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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-30
e3Harriages.

EY Marriages and Deaths inserted free.
Obituaries, sir cents a line.
In Barnet, April 81 by Rev. d. c. Faris, Mr. Cy
rus B. Page of Groton and Miss Jennie Crown o.
Barnet.
In Dalton N. H., April 10, by Rev. j. P. Stone
Mayo II. Thompson of Lisbon n. H., and Clars
NJ. Bell, of Lunenburg.
In Danville, April %, by Rev. C. W. Thompson
DR.. j. H. Averill and Miss Orpha R. Davis, all o
Danville
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-30
YOUNG MEMS SUITS
outside of BOSTON.

OuCSluC Vi DOO 1ON.
These goods were selected
by Mr.. Parker, and made up
expressly for us for the young
men of St. Johnsbury and sur
rounding towns. So young
men it will not be necessary
for you to go to the city to
get your clothes, we have suits
for all, and at prices that will
please you.
We have an immense stock of
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS
with all the novelties in Neck
wear, Scarf Pins, ETC., etc.
And in
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-30

REGISTERED STOCK FOR SALE
The subsc Der has two yearlinr Jersey bulls
which he offers for sale. Eng lire O. JOSIAH KEN
EReoN, or
A. p. MCLAREN.
Barnet, April It, 1880 3O33t
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Passumpsic.

Passumpsic.
The pulp mill is again in running Or
der.
Concert and promenade at the village
hall last Tuesday evening. A good
company and everyone enjoyed them
selves. Music by the Sandworms Band.
Ora Bishop is in Boston this week
buying goods. Will open next week
with full line in every department.
Z. ID. Wilson has charge of the store
business while Mr.. Bishop is away.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-30

-President Bartlett of Dartmouth
"lll lecture before the students of the
Academy this evening; subject, Flor
ence, with illustrations. All parents of
the students, and friends of the Acade-
my are invited, and tickets can be OBJ
tained free of teachers or students. The
lecture is very highly spoken of.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-30
Peachan,

Peacham.
No more cases of diphtheria to-day
(Monday). Everyone was out to heal
the new minister last Sabbath.-Gee
Z. Whitehill has returned from Kansas
Private letters say that there is every
appearance of an abundant fruit yield
this year in Kansas. Grain crops are
looking quite well also.
Charlie Stevens is to carry on the
farm recently occupied by Rev. A. o.
Stevens, now of Lunenburg.-Our far
mers are beginning to find fault with
the price of butter already.-It is be-
ginning to look good deal like bust
ness once more around the tannery.-
The farmers have been making the best
of their time during the last week in
getting in the early grains. Quite a
large acreage of onions is being plant
ed this year.
The scramble for certificates was
something immenselast Saturday. They
were present from the girls and boys cf
II to those of 25 years. All apparently
went away in good spirits. There were
e applicants, of whom % received GER
tificates. The per cent ranged from 65
to 964. Taken as whole the averages
were much better than usual.
Clint Goodell of Cabot Plains, has
rented S. H. Rowell's store at South
Peacham for one year. ZATA.
The st. Adams Messenger tells this
story: Rev. P. N. Granger, presiding
elder of the st. Adams district. while
riding with his daughter and her child.
sustained some injuries from runa-
way, which came near being serious.
They were driving across a field in a
winter road, and the horse kicked and
ran. The dasher being kicked out, Mr..
Granger was soon drawn to the ground.
He chung firmly to the reins, but the
force of the horse whirled him around.
badly wrenching his knee, and the
next instant his head was Brought into
violent contact with a stump. He still
chung to the reins, however, and
brought the horse to stop, his daugh-
ter and her child meanwhile clinging
to the carriage and avoiding injury.
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t. Ssuhnsburp (aledonialr.
Iatai and State News.

:, Ionnspury, VT, Friday April 80, 1850
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SIN ALL WARES,

hauieS ana Misses Kid, Isle Lace Top and
Silk Gloves and Mts in great variety of colos ond
Styles
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HOSIERY.

b. d T. FAIRBANKS Dc 90.
April 90.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08

NAsBY's BASIS OF "RECoNCrLIATIoN." :"
The corner hev bin consultn. The re-
suit NV our consultashen may be briefly
statid. Wat we want is to wipe out all
the remainin sines Nv the late unpleasant
ness, and git back to the old harmony
and accord Nv the yeers before afore 1860.
This abont the terms the corners will be
compelled to demand:
First-That there may be no unpleasant
remembrances of the great struggle left,
Afrikin slavery shell be established, with
the chance given the south NV extendin
the institooshen to the Chinese and poor
whites, wch wuz wat we intended afore
the war.
Second-To placate the south which hez
he'd It's feelins hurt,the gineral government
shel pay for the niggers libearted wich
can't be found, with "a sootabe compensa-
shun for the time Nv those emancipated by
the feend Linkin.
Third-Ez proper thing to attach The
south to the Yoonyun, and restore proper
feelin', the general government shood TO
wunst pay all losses sustained by the south
durin' the war no matter by which side in
flicted, and not lookin too thunderin close
into the claims witch may he present ed
Fourth That no vestige NV bitternis may
remane-that the last root may be dug out
--penshuns should be paid by the general
government to southern soljers in the SER
Wis NV the confedracy, datin EN- back to
the close of the war, the same as federal
sojers.
Fifth-That the south may feel proper
interest in the government. ther shood be
inoggeratid very extensive system NV in
ternal improvements in the south. To make
it perfectly shoor this system must mcleod
the slack watrin Nv Seceshin erik, the
building Nv u gorgeous custom house and
post offs at the Cross Rodes, with sich 9TH
er improvements eZ from time to time we
mey beside we want.
Sixth-To clinch the oontinyood alleg.
lance Nv the south, all these payments
shood be made in government bonds bearin
interest at the rate NV so per cent to be
knowed ez "the Conslliashen Series,'
which makes it shoor that the south will
never sesede till they hev spent their bonds
anyhow. 1t wood prevent both seceshn ez
we'll ez repodiashen, and wood 20 great
ways toward holding the south to the old
flag. No southerner wood think NV secedn
with government bond in his pokkit.
From his Letter TO The Toledo Blade
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08

TRAIN THE BoYs FOR BUSINESS. There
is one element in the home instruction of
boys to which, says Boston paper. too
little attention has been given; and that is
the cultivation of habits of punctuality,
system, order and responsibility. In too
many households boys from twelve to
seventeen years are too much administer
ed 10 by loving mothers or other female
members of the family. Boys lives
during those years are the halcyon days
of their existence. Up in the morning
just in season for breakfast; nothing to
do but to start off early enough not to be
late; looking upon an errand as taking so
much time and memory away from enjoy
ment; little thought of personal appear
ance except when reminded by mother
to spruce up" IA little; finding his ward
robe always where mother puts it-in fact,
having nothing to do but enjoy himself
Thus his life goes on until school ends
Then he is ready for business. He goes
into an office where everything is system.
order, precision. He is expected to keep
things neat and orderly, sometimes kindle
fires, file letters, do errands-in short, be-
come part of nicely-regulated ma.
chine, where everything moves in
systematic grooves, and each one is
responsible for correctness in his depart
ment, and where, in place of ministers to
his comfort, he finds task-masters, more
or less lenient to be sure, and everything
in marked contrast to his previous life.
In many instances the change is too
great. Errors become numerous; blum
ders, overlooked at first, get to be IL
matter of serious moment; then patience
is overtasked, and the boy is told his
services are no longer wanted. This is
the first blow, and sometimes he never
rallies from it. Then comes the surprise
to the parents, who too often never know
the real cause, nor where they have failed
in the training of their children.
What is wanted is for every boy to
have something special to do; to have
some duty at definite hour, and to learn
to watch for that time TO come; to be
answerable for certain portion of the
routine of the household; to be trained to
anticipate the time when he may enter
the ranks of business, and be fortified
with habits of energy accuracy and appli-
cation, often of more importance than su-
perficial book-learning. g.-Sctentifc Anseri-
can.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08

COMMERCIAL HoNoR.-There are class
of men doing business who pride them
selves on their commercial honor. That
is to say they value their pledged word
above any money consideration that can
be accorded them, and it is often said OF
them "that their word is as good as any
other mans bond" When merchant
has attained this elevated position in the
commercial world he can 90 no higher, he
can command no greater respect, he has
secured for himself the most enviable posi-
tion to which any man can aspire. How
often do we hear a remark, such as a firm
"are gilt-edged. they are good for all they
contract for.
A man, who, having made bad bar
gain in buying. for instance on a falling
market, and seeks no excuses for the non
ful6llment of his contract, but swallows
his losses with good grace and pays
them with the last dollar at his command,
is thoroughbred, and the embodiment OF
commercial honor. Such a man can never
be kept down, for his credit is unmpeach.
able. and when he desires business favors
he gets them, "for he never was known to
90 back on his word"
There are, however, we are sorry to say,
another class of business men who never
rank any higher than mere money makers.
Their sole aim and object in life is to
accumulate riches. and if they happen to
get caught with bad contract on their
hands they are fraught with subterfuges to
avoid the payment Of their honest debt. 1t
is enough for them that the payment OF
this debt involves loss, and putting aside
all sense of honor and manhood, they
crawl under the shadow of their perjured
word and ignore any contract that has not
their dishonored name signed to it in full.
Men there are who condesco nd to argue
explain and lastly bubble about legal
technicalties and fairly wallow in the filth
of their dishonesty for the sake of the few
dollars involved in transaction of their
own seeking. There is nothing outspoken,
open and aboveboard with such men.
They deal in promises, which, if not found
fruitful to their profit, they will fit them to
meaning entirely opposite to the one pre-
viously implied and chuckle over the
saving in dollars and cents bartered for
their self respect.
A mans good name never deserts him,
while riches, obtained through fraud and
dishonesty, after proving curse and a
source of misery, take unto themselves
wings and fly away.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08
RepublicanRuiu.

WHAT FIVE SUCCESSIVE REPUBLICAN AID.
ILLUSTRATIONS HAVE INFLICTED UPON
THE COUNTRY.
the democratic orators are trying to
the country. Yes, and this is the way it
was done:
In 1860. after twenty years of democratic
rule. government six per cent bond
sold for SO cents.
In 1880. after twenty years of republican
rule, government four per cent sells for
81 08.
In 1860, after twenty years of democratic
rule, a loan of $4,000, 900 exhausted the
markets for six months.
At the end of twenty years republican
rule, II loan of Sl50, 100000 was taken in
single day.
In TWEEN y years of republican rule we
find:
An incrase of population of fifty per
cent.
An increase of general agricultural ex-
ports OF 600 per cent.
An increase in exports of bread and
breadstuffs of $50 per cent.
An increase of exports of manufactured
articles of 225 per cent.
An increase of internal commerce of 700
per cent.
An increase of railway mileage of 1877
per cent.
In 1860, after twenty years OF demo-
cratic rule, congress authorized loan Of
S25 100000 to pay current expenses.
In 1880, after twenty years of frepublican
rule, the secretary of the treasury pays
$S5, 100000 of debt contracted for war
brought on by solid democratic south,
which now wants power again SO as to stop
the waving of that bloody shirt, the wav-
ing of which is Hancock's chief glory and
his whole available stock as a candidate
for the presidency.
In 1860, after twenty years of democratic
rule, the balance of trade against the
country was over 500, 100000.
On May 81, 1880, after twenty years of
republican rule, the balance of trade was
over $l60,000, 900 in favor of this country.
In 1860, after twenty years of democratic
rule and teaching. there was very serious
question whether we had any nation and
the old public functionary in the White
House. whose chief adviser was Jere Black,
the man who now furnishes the statesm an
ship for General Hancock, announced that
there was mo power in the government to
coerce state" leaving tie inference that
jeff Davis and Alec Stephens could send
the country to the demniton bow-wows
for all he could do to prevent it. After
twenty years of republican rule there is
no doubt that we are II country, and Alec
Stephens and Jere Black would give all
they are worth to have the people forget
that they ever questioned it.
The kind of ruin which five successive
republican administrations have inflicted
upon the country is just little striking in
view of the figures, and the people like it.
and call for more of the same sort, and are
bound to have it, oo.- WaShjl1qton Repub-
hcdn.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08

FUN IN THE ADVERTISEMENTS Young
lady 'who has received good education
can read and write and is versed in geogra-
ply. history, music. dancing and elementa-
ry mathematics wishes a situation in a res .
pectable family as washer and ironer." A
converted burgler is announced to preach
at a certain hail. WHARF he will break the
doors of hell with gospel jimmy" A
large number OF "oil paintings by the
ancient master of the day" are offered for
sale and Reformation" wants pew in
"a Protestant Episcopal church, where the
services are the same as they have been
for three hundred years-no candles, no
choral services. no incense, no gaudy robes
or other mummery or nonsense"
Too often truth is sacrificed to personal
interest in advertisements, but here are
two instances of extraordinary disinterest
edness. A large quantity of whisky is
offered. mot particularly good, but as good
rs most of the whisky sold in this neigh.
borhoo,l," and country-seat in village
where fever and ague prevails is thus de-
scribed by its tenant: II hereby offer for
sale my country residence at West Morris.
ania, near Merose station, where | have
lived for the past three years, and where
could not live much longer. have always
heard that people looking for places to
purchase could never find one where they
had chills and fever-they always had it
about a mile, a mile and half or two
miles of, but never riget there at the place
for sale. Now offer for sale, as curios-
ity, something rare-the precise end exact
spot where fever and ague is. | will war;
rant it to be there. Three of my children
have it, my groom has sure premonitory
symptoms of it, and have it myself The
place, in fact, is beautiful, and besides
fever and ague, has all that BELTS an Amer
lean gentleman's residence. bought it to
please my wife, and | leave it to please
the whole family"
In another column a farmer warns the
public against harboring his wife, who has
left him at the beginning of summer S
work, though he has had the expense OF
"wintering her. and laundress is wanted
who will be willing to take her pay in les.
sons on the guitar, and board on washin
days. s."-Scribner'S for AuguN.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08

CHINA's MILLIONS. Perhaps the most
of my readers are aware that China con-
tains third of the population OF the globe,
and one-half of the heather world. Some
of you have heard of the expression,
"Chinas millions'-uot her thousands
but her millions. When we look at some
of our large cities, and see the busy
throngs who walk their streets, we can
form some conception of their number, for
they do not reach much higher than per-
haps million. But when we cast ouI
eye far away to China, and think of =
country which contains about four hundred
millions, our mind fails to grasp it. 1t il
too vast We cannot comprehend it. Anc
when we remember that not only is that
empire vast in extent-of five million
square miles-and vast in its population
that is not the only thing to be considered
and dealt with. but we must think OF the
depravity of the human heart, and of the
heathenism and darkness which prevail
there. When we think,of China's millions
and of the work to be done before they Car
receive the gospel, we as Christians ough
to pray nightly that godly men and piou'
women might be sent there to labor fol
those who are perishing every day without
the gospel. 1t has been estimated tina
there is only one missionary in China to
every million of her population. Can we
expect for China to be Chrstianized when
the lab0rers are so few? The church has
been too long unconcerned about the
fact.
"a million month in China
Are dying without God"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08

BORROWING TROUBLE" believe in
workin' and earnin' your honest bread,
ETC., and so forth; but, still, | believe in
maxim things agreeable and pleasant,
very. We Americans, as Il nation, are a
dreadful anxious lookin', hard workln',
long faced ambitious, 60 ahead race, and
we tackle holiday as if it was a hard
days work we had got to get through
with Just rs quick as we could; and we
face enjoyments with considerable the
same countenance as we do funerals.
And, truly. if anybody is goin' to set W
in the worry business, nights is the best
time for it in the hull twenty-four hours
Mddln' sized troubles swell so in the
dark; tribulations that hain't much by
daylight, at midnight will look bigger'n a
barn. declare fort, I've had bunnets
before now that didn't suit me-that wa,
trimmed up too gay, or come over my
face too much, or sunthin'-and when PC
wake up in the night and think on ZEN
they'd look as bad 10 me AS bushel bas
ket and humblier; and I'd lay and groar
to think of ever wearin' 'em to meetin
But at daylight they would kinder dwindlt
down again to their natural shape. Anc
Josiah Allen! | s'pose have buried tha
man as many times as he has got hairs OF
his head Che is pretty bald). When he,
have cold or anything, I'd wake up il
the latter part of the night. when it was
as dark as Egyptian darkness, and I'd ge
to thinkin' and worryin', and before Td
know it there Josiah would be all laiC
out, and the procession meanderin' of
toward Jonesville buryin' ground, and
follerin' him, u weepin' wilder; and I've
gone so far as to see myself lay dead by
the side of him. killed by the feelin fel
for that man, and there we'd lay with one
stone over us II readin':
Here lies Josiah and Samantha
Their warfare is accomplished
But Just as quick as the sun would rist
up and build up his fire in the east. auc
Josiah would rise up and build his fire il
the stove, why, then, ghosts of fears anc
anxieties that haunted me would, in the
language of the poem Thomas j. was
rendir' the other day, Fold up their tents
like an Arab man and silently 60 to steal
in somewhere else "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08

Probably there are no class of men
employed by a railroad company, or any
other company, that are so much exposed
to the cold as freight brakemen.
They ride nearly all day on the
top of the car in winter or summer
alike. On the Erie railway where the
grades are long the brakeman is COM
PEELED to remain at his post on top of the
car to prevent the train from running too
fast. When other persons are buttoned
up and bundled to keep warm, and then
find it difficult task, the brakemen can
be seen smiling complacenty and in
apparent comfort without the assistance
of a great coat. To the average observer
on seeing them so thinly clad, the wonder
is that the brakemen do not freeze to death
but it is claimed that they seldom feel
cold. An overcoat is very cumbersome
and inconvenient for freight brakeman,
who is compelled to run about over the
ca-covered cars. Just before leaving the
caboose to take his place upon the car
the brakeman dofs his coat, vest, and
suspenders. He then takes two news
papers, and folds them to suitable size
places one across his breast and the other
over his back and shoulders. Suspenders,
vest, and coat are then replaced. With
woolen pulse warmers. heavy gloves and
ears protected, the brakeman sallies forth.
ready to meet the storms of the north
pole if necessary. With this outfit the
cutting winds do not strike the body.
Persons compelled to be out in cold
weather, should try the Erie freight
brakeman'S paper overcoat.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08

1t is easy to admire a persons ideas if
they do not contradict our own, hut it is
the hardest thing to see any good in man
if he think differently from ourselves. 1t
is no easy matter for person to set him
self against popular opinion and maintain
his position. Every power is brought to
bear upon him that falsehood can invent or
malice employ. A man who refuses to
acknowledge the authority of the hour
asserts higher. The world forgives no
man for denying its right of Judgment.
The soul that challenges the world must
prove its right of defiance. When a man
is greater or better than men, he is either
offered crown like Caesar or stoned like
Stephen.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08

CoCHINEAL BUG.-Another. curious
lodger of South American plant is the
famous cochineal lbug, well known from
the precious red color that bears its name,
and which it draws from certain cactus
until its body becomes impregnated with
brilliant scarlet. 1t is probably the most
sedentary of all insects, making but one
short journey in early lite, and then
settling down forever upon one and the
same spot. As soon as the young insect
leaves its egg it manifests great activity
and restless desire 10 travel But alas
it finds itself upon II prckly, thorny stem,
hanging high in the air, and in contact
with no other But nature soon comes to
its aid, and sends II small spider to spin a
silken thread from branch to branch.
Upon this slender, trembling bridge the
young cochineal wanders boldly out to n
rev world, seeks promising spot,
deliberately sinks its fragile trunk into the
uicy leaf, and never draws it back again.
drinking, drinking, like a topper as he is
through bis whole existence. Congrega
ttO,tGttSt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08

The world wants more sunshine in its
disposition, in its business, in its charities.
in its theology. For ten thousand of the
aches and pains and irritations of men and
women we recommend sunshine. 1t
soothes better than morphine. 1t stimu-
lates better than champagne. 1t is the
best plaster for a wound. The good Sa-
maritan poured out into the fallen travel
er's cash more of this than of oil. Flor
ence Nightingale used it on the Crimean
battle fields. Take it out into all the
alleys, on board all the ships, by all the
sick beds. Not vial full, not cup full,
but soul full. 1t is good for spleen, for
liver complaint for neuralgia, for rheuma
tism, for falling fortunes, for melancholy.