St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-03

the tar which strengthened the rigging |
to which he was-Or was not, for there |
seems a doubt about it-lashed at the |
battle of Mobile Bay-yea, even big, |
big d! But no one could dam the |
blessed streams of the young and more |
or less beautiful Sunday school schol- |
airs of Brooklyn, who on the 25th-I
$4,000 strong the avenues and |
parks of the City of Churches living
parterres of the choicest flowers of hu- |
kind, and the churches afterward
resonant with their songs of praise.
1t is a pretty custom and a pretty
sight, this army with banners innu-
merable, fairy-like with flowers, rib
bOns, laces, etc. Wee, little toddlekins
in kid shoes and shining garments of
every hue, like so many of the cum
ningest of humming- birds, were at one
end of the human ladder, and silver
haired men and women ut the other.
The event of this week, of course,
has been the rush for the Revised New
Testament. 1t seemed to be every
where the day of its issuing, in the
cars, stages, ferry-boats and business
houses, sold by newsboys, hawked by
peddlers, and to be had at every alter
nate store. 1t was actually sold by
some enterprising bartenders i'll sample
rooms, who took advantage of the
boom to turn an honest penny out of
their patrons, who forthwith proceed
ed to criticise texts instead of tOds.
The pirates pounded down on some of
the first copies, which in an incredibly
short space of time were cut up and
delivered to an army of ready printers,
and by the evening of the first day one
firm had out an edition with the au-
thOrized and revised versions in par
allel columns, and the papers the next
morning were full of views of prOmi-
nent clergymen and others, who work
ed into print some of them in a gallOp
ing hurry, chiefly to say that they
wanted time to think the whole thing
over before they committed themselves.
| suppose twill be war between the
versions for some time, premOnitOry
rumblings having already been heard.
Electricians are agog over the an
nouncement that electricity has been
bottled up in condensed form and
shipped Just like case of boots or
canned turkey, and can be manufac
tured in one place and shipped by the
gallon or hOgshead in quantities to
suit. If this is thus, twill knock spots
out of the Pennsylvania and other
railroads, for we need not transport
the coal they bring and can get all the
energy we want to warm lis, cook our
food, light our streets, houses, church
es and theaters-and militia armories,
to keep all our engines going, run all
our steamships, etc, by the crate or
bucketful. Lord Lytton's coming
race will be eclipsed by our home made
double distilled ''Vril." There's moth
ing slow about u.s. that's a fact.
Talking about electricity reminds
one that Cyrus w. Field, the father of
Atlantic cables, has just returned from
a tour around the world, where, as
usual, he kept his eye open. A COM
pressed narrative, brimful of meat,
was published in the Herald in the
shape of an interview with him, and
it's mighty good reading, | can assure
you.
Rufus Hatch and the iron pier at the
Battery, which, with its numberless
attractions, is apparently intended to
rival Coney Island this summer, are
getting a good deal of attention just
now. The first mammoth, unsuitable
steel excursion boat has made its initial
trips very satisfactorily. 1t would be
strange if after all its degradation as
the stamping ground of the sharks
who prey on immigrants, the Battery
should again become fashionable re-
sort. 1t was once, we all know, the
toniest part of Manhattan Island, and,
in spite of the Disagreement in its
vicinity, it is still the most beautiful
site in the city. Nature has done so
much that the vilest art cannot spoil
that enchanting portal to the city. In
sunshine or storm, the view from the
Battery is unsurpassed any where in
! the world, and to my taste it beats
Naples or COnstantinOple. My taste
may be bad, but if so, good many
agree with me.
Everybody is talking about the i'm
mense wealth of Jay Gould. He was
up for examination in court the other
day about Western Union affairs and
couldn't recOllect whether a certain
check he had drawn was for $4,000, 00O
or Sl0,000,000. And he was mdoubt-
4 ly honest in his hesitation. He lives
handsomely though unostentiously and
i'll fact with great personal simplicity,
and handles vast sums i'll his enter
, prises with as little unconcern as 4
gambling Russian prince. Making
money just for the fun of it is passion
with him. If he stopped now and be
gan to spend what he has to spend il
would take him all the remaining years
f of his life to do so III any sensible sort
of way. He has been too busy making
it to be able to learn how to spend il
: judiciOusly and perhaps is now too old
f to he taught. So | suppose he'll go OF
f making more and more till some day
| the wheel will turn and he'll lose every
| dollar and flop away out of sight like
: old Dan'l Drew and other Wall street
| pollywogs.
= BookwOrms are usually interested il
the sale of choice private libraries, bu
t the ways of these "kittle cattle" are
5 sometimes very hard to understand
5 DIR. Tying, Jr., has resigned his rector
= ship of Holy Trinity, p. +. church, anC
1 gone into the insurance business; hi
l library was put up for sale and the sep
h arate constituents were eagerly com
= peted for and brought very high prices
- Rabbi GOtthOld, one of the most schOl
arly of Hebrew leaders, also found Oc.
casiOn to scatter his collection, among
which are some of the rarest of works
which an outsider would naturally sup
Y pose would have brought bibliOpole
by shoals like fish round wreck; bu
the results were meagre in the extreme
r Our resident British friends had {
F jolly celebration of Queen land En-
R press1 VictOria's birthday, on the Oath
and the signs of amity between tn
great English speaking countries wer