St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-05-30

ence of such bed-fellOwS.
II Gov. Gear of Iowa, was lately
asked to pardon convicted rum-seller,
and replied: "While | have great
sympathy for Mr.. Newton, | also
have great sympathy for the wives
and children who have been made suf-
ferers by the sale of whiskey to the fa-
theirs aud husbands by Mr.. Newton.
The petition cannot he granted"
w We are told of rector in the
Back Bay district who, in working zeal
Ousiy to enlarge his Sabbath school, Of
fered a silver thimble as premium for
new scholars, and breaches short SER
mon on ii week day to the children,
which is followed by ice cream and a
Punch and Judy show. We should
think such an arrangement might draw
away attention pretty effectually from
the legitimate work of the school
[COngregatiOnalist.
w Sunday schools can do something
towards lessening the demand for the
exciting sensational literature of the
"dime novel; and weekly "stOry-
paper" typo. Advise and warn against
the use of this mental opiate, and vile
slop, and furnish clean, bright, whole
some reading for the pupils.
~ MeddIing and mischief making is
just as reprehemsble in IA reporter as in
any other man. The fact that such
stuff makes paper sell is a poor justi-
fication. And until the managers of
newspapers learn to discriminate with
h.
which the public has right to hear and
the news which is simply noisome or
injurious scandal, the business of jour
Dalism will suffer serious lot of respect
and of influence Sunday Afternoon.
~ The Rev. Joseph Cook, now lee
turing in the West, is met by immense
audiences. At Minneapolis, not only
the aisles, but the windows were packed
and planks were placed outside the
windows, and people clung to them
for one hour and half to hear the lee
ture on "Certainties in Religion At
Oberlin the windows were sold for re-
served seats. This week he is in Indi-
ana. His engagements after that will
be in Topeka, Omaha and Salt Lake, on
his way to the great Sunday school con-
ventiOn in the Yosemite Valley the Sth
of June. He will then deliver several
lectures in San Francisco, Sacramento,
Monterey, Oakland, etc.
II New York is lively place to
live in in many respects, but William
Young, Il plumber, living on East I2:3d
street, thinks some of its aspects rather
TO exciting for man of quiet tastes.
He came to this conclusion on Tuesday
when blast from the next street sent
IA boulder weighing ton, crashing
through the side of his house, making a
hole in the wall some six feet by four,
demolishing large mirror, piano, Il
number of ornaments and some furni-
ture, and iuflicting loss of some S2500.
Fortunately the family was in an upper
room at the time, aud though Mrs.
Young was knocked down by the shock,
nobody was hurt. As soon as the con-
tractor saw the effects of this unintend-
ed bombardment he fed, and has not
since been seen.
tg To be good editor, IL useful edi-
tor, 1t may not perhaps be necessary
that a man should be what is called a
statesman. But he must be all honest,
sincere man having some knowledge
of the institutions under which he is
from time TO time called upon to sub
stantiate and defend. Whether he he
OF he not Il partisan is matter of pref
erence. Being partisan, however, he
should strive to be a fair one. He
should not lie for his party. He should
not invent news, or distort the news,
for his party. Above all, as to the
office of journalist he joins something
of the preachers vocation, he should
fear God and love his country and his
fellOw-men.-[ Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
Ey People who invested last season
in lightning rods are now receiving
through the mails pleasant little mis-
slves from law firm in York state
Wisdom costs dearly some times. And
this suggests the inquiry, what is IA
lightning rod good for, any way Ac-
cordlng to Our notions it is about the
last thing a farmer needs to buy. The
risk on a house or barn against light
ming is scarcely greater than on the
man himself and his practical exemp-
lion long ago passed into proverb.
But if you must buy don't patrOnize the
travelling swindler. And the same ad-
vice holds good with reference to gates
and all that sort of things Woodstock
Standard
u The New York Legislature has
followed the example of that of Penn
sylvania, and passed tramp law which
imposes not less than years imprison-
ment Oh ''all transient persons who rove
about from place to place." The act is
so drawn as to put the burden of proof
on the accused person, and under
it any stroller can be required to
show that he is nota tramp. Trespass.
kindling fire on the highway or on any
premises without consent, carrying fire.
arms or threatening to do any injury to
any one, are made punishable by this
law with two years. Imprisonment in
The case of tramps, while any resident
of town where an offense is committed
is empowered to make arrests. The
last provisions render the law more
stringent than that in Pennsylvania and
III no small degree make it self-ipforc-