St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-06


OF course. in the foregoing, we have
not intended to include the breeders OF
fancy fowls. to be sold at fancy prices"
but we intended to treat simply OF or
binary poultry keepers.
To the villager who wishes early
chickens and early eggs. the Dark
i}rahma is. perhaps, the best, either
full bred ol grade. and if he Is not par
ticular lis to the purity of the blood,
hut wishes the greatest Pecnnl:ly re-
turns. IL cross between Brown Lcgh"rns
and White Blahma>. or White LeghornS
and Dark Blahmas, will pay him bet
ter than amy other stock. he half
breed feathers and natures earlier. be
gins to lay Younger. and lays more eggs
than the full blood BralInla. is larger.
more quiet and domestic than the full
blood Lcghorm. and makes Il good setter
and mother. which the Lcghorn rarely
bccomcS. Mass. PIoaghmdh.
The Wedding Garb of Prof. Swings
Daughter.
Miss Mamie Swing, the bride, is Il
petite blonde. with Il bright. pleasing
expression of countenancr. mobile feat
urrS. and hair of golden brown. which
waves naturally over her low, wide
brow. The wedding dress wa> of pure
white silk. cut with Il long train and
finished around the edge with II tluting
of the silk. Above this were live rows
of plated tullc, each edge finished with
IL row of white silk embroidery, the two
sash ends. which were thret-quartcr>
of IL ward wide and took the place of an
"vcrSkiu. being ,lahorIlrlN trimmed
with tine soft white illusion. The waist
WAS il French c"l>agc. open ii til" neck,
IL la hirrgc. and filled III with the deli
cate Fittings. The sleeve WIS Il Mari"
Ant"inrttr. and was edged with four
rows of the illusion and embroidery.
The corS;rgr WAS laced in the back
Tine whole front of the dress waS GOV
erred with pulled tulIc. caught up on
each side with knots OF orange flowers.
The hair WAS simply cooled 1t The back
Of the head. On the top il Was laid in
putlS. and decorated with the wreath
and veil. The travelling dress i Il rich
brown silk OF Il handsome quality. made
with Il deep Kilt plating. banded down
with narrow bias folds at the >linr. \
long p"l"nnise ut ;.amrrS hair cloth of
Il deep iron gray. made with brown silk
sleeves Il brown silk sash fastened
with Il pearl buckle deep cuffs of the
gray goods. with rurhc of the. brown
silk turned back from the band packets
of the silk with lnprI> of the gray
fastened down with pearl buttons : Il
heavy fall of ball fringe. three balls of
brown and three of gay. around TIA"
garment and Il double collar of the
brown and gray. The brown felt hat
WIS cncirclrd 10y Il band nl brown vel
Vet. and adorned with u finely shaded
gray ostrich feather. Gtnphic.
/" kEEr FLIE> FROM IuE~E>. VI.
pcrrrt. Il French pharmaceutical chem
list. has discovered Il very simple and
economical mcth"d "t saving horses.
particularly when they aIr moi ia mo
tinm. from hrimy t"rmrutrd hN hic>. 1t
consists in merely rubbing them with a
little concentrated oil OF laurel. which
is extremely di>likrh h} the flies. The
oil should hr specially applied t." the
pats where. the tln.~ usually settle .
W lth about three I"nuNW"rth of this
oil Il horse can he nmm"iutrd for three
day. There i not the slightest dan
GET III using it. aud. indeed. lis Slightly
action is beneficial To horses.
and keeps their coat in good order.
| hi "Npc'iicnt may also lac u>,.tullN lc-
placed hN Il >olu1lou of >iNti II.immI,>
of a~>Atutida MIXED with one glass of
vinegar and two OF W:trI. The strong
ndnr of the a>>Itutida drives away the
flies. and if horses he well wasted " it'll
this. not Il tiN W!ll settle on them. No
apprehension need hc felt in u>n" t'rc
;iS>;Itu'till. which has no dclrtcIinu>
properties. L"n,ion H"iicdI Htc"rd
AZ MINDED CAPITALIST.
\ Wealthy man in the country. VII"
employs one of the Boston city banks
To make collections. &c. i >oiIIrw hat
liable Ia absent mindrdmc>>. \ note
payable to his order was returned Ia u
him tor Endorsement. He wrote Il long
apology promising to do better. and
promptly forwarded the mote carefully
enclosed in his letter His enclosure
WAS duly received. but. on ln"kin. tnr
the required ENDORSEMENT. it Wa- found
that it was again omitted. The Cashier
again returned the d""umcnt. say in..
''Thc apology j. all right and long
enough to cover both failures please
sign and return without further com
mrnt.
y WHITE llEpGEII"G. Nh. Herbert
l.. Fisher, III the employ of \. VI.
Bragg of Acworth. y. H.. while after
some grapes u few days since. found up
Il tree Il perfectly white hedgehog with
red eyes. like the English rabbit. and
Of about ~ pounds weight. He obtain
ed help aud it WIS captured alive. and
il will probably he sent to Boston
Two other gray hrdgrhng> "r pnrcu-
pines were found near 10y and shot.
both larger. and one weighing ~
pounds.
The apple crop of the country. cX-
rcptimg that ot Northern Vermont. i
the largest produced for Il long time,
and the New York papers report that
in the apple region on Lake Ontario,
good fruit is selling rs low ~ II per
barrel. The cider Yield is cNprct,d to
he enormous. Dealers should Ice able
ut favorable prices. and make II good
profit without eXtortion.
sunday night Il Detroit policeman,
passing Il certain house about ten
o'clock. SAW Il man drop from Il window,
and heard >mothercd cries inside He
seized the man for il burglar. hut soon
found that he had the owner of the
house in his clutches. ''Wcll," said the
officer. lit looked suspicious /" see you
drop ont of window tina, way"
''Wcll." replied the man. hcaving Il
sigh. "whcn the old woman gets her
dandrr up. | amt particular about