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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23

STATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT s.
~ In Probate Court, held at the Probate Office in
January, A. b. 1880. VI
Luther Z. Mathews, administrator de bOns non
IN SAID district deceased presents his administrator
account for examination and allowance and makss
application for a decree of distribution and nart
ton of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court that said
account and said application be referred to a sa
sion thereof to be held at the Probate Ofcs
in said St Johnsbury, on the 31st day of jan
u. 1851, for hearing and decision thereon ABdG
Is further ordered that notice hereof be giyenNN
three weeks successfully in the Caledonian, a news
paper published at st. JOhnsbury previous to said
at said time and place. and show cause if any they
may have, why said account should not be allowed
and such decree made
By the Court Attest,
1913 HENRY FRENCH, Register
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23

about 10000, enjoys the prominence
for health, its annual death rate being
only asa deaths per 600 souls. Stock
ton, CAL, stands next, 7.47; but this is
81 per cent. more unhealthy than Bur-
lington. There are probably few,
but only few, more favored places
! than the latter in all the world. The
death rate for New York city is 1888
per 200; New Orleans, SOIL; Lon
don, 23.40; Paris, 24.71.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
The Healthiest City in the United
-.s.-e- States

In the annual tables OF vital statis-
tics, lately published by the Health De-
partment of New York city, among the
exhibits is the comparative death rate
of various cities, American and foreign.
The exhibit gives the population and
death rate of over three hundred and
fifty cities in different parts of the
world, of which sixty are American and
the remainder foreign. 1t appears from
these tables that the city of Burlington,
Iowa, with population in 1875 of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
Court of Insolvency.

STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF CALEDONIA.
Notice is hereby given that the second Meeting
of the creditors of Stevens Brothers of St Johns.
bury, in said District, insOlvent debtors will he
held at Court of Insolvency at the Probate Office
in St. Johnsbury, in said District. on the oath
day of January, A. ID. 1880, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, at which meeting creditors may prove
their debts, and transact such other business
relating to said insOlvents estate may properly
come before the court at said meeting.
1917 HENRY FRENCH, Register
St JOhnsburY. Jan. L 1850.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
Gstafes.

SIATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT 90
st Johnsbury in said district, the 7th dav N
george T. Blair, administrator upon the -
1ate OF VIM. McLaren, late of Barnet in sei5
dlstIlct, deceased, presents his administrator a
count for examination and allowance and NEE &c
apphcaton for decree of distribution and me-
tti0n OF the estate of said deceased. ~ par
Whereupon it is ordered by said Court, that soi,
account and said application be referred to S so
sion thereof to be held at the Probate Office in i5
St Johnsbury. on the 9th day of jan A ID isso
for hearing and decision thereon And it is furtLaL
ordered that notice hereof be given to all perso
interested, by publication of the same three ,gei
successfully in the CaledOnian a newspaper r e4s
lished at st. Johnsbury previous to said time uO
pointed for hearing, that they may appear at sss
time and place, and show cause, if any they mon
have, why said account should not be allowed a3
such decree made. anu
By the Court, Attest,
1917 HENRY FRENCH, Register
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
(ARStUerS merit lUeeE.)
ANSWERS TO THE LAST.

ANSWERS TO THE LAST.
1.-AndrOmeda
2.-Mad-a-gas-car
s.
1t is not fame, it is not wealth,
Nor time in pleasure spent,
Nor to possess the boon of health
That gives the heart content.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
2.-WORD PUZZLE.

Whole. | am color; change my mi
tial, l am an animal; change again,
am a connective; behead me, l am a
useful liquid curtail, L am a metallic ar
ticle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
3.--DECAPITATIONS.

l. Behead fright, and leave part of
the head.
2. Behead a measure of value, and
leave sickly. HARRY.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
EUROPE 4 4HP HOLY LAND.
Tourjee's Third Educational Excursion,
1880.

All Travel and Hotels first-class. More fur.
nished for the money than in any Excursion ever
offered. Special Advantages of an extraordinary
character secured for Sight Seeing and visiting the
grandest centres of Art and Historic Interest in
the Old World. Company Select. Numbers
Limited. 32page Prospectus sent free. Address
1919 e. TOURJEE, Boston, Mass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
w. ]. BRAY, Contractor and
Builder.
JoBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.

Having worked at building for fourteen years
and being contractor and builder for the last six
years. have worked and built from the plans an(
drawings of L. Packard architect OF this place. and
having built good share of the best buildings
outside of the Fairbanks in this place, my work
and close attention to business has gained for me
the reputation for doing the most and best work OF
any iObber and builder in this place. L build a
house in shorter space of time than any other
builder in the place, for keep good carpenters,
masOns and painters, so that can have the work
all going at once. am better prepared than ever
before, having all the appurtenances for hoistng.
moving repairing, re-mOdeling and erecting bull
dings of every description. As my business is III
creasing every year, 1 am bound to give satistac-
ton in work and prices, and do good share of the
building in this place.
i keep all kinds of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
BUILDING MATERIALS

For SALE, timber, joce, boards, elapboards and
laths, cedar and spruce shingle, doors, windows
blinds, mouldings brackets, ladders, hardware for
building, lime. paints, wall paper and everything
necessary for building. 1 will not be undersold or
underbid by any that will pay 100 cents on the
dollar. Give me your plans and let me a job and
you will not have any more trouble about it, Blinds
in the white, OF painted, trimmed and hung to or.
der. For want of space, will not name the bUiI-
dings that have built, being over 80 in number
mostly dwelling houses. stores, and horse barns
scattered all over this village So my references
are all the leading business men and the
have built for in this town. 1 deliver lumber and
material to all parts of the CITY,
Thanking my numerous friends for their NNsyaA
patronage, am now prepared to do all kinds III
work by the day or job at prices to suit the times
will furnish all the materials for building or not
as desired by parties wishing to build. take Jobs
from the bottom of the cellar TO the top of the
chimneys. Plans and specifications furnished when
desired By being prompt and attentive to bust
ness, hope to merit continuance of your past
favOrs, and share of the public patronage.
WANTED-Fifty Thousand feet of clear, dry
spruce, bass and pine lumber.
Residence on Railroad street, opposite Portland
street.
st. Johnsbury, March, 1879.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
Narcotics and Missions.

A missionary writes from India, to
the American Baptist Missionary Mag
azine, that their native helpers have
agreed to contribute weekly one-tenth
or less of their income for the mission
work, and says: "We trust the giving
will be increased, and know their graces
will grow with the effort. They have
agreed to giUe up the use of tobacco and
these things to the Lord. 1t is but in
very rare cases that native man or
woman can be found who does not use
tobacco in some form, smoking, chew
ing, or snutfing, and not seldom in two
or three ways. The betel-nut is IL
somewhat astringent narcotic, and has
similar effect to that of tobacco. A
smoker will want at least two cigars
day, and these will cost one pice; if he
uses tobacco or betel in any form, he
will require not less. Grant that four
fifths of the people use it 1.-THE fact is,
that nine cut of every ten do,) and two
hundred Christians can save 240 rupees,
(Sl2U) per annum, sum ample to pay
pastor and teacher, and supply books
for the school, and do it well. These
figures are not fanciful: they can be
proven in few minutes in any native
village. Is it true, then, that native
Christians are too poor to support their
own churches, when the conversion of
their tobacco and betel-nuts alone
would bring into the Lords treasury a
sum more than twice that which the
Missionary Union is able to give?"
This looks like a step in the right di-
rection; and when the heather getcon-
verified from the use of tobacco, and put
the money into the treasury of the Lord,
it will be in order for some of them to
come here as missionaries, to teach to-
baccO-using church members, ministers,
mission collectors, and officers of mis-
siOnary societies, to cast their little
black tobacco idols to the bats and the
moles, and denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, live soberly, and right
eously and godly in this present evil
world, looking for that blessed hope
and the glorious appearing of the great
God and our Saviour Jesus Christi
Christian Statesman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps will contrib
ute story to the February st. Nicho-
las. The same number will contain the
two new poems by Tennyson, and a
short story by Mrs. Burnett, author of
''That Lass o. LOwrie's.n
John Bright, Jr., son of the great
English liberal, spent an evening at
Menle park recently investigating Edi-
sons discoveries, and thinks of lighting
his big cotton factory at Rochdale, Eng,
with Edison's electric light.
81 say, old fel! you haven't got a
five.franc piece about you that you
don't know what to do with9 Have
you I" ''There's one." "Thanks. But
hello, L say! You know, it's bad ~
'YOu asked me for one / didn't know
what to do with.n
There is now and then thing which
the more it is cut the longer it grows.
A ditch, for example.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
Vick's Illustrated Floral Guide

A beautiful work of 100 Pages, One Colored
Flower Plate and 500 Illustrations, with descrip-
lions of the best Flowers and Vegetables, with
price of seeds and how to grow them. All for a
FIVE CENT STAMP. In English or German.
VICK'S SEEDS are the best in the world. Five
Cents for postage will buy the Floral Guide, telling
how to get them.
Six Colored Plates and many hundred Engravings
For so cents in paper covers 90 in elegant cloth
In German OF English.
vicl's Illustrated Monthly Magazine-32
Pages, COlored Plate in every number and many
fine Engravings. Price 81 .25 year; Five Copies
tor $500. Specimen Numbers sent for 10 cents; 3
trial copies for 25 cents. Address,
JAMES WICK Rochester N v
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
JERSEY STOCK

,>sma If you wish for a that gives rich
SVk&SER milk, one-fourth cream, which makes
TW nice Gilt Edged butter, try the Jerseys
---<4--1z- The young calves are easily learned to
drink. mature young usually giving milk before
two years old. are hardy and gentle. Bear good
keeping and kind treatment. but will do better on
short feed and dry pastures than the larger breeds
and are excellent dairy When giving milk do
not take on flesh but all ertra feed goes to produce
more milk. They take on flesh very easily when
not giving milk, making the very best of beef.
VIM. ID. BRONSON, of East Hardwick, VT, has
made speciality of them for Dairy Cows, and has
been very successful in raising good coaos. He now
offers few choice animals for sale.
Nov. 20, 1878
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
FARM FOR SALE.

The subscriber offers for sale his farm known as
the ELIJAH M. SARGEANT FARM, in the East
ner, containing $50 acres suitably divided into pas
ture woodland and tillage which cuts from As to
so tons of hay. with comfortable buildings; a nice
sugar place of 500 trees also nice apple orchard
of good fruit with plumb and cherry trees nice
spring of never failing water running to house and
barn. Terms easy. Can give immediate posses
sion. 1917 CHAS. E. SARGEANT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
NUMERICAL ENIGMA,
81 letters.

81 16 10 is to descry.
Is 10 II is to mend.
20 9 ii is cleft.
70 6 is strength.
10 4 Is is ancient.
Is 13 2 IL is to deplore.
IL IL , II is to appear.
5 is a vowel.
The whole is one of Shakespeare
tragedies. MAX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
CHARLES CALDWELL1s ESTATE

CHARLES CALDWELL'S ESTATE
" The subscribers, having been appointed II,
the Hon. Probate Court for the district of Cali
donna, commissioners to receive examine and al
Just all claims and demands of all persons again.,
the estate of Charles Caldwell, late of WheeOck
in said district deceased represented insOlvent AMI
1879, being allowed by said Court to the cred
itOrs of said deceased, to exhibit and prove Their
respective claims before Give notice, that ",
will attend to the duties of appointment AT
the dwelling house of Julia Caldwell, in Wheelock
IN saiddistrict, the 10th day of February, and
the 5Oth day of June next, at one o'clock in the af
ternoOn on each of said days.
1917 RORERT ESD0N SCOm'rs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
PATENTS

and how to obtain them. Pamphlet free upon re-
ceipt of Stamp for postage. Address,
GILMORE, SMITH & CO., Solicitors of Patents
If Near Patent Office, Washington d. c..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
Building Lots.

For sale in the village of st Johnsbury, building
on two sides by the Passumpsic River and over.
looking Railroad Street, Summerville Paddock
Village and portion of St. JOhnsbury Plain.
For beauty of scenery and healthfulness of To-
cation this situation is unrivaled. Those desiring
homes will never have better opportunity for
securing the most desirable location and on the
most reasonable terms. No fancy prices asked
Sd5O # + l.. PERKINS,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
ReiginnS Reading.
Mamma Can. "

LAST WORDS OF LITTLE WILLIE sPRAGUE TO HIS
MOTHER.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
FOR SALE.
Valuable Property
FOR SALE,

The premises known as the Moses Kittredge
place" This is of the most desirable locations
in this Village, and includes several building lots
on Cherry Street. Also about 60 acres of land
within one mile of the village known as the
Pr1ests farm" Enquire of W. H PRESTON.
St. JOhnsbury, Dec. 10, 1879. lift
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
Our Puzzle Corner.
CONDUCTED BY w. H. 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,
Mel
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
On Life and Property
ON 80 DAYS TRIAL

We will send our ELECTRO-VOLTAIC BELTS
and other Electric Appliances upon trial for 80
days to those suffering from Nervous Debility
Kidneys, and many other diseases A Sure
Cure guaranteed no pay. Address VOLTAIC
BELT CO., Marshall, Mich. I4-17
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DAUCHY,S ADVERTISEMENTS.

ted with our SAT-
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Evening star., 1880-02-14

SHORTLY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF LAW for
bidding the citizens of Georgia to carry pistols,
upon pain OF FORGETTING the weapon and paying
q fine OF $50 or be Imprisoned, Judge Lester was
holding court, when suddenly he suspended the
trial Of case by ordering the sheriff to lock- the
doors Of the court house SO that no one could
make his egress from it. Gentlemen" !" said the
Judge when the doors were closed, ~ have just
seen pistol on man In this room, andI cannot
reconcile it to my sense OF duty as peace OIL
Ger to let such violation OF the law pass unno-
ticed. fought, perhaps, to go before the grand
Jury and ind1ct him; but IL that man will walk
up to this stand and lay his pistol and fine of
one dollar down here, viii let him or this
time. The Judge paused, and an attorney sit
ting just before him got up, slipped his hand
into hip pocket drew out neat ivory handled
stx-shooter, and laid it and dollar down upon
the stand. " This Is all right" said the Judge
pistol" Upon this another attorney rose and
laid q Colts revolver and dollar bill before the
Judge, who repeated his former observation.
The process went on until nineteen pistols OF
all kinds and sizes and shapes lay upon the
stand, together with nineteen dollars by their
side The Judge laughed as he c0mphmented
the nineteen delinquents upon being men OF
business, but added that the man whom he had
seen with the pistol had not yet come up; and,
hnued viii give him one minute to accept
my proposition, and, If he tails, win hand him
over to the sher1ff." !" Immediately two men
from the back Of the court rose and began to
move toward the JUDGES stand. Once they
stopped to look at each other, and then, coming
slowly forward, laid down their pistols and
their dollars As they turned their backs the
Judge said: 'sThis man with the black Whiskers
u the one thai ] originally SAM
Evening star., 1880-02-14
Another DelusiOn.

Captain Kidd turns out not to have been a
pirate, 'as he sailed, as he sailed" On the con
trary, according to his defender, Mr.. Douglass
CampDell, WHO read an interesting historical
paper about him before the ST. Nicholas Club In
this city last night, the famous Captain was a
right loyal person who met an undeserved fate
after mockery of q trial. History Is therefore
amended again, and another historical tradition
goes for naught. All the old stories viii have
to be revised. Lucretia Borgia was a good
woman; Elizabeth sp0tless Mary Queen OF Scots
the purest soul that ever lived; Henry VIII. the
pattern of the domestic virtues; Llewellyn's
faithful hound, and the spare arrow for tyrant
Gesler's heart mere myths, and now CAPTAIN
fully and was put to death un1ustly. Eminent
scholars may be engaged, for all that fs We
known, tn gathering together material to prove
tnat JUDAS and Benedict Arnold were not the
w: Field apotheosized the memory OF Andre
who was not spy. but British gentleman an
patr1Ot7-N r. Commercial = -,----
Evening star., 1880-02-14
A Clever Operation.


A curious occurrence has lately taken place at
the Gardens. One night one Of the lions was
observed to be In state of great tribulatton,
rolling about, and trying to get something out
Of his mouth with his paws. Upon examining
the animal to see what was the matter Mr.
Bartlett found that great bone had become
fixture in the poor brutes mouth The diff
Guilty was to remove It, as the lion was In
fearful temper. This was done by getting the lion
into shifting den, >" where his face would not
be very far from the bars. 1t was then ascertain
ed that the object In the lions mouth was the
spongy. round bone, as big as cricket-baI,
which forms the p-1oint Of the horse. The
lion had had part Of haunch of horse for din
ner, and In amusing himself with the bone first
got his upper large canine tooth into the soft
part of the bone, and, biting on it, the corre-
spending canine tooth in the lower jaw came
through so far into the bone that 1t nearly met
with the point Of the upper tooth; the jaw thus
bacame fixed. The animal was thus prevented
from taking food or water. Mr.. Bartlett with
great deal of tact and manRuvring, managed
to get this bone out of the lions mouth, and
lucky he did so, as 1t was found that the long
projecting portion of the bone was pressing
hard upon the lions tongue This is the third
clever operation In dentistry that Mr.. Bartlett
has perfOrmed-frSt, removing a big tooth from
the h1ppOpotamuS; second, operating on the
base OF the tusk Of the big elephant; third,
taking horses leg bone out Of the lions
mouth.
Evening star., 1880-02-14
81 HEIR THEE CALLING.v

1.-THE Tribune
hear thee through the stilly air,
Calling, calling, calling;
hear thee When the night is fair,
When cloudless floats the radiant moon
And pipes the frog in his lagoon
hear thy caterwauling.
l hear thee, Thon as. There's slow
And plaiRtive pathos in thy tone
That comes to me, poet, lone
And thoughtful, and the flow
OF rhymes is STOPPED, the while list
10 thy Maria" quayered low
From some near housetop. All, from thee,
Perchance, was sweet ''Maria" torn,
And likewise, haply, in the pree
An eye, bunch Of hair, were missed.
Maria" will not come. Thy cry
Is heard by me, and / can catch
Thy outlines ON the neighboring thatch-
Thy back bent upward to the sky
With heayiness of inward wo,
Thy slitted ears, thy hair awry,
Thy tail that moveth to and fro,
Thy furrowed brow-however, that
Was furrowed by some rival cat.
l see thee. hear thee, but ''Marin
VIII see thee, hear thee neyermore,
For Ito say sooth, Thomas,
Don't think she'll ever come to shore.
hear thy accents rend the air,
l hear thee calling;
hearfhee when the night is fair,
When cioudless floats the radiant moon
And pipes the frog in his lagoon
hear thy caterwauling. N. 8. TONER.
Evening star., 1880-02-14
RAILROADS.
PALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROA

RALTEMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
THE GREAT DOUBLE TRACK.
National Route and Short Line to the
North, Northyyest. West,
To take effect Sunday. November 10. 1879. ssI:3o
soop.m.-Baiamorss. sAshSstS koos oitS and Way st.-
B:0S ..n.-tNew York. Philadelphia and Boston
Express; On L Sundays to Baltimore only. Break
$50 Oa.m.-Bsitimore, Annapolis and way. (Pied-
mont mon strssburg. I winchester. Haserstewn. Freds-
W 500 na Hasi h % and Laurel Express.
nebse, sl9 Ct R0cs 5a HsdoH
Baltimore Express. Parlor oar to New York and
:sS s.m.-tst. Louis. Chicago, Columbus and
Mtts6uFs Express; ot Etrsderic5. HHgsrstoTn snd q
e sa
z1Ssss: en-. sas xi y Y.a.n.
burg, College, Beltsve. Laurel. Annapolis Junction.
i2d6 d6p.m.-Baihmore. Annapolis Elnoott CITY
ESQ Rm;M,Nsw ;,dg York: Philadslphia and Boston
l:s5 p.m.-tOn sunday only. Baltimore and Way:
E1prsss: FredsrioE. Va hsisS. stops At Annapolis
sews, &Ro1ester and = way s ststtons 81 sundss 70
Point Of Books and Way stations only. go.
BAtTtMORE EXPRESS. Norfolk. except Sum
boat ct Canton: Stops at Bladensburg and Laurel.
500 p. .m.-Point Of Rocks and Way Stations.
s 3 %4sRnTHsoRh 81 wtN Hk5 5aS1i SGs nx
PRESS. Enioott n@y,Hn n3ity, yis RelaHy; Hy61rupna AVN
PITTsBGRGH EXPRESS Sleeping car to Ghioaso.
pittsburgh except Sunday; .
AND BlLTIMORE EXPRESS. Stops ct Badens-
burg and Laurel. Sleeping car to New York. and
special sleeping car 70 Philade!phta.
$50 p m.-fSt Louis and Cincinnati Express.
fDaily. tSundsy only. Other trains daily. except
Sunday.
All trains stop at Relay Station.
For further Information apply St the Baltimore
and Ohio Ticket Offices, Washington Station and
sos, 6ly and Corner 14th and PennsyIvan1a avenue,
orders win be taken for Baggage to be checked
and received ct any point In the city:
W. n. OLEMENT6,
Master Of Transportation.
Z. u. COLE, General Ticket Agent.
GEO. 8. KOONTZ General Agent. my17