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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19
How She Gave the Census.
[From the Detroit Free Press.l

When the census-taker raped at the
door of certain Detroit cottage on
Crawford street, the other day, and
wondered if the woman would set the
dog on him or douse him with dish wa
ter, great disappointment awaited
him. She opened the door softly, snuff
ed the air to see if he smelled of light
ming rods, and then threw it open for
him to enter.
MADAM, l am making a canvass of
the city," he began,
''Ah sit down." she replied, and as
he began opening his book she contin-
ued: "There are five of us in the fami-
ly, and we paid 800 down on this
place. My husbands name is Peter,
his age is forty-two, and he came from
a mean family. His father was always
having lawsuits about dogs, and his
mother was the greatest gossip in Elmi-
ra. Have you got that down 7"
He granted assent, and she continu-
ed,
"My name is Alvina Sarah, and ]
was born in"
'"I do not care to know where YOU
was born, madam" he interrupted.
"Well, l care !" she exclaimed; sit
makes great deal of difference wheth-
er was born in Africa or Boston, and
| want it put down. As l was saying
was born in Boston in 1888. Put dow
that came of good family."
Madam, You DOM. understand-you'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19
Black-bird Song in March.

Whidger-ee, don't you see
There's falling out in the famileel
So we fly about from tree to tree,
And concerts give gratu-i-tous-lee.
Whidger-ree-wh hidger-ree-ree-ree-ree
Housekeeping we want to go, you see,
But our old king says, whidg-er, rec rec,
We can't mate till April lawful-lee
And we've lost our reckoning and don't agree
What time it is now in the spring, you see.
Whidg-er, whidg-er whidg-er, rec, rec,
The pussys are on in the willow tree,
Robins and bluebirds we often see
But they're as bad off as you or me
And about the almanac can't agree
Though the crow says it's the geographic
About which the birds all at sea,
And it's not Massachusetts but Floridee
And the great gulf-stream is on a spree.
What do you think about it Whidger-ree-ree!
ANNIE A. PRESTON
West North field, March 2s, 1878.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19
The Only Pumpkin.

1t was Oh Thanksgiving night, after
all the friends and relatives who had
spent merry evening at his house had
taken themselves away with loud laugh
ter and invitations to ''cOme over soOn,"
shouted out of the darkness as the wagon
rolled away-after the children had
been sent to bed in high glee at the
unwonted infraction on early hours,
and while his wife was still putting
away the silver and fine table linen
that Farmer Fielding went out alone
with lantern swinging in his hand, to
take last look at the stable and cow
house and make sure that the great
barn door was properly fastened.
He should have returned in ten min
utes, but twenty had passed, when Mrs.
Fielding looked at the clock, and asked
herself in some surprise, what Hiram
could have found to doq And when
ten more followed without bringing
him, and ten more went after them, she
grew IA little alarmed, and tossing a
shawl over her head, went down the
path that led from the kitchen to the
barn, calling:
Hiram Hiram
Hiram she called again, her voice
taking on that shrill, and unmusical
tone which fright brings with it. Hiram
speak where are yOuP
She stoou by the barn door now, and
it was wide open, swinging in the wind
on its great dark hinges; and within il
was all silent and dark. There was not
sOund-not a glimmer of light from
the lantern. Surely if he were there
al 10 of 1an or
even if the lantern had gone out.
Oh, Hiram she cried, don't scare me
don't try to scare me-; for indeed Pm
turning faint. I'm So
There she paused, struck with dumb
terror. She had taken a step forward,
and her foot had struck something soft
and heavy that lay on the barn floor
something that did not move, but it
felt as though it ought to have done so.
The faintness had gone; in it's place
was that horror which we all know, and
which is different from any personal
terror and far worse. She guessed what
it was her foot had touched.
She did not utter his name now. She
knelt down and stretched out her hand
and felt about. The first thing that she
touched was a cold limp hand, that fell
inertly over hers as she lifted it. Then
she felt upward from it, and touched a
face, also cold. She gathered it up to
her breast. Dark as it was she knew
well enough that it was the head that
had tested there so often; her hand
went through his curls and little moan
escaped her,. Dead, she sobbed, dead
dead, dead. And then her voice came
back in wall that rang out upon the
night air and brought from the kitcheI
Madge, the help and her beau, Ben
who had been lingering over parting
there.
Ben, a great stalwart fellow, liftet
the master in his arms, and carried hin
into the kitchen. How Sarah Fielding
got there she never knew, but as sh'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19
Divorces in Vermont.

During the year 1876 one hundred
and sixty-eight divorces were granted
in the State-three less than in 1875
being one divorce to every sixteen mar
riages. In one hundred and twenty
three cases the wife was the petitioner,
and in forty-five the husband. Sixty
six were granted for ''intOlerable sever
ity," eleven for "refusal to support"
twenty-four for adultery" sixteen for
"desertiOn." Lamoille county hnd one
divorce in eight marriages, Orange one
i'll nine, Rutland and Grand Isle one in
twelve, Orleans one in fourteen, Addi-
son and Windsor one in fifteen, Wash
ingtOn one in seventeen, Chittenden
and Windham one in nineteen, Frank
lin one in twenty-eight, Bennington
one in thirty-twO, and Essex none.
Statistics for the year 1877 will show a
considerable increase in the number of
divorces granted.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19

To ROAST LAMB.-The hind-quarter
is the incest piece for roasting. Drop
it in pot of boiling water; boil half
an hour, put it in pan, dredge it with
lard, pepper, flour, little salt skim
the top of the water in which it is boil
ed, and pour over it; as soon as the
gravy accumulates in the pan keep it
basted frequently to prevent it from
being hard and dry. Lamb should be
cooked done to be good.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19

A ticket-agent in Rochester has been
searching the Scriptures with an eye to
business. On his advertising card ap-
pears the following legend: SIN those
days there were no passes given !" and
underneath are the following texts:
"ThOu shalt not pass."-Numbers Xxx,
IL. "Suffer not man to pass.'-Judges
III, 2S. "The wicked shall no more
pass."-Isaiah xxxIv, TO-. "This gen
Grafton shall not pass.n-Mark XIII, 80.
$50 he paid the fare and went."-JOnah
I,3.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19
Easter Morning.

Ostera spirit of spring time,
Awake from thy slumbers deep!
Arise and with hands that are glowing
Put off the white garments of sleep!
Make thyself fair, o goddess
In new and resplendent array,
For the footsteps of Him who has risen
Shall be heard in the dawn of day.
Flushes the trailing arbutus
Low under the forest leaves
A sign that the drowsy goddess
The breath of her Lord perceives.
While He suffered, her pulse beat numbly;
While He slept, she was still with pain;
But now He awakes-He has risen
Her beauty shall bloom again.
o bark in the budding woodlands,
Now far now near is heard
The first prelusive warble
Ofrivulet and of bird.
o listen the Jubilate
From every bough is poured,
And earth in the smile of spring time
Arises to greet her Lordl
Radiant goddess Auroral
Open the chambers of dawn;
Let the Hours like a garland of graces
Enrich the chariot of morn.
Thou dost herald no longer Apollo,
The god of the sunbeam and Tyre;
The pride of his empire is ended,
And pale is his armor of fire.
From a loftier height than Olympus
Light flows, from the Temple above,
And the mists of old legends are scattered
In the dawn of the Kingdom of Love.
Come forth from the cloud-land of fable,
For day in full splendor make room
For triumph that lost not its glory
AS it paused in the sepulchre's gloom.
She comes the bright goddess of morning,
In crimson and purple array;
Far down on the hill-tops she tosses
The first golden lilies of day.
On the mountains her sandals are glowing,
Ger the valleys she speeds on the wing,
Till earth is all rosy and radiant
For the feet of the new-risen King.
Open the gates of the Temple;
Spread branches of palm and of bay;
Let not the spirits of nature
Alone deck the Conqueror's way.
While Spring from her death sleep arises
And joyous His presence awaits,
While Mornings smile lights up the heavens,
Open the Beautiful Gates
He is here The long watches are over,
The stone from the grave rolled away.
1--WE shall sleep" was the sigh of the midnight
1--WE shall rise ~ is the song of to day.
o Music no longer lamenting,
On piniOns of tremulOus flame
Go soaring to meet the Beloved,
And swell the new song of His fame
The altar is snowy with blossoms,
The font is a vase of perfume,
On pillar and chancel are twining
Fresh garlands of eloquent bloom.
Christ is risen! with glad lips we utter,
And far up the infinite height
Archangels the p9an re-echO,
And crown Him with Lilies of Light!
Frances Mace, in Harpers Magazine for May.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19

If ever household affections and loves
are graceful things, they are graceful in
the poor. The ties that bind the wealthy
and the proud to home may be forged
on earth, but those which link the poor
man to his humble hearth are of the
true metal and bear the stamp of heav-
en.-DickenS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19

Not discouraged by the untimely
death of the two chimpanzees, "Nip"
and "Tuck," at the New York aquari-
um, the managers of the institution have
just shipped from Bremen four more of
the variety and one ourang-outang.
This is remarkable collection of "miss-
ing links" as the number of these crea-
lures on exhibition, even in the zoolog-
ical gardens of the Old World is very
small.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

ADvENT-Paddock Village. Rev. G. H Wallace,
Pastor Sabbath Services at 10:45 m. and las
D. m Sabbath School 12 m. Prayer Meeting $50
p m. and on Tuesday and Friday evenings.
BAPTIsT-Ralroad Street, Corner Maple. Rev.
E. T. Sanford, Pastor. Preaching 1890 A. NJ. S.
School 12 M. prayer meeting 6:30 Prayer meet
ings Wednesday and Friday evenings at 1880.
FREE BAPTIsT-Main Street Corner Prospect
Rev. G. S. Frost, supply Sabbath services at 1890
\. NJ. and 6:30 P. NJ. Sabbath School at 1900 NJ.
Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 1880
CHURCH OF THE -(Universalist). East
ern avenue, corner Cherry street. Rev. B. NJ Til
lOtsOn, Pastor. sabbath services at Ids and 6:30
P. NJ. Sabbath School at 12 NJ. Wednesday even
ing prayer meeting at 1880.
METHoDIsT-Central street. Rev. A. NJ. Fol
ger, Pastor. Residence head of Summer Street.
Sabbath services at 1870 A. M, and 6:30 P. NJ.
Sabbath School at 1900 NJ. Wednesday evening
meeting at 1870.
NORTH CoNGREGATIoNAL-Main street, corner
Church. Rev. Henry W. Jones Pastor Sabbath
services at 1890 A. NJ. and $3.50 p. M. Sabbath
School at las P. M. Wednesday evening meeting
at 1880.
SOUTH CoNGREGATIoNAL-Main street. Rev.
Edward T. Fairbanks, Pastor. Sabbath services
at 1880 A: NJ and 6:3O P. NJ. Sabbath School at
1900 NJ. Wednesday evening meeting at 1890
ST. .ANDREws-(Episcopal.i Rev. N F. Putnam.
Rector. Services at Town Hall, at 1890 a. m, and
p. m. Sunday School, $3.50 p. m. Wednesday
evening meeting at 7:30.
ROMAN CATHOLIC Cherry Street. Rev. j. A.
Boissonnault. Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a. ;
Vespels and Benediction at 3 p. On the
second Sunday of the month, service at $3.50 a. m,
Noon PRAYER NJ MEETNG-Every week day, from
IL to 1870, in the Y. M. c. A. Rooms over +. +.
Browns Store.
st. Johnsbury Athen@um.
LIBRARY AND READING -RooM,-Free to all. Open
from A. M. to IL M; from to g. and from to l.
P. M. Closed Wednesday Evenings
ART GALLERY-Open Tuesdays and Fridays
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19
st. Johnsbury Post Office.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston and intermediate offices. Arrive SIS p
m. Close S45 m.
Boston through mail Arrive 2.25 m. Close
7.5Opm.
New York and the West. Arrive 2.25 and IL .25
a m SIS pm. Close 8.45 a m and $50 D m.
Newport and the north. Arrive $40 m. Close
AS pm.
S.45 am.
Swanton and intermediate offices. Arrive 9.25 a
m. Close AS pm
Waterford Arrive $40 a IN. Close AS pm.
North Danville. Arrive $50 a m. Close $50 a
West Concord and East st. JOhnsbury Arrive
$50 m. Close AS pm.
CHAS. p. CARPENTER, I'd, P. NJ.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19

How often a Hew affection makes a
new man The sordid, covering soul
turns heroic. The frivolous girl becomes
the steadfast martyr of patience and
ministratiOn, transfgured by deathless
love. The career of bounding impulses
turns into an anthem of sacred deeds
Chaplin.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19
Prayer-Meeting Profanity.

Can such thing be possible And
are men prOfane in the house of prayer?
And are they unrebuked, undisciplined
A certain commandment reads, "Thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain :" and another says,
''When ye pray use not vain repetitiOns
as the heather do" The conclusion
then, from these and few similar pas
sages, forces itself upon us that when
we call upon God unnecessarily, or too
often, we take "his name in vain"
Christ said once only lis prayer-our
pattern-"Our Father who art in heav-
en-" Do we not pray somewhat as ''the
unthinking horse rushes into BATTLE"
and after we get in, are we not in sore
straits to get out again 2 We founder
and thrash. We say 40 God," "Dear
Lord" "Heavenly Father" and then,
by way of variety, we 80 Heavenly
Father )" possibly putting ''dear" be-
fore it in very ''unthinking" way, to
say the least. Some irreverent mortal
might fancy that, either short of ideas,
we put in exclamations like the above
"to fill up" or that quite at our wits
end, we called upon God, as did the
prophets of Baal, to gain time to think,
''What next ?" If we thought more.
prayed briefly, and ''for the things we
have need Of" possibly we should not
so fiagrantly offend Scripture and good
taste, and in all probability flippancy
would give way to earnestness; and
while men would not so sharply criti-
else, God would much oftener hear and
answer. Beware of common tendency
of which too much cannot be said by
way of condemnation.-Pulpit and Pey
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19

BROWN BREAD.-A nice loaf of brown
bread is made from the following re-
ceipt: Stir well together two cups of
sour milk, one cup of molasses. one
teaspoonful of salt, and one teaspoonful
of soda. When these are well mixed.
stir into the same thoroughly mired
preparation of one cup of flour, one of
Indian meal, and one of rye meal. Stir
them well. Then add a handful of
raisins:. Pour the whole into a we'll
creased pudding dish, or brown bread
dish made after the same pattern, aud
steam it four hours, If too sweet, lit
tie more milk and less molasses may
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19

THE VERMONT TRIPLETs.-At South
StarksbOro', VT, are still living the
triplet boys, sons of Leonard Haskins
and wife, born May "a, 1861, and named
by President Lincoln. They have a
letter from the hand of the martyr
President, in which the names are writ
ten which he gives the boys, viz Abra-
ham LinOcln, Gideon Wells, and Simon
Cameron. They are now about seven
teen years of age, robust, intelligent
and moral, total abstainers from intox-
icating drinks and profaneness. Two
are light cOmplexioned, and resemble
each other. The other is striking
contrast, having dark hair and eyes.
They still reside with their parents, who
are Americans living a retired life.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19

suit better. Try the receipt as it is
first.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19

IRISH HUMoR.-The Drawer is in
debted to Il friend in Colorado for the
following, which was related to him 10y
a Catholic priest, Father H, who in
his mission work in Southern Colorado
and New Mexico met with many extra
ordinary people and incidents. On one
occasion he happened to hold services
in small out-O -theway chapel, where
the varied duties of janitor were dis
charged by gentleman of Irish descent.
During the service child was brought
forward for baptism. 1t may not be
generally known that in the Roman
Catholic ritual the priest, before touch
ing the child with water, puts little
salt into the water in the presence of
the congregation. The janitor, how
ever, had prepared the water before
hand, according to his own idea as to
the proportion of salt, when the priest,
having omitted to place the salt in read
mess, whispered softly to his attendant 4:
"Pat, will you please to get the salt ~
Pat responded in an audible whisper
from behind his hand: "Sure, an put
it in already"
ing, repeated his whispered request.
Again Pat replied more audibly than
before, and with slight dudgeon in his
tone: "Sure an put it in; l tell ye."
'But the ritual demands that the
priest should perform the ceremony be-
fore the congregation" exclaimed Fa-
ther H l., considerably annoyed at
the janitor's obstinacy.
The Irishman procured the salt, and
handing it to the priest, electrified him,
as we'll as the congregation, with the
remark, delivered in surly growl
"Here ye are; bedad We can make a
pickle of it if ye want to !"-Editor's
DraDer, in Harper's Magasine for May.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19

Passumpsic Railroad 10.

Passumpsic RailrOad.---Dec. 10.
TRAINS SOUTH LEAVE ST. JoHNsBURY.
Mail Train, 9:2s a m.
Accommodation. s:55 p. n.
Montreal Night Express, 11:50 p. m
TRAINS NORTH LEAVE ST. JoHNsBURY.
Montreal Night Express, 2:25 a. m.
Accommodation, 11:24 a. m.
Mail Train, Sis p. m.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19

LIBRARY AND READING RooM,-Free to all. Open
from A. M II M; from to 6, and from to 1-2
p. NJ. Closed Wednesday Evenings.
ART GALLERY-Open Tuesdays and Fridays.
W. w. THAYER Librarian.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-28
State Pride.

= = We are led to these reflections
by a recent interview with Col. l.. L..
Polk, our Commissioner of Agrlcul-
ture. He vas growing because our peo-
pie take no interest in demonstrating
to the world that our climate, soil and
| pro~ductiveness is excelled by none and
equalled by few. In the matter of
tobacco we have received Justice.
Until within the past few years all the
tobacco raised i'll our State has been
the production of the counties border
ing on the line Of Virginia four-tifths
of which was sold in Richmond. Dan
Vile and Petersburg; and Virginia was
credited with the tobacco raised in
North Carolina. The tobacco that has
done more to give Virginia its world
wide reputation for raising fine to-
bacco was raised upon the soils of old
rip Van Wrinkle" and North Caro-
linians have sat quietly by and per-
mitted this. Col. Polk informed us
that the French government sen a
committee to Richmond to examine
the tobacco and make contract for the
furnishing of the vast quantities used
by the French people. II NlrglnlanS
had the shrewdness, knowing the SUI
p~eriorItv of our tobacco, to exhibit n
weed raised on North Carolina soil.
The tobacco was just what they
wanted and contract was conSum-
mated. and to-day the French are fur
nished with tobacco raised in our "
State but Virginia gets the credit of it.
OF course the Richmond merchants
make Il profit on every pound they sell
the French government and North
Carolina can reap this profit if her cit
liens choose. Now, why will not our
manufacturers make an effort in this
direction? By steps looking to the
accomplishment Of this object our peo-
pie viii have the satisfaction of know
ing they are accomplishing a double
object, that of making money for
themselves and rendering unto North
Carolina honor to which she is justly
entitled. The French Consul. now
stationed at Wilmington, is anxious to
make arrangements by which North
Carolina can furnish France her to-
bacco direct as she does indirectly. |
We hope our leading tobacco men will
take hold of this question and never
relax their energies until North Caro-
lima industry is brought to the front
and all France is furnished with to-
bacco grown and manufactured on
North Carolina SOil.-DNFHum Plant.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-28
How Some Beautiful Women
Make a Living in New
York

Perhaps the most curious fact lately
unearthed about the world of women,
technically ladies in dress and social
surroundings, and really females Of
good character. who serve in secret the
purposes OF art as models. The writer of
this sketch is acquainted with an est
mable lady-genuine lady Ill birth. ed
ucatIOn and manner. who earns about
ten dollars per week as a model for a
lie class. She keeps this fact a pro-
found secret-her own mother is not
aware of lt-but the fact is as stated the
writer having aScertained it through a
visit to all artists .StudiO during the
sessions of a life class of art stu
dents. lnquiring into this matter fur
Their, the writer discovered that the
young lady had in vain attempted to
secure employment III writing, trans
lating OF trade pursuits, was on the
verge of starvation with her oil
mother, when a lucky hint suggested
the livelihood of a model, which was
finally and successfully adopted, only
after severe self-5truggles and under
conditions OF profound secresv. 4
prominent painter. with whom the
writer held q conversation recently.
stated that the supply OF models inthe
city OF New York We're not only we'll
formed but Well behaved: "a really
superior class of persons" forced to
exhibit themselves by their necessities.
A model quite in demand is a young
German. Another model has recently
been married toa young painter who
fell III love with her from seeing her
as a model III a life class which he was
then attending. and from all reports
the daring and unconventional painter
has a worthy wife. Occasionally In Il
better classes. aye, even III our best
society, it is rumored that ladies do
not hesitate to serve as partial models
for bust or arms. or classic poses. TO
please popular artists or to CRAFTY
their own vanity. but these are $50
lated cases and call for but the merest
passing allusion.-N. y. Herald.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-28
Twenty ImpOlite Things.

/. Loud and boisterous laughing. ,.
Reading when others are talking. 3.
Reading aloud in company without
being asked. 4. Talking when others
are reading. >. Splitting about the
house, smoking or chewing. 6. Cut
ting finger nails in company. :. Leav-
ing church before worship is closed.
5. Whispering or laughing in the house
of God. 9. Correcting older persons
than yourself. especially parents. 10.
Leaving a stranger without a seat. II.
Gazing rudely at strangers. II. A
want of respect and reverence for
seniors. Ii. Receivinga present with
out an expression of gratitude. If.
Making yourself hero of your own
story. 10. Laughing at the mistakes
of others. 16. Joking others in com
pany. Il. Commencing talking be-
fore others have finished speaking.
Is. Answering questions that have
been put to others. 10. Commencing
to eat as Don as you get to the table.
20. Not listening to what one is saying
in company.