St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-09
Advertising for Cats.


Mr.. StiltN lives in the village. and
owns Il house and lot. He bought some
Young frut trees. about three Years
ago. and SET them out. but the mice
girdled them the following winter. Mr.
StiltN Was too good Il Christian Ia dis
play any temper at this. bat ne WAS
pcrpleAcd To know hUNw all things woIk
together for good. The next Sca~un
he planted II fresh lot of trees. and all
advised him to keep two OI three good
cats. Now StiltN had lived about 80
yeal>. and ~ of them had been is il
married man. He never had ANY par
Iicular liking for eats. and Hannah. his
wife. hated them but when StiltN
urged the advantage of keeping Il few
to kill oil the mice and save th, trees.
Hannah consented. The pair never had
hut one child. and he hcramc IL minis
ten. married. and went West several
Years before. Consequently the old
people lived alone together happily.
and caught mice with traps. ''Well.
Hannah" said Mr.. StiltN. after they
had mutually agreed to keep eats. ''ii
We get these eats. We want good ones.
We don't want ANY of these yaWling.
~qualling. mewimg. disagrcrahlc cats.
vrrtising for some ," Hannah thought
perhaps il would he best.
They Were going away To he gone Il
couple of weeks: hut had set an exact
day on which they should return. Ac-
cnrdingly Mr.. StiltN concluded /" let
the ad vert ti>cmcnt work while they were
away. and in the mean time somebody
would ht prepared To furnish them with
tir>t-cla>s quality of cat. He Mr"t"
the notice and l. appeared. the very
next day. in the Muddlc>illr Cauli-
flower reading aS follows:
Amy party having Il lir>t-rla eat.
for " which they nave no further Use. and
not wishing to have the care ui it. will
confer Il favor 10y calling with the eat
at my Residence on CalluW street. after
/ office houI>. on the cVruiH" ut \uNcm-
her 10. Three good cats are wanted.
JAME~ {. STILn.
1t ;" happened that Nj. Stilty. IN
naming his son. l:,d with patcInal pride
pcrpctuaird hi> own amc: and al
though the Young Stiltt had affixed Il
''JI.. Il sort OF rcar guard. pIr>ium> l."
his arimg ordained ~ i minister. the
title of "RtN. L. the other end of his
name soon lcd t" the withdrawal uf the
newspaper where he lived rNrhin.h"d
with the one published ia the Village
where his father lived. 1t happened
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WI bpLtNlllE. y. - Nov. u. ~.
Wy Dear son Your in"lhrr "nh
II are troubled WIN WOULD You '"llr\
u at P">' wv "i '"' 'H'>' In''
may ne more. h'l came Et>l hl%h'
o"i heN'-"""i h'lSh,"' say Ni'' -"
: ileNr> thtlt are oven ~" "l lh'lh' "a
!; may he il%hi. hlll N"u KNOW >"nl h"lh
" rl ana never IKE I" rNhS%rlat" any
, thlh%' lheir Is l'iS' inns hh'n ADO"
Il II: we are com "\''i"" IT" '''''
we '">'i''N'" i'" ',il'' S'''' '''> y
keep tue mice '"i'l'''u "'l' ''" save "''
! trees. ln>'e"" "i "'iH ',,i''' We 'i'''
1t regular Sil""ci "l ca!s: we N'h' ava
last week on Il \iHl' I" Nnlli Ma
u iicl,HN. III rllhlplo"n' an" "i"h l e
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,l'" 'lle mouse anu wen, 7" "'"'
! peGah I" snow ana '''' r"'" ,'"' '''''
" ana we "l,lh %'l Win "i >'' Il
'"t ''S' VI tue "l%''' N''' N'I
awake hH me most 'htai'hl\ amount
- eater Wa"Ilhs \"" "l l.. "r N"',I hi"'h''
or Nh"uA else even nt''l". Wen
J" down stairs ana opened th' klt'hc