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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-08-10
Work and Wages.
From the Boston Traveller.

Fifty carpenters left New York for
England, yesterday, under engagement
for year, at better wages than they
can obtain in New York and their en-
plOyers pay their passage out. This
exodus of workingmen in body is
something new, though thousands have
left this country for Europe, singly,
within the past three years. 1t is prob
able that many more will go within the
next twelve months, as there are few
indications of better wages in this couu-
try. The demand of labor here is not
equal to the supply. The wages of la
Dor have declined, but still the profits
of capital have been too small to war
rant an increase either in the rates of
wages or the number of persons EN-
plOyed. Even now the process of re-
ducing wages is going on, and Us late
rs Yesterday there was large rcduc-
ton ia Que or more of the leading bus
mess houses IL this city. Fortunately
Tor our working people the tide of i'm
migration has ceased, AID the outward
How will help Co hasten the era ct bet
ter times fut them.
"a b. probable that there will d. more
rruplo, ntynt l,.iate higher wage are
:. -. lll.l it v l,stfst hat tiss :........,
,....., ,or iabor should be widely dis
tributed than that il should be paid To
a smaller number With a large class
unemployed aud earning uDfl,as. u
Il trying time both for labor and can
ital. bot there are many Indications that
We have experienced the worst. aud
and that the return ~ better DAYS iot
bath - near at hand. There are lss-
vacant tencments Ia Boston than there
were one year ago, the number If un-
employed men h. smaller, notwiihstand
ing the increase in population indicated
by the report Of the assayers, aud our
manufacturers aud merchants are buster
than they have been at this season for
-ome yesrs There ~ necessity TOT for
bcarauce 10y employers aud employ ed.
aud tot continued economy on the part
Of the working men aud working
women Of our great cities, aud " the
habits nov forces upon them shall h.
retained when Wore prosperous times
return, the depriyatious OF today will
not be without a recOmpense.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-08-10

- d j. remarkable what a good fel-
low ex-Governor Chamberiin Of South
Carolina Is getting to he among the
democratic editors. since he made his
raid on the Hayes administration. Let
"a see, didn't these same Democrats
formerly berate Chamberlain a. one Of
the worst carpet baggefs IN the south Z
BE consistent, gentiemeB, ii u the sane
buli g0fing The other ox.-- Barton Nsa.
tor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-08-10

~ The Boston Advertiser prints a
private letter from a southern lawyer.
a professor in a southern university
aud who j., aud always has been. EN-
tircly out Of politics. which gives a
gloomy view tn colored citizens, and
makes the following predictions As
soon a. the carpet-bag influence l. en-
tirely gone in politics the negro vote
viii be the floating balance, carried
hitheT and tbithet by bribery, stIais-
gem, etc. Negroes will care nothing
for politics a. soon a. they ind their
irt-odom continually az stake. They
take veTy little interest at election 10
Tennessee, nov. They are much Ike
Socks Of Sheep that 60 In erowdsT
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-08-10

The FIRST practical eject 81 the sirise
h riss of 50 essts peF 200 n coz,
This - ths va ''siIisss help he post y
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-08-10
The Fairs.

Orleans Co., Barton, Sept. 4, and 6.
State Fair, St Adams, Sept. 11-14.
Caledonia Co., st. JOhnsbury, Sept. 1870.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-08-10
ORANGE COUNTY.

Rev. DR.. Silas McKeen, on Sunday
Doth, preached in the Congregational
church at Bradford. Sixty-three years
ago he preached his first sermon in that
town. Not a single person who heard
his first sermon was present to hear the
last one. He is now in the 87th year OF
his age.
The Bradford Opinion says: Fisher.
men are catching quite number o
black bass from the river now. The
fish weigh from one to two pounds.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-08-10
ADDISON COUNTY.

At Vergennes, last market day, price
of butter ranged all the way from Is t.
zoe; selections zoe; eggs 15c; pOta
toes 40 to soc per bushel.
Some lackwit sent forged telegraphi'
orders to the Middlebury militia da,
or two ago, to hasten to Rutland t.
uuell a bloody railroad riot there, ant
the company, so strong, left work ant
waited under arms at the depot thre
hours for a train before the hoax wa
discovered. 1t was probably ''funn.
joke" but it would be funnier if at an.
time the joker should be in DANCE
from a real mob and the militia SHOULD
refuse to turn out and be hoaxed again
, 1877-05-25
The Story of a Nose.

Monsieur Arago, the French states
man and nephew of the astronomer, is,
in spite of his sixty-five years, a very
handsome man. He has a large nose,
of which he is somewhat proud. A
short time ago he was travelling by train
to Versailles, when q child who was in
the same carriage, and who had watched
Arago for some time with dilated eyes,
began to cry. In vaiE did the child's
mother, Arago and another Senator, en-
deavor to calm the perturbed juvenile.
The poor mother was in despair, and as
the shrieks grew more and more pierre
ing, Arago felt bound to interfere and
see what he could do. He said to the
child, "What ails you, my dear? Are
you afraid of me? 1 don't look
very naughty. do T." Thus address,
ed, the child sobbed out, Take
of your nose" Arago looked at the
mother, who grew very confused and
said, "Ah, Monsieur! excuse me; excuse
my son." "But, Madame, said Arago,
what does he mean?" The mother
then explained that she had during the
carnival taken her child to see a number
of persons in mask and with false noses,
and he had got so excited that he could
think of nothing else. "By an unfortu-
nate occurrence" she added, eve got
into the same carriage with you, who, for
no doubt some good reason, are pro-
longing the carnival. But you see what
deplorable result has followed. Let
me then beg of you to have pity on
poor mother, and take off your nose"
But, Madame" T." said Arago, stupefed.
ga little more and my child will have
commissions" shrieked the mother;
"take off your false nose" "But, Mad
ame," said Arago in dispair, "that is
impossible; this is not false nose, but
my own" "Impossiblel impossible!
cried the agonized lady. "Touch it"
said Arago. The lady gave pull at the
Senator's nose, but it did not come off
in her hand as she had expected. ga
thousand pardons, she said, "but pray,
oh, pray, hide it with your hat" So
Arago continued his journey with his
nose in his hat, and the child's screams
gradually subsided. Arago himself
tells the story with much glee.
, 1877-05-25

FAITHFUL TO HIS TRUsT.-We hear all
about the bad deeds of this wicked world,
but the good deeds are rarely alluded to
at any length. We expect people to be
honest and say nothing about it. 1t is
the dishonesty of men which excites COM
ment. The other day in New York, Mr..
Samuel T. Skidmore, the executor of
the will of one John R. Townsend, who
died thirty years ago, asked to be reliev-
ed OF his trust on account of age. The
son ofMr. Townsend stated in court that
during the long trusteeship Mr.. Skid
more had refused to accept one cent of
remuneration, and he requested that the
accounts be accepted without an investi-
cation. Surrogate Calvin said it was
bright spot in the history of the court,
where so many have proved false to their
trusts, when o case was presented in
which all parties interested in trust ex-
pressed themselves so highly gratifed
with its management. He directed the
accounts of Mr.. Skidmore to be passed
without examination. There are thou
sand instances of similar fidelity on the
part ofexeeutors and trustees in Boston,
but we do not remember that any one
ever took care of large estate for thirty
years without compensation. Boston
Journal.
, 1877-05-25

DIDN'T WANT PRAYER Wasted
"There was another story" continued
Peter, with twinkle in his eye, but the
same grumbling tone in his voice, "fer-
ry wicked; but many's the time I will
hef laugh at that story. That was
about two men in boat, and the night
it was so black that they couldn't find
their way into the harbor at all, and the
wind it was blowing ferry hard. And
the one he says to the other:
Duncan, you must gif prayer now,
or we will nefer get into the harbor at
all. And Duncan SAYS:
"I Gamma do it; you maun do it your
self, Donald" And Donald he will say:
"Tam you, Duncan, if you do not gif
q prayer we will be trooned as sure as
death, for can see nothing but black
ness"
And so it was that Duncan will stay
in the stern of the boat, and he will
kneel down, and he will say:
go Lord, it is fifteen years since
hef asked you for anything; but it will
be another fifteen years before 1 will
ask you for anything more, if you will
TEX the boat into the harbor."
And then, sure enough, at this mo-
ment there was a great sound OF the
boat going on the beach, and Donald,
that was up at the bow, he will cry out:
"Stop, Duncan, do not pray any more;
do not be beholden to anybody, bekass
the boats ashore already" Wm. Blacks
+" "Madcdp WiOlot."
, 1877-05-25

A soHooLMAsTER tells the following
good one; g 1 was teaching in a quiet
country village. The second morning
of my session 1 had leisure to survey my
surroundings, and among the scanty fur
niture espied three-legged stool. is
this the dunce-block p 1 asked a little
girl of five. The dark eyes sparkled,
the carls nodded assent, and the lips rip
pied out: I suppose so the teacher al
ways sits on it.. The stool was unoccu-
pied that year"
, 1877-05-25

A LOWELL Mass. newspaper an
nounced that twins had been born to
the wife of John Dixon. Mrs. Dixon,
who lived in Lynn, read this news,
and was certain that no such thing had
happened to her. She went to Lowell,
and found the mother of the twins a
second wife of Mr.. Dixon. The big
amist was arrested.
, 1877-05-25

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, 1877-05-25

Some people can't endure a ringing
sensation in the ear, while most ladies
take very naturally to earrings.
ANTIoUARIANs have traced to the old
church at Brighton, England, the rest
ing place of George Washington's an
cestors.
, 1877-05-25


A TRUTHFUL SKETCH.-Let man fail
in business, what an effect it has on his
former creditorsl Men who have taken
him by the arm, laughed and chatted
with him by the hour, shrug their shoul-
ders and pass on with cold how doyou
do?" Every trife of bill is hunted up
and presented that would not have seen
the light for months to come, but for
the misfortune OF the debtor. If it is
paid, well and good; if not, the scowl of
the sheriff, perhaps, meets him at the
corner. A man that has never failed
knows but little of human nature.
In prosperity he sails along gently,
waited by favoring smiles and kind
words from everybody. He prides him
self on his name and spotless character,
and makes his boast that he has not an
enemy in the world. Alasl the change.
He looks at the world in different light
when reverses come upon him. He
hardly knows how to move or to do this
thing or the other; their are spies about
him, writ is ready at his back. To
know what kind of stuff the world is
made of, a person must be unfortunate
and stop paying once in his lifetime.
If he has kind friends, then they are
manifest. A failure is q moral sieve.
it brings out the wheat and shows the
chaff. A man thus learns that words
and pretended good will not, and do
not, constitute real friendship.
, 1877-05-25

KENTUCKY girls cut off the tops of
their stockings to make wristlets for
their beaux.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02

Have you tried Kirbys WildCherry Cough
Balsam? A very palateable compound for
the various affections oithe throat and lungs
it has been used with success, in seven cases
of asthma giving instant relief and in many
cases eiiecting permanent cure. Price 80
cents per bottle and positively warranted to
give entire satisfaction or money refunded.
kirby's Magic Relief for the instant cure
of severe and acute pains.
Kirby's Tasteless Worm Lozenges, pleas
ant safe and efiectual.
Kirby's Horse and Cattle Powders are the
best powders for stock, manufactured Try
them and be convinced.
Kirbys Camphor Ice for sunburns, sore
lips and chapped hands.
Gills Bilious and Liver Pills are recon-
mended by the first Physicians.
The above preparations are for sale by all
Druggists and dealers in medicine.
MoYER BROTHERS,
July II, T6.-ly Wholesale Agents
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02

DIPHTHERIA AND ITS CuREs.-Dr. Chen
cry, OF Boston, announces that hyposnlphite OF
soda furnishes a sure specific remedy against
dlphtheria. He uses it in his own practice,
and reports more than one hundred and ffty
cases of successful treatment A dose of this
hyposulp ite is fir five to fifteen grains or
more in slrhp every two or four hours accor.
ding TO the age and circumstances of the pa.
tient. Purging is the only evil which an over.
dose can produce, hence as much as the patient
can bear without producing that result is good
rule in the severer cases. The solution or mix.
tnre can be used in doses Of five drops to half
drachm in milk. For thorough stimulation
the amount is greater than can be taken in wa
ter. Dr. Chenery usually gives the specific in
such doses "a can be readily taken in milk U.s.
ing milk besides as food for children. 1t i,
said however, that hyposuphite prevents the
digestion of milk, and therefore the latte
| should not be given in less than one hour aftei
administering the medicine.
The following is said to be certain cure
and if 80, is within the reach of all Take or
dinary garden sage, make strong tea, put i
in an ordinary teapot and let the patient in
hale the steam through the spout. By thi
process reliefis soon obtainrd, and in a shor
| time the patient is restored to health. So sa,
those who have given it trial
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02
Rail Road Time Table.
CATAwIssA RAIL ROAD.


We are obliged to make another appeal to
our patrons. We have large expenses to meet,
and although we have large amounts standing
on our books it is almost impossible to get
enough money to pay running expenses, owing
to the hardness of subscribers and other debt
ors in meeting their obligations. In order to
clean our books up we have appointed collect
ors in several townships in the county,
shall appoint others as fast as possible Will
liam Bryson, Esq, is authorized to receive
mounts due on subscription in Centrna and
Ashland; John McAnall, Esq, in Berwick
William Appeman in Benton L. X. MOwrer
Esq, in Danville; Samuel Snyder, in Miffiin
n. p. Moore, in Madison and Hemlock; W
T. Shuman, in Mainville.
This will make it convenient for those wht
do not often get to town, and we hope that al
will cheertully and promptly pay when request
ed to do so by our collectors. If
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02

On ThuNjay of last week Mr.. George Rise
wick, accompanied by three friends, drove a
fouI in hand team from the Exchange Hotel in
the remarkably 'ast time of 39l minutes. The
the was taken at the telegraph office in Dan
vile and Immediately wired to expectant and
anxious friends in Bloomsbury. Two of the
horses belonged to Mr.. Risewick and two tc
Mr.. VIM, II. Brown, and what makes the feat
more notable is the fact that the horses had never
before teen driven together. 1t is stated tha, the
Danvlle horsemen propose getting together a
team to beat this time. We wouldn't advise
anybody to risk much money on the chances O.
their doing it,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02
ROLL OF HONOR.
THIRD STREET GRADED SCHOOL.


The following named pupils were neither
tardy nor absent during the montl, closing Jan.
9th, 1877.
Room No. John Cox, Curtis Dely, Har.
ry Deily, Charles Edwards, Phillip Fenster-
macher, Bovd Edgar, Ralph Geddis, Frank
Geddis, Horace Hartman, Sanford Peifer,
George Ringler, Isaiah Rupert, Hannah AL
legar, Laura Crater, Ella Fox, Maggie Thomas,
Mary Mckelvy, Cora Raber.
Room No. 2.-Bruce Birch, William Barrett,
Winthrop BryfogIe Frank Edgar, Myton G,d-
dis, Willie Gross, Willie Knorr George Knorr,
Oliver Meyer, Harry Meyer, Frank Sloan,
John Shoemaker, Harry Taylor, Lille Barton,
Annie Fox, Maggie Jacoby, Sadie Smith, Hat
tie Sloan, Ella Sterner, Martha Sterner Ruth
Tustn.
BOOM No 3.-Robbie Bechtil, Andrew Evans,
Peter Gross, Arthur Smith, Harry Sterner
Lizzie Brobst. Edith Ent, Mary Foster, Clara
Gross. Laura Philips, Jennie Roa larmel, es-
sic Shoemaker.
Boom No.4.-Frank BechtiI, John Gross,
Ada Cox, Ella Cramer, Blanche Geddis, Liz
zie Gross, Bessie Holmes, Lille Sloan.
l. +. Schoonover, Principal
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02
ROLL OF HONOR
FIFTH STREET GRADED SCHOOL

ii'lh StHOOL.
The following named pupils were nett er
tardy nlr absent during the month ending Jan.
26, 1877:
Room No, ! ELLEN Beaghan, Hetie Hum
phrey, Mary iendershot Grace IIarman, Dora
Oberender Mary Rupert, Fannie Peacock,
Abbie Robbins, Matte Hendershott, Harry
Chemberlin, Charlie Jones, Hervey Wander.
slice, John Beaghan, Willie Shut, Leonard
Fornwad, Charlie Cox, Charlie Robbins, Will
II. Brooks, Eddie Ralston.
Room No, Bertha Hagenbuch, Flora
Jones, Annie Oberender, Hattie Peacock, sila,
Chemberlin, Willie Fenstermacher, Harry
Freas, Charlie Oil, Chas Fornwald, Harry
Oil.
Room No. 3.-Lena Beaghan, Minnie Greasy,
Sadie Leacock, Annie Reeser, George BeaghNn
Theodore Garrison Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Jere
miah Hess.
Room No. 4,-Teressa Beaghan, Agnes Gar
rison, Lula Jone', Sadie Welliver, Harry Case
Samuel Freas, Eddie Reiswick George viii
ian.s.
Geo. + Wilbur Principal
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02

As Judge Rupert was turning he corner at
Main and Iron Streets one day last week, the
sleigh upset, throwing out the Judge and ladies'
OF his family who were with him. Beyond a
lew scratches received by one of the ladies' no
one was injured The sleigh box was turned
upside down imprisoning the Judge beneath it,
but he held on maniuly to the reins and sue
ceeded in stopping the horses thus preventing
a runaway.
Not quite so fortunate was the driver Of
Moyer Bros express team at the same place a
lew minutes later. The sleigh upset and the
horses taking fright ran away. They were
stopped before they had Injured themselves or
the sleigh.
The intersection Of Main and Iron streets
have been for some time sheet of ice, dan
gerous alike to teams and their drivers, and it
was this condition of the street that caused til e
above accidents.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02

Last Monday afternoon whilst Mr.. Milton
Hess Of this town was driving his fine double
team across the river, at Catawissa, the ic
broke and both horses were drow ed. The
sleigh was also carried under the ice and lost.
Mr.. Hess narrowly escaped with his life by
leaping on the backs ofthe horses and from thence
to the solid ice. The recent warm weather has
ro.ed the ice on the river, into the composition
of which snow largely enters, and has rendered
it very unsafe, Those who reside on the
south side of the river, and who have business
which requires them to cross would be wise if
they exercise the greatest watchfulness and care
in using the ice for bridge
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02

TOWNSHIP ELECTIoNs.-It IL now more than
ever important that the best citizens should be
selected to fill the several offices to be voted
for at our coming election Many good men
decline to accept Township office because it
involves labor without proper compensation
and, as result, incompetent men become Jus.
tces of the Peace, Constable, &c. One half Of
the litigation of the country comes through in
competent officials and the people should se-
lect for local Offices the best and most efficient
"en, regardless of their politics, and hold Them
to strict accountability as 10 the performance o.
lheir duties.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02

A correspondent in Danvlle writes US as fol.
lows: Wilson NJ. Gearhart, our Prothonotary,
with 4 friend whilst crossing the river on their
way to his sisters, were attacked bv a couple
of .ramps, and severely injured. Gearhart wa:
bruised considerably but Hines, his compan.
ion, was cut about the head and hurt badly
Robbery was the object of the scoundrels. Two
rough looking strana ers had been hanging
about the Court House and were in The office Of
& earhart in the afternoon and saw some money
paid, and are thought to be the gulty ones
Quite a struggle took place on the ice
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02

We have been asked frequently of late whv
we have not published the jury and trial list
for February codrt. Some of our subscribers
their subscriptions on that account. We have
only to say that these things are public advtr
tisements, aud as the county commissioners re.
fuse to pay for them we cannot afford to in.
sert them grauitously.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02

Judge Clifford, who Is chosen by the com
promise plan to sit in Judgment upon the dis
Puted returns for the Presidency, is the identi
cal Clifford who made the decision sustaining
the ,fnding Of a rebel court against Gen Nea
Dow, in which he held that every United
States officer was personally liable for any rebe
property he took or captured during the war
re I. pretty judge to choose for settling til,
All of which may suit the Bulletin readers
only 1t does not contain an atom of truth a
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02

The little daughter Of A. S. Phillips of Ber.
wick, six ears of age, went to the railroad sta
on last TUESDAY and noticing certain people
getting on the down train, stepped on board
herself and was carried off. The conductor
found that the child knew no one at any o. the
stations except at Bloomsbury, and accordingly
kept her in charge until that place was reach
ed. Here, fortunately, friend saw and recog.
nized her and in short time the little girl
was safe in the house of relatives. Quite an
excursion for six-year-oder.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-02

Our Congressional District represents more
in the Union. Our Representative however,
has been conspicious not only for his neglect of
his constituents, but for his votes against their
interests. He did not vote on the "Peace Blp'
as we term the recent compromise on the
Presidential question. If he could not be
there, he should explain the reason. If he
lodged the question, it was cowardly. Eva
sion is cowardice. M. Collins is not yet spo,r,
in as a member Of he nert Conaressl