St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-03-26

OASCpbiHss Ou OuC SluC, NuClC but WlulCI
supply of fuel, in the form of three or
four cords of dry manure was carefully
piled to the height of five feet. The
anxious proprietor of the mill requested
us to be very careful of our light, for
this fuel, when well dried, burns like
tinder. Our light WAS little pine
knot, so very resinous, that it would
burn long time.
We found in one corner of our room
supply of eggs, and rest assured we
did all in our power to preserve our
character for piety, according to the old
lady's version of it, by causing twenty
seven to disappear in short time, to
the amazement of all that were con-
cerned; but do not think that they re-
semble those known in New England,
for they are much smaller, and served
to render palatabe the dark, hard bread
of the country. The eggs were fried III
native butter, which Is always bitter,
owing to the fact that the milk is al
ways scalded, as soon as obtained. over
an open fire, and the smoky cream
Yields bitter butter, which when heated
you can perceive the odor for some
rods, which is supposed to act as ton
lc, sharpening your appetite for the
coming meal. Missionaries of the Inte-
rior keep combs for the purpose of
combing out the hairs from the butter.
Perhaps some of our friends who are 81
particular about 'gilt-edged" butter do
not understand about the primitive
method of churnng in goats skin But
the dim, hazy light OF our pine knot
helped us to overlook what we were
determined not to see.
Our supper finished, troublesome
mathematical problem must be solved
how two men, three women, and two
little girls could be accommodated i'll
the part of the room left us, six feet by
eight. Ii was at last solved by sub
traction. Mr.. and Mrs. B de-
cided to sleep in the carriage which
their kind friends in the United States
had given them. My bed was in little
nook, which | made in one corner by
removing some rubbish; on two sides
| was shut in by the mud walls, and Oh
the third by the fuel. With some diff
Guilty | spread my bed, being obliged
to crawl up from the bottom to reach
the top; the bed representing an inclin-
ed plane, consisting of a sheet, comforter
and pillow, and the iron frame with the
piece of canvas attached, which all trav-
ellers are compelled to take to keep
themselves from the swarms of creep
ing things that not only infest the land,
but the inhabitants thereof.
Here slept as sound as ga bug in a
rug" only once aroused by the NJ. d. of
our party, who thought it best "to have
the powder dry" as well as tIust in the
Lord before going to sleep, so removed
the oz-yoke under my couch to barri-
cade the door, as there were four men
who kept the mill humming all night
long. As | came to be conscious of nv
| L iOuhl uCu was oil
immovable inclined plane, while l was
plainly inclined to be mouable, with il
tendency downward, my bed becoming
too short at the bottom, while there was
unOccupied room at the top but with
the determination that my body should
be in subsection to the higher poacers, l
placed my worldly effects under my
feet, and with my understanding thus
eteUdted, | lost consciousness until a.
M, when we were called upon to take
up cur beds and walk. But alas those
drivers, after sitting up half the night
to feed their horses, (for they give them
but little during the day, but feed them
at night), have decided that little
more sleep would be agreeable, so they
must be reused to rub the stiff limbs of
our bonnie (bony) steeds.
While our breakfast is cooking, we
notice the verifcation of a verse in the
Bible. The good measure heaped up,
pressed down, and running over, for
the miller is filling one of those great,
striped, native sacks, which holds from
five to six bushels of grain. He first
shovels the -four into the sack from the
hole in the ground, into which it has
fallen lis it was ground, next shakes and
presses it down, and as it nears the top.
he treads it down with his feet, contin-
uing to press it until running over.
This flour would be called quite good
graham -four in New England.
Our little caravan is at last getting
under way, and we must pack our
lunch for the midday meal and climb
INTO our seat for another days ride of
ten hours, through country much va
rled by hills and valleys and different
colored soil, but alas for the verdure
1t is always seen in this part of the
country in minor degree. So we re-
new our journey, trusting in the Lord,
knowing we may be as safely preserved
in the wilds of Asia Minor as in our own
beloved land and ''Praise God from
whom all blessings fow," can be sung
with peculiar unction and fervor in
this country unknown to you in Ameri-
ca. L.RC
A Physicians Opinion of School-Aee.
A healthy child may, perhaps, safely
enter the primary school at seven years