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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-15
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

| ADVENT-PaddOck Village. Elder l.. C. & Mrs
Mckinstry, Pastors. Sabbath Services at 1880 a
M. l:45 and $3.50 p. IN. sabbath School IL M
Prayer Meetings at 1870 D. Sunday, Tuesday and
Friday evenings.
REFORMED Observation-Disclosures Hail. Rail.
road street. W. k. Laird, supply Sabbath ser.
vices-Preaching at 1880 a. m. and 300 D. m Sab
bath School at 200 p m. Wednesday evening
prayer meeting at 1870 o'clock.
BAPTIsI-Railroad Street. Corner Maule Rev
Z, L. Sanford, Pastor Preaching 1890 A. NJ. S
School II m, prayer meeting $3.50. Prayer meet
ings Wednesday evening at 1880.
FREE BAPTIsT-Alain Street Corner Prospect
Rev. Z. s. Frost, Pastor. Residence at C. L. Brig.
hams, Spring st. Sabbath services at IO:3O A. NJ
and 6:30 p. NJ. Sabbath School at 1900 M Wed
nesday evening prayer meeting at 1880.
CHURCH OF THE MEssIAH-( Universalist). East
ern avenue, corner Cherry street. Rev. B. M. Til.
lotson, Pastor. sabbath services at las and 6:3C
| z. NJ. Sabbath SLnOOl at 12 Nj. Wednesday even.
ing prayer meeting at 7:3O.
METHoDIsT-Central, street Rev E. S. Locke.
Pastor. Residence head of Summer Street
Sabbath services at 1890 A. M, and $50 r. M
Sabbath School at 1900 NJ. Wednesday evening
meeting at 1880
NoRrH CoNGREGATIoNAI-Main street. corner
Church. Rev. Henry W. Jones Pastor. Sabbath
services at 1880 A. M. and $3.50 2. M Sabbath
school at 1;45 P. M. Wednesday evening meeting
at 1880.
SOUTH CoNGREGATIoNAL-Main street Rev.
Edward L. Fairbanks, Pastor Sabbath services
at 1880 A. NJ. and $50 2. Nj. Sabbath School at
1900 NJ. Wednesday evening meeting at 1870
ST. ANDREw's-(EpscOpa Main street Rev
N F. Putnam, Rector Services on SUNDAYS at
a. IN. Wednesdays at 1880 p III. Sunday School,
at $3.50 p.
ROMAN CATHOLIC Cherry Street. RevJ. A.
Bossonnault, Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a. m :;
second Sunday of the month"; service at $50 a. m,
and p. IN. At LyndOnville same day at 1890 a. m
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-15
The Tourjee Excursion Party in
Europe.

THREE HUNDRED AMERICANS ON A
PLEASURE TRIP THROUGH THE OLD
WORLD-THE OCEAN vOYAGE-A TOUR
OF THE EMERALD IsLE-FRoM THE
GIANTS CAUsEwAY TO THE LAKES OF
KILLARNEY.
Special Foreign Correspondence of the Caledonian.
GRAND HOTEL,
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, July 9, 1879.
THE TOURJEE PARTY.
A few years ago, that enterprising
and public spirited gentleman, DIR.
Eben Tourjee, of Boston, formed a
gigantic plan for an excursion to Europe
which might combine educational fa-
cilities with all the charms of pleas
ure trip through foreign lands. This
design was carried into execution last
summer with most gratifying results,
and nearly three hundred persons en-
joyed an excursion which proved sue
cessful even beyond anticipation. This
year second grand excursion has been
organized by DR.. Tourjee under new
and improved auspices. The European
contractors for the details of travelling
and hotel accommodations are Messrs.
Henry Gaze & Son, firm sufficiently
well known to European travellers al
ready; and soon, am sure, to become
most favOrably known to Americans
ttrhn trnr ,nI oh f,k.
letter l propose to describe how this
system of travelling in parties is carried
out, and how easy a foreign jaunt is
made for the inexperienced traveller. or
for ladies who are unprovided with
escorts, through these means, but |
should take up too much space should l
enter upon the subject in the present
connection.
The Tourjee party of 1879, like that
of 1873, is made up of teachers, clergy
men, editors and members of other
professions, and nearly every state in
the American Union is represented.
There are more ladies than gentlemen,
and in many instances gentlemen are
accompanied by their wives and daugh-
tiers. Many old travellers are included
in the list, and it is just this class who
best appreciate having their wants sup
piled as if by magic, while all the petty
annoyances attendant upon travelling
in foreign lands are transferred To the
shoulders of the ''conduetors.n Bv far
the greater proportion of this wears
party is made up of people of wealth
and leisure who take this mode of
travelling because it is the easiest and
most comfortable as well as the most
economical.
THE OCEAN VOYAGE.
We came over, as the Irish emigrant
declared he was transported, Sin two
ships" Ninety of us left New York on
the morning of June 81, in the excellent
steamer Bolivia" of the Anchor Line.
Captain ]. j. Small. The larger party,
numbering 1s6, came across in the
steamer "AnchOrian of the same line,
which left New York week later.
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st. Johnsbury Post Office.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
Boston and intermediate offices. Arrive 500 u
IN. Close $50 a m.
Boston through mail. Arrive LAO a m. Close
500 m.
New York and the West Arrive 225 and II 25
a m, SIS m. Close s.45 a IN and 500 D m
Newport and the north. Arrive $50 IN. Close
4.30pm.
Portland and the east. Arrive 11.2O M Close
11.00 m.
SwantOn and intermediate offices. Arrive 200 D
m. Close 1.30 m
Waterford. Arrive $50 IN. Close 445pm
North Danville. Arrive $50 a M Close gao a
m.
West Concord and East st. Johnsbury Arrive
$40 m. Close 43O D M
CHAS. P. CARPENTER, I'd, P. M.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-15
The Owl-Critic.
LESSON TO FAULr-FNDRRs.

LESSON TO FAULT-FINDRRs.
who stuffed that white owl3" No one spoke 1,
the shop;
The barber was busy, and he couldn't stop; B,
The customers, waiting their turns were ali read
ing
The Daily, the Herald, the Post, little needing
The young man who blurted out such blum
question;
Not one raised a head, or even made a suggestion
And the barber kept ON shaving.
Don't you see, Mister Brown"
Cried the youth, with frown,
How wrong the whole thing is
How preposterous each wing is,
How flattened the head is how jammed down the
neck is
In short, the whole owl, what an ignorant wreck
'tis7
make no apology.
I've learned owleology;
I've passed days and nights in a hundred colleo
tions,
And cannot be blinded to any defections
Arising from unskillfuI fingers that fail
To stuff bird right, from his beak to his tail.
Mister Brown Mister Browni
Do take that bird down,
Or you'll soon be the laughing stock all ovel
town.
And the barber kept on shaving.
I've studied OWLS
And other night fowls,
And tell you
What know to be true:
An owl cannot roOst
With his limbs unloosed;
No owl in this world
| Ever had his claws curled,
| Ever had his legs slanted
| Ever had his bill canted
Ever had his neck screwed
Into that attitude.
| He can't do it, because
'Tis against all bird laws.
Anatomy teaches
Ornithology breaches,
An owl has a toe
| That can't turn out SO
I've made the white owl my study for years,
And to see such job almost moves me to tearsl
Mister Brown, I'm amazed
You should be so gone crazed
AS to put up bird
| In that posture absurd
To look at that owl really brings on a dizziness;
The man who stuffed him don't half know his bu
sinessp'
And the barber kept on shaving.
| I'm filled with surprise
Taxidermists should pass
OFF on you such poor glass;
| So unnatural they seem
They'd make Audubon scream,
And John Burroughs laugh
To encounter such chaf,
Do take that bird down;
Have him stuffed again. Brownl"
And the barber kent on shaving
with some sawdust and bark
could stuff in the dark
An owl better than that.
could make an old hat
Look more like an owl
Than that hOrrid fowl,
Stuck up there stiff like side of coarse leather
In fact about him there's not natural feather
just then, with a wink and sly normal lurch,
The owl, very gravely, got down from his perch,
Walked round and regarded his fault finding critic
(Who thought he was stuffed) with glance analy-
tic,
And then fairly hooted, as if he should say:
Your learning's at fault this time anyway;
Don't waste it again on . live bird pray.
I'm an owl you're another. Sir Critic good-day n
And the barber kept on shavingi
-JdDaes T. ES0'ds in Hnr11er's fn~ Js~'y.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-15

9 Again, one night on a Journey
westward, the Trifler passed through
Buffalo. 1t was midnight when the
city was reached, and soon after the
train halted there entered the sleeping
car blooming pair, to whom evidently
some clergyman had but Just pro
nounced the words which made them
one. They were clearly from some
rural place and had come into Buffalo
to take the train for the inevitable
tour. The groom was arTayed in a vest
of startling pattern, and in coat and
pantaloOns of unwonted broadcloth,
and his hands were loosely enveloped
in gloves which were couple of sizes
too large for him, as if they had been
purchased with a view to all possible
contingencies of growth. The bride
was resplendent in the accumulated
tinery dear to the rustic mind on such
Important occasions. The pair, with
the aid of the porter, found section
which chanced to be opposite that occu-
pied by the Trifler. Soon the con-
ductor of the car came around to collect
the money for the berth. His state
ment of the price elected smOthered
ejaculation from the groom, but the
money was paid. Then, as the con-
ductor disappeared, the groom was
heard to remark to his beloved in tones
of deep and painful emotion, 81 tell
you what, Maria, 1t takes stamps tt
trGUet." Thus early had the hard reali-
ties of life intruded upon loves young
dream !-1f!fer, in Boston Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-15
VOLUME 43---NUMBER 2194.

straight, big and solid, didn't touch
dat tree, but when found one leaning
little and hollow inside, l soon had
him down. So, when de debil gets af-
ter Christians he don't touch dem dat's
straight and true, but dem dat lean
little and are hollow inside"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-15

q One of the most remarkable
things in human nature is the willing
ness OF women to sacrifice girls life
for the chance of saving the morals of a
scapegrace man. If a pious mother can
only marry her son Beelzebub to some
"good religious girl" the chance of his
reformation is greatly increased. The
girl is neither here nor there, when one
considers the necessity of saving the
dear Beelzebub. - EdaUard Eqgleston in
Sunday afternoon. -
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-15
Unhealthy Hotels.

Speaking of the number of old bury
ing grounds Ill Boston, some one tells a
story about a stranger who put up at
Gne OF. JdmSs hotel. He was 5,ipon c,
room IN Une rear UI inc UurIuinS, IA
the first sight which met his eyes in the
morning was gloomy expanse of grave
yard, right under his window. He was
a man of sensitive nature-probably
from Leadville or some such pastoral
neighborhOod-and the landscape spoil
ed his appetite for that day. As soon
as his days work or pleasure was over,
he quietly removed his plunder to the
Parker house. Here he asked for a
front room, and went to sleep in peace :;
but in the morning, as before, Aurora's
gentle beams gilded dazzling array of
tOmb-stOnes across School street in the
Kings Chapel graveyard. The gen
tleman from Leadville had another
days bad digestion, but, being of
courageous disposition, he made third
trial and went over to the fremont,
where he expressly stipulated that he
should not be given back room nor
front one. The gentlemanly clerk as
signed him a cheerful parlor on the
west side, and the guest went to bed
happy. He arose at dawn, feeling de-
cidedly more cheerful, and drew his
curtains, to feast his gaze on-the old
Granary cemetery, with tomb-stones
300 years old moldering before him. 1t
was too much for the stranger, who i'm
mediately paid his bill and departed to
hunt up a town "where it wasn't so
darned unhealthy that they had to have
a graveyard attached to every hotel"
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Telegraph Office.

Western Union and VT. International-in Post
Office Main st. Open from a. M, to D. N. Sun
days, to 10 a. m, to 6 p m. Night messages at
half rates.
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BUSINESS 9irsftorp.
Ndme, BMsineSSaRd Location of the lead
ina business Houses in st. JOhnSburU.

fHg BUSINESS houses Gh SC. OOHnSOury.
Agricultural Tools and Hardware.
HASKELL 81 SONS, Hoyts Block, R. st
Apothecaries.
g. G. BINGHAM, No. 5, Bank Block, Main st.
Attorneys at Law.
NJ. MONTGOMERY, Jewett's Building, R. R. St.
ELISHA MAY, over Hall & Fletchers Store.
EELDEN & IDE, No. 2 Caledonian Blk, up stairs
Books and Stationery.
HOWARD & ROWELL, Caledonian Blk. Main st
Book Binders.
e. NJ. STONE & CO., Agt's, Monument Square.
Blanl<s--Legal and Business.
g. VI. STONE & Co. Monument Square.
Bakers and Confectioners.
CROSS & BRADLEY, Main Street.
Clothing for Men and Boys.
T.. & T. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village.
CrOckery, Glass and Stone Ware.
l.. a Il. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village
Carpeting, Paper-H -Hangings, WindOw-shades.
L. & 7. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village
Dentists.
j. l.. PERKINS, Caledonian Block Main Street
Dry Goods, and Ladies' Fancy Goods.
q. H. HALE, Avenue Block, R. R. Street.
T. Il Il. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village
Furniture and Casl<ets.
HALL & SWITSER, Main Street.
&. A. .CALDERWOOD, L. D. D. F. Block,
File Manufacturer.
81 Johnsbury File Works, opp. Passenger Depot.
Groceries and Housekeeping Goods.
T.. a 4. FAIRBANKS & CO., Fairbanks Village.
Insurance, Life.)
F. f. SARGENT, (AStna,) Railroad Street.
Photographs.
ID. y. CLIFFORD, Caledonian Block, Main Street
Printers and Publishers.
G. NJ. STONE s. CO., Caledonian Block, Main St.
Paddock Iron Works.
DANL THOMPSON, Proprietor, Paddock Village
Stoves and Tin Ware.
Ii. L. s. ID. Q. WOODRUFF Railroad Street
IL. COWDERY, Eastern Avenue.
Watches, Jewelry and Toys.
HOWARD & ROWELL Caledonian Bl'k Main ST.
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A good colored man once said in a
class meeting: "Bredren when l was
a boy L took q hatcbet and went into de
woods. When l found tree dat was
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OLD PAPERS,,

"a Jood Tor pantry shelves putting under carpets,
dred, at this office. '-'' "' ~ eoH'' Itn- ~
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w EDD1NG CARDS.-We have lately added
,ddI several new styles of type for wedding and
m ,n cards, and are prepared to print the same
~ good style and at reasonable prices WedJ;no
N"0etopes on hand, at the
CALIFORNIAN OFFICE.
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TrareLers' Gnide.
Portland & Ogdensburg r. R.-June 80, '79
AIMS MOVING EAST

TRAINS MOVING EAST.
MAIL-Leaves Swanton 600 a. M. Cambridge
Junction 7.25 Hardwick s4s East Hardwick s59
Greensboro 9.07, Walden 9.31 Danville 9.52, St.
JOhnsbury arrive 1923 leave 10.45, East St. Johns
bury 1889, West Concord LILO, Miles Pond 11.30
East Concord 11.4O, arrives at Lunenburg E50
Portland at 557 p m.
MIXED.-Leave Swanton 100 a. m Cambridge
Junction 1912, Hyde Park 11.27, Hardwick 102 p.
m, East Hardwick l.2S Greensboro Las Walden
2.34, Danville 316 arrives at st. JOhnsbury 420
leave 500, East st. Johnsbury 5.22; West Concord
$40, Miles Pond 20, East Concord 6.S7, arrive at
Lmenburg 100.
Swanton els Cambridge Junction 800, Hardwick
9.21 K. Hardwick 9.33 Greensboro 942 Walden
1905, Danville 1O.2s, ST. Johnsbury arrive llOO
TRAINS MOVING WEST.
MAIL-Leaves Portland 500 a. m. Lunenburg
1 55 d. H. East Concord 2.O4, Miles Pond 2l3
West Concord 2.32 East ST. Johnsbury 2.42, arrive
St. Johnsbury 2.55 leaves 43O, Danville 5.02, Wal
den 5.2S Greensboro .5.52, East Hardwick 600
Hardwick 6I2 Cambridge junction 7.33, arrives
at SwantOn at 900 p. m.
MIXED-Leaves Luncnburg 600 a. m., East
Concord 6.22 Miles Pond 6.3s, West Concord ia
East st. Johnsbury 736 arrives ST. JOhnsbury 500
leaves $50, DanVile y.53, Walden 1888, Green's
boro l1.16, East Hardwick 1l32 Hardwick ll54
Hyde Park l.2s p NJ, Cambridge junction $50,
arrives at SwantOn 600
EXPRESS-Leaves st. Johnsbury $50 a. M,
Danville us Walden 7.3s, Greensboro 7.5S, e.
Hardwick sO4, Hardwick SIS, Cambridge Junction
935, Swanton 1l.05 Maquam Bay arrive lilo.
Passumpsic Railroad.---June 80, 1879.
TRAINS SOUTH LEAVE ST. JoHNsBURY.
Mail Train $50 a. IN.
New York and Boston Express, 1927 e
Day Express, 800 p. IN.
Accommodation. $50 e"
Night Train, l2:2l a.. III
TRAINS NORTH LEAVE ST. JoHNsBURY.
Mail Train, 4:30 D. III
| New York Express 7:29 -
Day Express 300 a.
Accommodation, lO:45 n. m
| Night Train 2:I3 q
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st. Johnsbury Athenaum.

LIBRARY AND READING ROOM Free to ALL Open
from A. M. to IL M; from to g. P M, and from
to 1-2 Saturday evenings.
ART TGALLERY-Open Tuesdays and Fridays
w. W. THAI Err LluriI Ian.
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SHAW & CO.,
IN S u r A N C z
In both Stock and Mutual Companies.
W. A. SHAW. N. p. BOWMAN,
LELAND A. WHITNEY

;,P Would inform those wishing to take lessons ON
eIther organ or Piano, each can be accommoJated
IN that direction after Oct IS 1878 Tern 1sa5
tiaC known on application For any further informa.
ROBERTS & WHITNEY
G, 1oh.., ~. Wards Block, r. r. st.
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From the North of Ireland we went
to Dublin, stopping for night at the
quaint old town of Enniskillen, made
famous by its corps of dragoons who
fought SO bravely at the Battle of the
Boyne. Dublin is a very interesting
city, and in certain aspects really
beautiful. Phoenix Park, vast pleas
ure- ground of over seventeen hundred
acres has scarcely an equal in Europe.
In one portion of these grounds hun
dreds Of deer may be seen. st. Pat
rick's and Christ Church Cathedrals are
filled with historic monuments, and the
latter has been restored in handsome
manner. 1t is singular fact that
Guinness, the famous brewer, restored
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t. ,Subnsburp Galedunialr.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-06-04
A DREAM.

A Cornish miner was recently found
dead in mine, and was duly buried. A
neighbor of the deceased the next night
dreamed that a gentleman in carriage
and pair had driven up to the house of the
deceased, and said he was not dead,
but had been buried alive. This dream
being noised abroad, the next night seven
or eight men went to the graveyard. dug
up the coffin, and carried it to a chapel.
They unscrewed the coffin lid, and there
was the body of their comrade apparently
still living and breathing SO convinced
were they of this that they sat HIM up, and
while some attempted to revive him by
stimulants and friction, others ran off to
the nearest surgeon, two miles distant.
The surgeon arrived, and examined the
body amid great excitement, and then
stated that the man was dead, and had
been dead some days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-06-04
NO. 1876.
Mistellaneous.
THAT GOOD DOG JACK.

Some dogs, in their love and affection for
their masters, have at times equaled hu-
man beings in their constancy, and even
surpassed them in the marvellous intelli-
gence with which they foresee and avert
approaching danger. The following ex-
ample. related to us by one of the ladies
of the story may prove interesting. Two
girls, daughters of an English country
doctor, were once out for walk together.
Ii was an autumn afternoon, sunny ana
pleasant. They were accompanied by
their little dog named Jack, who was
clever little terrier, and more than once
had proved his claim to be considered, as
indeed. he was, their protector whilst out
walking. Their father often said he felt
quite happy when Jack was with them =
he was quite sure no harm would come to
them. The two girls pursued their walk
menily. The fine afternoon tempted
them to 90 farther than they ought, how
ever. and by the time they returned the
dusk had fallen and they were afraid they
would be late for tea. One of them pro-
posed to take short cut through wood
with which they were well acquainted,
having often gathered blackberries in it on
a summer afternoon. The other agreed,
and so they arrived at the edge OF tie
wood and prepared to enter it. 'All the
same | am rather afraid said Dora, TIE
Younger of the two, there have been sew
eral robberies in the neighborhood, and
saw some very odd-looking men pass our
door to-day besides | am wearing ny
new watch which papa gave me on ny
birthday "Oh nonsense!" her sister
replied. at is nearly six O'Clock now
and we shall be late" Be sure no Cne
will wish to harm u.s. II wish / were
as certain as you are. But what's the
matter with Jack ?'' Just as she had said
this, Jack advanced toward them, and
planting himself in the middle of their
path, sat down and whiined. That is
odd, = said Dora II never remember him
doing that before The other girl de-
rided her fears, and attempted to pass the
dog but he caught her dress with his
teeth, and held her so firmly that she
hardly dared to set herself free. One
more effort she made. but Jack was reso-
Lutte seeing how determined he was to
prevent their further progress, she gave
up trying. "Well. well, you stupid little
brute - she said angrily; Il suppose we
must 60 all that long way round.' So
the two sisters abandoned the idea of tax.
ing the short path through the wood al d
went home by the safe highroad.
When they arrived. how thankful how
unutterably thankful did they feel to their
little protector, whose intelligence had
been so far superior to theirs, and had
saved them despite themselves. A man
had been found in the wood shortly
after they had left it, murdered and robbed
it was conjectured, by the tramps who had
passed through the village in the morning.
Thus Jack had preserved his mistresses
from meeting a similar fate. Their graft
tude, it is needless to add. was profound
toward their little four-footed protector,
who, we are glad to hear lived to a good
old Chambers Journal.