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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24
Vermont and the Centennial.

The PERSISTENCE, of The men ell the
ANXIOUS ton "a proper representation ot
tins slate al the centennial eNpn>iti"u.
ha> been too iuuch To- even trsN. Peck =
vtll-ku0Wu ob-tjnacl aud Vr"Ycrhidl
good >,Il>t Last week these men had
IA soft ut Indignation meeting al Bun
iiBCtou. III which u few exhibited then
total lack of good MANNERS and inca
IacitN IN represent the stale 10y puhlic
y a;tackIn. ADD ciitici>Iug Gov. PECK
hccuu,.. he would u.,t call Az extra >es-
sion al the Legislature 80 appropriate
mouel fof tins object. This was one J.
Hal>t-N Cu>hH;tn.
1t will l., rccsilrcted that after the
plan /" have the state appropriate mon
e mi>carried. y. I. >pra9ue. j.. Of
Brandon proposed To- III, GeNrru"l 10
erect u huildiug oil the exposition
grounds for the headquarters. provided
thr stat, would run" il. At III, Bur
iiugf"u n.-tfing last week Nj. >pucue
said be bad received no response To- ii>
,tf,i from the GoEtIHoi. Pending Il
general discussion. committee Was
sent ouf for GOV. Peck VII" came int"
tn, hall IN RESPONSE to then cali. He
spoke Al SOME length il IL the plan ana
objects OF the exposition. IN answer
10 question from In H"ltun. lie stat
td that lee tell huns, If unable /" accept
the .offri nj y. 1. >pragrc. j.. a. be
Thought than IL doing ~ hr would ht
oNrfeItpplns the RH.ir> ut the powell Of
Jhc exc. uriNt. IN tef,4su.,. 10 The pro
5,"-.-d special session OF III, legislature.
lt sad thai III ihemher> "t The House
favored il. J. did Dol answer the com
nIttt.t--s cireulaT. ia rt-IuIu-d quail
sied In>wer. aud Veiy few opposed il.
r., large majority OF The Senate favor
ed il
In the evening there Wa> anuibeI -..>-
sion and the follow yug resolution
adopted
ErsOircd. That tie Governor of rht
state 1T requested To- communicate al
once With the teut-unIal commissioners
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24

The storm al N"udu, was one. 81 ri,.
>,-v+r.->t and most Vldtl, extended of
any OF the season. The snowfall Do
Arkansas. Oti" and kcu;uckt. Ms
>"n-Ihug altogether ont al 1ht com
mos. Many OF til. Southern rivers are
swollen To flood hight and much dam
aCc from trc>hets l. already rcpuIlcd.
The l"Aer Mississippi l. higher than at
ANY TIME since the great flood OF ~
The northwest suburb of New Orleans
l. submerged. including III, far grounds.
and Crescent City rife park. and more.
than - miles OF the. New Orleans and
Mobile railroad arr. under VattI. eutii.-
j. cutting of communication hctWctu
the two cities. some los IF life j. re
ported at New Orleans and points Oh
the river above.
FURTHER DETAILS OF IT. KAVAGE>.
The details of the storm which swept
over the country Monday and Tuesday.
prove it IL have been Il regular old
fashioned equiunctial TEMPEST. UNEQUAL
ed IL extent and severity fui many
Years. MOI WAS 1t confined to thu con
tiurut. ful like storm OF SNOW. hail
aud wind prevailed in England. spain
and all the countries bordering Oh the
north shores ot tn, Mediterranean. doing
much damage Ia shipping 1t VIZ good
>ltighing III Rome. Tuesday.
he storm extended all over New
England. and was Icy frI the most Nio-
lent of the >ea>on. causing great dam
age to property and some loss al life.
Maine. New Hampshire and Vermont
r..unrI the heaviest >voW->furIu of fb,.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24

world. one of which was in MasSachu-
sets. several i'll Europe. also il Asia.
Africa aud South America. Those
records of long ago. though very fully
atteSted. have been generally di>heliev-
ed 10y scientific men: but if human
testimony is to he relied upon. it seems
quite evident that III this case there is
something for science to look after. |
understand that the people i'll the To-
cality of this phenomenon are intelli-
gent. and Therefore not liable to erI.
The letters received are all well writ
ten. and apparently from men Of ability
and worth.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24
NOTICE!

Whereas Ralph Eu,h"'. ~ o. -..i''.'
of Grafton and stat. IF wv h4up-'.'' .-
IL tn, ti,rs effr. i atIrd"rIa "-i.'. --.
tluI TOY fore, Irsur, setting fH"ji tit .L -..
dAV uf January a i. H. Lev 'r's- a-e
,rns- tn II, 81 SAID Ley. c-.- s''-.
TIN Y..t Itluuyr d mortgage d'-'c ~ - -. 3D.
land and III, rulIdluEs therein o. .-,-
town Of - Jonuerury and ''.lu- Tie b.
th.lI occupied 10y SAID ,ru-- auC n'-'.'
d,--d of " .lIaIu tAsw-iI and NJ a..
toss and II : ,u-> ~ o"'c =
Gn-- to sand Lev G"-. n'4l-.-
convey th, same premise d"-.'."-, --..-
deed Alsu u - acre. IL SAID = -' -.
known a. tn. Butl,-I farm Coy "a paf' ". - '.
\ l-u all III, interest owned rN III -"'' p, -
III cot known a. a ,rl,.,'. lot and cd 81, T. So,
Lew tTps> hv Jos. IiI a. has ahC drS'
Lev from said Cns-e - r-..-.
Cundlt lun-d tuI tn. payment % W. -.
-prN notes all Of III, sam dai" III >" 49,.
and - -ri,.d 10y Lew ,russ o. thriL 700. .,
and dollars -acf and one 81 - a. ~
Ralph BuEt,.t ur r-aTeI uL dvllia4'
annually r,. u.s. ---
And II appearing that thu sad - ..- -.-
Martha ,ruSs ms VIII no" ''7I"' ... b..
STAT. - that persona -,-ryIc. ann. ~ mat.
n1, them II II. ordered ti.ai nutlr' - .u' -t "
of TIM suit 10. gwen tr then 10y 'ht F. IN.
In. substance. thereof with tbi- ora ~ lr-..'.
..durial Ia newspaper published u -. -...~-
III said county Of Als-s'uIa til'"' - WIN
,iy,.lN th, last uu tl1oaJIuu 10 h' 90 -. aGt'
dav. lrlnr L. ;Ls next Term % a''" !, ,l- -.
court next " lie held at - 'i"ii!i-''''--
TUESDAY Of June a u LIT ,-. H. -
lated Al - John-hury IL sAic o"-l..
dAy Of March i i l-1t. ,urN ..Iu-t
BELDES IUE >Uhcitors
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24

to DESTROY the Government with the
vearnps of war. are now seeking to get
il into their power through the manage
meut of party. They thank the New
Hampshire Democrats for illustrating
the real purport of the contest by bring
ing forward a. their candidate for Gov
ernor a man who had publicly invoked
-execratious" on the memory of Ahra-
ham Lincoln and devoted his loyal sup
porter> to '.uncnding infamy. - BoSt0"
JOurHdt
To what do we owe our success
This j. a pertinent inquiry. nder
God. we owe it To the fact % that our
pIatform was sound in every plank. and
I1) that We fought the battle from first
10 last squarely upon the issues en-
bndied therein. We owe our success. III
other words. to an aggressive. straight
forward. answering adherence To the
fundamental principles OF the Repuell,
can partv. We have steadily ignored
all minor or distracting issues. all TEN
PORTING policies. all compromise with
wrong doing and wrong d"er>.-t on
cord. V. II. NomitOr.
affirm from my positive knowledge
a. to the republicans. and from my best
information a. to the democrats. tidt
not nearly 80 much money has been
nsed on either side during tins canvass
a. i'll many previous Years. hat lew
voters were bought OH each side l. I'M
d0ubtedly true; that the result was III
the slightest degree affected 10y theNt
purchases i H. undoubtedly false. and
a libel on the people of New Hampshire
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24
Vermont's Next Governor.

Vermont Next governor.
The Governor question has broken
out upon the west side OF the state. and
the Burlington. -. Alhan> and Rutland
papers are discussing candidates. Then
merits and dement's. with considerable
interest. We think the Rutland GioLt
opened the ball hy suggesting the name
Of Jacob E>ty Of Brattl,hur". \ Wind
ham county man Whites to that paper.
however. that that county has no citi-
zen /" present f"r the g"Veru"i>hIp. hut
will gladly vote for FrrdcIick Billings
OF Wuod>tock. The II. Alhan> McSSeH-
qcr quotes Il Windham county man. who
lit seems tn u>l had the. bad t.,>'c :" say
of MI E-ty that he - - llliteiAte that
he cannot decrntly write. spell 81 COM
pose letter" The Messenger adds
among other things:
If there il ANY VACANCY III the public
schools OF Brattlchoro. OK iug 10 Corpus
Christi daN ur any thing cl-c. We would
recommend that he Ice taken III. II he
should hccume Governor. there would
lie. one. thing fni consolation neither
the Globe nor the Herald. the Free
Press nor the Messenger could he ms
organ: he makes hI> own. one apiece.
udicinu>lN distributed. will c"mp">t all
oar Quariel> and produce one grand
centennial kuc,-->wcll nt harmony here
in Vermont that viii make IL forget
railroads. overlook typ"grap hicHl errors
and even shake hands ..cru>> the nouu-
talns.
Upon BIZ matter the Burlington Free
Press adds:
The man most talked OF Oh the ea>t
Of he Mountains fnl GoN-ru"i. - ian a.
our information g"r>. l. not t>IN 81
Billings. hut Hon. Horace Fairbanks. "t
-. .Iuhu>hurN and II brought forward
nom tina; side. hI> uumIua,luu l. as
suredly one iu winch the Republicans
81 tins side ui the State could heartily
concur. Vermont hat uu u"rthiti eli
zen. Pure. able. hgh-nuudtd. Uu>tlf-
i>h. puhlic->pIrltcd. WIdcN known and
knuNu l., all /" ht sound .tia clean Iu
every RESPECT. thousands of Rrpuhirau>
h.,t ht.,-u ready t"i Wears To- support
him vhru,, 81 hl> tri..ud> were. ready 1"
present hi uamr. II Ii l. taken int"
thu neat convention. VI venture the
TIN, prediction rhur il viii DOT Ice tuI
nothing.
Thl> >u4g,.>'i"u brings oar Il Itioiud,.t
from thu It Alhau- Messenger. which.
it must he h"rn,. in mind. l. committed
in advance against an, body Il" has
anything to do with a railroad
Nj Falihauk i - N-I, good man.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24
Meeting of superintendent.

The annual meeting of town superin-
tend-ur> for the county OF Caledonia
WAS holden according /" law AT It.
J"hnshuIy. March y. l-7G. The fol
lowing business was Transacted : John
Bridgmau. Esq. OF Hardwick was chos-
en- president. and Rev. II. L. Miller. of
II. ,jUhn>tury. Was chosen >ecretaIy.
' "ted that the spring examination Ice
held on the 10Th OF April, and the fall
examination on the 18th of October.
Voted that ten he the number of que>-
tiun> upon each branch. Voted. that
the written examination he upon arith
metic. grammar. geography and OIL
biography and that the fall ,Xamima
ton hc upon arithmetic. grammar. ge-
"graPhy and history.
Voted. that superintendent do not
endorse each Others certificates. Voted.
that candidates tuI teaching must pass
all oral examination satisfactory to the
superintendent. and an Average of III
pei cent. OF the written examinations
No candidate tu fall below 81 per cent
IN any one subject. and 10 pei cent.
additional To lie required of those who
appear Subsequent to the public tXau-
nations. Voted. that special attention
he given To- the metric >N>t-n M the.
oral examinations. Voted. that the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24

mencingat 3D. p. m. and ending al D.
p. IN. Get y"ur smoked glasses r,aul ~
This i the last visible eclipse t"I lo'u'
a little more than ene-third of the sun :
surface will appear eclipSed to "nserN-
erS hereaboutS. and the annular phase
will be visible now here on this continent,
except in the northwestern portion OF
British America.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24
News Of the Week.

Nous of the waek
Returns from all hut two towns in
New Hamp>hir,. NV Nh. th.rI,.l a ma
iurii1 of r.
~, n...
~ ny 'l' ga
- t'
-','''
DO N"mPh'> '"lnlnti'ed sunday eve
Nih-.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24
State News.
LAMnILIE COUNTY.

State N eWS.
LAMOILiE COUNTY.
This paper gave an account at the
time. of violent assault on the Barton
far ground. - wear or two ago. 10y an
Ness Spaulding upon ID. \. Reed OF
HYDE Park. Reed has been confined "
his bed all winter with necrosis of the
knee Joint. and suffered amputation GU
Friday the 10th. He had strained his
knee several wears ago III IA >cutfie ana II
has troubled him more OF less ever since
and il l. claimed that the affair on the
Barton fair ground. with Spauiding aug
meuted the injury. We understand that
he now ha> some chance OF recovery.
BeuiamiH Barrett. al old-tine resi-
dent of Cambridge aud veteran "f the
wuI of l-l2. was buried last week,
Wednesday.
\. VI. Fuller lately made his appear
anc, among his relatives in Stove. with
the story that his wife had died some
time since. leaving him with five chill
dren, tur whom he had found good
homes. A few DAYS since his wife AZ
rived in town. and stated that they had
seven children. and tins was the NTH
time he ha> run away and left them Ia
shift toI themselves.
At the annual town meeting of VOL
colt. Il vote was taken To invite the
town OF Gilmore t" unite in having a
centennial celebration. and Il committee
was appointed to make all necessary
arrangements tor that purpose.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
a little five years old son of Alonzo
C"lhurE of Charleston. WAS killed ou
Friday last. 10y the tipping over of ii
load of logs on which he wa- riding
Hi> head Wa> crushed between th, I"g>.
and he lived only few hour> after ID,
accident.
The Dwelling hou>, and she'd h.l"ug-
irg to G-"Igc Baker of Glover. Wa
hurued Oh Thursday last. with a part
Of contents and furniture. The house
caught tirr from sparks that fell from
the chimney Will, it Was burning out.
NJ. BahcI W,t> ah>eut at The time "t the
ire.
The Monitor l. re>p"n>ihl, foI the
following remarkable story: john Hall.
Az industrious farmer. living three miles
from North Troy. ha> a family of which
ANY thrifty talmcr might boast. OF hi
seven children. fnUI aIe remarkable.
THESE tom art under fourteen wears 81
az. and each weighs almost exactly
3um pounds. / he yuuug.>t arr TWIN
-.II> ten Wears OF agc. h-uIrhy robust.
thrifty. go"d-l"ukiug and Intelligent.
! N- boys. ON. about twelve. ami The
u;htI something over thirteen wears OF
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24

at Philadelphia. and apply for a suita-
BILE site Ton building f0i the state of
Vermont and the privilege of erecting
the saline Ca> proposed in the public of
TEL made 10y Hon. y. I. Sprague. Jr.. of
BIasdon) on IA proper guaranty being
furnished that the funds Necessary for
the care of such building shall he pro-
vided.
\ committee from different portions
OF the state was appointed To raise the
necessary funds spoken of iii the re>e-
luton. =. 7. Pitkin of Montpelier. chair
man. Those on the committee from
this part of the state are Dudley +.
Hall of Lyndon: John W. Hartsh"rn
OF Lunenhurg. and W. W Grout of
Barton. The committee is expected to
raise S25oO Nj. Hall was not present.
and We d" not learn that he L. particu-
laIly enthusiastic j. this matter.
After speeches hy Capt. John +.
Drew. Henry Clark. J. Hal>ey Cushman
and others. the meeting adjourned. IN
the published report. il l. said Cu>hnan
''cIIticI>,d Governor Peck'> course Sc
Vcrely and expressed hi> belief that he
would take 10 action under the present
resolutions.
Later reports say that the Governor
ha> acted upon the resolution. and that
the prospect l. that the building will he
AT once erected. We have been fire.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24

ECIIF>L or The Sun Eclipse of the
-uu next SATURDAY. Mach 18th. cow-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24

DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES Our Hard
uick correspondent writes H. that TWO
democratic delegates to Burlington were
elected II the Republican caucus III that
town Oh saturday. and l. righteou>ly
indignant at the fact He understands.
however. that the town committee. be-
inc dissatisfied with this result have
decided I" call another caucus utxt Sat
urda!. t0r the election "i Repuhli-
can delegation H'atchn.an.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24
A Great Storm

FEtDEEIck BILLI>D>
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24

Though this l. a I,marhu,;r nrcur-
fence. II j. Dot Without precedent a.
Ind Na:i"u> li>:"Ii, r-rord> Of flesh and
ll,."d falling AZ ;ea-, INrnIN times sim
lla To TIM. 10 different parts ~ the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24
II NJ p a!

The undersigned have lust received lot Of IL
celebrated
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-05
TFy the Dispatch.l
The Presbytery Of Roanoke


held an adjourned meeting at Drake 5
Branch on the 30th of May. Present: Df.
Peck and Revs. Messrs. Drew and Brown,
with Ruling Elders W. p. Webb, OF Boyd
ton church, and Richard Russell, of Blue
stone. The business for which the meeting
was chiefly held was TO consider a request
from Rev. Thomas Drew for leave to resign
the pastoral charge of Bluestone church
with view to laboring at Boydton instead.
Mr.. Richard Russell appeared as the COM
missioner from Bluestone to oppose the
separation. Nevertheless, the Presbytcry
felt constrained to grant the request and 20
dissolve the pastoral relation, the dlssoill-
ton to take effect on the 3ist OF June. Rev.
MIR. Whaley was appointed to preach at
Bluestone at an early day after that date and
declare the pulpit vacant.
A call for Mr.. Drew's pastoral services
for a certain portion OF his time was pre-
sented from Boydton church; which he &C
cepted. 1t was deferred till the next stated
meeting to make arrangements for his III
stallation.
DR.. Alexander was appointed to supply
the Lunenburg church two Sabbaths, DR..
Peck one Sabbath, Mr.. Wharey one Sab
bath, and Mr.. Brown one. DIR. Martin was
appointed to supply Mercyseat church one
Sabbath, and Mr.. Davis one Sabbath.
Resolved, That Presbytery observes with
concern and sorrow that none OF the neigh
boring churches are represented i'll this
meeting.
Rev. Mr.. Wharey, who was expected tc
be present, was absent on II trip to TcXa!
a,id Bristol, Tenn, with reference to calls ir
those quarters. We should greatly regret
to lose hun. Ii. A. Is.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-05

GRAFTON BY GRANDSON OF PATRICE
IIENRY.-[P Philadelphia Ledger. THE his.
torical department of the Exhibition is to
be opened on the It'll Of June, that being
the one hundredth anniversary of the day
on which Richard Henry Lee, in conformity
with the instructions Of the Colony Of Vir.
ginia, introduced the resolution of indie
pendence, passed by Congress, in Phladel-
phia, on the following I'd OF July, which re-
solution was further followed, on the 4th Of
July, by the immortal declaration giving the
reasons for the resolution of independence.
The opening is to be marked by an Grafton
by William Writ Henry, distinguished
member of the Virginia bar, and grand
son OF the illustrious Patrick Henry. Mr..
Henry has notified Colonel Frank Etting,
chairman OF the committee, of his accept
ance Of the duty OF orator OF the day.
1t will be q most gratifying event to hear
in Philadelphia the voice Of the grandson of
Patrick Henry in commemoration of the
events to which the world-famous patriot OF
Virginia gave such irresistible impulse.
Nor will it touch the sensibilties OF the
most ardent Of our British visitors to hear
the voice OF the descendant of that orator,
who was described by one OF the greatest Of
British poets as:
1.-THE forest-born Demostbencs
Whose Thunder shook the PhiliD of the seasn
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-05
eoap q, inc staars-


. gentleman residing on Aberdeen street
wac Until FRIDAY last inclined TO favor ie-
male suffrage, His wife had prudentiy de-
iavod moving tilbafter The LIST so as 10 take
advantage Of theasiall Of house-rents. Inc
house to which they moved had tremen-
dnnsiv steen flight OF stairs and an OIL
clothed hall. The wife had the stairs scrub
bcd down, and left the soap on the TOP step:
nov husband was up stairs, with basket
f,,,l OF clothes-pins in one hand ana cioch
under the other arm, when his Wue, VINO
w,s down stairs, saw mouse, ana shaking
her skirts madly bounded up on the taole
md let OF a series OF shrill shrieks, begin
ming on high XZZ above the clef. her nus
hand, thinking the house was on nre
ot the very least, started to run 10
her rescue, and, stepping on the plece
Of SOAP that she had so thought,uiiy
left ON the stairs, sat down vehementiy, at tne
ton of the flight, and slid down with tue
sneed OF thought. Fire flew from Ills ia'se
teeth as he hit the edge Of each step, Vol'e!s
ri clothes-pins were discharged into the ar
and fell rafting and rcbounding on the OH
cloth and the clock shed its inwards over
the universe. The injured husband mao
little time for reflection when he reached
tho Glaze oil-cloth Of the hall, and shot across
il with scarcely diminished velocity, Literally
making the oil-cloth and the seat OF ms pan 1
t,Ioons smoke with friction. and 1lnaiiv
bringing up against the door with a violence
that threatened to burst the side out OF the tn!
house. The fearful conclusion startiea MS
wife. who turned back somsrsault from
the table into a tub of soap-suds, IN wlit ID
che WAS 80 tightly wedgcd that sue hau 10
! throw handspring and canter on al,loui
ike turtle with tub on her back and cata-
racts Of suds inundating her. Mean"hiae,
th he' hired woman fell off the step-ladder with
a a crash like pilc-driver, and Jared down
most of the plaster cornlce. men a,,e n,n
vile had sioughed her tub she saun ITr,S
calm into the hall and remarked, .We III;
mem r' are the clumsiest-and the hall had
inst been washed, too Her husband do ana
not say much, but he thought So9a nt dea,
and now, he says, Just let Susan b: Anthon!
cn,,f. and lecture here again, and il no other
man has the courage to hiss, lie will, so help
him Jasper Packlemerfon.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-05

MeSSrS. Editors of the DiSpdfCh,-The
fashion of horseback exercise is very promi-
ncnt among our Richmond young ladies. but
am sorry TO say that there are, to my know
ledge, comparatively few really good riders.
Now, that is not to be wondered at when we
take into consideration the awkward and
dangerous way in which the ladies are forced
on fashion to ride. That hideous article
known rs the sIDE-SADDLE is simply an in
strumcnt OF torture to the ladies and horses.
Who invented the side-saddle don't know,
but the man cared nothing for the comfort
and safety of his wife iii he had 0ne). il he
had sweetheart, and wanted to get rid OF
her, he could have invented no better means
than give her a side-saddlc and wild horse.
II horse falls, the lady is obliged 10 fall too.
II the gil1h or stirrup breaks, the lady is
obliged to 60.
l don't mean to force my ideas on any one,
but will simply suggesta safe, modest, and
easyway in which the ladies can ride with
pleasure and comfort, and with as little
danger as a man. Let the ladies pro-
vide themselves with riding-habit, consist
ing Of jacket or coat that will not quite
touch the horse when on him, and loose
Z pair of pants, very long aud large in the
legs, so as to hang full, and then ride strad-
die of the horse as men do. / don't mean
to joke about this, for it can be done with
perfect modesty. The stirrups can be COW
cred in front SO as to prevent the feet show
ing, and then the pants will fall below the
feet and hide the heels. There can be no
good reason why ladies should not ride
straddae of the horse and become as grace
full in their saddles as the most expert horse
man. 1t is to my idea the only safe way to
ride. The English saddle-tree is the most
comfortable to both rider and horse, and
easiest to ride on.
/, Now, II any OF the ladies have courage
enough to start the fashion, am confident
they willihaye plenty Of followers; and then,
and only until then, viii the woman become
the mistress OF the horse as the man is mas
ter OF him. HORsEMAN.