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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-29
Sudden Visitations of God.

Have not all of us often seen men and
women, who, though not embittered by
a sudden visitation of God, have still
been undone by it; have lost all hope,
all spiritual ambition, and have given
over all struggle after better things III
despair? God has come into house
hold and taken from a mothers arms
little one whose presence TRANSPORTED
her life. That child made the world
more beautiful and life more blessed.
But suddenly God called it to himself.
Do describe an unusual case when L
say that the afflictiOn has not embit-
tered her, has not made her skeptical
but the light of her life is gone, and she
lives henceforth in the past alone. She
is fitted for no service; she is burden
to herself; she finds no joy in relief OF
others she strives no longer after
higher life. All is gone in the sudden
transition from happiness to grief which
God appointed. But | will not add
examples The subject is one of which
every day and every condition of life-is
full of illustration. My one endeavor
has been to place clearly before you
this solemn fact, and the dangers to
your souls in these violent changes
ReU. John De Witt.
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Deferred State Items.

A little boy in Barton was poisoned
nearly to death, few days since, by
eating currants from bushes that had
been treated to white hellebOre.
A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.-On the
9th instant, a little adopted son of Oil
yer Valley was terribly burned by being
caught and held under a stove, which
fell upon him in the absence of other
members of the family. The boy. ap-
peared to have crawled under the stove
to get to sleep, while the man left with
him went out to watch the fire that was
approaching the house from burning
piece. While the little fellow lay there,
he probably pushed out one of the stove
legs and let the stove, in which there
was fire, tip over on to him in such a
manner as to hold him, while it burned
one side of his face, neck, and head to
crisp. He was literally roasted, and
the flesh has since sloughed off to the
bone. When the family returned the
boy was insensible, and no one knows
how long he lay there in the terrible
agony to which he was subjected. For
some days his life was despaired of, but
there are now hopes of his recovery
BratOn Monitor.
Rev. H. A. Spencer, pastor of the
Methodist Church, at st. Adams, who
is suffering somewhat from i'll health,
has gone to Old Orchard Beach for a
months recuperatiOn.
The two Bennington young women
who were supposed to have been fatally
hurt by the accidental discharge of IA
gun in the hands of "a careless cousin
last week are going to recover.
We regret to learn that the illness of
Mrs. Emma MOlloy appears to be very
serious. 1t seems that dangerous alb
secs has developed in her side. and from
present indications her recovery is ex-
ceedingly doubtful. She is in kind
hands and carefully watched over by
friends and her husband, who has come
from the West. They are at Rev. Ed
win WheelOck's residence in Cambridge.
st ALbGnS Messenger.
HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-A. j. Griffith,
sewing machine agent, residing at
Manchester, was attacked and robbed
late Friday night by two highwaymen
on the Peru turnpike, near Barnumville
His horse having been found early the
next morning at Barnumville, and the
appearance of his wagon exciting alarm,
immediate search was made, and the
unfortunate man found in an insensible
condition, bruised and bleeding by the
wayside. From his appearance and the
connecting circumstances it was sup
posed that he was knocked insensible
and then hauled out of the wagon. His
injury is very severe but not necessarily
fatal. Two tramps have been arrested
OIL suspicion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-29
RsLsinus Readins.
The Exaltation, and Great Condescen-
sion of Our God.

The Lord is high above all nations,
and his glory above the heavens. Who
is like unto the Lord our God, who
dwelleth on high who humbleth him
self to behold the things that are in
heaven, and in the earth Ps. lib: 40.
Though the Lord be high, yet hath
he respect unto the lowly. Ps. 13o: 3.
Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is
nv throne, and the earth is my foot
stool: where is the house that ye build
unto me and where is the place of my
rest For all those things hath mine
hand made, and all those things have
been, saith the Lord but to this man
will look, even to him that is poor
and of cOntrite spirit, and trembleth
at my word, lisa. &c: l, 2.
For thus saith the high and lofty One,
that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is
holy; l dwell in the high and holy
place, with him also that is of con-
trite and humble spirit, to revive the
spirit of the humble, and to revive the
heart of the contrite ones. lisa. 81: 10.
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth
not any. He giveth right to the poor.
lob &c: S 6.
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How to Kill Bugs.

To destroy bugs on squash and Gu
cumber vines, dissolve teaspoonful of
saltpeter in pailful of water; put one
pint of this around each hill, shaping
the earth so that it vii not spread much,
and the thing is done. Use more salt
peter if you can afford tit is good for
vegetables, but death to animal life.
The bugs burrow in the earth at night,
and fail to rise in the morning. 1t is
also good to kill the GRUB" in peach
trees, only use twice as much, say a
quart on each tree. There was not a
yellow or blistered leaf on the IL or 5
trees to which it was applied last sea-
son. No danger of killing any vegeta-
BILE with ia concentrated solution APP
piled to beans makes them grow won
derfully. A correspondent says he pro-
tects his squash vines from the bugs by
the use of kerosene. He merely moist
ems ashes with it, which are placed in
the vicinity of the vines. He has tried
1t two years successfully. The efficien-
cy of the remedy must come from its
OdOr.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-29

GIRLS ATTITUDE TO YOUNG MEN,
There is thing of which l want to
speak, and that is of the behavior of
girls toward young men who are not
lovers but simply friends. Let me tell
you plainly that our sex were not meant
to be wOoers. The custom prevalent
among a certain class of young ladies
of asking, directly, or indirectly, the
attentions of young gentlemen is not an
admirable custom. "My son." said a
lady to me, not long siuce, sis much
prejudiced against a young girl, whom l
admire, because she is constantly send
ing him notes, inviting him to be her
escort here and there, and planning to
have him with her." A modest and
dignifed reserve, which is neither pru-
derry nor affectation, should distinguish
your manner to gentlemen. Too great
familiarity and too evident pleasure in
the society of young men are errors into
which no delicate and pure-minded girl
should fall.
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A Word To Bows.

What do you think, young friend, of
the hundreds of thousands who are try
ing to cheat themselves and others into
the belief that alcoholic drinks are good
for them7 Are they not to be pitied
and blamed ? Do you want to be one
of these wretched men If we are to
have drunkards in the future, some of
them are to come from the boys to whom
l am writing; and ask you again if
you want to be one of them No? OF
course you don't!
Well, l have plan for you that is
just as sure to save you from such a fate
as the sun is to rise Tomorrow morning.
IT never failed it never will fail; and
| think it is worth knowing. Never
touch liquor in any form. That's the
plan, and it is not only worth knowing,
but it is worth putting into practice.
L know you don't drink now, and it
seems to you as if you never would.
But your temptation will come, and
probably will come in this way:
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You will find yourself, sometime, with
a number of companions, and they will
have a bottle of wine en- the table.
They will drink, and offer it to you.
They will regard it as a manly practice,
and very likely, they will look upon
you as milk-sop if you don't indulge
with them. Then what will you dc ?
Eh? What will you do Will you
say, "Boys, none of that stuff for me
l know trick worth half-a-dozen of
that ?" or will you take the glass, with
your own common sense protesting, and
your conscience making the whole
draught bitter, and feeling that you
have damaged yourself, and then go of
with a hot head, and a skulking soul
that at once begins to make apologies
for itself and will keep doing during all
its life ?-J. G.. Holland.
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The CHAMPION BIRD SToRY.--L
Page and sou, cutting wood near San
Jose, noticed for several days that IL
number of birds remained constantly
upon a tree near them, some going and
coming from time to time. Upon cut
ting down the tree they discovered a
limb with "a hollow cavity, some two
feet in length and three or four inches
in diameter, in which were two full
grown birds of some gOodly sized spe-
cies. There was a small aperture
through which the birds were supplied
with food from their mates. The
limb was cut and the birds liberated.
They were neither of them able to f1y,
having evidently never been out of their
imprisonment. How they came inside
is question. 1t is probable that the
mother bird was small, and though able
to make her nest in the hollow of the
tree and rear her young could not ex-
tricate them, and they did not gain
strength enough to help themselves I'M
til the hollow had so closed that escape
was impossible. Those who examined
the birds think they are about two years
old. They have been fed from their
birth by their bird-fellows through the
aperture in the limb of the tree. A
nObler instance of devotion even the
human family never exhibited.-S
Jose (Cal.) Mercury.
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GETTING BACK THE COw.-My grand
father was a very poor minister, and
kept COW, which was a very great
he p to the support of his chileren-h
had ten of them and the COW took
the staggers and died. "What will you
do now y said my grandmother. 81
cannot tell what we shall do now" said
he, ''but l know what God will do /;
God will provide for us. We must have
milk for the children" The next morn
ing twenty pounds were sent to him.
He had never made application to the
fund for the relief of ministers but on
that day there was five pounds left when
they had divided the money, and one
said, "There is poor Mr.. Spurgeou down
in Essex, suppose we send it to him.
The chairman-a Mr.. Morley of his day
said, ave had better make it ten
pound, and Pll give five pounds" An
other five pounds was offered by anoth-
er member, if like amount could be
raised, to make it up to twenty pounds {;
which was done. They knew nothing
about my grandfather's COW, but God
did, you see, and there was the new
COW for him. And those gentlemen in
London were not aware of the impor-
lance of the service which they had rem
dered. -SpurgeOR.
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Troubles.

All trouble is not borrowed /; neither
is it the result of a depressed condition
of mind. How, then, shall we meet
this real trouble, that is the heritage Of
life across which sin and death is ever
more casting it's shadows There are
those who have sought to battle alone
with trouble; but out of every such
trial, however bravely borne, there
comes only the sense of loneliness and
loss, which is cheerless and without
comfort, like a stately palace with the
lights gone out of its chambers, that
once echoed the sound of happy voices,
now silent as the grave. There are
others who try to forget their troubles
after the manner of a certain tribe OF
savages in Africa, who bury their dead
in the silence of the night, and then
driving cattle over the newly stirred
earth, seek to obliterate every sign of
the burial, and go away never more to
mention the name of the departed.
Alas when men try to overcome
trouble in these ways, how futile are
all their efforts. In contrast, how
blessed is the hope and comfort which,
in the day of trial, is revealed in the
heart that trusts God and flies to divine
sources of refuge and help! Our
Heavenly Father does not keep his
children from troubles. They often fall
with overwhelming severity upon them,
but he is always near to them, and in
his own good time transmutes them
into blessings. Every page, almost, of
the Bible, has a word of cheer and COM
fort for those in trouble. Happy is that
man whose life has verified, as so many
have done, the words of the apostle:
''Tribulation wOrketh patience and
patience, experience and experience,
hOpe.n This is to have the soul, taking
root in the midst of earthly trial and
trouble, blossom forth in the beauty
and strength of an immortal hope
Working Church.
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The most perilOus hour of persons
life is when he is tempted to despond.
The man who loses his courage loses
all there is no more hope for him than
of Il dead man but it matters not how
poor he may be, how much pushed by
circumstances, how much deserted by
friends, how much lost to the world; if
he only keep his courage, holds up his
head, works on with his hands, and in
his unconquerable will determines to
be and to do what becomes man, all
will be well. 1t is nothing outside of
him that kills; but what is within, that
makes or Religious Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-29

JOHN AT THE AUCTION morn
ing, at an auction sale on C street, a lot
of WORKOUT household furniture was
under the hammer, when IA Chinaman,
who had been carefully watching op-
erations for some time, put in a bid of
''twO bittee" for an old dilapidated
washstand. 1.-TWO bits-do | hear the
three ?" shouted the auctioneer There
was long pause, broken at last by the
Chinaman bidding again "Tree bittee."
The crowd laughed at the Celestial for
raising his own bid, and the auctioneer.
takingin situation, sang out: .'Three
bittee-do l hear four7" and looked
over at John. There was another long
pause, but at last $50 bittee," came
from the Chinaman, aud a roar of
laughter went up, i'll which even a num-
Der OF old women Joined so heartily as
to almost shake their false teeth out.
Still the auctiOneer held on to the wash.
stand, and the Chinaman, determined
to secure it, bid five. six, seven, eight
'bittee" successfully, and it was finally
passed over to him for dollar. He re-
ceived it with smile of awful dimen
sions, remarking: "Me ketchee wash
stand, you bettee-heap cheaper p
VTg'nid (NeU.) Chronicle.
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HAIR Vim e.

Stimulates the growth of the hair, prevents the
decay of the hair. Prevents the hair from turn
ing gray Stops and prevents the hair from falling
out stops that unpleasant itching that is the pre-
lude of the hairs decay. removes dandruff and
cures all diseases of the scalp and as a shampoo
and dressing for ladies hair cannot be excelled
Try it. Ask your druggist and dealers for every
where, send 75cts for trial bottle, address
G. w. RICHARDSON Barnet, Vt
For sale in st. JOhnsbury by c. c. Bingham, and
G. ID. Randall Druggists.
Sold in Peacham by John Varnum Jr.
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt. Whole
sale gents. 1Oitf
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a fascinating WORK on an enhancing topi''
''HE WILL COME !;
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Climate, Hunting, Fishing Indians and Settlers rg
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trations, and one map Price only 10 cents. sofa pa
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Building Lots.

For sale in the village of st Johnsbury, building
lots situated a commanding plateau, skirted
on two sides by the Passumpsic River and over
looking Railroad Street. Summerville Paddock's
Village and portion of st. JOhnsbury Plain.
For beauty of scenery and healthfuness of To-
cation this situation is unrivalled. Those desiring
homes will never have a better opportunity for
securing the most desirable location and on the
most reasonable terms. No fancy prices asked.
Lots will be sold at prices ranging from $3.50 to
$3.50. j. L. PERKINS.
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As some persons in natural sleep are
so soundly unconscious that you must
shake and shake them before they are
aroused, SO there are many now wide
awake in the Christian life, whose slum-
bers weuld never have been broken
had not some giant trouble given them
harsh arOusing. 1t needs storms as
well as sunshine to mature the graces
OF the spirit.
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There is something peculiarly dig
nified and gentle III the experience of
aged believers whose serene piety and
mellOwed characters develop the child
spirit of the genuine disciple. We see
the last tints glowing on the golden
grain the shock of corn coming in in
his season, when it is fully ripe.
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MUSIC.

MISS HORTENSE HIBBARD. Teacher OF
Piano. announces to her friends and the public
that she is now ready to receive pupils at her
home
st. Johnsbury. VT. Dec. 10. 1876 jgf
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Most of us have had troubles all our
lives, and each day has brought all the
evils that we wished to endure. But if
we were asked to recount the sorrows
of our lives, how many could we re-
member? How many that are six
months old should we think worthy to
be remembered or mentioned =? To-
days troubles look large, but a week
hence they will be forgotten and buried
out of SOPHISTICATED
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Store to Rent.

The undersigned desire to rent the store on the
east side of their building on Eastern Avenue al
ter March 25th The store is Is 40 feet with
piazza in front and wood shed in the rear is located
for business, being opposite to the Avenue House.
on Eastern Avenue, and near Railroad street and
the depot. 1t is well fitted up and is suitable for
nearly every kind of business. The rent will be
low enough to suit the times.
+. L. g. H. X. IDE.
st. JOhnsbury. 66tf
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TROTTINC STATIONS
OF
The Green Mountain Stud Farm,
WEST RANDOLPH, VT.

HambletOnian MOnarch-FOaled April 29th
1S64-BlOod Bay-Sixteen hands high-Sired by
Rysdyks Hambletonian-Dam by ROes Abdallah
chief Terms, 500 to insure.
RandOlph-FOa led 1s74-Bay, with star-Fif
teen hands-Sired by Aberdeen, son of Rysdyks
HambletOnian and Widow Machree-Dam. Fanny
Sleight, by Ethan Allen g. d. by Harris HANDLE
tonian-limited to IL flares. Terms. S25 to insure
Will make the season of 1877 from May 18th to
Sept. LIST at the farm of
w. ID. FOSTER, Woodstock, Vt
Don GiOvanni-FOaled 1s7O-GOlden Bay-l5i
hands high-sired by Hampton, son of Rysdyks
HambletOnian-Dam by Volunteer 9. d., by old
Abdallah. Terms, $50 to insure
LOckwoOd-FOaled 1s73-BlOOd Bay blk. points
-15a hands high-Sired by Aberieen-Dam, Lady
Lockwood trecOrd $3.50 by Neaves Cassus NJ.
Clay Jr. Terms $50 to insure.
viii make the season of 1877 at the Green
Mountain Stud Farm, West Randolph, Vt
Mares pastured and well cared for at Sl0O per
week, but all accidents atOwners risk. For circu-
lars giving extended pedigrees address
MOULTON BROTH Frs,
17-s9 West Randolph, Vermont
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Sept LIST at the farm of
w. ID. FOSTER, Woodstock, Vt.
Notice..

take pleasure in informing the public that
have added to my stock of Boots and Shoes full
line of choice Groceries and full line of Small
Wares and Yankee Notions which 1 am able to
sell at the very lowest cash prices.
R. BRUCE & co.
McIndoes Falls, April q 1877. 71-s3'
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COLLINS VOLTAIC PLASTER.

for local pains, lameness, soreness, weakness
numbness, and inflammation of the lungs liver
kidneys, spleen, bowels, bladder, heart, and mus
Giles, is equal TO an army of doctors and acres of
plants and shrubs 1t instantly banishes pain and
soreness, gives life and vigOr to the weakened and
paralyzed muscles and limbs, and is so grateful
and soothing that once used in the above ailments
every other external application, such salves,
ontments, lotions and liniments will at once be
discarded Even in paralysis, epilepsy fits, and
nervous muscular affections, this plaster by rally
ing the nervous forces, has effected cures when
every other known remedy has failed.
Sold by all Druggists. Price rs cents Sent
by mail on receipt of 25 cents for one. SI.25
for six, or S2.25 for twelve, carefully wrapped
and warranted, by WEEKS & POTTER Pro
prietOrs, Boston, Mass. 1885,
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care the children safe 2" asked the
Christian Union. Quite safe, we assure
you. They are up in the garrett play
ing hotel fire. Jimmy is the clerk, and
is trying to slide down the water pipe
to the ground. Willie is guest, hang
ing to the window sill waiting for the
flames to reach his hand before he tries
to drop to the shed reof, two stories be-
low and Tom is heroic fireman, and
has tied his fishing line around the ba-
by's body, and is letting it down to the
ground. Oh, yes, the children are all
right; just finish your call and don't
fret about the -Barling ton
Haickeye.