St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-03
GIeaningS.

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winter wheat never looked better.
II don't see what the paper wants to
publish such nonsense for" exclaimed
Pingrey. Il was down to Robinson's
last night. He was reading it aloud to
roomful. How the fools did laugh :"
Recent events have clearly demon
strated that the colleges of this cOun-
try propose to root out hazing. They
should be supported in that determin-
alton by the parents and guardians of
every student.
A company Las been formed at Win
nipeg, Canada, for the purpose of sup
plying the eastern market with canned
frogs. Large canning houses will tie
built i'll the spring near the suburban
town of " hitemouth.
Never use the curry comb on
horses legs below the knee and hook.
\ corn broom is best, since it takes
out the dirt and does not hurt the
horse. When the curry -cOmb and
common brush are all that are used to
clean the horse, its legs will seldom he
found properly cleaned.
The cigarette annually kills thou
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Young men, and those whom it does
not destroy physically it mentally
ruins. The tax on it should he in
creased. not reduced. 1t would he
well to place it so high rs to put the
poisonous packages beyond the reach
of the small boy New York Herald.
The railroad tunnel under the West
Point academy buildings is nearly com
pleted, and the company Is repairing
damages The laboratory building has
been partly destroyed by the remova.
of foundations, and the observatory is
rendered useless, and Il new one is to
be bnilt ut some little distance to avoid
disturbance from passing trains.
A Troy bell-founder has received an
order for bell from Delhi, Iowa, upon
which the following inscriptions are to
he cast. On one side: "A voice has
gone before every great good that has
ever been achieved i'll this world"
The above words were taken from
President Garfield's last public ad
dress. On the other side of the bell
will be east: ''In memory of ii servant
of Jesus Christ, orr loved President,
James a. Garfield. 1881"
Things one would rather have left
unsaid Nervous Person speaking at
last to your neighbour ''Do you know
who that remarkably ugly person is
just opposite talking to the black
haired lady, you know-um-eh ?"
Neighbor, That, sir, is my brother"
Nervous Person, Eyes ? Ill beg
your pardon -I-I-stupid of me not
to have seen the family likenesS-a-a
H. [COllapses and disappears.
Any one who is piecing silk quilt,
OF expecting to piece one, will be glad
to know how to dye silk or satin ii
beautiful old-gold color. Take green
hOrseradish leaves, steep them i'll Wa
ter, make strong dye after dipping
the silk or satin into the dye thorough
ly, wash in soft sOapsuds iron while
damp, laying cloth over the silk.
This should always he done when
ironing silk OF ribbon, even if it has
not been washed, but simply sponged.
Philadelphia has peculiar class of
women who constantly seek to attend
funerals. They wear mourning. cry
and take on" intrude among the real
mOurners i'll every way, and reach the
hight of their ambition when able to
slip into carriage and get ii ride to
the cemetery. Undertakers know these
''regularsn by sight and often drive
them away, but it is impossible to pun
ish them, for their otfenSe is only i'm
pertinence. They are curious, and
have Il ghoulish enjoyment of the sad
scenes.
Frank White, of Leadville, returning
alone from il trip i'll the Indian country,
found himself freezing to death in a
binding snOwstOrm on the Grand
River. Remembering that he had
heard old travellers on the plains talk
about the latent heat i'll Il snowbank,
he dug Il deep hole in ii drift with his
hands and crawled in. Presently he
began to feel more comfortable, and
the delightful but OminouS drOwSinesS
which precedes death by freezing stole
over him. He fought against it in
vain, and at last became unconscious.
The next morning he awOke, not in
eternity as he had confidently expected
to do. but in the Snowdritt, us warm
and snug as the traditional bug.
Through this extraordinary experience
Mr.. White conceived such Il high Opin-
ion of the value of latent heat to the
mining community that he is anxious
to have it called regularly on the eX-
changes.
Salvini, the celebrated tragedian,
had funny experience at SumOsa, in
Italy. He took, under an assumed
name, some lodgings i'll an out-of-the-
way street, for the purpose of quietly
studying a new role. The day after he
moved in he began to rehearse his part
The part was Il tragic one. and some
passages were exceptionally thunder
ing. The landlord was out and his
wife and daughter became alarmed at
the noise the new lodger was making.
They listened at the door, and heard
him bowling something to this effect {:
miserable coward Thy hand is, then,
strong enough only to plunge the steel
into the bosom of an innocent victim
Thou hast not the courage to kill thy
self Wilt thou, then, await the hatch
ct of the eNecutioner ~ The two wO-
men became terrified, rushed to the
police office. and in a few moments the
great tragedian was put in strait
Jacket and locked up as ii lunatic. 1t
took several hours, with the aid of the
local magistrate and the local physi-
clan, to clear the matter up.
- The Century Magazine will, in the
next and succeeding numbers, Ice large
" occupied with the Jewish question.
In March, James Bryce, NJ. p, the his
torian, writes about Beaconsfield, and
incidentally about the Jews i'll general
in April, Miss Lazarus will answer the
question, WAS Lord BeacOnstield
Representative jew ?" In the same