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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11
Peacham Academy.

The SPRING TERN of this Institution will
commence TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29
1916 and continue eleven weeks under the in
-tructiOn of &. A. BUNKER. \. NJ. Principal
with competent assistants.
TUITION:
Common English Branches. Is w
Higher English Latin and Greek 4 w
Music, Drawing, French etc, Extra
y" deduction made for less than half a term
Board and rooms for self boarding can be Oh
tanned upon reasonable terms For particulars ap-
ply t" III" Principal or John VARNUM, Jr,
Secretary of tn, Board of Trustees gI2
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11
McIndOe'S.


The W. L. Telegraph Company have
lust Dut in an instrument 1T Mrlndoe'S
Falls station and established II telegraph
office for the accommodation of the
public generally. For Il long time the
lumber and general business Interests
have felt the need of an office. but the
economy and prudence of the Company
could not count it Il financial success.
and so the matter has been delayed I'LL
the present time.
X. f.. Peabody & Co.. are making eX-
tcnsive preparations to rebuild the mill
and revive the lumber interests here.
Monroe.
Quite revival has sprung mp in con
sequence of the meetings held here last
! week hN kcNs Iitch and Finney. SOME
eighteen OF twenty havr already in
dulge, Il hope Of their acceptance OF I'll,
salvation offered through Jesus Christ
Many more aIe iuquiring the way apl
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11
Passun1psic.

Some of the old friends of Dea. b. L.
Brown (now living in East IIardwick. J
remembering that the iiitieth anniver-
S;irN of his marriage would soon occur.
the wish was expressed that the Deacon
and his wife might return to their old
home and celebrate their Golden We'd
ding. Accordingly Rev. Mr.. AIger wrote
thcm tending the use of the parsonage
for the occasion. The deacon'S reply is
received. and he thankfully accepts the
offer. and then proceeds to say: "Our
rcIdtionS are the ArmingtomS. P;rkscs.
Idrs, LawIencrs, MaSens. Bankers, Mrs
Remick. etc. oar friends are ell tie
rest. Now if these are all invited and
come. | think you will wish the cemtcm-
NAL wear had not come" They are all
invited to he present Feb. 18th. in the
afternoon. Look out for good time.
john Mullen was thought il wear ago
t" be hnprlcsSly blind, but lie has been
to Boston twice and had his eyes oper-
atcd on for Il cataract, and now can see
we'll enough to attend to his usual bust
ness. \ pretty good job.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11

ta>t"ria IL perfect substitute tor Castor oil,
without any objections. for il IL pleasant t" take
and does not nIu~rat" or grip For tnstiyrnrss
al any az" but especially f"I Wind Collie
stomach. Worms and the Dis"rirTrd Bowels al
Children. II IL tn, m"st effective remedy i'll 'N-
i~tanrr 1t l. harmless it Is reiah-, and it is
cheap
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11

Lunenburg.
Number of deaths in the town duIiu"
the wear $50. Ii. The oldest person
II: the Youngest. four months. Chill
dltm under | | months. four.
The friends of Rev. G.. \. Perkins.
met at the parsonage last Friday after
noon and evening. and eninyrd Il very
pleasant time. leaving THEN applccia-
tiumS to the amount oi SO.
The legal voters III town met at the
town hall last Saturday, To vote bonds
or no bonds. The vote stood ~ for
issuing bonds tu the L. \ q. Railroad
and - against issuing. So the matter
rests ii present.
The permanent bridge over the Con
neciicut is being pushed forward. and
the bridge will probably Ice completed
by the first of April. The abutmemt on
the New Hampshire side and the pier
in the middle of the river, are already
completed and the masonry is we'll he
gun. The foundation of this masonry
is heavy piling, driven some fifteen feet
into the mud. and sawed of below low
water mark. On these piles (Which he
inr under water will never Iot) the
granite rests.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11
FOUND

In Portland 4 Ogdrnsburg passenger car run
ming between st JOhnsbury and johnson. a wal
let containing money and papers. which the own
ct can have by proving property and paying for
this advertisement. W. II. BRYANT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11

Journey. Mr.. w. H. Bryant, general
agent of the p. 4 O. Railroad. run ND a
Central Vermont ear for their special
USE that they might reach Bennington
without change.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11
East Concord.

EdSI SOiSOlu.
\ writing and spelling school was
commenced here Monday evening. I'M
der the instruction of Horace Russell.
who is an old teacher. We trust it will
he Il success.
james Williams lost IL valuable three
Years old colt last Sunday. Cause
took cold and had fever. Valued at
$50.
Sciaol will close Friday, this week.
II has been ii good school. under the
instruction of Mary Howard. who is Il
good teacher.
West Concord.
The West Concord Dramatic Club
will plav the "IIidden Hand" at the
town hall. ON Saturday evening. Feb.
- troc-edS for the benefit of the
public library.
Harvey Fisher wishes Il understood
that he is not the man to whom referch.r
WAS made in the Cdiedonidn two weeks
since. Ii should have been Harry Fisher
aud not Harvey. as the types made 1t.
A few days ago stranger giving 'ht
name of Gregory. said to he native o
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11
N EW FIRM.

The subscribers have formed a cnpartnership for
the purpose of carrying on the upholstery bust
ness; in all its branches and will hr found next
building below the Express Office. on Eastern
Avenue, where they solicit the patronage of the
public. y K SWITSER
W. \. LITTLE.
ST. Juhnsburv. Feb ;. l-76 lib
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11
Gard.

Card.
We take this opportunity To thank
our friends for their kind and valuable
assistance at the fire of Jan. 9th. We
ais" acknowledge the prompt and salts
factory settlement of ouI insurance 10y
the Windsor County Mutual Insurance
Co.. through their grmtlrnanly agents.
Mc>SI> w. II. GalhIaith \ Co.. of this
place. SwIT>ER y EASTMAN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11
Union Meetings this Week.

Union Gospel meetings are being held
in this place this week, under the diIec-
ton of the State Executive Committee
of the Y. NJ. {. A. Thus fan the meet
ings have been fully attended. hut no
marked revival interest is rs yet mani
Tested. The attendance is increasing
and an increasing interest is looked for.
Thursday and Friday the meetings are
to Ice hcld at the South Church Satur-
day and Sunday at the North. Week
days the meetings begin at 2:W and 7::'O
T.. VI. On the Sabbath we presume they
viii! he at 900. :'tW and 6::}O although
no announcement has yet been made.
\ preliminary prayer meeting of one
| half hour will l." leld in the vestrN
| previous to the evening sessions.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11
South Walden.

n few days since us William Rollins
WAS engaged in drawing wood with his
team, while coming down hill, one Of
his very nice pair Of oxen stepped into
Il hole in the road and broke his leg he
tween the foot aud knee; although il is
hoped that he will not have To lose him.
as he is il good condition.
Hiram Perkins, Esq. our town clerk,
of whom mention has been made in
these columns heretofore. has so far re-
covered from his severe sickness. aS to
he able to 90 ont of doors occasionally
But as miSiortunes are said not to come
>iugly. he has just met with the loss of
his best COW, worth about stu.
1t is said 10y those present. that the
last temperance lecture given 10y Doctor
Laharon at Walden. WAS IL fine prnduc-
ton. one hard to beat 10y any of our
middlc-class scholars. 1t WIS good
even first IItc.-c;ITntSt. candid.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11

The MrSSrS. WinSlow. of Putuey. who
in the past few Years have Won 81 much
fame tor their fine herd of Shorthorn
cattle: have rented Il farm in Illinois.
where they propose To remove with their
cattle in the spring. and where they will
give their attention To breeding fine
cattle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11
DISSOLUTION!

The firm of SWlTSER y EASTMAN is dis
solved by mutual cunSent-Mr. Eastman retiring
y. h. Swits-r will settle the accounts "f the lat.
firm.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11

have located in the building formerly
occupied 10y Geo. Aldrich & Co.. on the
Avenue
The Rev. Mr.. Sanford. a Raptist
clergyman from Warren. y. H.. SUD
piled al the Baptist Church last Sab
bath, and is ais" to supply next SUNDAY.
lie ais" preached at the Church of the
Messiah last Sabbath. in the absence of
Rev. b. VI. TillotSon.
The death of Nh Farrell. which
occurred at Danvillc on Monday. is a
sad event. He had been in town some
three months. boarding with \. X. Hen
drick. Oh the avenue. But little is
known of him but it is supposed he
has Il mother in Newark. y. j.. and Il
brother and sister living in that vicini-
ty. The horse he had belonged to
Joshua Brown. and being east" I'M
donbtcdly gave Mr.. Farrell his dealt.
blow while he was endcavoring to I'M
hitch the tugs to cXtricate him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11

Valentines at Ruhinson'S. See ad.
t"mt1 Temperance meeting. Sat
a.. Feb. ~. At this place.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20
The Bamble Bee.


The humble bee il kind ov big fly
who goes muttering, and swareing
around the lots, during the summer,
looking after little boys to sting them,
and stealing hunny out ov the dandyli-
ons, and thissells. He IL mad all the
time about sumthing, and don't seem to
kare kuss what people think ov him.
A skool boy will study harder emmy
time to find . humble bees nest than he
will to git hiz lesson in arithmetic, and
when he haz found it, and got the hunny
out ov it, and got badly stung into the
bargin, he finds thare amt mutch mar
gin in it. Next to poor mollassis, bum
bic bee hunny il the poorest kind ov
sweetmeats in market. Bundle bees
hav allwuss been in fashion, and proba-
bly, allwuss will be, but WHARF the fun,
or profit lays in them, never could cy-
pher out. The profit don't seem to be
in the hunny, nor in the humble bee
neither. They bid their nests in the
ground, or emmy WHARF else they take
a noshun too, and amt afrade to fite a
whole distrikt skool, If they meddle with
them. I don't blame the humble bee,
nor emmy other fellow, for defending his
sugar, it il the fust, and last law of ma
tur, and hope the law will never run
out. The smartest thing about bum
BILE bee IL their stinger Josh Billings.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20

life, as nature makes them in substance,
soul and form. All of them, from Mrs.
Quickly to Miranda, are types of genu-
inc womanhood. They are romantic
and full of visions; domestic and full of
duties; heroic and full of lofty thoughts !;
but, also, they are selfish and of mean
desires; sensual, and of gross affections !;
proud and servile; haughty and SUBJ
missive; true and false-hearted cold
as snow on Jura; burning as fire in
Etna; some all alive with genius, others
hardly able from dullness to keep
awake; some with wit as bright as the
sun on the foam of the wave, others
with brains as thick as Turksbury mus
tard the good, that are the silent bless
ings of existence; the wicked, that are
Its convulsing tragedies.
In Shakespeare we have womanhood
fairly and broadly given-not satirized,
not f1attered, but with the soul of poetry
and the truth of nature; and in Shakes
speare as in nature, womanhood shines
forth as the grace and glory of human
ity.-Henry GILES.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20
Woman in Shakespeare.

Shakespeare has reached the heart of
womanhood, which in all eras and re-
gions is so essentially the same. 1t in
nothing else he would in this alone Sc
cure an immortal sympathy. Shake
speare's women arein the highest degree
poetical, yet in the deepest sense true:
The fidelity to the innermost feelings OF
woman is one of the wonders of his
genius to women themselves. Mrs.
Siddons marveled at it. Feminine Sc
crecies, which she thought no mascu-
line Imagination could divine, she found
that Shakespeare had discovered; and
this not alone in the maternal anguish
of Constance, or the queenly grief OF
Katherine, but even in the stony dun
geon of Lady Macbeth's bosom.
Shakespeare swomen are no attenuat.
ed illusions-mixture of sunshine and
vapor-shapes of mist and moonlight
that play for moment on the feelings,
then leave no trace on the memory or
the affections. They are drawn from
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20
Bananas, the Lazy Mans Crop.

It is the ease with which bananas are
grown that is the great obstacle to civ
ilization in some tropical countries. It
is SO easy to get living without work
that no effort will ever be made, and the
men become lazy and intolerably shift
less. All that is needed is to stick a
cutting into the ground. 1t will ripen
its fruit in II to 13 months, without
further care, each plant having IS to
125 bananas, and when that dies down
after fruiting, new shoots spring up to
take its place. In regions where no
frost ever reaches, bananas are found
in all stages of growth, ripening their
fruit every month and every day in the
year. Col. Whitner, near Silver Lake,
Florida, has probably the largest ban
ana plantation in the United States,
containing fully 10000 plants in bear
ing. Some of these are large trees,
which do not die after bearing their
fruit, but the majority are of the dwarf
species, which are renewed every year.
Slips are planted about eight feet apart
and rapidly push up leaves, disclosing
six or eight small bananas behind this
protection. Some plants will have 16
or 20 leaves and punches of fruit, bend
ing over as it ripens, forming most
beautiful sight. The Florida Agricul-
t,trtst states that the aforementioned
plantation is failure, not from any
difficulty in growing the fruit, but from
want of transportation to the market
Journal Of Chemistry.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20
A shawl.Piu Coughed from the Lungs

About year ago, Miss Annie Merkel,
aged IA years, daughter of Mr.. John
Merkel, then residing at Leesport, Penn,
while crocheting accidentally swallowed
shawl-pin, Il inches long, which she
had in her mouth. A physician was
sent for, but the pin could not be re-
covered. It had lodged in one of the
lungs, and eventually much Inflammation
ensued, which was followed by chronic
cough, attended with considerable ex-
pectoration. On Wednesday night last
she was attacked with severe cough
ing spell, which nearly suffocated her,
when suddenly a hard substance was
elected from her mouth which fell on
the floor. This was picked up and
found to be piece of a shawlpin, with
the head, swallowed a year ago. Short
ly after she was seized with another
coughing spell. and the rest of the pin
was thrown from the lung. The pin
had been divided by corrosion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20

followed on as fast as possible. Soon
the barking ceased, and the animals
rushed hither and thither hunting for
the trail, evidently at . loss. Mr.. Perry,
however, who was armed with shot
gun, doubly loaded with shst and ball,
discovered dark looking object in the
top Of tall hemlock. Without . mo-
ments warning, he raised his gun and
fired and the dark object came tnmbling
to the ground, disclosing to the eyes Of
the astonished hunters q regular Ameri-
can panther. Although shot through
the breast and with one Of his fore legs
broken by the fall, the magnificent AMI
NAL was disabled but not conquered,
and as the dogs attacked him, clearing
himself with his uninjured paw, he
leaped into the air over the heads of the
men, and landed in q thicket . dozen or
fifteen feet away. The dogs, however,
were gritty and terribly in earnest, and
when he leaped again he carried one Of
them with him, clinging to his flank.
He attempted to climb tree, but this,
in his disabled condition, was impossi-
BILE, SO, dropping to the ground, he
made dash for clump Of dead tree
tops, few rods distant. Away went
the panther and the dogs, scratching,
snarling and yelping, while the men
followed close behind urging on the
dogs. Hitherto the demonstrations of
the hunters had been more noisy than
effective, but as the panther was disap-
pearing in thicket of spruce trees,
johnson seized him by the tail and
called ON Perry to help in making the
capture. Perry loyalty responded, but
just as he had got q good hold the beast
gave leap, carrying both of the men
with him, and for q few moments
aerial navigation was nowhere. The
panther went over tree-top, but the
men remained on the other side, still
clinging to his tail. He tried to turn
and tight them, but the dogs were on
hand. Just at this moment johnson
bethought himself of his revolver, and
five bullets were lodged in his head.
Still the fight continued, and Mr.. Fits,
who had been an idle spectator, man
aged to fasten rope around the pam
ther's leg and fasten him toa tree. Shot
guns and pistols were empty, but the
panther, though weakened, refused to
die, and the life Of the 'king Of the
American forests' was brought to an
ignominious close by the use Of q pock-
ct knife and cudgel. He measured
seven feet from tip to tip, and weighed
105 pounds. Three toes were gone
from his fore foot, seeming to evince an
intimate acquaintance with steel-trap
some time in the past. Hunters and
dogs escaped unhurt-a fact probably
due to the severe injuries sustained by
the animal in the early part Of the fight.
The carcass was borne in trinmph to
the village and exhibited to the wonder
ing eyes of the inhabitants.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20

THE maddest man in Wisconsin is
John. Leigh, of Oconto. He was can
didate for member of the Assembly,
and, being conscientious man, voted
for his opponent, who was elected by
just one majority.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20
Hunting Wild Hsss in Califsrnia.

There is a district Of country lying
west of Bakersfield, and about twenty
five miles distant, which is the source
of much exciting sport. It is low tule
land stretching across the country q
distance Of fifty miles, and averaging
from four to seven miles in width. As
far back as fifteen years ago the hogs of
settlers began to stray away into these
tules and grow wild. This has been
going on ever since, and they have bred
until they are now found to be very
numerous, and in . perfectly wild state.
They are Of all ages, from sucking pigs
to venerable old patriarchs Of perhaps
q dozen years, and weighing from few
pounds to 600 and 700 weight. OF late
years people began to hunt them, and
it has grown quite a business. Parties
Of two or three 60 down there with their
wagons, on which are covered pens,
and stay two or three days. They car
ry their guns and six-shooters, and some
use lassoes. The hunting Is done with
dogs. Having struck . trail, the dogs
follow it up until they bring the game
to bay, when the old males frequently
assume the offensive, and fight with
desperate and sometimes with terrific
effect. The huntsmen are always on
horseback and, the game being flushed,
generally use their revolvers to bring it
down. Some they capture with dogs
and bring away alive, and sometimes
they are lassoed and thus secured.
With the large hogs which the dogs
cannot manage, harsher means are
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20
An Exciting Panther Hunt in Vermont.

Last Friday, says the Rutland (vt.)
Herald, as Mr.. H. N. Fits, of West
Wardsboro, and Mr.. S. Perry, were go
ing to their work, blasting lime rock
from a ledge situated in the edge of
Stratton, they noticed the tracks Of q
wild animal. Supposing they belonged
to a bear, they concluded to follow
them for a short distance to satisfy
their curiosity. These soon led into q
piece of woods, about mile southwest
of the villageo West Wardsboro. Here
Mr.. Fits and his companion abandoned
the search, intending to secure help and
follow it up the next morning. Satur-
day morning the hunters, about sixteen
in all, armed with rifles, shotguns and
revolvers, and accompanied by several
dogs, started for the animal. They first
passed around the woods to make sure
that the supposed bear had not left his
lair, and then the whole place was sur
rounded by chain Of armed men to
prevent his escape If he should make .
break for the mountains. Twelve Of the
hunters were thus arranged, while
Messrs. Fits, Perry and II. B.. johnson,
Will Two UOyS anu IOuI uOS6s eutSI0O
the woods to stir up the beast. The
dogs were kept back by ropes until the
proper time and place should be reach
ed, and the hunt commenced. The trail
of the previous evening was soon struck,
and in few moments they came upon
the half-devoured remains Of q hedge
hog. The bed where some large animal
had lain the night before was discov-
cred, and fresh tracks were appar-
ent on all sides. The uneasiness
of the dogs as they struggled to
free themselves from their leashes
also made evident the near pres
ence of the game. When they were
loosed, they darted through the brush
yelping and barking, while the hunters