St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-18

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Two children, who had been locked
into their home III Philadelphia. Mon
day, set fire to the house and were
roasted to death.
\ powerful revival of religion is now
in progress III the College of New jersey
1T Princeton, and on Friday evening.
after an address by Rev. Thco. l.. Guy
Ter of Brooklyn, nearly one hundred
students rose for prayers.
Bismarck is baldheaded. but vou don I
catch any German newspapers saving
that MIS-. Bismarck is Il high tempered
woman. or making any Jokes about
baldhcad> generally. The baldheadcd
man in that country is Looked up to.
The Maine clerks in Washington, met
on Saturday To organize in favor of Nh.
Blaine. About one hundred attended.
There WAS great enthusiasm. and steps
were considered to make their efforts
felt from this time till the nominating
convention meets.
The births ia Boston last year were
ll.Ui3. Il decrease "f 7O4 us r"mparr.l
"''i' Wv l'''' '''''S~ y IL Nv ''i'tii
Gates of intention of marriage issued in
$50 wee :Ee,S. Il decrease of 693 from
1874. fine number of deaths in 1873
was sol, an iiicIraSe of IL! compared
with ISL.
PA. will you get me Il pair of skates
if | prove to y"u that Il dog has ten
tails - "lrs. my SON well to begin
with. one dog has one more tail than
no dog. hasn't he - lies" .Wcll
no dog has nine tails: and if one dog
las one more tail than II" dog. then one
dog must have ten tails" He got the
skates.
Quite recently short sighted huS-
band SAW Il large bouquet of flowers on Il
chair, and wishing to preserve them from
fading. placed them in Il basin of water.
W hen his wife saw the '.houquet. half
an hour attrrwald. she gave one pierre
ing scream and tainted on the spot.
Her deitctiNe-NiSioncd husband had
mistaken her new bonnet. with its
abundance of flowers. for Il freshly .
culled bouquet.
The boys of Winncmucca. New. had
some fun with Il Snowman. They
NV lii''i 81 llsIl l'hti tN-
tending round Il near corner. Each
asked the price of admission. and when.
being told that it was 80 cents. shook
Ills head. said that it was too dear re
tired and fell III ut the rear of the line
This WAS kept up until the Snowman.
aSt"unded by this unanimity and seem
inglN great number. reduced the charge
and the boys cleared out
II suppose there are plenty of saw
mills over in your state. said Il Chicago
IMAM To II party from Michigan. the 9th
or night. wall. | >hud say there wuz."
replied the Michigander. "Why. sir.
Michigan is yettin' 80 dcrn full nv saw
mills that You can hardly meet IL man
over there with moIc'n two fingers ON II
hand" And sticking up il paw on
which dwell Ions digit as proof of his
assertion. he quietly continued 1--WE
shook hands with 'em myself
Professor Proctor. being recently in
ter\iewcd on the subject of undeveloped
social science. said that the frequency
of divorce which BoW ;tppal> the moral
public. can he dated from the advent
OF the water pipe. He asserted that
II" tw" people could fearlcsSly confront
il bulSted wateI pipe without bitter re
elimination on both sides. And the Il
told YOU So of the wife. and the "Shut
up your internal gall of the husband
are the seeds of discord which ripen
into bitterness, and bear the unhallowed
flowers of continual misery. 1t is
evident from this that none of the gifted
Professors family are plumbers.