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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23
Useful Facts.
ere are 2.75O languages.

There are $3.50 languages.
Two persons die every second.
The average human life is 81 years.
Slow rivers flow seven miles per
hour.
A moderate wind blows seven miles
per hour.
A storm moves IS miles per hour.
A hurricane moves 80 miles per hour.
A rifle ball moves 1000 miles per
hour.
Sound moves 743 miles per hour.
Electricity moves 25S, 900 miles per
second.
The first steamboat piled the Hudson
in 1907.
The first iron steamship was built in
1880.
The first lucifer match was made in
The first horse railroad was built in
1867.
Gold was discovered in California in
1848.
The first use of locomotive in this
country was in 1929.
The first printing press in the United
States was introduced in 1929.
The first almanac was printed by
George Won Purbach in AGO.
Until l776 cotton spinning was per.
formed 10y the hand spinning wheel.
The first steam engine Oh this couti-
nent was brought from England i'll
1863.
Measure 200 feet on each side, and
you will have Il square acre within an
inch.
An acre contains 1910 square yards.
A square mile contains 640 acres.
A mile is $3.50 feet or 1,76O yards in
length.
A fathom is six feet.
A league is three miles.
A Sabbath's days journey in the BIZ
BILE is l, l55 yards (this is Is yards less
than two-thirds of IL mile.)
A days journey is 333 miles.
A cubit is two feet.
A great cubit is ii feet.
A hand (hOrse measure) is A inches.
A palm is three inches.
A span is log inches.
A space is three feet
A barrel of flour weighs 1876 pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
A barrel of powder weighs 25 pounds.
A firkin of butter weighs So pounds.
A tub of butter weighs "a pounds.
The following are sold by weight per
bushel
Wheat, beans and clover seed, 60
pounds per bushel.
Corn, rye and faxseed, Sc pounds
per bushel.
Buckwheat 50 pounds per bushel.
Barley AZ pounds per bushel.
Oats 35 pounds per bushel.
Bran 35 pounds per bushel.
Timothy seed As pounds per bushel.
Coarse salt IS pounds per bushel.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

IMMERSION IN WINTER.-Eleven per-
sous were recently baptized by INNER
sion at Bridgeport, Conn.,, under the
forms of the Second Advent Church.
Five of them were men, three were
girls. A bright sun was shining, but
the air was keen and cold, the ther-
mometer Indicating only few degrees
above the freezing point. Each candi-
date, after immersion, was kept waiting
in wet clothes while the Others were
so that those who went in first
must have had anything but warm
time of it. If this was done in heathen-
dom, we would call it barbaIism.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23
Wholesome Influences of Farm Life
on Bows.

A great restlessness is being felt
among our country boys, and desire
to exchange the dull routine of farm
life for the excitement and luxury of
the city. Against this we enter our
protest.
No fact is more alarming to the faith
ers and mothers of the boys in the city
than this that their fortunes can only
descend temporarily to their children,
that only a few short years can pass
when the young men of nerve and brain
coming from the country shall displace
those who have been reared in luxury
under circumstances in which neither
muscle nor brain could be developed.
A test of this question was made by
Rev. Washington GLADDEN., to deter
mine what proportion of business men
the country has furnished. He sent
postal cards to 100 of the substantial
business men of Springfield, asking
where their early years were spent.
Seventy four of the eighty eight who
replied gave the significant answer that
in childhood and youth they had the
wholesome training of farm life.
There is philosophy in all this. The
exercise of hard labor in the open air is
not only necessary to develop the mus
Gle, but to give solid texture to the
brain, without which well-develOped
mind is impossible. An eminent divine
in addressing the young of his audience
in the city of New York said, "You de-
sire to have a fair countenance, and
pride yourself in having a tender and
soft muscle; but you must be content
in no wiz
In the past and no doubt in the future,
unless a radical change obtains in the
habits of city life, the country must fur
nish the young men to fill our profess
siOns, to become our lawyers, clergy
men, doctors and teachers, and also the
business of the city must be turned over
to them. This is dark view of the
matter for parents in the city, but it is
useless to try to fight natural law.
These country boys have labored hard,
endured privation and exposure until
the iron has entered into their muscle
and brain, and when they come to
measure arms with the young man of
the city in point of talent, it is no won
der that the latter is sent reeling back
and his place is taken by those whose
discipline has better qualified them for
the place.
To the farmer boys we say stick to
the old home on the farm. Spend there
your childhood and youth, attend the
old country school, and listen to the
solid and sensible instructions of the
old country parsen; then, after you
have acquired good constitution, if
you are able, go to college. With a
good and healthy physical and mental
development and a good and noble
manhood, if you choose to come to the
city, its position, responsibility and
honor are before you, with the chance
in your favor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

America stands first in the world fol
honey production, as well as for, SCI
entific management and improved i'm
plements for the apiary next comes
Switzerland, then England and France.
Pliuce GOrtchakoff, the chancellor of
Russia, whose diplomatic career began
1T the Congress of Vienna, lies dying at
st. Petersburg. He has been long in
slender health, and his death has been
for months one of the current POSSIBLE
ties of European diplomacy.
A railway has just been finished for
the ascent of Mount Vesuvius. 1t is
| 900 meters in length, and will enable
tourists to ascend 10y it to the crater in
safety.
A Stratford farmer recently jumped
into his well to spite his wife for getting
him into debt; she let him stand in
thee feet of icy water until he agreed
to deed her his whole farm, when she
helped him out.
A Boston woman on whom notice was
served to remedy imperfect drainage
by traps thought that she had removed
the cause of two deaths from diphthera
by placing mouse traps under every
sink and drain.
The following is the income per day
of the principal sovereigns of Europe ::
Queen Victoria, $1,000; the emperor of
Russia, S25, 900 the emperor of Aus
tria, $40, 900 the emperor of Germany,
SO 900; the sultan, Sic, 700; the king
of Italy, So, 400; and the king of the
Belgians, 81 $40. The president of the
French republic enjoys salary of $500
per day.
A young Maine farmer, whose new
wife, a highly cultured Boston girl,
well up in geology and mineralogy,
disappointed him by rambling over the
farm. and pecking ut the rocks instead
of attending to the milk and eggs, ex-
perienced a complete revolution in his
feelings, when she discovered gold, and
he was told that his farm was worth
$50,00O.
A summons has been issued in En-
gland for a cabinet council on Wednes
day. There is reported to he a general
demand throughout the country, among
both liberals and tories, that Gladstone
shall assume the leadership. Gladstone
declines demonstration in his honor
in London. The latest summary of the
returns of the elections gives the liber-
ais 345 seats, the conservatives 22S and
the home rulers 81.
p. II. Barnum, when recently asked
whether he would be candidate for
mayor of Bridgeport with an assured
election, replied "No; if should ever
accept the nomination again, it would
be under the assurance that would not
be elected. | had rather be a good
Snowman than poor mayor. Besides
am old enough to know better than to
accept any more Offices"
A Boston market report says of but
ter: "The extensive sale of OleOmarga-
rine, together with increasing receipts,
has had demoralizing influence on the
market, and a reduction of and cts.
per pound has been submitted to-" 1t
is evident from this that the Legislature
has moved none to quickly in requiring
Oleomargarine to be sold for what it is,
rather than for what it is not. What
its virtues and vices us staple grocery
may prove to be, it clearly ought not to
be imposed upon people for butter, or
sold at n fictitious valuation on account
of its resemblance to butter.-Spr. Re
publican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

Cost OF THE BIG TUNNELs.-The
Mont Gents tunnel is eight miles long,
was thirteen years in process of con-
struction, and cost $l5,0OO,00O. The
Hoosac tunnel is about four and three
quarters of mile long. From eighteen
to twenty-years were taken up in its
construction, and the cost was about
SIS, 100000. The St. GOthard is nine
and il quarter miles in length, and has
been completed in less than seven years
and a half. Its estimated cost is So
100000. The science of engineering is
evidently not at a staudstil.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23
Healthy Homes.

In an address before the sanitary
congress at CraydOn, DR.. Richardson of
London gave Il few golden rules for Sc
curing health at home. First, he would
put sunlight. Whether your home be
large or small, give it light. Not only
was the mind saddened in q home that
was not flushed with light, but sunlight
was of itself directly useful to health.
The practice of placing sick people in
dark and closely curtained rooms was
alike perniciOus to body and spirit
and moreover, he had found by expert
ment that certain organic pOisons anal
OgOus to the pOisons which propagate
epidemic and contagious diseases were
rendered innocuOus by exposure to
light. If it were good to make all pos
sible use of sunlight, it was equally
good to make as little use as possible of
artificial light. Artificial lights so far
had been a source of waste, not only of
the material out of which they were
made, but of the air in which they were
burned. In the air of the closed room,
the present commonly lamps, can
dies and gaslights robbed the air of a
part of its vital constituent, and sup
piled in return products really injurious
to life. Gaslight was in this respect
most hurtful, but the others were bad
when long kept burning in a confined
space. The fewer hours after dark that
were spent in artificial light the better,
and this suggested, of itself, that within
reasonable limits, the sooner we went
to rest after dark the better. 1t was of
the greatest Importance in IL healthy
home to let every person have sepa-
rate bed, and the clothes should be
light and warm. AS the bedroom was
the room in which third of the
whole life was passed, that ought to be
the room on which most trouble after
health should be bestowed. The rule
followed was the reverse of this. The
bedroom should be so planned that
never less than four hundred cubic feet
of space should be given to each occu-
pant, however good the ventilation
might be- The walls should be colOred
with distemper or with paint, that like
the silicate paint, could be washed
three or four times year. The win
dows should have nothing more than a
blind and a half muslin curtain. The
floors should have carpets only around
the beds, without vaiances from the
beds. The furniture should be as sim
pie and scanty as possible, the chairs
free OF all stutfings or covers that could
hold dust. Of all things, again, the
room should be kept clear of all vest
ments not in use. From time to time a
lire should be made in every bedroom,
that free current of atmospheric air
might sweep through it from open doors
and windows. Dry scrubbing is by far
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

WILSON'S from having overloaded the
stomach, an instantaneous remedy,
most efficient and applicable in large
number of cases. is heaping teaspoon
full of common salt and as much ground
mustard, stirred rapidly in teacupful
of water, warm or cold, and swallowed
instantly. 1t is scarcely down before it
begins to come up, bringing with it the
remaining contents of the stomach, and
lest there be any remnant of the poison,
however small, let the white of an egg
or a teaspoonful of strong coffee be
swallowed as soon as the stomach is
quiet, because these very common arti-
cles nullify large number of virulent
pOisOns.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

SNOW EATING UNHEALTHY.-A wri-
ter in the chronological Journal admOn-
ishes parents to guard their children
from the practice of snow eating, claim
ing that it has much to do with head
colds of many girls and boys, because
OF the chilling effect of snow upon the
palate or thin partition between the
mouth and nOstrils, producing conges-
ton in the fine membrane which lines
its upper surface. AS this mem rane is
almost entirely constituted of delicate
nerves and blood vessels, inflammation
is likely to follow the congestion, and
perhaps degenerating into nasal ca
tarrb, an affection so common with per-
sons in our northern latitude.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

GTATE OF VERMONT c,1pno,-- ----
- In Probate Court, held nj tLe Prt DISTRICT S.
Anrii IN said district on the i4tS H nee in
Moses e. Barrett, administrator ,,,,o.. -,
tate of Judson L. Gibbs late oS OF upon the es
sald district deceased presents his ood%miS6Gry
account for examination and alowonca" ni5
ttlnn ~ on Tor decree Of Distribute" an5
WhereupOn it is ordered by said co,,,.. /.
account and sad application be referred t tat aa
son Thereof to be held at the Probate 0c 20 IA
for hearing and decision thereon. Ana' a. d. lssO
ordered that notice hereof be given tn an Is imfher
interested by publication Of the same n ptrsons
successfully i'll the Caledonian n n nIee Weeks
lished at st. JOhnsbury previous 10 newspaper pub
pointed for hearing that they NAV anUea ,nle ap
time and place, and show cause il any nv, AZ SAID
such decree made "'N' anu
By the Court, Attest,
29-31 HENRY FRENCH Register
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

cooling the brain and inducing calmer,
sweeter sleep than any narcotic. Warm
water may be used, though most pre-
fer cold. To those who suffer from over
excitement of the brain, whether the
result of brain work or pressing ankle
ty, this simple remedy has proved an
especial boom"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23
w. j. BRAY,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
r. r. Street, St. Johnsburv.

can build or repair house in as short n snace
keep all kinds of workmen, Masons, Carnente i
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terials timber oist, boards, cIapboards, lafh. ce
dar, spruce and fir shingles, DOORS windows
blinds, brackets; mouldngs, ladders hardware,
nme, pants, wall and building paper, and every
thing necessary for building. take Jobs from the
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completely finish them ready for occupancy with
out any delay as keep all kinds of work going on
at the same time. 1 attend to my business person
ally, so that know that it is moving By beino
prompt and attentive to business hope to merit q
continuance of past favOrs and share of the nnb
lie patronage. 81 If Anril Ist Ia5go 1o
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

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Address GEORGE STINSON & CO., Portland,
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

How TO OBTAIN SLEEP.-The follow
ing is recommended as a cure for sleep
lessness: "Wet half towel, apply it
to the back of the neck, pressing it up
ward toward the base of the brain, and
fasten the dry half of the towel over SO
as to prevent the too rapid exhalation.
The effect is prompt and charming,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

the best mode of cleansing the floor.
An equal temperature of about 60 de-
grees Fahrenheit throughout the house,
a free access of air, and above all, dry
all.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23
FARM FOR SALE.

Situated in Burke and known as the homestead
of the late BENJAMIN A. BEMIS, consisting of
$50 acres of good land well wooded and watered,
buildings mostly new, and running water at house
and barn. Good sugar orchard of 900 trees. Good
sugar house. Said farm is pleasantly located ON
the road from Burke to Newark. IL miles from
the first mentioned place, and two miles from West
Burke. Will sell the stock and farming tools with
the farm if desired A part of the purchase money
can remain the place for time secured by mort
gage. % tt NANCY Il. BEMIS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

The Value OF one Redeemed Soul In the
Sight of God.
= Ye shall be gathered one by one. lisa.
81: II.
know thee by, name, and thou hast
also found grace in my sight. Elk. 80:
r. bEte ESQ r
There isjoy in the presence of the
angels of God over one sinner that re-
penteth. Luke Is: 10, Z.
1t is not the will of my Father which
is i'm heaven that one of these little
ones should perish. Matt. lS: IA.
OF Zion it shall be said, This and that
man was born in her.
The Lord shall count, when he
writeth up the people. that this man
was born there. Ps. 81: 5, 6.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23
A LIEN POPE'S ESTATE.

A LIEN POPE'S ESTATE
the Honers sSSEscPFl r"h having been appointed.
Oaiea3nia, Commissioners to receive 'ne district
said distre Of de Aen Pope late DanyEss
the term Of SIX represented nsoven am
the iG9O beng allowed bv s saS 81 day
prove their on said deceased to exb HGrt
notice that we viii attend claims before u.s. G aTa
Polntment at the dwelling house "a gu.ies Of ap
doPe, Danyille, in said district nhe late Allen
in the rH o1h 6ny of October at ten is day
CHARLES L. MORRTfII
29-3l VIM. j. STANTON ILL., }Com,,,u.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

WESTERN VIEW OF THE MONROE
DOCTRINE.-Bindwell L. Stevens writes
from North Vernon, Indiana: "What is
the Monroe doctrine The Monroe
doctrine, Bindwell, simply and explic-
lily declares that no foreign nation shall
come over here and slide down our Gel
lar door; that England and France shall
not hang on our front gate to do their
counting; that they can't bring over
their own sirup pots and elder sprouts
and make sugar i'm our maple grove !;
that Germany and Austria can't spot no
bee tree in our woods; that Italy can't
cut her firewood out of our hedgerows :;
that Russia can't spank her neighbours
children with our butter paddle. The
Monroe doctrine simply means that we
are the bull of the woods between the
two oceans, and that the man who joins
farms with us on either side had better
not move the boundary fence until he
talks to us about it, and that he can't
sublet patch of his farm to anybody
until we are satisfied that the new ten
ant will make a good neighbor for us.
That's about all there is of it.-[Bur-
lingtOn HaWkeye
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23
ARNEssEsG HaRNEsSES

Thanking the people of St Johnsbury and yicin
ity for their liberal patronage in the past would
inform them that shall continue to manufaeture
and keep everything usually found in firstclass
Harness Shop, including O'''N'
Heavy Work, Light Double Driving. and
all styles of Single Driving and
Express Harnesses.
My aim is not to see how cheap an article can
MAKE but to see how good harness can make
Ior the least possible price. also keep complete
Whips,
Horse Brushes,
Combs and Cards, a
large variety of Interfering
Goods, Enamelied & Rubber Cloths,
Enamelled & Patent feathers
Oil Cloths, Horse Cow
ers & Nets, Car
rage Mats
HARNESS OIL, AND SOAPS.
e Repairing attended to promptly.
JOHN L. COUCH,
Basement of Danville Block Opposite Pass. Depot.
ST. JOHNSBURY, VT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23
ARE YOU GOING WEST !?

IL so he sure and go on HARVEY'S EXCURSION
Tickets sold to all principal points in the West
leaving St Johnsbury by Special rain in first
class cars with special first-class car Montreal to
lineage without change, with guide to accom-
pany the party. Baggage checked through in
Bond Save money and time and 20 with Harvey
For full particulars, call or address
A. C. HARVEY.
Western Land, and Ticket Agent.
ST. bloomsbury VT
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

INTEMPERANCE.-Ju Aaron w.
Sawyer of Nashua has made Il bitter at
tack in a temperance address at Man
chester, upon the "rum- besotted party
of repubicanism," asserting that little
Nashua boys took whiskey to school
and tried to get little girls drunk that
one of these little girls entreated one of
these depraved sons of republicans to
stop drinking, and he mournfully re-
piled that he could not break his chains
for more than week, and he expected
to die in the gutter; that judges of the
supreme court have carried drunken
colleague home and that the Govern
or came to Nashua so drunk as to vomit
over his wife's dress.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23
Gsfafes.
Petition for Discharue in R.nL-~
In 1.-The the District Court of the United S,ot.
Bankrupt LEY GRRE
DISTRICT OF VERMONT, s..

f,e Notice IL is hereby given that petition
in said Sald court by Finley Green of Haas nSs b
ander the act of Congress of March "a GTalnkupl
aischarge and certificate thereof froI, 1861 fs
a apI t ana other claims provabie under az Their
anu mat the 18th day of Nav. 1880 et sad art
r M; before the Hon. HoYT Il W yV1U, at OcocE
o. o. sald court at the o. S. Court Rooms IN Jude
Is assigned for the hearing of the same IN Windsr
a mgr otb ar creditors who have proved then g
',. s persons IN interest may attend al, debt
cause II any they have why the praver 90 and shos
'iI nnta sIo gu "a not be granted. VI SdB
D 90 5e at burlington on the 18th dav of A..
~'-oI b. b. SMAiIEVW ~ lssO
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-23

The following is the sworn statement to the In
surance Commissioner of Massachusetts of t6a II
nan condition al the '"