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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-10
Letter from China.
CuEFOO. ATGIST. |

CHEFOO, AUGUST, 1876.
Whether the rumOrs of war that again
ill this great Celestial Empire are to be
come stern realities or not, will soon he
determined, and here in Chefoo, for
hither have come the representatives of
the powers that be- from seven of the
great kingdoms of the earth. His Ex
celIency Ii Hung Chang Governor-Gen-
eral of Chilli, Grand Secretary of the
Imperial Chancery, with pleDepoten-
tiary powers to settle disputed questions
with Great Britain, has arrived. Three
Chinese war steamers brought him and
his suite from Tieutin. They anchored
in our quiet harbor on the 18th, and
were saluted by the English men of
war, and then the war junks fired gun
after gun, making noise and smoke
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Business DIRECTORY.

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III SIN ESS CARDS.

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Which Shall It Be

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-10

SOME Funny ADVERTISEMENTS BE
low will he found some of the oddities
in advertising:
1.-TWO Young women want washing
Teeth extracted with great pains. %
Babies taken and finished in ten
minutes by IL country photographer
Wood aud coal split"
The next appeared in Il London new -
paper under the head of For Sale"
'PIan"torte cottage seven octaNc>
the property of Il lady leaving En-
land i'll remarkably elegant ease on
beautifully carved supports"
And what does this mean
"BusineSS chancc-To be disposed nt
A genuine fried fish business at the
West End"
Does the genuincmesS apply to the
fish. the business OF to the WAY in which
they are fried
And ones mind gets hnpclcssly daz, Il
over the advertisement offering Il large
reward for "A large Spanish blue gen
tleman'S cloak lost in the ucighbolhoud
o. the market"
There are others dcliciuuSly inconS,.-
quent. like the advertisement of run
away. which furnished this valuable
hint for Identification
Age not precisely known, but LOOKS
older than he is
Or the notice the shoemaker put on
his door:
"Shall be back in ten days from the
time you see this shngle."
Some, however, leave no loop-hulc
for doubt:
Babies after having taken one bot
tie of my soothing syrup will never cIy
any more"
And an editor. putting air-tight ccf-
fins, said:
"No person having once tried one of
these air-tight collins will ever use any
other
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The Poetry of the Throttle Valve.

Not long ago all engineer brought his
train to Il stand at il little Massachusetts
village where the passengers have five
minutes for lunch. A Lady came along
on the platform and said: ''The con-
ductOr tells me the train ut the junction
III L. leaves fifteen minutes before Our
arrival. 1t Is Saturday night, that is
the last train. | have Il very sick child
i'll the car, and no money for Il hotel.
and no money for private conveyance
Il long, long way into the country
What shall do ?"
We'll" said the engineer. Il wish
could tell YOU"
Would it he possible for You to hur-
ry a little p said the anxious, fearful
mother.
No. madam. have the time table.
and the rules say | must run 10y it,
She turned sorrOwtully away leaving
the bronzed face of the engineer wet
with tears. Presently she returned and
said, Are You Christian -
Il trust | am was the reply.
"Will you pray with me that the
Lord may i'll some way delay the train
at the junction ~
"Why. YES. will pray with you, but
| have not much faith"
Just then the conductor cried. "All
aboard. The poor woman hurried
back to the deformed and sick child.
and away went the train climing the
grade.
somehow, said the engineer, every
thing worked like Il charm. As pray
ed. | couldn't help letting my engine
ont just a little. We hardly stopped at
the first station. people got on and oft
with wonderful alacrity, the conductor :
lantern was in the air in Il half minute.
and then away again. Once over the
summit and it was dreadful easy to give
her little more, us prayed. till she
seemed to shoot through the air like an
arrow. Somehow | couldn't hold her.
knowing ! had the road. and So we
dashed up To the junction six minutes
ahead of time.
There stood the other train. and the
conductor with the lantern on his ann.
''Well." said he. Twill you tell me what
| am waiting here for? Somehow |
felt | must await your coming Tonight.
but | don't know why"
Il guess, said the brother conductor.
lit is for this poor woman, with her
sick and dcformed child. dreadful ANY
ious To get home this Saturday night. =.
But the man on the engine and the
grateful mother think they can tell why
the train waited.
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B.. 0.,. '.'" u~ a call see what we hay,
.- .hd ch-,-,, always on hand
.a-. N'.n "" can tnd it ' NAM"
Il" l-1t. 4Otf
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-10

y rich man who had no children nroro..a O., H..
poor neighbor, who had seven to take on ,f H.,
anu promised, if the parents would consent ,ba,
ne would give them property enough to make
themselves and their other six children comtor ahl
for life1
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tlD. ~. FRENCH,

!. GENERAL MERCHANDISE
H-0H..t kept IN a country store.
. ....- .i, ..,c as m, forrest
'-. papers made upon short notice
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-11-11

eastward bound train on the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad, near Edmoudson, or
the night Of the 4th, caused by the forward
truck on the sleeping car dropping down,
throwing the car over trestle, and pulling
the next car off with it. Francis Moore, OF
| Bledsoe's Landing, Ark. was killed, and
an infant child Of j. t. Eggleston, of Mis-
sissippi, was fatally injured. Two other
passengers were severely, and about ID
slightly, wounded.
Weldon, Goodwin and Colyer, found
guilty of manslaughter by aiding in the kill
ing the prize-fghter Walker, at the re-
cent rrize-fght in New Jersey, have been
sentelced to six years. imprisonment each
in the Trenton Penitentiary. The remain
ing two prisoners, Clark and Neary, were
sentenced to an Imprisonment of two years.
BY 4 collision between two locomo-
tives Oh the Louisville, Cincinnati and Lex
iagton Railroad, near Pewee Valley Station,
on the 4th, Ganther, engineer, and Bra
shear, fireman, were killed, and the ex-
press messenger and another fireman were
badly injured.
The entire front of the residence of
AugustusSupples, of Rondout, N. Y, was
blown cut about a. m. on the I'd, by
charge oflpowder placed in the window by
some malicious person. The occupants OF
the house we're uninjured.
A freight and passenger train on the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad collided near
Shoals, Ind, on the 4th, killing the engi-
neer, Scott and the fireman, Keifer. Sew
eral PASSENGERS were slightly injured.
About q Sioux Indians, under charge
of commissioners, passed through Omaha,
on the Sd, EN- route for the Indian Terri
tory, on lour of inspection.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-11-11
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

By the President of the United States
From year to year we have been accustomed
to pause in our daily pursuits and set apart
a time to offer thanks to Almighty God for
the special blessings He has yOuchsafed to
us, with our prayers for continuance
thereof. We have at this time equal reason
to be thankful for His continued protection
and for the many material blessings which
His bounty has bestowed. In addition to
these favors accorded to us as individuals,
we have special occasion to express our
hearty thanks to Almighty God that by His
prudence and guidance our Government,
established century ago, has been enabled
to fulfill the purpose of its founders-in Of
fering an asylum to the people of every
race, securing civil and religious liberty to
all within its borders, and melting to every
individual alike justice and equality before
the law. 1t is, moreover, especially our
duty to offer our humble prayers to the
Father of all Mercies for continuance of
His divine favor to us as a nation, and as
individuals. By reason of these consid-
erations, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President OF
the United States, do recommend to the
people of the United States to devote the
3Oth of November next to an expression OF
their thanks and prayers to Almighty God,
and, laying aside their daily avocations and
all secular occupations, to assemble in their
respective places Of worship and observe
such day as a day of thanksgiving and rest.
In witness whereof ] have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. Done at the city of
Washington this 26th day of October in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
bred seventy-six, and of the independence
of the United States of America the one
hundred and first.
[Siguedl U. ). GE Ut.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-11-11
Two Bodies Reduced to a Gallon
of Ashes.

The Washington Pa.) Reporter says:
Wednesday we gave the particulars OF
the placing of two bodies in the heated
cremation furnace of DIR. LeMoyne at
8 80 p. m. on Tuesday, and of the seal
ing up of the furnace at 10 p. m, of the
same day. The sealing up was neces-
sary in order to allow the retort to cool
off gradually. Yesterday morning it
was still red hot and continued SO for
long time This morning, about SO
hours after the furnace had been closed,
the retort had cooled off sufficiently and
the iron door which closed it was re-
moved in the presence of the Doctor
and few friends. Nothing remained
of the bodies and the coffin but about a
gallon of dry dusty ashes, and crema-
ton in the furnace was pronounced a
grand success.
were placed in the furnace the bodies
of the two sheep weighed 1852 pounds,
making total weight of 226 pounds
which was completely reduced to ashes,
in bulk that would not more than fill a
gallon measure.
This experiment shows cremation to
be entirely feasible, and now the ques-
ton presents itself, will it become pop
ularp Aside from the prejudices grow
ing out of habit and education, there
can be but little said against it. The
Doctor could write volume in its favor,
and give many reasons why this mode
of disposing of the dead should be
adopted that would be difficult to an
swer. The subject is now under dis
cussion all over the country, and, in
deed, all over the civilized world, and
all sorts of opinions are elected. What
ever the result may be, the Doctor has
given Washington the distinction OF
having tie first cremation furnace in
America
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-11-11
WIT AND WISDOM.

A WITTY French journalist thus de-
| scribes the difference between the Serbs
and Turks: The former cut off the left
ears of their prisoners, the latter the
right.
CIDER is so cheap this year that
farmers are paying people 80 cents a
barrel to drink it, and able-bodied men
are making from 81 to 81 a day at this
rate.-Norwich Bulletin.
THIS witticism, ascribed to Robert
Collyer, concerning the oyster plant, is
applicable to other things: "It's al
ways just going to taste like oysters,
but it never does"
A SPRINGFIELD girl, having rebuked
her brother for using the term "sweat,"
the latter bitterly remarked, "When
it's horse, he's sweaty; when it's
man, perspire is the word; but when
it's young lady, like you, she only
CLOVIS"
THIS is the season of the year when
the small boy goes out and gathers
chestnuts for the farmer, and forgets
to say any thing to him about it, and
then comes home at night to dream
that seven bulldogs chased him up tree
$50 feet high.
s'BE you the man that takes pro-
files?' 81 am," was the answer.
"Well," was the reply, "we want our
profles took. Can you take 'emp"
"Yes, 1 think can," was the reply.
"Well, then, trot out your patterns"
The photographer was at a loss to know
exactly what he meant by patterns"
and said so. "Why, thunder, man, I
want to see some of your picters-pat-
terms" The "patterns'' were pro-
duced, and being satisfactory the
couple sat for their counterfeit present.
ments.-Wdshingto Star.
"WHAr exquisite preserves, Mrs.
Smoothly! How do you have such
splendid luck with every thing you put
up?" complimented one of the ladies
at the tea-table. eWhat are they, by
the wayP' Mrs. Smoothly is taken by
surprise, but RECEIVERS herself and calls
the servant. "I have not tasted them
yet," she said, sand have really for
gotten what I ordered the girl to put
on for you. Bridget, what are those
preservesp" "Thim, ma'amP Thirty
five cents a can; sorry the nickel less
would the grocer take, and thin big
green things in the dish beyant is fifty
cents for little glass jar" Tableau
of silence, and a good-hearted, honest
girl out of job two hours after
H17gk -e7e
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-11-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

! The United States Government ha
entered suits against Gen. o. o. Howar'
to recover $119, 600, as a defaulter in re
spect to the funds entrusted TO him in con
nection with the Freedman's Bureau ant
Howard University. General Howard as
serts that he has a complete defense.
DIR. ARTHUR S. COPELAND, q wei
known thurman of New York City, ant
connected editorially with JVilkes' Spirit
committed suicide on the 31st on account O.
domestic troubles.
DAVID j. WALKER, one of the pub.
fishers of the Io,oa Farm Journal, of Des
Moines, was found dead in his Office on the
morning of the Goth ult. The cause of his
death was a pistol shot in the abdomen,
evidently by his own hand, but whether by
accident or design it was impossible to as
certain.
JOHN II. LICK has commenced pro-
ceedings in the San Francisco courts to Sc,
aside the trust deed executed by his father,
on the ground that the trustees and Others
used improper means to influence the de-
ceased against his son. The legitimacy OF
John H. Lick will be made a prominent
feature in the contest by the trustees, and
the impression prevails it will be difficult to
prove any action on the part of his father by
which legitimacy can be established.
JUDGE w. T. G. WEAVER, of Gaines
vile, Cooke County, Texas, died recently
from an overdose of chloral. Judge Wea-
yer had filed many high and honorable po-
sitions at the hands of the people of Texas.
He was a speaker and q poet Of no mean
order. A volume of his poems was pub
lished recently.
GENERAL NANCY, Independent can
didate for Governor of Tennessee, ANNOUNCE
ed his withdrawal from the canvass on the
I'd.
THE Bishop Allen Monument on the
Centennial Grounds at Philadelphia was
unveiled on the ID.
A REPORT from Camp Stambaugh,
Wyoming, says village of so lodges of
Shoshones was attacked October 80, by
large Sioux war party, estimated at
1900 lodges, at Painted Rock, near the
scene of Captain Bates's fight in July,
1874, and about 80 miles from Camp
Stambaugh. AS far as learned, only
one Shoshone, by the name of Humpy,
escaped, he being the Indian that saved
the life of Captain Henry in Crooks
second fight last summer.
WILLIAM WHEATLEY, the well known
actor, died in New York on the I'd.
GEN. MARTINEZ CAMPos, with 1 1000
Spanish troops, arrived at Havana on the
3D..
HERR FoRKENBECK has been elected
President of the German Reichstag. and
Baron Staufenberg First Vice-President.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-11-11
A French Love Story.

Marie Gauthier, a rich heiress, be-
tween Is and 16 years of age, who lived
with her parents at St. Medard, was the
object of many hopes among the eligi-
BILE young men of the neighborhood.
In addition to these, one especially in
eligible sighed for the gilded beauty.
His name was Theophile Parceau, his
age IS, and his parents were humble
cultivators of small farm. His educa-
ton had been good, but feeling that he
could not hope to obtain the consent OF
the girls father, he entered his house
hold as q servant, with view of daily
being seen and heard by her. Within
a month the heiress received his declar-
alton, and warmly responded to it, and
the couple eloped.
Theophile had made a confdant of a
young man, Jules Gatinaud, who was
engaged to marry his sister, and seek
ing the couple in their retreat, he told
them that the police were searching for
them, and that there was no alternative
but temporary separation. He ad-
vised Theophile to escape, and offered
to carry Mile. Gauthier back to her
father. Theophile acted upon his adj
wise, but GStinaud, instead of perform
ing his promise, took the young lady to
wayside tavern, and thence, on the
next day, to his fathers house, and re-
quested the latter to call on Mons.
Gauthier and offer to find his daughter
if he would promise to give her hand to
his son. But Gauthier refused.
Mile. Gauthier was, however, soon
discovered and taken home. .Theophile
was also found, and both he and Gait
maud were arrested. The parents of
Gatinaud were likewise arrested, but
they were acquitted. Theophile was
condemned to two years Imprisonment,
and Gatinaud to three years.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-11-11
Singular Death of a Squaw.

On Thursday night of last week while
the Quawpaws were dancing around a
large bonfire a women suddenly broke
ranks, and when but few feet from
the ring fell dead. The medicine men
of the band were assembled and after
communing with the Great Spirit, they
informed the excited multitude that
about year ago an Indian woman had
died in that vicinity, and that her spirit
had got inside of their recently deceased
sister, causing her instant death.-Pan-
huskd (Indidn) Herald.