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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-08
THE DEVIL.
BY THE REV. ALFRED J. HoUeH.

Men don't believe in Devil now as their
fathers used to do;
They've forced the door of the brosdest creed
to let His Majesty through.
There isn't a print of his cloven foot or a
fiery dart from his bow
To be found in earth or air TODAY for the
world has voted
But who is it mixing the fatal draught that
palsies heart and brain,
And loads the bier of each passing wear with
ten hundred thousand slain
Who blightS the bloom Of the land today with
the fiery breath of He'll,
If the Devil isn't and never was Won't some
body rise and tell
Who dogs the steps of the toiling saint and digs
the pits for his feet
Who sows the tares in the fields of time wherever
God sows his wheat 2
The Devil is voted not TO be and of course the
thing is true;
But who is doing the kind of work the Devil alone
should do
We are told he does not 20 about IS roaring lion
now;
But whom shall We hold responsible for the ever
lasting row
To be heard in home, in church and state, to the
earth's remOtest bound
If the Devil BY unanimous vote is nowhere to be
found
Won't somebody step to the front forthwith, and
make their bow and show
How the frauds and the crimes of single day
spring ups We want to know
The Devil fairly voted out and, of course,
the Devils gone
Il,,tg
his business on
LUDLOW VT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-08
AN Airly Spring. "

At a recent meeting of the Lime Kiln
club Samuel Shin presented the follow
ing resolution
Resolved, Dat de present great need
of dis kentry am an airly spring.
Brother Gardner waited half a min
ute to hear if any one favored the res
olution, and then said
"Brudder Shin, you am a good man
behind a buck-saw, an you kin handle
a whitewash brush with grace an STRAIT
egy, an it makes me sorry to see you
bite off more dan you can chaw, when
it comes to regulatin' the weather.
How do you know what dis kentry
needs 2 In de course of a day, you
move ober four or five miles of ground,
an you go home wild de idea dat you
know what de hull world am sighin' ar
ter. When de Lawd gifts ready to re-
sign de maxim of de weather into de
hands of man dis club will present your
name an vote fur you, but until dat
time comes you had better put yer air
ly spring resolution in yer pocket an
sot down"
Brother Shin wilted away like pan
sey hit by the breath of an iceberg, and
the president continued
1--WE will now 60 home. We will let
natur' ge ahead wild her rain an slush
an snow or mud, or she kin send US
gentle breezes an red roses. We am
simply dead headed passengers, an it
am not for us to blow about how de
masheen am run. Let de lights be pat
out, de stove shet up, an all remember
dat de fo'th stair from de bottom am
liable to smash out if you bar yer full
weight on it."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-08
VOLUME 44---NUMBER 22SO.

with their every day sleds they went
back to the lmill to bring more slabs
Forty cords lay piled up on that sled.
And the evening and the morning were
the first day.
The next morning came the rest of
the journey ''up in town. The school
children were let out to see the great
sight go by. One of them, to whose
home it was going, said it looked as big
as house. 1t lay unloaded for quite
a while out 10y the parsonage and peo-
pie came from near and far to see. 1t
kept Mr.. Wellington in slabs for years
to come.
When the great sled was taken to
pieces some of the timbers were used in
building Mr.. Winch's barn, and may be
seen there in tue framework until this
day.
The Rev. DR.. Wellington was one of
my grandfathers and Colonel Leonard
was the other. All this did not become
so, however, for generation after the
great load of Charles Yelling
ton Stone in Boston AdrertiSer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-08
Squibs.

What do you know about the cuck-
90 ?" asked school teacher of little
Johnny. Muffin, 'cept he don't lay
his eggs himself"
Tommy wanted to prove things that
he read. "Mother," said he, "do you
think Lion would save a little girls
life if she fell into the water ?" 81 dare
say he would DEAR" responded the
mother, whereupon Tommy cried en-
Enthusiastically, 80 then, mamma, do frow
Totsy in !"
Little Oracle was told that it was
impolite to take the last biscuit or cake
when at the table. Not long ago she
was observed to gaze long and earnest
y at the only remaining biscuit on the
bread-plate. At last she reached over
and took the biscuit, exclaiming: "Oh,
mamma, Use almost 'tarved l dess
won't be polite to-day. I'll wait till
some day when l amt hungry"
At the Carlisle Barracks Indian
school, one of the Indian boys was seen
wearing thin moccasins on very cold
day. His teacher told him to change
catch cold and be very sick. The little
Indian didn't take the teachers advice,
and the next day he approached the
teacher, saying, II have one big sore
throat" II told you that you would
be sick" replied the teacher. "Oh,"
said the Indian, Il am not sick in my
feet where the mOccasiDs were, am
sick in my throat"
Said Brown, "Smith won't have SO
soft thing as he has had" 81 don't
know" replied Robinson "he'll have
soft thing so long as lie don't lose his
head"
The Policeman is the title of a new
London weekly, but we have not yet
received its clubbing rates. Kansas
City Times.
The police of New York are being
vaccinated. But what's the use of it
They never catch anything.
1t is sometimes pretty hard to decide
which gives US more pleasure-to bear
ourselves praised or to hear our neigh
Dor run down.
A little boy in Belfast, Me-, attended
church last Sunday for the first time.
On returning be was asked what was
done at the church, to which be repl-
ed: "First they sang, than a man pray
ed, and then one passed round a corn
pepper"
Some writers of the present day seem
to be perfect masters of the English
slanguage.
Mark Twain admits having made
Sl25, 900 out of bis lectures, but makes
no promise of restitution.
1t is only a school-boy who can en-
Joy bad health aud even he must have
it bad enough to keep him out of
school.
There are two things wanting to
make the New York Worlds Fair a
success. One is a change of site and
the other is a sight of "cbange."
"Can give my son college educa-
ton at home 7" asks a fond parent.
Well, you may be able to teach him as
much of Greek and Latin and mathe-
matics as the college could but you
never can SO thoroughly Undue
him with the idea that everybody else
is blamed fool.
Did you ever see a woman slip down
OF course you never looked but then
you've seen them. She don't flourish
around like an intoxicated Jumping
jack, filling the air with arms and bad
words as "A man does but she simply
abbreviates, like crushed hat or a
patent drinking-cup, while you stand
by and wonder you never noticed that
hole IN the sidewalk before.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-08
Passumpsic RaiIroad.---Feb'y 81, 1881.
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

Adrent-Paddock Village. Sabbath Services a
1890 a. m. l:I5 and 63O p IN. Sabbath School /:
m. Prayer Meetings at 7:3O p. m Sunday Tuesday
and Friday evenings.
Bdphst-Railroad Street Corner Maple Rev
K. L. Sandford, Pastor. Preaching 1880 A. NJ. 5
School - n. Prayer meeting $50. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at 1870
Free Bdphst-Main Street Corner Prospect
M, and 6:3O P. NJ Sabbath School at IL ~ Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30.
Church Of the Messiah tUniversalist) Eastern
avenue corner Cherry street. Rev. b. NJ. Tilot
son, Pastor. Sabbath services at las p. NJ
Sabbath School at II N. Wednesday evening meet
ing at 1880
Methodist-Central street. Rev. Z. S Locke
Pastor. Residence next to the Church. Sab
bath services at 1880 A NJ. and $50 NJ. Sabbath
School at ~ NJ Wednesday evening meeting al
1870
North CongregaionaI-Main street, corner OF
Church. Rev Henry W. Jones, Pastor. Sabbath
services at 1890 a. NJ and $50 p. NJ Sabbath
school at las P NJ. Wednesday evening meeting
at 73O
ward I. Fairbanks. Pastor, sabbath services at
1890 A. NJ, and $50 P. M Sabbath School at II NJ
Wednesday evening meeting at 7:3O.
Prssbyterian Church-Rev. W. r. Laird pas
tor. Services at Presbyterian Hall, every Sab
bath at lO;5e a. IN, 300 p. III. Sabbath school 200
Prayer meeting 6:3O. Bible reading Wednesday
evening 1870
St EpiscopalD Main street. Rev
1890 a. m, aud p m Holy days and Fridays al
: a. m. Wednesdays at 7:30 p. IN. Sunday School
at $3.50 p.
Roman OahoHc-Cherry Street Rev j. A
BossOnnault Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a. m
Nespers and BenedictiOn at p IN. On the
second Sunday of the month, service at $50 a. M,
and p. IN. At LyndOnvlle same day at 1890 a. m
Z. II. O. A.-Meetings at the rooms of the Y. NJ
G. A, Browns Building. Main Street, Sunday
mornings at $3.50, Monday evenings at 7:3O.
Fast ST ,Johnsbnrv
OOngregatiOndi-Rev. +. b. Phelps, Pastor
Sunday services at lO45 a. and $50 p. IN. Sab
bath school at 1900. Wednesday evening meeting
at $50.
Nsthodist.-Rev. L. c. Dickinson, Pastor Sun
day services at l.30 p. IN.
st. Johnsbury Atheneum.
Library and Reading -Roon,-Free to all. Open
from A N. To II NJ. from to r. M and from
: to l-2 Saturday evenings
Art Gdllery-Open Tuesdays and Fridays.
CHARLES \. WILLARD, Librarian.
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The Kansas Liquor Law.

PrOhibitory liquor legislation was
never developed in this country so
acutely as this winter in Kansas. An
act has been passed which puts the
Maine law and the Massachusetts at
tempts at sumptuary legislation utterly
in the shade. 1t goes into effect on
May Ist. The act forbids the manu-
facture or sale of cider and wine as
well as stronger liquors, except for
scientific, mechanical or medical pur-
poses. Physicians are put under oath
that they will not prescribe it except
in cases of actual sickness. Each pre-
scripJion must be recorded on the
druggists book, open to inspection, as
well as the name, residence and Occupa-
tiOn of the patient. The purchaser OF
liquor for medical, mechanical OF
scientific purposes must present a
written application, setting forth his
name, occupation and residence, the
quality and kind of liquor wanted, and
for what purpose, sworn to before prop
er officials, filed in the Probate court,
and kept on record there for two years.
Persons who cause the intoxication OF
others either by sale, barter or gift, are
obliged to pay for their care while in-
tOxicated, and five dollars day besides,
which sum can be collected by civil ac-
ton. Persons are forbidden, under
heavy fines to be connected with clubs
where liquor of any kind is received,
kept to be sold, or given away and
the giving away of Intoxicating liquors,
or any shifts and devices to evade the
provisions of the act, are to be deemed
unlawful selling.
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st. Johnsbury Post Office.


ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
Boston and intermediate offices Arrive 40 |
III. Close $3.50 IN.
Boston through mail. Arrive 217 m Clos,
500 III.
New York and the West. Arrive 2l7 a m and
1906 and i:4O p m. Close $3.50 III and 500 . III.
Newport and the North. Arrive IO:l5 a III
Close 400 p
Portland and the East. Arrive 300 p m Clos,
$50 a
Swanton and intermediate Offices. Arrive IO:I:
a IN Close 400 p III.
Waterford. Arrive $50 a IN. Close 400 D m
North Danville. Arrive $50 a m Close 1875
a III.
West Concord and East St Johnsbury. Arriv,
1915 a III. Close e. III.
CHAS. p. CARPENTER, I'd, p. NJ.
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GrareLers' 6mide.
1T. Johnsbury & Lake ChampIain Railroad.
January 10, 1881.

MAIL-Leaves Swanton so a. m. Cambridge
Junction 6.54, HardWick s.lO, East Hardwick 6 %
Greensboro $50, Walden 9.03. Danville 9.26 ST
Johnsbury arrive 1000 leave TO- 40 East 81. Johns
bury 1854, West Concord IL o. Miles Pond IL 81
East Concord ll-33, arrives at Lunenburg u.45,
Portland at 5.57 p.
EXPRESS-Leaves Swanton 535 p. m. Cam
bridge Junction 702 Hardwick 25 East Hard
wick s3-, Greensboro 10, Walden 9IO Danville
9.29, arrive st. Johnsbury 1000 p.
MIXED-St Johhsburg TO Lunen6urg-Leaves
St JohnsbUry 4.46 p. IN, Z. st. JOhnsbury sos W.
Concord 30 Miles Pond g Oj, (. Concord 622 ar
rive Lunenburg G. Is p IN.
TRAINS MOVING WEST
MAIL-Leaves Portland 2 % a. m. Lunenburg
lbs, p. m, East Concord l.47, Miles Pond l.56
West Concord 2.l7, East st. JOhnsbury DC arrive
St. JOhnsbury 2.4O leaves AS Danville $50, Wal
den 54i, Greensboro COS East Hardwick Clio
Hardwick 6-2s Cambridge Junction 7.4s, arrives
at Swanton at 910 p III.
EXPRESS-Leaves St Johnsbury 6 IS a. m.
Danville 7.05, Walden 7.29, Greensboro so. l.
Hardwick 7.5s, Hardwick ell Cambridge
JUNCTION 9.34 SwantOn IL 90 a. m.
notwithstanding 10 st. JohRsbury-Leaves
Luneuburg $50 a. NJ. +. Concord $50, Miles Pond
7.Os, West Concord 745 Z. st. JOhnsbury EOS, ar
rive St. JOhnsbury $50 a.
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Improvement on Byron's "Mazeppa. ="

Lamar boys are nothing if not imita-
tive. If they were to hear of man be-
ing ground up in a threshiDg machine,
they would at once run one of their
number through tanning mill to "see
how the old thing worked"
One of the boys had been reading By
ron's Mazeppa, aud he got three or four
of the boys in barn down in the south
west part of the town, and they conclu-
ded to play Mazeppa. From what we
can learn-not having been provided
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-08

MASONIC REvENGE.-Over fifty years
ago James l.. Gillis, now Judge Gillis
of Iowa, was one of the men tried for
the abduction of William Morgan, the
betrayer of the secrets of Masonry.
Nearly all arraigned in the trial of his
alleged abductOrs came to some sudden
end, and Judge Gillis long since surviv-
ed all those who were associated with
him. A few years ago one of his sous
was called to the door of his Iowa resi-
dence and shot down. Week before
last another son was shot in the same
way: and the judge and his friends
firmly believe the tragedies trace back
to the Morgan affair. The case reminds
one of Bristed's story of "The Dead
Shot,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-08
International S. s. Convention.

Preparations are already being made
on liberal scale for the international
Sunday School Convention, which is
to meet in Toronto on the 22d of June.
Hitherto these conventions have been
composed of delegates from this cOun-
try and Canada but now the invitation
is to be extended to all who will come
from the other nations of the earth. in
cluding the most distant. The presence
of some foreign brethren will add to the
interest of the convention. The gener-
al subject to be discussed will be "The
New Century in Sunday School Work"
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DAUCHIiS ADVER7ISEMENTS.
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of researches in the East and the recovery
many places in Sacred History long considered
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The Yonkers Gazette alludes to wo-
men as the worlds fair.
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ST. cJufmsburn (aledunian.
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PUBLISHERS.
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Jotels.


ST. JOHNsBURY HOUSE,
MAIN STREET ST. JonNsBURY, VT
JERRY DREW. Proprietor
AVENUE HOUSE,
RAILROAD STREET ST. JoHNsBURr. VT
G. F. CONVERSE, Proprietor.
COTTAGE HOTEL.
RAILROAD STREET, ST. JoHNsBURY, VI
RICHARD B. FLINT, Proprietor.
MT. MANSFIELD HOTEL,
STOWE. VT.
A hrst-elass Hotel, with all the modern improve
msnts- Accommodations tor 800 guests
FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL,
BROADWAY, NKw YORK
nrst-elAss house in every particular.
HITCHCOCK. DARLING & co. Proprietors
THE GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL,
CHICAGO.
nrstelAss hotel in every respect with 500 room,
Charges moderate. JSO b DRAKE & CO Pro
prietOrs.
sAAL NJ TuRSEE TYLER B. GAsKKLL
UNITED STATES HOTEL.
Portland, Ne.
Situated in the very centre of the City. The hes,
located House for business men. Heated by
steam. Table set With the best the market
affords
W. Il. MCDONALD, Proprietor
, 1881-05-30
PHILADELPHIA FAILURES,
An Auctlonecr Fails for $3.50, 900, and
Thrce-Nccks-0id Firm for 81 so, 900.

An Auctlonecr Fails for $3.50, 900, and
Three -Wccks.0sdF Firm for 81 10000.
Special Dttpaseh to Ihs Chicago Tribune.
PHILADELPHIA, May 20.-Tho try-Roods
trade has been somewhat startled Of late by
failures unusual In the stnid business circles
Of Philadelphia E. V. White Il Co. sus-
pended about a fortnight ago, Cresswell,
Safanne & Co. failed for S90o, ,ooo about ten
days ago, and OH yesterday two other houses
made assignments. J. A. southwIck hnd
what is known as combination store, WIS q
liberal advertiser, and did iarge tratle III
auctton goods of the cheaper class On FRI
day he confessed Judgment for $o4 900 to
II. Il. Clafiin Il Co.. OF New York, and deed
Of assignment to William X. Granger wHs
executed yesterday. Lie owes Sl08, 600, and
his assets, consisting OF goods lit the store,
will not bring more than half az much.
The worst failure Of the year Is that OF
Mackey, johnson & Turner, readymade and
custom clothing and Eentlenlen's furnishing
goods. Tho partners were clerks In two OF
the largest houses Of the kind In the city, and
lst Of May, taking q fine store, laying in q
good stock Of goods, and advertising LIBERAL
ly, though BY no means out Of proportion TO
the opportunities they had for doing busl:
ss KsssfSay ay s5 Wsek, ss as
assignment TO-. Frederick N: Walton,
acknowledging liabilities OF sl30. 900. MIR,
quite as good a trade as they Ind expected,
but they Ind felt the backwardness Of the
spring tratle. and they soon became crnbar.
rnssel. Their preferred creditors gre +; W.
Walton & Co., Of this city: John 3. Ellison
i: ca, Morris d Lewis. and Carbans. White
ford & Co., Of New York. They owe .thel!
about $50, 600. and they also owe White :
Reuk, Of New York, sl5,5o0 They employed
Of whom arc pald. Mr.. Mackey admitted
that tho partners lad but little muney, NJ
| OF which they would 10se. The liabilities
except $4,000 borrowed money. were all fol
stock. They hope to resume, but there h
| little chance OF It.
, 1881-05-30

WILL NOT lie APPOINTED.
Special Dtspateh to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, d. e., ALay :D.-Col. Cahilt.
the editor Of the Spanlsll.Amer!can paper II,
st. Louis, who Ias been strongly urged for
tho Mexican misslon has beon informed that
he will not be appointed.
Mrs. a.AIlFIELD
Is not quite NJ we'll to-slay. The extremely
lot weather has l,ad very Injurious etfAct
upon l.or. On pccnunt Of t1lls the l'residQ bit
will probably not attend the decoration eere-
monies Tomorrow.
THE TlkEAsUNr.
There is every reasyn to bclfavo thnt when
the report upon alleged Irregularities In the
management Of the Treasury Contingent
Fund Is made 1t will he fund thelu l,na boela
lo basts for the statements which have In
any way mails notwithstanding Upton
RESPONSIBLE,
, 1881-05-30
resolution might ho decided by the absence
nf ono Senator. 10 far the Administration
hnyt. lIfat.!avHn

have N1splAyeu
No DISPOSITION TO 1sE CAUGHT NAPr1S0,
and might perhaps defeat the resolution. 1t
ia believed that u Conkllng sees no other
way out Of Ills dflenR fIe will try to force an
adjournment, hoping for q reaction Of public
sentiment toward him. To leave the ques-
tt0n undecided until next winter Is to intro.
duce bitter strife III the Republican ranks at
tho fall election, and hand all tho offices over
to the Democrats. II the S;enatoTial contest
Is not ended now there will probably be, a
split In the Republican party. In every dis.
trict III the State. Conkilng's friends VII!
nominate candidates, and Ills opponents WILL
also nominate candidates. Between the two
the Democrats will win all tic spo!ls.
CAN NIL CoNKrtSH AFFORD TO DISRUPT
THE PATTY
In this manner any more than to betrny 1t by
joining with the Democrats? Those who
have tile welfare Of thu pnrty at heart, and
many of Mr.. ConkfihR's .slncerest frienla
think tint the only honorable course open to
him Ia to withdraw from the contest. II pc
admits his mistake In tlIls manner. lie may
expect further II0il0rB from the party, but
not II he exerts all his efforts to rule or
ruin 1t. :.
will be lltro tomorrow. lie las many ad.
Intrers, and may prove successful caIsli.
t!atc. Tomorrow promises to bo a very
lively day, and 0ie productive OF larger Ee-
suits Ut any one.
, 1881-05-30

The Experiment. OF shipping Grain
from Hts IsAul Direct 10 Gl&sE0sv-lne
terekt Attaching to Its Success.

Ane ~ t,..a's Ill.,. ". ~ ti,..a,.,N1a. r"a
ssr.., ss". a. .:..ns.;.~ -, - s,ccns..
sn.t'a, 1i,.a,sh to ~ cnSaao 9St1une,
sr r.,,t, Mum. S1nv .n-rharo /. a ooo,,
ao, -, ,,,..raat ;,..,. ' IL; ta ,i,"t .I,tront
OF thirty thousand bushels Ut Mlnncsota
wheat to Europe, alluded 10 In II st. Louis
Associatcd 1'ress ,ljy,mtcll, This wheat WIS
ta,,11't H. ~ i n aInms of n pant NJ,
direct order by cahle from par1les III dlas-
gov, who tako nll the risks. II there are to ao
any, from, heatIng or othor dalnage. Lately
thore hos hcr,, Something nj II demand liz
tleas o11I"9t Aot A.''ne"o'' ""'u ".'s"@. -
, 1881-05-30


6pteta1 DispateA to 1hs Chicago Tribune.
WARRINGTON, D, c., Afay :9.-1'lIc New
York papers contain extended accounts Of
conferences alleged 10 ilaye been held 1tere
between representatives Of Conkllng and tho
Administration relative tn the New York
situation. It is perhaps sufficient denial to
these stories that many of the persons named
ns having participated In these conferences
are not In the city. and that one Of them Mt
tenst is fishing In the trout lakes Of Maine.
It Is not understood that the Administration
desires any compromise which would it1-
volve the return Of Conkllng and Plat to the
Senate.
TIE MALE srItA6EE.
Gov. Spraguc appears to lave tried
to be factor In the Conkllng fight
It is said that some person claiming to rep
resent him sotne time since visited Washing
ton and informed the Administration TINT
they need give themselves no Concern o. to
ConklfnR. as he had a letter which would bo
produced on the trial which would crush
CollkIinX. 1t Is now learned, lloweyer, that
Sprague tB disposed tn compromise the case,
and that there are doubts whether 1t will
ever be brought to trial.