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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18

terlace, and no sunlight falls beneath.
Elms, that require 60 to 100 feet space
for the full development of their branch
es, are planted within 20 feet of each
other, and naples, that need nearly as
much room, are allowed but 10 or II
feet. 1t is gloomy and damp under such
trees until midday, and the moisture
steals into the darkened sleeping rooms
of the house. The carpets and furniture
grow moldy, and the people who dwell
in these over-shaded houses grow thin
and pale, dyspeptic and consumptive.
If New England boasts of her tree
crowned villages, she also mourns over
the largest proportion of consumptives
in her death list. These villagers want
more sunlight and dryer atmosphere.
The dwelling should have the full ben
eft of the sun. and free circulation of
the air upon every side of it. The rem
edy for these overcrOwded streets and
yards is the ak. Thin out until every
tree has room for full development and
a margin of sunlight beyond. 1t will
make handsomer trees and healthier
men. We protest against the abuse of
shade. griculturist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
Water for the Ewes.

A writer in Fraser's Magazine thinks
that, whatever hesitation there may be
justly called for in recommending one
or another Of the various lotions now so
popular, there need be no such doubt
in respect to cold water or pure water.
He says in cases of much inflammation
or difficulty Of opening the eyelids in
the morning, experienced by so many,
the water should be warm, and NAV be
mixed with milk, but in nearly all other
cases it should be cold. All those who
have been engaged in reading or writ
ing during several hours at stretch,
and especially at night, should careful
y battle the eyes with cold water be-
fore going to bed and the first thing in
the mornings additions. All artisans,
too, who work at blazing fire, ought
often to wash their eyes with pure cold
water, and so should all those who work
In wool, particularly carders and spin
ners, and those likewise who are en-
ployed in wooden and Gotten manufac-
lures, the fine dust which such works
dlsperse often producing cataracts, OBJ
situate inflammations, swelled eyelids.
etc.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
Answers to Questions in English His
tory.
No. 4.

!. In the reign of Charles ii. in the
east part of London, and a tall pillar
called the monument is commemorative
of it.
=. The battle of Sedgemoor in Som
ersetshire in the reign of James Ii.
3. James IL.
A. In 1896, with a capital of one
million, two hundred thousand pounds.
5. William and Mary.
6. Thirty-seven years, and it cost
about million pounds. 1t was finished
in 1908.
z. Caroline of Brunswick, wife OF
George w.
g. George w. If grace and manners
of cOurtly polish alone make up a gen.
tleman, he had a claim to the title: a
A true gentleman must lead an honor.
able life and possess feeling heart
then this King deserved not the name
9. That of George II.
10. Sophia of Brunswick, wife o
George
ii. Edward III. by Philip VI. o
France.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
Eleven Days Journey.
DEUTERONOMY 9.

At first glance it may seem strange
that the Holy Ghost should care to tell
us there are eleven days journey from
HOreb, by the way of mount SER, unto
Kadesh- barnea" We may he tempted
to ask, Of what possible moment is 1t
to us whether there are eleven days OF
one hundred days journey? But if we
will turn in Concordance to Kadesh-
barnea, it will be seen that this was the
place on the borders of Canaan reached
by the Israelites, when they concluded
it was wise to send spies into the land
instead of going forward in simple de-
pendence upon the word of Jehovah.
Read Deut. i. 1913; tx. %; Mum. xiii.
25-33; xiv. I-38; xxi. Glib; Josh.
xiv. Gil.
From these passages we gather that
ten of the twelve spies gave an evil re-
port of the land, telling OF the terrible
giants they had seen, and sending Il
shameful panic through the entire camp
at Kadesh- barnea. Two of the spies,
Joshua, meaning the Lords SALVATION,
and Caleb, meaning dog, tried in vain
to rally the cOwardly host by the assur-
auce that an easy conquest lay before
them. The ten placed the giants be-
tween themselves and the Lord, and of
course could see nothing but danger
and defeat; the two placed the Lord
between themselves and the giants, and
of course could see nothing but glory
and victory. Carried away by the fears
of the ten, the people who had almost
reached their home were turned back
into the wilderness, and it took them
forty years to make eleven days jour
ney.
Is there not a solemn lesson in this to
our own souls ? Is it not still true of
most Christians that it requires forty
years of Christening and of wandering
to reach personal experience of the
truth, and knowledge of their stand
ing in Christ, that ought to have been
learned in eleven days? Surely the
Master might well reproach us as He
did the two disciples who were walking
away from Jerusalem on the very day
of His resurrection, 80 fools, and slow
of heart to believe all that the prophets
have spoken" duke xiv. 25D May
He give us mole teachable spirit and
quicker understanding to learn in His
school
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
Reliainus Rsading.
God--er the World.

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matt. 6: "a.
If any man love the world, the love
of the Father is not in him. L John
2:
The friendship of the world is enmity
with God. James 4: 4.
The world passeth away. l John
ply.
What is a man advantaged if he gain
the whole world, and lose himself
Luke 9:25
How long halt We between two
opinions ? l Kings l8: 81.
Choose you this day whom ye will
serve. Josh. "a: Is.
Consecrate yourselves to-day to the
Lord. Elk. 81: %.
To-day, after so long a time; as it is
said, To-day if We will hear his voice.
harden not your hearts. Heb. Az.
Yield yourselves unto God. Rom
6: 10.
The wages of sin is death but the
gift of God is eternal life, through Jesu;
Christ, our Lord. Rom. 6: %.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
Church Economy.

Some of our churches are very slow
to understand that nothing but the
most rigid economy will save them from
bankruptcy. The most talented pas
tOral administration will not atone for
constant running behindhand in expend-
itures. Big gas bills, coal bills, print
ing bills, singing bills and sexton bills
will ultimately swamp the most piOus
corporation. People have got to learn
to reduce church expenses to the ne
cessities OH which it was formerly
thought possible to run a church. A
church which mails printed circular
to all the members of the congregation
of notice of pew rental hasn't got far in
the practice of economy. Equally waste
full are some of the expedients by which
it is sought to raise money. The $50
cable" is among the most delusive.
More money is generally spent on the
raw material of the spread than is real
lied from the small fees collected, to
say nothing of the work thrown in, and
church gas bills and heating. We no
tice that this Mr.. Kimball, who is going
round the country raising church debts
never tries his hand where the people
of the parish are not really rich. 1t is
no feat at all to raise the debt of the
church where William H. Vanderbilt
and his associates go to church. Such
a church never ought to have had a
debt. The most hopeless cases of
church debt are churches which were
always too big and which require too
much constant outlay for the size of the
congregation and their financial ability,
OF whose members have been sOrely re-
duced from wealth to straitened circum-
stances. Such churches need not ex-
pect anything to ''turn up' in their be-
half. The Lord apparently leaves them
to the same fate that he wonld an ILL
managed cotton mill. They have got
to face economy or bankruptcy.-Spr.
Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
IL. AT the siege of Berwick on the
Tweed, by Henry ". in l405.
Questions in English Literature.

No. 5.
l. Who were members of the Lake
SCHOOL,
2. Whom did Izaak Walton marry,
and of what advantage was this asso-
citation to him7
3. How long was Pepys' Diary pre-
served in manuscript before it was
printed?
4. Who was the first English traveller
who has written vivid and animated
accounts of Oriental society?
5. What writer has been called "the
founder of the English novel
6. How long period does the history
of the English Bible include2
Z. What was the price of the New
Testament of Wickliffe's version?
8. The author of Vatbek
9. When was the first English En-
cylopadia published ?
10. The author of "The Poems o.
Ossian 2"
IL. What were the Ireland forgeries
IL. Who was L. E. l..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18

A Kansas couple who were apparent
ly living in peace and harmony, were
not long ago divorced, greatly to the
surprise of their neighbors, but the
mystery is now explained. The hus-
band had homesteaded 100 acres of fine
farming land, and there was another
l6O acres adjoining not yet taken up.
The pair were divorced, the woman en-
tered the vacant quarter section and
established her claims as the head of a
family. When this was done the pair
were remarked, and now have fine
farm Of half a section.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
The Abuse of Over-Shading.

Such an unusually wet season as this
last in the East, showers falling almost
every week all through the early sum-
mer, intensifies the evils of our over
shaded streets. IN many of those old
towns which are considered the glory
OF New England, the trees have been
planted so near together and so close to
the house, that sunlight is almost Who'll
~ excluded from the dwelling, except
at midday, Trees are not only on all
sides of the house, but they have been
planted so thickly that the branches in,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18

How MUCH IT COsTs.-It costs less
than half Il cent day to take a weekly
paper; less than diligent hen would
earn In month at the market price of
eggs; less than cigar fortnight, and
a very cheap one at that; less than the
barber would charge by the year to
keep ones hair trimmed less than a
good sized Christmas turkey less than
an energetic kitchen girl will waste in
week. A penny day can be saved
in many better way than stopping
your aper.--PrinterS' Circular
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
The Standard BroiIer.
THE STANDARD RRoILER,
Building Lots.

For sale in the village of st Johnsbury building
lots situated on a COMMANDING plate3n sL;rtaS
on on Two sides by the Passumpsic River and over
looking Railroad Street, Summerville Paddock's
village and portion of st. Johnsbury Plain
For beauty of scenery and healthfulness of To-
cation this situation is unrvalled Those des;r;n
homes viii never have a better opportunitv for
securing the most desirable location and on The
most reasonable terms. No fancy prices asked
$3.50. If P PGI SzSV 10
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18

A New York painter named Dexter
has adopted Il novel method of lectur-
ing the public. He employs an old
man to perambulate Broadway with his
clothes covered with inscriptions like
this: "Shame on you men to encourage
poor women to sweep our dirty streets
with their dresses, while multitudes of
deserving poor are starving" Mr..
Dexter claims to be conscientious and
actuated by sincere desire for reform.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
SALEM LEAD COMPANY.
PATENTS.

r. H. r ID d Y
No &c 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
RENTING dollar. Assignments recorded at
Washington. No agency IN the United States pos
superior facilities for obtaining Patents or
dcertdining the pdtentdbiity Of intentions. X. II.
EDDY. solicitor of Patents.
TESTIM ONIALs-
Il regard Mr. Eddy one of the most successful.
and capable practitioners with whom | 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 10. 1876.
X. ii. EDDY, ESq.-Dear Sir: You procured for
me- in 1910 my first patent. Since then you have
acted for and advised me in hundreds of cases and
procured many patents reissues and extensions.
have occasionally employed the best agencies in
New York, Philadelphia and Washington, but
still give yOu almost the whole of my business in
your line and advise others to employ you.
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER.
Boston Jan. l. lS1S.-ly
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
''The Thoughts of Youth"

A bright little four years old boy
whose parents live not more than a
thousand miles from Royalton, was as
sisting in child's way at house clean
ing, and in the course of the operation
found himself in the yard vigorously
whipping a carpet. The quantity of
dust raised was great, and as it t1oated
away heavenward an idea seized his
active brain and he rushed into the
house exclaiming, mamma, l have sent
dust enough up to God to make me a
little sister and won't you ask him to ~
This was Il practical application of the
scriptural teaching he had heard in the
family which his seniors little expected,
and they retired from the scene
Woodstock Standard.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
Questions and eansnrrs.

Under this head we propose to print questions
Answers solicited the following week. If not cor.
rect or not sent in before, will be publish
ed in two weeks after the questions appear
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
An Immense Evil and the Remedy.

Gan ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure" says the old prOverb.
Let us apply it to temperance. A long
for perditiOn, 100000 in number, one
after another, through the year, drop
out of sight and memory. And still the
death march goes on. Is there any way
to prevent it?
Why, certainly. Drunkards grow
from moderate drinkers, and moderate
drinkers from the untaught, or wrongly
educated children of our homes. There
is a point where the stop can he put on,
and that is in the home. Every parent
is responsible for the intemperance of
his child, if he has not by example and
precept done everything possible to
prevent it.
If parents would take us much pains
to form a pure, healthful taste in their
children as they now take, truly though
sometimes uncOnsciously, to form "a
taste for stimulants, we should see
fewer entering the path that leads to
the drunkards grave.
A TEMPERANCE COUNTY. Winneba-
go county, Illinois, has been very etfec-
tualIy swept by the Murphy temperance
movement, which was inaugurated at
Lincoln about six weeks age by DR.,
James U. Conway. Between 10000 and
l2.0OO persons, more than a third of the
population of the county, have taken
the pledge and dOnned the blue ribbon,
among them being scores of the worst
drinkers, some of whom have become
effective workers in the cause. If the
work continues as it has begun, the
county will be practically temperance
county, and the spirit to make it so
seems to be prevailing. One result of
the movement thus far is that the sales
of liquor in the county have fallen off
fully so per cent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
Petition for Citation to kdminist;
trix, &c.

trix, &c.
To the Probate Court for the district Of C9.
mia: Respectfully represents Pow ers aud al.
of MOrristOwn. county of LamOille. and Sal.
Vermont, that, at Probate Court held at th-..
bate office in st. JOhnsbuTy, in said district .r
18th day of October, A. ID. 1873, Helen 4. b..
of Hardwick, was duly appointed Admins
upon the estate of AdOlphus HoltOn. late OF b
wick, in said district deceased, and took ui,.
self that trust by giving bonds as by law REQ.
that more than four years have elapsed sim.
appointment of said Helen A. HOlton To said p
and the said Helen A. HOlton has neglrcrt,
still unreaSOnably negleets to settle her acror
her said administration and that your Detih5H,
are creditors to the estate of said deceasr,
Wherefore, they pray that the said hyvu
HOltOn may be cited to settle her account W
administration, agreeably to the statutes IL
case provided.
Dated at st. Johnsbury, the Goth day of i
'''' a. - " POWERS & GLEE
DECREE.
StTATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA DIsTMC
DAT a Probate Court held at the Probate Ollie
st. Johnsbury, ON the I'd day of January. 4
1878. Upon considering the foregoing petition
is ordered, that a citation issue to the said IT,
A. HoltOn administrators aforesaid, agree.
to the prayer of said petition.
HENRY FRENCH, Regi,te
CITATION.
STATE OF VERMONT. CALEDONIA DIsTmCI
DTO Mrs Helen \. HOltOn, administrators
the estate of AdOlphus HOlton late of Hariw
i'll said district deceased. and to the heirs and
concerned in said estate Whereas MessTs. Pow
& Gleed. of MOrristOwn, i'll the county of L.amu
and State of Vermont, creditors to the estate OF
said AdOlphus HOlton. have presented To said
their petition in writing, representing among OF
things, that more than four wears have elan
since the appointment of the said Helen \. Holt
Administrative upon the estate OF the said A.
plus HoltOn, and that said administrators has
lected, and still unreasOnably neglects to settle
account of said administration and praying
said Helen 4. HOltOn may be cited to settle her
count of said administration, agreeably to thu =
ute in such case provided. Wherefore, the ,
Helen \. Holton is hereby cited to appear d
Probate Court to be held at the Probate Otr.
st. Johnsbury. in said district. on the 18th d.
February, A D. ISIS, at 10 o'clock in the fnrrr
To render an account of her said administr.,.
and the said heirs and all others interested In
estate, also cited to appear at said tim
place when and where they may Ice hrarI. 20,
account.
And il is ordered that the said Powers uJ a
give notice of this citation, bv giving in l
the said Helen \. Holtsn, leaving at her
place of abode, true copy of the copy OF t.-..
ord of this citation and order thereon. thirty
at least before said court: and also by Cau...
like copy of the copy of the record of This cit
and order thereon, to be published three s-
successfully in the Caleduuian, printed at st.
bury, the last publication whereof. To he AT
twenty days before said court.
BY the Court. Attest.
HENRY FRENCH. Rr.i,r-
A true copy of Record, Attest
lib HENRY FRENCH. Ergl>f.
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By the Court, Attest.
A true copy of record, Attest susie
HENRY FRENCH p.


CtTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DrsTp,.-
DIN Probate Court, holden at the Probate I,,.
9Th day of j anuary, A. ID. 1878. WI
James Johnston, guardian of Matthew G. (,
v, John A. Eliza j., Thomas F., Anna and NJ
S. Holiness minors, makes application 10 ,JiJ -la.
for license to sell the whole of the real " ''i
his said wards, representing that the ,al. t,
for the purpose Of putting the proceed. J
sale at interest, would be beneficial to said ,
Whereup0n 1t Is ordered by said court thar .'
application be referred to a session there's y"
held at the Probate Office, in said ST. rolu.i
on the Goth day of January, \. d. l-7.. for b,.,.
and decision thereon and it is further
dered that all persons interested be- notified br.
by publication of notice of this application .,l
der thereon, three weeks successfully in The
DOMAIN printed at st. JOhnsbury before said
of hearing, that they may appear at said tim
place, and If they see cause, object thereto
By the Court, Attest
lib HENRY FRENCH Ert..t..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
FOR SALE.

Valuable residence just outside of the ol ind
st. Johnsbury, between Fairbanks VILLAGE XXX
fair ground, with twenty acres of lana aySl
the premises. Buildings new and in go0d CuI n. n
Good spring of water on the place, and w. W.
the house and barn, and garden, well stow STOW
small fruits. ALEX. STE" -
st. JOhnsbury, Nov. &c, 1877.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18

A mean Covington, KY, grocer was
nicely sold at Christmas. He purchased
from dollar store Il table-castor, which
he marked with Il tag inscribed '.$I4,"
and gave it to a Methodist preacher,
whose church his family attended The
reverend gentleman next day brought
the castor back to the groceryman and
said to him 81 am too poor in this
worlds goods to afford to display so
valuable il castor on my table, and if
you have no objection, should like to
return it and take Sl4 worth of groceries
for my family i'll its stead" The mer-
chant could do nothing but acquiesce.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18
DESIRABLE RESIDENCE
FOR SALE,

The subscriber wishing to change his place of
The house is new in desirable location and 10
thoroughly made in every part and of the very
pest material. 1t is furnished with water. heated
by good furnace, and is in every particular a
valuable location. There is connected with ii a
GOOD barn, garden and another building lot
The place must be sold and will be sold cheap.
st. Johnsbury Dec h. s15
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AUCTION BILLS.

Orders Tor auction bills by morning ma, r.
usually be filed and returned on eyeniii
same day. Our facilities for Half and Nho''
Posters, are better than ever, at ,prIIl
CAIEDONIAN OfIi-
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Grocery Department.
DAUCHI'S ADVERTTSEMENTS.

NEW ORGANS, 16 Stops 1923. 10, 500, 10, ss5, 9
500 Pianos retail price $3.50 only $685. Send for con
tidential circulars. Daniel F. Beatty, Wash'n n. j.
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CILCHRIST & PERI
McIndoes Falls, VT,

Offer for the December trade the best as>urI-
of goods we have shown this season We /.
made large additions of new and desirable
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18

The singular spectacle of man be-
ing hung for burglary was recently
furnished ct Goldsboro, n. C. billiard
Morgan, Il mulatto, 81 years old, in last
February broke into the house of IA
wealthy farmer in Wayne county and
stole 1895 while the family were asleep.
Morgan was tried before the regular
term of the Wayne County Superior
Court, found guilty, sentenced to death,
and hung accordingly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18

In recent sermon, George Muller,
the English philanthropist. said: eff
this house was given me full of gold
every evening George Muller would
not enter Il theatre, never, never. In
all these fifty one years in which have
been Il Christian the theatre has held
no temptation for me. And why Be
cause | am so happy in the Christian
life my mind is ut peace and filled with
the JOY that this world knows not Of"