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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27
Growing English Ivy.

L have heard many people complain
that they could not keep English ivies,
because they grew so slowly, and that
they could not afford to wait for a
small vine to grow to any considerable
size. While visiting my old home the
past summer | made many calls, and
among them one upon lady who is
noted throughout the village for the
beauty of her ivies. | never saw any
more lovely. Though comparatively
young plants, they were stalky, while
the leaves were of that glossy green
which is seldom seen on plants outside
the greenhouse.
L asked he:, after having admired the
plants sufficiently, "What is the secret
of yOur success 2" She assured me that
it was no secret, adding, Il put piece
of beefsteak at the roots every spring
and fall, and this is the result
But does not the odOr of decaying
beef annoy you 2"
at never has, and why should it I?
Wont people fill the pots half full of
stable richness, and never even think
of offensive odols 2"
On my return to Worcester | put
some steak-a piece perhaps two inches
square under the roots of my ivy, and
i'll IA week or two it began to run, and
has grown very rapidly ever since.
Now, perhaps other decaying matter
would do as well, but can truly recon-
mend the steak as having been tried.
Many say too much richness will kill
the plant, but | know from experience
that vines, all kinds of ivies, air plants
and Madeiras cannot have too much.
Use mixed dressing, such as has been
made ready fol the garden, two-thirds
of this and one of common earth, and
yOur vines will grow rank and beauti-
ful, astonishing you with large leaves
and stout stems.-N. A. M. Roe, in
american CultiUator.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27
RANDALE'S
NOW, FOR HOLIDAY GOODS

1 would say to the public generally,
that l have large assortment of the
above goods at astonishing low prices,
call and see for yourselves.
Large Wax Dolls for CSC, Il nice
Stereoscopic Glass for Csc, a nice Toilet
Set for Csc, and other goods that have
been sold for 81 so now for Csc and low
er. Also, have large assortment of
Pocket and Pen Knives, Hair and
Tooth Brushes, Wallets, Moustache
Cups, Pearl Card Cases, Crandalrs
Happy Family, and 1000 other arti-
cles that l will not stop to mention,
from 5 cents up to ten dollars. Be sure
and look my stock over before you pur-
chase elsewhere, for shall not be un-
dersOld. Remember to call at
G. D. RANDALL'S Drug Store,
59-61 R. R. Street. st. JOhnsbury, vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27
A Pertinent Criticism on the Publica-
ton of Crime.

BY REV. ii. f. AUSTIN.
Editor OF the CaledORian
In the last issue of your generally
commendable clean paper, | read with
a deal of delight the following editorial
item: Judge Ross received much COM
mendation for excluding spectators from
the Stokes trial. People came from ten
miles around, and the Judge thought it
was curiosity which the public good
did not require should be satisfied"
All honor to the level head and right
heart of the Judge! Had Judge Ross
excluded all newspaper reporters also,
l think most of your sensible subscrib-
ers would have still more highly hon
ored his Judgment. When | read your
editorial report of "An Important
Trial" 1 was seriously disappointed
with the too detailed account given of
that foul and filthy criminal case. And
1 firmly believe l express the better
feelings of the best families of this COM
munity and of Caledonia county.
And your too detailed account of that
scandalOus case impels me to make a
plain criticism on the publication of
crime in the newspapers furnishing so
much of the reading at our firesides,
and that form so much of the mental
and moral food so greatly determining
the culture as we'll as the character of
our children. Of vice, IGNORANCE is
bliss" and it is folly to instruct our
children in the details of filthy, dis
gusting crimes. A just Judge wisely
closes the court room doors against the
sickly sentiment and morbid curiosity
of the scandal-loving spectators, and
the village newspaper unwisely throws
as wide open the doors of the scandal
GUS tragedy as its circulation in Chris
tian families extends. The Judge, as a
father, could not wish his own sons and
fair daughters to witness such unclean-
ness as he is officially compelled to try
in the court room, and does to others
children as he would another should dc
to his; but the village paper too fully
recounts the tragical story and presents
the vile scandal to the Judges virtuous
family for dessert at the dinner table.
The criminal case is notorious; but
as to the details, and how the criminal
parties succeeded in the second crime
and as to the evidence of experts and
the line of argument by which the par.
ties escaped prison penalties, it is moi
needful or wise to tell our children
and the publication of these things be-
comes a school of depraved imagina
tions and demOralizing influences ant
consequent vice in our homes.
The subsided stencil of such horriC
crimes and abominable practices is ba,
enough concealed at best, withou
needlessly lifting the cover and delug
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27
VOLUME 42---NUMBER 216l.
parts afterwards with weak soap

ed parts afterwards with weak soap
suds.
The melly-bug, which looks like lit
tie mole than bit of dirt, must, like
the scalybug, be removed by hand
picking.
Fuchsias and Heliotropes should he
repOtted as soon as the roots touch the
sides of the pots.
Don't be discouraged at one failure,
but keep trying, until your windows are
living protest against frost and snow,
and your room a bower of living green,
that will never let the memory of sum-
mer days go out of your hearty. Y.
Observer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27
business ! 9irtftOrp.
NGme, Business and Location of lead
ing Business Houses IN st. Johnsbury.

NGme, Business and Location of the lead
ing Business Houses in st. JOhRSbury.
Agricultural Tools and Hardware.
HASKELL & SONS, Hoyt's Block r. r. st
Apothecaries.
c. c. BINGHAM No. 5, Bank Block, Main ST.
Attorneys at Law.
VI. MONTGOMERY, Jewett's Building R. R. ST.
ELISHA MAY, over Hall & Fletchers Store
:.ELDEN & IDE, No2 Caledonian Blk, up stairs
Books and Stationery.
HOWARD & ROWELL, CaledOnian Blk Main st
Book Binders.
g.. NJ. STONE s. CO., Agt's, Monument Square.
BIanks--Legal and Business.
g. VI. STONE & CO., Monument Square.
Bakers and Confectioners.
CROSS & BRADLEY, Main Street.
Clothing for Men and Boys.
E. ~ T. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village.
CrocIxery, Glass and Stone Ware.
T. n T. FAIRBANKS & Co, Fairbanks Village
Carpeting, Paper -Hangings, Window-shades.
4. & I. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village.
Dentists.
j. l.. PERKINS, CaledOnian Block, Main Street.
w. 1. Goods, Groceries and Fruits,
MATHEWS & PETTENGILL, Eastern Avenue
Dry Goods, and Ladies' Fancy Goods.
.. II. HALE, Avenue Block II. r. Street.
IL. " L. AlRBANhS " w., talfDankS village.
Furniture and Caskets.
HALL Il SWITSER Main Street.
CALDERWOOD, 81 SEVERANCE, IOO.F. Blk,
File Manufacturer.
ST. JOhnsbury File Works, opp. Passenger Depot
Groceries and Housekeeping Goods.
L. & I. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village.
Insurance, Life.)
T.. Il. SARGENT, (LEtna) Railroad Street.
Photographs.
ID. \. CLIFFORD, Caledonian Block, Main Street.
Printers and Publishers.
g. M. STONE s. CO., Caledonan Block, Main st.
Paddock Iron Works.
DANL THOMPSON, Proprietor, Paddock Village
Stoves and Tin Ware.
II. L. & d. Q. WOODRUFF Railroad Street.
Ill. COWDERY, Eastern Avenue.
Watches, Jewelry and Toys.
HOWARD & ROWELL Caedonian Blk Main ST
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27
Prayer of Mary Queen of SCOTS.

This brief but comprehensive prayer,
one of the most unique and beautiful
ever penned by the hand of man, has,
think, more of history than 1 am
able at present to recall. Very likely
some of your many contributors can
narrate it intact. l only remember the
fact that it was written expressly for
this unfortunate Queen and was ever
her favorite prayer. Nearly twenty
years since, recollect to have seen
it in the columns of the New York In
dependent, accompanied by quite a
number of varied translations, one of
which, while not quite so literal as were
the Others, yet it impressed me as being
all considered, the best, inasmuch as it
retains so perfectly both the sentiment
and charming metre of the original. ]
write entirely from memory, not having
retained copy even or seen it in print
since the time before alluded to:
PRAYER.
# OF Domino Deus Speravi in to.
o! care mi Jesu nunc liberia me.
In dura catena,
In misera pena,
Desdero te.
LanguendO,
Gemendo,
Genu flectendo;
Adore,
Imploro,
Ut hberes me.
TRANSLATION.
OH Sovereign Jehovah 1 have hoped in thee.
Oh Jesus my beloved do thou set me free.
In bondage most CALLING,
In sorrow APPALLING,
My soul yearns for thee
Now fainting,
Lamenting,
Bowed in grief unrelenting,
adore thee,
implore thee
Do thou set me free.
M, E. st. j.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27
CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Should be something good and useful,
and that will give HEALTH and COM
FORT to the body as well as satisfac-
tion to the mind. Such will be found
at l. B. GORHAM'S in the shape OF
LADIES' and CHILDREN'S FURS,
Very high cut Button ARCTIC OVER
SHOES and many other articles.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27
Trauelrrs' Gnide.
Portland Ogdensburg r. R.-Oct. IA, 1878.
TRAINS MOVING EAST


MAIL-Leaves SwantOn Gas, Cambridge juno
ton $40, Hardwick 9.3s, East Hardwick 9.4s
Greensboro 95s Walden 1O20 Danville 10 As, St
Concord 152, Miles Pond 12 TO- East Concord 12 90
Lunenburg 1890, arrives at Portland at 80 and
Boston next morning
EXPRESSLY. Swanton 5OOp M, Cambridge
JUNCTION Gas Hardwck $40 D. m. East Hard wick
$40, Greensboro $780, Walden s55 Danville 9.15
arrives at st. Johnsbury $50 p. m.
TRAINS MOVING WEST.
MAlL-Leaves Boston 600 and Portland I. 90 a m
Lunenburg 1240 p. M, East Concord 12. So Miles
Pond IL. SO West Concord Lib, East st. JOhnsbury
12s, arrive st. JOhnsbury LAO, leaves 1.5O, Dan.
Vile 225 Walden $50, Greensboro 3.12 East Hard.
wick 3.20, Hardwick 3.52, Cambridge Junction
455, arrives at SwantOn at 6.25 p.
EXPRESS.-Leaves St. Johnsbury 9.O5 a. m
Danville 9.47, Walden 1920. Greensboro TO- 40
East Hardwick 1850, Hardwick 11OO, Cambridge
junction 1925, SwantOn 200 p. m,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27

Dea. Adams Admonishes his Son.
Whats them things in yer pocket Jake, a bulgin'
out SO Hey2
What apples after all my good advice you mean
to say
You've been astealing apples ag'in on the Sabbath
dayi
'A-stealin'r r Hain't told We It's sin to steal a
pin!
And stealing apples on Sunday is a blamed sight
meaner sin !!
But you will keep steain on, time and time agin.
Sweet apples too I'll ventur' the sickliest kind
of trash
Such condemned foolish wickedness beats patience
all to smash
wouldn't had it happen, not for fifty cents in
cash
To steal sweet apples Sundays, amt no ways to
behave;
If you dodge the cholera morbus you'll live to be a
knave,
And bring my wig and nat hair in sorrow to the
grave
You'd make purity deacon, wouldn't youi why
look at me!
Did get to be deacon by petty larcenyi
No stealin' is far too risky for genuine piety.
We needn't allus tell the truth to spile trade
that's brewin
For if you don't take strangers in, in trade, why
they'll take you in;
But stealin' apples Sunday is the road to mora
ruin.
II don't Jacob, where you get your streak OF
thievery,
1t amt the Adams style-the Adamses was just
And your mothers side the Browns were famed
for honesty.
hope, really hope, that you won't steal ag'in, my
lad,
For if you should get ketched at it 'twould make
very sad.
Hem Jacob, hain't you got good sweet apple fol
your dadl"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27
FOR SALE.
Does This Mean You I?

The undersigned intending to leave for Florida
about Jan. 1st to be gone year or two, wishes to
settle with every body before that time. All ac-
counts not then adjusted will very probably be put
into the hands of an Attorney for collection.
HORACE K, IDE for
Z. T. & IL. K. IDE.
St. Johnsbury VT, Dec. 49, 1878. 60-62
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27
PASSUMPSIC R. R. NOTICE.
Return Tickets.

To accommodate local patrons, the company will
sell, beginning January 1st 1879 RETURN TICK
ETS between all stations, at once and onehalf the
fare one way.
These tickets will be good only the day of pur:
chase or the following day, and the purchaser will
be required to accept this limit, that we may avoid
any unpleasant controversy between passenger and
conductor. ii. e. FOLSOM, Supt
LyndOnville, Dec. 9, 1878. 6O62
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27

st. Johnsbury Athenaum.
LIBRARY AND READING RooM,-Free to all. Open
from A. NJ. to I2 M; from to 6. and from to 12
p NJ. Closed Wednesday Evenings.
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The Arizona sentinel., 1878-01-05
Kew Patents.

Through Dewey S Co.,, patent agents. San Francisco, we receive the following list of U. s. patents granted to Pacific coast inventors, viz: Henry H Holt, Kalana, W. T., books for carrying fishing flies; Alvah C. Austin, Oakland, Cal, piston water me- ter; \. ". Green, G. W. Hoag, of San Ja- cintO, and T. P Cleveland of Mountain House, Cal, railway air brakes; E. G Hall, HeaIdsburg, Cal, ore roas ing furnace; R. R. Lander, Turlock, Cal, wind mill; A. D. L2day, $. F., Cal, light weight rope; SamI Spencer Turlock, Cal, harvester; W. r. Vaughn and s. Jackson, Stockton, Cal, well boring machine; J. B. Ward. s. F, Cal, combined railroad aud conduit; V. Kingwell, s. F., Cal, garden valve; Grade marks) Haas Bros, $. F. and \, T., oysters Chas. J, Hawlcy, s. F. Cal, pulverizcd sugar; J. o. Nathorn, Astoria, Ogn,, packed and preserved meats and fish.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-01-05
YUMA A. T.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5 1878.

A GENrLEMAN just in from Yuma tells Us of a rather curious trick of engineering which the railroad company put into prac- ice in crossing the Colorado. It seems that the law re suating the construction of bridges across Eavigable streams rcqui- res that they have ;i movable draw of not less than l00 or l50 feet. To comply with this requisite the company had draw constructed the length prescribed, but they placed the pivot pier directly upon the river bank and, consequently, Onc-hah of the draw swings out over dry land. To give il play, they were even compelled to cut away portion of the bluff. This con- plies with the law, of course, but 1t gives a navigable space ill the river only half the width which the law contemplates. This will answer the purpose of the little stern wheel craft which now pass Up the river, but it is an e!fectual emUargO against any boat of larger dimensions. The company could have placed t!-eir swing pier in the centre Of the stream and might thus have accorded compliance with the spirit as well as the letter Of the law, but they found it cheaper and easier to put it On the solid ground of one bank and there it was plant ed. This shows, perhaps, that laws are not made for the protection of the public but for tLe convenience of the railroad comTafy.
 That is the way the L. A. EX- press puts it. But it is not the design of the rlihold company to obstruct navigation; when ocean steamers and deep Watar hips get to running up the Colorado the draw will be made wider.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-01-05
MohaVe Mails.

The following letter explains it. self. If Maj. Truman will interest himself in the matter, his efforts will accomplish more than the longest petitions that ever were signed:
 YUMA, ARIZONA, January 1, 1878. :iAJoR B. TRUMAN, Special Agent P O.. Dept, Los Angeles:
 SIR: l enclose ! copy of the SENTINEL of December 9 in which are published resolutions adopted by mass meeting of citizens Of Mohave county. As result of travel in that county, and of personal ex- perience anG observation of tue manner in which their mails are handled, I endorse every statement made by those citizens and express my surprise at the moderation of their language. As no mails are carried on wheels in that county, travel through it is attended with great inconvenience and loss of time For this reason your official predecessors lave not personally investigated thc matter but have been inclined to accept statements made at Eh renherg ard ny contractors. The oppor- tunity is now offered you of correcting q great and crying evil. The people of Mo have county have been made so sore bv neglect ard ill treatment ill the matter of mail service, that q personal inspection and remedy of their wr,ngs by you, would give you among them popularity that could in nO other way be acquired by any one if you cannot visit that county in person, then address few interrogatories 70 some of its principal citizens and weigh their answers against any contractors statement. l also send you copies of the SENTINEL of November 3, 24 and Decemb Der 22, containing articles on this subject Ev- cry statement made is correct and can be substantiated ny affidavit and corrobora- tive evidence Mohayc county, and the route itself, are entitled to q mail from Mohave Station, on the Southern Pacific railroad, via Resting Springs, Ivanpah and Hardyville to the Big Sandy If this can be secured it will greatly relieve the pres cnt route from Ehrenbcrg via Aubrey and : perhaps ensure the actual carrying of mails | entrusted to that route. I have cause fpl i suspecting that, between Ehrcnberg and i Aubrey, package and newspaper mail hay, 1 been destroyed or eoncealed, to avUd tht l expense of carrying it upon extra paci mules. cannot prove this, therefore I vii not assert it positively. That such mai 1 matter has failed to get much past Ehrcn berg !s susceptible of proof The enclo>tt original draft uf resolutions referred to wa! received to-day, January 1, though th' po,tmark shows it to have been malice 1 December l6.
 Having full confidence in your disposi tion and ability to arrange this matter, remain Very respectfully,
 GEoRGE TING,
 Editor Sentinel
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-01-05
The DIrcctor General or the IEint
 and A Arizona.

Dr. Linderman may be great scientist, but we question his practical ability. He may be familiar with the most abstruse calculations and yet be comparatively ig- norant of the practical requirements of his office. In short, he may be great theorist and very indifferent Director General of the Mint. To put it plainly, Dr. Under man may not understand his business, not withstanding lis fuss and feathers, and we don't believe he does. We put the matter in this way, because, if we put it aS 1t might otherwise suggest itself to our mind, t would nnt be at all fa,tering to Dr. Lin derman. Let us, therefore, assign as a reason for his transparent mistakes, want of knowledge, and proceed to the proof.
 pr. Lindermaa is accepted as an author ity upon the supply of the precious metals, and he should be in q position to know whereof he writes. Now, speaking of Ari- zona in his annual report, he estimated the bullion yield of the whole territory for the year 1877 at--gold, $300000; silver, $500,- 000. Where dil these ii 5urcs come from? Upon what data were they based? Are al Da. Lindtrman's figures equally trust worthy? If so, they certainly are unCe- serving of considerations We lave data before Us, which were certainly accessible to Dr. llndcrman had he cared to avail himself of them, which show that the monthly yield of silver bullion from Arizn- na is nearly equal 10 the gross annual re- ceipt as estimated by the Director General of the Mint.-[S ;. Post.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-01-05

him from time to time, and t is alleged the promise of commutation of lis sentence was given him conditioned on his implicat- ing the dead Republican. Riley protested from the first that Chisholm was in no way conccrlled, and in that statement he per sisted to the last, notwithstanding that as he waited on the galIows for the adjust mcnt of the moose the very mob that lnur- dtred Chisholm were permitted to cross question him and endeavor by entreaty and threat to commit him to SOuIe GeEun- ciation of Chisholm that might be taken as pal.iation for his public murder. Riley died declaring that Chisholm Lad nothing to do with the killing of Gully, directly or indirectly The butchers of Chisholm are therefore without comfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-01-05

JUDGE CHISHOLM, of Kemper county, Mississippi, was butchered by mob who charged that hc insti.ated the murder of one Gully. A short time ago a negro named Walter Riley was arrested, tried and convicted for the murder of Gully. There is no doubt that he committed the crime. He c0uIessed as much, and he has suffered the extreme penalty of the law. The men who had butchered Chisholm "labored with Riley faithfully, attempting to persuade him to state that he was moved to the commission of the crime by Chisholm. Reprieves were granted
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-01-05

IT seems they are beginning to run blows on the sea bottom to loosen up the soil for the dred"es. The Journal cJ Che- miStiy says: During the past summer we witnessed this deep sea blowing in the harbor of Belfast, Maine. The bottom of the bay is covered with tenacious, clayey deposit, into which the steam shovel pene- trates with difficulty, and to loosen it huge Michigan blow WAS set at work under the water, drawn by steam power on the shore, using wire rope to form conncc- lions. The water at high tide was about 20 feet deep when the blow was working. The man that held it was encased in the divers armor, and supplied with air by flexible tube connecting with an air-pump on board of vessel floating above. He came up at our request, and after remov- ing his air tight helmet, and conversing a few moments, was again put in connection with the pump, and, disappearing under water, went on with the blowing. This to us was a novel proceeding, and, so far as we can learn, it was tue first experimen. of the kind ever made"
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-01-05

ARTIFICIAL parchment is made by dip ping sheet of strong paper intoa solution Of sull huric ac:d, mixed with tenth of it's weight Of pure water IL is Lclu in this liquid for about three seconds, and then washed thoroughly in water and dried Experiments lately male in Dresden show that the paper ttus prepared has a power of resistance four times as great as before its immersion. The process is sOme- times used in Germany for less delicate services, as envelopes for sausages and dy- namite cartridges.