St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-06-16
A Caution for the Bows

When limbs could safely be Topped.
A Caution for the Bows.
ne swimming season is nearly at
hahd. and III few weeks the bath
houses will be liberally patronized, and
secluded hooks 10y the waterside eager
~ sought out. There is fact that we
would like To have impressed ON the
minds of the boys, remembrance of
winch may save some of them from
death. The art of swimming is a good
one and should be generally learned.
"lllc the healthy Results of the swim
ming bath are invaluable. But there
Is Il time for the bath ;iS for all things
else. and that time il not Immediately
ifttr meal time nor when the body is
heated hl activity. No person should
ciItcI the water within two hours after
eating. for the reason that there is great
danger of epilepsy at such times, many
laial hathIn" accIdrnts being attributa-
hlc t" this fact. There are doubtless
many persons, especially bows, who
enter the water repeatedly lust after
eating and escape serious consequences.
hus tar. they, of course, hay. been
very fortunate. hut the fact remains
mat III every instance when they have
gone swimming" at such times they have
claced themselves in extreme DANCER of
death. The danger ot bathing when
til" body l. oNelLeated We have pointed
OUT 50 often TINT We need only empha-
>Izc il at present. These matters are
worth remembering.
a DO" SToRr.-Everybody thinks his
own dog the smartest. and, of course.
Thought mine so. He was "A little fel
low with long silky eaIs. and did. as we
Thought, some wonderful things. He
MAS very fond of chicken bones; so.
one day. all the debris of Il pair of fri
';l>>rd chickens were collected and
gwen I" the little fellow for his dinner.
lie commenced catin" Nuraciouslv. and
then Thought seemed to strike him.
"hlch WAS probably thi, Il can't nos
>lhlN eat all these bones. 50 | NAV AS
well pick out Just those which like
winch Ii" accordingly did till all the
ut tie ones disappeared and dnggit had
rNldrhilN had quite cnoug. Still all
the hIg ones remained. What was to
II" done with them He was evidently
considering. Suddenly he retired, and
some one WAS just about to remove the
hl>h. when the patteIing ot eight feet
was heard on the stairs. and soon the
l'Itlc Mhltr dog appeared followed bv "A
large black one, whom he led directly
I" the dish. and then Law down com
pllcrntlN Watching his invited GUEST
VIM" Ii" ate his dinner \. Obserrey. d.
DEAL Sol >EELN WITH IoUR CHII
hhtN. 10 gam ohcdicnce. YOU must
lIl>i set Yourself tn deserve il. What
ever You promise Nour little. one, how
even small the thing seems to Won and
whatever trouble ii costs Won. perform
II. Never let the doubt once enter that
innocent mind that yuu say what Won
1t" not mean, or will not act up to what
\"I SAY. Make a> few prohihitnry laws
.'S N"l possibly can; but, once made,
keep I" them. In what is granted as in
What Is denied. compel Yourself. how
even weary. "r worried, or inpatient,
I" administer always cvrn-hauded ius-
nee. This Is Il system much more likely
1" secure Your chill'> real affection than
all the pctting and humoring 81 geuer-
hIl\ Indnlgrd III, to give pleasure or
save trouble. not To Your little ones,
hut t" Yourself. Mss NnIoch.
Young philosopher of seven wears
"i age. who had not got far enough TO
near til" Holy Scripture disputed by
science, listened attcntivclv in his ia
'hcfS philor the other evening to a
waIm discussion on the Darwiniau
theory. and. after the guests had de-
parted, S"ncv hat surprised the pater-
nal with: Father don't believe Mr..
Darwin is right" "Whal ~ said the
looking down at this UNEXPECTED
.r;iS"ncr. who stood before him with a
little Bible III his hand YOU do not.
ma why 'Bccan>c, papa, my Bible
SAYS God created man in His own i'm
I"e. and | don't believe it was mon
>cN. "Nell, well, said the sire laugh
hg, run along, Tommy YOU are too
"nng t"talk about such things" But,
'dpi, almost the next verse saws: God
'hW everything that he had made. and
'thnld 1t was very good Now il wasn't
'""h u men were monkeys, WAS il
'"r You are gooder than IA monkey.
IN YOU, papa ;"
"A young woman on West Madison
trect, having taken Il course of chem
>tIy, has been assisting her father in his
irug store. The other day there was
eht III Il prescription for some simple
medicine for IA sick baby, and next day
'ahN papa went down to buy popy
"iiin. The chemist was requested to
Use to ii personal explanation. Great
|ehosaphat ~ he said, looking at the
'"wder, ''why, there's arsenic in this
t ought to have been bicarbonate of
oda Eliza, how is this p ..Ob n, y,
rplIed his unm"ved assistant, "we had
10 such soda, and arsenic WAS the near
st shade that matched. d."-Chicago Trib-
ne.