St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-08-16

actually PROSTATE, but by impressing
upon the minds of the ignorant, and
often ungrateful inhabitants the simplest
rules of hygiene, accomplish more by
prevention than cure. Then there are
the harbor excursions, which are sup
ported, this year as last, entirely by vol
untary offerings, and through which
thousands of half suffocated women and
children are given the chance to breathe
III the pure sea breeze for day, and
thereby to gain new lease of life. Free
dlspensaries are also well kept, and sup
plies of healthful food are freely contri-
buted.
Nor are the coarser needs of penniless
humanity alone regarded. Boxes for
the reception of newspapers and other
reading matter are set up in depots and
other public places, which are almost
daily literally filled by passers-by, and
whose contents are distributed among
the hospital patients. There has also
er Mission, as it is called, which solicits
contributions of fresh flowers during
their seasons, and gives them out in
bouquets among the sick children and
their weary mothers. To me this seems
the most touching and beautiful of all
the minor charities, and l am firmly
convinced that it is by no means the
least useful. To most of the recipients
the sight of flowers is like an angels
visit, not only for rarity, but for the
pleasure it confers; and to the poor wO-
man, for instance, who comes to the
mission for medicine, and who in addi-
tion to this relief can carry home with
her little bunch of fresh and fragrant
flowers, these last have often as much
of healing as the physicians remedies.
The flower mission has already distrib-
uted this season nearly $4,000 bouquets
and something like 1000 potted flowers.
Readers of New York papers may re-
member the shert-lived sensation pro-
duced about this time last year by Jay
Gould's being tossed over railing into
a Wall street basement by stalwart
victim of one of his stock -jobbing tricks.
Now Mr.. Gould is celebrating the anni-
versary of that little affair by getting
himself into more serious trouble. He
has been for sOm8weeks at the head OF
a drove of "bulls," who have been try
ing to force certain stocks up to ficti-
tious quotations. Report says that the
job was too big for even the willy Jay to
handle, and that he is now in a very
tight place, financially. The king of the
street, however, has as many lives as d
cat, and l shall be greatly surprised il
the predictions freely made of Gould's
downfall are not entirely falsiied within
a few days.
The two most distinguished arrivals
here this week, were Said and Bachita
two baby hippopotami, who were cap
tured in the Upper Nile region, some
months ago, and have now come over
here to replace the young hippotamus
who was for some time one of the CHIEF
attractions of the Aquarium, but who
shutfied off his mortal coil last spring
The newcomers weigh about $50 pounds
apiece, and are the only pair of these
animals, male and female, now in cap
tivity.
Our weather here has been run under
the auspices of Jupiter Pluvius for a
week past. Where all the rain comes
from is beyond conjecture, but roughly
estimating from appearances l should
say that about forty feet had fallen since
my last writing. Over in that wicke ed
city of Brooklyn they have been having
their streets turned into creeks and their
cellars to cisterns. No very heavy dam
age to property is reported.
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