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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-04

Mrs. SWISSUELMS NICTORY OVER A
STAEER. There We're three youn" la
dies With me from London. and | no
tlced that after We got out of London.
the men seemed to bc troubled with the
StarcS: but no one made himself Spc-
cially obnoxious until we arrived at the
Leipzig hotel. The train reached the
station ut 9.2O p. m. and it was 10 bN
the time we had seen our rooms and
got down into the cotfcc-room for sup
per. There were six or eight men sit
ting at the different tables. two and
two. eating and drinking. and all but
one suspended motion to stare. and
stared as if we had been Il mcuagcric
brought in for exhibition. felt i'll
Stantly that We had found something
new under the sun. and took Il seat next
to the wall. aS could best face such
folks. We wcIc all hungry and tired.
| Thought that these critical observers
would soon see that we came there to
eat, and Tor some time took no notice
of them; bur most of them kept up
their stare. and. when our meal was
about half over, one middle aged man.
who. | atterward learned. was Il mcr-
cihnt-a man lot property and stand
ing -nudgcd his companion across the
table, turned Squarely, planted his ell
bows on the ann of his chair. his chin
IN his hand. and made his best possible
effort III the most insulting stare it was
possible for Il human face to get up
it particularly to the lady who
sat with her profile toward him. |.
dropped Il hand on each side of my
nj. al, l. L
upward, fixed my eyes on his. and star
ed until | attracted his attention. |
know that every man in the room was
looking on to see what would come of
1t and he and had one good. long,
dead-level stare. ! would like to have
thrown our decantcr of water at hi,
head, but did not move muscle and
there We sat and stared into each others
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-04

The consequence is they seldom have Il
good time for their own part, and they
never allow others to enjoy themselves
at all. -AHthOr "Tgiy Girl Papers," :"
IN 4 ugust Vide 4 rake.
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part of the day. would frequently
throw in Il little corn and oats. In cold
weather | gave them warm drink. |
think hens need warm food and drink
in cold weather.
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! I \
!, i,,u " n""'"S,,al shrut.l Oh my hands.
l., - an unexpected result "f my little
.n'ei P'ISt' "n'c, heNei aSpiIed L" the
pI,ntnS " u-a.an,,s -, o'i'''' 'es
''''''s '"'"e's summer I" TAR
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,tnr th. ,rn,,;..t,,, n''l, a'n '.n
- ,rrn, NV .'iIi XXX "'I' J M''"'',e'' ,' hi'h WIN
,I'''' ~ Wv - ,'''i'> "Suinn' Snnf' '"' s'"NtS as
,i' ~ ~ " '''".',, ~, IN H"" HOOK III
-" "Shei '"e proprietor,
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:" A,'P "' Ia thtsi i"r
7,"" i77,..,t'i ~ VI. i '''i'i. nat want Is
~ ';' ,''IS H. =" httP prov lS,"nS '"oi ana
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NOTICE! +!

.s-rir.' LTI'r,l gwen that the opartp.rship
Ia, '>',hS between SwitS.r s Little is
''h hS mutual consent
I+,. >WITSER s. LITTLE
'''iiy Vt July II Is76
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How Custer Won his Bride.


n, tllclup luf
have heard from his Iiu> th, st,r,
of his court>Lin and il w.,I 80 ,I,.,.,,.
teristic of IN. man 81 ilIu.,,,ti,,. III.
can't h,- h,,t,.u ,Iisn,.i,i,r tL.,, !, ,,,.,
IA, told Du,iur his .L,..,,,....,t W.,
Point his family uov.d fr,u oIi, Ia
Monroe. Mich. where they now r.sid,.
and after ON, of his c,mn,i,n,. il, Vir,
~inia the boy General vrut hmm, an =,
fmloumh, He WAS fresh tr,u, .n,n,. nt.
his raids. and he hand ,Irr,d, r.,ntmr.J
more. tIurs and urisnu.rS th.,u .,u, ,tL.r
officer in the. war. There v.S an n,',.
tion for him at his hnIu,. TN, r..,,J,
of Monroe rcinicrd in hi. >ucr,.-srs 1hrn
aS they arr mourning for his fate TO-
day. ,ut th,r,. w,> nu,. ,r,,,I,. n,,id.u
in that town. u Miss Bacon. th,. L,uuh-
ter nt one his fathers ueirhhnr>. Who
had no taste, for soldiers. and who r,tL-
rr trnwnrd than smiled upon the gallant
Young cavalier. As fat. vouId hn,,. il
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OTHER NOTES.


y small round table. Il bureau. and
an organ cas-" of different col"rcd woods.
IN the w"nan> building mean the north
entrance attract much attention. They
were made 10y Christine Olsen. Il Swrd-
i>h girl. " h" against hrr parents will.
would work i'll her fathers rough tur-
nItuIc shop. and after his death, sup
ported her mother 10y the trade. She
came over t" this country and Went
int" service. hut continued t" make fun
nItuIc. my Il side board THAT is the
wonder and admiration OF all who have
seen 1t. Il dcrr : head with wide spread
antlcr>. and such sort of work. with
tools made of pieces of >hiIt wire and
other material about the house. She i
now married IN Chicago. and the pieces
exhibited aIc out "t her own house
they contain 1000 pieces of wood. The
organ i made of American walnut.
French walnut. curlcd maple. white ash
and cherry. On the wide panel above.
the pedals. Il large ship is sailing brtnr,
the wind on Il rutflcd sea: the different
colorcd woods make the picture. and
advantage is taken of tortuous "raining
to give the effect that in Il draw inc
would show the filling sails. In the
same way. 10y Il light colured wood.
whose peculiar graining has an unusual
but very distinct wave-lime effect. the
sea Is represented.
Among many Interesting natural prod
uctS in the Brazilian section of Agricul-
IL 4
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. Some curious statistics about
small birds have recently been laid he
fore the House of Commons. The thrush
is said to work from half-past nine in
the evening. OF nineteen hours. Duling
this time he feeds his young two hum
drrd and six times. BlackbirdS work
seventeen hours. The male feeds the
Young forty five times per day. The
industrious tltm"uSe manages to spread
four hundred and seventeen meals
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| have a geological garden on my hands.
Ii is an unexpected result of my little
enterprise. which never aspired to the
completeness of the Paris "Jardin des
PlanteS. y Warmers Summer in q car
aeu.
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Notice to TrespaSsers.
FAIR WARMING.

All persons aye hereby warned against
trespassing upon any of the lands of the
undersigned, in the vicinity of Little
Georgetown, by cutting or carrying of
timber, pulling down fences, carrying off
fruit, hunting, &C., or in any manner
that comes under the legal definition of
trespass. Against all parties so offending
the law will be enforced to the fullest ex-
tent. GEORGE NEWKIRK,
JAMES NJ. NEWKIRK.
JACOB RoPP.
Aug. Sc INV
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BRICK WALLS

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These paints are also largely used on
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oft Coal at lowest rates. Warehouse and
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bi ush
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No Tar is Used IN this Composition

therefore it mel her cracks in winter nor
runs in summe..
= On dec, yed shingles it fills up the
holes ard pores, and gives new sub.
stantial roof that will last for years.
Curled or warped shingles it brings to
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leaks-and although slow dryer. rain
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CHOCOLATE COLOR.

when first applied, changing in about
month to uniform slate toler, and i
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TIN ROOFS

or red color is usually preferred,as one
coat is equal to five of any ordinary
paint For
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United SiatesGeneral Land
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Land Claims, MINING and PRE- EMPTY
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FRUIT or ALL KINDS

in good bearing condition, and large
young peach orchard. The second tract
has good log house, weatherboarded.
good barn and other outbuildings; good
fruit and good water in the yard. The
third tract has comfortable tenant
house. good spring of water. &c.
A large portion &C the land is the finest
qnalty of bottom, a.. now in grass -
The farmis admirably a-ap'ed to graz
ing, and no better location to.
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1870 1877
WEST VIRGINIA
UN I'VE r SITY.
MORG4NTOWN, ". Va.

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For catalogue and fuller information.
ADDRESS K. G. BERKELEY "A. NJ,
Secretary of Faculty.
Aug 26,t mch,'77
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Three dwelling Houses,

and outbuildings. The first is a new
frame house containing eight rooms. good
frame barn and necessary outbuildings
good we'll of water in the yard.
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NEW AD REFRESHMENTS.


Report sho,cing the Receipts and Dis,
basrsements by the School Commits
sio,,ers Of the Independent School
District Of Mdrtinsburg for the year
ending Aug. 81, 1876:
Debtor
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One. Third the Cost OF Re.ShIngling,
1t Stops Every Leak.

and for tin or iron has no equal. as il
expands by heat, contracts by cold, and
NEVER CRACKS nor scales. Roofs GOV.
cred with Tar Sheathing Felt can be
made water-tight at small expense,
and preserved for many years.
The Slate Paint ia
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Sheep and Cattle Raising

can be found anywhere. The soil is quite
productive, and adapted to clover and
grass Of all kinds. There is now growing
on it as fine crop of wheat as can be
found in the country. The CTS acres is
80 located that it can be easily divided
into three goad farms.
Being DESTROYS Of moving into another
State,
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675 ACRES;

divided into three tracts, 275 acres oil
which are cleared and The balance HEAV-
lily TIMBEBED. Two never-failing
streams run through the farm. The farm
has on it
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A VALUABLE
Berkeley Co. Farm
FOR SALE

T,HR UNDERSIGNED, having deter
mined to discontinue farming, Of
fers at Iprivate sale his farm located 81
miles west Of Hedgesville, in Berkeley
County, West VA, and within "a miles,
nearest point) of the B. 4 D. r. r., and
laying Immediately on the Warm Spring
road. The farm containa
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VIII Sell at a Great Bargain

if duplication is made soon, and give the
purchaser easy terms on back payments.
Any one wishing to engage in the sheep
and cattle raising business, will find this
especially splendid opportunity -
Persons desi ing further Information will
call on or address the subscrioor, living
on the farm FIN PAWLING,
Hedgesville, Berkeley Co.,
West Virginia
May 81, ls76,tf.
If the above property is not sold at pri-
waite sale on or before Tuesday, November
23th, 1875, 1t will on that day be sold at
private auction, in front of the Court
house, Martinsburg, w. Va.
F. NJ. PAWLlNG.
Oct. 20, 1875.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-04-29

But what wrong had the President done
him? Here the great North American wit
ness hesitated. The matter was delicate
one. But threatened with Kilbourne' state,
he succumbed The President had ruined
and stolen away his betrothed, and often in
the dead of night, he had come to his bed
side to taunt him with his ruin "But
how" suggested timid Republican men,
Der of the committee, "did the President
get to your bedside in the dead hour Of
night" Said the witness, 81 want you
to understand gentlemen that President
Grant IN the body never did me or mine
harm; he has only done me that great wrong
as spirit Horrible to narrate, the wit
ness was one of Springer's own lunatics.
Mortified at the discovery, the patriotic
Democratic members of the committee
begged secrecy of their Republican brother,
the stenographer expunged the record of
the unfortunate testimony, and Springer
has wisely resolved, for all practical politi-
cal purposes to beware of lunatics in the
future. His motto still is, Nj desperan-
dun Grantun
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Late News Items.

Commodore Vanderbilt is seriously i'll.
Moody and Sankey have closed their
labors in New York.
European professional thieves are
crowding into Philadelphia.
The Confederate graves at Atlanta,
Ga, We're decorated on Wednesday.
-Robt. Toombs is in Washington, and
boasts that he is not Il citizen of the United
States.
Hon. Archibald Dixon, ex- Governor of
Kentucky, died on Sunday last. He sue
ceeded Henry Clay in the L. S. Senate in
1852.
Steam street cars were placed on the
Market street line, Philadelphia, on Tues
day last.
Don Carlos, of Spain, is said to have
arrived at Baltimore on the steamship
Hi6erian a few days ago.
irregularities in the accounts of Dir.
Nolan, L. S. Collecto: at Wilmington,
Del, have been discovered.
The bill for the reduction of the army
cuts off the four negro regiments, and a
large number of white officers.
Joseph L. Davidson, aged II. was shot
and killed by Frank Carey, aged IS, at
New Albany, Mo, on Monday.
--Robt. Lincoln, son of President Lin
coin, is talked of in Illinois for Republican
candidate for Secretary Of State.
Judge Carson, of Kentucky, was shot
dead by John Smith, on Saturday last.
No provocation was known to exist.
The schooner VIM. Kennedy, loaded
with Stacked lime, was burned, opposite
Annapolis, on Wednesday. No lives lost.
Ten or twelve girls were injuled, two
of them fatally, by an explosion in a tor
pedo factory, in New York. on Wednesday.
A woman's walking match commenced
in Cincinnati on Tuesday. Three young
ladies are the contestants. 1t will last dur
ing the week.
The fifty seventh anniversary Of the
institution of Odd Fellowship was cele-
brated in Baltimore on Wednesday, by
parade of the Order. including several
thousand members in regalia.
w. F. Schroeder, the Baltimore air
ship man, proposes to illuminate the city
of Philadelphia on the Fourth of July
next, by powerful lights suspended to his
ship at a highth of five hundred feet.
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THE PRICE OF GAS.

Mr.. EpIToR!-I don't propose to occupy
your space by extended remarks, but as it
has been frequently charged that the price
of gas in Elkton is higher than in other
towns of its class, | submit statement
compiled from the Pennsylvania papers,
showing the price of gas in several towns
and cities, many Of them in the heart Of
the coal region.
In Doylestown, the charge is S5 thou
sand feet (for poor article, the inteNt-
gencer says; in Mauch Chunk and Car
bondale, 81 80: in Lewisburg and Halle
ton, "a. 97t; in Chambersburg and Bristol,
81; in Carlisle, Scranton and Huntingdon,
s3 so; in Easton, So 90; in Lebanon, SO. IS;
in Catasauqua and Gainesville, $3.50; in
Lancaster, So 80; in West Chester and
Pottstown, So 90; in Pottsville $3.15; in
Columbia, $500; and in Allentown, So, 30.
With the exception of the five last named
towns, the price of gas in all these towns,
and they in the coal region too. is higher
than in Elkton. Yours, GAS.