St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-01

| from Nleenland, and an Aztec inScrip
tion from the cundurango regions o
Central America that made all forme,
specimens insignificant. NV uncle has
tened to secure these noble gems. II,
got the stuffed whale, but another col.
lcctor got the inscription. A real cum.
durango, a> possibly YOU know. is :;
possession of such supreme yoIue tb,t
when once Il collector gets if. he will
rather part with his family than with II
SO my uncle sold out. and saw his dar-
limgS go forth never more TO returu
and his coal black hair turned whit. -.
snow in single night.
Nov he waited. and thoupht II,
knew another disappointment miuLt
kill him. He wis resolved that h.
would choose things next time that ma
other man WAS collecting. He CAREFUL,
made up his mind. and once more en-
tered the field this time To make ,
collection of echoes"
''Of what !' said |.
Echoes. sir. His first pIIrcb,s. was
an echo in C;corrin that ren.,t.d fam
times: his next WAS = six-r.ne,t., in
Mary land his NEXT WAS :, uinr-,an.,t.,
in kansas: his n,xt v,s :, tw,I,..r,
pcatcr in T.uu,sS,. vLi,L h. n,t ,L,.,,,
50 10 sneak. h,,o,Is,. il v.,. amt ~ ~
pair. 4 roltion of th. c,,,, ,l;,L -.
t1cctcd if b,viur tuu,IJ.I Jn,,', H.
bciicvcd he could r.pair # ,t , rnst nf
u few thousand dollars. and. hy incrr,s-
inu the elevation with u,>oury tr,IL.
the repratin~ capacity. hut tL.. ,r,.hi.
tcct who undcrtnok the inh L,d u.,.,,.
built an echo before. and sn n, utt.rI,
spoiled this one. B,fnr, h. m.dLI.I
with it. it used to talk back like =
mnthcr-in-law. but now il i only ft far
the deaf and dumb ,syIum W.u nav,
lr bought "A lot of chean LITTLE dnuIIn-
baIrclcd echoes. scattered ,rnund nve,
various states and territories he vnt
them AT ~ Der rcutum off Nv t,l, ino
the lot. Next h,. bouoht , nert.ct l,,t7
limo ann ,f .,u .,.b, i, n,,,,..,, ,,i :.
cost a fortune. can fell van Nom n,.,,
know. sir. thai i'm th. .chn Lot tJ,,.
scale OF lIicrS is cumulative. liL. ~,
carat scale in diamonds. i'm flct tL,
same phraScolory is used. \ sinul.
carat echo i worth hut fen duII:,rs ny.,
and above the value of the land if !.
ON; Il Gwo-caIat ur duuhlc-barlcIrd echo
is worth 81 dollars: a tivr-carot !,
worth nine hundred and fifty a fem
carat is worth thirteen thousand. NJ,
unclc'> Oregon echo, which he called
the Great PITT echo, WAS il 22-carIt rem.
and cost two hundred and sixteen tLou-
sand dollalS-thc\ threw tb. land in
for il uaS 100 miles tIom :: settlement
"Wcl!. in the mean time my nnth
waS u path ot roses. | WAS the accent
ed >uiIor ut the only and lovely daunh
tcI of AN English earl. md WAS behaved
t. distraction. I'm that dear ur,s,uc.
SWAN in seas of bliss. Th. family ver,.
content. fnr it was known that | WA,
sole heir to an uncle held to he worth
five millions, of dollars. However. nom,
OF lis knew that my uncle had becum,
i collector. at least in ANYTHING mon,
than il small WAY. for aesthetic nmus,-
mrmt.
"Now gathered the clouds above m,
head. That divine erhn
since known throughout the world ~
the Great Kuh-i-nuor. or Mountain nt
Rcpctitinus, was discovered. If w,S =,
65-caI:it rem. Iou couId utter , word
and il wouId talk hock ,t vnu rn, ~
minutes. when tLr In, v',s nthnrri."
quiet. But, behold. another Jisrnyrr,
was mad, at the same tim,. .,unthr,
rchn-colIrctor vus in th, G,.Id M,
two rushed 10 make tlI. uurchnsr RI,
consisted of , ,n,,ni,. nf s,n.,u
hills with = shallow sv.,In Lrtvnn,,
out Wonder among the back settlement,
of New York state. Both men arrived
ON the ground at the same time. and
neither knew the other wos thrre IN,
echo WAS not IIl owned h, on. man
person by the nam, of Williamson Ri
var Jarvis owned the east hin and :,
nr,.nn h, tL. m.,,,. nf II,,I,;
iilcdso owned the west hill. the sw,In
between was the DIVIDING line So
while my IucIe w,s hnv;m% J,r,;s,LiI
for three million two LnnJraJ and
thnus,pd JnII,rs tho oti'n'
party was buyinr sledso's hiII fnr :, !
shade over three milIion
..Now. do Won nrrceiva tb. n,trroI