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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-02

w A Hartford man recently sent a
joking letter to friend, which wound
up with: "YOu had better keep shady
for while and not attempt to negotiate
those bonds you stole, as they are all
registered and the police are watching
for them" The letter went to the
wrong person, who on opening it "smelt
cheese" and notified the police. The
man was arrested and was put to some
trouble to explain things.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-02
Our Puzzle Corner.
CONDUCTED BY w. II. EASTMAN.

CONDUCTED BY w. II. EASTMAN.
Contributions of original puzzles are
solicited from every reader. Address
all communications relating to this de-
partment to w. H. EASTMAN, Auburn,
Me.)
Numerical ENIGMA.
l am composed of letters. ..
My 3 8 is a boys nickname.
My 4 9 is Il prOnoun.
Ny 5 6 7 is bird.
My 2 9 is an Authorization.
My whole is a western city.
HARRY.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-02
2.-DECAPITATIONS.

|. Behead an animal, and leave a Ii
quid.
2. Behead part of the foot. land leave
a fish,
3. Behead useful metal, and leave a
proposition.
4. Behead movable seat, and leave
a part of the head.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-02
Court of Insolvency.

STATE of VERMONT, DISTRICT OF CAlu.s.
Notice is hereby given that the ..u.. H.-.
Of the creditors OF Albert Brock. ....-
District. an iusolvcnt debtor. wi. ..
Court of Insolvency at the Probate u-. So.
y ohusbury. in said District. ON tL. #..
January. A. d. I--O. at 10 o'clock i'm ri. --..
at which meeting creditors may Dee -r.----
prove their debts. and transact such uiIrr ..-.
relating To- said iusulyrnt $ estate. aS mas Dr.
come before the court at said meeting.
1914 HENRY FRENCH. Ey-5sr.
STATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA uI-I.-
> In Probate Court held at the Probate
81. Juhnsbury, in said District. ON the 2irl d
December a. ID. l-7g.
Emerson Hall administrator upon tHru-f..
Levi Fuller. late Of ST. Juhn-bury n .
district deceased, presents his admIui-r
account for examination and allowance. and .
application for "A decree of distribution and H.
tiuu of the estate OF said deceased
WhereupOn, il is ordered 10y said Court. That's.
account and said application Dee referred tu
sion thereof. To be held al the PTuUmf. ..
in said 81. Juhushury, ON the 10th day ..
A. ID. lesO, for hearing and decision thereon 81.
is further ordered that notice hereof ns
all persons Interested by publication of rar -
three weeks suCccssively in the talrduuIuu. u..
paper published at ST. JOhnshuTy. prryiuu, goo .
time appointed for hearing, that they may a
at said time and place, and show cause If 800. .
may have why said account should not Doe g|..
and such decree made.
BY the Court Attest,
1915 HENRY FRENCH Er--,.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-02
3.-WORD PUZZLE.

l am boys name; change my mi
tial, am bold; behead me, and | am
luxuriant; behead and curtail, and |
moved very fast. MINNIE Mum.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-02
CLOTHING COMPANY

E. L. THAYER, Proprietor.
F. T. PARKER, Manager.
Where may be found the
largest stock of Ready-Made
Clothing, Hats and Caps, Gen
tlemen's Furnishing Goods,
Trunks, Valises, Travelling
and Shopping Bags, Umbrel-
las, &C., &c, in this town or
county.
These goods were bought
for Cash, and are here to be
sold, and will be sold for Cash.
Our Stock is larger than
ever before. Our prices have
always been low, but this sea-
son we are selling lower than
ever before. To-day, goods
cannot be bought in Boston
and New York markets for
what we are selling them at.
We bought before the rise
and are selling at old prices.
We have an immense stock
of Buffalo and Wolf Robes,
Coon and Buffalo Coats, Lap
Robes, Horse Blankets, &C.,
&C., and we shall offer special
inducements to parties want
ing any of these goods.
Now is your time to buy,
and the place is at the store of
The st. Johnsbury Clothing Co.
Corner Main and Central Streets,
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(AnSlCerS merit tUeek.)


ANSWERS TO THE LAST.
l. l, Part, trap. 2, Rope, pore.
3, Roe, ore. 4, Sire, rise.
O. Parrot.
g. Brevity is the soul of wit.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-02
Estates.

CTATE OF VERMONT. CALFDoyr,
- In Probate Court held at the pr,r''. ..... .
St Johnsburv, in said district. or fT.. N1...
December A. ID. 1879 '' '''. r..
William b. Warden, administrator ..
taie of Lydia Harvey late of Barn.
G ,,I, deceased makes application %.
deceased. representing that said -r
said estate '".r
Whereupon, it is ordered by said C,.-..
application come under consiteratin,. .- .'-
on the I'd day of January. A. u. lisa .'
bate Office in st. JohnSburv. and f..
ordered, that an persons interested
hereof, 10y publication of notice of fIf-
and order thereon three weeks sur...-.
Caledouian, printed ut ST. Johu-Irl-.
time of hearing. that they may anne.
and place, and 10 they see cause ubf.r.
BY the Court. Attest
l2l4 HENRY FRENlH &c.,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-02
BUILDING MATERIALS

For sale; timber, jOice boards, elapbuni, aud
laths cedar and spruce shingle, doors, windows
blinds, mouldings, brackets ladders. hardware ..
building, lime, paints, wall paper and eyeryim
necessary for building. l will not be uHdersoId "
underbid by any one that will pay 100 cent, on iA
dollar. Give me your plans and let me lo9 aL 4
you VIII not have any more trouble about H. b'hN
in the white OF painted, trimmed and hung 'y %
der. For want of space, l will not name the VI"
dings that have built. being over 50 IN numb
mostly dwelling houses. stores, and horse barn
scattered all over this village So my reirEtln
are all the leading business men and the me-
have built for in this town. l deliver lumbt l
material to all parts of the city.
Thanking my numerous friends for their llt
patronage, l am now prepared to do all kind
work by the day or job, at prices to suit the tin
will furnish all the materials for building or
as desired by parties wishing to build. take
from the bottom of the cellar to the top t
chimneys. Plans and specifications furnished
desired. By being prompt and attentive To D..
ness l hope to merit continuance of yuu
favOrs, and a share of the public patronage.
WANTED-Fifty thousand feet OF clear
spruce bass and pine lumber.
Residence on Railroad street, opposite Poitl
street.
st. JOhnsbury, March, 1879.
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w. ]. BRAY, Contractor AM.
Builder.
JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO

Having worked at building for fourteen
and being a contractor and builder turu. Is. SIX
wears l have worked and built from Ee Eaus aN.
drawings of L. Packard, architect OF tins p4l, a.
having built a good share of the best ouA.--
outside of the Fairbanks in this place. my
and close attention 10 business has gained I'.
the reputation for doing the most and best woe
any jObber and builder in this place. l can uH..
house in a shorter space of time than any .-
builder in the place for l keep good carIr.
masons and painters so that l can have the
all going at once. am better prepared than
before having all the appurtenances for huls' -
moving, repairing re-modeling and erecting
dings of every description. As my business !,
creasing every year, am bound to give sat.,.
ton in work and prices, and do good share of o.
building in this place.
| keen all kinds of
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NOTICE.
ICE CREAM and OYSTERS

Furnished for parties on short notice.
VIM. M MATTHEW'S Pearl Street
ST. Johnsbury, Dec. 10, 1879 l2tf
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Economy is Wealth.
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N. Y. Tribune and the CaedOnian, S3OO
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One advertisement in the newspaper
is worth two on the side of an old shed.
i NOrristOwn Herald.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-29

than any previous one ever made in this
country. The engines are of the Buck
eye," the BROWN" the "Harris-Corliss"
the "Reynolds-Coriss" and the "Whelock"
make respectively. The hy-wheel of each
of them me ,sures twenty feet in diameter.
The "Whelock" is the one which to * the
prize at the great Paris Exposition, but it
does not exceed insize its monster rivals.
Over in Floral Hall is to be found the
Vienna bakery, built by the same parties
that built that at the Centennial 1t Is a
large square bri structure, and has an
'ven l7h long by 15 feet wide. The front
depth measures 10 inches, the back depth
q inches The base of the oven is made
of fine smooth stones, upon which the
bread will lie placed.
The loaves will be drawn out with
rod handled by men who have be-
cnme accustomed to the intense heat.
Samples of wheat and -four from all quar-
tiers of the globe, paper bags, shipping bags
mill-stones rollers, separators, purifiers
and other articles will be shown in great
numbers and variety.
The Exhibition will last for whole
month.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-29
The Cincinnati Star

THE DAILY STAR Ia served by carriers
to their subscribers In the City OF Gncin.
natl and in all Important Western cities
and towns for IL CENTS PER WEEK,
payable 10 the carrier. Or the paper will
be mailed, postage paid, to any part OF
the country for so CENTS PER MONTH.
8 per annum
THE STAR il tine only STRICTLY INDE-
PENDENT NEWSPAPER published in
Cincinnati. 1t is taken and read by
people Of all parties and shades OF opin.
lon, and 1t seeks to present the news oi
allkinds fairly and faithfully, with justice
to all and with especial favor to mona
THE WEEKLY sTAR--$1 PER YEAR.
circulates in all parts of the country, and
is q first-class family newspaper.
ADVERTISING RATES-In Daily, 12H
CENTS per line, or 81. per square Of eight
lines agate measure In Weekly. %
CENTS per line.
Address THE STAR.
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-29
Editorial Splnnlngs,

Sing hoe! the merry husbandmen.
Cincinnati is trying to arrogate to her.
self the aesthetic culture Of ancient greese.
The leading baseball clubs have gen.
orally abandoned the use OF the vampire bat
At Bodie, California, wood is so scarce
that breaches OF the piece sell readily at 25 cents
EACH
The ribs of an old umbrella make
pork.
The drouth is so protracted in Jamaica
that any reigning sovereign would be welcome
there.
They don't shoe horses at the Smith
sonian Institute in Washington, but they shoe a
comet now and then.
A Michigander is a goose to allow him
self to be picked when he is dead by those Ann
Arbor medical students.
The oldest known work of art is a
representative Of the drowning of Pharaoh's hosts
in the Red Sea- tits Mosaic.
One Of the very difficult tongues to
acquire in this country is that of q real French
Landau. Attorney General Williams tried it
The Exodus Committee of Congress as
soon they secure an appropriation, will nvesti.
gate the reasons why bank cashiers 80 frequently
get up and (exo) dust.
The members of the Pottery Club, al
| though native Americans, do not belong to the
Pottawattomies tribe of Indians, although some
may be from Indiana.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-29
Brief Bulletins.

Brief Bulletins.
Hon. Fidus Livermore died at jackson,
Miss.
M. Billings store robbed of $500 at Anna,
Ohio.
John Link acquitted of murder at Hills
boro. Ohio.
J. L. Davis house burned at Jackson
Center, Ohio.
Lake View Malt-house burned at Buffa.
10. Loss $4,000.
Wallace's tannery burned at Rochester,
N. Y. Loss $780,
Frank White, aged twenty-four, drowned
near Chardon. OHIO.
Buckeye Glass-works, Martins Ferry,
Ohio lose 81, 500 by fire.
An auction store at Ravenna, O., robbed
of 81, OOO worth of goods.
Jacob Dorning fatally injured while
plowlng near Sidney, Ohio.
Bal. Olendennin, white, killed a colored
man at Brownstown, w. Va.
Chas. Bollinger, colored, hanged at Han
over, W. Va, yesterday for rape.
John Eagye, colored, drowned at Clarke's
Coal Works, near Washington, Pa.
In fisht at Bnena VISTA Col, James
Reed and James Edwards shot and instant
ly killed each otner.
Robert Doughall, fireman, killed, and
two "thers mortaly wounded by a boiler
explosion at Toronto.
Thomas Edmunds was duly hanged at
Ozark. Ark, yesterday. Henry Hamlin at
Hartford, Conn.,. l.. l.. Ford at Marion,
Ark. and David Trembly at Woodsield,
w. Va
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-29
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The English Papers Of This Morning.

The Enquirer says: Foster says-"Mr.
Sherman is the candidate of Ohio. and
must be true to him." Don't protest.
Governor; yeu may be suspected. The
colored men are asking that one of their
race sho1ld receive the Republican nom-
nation for Vice President Thev should
be accommodated. The Republican man
ayers ought to be glad to get off with this.
There is calm sarcasm in the remarks of
Don Cameron. He claims over four hun
dred votes for Grant in manner indicat-
ing that he understands arithmetic
There are reports of treachery to Sherman
in the Ohio delegation at Washington.
Treachery is not exactly the proper word
Sherman has always been short of the solid
vote Of Ohio by about ten votes. Prob.
ably some of his supporters are get
ting tired of their attachment to a mere
sentiment. They want to make the inhu.
ence OF Ohio felt.-General Robinson,
the Chairman OF the Republican State Exc
cutive Committee, says Grant ''can not
carry the State of Ohio in any event."
There are number Of able and discreet
OHIO Republicans in Chicago who should
take charge of Robinson. Foster, Denni.
son, Garfield and Others are not rushing
into print with Acknowledgements OF de-
feat If Grant should be nominated. Even
Bill Bickham has ''hedged" lately
Blaine still depends upon parliamentar
adroitness and the trickery OF machinery.
1t is he who attempts TO seduce Foster with
the hope of Vice Presidency. The Blaine
desire Is to form combination, offensive
and defensive, with the Sherman men to
beat Grant, but it Is likely that such a com.
bination will be impossible. The Sher.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-29
BOARD OF ALDERMEN,
A New License Ordinanoe-An Ordinance
to License Bootblacks and Newsboys.

to License Bootblaoks and Newsboys.
The regular session of the Board Of Al
dermen was held yesterday.
Mr.. Porter introduced q new ordinance
on the question of licensing shows and
entertainments similar to the one defeated
in Council last week, except that it names
the sum to be paid for each species of
license, and goes still further to include
baseball games, cricket games, walking
matches and boat races; and further pro-
hibits any of these sports, pastimes or any
shows OF any kind on Sunday. Referred
to the Committee on Law and Contracts.
The res luton from the Board of Puulic
Works, providing for the use by the city
of the Hamilton Turnpike for water anu
sewerage purposes was adopted.
Mr.. Refs offered new ordinance requir-
ing bootblacks and newsDoys to first pro-
cure license from the Mayor before they
be allowed to ply their vocation, provid-
ing, however, that no charge be made for q
license. The ordinance was rejected.
A resolution was passed authorizing the
City Solicitor in his suits against the old
Police Commissi oners and against the late
Mayor Johnston's sureties. The first suit il
to recover the 81, $50 lawyers fees in the
Dan. Weber case, and the second suit is to
recover the amount of Clerk Hans0n's de-
ficit. There has been some doubt, it seems
about the Solicitors right, and this resolu'
ton will remove that doubt.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-29

THE fight at Chicago warns up as the
time for the meeting of the Convention
approaches. No one can foretell the re-
suit but indications point strongly to a
"dark horse" 1t is clearly the field
against Grant, and the field will most
likely succeed in beating him. 1t is
even said by those who profess to know
that both Blaine and Sherman have au-
thorized their managers to withdraw their
names or do anything that may be neces,
sary to defeat the nomination of Gen.
Grant. The shrewdest and most un-
scrupulous managers are at work for
Grant, however, and this counts for a
good deal even in the face of such OBJ.
stacles as his friends have to encounter.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-29
WEATHER WISDOM.

Since the weather, like everything
else tangible and intangible, has become
a matter of speculation, the human
mind is given over to the racking prophe-
cies of the weather-wse Professors of
meteorology. People no longer look into a
straw bed to "see which way the wind
blows" or consult an almanac before 90
ing fishing or starting off on wedding
trip. The Signal Service Bureau aud
few learned Professors, in the language
of advertising quacks, "foretell the past,
present and FUTURE" especially the form.
er. They can hit storm square in the
back after it has passed. ~
The foresight of these men is mar
velous but not so striking as their hind
sight. From the days of Professor Espy.
the father of the present system of
meteorological observations, there have
always been great many "ifs" and a
very thin solution of probabilities"
about all weather predictions.
Professor Henry G.. Venner, of Mon
treal, has, during the past year, gone
into the business of foretelling the
weather, and has made one or two good
hits so that one is rather inclined to at
tend to his prophesies.
On the 18th instant he informs the
public that June will be an intensely hot
month, taken as whole, but that the
end of May and the first of June will be
decidedly winterish. July is going to be
a terrible month for storms, with periods
of intense heat, with fall-like relapse
attended by frosts abou. the 2Oth.
Storms of thunder and hail will be an
usually severe during the month of July
Prof. Venner claims a verifcation of his
prediction Of "cold wave, with frosts,
over large portion Of the United States
between the 10th and 18th of May, and
says that the relapse at the close of the
month will be still more severe. W.
shall see when the time comes.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-29

the army to what amounts to a present
available strength for field operations of
only 2O,566 men, II generals and 1869
other officers. The army register, how
ever. calls for "a, ,262 enlisted men and
2,lS7 officers, but those detailed for
other purposes leave the available force
as above stated.
This, according to Gen. Shermanls es-
Inmates, is inadequate to the work re-
quired of the army, and in case of any
serious foreign complications, which
happily are not very Immediately proba-
BILE, would leave the country practically
defenseless. The talk of increasing our
force to two hundred thousand, as it is
alleged that Gen. Sherman would be
pleased to see done. is'of course not to be
thought of; but still we ought to have a
material increase in the strength of the
army toproperly guard our frontiers from
Indian depredations and Mexican raids
on our Southwestern border. We have
heard complaint made occasionally of
the disproportionate number of our Off
GERS to the enlisted men, there being
about one to thirteen. This criticism
seems to us inconsiderate, as the import
ance of trained officers in the drilling and
disciplining of raw recruits in case ma
terial increase in our army should at any
time become necessary will be
conceded by any one who knows any
thing at all of military operations.
There was a great deal of sneering oc-
casionally at West Point during our late
civil war; but it was extremely fortunate
for the Nation that it had some officers
who had been educated there and on the
battlefield to call upon in transforming
million of civilians into an army of
soldiers. At that institution we have
now eight professors, twenty-four musi-
clans and two hundred and twelve cadets
not certainly an amount of leaven suf-
feient to create an excessive military
ferment among population number
ing between forty-five and fifty millions
of people.
Gen. Hancock has been stoutly urging
a more efficient system of coast defenses
than we have, and his suggestions are
not unworthy of consideration. Another
army officer has put forth a proposal to
organize 100000 of our State militia SO
that in case of possible need, they might
be promptly modified as an effective
military force. Probably the more
practicable method after all will be a
moderate augmentation Of our regular
army, and sufficient legitimate employ
ment for this is likely to be
found for some time to come to
serve as a suitable school of military
tactics in case larger army shall re-
quire to be made acquainted with pow
der at some future time. Fortunately
our neighbors are peaceable, and in case
at any time it shall hereafter be requis-
ite to swallow them up territorially, the
Establishments of diplomacy and the
persuasive powers of the coined Ameri-
can eagle are, after all, more sensible
and powerful agents than cumbersome
Interchangeable national army.