St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-02-09

awaiting trial at Harrisburg for alIeooa
completely in bank robbery: 81 anu
no hypocrite. Why, sir, when I wna
at Chambersburg, engineering this iob
there was "a great stir of religion t6eTo,
from the fact that Moody and Sanka,'
were carrying out their work in Phil
delphia. My wife and were freounnt
! ly pressed to attend church and fbo
prayer meetings. | said to her. SEQ il
you like, with your lady friends. 7
cannot wear a cloak of religion to
serve the devil in.' Religion is too sa.
cred thing to trifie with. | have in
my time given away a small fortune in
charity" He had taken account NJ
stock with himself and had found two
redeeming traits-respect for reIioion
and generosity in giving away some of
his stealings; and, at the worst, he was
not hypocrite
Chicago is suffering severely from
scarlet fever and diphthera. AT
meeting of physicians to consider the
epidemic and its proper treatment =
resolution was offered the purport If
which was that no medicines which
could be administered would prevent
diphtheria, and that the continued
administration of them for any great
length of time would be injurious. DR.
Beebee declares that this was aimed AT
his recommendation of sulpho-carbo.
late of soda, which, he holds, will de-
strOy the germs of diphtheria, the
blood and tissues being disinfected. He
thinks that the remedy has fulfilled all
expectations and some of his brethren
it appears, think otherwise. Wbo
shall decide when even Chicago doe
tors disagree
A schOolmaster in Lucknow has re-
Gently died a martyr to the theory
that ''discipline must be maintained
A boy returned TO the school after
playing truant for several days. The
schOolmaster locked him up in small
room in which there was large snake.
The child cried, "a snake "A snaken
and begged him to open the door. The
schoolmaster kept the door closed.
About noon the boys father came to
inquire after him, and on opening the
door beheld the snake near the neck of
the dead child. This little incident
created so strong prejudice against
the schoolmaster that his loyalty to the
principles of schOolrOom discipline WAS
forgotten, and he was promptly hanged.
A young man looking somewhat like
a SOutherner and somewhat like an
Oneida Indian, was discovered among
crowd of snow-shOvellers mt the
Central railway station in Syracuse
last week. While waiting for the pit
lance due him il was observed that he
seemed DESTROYS of being by himself,
wholly avoiding his late comrades.
This poorly clad but proud shoveller
was Bushnell Forrest, second son of
the noted Confederate general, NIB.
Forrest, of Fort Pillow memory
A curious incident occurs in the
of the committee which
reported the election compromise bill.
The first on the Senate committee was
Mr.. Edmunds the last on the House
was Mr.. Willard, of Mich
gan. Both are natives of Chittenden
Vermont. Senator Edmunds
was born in Richmond. MIR. Willard.
of the Third District of
Michigan, was born in Bolton, adioin-
ing Richmond.
If you don't think future political
WINS arc uiCdhluIiN uHCtIbtllu, COLI
template the unwonted quiet of Gen.
B. F. Butler. He never was so I'M
Dressive before.
One of the good and many things
told of President Grant is the story of
his generous and quiet benefactiOns to
poor people in Westinghouse
he educated poOrwho are without en-
)loyment.
A flock of 20 or more happy-lookiEg
obins were seen at Boston Highlands.
he other morning.
Within the last 10 days, about 1000
letters have been received at the BOs-
5On post-Otfice, recovered from the
Jersey City mailbag robbers.
The income of the demented DR..
Aver is $4,000 day, and il is said
here has never been time in the last
lozen years when he had had less than
S50O,OG0 lying idle and awaiting i'll
'estment-all made by judicious ad-
'ertising.
"TOddie," one of the originals of
'Helen's Babies" died suddenly of
nembranOus Group on Tuesday eve
ing, in Brooklyn. He was the Young
st son of John HabbertOn, the author
# the book tanned, and was child of
unusual quaintness and promise.