St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-25

has consequently accumulated to some
extent. and together with the impure
water has injured the health OF the clt\
for the time being aS shown 10y mortal
ity report tor the week ending August
-. which shows 81 more deaths from
TYPHOID and contagious diseases than
during the previous week.
Let me advise Your lady readers II
they have any intention of investing III
any kind OF silk goods, whether for
dresses, ribbons, or sewing purposes,
not to put of buNim Il single day. The
silk worms are on big strike that l.,
| Judge that's what it is. At all events
these little creatures in all the silk pro-
ducing countries of the world have sud
denly reduced their production one half.
just why this is nobody can tell. May
he its because those hloatcd ari>t"crats.
the caterpillar>, have got up Il 'c"rneI
on mulberry leaves and put up the price
on them, but the fact remains, aud :"
the silk association of this country has
met and decided that they must imme-
diately put up prices from % t" ID per
cent. SO make haste ladies and get in
y"ur silk stocks (and perhaps >t"ck-ings)
before il il too late.
PHILADELPHIA, August 10.
\ quiet week has been the past at
the Hub of the Universe loaned
by the courtesy of the capital OF Ma>>a-
rhusetts for this six months only he
average crowd going through the aver
/ the average manner. Many of them
move :" lazilN. that they seem to long
| fur duplicate. OF that dog Nelncipedc i'll
/ the main building. that triumph of in
/ vrntiye genius which none of Your read
cr> who have. been here can have failed
to notice. am of the opinion that the
designer of that vehicle must have been
| the identical gentleman who said he
/ Wasn't feeling AT all we'll and expressed
the conviction that working between
meals WAS ruinir his constitution. 1t
Is a snIt of trnttiug >ulkN. without
shafts. each of whose. tw" wheels. from
the hub nearly To the tire. l. Il wire
cage. entirely similar in operation to
one OF th">r whirligig arrangements al
tached I" squirrel cages I" afford the
hu>hy tailed occupant a chanr" t" settle
his breakfast without getting too far
from home Into thc>. Wheels are. in
serted IN" unfortunate cIniue> and
steam j. got up lay giving the vehicle Il
gentle push which presents t" the ;>t"m-
i>hrd "purp>" the alternative "t either
King their passage 81 turning Il good
many -"mrr>ault-. The average dog
inrauti"u>ly chn">t- the former. and
once started l. d""Imrd /" illustrate per
prtual motion till he drops. OF till the
rider. VIII" meanwhile i comfortably
seated on thu, aNlr. sees tit l." rclr;>t.
him.
Ia the cXcuI>l"ni>t Who doesn't tah,.
kindly t" doing his own l"c"muti"n. the.
contemplation ot this invention Iwlkcn>
feelings OF envy and delight. Visions
al summer trips L" hr conducted with
small Labor and rNprn>, ri>,. At once,
before his heated imagination. and a.
the class alluded To i hN no means
small. shall not hr surprised if the
new >tN lc of dog cart" becomes quite
popular. Consider it, simplicity and
varied utility. With sigh of relief
the city merchant oppressed 10y hard
times. sells of his costly rquipagc. and
with an insignificant traction of the pro
coed purchases the new improvements
catches Il couple of the VagIiut uuadIu-
prd> III the streets. and sails down to
business with an applaudiug c"n>,i-nc-
The hunter out for Il days sport. in
stead of using up his strength in the
preliminary tramp. simply puts hi>
faithful hounds int" the trradmill and
calmly reads his paper till the chosen
spot i reached. when he releases his
>tced> and sets them To starting up the
game. The tourist al pleasure seeker
has only t" find a couple at pain of dogs
Ia spell" each other along the route.
and. 81 long ~ he can escape Mr. Bcruh.
may Z" wherever he will to Alaska
for week. seal fishing to the Black
Hills for scalp> "r I" New Jersey tor
mosquitoes. just IT, he plraSr> \ little
reflection would doubtless suggest hun
drrd> of other possible applications of
these new principles. hut the instances
Just cited are sufficient To- demonstrate
their great Importance.
In the, Kansas and Colorado hmildinr
there l. on exhibition ii ''crnturv clock. :
the nnl one of the kind in existence.
Ii tells the month of the Wear. the daN
of the month. the day OF the week. the
hour of the day. the minute OF the hour.
and runs one hundred wears AT one
winding. 1t works with "A weight of
ten Ia one hundred times less power
than is required to run any other rS-
capcmeut in the world. and thus come,
nearer to perpetual motion than any
other machince i'll existence. 1t would
he Il good idea to wind it up Thy dog
pnWer) at the close of the Exposition
and then See if it will tick III our third
+ century. RADIX.
- And now the very men who
fought and voted t" break up this
Union, now uudcr the same name and