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

we used to say slavery was years ago.
| confess to having had my faith very
much tried by the revelations of the
past few years of the low moral sense
of even Christian people respecting the
rights of property. If religion cannot
teach men not to defraud one another,
it is pretty poor thing. A disposition
to get a living, other than by produc-
tive labor, has been growing among us,
and from it have sprung dishonesties of
all magnitudes, from stealing railroad
to cheating on yard of cotton cloth.
The cOntagion has spread into all
classes of society and exerted paralyz-
ing influence in the moral and religious
sense. In a Carolina forest of thou
sand acres, you can scarcely find tree
that is not dead and crumbling to de-
cay. No fire has swept over it. No
lightnings have scathed those naked
bleaching pines. The larvae of an in
sect no larger than grain of rice, have
done the mischief In like manner,
secret dishOnesties have been eating
out the moral fibre of society, and un-
less the evil can be cured, you may
look for more and more of these start
ling catastrophes of character, inside as
well as outside the church. What is
needed is a revival of righteousness, a
strong infusion of moral sentiment. If
preaching is TO pay, preachers i'll these
days have need to preach not faith only,
but the law. and let it be understood
that faith without works will not save
any one.
THE NATIONAL CREDIT AssAILED.
Not only is personal character and
the cause of religion imperiled by the
growing vice, but national honor also.
Who would have believed at the open
ing of the war of the rebellion that this
great nation would ever think of Il
breach Of faith with its creditors who
not only gave the blood of their sons,
but poured out their wealth like water
to save the country i'll its direst eXtrem-
ity. Yet, such a lowering of the sense
of financial obligation has there been
in the public mind, that Il large body OF
the people represented in Congress pro-
pose to pay the national debt ut 80
cents on the dollar, perhaps ultimately
repudiate it altogether. A writer now
abroad speaking of the feeling of shame
with which he read in European news
papers of financial crimes committed III
our country, embezzlements, defalca
tions, torgelies, etc, says: ''It would
pain me to be compelled to believe that
there is higher tone of commercial
honor in this land than in my own and
he obliged to admit that our religion
and education have produced a lower
tone of morals than European. But
must admit that there is no country i'll
Europe where SO many financial crimes
are committed, or where their wicked
ness is So lightly esteemed as our own
What would the writer say if, in addi-
ton to individual crimes, the telegraph
few weeks hence should flash the
news across the water, that the nation
in its corporate capacity had committed
gigantic breach of trust Let us hope
that if not conscience, at least patriotic
pride will constrain Congress not to
break the commandment which says
''Thou shalt not steal"
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VOLUME 41---NUMBER 2ll3.

"Have you bread and butter and
tea ?" l asked.
"No tea, but coffee, and plenty of
bread and butter, and eggs, of course"
81 don't want better fare than that, :"
said l. about to dismount.
"But lie amt at home," she objected,
''and there's nobody to take your crit
ter.n
"Never mind. You expect him soon ?''
"Within an hour, guess"
"All right. l can take care of my
own horse"
In the stable found corn, fodder and
prairie hay in abundance and | had
fed and curried my horse before he came
back. When | returned to the house,
my hostess renewed her apologies.
II most wish | hadn't let you stay. |
know we haint nothing to give you like
what you've been used to at home"
| repeated my assurances that |
should be quite satisfied with what she
had. Then, happening to cast my eye
around the room:
''Madam," said |, 81 thought you said
you had no meat in the house; but
surely these are prairie fowls" pointing
to three or four that hung against the
wall.
"Oh, sir" said she, would you eat Il
prairie fowl Then l can make you
out Il supper"
"Pray," 1 asked, "what made you
suppose that L disliked prairie fowl p
"Ah," she replied, ''If you had had
them morning, noon and night as we
have, you wouldn't wonder. We can
shoot them, most any day, in our barn
yard but it's all right
And so it was. He made his appear
ance in time for supper. The brOiled
prairie fowl was done to wish; the
bread was excellent, the coffee fail
with cream, and the butter and eggs
unexceptionable. | have seldom eaten
better supper with better appetite,
if it was in house where there was NJ
meat to he had. My hostess felt quite
at her ease when explained to her that
lived in heavily limbered country.
in which prairie fowls were not to be
had for the shooting, and where, in
consequence, they we're valued as IL
rarity.
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Is IT "PLEAsURE PA lady in Wash
ingtOn whose husband held one of the
highest places in the government stood
in her magnificent home attired for her
weekly reception. 'How gladly / would
give up all the finery, show and insin-
cerity of this public place and go back
to the rooms we occupied when we were
first married | would throw all my
silks and diamonds away and sit down
to my supper of chip beef and tea, at
sunset, and afterward take long quiet
walk with Will, and rest on stump in
the moonlight, and tell my little plans
for the future. and what had done
every hour while he was gone, and
knew that we were alone in the world.
Those days seem like days in heaven.
/ work harder than any slave, often
three hundred calls to return in single
week, receptions or parties every night
see the same people; hear the same
talk, eat the same things, come home
disgusted, wonder what am living for,
and where | will 60 when die. Bet
tie, | must have Hon. - and Secre-
tary -, and you must ask Hon. -
about monolith; mOnOlith is his hobby.
Do your best. | need their help So
it is always, help, influence, power-a
smile i'll my face. interest in my man
ner, living IL lie; feeding my soul on
husks."
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A Short Sermon.
TO BE READ ONLY BY THOSE WHO PAY
PROMPTLY.

PROMPTLY.
From the Northampton Gazette.
We like the man who pays promptly.
He is a benediction to the community
in which he lives. His money does
good-his influence is good, in this re-
specific is positive and substantial
benefit to those with whom he deals
Many men have marked regulations for
promptness in paying their bills. 1t
gives them credit financially, and Il
good name. Such man, people say,
is good pay" ''If you have a bill
against him. you'll get your money!
People praise him, ana whom they are
looking around for some good man to
fill responsible position, he is more
apt to be thought of than his dilatOry
neighbOr who tires you out with his
prolific, but seldom fulfilled promises
We don't like the man who don't pay.
Set that down. We don't like him
He isn't doing his duty. He blocks the
wheels of business. He annoys, wor-
ries, and misuses other people. He
abuses their confidence. According to
the prevailing custom of doing business
there must be confidence repOsed in
people. They say they will do so and
so, and you trust them. Pay day comes
but no money from them. You dun
send bills-write letters-go to find
them ; all of which occupies time and is
expensive. Still, no pay. Tney are
not at home, or put you off with Il
promise to send the money soon. The
promised time comes, but no pay. You
soon begin to sour. A feeling comes
over you that there is gross injustice
about this thing, somewhere. You don't
have as much respect for these delin-
quents as you once had. This feeling
grows upon you, and after awhile you
set them down as frauds, and tuIu your
claims over to legal gentleman, with
orders to sue. A great deal of the
trouble of this world comes from the
want of attention to the prompt pay
ment of bills, Money is thus kept from
circulation. How often is it said by Il
man, 81 can't pay, because l cannot
get what is due me. There is more than
enough due me to pay all l owe, but |
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business 9irettorp.

Name, Business and Location of the lead
ing Business Houses in st. JOhnSbury.
Agricultural Tools and Hardware.
HASKELL u SONS Hoyt's Block, r. r. st
Apothecaries.
C. q. BINGHAM, No. 3 Bank Block, Main st.
Attorneys at Law.
NJ. MONTGOMERY, Jewetts Building, r. R. st.
ELISHA NAY. over Hall & Fletchers Store.
BGLDEN & IDE, Noe Caledonian Blk, up stairs.
Books and Stationery.
HOWARD & ROWELL, Caledonian Blk, Main st
Book Binders.
G. AZ. STONE & co. Agt's, Monument Square.
BIanls--LegaI and Business.
c. NJ. STONE Il CO. Monument Square.
Bakers and ConfectiOners.
CROSS Il BRADLEY. Main Street.
Clothing for Men and Boys.
Il. & n. FAIRBANKS & Co, Fairbanks Village.
Crockery, Glass and Stone Ware.
l.. & Il, FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village.
Carpeting, Paper Hangings, WindOw-shades.
E. g. T. FAIRBANKS 81 Co, Fairbanks Village.
Dentists.
). L. PERKINS, Caledonian Block Main Street.
w. /. Goods, Groceries and Fruits,
MATTHEW'S q PETTENGILL Eastern Avenue
Dry Goods, and Ladies' Fancy Goods.
.. H. HALE, Avenue Block, Il. Il. Street.
L. g. II. FAlRBANkS Il CO., Fairbanks Village.
Furniture and Casl<ets.
HALL n SWITSER, Main Street.
CALDERWOOD, Il SEVERANCE, IOO.F Blk,
File Manufacturers.
ST. .Johnsbury File Works, opp. Passenger Depot.
Groceries and Housekeeping Goods.
IL. s. +. FAIRBANKS S CO., Fairbanks Village.
Insurance, Life.)
-. e. SARGENT, (LEtna,) Railroad Street.
Photographs.
y. Al. CLIFFORD. CaledOnian Block, Main Street.
Printers and Publishers.
e. Nj. STONE Il CO, Caledonian Block, Main St
Paddock Iron Works.
DAN'L THOMPSON, Proprietor Paddock Village
Stoves and Tin Ware.
7 III. L. 4 u. q WOODRUFF Railroad Street.
III. COWDERY, Eastern Avenue
Watches, Jewelry and Toys.
HON ARD & ROWELL, Caledonian Blk, Main st
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can't get it." Therefore he can't pay.
Very likely some of those who owe him
are in the same situation-caD't get
their pay. And if we follow the thread
along, we shall probably find, when we
get to the end, that somebody, who
owes and doesn't pay, has the money
in his pocket, or has spent it for rum
and tobacco, or has boarded it away.
If all would pay their honest debts,
promptly and cheerfully, how the
wheels of business would huml The
hearts of people would be made glad,
and sunshine would brighten all the
land. Blessings OIL the heads of those
who pay dollar for dollar, and pay it
on time. They are good class of peO-
pie, and ought to be praised and cult
yated
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Portland a Ogdensbu' e X. R.-Dec. 10, 1877.
TRAINS MOVING EAST.
MAIL-Leaves Swanton AS, Cambridge juno
ton 6.17, Hardwick IA East l.ardwick I.54
Greensboro sos, Walden s27 DanVille s.51, st
JOhnsbury 925 East st. Johnsbury 10.0S, West
Concord lois, Miles Pond 1876. East Concord 1O45
Lunenburg 10.55, arrives at Portland at 4.45, and
Boston 500, ID.
EXPRESSLY. SwantOn 515p M, Cambridge
Junction $50. Hardwick S.23 p. M East Hardwick
s.53, Greensboro S44, Walden 9.O5, Danville 921,
arrives at st. JOhnsbury 1000 p. III.
TRAINS MOVING WEST.
MAIL-Leaves Boston 7.30 and Portland 1890 a
m, Lunenburg 42O p. m, East Concord 4.3O, Miles
Pond 439, West Concord 4.54 East st. Johnsbury
504, arrive st. JOhnsbury 5.15, leaves 5.25, Dan
vile SIS, Walden 6.22 Greensboro 643 East Hard
wick G.52, Hardwick 7,04, Cambridge Junction
$50, arrives at SwantOn at 1000 p. m.
EXPRESS-Leaves st JOhnsbury $50 m,
Danville 1903 Walden 1928. Greensboro 1850,
East Hardwick 1853 Hardwick I'LL, Cambridge
Junction 12.40 Swanton 2.15 p. M,
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IermS.-One copy per annum- 500
If paid strictly in advance $500
Each Subscriber will find on his paper in con-
nection with his name, the date to which he mas
paid No other receipt is necessary.
Postage-Free in Caledonia County. Subscrib-
ers ont of this County will remit with their sab
scripons, ten cents in addition for postage as the
law now requires all postage ON the CdEedonian to
be paid in advance at the st. JOhnsbury Post Ofhce
job Printing of all kinds done at living prices.
With new and modern machinery and skillful work
men, nearly all kinds of job Printing can be done
well and as cheap as in the cities.
legal Blanks, Card and Paper stock constantly
on band.
Rates of Advertising.
One square Q2 lines one inch space) one week, S100
Each continuance. nce.------..-----------25 -25
Half square (6 lines) one week rs
Each continuance ce-------------------l5 Is
One square Zone inch of space per year {. 90
Business Cards per year leach line) !. 90
IberatiOns Estrays Notices to Legislature, etc l. so
Special Notices, per square, one week L 25
Each continuance. 30
y 4 Advertisements illustrated 9Uih Cuts tlOenty
dUe per cent ddUdnce scale rates No ObjectiOnd
bic advertisements receiDed, and nothing but legitimate
buSiReSS ADVERTISING solicited
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Church Directory.

BAPTIST CHURCH.-Railroad Street. Corner of
Maple, (Rev f. L. Sanford, Pastor) Preach
ing 10:30 A. M. 5. School 10 M, prayer meet
ing $50
FREE BAPTIST CHURCH,-Main Street, Corner of
PrOspect-(Rev. j. s. burgess, sup.) Sabbath
services AT IO30 A. NJ. and 6:30 P. NJ. Sabbath
School al 1900 II.
METHODIST CHURCH,-tRev. A. NJ. Folger, Pastor.
residence head of Summer StreetD Sabbath
services at 1890 A. M, and 6:3O z. NJ. Sab
bath School at 1900 NJ.
NORTH CoNG'L CHURCH,-(Rev. Henry W. Jones,
PastOr.) Sabbath services at 1890 A. NJ. and
630 =. NJ. Sabbath School at las 2. NJ.
SoUTH CoNG'L CHURCH,-(Rev. Z. 7. Fairbanks,
PastOrD Sabbath services at 1890 A NJ
and 630 z. NJ. Sabbath School at 12:OO NJ.
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH, UNIvERsALsT.-(Rev.B b.
NJ. Tillotson, PastOr.) Sabbath services at
las and 6:30 P. M. Sabbath School at IL N.
PRAYER MEETINGs-W ednesday evenings at 7:3O,
in all the above churches.
ADVENT CHURCH-Rev. G. II. Wallace, Pastor.
Sabbath Services at 1O:45 a m. and las p m
Sabbath School IL IN. Prayer Meeting 6;3O
pm. and Tuesday and Friday evenings.
ST. ANDREWS CHURCH, EPIsCoPAL.-(Rev: N: F.
Putnam. RectOr.) Services at Town Hall, at
1890 a. m. and 3 p. m. Sunday School, $3.50
p. m
BOissOnnault, Parish Priest). Mass and 10
a. IN VespeTs and BenedictiOn at p. IN.
On the second Sunday of the month, service
at 500 a. m, and p. III. At Lyndonville
same day at lO30 a. III.
Noon PRAYER MEETING-Every week day, from
IL to 1890 in the Y. NJ. G.. A. Rooms over
f. +. Browns Store.
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st. Johnsbury Athenaum.

LIBRARY AND READING-ROOM,-Open from A. NJ.
to l2 NJ; from to g. and from to 1-2 p NJ.
Closed Wednesday Evenings.
ART GALLERY-Open Tuesday and Friday.
w. w. THAYER Librarian.
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gntels.

Jufels.
ST. JOHNSBURY HOUSE,
MAIN STREET, ST. JOHNSBURY, VT.
GEO. B. WALKER. Proprietor.
AVENUE HOUSE,
RAILROAD STREET, ST. JOHNSBURY, VT
Il. q. HOWE. Proprietor.
RUSS HOUSE,
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
5. IL. SEYMOUR & CO., Proprietors,
MT. MANSFIELD HOTEL,
STOWE. VT.
A hrst-class Hotel with all the modern improve
ments. Accommodations tor 300 guests
n. +. keller, Manager.
ST. JULIAN HOTEL,
PORTLAND, MAINE.
UNITED STATES HOTEL.
Portland, Ne.
Situated in the very centre of the City. The best
located House for business men.
HEATED BY STEAM.
Best Of Attention GiUen TO Guests.
Fable Set with the Best the Market Affords
q Terms hereafter, will be but 81 90 per dav
suite of Rooms, including Parlor and Bedroom
90 90.
WOLCOTT & CO. Pros
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rassumpsic Railroad 10.

TRAINS SOUTH LEAVE ST. JoHNsBURY.
Mail Train, 9:2S a. m.
Accommodation. 500 p III.
Montreal Night Express, 11:5O p m.
TRAINS NORTH LEAVE ST. JoHNsBURY.
Montreal Night Express, 2:25 a. IN.
Accommodation, 11:2I a M.
Mail Train. 5:15 p. IN.
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It, 9umsburg Qaledunian,
c. M. STONE & CO.,
EVERY FRIDAY BY

'p. Soldiers Monument, st. Johnsbury, Vt.
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hOss Agates.

The agate covers large areas of the
middle Park, Colorado, scattered over tho
surface in chips and larger fragments and
occurring also in massive lodges. Only a
very small percentage of it, however. con-
tains the curious and delicate crystalliza-
ton oil iron known as moss. Curious no
tions prevail relative to this substance
Formerly it was common opinion that the
moss was fixed in the stone by a pho
tographic process, and have often been
shown specimens which the finders aver
red contained faithful pictures of elumps
of bushes, groves Of trees or an extended
landscape visible from the point where
they were picked up. The agate is hard.
tough and susceptible of high polish.
Specimens are valued aceordingto the per-
fection and beauty of the moss clusters con-
tanned and the clearness of the stone apart
from the moss. The great agate field is
south of the Grand and west Of Williams
river, on high sage plain. It is six or
eight miles in length and nearly as great
in width, though agates are not found all
over this area. Il has been culled and
picked over by hundreds of people and
thousands of jewels worn to-day all over
the United States bear settings from this
'agate patch. Some agates are found
north of the Grand, directly opposite, and
the largest and finest specimen 1 ever saw
was picked up there in 1868. There is
an agate paLch-or several of them. small
in extent-on the divide between Troub-
lesome river and Corral creek, north of the
Grand. Two or three years ago a small
deposit of them was found near Fraser
river in the eastern edge of the park, not
far from where the Berthoud pass and
Rollins wagon roads come together. In
all the localities thus far described the
''moss" is black or dark brown-the usual
color. Near Grand river, on the north
side, and about three miles west of Hot
Sulphur Springs, is a small area where
red moss agates are found-that is, the
''moss" is red, or reddish brown, instead
of black. Nearly opposite, across the riv-
er, near Beaver creek, IS another ''patch"
of the same kind Red moss agates are
very rare and curious. No search has
ever been made in any of these localities
beneath the natural surface of the ground
for valuable agates. Those gathered have
been picked up on the surface, generally
in broken fragments of stone that showed
the moss naturally.
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then assume its natural stiffness ,,,,;u
\ Haytian, should he be eut alter IN
o clock at night and see pig or cow lving
IN the pathway, would not disturb i foI y
worlds, for he would firmly believe that
some horrible disease or other misfortuno
would come upon him should he do So
might enumerate hundred different s,,.
perstitions which they believe in bnt b,ve
given sufficient for the reader to draw his
own conclusions as to the degraded condi-
ton OF the people. At II o'clock in the
day all business is suspended in Havti
stores are closed and merchants repoir 10
their homes, and everybody goes to bed
ana the streets are almost deserted till 2
I. NJ, when the stores gradually omen
again and business goes on till five p. M.
when they all close for the night. At
night the streets are almost deserted and
at lO o'clock the drums roll at the various
Police stations, and if you are found on
the street after that hour you arc arrested
ana taken TO prison, in comparison to
which third-elass pig-sty in the United
states Is palace. In the mountain re-
glons in the interior the marriage rite is
not observed at all Ifa young man sees
girl that he likes, all he has to do is ask
her parents if he can have her, and. if
they consent, AL he is required to do is to
furnish bed for her to lie on, and she
assumes his name for life. There are
many aged people in the interior who
were never in town in their lives, except
perhaps, mountain village, and if white
man passes through these regions the chill
dren run and scream. These people are
expert horsemen, and / am told they may
be seen galloping over the mountain passes
IN the morning, going to work, yelling and
swinging their cutlasses in the air like
Indians"
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All male citizens, without distinction oil
color, who are entitled to registration under
the preceding sections, are hereby notified to
appear before the undersigned, at the places
named above, between the hours prescribed,
on one of the FIVE days and be registered.
They may otherwise be excluded from voting
at the November election, by the provisions
Of the Act Of Assembly and the Constitution
of the State of Maryland
WILLIAM l.. RUDISEL.
Officer of Registration Ist District.
JOHN Z. HAINES,
Officer of Registration ID District.
JONAS FROCK,
Officer of Registration Sd District.
NOAH STOCKSDALE,
Officer of Registration 4th District.
J. w. STEELE,
Officer of Registration 5th District
GEORGE SHOWER,
Officer of Registration 9th District
GEORGE w. MATTHEW'S,
Officer of Registration 7th District.
FRANCIS l.. HANN,
Officer of Registration 8th District.
ABRAHAM ALBAUGH,
Officer of Registration 9th District
JOHN SKUNK,
Officer of Registration 10th District.
JESSE LAMBERT,
Officer of Registration 11th District.
JOHN HARTS0CK,
Officer of Registration 18th District
aug I7-3t
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acts of the people. l only do not admit
their superiority over our own citizens. l
greatly admire the people generally for
their industry, frugality and steady perse-
verenee. But as for all the realities Of life
and the full enjoyment thereof by man
kind, the United States possess advantages
greatly superior to anything saw beyond
the Atlantic.
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tative in Congress, OF for any Office of profit
or trust, created by the Constitution or laws
of this State, or by the ordinances or author
ity of the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, the person giving, or offering To give,
and the person receiving the same, and any
person who gives, or causes to be given, an
illegal vote, knowing it to be such, at any
election hereafter held in this State, shall on
conviction in a Court of Law, in addition to
the penalties now, or hereafter to be, impos-
ed by law, be forever disqualified to hold any
Office of profit or trust, or to vote at any cleo
ton thereafter.
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Select poetrg.
Though Lost to Sight to Memory Dear.

Song by RrTHvEN JENKINS of the British Nav.
irst published in the Greeairich Magazine In i40l.
Sweetheart. goodbye! the iuttering sail
Is spread to wan me far from thee.
And soon before the favoring gale
Ny ship shall bound upon the sea.
PerchRnee all desolate and forlom
These eyes shall miss thee many year,
But unforgotten every charm
Though lost to sight TO memory dear.
Sweetheart goOd-byei one last embrace,
o crnel fate true souls 10 sever,
Yet in this hearts most sacred place
Thou, thou alone shall dwell forever.
And still shall recollection trace
In fancy's mirror ever near
Each smile, each tear, that form. that face,
Though lost to sight to memory dear.