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ReHaions Readina.
Fighting a Good Fight.

A stingy Christian was listening to a
charity sermon. He was nearly deaf,
and was accustomed to sit facing the
congregation, right under the pulpit,
with his ear-trumpet directed toward
the preacher. The sermon moved him
considerably At one time he said to
himself, ''I'll give S1O;" again he said,
'I'll give $I5.n At the close of the ap-
peal he was very much moved, and
thought he would give $50. Now the
boxes were passed. AS they moved
along, his charity began to Oeze out.
He came down from fifty to twenty, to
ten, to five, to zero. He concluded that
he would not give anything. "Yet,"
said he, "this won't do am in bad
fix. This cOvetousness will be my ruin"
The boxes were getting nearer and
nearer. The crisis was upon him. What
should he do? The box was now I'M
der his chin-all the congregation were
looking. He had been holding his
pOck ct book in his hand during this
soliloquy, which was half audible,
though in his deafness he did not know
that he was heard. In the agony of the
final moment he took his pocket book
and laid it in the box, saying to himself
as he did it, Snow squirm, old natur !"
Here is key to the problem of covet-
BUSINESS. Old natur' must go under. 1t
will take great giving to put stinginess
down. A few experiments of putting in
the whole pocket-book may, by-and-
by, get the heart into the charity box,
and then the cure is reached. All hon
or to the deaf old gentleman. He did
magnificent thing for himself, and gave
an example worth initiating, besides
pointing a paragraph for the students
of human nature.-GOOd Words.
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DR.. Rankin on the Southern Question.

In his sermon Thanksgiving day,
Rev. DR.. Rankin of Washington put in
few blows on the expressions at the
South which drove three or four rebels,
or rebel sympathisers, out of the audi
ence. This is the way he made it hot
for them
One of the most wonderful things in
the history of this whole subject is the
awful silence of the Christian press, the
Christian pulpit and the Christian
churches in the South touching the
outrages which are confessedly COM
mitted there against humanity against
the image of God in man against the
constitutional rights of man. To my
mind this accounts for the Outrages.
There is no appreciable conscience
there touching this subject.
The man who holds his seat in the U.
S. Senate or the House of Representa-
tives, because he or his friends have
suppressed the voice of the majority,
who only have the power to give him
letters patent to sit there, by the use of
tissue ballots, by the use of the rifle or
the shot gun, is just as much fraud as
the blackleg, who uses dice which are
loaded and he knows it, and the peo-
pie know it.
But am asked, "What are you 60
ing to do about it ~ :. We propose
that the headstone of the fabric of free
dom, which our brothers in blue guar
anteed, and which went up with shout
ings, when Robert E. Lee surrendered
to Ulysses S. Grant, shall stay there,
where they put it, and where you, de-
feated and discounted, the judgment
of the God of battles against you, con-
sented that it should go. [Applause.l
l admit that Gen. Grants policy (of
doing generous things for the South)
has been a failure. They have been
sowing dragons teeth ever since. But
what policy toward the South has not
been a failure? How can you pacifi-
cate a people who have war in their
hearts President Grant began with
the grass, if he finally came to sticks
and stones. Has the grass of the pre-
sent administration driven the thief
from the tree of freedom9 1 admit
that he has thrown several sticks which
have hit, but does he show any dispo-
sitiOn to come down?
Carlyle has pronounced the Demo-
cratic theory as to the origin of man
the theology of mud. Just so there are
politics of mud. And one of the causes
of our thanksgiving to-day is that the
policy of mud has been set back.
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A Word to Teachers.

A few days ago lady said to me, 81
have read your Word to PARENTS and
while 1 do not uphold my children in
any wrong in school, do think there
may be something said on the other
side, for do not think it right to pun
lsh children upon the head and about
the ears"
Certainly, a word to teachers should
be said if such modes of punishment are
prevalent in our schools. Some young
teachers are warned by older heads.
with no experience themselves, to "keep
order and make 'em mind,n until the
discipline stands first, and teaching sec
ond; and only one way presents itself
to them to deal with delinquent pupils.
and that is by some mode of corporal
punishment. The head is a convenient
target at which to aim, and SO is some
times, we regret to say, the recipient of
various painful punishments.
Experience has taught me that in
nine cases out of ten corporal punish
ment might be avoided, and when used
should be consistent with a teachers
dignity and interest in the children Of
whom he or she has a charge. More
over there is real danger in infiictins
blows about the head, of doing positive
injury. The ear is a delicately fashioned
organ, and to be regarded with care
Our teachers should know enough o
physiology and physical anatomy to pre-
vent them from such indiscretions
Most children, have found, will re
Seelye merited punishment given il
ioVe and not In anger, in the right spir
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SQuibs.

The Colorado idea is that the Utes
| should be taught to blow into their guns
to see if they are loaded.
Red used on a railway signifies dan
ger, and says "stOp." 1t is the same
thing when displayed on mans nose.
Fighting Joe Hooker once paid $685.
000,0 for a painting. On all other
subjects he seemed to be perfectly sane.
Il Detroit Free Press.
Keep your eye on Grant when he
visits this city. If he passes his plate
for third piece of pie it means an en-
pire.-[ Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald.
The Albany Express says that butter
has taken sudden jump. We've seen
it go-as-you-please, and vanish on the
fly, but never saw it jump New York
Commercial.
The NOrristown Herald notes that
"PinafOre troupes have taken the place
of tramps," a distinction without diff
ference.
A circus can always extract so cent
piece from pocket-book that never
was known to shed half that amount
for legitimate unpaid bill.
A farmer asks the question: "Do
beets pay 2" In our experience, we have
found that usually they do not they
beat their way.-[Middletown Tran
script.
Nine out of every ten women in
America buy their hair instead of rails
ing it. Such state of affairs should
not exist in a country that annually
spends thousands of dollars for the sup
port of an agricultural bureau.-[ Phila-
delphia ChronicleHerald.
The Okolona States is moved to re-
mark thusly about New England If
the teadeaters, fobdoodles, dunder-
funks, jobbernawls, skippenels, dirt
jickers, parasites and siimesills of Puri-
tan society want a nation, with all the
imperial paraphernalia that the name
implies, they will have to get up and
get out of this Union.
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a living and he is going to have it, make
up your mind that he is just making
himself good excuse for stealing liv-
ing. The world doesn't owe any man
anything, son. 1t will give you any
thing you earn, and you just look out
over the world, and know that all plum
der you can gather in by honest work is
yours, and no more. If you can't get
any, why, none of it's yours, and if you
can reach out and carry away ten times
as much as your neighbor, why, that is
all yours, and he has no right to wait
and whine over his bad luck and want
to divide. And, my son, in all human
probability, you will not want to di-
vide. 1 hope you may, but it's very
likely you won't.
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Facts for Advertisers and Business
Men.

That advertising in the columns of the Caledo-
ian is the cheapest and best way to reach the peo
pie of st. JOhnsbury and vicinity, offer the
following:
l. Advertisements are set in bold, attractive
type, and are printed so they can be read.
2. The CaLedonian is favorite local paper, is
read by all the household and goes into nearly ev-
cry family, the following figures show:
3. There 524 copies taken regularly in this
town. Taking the common estimate of five read
ers to each paper, and it will be the CGledo-
1sian has $500 constant readers in st. Johns
bury.
4. While circular handful may be at once
thrown aside or destroyed, local paper is usually
preserved for days and weeks, and is frequently
referred to, thus increasing the chances of seeing
an advertisement many fold.
S. AS carefully exclude Objectionable and
disguised advertisements, and intend to print only
those of legitimate and respectable business, par
ties who our columns have the advantage of
good company,
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DR.. j. A. SHERMAN

251 Broadway, cor. Murray st. N. Y, and 43
Milk St., Boston.
In consequence of the great demand for DIR. J. A.
Sherman's personal services, he divides his time
between New York and Boston-will be at his N
Y. Office on Saturdays Mondays and Tuesdays /;
days of each week. Tell this to your friend.
The fame of DR.. Sherman, arising from his great
success in the treatment and cure of rupture has
induced certain confidence men and imposters to
represent themselves as DIR. Sherman the original
DIR. Sherman, etc. for the purpose of deceiving and
victimizing the unsuspecting Eli
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JERSEY STOCK /!
PATENTS.

r.. H. ED d
No. 76 State Street. opposite Kilby Street Boston
Secures patents in the United States also in
Great Britain, France and other foreign countries
Copies of the claims of any Patent furnished by
remitting dollar. Assignments recorded at
Washington. No agency IN the United States pos
sesses superior facilities for obtaining Patents or
acertaining the patentabiI:y of Intentions. X. II.
EDDY, Solicitor of Patents.
TESTIMONIAL6.
II regard Mr.. Eddy as one of the most successful
and capable practitioners with whom L have had
official intercourse. CHAS. MASON.
Commissioner of Patents.
Inventors cannot employ person more trust
worthy or more capable of securing for them an
early and favorable consideration at the Patent Of
fce"-EDMUND BURKE, late Commissioner OF
Patents"
Boston, October 10, 1876.
r. III. EDDY, Esq.-Dear Sir you procured for
me, in 1910, my first patent. Since then you have
acted for and advised me in hundreds of cases, and
procured many patents, reissues and extensions.
| have occasionally employed the best agencies in
New York, Philadelphia and Washington but 1
still give you almost the whole of my business, in
your line and advise others to employ you
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER.
Boston, Jan. 1, 1S79.-1y
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RECISTERS--i88o.

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Each will have a very full Business Directory,
and either will be very useful to any person who
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Don't delay, but buy one before they are all gone.
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BRING ALL PARCELS FOR Is CENTS
PATENT rs

and how to obtain them. Pamphlet free, upon re-
,eipt of Stamp for postage. Address,
SMITH & CO., Solicitors of Patents,
If Near Patent Office, Washington, D. C.
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CTATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA DIsTRIU
y In Probate Court held at the Probate Otfo
st. JOhnsbury, within and for said district, 90
I'd day of December, A. ID. 1879.
An instrument purpOrting to be the last Will.
Testament of Charles Caldwell, late of WheeOc
said district, deceased, being presented to C-
by Julia Caldwell, the executrix therein nl-
for Probate:
1t is ordered by said Court, that all Der.
concerned therein be notified to appear at a se,.
of said Court to be holden at the Probate Ol
in ST. JOhnsbury, on the Goth day of Deceu.
A. d. 1879, and show cause, if any they may h.
against the Probate of said viii; for VII
purpose it is further ordered, that copy Of +
record of this order be published three week, 81
cessively in the CaledOnian, printed al (
Johnsbury, previous to said time appointed f
hearing.
By the Court, Attest,
HENRY FRENCN, E,=.Aary
A true copy of Record, Attest
1912 HENRY FRENCH. Register
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Gstates.
DUNBAR HOYTS, ESTATE

CTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA D,s,,.
y In Probate Court held at tie Probate IElC1
st. Johnsbury, within and for said DistTio,V lo
22d day of November, A. ID. 1879
An instrument purpOrting to be the last vva
Testament of Sophronia Hutchinson, late Of ~ ".
ford, in said district deceased, being preser.
Court by W. Mosely HOvey, the executor !
named for Probate:
1t is ordered by said Court, that all ,
concerned therein be notified to appear al
sion of said Court to be held at the Probsts )
in st. JOhnsbury, on the 18th day of Decent.
ID. 1879, and show cause, if any they NAV I
against the Probate of said Will; for wbicL
pose it is further ordered, that a copy oftI
ord of this order be published three weeks s 1,
lively in the CaledOnian, printed at st. .ToInsI',
previous to said time appointed for heariH%r
By the Court, Attest
HENRY FRENCH. Re,;,,.
A true copy of Record, Attest, 7'''c
Gil HENRY FRENCH Pc.
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WAN TED.

Capable Canvassers for WOMAN ON THE
FRONTIER"-a book that sells eueryauhere No
better ever offered Pay very liberal Now is the
time. One lady reports profit of 500. 40 made in
three days.
JAMES L. BOWEN, Springfield, Mass,
1913 General Agent for New England.
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HIS BOOK ON RUPTURE

,,;,es the most reliable proofs from distinguished
Professional gentlemen, clergymen and merchants
IF his successful practice and popularity therefrom
throughout this country and the West Indies for
the past IS years more. The afflicted should
read it and inform themselves
1t is illustrated with Photographic ikenesses of
extremely bad cases before and after cure and
mailed to those who send 10 cents. Remember in
writing or calling the address is
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w. ]. BRAY, Contractor AM
Builder.
JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO-

Having worked at building for fourteen ycaa
and being contractor and builder for the lasi 81
wears, have worked and built from the plans a.
drawings of L. Packard, architect OF this place n-
having built a good share of the best bui.1-;
outside of the Fairbanks in this place, my MI
and close attention to business has gainedGE
the reputation for doing the most and best wG,A
any iobber and builder in this place l can ba4,
builder in the place for l keep good carpenter
masOns and painters so that L can have the Wol
all going at once. am better prepared than eve eve
before having all the appurtenances for holsIh
moving, repairing re-mOdeling and erecting pG
dings of every description. As my business Is q, !
creasing every year, L am bound to give satlSls
ton in work and prices, and do a good share oil
building in this place.
Eaan all kinds of
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NOTICE.

The Concord Dye House
Has made arrangements with the o. S. & C. Elk
PRESS co. to
BRING ALL PARCELS FOR 25 CENTS.
This will give the public chance to have their
dyeing done at the most reasonable prices, as it
SAVES THE LARGE COMMISSION which we
have to pay Agents.
Dyeing in all the latest shades of Wine. Garnet,
Plum, Seal Brown, Bottle Green Navy Blue, &c.
Address all orders plainly to the CONCORD
DYE HOUSE. Goods sent Mondays will be
promptly returned the same week. Gents Gar
ments dyed without Ripping to look like new.
We pay Express Charges one way.
CONCORD DYE HOUSE,
tFeb27 Concord, N. 81.
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BUILDING MATERIALS

For sale; timber, ioice, boards, clapboards Al
laths, cedar and spruce single, doors, wndoVI
blinds, mouldings, brackets, ladders, hardware I
building lime, paints, wall paper and everyth-
necessary for building. 1 will not be undersod
underbid by any one that will pay 100 cents on U
dollar. Give me your plans and let me iObGI
you will not have any more trouble about it. Bl1il
in the white, or painted, trimmed and hung to a
der. For want of space, will not name the ou
dings that have built, being over so in numbd
mostly dwelling houses. stores, and horse barns
scattered all over this village. So my reference
are all the leading business men and the men \
have built for in this town. 1 deliver lumber AM
material to all parts of the city.
Thanking my numerous friends for Their hIt
patronage, 1 am now prepared to do all kline 4
work by the day or job, at prices to suit the III
will furnish all the materials for building OF
as desired by parties wishing to build. tahS y
from the bottom of the cellar to the top on y
chimneys. Plans and specifications furnished t T I'M.
desired. By being prompt and attentive 10 V NJ.
ness hope to merit continuance oil your %
favOrs, and a share of the public patronage. Az
WANTED-Fifty thousand feet OF clear w.
spruce, bass and pine lumber. ..l.,
Residence on Railroad street, opposite Fo''"
street.
st. Johnsbury, March, 1879.
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E. L. THAYER, Proprietor.
F. T. PARKER, Manager.
Where may be found the
largest stock of Ready-Made
Clothing, Hats and Caps, Gen
tlemen's Furnishing Goods,
Trunks, Valises, Travelling
and Shopping Bags, Umbrel-
las, &C., &C., in this town or
county.
These goods were bought
for Cash, and are here to be
sold, and will be sold for Cash.
Our Stock is larger than
ever before. Our prices have
always been low, but this sea-
son we are selling lower than
ever before. To-day, goods
cannot be bought in Boston
and New York markets for
what we are selling them at.
We bought before the rise
and are selling at old prices.
We have an immense stock
of Buffalo and Wolf Robes,
Coon and Buffalo Coats, Lap
Robes, Horse Blankets, &C.,
&C., and we shall offer special
inducements to parties want
ing any Of these goods.
Now is your time to buy,
and the place is at the store of
The st. Iohnsbury Clothing Co.
Corner Main and Central Streets,
ST. JOHNSBURY. VT.
CsPEeIAL IN0TIeE
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YDIA HARvEY'S ESTATE.

I YDIA HARVEY'S ESTATE.
IL The subscribers, having been appointedt.
Honorable Probate Court for the district oTCT
mia, commissioners, to receive, examine and M
all claims and demands of all persons agaiDstt
tate of Lydia Harvey, late of Barnet, in
district, deceased, represented insOlvent. AMI \
term of six months from the LIST day of Dee +,
1873, being allowed by said Court to the en-
of said deceased, TO exhibit and prove H..
spective claims before us: Give notice d,
will attend to the duties of our appoiDr-.
the dwelling house of Joseph a. Gould. ia ysDg
in said district, Jno Swat Euass..,, ,,.C ~.
and June next, at 1 o'clock in the afternSC
each of said days.
PETER LINDSAY, (Co,,,,,.
1912 j. A. GOULD,
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r u p T u r z

fisherman known to the public for the past IS
years more for his successful method of treating
Rupture without the annoyance and injury trusses
inflict, may be consulted weekly at his New
York and Boston offices. DIR. Sherman is the dis
coverer of the only known cure for Rupture by To-
cal external applications.
Boston, where those afflicted with Rupture wish
ing to obtain the benefit of his experience and
edies may consult him daily for a limited period.
how insignificant he may consider it, for every
man who has died from it fiattered himself
that it was but trifing ailment; and every man
to such an extent that life has enjoyments once
regarded it as unworthy special attention. 1t is
not standstill atliction it is steadily prOgressise
even unto death and he is wise who tax me [n
necessary steps to be efectually relieved OF De
fore the day of suffering and gloogo CONT The cftv
him. References given to gentlemen III '"' 0'''
who have been cured. .o.o+ o,a
Patients from abroad can receive treatment anu
leave for home same day.