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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-03
Shot Guns g. Rifles.
CBTeeeh LoadingJ
Loading Tools,
PRIM Frs, WADS,
SHELLS, ETC.
Prices reduced at II
BINCHAM'S.
w. j. BRAY,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
r. r. Street, ST. Johnsbury.

can build or repair a hOuse in as short space
Of time any in this part OLthe country for l
keep all kinds Of wOrkmcn, MasOns Carpenters
Painters, LabOrors and teams, 80 that can do any
and all kinds Of Jobs by the day or by contract, and
at the lowest cash prices for good work, on short
notice / will furnish all the material for building
not a. desired by parties wishing u build for
keep constantly on hand all kinds Of building
torials timber, joist, boards, elapboards lath
dar spruce and fir shingles, doors, windows
blinds brackets mouldings ladders. hardware
thing necessary for building. take jobs from the
bottom of the cellar u the top of the chimneys and
com pletsly finish them ready for occupancy with
ont any delay as keep all kinds of work going on
at the same time. / attend TO my business person
ally 80 that know that IL il moving BY being
prompt and attentive TO business hope 70 merit a
continuance Of past favOrs and share Of the pub
lie patronage. 7u April lst 1890.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
About the Women.

Every one who is trying to lead good
and useful life should make it rs far as
possible an agreeable and courteous cne,
not only to friends and intimates. but also
to casual acquaintances, to servants, de.
pendents, and people in the humber walks
of life. Whoever abandons gentleness
of disposition and graciousness of word
and deed, throws away means of growth
in goodness anda weapon of the utmost eff
ficacy in the battle oflife. Coarse christians
help the enemy of mems souls.
1t would be a good thing if the printers
of the country would resolutely refuse to
set up that statement about the proper way
to wash lace again. There isn't woman
in the country who hasn't read that long
story beginning Sew the lace upon bot
tie, and there isn't a sensible woman in
the country who does not know that she
can do the work better without the bottle
and with her two hands and some soap and
water.
Women have been employed as clerks in
the Stockholm Euskilda Bank, Stockholm.
Sweden, for sixteen years, and A. o. .Wallen-
berg, director, writes: 'Since the 4th of
July. 1854, sixteen young ladies have been
engaged in the bank. Out of these are still
in the service of the bank s; married and
left, 5; advanced to more remunerative
positions in other institutions, 2; dismissed
for inaptitude, l. Of those remaining are
cashiers on their own responsibility. Is
assistant to the keeper of the head ledger
and hold inferior positions.
Labouchere says of lady riders: ITO ell
bow is bad enough, but when the left arm
is raised nearly parallel to the shoulder it
looks, to say the least of it, odd, especially
when the riders ewes are fixed to the left
with look as to say, now, what do you
think of my style of riding?' In my humble
opinion ladies cannot ride (or for the mat.
ter of that do anything in public toe quiet
ly. The arms should fall naturally from
the shoulder, with the elbow well in at the
waist, hands low and light and shoulders
well squared. This gives perfect seat
know that women inclined to embonpoint
as u rule can not sit as straight and square
as thin women; all the more reason for
them to try and do so, and, above all, to
keep their elbows well in. To affect an at
titude on horseback is very great mis-
take
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
DEAD AT LAST.

The Iowa Woman After Fast Of 46 Days.
A dispatch from Sioux City, Iowa, says: At
1890 TO- day Miss Hattie Duel, whose remark
able feat of fasting has already made her IA
nous, died. Last night friends and relatives
were at her bedside and momentarily expected
her death. Her pulse this morning was i'm
percepible, and her respirations thirty five to
the minute. She has not drank any water dur
ing the last twenty-fou hours, it seeming to
make her sick, and when she last drank she
complained of nausea. Even this morning she
evinced considerable strength and was able to
communicate to her friends by means of her
fingers and slate. She even reached out and
opened a small drawer in bureau which stood
by the bed. She was asked if she was not hun
CRY, but she answered in the negative. She had
lain in semi-comatose condition all night, but
this forenoon her mental powers were clear and
unaffected, and she seemed to understand all
that was going on about her Her last moments
were very peaceful, and surrounded by the
friends and relatives who had done 80 much for
her, she sank gradually into the everlasting
sleep. ..----s.-. -...--.....
A post mortem examination showed that the
stomach retained small quantity of fluid, and
appeared normal The intestines and sur
rounding tissues were entirely normal The
intcstines were wholly empty, except slight
accumulation of faces in the rectum. The
kidneys were normal, and adipose and muscu-
lar tissues were almost entirely gone. There
was very little blood, but it was apparently
normal
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
Simon CamerOn's First Geography.
From The Philadelphia Press.

Yesterday an old gentleman who knows
much of his early history gave me one in
cident as specimen of how he began life
General Cameron's mother" said this old
friend, "was great woman. She labored
for her children with zeal and energy of
which few beings are capable, and it was
her teaching and example, as well as native
mental force, which marked the life of her
boys with those strong characteristics which
have enabled them to make their mark in
life." The old storekeeper in Maytown,
the little hamlet in Lancaster County
where General Comeron was born" said
my informant, often told of his struggle
for his first book in geography. He was
only eight or nine years old when he became
far enough advanced in elementary educa-
ton to study geography, and he approach
ed the teacher with the desire of his heart.
The teacher promised if he could get a
book to put him in the class, but how to
dollar, and even pennies were scarce in his
home. He consulted his mother, and they
together planned for the geography. She
entered heartily into her sons ambition.
After three months of effort, enough of
the odds and ends the of family economy
left from the daily demand for bread was
saved up. These were carried to the coun-
try store by boy who has since written SO
strongly upon the pages of his country's po-
litical history. When they were weighed
and counted the merchant shook his head
and said: '.There is only 73 cents worth,
Simon, and the book costs ST." As the
boy thought of the struggle he had made to
accumulate what he had brought, andstill
the prize was far away, the tears sprang to
his ewes. The merchant reiented and taking
him by the shoulder, saids Simon, YOU
are good boy; you can haye the.book, and
You can pay me the other27 cents when
you get 1t" He not only lived long enough,
said his friend to pay the az cents, but to
the man who thus served his childish am
bition many kindnesses.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
RAILROADS.


Charles H. Hudson, of Chicago, succeeds @.
F. Hatches, general manager of the MinneapO-
lis i St Louis
The government railways of Manitoba will be
officially passed over to Mr. A. B. Stickney as
manager of the branch lines, during the present
| month.
Word was received at St. Peter from head
| quarters that the Milwaukee and st Paul road
will not build any road through Nicollet county
| this year.
The management of the Detroit Grand Ha-
| ven 4 Milwaukee railway announces that it's
through passenger business, between Milwau-
kee and Grand Haven will be resumed April
IS. W ~
Judge Cox of the 9th Judicial district, has
rendered an important decision, sustaining the
rights of settlers on the line of the Northwest
ern Railroad company in Lyon and Lincoln
counties
The directors and stockholders of the st.
Cloud, Mankato 4 Austin Railroad company
have perfected the consolidation of the two
companies Articles of incorporation will be filed
with the secretary of state.
Mr. James B. Power of St Paul, against
whom, as its land agent, the Northern Pacific
Railroad company has instituted a series of
suits, is on his way home from New York, to
met the charges against him.
In the case of Mary A. Murray vs. Gen. E. B.
Tyler. postmaster of Baltimore, for 500, 600
for an alleged indecent assault while an en-
ploye in the post-ofice, the jury gave verdict
| for the plaintiff, assessing damages at So, GOO.
Says the Cincinnati Gazette: The people of
the Northwest have always felt that the sharp
rivalry between the Chicago 4 Northwestern
and Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St Paul roads would
insure reasonable rates for all time But they
were mistaken, for within the past thirty days
basis of consolidation was agreed upon, and
it would have been consummated had not the
pf (Iranph A
posed. 1t will be seen, then, that laws prohib-
iting the consolidation of parallel lines of rail
roads are OF the highest Importance to the in
dustrial business of the whole country
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
Sense and Sentiment.

David Swing: To smile at the jest which
plants thorn in another's breast, is to be-
come principal in the mischief.
George Eliot: There's sort of human
paste, that when it comes near the fire of
enthusiasm is only baked into harder shape
Lord Beaconsfeld There is no time in a
mans life when he is SO great as when he
cheerfully bows to the necessity of his po-
sition, and makes the best of it.
De Varenne: If women could hide their
gray hairs as they do their faults, they
would bother themselves no more about the
first than they do about the second
Plutarch: To do an evil action is base;
to do good one without incurring danger
is common enough; but it is the part of a
good man to do great and noble deeds,
though he risks everything.
Charles Reade: The fortunate man is he
who, born poor, or nobody, works gradual
ly up to wealth and consideration; and,
having got them, dies before he finds they
were not worth so much trouble.
Henry George: Man is an animal; bu he
is an animal plus something else. He is
the mythic earth tree, whose roots are in
the ground, but whose topmost branches
may blossom in the heavens.
Bacon: If we listen to David's harp, we
shall find as many hearse-ike harmonies
as carols; and the pencil of inspiration hath
more labored to describe the affections of
Job than the fecillties of Solomon.
Thackeray:. A woman may be loved for
three things: for her superior intellect-a
love serious but rare; for her beauty-a
love vulgar and brief; for the qualities of
heart-a love lasting but monotonous.
Dumas fls: Why should a man of intel
Egence become attached to woman? For
the same reason that Horace Vernet attached
himself to the mast of ship, that he might
contemplate the tempest.
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Don't you know
how hard it is for some people to get out of
room after their visit is really over? One
would think he was built in your parlor or
study, and were waiting to be launched.
Hawthorne: Thank Providence for the
spring The earth, and mau himself by
sympathy with his birthplace, would be far
other than we find him if life toiled wearily
onward without this periodical infusion of
the primal spirit.
Carlyle: The man without purpose is
like ship without q rudder; waif, a moth
ing, no man. Have purpose in life, if
it is only to kill, and divide, and sell oxen
well, but have a purposes. and having it.,
throw such strength Of mind and muscle
into your work as God has given you.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
EMPEROR ALEXANDER'S ASSASSINS.

Their Trial at st. Petersburg Most Of them
Openly Confess their Complication in the
Crime.
The trial Of the NihiLists implicated in the
assassination of the late czar began on the 9th
inst After the reading of the indictment WAS
concluded, the president of the court asked the
prisoners whether they wished to say anything
Rossakoff, who threw one of the bombs, spoke
to tor half an hour He said he primarily desired
to agitate peacefully, but entered into the late
conspiracy, seeing no other way out of the 80
cial troubles. Mickaeloff, who was arrested as
he entered RossakOtf:s g house, said he belonged
to the terrorist faction of the party, but denied
Rossakoff's statement that he participated III
the arrangements for the murder of the car
Hessy Hoffman acknowledged that she kept a
conspirators lodging house, which was the
depot for their implements, but denied having
actively participated in the czar's assassination
kibaltschitiseh, the bomb maker, avowed his
connection with The Will of the Peoples party,
their wish, he said, being to gam their object
by peaceable propaganda, butthey were reluct-
ant1y obliged to adopt terrorist measures. He
admitted preparing five bombs. Sophie Pieoff-
sky avowed her participation in the preparation
OF the Mascow plot and the murder of the czar
Jeliak-1, who was the most intelligent of the
prisoners, fuently related with diabolical salts
faction the history of the two Alexandorfsky
mines. He said he was at the head of one group
of the party and was charged by the executive
committee with the work of organization of the
attack by bombs, and was connected with the
Sadowa street mire as simple worker After
these declarations the procurator stated that it
would perhaps be possible to shorten the trials
To-day's sitting was occupied in hearing
speeches for the prosecution. In the center
OF the court room are various articles Of tangi-
ble evidence against the prisoners, such as
boxes OF dynamite, papers, chemicals, apparatus,
etc., placed on table, and guarded by gen.
darme with drawn sword
After three hours deliberation the court re-
turned with verdict of guilty against all, and
sentence to death by hanging was pronounced
Sophie Pieoffsky's sentence will be submitted
to the car for confirmation, because she is of
noble birth
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
Beecher and StOrrs on the New Bible Re.
vision.

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher says with
reference to reported expunging in the
revised edition Of the New Testament:
There are undoubtedly good many things
in the New Testament that might be chang
ed or word might be dropped without al
tering the sense. For instance, there should
be expunged that intrusive explanation that
certain angel went down at certain hour
and troubled the waters in the pool of
Bethesda. Of course, that ought to go; but
as to the woman taken in adultery, they
say that is to be thrown out of the new book.
If it is will paste it in the back of mine.
1t is one of the most characteristic stories
in the life of Christ think the revised
book will be accepted without dispute. The
ground has been prepared in such way
and the introduction $50 wisely prearranged
that should be disappointed if it did not
work its way on" The Rev. DR. Storrs of
Brooklyn, who is regarded as an authority
on most questions relating to the Bible,
says: 1T is quite time that there was re-
vision of the translation. The arrangement
for this revision has seemed to me to be
very intelligent and Catholic in it's spirit,
and I look forward with a great deal of hope
to the result of it"
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21

The New York Tribune does not say
like it's illustrious founder. young man, go
west, but realizing that now is the time
when the western fever seizes upon the
young men in the older sections of the
country, it gives good advice as to who
should go, and where, and who should stay
at home. Upon one point the Tribune
says: IF man has not got plenty Of work
in him he had better stay where he is.
Shiftless and incompetent people are NO.
where SO out of place as in the west. Like
the black sheep in the nursery ballad that
had no wool for the little boy that cried in
the lane, the west has nothing for the
whimpering laggards of the east. She has
golden feeces enough, but the Argonauts
who secure them must be brave, laborious
and self-reliant."
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
CUT-THROAT CONTRACTS INVALID.
Decision Of the Supreme Court Of Minnesota
ON n Harvester Note


The Minneapolis Harvester Works, appellant, vs.
Matthias Hally, respondent Syllabus: This action
Is brought upon the following instrument:
$40 BELLE PLANE, Mimi, Oct. 5, 1873.
On or before the first day Of September. 1879.
tor value received in two NJ. l. reapers, promise
to pay to the order Of the Minneapolis Harvester
Works two hundred and forty dollars at the Office
Of Minneapolis Harvester Works, in Minneapolis,
Mnn with interest at the rate of IL per cent. per
annum from date until paid, agreed that If paid at
maturity Iof in thirty days thereafter then the in
sideration Of the credit herein given that If this
note Is not paid when due. and suit is brought
thereon, will Day flve dollars additional on the
may be included in the judgment, and I fnrther
agree to pay all other reasonable expenses incurred
in collecting this note.
the machine, for which this note is given is such
that the ttle ownership right of possession does
not pass from the said Minneapolis Harvester
Works until this note and interest is paid in full
And the said Minneapolis Harvester Works. or their
authorized agents, are hereby fully authorized and
empowered to proceed to collect the same at any
time they may reasonably deem themselves insecure:
ana before the maturity thereof, may take the
possession OF said machine, sell the and apply
the proceeds towards the payment of this note after
naylng all costs and necessary expenses: also, this
note to become due upon the removal of its maker
from the county wherein he now resides This note
may be paid In good farmers notes. taken and en-
ocrsea aGsoTding RT1 p to contract; con- G M HALLT.
Minnesota.
Witness: p. B. Nettleton
1t appeared the machines, which were the ex-
pressed consideration Of the instrument, had been
taken from the possession Of the defendant by the
plaintiff, and sold.
Held, That the result is total failure of consid-
Grafton expressed in the instrument and that what
ever remedy the plaintiff may have in the premises
this action, which is brought upon the instrument
mentioned recover the price therein agreed to be
paid by the defendant for the machines, cannot be
maintained.
The verdict was therefore right, and the order de-
nying new trial II accordingly affirmed.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Robert Collyer's Plea for Equality in all
Things Between Them

Robert COllyer's Plea for Equality in all
Things Between Them
Address in New York on Marriage.
l can enter into no particulars. car
only say to the young man that what he
calls seeing life may very often be called
seeing death rather, and the building
closet to keep a skeleton in the Holy of Ho-
lies. Purity and truth toward each other
from the day you plight your troth to the
day you die are also the sure foundations
on which true marriage rests. I touch no
impossible mountain back of purity when l
tell you this, and touch no slime of indeh-
cacy. I only say that true love is as pure
and delicate always as it is when the heart
is first smitten with the sweet pang, in which
We find this is the man and this the woman
we have been looking for. and as
the good Bishop Hugo used to say,
though he did live in what we call the Dark
Ages, the true wife and mother with the
true husband and father always stand in
their original purity before God and the
angels. Then there is one more question
which touches US with its unrest and always
will make trouble, asst should. The woman
| is still placed by law and custom on the
footstool while the man is on the throne,
| while they should "sit side by side full
summed in all their powers" That day
| will come, and until it does come We must
| keep its warning star shining through our
own windows. They are the great races
who give a great place to the mother and
wife. And when we do this the woman is
the rare exception who does not prove wor-
| thy the place. No man can begin to solve
the problems of life by himself alone out
doors. even, let alone indoors. When
Joseph Fry proposed to Elizabeth Quincy
and she rejected him he got a good
old Quaker to speak good word for
him and after he had spoken it he said
What message shall I carry now from thee
to Joseph? Is there any hope?" ''Only in
this" Elizabeth said, that a woman always
holds herself free to change her mind"
| Then thee will have him." her anciezt
| friend concluded, and will tell him to
come right along" He came and she be-
came Elizabeth Fry, and that was the last
| of changing her mind. She grew to be a
great woman because her husband gave her
great space and would not be content that
| she should not fill it. Every man, We used
to say in the ''Dales, has to ask his wife
whether he shall get along, and our friend
Mrs. Payser used to say that she saved one
quarter of the living and earned another
| quarter, and say it would be grand fac
| tor in this agreement between the man and
woman that they should stand on perfectly
equal ground down to the drawing up of the
will and sharing the estate.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21
The Same Unending Round.
From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican.

From the Springfield (Mass,) Republican.
The fast years of the last half century in
trade in business, and in general prosperity
have all run the same round.-great land
sales, great railroad building, rise in rents
and real estate boom-whose "center"
moves westward at each periods great
expansion of municipal Indebtedness, and
then crash and liquidation. No amount
of prophecy ever prepared the public for
crash or made men ready for panic, how
ever, and this is partly because there is so
much prophecy. The causes which are GO
ing to bring on a panic can always be fore
seen, but the time needed to honeycomb
existing prosperity cannot 1t took all the
time from 1869 to 1873 to bring the last
area of expansion to the ground, but the
causes sure to bring on panic began to
be predicted about from the close of the
war. In the matter of excessive railroad
building, the prophets are undoubtedly
right in asserting that the country is just
now building beyond its means; but in the
past it has taken four, six or eight years of
this extravagance to bring the country to
the end Of its rope and it has only had two
as yet. None the less is it true, as in the
four years before 1873 that the blow may
fall in any season. .ses a.
Morris tribune., 1881-04-21

THERE are rumors that trouble is now
at hand from the extension of American
railways into Mexico. The Mexican gov
eminent had given permission to the Atch-
ison, Santa Fe and Topeka railroad to cross
into Mexico at FL Paso and continue the
line to the city of Chihuahua, and thence
to the city of Mexico. This line is now
within few miles of Ell Paso, the first town
on the Mexican border; and here the trouble
begins, for the government Of Mexico had
heretofore granted the right to the state of
chihuahua to build line of railroad from
FL Paso to Chihuahua over the same route
The state of Chihuahua will prevent, by
force, the Atchison & Santa Fe people from
building this road; and the governor of
Chihuahua, has ordered 500 state troops to
FL Paso. 1t is said that Gen. Pope has
been invited to Washington for consultation
and sensational stories are afioat that Amer
ican troops will soon be ordered to take DO
sition near that point.