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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27

it was to the man who inflicted this
corporal insult upon woman, rather
than he who killed her, that Shakespeare
described as disgracing the name of
coward. Iago, that spurns his wife, is
worse than Othello, that Stays her. A
blow is the last mark of cOwardice and
barbarism.
The cowardice of the Kemper county
ruffians in attacking man in prison,
whom they supposed to be without
ammunition, their barbarism in over
riding the law, their cruelty in shooting
him through the shield of his young
son and daughter, and killing them as
well as himself, their utter svageIy in
blockading the house and refusing the
admission of surgical aid by which the
daughters life might have been saved,
all go to make a picture of horror that
will become one of our historic shames !;
but this mark of the blow upon Miss
ChishOlm's face adds a contemplate
brutality to the story, which it had
heretofore escaped. The social code of
the Southern people taught them a sort
of chivalry amid their violence and
recklessness of life, and the fact that a
blow was struck upon the face of a
young girl defending her father, is a
worse sign of degeneration and the VIC
lence of party hatred than the killing
itself. 1t is sign that even their self
imposed rules of "chivalry" have ceased
to prevail so long as that blow was in
fiicted, and has not been avenged. 1t
gives the final touch to the barbarity of
the Kemper county massacre, which
places its perpetrators on the level with
the Sioux. If there is a spirit of eternal
justice, this deed will not always cry to
heaven for vengeance, however eX-
ultant its perpetrators may now be in
their impunity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
The Beauty of Ripeness.
BY C. H. STURGEON.

BY c. H. STURGEON.
Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit
MATT. vii. IT,
Ripe fruit has its own peculiar beauty.
AS the fruit ripens, the sun tints it with
surprising loneliness, and the colOrs
deepen till the beauty of the fruit is
equal to the beauty of the blossom, and
in some respects is superior. What a
delicacy of bloom there is upon the
grape, the peach, the plum, when they
have attained perfection 1t is another
sort of beauty altogether from that of
the blossom, yielding to the eye of the
husbandman, who has the care of gar
den, tairer sight by far. The blossom
is painted by the pencil of hope, but
the fruit is dyed in the hue of enjoy
ment. There is in ripe Christians the
beauty of realized sanctification, which
the Word of God knows by the name
of ''the beauty of holiness" This con-
secratiOn to God, this setting apart for
his service, this watchful avoidance of
evil, this careful walking in integrity,
this dwelling near to God, this being
made like unto Christ-in a word, this
beauty of holiness, is one of the surest
emblems of maturity in grace. You
have no ripe fruit if you are not holy,
if still your passions are unsubdued, if
still you are carried about by every
wind of temptation. But where holt
ness is perfected in the fear of God, and
the Christian is at least striving after
perfect holiness, and aiming to be con-
formed to the image of Christ, one of
the marks of the ripe fruit is plainly
present.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
Why do We Sit StillP
JER. 8: IA.

Woe unto them that are at ease in
Zion. Amos 6: l.
Arise We, and let us go up to Zion
unto the Lord our God. Jer. 3l:6.
Be not now negligent: for the Lord
hath chosen you to stand before him tC
serve him, and that We should minister
unto him. Oh. %: IL.
Every one unto his work. Neh. 4: Is
The night cometh when no man car
work John 9: 4.
Be strong therefore, and let not YOU
hands be weak; for your work shall be
rewarded. 2 Oh. 1857.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do
do it with thy might. Feel. 9: 10.
Every one in his business. Neh
13: 30.
Why should the work cease, whilst
leave it? Neb. 6:3.
Arise ye . Cor this is not your rest
Mic. 2: 10.
Keep not back: bring my sons from
far, and my daughters from the ends o
the earth, even every one that is called
by my name for / have created him fol-
my glory. This people have | formed
for myself: they shall shew forth my
praise. lisa. 43: e, Z, 81.
He Uesus) said, Wist We not thai
| must be about my Fathers business
Luke 2: 40.
Why stand We here all the day idle
Go We also into the vineyard. Matt
90: 6.
Herein is my Father glorified, tina
We bear much fruit: so shall we be my
disciples. John Is: 8.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
Sporting Uncertainties.

Brother Gardner had planned to eel
citrate the glorious Fourth by hunting
snipe on the shores of st. Clair, but
when he reached the race course the ex-
element drew him in among the spec
tators. 1t was noticed as he came down
in the evening that his shot gun was
missing, and he was asked to explain
its absence.
81 doan' feel much like 'splaining
anything" he sadly answered; but be-
ing pressed he went on:
"Well, after | got in dar and seed
every body putin up DER money on de
bosses / reckoned I'd better scoop some
greenhorn out five or ten dollars.
went over and took look at de flyers.
Bimeby seed one dat pleased me and
l made up to de driver and axed him if
he meant to win de race. He said he
did. He said he'd go right by all de
odder bosses as de lightning goes by a
man wild wheelbarrOw, and he'd come
down de stretch home wild sparks of
fire flying from de wheels"
"And you bet on that hOrseP,
"Dat's wot did, of course. put up
dat new shotgun agin $5, and when
the eight bosses pranced up to de score
1 could feel dat SIS jumpin' right frew
all my VEINS"
"Well, did your horse win ?"
"NOt ezactly-not unless de anamile
which comes in behind all de rest is de
winner When l seed him way back
dar l yelled for de driver to put on de
whip, but he never minded me, and a
white man hit dis plug hat an awful
mash. l believe dat horse was pulled
1t dOan' seem to me dat he was given a
fair show. Den it doan' STAN to reason
dat his driver would tell me to bet Oh
the boss if he didn't feel suah OBJ de
race. What fer should he lie9 What
fer would be the objeck ?"
$50 you've lost the gun ?"
''De gun dun gone. De Teller wal
winned it walked right off like de big
gest duke in Michigan, an if rush o.
cool air hadn't come along bout dat
time might 'ur sunk down on de grass
to rise no noah. lie feelin' better just
now, an eff kin make de ole woman
believe l los de gun in de marsh, II
recover from dis shock as de years roll
away" -DetrOit Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
The Blow on Miss Chisholm's Face.

1t was left for the New Orleans cor
respondent or the Pail Mall Gazette to
make known the fact that when Miss
Cornelia Chisholm died, there was upon
her face the livid bruise from blow
by mans fist. In the melee in defence
of her father, she was struck as well as
three times shot. This correspondent
OF the Gazette, evidently an English
man, has heretofore been noted for his
denunciatiOn of republicans and defence
of the native democrats, even to the
extent of Misrepresentation, but the
Chisholm outrage is too much for his
sympathies and he denOunces it as the
act of barbarism, which it is, and
charges it fully home upon the political
hatred to which it belongs. This bloody
deed will make known the name OF
Mississippi to the scOrn of the civilized
world, and no efforts of the Southern
press can wash it out. The very fact
that they attempt to excuse it, or to
ignore it, spreads the responsibility fol-
the crime over the whole South, and il
taints the whole region to a certain ex-
tent, rather than is confined to its par
ticular locality or state.
The revelation of the blow upon the
fair face of the young girl, gives almost
a greater shock to indignation than her
wounds or painful death. History has
been more indignant at the blow by the
hand of the executiOner upon the cheek
of Charlotte Corday, as he held up the
bleeding head, than at her actual mar
tyrdOm, for that was the natural ending
of her self-sacrifice, and the seal upon
her glory; but the blow was vile and
needless insult, an indignity from which
death, if nothing else, should have pro-
tected her. The man who slays a
woman outright is often less despica-
BILE wretch than he who strikes her, and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27

~ After men get into the church
ministers are apt to think they are safe,
and to look out for more. They are al
ways dragging their net, and never
packing down the fish. Yet we are
more responsible for men after theil
conversion than before. They are in
covert, but are in great danger. Their
higher life is now to be developed.
1t is your business, as ministers, to
make each feel that he must follow
Christ in his own place: the boy at
school, the mother at home in the fam
lily, the mechanic and day-labOrer at
their business affairs. The Church is
the pasture-feld for Christian de-
velopment; the world is the drilling
ground. No man who has to harmO-
nize antagonisms in himself can develop
serenity unless late in life.-Beecher.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
TROTTINC STATIONS
OF
The Green Mountain Stud Farm,
WEST RANDOLPH, VT.

Hambletonian Monarch-FOaled April GOTH
1s64-Blood Bay-Sixteen hands high-Sired by
Rysdyk's HambletOnian-Dam by ROe's Abdallah
chief Terms, 800 to insure.
AND
Randolph Oaled 1674-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 ~ mares Terms. s25 to insure
VIII make the season of 1877 from May 18th to
Sept. LIST at the farm of
w. ID. FOSTER, Woodstock, Vt
Don Giovanni-Foaled 1s70-GOlden Bay-l5i
hands high-sred by Hampton, son of Rysdyk's
HambletOnian-Dam by Volunteer g d., by old
Abdallah. Terms $50 to insure.
LOckwOOd-FOaled 1s73-BlOOd Bay. blk points
-l5a hands high-Sired by Aberdeen-Dam Lady
Lockwood trecord 2.25) by Neave's Cassius NJ.
Clay, Jr. Terms, $50 to insure
viii make the of 1877 at the Green
Mountain Stud Farm, West Randolph, Vt.
Mares pastured and well cared for at 100 per
week but all accidents at owners risk. For circu-
lars giving extended pedigrees address
MOULTON BROTHERS,
77-s9 West Randolph, Vermont.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
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 dandruf 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 it every
where or send 75cts for trial bottle, address
G. W. RICHARDSON Barnet, VT
For sale in st. JOhnsbury by C. G. Bingham, and
G. ID. Randall Druggists.
Sold in Peacham by John VaTnum, Jr.
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt, Whole
sale Agents. IOltf
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27

The old fashioned farmer can perhaps
remember when he stared at the idea of
baling hay and putting whole load in
to ii few compact bundles. Years ago,
however, it became a familiar practice.
But we doubt if it has ever occurred to
him to bale manure, and he will stare in
good earnest to be told that Mr.. Acker-
man, of New York, is doing this
very thing. He bales stable ma
nure in common hay-press, and finds
that it can be handled as easily as hay ;
will keep any length of time without
spelling; does not heat, but gradually
decompOses into peat-like substance,
and is in fine order to apply to the land.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
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.Ggfafeg.
yHEELER'S ESTATE.

OLIVE WHEELER'S ESTATE.
~ The subscribers, having been appointad1
the Hon. Probate Court for the district Of CoI ~
donia commissioners to receive examine and Jai s
just all claims and demands of all persons agai
the estate of Olive Wheeler, late of Lowell NilpS
in said district deceased, represented insoIya,'
and the term of six months from the 23d Do en'
July, 1877, being allowed by said Court 10 ,t ol
creditors of said deceased to exhibit and prove @
respective claims before us Give notice, thai @
Will attend to the duties of our appointment We
the Store of Daniel Streeter. in st. Jobnsb2n,a'
in said district, on the 23d day of july a.y;
the 23d day of January next, at two oclocl" anu NJ
the afternoon, on each of said days. III
s6-s C. J. HOUGHTON. SCom'rs
DRESCOTT BUCKMINSTER'S ESTATE
Il The subscribers, having been appointed M. /
Honorable Probate Court for the district oS 1Ggy
sex. commissioners, to receive, examine and adis.
all claims and demands of all persons against f
tate of Prescott Buckminster, late of Concord ~
said district deceased represented insOvent and al,
term of six months from the 18th day of Juv Isl e
being allowed by said Court to the creditors ~ ~.
deceased, to exhibit and prove their resnect;
claims before Give notice that we will att e
to the duties of our appointment at the dwaIu
house of Mrs. Mary H Buckminster, on the liz
day of August and 18th day of January next fr d.n
O'clock a. m. until O'Clock p. m each Of 's soa
days.
HARVEY JUDEVINE,
s6-S HENRY o. FRYE, }COmm'rs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
House for Sale,
For Sale (!

A new and well finished two-story house belong
ing to the estate of the late John Parker situated
at the north end of Cliff street. St. JoI 1sbury
Designed for two tenem nts, both very convenient
and furnished with good water from a never fail
ing spring. Price $500. Terms $1,000 cash and
the balance in enstaments of $25 a month with in
terest 4 per cent. per annum. Apply to MRS.
JOHN PARKER. St Johnsbury Centre.
LEROY Fl. PARKER
$3.50 San Francisco Cal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
Furniture Repair Shop

IRA HARVEY has rented rooms over BOynton's
hardware store, Main Street, where he will be
ready to repair all kinds of Furniture.
Chairs re-painted and re-seated.
Picture frames made to order.
Secondhand furniture taken and sold on com
mission.
Also will sell his STORE on Eastern Avenue
st. JOhnsbury, May %. 1892
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
PATENTS.

r.. H. E d D Y
No 76 State Street. opposite Kilby Street Boston
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 al
Washington. No agency in the United States pos
sesses superior facilities for obtaining Patents o.
pertaining the pdtentability of intentions. X. H
EDDY, Solicitor of Patents.
TESTIMONIALS.
Il regard Mr. Eddy one of the most successful
and capable practitioners with whom L have had
official intercourse CHAS. MASON.
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
fce."-EDMUND BURKE, late Commissioner OF
Patents"
Boston, October 49, 1876
r. Ii. EDDY, Esq.-Dear Sir; you procured fol
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 1
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, 1S77.-1y
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
Carriages for Sale.

ust received, another car load carriages-sinele
Phaetons and jump seat carriages for one or two
Phaetons from Sis to s225 Better prices than
eyer before offered for the same style and ouality
Also second hand open and top buggies. and new
and second-hand harnesses at a low figure
HUGH c. MOORE.
~ West end of Prescott Stable.
st. Johnsbury, July L. 1871 s4-s7
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
To Rent or to Sell.

Two new houses at the north end of Nam Of
The larger one just finished 42x2s, two stories
with basement and Mansard roof, with g rooms US
First floor is moulded ash finish. Designed ioi
tenements.
The other finished year ago, all hardWV s
finish, moulded doors well grained. Designed CO. 10
tenements Both are very convenient ana Iul a
nished with good water and wood sheds, also goou
cellars. Win sell or rent at the lowest PRICES
Barn for each house. j. L. c. CORLlSos;
st. JOhnsbury, June 7, 1877. eOu
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
COLLINS VOLTAIC PLASTER,

Is warranted on the reputation of DIR. Collins,
its inventor, an old physician, to be the best
plaster in the world of medicine. The union of
the two greatEmedical agents viz, electricity and
medical gums and essences, fully justies the claim
all curative compounds for all external aches and
pains.
Sold by all Druggists. Price 25 cents. Sent
by mail on receipt of 25 cents for one, o 70
for six, or $2.25 for twelve, carefully wrapped
and warranted, by WEEKS s. POTTER Pro
prietOrs, Boston, Mass. s7-95.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
SANFORD'S
JAMAICA
GINGER

This elegant preparation is prepared from the
TRUE Jamaica Ginger, combined with choice arc
mstics and genuine French Brandy, and is vast
ly superior to every Other extract or essence of
ginger before the public-all of which prepared
by alchohol by the old process.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
lCE-WATER
DYSPEPSIA.

Flatulency sluggish digestion, want of tone and
activity in the stomach and bowels, oppression af
ter eating, are sure to be relieved by single dose
taken after each meal. A great want exists for q
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
DIR. S. ID. HOWE'S
Arabian Tonic Blood Purifier.
Arabian Sugar Coated Liver Pills.
CONSUMPHVES

should use all three of the above medicines Sold
by c. c. BINGHAM Druggist, No Bank Block
Sole Agent for st. JOhnsbury, Vt.
DIR. S. ID. HOWE, Proprietor
BLOT cow New York
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
RESTORATIVE STIMULANT

free from serious objections yet palatable
even inviting to the sensible palate, which vii
create no morbid appetite for itself and operate a
an assistant to digestion, well perform tn
functions of stimulant. Such confidently be
lieYe is to be fnund in
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
CRAMPS AND PAINS

Whether produced by indigestion, improper food
change of water diet too free indulgence in ice
are immediately relieved by it. One ounce added
to a gallon OF
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27
CHOLERA MORBUS,

Cramps, pains, diarrhea and dysentery are in
stantly relieved by it. 1t will render an attack of
cholera morbus impossible, if taken when the
symptoms of this dangerous complaint first mani
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-12-21
Watering Window Plants.

There is nothing that the cultivator of
window plants asks more about than
how and when to water plants. There
is nothing he or she asks that is more
unsatisfactory answered. The florist
tells HIM to water when the plant needs
1t. But how is it known when the plant
needs water? That is just the point of
Ignorance. Yet it is very difficult to
give the knowledge to any one 1t must
come OF experience; and yet-there are a
few hints which one may profit by in
trying to find out when plant needs
water. With experience, one can soon
tell by the weight of the pot. One
knows about how an empty pot ought
to feel, and how the same pot seems to
weigh when filled with dry earth. When
very wet the weight is nearly double. A
plant never wants water when the pot
with the earth is heavier than a pot of
dry soil. Then the color of the earth
will tell, with very little experience,
when it needs water and one soon learns
to distinguish by this. 1t is almost al
most always much lighter in color when
dry than when wet; and if the earth is
DIS udI N DIS IL Is Wueu fresh WaCGrCu IL
wants no more till it gets lighter. And
then experience will soon teach one to
know when plant needs water by the
feeling OF the earth. When dry the
earth will crumble little when it is
touched; on the other hand it seems to
press together and to be smeary when
wet With very little experience it
is so easy to tell when a plant needs
water by the feeling alone, that blind
man might make florist in this respect.
Those who wish to know how many
times week to water their window
plants can never get an answer Plants
will need more water in a warm room
than in a cold one, in dry atmosphere
than in one that is moist, when plant
when plant is growing vigorously than
when it is at rest, when it is in good
health than when it is somewhat sick,
in light, shady earth rather than in stiff
or heavy ground. Nothing at all but a
little experience will help one, but if
there is true love for the helpless lit
tie thing it is astonishing how soon the
knowledge comes to one. There is nc
such one but soon becomes good plant
man"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-12-21
FOREIGN.

THIS standard article is compound
cd with the greatest care.
Its effects are as wonderful and as
satisfactory as ever.
1t restores gray OF faded hair to its
youthful color.
1t removes all eruptions, itching
and dandruff. 1t gives the head q
cooling, soothing sensation of great
comfort, and the scalp by its use
becomes white and clean.
BY its tonic properties it restores
the capillary glands to their normal
yigor, preventing badness, and MAX
ing the hair grow thick and strong.
AS dressing, nothing has been
found SO effectual or desirable.
A. A. Hayes, Md, State Assayer
Of Massachusetts, says, "The con-
stituents are pure, and carefully Sc
lected for excellent quality and l
consider it the BEST PREPARATION
for its intended purposes"
Price, One Dollar.