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HOW PEOPLE BECOME ILL.

By eating too much and too fast; by
swallowing fectly masticated food;
by taking too much fluid during meals !;
by drinking spirits and other intoxicat-
ing liquids freely; 10y keeping late
hours at night, OF sleeping too long in
the morning; by wearing clothing too
tight, so as to impede the circulation /;
by wearing thin shoes by neglecting
to take sufficient exercise to keep the
hands and feet warm by neglecting to
wash the body frequently, so us to keep
the pores of the skin unclOgged; by
exchanging the thick clothing worn in
IL well-heatcd room during the day for
light costumes and then exposing oneself
to the excitement of an evening party !;
by starving the stomach to crafty II
vain and foolish desire for fashionable
attire by living i'll state of perpetual
excitememts; 10y fretting the mind con-
corning the ills of the future, as well as
those of the present; by employing
quack doctors and swallowing all kinds
of nostrums for every little ache and
ill and bN taking meals at all times of
the day and evening, and thereby Civ
ing the stomach no season of repose.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-02-07

CtTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DIsrp,,-
- In Pr obate Court held at the Probate I"ig
ST. Johnsburv, in said district, on the 22d nv.
January, A. ID. 1879.
William Morrison, administrator up,1 H..
tate of William Morrison, late of Barnrt ine e.
district, deceased, presents his admnstrat,a. so
count for examination and allowance and ~ p
application for a decree of distribution AMI 5'.
tftion of the estate of said deceased. J,
WhereupOn it is ordered by said Court tb,,
account and said application be referred t., a 20
sion thereof to be held at the Probate Ofca H. +"
st. Johnsbury on the 18th day Of Feb 4 III l.
for hearing and decision thereon: And it /. nh
ordered that notice hereof be given to all NV, ~,
interested, by publication Of the same the. ~,
successfully in the CaledOnian news-s- ''.'
lished at st. JOhnsbury previous to sad bE.
pointed for hearing, that they may ara-.--.7 q
time and place, and show cause, if an H. 'sH
have, why said account should not be alYr "'i
such decree made.
By the Court, Attest,
6j-67 HENRY FRENCH. Rr5..
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FOR SALE.

Nv place in Paddock Village near the common,
consisting of II story house with l., and barn at
tached. Also connected with it is a large garden
and front yard with the village water in the house
and good well on the premises. For further par
ticulars enquire of the subscriber.
WARREN POWERS.
ST Jobnsbury Dec 49, 1878 6Otf
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Ggtafes.
Joseph BLAIR,s ESTATE

II L
- The subscribers, having been apuoi,.
the Hon. Probate Court for the distTirt ,eG
donna, commissioners to receive, examino VI a.
Just all claims and demands of all persons ana ii
the estate of Joseph Blair, late Of Farr, a-al
said district deceased, represented insolys,'.'
the term of six months from the 9th day of w. az
Der, 1879, being allowed by said Court 10 tb oees
itOrs of said deceased, to exhibit and proy. 70
respective claims before us Give notice ~ tt
will attend to the duties of our appointT ,4.
the dwelling house of the late Josepb hi.
Barnet, in said district, on the 9th dav ot ' F
ary and the 9th day of June next, at on. o,i o
the afternoon, on each of said days ''s
LEMUEL MANCHESTER
65-67 JAMES McLAREN, fCmnr
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FOR SALE.
Building Lots.
FOR SALE.

A number of good Driving Horses, and some Tor
work; and some good secondhand Carriages, open
and covered; also some twO-seated Carriages " Ill
sell to suit the times. JERRY DREW
st. JOhnsbury, July H. 1878. 3ou
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-02-07

INNER mart were also opened, the object
would be more speedily effected. The
air in an apartment is usually heated
to higher temperature than the outer
air and it is thus rendered lighter, and
as the outer air rushes IN, the warmer
and lighter air is forced upward, ana
finding no outlet remains IN the room.
If a candle be held in the doorway near
the door, it will be found that the flame
will be blown inward but, If 1t be
raised nearly to the top of the doorway,
it will be blown outward the warm an
flowing out at the top, while the colo
air flows in at the bottom. A current
of warm air from the room IS generaliy
rushing up the flue of the chimney II
the f1ue be open, even though there
should be no fire in the stove, therefore
open fire-places are the best ventllators
we can have for a chamber with an
opening arranged in the chimney near
the ceiling.
CARE OF THF FEET.
MANY of the colds so prevalent at
this season. commence at the feet,
therefore to keep these extremitles
warm is to effect an insurance against
the almost interminable list of disorders
which spring out of ga slight cold"
First, never be tightly shod. Boots or
shoes when they fit too closely, press
against the foot so as to prevent the
free circulation of the blood. When,
on the contrary, they fit comparatively
loosely, the blood has free course, and
the spaces left between the leather and
the stocking become filled with COM
Portable supply of warm air. The sec
ond rule is never sit in damp shoes.
1t is often imagined that unless they
are positively wet it is not necessary to
change them. This is a fallacy, for
when the least dampness is absorbed
into the sole it is attracted to the foot
by its warmth and thus the persplra-
ton is dangerously checked. Any per-
son can prove this by trying the expert
ment of neglecting this rule. The feet
will become cold and damp very short
Iy, although Oh taking off the shoes and
warming them they will appear quite
dry.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18
ABI,EGRAM

NAPLES advices of June 10Th say that
Vesuvius has began another eruption
which is fast increasing in violence.
LONDON advices Of the 10Th state that
Servia, in consequence Of Russian
pressure. has finally yielded the disput-
ed frontier districts to Bulgaria.
A BELGRADE dispatch of June 10Th
states thai twenty battalions Of Ar.
mants, with twenty-five cannon, have
appeared on the Servian frontier, near
PrepoGe, and assumed a threatening
attitude toward the Servians.
DISPATCHES from Berlin of the 10th
state that the amnesty to be proclaimed
on the occasion of the Emperor's gold
en- wedding does not include recalcit-
rant priests, and the Ultramontanes are
greatly disappointed in consequence.
Al ST. PETERSBURG dispatch of June
| 10th saws the sentence against Alexan,
der Solovieif, who attempted the assas-
sination OF the emperor on the 18th OF
April last, was carried out to-day, He
was hanged at 10 o'clock this morning
on Smolenski Field.
n tOhhESToND DEN III btl III uIltcl util0
of June 10th denies the truth of the re-
port telegraphed thence on June 6,
stating that Germany had decided to
address a note to the European gov,
ernments on theimproper and inhuman
| character of the wal in South America,
and suggesting joint interference.
CALCUTTA advices of the 10th say that
rains more or less copious are reported
from nearly all the districts of Bengal
and Assam. The rainfall in Cachar,
| Bengal, has as yet been slight and par
tial, but sufficient to greasly improve
the prospects of the indigo crop. The
reports from the tea districts are, on
the Whole, fairly good.
THE Tagbah, of Vienna of the 10Th
inst. says the n,odus pireldi has been ar
ranged between Russia and the Natl'
can. The pope will appoint the bish-
OBS from ecclesiastics designated by the
car. The Catholic synod at St. Peters
burg will be dissolved, and the bishops
will have the right of freely communi-
eating with the Vatican and publishing
bulls and encyclicals after they have
received the cars placet. The exlied
prelates will be amnestied.
A CoNsrANTISorLE dispatch dated
June 18th says Horace Maynard,
United States minister to Turkey,
United States Consul Hean and family,
and members of the American legation,
dined with the sultan to-day. May
nard communicated a message from
President Hayes expressing the friend
ship ofthe United States towardTurkey.
The sultan replied, r~eciprocating the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18
CRIME

On the 9th a verdict was rendered
and sentence passed on Mrs. Smith and
Cove Bennett, convicted of killing
Police officer Smith in Jersey. Both
are to be hanged on the 25th day of
July. 1879.
A CHICAGO dispatch under date of
June 9th says the robbers who
boldly seized from the Illinois Central
railroad messengers $4,000 on Satur-
day afternoon, and who successfully
eluded pursuit for a long time, were
captured yesterday afternoon by de-
tectives. They are three we'll known
thieves, James Colan, James Gillin and
Mike Crowley. The police have kept
the matter qniet till 2 O'Clock this after
noon, when it became known a por-
ton of the money and the highway
men were captured.
A FT. ROBINSON, Nebraska, telegram
under date of June 18th says the
daily passenger coach of the Sidney
IL Black Hills company, which left
Sidney Monday morning, for Dead
wood, was stopped a few miles north of
the Cheyenne river, on Tuesday, at
midnight by five masked robbers. The
passengers, four in number, were rob-
bed of their money and valuables,
the mail sacks cut open, contents
thrown on the road, the robbers taking
registered packages. Having made a
successful "clean up" the robbers
allowed the coach to proceed on its
nUrthward journey.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

THE treasures of the British Museum
Library were lately thrown open to
holders of reading tickets at night as
well AS by day. Twelve Jablochkotf
candles in shades of opal glass have
been placed in the reading.room. With
regard to the light, the Chemical Ne,cs
states that cit is agreed on all hands
that the light is mellow and soft, and
most agreeable to work by. Now and
then, it is true, there is a sudden fiutter
in the light, and occasionally it wakes
and wanes slightly, but these defects
will no doubt disappear when every
thing is in full working order"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

THE production of the salmon cam
neries of the Pacific coast last year was
$4,000 cans, or 2S,0S2, 600 pounds of
this delicious and nutritious fish. Spe-
cimens weighing sixty to seventy-tive
pounds were caught by the Oregon fish
ermen. A popularity of the Oregon
salmon is their contempt for all the
anglers lures. There is no salmon
angling on the Oregon rivers. They
are sometimes caught by trolling at the
mouths of the rivers, but they never
take the anglers fly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18
A Horrible Story From Mexico.
Logansport Und. Journal,

A private letter from Col. r. II. Bring.
hurst, dated at Parral, Mexico, May 10.
1879, shows that the preparations for
extensive and successful silver-mining
operations are progressing very salts
factorily. In the letter the Colonel
gives the following narration: Last
week, in Chihuahua, a woman went in
to a shoemaker's shop in front of his
dwelling and was measured for a pair of
shoes. The son of Crispin said to the
woman: you have a very pretty foot
DO you think SOP said she. He replied:
Yes. That is the prettiest foot in Mex
ico.' The woman was to come back
next day and leave 81, when the shoes
were to be commenced. The shoemak-
er's wife, hearing all, said nothing. The
next day the shoemaker was out when
the woman with the pretty foot called,
according to the agreement, and the
wife got her into the back room and
stabbed her to death. The wife then
cut a steak out Of the dead woman's
leg and packed the body undertbe bed.
The shoemaker came home and ate his
dinner. The wife asked him how he
liked the meat. He answered that 1t
was the best he had ever eaten. The
wife then told him he had eaten a part
of the prettiest leg in Mexico He
asked her what she meant. She show
ed him the body under the bed, and
made a dash at him with a knife, but
he escaped and ran to the Palacio and
told the Judge what had happened.
The judge summoned a guard of SOL
diers and went to the house. He asked
the wife if she had committed the muir
der, and she answered yes and attempt
ed to justify the act. he ordered her 70
be shot on the spot, by the soldiers, and
his orders were promptly obeyed."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

A l R at Fort Scott, Kansas, on the
night of June 9th, destroyed a portion
Of the Fort Scott carriage company's
works. Loss about 5000; insurance,
$500.
A FIRE at Adairville, KY, on the
10th, destroyed the greater part of the
village; loss $25 1000, no insurance.
A FIRE at Flint, Mich, on the 18th
caused by a lamp explosion destroyed
the Sherman House owred by c. B.
Flanders and occupied by James
Hurley. Loss, $4,000; insurance ST.
600.
DURING a thunder storm of the 18th
at Omaha, Neb., the freight office and
ware-rooms Of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad company were burn
ed to the ground. Most of the contents
were saved. 1t is supposed that the fire
was the result Of a heavy charge of cleo
tricity entering the building on the tel
egraph wires,
A FIRE at Jackson, Mich, on the 18th
destroyed Bennett, Becker & Co.'S -four
ing mills, Allen Benefits planning mills
and lumber Office, Jas. l.. Weeden's CT
gar box factory, Smith Purifier Co.'S
factory, Doegh 4 Sons carpenter shop,
and five cars Of wheat and flour on
the track the property of Bennett
Becker & Co., besides damaging several
dwelling houses adjoining. Loss to
Bennett. Becker Il Co. $125,000, insur-
ance $4,000; Allen Bennett $25, 900, in
sured $4,000; Smith Purifier Co. $685.
600; insured $4,000.
A PHILADELPHIA dispatch of the 18th
says at about II o'clock to-day lightning
struck the large warehouse at the oil
works of Warden, Free Il Co., Point
Dredge, and the entire building was soon
ahame. The fire spread SO rapidly that
The dwelling houses fronting the ware
house are in flames, and the shipping
in the Schuylklll river is burning fierce
ly. The Atlantic Petroleum-Storage COM
pany's warehouse and office were com.
! pletely consumed. There are plenty
of engines on the scene, but still, at this
hour, the fire is raging t~iercely and is
not under control.
WEST POINT, Nebraska, was visited by
d u~cStTuCllNe uIc vi llt 1otu. IL start
ed in Lee & Co.'S hardware store. The
alarm brought out the entire population
Of the village. The only engine, a
small one, was incompetent to check
the spread of the flames, and the fire
burned with great fierceness, but was
finally checked by pulling down a large
agricultural implement warehouse.
The following buildings were destroyed:
Lee e. Co., hardware; meat market and
ice-house, Morterson's blacksmith shop,
Larsen's wagon shop and barn, Meyers
dwelling. Walchow q Demany, imple-
ments; Bley, furniture. oss. 100000;
insurance, $4,000, Of which Bley had
$4,000 OF furniture and building, and
Lee & Co. 1000 on stock. Fire I'M
doubtedly incendiary.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18
Adventure With a Devil Frs.

Mr.. Beale, an Englishman wb,o
gone ashore on one of the BONN Islan au
TO look for shells, noticed snddanInnus
his feet an extraordinary looking ar a.
NAL crawling toward the serf. which !.
had evidently only just left. II wa L
creeping on its eight legs, which froas
their soft and flexible nature. bent GU
sidera bly, under the weight of its hoJ.l
so that it was lifted by its efforts by,
little above the rocks. 1t anneoroa
much alarmed at seeing him, and my
every effort to escape. Mr.. Bealo ar
deavored to stop it by pressing on one
of its legs with his foot; but althonab
he used considerable force for tbs,
purpose, its strength was so great that
1t several times liberated its limb o.
spite of all the efforts he could emn)or
on the wet and slippery rocks. n
then laid hold with his hand. Of ON
OF the t~entacles in which its limbs tar
minated, and held it firmly, so that !,
appeared as if the lint would be torn
asunder by the united efforts of him
self and the creature. He then gave !,
a powerful jerk, wishing to diseneaps
1t from the rocks to which it cluny 20
forciDly with Its suckers. This effort i
etfectually resisted; but the moment At.
ter, the apparently enraged animal lifted
his head, with its large projecting ewes
and sprang upon Mr.. Beale's arm,a and
loosening its hold upon the rocks
chung ~ it by means OF its suckers
with great power, endeavoring to get
its beak, which could now be seen. be.
tween the roots of its arms, in a posi-
ton to bite, A sensation of horror
pervaded Mr.. Beale's whole frame when
he found that this hideous animal had
fixed so firmly on his arm. It's cold,
Shiny grasp was extremely sickenipp,
and he called loudly to the CAPTAIN,
who came and released him by DIES,
troying his tormentor with a boat-knife,
which he accomplished by cutting away
portions at d time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18
CASUALTIES.

The boiler in a paper mill at Massil-
Ion, Ohio, exploded on the 9th, killing
one man ana injuring two others.
AN explosion in a coal mine at Mauch
Chunk, on the 18th, killed two men
and injured a number of others.
THE storm of the night of the ninth
inst. was very severe in the portions OF
Kansas and Nebraska, lately visited by
a tornado, and in many places the
wind tore down buildings that withstood
the tornado.
A RAILWAY collision on the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern road IN
Chicago on the 18th, crushed to death
JAS. Shomon, an engineer, and demol-
ished two engines and a number OF
cars.
A WILMINGTON, Del, press dispatch
OF the 9th says: As Mrs. Hanora Lacy
Was driving from here TO her home i n
Chester county, Pa, last evening, the
contents of the carriage cotton and
straw were ignited by matches and in
an instant the whole interior of the
vehicle was in Il blaze and the horses
frightened ran away and before stopped
Mrs. Lacy was literally roasted alive.
A SPRINGFIELD. Ill.,, dispatch of the
9th states that Mr.. Joseph f. Thomp-
son, belt LAGER, got caught in the belt
ing and was drawn in the machinery
and literally torn to pieces. The larger
part of his body was gathered up, to
which was soon after added the heart,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

Boston is now being paved with the as
phalt block in place of other paving
material. This block weighs twenty
one pounds, is five inches deep and four
inches square specifically. Its base
is ~pulverized limestone, which Is ce'
mented by asphaltum and crude petro'
leum. The blocks are struck by n steam
press, and each block has a pressure o.
fifty tons.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

REPORTS from Pennsylvania say the
lumber to be sent down the west branch
of Pine creek, this season, will amount
to $4,000, ooG feet; about 100000 feet
of logs will be saved by the Lock Ha-
ven lumbermen, There Is a larger
amount of lumber in the Allegheny
this season than for years past.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

The Russian town of Irbit, where the
great fire has just taken place, is cele-
brated for its fair, which is held IN Au-
gust, and is the most important in the
Empire after that Of Nijni-Novgorod.
The average amount of business trans
acted there is, according to official sta
~tistics, about 100, 900, 900 rubles.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

PEER who jumped from the suspen.
sion bridge at Niagara Falls, a lew oa;o
ago, wore a rubber life presersei ITO
lessen the depth OF his penetratlons md md
the water: a sponge over his mouth anu
nostrils, to prevent the water rom 18th 9th
ing forced into them; and thick I,or,
over his feet and legs, to prevent ut a..
from concussion. A brass wire, ..
tached to his shoulders, was feeleu tn
as he fell, with just enough tension To y
leep him in an upright position. oar.
strike the water railways would DC !,
tain death. Peer dropped W. lively
four seconds. He was excssui was
nervous Just before the feat n out.
thought that his courage had gwen -"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

A CINCINNATI woman is suing a sew
ing machine company for $4,000 dam
ages. She bought a machine, and, de-
faulting payment, the agent took it
away after a struggle in which she was
physically injured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

No less than 4,953 persons are re-
ported to have been killed during the
past year in the northwest provinces of
India and Dude by wild beasts and
snakes-a large proportion ofthe deaths
having been caused by snake-bites.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

The poisoned-brook horror in Yer
mont assumes another phase. Medical
men declare hat the children died of
diphtheria, superinduced by the pools
of stagnant water under and about the
school house.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

DURING the winter about two thousand
persons we're arrested in Moscow as be-
ing hostile to the government. Three
hundred Of these recently started Tor
for Siberia. Not far from nine thousand
the Golos states-who have been ar
rested in other towns will be sent to ST.
IBERIA during the m
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

"UNCLE SAM is said to be defrauded
of millions III consequence Of postage
stamps which are used, cancelled, wash
ed, and dc duty a second time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

TWELVE thousand dollars is the larg,
est sum ever found in a single letter in
the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18
The National Finances.

The following showing the assets OF
the national treasury on the 1st OF May,
1879, will be of interest to the finance
nolitician in the fall elections:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

The orchards in northern Pennsyl-
vania, which is the great fruit raising
region of the state, never looked more
promising than now.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

A PARIS letter says that ex-Queen lsa-
bella Of Spain looks like a large water,
mellon in address Of bright yellow and
green.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

COLUMBUS, O., is troubled with incen-
diaries. Five fires were started the
other night, but fortunately discovered
early and extinguished.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

A MISSISSIPPI farmer lately plowed
up a Spanish coin dated 1900.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-18

lungs, liver and other portions of his
body. Thompson was a fine look: ing
man, about 80 years old. He leaves a
wife and four children.