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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-02
A Notable Connecticut Prisoner.
[From the Hartford Courantl

Twenty years ago, young man
in New Haven was engaged to marry
young woman there. For some reason
she transferred her promise to marry,
if not her affections, to another person.
The first suitor, who was a respectable
mechanic, disapproved of the match,
and declared that his rival was dis
reputable person who would lead his
affianced a wretched life, and that,
while he could surrender her himself,
he would rather she should die than
marry that man. Accordingly, and as
he said solely to save her from the aw-
ful fate of such degrading marriage,
he killed the girl. He did not attempt
to conceal his deed he justified it, and
regarded himself as the savior of tue
girls happiness. He was tried for mur-
der and acquitted on the ground of in
sanity, although he stOutly denied that
he was insane and said that he had
acted upon his cool conviction of what
was the best for the girl, and was ready
to suffer the penalty of the law for the
homicide. Acquitted, he was remand
ee to the county jail by the court
he remained there seven or eight years,
III the JlHle pIoleSiinS OhdO HO NdS III
his right mind, and that the state
should either hang him for murder ol
release him. He was then transferred
10 the state prison at Wethersfeld, by
what authority, it does not appear, un-
der no sentence. There he has remain
ed until this day, in the same state OF
mind, apparently rational on all sub
lects, except that he insists that he had
IA right to kill the girl to save her from
dishoDor; and that if the state thought
otherwise it should have punished him
as a murderer. This is the story o
Willard Clarke, who has now petition
ed the Assembly to remove him from
the state prison to the insane asylum
at Middletown. If he is insane, that il
where he belongs. If he is sane, ht
has a right to his liberty, having beer
once acquitted on trial for his life. 81
far as it appears, he has now been il
Jail nearly a quarter of Il century with
out authority of law for, if there il
anywhere existing legal commitment
of Clarke as lunatic, the state prison
is not legal place for the continemen
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-02

consisting largely of milk, oatmeal or
graham, with lean beef, (if any meat,)
and vegetables and fruit, and little OF
no cake, and sweet meats, have better
teeth-less trouble with the teeth every
way-than children who eat cOnsidera-
BILE molasses, sugar, cake and candy.
| saw good dentist removing tartar
from lady's teeth after having filed
several cavities. He used simple pum-
ice stone, which he said was the basis
of many tooth powders. This he ap-
piled with small pine stick, so scour-
ing the teeth. Afterwards l treated
the teeth of two little girls III the same
manner. Their teeth had been neg
lected until they had dark yellOwish
border next the gums. Simple wash
ing with a tooth brush would not re-
move this, but after one securing with
the pumice stone, they were easily kept
clean by the daily use of a tooth brush
Well kept teeth do not need "scOur-
ing" and powders of all kinds should
be cautiously used. Children should
be taught to take care of their teeth
to keep them clean, aud to avoid al
abuse of these useful members.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-02
Beware of Quacks.

1t is astonishing with what readiness
persons will trust their lives in the
hands of individuals who give no evi-
dence of having any sound knowledge
whatever of the human system or the
diseases to which it is subject. People
seem to use their good sense upon this
subject less than upon any other. If Il
man is to be employed to NOV, or
thresh, or dig cistern, or build a house,
the employer takes good care to see
that the applicant for employment un-
derstands his business; but such pre-
caution is seldom taken III the selection
of a medical adviser. If an ignorant
Dutchman, a half-civilized Indian, or u
travelling quack, recommends certain
decoctiOn or compound, it is swallowed
unhesitatingly and without any knOwl-
edge of its real nature. 1t may be Il
drug of the most deleterious character !;
but the unsuspecting patient knows
nothing of it until he finds himself suf-
feriug from the injury inflicted. The
sooner people learn to use the same
good common sense in relation to mat
tiers pertaining to health that they Use
in regard to other matters, to trust their
lives in the hands of those only who
have acquired by patient study the fit
ness to bear so grave a responsibility
the better it will be for humanity, and
the sooner quacks and charlatans will
be compelled to procure a living in
some more honest manner than trying
dangerous experiments on human life
There are hygienic quacks as well al
drug quacks. Like the latter, they
are chiefly distinguished by their ig
ignorance. As general rule, this class
of quacks advocate very strenuously
some of the most extreme and imprac
ticable measures in diet or medica
treatment. Beware of them.-HedId
RefOrmer
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-02
Squibs.

''Good morning, Donelly! l hear
your daughter has baby is it boy
or a girl 2" ''Shure, Miss, it's meself
as doesn't yet know for the life of me
if I'm a grandfather or grandmother,
bedad. London Fun.
The suspension of the Washington
Chronicle throws an able-bodied pair
of scissors out of employment right in
the midst of the hardest winter within
the recollection of the oldest inhabi-
Herald
"George! Georget" said the wife of
Market street man, the other night,
waking him from his slumbers. "Whad
der you want?" he growls. go listen,
George! I'm sure l hear something !"
''Lemme alone, Maria" "But l do
hear something-I know do" "What
does it sound like 2" "George, it
sounds like a watch ticking" "It's the
bed ticking,n responded the brute, and
then turned over and began to snOre.
Maria has gone home to her mother.
Why is a law-book like ram leap
ing over fence? Because they're
both boundin' sheep.
Two oysters in a gallon of lukewarm
lulu dJ IL CuuICH ldlI are uO lOuSoI
called stews, but aquariums.
"What did you get?" she asked as
he returned from a two days deer hunt.
'|GOt back ~ was the cool reply.
A boy beginning to learn geography
said the Poles live partly at one end of
the globe and partly at the other, be-
cause it is marked so on the map.
Fair charmer (who thinks that she
knows everything about college affairs)
-'Is it possible, Mr.. Tomkins, that
YOU are not acquainted with my broth
er at Harvard 2 Why, he sings second
base on the University baseball crew."
II Harvard LampOon.
A person leaving a crowded stage at
New York the other day, steadied him
self by resting his hands on the knees
of the passengers. "What a savage "
exclaimed one lady. ''Yes," replied
her companion, he's a Pawnee."
After Detroit small boy had leaned
up against wall for full two hours,
yesterday, policeman asked if he was
waiting for any one in particular.
''Waitin' for a runaway to come along"
replied the boy. 'FYou want to see Il
team run away, do you ?'' 81 want to
see a truck-team come zippin' along
here, hit that peanut stand in the mid
die, and while the sympathetic public
are picking up the Italian ! want to be
picking up the peanuts" was the frank
reply. The officer decided to enforce
the twenty-second joint rule, and the
boy was made to move on.
Lady Ito shopman, after making him
iurn over all the stock )-"There, that's
exactly the quality | want, but it is
green, and want plum color" lnsin-
Mating shopman-"Youc can't do better
tiian take this. Besides, ma'am, it is
plum color" Lady-"What ? Plum
color ?" Shopman Certainly. Only
the plums are not ripe"
Don't neglect your penmanship. A
man in New York got $64,000 from a
banker for being good writer. 1t is
not yet known how many years he will
get.-DaRbmy Nescs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-02

w Mr.. Moody uses the simple,
homespun English of the middle clas-
ses. His text book is the Bible, and
his speech is saturated with Saxon idi-
oms The directness of his style is
well illustrated in this passage from
his sermon on Tuesday evening in Bos-
ton: ga little child, dying, said to its
mother, what mountains do | see yOn-
derF There are no mountains in front
of the house, my child Yes there are,
mother; don't you see them? Won't
you take me over in your armsf And
the mother got down and prayed and
told her boy that Jesus would be with
him. And then the child's eyes bright
ened, and he said, Mother don't you
hear them p Hear who, my childP
Hear the angels, mother. They are
Just on the other side of the mountains.
Carry me over the mountains, mother
4 can't do that my child; the Savior
will take you over, Jesus will be with
you. Look to Him. And then he
breathed a prayer and said, 'Goodby
mother. Jesus has come to carry me
over the mountain : and then the little
sufferer was gone. Oh, sinner! Christ
has come to carry you over the noun
tain. He will fold you to His bosom
and carry you into His kingdom"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-02
Widder Green's Last Words.

I'm goin' to die" says the Widder Green;
I'm goin' to quit this airthly scene;
1t amt no place for me to stay
In such a world as tits to-day.
Such works and ways is too much for me,
Nobody can't let nobody be.
The girls is fiounced from top to toel
An that's the hull O. what they know.
The men is mad on bonds and stocks,
Swearin' and shootin' and pickin' locks;
I'm real afraid I'll be hanged myself
Ef amt laid on my final shelf.
There amt a cretur but knows to-day
Inever was lunatic anyway.
But, since crazy folks all go free
I'm dreadful afraid they'll hang up me!
There's another matter that's pesky hard
1 can't go into a neighbor's yard
To say, How be you 2 or borrow pin,
But what the papern have it in.
We're pleased to say the Widder Green
Took dinner Tuesday with Mrs. Keene,'
Or our worthy friend Mrs Green, has gone
Down to Barkhampstead to see her son.
Great Jerusalem can't 1 stir,
Without raisin some fellers furl
There amt no privacy, so to say,
No more than if this the judgment day.
And as for meetln-l want TO swear
Whenever put my head in there
Why even Old Hundreds spilled and done
Like everything else under the sun -
1t used to be so solemn and slow
Praise to the Lord from men below
Now it goes like gallopin' steer,
High diddle diddle, there and here;
No respect to the Lord above,
No mOre'n eff He was hand and glove
With all the creatures He ever made,
And all the jigs that ever was played.
Preachin', tOO-but here I'm dumb;
But tell you, what I'd like it some
Eff good old Parson Nathan Strong
Out O. his grave would come along,
An give us a stirrin' taste of fire
Judgment an justice is my desire.
'Tain't all love and sickish sweet
That makes this world nor 'tOther complete.
But law Tn old ! I'd better be dead
When the worlds a-turnin' over my head
Sperets talkin like 'tarnal fools,
Bibles kicked out o. deestrict schools,
Crazy cretures a murderin' round
Honest folks better be underground,
So fare ye well this earthly scene
Won't no more be pestered by Widder Green.
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-02
To Builders and Lumber Dealers.

- The subscriber has completed his new mill in
victory, and is now prepared to furnish lumber
ana dimension timber of almost all kinds. His
ifees are large and he can furnish long and heavy
lumber for especial purposes. The subscriber hav-
a aalg been in the business more than thirty years,
matters himself he understands what builders
rily ''-S nANIET G0I nv
ST. Johnsbury, May 4, 1875. 7ltf
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-02
INSURE
Against Accidents

l am authorized to provide protection for the
people against the casualties which happen to them
EEsTA ~ A day. Come and me. EDWA RID +:
TTAhK, Agent for Travellers Life and Accident
insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. Office
o'ef bngham's Drug Store St. Johnsbury, Vt
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-02
VOLUME 4O---NUMBER 2O66.

of lunatics who have not been con-
victed of crime. 1t is quite time that
the Assembly relieved the state of the
disgrace of such slip-shod proceedings.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-02
Soluble Pacific Cuano.

T. "A No. fertilizer. 1t is prompt, active and re-
haoie. Ten years successful use have shown 1t TO
@ oe oi the very highest quality. Price moderate
qualty and standard guaranteed For further
particulars address H. A. BLAKE, Sutton,
soft Agt. for VT
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-02
Business DIRECTORY.

Name. Business and Location of the lead
ina Business Houses in ST. JOhnSbury.
Agricultural Tools and Hardware.
HASKELL & SONS, Hoyt's Block r. r. st
Apothecaries.
c. c. BINGHAM No 5, Bank Block, Main st.
Attorneys at Law.
NJ. MONTGOMERY, Jewett's Building, r. r. St.
ELISHA MAY. over Hall & Fletchers Store.
EEi.D2N & IDE, No.2 Caledonian Blk, up stairs.
Al. WILLARD, Main St., over Hall g. Fletchers,
also Real Estate Broker.
Books and Stationery.
HOWARD & ROwELL. CaledOnian Blk, Main st
Book Binders.
e.. NJ. STONE & CO., Agt's, Monument Square.
BIanks--Legal and Business.
e. VI. STONE & CO, Monument Square.
Bakers and Confectioners.
CROSS & BRADLEY, Main Street.
Clothing for Men and Boys.
f. & 7. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village.
CrOckery, Glass and Stone Ware.
f. a T. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village.
Carpeting, Paper-Hangings, Window-shades.
L. & 7. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village.
Dentists.
j. L. PERKINS, Caledonian Block, Main Street.
w. 1. Goods, Groceries and Fruits,
MATHEWS a. PETTENGILL, Eastern Avenue
Dry Goods, and Ladies' Fancy Goods.
0. II. HALE, Avenue Block R. R. Street.
E. & T. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village.
Furniture and Caskets.
HALL & SWITSER, Main Street.
CALDERW0OD, g. SEVERANCE, LOO.F. Blk,
File Manufacturer.
ST. Johnsbury File Works, opp. Passenger Depot
Groceries and Housekeeping Goods.
L. & T. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village.
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Terms.-One copy per annum- 500
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Maid No other receipt is necessary.
Postage-Free in Caledonia County. Subscrib-
rrs out Of this County will remit with their sub
serptions ten cents in addition for postage as the
law now requires all postage on the Cdtedonidn to
he paid in advance at the St JOhnsbury Post Once
Job Printing of all kinds done at living prices.
With new and modern machinery and skillful work
men, nearly all kinds of job Printing can be done
as well and as cheap as in the cities
Legal Blanks, Card and Paper stock constantly
ON hand.
Rates of Advertising.
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he ddrertiseneItS TeceiUed and nothing but legitimate
business advertising solicited
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With thy neighbors. They are sure to
xill-T s, Arthur.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-11
TtIIg ENGLISH FaITHa.
Circulation Of the Tel a*aph Proposed Pe.ny
Edition Of the Times.

tFr1u. The lan Francisco Post.
Tho TELEGRAM h has attained an i'm
msnss circulation. and The numbers are
worth noting. showing 90 they do what
can be accomplished by newspaper en-
terprisa. The accountants VINO nave
examined the books Of this paper state
that the number Of papers printed
during the period from the 1st or July
TO tho tst OF December, 1870, has been
90. al 1875, showing daily average o.!
400, Jl7. this being tho greatest result
hitherto shown by tho books OF the
daily Telegraph. m .,
Maufatr 10 TO DO the title Of mn illus
trated journal OF politics, literature and
society. which Ia TO appeal early In the
new year. The staff OF the new Journal,
from among the best writer's on the
London press. Mr.. II! II. Lucy, the
writer OF the parliamentary article in
the World entitled "Under The Clock, !"
has transferred his services TO the
MnVfdir. At the first view 10 would seem
that there could not possibly be room
for another high. priced illustrated pa
per. but the success OF the London
G,'dphtc, notwithstanding that the Illus.
tratsd Ne,Ds seemed before its advent TO
supply the whole want, shows plainly
that, although new corners are not
called for, there ia room for each and
oil who will push their way into oirou-
lation. This Ia exemplifled by the
number Of comic !" papers that
have and are still appearing
every week. Punch still main.
thins Its old position as being tho oldest.
Fun tedited, until his death, by Tom
Hood, Joaquin Miller's friend) 10 now n
very good property. The Funny Folks
bids fair TO be success, principally
owing to the able political cartoons that
are drrwn for IL by Proctor, His latest
idea betrays Bismarck as Iago walking
away from. Cassie and Roderigo,
tRussia and Turkey, whom he has
set on to fight. ehuckling over tho
idea that, no matter which ono might
lose, 1t would siill DO his gain. The
very latest adventurer In tho comic
journal field ID n paper being for It's title
the name T0rt0k. A journalistic friend
remarked. after glanoing over the. FIRST
number, issued this week, TT will not
be long before tho publisher will say,
Alas, poor Yoriek."
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The best aud cbrat'eet gioyes at Kreeger's.
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| $3.50 per monst, ~ Mrs. ,,rennaa's 11s Cor.

$3.50 per muntt, VI Mrs Hrennat,'s lib Cor
rientes
II may be unnecessary TO remark. In expla.
nation, that that country II blessed with b
paper currency, and that the people are anx.
iously locking forward 10 . resumption Of spe-
ole payment.
The protraoted financial depression in
Austro. Hon gary continues undated During
The past year 1866 Arms became bankrupt, be
sides forty one limited liability companies,
representing capital TO the amount OF g.
600 900 forms. AT recent osbinet council
In Vienna the finance minister's OF Austria and
Hunpsry urged that no further demands
should be made upon taxpayers unless the
necessity was overwhelming. Exchange ON
London has risen within few months from
liz TO 125.
The folio wing passage Of private letter
from Mr. Frederick Douglass shows how col
ores men are still esteemed In the benightsd
regions of The Bontb ~ am now, 40 you ace,
In spn hwestern Missouri Yesterday GAM
nj Springfield, WAS invited into the Kitchen 30
uet my breakfast This was little too much,
and did not 20. The Bouth IL sill the hell
black south, aud will remain 10 for good
while longer. Carthage twhete am now 10
quite q decent place. The people a1e moHtl,
from The North. This accounts for my being
called down here TO lecture
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CHOIGE DIVISIONS.

G0oo BACK3 WHITE CORN.
CANDLES 5000 boxes N. Bohaefrer best star
Candles. full weight and all sizes, as. 6. 2
and s's
P0RK~1o00 barrels standard Moss and Extra
Prime.
BACON-i9o casks md half caska. Louisville
Packing. Bacon. Sides and Shoulders.
HhMS-200 terces Of large and worry small Of
best Louisville and Cincinnati brands, Gan.
vased and Sugar-eured. and also Plain
Hams.
DRY SALTBD MEATs-1De.DOo pounds Sides
and Shoulders.
FLOUR-1Ooo barrels Choice and Low Grades.
WHISKY-20D barrels Of best old Kentucky
hand made sour mash Bourbon and Rye
Whislfes direct from PARIS, Ky. and war.
ranted pure and unadutsrated 49, such
brands as Bowen and J. A. Miller. Chicken
COCK.
On consignment and for sale by
MILLER, DOLHONDE &c CO.,
sea tao Gs, 10 and az Tchoupitoulas st.
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SCIENCE ANHb EsaE pEaUssp,
A apirituaiist af the GpiuieB shat Baby
Ion originated the Tradition.


DIR. Baynton. the veteran Spirtualigt
delivered lecture upon THE Deluge
| In the Light OF Science" ut the Howard
Rooms last evening. He said substan-
TALLY that he did not come forward to
ridioule tho Biblical account Of the
flood, but to talk nationally about 1t.
and in the light Of the latest scientifl !
and pathological Developments. In his
opinion the Jews did not get their ae-
count Of the creation and the deIuge
in the manner stated In Genesis.
but obtained 1t from the wise
men and Inscriptions Of Babylon
at the time Of their captivity there.
There 10 nothing in the Hebrew records
and traditions that indicates that that
nation had any notion of such an event
as the deluge prior to their residence In
Babylon. After their return from oap-
tivity the account appears, and 1t La no.
ticeable that many words used In the
description are OF Assyrian origin, as,
for example, the Hebrew word for angel,
from which were further coined the
proper names ending in sell" AZ Cab
riel, Michael, etc. The tradition of
Babylon, as given by ancient historians
and now confirmed by inscriptions, IL
very similar to the Hebrew account.
Each fills tho place between the first
created being with ten patriarchs
or divnities, which may repre-
sent dynastfes. Other instances
were mentioned where the Jews
had borrowed traditions from the
people with whom they had associated.
as the worship of the golden calf sug-
gested by tho worship OF the sacred OK
in Egypt. Tho marked similarity of
traditions OF the deluge that existed
among the Assyrians, Egyptians and
Greeks was dweltupon, and II was ind-
Gated that they obtained 1t one from
another in the order given, and modi-
fed 1t as suggested by local inunda-
tions. The tradition became current
among tho Assyrians because Of an an
cient inundation Of the Tigris and Eu-
The well-known geolog icnf
and physiological arguments against |
the theory that the deluge was univer- |
sal were presented, and 1t was explained |
that the Hebrew account did not intend |
to say that It was universal in extent, but |
apparently said 50 by reason of the In |
adequacy Of that language to express o
partial action or condition. AS state
ment Of fact the account Of the deluge |
is automatically inconsistent, but US
! myth, or more properly an allegory--
OF numerous Interpretations |
1T IL consistent In it's inconsistency.
But whatever the deluge may have |
,een, or the tradition of it may be, there
8 no reason for its interfering with the
cardinal points OF belief OF Christianity.
" spiritualism, both OF which embrace
Ill good, practice every virtue, and
each men to love and do unto his neigh
'or as TO himself.
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import IN. 6 plat1fara SEQ Trouard's
advertisement.
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Gasanave's Capitalization.
IN. Y. World,l

Casanave. Returning Board states
man, was examined by the House Com
mittee On Powers aud Privileges yester-
day, and his testimony is remarkable
for the fact that he oontrived In the
course of it to enrich the language with
the tremendous word "contabulated."
He was weak enough. however, to al
low Mr.. Burchard to bulldoze him into
confessing that he meant consolida-
ted" He appeared to know nothing
about how the board contrived to con
tabulate" the Republican candidates
into Office.