St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-06-25

objection if her legal husband was will
ling. Her aged sutton undertook to ar
range this little difficulty and succeed
ed so far as to get the husband to "sign
Off for s25, giving up all claim to his
wife, and consenting to her marriage
with the widower. Armed with this
paper the latter fastened upon the
wings of love to procure parsOn who
speedily tied the knot.
Meanwhile, the two grown up sons of
the new bridegroom, who throughout
their fathers courtship had striven in
vain to stamp out this untimely passion
from his aged breast, grimly resolved to
save for themselves the property which
they saw with anguish was likely to be
swept into the Golfers of the juvenile
step-mother. So they sought the orig
inal husband, explained to him that his
wife was not chattel, and that be had
sold her too cheap beside, and persuad-
ed him to commence suit against her
for bigamy. So there is now being
spilled in court a large quantity of
tears and bad GEL man, and it is more
than probable that the hapless and
much married Gretchen will languish
for space behind bolts and bars.
An characterization society has re-
Gently held it's first meeting here, at
which the time honored practice which
we have come to look upon as our
great bulwark against small pox cpl
demic, was handled without gloves.
Two well-known physicians read pa
pers attacking the custom on the ground
that vaccine virus had killed more
than it had saved, and in fact insisting
that its use is mere superstition and
never serves to ward off the disease.
This is rather startling, but l fancy
this society will always remain micro
scopic minority of the profession best
qualified to pass upon the question.
The fact that 4 few deaths have recent
ly occurred through the use of impure
virus gains hearing for the opponents
of the system, but they are merely the
exceptions which prove the rule and
don't initiate against the validity OF
the theory of vaccination.
Something connected with the health
question which teaches us more nearly
than this discussion is the presence, on
some incoming ships, of yellow fever.
One of the Pacific Mail steamers, just
from Panama, is now lying at Quaran-
tine, having lost two passengers by the
disease since leaving the Isthmus, and
having other cases on board. Thanks,
however, to the vigilance of the Health
Officer of this port, there is little danger
of infection getting closer to us than it
now is.
Perhaps no living actor stands so
high in popular estimation as man as
well as an artist as Edwin Booth.
That this is true can be inferred from
the farewell breakfast rendered to him
at Delmonico's, last Tuesday, previous
to his departure for Europe.
Not only did the dramatic profession
honor their fellow actor, but many of
the leading literary celebrities, mem
bers of the bar, and prominent mer-
chants of this and other cities were
present on the occasion to show their
appreciation of the great actors worth
and to bid him god speed and safe re-
turn.
The large hall at DelmonicO's, where
the breakfast was given, was tastefully
decorated with bunting, pictures and
emblems referring either to the esteem
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matte art.
About $50 guests were present, near
ly every one of whom is distinguished.
The bill of fare was quite elaborate,
the breakfast costing ten dollars for
each guest. The after dinner speeches
were numerous and brilliant, and on
the whole Mr. Booths "send off" was
one which any artist might be proud to
receive.
This summer we are helpless and
struggling in the grasp of giant mo,
nopoly-I refer, of course, to the ice
business. There is, however, very
good prospect that it may overreacf
itself, and that what to us may seem al
evil, may in the end prove blessing
in disguise. In company with others
called at the headquarters of the Pictet
Artificial Ice Co., limited, No. 14s
Greenwich St., to inspect their method
, of manufacturing this great necessity
They make beautiful, pure, crystal
like ice (by their very simple and com
. mon sense method), which is absolutely
r free from any foreign matter, ant
8 which, in the opinion of experts, ii
q preferable to the natural article. /
has been proven that the Pictet Coz
ice, when packed in refrigerators, will
! last fully twenty per cent. longer thar
f management that in large quantities i
= con DO rnado for about ono dollar pc
ton. There is some talk of organizin.
large company for the purpose o
3 manufacturing it for extseasOn. This
if true, will cause the vampires of til,
present combination to loose their hole
on long suffering public. They hav,
also a method whereby in connection
with their system, rooms and ware
' houses can be cooled for storage pur
poses. Breweries can employ this sys
tenn and thereby entirely dispense will
ice. For hospital wards, especially fo
: fever cases, this application will prov,
, positive blessing.
Millionaire weddings are not sucl
D uncommon occurrences in New York al
. to merit special comment, but perhaps
your fair readers may feel passing in.
! terest in the fact that there was quie
, little wedding at a private house up or
3 Twenty seventh street the other even.
ing, at which the bridegroom handed
his bride, for a wedding present, 6
check for 81 100000. The best of it al
+ is that there is plenty more where thai
check came from, so that there is ne
immediate prospect of the happy pairs
coming to want. He is Pennsylvania
IRON master, she is the daughter of 6
late Cuban planter, who lost his fort.
une through the Instructions on thai
J island, and both of them are now or
their way to Europe, to see what com.
bined effort will accomplish in the way
of getting rid of little of this redun.
= dant cash.
l believe have before this referred