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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11
Sam ThOmpsOn's sickness.

But the boys on the hilly farms have
actually been known to have spells of
the most mysterious Illness, spells
which baffied the medical skill of the
whole family. once knew Sam
Thompson to wake up in the morning
very sick, quite too sick, apparently,
to go to school. 1t happened, strange
ly enough, to he on the morning of the
day when the men were to wash the
sheep. | don't suppose need describe
how they do this piece of work on the
hilly farms. They do it the same way
everywhere, so that boy who has
learned it properly in one state can
easily put his knowledge into practice
in any other. Well, said Sam walked
up sick. He lay in bed late, and could
not eat any breakfast; but he begged
off from taking medicine, and dropped
around like a confirmed invalid till the
rest of the children had gone to school.
OF course if he had been well he would
have gone too, for it is just on such Oc-
casions as these that the fathers on
hilly farms seem Obstinately bent on
making scholars ont of their boys.
They scarcely leave "A point to hang an
excuse upon for staying out of school.
don't mean to say that Sam was
dangerously sick. BY no means. II
he had been, he would not have been
able to go to the creek to see the fun
of the sheep washing. He was merel,
too sick to go to school. In fact, J
don't know anything that requires
nicer Judgment than it does TO contrive
Just how to be too sick to 90 to school
and yet not so sick as to unfit one f0
enjoying the sport of washing sheep.
Sam could not be of any practical ust
at the sheep washing, for his legs were
too short to go into the deep water. A
last years lamb, frightened at being
plunged into the stream, might have
scrambled on him and drowned him.
He was too small to catch sheep in tho
pen and hand them down 10 the wash
ers. Indeed, no one without Longer
legs and stouter body could be very
useful on that occasion but Sam could
look on as industrionsly and enjoy tho
fun as much as anybody YOU ever saw.
But yon said Sam was sick. Certainly
/ did but didn't say he WAS not dan
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11
LeaVe-Taking.

Not all have learned the fine art of
leave-taking in an appropriate manner.
When you are about to depart, do so
at once, gracefully and politely, with
no dallying. Don't say, dts about
time l was going" and then settle
back and talk on aimlessly for another
ten minutes. Some people have just
such tiresOme habit. They will even
rise, and stand about the room in
various attitudes, keeping their hosts
also standing, and then by an effort
succeed in getting as far as the hall,
when a new thought strikes them.
They brighten up visibly and stand
for some minutes longer. saying moth
ing of Importance, but keeping every
one in a hstless, nervous state. Af-
ter the door is opened the prolonged
leave-taking begins, and everybody in
general and in particular is invited to
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11
DIR. Hollands First Poem.

Letter Written to a Randolph fOJ Reading Club.
The first article of mine that ever
saw the light was little poem of four
stanzas entitled "James's Tree" A
little lad, son of the late Judge Dewey
of Massachusetts, stuck a willow twig
into the ground of his fathers garden,
which took root after the manner of
such twigs, and grew into tree. The
boy lived long enough to call this tree
his own, and secure its protection as
such, and then he died. After his
death | wrote the poem, and it was
published in ''The Youths Companion, y
a publication still prosperous. | was
then II years old, and that was "A
years ago. ! took the printed copy
containing it from the post-Ofiice,
peeped within and then walked home
on air. shall probably never be 81
absorbingly happy as / was then.
Earth has nothing like it-earth never
had anything like it for me. / have
seen my work in type since then until
| have been tired of the sight of it, but
| can never forget the great joy of that
occasion. Smith college in NOrthamp-
ton now stands on the site of the old
Dewey place, and when they cleared
things away for the new buildings they
found an old, gnarled willow tree. On
learning the history of the tree, and
the nature of my own association with
it, President Seelye had bOok-rack,
elegantly mounted, made of it, and
sent it to me- OF course it was Install
ed among my household gods.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11
st. JOhDsbury & Lake ChamPlain Railroad.
JulY 4. 1881.
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

AdUent-PaddOck Village. Sabbath Services at
1890 a. III. las and $50 y. m Sabbath School IL
IN. Prayer Meetings at 7:30 p. IN. Sunday, Tuesday
and Friday evenings
Baptist-Railroad Street. Corner Maple, Rev.
E. T. Sandford, Pastor. Preaching 1880 4. NJ. S.
School - N. Prayer meeting $50. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at 1880.
Free BaphSt-Main Street. Corner Prospect.
Rev II. LOekhart Pastor. Sabbath services, 1890
A NJ, and 6:30 p sabbath School at 12 NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 73O.
Church Of the Nessidh-( (Universalist) Eastern
avenue, corner Cherry street Rev. Il. Nj. Tillot-
Sabbath School at IL NJ. Wednesday evening meet
ing at 7:30.
MethOdist-Central street Rev. L. ). Locke,
Pastor. Residence next to the Church. Sab
bath services at 1870 A: NJ, and o3O P NJ. Sabbath
School at II N. Wednesday evening meeting at
1880.
North OOngregationGl-Ma street, corner OF
Church. Rev. Henry w. Jones Pastor. Sabbath
services at 1890 A. NJ, and 6:3O P. NJ. Sabbath
School at las p. NJ Wednesday evening meeting
at 1880.
South OongregationaI-Aiain street Rev. Ed
ward L. Fairbanks. Pastor. sabbath services at
1890 A ~, and $50 p. NJ. Sabbath School at IL NJ.
Wednesday evening meeting at 1880
Presbyteridn ChuTch-Rev. W. K. Laird pas.
tor. Services at Presbyterian Hall, every Sab
bath at 1880 a. m, 300 p IN. Sabbath school 300.
Prayer meeting 6:3O. Bible reading Wednesday
evening 7:3O.
St Andreio's-( Episcopal) Main street Rev.
n. +. Putnam, Rector. Services Sundays al
1880 a. m, and p. III. Holy days and Fridays al
a. m Wednesdays at 1880 p M. Sunday School
at $3.50 p. IN.
Boissonnault Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a m ;
Vespers and Benediction at 3 D. M. On the
second Sunday of the month, service at s:30 a.
and p. IN. At Lyndonville same day at 1890 a. m
T. H. @. A.-Meetings at the rooms of the Y. NJ
c. A, Browns Building. Main Street Sunday
mornings at $3.50, Monday evenings at 7:30
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11
st. Johnsbury Post Office.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston and intermediate offices. Arrive Ais D
m. Close $50 and 500 a IN.
Boston through mail Arrive PIT a IN. Close
500 pm.
nj, and AIS Close $50 and 500 III, and 800
y IN.
Close Ais p m.
Portland and the East. Arrive 300 p m. Close
$50 a m.
Swanton and intermediate offices. Arrive 1915
a m. Close AIS pm.
Waterford. Arrive 500 Close 400 pm.
North Danville Arrive $50 a Close 1000
III.
West Concord and East st. Johnsbury. Arrive
900 III. Close Ais III.
CHAS. p. CARPENTER I'd, P. NJ
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call. Very likely last thought strikes
the visitor which his friend must risk
a cold to hear to the end. What re-
lief when the door is finally closed
There is no need of being extensively
abrupt, but when you are ready to go
-pO-T Anon
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11
WILL BE SOLD

at an extraordinary bargain, my residence in Sum
merviDe- large part of purchase money can lie
ON mortgage
F.E. RICHARDSON.
st. Johnsbury, July 20. 43tf
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11
WEDDING STATIONERY.

we.have added some choice Wedding Papers,
Envelopes and Cards 10 our stock, and with new
and beautiful script type, fit ont wedding par
ties at short notice.
Also nice calling cards, gilt-edged. put up in
CALIFORNIAN OFFICE
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11
VOLUME 45---NUMBER 23ll.

gerously sick People who are dan
gerously sick seldom get well and it
was but a short time after the children
get better. He improved so rapidly
that, long before noon, he went down
to the creek, to see how the sheep
washing came along. In a surprising
ly short time he was shouting and hal
looing with glee, and had entirely for
gotten how ill he was in the morning.
| should be safe in saying that he quite
overdid the matter, for he got so well
that, when dinner was over, his father
had made up his mind that it was al
together too bad for boy who seemed
so hearty to lose whole day from
school, and so sent him off for the af-
ternOon session. | think | see him
now, trudging along sorrowfully to
school, looking wistfully toward the
sheep pens on the bank of the creek,
and wondering in boyish way, why
things in this world cannot be differ
emily arranged Wide Awake. 800
The western coast of Africa furnish
es our principle supply of palm oil.
HV Slouhu pcHcdtl Ihc iIccs oecohits
covered with fatty material formed of
the ripe berries.
The dOdO, now extinct, was found
only on the island of Mauritius. 1t is
said that sailors killed them in large
numbers, using their breast bones for
sharpening knives.
A study of our present treeless prai-
ries indicates that they were lakes at
the close of the glacial era, and that no
trees have been growing on them since
they became dry, after the lakes form
ed by the melting of the glaciers sub
sided.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11
East st. Johnsbury.

OOngregationGl.-Rev. F. b. Phelps, Pastor
Sunday services at l045 a. IN. and $50 p. M. Sab
bath school at 100. Wednesday evening meeting
at $50.
MethOdist.-Rev. l.. c. Dickinson, Pastor. Sun
day services at l.30 D. IN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11
Nice Calling Cards.

Gilt edged. in boxes or cases very neat Just
the thing every lady wants. Call and see them
CALIFORNIAN OFFICE.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11

Western Union and VI. InterndtiOnGl-in St.
Johnsbury House. Open from a. m. to p. III.
sundays to 10 a. m, to p. N. Night messages
at half rates.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11
USE
Bingham's Extract Jamaica Ginger
ChamomiIe
ChamOmiIe

for all Summer Complaints, Indigestion, etc.
Prepared in French Brandy, and gives satisfac-
tion every time.
Made and sold at
96tf BINGHAM'S DRUG STORE
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-11
st. Johnsbury Athenaum

Library and Reading ROOm,-Free to all. Open
from a. N. To IL M; from to p. NJ, and from
to IL Saturday evenings.
Art GGllery-Open Tuesdays and Fridays.
CHARLES a. WILLARD Librarian
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-31
A Case of Fascination.

It was my fortune, says a writer in
London Nature, to witness case of
fascination" between a large striped
snake and medium-sized toad. When
first seen they were about fifteen inches
apart. The snake lay in coil with its
head thrust out toward its victim, and
moving slowly, its eyes glitteri2g and
it's tongue darting necessarily. The
toad was standing on the very tips of
his claws, with its limbs rigidly drawn
up to their full length, its eyes fixed
upon it's captor and fairly bursting from
their sockets, its mouth covered with
foam, and it's whole body swaying to and
fro, and seeming just ready to pitch for
ward upon its face. The movement Of
the snake became more and more rapid,
and the agitation of the toad more in
tense, until the space between them was
reduced to some three or four inches,
when the snake opened wide it's mouth,
and the labored breathing of its victim
stopped short in low cultural moan.
At this point my own agitation became
so great that, Selling a heavy stone, I
finished the snake at one blow. The
instant the snake was struck the toad
fell backward as suddenly as though it.
self had been hit, and lay upon its back
for some minutes with no signs Of life
At length it gained its feet and began to
creep languidly away.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-31
The Cheapest Medicine.

All advice as to the care Of our bodies
is wise which reminds US to heed it's nat
ural demands. Disease is always caused
by some direct or indirect sin against
nature. The Occiole,at well says:
''About the cheapest medicine that
mott tails can use is sleep. It is a SOW
ereign remedy for weakness, it relieves
languor, it cures restlessness, uneasiness
and irritability it will remedy headache,
teethache and backache and heartache !;
it cures nervousness; and will make
heavy burdens seem lightan great trials
look very small.
when weary we should rest; when
exhausted we should sleep. To resort
to stimulants is suicidal; what weary
men need is sleep what exhausted
women need is sleep. The lack of sleep
causes neuralgia, paralysis and insanity.
Many person dies for want Of sleep,
and the point where many sufferer
turns his back from the very gates Of
death to the open path of life is where
he sinks into sleep. OF almost every
sick man it may be said, as Of Lazarus,
IF he sleep, he shall do well.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-31
Edwin Booth.

Edwin Booth, when not on the stage,
is a great smoker. He never drinks any
alcoholic liquors. Tea is his only slim
ulant. He never attends late dinners or
suppers, and never has an out After
acting he is very much depressed and
likes to lie abed to recuperate during
much Of the next day. In the parlance
Of the day, Edwin Booth is a ''re
formed" man. From the time Junius
Brutus Booth-his father-died in 1852,
until the assassination of President Lin
coin by his brother John, in 1865, Edwin
drank and drank hard. During the
greater portion of that time the three
most prominent, most talented and most
dissipated young men upon the Ameri-
can stage were VIM. Goodall, 81. A.
Perry and Edwin Booth. Billy Goodall
and Harry Perry are both dead-victims
Of drink. The terrible act of his brother
John reused Edwin from folly. It is
generally believed that John Booth, the
assassin, was a very Incorporate young
man, but such was not the case. It was
Edwin who tossed the ruby Johns
weakness was women. From the gay,
registering, reckless young madcap Of
twenty years ago, Edwin Booth is now,
and has long been, one Of the soberest
and gravest of men. He is naturally of
morbidly melancholic temperament,
and, since his change in habits, he de-
lights in nothing but his professional
duties on the stage, and the companion
ship of his family in the seclusion of his
home. Upon the street or in minglAg
among men he is habitually wrapped i'll
gloom. That he does not attend dinner
parties and the like is not strange to
those who know him, for he does not
care for society, and never did not even
in his youth. His resting the day is
simply a custom observed by nearly all
great actors. Celebrities like Mr.. Booth,
when in their own country, seldom at
tend rehearsals-th only daily duty
they may have. Such work is attended
to for them by subordinate, in the
same manner as John Mccullough used
to rehearse for Mr.. Forrest, in the clos
ing years of that great tragedian's life
| and as Mr.. James Cathcart did for The
late Charles Kean. Exchange.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-31
Madagascar.

The Rev. J. Pearse, of the London
Missionary Society, writes that ''every
vestige of idolatry has been swept away"
from the districts in Madagascar in
which he labors; and yet that they are
great believers in charms, superstitions
and witchcraft. It was reported that q
dog had spoken and had appointed that
a hurricane, causing grievous famine,
would devastate the district; that i'm
mense hailstones would descend, and
that even the heavens would fall To
avert this the people were told to get six
black and six white beads and wear them
round the neck, and no harm would
come to them. Soon after this men,
women and children were seen with
twelve beads strung around their necks.
The fear of witches and witchcraft is a
great evil among these people. They
are not idolaters, but their Christianity
has in it bad mixture.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-31
Charles Carroll's Patriotism.

Among the signatures to the Declare
ton of Independence is that of Charles
Carroll, of Carrolton. Few are aware
how the distinguishing word came to be
added to the name.
Charles Carroll was among the fore
most to sign the Declaration of indie
pendence. All who did so were believed
to have devoted themselves and their
families to the furies. As he set his
hand to the instrument, the whisper ran
round the Hall of Congress, There go
some millions of property And, there
being many of the same name, he heard
it said, "Nobody will know what Carroll
it is" as no one signed more than his
name; and one at his elbow, addressing
him, remarked
g You'll get clear-there are several
Of the name-they will never know
which to take. .
''Not SC" he replied, and instantly
added his residence, 'of Carrollton."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-31
President Harrison's Charge.

Many Of our old readers can recall
the gloom cast over the nation by the
death Of President Harrison. He was
the first President who had died in Office
His administration had endured but
zone little month"
It was reported that he had been
killed by the hordes of politicians who
beset him day and night, clamoring for
Offices His successor, Vice President
Tyler, was unknown to the country, ana
there were many fears that the Wings
would not gather the fruits of their great
political victory.
Newspapers appeared in mourning
lines, churches and public buildings
were draped with emblems of woe, and
clergymen preached funeral discourses.
It was day of great mourning in the
nation.
The report that the politicians had
killed the President had a basis of fact.
The opportunities had SO overtaxed his
physical powers that he was unable to
resist an attack of pneumonia.
He was an early riser, and used to go
to market. The spring was cold and
stormy, but the President would not
Ncd1 du OHc1CO(dUs OuC uOlIAA$5 AO " nHo
wet by shower, but refused to change
his clothes. Pneumonia seized him the
next day. - -...
Washington life, with it's late hours
and ravenous ofiice-seekers, had en-
feebled the old man accustomed to the
simple life and early hours of his plain
Ohio home. .
He became delirious. His broken ex-
pressions showed that the politicians had
overburdened him.
"My dear madam he would say, II
did not direct that your husband should
be turned out. I did not know it. I
tried to prevent it, -,..
It is wrong!' he exclaimed at another
time. IT won't consent; it is unjust. "
g These applications will they never
cease?"
His last words seemed addressed to
his successor. Clearing his throat, he
said with distinctness, "Sir, I wish you
to understand the true principles of the
Government. I wish them carried out
ask nothing more"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-31
SunhOWers for Fuel.

The Emerson International has an
article,.head corn for fuel, and gives
an extract from the Jackson Republic
an showing that for heating purposes
corn is much cheaper than wood. We
have always been Of the opinion that
a much more economical fuel than
wood can be grown by prairie farmers,
but much doubt if corn can be made
a success in this country. We recol-
lect seeing an article some time ago
recommending the growth of the COM
mon garden sunfower for purposes Of
fuel, and at the time were much
impressed with the arguments adyanc-
ed. We believe that some such
rapidly growing and bulky vegetable
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-31
Easy JOURNEYS.

The general remedy Of uneasiness is
change Of place; almost every one has
some journey OF pleasure in his mind
with which he fiatters his expectation.
He that travels in theory has no incon-
venience he has shade and sunshine at
MS disposal, and, whenever he a]ights,
ands tables of plenty and looks Of
sayety.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-31
Tricks of the Trade.

A New York manufacturer of tomato
catchup returned a report giving the alue
Of his manufactured product at Sis, 1000,
and the value of his raw material as
Nothing. His explanation was as follows:
Every year in the canning season he
sends to all the wholesale houses which
make business of canning tomatoes
clean tubs, with the understanding that
the women who trim and peel shall
throw the skins and parings into these
tubs every day the tubs are removed,
the stuff in them ground up, fermented,
favored, and sold as tomato catchupto the
extent of $4,000. Another singular
and decidedly pernicious business is the
manufacture of cheap candies from white
earth, or terra alba, mixed with a little
sugar and glucose. The deputy who in
ports that Is per ceRt. Of some candies
is composed Of these substances, and
such candies, notably gumdrops, con-
tain still less sugar. The effects of white
earth upon the stomachs Of the unfortu-
nate children who buy these candies is
yet to be determined by future autop-
sizes. .+. .r-.
What is called fine brand of CASTLE
soap has been found to be composed
chiefly Of this white earth and grease,
but the evil effects of such an imposture
are trifing compared to the results of
turning children's stomachs into NINA
tue pottery works. Among the new in
| dustries which have sprung into exist
ence during the last few years is the
system of finishing in this city of foreign
goods imported in an unfinished condi-
ton. Foreign articles composed of sew
eral parts are now largely finished in
this city, the parts calling for hand labor
being imported, while those calling for
machine work are made here. In this
way heavy duties are saved, although
the articles are sold as imported goods.
The manufacture Of spirituous and
adulterated articles is not confined to
/ New York alone, for we find by the
French journals that the question Of
adulterated and manufactured wines is
greatly agitating the French wine mer-
chants, who have petitioned the Gov
eminent to intercede in their behalf by
such legal enactments as will efectually
prohibit and prevent the manufacture Of
artificial wines, the petitioners asserting
that not one-third of the wine used in
Z dA1S ~ Mduo VI SIaPcS. Lilo Mduy
Americans who turn up their noses at
the juice Of our own grapes will natural
ly wonder whit the spurious French
! wines are made Of. The petition of the
French wine merchants says that there
are a number of large factories near
Paris in which wines are made from rot
ten apples, damaged dried fruits of all
kinds, beets and spoiled molassea. But
there are not enough Of these materials
! to make as much wine as is
/ required by foreign trade. Turnip
juice has been worked over into wine,
/ and American cider is the basis of mill
ions Of bottles Of champagne, but good
apples and turnips are too costly to be
wasted on cheap wines, such as most
Americans buy. York paper.
/ TT has hacnma customary in Galveston
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-31

DELIBERATE with caution but act with
decision and yield with graciousness or
oppose with frmness.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-31
Carrying Trade Of the United State.

CAIIylH liaOe Oh Tie UnlteQ MATES.
In 1921 88.7.per cent. Of our imports
and exports were carried in American
vessels; in 1S41, the percentage had fall
len to 1913 in 1851, to 72.7; In 1861, to
6S.2; IN 1871, to 31.8; and from % per
cent. IN 1869 to 176 per cent. in 1880.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-31

IT has become Gust omary in Galveston
to refer all commercial troubles to the
Cotton Exchange. A few days ago a
prominent merchant slipped up on a ba-
nana-peel with the usual results. He
sat up on the wet pavement, and, look
ing at the slippery peel, said !: IF Z.
knew what hyena put that peel there I'd
have him up before the Cotton Exchange
for impairing my standing on the
street. - Galveston NeaUs.