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

STRIKES A FAILURE.-So far every
strike this summer has been a failure
fair proof that prices are still too low
to make general advance in wages
wlse., The printers strike in India
naPolls accomplished nothing, and the
Boston Post lockout, bad as it was,
was carried out. The eight-hour move
ment in Chicago has died out. The in,
cipient railroad strike in East st. Louis
gained nothing for the men engaged in
it. The places of the striking spinners
in Fall River are being gradually filled.
and the employers and not the work,
men will probably win in the end. The
same thing has been true of other
smaller strikes, including all those
around New York, the largest being
that of the 'longshoremen.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-08
A Boston Obituary of Murray.
From the Boston Transcript


1t should be understood that Mr..
Murray's extraordinary composition is
no way characteristic, typical or repre-
sentative of Boston, and scarcely of
New England. Mr.. Murray was an ex-
otto in Boston, premium sunflower, as
it were, imported from the rural regions
of Connecticut, with taller stalk and
a Shower halo than ever seen here, but
still, only big, wild suntlower, good
for gay curiosity and for seeds for
more of the same sort. 1t was some
what too gay and lively a weed for
Park street, and it did not strike the
aesthetic tastes of the unorthOdox any
more favOrably. In short, it was no
sooner full blown than it began to wilt
TOR lack of the sunshine of popularity.
aud from requiring prodigiOus amount
OF watering that it absorbed remorse-
Iessly, while yet remaining unsatisfied.
We must admit, however, that its tough
hber and hardy strength and Haunting
bravery in its coarse color and native
simplicity might have been good things
10 graft upon some of the spindling.
slckly and sterile shrubs hereabout, that
are SO carefully tended without bring
ing forth either fruit or flower of spirit
ual use or beauty. Few will dispute
the proposition that the sort of talent
required to run a circus would fail in
the pulpit. 1t is equally certain that
horse-raising does not, in its essential
elements, compOrt with the preaching
OF a ''pure gospel Blooded stock
with no faint in the lineage, are excel,
lent Tor various purposes, yet they new
er point the way to 'higher and bright
er worlds" Any clergyman who at
tempts to fill the role of minister and
horse fancier at the same time will. in
ms divided allegiance, at last feel com.
PEELED to leave the more elevated call.
ing as stated business, even if he does
engage IN some incidental ministerial
enterprise merely to show what he i.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-08

Col. Grover appealed and was bailed in
$50. Geo. Scannell, appealed and was
bailed in 5000. The liquors of III. C..
Stevens were confiscated. On the same
day a complaint was made 6y states
Attorney Davis against each OF the
above parties for maintaining null
sance, and they were Ordersd under a
penalty of $40 a day each to close their
bars. This raid is probably but the
beginning of the work now proposed TO
be accomplished in various portions OF
Windsor county. Only one other place
here where lager beer is sold remains
open.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-08

THE TILDEN Fraud The Hartford
COurant cOrroborates the Times expos
ure of the Tilden business in 1876, as
regards Connecticut. 1t says: at does
not require a very careful study of the
election returns from this State to
Justify the conclusion of the N. Y.
Times that the vote for Mr.. Tilden in
1876 was very largely due to fraud.
The Republicans of Hartford have
since discovered how it was done, and
some of the perpetrators have been
punished. 1t is probably speaking
within limits to say that Tilden receiv-
ed one thousand illegal votes in Hart
ford alone"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-08

Unitarian church at Lebanon. was 6.
tally injured by falling rafter Frdar
afternoon.
A spotted adder, six feet long. NO.
killed in Quechee apple tree the otb~s
day while it was rObbing robins nes,
and two young birds were found in il,
body.
Edward P. Paige, chief clerk in tbo
Vermont Central railroad Office at Bn,
lingtOn, was discharged nearly two
years ago, deficiency of several tbon
sand dollars in his accounts being ,T
mored. The matter rested till Ias,
week, however, when he was taken 70
Jail, charged with embezzling ST.. on"
Hiram Norton, of Addison, had a Ia,
broken and was otherwise injured ISS
being thrown from a moving machine
the other day.
Henry w. Foote, of BroOksviIle mid
dlebury, } was thrown from a hay wagon
the other day and had his right ear
taken completely off.
Ex-Gov. Levi Underwood left the H.
sane asylum at Concord, N. H., Wed
nesday, and is now at Wells River, in
excellent health, and perfectly sound in
mind, so the papers say.
The proposition for the-IemOval of
Norwich university from NOrthfield
back to Norwich is said to be looked
upon with but little favor at the latter
place, the reason assigned being that
such a school is unfavOrable TO The
moral interests of the town. Norwich
people are only asked to give the land
formerly owned by the institution there
graduate in California having Offered
to put up the necessary building. The
university has already fine and rOomy
building at Northfeld.
Postmaster General Key and family,
Montpelier Friday, and staid over nigh
at Burlington. He was cordially greet
ed at both places, and at Burlington,
in response to serenade and feici-
tous speech of introduction by Hon. G.
G.. Benedict, made brief reply, in
which he accepted the demonstration
as not only a compliment to himself
and his Office, but, coming from the
North to the South, as an expression If
fraternal friendship to the people Of
the South as long as they respect the
constitution and laws" The party
went to Saratoga for the Sabbath.
On Sunday last Rev. M. H. Harris
organized a Universalist church at Yer
non, with 81 members, of whom %
were baptized. Major Eli Lee, who is
almost "a years of age, was one of the
number who were baptized.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-08

A BARBAROUS PUNISHMENT Some
of the New York newspapers are right
eously agitated over the use and abuse
the "paddle" punishment in the penal
institutions of that state. This instru-
ment of torture is of modern invention,
the clubbing of men, use of the shower
bath and cat-o'-nine-ta tails having been
abolished since 1895. The paddle is
designed with devilish ingenuity. DR..
Harris, president of the state-prison as
ISOLATION, thus describes it: "Unless
you have seen that instrument you can
have no idea of its mOnstrous capacity
for inf1icting torture on human being.
1t is from two and a half to three feet
long, shaped like canoe paddle. Or
it may be likened to a boys base ball
bat shaved flat and thin until it is us
flexible as an Indians bow. Its blade
is perforated with 25 or 30 holes, which
with each stroke allow the flesh to en-
ter. The swift motion made in lifting
it to repeat the stroke causes it to cut
and lacerate the pulpy flesh in a horri-
BILE manner. In some cases these pad
dies are made of thick and hard sole
leather, but the leather is as cruel as
the wood. Both of these instruments
are used like club. The victim is
dashed down to whipping chair, with
his face to the floor, SO that he cannot
move or betray the agony which con-
vulses his face" The newspapers hold
that existing statutes prohibit the
paddle" and some one ought to see
that they are enforced. Barrett, the
mutinous Sing Sing prisoner who was
shot dead by keeper week before last
had been punished in this way. We
presume it never occurred to these peo-
pie who justly make an cutlery over
this baIbarity, that the ''paddIe" was
a common instrument with which the
slave owners and overseeIs tortured
the poor slaves previous to emancipa-
ton,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-08
The Country Gentleman. alludino 70

The Country Gentleman, abiding to
agents who sell trees, bushes and vines
by sample books, says: A man who
had bong bit gooseberry bushes of rare
and costly variety, or at least claimed
to be such, complained that they bore
currants. Nothing wrong about that. .
said the ready-tongued vender, Chat
sort always bears currants the first
year." and the purchaser, ashamed at
his ignorance, had nothing more to saw
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-08
ARE YOU GOING WEST ?

If so be sure and 90 on HARyEY'S EXCURSION
Tickets sold to all principal points in the Wes yes
leaving st. Johnsbury by Special Train IN nII ~
class cars with special first-class car Montea,
pany the party Baggage checked through II
Bond. Save money and time and go with hai'''
For full particulars, call or address
A. C. HARVEY,
Western Land, and Ticket Agent
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-08

vER's DEATH-ENORMOUs FIGURES
ALL SORTS.
NEW YORK, Aug. LIST, 1879.
To the Editor of the Caledomian:
The fears of yellow fever, which have
been in some measure justified by the
occurrence of isolated cases, both in
Brooklyn and New York, are quite an
injury in some quarters in business
point of view. The quarantine regula-
lions are very stringent, and the owners
of steamers running to Havana are COM
planning bitterly. They say it costs
them $500 extra to load a steamer in
the stream as they are now required to
do. At the same time some people are
so anxious to distinguish themselves, or
so reckless on account of their sufferings
oy hard times, that applications by the
score have been made for the positions
OF nurses at Memphis and other infected
places down South, mainly by unacli-
mated persons, and the days of news
editors of the great daily newspapers
are made burden to them by reason
OF the swarms of correspondents who
are ambitious to write the current his
tory OF the epidemic which, unfortu-
nately for them perhaps, does not seem
yet to have arrived, and which we de-
voutly hope will not arrive, even for
the benefit of our more or less regular
brethren of the quill. The heat has
been quite severe for some days, and
while there seems to be less average
of sun-strokes for human victims, the
horses have suffered abnormally, and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-08
Our New York Letter.
1OurS very truly,
II. T. FULLER.

YELLOW FEVER - THE REvIVALISTS
AGAIN-BROTHER TALMAGE-A d.
vER's DEATH-ENORMoUs FIGURES
ALL SORTS.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

Edda, between Thor and Harbard,
(Odln) mentions witch-like ''riders Of
the night" or nocturnal horsewomen,
whom he lures away from their hus-
bands. In the Eddie Song of Helgi
also, Nightmares, or Night-RIders, are
mentioned In the sense Of semi-divine
or Titanic spectral forms, who ride out
of the mouths of rivers or to sea, in or
der to deliver up the heroic vikings to
Ran, the destructive goddess Of the wild
and seething sea-waves, and consort
Aegir. whose name ("Eager") still
fingers In English boatmen's language.
Thus, we get, might Mares" or
Might Riders" always in a Valkyr
sense. In folk-tales still current in Ger
many quite Iately-or, for aught know
even now-it is said that a Mar or War
Riderske Of the first mentioned kind has
sometimes been captured by means Of
the key-hole, or knot-hole In the beam
of the room in which she had penetra-
ted at night being stopped up, when she
was discovered to be a beautiful maiden.
Many "Mare" so struck mans fan
ey that he married, and had children
from her. But when consumed with
longing for her spectral home, she ask
ed him to draw the plug from the knot
hole, she suddenly vanished. The tale
shows the ease with which the messen-
gers of the former Storm-God Odin
made their entrance and escape through
the smallest opening where his and
their element-the air-comes in. The
Mdrut character of the Teutonic Mar
forms is also apparent from the facility
of theirs of penetrating through the
smallest holes.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

Mr.. Bowerman and wife left for the
country. One could tell that their
trunks were not over half full, as they
were pitched into the baggage car with
crash. They began a week ago.
When the subject was broached he said
he preferred, to. pack his own. trunk,
and he didn't propose to take whole
month to do it, either. All he intended
to take along was an extra suit, and he
could throw that in most any way.
Night before last he began work. 1t
struck him that he'd better put in an
extra pair of boots as foundation and
he flung 'em in the corner with his
clean shirts. The shirts didn't seem
to ride very well, and he Ibraced them
with two pairs of trowsers. Then he
stuffed his Sunday coat pockets with
collars and cuffs and found place for
1t, used his white vests for "chinking,"
and the balance ofhis clothing just fit
ted in nicely.
"The man that takes over ten min
utes to pack a trunk is a dolt!" said
Mr.. Bowerman, as he slammed down
the lid and turned the key. g..
Mrs Bowerman had been at it just
seven days and seven nights, and when
her husband went up stairs at ten
O'Clock she sat down before the trunk
with tears in her eyes.
"You see how it is" she explained,
as he looked down upon her in awful
contempt. 'I've got only part of my
dresses in here, saying nothing of
thousand other things, and even now
the lid won't shut down. I've got
such a headache | must lay down for a
few minutes" I t ..
She went awayto do it tand Mr.. Bow
erman sat down and unused :
"Space is space. The use of space is
in knowing how to utilize 1t.
Removing everything, he began re-
packing. He found that silk dress
could be rolled to the size of a quart
jug. A freshly starched lawn was made
to take the place of pair of slippers.
Her brown bunting fitted into the niche
she had reserved for three handker-
chiefs, and her best bonnet was turned
bottom up In its box and packed full of
underclothing. He sat there viewing
sufficient empty space to pack in
whole bed when she returned and said
he was the only real good husband In
this world, and she kissed him on the
nose as he turned the key.
''It's simply the difference between
the sexes" was his patronizing reply
as he went down stairs TO turn on the
burglar alarm.
When that wife opened that trunk
last night! But screams and
shrieks would avail nothing.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18
"when Judge Meets Judge

AT ten O'Clock John Judge, a sum
burned citizen in red shirt and torn
trousers, threw his hat on the floor in
front of tie bench of the Jefferson
Market Police Court, New York
City. .....
"Aha! Good morning Judge" said
the Court.
The same to yersel' Yer Wur-
"How long have you been a Judge,
john"
Longer nor yon, guess, sur, only
Pm not accustomed to take my safe
an the same soide o, the bench as Yer
Wurshup."
when judge meets judge, then
comes" remarked His Honor.
'"rhin there's sure to be throuble an
moreover, whin the officer says wan
judge got drunk .
HE could scarcely stand up when L
got him in Thompson street last night,
Your Honor" said the officer.
"No, sor," said John, IL was afther
putin in six ton av coal phin this Of
ficer KEN and hot me between the two
shoulders wud his elbow an shtagger-
ed me.'
Sure it wasn't the whisky caused
the staggering"
"Yis sor. Pm no judge O. phusky.
Av was-''
you wouldn't be here"
''WeIl, won't say agin that, but I'll
ak Yer Honor's pardon, an beg Yer
Honor to be little layment betune
oursel's, that is wan judge an another.
Twas the change o. the weather afflicted
me, Yer Wurshup."
"Well, change of quarters for five
DAYS will do you good"
$50 I'll have to go down for foive
days?"
"Only five days this time" said the
Court.
swell, tn ats not so bad, but it might
be worse," said John, picking up his
hod and marching after his captor to
the home of the sampler"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18
The Nightmare.

In some parts of Germany the night
mare is simply called Mar or Mdhrt. 1t
is mare or horse figure. At the same
time it reminds us, by name as well as
by some of its attributes, of the Versic
spirits, departed souls, or storm phan-
toms-the MdrutS, who assist Indra with
their roaring tempest-song in the bat
tie he has to fight-even as the Valkyrs
assist Wodan. The special connection
of the North-GermSn Mar with the
Valkyrs, or shield-maidens, those terri
BILE choosers of victims that came on
horseback from the Cloudland of the
Odinic creed, is provable through the
name which the nightmare still bears
in Gutenberg. 1t is there called die
dl-RaderSke-that is, the Little Battle
Rider, or Little Carrior of the Slain.
This spectral figure as the feminine ar
tic1e shows, is conceived as maiden
like all Valkyrs. Besides the Wdl-Rid-
erske, there is another German night
mare form, called tt-heUe-Riding
Maiden. This name, too, reminds us of
the Horse Val-MeWar, or Battle Maid
ems. The Valkyr character of the Ger
man Mar comes out even more strongly
In nocturnal witch-phantom-
called dl-RiderSke-which uses the
horses in stables for Il spectral ride.
In the morning these animals are said
to be found in their place quite eX-
hausted and covered with sweat. 9th
erwlSe they are we'll fed by, and thriv-
ing, under the hands of ghostly figures
that bestrides them; whereas, those
horses in the stable that are not used by
the Little Battle-Rider, remain lean.
Here we seem to get the superior effect
of a semi-divine treatment of the sJeeds
bearers of Odin and his heroes in Wal
halla, as we'll as shield-maidens and
battle-messengers of the great god. AS
late as the eleventh century, the belief
fingered in Germany that some women,
supposed to be witches, were raised at
night into the air, when they engaged
in spectral battle, giving and receiv-
ing wounds. 1t was said that these wo-
men formed part of the retinue of Holda,
or Frau Holle. This fay of the folk
tale is but later mirage of the goddess
Freia-Holda, who once acted as the
leader of the Valkyrs. A connecting
link of all these superstitions is con-
tanned in an antistrophic Song of the
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18
A Balloon Line.

Several publications have recently
been made in regard to projected line
] of balloons to run between Spanish
Fort and New Lake End, 1t has been
found impracticible to construct, with
out great expense, a railway between
those points, owing to the swampy ma
ture OF the ground. The details of the
contemplated balloon have not been
correctly or fully stated, and are given
below. The plan is not original so
far as the principles involved are con-
cerned, but the application is genius.
It Is we'll known that, while balloons
have been constructed which are capa-
bic of sustaining very large weights, no
course of the air-ship has been devised.
The plan referred to above utiliZes the
full lifting capacity Of the balloon and
provides the means Of controlling its
movements. Spiles or posts are set
along the lake shore, making complete
circuit, resembling a telegraph line.
Along these posts on the top are placed
guide rails, OF Il peculiar form. Fit
ting these rails, and sliding freely on
them, are riders or attachments to
which are made fast the guide ropes
holding and guiding the balloon, and
so arranged as to brace it against the
wind from any direction. Fitted in
the posts are pulleys, over which is
nassa1 xuir.a a
circuit like belt and gliding on the
pulleys; and this rope is moved at any
proper rate of speed by an engine sta
toned ut proper point in the circuit.
The balloon is made in an eliptical
form, the length twice the height and
pointed at the ends, thus giving the
least surface for resistance to the atmo-
sphere. From this suspended by the
netting which envelops the balloon is an
iron frame, on which the car is hung
by double piYots, similar to a ships bin
nacle. The weight being in the car it
remains in its proper position. being
braced by the guide ropes, while the
float or balloon oscillates above it if
hAONSu W IhC w lHus Il hC CdI 10 HlICu
with a graphing attachment which
passes through tackle in the frame and
TO the car. The moving wire rope is
seized by the graphing hook and the
car and float move forward, drawn by
the endless rope and guidedby the rud-
ders which slide along the rails, from
which it is impossible for them TO be-
come detached. IL it Is necessary TO
stop, the grapple can be let go Instant
ly and the car stopped. Any number
OF cars can be used, following each
other at short intervals. The guide
ropes can be heightened at will and the
car allowed to float at any desired
height, being under perfect control.
The posts having only weight of the
guide rails, and no grading being re-
quired, it will be seen that cost of con-
struction is comparatively small. The
plan appears to be feasible. Ii remains
to be seen how 1t will work when put
into actual operation. 1T the attempt
is successful, the aerial route will be
extensively patronized. 1t is under
stood that company is being formed
70 undertake the enterprise.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18
Hunting Orang-Outangs.

"TO get down To business, Mr.. Horns
day, Pd like to listen to your own ac-
count of orang-outang hunting in Bor-
neO," quoth young man with a pen
ell and notebook.
"All right; fire away with your
questions and I'lI keep even with you,"
replied the naturalist. as he gave
another twist to tie flax padding with
which he was winding the wOoden-arm
skeleton and iron rod TO fill out one of
the largest beasts hide.
'When and how did you get settled
down to business as hunter in Borneop
1t was in the fall of 1S78-I think in
the month of September, that l shot
this specimen upon which L am now
working. He was in size and weight
next to the largest one secured-weigl .
little more than 40 pounds. The
orange inhabit the river country and
adjacent marshes, where there is quite
growth of scrubby forest. One day,
as several OF my native assistants and
myself were padding our boat lazily
down the river, we heard one of those
howls, or growls, or bellows, which
could not be mistaken for anything else
than the expressive voice Of good big
mias. We kept close lookout, and BY
and-by l caught the first glimpse of
one of those great, red, shaggy knees
up in top tree. Then saw the ugly
old monster Iazily reaching from bough
TO bough-and the sight of such an
orang, reaching six or seven feet every
time, was a spectacle to behold. |
waited my opportunity, fixed the stock
Of my gun snugly against my shoulder
and drew bead on his majesty. The
rifle ball lodged in his great, broad chest,
and his huge, ugly form swaved little
in the struggle bltween life and death.
Then down it came with rattling,
cracking crash, almost falling into our
boat, which would certainly have
swamped us. Oh how | would like TO
shoot that old fellow over again now!
There was game for3you, such as the
American hunter would hardly feei en-
cOuraged to dream of. l had six or
eight of the natives to assist me, and
they at once declared that this was the
largestmias they had ever seen. Ac-
cordingly they gave him the name
"Rajah Pedang," or, in other words,
the Governor of Pedang. They are al
most sure to call big thing,. either in
the form of man or beast, ''rajah."
'The orang must be beast of very
ugly disposition when captured alive,
is he not ?''
eyes, sometimes. I got one aIiAe