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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-26
Christian Fruitfulness.

The Christian at Work thus answers
the query, "What is Christian Fruit
fulness?"
''He who by faith in Jesus evinces
courage in the hour of temptation
knowledge so as to take broad and
comprehensive view of things when
others are contending about the merest
trihes moderation when worldly sue
cess is flowing in upon him, and Others
would be swept away by the tide into
extravaganza patience when he is
tried either by personal Affections or
the provoking conduct of his fellow
men gOdliness in holding fellowship
with Jehovah even when business is
pressing most hardly upon his atten-
ton brotherly kindness in doing good
to his fellow Christians, even when in
many respects they are personally OBJ
jectiOnable to him and love in caring
for all men for ChIist's sake, even when
they may return it with insult and in
gratitude-he is the fruit bearing Chris
tian. 1t is not the cultivation of a
series of states of heart, one after the
other, we are to seek, but rather the
possession of the one Christ like spirit,
and when we have that, each of the
graces will shine forth as its presence
is required.
Then, when we are like the Master,
usefulness will come of itself. For use
fulness is the effluence of character, and
is continually exhaling from it like per-
fume a flower. So it is the inner char
acter, we must look to if we would be
truly fruitful. And to have that right,
we must obey the mystic, yet deep and
suggestive command abide in me, and
l in yOu. As the branch cannot bear
fruit of itself except it abide in the
vine, no more can ye, except We abide
in me.'n
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CTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DIsTR1cyr On
DIN Probate Court held at the Probate Office in %
Johnsbury in said District, the 4th day %
January A. ID. 1877. 10y VI
Charles c. Newell, administrator upon the Este.
of Elizabeth Burt late of Burke in sais
district deceased, presents his adminisfrafi i 'lu
account for examination and allowance ", au9
makes application for a decree of dstribu;dinnuu
and partition of the estate of said deceased 'h
Whereupon, it is ordered by said court thai s,;a
application be referred to session of said CONF
to be held at the probate office in said 81
Johnsbury, the Both day of JAN, A. D. 1s79
for hearing and decision thereon: And il is firth
ordered that notice hereof be given to all pers
interested, by publication of the three wecis
successfully in the CaledOnian, a newspaper nTH
ished at St Johnsbury, previous to said time aT
pointed for hearing, that they may appear at sai5
time and place, and show cause, if any thev ma
have, why said account should not be allowed any
such decree made. "u
By the Court, Attest
HENRY FRENCH, Register
true copy of record.-A test
5961 HENRY FRENCH. Register
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-26
Personal Duty to the Squalid Poor.

In every great town there are six or
ten strata in society; and it is, one
would think, a hundred miles from the
fashionable to the questionable side of
a single brick in a wall. Superiority
and squalor know absolutely nothing
of each other, such is the utter negli-
gence of the duty of visiting the poor
i'll any other way than by agents l do
not undervalue these, nor any part of
the great charities of our times but
there is no complete theory for the per-
manent relief of the poor without per-
sonal visitation. Go from street to street
with city missionary or the best of the
police but sometimes go all alone and
with your own eyes see the poor in the
attics, and study the absolutely I'M
speakable conditions of their daily lives.
Not long ago, l was in a suffocated ten
ement house where five or six points on
which | could put my hand we're in
violation of the laws which it is the
business of the board of health in this
city to see executed. The death rate
of Boston in summer in the North end
is often above 35 in the thousand. The
registrar general of England says that
any deaths above IL in 1000 are I'M
necessary. Live one day where the
children of the perishing poor live, and
ask what it is to live there always. l
know scholar of heroic temper and of
exquisite culture, who recently resolved
to live with the poor in sitting part
of this city, and who, after repeated and
desperate illness, was obliged to move
his home off the ground in order to
avoid the necessity of putting his body
underground. You cannot understand
the poor bv newspapers, nor even by
novels. Our distant lavender touches
of the miserable show the barbaric
blood yet in our veins. Going about
from house to house doing good is IA
great Christian measure permanently
instituted by typical example, which
in better age may be remembered,
and be the foundation of nobility not
yet visible on the planet. There was
One who washed his disciples feet, and
i'll that act founded au order of nobility {;
but this second symbolic act seems not
to be apprehended even yet by some
good Samaritans-in gloves The way
from Jerusalem to Jericho lies now
through the city slums and for many
an age to come, there will be the spot
where men oftenest will be left stripped
and sore and half dead. We want all
good Influences of the parlor and press,
from literature and the interior church
of the church, to work upon the prob
lem of saving the perishing and danger
Gus classes in great cities.-JOseph Cook
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depends in great measure the veal
and woe of their after life.
Teach them accomplishments-music,
painting, drawing-if you have time
and money to do it with.
Teach them to cultivate a garden,
and drive road team or farm wagon.
Teach them that God made them in
his own image, and that no amount of
tight lacing will improve the model.
Teach them that good, steady me-
chanic without cent is worth dozen
oil-pated loafers in broadcloth.
Teach them the essentials of life
truth, honesty, uprightness- at a
suitable time let them marry.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-26
What Shall We do with Our Daughters.

AprOpos of what Mrs. Livermore's
late lecture on the above question, said,
the Davenport Democrat thus sensibly
makes answer:
Teach them self-reliance.
Teach them to make bread.
Teach them to make shirts.
Teach them not TO wear false hair
Teach them not to powder and paint.
Teach them to wear thick, warm
shoes.
Teach them how to wash and iron
clothes.
the family.
Teach them make their own dresses.
Teach them how to cook a good meal
of victuals.
Teach them that dollar is only a
hundred cents.
Teach them to wear calico dresses
and to do it like queen.
Teach them to say no, and mean it,
or yes, and stick to it.
Teach them how to darn stockings
and sew on buttons.
Teach them to regard the morals, not
the money of beaux.
Give them good, substantial COM
mon school education.
Teach them every day, dry, hard,
practical common sense.
Teach them all the mysteries of the
kitchen, the dining room and parlor.
Teach them that good round rosy
romp is worth fifty delicate consump-
tives.
Teach them to have nothing to do
with Incorporate and dissolute young
men.
Teach them that the more they live
within their income, the more they will
save.
Teach them that the further they live
beyond their income, the nearer they
get to the poor house.
Rely upon it that upon your teaching
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-26
AGRICULTURAL.

TREATMENT OF Cows.-A COW, six
weeks before calving, should be fed on
hay alone, and that of ordinary quail
ty, during the last two weeks the poor
est hay and straw being substituted,
and after the calf is dropped, for TWEEN
ty-four hours she should have little
more than air itself, and then warm
bran mash. After this she may have a
little hay, and after another twenty
four hours it is safe to begin gradually
to increase the food, until at the end of
the first week she may have her full ra-
tions again. Cows thus treated will
seldom if ever be troubled with the
"milk fever"
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nnrNCY p PARKER,s EsrArE

W STATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT. IS.
In Probate Court, holden at the Probate Office in
st. Johnsbury, on the 9th day of Jan, A. D. Ism
William Higgins, administrator upon the estate
of Quincy b. Parker late of st. JOhnsbury in
said district deceased, makes application to said
Court for license to sell the whole of the real
estate of said deceased except the widows rig5t
of homestead and dover therein, representing that
the sale of said real estate would be beneficial IN
the heirs and all interested in said estate for tbo
purpose of converting the same into money. And
said administrator has produced in Court tLS
consent and appreciation in writing of all the heirs
to said estate residing in this State to the grant
ing of said license.
Whereupon it is ordered by said court, that said
application come under consideration and be heard
Jan. 9th, A. d. 1877, at the Probate Office in
St.Johnsbury and it is further ordered that all
persons interested be notified hereof by pubIcation
of notice of this application and order thereon
three weeks successfully in the CaledOnan printed
at St. JOhnsbury, before said time of hearing that
they may appear at said time and place and if they
see cause. object thereto.
By the Court Attest,
HENRY FRENCH Register
A true copy of Record, Attest,
1851 HENRY FRENCH Register
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Serious Questions.

Are there few that be saved Luke
I3: %.
What is a man profited if he shall
gain the whole world, and lose his own
soul 7 or what shall man give in ex-
change for his soul3 Matt. 16: 26.
Who may abide the day of his COM
ing and who shall stand when he ap-
peareth 2 Nal. 3: 2. Rev. 6: IL.
For the day of the Lord is great and
very terrible; and who can abide it I?
Joel 2: III.
Who is on the Lords side Elk.
81: %.
Know We not that the friendship of
the world, is enpity with God
James 4: 4.
Where art thouq Gen. 3d. 9.
Who is willing to consecrate his SER
vice this day unto the Lord 7 l Chron.
%: 5.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-26
Ostrich Farming.

Ostrich farming is carried on with con
siderable success in Cape Colony, where
there are now upward of $4,000 tame
birds. The writers, by the way, affirm
that the feathers of the domesticated
ostrich are inferior in quality to those
of the wild bird but they publish re-
port prepared by DR.. Atherstone of
Grahams's town, in which this state
ment is contradicted, and it would seem
that the value of the plumage depends
In great measure upon wise manage
ment and good feeding. The ostrich
has the reputation of eating anything
that comes in its way. Large heaps of
stones are required at the farms, and
one writer observes that the young
birds relish small nails amazingly. He
has seen tame ostrich snatch a bunch
of keys, and swallow them with the
greatest gustO. The domestic charac-
ter of the bird is not elevated. Unlike
the emu, which is strictly homogeneous,
it prides itself on having many wives.
The speed of the ostrich is reckoned at
about 26 miles per hour, and trader
i'll South Africa observes that he never
saw the horse the rider of which could
with truth say that he ran his game
down fairly. Swift and powerful as they
are, the birds are easily domesticated
and need only low fence to keep them
from straying. An ostrich in motion
does not rise upon the wing; be skins,
as it were along, the surface of the
ground, and if he meets with any OBJ
stacle, such as fence he skirt along it,
but never attempts to cross it, he will
cross a creek, the two banks of which
are nearly on level, by flying. The
authors of this book suggest that os-
triches should be reared like turkeys
for the table. Once imported, their
keep is not expensive, and the meat is
said to be palatable and in flavor not
unlike young beef From gastronom-
ic point of view, after having fed on
clover, lucerne and grain, far excels in
tenderness and flavor a wild-caught
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-26
PATENTS.

r.. H. E d D Y.
No. rs State Street, opposite Kilby Street Bost
Secures patents in the United States also in
Great Britain France and other foreign countries.
Copies of the claims of any Patent furnished by-
remitting one dollar Assignments recorded at
Washington. No agency IN ne United States DOS.
sesses superior facilities for obtaining Patents or
aceTtGlntng TIE pdtentdbihty Of intentions. K. H.
EDDY, Solicitor of Patents
~ TESTIM ONIALs.
Il regard Mr.. Eddy as one of the most successful
and capable practitioners with whom | have had
ohclal intercourse. CHAS. MASON.
,r Commissioner of Patents.
inventors cannot employ person more trust
worthy or more capable of securing for them an
early and favorable consideration at the Patent Of
flee. "-EDMUND BURKE, late Commissioner Of
Patents"
Boston, October 49, 1876.
X. ID: EDDY, Esq.-Dear Sir you procured for
me, IN 1910. my first patent Since then You have
acted for and advised me in hundreds of cases and
procured many patents, reissues and extensions
have occasionally employed the best agencies in
New York Philadelphia and Washington but !
still give yon almost the whole of my business in
your line and advise others to employ you
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER
Boston, Jan. l, lS77.-Iy
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DAVIS ESTATE.

u The subscrlbers, having been appointed by tbq
Hon. Probate Court for the district of Caledonia
commissioners to receive, examine and adjust ali
claims and demands of all persons, against the ca
tate of Demeritt Davis, late of Lyndon, in said
district deceased, represented insOlvent and tbe
term of six months from the 23d day of Dec,
1876, being allowed by said Court to the creditors
of said deceased, to exhibit and prove their
respective claims before us Give notice that We
will attend to the duties of appointment al
the dwelling house of Sarah B. Davis in Lyndon
Ock in said district, the 10th day of February
and the 23d day of June next at 10 O'Clock in t6e
forenoon, on each of said days 596l
JOHN T. G. CUNNINGHAM, (C,
CHARLES ROGERS (COm rs.
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MAKE THE MOST OF MANY
farmers look forward to the winter as a
season of rest and give themselves up
to idleness. This seems to us all wrong
and we hope young farmers especially
will lay out their plans to make the
most of the opportunity which the long
evenings afford for mental culture.
Our old friend Robert B. Thomas, well
says:
A spur in the head is worth two in
the heels. Head work is what we want
on the farm. 1t is brain power that
makes things move in this world, and
keeps them on the track. Make and
lay out plans for the year. Map out
the fields so as to know just where and
when to put in the work. The great
secret of luck on the farm is to do things
at the right time and in the right way.
A note Look in the pocket is a handy
thing. Strict farm accounts, with each
lot under its own head tell plain and
true story. JOt down new thought
on the spot. 1t saves heap of time.
Hire farm hands early. The best are
sure to be snatched up first, and the
best are the cheapest in the end even if
they do cost little more by the month.
Keep barns and sheds clean, the tools
under cover and all in their place. 1t
doesn't improve the carts, the ploughs,
the horse rakes or the sleighs, for the
hens to roost on them. The butts and
stalks OF corn ought to be cut short to
be fed out to cows. 1t saves a great
deal. All stock ought to be kept clean
and in pure air, not too cold. Keep the
cellar as clean as wax. Put ON good
coat of lime wash-you can do it now
as we'll as in the spring. A full ice
house is worth ten times its cost. 1t is
best, also, to fill it early in the win ter,
that is, as early as it is possible to cut
and lay in first quality of ice.-MaS-
sachusetts Ploughmdn.
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4 CHSAH HOLMEs' ESTATE.

A CHSAH HOLMES ESTATE
"A The subscribers, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Gale.
donna Commissioners to receive, examine and ad
just all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Achsah Holmes, late of Ryegate
in said District, deceased represented insol
vent and the term of six months from the 18th day
of Dec, A d. 1876 being allowed by said Court to
the creditors of said deceased to exhibit and prove
their respective claims before Give notice
ment at the store of George L. Hall in south
Ryegate, in said district on the 18th day OF
June next, at ten o'clock, in the forenoon of said
day.
eoo lanes IAN R PARK, Comm,rs
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SIMON DIS MFG CO.,
Fitchburg, Mass
HAIR VINE,

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-
Jude of the hairs decay. removes dandruff and
cures all diseases of the scalp and as a shampoo
and dressing for ladies hair cannot be excelied
Iry IT, Ask your druggist and dealers for it every
where, OF send 75cts for trial bottle address
G. W. RICHARDSON, Barnet Vt
For sale in st: Johnsbury by C. &. Bingham, and
Il: D. Randall Druggists.
Sold in Peacham by John VaInum Jr
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, vt. Whole
sale Agents. 1Oitf
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A Few Words from a Criminal.

In Portland, Me-, on Saturday, Will
liam Marvin was sentenced to six years
Imprisonment in the State Prison for
forgery. He had already twelve years
for similar offences. Marvin is now
forty five years of age. Before sentence
was imposed he addressed the Court
as follows:
'YOur Honor, l do not get up here
to state my case to you thinking /
shall get any leniency. probably am
not deserving of any. In the first place
1 have been very hard man all my
lifetime, L have been in crime more
or less ever since l became twenty zone
years of age. My father was dissapa-
ted man, although had a good mother
and a good sister. Had l taken their
advice l should not have been here to-
day. But strayed from that advice,
and am not only here but l have spent
nearly thirteen years of my life in
State Prison. The law has punished
me for every crime I ever committed
until | came to this place.
These young men and boys may
laugh as much as they are a mind to,
but can tell some of them l now see
around me that if they do not change
their ways they will, sooner or lat
er, occupy this place where 1 now
am. My life has been one of bling,
thieving and forging. 1t seems to me
that every punishment 1 got has made
me worse. feel sort of revengeful
spirit against my fellow men. 1 have
got good army record and good rec
ord in State Prison, if that is anything
to mention.
1 make this statement to warn these
young men in Court within the hearing
of my voice that unless they stop their
downward course, they are going to
land where am going now. Twas well
brought up, as far as my mothers limit
ed means would allow. She has gone
to her long home and have no friends
except sister, and she spent her last
dollar while L was in prison. Here
Marvin burst into tears.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-26

The business of West Enosburg meets
a severe check in the burning, early
Sunday morning, of the flour-mill of
G. F. Ovill & Son, with a carriage
shop aud several dwellings; loss on
mill $4,000, with no insurance.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-26

bird which has been subsisting on such
scanty and innutritious fare as may be
picked up in an African desert.-Pau
Mall Gazette.
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S w ORN STATEMEN
OF A
BOSTON DRUGGIST.

Gentlemen Il hereby certify that 1 have had
Catarrh for ten years, and for the last six years
have been a terrible sufferer. was rendered par
TALLY deaf, had buzzng in the head, pains across
the temple, dizzy spells, weak and painful eyes,
swollen and liberated tonsils hard and constant
cough, severe pain across the chest and every in
dlcatlon of consumption. My head ached all the
time. The matter accumulated rapidly in my
head and throat that could not keep them free.
Frequently at night would spring out of bed it
seemed to me. at the point of sutfocatiOn l would
then have recourse to every means in my power to
dlslodge the mucus from my throat and head be-
fore being able to sleep again. For a period of six
years my tonsils were liberated and so much in
tanned that could with difficulty swallow. fin
ally consulted an eminent surgeon in regard to an
operation them, but at his request postponed it.
The constant inflammation and liberation in my
throat caused by the poisonous matter dropping
down from my head had so irritated and infamed
my lungs that coughed incessantly,-a Deep hard
cough. Meanwhile my system began to show the
effects of this disease, so that lost flesh, grew
pale, and showed every symptom of an early death
by consumption. When matters had reached this
stage or about six months ago, 1 began the use of
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRH After
using the first bottle began to improve rapidly
The first dose seemed to clear my head had not
arrest the discharges 1t stopped my cough in three
days. By using it gargle L soon reduced the
they ceased to trouble me. The soreness
across my chest disappeared the buzzing noises in
my head ceased, my senses of hearing and of seeing
were completely restored, and every symptom of
disease that had reduced me to the verge of the
grave disappeared by the use of SANFoRDs RADI-
CAL CURE FOR CATARRH.
| have been thus explicit because, a druggist,
L have seen great deal of suffering from Catarrh
and hope to convince many that this is a great
remedy.
am familiar with the treatment of Catarrh as
practised by the best physicians, and have con-
suited the most eminent about my case, 1 have
used every kind of remedy and apparatus that have
appeared during period of six years past and
have while following their use, taken great care of
my general health, but obtained no relief or en-
couragement from any of them
Since curing myself with SANFoRD's RADICAL
CURE, have recommended it in over one hundred
cases without single of failure, and have in
numerous instances received wholesale orders from
parties to whom have sold one bottle. This is the
only patent medicine 1 have ever recommended
never having believed in them before, although
constantly engaged in their sale.
Very gratefully yours,
GEORGE F. DINSMORE.
BOSTON, Feb. 49, 1875.
SUFFOLK, IS. Feb %. 1875.
Then personally appeared the said George F.
Dnsmore, and made oath that the foregoing state
ment by him subscribed is true.
Before me,
SETH j. THOMAS,
Justice of the Peace