St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-25

Uut lllt lcllOW ulCW a
knife, with a blade some twelve inches
about his head. Finally the engineer
got an iron rod, and with the end of it
tickled the Celestial gymnast in the
ribs, making it so uncomfortable for him
that after hacking the iron for a time
with his knife, he got off the beam
about as he had mounted.
CATCHING CoLD.-Catching cold is a
common phrase for an attack of catarrh,
but it is a very incorrect one. One year
| suffered so severely from a series of
'Ecolds" that my attention was drawn
specially to them. was then lecturer
on medicine, and nearly every night,
from FIVE o'clock to six, during the win
ter months, had to turn out from a
warm room to go through all weathers,
lecture for an hour in theatre heated
by stove and lighted by gas, and then
return again to my snuggery at home.
When 1 felt fresh cold beginning l
tried in vain to account for it, until l
accidentally saw in COpeland's diction
airy that the most fertile cause of cold
was coming from moist cold all to
hot and dry room. This at once ex-
planned to me the reason OF my frequent
suffering, for had invariably gone into
my hot room straight from the cold. l
of course changed my habit. | dawdled
in the hall while taking off my great
coat, peram bulated the rooms which
had no fire in them, went up and down
stairs, and the like, ere went into my
study, whose temperature was always
reduced. Since then | agree with a
friend, who says that ga cold comes
from catching hot :" and l am disposed
to think that there is strong analogy
between chilblain on child's toes
and cold in persons nose, throat and
lungs.-MedicaI Mirror.
wA notable exhibition of courage,
GOODNESS and skill was furnished by the
officers of the German steamship Her.
mann on her last voyage to New York.
A fire being discovered i'll the cargo
near the boiler room, the speed of the
vessel was slackemed, the captain, sum-
moned from Il sick bed, took command,
a strong force was quietly set to work,
and in the short space of 20 minutes, |
though laboring in binding smoke and
with the possibility of the fire bursting
through the deck at any moment, the |
men had overcome the danger. So eff |
ticiently and coolly was the all imper-
tant task performed that passengers
within 20 feet of the scene of peril knew |
nothing of what was going on.
70 | have, from boyhOOd, had a great |
love of Vermont scenery mountains |
covered with forests; valleys full of
rich verduIe, by the side of winding |
streams, into which empty mountain |
brooks; little villages with tall, white
church spires; cattle grazing sheep
dOtting the hillsides; old house dogs
lying on the grass in front of the farm |
houses. Quaint old Isaac Walton wrote
''Deubtless God might have made
better berry than the strawberry. but |
doubtless He never did, | think, so
far as my experience goes, it might be
as truly said, doubtless God might
have made Il more beautiful state than
Vermont, but doubtless He nerer did
Geo. T. 4ngeH, in "OM Dumb AnimaIs"
WINTERING HORsEs.-WoIk horses
% years old ale very rare, and yet at
this age horse may be vigorous and
useful. The duration of IA horses life
IL w y S'tlS, u ne Is wen cared 1Of. ana
in his old age moderate work may he
expected from him. A large proportion
of horses are ruined before they are
five years old by overwork, improper
feeding, neglect and abuse Neglect
and improper feeding find more victims
than overwork, for if horse in his
prime is properly fed and cared for ne.
can scarcely be hurt by steady work.
Food should be given regularly as to
time and quantity. A horse has COM
paratively small stomach. Five pounds
of cut hay and three quarts of ground
feed should make full feed for a large
horse. Horses that are worked on the
road ut more than Il walking gait
should have the hay reduced to three
pounds and have four quarts of the feed.
If the feed is moistened with water give
no drink until an hour after feeding,
and none Immediately beioIe.-AgricuI-
Mrist.