St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-02-12
Squibs.

The Cincinnati Enquirer accuses Bon
ucr. "f the New York Ledger, as re-
>pnn>iblc for much OF the prevailing
di>tIc>S. For Years il says, Young peO-
pie have been reading his dtlusive ro-
mancc> and hi~ advice to marry young.
and now there are thousands of people
With large families on their hands and
nothing to eat but New York Ledgers.
y man whose wife hung herself in
his presence. on being asked why he
did not prevent the tragedy. replied
Il cut her down three times last week,
and | cant he always cutting her
duNn.
= Louis has lO.ON1 dogs. The pa-
tiVc> Wear il section OF StOve-pipe Oh
each leg during the mad-dog season.
\ gentleman in New Jersey having
tried the experiment last summer of
rn"riug hi, house with the material ont
of Nhich concrete pavements are made,
Was much annoyed by the animated
discussions carried on 10y the cats of the
ncighboi hood on the top of his dwell
ing. Finding the noise uuhearable, he
aSccndod the garnet one night and
locked out of the trap door. TO his
horror he found no fewer than 1876 cats
stuck fast knCc-dccp in the concrete,
which had been >Ottcucd by the heat.
Some ot them had been there four DAYS.
The moment they caught sight of the
owner of the house the whole 1876
doubled their spines. ruilcd their hair.
shook their tails. and gave one wild.
uutarthly yell. which frightened him 50
that he fell down the step ladder on the
mead OF his wife. who was standing be
low with a candle in her hand. Both
husband and wife were seriously but
not dangerously injured.
y bad little boy in Portland lit
pack of shooting crackers and threw
them into the streets to see them ''go
oil. One of Ike Batman's mules came
aiom" and swallowed them before they
went oil" The mule walked about
fifteen feet and stopped. Things wasn't
acting right inside He began to taste
/ the smoke of tirc-rrackcIs. He laid his
left ear around against his ribs and
head something. 1t was them crack
els having fun. The mule picked out
about three and half miles of straight
road and started. \ negro met him
about Il mile the other side of the aims
house. going south. white with perSpl-
out of his mo>rIils, mouth and ears. Ike
found his mule. yesterday morning,
sticking halfway through farm house
near Paddy Run. still smoking. rhe
man had got his family out and put EN-
up into Il lot of trees. Ike hauled his
mllr hcmc. when he got cool enough.
on u drIy. The man is going to move
his house farther back of the road.
Yesterday. while some negro steam
boat men wcIr being paid oil. the clerk
Inquired of each one ;Is he came up to
eigh tn" pay roll: will you write
Vour name or make an y. The first
one said hr could write his name. and
the pen was handed him. He looked
At the pen, ScrutiuiZcd the pay roll. and
hc-itdtcd 81 long that the clerk pokcd
him gp. Lets see. unused the dsrkcy.
- he looked up at the clock: "It's now
ten u'clori. and H. I've got tn meet II
lciI,r At the City Hall at noon, guess
WON'T write my name, but I'll put
down an A."-DctroU Press.
Father Taylor once prayed for all the
musicians and opera singers. and espec-
tally tor the beautiful Young woman
(Jcmny Lind) who had just landed on
"ur shores to gladden. American ears
with her songs. ~ he closed, Il long.
lLuk fellow rose from the pulpit steps
and asked whether the preacher sup
posed person who died in an opera
house could 20 to heaven. Father L.
replied: "All good people will 20 to
heaven, hut fool vii not. even though
he dies ON the steps Of pulpit
General Macquaric. 10y distribution
of seeds and implements. attempted to
induce the uatives of New South Wales
to cultivate the ground. Among the
packets of seeds we've some which con
tanned tish-hoOkS; these, together with
the seeds. were given 10y the governor
to the sable monarch, King Bumgaree.
Some tinrr after. the governor inquired
of him whether the seeds had Yet come
up. ''Oh. berry we'll" exclaimed Bun
%arec; ''they all come up berry well,
except dem tishhooks no come
up yet"