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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
Rev. John Clement ID. ID.

The character of Rev. John Clement,
d. D., lately deceased at Norwich, de-
serves more than a passing notice. He
was a devoted servant of the Master,
full of good works, active and faithful
in the ministry, and leaves name
which will be long held in remem-
brance and venerated by those who
knew him. He was born at Danville,
in this county, in 1897 fitted for col
lege at Peacham academy, where he
was surrounded by influences which
made themselves felt in his life in after
years entered Middlebury college in
1918, and became professed Christian
during his stay there; entered the An
dover Theological Seminary, and af-
terward was engaged as a teacher in
Phillips academy for ten years /; was
married in 1921 to MOsillia d. Hemen-
way of ShOreham, who died about a
year after, leaving a little daughter !;
was married again in 1924, and in the
same year was licensed by the Gale
donia association first settled III the
ministry at Chester, n. H., in 1880, af-
terwards at Topsham, Me-, and last in
Woodstock, VT, his first and last set
Elements covering a period of Is years
each left Woodstock in 1867, going to
Norwich, where he resided till his
death, on the 9th inst. A writer in the
Woodstock Standard says of him ::
"The amenities of social life he prac-
tised and enjoyed in large degree, in all
his intercourse with society, in public
and in private, exhibiting that good
will towards men taught him in the
precepts of his Mastern
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
Facts Curious a,ad Interesting.

The pressure of the blood current
diminishes from the heart.
OF all animal products used as food
sugar is found alone in milk.
In potatoes there are seventy five
parts water to every hundred parts.
When the foot of the midge is in ac-
ton it has the appearance Off horses
foot in miniature.
The time necessary for complete de-
struction of the human body is esti-
mated, in France, at five years.
In pure oxygen, at temperature of
1902 and under atmospheric pressure,
phosphorus is not luminous in the
dark
All the blood of man probably
in thirty-twO heart-beats, or less than
one-half minute.
The theory that gOut is caused by
high living meets with the objection
that it appears in some of the lower
classes, living on vegetable diet.
The butter, cheese, egg and milk bus
mess of this country is estimated to
be worth S40,000,000 a year.
One letter out of every three hun
dred sent is unclaimed in the Office to
which it goes. One letter in 2S3 sent
turns up in the dead letter office. One
letter out of 3l00 sent is held for post
age at the Office of mailing-and this
amounts to nearly 3OO, 900.
The earliest betrOthals on record are
those reported by Major Pinto, the
Portuguese traveller, as constituting
a custom in the country of the COquin
que in Africa. There, before child il
born, young man will ask the pro
spective father for the hand of his pos
sible daughter, and if the child proves
to be girl, he is bound to support he
until she is of manageable age. If
however, son is born, the support o
both mother and son devOlves upol
the hapless youth who has made tn
marriage proposition. The custom
prevails only among the rich, ant
Major Pinto likens it to the marriage
de cOnrenance in civilized society.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
The Man With the FIaiI.
lFrom the Detroit Free PressJ

1t carried the beholder back to 30
years ago, when the thrashing- machine
was heard only at rare intervals, and
the honest farmer spread his golden
stalks on the clean barn floor and
Hailed away with such tempered blows
that not kernal was broken. The
man who had it sat down on one of
the benches in the West Circus park.
The rare sight of such an article
halted every pedestrian, and the man
had to keep explaining over and over:
"Well, III have some beans to shell
tins tall, and | kinder thought 'twould
be easier to fail 'em ont. The
hardware man told me he had to send
to Vermont for it,
Pretty soon along came gray head
ed alderman, and when he saw that
HAIL he looked 10 years younger all Mt
once
Il handled that for over 10 years"
he said as he picked it up and spit on
his hands. "Seems like ole times to
get hold of this hickory again"
lie stepped out one side to give the
crowd an exhibition on the grass, and
his success was great At the second
blow the fail end hesitated in mid-air,
wobbled about and finally came down
with a whack on the PATRIOTS head,
making him see more stars than win
ter's night ever brought out. He drop
ped the weapon with the remark that
he was about 10 minutes late in keeping
an appointment, and he was rubbing
his skull as far down the street as he
could be seen. The next man to try it
was one who got off passing car un-
der the idea that dOg-fght was in
progress.
"a fail? Ha ha! Why, I haven't
seen fail since | was married." he
chuckled as he reached for it. 81 pre-
sumo | have failed thousand bushels
of wheat in my time. You boys stand
back there"
The boys retreated, and the man
lifted the fail on high and patted the
grass i'll vigorous manner.
Yes, my stint used to be 20 bushels
day" he continued, "and though |
do say it myself i"
Something happened. He dropped
the fail, seized his jaw, and danced off
as If he had springs under him, and
although a dozen voices asked what
hit him he refused to tell.
By and by third man came sailing
dlohSj anu Nltu he saw une Hall lie re-
marked that his father had used one
like it nearly all his life, and was
called the smartest fiailer in New
Hampshire.
Cant you use it ?" inquired one of
the crowd.
''Why, of course. If you boys want
to see how our fathers got their wheat
to mill I'll give you little exhibition.
Here, bub, hold my hat"
He buttoned his coat, mOistened his
hands, and began work. The first
blow nearly broke mans knee the
second cracked against boys elbow,
and ut the third the flailer grabbed the
top of his head and sat down with IA
subdued look in the corners of his
mouth.
''Well, guess III be jogging along"
said the owner of the fail as he rose
up. ''It's all in getting the kink of it.
A feller who makes twists and wObbles
"a special study won't git his head broke
over twice day, but green hand
might as well sit down under a brick
kiln durin' tOrnader. Day, gentle
men,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
st. Johnsbury g. Lake Champlain Railroad.
July 4, 1881.
IouNauTTRy
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

Aduent-Paddock Village. Sabbath Services at
1890 a m. las aud $50 y. m. Sabbath School 12
IN. Prayer Meetings at 1880 p. m Sunday, Tuesday
and Friday evenings.
Baptist-Railroad Street. Corner Maple. Rev
Z. 4. sanford, Pastor. Preaching 1880 A. M. s.
School II NJ. Prayer meeting $50. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at 7:3O.
Free Bdptist-Man Street. Corner Prospect
Rev. Ii. Lockhart Pastor. Sabbath services, 1890
A NJ, and $50 P N. Sabbath School at l2 NJ Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30
Church Of the Hsssidh-t Universalist) Eastern
avenue corner Cherry street Rev b. NJ Tillot-
Sabbath School at II Nj. Wednesday evening meet
ing at 7:30.
Mettodist-Central street. Rev. E. s. Locke
Pastor. Residence next to the Church. Sab
bath services at 1890 A. NJ, and $50 P. NJ Sabbath
School at ~ N. Wednesday evening meeting at
7:3O.
North Congre0ationaL-Main street. corner of
Church. Rev. Henry w. Jones, Pastor sabbath
services at 1890 A. M, and $50 P. M. Sabbath
School at las P. M. Wednesday evening meeting
at 7:3O.
South CongregationaL-Main street Rev. Ed
ward I. Fairbanks. Pastor. Sabbath services at
1890 NJ, and $50 p NJ. Sabbath School at I2 NJ.
Wednesday evening meeting at 1880.
PresbyteriGH Chureh-Rev. W. K. Laird pas.
tor. Services at Presbyterian Hall, every Sab
bath at 1890 a. IN, 800 p M. Sabbath school 300.
Prayer meeting 6:3O. Bible reading Wednesday
evening 7:3O.
st. AHdreO's-t tEpiscOpal) Main street, Rev.
y. f. Putnam, Rector. Services on SUNDAYS at
1880 n m. and p. III. Holy days and Fridays at
a. III. Wednesdays at 1880 p. Sunday School,
at $3.50 p.
Roman Oatholic-Cherry Street. Rev j. A.
BOissonnault. Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a M /;
Vespers and BenedictiOn at p. On the
second Sunday of the month, service at $50 m,
and p. III. At Lyndonville same day at 1890 a m.
Y II. @. A.-Meetings at the rooms of the Y. NJ.
G. A, Browns Building, Main Street Sunday
mornings at $3.50, Monday evenings at 1880.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
The Lancaster Poison Case.

A Journal dispatch from Lancaster,
n. H., says of the alleged poisoning
case there: 'Important revelations
have just been. made in the alleged
poisoning cases at Lancaster. 1t will
be remembered that there were six
deaths, which carried away all the
members of the DIR. Bugbee and b. G.
Towne families in this place. The
bodies were taken up and arsenic was
found in the stomach of Mr.. TOwne.
The next examination was that of Mrs.
Bugbee, and no poison was discovered,
and the authorities did not expect to
find any in that case. Professor Wood
of Harvard College has just completed
the chemical tests upon the vitals of
DIR. Bugbee and Mrs. TOwne, and
arsenic has been found III both of them.
In the case of DR.. Bugbee, whiskey
was also detected. These new disclos-
ures have a most important bearing on
this already exciting affair, and con-
firms the officers in several opinions
which they had before entertained. 1t
is expected that explanations will be
made in relation to the deaths of Miss
Bugbee and the servant girl. This
new evidence is considered substantial
proof that DR.. Bugbee, Mr.. Towne and
Mrs. Towne died from the use as Il
medicine of whiskey, in which arsenic
had been placed. The officers are con
vinced who the guilty party is, and are
preparing a network of evidence.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
Squibs.

AS with woman, so with horse.
His back hair is his name trouble.
Lady lodger - Your dog, sir, is un-
bearable. He hOwls all night. Male
lodger-Indeed Well, he might do
worse than that he might play the pi-
ano all day. .....
Old proverb: "The darkey's hour
is just before the DAWN remarked
Sambo, when he started out before day
break to steal young chicken for
breakfast.
A young man i'll this city, who prac-
ticed in the gymnasium one afternoon
only, was able to jump his board bill
the very next day Cincinnati Satur-
day Night.
A colOred witness was asked if he
knew and used the Bible. He replied
in the affirmative. 1t afterward ap-
peared that the man couldn't read.
Now, sir" thundered the attorney on
the other side, "didn't you swear that
you used your Bible 2" eyes, yes, sah,r
faltered the witness, 81 done stropped
my razor on it," The court decided
that this was equal to the general
knowledge of the Bible and was suffi-
cient.
A turtle seized jamestown On. "
young woman by the ear the other day
as she was bathing in Chautauqua
Lake. This should he warning to
New York girls not to use their ears as
paddles where mud turtles abound
Boston Globe.
The Countess of WAS summon
ed as witness in a French court
"Your age, Madame ~ asked the Judge.
my age" said the Countess "well,
really have such "a miserable memory"
"But certainly you must know when
you were BORN "No, indeed. Judge,
on my faith don't, was so little at
the time" The Judge did not insist
any further.
Mr. James Jasper, a bee-nevolent
old gentleman of Belfast, Me-, present
ed poor widow with a swarm of bees
the other day. That is a case where
charity bee-gins to hum. - Lowell
Courier.
Gen. Lee is said to have asked
straggler whom he found eating green
persimmOns, if he did not know they
were unfit for food. 81 am not eating
them for food, General" replied the
man: "I'm eating them to draw up
my stomach to fit my ratiOns."
An inquisitive old gent poked his
head in "A printing office door and ask
ed, "Who is dead ?" The man at the
wheel answered, "Nobody that | have
heard Of" The old gent asked, "What
is this Grape on the door for 7" The
boss then went out and found that the
''devil" had hung the jOb-office towel
on the dOor-knOb while he chased a
lame pigeon up an alley.
Old Uncle Nose went into Levi
Schaumburg's store, on Austin avenue,
to buy silk handkerchief, but was al
most paralyzed ON learning the price.
Levi explained that the high price of
silk goods was caused by some disease
among the silk-worms. Chow much
does yer ask for dis heah peace oh
tape I" asked the old man. ''Ten
cents" was the reply. "Ten cents
Jewhilikins so the tape has riz, tool
spose de cause oh datam, because dar's
sumfin de malta wild de tape-wums.
Dis seems to be gwine ter be a mighty
tough year on wums, anyhow."-lTex-
as Siftings.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
A Strange History.

A kind-hearted sea captain from Mill
bridge, Me-, sailing among the Phillip
inc Islands, about two years ago, en-
countered Spanish vessel which had
strange looking child on board. She
was a girl about ten years old, with
coarse, black hair, and cOpper-cOlOred
skin, and came from a race of cannibals
living upon an island in the China sea.
Her parents offered to have her killed
for the captains dinner, but he pre-
ferred to take the child alive, and
bought her for eight dollars. Shortly
after he met the Maine vessel and gave
the child to Capt. Means, who carried
her to his home. She had never worn
a dress, eaten from a table, sat in a
chair, or lain in bed. When shoes
were put on her feet she was unable to
stand and had to be led about. AT
first she fled from every man in terror,
suppOsing he wished to either sell OF
kill her. Now she speaks very good
English, is kind and affectionate, and
quick to learn. She eats neither butter
nor milk [CongregatiOnalist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
The End,

A wasp few out upon our fairest son,
And stung him to the quick with poisoned shaft,
The while he ehatted carelessly and laughed,
And knew not of the fatal mischief done.
And so this life, amid our love begun,
EnvenOmed by the insects hellish craft,
Was drunk by Death in one long, feverish draught
And he was lOst-Our precious, priceless onei
oh, mystery of blind remorseless fatel
Oh, cruel end of a most causeless hate
That life mean should murder life so great
What is there left to US who think and feel,
Who have no remedy, and no appeal,
But damn the wasp and crush him under heell
Il IJ. G. Holland.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
" This is the very top,

This is the very top,
The height, the crest, or crest unto the crest
OF murders arms this is the bloodiest shame,
The widest savagery, the vilest stroke
That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage
Presented to the tears of soft remorse.
All murders past do stand excused in this;
And this, so sole and so unmatchable
Shall give holiness, purity,
To the yet unbegOtten sin of times;
And prove a deadly blOOdshed but jest
Exampled by this heinOus spectacle"
shakespeare.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
st. Johnsbury Post Office.
ARRIVAL AND DKPARTuRE OF M,us

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston and intermediate offices. Arrive AIS %
IN. Close $3.50 and 500 a III.
Boston through mail. Arrive PIT m. Close
500 pm.
New York and the West. Arrive 2:17 and I1:OO
a m and Ais m. Close $50 and 500 a m and 500
pm.
Newport and the North. Arrive 900 m.
Close Ais IN
Portland and the East. Arrive 800 p M Close
$50 IN.
SwantOn and intermediate offices. Arrive 1O:l5
a III. Close Ais I'm.
Waterford. Arrive 500 m. Close 400 pm
North Danville. Arrive $50 a M. Close 1000
"A m.
West Concord and East st. Johnsbury. Arrive
900 III. Close Ais p IN.
CHAS. p. CARPENTER, Cd p NJ
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WEDDING STATIONERY.

We have adaed some choice Wedding Papers.
EnyeIopes and Cards TO our stock, and with new
and beautiful script type, can ut out wedding par
ties at short notice
Also nice calling cards, gilt-edged, put up in
lestherette boxes =. -
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30

OongregatiOndL-Rev. F. b. Phelps, Pastor
Sunday services at 10. 45 a M. and q 30 p. IN. Sab
bath school at 12.OO. Wednesday evening meeting
at $50.
hethodist.-Rev. L. C. Dickinson, Pastor. Sun
day services at 1.30 p IN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
st. Johnsbury Athenmum.

Library and Reading ROOni,- Free to all. Open
from A. N. To II M; from to P. M, and from
to l-2 Saturday evenings.
Art GdlleTy-Open Tuesdays and Fridays.
CHARLES A. WILLARD Librarian
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
Nice Calling Cards.

Gilt edged in boxes or cases, very neat. just
the thing every lady wants Call and see them.
CALIFORNIAN OFFICE.
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OLD PAPERS,

Good for pantry shelves, putting under carpets
and doing mp bundles for sale at 50 cents a hun
dred at this Office. II
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Western Union and VI InteraGtional-in st.
JOhnsbury House. Open from 2 a. M. to 9 D. Ill.
sundays, 10 10 a. m, to p. m Night messages
at half rates.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30

General A. E. Burnside, who died re-
Gently, was one of the five conspicuous
commanders of the Army of the Poto-
mac. He had a chance to make rep
utation as a military chieftain, but
failed to do so during his short COM
mand of the United States forces on
the Potomac. He gained some little
reputation in all expedition to New
bern, n. c., in 1862, but was not known
as a commander of reliable ability and
tactics. He was born in Indiana and
sent to West Point from that state,
graduating on the eve of the Mexican
war, in which he did active service.
He was never married was first elect
ed to the Senate in 1875, and recently
reelected had few enemies and many
friends, and was especially attached to
his colleague, Senator Anthony.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30

A jealous man at Warren, Mo-, shot
his wife and her mother, killed his lit
tie boy, and then gave himself up.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30

Suffering Michigan is receiving con-
sideratiOn at the hands of her sister
states-and she needs it, too. Gov.
jerome has issued proclamation to
the people of the United States, calling
for help to lift the sufferers out of the
ashes and give them start towards
their comforts of home. He says the
number of persons left without shelter
is $4,000, and to aid these will require
generous contributions from all parts
of the country. The citizens of Michi-
gan are doing their part, but they can
not do everything needed. We are
glad to see that the people elsewhere
are coming to their rescue.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30
USE
Bingham's Extract Jamaica Ginger
Chamomile

for all summer Complaints, Indigestion, etc
Prepared in French Brandy, and gives satisfae
tion every time.
Made and sold at
9stf BINGHAM'S DRUG STORE.
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ST. 5umsburp (aledOrian.
@. NJ. STONE & CO,
PUBLISHERS.

Opposite the Athensum, St. Johnsbury, VT.
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ST. cJolmsburp (alfdunian.
St. Johnsbury, Vt. Friday. Sept. 80, 1881.
Kaiser William of Germany and tn

Kaiser William of Germany and the
Car of Russia have had a tete -a-tete
lately, and the former endeavored to
instruct the Car as to the best meth
ods of dealing with the Nihilists. He
advised him to have resource to the
same means of combating the evil as
he himself had adopted since Nobling's
attempts, that is, war to the knife. SIN
the year which followed the adoption
of this policy" said he, "the German
law courts passed sentence on 5000 So
cialists. Now, however, the cases of
socialism are much less frequent"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30

hC StdtI IOute uillcNtS nave Dtcn
given another respite by the adjourn
ment of the grand jury. The impress
sion prevails at Washington that this
adjournment in favor of the govern
ment plunderers was not strictly acci-
dental, and that the district attorney
might have taken these fellows in hand
and disciplined them. If there is any
ground for such an impression, it is
not at all creditable to the official in
question. The people have been de-
cidedly pleased with Mr.. James sue
cess in ferreting out frauds in the post
very much pleased if the officers of the
law daily with the thieves and allow
them to evade punishment. They
want justice administered in this case,
no matter where it strikes.
The New York bulls and bears have
been afraid of late that Secretary Win
dom intended to initiate the money mar
ket, and the result has been unusual
activity among the Wall street brokers'
The Tribune, however, hints that there
is no reason to expect that the Secreta-
ry will do anything to unsettle the
money market, and goes on to observe
"The Treasury is collecting fism the
people in taxes about S10,OOO,O 600 a
month more than it needs for public
expenses and payment of interest
The accumulation of so large a sum il
the Treasury would cause mischief al
any time in the year when the money
market could be made excessively
stringent. Hence the Secretary viii
naturally and properly take such stepi
as to prevent any disturbance of tn,
market by means of the Treasury col
lectiOns. The Treasury takes in money
solely for the purpose of disbursing i
again on public account. 1t has N.
reason and no right to disturb the mar
kets by delaying its disbursements un
necessarily. 1t has means for the re
duction of debt the sooner such mean
are applied, so that interest ON tn,
public debt may be diminished, th
better for the public interest Secre
tary Window understands this, AM
certainly will take no steps to caus
needless disturbance"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30


The oldest building in New York
and the most interesting for its histor-
ic associations is to be pulled down to
make room for modern ten-stOry edi-
fee. Mr.. Cyrus w. Field has purchas-
ed the Washington hotel, on the cor
ner of Broadway and Battery place,
and will soon begin its demolition.
This structure was built in 1742 by a
British Admiral for residence, and
was, in its day, the finest house in the
country. During the Revolutionary
period it sheltered most of the com
manders of the British forces, and
Major Andre was a guest under its
roof just before he made his fatal Jour
ney up the Hudson.
The Burlington Free Press, taking
up the criticism of our exchange on the
degeneracy of the public morals in New
England, remarks: The records OF
provincial times show that even in
that early time, when there were no
large towns, and when the rigid Puri-
tan rules were in strongest force, hu-
man nature was much the same as now,
and as often broke over or evaded
wholesome restraint. Ii is not neces-
sary to believe that New England oI
Vermont is worse as regards sexual IL
cense, than it ever WIS; but it is GER
tain that at all times there is need for
FAN the restraints of careful parental
control, of pure and wholesome Gus
toms in the home and in society. and
| of both human and Divine law.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-30

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