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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Pay as you Go.

The best of all rules for successful
housekeeping and making both ends OF
the year meet is "pay as you 60" Be-
yOnd all countries in the world, ours is
the one in which the credit system is
the most used and abused. Pass-books
are the bane and pest of domestic econ
omy, a perpetual plague, vexation and
swindle. Abused by servants at the
store and the house, disputed constant
" by housekeepers and dealers, they
are temptations to both parties to do
wrong. 81 never had that" eve neg
lected to enter this :" 81 forgot to bring
the book - ''Never mind, we'll make
a note of it ;" and so it goes. But the
worst of it is that hOusekeepers are
tempted to order what they have not
the means to pay for, and when the
month or quarter comes for settlement
they are straitened. A family can live
respectfully on Il very moderate income,
if they always take the cash in hand
and buy where they can buy to the best
advantage. Then they will be careful
first to get what is necessary. Extra
comforts will he had as they can afford
them. But it is bad policy to buy on
credit. No wise dealer sells so cheaply
on credit as for cash.
The table is the place for economy.
Good wholesome food costs little COM
pared with unwhOlesOme luXuries.
The dress of a family is so much a
matter of taste that it need hardly be
said it is Just us easy to be respectable
in clothing that costs but little, as in
that which is expensive. To dress ac-
cording to ones means is the only re-
spectacle style.
One must have home, and in every
place there are dwellings suited to the
ability of the tenant or the purchaser.
When the rent, the food and the cloth
ing are kept within ones income, the
margin for benevolence, for luxury and
for pleasure may be measured and used.
In these as in other matters, ''Pay as
you 60"
Having made no debts at shops or
stores, and especially having paid ser
wants, workmen and wOrkwOmen
promptly their dues, it is well also to
carry out the same punctuality and
caution in DONATIONS. If you would
endOw Il protessorship, and have the
means, do so; but do not gire your note
for 1t, promising to pay the interest.
That is not an endowment: it is your
promise to make it such. If your cir
cumstances are changed by the force of
events beyond your control, you cannot
redeem your promise. We can point
to MANY colleges, seminaIies and other
institutions falsely supposed TO be en-
dowed, and the basis proved to be
promises worth no more than the scrap
of paper on which they are written.
In ali things pay us You 60" Keep
out of debt as you would keep out of
prison. Try this plan through the year
1879, and see how well it has worked
when you review the subject in the be-
ginning of lSSO.-N. Y. Observer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Sanitary Uses of Gunpowder.

A correspondent writes us from the
Sandwich Islands saying that during a
long life spent in tropical fever districts
he has been able to escape infection and
miasma by the use of gunpOwder, sup
plemented by a few simple precautions
against sudden changes of temperature,
sunstroke, bad water and the like. He
uses no water that has not been boiled
and afterwards kept from air contact !;
but his main reliance is upon the prac-
tice of burning thimbleful of gunpOw-
der in his bedroom and very small guam
titles in his trunk, wardrobe, etc, so as
to keep his clothes in an atmosphere
feebly charged with gunpowder gas. In
Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius, the
East Coast of TrOpic Africa, and other
fever-smitten lands he has found such
simple means sure preventive of cpl
demic and epidemic diseases, and has
thereby been often brought to the phili-
sophie reflection that gunpowder is des-
tined to invert the aim intended by its
Scientific american.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Questions and eInsmsrs.
Answers to Questions in United States
History.
No. IL.

|. At an early age he joined the army,
was made a captain in the light infantry
at twenty, and rapidly advanced to
higher rank. After serving in Germany
he was ordered to America where he dis
played talent, although finally obliged
to surrender. After the Revolutionary
war he was appointed Governor OF
Bengal, where he did signal service.
Later be was made Lord Lieutenant OF
Ireland, and in 1904 he accepted the
Governor generalship of India where
he died of fever, the following year.
Napoleon thought highly of his military
ability.
2. On Oct. 10, 1871 at Yorktown, Vir-
ginia, and with force of seven thou
sand men and all his shipping.
3. Washington would not receive his
sword, but sent General Lincoln.
whom CORVALLIS had taken Charleston
a year and half betore-to receive 1t,
that the surrender might be made as
notifying as possible.
4. About two years later in the month
of April 1888, and in November the
army was disbanded.
d. L lie OppoSltloh W CIc 'dAoS "hiN
the several states felt obliged to impose
to meet the expenses incurred by the
war.
6. In Paris ON the 3rd of September
1888.
Z. From the 23rd of December 1888
until the 4th of March 1889.
8. The existence of two parties, one
of which sympathized with the English
and the other with the French in regard
to the French Revolution.
9. That of the cottOn-gln by Eli
Whitney.
10. Three, viz: Vermont, Kentucky
and Tennessee.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Long Public PRAYERS

A person recently complained to me
of the long prayers of his minister. He
said that they were sometimes half an
hour in length. He prayed about everv-
thing and everybody, till he wearied
them all out. A little girl expressed
the felt wish of the congregation. when
she once whispered to her mother
Hasn't he got most through ~ They
are always glad to hear the "amen.n #
would have pleased them had it come
long before
We write this in the hope that the
goou mlnlster-for he is a good man
may read what we write, take if homo
10 himself, and profit by it. Such 1ono
prayers are wearisome and Improbable
0od does not hear us for our mucl
speaking. The people become exbanst.
ed before they get to the sermon and
1t doesn't do them the good tba !,
otnerwlse would. Rarely, if ever
should the minister exceed ten minnie,
In public prayer. The prayer of Solo
mon at the dedication of the temple
tne longest prayer in the Bible-wa
less than that. There is no sense in no
ing all over the world in every PRAYER
ana now, my good brother, l wan
you TO feel that l mean you in what
have written, and want YOU to mt !
IN practice the very next Sabbath. Tim
VIII your people like you all the better
ana thus will you be of greater benefi
10 them. Try it and see.-Conqreaa
tORaliSt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Toll and be Happv

The Christian at Work thinks Ruskin
never said truer thing than this: eff
yon want knowledge, you must toll for
1t; IT food, you must toll for it and if
pleasure, you must toll for it." Toll is
the law. Pleasure comes through toll,
and not by self-indulgence and indo-
ience. When one gets to love work his
life Is happy one. Said poor man in
Brooklyn, the other day, with family
or eleven to provide for: "If l were
worth million dollars, l should not
WISH TO do much different than | do now
every day, working hour after hour. |
loVe IL Il thousand times better than to
rest he has for nearly half century
oeen surrounded by workers, and has
caught the spirit of industry. He loves
his work better than food or sleep. He
is happy who has conquered laziness,
once and forever.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Above the World.

If you will go to the banks of little
stream. and watch the flies that come
to battle in it, you will notice that
while they plunge their bodies in the
water, they keep their wings high out
of the water; and after swimming
about little while, they fly away with
their wings unwet, through the sunny
air. Now that is Il lesson for us. Here
we are immersed in the cares and bust
ness of the world but let us keep the
wings of our soul, our faith, and our
love ont of the world, that, with these
unclogged, we may be ready to take our
flight to heaven.-ReU. James IngLs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
How Must we Pray 7

When thou prayest, enter into thy
closet, and when thou hast shut thy
door. pray to thy Father which is III
secret. Matt. 6: 6.
Pour out your heart before him. rs
81: 8.
In full assurance of faith. Heb. 10: %
Praying in the Holy Ghost. Jude 20
With thanksgiving. Phil. 4:6.
In my (Christ's) name. John 10: 70
will that men pray everywhere lift
ing up holy hands, without wrath and
doubling. | Tim. 2: 8.
With one accord in prayer. Acts l: IA
Pray without ceasing. l Thess. D: L.
Continue in prayer. Col. AZ.
Continue instant in prayer. Rom
10: IL.
Ask in prayer, believing. Matt. 81: p
Ask in faith, nothing wavering
James |: 8.
Men ought always to pray and not to
faint: Luke lS: |.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Changes of Fortune.

The capacity to get money is differ
ent from the capacity to retain money.
This well-known fact is illustrated by
the following characteristic incident ::
A man named McNulty died recently in
California who had been rich and poor,
it is said, at least twenty times, dying
poor at last. He had been very shrewd
and enterprising, but somehow he could
not keep a fortune after he had acquired
it. An example of his sudden cOncep-
ton and execution is mentioned at
Sacramento twenty-five years ago,
when the entire business part of the
town was burned. He was then veal
thy, aud owned many of the largest
stores there. AS he saw his property
vanishing in the flames, instead of
grieving over the disaster, he went to
the nearest livery stable, hired Il fast
horse, mounted him, rode all night,
and before nine O'Clock the next morn
ing had bought every foot of lumber
and every saw-mill at Grass Valley and
Nevada City. He gained another for
tune, making four times us much us he
had lost, by the sale of his lumber so
suddenly contracted for. 1t was en-
inently like an American to ride off by
the blaze of his burning houses into the
night, and turn his calamity literally
into cash.-Am. Monthly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

HAVE FOREIGN MISSIONS DONE ANY
GOOD AT a wOman's missionary
meeting held recently in London, the
Rev. Mr.. 1nglis, for 25 years mission
airy in the New Hebrides, said "When
l went to Aneityum, there was not a
widow to be found on the island, there
was not even a name in the language
for widow, the reason being that the
law doomed every woman on the death
OF her husband to be strangled, and her
dead body to be thrown into the sea
with his. Now not only has this hor-
rible practice entirely disappeared un-
der the Outstanding influence of the
missionaries, but the whole of this island
and another have become Christians
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

RAISED HIS SALARY.-A few days
ago, during one of his rounds through
his palatial hotel, the landlord of the
Palmer House entered il room suddenly
and discovered window washer leis-
urely engaged in reading newspaper
Being very active himself, he had no
use for i lazy man, or one who Sights
his work. He discharged the washer
on the spot and ordered him to go to
the office for his pay. The man obeyed,
got his money, went to his room Oh the
second floor, arrayed himself in his
Sunday suit, packed up his buds and
decended to the servants apartment to
take leave of his former associates.
About this time, Mr.. Palmer entered,
but did not recognize his quOndam en-
ploye i'll his store clothes. Here, my
man, you look as though there was good
work i'll you; do you want job 2"
The eX-washer, somewhat surprised,
admitted that he stood in need of one.
"Can you wash windows 7" The man
allowed that he could. "Well," said
MIR. Palmer, "i've just discharged a
man who has been doing that sort of
work. paid him only $40 month,
but if you take the place and go right
to work I'll pay you $22." The propo-
sition was quietly accepted, and in half
an hour the discharged employee WAS
scrubbing away i'll the same old ROOM
Chicago Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Beginning to Sink, he cried, Lord,
Save me-"

Sinking times are praying times with
the Lords servants. Peter neglected
prayer at staI ting upon his ventuIOus
journey, but when he began to sink,
his danger made him supplicant, and
his cry, though late, was not too late.
In our hours of bodily pain and mental
anguish, we find ourselves as naturally
driven to prayer us the wreck is driven
upon the shore by the waves. The fox
HES to its hole for protection ; the bird
flies to the wood for shelter; and even
SO the tried believer hastens to the
mercy seat for safety. Heavens great
harbor of refuge is All-prayer; thou
sands of weather. beaten vessels have
found haven there, and the moment
a storm comes on, it is wise for us to
make for it with all sail
Short prayers are long enough. There
were but three words in the petition
which Peter gasped out, but they were
sufficient for his purpose. Not length,
but strength, is desirable. A sense of
need is a mighty teacher of brevity. If
our prayers had less of the aiI-feathers
of plide and more wing, they would be
all the better. Verbiage is to devotion
as chatf to the wheat. Precious things
lie in small compass, and all that is real
prayer in many IL long address at the
throne of grace, might have been utter
ed in petition as short as that of Peter
-SpurgeOn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

the worker is distinguished from the
worker of other woods. The dust arls-
ing from sand papering is not poison
GUS, although it gives a peculiarly
CHASTITY expression to the workman's
countenance. Rosewood, if well work
ed, is the most durable of all furniture
wood, and after a century's use it can
be polished to look as well as new. 1t
is exceedingly strong and hard, and be-
comes more solid from age.-Ameracdn
Cabinet Maker.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Rosewood.

Rosewood has always been consider
Ell an arlstOcratlc wood. 1t is used for
me furniture and pianos in all civilized
nations. We have no record of it's first
introduction INTO use, but it is fair to
presume that it was soon after the dis
cOveIy OF South America, as the old
writer's speak of rosewood cabinets and
other articles of furniture. 1t is found
only III South America, although a very
near approach to it is used by the
Chinese, of which and bamboo thew
construct all their furniture. The
French call it pailaisandre. Bots de
rose, or wood of the rose, is an African
wood, and is red, with yellow streaks
IL seldom grows over eight inches in
diameter, and is cut into veneers and
used bias for borders in inlaid or mar
quetry work. Rosewood, or Dailai-
Sdndre, is found of superior quality in
Brazil. Rio de Janelro exports ali of
the fine quality of wood. Large ouan-
titles of inferior quality are sent from
Dahla' out this wood is only used by
Gueap manufacturers, as the grain is a
uull brown, and possesses but little
oeauCy OF inquire. Honduras also ex-
ports heavy, dull looking rosewood.
winch is mostly consumed for drum,
SUCKS and canes. Rio Janeiro wood
grows large, and the grain is beautifully
vallegated. The most desirable wood.
that which is the most notified. is So,
lected for veneers, and the plain
straight-grained logs, when brought to
market, are very rough and gnarled,
III mas latterly been sold by weight
only. Some years ago it was sold Inv
tne log, and the purchaser relied ON his
acuteness for bargains. 1t contains AN
acrld oil, which must be extracted bv
s!eamlng, or by long exposure to the
ar, before it can be relied on to hold
WIN glue. 1t has a pungent smell. and
Tue men who work in it seem to imbibe
tile door into their system, as no ablu.
ZION Will eradicate the smell, by which
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

Over the triple doorways of the
Cathedral of Milan there are three in
scriptions spanning the splendid arches.
Over one is carved IA beautiful wreath
of roses and underneath is the legend
"All that which pleases is but for a
moment" Over the other is a sculp-
tured Gloss and there are the words :
'All that which troubles us is but for a
moment" But underneath the great
central entrance to the main aisle is the
Inscription "That only is important
which is eternal.n
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

Christ makes humility an essential
part of the work of conversion and in
separable from the heirs of his king
dom. He went by the way of the cross
to the crown, and was nearest to his
glory when he was lowest in his humil-
ity; and so must his followers be-
Batter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

now you can take your pick of al
MANAGES None genuine except those
branded 1879. Ask your druggist for
tnat KIND, and take no other. Three
sspoontuls OF almanac before lunch will
Immediately II remove all impurities from
the system, tone up the constitution
and regulate the bylaws, as can no
other specific. no
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

Any spiritual blessing is worth more
than the most costly temporal good. A
devout thought, pious desire, holy
purpose, is better than Il great estate
or an earthly kingdom. In eternity it
will amount to more to have given Il
cup of cold water with right motives to
an humble servant of God, than to have
been tiattered by whole generation
DR.. Palmer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
FOR SALE.

NV place in Paddock Village near the common
consisting of a Il story house with L, and barn at
tached. a lso connected with it is a large garden
and front ward with the village water in the house
and good well on the premises. For further par
ticulars enquire of the subscriber.
WARREN POWERS.
G. robnsbnrr Oec 10 1919 6Otf
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
Estates.
TOEI, r. sANBORN's ESTATE

CTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA Dr,r.-
Din Probate Court, holden at the Probate tr.
ST bloomsbury. within and Tor said District
7tb dav of January, A. ID. 1879 '1 .
Jefferson Renfrew, guardian Of hsenath N o..
a minor. heir of Ebenezer Paul, late Of Grl,
said district deceased, makes application n,
Court for license to sell the whole of the r,
tate of his said ward. representing that tf'
thereof, for the purpose of putting the rr,c.
of such sale at interest, or investing the .,r.
stocks or other real estate would be D,p,foi.-II
said ward.
WhereupOn it is ordered by said court thar
application be referred to session THEREOF =. %
held at the Probate Office, in said st r,i NJ D..
ON the 25th day of January. A. ID. 1-iq f r
ing and decision thereon and it is fr.rt Ii n.
dered, that all persons interested be notified ., OF
by publication of notice of this appcatioT .-.''
der thereon, three weeks successfully in tI,I'
DOMAIN, printed at st. JOhnsbury, before Said.
of hearing, that they may appear at said Nm
place, and if they see cause object thereto
By the Court. Attest
63-65 ASA L. FRENCH, Judge Of Prob,,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
FOR SALE.

The homestead well known as the residence OF
r. b. CLARK on Main street, with a comfortable
house ready for occupancy, and the Pieasantest
building lot that can be had in town, Will De sofa
B. b. CLARK.
CT Jobnsburv Nov Is 1873 55tf
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

The word Kaleidoscope" is derived
from the Greek and signifies ''the sight
OF beautiful form" The instrument
was invented by DR.. Brewster of Edin-
burgh.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
BENSON'S CAPCINE
{ Porous Plaster.
CELEBRATED THE WORLD OVER.

The manufacturers loere awarded the highest an"
only medal given rubber plasteTS, at both the CtR
NAL and Paris ETpositiOnS.
Far superior to common porous plasters lininehis'
the so,caled electrical appliances, &c. 1t is inc
best known remedy for Lame and Weak Bach
rheumatism Female Weakness, Sciatica LumpaSISs
Diseased Kidneys, Spinal Complaints and all mT
for which porous plasters used. ASK lGIut
Druggist for Bensons Capene Plaster and see ,E~
YOU get nothing else. Sold by all Druggists Z
25 cts Mailed on receipt of price by Seabn1y a \
Johnson 81 Platt Street. N Y. loO'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17
FOR SALE.

Valuable residence just outside of the village q, Of
Johnsbury Fairbanks Eag sd aoG
fair ground, with twenty acres u ond condition.
Good spring of water on the place. and running Mg To
the honse and barn. and garden well SI0EkeI pr
small fruits. ALHN' " 5tf
ST Johnsbury Nov. &c, 1877. u
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c. A. SNOW & CO.,
opposite Patent Office. Washington. i
Burlington and LamOiIIe Railroad

Commencing January 18th, SIS, trains wl.
run rs follows:
GOING EAST
MIXED leaves Burlington at 700 a. IN arrives DO
Cambridge Junction at 1905 a. III.
MAIL leaves Burlington at 4:52 p. m. arrives 90
Cambridge Junction ut Gas p. IN. Couu,cr.u-
with Express train for st. JOhnsbury. and al
Eastern points, arriving in ST. Johu>bury ar
1000 p. IN.
GOING WEST.
MIXED leaves Cambridge Junction at $50 a. d..
connecting with Mail train from Swautuu at
intermediate points, arriving at Burlington
1920 a. m.
MAIL leaves Cambridge junction at 1910
connecting with train from Newport st. p. Boz.
bury, and all Eastern points, leaving st. y -~
bury at $3.50 a M, arrives at Burlingtuu
2:40 p. IN.
MORNING AND EVENING TRAINS make close couur
ton at Burlington and Essex Junction Wit
Central Vermont trains North and South
ALL TRAINS arrive at and leave the Central Nt'
mont DepOts in Burlington and Essex junction
Tickets for sale at all stations, and by II. y DIN
ry. Ticket Agent. Burlington, Vt.
ID. {. LINSLEN.
NJ. Z. SPRAGUE, General Manager.
Gen. Fr't and Pas'r Agt
Burlington, Vt. Jan. 10 1878. lott.
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p A T e N T S

Obtained for new inventions, or for improyrmrl.
on old ones, for medical or other compounds trade
marks and labels. Caveats, Assignments, Inter
terences Appeals, Suits for Infringemrur, and
all cases arising under the Patent Laws. .- IMPLY
attended To. INVENTIONS THAT HAVE MEN
REL ECTED G by the lPiII f ia @a., . .,
be patented by us Being opposite the [ : Par.
Department, and engaged in Patent business r-
clusiyely can make closer searches and sccut
Patents more promptly, and with broader claims
than those who are remote from Washington.
INVENTORS s sfqS rs Of m R@ar de- %.
vice; We ma Ike examinations and advise as to pa
tentability, free of charge. All correspondence
strictly confidential. Prices low, and NO CHARGE
IN LESS PATEN I Is SECURED.
We refer in Washington. To Hon Postmaster
General ID. NJ. Key, Rev. +. ID. Power. The Ger
man American National Bank, to officials in tn,
[. =. Patent Office, and to Senators and Reprr
sentatives in Congress; and especially To our eli
ents in every State in the Union and in Canad.
Address
c. A. SNOW & CO.,
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Building Lots.

For sale in the village of st Johnsbury oGiiG9
nn two sides bv the Passumpsc River and over
looking Railroad Street, Summervile, Paddock
Village and portion of St Johns6ury ram e u
For beauty of scenery and heathfulness OF 10
cation tbis Situation is 1nrivaled. Those desiring
homes will never have better opportunity ror
securing the most desirable location and on the
most reasonable terms. No fancy prices ASKED;
Lots will be sold at prices ranging from S21g 10
tt d. L. IEhhANo'