St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-03

Press.
Report reaches us from st. Louis that
a circular has been issued by "Ine
Trade Assembly and sent to all tne
"Assembliesn in the United States, call
ing for general strike of all trades
specially for the adoption and enforce
ment of the eight-hour law. Sucn
thing as a general strike OF all trades is
impossible for dozen reasons, one OF
which is that many of the trades have
no fault to find and are perfectly well
satisfied with matters as they are. This
is no means the first time general
strike" has been announced. The en-
gineer of anarchy undertake too much,
especially when they propose to act for
those who have no wish for such agents
or attorneys, but who propose to man
age their own affairs. a
A coon has the best of dog when
the fight is in deep water, as citizen
of Portland, Oregon, has learned to his
sorrow. A valuable dog belonging to
him went out last week into field and
found the track of a coon, which he
followed to the animals hiding-place.
There he began to dig and bark, max
ing the dirt fly in the air until the coon
cunningly escaped and ran into little
pond near by, the dog following him.
A hard fight then began. The coon
seized the dog by his nose and pulled
him under the water. Again and again
the dog rose to the surface, and again
and again he was pulled below it, until
at last he had had too much of the
business, and sank for the last time
from view. The coon went quietly
ashore and disappeared in his hole I'M
harmed.
DR.. Langstaff, the president of the
| Howard Association, does not think the
fever in the south is abating at present
or that it will abate to much extent, if
at all before frost comes. The number
of new cases since the Doth inst. salts
fies him of this. He further thinks that
the fever will increase in proportion as
the weather is unsettled, and as the
nights are cooler than the days. The
changes in temperature between night
and day every "a hours are a great
source of food for the disease. The
Association estimate that they will need
at least 100000 to pay the expenses
they must incur before the coming of
frost. DR.. Langstaff has no doubt that
the efforts of the association have les
sened the spread of the epidemic, and
from experience knows that in less than
forty-eight hours people who are sick,
and left to their fate, would die.
The plague of wild beasts and snakes
in India is extraordinary indeed. Snakes
alone in 1877 killed nearly II, 900 per-
SONS, and tigers, elephants, leopards
and other wild beasts nearly 5000
more. Efforts we're made at the same
time to destroy the animals, but with
ont apparent reduction of the numbers.
About I27 900 snakes and % 900 wild
beasts were killed, and $4,000 were
paid in rewards for their destruction.
The revival of the iron trade, after SO
many years of great depression, is one
OF the most cheering signs of better
times. The revival is genuine, and bids
J fair to be permanent. This is the uni
versal testimony of the manufacturers
and dealers.
The same engine, driven by the same
engineer, which killed Miss Bussing on
New Jersey road few days ago,
killed child three years old day Oh
two afterwards. As soon as the train
reached Jersey City, Peterson, the en-
gineer, wept like child, and, jumping
from the engine, said: "YOu can take
charge of that engine yourselve, for
I've had enough of her." ..
The two young Sons of the Prince Of
Wales are both very fond of sea-
service the younger one is to follow
it as a profession. They are bright
manly boys with look of their gentle
f mother about the upper part of theil
faces. They have just started off on a
ship of war for a long cruise. They
fare exactly like their messmates ex-
, cept in one particular their sleeping
accommodation is somewhat better.
Victoria, Crown Princess of Germany
staying at some mineral springs il
Syria. She is known during her stay
in Romerbad as the Countess Victoria
Won Lingen," and she leads very quie
a and simple life. She spends most o
her time in walking and reading with
: her attendants. She is great favorite
with the country people. "She is 81
J, good" says one; ''She not only thanks
e pleasantly and graciously, as if we wer'
o her equals, but she speaks when sh,
meets US in the park and asks abOu
# our affairs" adds another. And wha
a pleases the honest population most o
z all is the trust reposed in them by tn
n Princess. "She has no cook with her
but is satisfied with our cooking. Sh,
n has not even brought bed of her own
q She is attended by our bathing women,
V the people exultingly tell an inquirer.
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