St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-31
GIeanings.

In Westmoreland county, Pa, dog
were killed because it was believe,
that the animals have the small-po,
and were spreading the disease.
In his experiments with the strength
of insects, Plateau, the French natu
ralist, has ascertained that in proper
ton to its size a June-bug is as pow
erful as a locomotive.
A hotel, costing S5OO,OOO, is to b,
built on Huntington avenue at Boston
opposite Hotel Huntington. 1t will b,
six stories high in front by eight il
the rear and contain 500 rooms.
The Mississippi House of Represen
tatives has passed bill preventing the
sale of tobacco to minors without al
order from their parents or guardians
The Chicago men who took 5000, 00t
acres of Texas land and agreed to
build 100000 state-house to pay
for it, say that the bargain was mad,
on two days notice.
In the last ID years 2S0O houses have
been pulled down in Edinburg as I'M
fit for human habitatiOn. In 1868 the
yearly death rate there was % in 1000
now 1t Is ~ In 1000.
A Toronto man arrested for Gaming
his grown-up daughter the other day
explained that he was piOus person
and thrashed the girl in the interest
of Christianity to make her keep Lent.
The government holds 654 Indians
as prisoners of war. Of this number
4I2 are Cheyennes at Fort Keogh, Da.,
100 are Sitting Bulls Sioux, and the
others are scattered, few i'll II place
Following potatoes and cabbages
we have butter from the old country
One hundred tirkins of butter were re-
ceived in New York the other day
from HOlstein, and sold for 10 AMI 4t
cents, about one cent higher than the
best American article.
A notable instance of longevity is
furnished by DartmOuth's class of '33
Out of the thirty-one members seven
teen are alive, averaging over 10 years
of age, and one of them is Il Mormon
of the ''sacred twelve" in Utah.
Asa Briggs, an old Shutesbury resi-
dent, and IL noted snare-drummer i'll
his day, has just died. Conscious OF
his approaching end he desired that Il
Universalist minister living i'll ii neigh
boring town should attend his funeral,
giving as a reason, 'They say he is a
good hand at funeral, and ! should
like to hear him just once"
A Brooklyn man gets $500 from a
dentist who broke one of his teeth
and let fragment fall into the wind
pipe, where it stuck. The patient was
under the influence of gas at the time,
didn't know what had happened, was
dOctOred for bronchitis. and only sued
the dentist after coughing up the ivory
ut the end of Il long sickness.
1t is said that wolves increase faster
than the population III France, and
the country is now supposed to con
tain 1000 or 1000 of the animals. They
often kill dogs which are defending
sheep, and in LimOusin and thereabOut
have six times in the last two years at
tackled human beings. The districts
suffering from their ravages demand
the offering of boumties which will
cause their determination.
Said st. Louis street-car driver:
get Sl.60 Il day. | have IA wife and six
children. We live i'll two rooms on
the third story, and pay 81 month
rent. | work about II hours Sunday
and every other day. The time am
ut home | am so tired that | sleep. |
never have chance to talk to my
wife and children. Indeed, during the
winter season never see their faces
by daylight.
A celebrated divine, who was re
markable i'll the first period of his min
istry for loud and boisterous manner
of preaching, suddenly changed his
whole manner in the pulpit, and adopt
ed mild and dispassionate mode of
delivery. One of his brethren obserV-
ing it, inquired of him what had Undue
ed him to make the change. He an
swered: ''When | was young thought
it was the thunder that killed the peO-
pie; but when | grew wiser | discov-
cred that it was the lightning. SO de-
termined to thunder less and tighten
more in the future"
Late story from Philadelphia About
il year ago street-car conductor was
struck by falling tree and so injured
that his legs were completely paralyZ-
ed. They were entirely without SEN
satiOn, galvanlc shocks had no effect,
doctors gave the case up, and the suf-
ferer expected to be cripple for life.
But about fortnight since as he was
reaching with one hand as far as pos
sible for some article above his head,
he felt something in his back snap
suddenly and violently, Immediately
sensation returned to his legs, and he
is now running Il car as good as new