St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-10-27
Fun at the Centennial.


CAL JOKERS UPON RURALIsTS.
Letter to Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.I
You would almost doubt my word if
were to tell you of the greenness of
some of these centennial visitors. There
never was such a chance for guying i'll
~ g world. 1t proved too much for Mr..
h1hu T. Raymond, and he could not let
50 rare an opportunity slip. He would
go up to the waX-wOrk groups in the
Main building, which really are very
life-like, and pretend that he thought
they were alive. So innocent did he
look that two young girls took some
time to explain to him that they were
really only wax. He thanked them. and
walked on. Another time he made be-
lieve he was a waxwOrk. and got Il
friend to call attention to the villainOus
expression of his countcnance. until
those III the crowd who saw that he was
not WAX cried shame" when. to their
astonishment, he took the arm of the
rude fellow, and walked off with him.
while the crowd stared in indignant
wonder. Mr.. Raymond was standing
in the art gallery in front of Il bronze
statue of II negro. of the most decidedly
African cast of countemance, who held
his freed arms aloof, while the broken
chains fell at his feet. 4 countryman
came along, and gazed in open mouth
ed admiration; then he turned to Mr..
Ray mond and said, 'The Greek slave.
amt it - ''Ges, by the Powers it il,
said the actor. well, I'm glad I've
seen it, said the man, ''tor I've always
wanted to see that statue. | heard it
was pretty, hut dem me if ] see any
beauty in that. but it's more like natur
than them marble tiggers."
\ party of ladies and gentlemen from
New York were reclining on the divans
in the Turkish house. the other day.
slipping coffee and smoking cigarettes
when middleaged woman. the perfect
type of centennial visitor. linen dus-
ter, green veil. and all. thrust her head
in at the door. EXCUSE me-" said She
drawing back, Il see have intruded
on party of Turks" Walk right in.
madam" said one of the gentlemen.
land make yourself at home" ''lou
speak English very we'll" said she,
walking in and taking seat Yes"
he replied, Il have been in this coun-
/ try some time. | liked it So well that |
brought these people over. They don't
/ speak English, but they understand it,"
/ Then the woman began Il series of ques-
tionS that puzzled the ingenuity of the
! gentleman to answer, particularly as
| the rest of his party was shaking with
suppressed laughter. The woman ask
/ ed 81 many questions about the coffee
| that the gentleman. whom will call
/ the doctor insisted upon treating her To
Il cup, which she drank with relish.
! Then she wanted to know about the
| cigarettes. He told her that Turks Ia
ladies all smoked, and offered her one
and lighted il for her. She took it he
| tween her teeth and pulled in with all
/ her might and main. and when she got
her mouth full of smoke she did not
| know what to do with it. The doctor
showed her how to puff it ont. and after
Il great deal of coughing she got all
right again, but said she preferred the
coffee to the cigarettes. At last she
asked the doctor if he would write his
name in Turkish. This WAS Il stumper.
but he was equal to tie emergency. and .
pulling Il blank card from his pocket.
he copied the inscription off the JcruSa-
lem house near 10y. The woman WAS
delighted. "Now | want YOU to write
me some centennial notes" and she
handed out one of those tircsome little
books that all good centennial visitors
go around with. "What shall say r.
said the doctor. Say fell i'll with Il
party of Turks. who treated me to coffee
aud cigarettes" The doctor was ut Il
loss for Il moment, but his quick wit
came to the rescue he spied the bill of
fare written in Turkish hanging on the
wall. He copied off the first item as
near as he could. The woman kept him
busy writing until he had copied every
| item down from the hill then he re-
! turned the book to the delighted visitor
''Nel said she, rising and tNing an
extra knot in her veil. 1--WE always
heard that the Turks were heathcn
Now ! know they amt there's nothing
like the centennial for educating people,
and if any one ever says heather Turk
in my presence again, I'll tell em that
| know party of Turks, and they are
the most sOciable people ever met I,
May shake hands with the ladies 2"
| They smiled assent, and she gave them
a good honest grip. "This has been the
pieasantest part of my VISIT said she,
as she bowed herself out. "And the
most amusing paIt of ours" said my
friends, us the old lady vanished down
the piazza steps. Aside from the in
formation one may gain ut the centen-
NAL, it will he seen that there is no end
of fun to be had. The study of human
nature is certainly amusing, and comes
in as Il great relief after hours among
pictures and scientific inventions.
| a BITTER 1NJUsTICE.-A New York
letter wliter tells the story of poor
working girl, whose funeral occurred in
that city few days since. The story
is only one of thousands, but that is SO
much the greater reason why it should
be known and deplored. 1t illustrates
so well the hardslips suffered and the
labor done by some so-called ''supertiu-