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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
Mot if it was My Boy"

Some years ago the late Horace
Mann, the eminent educator, delivered
an address at the opening OF some re-
formatOry institution for boys, during
which he remarked that if only one bon
was saved from ruin, it would pay for
all the cost, and care, and labor of es-
tablishing such an institution as that.
After the exercises had closed, in pri-
waite conversation, a gentleman rallied
Mr.. Mann upon his statement, and said
to him:
Ibid you not color that little, when
you said that all the expense and labor
would be repaid if it only saved one
boy p"
Not il it ,cas my boy" was the solemn
and convincing reply.
All there is a wonderful value about
"My boy" Other boys may be rude
and rough other boys may be reckless
and wild; other boys may seem to re-
qulre more pains aud labor than thew
ever will repay other boys may be left
to drift uncared for to the ruin which is
so near at hand but "My boy"-it were
worth the toll of lifetime and the
lavish wealth OF a world to save him
from temporal and eternal ruin. We
would go the world round to save him
from peril, and would bless every hand
that was stretched out to give him help
or welcome. And yet every poor wan
derlng, outcast, homeless man is one
whom some fond mother called "JIU
6oy." Every lost woman, sunken in the
depths of sin, was somebody's daughter.
in her days of childish innocence. To,
day somebody's son is a hungry ont
cast, pressed to the very verge of crime
and sin. To-day somebody's daughter
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l. Stephen Langton.
2. FOrty-seven clergymen, for three
years.
3, In the reign of Charles II. during a
fierce contest between two political par
ties in Parliament, Tory, or Toree,
meaning ''give me-" was a name applied
to robbers who infested the Irish boys and
woods. Wing, meaning probably "whey
or sour milk" was given in contempt to
the sober-faced Presbyterians of Scot
land.
4. Sir Richard Steele.
5. William Makepeace Thackeray.
6. Charlotte Bronte. "Jane Eyre
"Shirley" and 'Villette."
Z. The Tale of Two Cities.
8. The French Revolution.
9. Thomas De Quincy.
10. Red Gauntlet.
II. Two monks confined in prison
invented Il game for their own amuse-
ment, of bits of bread with cOlored spots
upon them. When their jailer approach
ed they would break ont into singing
the psalm "Dixit Dominus Domino"
The Lord said unto my Lord, etc.
When released, they made sets of the
game and sold them, calling them dom
inOes after the psalm.
IL. Francis Quarles.
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Questions in English History.
No. s.

NO. o.
l. From what is the word SarOn de-
rived?
2. The name of the Saxon Council or
Parliament ?
3. Who did more than any other king
to clear England of wolves?
4. Who was the Bretwalda?
5. What Saxon king has been called
the "Martyr," and why ?
6. Who said my royalty comes to
me from my people, and without my
peoples consent | cannot lay it down ~
Z. What battle decided the conflict
between William the Norman, and the
SaxOns?
s. What were William the First's
chief acts in England
9. The names of the Cinque Ports 1?
10. When were the Channel Islands
annexed to England? Mention the most
important.
IL. How did Henry |. gain the sur
name of Beauclerc
II. During what reign was il stand
ard of weights and measures established
in England
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Uncle Johns Soliloquy.

"Why didn't see this thing before
Ten dollars for foreign missions, and
one year ago | only gave fifty cents.
And that half dollar hurt me so much,
and came so reluctantly! And the ten
dollars-why, it is IL real pleasure to
hand it over to the Lord and this comes
from keeping an account with the Lord.
| am SO glad Brother Smith preached
that sermon. He said we should all
find it "a good thing to have treasury
in the house from which to draw, when
ever our contributions are solicited
He asked us to try the experiment for
one yeaT--tO set apart il certain pro-
portion of our income for the Lords
work. | thought it over. | thought
about those Jews, and the one-tenth
they gave into the Lords treasury.
thought what IL mean clOse-tisted Jew |
should have made, had | lived in those
days. Then | counted up all had
given for the year, and it was just three
dollars. Three dollars and ceI tainly
raised from my farm, clear of expenses,
twelve hundred dollars. Three dollars
is one four hundredth part of twelve
hundred dollars. The more | thought,
the wider | opened my eyes. Said |,
Il am not quite ready for the Jews one
tenth, but | will try one-twentieth, and
see how it works. got ii big envel-
ope, and put it down in the corner of my
trunk, and us soon us l could, put the
sixty dollars into it. Said |, Here goes
for the Lord 1t cost me little some
thing to say it at first, but when it was
done how good | felt over it. When
this appeal came for foreign missions,
all had to do was just to run to my
treasury ald get the money. And this
all comes from keeping an account with
the Lord. How he has blessed me this
year! | never had better crops. Now |
am going to try another plan. | am
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| from head to feet.

from head to feet.
Oh, but Johnny was frightened, and
expected every moment to be swal-
lowed
''Let's see," said the giant; che al
ways says Pretty sooD.' No, that isn't
it: what is it, my fine fellow. that you
always say to your mamma when she
asks you to do anything for her? 1t
isn't Pretty soOn,' nor in minute :
what is it? They all mean about the
same thing, to be sure, and bring every
body to me in the end, but must know
exactly, or can't put you in the right
place."
Johnny hung his head, and did not
want to tell but an extra hard poke OF
the giants big finger made him open
his mouth and say with shame that he
always said, "Fm going to-"
''Oh, that's it !" said the giant, "well
then, you stand there" So he unwOhnd
bit of the web from his fingers, just
enough so that he could hold the Pro-
crastinatOr's Primer, and stood him at
the end of long row of children who
were saying over and over again, just
us fast us they could speak, "GOing to,
going to, going to-" just that, and moth
ing else in the world.
Johnny was tired and hungry by this
time, and lOnged to see his mamma,
thinking that if he could only get back
to her, he would always mind the very
moment she told him to do anything.
He made great many good resolutions
while he stood there. At last the giant
called him to come and say his lesson.
"YOu shall have a short one to-day"
said he, "and need say it only thou
sand times, because it is your first day
here tomorrow, you must say it a
million"
Johnny tried to step forward, but the
web was still about his feet, so he fell
with bang to the floor. Just then he
opened his eyes to find that he had
rolled from the rock to the grass, and
that mamma was calling him in loud
voice to come to supper, and this time
he didn't say, "Pm going to."-Char-
lOtte +. Daley, IN Educational Monthly.
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The "Petrified Man" Humbue.

The general suspicion that the '|pet-
rilied man" which WIS unearthed in
Colorado last summer and which has
been on exhibition in New York, is a
humbug, seems to be verified. Testi-
mony which appears unimpeachable
has been brought out that the figure
was cast III lime-kiln at Elkland, Pa,
by George Hull, the originator of the
Cardiff giant" and that one of his
confederates i'll the enterprise was p. Il.
Barnum, who supplied Il part of the cap
ital. The whole affair in its inception
and execution, was Il very adroit one.
Hull made about S60.O00 by the Car
diff swindle before it was exposed. but
his constitutional tendency to humbu@
wouldn't allow him to engage in any
legitimate business, and he formed the
scheme of quilting the Darwinians by
furnishing them with ''missing link
HIS design was TO produce Il figure
which would appear to he something
between man and an ape, and after
three years spent in getting together
material and III modelling and casting,
lie obtained IL product which suited
the requirements. The goose skim
appearance, which has puzzled the
scientists, was produced by the patiens
use of needles, and one or two bonet
were concealed at points where inves,
tIgatOrs were to be allowed to bore.
HulFs money gave out at this point,
and he applied to Barnum for funds
with which to bury the work of art.
Last spring, therefore, it was boxed ND
and transported to Colorado, where it
was duly found, according to the pro-
gram, surrounded with fossils and other
evidences of its antiquity. The test by
Prof. Taylor, which Barnum boldly
challenged, came near exposing the
humbug on the spot, for the proprietors
only found out just before the exami-
nation that kind of cuptal ought to
be found by boring into petrifed man
but Hull was equal to the emergency
and, by trick of legerdemain, substi-
tuted the crystalline substance for the
dust produced by the professors boring
implement. This final exposure, which
is made out of revenge by an unpaid
accomplish, is made in part by the tes-
timony of Hull's neighbors, who had an
lnkling of what was going forward, and
will probably dispose completely of this
latest impression upon popular credul-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
Life in California.

Says a returned Californian Yes, it
is wonderful country Big
trees-enOrmOus centipedes, every leg
a sting, singing while they crawl over
yOu--fifty DESIGNATING five thousand
stings while they crawl over your leg.
Enormous crops when they get 'em-
once in two or three years. Wind in
San Francisco Blows a gale in San
Francisco every summer day from nine
O'Clock in the morning until four in the
afternoon. Sand and desert No, grit,
gravel and pebblestoues: and as fol
sand alone-pure sand-it drifts four
feet deep over the pavements and COW
ers lamp posts. Yo Semitic ? Grand,
sublime, and half a dollar toll every
forty rods. Rattle-snakes-lon ones
in the mountains, short on the plains
short and thick-lOok like Bologna
sausages, and lying by dozens about
the puddles. Country parched and dry
us brickbat in summer-nO sOd-nO
grassland hot Cook an egg out of
doors anywhere.
Cool III Francisco? Yes; too cool
half the time for cOmfort-and fog every
day, morning and night-fog, thick,
damp, nasty, and clammy. Scorpions
in the country-sting with their tails
feels like red-hOt knitting needle run
through yOu-they get into your boots
at night, and start out of them on the
double quick in the morning. Yes, de-
lightful country; so much that is new
to see. feel, and think about all the
feel. There's the yell
low jacket, Il cross between the wasp
and the humble bee-settle on the table
while your eating-bore holes in the
beefsteak, and carries off half an ounce
at time, and stings like fury if inter
rupted. StOcks-mining stocks Yes.
People are frequently bitten by them
awfully-half the cases are fatal. Such
IL variety of the works of nature in Cal
itOrnia. Mosquitoes ? Yes. Going by
river to Sacramento, clouds on clouds
of them. Verdure in the country ?
Poison Oak-touch it and your hand
swells to the size of Il peck measure.
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RrHainus Rradina.
Is it any Pleasure to the Almighty that
thou art Righteous
JOR % r

They shall he mine. saith the Lord OF
hosts. in that day when | make up my
Jewels. Especial treasure.) Nal. 3: Ia.
will that they also, whom thou hast
given me. he with me where | am.
John IL: "a.
He will rejoice over thee with JOY ;
he will ioy over thee with singing.
Zeph. 3: IL.
Thou shalt also he crown of glory
in the hand of the Lord, and royal
diadem in The hand of thy God. lisa.
6z:3.
So shall thy God rejoice over thee.
lisa. 81: ).
The Lord delighteth in thee. Ps.
81: /. lisa. 62: 4.
Blessed be the Lord thy God who
delighted in thee. ! Kings 1879.
The Lord taketh pleasure in them
that fear him, in those that hope in his
mercy. Ps. AZ: IL.
The eyes of the Lold are over the
righteous. | Peter 3: II.
He withdraweth not his eyes from
the righteous. Job 1867.
The Lord loveth the righteous. Ps.
l46: 3.
The Lord taketh pleasure in his peo-
pie. PS. I49: 1.
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Pray with Your Children.

A young mother made it her daily
practice to carry her little ones in sup
plication to the throne of grace, and vet
complained of want of faith and
definiteness in asking for them the in
tluence of the Holy Spirit.
"Do you pray for each child separ-
ately, and by name ?" inquired the
pastor.
mo, that has never been my habit
was the reply.
Il think it of much importance as a
help to our faith and to the clearness
and intensity of our desire on their be-
half. You pray with them, | trust, as
well as for them ?"
sometimes | do, but not often.n
''Let me persuade you, then, to take
your little son and daughter each sep
arately to the place of prayer, and
kneeling with them before the Lord.
tell him the name, the daily history
the special want of each, and see if your
heart Is not opened to plead for them
as you have never done before
Tears were in the eyes of the young
mother as she said. with trembling Iips.
"rll try"
As evening came she had not forgot
ten her promise but us she saw that
Sarah, her daughter, was unusually
peevish, she thought it best to take her
little son first to her chamber. Willie
was bright and pleasant boy of five
years, and when his mother whispered
her wish to pray with him he gladly put
his hand III hers and knelt by her side.
As he heard his name mentioned before
the Lord tender hush fell upon his
young spirit, and he clasped his mothers
fingers more tightly as each petition for
MS special need was breathed into the
ear OF his Father in heaven. And did
not the clinging of that little hand
warm her heart to new and more fer
vent desire as she poured forth her sun
plIcation to the nearer and answerer of
PRAYER?
When the mother and child rose from
theiI knees Willie's face was like a
rainbow, smiling through tears.
Mamma, mammal said he. 81 am
glad you told Jesus my name: now
he'll know me when | get to heaven.
AND when the kind angels that carry
little children to the Saviour take me
and lay me in his arms, Jesus will Iool,
at me so pleasant and say, WHY this is
Willie Huston; his mother told me
about him; how happy l am to see
you, Willie. Won't that be nice mann
ma? n
Mrs. Huston never forgot the scene.
And when she was permitted to see not
only her dear Willie and Sarah, but the
children afterward added to her family
circle, each successfully cOnsecrating
the dew of their youth to God, she did,
indeed, feel that her pastors plan was
''the more excellent way" So she re-
solved to recommend it to praving
mothers by telling them this touching
incident.-SeIected.
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Building Lots.

, For sale in the village of st Johnsburv b,l,,;,,
lots situated a commandino nIata99,,, o I;i
on two sides by the Passumpsic River and oyer
1%1 iIIag Railroad Street Sqmmerville Paddocks
Nniage and a portion of ST. Johnsburv PLAIN
For beauty of scenery and healthfuIness os l.
cation THIS situation is unrivalled Those desirnG
homes Will never have better Opportunity fS
securing the most desirable location and ~ t1 pl
most reasonable terms. No fancy prices asked 'io
$3.50. If Z - P sTib, SZSO to
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is weary, helpless wanderer, driven
by necessity in the paths that lead to
death. Shall we shrink from labor,
shall we hesitate at cost, when the work
before us is the saIration of a soul? Not
if it is "My boy;" not if we have the
love of him who gave his life to save
the lost.-The Christian.
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FOR SALE.

Valuable residence just outside of the Village of
St Johnsbgry, between Fairbanks village and the
Ialr ground, with twenty acres of land adjoining
the premises. Buildings new and in good condition.
Good spring of water on the place, and running to
the house and barn. and garden well stocked With
small fruits. ALEX STEW A pr
st. JOhnsbury, Nov &C. 1871 ~
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WESTERN TICKETS /!

Tickets to all points West and South and the
Paclhc coast, via. all the first-class routes
class Steamers y --''
10 San Francisco, by Rail or Steamer
For lowest rates, time tables and information
can y. on or address A. c. HARVEY, Ticket ct
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GTATE OF VERMONT ESSEX DrsTr,.-
= In Probate Court, holden at GniiJti, Z ,
for said district on TIE 18th day Of JaTp.,,L
1878.
GeorEe Francis Fairchild, Administr,.
estate of Charles ID. Fairchild late nf ~
in said district, deceased, makes ar,J n,
said Court for license to sell part If iHsI'.
tate of said deceased, to wit: Lot n, i-
lots Nos IL and IL range 2, and one ur,i;-. E.
of lot No. 63 in Guildhall, and lot No IA ,s
lot No. in 9th range, and lot No. - in e..
in CRANKY, and all in said district T,y WI.
that the sale is necessary for the r.'
debts and charges of administration. AMI
conducive to the interests of all Concern
WhereupOn it is ordered by said Cont =,
application be referred to a session tL,,
held at the Probate Office in said Guiljb.T
9th day of February, A. ID. 1s7-. for b..
decision thereon and, il is further prd.
all persons interested be notified hrrpnf i''
ton of notice of said application and an,
on. three weeks successfully in the C,tI
newspaper published at st. JOhnsburr ,.g
circulates in the neighbOi hood Of tbo,a 1 i,.
before said time of hearing, that they m ',.-
at said time and place, and if they SEE, c,,,..
thereto.
1915 VIM. II. HARTSHOPN
A true copy of Record. Attest
WIN. II. HARTSHORy H.
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Petition for Discharge in Bankru

In the District Court of the United State,
District of Vermont. In Re BACON
Bankrupts.
DISTRICT OF NERM.-
Notice is hereby given that a petitinr' a
filed in said Court, by John Bacon and E5.-
lde. of st. J0hnsbury, in said distrirs Jyi,l.
bankrupts under the Act of Cungres. .tlrz
1867, for a discharge and certificate ,.,yy. Z
all their individual and co partnership.
other claims prOvable under said Act and
Goth day of Feb, 1873. at 9 o'clock An
the Hon. HoYT II. WHEELER. Judge ut ST..
at the Z. :. Court Rooms in Burlington ), ~
for the hearing of the same. when and
creditors who have proved their debts
persons in interest. may attend and SHOW
any they have why the pray er of said
should not be granted
Dated at Burlington, ON the 22d day Of
l4-16 Il. b. SMALLEY A..
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DESIRABLE RESIDENCE
FOR SALE,

Inc subscriber wishing to change his place of
TIs1sldence, VIII sell his ace Railroad street
thoroughly made in every part and of the very
pest material 1t is furnished with water heated
location. There is Connected with Il a
good barn, garden and another building lot
The place must be sold and will be sold cheaD
st. Johnsbury Dec. IT, AIS
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HOUSE FOR SALE.

viii sell my house situated on Charles St., op-
P3slte North Church, formerly owned by Mrs
Houston. The house is a story and a half and in
good repair, and will be sold on reasonable terms =
w. r. PUFFER
ST. Johnsbury, Jan. ., 1873 Iotf
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NOTICE..

A X LUCAS has taken my Berkshire Boar. and
at present he will be at his place at the head of
Main street. Breeders of good hogs will find it for
their interest to patronize him.
St JOhnsbury. Ia.,5
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SrTATE OF VERMONT. CALFDoyI. n,.-,.
- In Probate Court held at the Probaf, ,s
st. Johnsbury within and for said Dislrir,
21st day of January, a. u. ls7s.
An instrument purpOrting to he the L.
and Testament of Samuel Goodrich lat..,
wick. in said district, deceased. being NJ.
to Court by Caroline +. Goodrich. tLe r,
therein named, for Probate:
1t is ordered by said Court, that all uer.
cerned therein be notified to appear at ,-.
said Court to be held at the Probate Ono
JOhnsbury, on the 9th day of Febmarg
1873, and show cause, if any they may hag..
the Probate of said Will; for which pun.
further ordered, that a copy Of the recon
order be published three weeks successive
CaledOnian, printed at st. JOhnsbury, pr-
said time appointed for hearing.
By the Court, Attest.
HENRY FRENCH. h.
a true copy of Record, Attest.
1915 HENRY FRENCH. Re-
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Notice of Assignee in Bankrur-

DISTRICT OF NEWoy
At st. Johnsbury, this cath day of Jan 4. .
The undersigned hereby gives notice d,
pointment as Assignee of Barron NJ DR.
Waterford, in the county of Caledonia. and
of Vermont, within said district who l.
adjudged Bankrupt. upon his own petition
District Court Of said district.
14-l6 JOHN W. LEWIS. Al
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Questions and Insmrrs.

Under this head we propose to print questions.
Answers solicited the following week. If not cor
rect not sent in before, answers will be publish
ed in two weeks after the questions appear.
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