the pair. proceeded to assault
Allen with great vehemcnce, making
Sundry ugly gaShes upon his head.
The latter little relishing this denoue-
ment, took to the woods, in whose
mazeS the enraged father finally lost
him. 1t adds interest to the case to
know that Allen is said to be about
30 years of age, and the girl but Is
Springfield Republican.
ARIrHMETICAL PUZZLE.-lt Il person
has an S-gallon caSk of wine and wishes
to measure ont of it 4-gallons of wine,
and only has one 5-gallon and one
3-@allon empty raSk to measure with.
how does he do ii ,
InNwor First. Measure out the 3
gallon caSk full and transfer the SAINT.
to the 5-gallom ca>k: again measure
out the ;}-yallon cask full and transfer
rom the same enough to fill he .5-gal-
Ion cask: and we now have two. one
and five gallons respectively. i'll the
eight, three and tive-gallon casks Now
empty the 5-gallon caSk into the eight
gallon caSk. making seven gallons there
in; empty the 3-gallon caSl, into the
one of five gallons. and from the S-gal-
Ion ca>k fill the ;}-gallon. leaving four
gallons i'll the S-gallou cask, and conse-
quently four gallons out of it.
GotlIamites were prepared for what
l. coming 10y Il temperature of ninety
eight degrees on sunday.
The condition of one member OF Con.
gres> has been definitely asccrtaincd,
and he has been sent Ia IL lunalc I>N 2
lum.
The New York Tribune III sportivc
mood acr'Isc> Spring. gentle Spring. of
imitation and i>>rin" pleasant promises
which She never meant to redeem. get
ting infected generally with our '.abom-
Unable tinaEcial theories"
The Yacht Crosby. which started from
Boston. the first of the winter. for Jack
sonvillc. Fla. on Il pleasure trip. with
three men on board, and has touched
at several southern ports. arrived ut
Boston on Saturday. after Il somewhat
remarkable voyage considering that she
is Il very small craft for ocean sailing
only - feet long.
- The Rutland Herald regrets ia see.
the forests in the State fading away 80
rapidly. Coal kilns are mu!tiplyiug
particularly in the southern and western
counties. and the destruction of forests
L., I
very unfaVolahle To the farms Fruits
and crops that have thrivcd of them
selves. within half Il century. cannot
now he grown except by artificial help.
The sale of wood and coal is profitable
enough now. but the trees are not going
to last always, and the Herald advo-
Gates some system of tree culture.
- An instance of rare honesty. and
showing how Il dog may desire to pay
his board bill, recently occurred in
Fitchburg, Mass. y lady SAW dog
frequently about her house picking up
odd bits which had been thrown ont.
and one day she called him in and fed
him. The next day he came back. and
as she opened the door he walked in
and laid an egg on the floor. when he
WIS again icu. lie IOllbNluT u;iN lie
brought his egg to pay for his dinner
and on the fourth day he hiuught the
old hen herself. who. il seemed. had
failed to furnish the required egg.
The current reports about snow-tiriftS
and such things remind the Christian
Union of "a Vermont story which we
heard in our hoyhood.' ON July day
early i'll the present century, the mail
stage was passing over Cabot plain"
when passengers observed Il woman.
armed with broad. wooden shovel,
digging into IA snow-drift by the road
side. 'Why, madam" said the travel
ct. don't You take the SNOW at the top
of the drift, instead of taking the trou-
bile to dig 50 decp?" "Oh,' replied the
woman. 1.-THE SHOW that is three or four
years old is a great deal the hest -
\ funny sort of libel suit is that of
G. o. Golf. of Fitchburg. against the
Boston Herald for speaking i'll of the
Cardiff giant. The Herald of the Both
of last November contained IL para
graph stating that the giant was hum
bug. and had been sold at New Orleans
for $50. The plaintiff denies this, de
claring that it was worth SJO.UOO. and
demands S:}O.Oo0 damages. If he gets
lis cash he had better sue the rest of
the newspapers i'll the country. for they
all published the statement.