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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-30
GIANTS.

Pliny relates that in the time OF
Claudius Cesar. there was a man
Gobburns brought by the Emperor
from Arabia to Rome. who was nine
feet four inches high. 1.-The tallest
man that has been seen in our times.
In the reign of Augustus Cesar.
the tall forms of Rasis and Secundilla
might have been seen. whose bodies
were preserved in museum. in the
Sallustian Gardens. and each OF whom
measured ten feet three inches In
height.
The Emperor Maximus was nine
feet high. and was in the habit OF
using his wife's bracelet as thumb
ring. His shoe was q foot longer
than that of any other man. and he
could draw . carriage which two OK
On could move. He ate usually forty
pounds weight Of flesh, and drank
six gallons Of wine daily.
Jooophus tells Of Elo1oT, eJeW,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-30
WtT AND HUM0R.

a Burlington man as named his girl
baby George Yelliot.
1t will be unsafe toreduce the army
until the colleges are destroyed.
A Dutchman repeated the adage,
birds nit one feather goes NIT dem
selves"
That our social Ordor is verv much
out of order in the following regards
is "a certainty to the coming revolu-
ton:
A West Hill boy wandered into a
Jefferson street drug store, and want
ed to buy 10 cents worth of fly paper
"to make kites Of.
Prices are not so very down. The
sleeping car porter is still backing
boots for Is cents a pair, and making
no charge for his society.
Scene in a railway carriage: Fond
wife. ''Let me see your paper mo-
ment, dear" Husband. Eyes, as
soon as we get to the tunnel"
How can five men divide five eggs SO
that each man shall receive one, and
one shall remain in the dishi One
man takes the dish with the egg.
This is great country. When a
ship is launched congress adjOurns,
and when a man takes little drink in
Virginia they ring bell.
A little Florida boy tanned an ALI
gator. and the ugly reptile learned to
like the fellow-not, however, until
| the little fellow was all gone.
go on, young man, she is no
F., here" said Pennsylvania preacher
last Sunday, TO youth he saw stand
ing hesitatingiy in the doorway.
A Lawrence newspaper says that a
young iEan recently shot himself
with a rival" The young fellow
doubtless had reason to believe that
the rival wouldn't go'ofT.
Ninety nine years and ninety-n
days." was the term of expulsion re-
Gently awarded refractory "culled
bruddur" o. the ''Sons and daughters
of st. Luke" at Chester, Pa.
The .'Profts Of Farming" is the
title Of an article going the rounds Of
the papers. 1t probably alludes to the
prophets who always lay out poor
potato or peach crop as soon as spring
opens.
A Norristown fisherman on Friday
last caught twenty-seveu trout. some
Of them, he says, weighing over two
pounds apiece. He would have
caught more, but he is not good liar.
i 1t matters not what sort Of a dog .
man may be leading home with .
string. It may be blue-and-grey cur
or brindle bull pup. yet he always
seys with pride that tho dog II ha13
Il black and tn.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-30
THE BELCHER SPRINGS.

One of the attractions of St. Louis
and where flocks of people go for
health. is the Artesian well, known as
the Belcher Springs. on O'Fallon
street, by the Belcher Sugar Refinery.
This well is one of the most noted in
the United States. and owes it's ex-
istence entirely to Mr.. William H.
Belcher Of st. Louis. An interesting
account of its boring is given by A.
Litton. M. d. in the Transactions of
the academy Of Science Of st. Louis.
The EOaring Of this well was begun
from the bottom of an old well, 80
feet deep, in the spring of 1S49, and
the work was stopped in the spring of
1854. The bore to the depth of 2l9
feet was inches in diameter, then
1-2 inches for 731 feet further, and
continued at ID inches till the full
depth Of 2. 1919 feet was reached. At
$50, feet, the top of limestone layer,
the water became salty; 200 feet
below this. in layer of shale. it con-
tanned 7-S per cent of salt; and at
965 feet, below bed of bituminous
mari, ID per cent. At the depth Of
LILO feet the hardest rock was en-
countered, being bed of ebert 60
feet thick. The water is discharged
through 90 inch pipe at the rate of
IS gallons minute. 1t is used for
medicinal purposes, having strong
odor of sulphurated hydrogen, and
contains over per cent of mineral
matter, including 6 per cent of salt.
Its temperature is even at about 7S0
Fab. The total cost of the work eX-
ceeded $4,000, and is located within
the premises OF the Belcher Sugar
Refinery, and is called "Belcher
Water 1t is free to all comers.-
st. Louis Reciew.
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SC1ENGE+
HOW TO CLEAN LAMP CHIMNEYS

Most people in cleaning lamp chin
neys, use either a brush made OF
bristles twisted into Wire or a rag
on the point of a scissors. Both OF
these are bad, for without great care
the wire or scissors will scratch the
glass, as a diamond does, which under
the expansive power of heat. soon
breaks, as all scratched glass will. If
you want a neat little thing that will
cost nothing and save half your glass.
tie piece Of soft sponge the size of
your chimney to a pine stick.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-30

giant over ten feet high, who was
one of the hostages whom the King of
Persia sent to Rome after peace.
Plot, in his ''Oxfordshire, 1915,
says that skeleton seventeen feet
high was then to be seen in the town
hall in Lucerne. It has been found
under an oak in Willison, near the
village Of Reyden.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-13

mediate vicinity of any case which an
exhibitor was opening for the purpose
of showing goods. There will be two
'sgrand prizes" given to these French
jewelers.. In bracelets of enameled gold,
there is such wonderful variety as
have never seen before. There is also
mass of small caskets, bonbonnieres,
ETC., each of which is worth fortune.
The emeralds attracted Castellani's
practiced eye, and while he was point
ing out their special beauties he told
me story to illustrate the great diff
Guilty nowadays experienced by jew
elers in distinguishing between true
and false. 1t appears that at one time
in the reign of Napoleon III, he was
severely pressed for money, and so it
was determined that the emeralds, each
one worth fortune-in one of Eugenie's
necklaces should be sold and false
ones should be put in their places
The imperial treasury was charged with
this delicate task, and succeeded in
doing it. After Eugenie's fall from
power, an English ieweler purchased
the necklace which the dethroned en-
press had left behind her, and had it
not been for his curiosity to discover
how much the emeralds were worth "a
curiosity which led him to unset one
and test it-he would never have known
that the stones were false. When he
found that they were not genuine he
demanded an explanation, and the
whole matter came out. Emeralds
abound in the display of crown-jewels
in the main corridor of the Champs de
Mars palace on the side next the Seine.
Within the railing around the priceless
collection sits a sharp-faced man, who
is probably one of the sharpest detec-
tives in France and inside second
railing stand four policemen. There
is no danger that any one will have a
chance to put his or her hand through
the glass and grasp handful of Kohl
noors. The police are too quick fol
hat.-Kings Letter in Boston Journal.
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around table or other place, by which
it was claimed the approach of ants was
stopped. Mr.. Strong says, and Mrs.
Strong swears it is true, that an ant
cannot walk over a chalk-link, and that
all that is necessary to keep ants away
from anything is to draw chalk line
around it. 1t appears that chalk makes
ants legs slip up, as soaping track
prevents a railroad engine from start
ing. The petition was novel, and caus-
ed considerable fun. At last the COM
missioner of patents looked over the
precedents and directed his law clerk
to write decision refusing the appli-
cation on the ground that there was
nothing new in the invention claimed,
that chalk had been used for such puT-
poses heretofore, and winding up with
the general statement that such ideas
are not patentable. This decision was
sent to the Strong family, but it failed
to satisfy them, They had made up
their minds that there was millions in
! their invention, and they did not in
tend to be cheated out of it by any such
decision. AS they have money they
can pay lawyers. To-day there was
filed an appeal from the decision of the
commissioner of patents. This appeal
will be tried in September next in the
circuit court Washington Letter to
Hartford Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-13
Divine Amounting.

As the apostles were baptized with
the Holy Spirit at PentecOst to qualify
them for the their work, imparting wis
dom, strength, and inspiration, SO we
need divine amounting in order to
a thorough preparation for Christian
work. And we may have it. Prayer
is the avenue through which the bless
ing comes. 1t comes by tarrying long
at the throne of grace. 1t comes, when,
in the closet, the soul holds communion
with its God. We are not to look fol
astonishing or miraculous experiences.
We are simply to ask for disposition
to work for the Master; for a heart so
full of love as to be impelled to it for
such burden of desire for souls that
we cannot help but do something di-
rectly or indirectly to that end. And
gradually this disposition will come.
Quietly, silently, as the dew distills and
refreshes the earth, the Spirit of God
will cOmeinto the heart, and awaken
these desires. AS the disposition is
given, the way will also open. No one
who longs to labor for the Lord, need
wait long for his opportunities. The
fields are already white to the harvest
God will open the way by his provi-
dence to every earnest soul that asks
with all the heart, "LOId, what will
thou have me to Congregation
aiSt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-13
Sfnr Mr Children.
Spiders.
BY ALICE BIRDETTE.

"Mean little things" hear one boy
say. 81 should like to know what they
are good for" Well, we are going to
try and find out, and perhaps when we
get through you will think they know
quite as much for their size, as-as you
do for yours! You all know the story
of Robert Bruce, how, when he was
tired and discouraged, he lay down and
watched a spider trying to fasten Que
end of his thread. He tried and tried,
again and again, until finally the seventh
time he succeeded. Robert Bruce learn
ed good lesson of patient perseverance
from this, and so took heart. and with
firmer purpose than before, went out
and fought the decisive battle which
saved his country.
Only the other day read of a good
man who hid in cave. Some bad men
wanted to kill him, so they searched
the country, and at last, finding the
cave, were going in but stretched clear
across the mouth of it was very large
spiders web, and one of the men said.
of course he wasn't there, for he could
not have gone in without breaking the
web; SO they passed on and left the
man there in safety. Wasn't that a
pretty good nights work for "a poor
mean little spider 2"
If you look at a spider carefully, YOU
will find that it is divided into two
parts by very slender thread, through
which there is little opening so that
D, food can pass from the first part, which
contains the head and breast, into the
second part or belly. The head is COW
cred with she'll, and the belly with very
fine soft hair. Its eyes are set ali
around its head, sometimes six, and
sometimes eight; so it is no wonder
they are hard to catch you cannot ap-
proach them from any quarter without
their seeing you. Their eyes are i'm
movable like those of most other in
sects, and they have no eye-lids. On
the fore part of the head are two pin.
GERS, with seIrated or saw-shaped edges
and little claw running out from each
one like cats claw. Just under the
point of this is hole, and through it a
poison is sent out, which DESTROYS its
prey. Button says this has no effect on
human beings.
They all have eight legs, jointed to-
gether like Holsters, and if thew lose
a piece, or even whole leg, another will
grow again very quickly. At the end
g of each leg are three claws, and by
these they cling to their web, or walk
on smooth surfaces, where they find
little holes and depressions which we
cannot see at all. But they have an
" other arrangement much more wonder
ful than any we have seen a little
sponge on the under side of each claw,
80 that when thew walk on glass or ON :,
very highly polished surface, by squeez-
ing that, they press out little glue,
which sticks each foot down fast, and
, holds it there till the next step is taken.
We all know where spiders like best
to build their webs,-in the corners OF
rooms and tops of windows, and places
where the flies seem thickest but even
there they are unsuccessful, and have
to wait days and weeks before catching
9 anything. But there they hang, scarce
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-13
Rsisinns Readins.
Precious Promises.
2PRTKR la.

will be to you God. Elk. 81.
With everlasting kindness will have
mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Re.
deemer. lisa. 81: 8.
As one whom his mother comforteth
30 will comfort you. lisa. &c: ID.
Certainly l will be with thee. Elk
3: II.
From this day will 1 bless you
Hag. 2: 10.
Call unto me and will answer thee
Call upon me in the day of trouble;
will deliver thee, and thou shalt glOrify
me. Jer. SO: 3. Ps. so: Is.
1 also will keep thee from the hour o.
temptation. Rev. 3: 10,
l will strengthen thee; yea, l vii
help thee; yea l will uphold thee with
the right hand of my righteousness.
will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy
Redeemer. lisa. al: 10, ii.
will never leave thee, nor forsakt
thee. Heb. ID: 5.
i will be Father unto you, and "
shall be my sons and daughters, saitl
the Lord Almighty. 2. Cor. 6:7.
1 will give thee crown of life
Rev, 9: 10,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-13
Wanted, Patent for a Chalk Mark,

Several daysago an application reach
ed the patent Office from j. j. Strong
and Kate M. Strong of Talladega, Ala,
for a patent for an ant guard. The
petition, which was very funny one,
set forth that the Strongs, who are man
and wife, had jointly put their minds
together and had invented the most
wonderful thing ever heard of, to wit.
an "ant guard" which they went on to
describe at great length. They claim
ed that 1T was patentable, as it was new
and useful, two things that are neces-
sary to secure a patent. The guard
consisted of drawing a chalk mark
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Gstafeg.
M. CONANT,s ESTATE.

IRAN M. CONANTS ESTATE
Il The subscribers, having been annoir..,
the Hon. Probate Court for the distrIct ~ y, by
donna, commissioners to receive examine 81 Saie
Just all claims and demands of all persons %nu al
the estate of Hiram M. COnant late of sjisihsi
in said district deceased represented insora~ lck
the term of six months from the 5tb day of AID
1873 being allowed by said Court To- H. aug
itOrs of said deceased, to exhibit and nro, tLel
respective claims before us Give notice thar tell
will attend to the duties of our apnointr Onat We
the dwelling house of Augusta a. Conontt' at
Hardwick, in said district, on the anti ', w, IN
September, and 5th day of February next LAY OF
O'Clock in the afternoon, each of said darS ohe
L. d. HATHAWAY,
44-46 G. G. MONTGOMERY SCOm'rs.
GTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA InsTp,o-
- In Probate Court held at the Probate 6gid l IS
St. Johnsbury within and for said District nce IN
21st day of August, A. ID. 1873. "" the
An instrument purpOrting to be the last U,:,,
and Testament of Samuel r. Norris late of III " NJ
wick in said district, deceased being nrasnr. L
to Court by Sarah A. Norris the executriy tba
in named, for Probate: '''efe
1t is ordered by said Court that all persons cou
cerned therein be notified to appear at a sess 'h
said Court to be held at the Probate Office w.; OF
Johnsbury, on the 18th day of September !" o. o.
1878, and show cause, if any they may have aroi ~
the Probate of said Will for which purnoSs ' =,
further ordered, that copy of the record If Il,
order be published three weeks successfully in G
CaledOnian, printed at St JOhnsbury prcvinn M ~"
said time appointed for hearing. I"
By the Court, Attest
ASA L. FRENCH, Judge of Probato
true copy of Record, Attest,
44-46 ASA l.. FRENCH, Judge of Prob,,,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-13
Power of Example.

Whatever good advice you may give
your children, if the parents pursue a
bad and reckless course of conduct, de-
pend upon it the children will follow
the example, instead of following the
adlice. They will turn out ill, and
probably worse than the parents whose
example they are initiating. There are
few principles of human nature stronger
than that of imitation, and when chill
dren see man and wife quarreling, the
mother untidy, and the father drunken,
and the house uncomfortable is not
in human nature possible that those
children should be, the girls clean and
well-cOuducted, or the boys sober, hon
est and industriOus.-LOrd PalmerstOn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-13
Jewels at the Paris Show,

l held in my hand yesterday two
diamond ear-pendants which belong to
the collection of the ex-queen of Spain,
sold the other day. These two mighty
diamonds, which drew to them floods
OF light and drank it greedily, was pur-
chased by rich prince who lives here,
for quarter of a million francs. Thev
were but drop in the ocean of wealth
which l saw all around me. Here
European luxury showed to what an
extent its demands can go. Collars of
pearls, tiaras of diamonds, emeralds and
rubies were strewn about in reckless
profusiOn. Policemen strolled careless
ly about, but were generally in the i'm
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-13
Burlington and Lam0iIIe Railroad.

Commencing January 9th. 1878, trains will
run as follows:
GOING EAST.
MIXED leaves Burlington at 700 a. m, arrives at
Cambridge Junction at 1905 a.
MAIL leaves Burlington at 4:52 p. m, arrives at
Cambridge Junction at 6:45 p. m, connecting
with Express train for st. JOhnsbury, and all
Eastern points, arriving in st. Johnsbury at
1000 p. IN.
GOING WEST.
MIXED leaves Cambridge Junction at $50 a. m
connecting with Mail train from SwantOn and
intermediate points, arriving at Burlington at
1920 a.
MAIL leaves Cambridge junction at 1910 p. m,
connecting with train from Newport, ST. Johns
bury, and all Eastern points, leaving St Johns
bury at $3.50 a.. M, arrives at Burlington at
240 p. m.
MORNING AND EVENING TRAINS make close cOnnec
ton at Burlington and Essex Junction with
Central Vermont trains North and South.
ALL TRAINS arrive at and leave the Central Yer
mont DepOts in Burlington and Essex Junction
Tickets for sale at all stations, and by H. N. Dru-
ry. Ticket Agent. Burlington, Vt.
ID. C. LINSLEY,
NJ. Z. SPRAGUE, General Manager.
Gen. Fr't and Pas'r Agt.
Burlington VT, Jan. IL, 1873 16tf.
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State Teachers Association.
ABOLITION OF THE DISTRICT SYSTEM
TEXT BOOKS, ETC.

ABOLITION OF THE DISTRICT SYSTEM
TEXT BOOKS, ETC.
We find the following in the report
of the late State Teachers Association
at Barre:
The State Association, in view of it's
increasing strength and confidence,
rightly take kind of new departure.
1t determines to be heard outside the
school house and felt beyond the dis
tricts where it bears rule-in the legis-
lature. For this purpose it resolved as
follows "That the educational measure
next in order in Vermont, and the one
most imperatively needed, especially
by the sparsely settled towns and
smaller school districts, is the complete
abolition of the district system, and
that we earnestly petition the general
assembly to take such measures us will
insure the adoption of the town system
by every town in the state at the earliest
practical day. That we regret the abo-
litiOn of the State Board of Education
four years ago, and that we earnestly
recommend the legislature at its coming
session to restore this most useful feature
of our school system. That commit
tee OF three be appointed, to consist of
the superintendent of education, the
president of this association and the
chairman of the executive committee of
the association, whose duty it shall be
to present the foregoing resolutions rec
Ommending changes in our school laws
before the legislature, or their commit
tee of education, in such way and
Snnh tn hnn
seem best"
This committee is composed of super
intendent COnant, Rev. III. II. Fuller
aud Professor j. Z. Goodrich.
The following resolutions, also intro
duced by superintendent Conant, were
passed and put into the hands of the
committee to present to the Legislature ::
"That in the opinion of the Vermont
State Teachers Association the educa-
tiOnal interests of the state demand,
first, that the powers of the town super
intendents he enlarged /; second, that
some provision he made for the selec-
ton and recommendation of text books
for the schools; third, that an annual
school tax he laid, to be collected and
paid into the state treasury, thence To
be divided to the towns in some Just
way fourth, that assistance he rem
dered by the state to towns maintain
ing high schools; fifth, that one or more
normal schools be permanently estab-
llshed and literally aided by appropria-
tions from the state treasury"
Rev. Ii. L. Fuller, of St. Johnsbury,
was chosen President of the Associa-
ton, and one Vice President from each
county in the state; B. NJ. Weld, of
Bradford, Secretary J. S. Cilley, of
Brandon, Treasurer and State Editor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-13
Building Lots,

For sale in the village of st Johnsbury building
lots situated on commanding plateau skirted
on two sides by the Passumpsic River and over
looking Railroad Street Summerville Paddock's
For beauty of scenery and healthfulness of To-
cation this situation is unrivalled Those desiring
securing the most desirable location and on the
most reasonable terms. No fancy prices asked
Lots will be sold at prices ranging from $3.50 to
S4oO. J.L. PERKINS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-13
JERSEY BUTTER.

In seasons like this when there is so much poor
and medium Butter for SALE it is quite an object
to know just where TO get No. article, genuine
''GILT EDGE" To supply this demand, we
have contracted for the celebrated KINNE DAIRY
which is favorably known to many of our custom
1t is to be delivered at store in ST. Johns
bury, once a week. Oftener if wanted, in tubs
and in and one-half pound balls ice and will
be sold at very low price considering the quality
of the article.
E. T. e. H. K IDE,
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SPECIAL OFFERS FOR
Newspaper Advertising

We publish book of 112 Pages vo. ono advertis-
ing) giving special offers for advertising all over
the country Prices lower than ever offered before
The last edition sent post paid the receipt of 25
cents by DAUCHY CO., Printers Warehouse
and Advertisement Agency 191 Fulton St., N. Y. 4
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II God will not refuse the poor offer
ings of poor people; but he will not
accept the poor offerings of the rich
Bishop Medley.
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Mary c. is very popular little
girl, and is invited to all of the chill
dren's birthday parties, where she never
fOrgets to wish, "Many happy returns
of the day" Recently she overheard
her father telling her mother that Mrs.
j, the mother of seven children.
had just had birthday party, the said
"party" being nine pounds, very live
weight. Mary at once asked her hor-
rified mamma: "Shall l trot over and
wish her many happy returns of the
day ~