St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-17

vain hope that Nature would throw of
the foreign substance. Thus things re-
manned for some two weeks, the child
meanwhile improving, until one day
last week he passed" the bean by the
course nature had provided, the same
as he had the others. 1t seems the
bean never went into the wind pipe at
all, but into the stomach, and that for
some cause it lodged between the
stomach and bowels, causing intiamma-
ton, pain and fever. The parents now
recall that he always complained of
pain i'll that locality, and not in his
lungs. While it would hardly be- safe
To say ''beauS" above Il whisper about
|. the Centre village, all sensible folks re-
I joice with the parents that the child's
life was not hazarded by cutting open his
vitals and fishing about iu his lungs for
white bear which was all the time we'll
laid away in the stomach. David
Crockett'S motto must he rs good for
physicians lis for any bod First lie
sure You are right then go ahead"
About fifty of the friends of Crawford
Ramney and wife, entered theiI quiet
home Monday evening. to celebrate
their wooden wedding, wholly surpris-
ing them. After passing an hour or two
pleasantly, all were invited to the
diniug-loom to partake of refreshments.
After the wooden Tor more properly,
India rubber,) stomachs We're filled, Mr..
Ranney was invited to cut the bridal
loaf which graced the centre of the
table. a large carving knife was ready
for the occasion. After plunging it i'll
once he dropped it, and said to +. II.
Stone: You cut it: yOu are stronger"
Mr.. Stone. who is as ready To take Il
Joke as to give one, immediately pro
cce,led to diSSect it. He found, after
, cutting trosting and cake until he was
tired, a wooden box filled with chips
Rev. Mr.. Stafford then made few happy
= remarks, which were responded to 10y
: Crawford in IL like manner He closed
10y advising the Young Ladies' not to
wait five years for Il wooden wedding.
hut to celebrate it soon 10y marrying ii
block head Mr.. and Mrs. Ranney were
still more surprised, when on turning
to another part of the room, they be
- held themselves extensively fitted up
in the wooden ware business hand
some chairs of different patterns, u
= Il "a, Iittl ii Ill L..
stand. work basket. clothes basket,
vases. brackets, and Il great many other
:. things. Thus passed an evening long
!, to he remembered 10y all present
: A. the mail train rounded the curve
: above the station last evening, the en-
10 ginecr discovered Murray Miles team
= loaded with logs. stuck upon the cross
: ing. with Murray gcS,iculatiag as vio-
@ lentll as he was wont to do about the
head of II bass drum. The engineer
n applied the air-hIake> and succeeded
a III stopping the train but il was il close
shave. So much for air brakes. When
d Murray gets over his fright, and his
\ hair assumes its natural position, he
:. will 20 down to the Plain and tell YOU
+. about it.
= We have an interesting letter from
\ Mrs. F. \. Bowker. III which she very
- forcihly denies some things which APP
/ pc;led in this paper of last week
N especially that which said the East
: Burke man had his arm around her in
;. the lodge room, aud that lie staid at
-. her house late evenings. We quote
r. from the letter:
:, That this man ever staid one night
~ late al my house. unaccompanied by
: his wife, is also false. Your paper say :
i'll it was nearly eleven when he left the
81 night of the insult while he can prove
ii hv the landlord and his wife it was not
-. after ten when he took his team from
-. the hotel 1t WAS half-past eight when
~, he came from the lodge to my store
-. At nine. | asked him to go up stairs
II. aud get Il piece of pie and cheese. And
j. here let me state, keep house i'll the
-. tenement over my store. He did stay
=. till nearly ten, as the boys were pound
+ ing on my doors, wedging them up
~, tying ropes from this building to the
!. next. etc. and | did not dare to have
-, him 90 down for fear he would shoot
al, some of them; ard | have regrettc,
~ very much since that detained him, IL,
.t | think few shots rightly directed
,o would be Il great blessing to this com
II munty. That the States Attorney re
Il, fused to have anything to do with it, i:
n false, and Mr.. Bartlett did not nee,
d. any persuading to take il up
in The which we shall not dispute. And
K Webb. Bowker. the boys and the Goo,
- remprrS. so far is this paper is con
O. cerncd. until there are some new deVel-
=, opmentS 1t will he waste of ink t.
nj write us any more letters until there Is
: something new to write about. Ed
ne cat.
~ Sheffield
u C.. VI. Giiiin is moving into the Geo
!! ,Jcnpcss house, where he intends t,
ne work at his trade dentistry.
fa old Mrs. Brock has engaged rooms il
/ Mr. Lackey's house. where she intend.
to move soon.
u George Raney has opened IL boot and
% hoe shop in Archelaus Miles building