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

Four young men, clerks and stu
dents, while on summer vacation
tramp through Northern New England,
engaged for guide to a certain roman
tic waterfall boy named Forrest
Graves. Forrest was fine athletic
fellow, who could Outwalk or Outclimb
any amateur in the mountains, and his
moral courage was equal to his physi-
cal health and strength.
After he had guided the young men
to the waterfall, and they had satisfied
themselves with sightseeing, they in
vited him to lunch with them.
"Thank you, have my own lunch, >"
and the boy went away by himself.
Later, when full Justice had been done
to their repast, and IA flask of brandy
had furnished each of the young men
with a stimulating draught, Graves was
called.
"YOu must drink with us, if You will
not eat with us now said the owner
of the flask, and the most reckless of
the party.
"No, sir, thank YOU" was the courte-
Gus response.
"But | insist upon it."
"Iou can do as you please, and |
shall do as please"
The young man sprang to his feet,
and with bound stood beside the boy,
too much absorbed i'll his own purpose
to heed the quivering lips and flashing
eyes of another.
"Now you are bound to try my bran
dy; | always rule"
''You can't rule me-"
These words were scarcely uttered
when the flask was seized and hurled
into the stream, where the clinking of
glass betrayed its destruction. Then II
clear, defiant tone rang out.
81 did it i'll self-detence. You had
no right to tempt me. My father was
once a rich and honorable man, but he
died miserable drunkard, and my
mother came here to live to keep me
away from liquor till | should be old
enough to take care of myself. | have
promised her more than hundred
times that | wouldn't taste it, and I'd
die before I'd break my PROMISE
"Bravely said. Forgive me and let
us shake hands. My mother would be
Il happy woman if were as brave as
you; | won't tempt you to do wrong.
| shall never forget You nor the lesson
you have taught me-"
The most reckless was the most gen
erous, and seeing his error apolOgized
frankly.
How many boys need to keep from
strong drink, and, alas, how many men
and women! Who dares tempt them
Let it not be you and L Youths
Companion.
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In Deep Addiction.

David, when in deep affection, was
kept from rcpining by the thought that
Gods kind hand held the rod which
caused him such severe suffering. II
was dumb" he exclaimed, 81 opened
not my mouth because thou didst it,
That perception, though it did not de
stroy his pain, drove all bitterness
from his heart. More than that, it be
came wellspling of sweetness min
Cling with his grief. Thou didSt it.!
Let that he the cry of thy heart, O
much tried soul BE sure that he per
mitted, if he did not send, the burdens
that weigh upon thee so crushingly.
Be sure also that he will cause them to
work together for thy spiritual good.
Then, though still afflicted, thou wilt
he able to say with one now in heaven,
"There is positively something allied
to pleasure in feeling his hand near
one, even though it hold rod. = Ii
on'S Herald
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Ii Don't Pay.

1t don't pay to hang one citizen be
cause another citizen sells him liquor.
1t don't pay to have one citizen in
the lunatic asylum, because another
citizen sold him liquor.
1t don't pay to have one citizen in
the county jail, because another citizen
sells him liquor.
1t don't pay to have fifty working
men ragged, to have one saloon keeper
dressed in brOadcloth, and flush of
money.
1t don't pay to have ten smart, act
i've, intelligent boys transformed into
thieves, to enable one man to lead an
easy life, by selling them liquor.
1t don't pay to have fifty working
men and their families live on bone
soup and half rations, in order that one
saloon-keeper may flourish on roast
turkey and champagne.
1t don't pay to have one thousand
homes blasted, ruined, defiled and
turned into hell of discord and mis-
cry, in order that one wholesale liquor
dealer may amass large fortune.
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save many headache, many falter-
ing spirit from giving way, and cool
many parched tongue. But the wa
ter in such fountains must not be of an
Understandable taste and a torpid tenn
perature. Bright and clear it should
sparkle, refreshing truly. This is a
matter of grave thought to those in
authority, who can escape from the
heat of towns to the seaside and to
sylvan shades, leaving the hard work
er in the dusty, hot-smelling city.
The principal needs of life, until
now spoken of, have been food and
drink, though the first place ought to
he claimed by air Food and Health.
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The Nearest Star.

Alpha Centauri, the known nearest
fixed star to the earth, is the finest OBJ
iect of the kind in the heavens. Be
sides being binary star of very short
period, every one knows that Alpha
Centauri is our next neighbor among
the stars, and that it was first to give
up the secret of its parallax under di-
rect Transit Circle observations. The
color of this star is straw-yellOw, or
sometimes yellow, according to
the state of the atmosphere. When
there is haze, of course the smaller star
is somewhat more affected 10y it than
the larger. This tends to give it a
slight brownish tint when the sky is
not clear. Alpha Centauri is a star of
the second class. Even the principal
dark lines are fine, and they apparent
ly occupy the same relative positions
as do the well-knOwn lettered lines in
the solar spectrum.
There can be little doubt, in fact,
that the physical constitution of this
great star is, in most respects, the same
as that of the sun. 1t is probable,
however, that Alpha Centauri is less
developed than the sun for, as Mr..
Proctor has pointed out, its light is
brighter than its mass would lead us
to expect it to be, Judging from the
light of our sun, as compared with his
mass. While the mass of the star is
to the mass of the sun sa ,: |, the
light of the star is to the light of the
sun as 3: |. Now, if it is true, as
physicists have good grounds for be-
lieving, that the sun is, and has been,
very slowly but surely losing his heat,
just as our earth has most certainly
lost an enormous amount of hers, there
must have been a time when the
sun and his system were less develop
ed, but far hotter and brighter than
they are nOw-when they formed
probably, white star-that is to say,
there was, quite possibly, time when
the light from our sun bore the same
relation to his mass as the light from
Alpha Centauri bears now to its mass.
We may also believe that matters are
less advanced in the planets (if there
are any of this neighbOring system
than they are with us.
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ReIiaians Readina.
Mother DOn't Know.

Walking along the streets of Boston,
last evening, we met two plainly
dressed boys carrying the basket of
clothes which their mother had wash
ed. One might he thirteen and one
nine. Both were smoking. As we
said, Good evening, boys" they both
put down the basket and took out their
cigars from their mouths.
1--WE have boy about your age"
addressing the elder, land so we are
fond of boys
Their faces frightened.
eve should feel badly to have him
smoke as you are doing, because we
think it would weaken his mind and
his body, and you know the mothers
depend upon their boys for very much
in this world. How much does your
cigar cost you ?"
"Three cents, and | smoke three
day"
"And that would make over thirty
OF books. How long have You smok-
ed Z"
"Since | was eight, five years and
Tommy, who is nine, has smoked for
year"
"Does your father smoke for if he
has the habit there is little use for pre-
cept, usually"
ale is dead"
"And what does your mother say?"
"My mother said the boy, with
dOwncast look, 'she don't know |
smoke"
A smoker for five years, carrying
home the clothes she had worked hard
to wash, deceiving her all the time, his
conscience seemed touched. We pat
ted the misunderstanding boy on the
shoulder as we said, "Remember the
talk we have had" and we went on,
thinking, alas of so many mothers
"who don't know"
And why don't they know? Partly
from the motherlOve that blinds them,
possibly; partly from their absorption
i'll other things besides the immortal
souls given to their care partly be-
cause they have failed to keep the
sympathy of their child, and partly
because they do not watch as well as
pray. Mothers "dOn't know" what
their boys and perhaps their girls are
reading, what conversations they are
having day by day, whether they are
on the streets at might. what prOmis-
cuOus attentions they are receiving or
giving, and it is their business to
know.
The Almighty could have arranged,
humanity speaking, no other so beneti
cent plan for the training of a soul for
himself as to have put it, clothed in
the form of little child, into some
mothers arms, and saddest among sad
things is the case when the mother for
some unexplained reason "don't know
the nature of the gift she holds, or the
responsibilities and possibilities of the
CASE [COngregationalist.
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How TO Live in Summer.

Food is Il part of drink, and drink
part of food both sustain the constant
changes of the body, and are necessary
for its maintenance. Man may have ear
ly come upon the idea to manufacture
beverages from various vegetable sub
stances, and to have originated the
habit of taking fluids which are never
really meant to quench thirst only
Some are taken for their aroma, for
their supposed strengthening and
stimulating qualities, as various wines
and spirits Others, as beer, for their
sustaining and satisfying properties ::
others, as some fruit and vegetable
juices, for their refreshing qualities.
We call the three former, that is,
spirits, wines and beer, alcoholic
drinks; their composition we cannot
here enter upon, but their effect upon
the human system, if taken in anv I'M
due quantity, is not healthful As re
CARDS the hot season, alcoholic bevera-
ges require the greatest care in their
use, and to take only such wines as
are really of a cooling tendency. When
vitality flags very much, it is possible
to give "A sudden stimulus to the ner-
vous system 10y takinga small quaint
+.
which will rally an exhausted person
suddenly, and help him to exert his
energies for recovery. but to drink
successfully any quantity of wines or
spirits i'll hot weather is equal to try
ing to commit suicide on the chance
that the pistol will not shoot or the
rope will not hang. To increase in
summer the heat of the blood, which
alcohol does, Is an irrational venture
As far as beer Is concerned, the tax
ing of it is by many thought necessi-
ty, with the thermometer at 90 de
grees. More beer and more beer is
called for, while each glass makes the
day hotter for him who takes it. Beer
should only he taken in the cool of the
evening, and it may somewhat restore
the tagging strength after the labor of
the day. 1t is better to avoid it as
much as possible during the day. We
have now many areated drinks, fruit
and lime juices. mineral waters and
iced lemonade, all refreshing and abat-
ing the influence of excessive heat
from without.
Whatever these may do to cool us.
they cannot do away with the results of
dry, parched up food, which occasions
thirst in an undue degree.
To keep drink down, in fact, You
must keep food up to its proper stand
ard.
Rice water, barley water, oatmeal
water, with lemon aud sugar. should
be ready in every house where chill
dren are. These are surely better
than cold tea, which is often given. or
milk, that cannot always be trusted
Small pieces of ice are very refresh
ing now and then for strong, healthy
persons also drink of water mixed
with vinegar and molasses is thirst
quenching for work people, or a slice
of lemon dipped into white sugar. Cool
the blood without disturbing the di
gestion and distending the intestines,
and you will get through the day.
A small ice-cream now and then is
refreshing, but continual use of i in
sultry weather may have very evil
consequences.
The humane custom To erect here and
there a drinking fountain is in the
highest degree PraisewOrthy it will
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IgrifnHnral.
Increasing the Yield OfCOrn.

We are now approaching the critical
point in the culture of our corn in New
England. Now is the time to cultivate
with the object of increasing the crop.
A thorough, deep cultivation, close to
the hills, just previous to the appear
ance of the tassel, may be expected, on
rich soil, to increase the crop very
largely. This cultivation is root-prun-
ing. The object is to check the plant
for short time, while the plant is in
the vigor of growth, so that the juices
shall have time for elaboration. and
thus the direction of the vigor shall be-
come changed from leaf-growth to the
formation and increased development
of the kernels and ears.
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NEW ADVERTTSEMENTS.
Education and Employment.
Corners Commercial College

IL the Oldest institution of its class in America 1t
still continues TO give superior instruction in all
the Commercial Branches Over Two Hun
dred Of its graduates were assisted to suitable
Employment last year, which vouches for its
high standing with business men Send for latest
catalogue 666 Washington ST., corner of
Beach St, Boston, Mass.
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Two boys who started West to fight
Indians got as far as Troy. Then they
concluded that if the country grew
tough in the same ratio as it did in go
ing from Boston to Troy, they had en-
joyed enough of it. And they return
ed Boston Post.
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ST. OHNsBURY AGADEMY.

Rev. H. T. FULLER, Phi. D., Principal
Teacher Of Latin, Greek, and Mental Science.
CHARLES E. PUTNEY, A. M,
Teacher Of Latin and Greek.
SOLOMON H. BRACKET, A. M,
Teacher Of Natural Science and Higher Mathematics
Miss L. JENNY COLBY,
Teacher Of Latin, French and English Literature.
Miss MARY E. CUMMINGS,
Teacher Of Mathematics and English.
Miss ABBY F. MITCHELL,
Teacher Of German History and English.
Madame EMMA MARIE,
Teacher Of French.
Miss ORRIS PADDOCK,
Teacher Of Instrumental Music.
Miss TIRZAH M. GUY,
Teacher Of Drdaoing.
WENDELL P. STAFFORD,
Teacher Of ElocutiOn.
Teacher Of PenmdnSeip.
Three of the classes in Dartmouth College were
last year led by students who fitted here.
The next year will begin THURSDAY, AUG
UST 30, 1881. For Catalogue further infOrma-
ton, apply to IL. T. FULLER, Principal.
Mr.. Fuller will be at Peaks Island. Portland
llarbOr to remain till August z afterwards mostly
at st Johnsbury till the term begins. 95-99
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Gsfafrs.

C,TATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA DIETRICH S.
y In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
st JohnsbuTy within and for said district on the
nh day Of August, a. ID. 1SsI
An instrument supporting TO be the last W i'll and
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ADvEsTIsTs' cAMP-MEETINe.

The camp of the Seventh-Day Adventists
at East Park Grove is attracting much atten-
ton, and the preaching is listened to by
steadily growing audiences. The speakers
are of thinking and intellectual class, aud
command respect and attention from the
thoughtful. The camp is charmingly situated
and admirably arranged. The first meeting
of the Conference has been held. Delegates
were received from the following churches !:
Oakland, San Francisco, Healdsburg, Peta.
luna, Santa Rosa, Woodland, Napa, st.
Helena, Lemoore, Chico, Red Bluff Lsfay.
cite, Nevada, Rocklin, Fairview, Arbuckle,
Gilroy, Placerville, VacavilIe, Fresno, Lone
Oak, Los Angeles, Salinas, Newcastle, Lake.
port, Orland and San Pasqual.
The President appointed committees as fol.
lows: Auditing Committee James Dreamer,
W. G. White, J. E Yoakum, William Saun-
ders, NJ. SuaZzay, G. W. Mills. On Nomi-
nations-William Saunders, James Dreamer.
J. h. Ysakum. On Resolutions-W. NJ.
Healey, Il. j. Waggoner. William Saunders.
Credentials and Licenses-Elder J. II. Wag-
goner, w. G. White, M. c. Israel.
Yesterday the Tract and Missionary So
eiety held its first meeting Of the Conference.
The Secretary reported that during the past
year 2.555 families have been visited, 4945
missionary letters written, 976, 5S4 pages of
tracts and SO,737 religious papers have been
distributed.
Until sunset to-day, this denomination of
Christians observe the Sabbath, and all the
exercises will be of devotional character,
and no business will be transacted. To-mor-
row both Elder Haskell and Mrs. White will
address the people. The husband of Mrs.
White (now deceased) was the pioneer of this
church upon the Pacific coast.