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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-01
Boxing Ears.

1t seems strange, indeed, that in this
enlightened age and among Christian
people, 1t should be necessary to warn
any against boxing the children's ears.
But the warning is not untimely, and
the practice is much more common than
many of our readers can easily believe.
This mode of punishment has not one
point in its favor, and the sooner it can
be abolished altogether, the better. 1t
is barbarous and cruel. Children's ears
ought never to be boxed. The passage
of the ear is closed by thin membrane
especially adapted to be influenced by
every impulse of the air, and with moth
ing but the air to support it internally.
Nothing, then, can be more likely to in
jure the membrane than sudden and
torcible compression of the air in front
of it. If any one designed to break or
over-stretch the membrane, he could
scarcely devise more effective means
than to bring the hand suddenly and
forcibly down upon the passage of the
ear, thus driving the air violently be-
fore it, with no possibility of its escape
but by the membrane giving way. And
far too often it does give way, especial
~ IL lTom any previous uleedso, IL hdS
been weakened. Many children have
been made deaf by boxes on the ear in
this way. Nor is it the only way; if
there is one thing that does the nerve
Of hearing more harm than almost any
other, it is a sudden jar or shock. Chill
dren and grown persons alike may be
deafened by falls or by heavy blows on
the head. Boxing the ear produces a
similar effect, though more slowly and
in less degree. 1t tends to dull the
sensibility of the nerve, even if it does
not hurt the membrane.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-01
flor the Children.
Why the Monkey was Sold.
From HArper's Young People

IRON harper $ 1oung feople.I
1t was on a Tuesday that l got the
monkey, and by Thursday every body
began to treat him coldly. 1t began
with my little sister. Jocko took her
doll away and climbed up to the top of
the door with it, where he sat and
pulled it to pieces and tried its clothes
on, only they wouldn't fit him, while
sister, who is nothing but a little girl,
stood and hOwled as if she was being
killed. This made mOthor begin to dis
like the monkey, and she said that if
his conduct was such he couldn't stay
in her house. l call this unkind, for the
monkey was invited into the house, and
I've been told we must bear with visit
ors.
A little while afterward, while
mother was talking to Susan on the
froAt piazza, abe heard the sewing ma
chine upstairs, and said: "Well, |
never, that cook has the impotence to
be sewing on my machine without ever
asking leave.n So she ran up stairs and
found that Jocko was working the ma
chine like mad. He'd taken Sues light
gown and fathers black coat and lot
of stockings, and showed them all un-
der the needle, and was sewing them
all together. Mother boxed his ears,
and then she and Sue sat down and
worked all the morning trying 10 unsew
the things with the scissors. They had
to give it up after a while, and the
things are sewed together yet. All
this made my mother more cool toward
the monkey than ever, and l heard her
call him little beast.
The next day was Sunday, and as
Sue was sitting in the hall waiting for
mother to go to church with her, Jocko
gets up on her chair and pulls the feath-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-01

THE BIBLE.-The best of books is
the bible. 1t is the word of God. Most
excellent in its contents, it is most ex-
cellent, too, in its aptness to instruct
and improve its readers. For this rea-
soa the faithful are excited to study it. &.
The New Testament is especially
rich and sweet and nutritious. 1t de-
tails the beautiful life of Christ, it I'M
folds his teachings, it makes plain what
is right and what is wrong, it counsels
perfection, and points out the means to
he taken to attain the joys of Heaven"
Baltimore Catholic Mirror.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-01
The Corn and Potato Prizes.

The New York Tribune notices at
some length the results of the recent
competition for prizes for best yields of
corn and potatoes by farmers boys in
Vermont, and adds: 1.-The competition
was suggested and carried out by the
State University and Agricultural Col
lege, whose efforts to raise the standard
of agriculture are cordially appreciated
throughout the commonwealth. n SINH
lar competition has been maintained in
Maine for the last two years with results
in the last instance somewhat better
than those obtained in Vermont. The
value of agricultural colleges has been
sometimes questioned on the ground
that they taught a great deal of theory
and very little practice but it is an
excellent combination of theory and
practice which can raise 492 bushels of
potatoes on au acre of Vermont land"
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The Last Day.
By MRS. N. 2. BuTrs.

Were this the last Of earth,
This very day,
How should ! think and act
What should l say
Would not l guard my heart
With earnest prayer
Would not ! serve my friends
With loving care ?
How tender every word
As the hours wsRe
Like this we shall not sit
And talk again"
How soft the beating heart
That soon must cease
What chances carry love
What heavenly peace
And yet this fieeting life
Is one last day
How long soccer its hours
They will not stay.
D heart, be soft and true
While thou dost beat
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o lips, be sweet.
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ILLUSTRATED FLORAL GUIDE

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JUST RETURNED
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With the largest assortment of Harnesses ever
brought to Northern Vermont. In Single
Harnesses | have
SEVENTY-FIVE SETS,

consisting of Nickle Trimmed Centennial Trim
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concern that employs twenty-five hands, and trim
mings bought of manufacturers at bottom figures,
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side of ten days from day of purchase. So 1 will
here say that every harness sold of this lot at
prices named is five dollars lower for the same
quality of harness than can be built by any home
mandatory in this state.
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STYLES.
Daily Republican., 1881-02-21
The Railroad Bill

The passage of the bill providing fol
the extension of the Western Railroad
by the House Of representatives, il
still in doubt. This uncertainty my
be attributed to the fact that the Il. sm
bers are not satisfied that the Railroad
will be built, should the privilege be
granted. They argue that under the
provisions OF tie act, should it pass,
Col. McComb could sell out the char
ter to the P. w. 4 B. Railroad Co., and
that the road would not be built. They
are opposed 10 giving any man such a
privilege, and therefore If the friends
OF the bill wish ii 10 pass, they had
better make haste to satisfy the mem
bers Of the Legislature that the Balti-
more and Ohio R. 4. Co. intend to
build the road, and there can be no
backout in the case. Ii Mr.. Garrett
will give such assurance the bill will
psss,by l6 10 8, and that right speedily
otherwise it will very probably fsil to
get a two-thirds vote.
Daily Republican., 1881-02-21
b AILROAD linen.
LOCAL TIME TABLE.
TRAINS LRAvR WILMINGTON,

For Philadelphia -l.6s, 22S, $50, I, $40, O.
elo, 9bt, 1879, ll46 a. m; l2lb, la.4S
(Limted) 2O3, $50, I. 60. 6. 40, 9 90, II y
III: SundayS-l.bs, AIS, S.l0a. N. /; B,
$40, 9.b5, p. IN.
For New York-l So, 22s, $50. Q So, n.B a
M; 1913 (Ltmited), 2.oS, o.4op.m. sun
uAys-l6S, 2,4S a. m. 40 y. IN.
For baltimore-l2,bl, 2 II, Tt6, q.3S a. m
l266, l.OA (Limitedl, A4b, $40 u. IN. Sun
dals-l2.5l, I'll, Tb6 a. ID.
Fer WashlIgton-l25l, Ali, Tkb, 8 So a. IN.
1885, IO4 (Limitedl, 6.45 p. IN. Sundays
1881, al, T.55 a. m.
For Baltimore and inter mediate stations
1851, S.SS g. H.; 1885. AS p. IN. The 4,4t
p. m. ira n stop at way stations only be
tween PerryVille aad Baltimore. Sun
days-l26, a. IN.
For PeTTville and intermediate stations
Asp. m.
For New Castle--6. 80 q. m; LOS, 3, 62C
p. IN. No Sunday trains.
For harrington and intermediate stations
$50 a. m; LOB, 500 p. m. NO sunday
trains.
For Delmar ard intermediate s.ations-9. 80
a. m: Loop. m.
For Wilmington & Northern X. Rio a.
m; 3, b.o5p IN. NO Sunday trains.
For Delaware Western X. RI 10, 1880 a,
m; 5.3u y. m. No sunday trains.
TRAINS LEAVE FOR VIII MlNGTON,
Philadelphia-Broad Street Depot. 06, 80,
$40, lv.30, u, II u a. m; 100, 8, 49,, $50
80 BIB, $50, 8 40, 8, 9.46, II, 30 p. III. Sun
days-7o6, $50 a. M; 8, 9.46, II. 80 D. m.
philadelphia arket Street Staten only
Loss "a; IL % tLimited) p. m. Sun
days 06 q. IN.
Daily Republican., 1881-02-21
Our Local Railroad SquabbI Q

The excitement consequent upon the
proposed Delaware Western bill, now
pending before the Legislature, seems
so to have absorbed public attention.
that the local city railway contest is SC
much overshadowed that many people
do not know that there is any con lest,
and yet this Is one that to many o.
our citizens Is Of more consequence than
the Delaware Western blinded
there are many usually well-informsd
people who until now we're not aware
that any other charter existed for a
city railway than that under which the
Wilmington City Railway is operated.
But there is another charter, and from
not being full and explicit enough, as
most charters are when they come from
the Legislature, 1t is causing not only
the original oorporstors much trouble,
but the corporators Of the Wilmington
City Railway much trouble also. This
charter, which has apparently been
lying dormant and which has Just
awakened into new life, is called q
charter for 1.-THE Front and Union
Street Railway" and was granted by
the Legislature In 1877 to George W
Bush, Philip Plunkett, William Ferri.
and others. The gentlemen named are
interested in Improvements in the
western part Of the city, hence it is NJ
more than expected that they should
favor any enterprise which would en-
courage the development Of the western
part of the city. The charter OF the
City Railway Company is Of rowing
character, and all that Is wanted ia the
consent of Council to enable the com
pany to build railroads in any direc
tion or on any street Of the city, and Of
course 1t was not to the interest Of the
company to extend their tracks to any
section that would not pay in the some.
what near future. In order therefore
that the gentlemen interested in the
Front and Union lins might have rail.
road facilities to the utmost city limits,
q charter was granted to them 10 build
a line from the P. W. & B. depot out
Front street to Union, with the priv.
lege Of extension along Broome and
Union to the City Railway. Had the
Daily Republican., 1881-02-21
PUBLIC SALES.
TDUBIC SALE.
VIII be sold at public sale, at the resi-
dence Of Ann hBylett deceased, near stan
ton, IN II i'll Greek HID. Del, on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1881,
at ! O'Clock, y. H.,

MONDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1881,
at ! O'Clock, y. H.,
The following described personal property
2 horses. heavy draught herse, . years old
q miich COWS, some with calves by theil
Sides or ers milking ;2heilers, one and lwo
years ola a Shoat pigs, lot Of chickens.
FARMING lhPLEMENT6-lwo horse wager
hay ri9gITR, morse cart ard market dear
born, all nearly lew; steel tooth horse
rake, Van WtckNe rain fan, corn shelter
| l pillow pair OF twin harrows, cultivator, Z
Sets OF wagon harness. cart and dearborn
harness, brides, cellars, halters, spades
shovel 8, post dog and broad ak, double and
single trees, prIdstone, patent beam, wheel
barrow ladder, corn and potatoes by the
| buShel, grain bags, about 100 hewed posts
wheat n the ground.
| H0UsEHO D AND KITCHEN FURNITURE -
Beds, bedsteads, 3 bureaus, tables, chars
| settee, looking glass rs. 2 clocks, 4 wash
| STANDS, marble top large chest, carpet
by the yard, dishes, knives, forks, No. 8 cook
| stove, small room stove, SuIside heater
large iron pot, sausage chopper, cider bar
| rels.
DAIRY FIxTUREs.--l barrel churn, Z butter
tubs, tor ice pans, buckets and other arti-
Giles. ALSO at the same time and place 70
| shares OF the Newport National Bank stock,
TRRss.-All sums OF $50 and under cash,
all sums over that amount credit Of six
tbs Will be given by the purchaser giving
banRable note with approved security, in.
terest from day OF sale, or per cent OF for
cash.
frederic KLAlR, Executor.
l. W. STlDHAM l. Son, Aue tioncers.
leblb, is, u 25. .2tW
Daily Republican., 1881-02-21

THE LATEST report in regard to the
Delaware Western Railroad bill pend
ing before the legislature is that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
is about 70 abandon the D slav IRE West.
ern bill which they have favored up to
the present tims and will have the
Pilling bill reintroduced. 1t is said
that the idea tlat Col. McCombs who
owns q majority of the stock of the
Delaware Western would probably
sell 1t 10 tbs company t! at
would pay the highest for it, If the
Delaware Western bill passes, is the
great bar to its passage and that to get
clear of these complications the Balti
more and Ohio Company will press
the passage Of Mr.. Pillins's bill which
he introduced at the beginning Of the
session. II these reports be true, ther
we are but entering upon the real bat
tie, to which the past has only been
skirmish.
Daily Republican., 1881-02-21
A CAkD.

The DAILY REPUBLICAN has
a larger circulation th9n any
two papers in the city com
bined, and a larger city cir
culation than all the other
three papers. Therefore We
give advertisers more for
their money, and they should
be made aware of this fact,
The REPUBLICAN is still push
ing its circulation, which has
been steadily on the in
crease for the last three
years.
Daily Republican., 1881-02-21

latter company agreed to build theil
line over the route mentioned the From
and Union Company would not have
pushed their project, but the City Rail
way Company having declined, they
had no other recourse left but to en-
gage in the enterprise themselves. i
is DO more than natural that all tht
citizens in the Tenth and the western
part Of the Third Ward should be il
FAVOR of the new line, as it is probable
that it may make n defex at Maryland
avenue ana go out Read or Chestnut
street, thereby avoiding the steep grade
of Front street. The City Railway Com
p2ny also now contemplate building q
road out From! street TO Monroe, up
Monroe to Fourth, ont Fourth TO JACK
son and there stop, but this does not
satisfy the people in the Tenth Ward
and the western part of the Third, TAX
ipg in Andersonville and the hand ONE
suburban villas in the adjoining Sec
ton of Christina Hundred. They say
the City Railway Company only takes
off the cream by going through the
most thickly populated section of the
city. AZ both companies want to lay
their tracks on Front street, a lively
little local war has sprung up, which
has shifted to the Legislature. The
Front and Union Company have the
amount sufficient raised to build and
stock their company, while the City
Railway Company has applied for the
privilege Of borrowing $50, 900 to enable
Them to build their road to the point
named. The Front aud Union Company
have applied to the Legislature for
more definite legislation concerning the
occupation Of certain cross streets, and
of course it Is to the interest Of the City
Railway Company to head eff such leg
lslation, which it is said they are try.
ing to do. 1t Is to be hoped that the
little local squabble will not result in
defeating the building of one CT the
roads at least, and the one which will
be Of the greatest benefit to the lArgest
number of our citlzeuE, and from our
present view OF the case we think that
he new line Is the one that will most
accomplish that object.
Daily Republican., 1881-02-21

IL DERRICK B. MORRIS, the Dogherry
Justice of the Peace for Indian River,
Sussex County, had been a Republican,
would Representative Peter Robinson
be carrying the petition for his impeach
ment in his pocket YETI This is a
question which Mr.. Robinson alone cal
answer, but at the same time it would
b. we'll for him to remember that "tke
eyes Of Delaware are upon him"
Daily Republican., 1881-02-21
TNTERTAlEM ENT.
FLOUR & FEED Do WIN

We are selling -four at s5 90. $3.50 and
SO 90. We are selling tor 50 80 net cash n
patent process flour We guarantee to give
satisfaction or refund the money and send
Tor the Il our. Irish dulce loo. n, -four 8, az
and 10. b, 7 lbs excellent -four $50, IA bs SOC.
rs ms Sl.O0, guaranteed dried apples and
dried peaches and dried cherries O.. u, mince
meat 60 h, prunes 90 h, nrooms 25c, q wash
boards 25s, our SOC, tea is as good as sold in
other stores tor SEC, got hen butter. pure and
sweet, 80c silver drips moIasses l2c, golden
l6c, California golden 1876, coffee low, Gan.
dies for wakes constantly kept on hand. HAY
and straw baled and loose corn and oats al
mill prices. PEER J. FORD,
teol7 Front and Madison Ss,
Daily Republican., 1881-02-21

NOIlCE.-BI WAY OF INrpn---
~ duction, and to reduce nv NV. W.
stock will sell tor thirty DAYS na, seA
imported Gold tnches. LInnet's T .n ~
ries at 200 each. This unparelelad u ~ Nans.
positively close at the expiration =, 'hef viii
stated, therefore extensive tuysrs w uie Tine
suit their own interests In orde,, WIN COZ
from GEORGE REDPATH, imnar.s,, early
dealer In song and ornamental b lrdS saa
uy, Pigeons and minor pos, B,pvb us M poul'
NEW YORK hampton
am not respons BILE for remittance,
registered or money order. iohTo usaieii