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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
SqIIibS.

1t has been decided that meat is ''lit7
food for kittens.
He who filings his pills away will live
to die another day.
81 think the goose has the advantage
of YOU" said IL landlady to an ineXpcrt
bOardcr, who was carving. "Gucss he
has, mum, in age" was the whitening
retOrt.
An exchange makes this unfceling
remark: CLOVIS IA st. Louis girl to
play croquet when the minute she puts
her foot on Il ball to make IL croquct
the ball sinks into the earth ?"
"Petcr," said good old man, after
hard days ride through II pelting
storm, 81 really believe that had it not
been for kind Providence and that
waterproof coat, should have caught
my death of cold
"What is the greatest charge on
record p asked the professor of his
tory. And the absent minded student
answered, "Sevcntecn dollars for hack
hire for self and girl for two hours. .-
Boston Post.
''No kiss ?" he said pleadingIy, "no
kiss from my darling tonight p "No,"
she said emphatically, mo kiss. !
hear that there is mumps i'll your fam
ily.n- The Sanitarian.
A schoolboy's composition on tObac-
co: "This nOXiOus weed was invented
by Il distinguished man named Walter
Raleigh. When the people first saw
him smoking they thought he was II
steamboat and as they had never
heard of such thing as a steamboat,
they were terribly frightened"
''Mothcr," remarked Duluth girl,
II think Harry must he going to pro-
pose to me- "Why so, my daugh-
ter ?" queried the old lady, laying down
her spectacles, while her face bcamed
like the moon in its fourteenth night.
"Well, he asked me this evening if
wasn't tired of living with such IA men
agerie as you and dad"
''What tiresOme thing that Mrs.
Smith is - exclaimed Mrs. Brown. Il
called there to-day, and she ran on so
telling about her new carpet, and her
new house girl, and her baby's two
teeth, and her new bonnet, that | did
not get IA chance to say word about
my new sacque, or our parlOr furniture,
or Freddy's coming down with the
measles, or Sarah James dyspepsia, or
Uncle Charles rheumatism, or how
Bridget burned that batch of biscuits.
Oh, she's such tiresOme thing"
Scene at the Delavan house-Bar-
tender: "Well, Mr.. COnkling, what
will you have 2" Conkling: "You
may give me good stiff rum punch,
with two strawberries, half banana
and three-quarters of Bermuda onion
in it.r bartender "Mr Platt, what
| will you have sir ~ Platt: "YOu
may give me the same as Mr.. Conk
ling's."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17

presidpnt T,inrnIn oncn mai u-itL ,
neoro on tho dnnl, 81 s+on,t"+ I 'L"
ii1Tstratad III tLo iM Inn" VI " 'O''''""o"' " "'
'',' a',o'
viii live We to- irbt .G tIn anotber sdmS ahxy dsx,
The nresident fnd;nr tbot tbo perro
had served in a rn,rimnnt That Suf,sraJ
severely ot tLc hoftIr of Fort DnnnIJ.
son, asked if he was in the iicbt
The colorad mann owned th9t Lo had
q LITTLE t.stn of If and tLnn thc foIInv.
- i,' ~ i'''' NV '''i'"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
Pearls from Great Men.
He who fights and runs away
Will live to fight another day."

1t looks like rain.-Plato.
Pass the butter.-IIorace Greeley.
Cold day, amt it MARTIN Luther.
You can stop my paper.-N Napoleon
Bonaparte.
My head aches fit to split George
Washington.
Is this not hot enough for you p
Cardinal Richelieu.
Here's another button off this shirt.
Daniel Webster.
Send me two pounds of steak
Thomas jefferson.
These potatoes amt mOre'n half
Socrates.
Call around next week and I'll pay
it.-Edgar A. Poe.
Lend me five dollars till next Mon
day John Howard Payne.
| suppose I've got to shovel off the
sidew ak Charles Sumner.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
An Ingenious Monkey.

There lives in the south of France
man of wealth, whose chateau, or
country place residence, has around it
very tall trees. The cook of the chat
eau has monkey, Il pert fellow who
knows ever SO many tricks. The
monkey often helps the cook to pluck
the feathers from fowls. On the day
that interests us, the cook gave the
monkey two patridges to pluck and
the monkey, seating himself in an open
window, went to work. He had picked
the feathers from one of the partridges,
and placed it on the outer ledge with Il
satisfied grunt, when 10 all at once a
hawk flew down from one of the tall
trees near by and bore off the plucked
bird. Master monkey was very angry
He shook his fist at the hawk, which
took a seat on one of the limbs not far
off, and began to eat the partridge
with great relish. The owner of the
chateau saw the sport for he was sit
ting in grape arbor, and crept up to
watch the end of it. The monkey
picked the other partridge, laid it ON
the ledge i'll the same place, and hid
behind the windOw-scrcen on the in
side. The hawk was caught i'll the
trap; for when it flew down after the
partridge, out reached the monkey and
caught the thief. In moment, the
hawks neck was wrIrng, and the mon
key soon had the hawk plucked. TAX
ing the two birds to the cook, the mon
key handed them to him, as if to say
"Here are your two partridges, mas
ter" The cook thought that one of
the birds looked queer, but he served
them on the table. The owner of the
house shook his head when he saw the
dish, and telling the cook of the trick,
laughed heartily.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
Wife or Slave.

'"Ten o'clock, and the lunch basket
not ready to take to the field ! As
usual :" grunted Farmer Brewster rs
he threw himself into the rocking chair
in the kitchen and famed his flushed
face with his straw hat. "a quarter of
an hour wasted very likely, waiting
here. Right in the midst of us fine Il
hay-day us man would wish to see.
Now, my mother used to have her
lunch ready to the minute whenever
we came for it, and | don't see why"
His ieremiad was checked by the ap-
pcarance of his wife, who came out of
the pantry tugging along the great
lunch basket, almost too heavy for her
strength.
Farmer Brewster was a young man,
in spite of his grumbling. Only TWEEN
ty-three, tall, straight, healthy, with
blue eyes, rosy checks, fair curly hair
and handsome face when it was not
darkened, as now, by scOwl of dis
content.
An only son, he had inherited a large
and handsome farm, clear of mortgage
and debt, which supplied all the wants
of his household most liberally and
gave him nice little sum of money to
deposit in the bank each year.
There was no reason why he should
be mean, and vet miserly habits were
gradually growing upon him far faster
than he knew.
Nor was there need of grumbling
over the household arrangements, since
the wife of his choice was farmers
daughter who knew well how to work,
and who had taken delight in setting
her home in faultless order when first
she came as bride to the pleasant
Brewster place.
The same order reigned still, from
garret to cellar of the square old house
but Mrs. Brewster went through hel
tasks mechanically now, or with a
nervous haste and hurry that mad,
them almost uncomfortable sometimes.
The constant drop of water will
wear away Il stone and the constant
fault-tinding in which her husband
saw fit to indulge had nearly worn tn,
patience, the hope and the endurance
out of the young wife's heart.
The comfort and happiness of that
home hung upon Il thread, which frayeC
more and more, hour by hour. under
the pain of unmerited blame.
Yet George Brewster saw nothing o
this until the morning of which
! write.
"There is the lunch and it is exactI,
five minutes past ten," said Mrs. Brew
ster, setting the basket down with som,
emphasis at his feet. II was delayed
that much with the butter. 1t had t.
be seen to before the sun got too high
"My mother always churned befor
breakfast" observed George, risin,
slowly to his feet.
His wife said nothing, but the colo
rose hotly in her cheeks till the los
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
The Golden wedding.


"ake up Wife tine oiAck CLOAK vi Nisn' Oesiii'
to tade'
And far in the east the Morning MS kiteheh nre
mas mAde
And he is heating red-hot his stove oi IRON gray,
ANA stars are "lhkhg anu phhkihR oeioie 'no
Mind you what was dolhr just nity years
agone =
brushlh my ouhuay rAi'heh'' AL Pu'''" my O'''
looks on
Clothh myseh IN courage =" none my his"'
wouiu see
An my coward heart "lthn Tue "hiie' was Pouhu
Ten mile WOOD an Drampie' All 'hree "nlie he'u All
III 'he o"i" Si"iio va ii"ih"S " " J
you;
No horse had but my wlshes-no piiot Dut star
But my boylsh heart IL iahcled IL heard you from
So through the woods hurried an through the
grass an dew
An little thought tlrihg the "hoie Oh my
journey through;
Things ne'er before nor after do so man rejoice
Az on the day he marries the woman of his choice
And .hon o,,r oount,,, ,yaddiDg brimfnl n, e,rief
an glee,
With every one a-pettin' an jokin' yon an me-
The good cheer went and came wife, as it some
times has done
When clouds have chased each other across the
summer sun.
rboro ,vos ,orr ,,ood old fatber dressad mn in
weddip' shane
With all the homespun finery that he could rake
an scrape;
And your dear-hearted mother, the sunlight OF
whose smile
ShOne through the showers of tear-drOps that
Also your sisters an brothers, who hardly seemed
to know
How they could scare up courage to let their sister
goi
An cousins an schoolhouse comrades, dressed up
in meetin trim,
With one OF them a-sulkin' because 1t WASH t him :
An there was the good old parson his neck all
dressed Ill "hlte'
A bunch o texts in his left eye a hymn-book in
his right;
An the parsons virgin daughter plain an severe
ly pure
Who hoped we should be happy, butwasn't exactly
SuIej
And there was the vlctnas' seasoned with KIND re-
gaTCs an love,
And holly wreaths with breastpins Of rubies, up
abOvej
An there was my heart a-wonderin' as how such
tMhgs couid De-
An there was the world before u.s. an there was
you anu me
wake up vile that gold bird' the sum- mas come
III Sish''
ana ON tree-t"p perches 10 taKe his dai'y n'gh''
he Is ho' olu anu ieeoie' Ah he WIN Saii a""S'
AS he mas done 81 oiteh since hity years totiay'
You know there's company cominr-our daughters
an our sons:
There's John and James and Lucy an all their
little ones
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
Trarelers' 6nidr.
st. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad.
January 10, 1881.
TRaTSs MOVING EAST

MAII.-Leaves SwantOn 80 4. m. Cambridge
junction 6.54 Hardwick $40, East Hardwick s23
Greensboro $50, Walden 9.O3, Danville 926 st.
Johnsbury arrive 1000 leave 40 East st. Johns
bury 1854, West Concord .O4. Miles Pond IL ~
East Concord 11.33,- arrives at Lunenburg I1.45
Portland at s 81 p. m.
EXPRESS-Leaves Swanton 535 p. m. Cam
bridge junction 7.O2, Hardwick s.25, East Hard
wick s3s, Greensboro g 46, Walden $40, Danville
80, arrive st. Johnsbury 1000 p.
MIXED-St. JohHSb,try TO Lurnenburg-Leaves
St JohnsbUry 446 p. m, 4. st. JOhnsbury sos, W.
Concord SIS, Miles Pond O5, Z. Concord 6.22 ar
rive Lunenburg 6.i5 p.
TRAINS MOVING WEST.
MAIL-Leaves Portland - a. m. Lunenburg
l-35, p. IN, East Concord III, Miles Pond lJ6
West Concord 2.17 East St Johnsbury 2-2s, arrive
st. JOhnsbuTy 40 leaves AS Danville $50, Wal
den 5f4, Greensboro Sos, East Hardwick GIG
Iardwick COS Cambridge junction las, arrives
at Swanton at $40 p. III.
EXPRESS-Le st. JOhnsbury 6-35 a. m
Danville 7.05. Walden 7.29, Greensboro $50, Il.
Hardwick 7.5s, Hardwick s.l1, Cambridge
j JUNCTION 9.34 SwantOn IL 90 a.
MIXED LunenJttTg 10 81. JohnSbttTy-Leaves
Lunenburg 6 30 a. M r. Concord $50, Miles Pond
7.Os West Concord las, 4. ST JOhnsbury sos, ar
rive st. JOhnsbury $50 a
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17

In the South, particularly, a new
party would find plenty of recruits.
The South is Democratic but there is
a great element of the Southern De-
mocracy that has no sympathy with
Bourbonism. Progressive Southern
Democrats will not join the Republi
can party. They have fought that
party too long, and, however much
they may admire some of its principles,
they have no respect for it. They feel
they would he disgraced and dishon-
ored by an alliance with the Republi
can party, but they would not hesitate
to join a new party if the new party
promised to advance their material in
terests, even though the principles of
the new party were more radical than
those of the Republican party. The
Southern people are tired of sentimen-
tai politics. They want something
practical. The time for third party
may not have come yet, but if it has
not, it is probable that it will not be
delayed very long.-GNew Orleans
Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
HOmeSickneSs "a Disease.

Most people have notion of what
homesickness is, many have suffered
from it, but it has been left to Il dis
tinguished French physician to classi
fy it us an actual disease. NJ. II. Rey
finds that it is uncommon among child
rem and old folks, and more frequent
among men than women. Those who
are most liable to it are the young con-
scripts drawn from the country who
Join the infantry. Town lads are too
accustomed to change and hustle to be
readily susceptible, while the cavalry
soldier is supposed to be too busy to
have time to devote much attention to
home and its concerns. DR.. Rey CON
siders nostalgia (that is, hOmesickness)
IL form of insanity. Its symptoms are
that the patient becomes sad and
moody, fOrbears to eat, retires to weep
solus cum solo, and gives himself up
to reveries of home. In the second
stage, he wears the aspect Ofill-health,
suffers from headache and sleepless-
ness, and should the disease advance,
delirium, prostration and decay set III,
terminating in death. Occasionally
veterans also are afflicted with the
malady. This generally happens
when fighting has to be done in re-
treat, in the bitterness of defeat, wher
they feel forsaken, cold, hungry, wheT
they have to sleep on damp ground
agonized from thirst caused by theil
wounds, when they are taken prison
ers, and become familiar with tn,
strange bedfellows that misery ac
quaints them within these circum
stances, utterly downcast and disheart
ened, the old soldier thinks of hi
home, his aged parents, his wife ant
BARNS, with keenest, liveliest memory
and severe attack of nostalgia il
added to the other ailments of which h,
is already the victim.-[Cassell's Mag
azine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
st. Johnsbury Post Office.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE MAILS.
Boston and intermediate offices. Arrive 4:4O p
IN Close $3.50 a
Boston through mail. Arrive PIT m. Close
200 pm.
New York and the West. Arrive 2:l7 and
1906 and 4:iO y m. Close $50 and 500 IN.
Newport and the North Arrive 10l5 IN.
Close 400 m.
Portland and the East. Arrive 300 Close
9::}0 a
Swanton and intermediate offices. Arrive 1915
a IN. Close 400 y m.
Waterford. Arrive 500 a m. Close 400 pm.
North Danville Arrive $50 m. Close 1890
a III.
West Concord and East St Johnsbury. Arrive
1918 a IN. Close e. p M.
CHAS. z. CARPENTER, I'd, p. NJ
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
ST. JOHNSBURY, VT, FRIDAY, JUNE II, 1881.

heart, as one in name and home now.
And Solomon Wyse has never seen oc
casiOn to administer the "talking tor
Somehow or other" drawls Solo
mon, getting run over by that NOW
ing machine was the making of George
Brewster"
And Lefty and George think so, too
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
Passumpsic RaiIroad.---Feb'y aI. 1881.
St. Johnsbury Church Directory.

Adpent-Paddock Village. Sabbath Services at
1890 a. IN. las and 6:30 p. m. Sabbath School IL
IN. Prayer Meetings at 1880 p. IN. Sunday, Tuesday
and Friday evenings.
Baptist-Railroad Street. Corner Maple. Rev.
T. I. Sandford, Pastor. Preaching 1890 A. NJ. s.
School 12 N. Prayer meeting $50. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at 7:3O.
Free Baphst-Main Street. Corner Prospect.
Rev. II. Lockhart Pastor. Sabbath services, 1890
A. NJ. and 6:3O N. Sabbath School at 10 M. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 7;3O.
Church of the Messidh-C UniversalistJ Eastern
avenue, corner Cherry street. Rev b. NJ TiIlot-
Sabbath School at - NJ. Wednesday evening meet
ing at 73O.
Methodist-Central street. Rev. E. S. Locke,
Pastor. Residence next to the Church. Sab
bath services at 1890 A NJ, and $3.50 P NJ. Sabbath
School at 10 NJ. Wednesday evening meeting at
1870.
North Oongrsgationdl-Main street, corner of
Church. Rev. Henry W. Jones, Pastor. Sabbath
School at las P. NJ. Wednesday evening meeting
at 7:3O.
South OongregatiOnal-Main street. Rev. Ed
ward Z. Fairbanks Pastor. Sabbath services at
1890 A. M, aud $50 p. N Sabbath School at IL NJ.
Wednesday evening meeting at 7:3O.
Presbyteridn Church-Rev. W. X. Laird pas
tor. Services at Presbyterian Hall, every Sab
bath at 1880 a. m, 300 p. IN. Sabbath school 200
Prayer meeting 6:30. Bible reading Wednesday
evening 7:30.
St AndreWs-( EpiscopalJ Main street, Rev
n. F. Putnam Rector. Services Sundays at
1890 a. m, and p. III. Holy days and Fridays at
a. m. Wednesdays at 1880 p. M. Sunday School
at $3.50 p. III.
Roman Oatholic-Cherry Street. Rev. j. A.
Bossonnault. Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a. III ;
Vespers and BenedictiOn at p. On the
second Sunday of the month, service at $50 a. m,
and =. m. At LyndOnville same day at 1890 a. NJ.
G. A, Browns Building Main Street Sunday
mornings at $50, Monday evenings at 1880.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17

Western Union and VI. InterndtiOnGl-in st.
.Johnsbury House. Open from a. m, to p. M.
sundays to 10 a. m, to p. IN. Night messages
ot half rates.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17

The fox whose tail was caught in
the trap was one of the first individu-
ais who severed his cOnnectiOn.-f BOs-
ton Commercial Bulletin.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17

An Indiana editor says: "COal oil
rubbed on the neck and head will cure
hog cholera; we have tried it.h Who
can dispute testimony like that
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17

A little city girl one morning ended
her prayer with, "Now good-by, God,
I'm going into the country"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17

Oongregatondl-Rev. F. b. Phelps, Pastor
Sunday services at 1045 a. m. and 6.30 p. Sab
bath school at 1900. Wednesday evening meeting
at 6.30.
MethOdist.-Rev. l.. C. Dickinson, Pastor. sun
day services at ] 30 p IN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17

JOB PRINTING of all kinds at living prices.
With modern type and machinery and skillfu
w"rkmen, nearly all kinds Of Job Printing can be
done as well and a. cheap as in the cities
Legal blanks, Card and Paper stock constantly
on hand.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
st. Johnsbury Athenmum.

Library and Reading ROOm,-Fre to all. Open
from A. N. to IL M; from to p. NJ, and from
to 1-2 Saturday evenings.
Art GdlIery-Open Tuesdays and Fridays
CHARLES A. WILLARD, Librarian.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
ST. cyumsbmp Galedunian.
G. M. STONE IL Co,
PUBLISHERS.

Opposite the Atheneum, St. Johnsbury, VT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
A Negro Philosopher.

President Lincoln once met with n
negro on the deck of steamboat who
illustrated the lines
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-17
UNITED STATES HOTEL.

Situated in the very centre of the City The hest
located House for business men. Heated bv
steam. Table set with the best the market
affords
WI. MCDONALD, Proprietor.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24
Rev. W. Fl. Moore, Presiding
Elder ofthe Washington District,
has changed his residence from
Washington to Wilson.

& Gun CHRISTMAS DINNER. --Ere the
Christmas holidays began We received
cordial invitation from Mr.. and Mrs.
Surry Miller to take dinner with them on
Monday, December 26th inst. About
ten o'clock we put our "Oas-hoss chaise"
in tim and started with our better half,
arriving at Mr.. Miller's residencel about
one o'clock p m. There we met quite Q
number of the best people of the Dud-
ley section to aid us in devouring the
good things that Mrs. Miller mad
prepared for the occasion. It Ia an
impossibility for us to mention all the
good things that we're placed before US,
but will say that the well.prepared tur'
key, which weighed about fifteen pounds,
large jelly cake, a.large fruit cake and
large pound cake, were served in the
very best style. We have never before
had the pleasure to set before a bette
dinner and a greater variety In NORTH
Carolina.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24

Mr.. w. T. Yelverton having
bought out Messrs. Farmer d;
Edmuon, rendered his resignation
as Clerk of the Superior and lnfe'
rior Courts OF our county on
Monday, the Goth inst.
Mr.. Yelverton was elected clerk
in 1874, and reelected in 1878,
having served seven years to the
entire satisfaction of our people.
An appointment will be made in
a few days to fill the unexpired
term Of one year of Mr.. Yelverton.
We trust Mr.. Yelverton's sue
cessor will serve the people as
honestly and satisfactorily as be
has.
Messrs. r. Il. Jones and W. II.
Yelverton will continue the hard
ware business at the Farmer q
Edmunson stand. We wish them
much success.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24
COMMUNICATION.

EDITOR GoLDsBoRo STAR IL find in
your paper an article containing the
proceedings of the I'd and Sd days SEES.
sion Of A. M. E. Zion Annual Conference
held in Beaufort, N. c., from November
30th 10 December 7th.
compliment your article by saying
You copied we'll the proceedings, espe-
cially that of the characters, as generally
that is of more interest to the public
than anything else. II the ministers are
as we'll satisfied with the passage OF their
characters as myself, they can trust them
to the public.
Finding the greatest trouble was, the
short coming Of the pastors in raising
the general fund per number, as pre-
scribed by law, which all, with one ex-
ception only, were short hope your
article will be tho means Of both preach
era aud people to be more earnest about
the general fund, as it is the only source
through which our Zion can run. 1t will,
hope, make more temperance members
and ministers than heretofore.
The members of the conference have q
right to rejoice to know Its membeas have
lived blameless In character, In every
virtue, and the world at large, 30 to
speak, can well ascertain the fact why
there was such fall off In collecting this
year, for when there is plenty of every
thing raised, It is all the preachers can
do 10 collect our general fund money, and
.t.o.oeo~n oil IF thia can hA accounted
for yet it was right for the conference
to acourge Its preachers for neglect Of
duty, If, in their judgment, they thought
| il was on the part of the preacher.
While | admit the examination was
rather rigid, in many respects uncallec
for, but as ministers, We say. the DuC
| may have bitter taste, but sweet will b'
| the flower" Respectfully,
L. r, FEREDEE.