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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05
The Holyoke Dam Shad.

There are fresh indications that the
shad question referred to by the Trib-
une Il few weeks since, as source of
dissension and possible cause of war
between Massachusetts and Connecti-
cut, will shortly lead to an open rupture
between those tive COmmOnwealths.
The Massachusetts fish commissioners
complain that when they brought the
subject to the attention of the Con-
necticut Legislature they got shabby
treatment and no satisfactory legisla-
ton. They say that the fish committee
of the legislature was composed in part
of men engaged in shad fishing, and in
terested in continuing the "pound" fish
ing without restrictions, and that the
legislature has for years been controlled
in the interest of the shad slaughter
And this, after Massachusetts has
stocked the Connecticut river with shad
and salmon, they say, is brutal ingrati-
tude. In retaliation therefor it is pro-
posed to repeal all the restrictions upon
shad- fishing in the Connecticut within
the Massachusetts line, and stop the
artificial propagation of fish at Hol lyoke.
The statement of the proposition is
about it. And it does seem rather
rough on Massachusetts that her fisher
men should be banked of the shad of
their own raising. 1t is not much Won
der that they are indignant about it.
Nothing could be more discouraging
than to plant shad year after yecr un-
der the cover of Holyoke Dam, give
them the rudiments of good education,
send them forth into the world to get
fat, and then when they are about to
return to the Holyoke market, have
them impounded at Saybrook, or
snatched up at Lyme.
Massachusetts has been having hard
time pretty much always. There was
time, years and years ago, when she
raised statesmen, and sent them off into
the service of other cOmmOnwealths
and she had the same experience with
them that she has more recently had
with shad. She raised them, and other
states caught them. Very few came
back to be of any service to the mother
that bore them. That, too, was dis
couraging. But at last she circumvent-
ed the states that were profiting by hel
prOdigality. Did it in the same wa,
that her fish commissioners propose now
to Cheat" the Connecticut people out o
their shad-she stopped raising them
And yet it seems as though it was carry
ing matters too far to put final stOI
to the breeding of shad at Holyok,
Dam, merely because the Connection
fisherman lies in wait for them at tn,
mouth of the river, and permits only /;
small proportion of the full grown one
to get back into the Holyoke net an,
the Massachusetts, frying pan. Canno
the difficulty be settled in some othe
way How would it do to deploy
battalion OF SO of special agents of th
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05
A Romance of the Sanctum.

In other days when a man entered
Boston newspaper Office and manifested
disposition to wait until the editor
came in, it was customary to give him
volume of Emerson wherewith to
amuse himself, but Joseph Cooks Mon
day lectures have been substituted, and
the effect is excellent. The visitor
comes in, happy and smiling: he knows
all about the Bogardus kicker, and Max
Adeler's chair that shuts man up like
jack-knife, and Burdette's movable
floor that slides a man out of the edi-
torial room, and he is not to be imposed
upon by any of these things. He picks
up a chair, sets it down near that of an
assistant scTibbler, cutter and paster,
and shouts, editor isn't in, is he ~
''No," says the scribbler, smiling with
the sweetness that comes of long prac-
tice; che won't be in for three hours.
Wouldn't you like something to read
until he comes ?n and, handing out the
Advertiser, the assistant goes to work
again. The visitor begins on the Mon
day lecture Immediately, beguiled by
the biggest letters that the Advertisers
conscience allows it to use, At the end
of five minutes he gasps, "Great man,
this Cook !" In ten, he whispers, 'Im-
mense man." In fifteen, he looks up
and inquiries, ''Say, do you talk like
this all the time in Boston ?" "We
can," says the assistant, briefly. "Well,
WELL" murmurs the visitor, and glides
away, forgetting his errand, and lost to
use and name and fame in what Mr..
Cook would call the tortuOus enswath-
ment and engirdling environment of the
efflorescent possibilities of polysylla-
bles.-DanburV Nelps.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05
The Queen of Tramps.

The Bangor ME-, } Commercial says:
"Mrs. Mary Merriman is a respectable
appearing woman of thirty, is not bad
looking, and has every appearance of
being upright and of good character.
She is, however, without doubt, the
Queen of female tramps, and can dis
count the great majority of male tramps.
She was born in st. Albans in this State,
and her folks were farmers. She has
since lived in Hermon with her brother,
Joseph Merriam, who does good deal
of trading in this city. Three years ago
this fall she took it into her head to see
the country, and started out with neither
scrip nOr staff, but good pair of thick
shoes. She walked across the country,
Drawing all kinds of weather, and finally
brought up in Clinton, Iowa, when she
took the back track and returned to this
city. Two years ago she decided to
start out again, and this time started
on longer tour. She walked through
portions of Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylva-
mia, and on to Washington, where she
remained a few day, and did the capital
and then made bolt for Savannah,
Ga, where she remained a short time.
Then on she went again, doing the
states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa,
Indiana, and finally got around to Kan
sas City. Here she stopped awhile and
earned new tramping outfit. Again
she started, this time with the intention
of crossing the plains to California, but
finally stopped when told by many that
it would be very unsafe to think of at
tempting it alone. She then started on
return trip, walking from Kansas City
to Chicago, thence to Detroit, doing
Niagara Falls, and crossing to Canada,
thence to New York and through Mas
sachusetts, returning to her home in
HermOn little more than week ago
She says she averages twenty-six miles
a day. She says when she gets tired
and out of clothes she finds no trouble
in getting few days work, and in this
manner enjoys her life"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05
Early Garden Stuff.

The average garden planter, who re-
lies on unassisted nature, is often puz-
zled as to the best means to advance his
early crops. He loses time by attempt
ing to crowd the season one year, and
gains by apparently untimely planting
another. One thing, however, is pretty
plainly taught by experience,-and that
is that no matter how fair the sky nor
unseasonably warm the air, nothing is
gained by working the ground until it
is dry and warm, or planting seeds until
nature shows a disposition to grow
things already planted. A good start is
one of the necessary conditions of IL
rapid and healthy growth in very many
garden crops; and this is too often pre-
vented by hurrying seeds or plants pre-
maturely into "the cold, cold ground" !"
Nature knows: remember that, and
study her.
A radish, for example, in order to be
perfect in tenderness, juciness and flavor,
needs to grow without pause from the
the hour the seed is put in the ground
until it comes to the table (; and there
shouldn't be many days between the
periods, under proper conditions. Peas,
on the contrary, will push ahead rapid
ly, when the weather becomes warm,
although they had cold tedious time
in starting. The potato is an obstinate
vegetable, and won't sprout till its time
comes. We have, however, hanked its
disposition, and gained two weeks in
the maturing, by this treatment Cut
the tubers into single eyes, and put
them in layers between cOatings of sand
or earth, in a shallow box in a warm
loom, two or three weeks before the
earliest reasonable planting time. They
will sprout and root finely, and wheI
the earth is warm transplant them care
fully into rows, eight inches apart. fer
tilizing with wood ashes or super-phos,
phate. A very little pains Will secure
an uninterrupted growth, and eatable
potatoes the latter part of June.
Lettuce will pay for starting and
transplanting in the same way, and also
early beets and other hardy vegetables
The tender sorts can't be hurried sc
well, though we always put out a few
tomato plants, on venture, couple
of weeks before we think it safe for il
you lose it doesn't cost much, and il
you win,-why, "there you arer'
1t is too early for much of the rea
work of gardening; but not too soon tC
resolve to have one this year, if you are
blessed with Il plat of ground, and tC
begin to take time by the fore-lock.--
| Golden Rule.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05

AN ANTIDOTE FOR STRYCHNINE.-An
instance of the prompt and successful
use of an antidOte in a case of strych-
nine poisoning is circumstantially mar
rated in Nature. A favorite Skye ter
rier had accidentally obtained and eaten
the poison, which was intended for mice.
The amount taken by the dog was
probably about a sixth of "a grain.
When found, the animal was rigid and
apparently lifeless, except having an
occasional spasam. The owner con-
suited authorities and found that dose
of chloral hydrate was the antidote pre-
scribed in such cases. To kill rabbit,
twenty -one grains of the chloral is suf-
ficient; the dog was twice the weight
of rabbit, and the owner of the terrier,
therefore, proceeded to inject forty five
grains of chloral lin solutiOn) under its
skin. About fifteen minutes afterward, ,
supposing the dog was dead, the owner
applied his boot to it, probably feeling
IL little disgusted with the result of his
experiment. To his great surprise, the
terrier struggled to its feet. Shortly
afterwaTd it took some milk, and sub
sequently, though not for while very
lively, it seemed none the worse for its
experience. The essential point in this
treatment is that the dose of chlora
should be strong enough to kill other
wise it may not be sufficient to over
come the effects of the strychnine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05
Our New York Letter.

THE 18TH OF MARCH-WHAT THE IRISH
AMERICANS DID-O'DONOvAN ROsSA-
JEWISH MAsTERs-THE GENTLE AERO
PHONE sHERMAN's BLUNDER A
COSTLY DEATH-THE Bitter BIT.
NEW YORK, March %, 1873.
To the Editor of the CaledOnidn
Good old st. Patrick had no cause
this year to complain of any lack of
respect shown to his memory i'll the
great city of New York. His day falling
on Sunday, intending participants i'll
the festival had an extra twenty-four
hours of anticipation and prepal atiOnl;
and on Monday morning all the Trans
planted Hibernians of Manhattan and
the surrounding country of the
"dudheen" and the "pOtheen," the shil-
lalah and the shamrock whether of
high or low degree, were up and STIR
ring, and all agog for the pleasures of
their holiday. These pleasures, so far
as my observation extended, consisted
mainly in forming very long process
sion, literally interspersed with bands
of music, and in getting very, very
drunk, as, indeed, every true Irishman
is in duty bound to do on each ami
versary of his patron saint. The pro-
cession was really an imposing one, in
Guiding many detachments of the mill
tary, dozen or more Irish societies,
and an innumerable company of such
enthusiastic laymen as could muster Il
black coat and a stOve-pipe hat. Green
was of course the prevailing color of the
occasion, and was variously manifest.
Green flags floated from every staff
controlled in any way by this nationali-
ty; all the men wore green neckties or
badges, all the women green dresses OF
ribbons, and the headgear of thousands
of horses was resplendent with the same
there were the usual assortment of
meetings, dinners, speeches and rows.
Speaking of IIishmen reminds me that
our distinguished Fenian fellow towns
man, O'DOnovan ROssa, has been dis
tinguishing himself this week at TOrOn-
to, whittier he went to lecture, by pro-
voking a serious riot and having him
self to flee for his life. The newspaper
dispatches tell us that in the progress
of the small sized war that Rossa pre-
cipitated, every policeman in Toronto
was more or less injured. AS IA fire.
brand, O'DOnOvan seems to be a sue
cess.
Another peculiar festival fell within
the week just passed. This was the
Jewish masquerade feast of Purim OF
which the principal feature consists in
keeping open house for the reception OF
maskers of both sexes. This evening
many Jews and Jewesses, of all classes
dressed ia fancy costumes, dOminOs and
masks, go around in parties of ten oil
twenty, calling at all the Jewish houses
which are known to be "openn in honor
of the feast, and there disport them
selves to the amusement of the guest.
| assembled to receive them. In some
: cases regular parties are given to re-
ceive these maskers and invitations ar,
sent out. AS there are some 80,00l
Jews in New York city, it will be seel
: that any festivity in which they joil
generally becomes quite noticeable.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05
The Explorer.

LUCRECE.
Out of the unknown into the known,
From the Infinite sea to the sea of Time
Cometh voyager, sailing alone,
Steering with confidence all sublime
Straight to the land of Joy and rest:
The tropic isle of his mothers breast
Little he cares whether hall or cot
Shelter his shallop from wind and wet;
Cotton OF velvet, he heedeth not
Peasant or lord-they nothing yet!
Crown for head and sceptre for hand
Are toys and playthings in baby-land
Oh | but he finds out wonderful things
The dome of his cradle high and wide;
The drowsy sense when the mother sings;
The swinging ebb of the outward tide,
Which somewhere underneath him seems
To drift him into the land of dreamsl
Then wide awake, from the distance dim
In far, mysterious realms of space,
A soft, bright moon doth rise for him:
The tender round of his mothers face.
In this wide world finds he charm on charm,
A s he rides round the room on his mothers arm.
Smiles and tears in your bonny eyes,
Shine and cloud on your coral lips,
Little Explorer, out of the Skies
Searching out truth with your fingertipsl
You know not yet as we old folks know,
There is nothing new in this world below
All! What disdainful looks you cast
Captain who sailed from the unknown shore!
Rogue's eyes answer me: mot SO fast,
Filling my with your well-worn lore
Baby or fairy OF sprite or elf
You'll find am something new myselfr'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05
A Strong Speech by Mr.. Hill.
THE POWER OF CONGRESS TO ALTER THF
CONTRACT WITH THE PACIFIC RAIL
ROADS DENIED.

THE POWER OF CONGRESS TO ALTER THE
CONTRACT WITH THE PACIFIC RAIL
ROADS DENIED.
The speech of Senator Hill, Wednes-
day, on the Pacific Railroads Sinking
Fund bill of the Judiciary Committee is
spoken of tonight as one of the strong
est that has been heard in the Senate
for many days. The great lawyers OF
the Senate listened to it with attention
and respect. Although the Senator
spoke for more than three hours, many
of his auditors diu not seem to tire.
Whatever may be said of Mr.. Hills
politics, his ability as a lawyer, his
loyalty to his conviction and his power
in stating them forcibly and directly
have never been questioned. His speech
to-day has set the Senate thinking, and
although he was frequently interrupted
he held his position with the strength
and tenacity of one who believes in its
justice.
Mr.. Hill spoke to- day solely of the
power of Congress to establish sinking
fund without the consent of the railroad
companies. He held that Congress doe,
not possess such power. He thought i
might be different if the companies hat
detaulted in their part of the contract
but the Judiciary Committees bill il
not based on the pretension that ther,
has been any default. Mr.. Hill did no
debate the policy of the Government
or of Congress, under the circumstances
but confined himself to the discussion o
the power of Congress under the con
tract. He argued to show that th,
power to alter, amend or repeal, grant
ed by the acts of 1862 and 1864, apple,
only to the cooperate powers and priv
leges of the companies, and did not ap
ply to the contract alone. He thel
showed that if these provisions did hav,
such application, they did not conf.
upon Congress the power to change th,
contract after it had been executed; a
long as the companies in good faith KEEP
the contract on their part, Congress
could not interfere with them.
He also argued to show that the term
of the contract as originally made wer
intended as inducements to encourae
the companies to build the roads for th
public benefit, and that for Congress {,
change or amend those inducement
after the work was done upon the faitl
of them, would be fraud on the com
panies which Congress could not reserv
the right to commit.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05
.sMr. Garthman, [ insist, before you

"Mr. Garthman, insist, before you
are seen with my daughter, any more,
upon knowing who you are, and what
you are doing, and where you are doing
it 2"
sMr. Pickham, am John l.. Garth
man. l earn money enough to support
your daughter properly, and for the
rest, must decline to answer"
'sYou decline, do you ? No man who
has anything to conceal shall have any
thing to do with daughter of mine."
And in consequence strict injunction
was laid upon the girl to see him no
more, which she violated just as often
as she could get out of the house.
One day Mr.. Bathurst entered the
restaurant in which Mr.. Garthman piled
his brush, and sat down i'll the chair to
have his boots cleaned. Mr.. Garthman
kept his face averted as much as pOssi-
BILE, but Mr.. Bathurst observed him in
tently. He was shined, paid his ten
cents and went out. In an hour he
came back, and though his boots were
yet clean he sat down again. At the
conclusion of the operation, he re-
marked:
"Ha ha ! Mr.. Garthman this is the
polishing of calf-skins you do Ha ha
And taking coupe he fastened up
town full of the discovery. He had a
rival in his power. Now Miss Lille
would throw Garthman over now the
elder Pickham would insist that all con-
nection between them cease, for, OF
course, he would never permit his
daughter to marry boOt-black. And
he lost no time in getting at the old
man and telling his discovery.
"Do you pretend to say that John
Garthman is blacking boots in base
ment?
"Certainly, do. He has an old suit
of clothes, which he wears during the
day, ana then when his work is dOue he
puts Oh his good clothes and comes uI
here, imposing himself upon us as gen
tleman. He's an imposter."
''He was il lawyer wasn't he Y"
.'Yes."
"And when he didn't succeed he took
this up ?"
''Yes.n
"Lillie !" yelled the old gentleman
somewhat red in the face, "come here
You may take John Garthman, as soOI
us YOU please like the fellow. Bath
urst, if you had been fixed as he was
you would have borrowed of you
friends, and thence glideG gently into
dead heating, and ended finally as /
dealer of faro. John didn't do anything
of the kind. He set about earning ;
living honestly, and has succeeded
That young fellow will get on. Good
bye, Bathurst, you have done favor
Garthman won't black your boots ;
great while"
And so the troubled John was pleas
antly received, and all restrictions were
taken off the meeting of the two young
ones, and Mr.. Bathurst quit the bOns'
in disgust, and the twain ale to be mad'
one very soon. Mr.. Garthman has re
sumed the practice of the law, and a
Mr. Pickham has influence, it is prob
able that he will get on very well.
This little romance ended properly
We would not, however, advise al
young lawyers to go to beot-blacking
for then that profession would be over
done, and beside all old gentlemen
might not be as sensible as Mr.. Pick
ham. However, a few of them nigh
try it to the advantage not only O
themselves, but the world.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05

A DIFFICULT QUEsTIoN.-The story
is told by the late B. F. Wade, that
once upon time, after holding court,
he seated himself beside a friend, and
said to him: 81 have studied the scrip
lures of divine truth prayertully and
carefully for my own salvation, in order
to find the dividing line between the rich
and poor. You know it is said to be
almost impossible for a rich man to in
herit the kingdom of heaven, and have
arrived at the conclusion, that if a period
of forty years man aecumulates over
500, 900, he gets it dishonesty, and there
is no salvation for him. TO live a per-
fectly honest life,a and deal justly in that
time, he cannot, at the age of forty, get
beyond that sum, so have agreed on
that amount.D
Mr.. Wade's property, which is left tc
his widow, amounts only to total value
OF sos 1000, small sum in comparison
to that which he might have accumulat.
ed, had he been as INSCRIPTIONS a,
many politicians,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05
st. Johnsbury Post Office.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
Boston and intermediate offices Arrive SIS p
m. Close S.45 M.
Boston through mail. Arrive 2.25 a m. Close
$50 pm.
New York and the West. Arrive 2.25 and IL .25
a m, SIS pm. Close s.45 a and $50 pm.
Newport and the north. Arrive $40 m. Close
4.45 m.
Portland and the east Arrive SIS p m. Close
s.45 am.
Swanton and intermediate offices. Arrive 9.25 a
m. Close AS pm
Waterford. Arrive $40 a m. Close AS pm.
Nol tn Danville. Arrive $50 m. Close $50 a
m.
West Concord and East st. Johnsbury. Arrive
$50 a m Close AS pm.
CHAS. P. CARPENTER, I'd, P. NJ.
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VOLUME 41---NUMBER 2123.

hot boiler, while his fore legs still kept
upon the ground and were hustled
along in lively manner. The train
was soon stopped and he got away, but
his body was badly burned and cut.
AS soon as he reached the side of the
track he uprooted clump of bamboo,
tore up tree, and when last seen was
tearing through the jungle, trumpeting
loudly with rage and pain.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05

Travelling on the Indian railways is
constantly attended with queer adven-
lures. The other day an elephant from
a neighboring jungle got upon the track,
and turned tail and fed. He was
speedily caught, however, and the buffer
OF the locomotive being very low, his
hindquarters were forced up against the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05
ST. Jobnsburv Atbenaum.

LIBRARY AND READING -RooM,-Free to all. Open
from A. to II NJ; from to 6, and from to 1-2
p. NJ. Closed Wednesday Evenings.
ART GALLERY-Open Tuesdays and Fridays.
w. w. THAYER Librarian.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05

Interior Department along the banks of
the Connecticut, with instruction to
collect ''stumpage" on the seasons
catch? We make the suggestion in the
interests of peace and fresh fsh.-N. 7.
Tribune.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-05

The Courier Journal hints that the
sting of bees will cure rheumatism.
Hanging man will also cure the Group.