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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

meeting either of Lords day or lecture
day. except it be their dogs that pays
for dog whipper, the owner OF those
dogs shall pay sixpence for every time
they come to the meeting that doth not
pay the dog-whipper." Twenty-slx
men wrote their names, or made their
marks, in the Reading records, agreeing
to 'pay the dog-whipper" to whip
other peoples dogs out of meeting,
while their dogs remained and were
recognized as members OF the congre-
CATION in regular standing!
Dogs were a necessity III the New
England towns, because the woods
we're full of wolves and other animals
that preyed upon the sheep. Owners
of large estates were required by the
town laws to keep "a sufficient massive
dog and owners of smaller estates tC
keep .sa hound or beagle" for ''the bet
ter fraying away wolves from the
town. Bounties were paid tor WHO
animals hunted by the dogs.
A pair of wildcats ears, II duly GER
titled as fresh, drew five shillings from
the town treasury. This is the manner
in which the certitication was made
"John Pierce brought wildcats
head before the town and his ears were
cut off by the constable i'll the presence
of two selectmen" (RehObOth records
1889. A sixpence was the towns
price to redeem ian inch and Il halt OF
the end of rattlesnake's tail with the
rattler Dedham records, 17l9). Foxes
heads we're worth "Three shilllngs fol
old ones and one shilling for young
ones puppied this year" (Warehan
records, 1863.
All these things had an intimate re-
lation to the Westinghouse. At lps
witch the wOlf-catcher must 'brlng the
heads to the Westinghouse and there
maybe them and give nOtls thereon u
the constable" At Hampton, n. H..
the VOLTS head was to be ''nayled to
little read oke tree at the noreast enc
of the Westinghouse" At Portsmouth
it must be nailed upon the meeting
house door"
The Office of tythingman was Great
ed in 1915 and 1877. The Original
| business of one of these creatures was
to inspect ten families, acquaint him
self with the habits of each person
enforce the Sabbath laws, prosecute
tor all transgressiOns in his tything OF
district, and see that no person was
away from home after nine O'Clock al
night. In fact, the tything man was
an odious spy, peeping in at all the
windows and keyholes of domestic life
In the course of hundred years he
rose to the office of Il policeman Ill the
meeting house, and became the terror
of children and the natural enemy ol
dogs.
1t may he imagined that he had his
hands full when the boys and girls
laughed in derisOn because he found
it impossible to drive out fifty ora hun
dred dogs that had come to meeting,
and were snnf1ing about i'll search OF
their masters seats; that sknlked I'm
der the benches and rushed up ana
down the gallery stairs, yelping an0
bowling when the whip-lash fell upon
their backsl At Sandwich, Mass, i'll
1867, two young women petitioned the
town "to he relieved from fine I'M
posed for laughing in meeting" on such
an OCCASION, when seriousness, was i'm
possible.-N. I. Observer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24
Don't Fret.

Some people are fretting from early
morning co dewy eve. 1t does no good
either to themselves or others. Such
persons simply make themselves and
those around them uncomfortable.
There is great deal in the cultivation
of all agreeable temper with respect to
trivial events. A certain degree of in
difference is essential to comfort. We
may safely say of many things, "Well,
it will not make much difference after
all" when, five gave way to Il natural
feeling of disappointment and irrita-
tion-perhaps of indignatiOn-they
would keep us awake, There are few
things about which Il sensible, reflect
ing person need be unhappy or over
concerned. People make themselves
unnecessarily uncomfortable, and their
own voluntary discomfort extends to
others.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24
Cost of the Yellow Fever.

Loss of life 10y yellow fever in the
South last year is estimated at about
$1,000 persons, and of money and trade
at from SI75, 100000 to $500, ,000-
lis great as The loss from the Chicago
fire. But some good is likely to come
out OF this calamity. 1t is thought that
henceforth quarantine regulations will
be more thoroughly established than
they have ever been. Apart from
death and human suffering, negligence
is the worst kind of political economy.
Expenditure of one-twentieth part of
what the fever has cost might have
prevented it altogether.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

No "BLANKs. 1.-Two thousand per-
SOILS will readily put ii dollar each into
scheme offering prize of $1,000,
though only one can get it, and l,999
must lose his dollar. A publisher puts
$4,000 into collecting and preparing
useful information, and offers to every
one of 1900 persons who contributes
only dollar or two, printed duplicate
of the results, SO that each one may
have the entire benefit of what has
actually cost $4,000 or more. Is not
this better than any uncertain chance
scheme, full of blank tickets9 This
applies to all good journals and all
good books.-Am. AgricutturiSt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

FOUND ITS OwNER.-At the New
York postoffice, few days ago, letter
from Ireland came directed to "My
Mother, New York, America" OF
course it was an impossibility to tell to
whom the letter belonged, and prepare
tons were made to send it to the Dead
letter office. The same day, however,
a woman called at the general delivery
window and asked for letter from hel
son. The gentleman who has charge
of the deciphering bureau was imme-
diately struck with the coincidence
and sent for the letter alluded to above
He asked the woman where her SOL
lived, and when she gave the name Of
the town it was found to be the same
as the pOstmark on the letter. Other
inquiries justified the official in deliver.
ing the letter to the woman, but he in,
sisted that she should open it there
and it was discovered that it was from
her son, and that she was the person
for whom it was intended.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24
Why the Wellesley Catalogue Does Not
Contain the Names of the Students.
from Rev. Joseph Cooks Lecture. !


There are several things that injure
man more than to cut his throat. An
honorable daughter dead is muurned
less than daughter dishomored.
know IL school of superb culture, Il
temple of sanctity, where 300 young
women are gathered under the very
best religious influences and the lottiest
educational indictments. | have WALL
dered up and down the halls of the
palatial building i'll which their instruc-
tion is given; | have admired the
works of art there, and had occasion to
study infinitely the enIhusiaSms for art
and social improvement and religious
usefulness which fill that school and
vivify its lofty regard for intellectual
culture. But this institution publishes
no catalogue. Why? Go to the New
York Society for the Suppression of
Vice, to the Boston society, or to the
committees which have been organized
to suppress vice ut Providence and New
Haven and Cincinnati and st. Louis
and Chicago, and you will find that
school catalogues are made the lattice
work through which moral lcpers and
assassins, secretly, ut night, under the
cover of the mails, throw their poison
into seminaries of all grades. 1t is Il
terrific sign of the times when shrewd
men of affairs, conducting Il great school,
dare not publish il catalogue. | show
you the caution in actual exercise.
Within twenty miles of Boston the re-
splendent school have described stands
in its stately park.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24
Erin go Bragh.

A fictitious cable dispatch of inordi-
nate length, purporting to emanate
from a staff correspondent who has,
saws the New York Tribune, been sent
across the seas to find Mr.. Edison, is an
amusing jeu Tesprit in Saunders Irish
Ne,ps.
When the correspondent landed in
New York, President Hayes went tear
ing down Broadway to the Battery in
an open carriage drawn by six cream
colored horses, and preceded by a
number of Outriders in scarlet and gold,
and squadron of siege artillery In full
gallop. AS they approached, the Pres
ident decended from his carriage, salu-
ted the correspondent on both cheeks,
and Immediately raised a cheer, which
was at once taken up by his party, and
repeated from the Battery to the Cen
trail Park. The President carried his
guest off to the White House, where
they had bird's-nest soup, bluetish,
bread fruit, pilaff, and oysters in every
stvle. After lunch the President drove
the correspondent out without the ar
tillerv) to see the sights in the immedi-
ate neigh Falls of Niagara,
the prairies, the Yosemite Valley, and
giant trees in Mariposa County. When
he learned that the Irishman had
crossed the seas to talk with Mr.. Edi-
son, the President urged him to do
nothing of the sort. He remarked that
the inventor was hardly ever at home;
being generally in the Patent Office
registering some new discovery, and
besides he was so highly charged with
electricity that it was dangerous to APP
proach him. The President remarked
that the inventor was frequently seen
with regular nibus around his head,
sort of domesticated aurora bOrealis,
and one man who shook hands with
him in a casual way, went home, took
to his bed, and was Frustrated by the
violence of the electrical shock.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

terval of silence. "Did 1 understand
you to say, sir, that you had a wife and
six children living in New York and
had never seen one of them 2" eyes
sir. so stated it." Another and a
longer pause. Then the interrogation
again inquired 'How can it be, SIT:
that Won never saw one of them "
..Why,n was the reply, Gone of them
was born after | left"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

WHERE He HAD HM.-A genuine
Yankee IN San Francisco having bored
a newcomer with every conceivable
question relative to his object in visit
ing the gold country, his hopes, his
means and his prospects, at length ask
ed him if he had family. eyes. sir :
have wife and six children and
never saw one of them.n After this
reply the couple sat few minutes in
silence; then the interrogation again
commenced "Was you ever blind
sir n "NO, SIR" did you marry a
widow, sirP" "No, sir.n Another in
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

The triplets appeared an hour before
the twins. Several Jerseymen have
sought to deny this story. The local
papers pronounced it fudge, but truth
crushed to earth will rise again. The
father and grandfather in question
vouches for it's truth.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

The family of Milton Williams of
Andover, n. j., few days ago consist
ell OF his wife, aged 46, five unmarried
children and a married daughter aged
20. Since then it has been increased
oy hve. His wife has given birth to
tripiets and the daughter has become
the mother of twins. The five chill
dren were born on the same NIGHT
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24
Burlington and LamoilIe Railroad

Commencing January 5th, 1878, trains Vii
run as follows:
GOING EAST.
MIXED leaves Burlington at 700 a. m, arrivr,
Cambridge Junction at 1905 a. III.
MAIL leaves Burlington AT 452 p. m. arrive,
Cambridge junction at 6:45 p. m. connect.
with Express train for st. JOhnsbury. and
Eastern points, arriving in St. Johnsbury 81
1000 p. m.
GOING WEST.
MIXED leaves Cambridge junction at $50 a. u.
connecting with Mail train from Swautou 90.
intermediate points, arriving at Burlington
1920 a. m.
MAIL leaves Cambridge Junction at 12:4Ur. w.
connecting with train from Newport. II. John
bury, and all Eastern points, leaving - ...l.-
bury at $3.50 n. m, arrives at Burlin-tt 30
$40 p. III.
MORNING AND EVENING TRAINS make close u--"
ton at Burlington and Essex junction ra
Central Vermont trains North and South.
ALL TRAINS arrive at and leave the Central VI
mont Depots in Burlington and E>,cN Junction
Tickets for sale at all stations and by II. y. uN"
ry. Ticket Agent. Burlington, vi.
ID. {. LINSLfN,
NJ. Z. SPRAGUE. General Manager.
Gen. Fr't and Pas'r Agt.
Burlington, VT. Jan. 10 ISIS. loft.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

Edison's sister tells good story of
Edison's boyhood. "He tried to set on
eggs" she said. "What's that? How I?
What do you mean 7" inquired the
listener. 'Why, he was about six,
should think, and he found out how the
goose was setting, and then saw what
the surprising result was. One day we
missed him, called, sent messengers,
couldn't find him anywhere. By and
by, don't you think, father found him
curled up in nest he had made in the
barn and filled with goose and hens
eggs-actually sitting on the eggs and
trying to hatch them p
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

The Rev. DIR. Webber, pastor of the
First Presby terrain church, is one man in
Il ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in ten thousand.
His church is wealthy and it's revenues
ample; but without solicitation or the
knowledge of the trustees, the doctor
voluntarily asked that his salary be re-
duced $500 per year. There'll be no re-
ductlon, however, in the excellence of
the sermons he will preach, or in the
faithfulness of his work.-Tr0y Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24
Reliqinus Readina.
Our Prayers---How HindereT

He that wavereth, is like a wave of
the sea, driven of the wind, and tossed.
Let not that man think ne shall receive
any thing of the Lord James 1867.
If regard iuio uity in nv heart, the
Lord VIII not = ear me. Ps. &c: Is.
Your slnS have hid his face from you,
that he i'll not hear. lisa. 59:2.
60. will not hear vanity, neither
W. Il the Almighty regard it. Job 30: To-
Your sins have withholden good
things from you. Jer. 5:25.
Ye ask and receive not because We
ask amiss. james 4: 3.
Therefore the showers have been
withholden. Jer. 3: 3.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24
Be Prompt in Small Thines

For the want of nail, the shoe was lost;
For the want of shoe, the horse was lost;
For the want of horse, the rider was lost;
For the want of rider, the battle was lost;
For the want of battle, the kingdom was lost :.
And all for the want of horse shoe nail.p
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

CtTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DIsTrIrT
Din Probate Court, holden at the Probate One.
St Johnsbury, within and Tor said District, Oh n.
18th day of January, A. ID. 1873.
Jefferson Renfrew. guardian of Asenath N Jan.
minor. heir of Ebenezer Paul, late Of Grgio, %
said district deceased. makes application 90 .,i,
Court for license to sell the whole Of the real "
tate of his said ward. representing that tn. n,
thereof, for the purpose OF putting the Proceed
of such sale at interest, or investing the -amp L
stocks or other real estate would be beneficial I
said ward.
WhereupOn it is ordered by said court that 81,
application be referred to a session Thereof. 80 i
held at the Probate Office, in said st. JoLn,r,
on the 2jth day of January. a. ID. 1879, tor b.,
ing and decision thereon and it is turthT r
dered, that all persons interested be notified hH7,
bv publication of notice of this application al
der thereon. three weeks successfully in thsaL
DOMAIN, printed at st. JOhnsburyi before, s. n.
of hearing, that they may appear at SAID I'm
BY the Court. Attest,
63-65 ASA L. FRENCH, Judge Of Prols'.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

II Washington, according 10 the
Star, harborS almost lis many worthless
dogs as the cur-infected city of Con-
stantinople. Some time ago il broken
down citizen went to the pOor-house
followed by no less than Is dogs, who
had doubtless helped him on his way to
bankruptcy. 1t is almost impossible to
ride or drive through the city or out
skirts without having Il pack of these
vile ours burst out from some alley in
full yelp, in Il way to seriously try the
nerves of spirited horse, and some
bad accidents have resulted.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

There were over fifty women, repre-
senting almost every class of society, at
the Jefferson Market Police Court YES
terday, charged with drunkenness or
disorderly conduct. The apology, in
every case, Was, Ladies' Day; we
were making calls" Ladies' Day, in
deed 7" the Justice would repeat; 81
am glad it comes only once a year, for
such exhibitions as this are by no means
entertaining."-N. Y. Tribune, Jan. 2.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

TREASURES IN HEAvEN.-Riches are
valuable if they may be laid up there
honor is valuable, if it may be contlnu-
ed there; pleasure is valuable, if II
NAV be enjoyed there.-Bishop Medley
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24
Notice in Bankruptcy.

In the District Court OF the United States for ,
District of Vermont.
In the matter of ALONZO CRANDALL, Bal
rupt, in Bankruptcy.
Notice is hereby given that by order of the CO..
a second and third meeting of the Creditors of s..
bankrupt will he held on the 2lst day of teurr
A. ID, 1879, at 10 O'Clock a. NJ, at Whitchers d.
in East HaTdwick in said District before join
Edwards Esq, of the Registers in bankruIr
of said Court for the purposes named in tn =
and 2Sth sections of the ban krupt act of March .
1867. L. IL. GEORGE. Assi-urr
East Hardwick Vt. Jan. II, 1873. 6iJr
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

HE that giveth to the poor lendetl
to the Lord :" there is more rhetoric IL
that one sentence than in Il library OF
sermons.-Sr r. BrOWn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

HOUR BY HoUR.-If you constantly
make the best use of the present hour,
you will be sure to be prepared fol-
those which shall follow.-FenelOn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

.THEIR Much SPEAKING. u have
heard of a very good man who was
wont to pray to God that he would for
give him his .'long prayers. "-BishOl
Patrick.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

The Rev. James Freeman Clark's So
ciety had its Christmas tree on the I'd
of January instead of the usual time. 1t
was for the Sunday school of the church,
and was the finest thing of the kind
ever seen here. The tree was Ill the
church; it was % feet high, superbly
ornamented and lighted by a calcium
light. After the children had had a
bountitul supper, and been otherwise
entertained, 392 presents were distri-
buted among them. They were vaua-
BILE presents, too, consisting of books,
skates, sleds, wOrk-boXes, writing desks
etc. The whole expense was from 500
to $500, and it was all borne by one
lady, who not only paid for everything,
but did most of the work beside. Many
of the children were poor, and to them
it WAS IL great boon. This is done every
wear, and in OIder that presents may
not be duplicated from one year to an
other, the lady in question keeps book
with the names of all the children in it,
and record of what has been given
them. Isn't this practical and substan-
tial kindness "TempletOn's" Letter to
Hartford COurant
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

The best cipher despatch was "Gold
lOO."-1foy, N. Y, Budget.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24
Questions and eansirrrs.
United States History Questions
No. II.


l.. What celebrated man died in $780,
2. The attitude of the United States
with regard to the war between Emo
land and France
3. What again called Washington to
public life7
4. What bereavement did the whole
nation sustain on the 4th of December
1899? 'o'
D. What treaty was signed between
France and England during Adams, adj
ministratiOn
6. What offices had Thomas Jefferson
filled, previous to his election to the
presidency?
Z. The amount given by the United
States for the Province of Louisiana
and the extent of this territory
8. Give an account of the troubla,
with the Barbary states {?
9. What was the so-called "right q
search p" e"'
lO. The history of the embargo act
Old New England Meeting Houses
Inc law of Reading, Mass, in 1862
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24
GSfatrs.
IOEL r. SANBORNlS ESTAT

TOEL r. SANBORN'S ESTATE
y The subscribers, having been aDpoir,,,
the Hon. Probate Court for the dstTict ag " .g
donia commissioners to receive, examine anal "g
Just all claims and demands OF all persons a al
the estate of Joel K SanbOrn, late of UaI,yii-'A
said district deceased, represented insolyeni
the term of six months from the 18th day of In 'l"
Der, 1873 being allowed by said Court to tb, ~,
itOrs of said deceased, to exhibit anG prove III
will attend to the duties of our appointmcr.f 3.
the dwelling house of Mrs. Charlotte Sanbor
Danville in said district, on the 18th day Of jan,
ary and the Sd day of June next, at one orlnrl
the afternoon, on each of said days.
WI STA NTON.}
63-65 H. a. KELSEY S'"m Do,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24
Horse Shoeing.

On January LIST. 1879. the subscribers formed
co-partnership, under the style of Harbour 80
and will continue at the old stand. horse ~huru.
and general black smitbing. We will do good 81. .
for cash cheap il can be afforded in tlrr..l.
ty. To all old customers we ask cuntinuslI. .,
patronage: To new ones, ask a trial of urr NJ.
ISAAC c. HARROUN
CLAYTON p. HAEIu~N
st. Johnsbury, Jan. ,. 1879.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-24

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