St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-19

the state of New York, although so
many of the most thrifty pass through
and enrich other communities, is the
only one which contributes a cent to
the cost of entertaining and protect
ing them. The dregs of the influx re-
main. and fill our institutions of chart
ty and correction. For many years the
Emigration Commissioners received 81
head from the steamship companies
for their passengers and with this fund
erected houses of refuge for the poor
and sick, established employment bu-
reaus and organized an admirably eff
fective staff of interpreters and others
to protect the newcomers from imposi-
ton. This tax was resisted by the
greedy Britishers, who gObble all the
Atlantic passenger traffic, was declared
unconstitutional and stopped. An eff
fort is being made to reimpOse it..
Something ought to be done, certainly,
about it. Common sense recommends
the measure, but suppose it will lin
ger till the politicians have got all the
brides the steamermen send them and
then go back on their cOrrupters.
Every tailor and every tailOr's Gus
toner has probably by this time seen
and if he hasn't he ought to see, and
| then dive down into his pockets for the
very modest sum required to enable
him to enter into joyful possession of
| 1.-THE superb fashion plates just is
sued by the Imericdn Tailor. One of
the series is a magnificent telegraph of
President Garfield and his Cabinet,
clad in garments of the latest style and
l "a. 10 oh
worthy of place on the walls of any
room, and is practically useful to tail
ors, and there are several other sheets
of diagrams and patterns of the highest
value to tailOrs and customers alike,
while the letter-press of the paper, or
rather magazine, itself Il handsomely
bound, beautifully printed and scien-
| titically edited publication, is distinct
| ly of importance to the trade it is the
acknowledged organ of. | don't quite
see where, except of course by the ad-
vertiSing secured, IL cent of profit can
come in on this splendid issue, unless
indeed its circulation runs up into
enormous figures, which | believe is Il
fact. The enterprising originator OF
the idea, and one of the proprietOrs of
the paper, is Chas. Il. Root, Son of the
well-known patriotic composer of ''The
Battle Cry of Freedom" and other
sOul-stirring lyrics of the war.
The Home for Soldiers Orphans,
near Fort Washington, will soon he
broken up, and the affairs finally
wound up and disposed of. 1t has
brought up 1000 children of dead de-
Tenders of the union. The war is now
an old story, and the youngest of sol
diers' orphans is a good-sized STRIPPING.
The work of providing 'for them has
been we'll done.
II. Cornell White has been giving
free excursions to thousands of poor
women and children on his magnificent
excursion steamers. The Plymouth
Rock took out > 900 the other day, the
only tickets (Which were not taken up
being babies in the mothers arms, and
if she had i'll addition half IA dozen
cIinging to her skirts they were all
passed on board. Fresh air and plenty
of good and suitable food, cheerful mu-
sic and a hearty welcome, made one
day of happiness for these poor people
st. Johns Guild and other societies
have also carried out similar eXpedi-
tions paid for by subscriptions which
seem to have poured in with uneXam-
Piled libcrality.
RAINY