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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-08-10

his feet pointing towards smoking
knot and his head on " birch log, and
essayed to sleep, and whether visions
of hedgehogs and bearskins and dusky
Inaidens with raving locks troubled
him he says not; but the magic word
kept ringing in his ears, and the wind
in the tree-tops looked down and whis-
pered, Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures" The leavs
in the trees whispered it the next
morning and on departing our hero
handed the noble red man quarter
and tried to speak another piece TO the
Maid of the Smoky Eye:
But the maiden
Only answered,
As she creased her
RaViDg t.'esses-
Combed her locks with
Branch of cedar,
Scratched her head with
Shiny finger
Wannamooka-
pollanokee-
wahooboogah-
goochegoonee.
1t was thought that this magic word,
Wanna &c, &c, would be the most
beautiful and picturesque name that
could be chosen for our village; but
when the christening came the news
paper inah tainted at the end of the
thirteenth syllable, and fell with his
head in an ash bucket; the women all
screened "Omi" and when he was
raised they all cried, Mio-oo-oo-oe."
The beautiful Indian name was lost in
the ash-bucket, and therefore now on
~ lives in the annals of the dim and
dusky past.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-08-10

All trains on Saginaw Division dai y
except Sundays. Connecting tran
leave Chicago 9 a III daily except sun
days, and 9 p III daily except Saturdays.
Wagner Sleeping Cars on night trains.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-13
Coal transportation on West
ern Rivers.

Between the subterranean pit of the
producer and the furnace of the con-
sumner there stretches, not the parallel
metals OF the railway, nor the terraced
levels of canal, but the devious chan
nels OF two great rivers, the Ohio and
Mississippi. Thousands of miles of
tortuous water-course, varied gaunt-
let that must be run by the coal trans
porting fleets that issue from the Dor
tails of Pittsburgh, aptly termed the
''Gate City of the West"
A gauntlet of shifting "bars.n of
treacherous shoals, and whirling and
veXlng cross currents, where meander-
Ings and reversions of course so rapid
ly follow one another that the greater
river seems to write its superabundant
SIS up and down the land, and the less
er Ohio seeks to describe its O's in
watery loops throughout the thousand
miles of its entire length from Pitts
burgh to Cairo. These are but the
spring and summer difficulties to be
surmOunted by the inland navigator.
Winter multiplies them to a fourfold
degree. Out of the Allegheny, whose
sources lie within sight of Lake Erie,
there pour at intervals during the win
ter months swift-moving glaciers of
ponderous ice-cakes, drifting south
ward to their dissolution at the rate of
SIX miles an hour. Or it may be that
this stream and the Monongahela-
as well as the upper OhiO-are silent
under solid fields of ice. Then let sud
den thaw or genial rain release the i'm
prisoned streams, and acres of ice break
n n md
moored at or near Pittsburgh awaiting
favorable stage of water. Then
hundred beats ola healthy pulse would
mete out sufficient time for the destruc-
ton of enough coal to light and heat a
city for month.
So much for the dangers surrounding
the river coal trade of Pittsburgh now
as to the nature and extent of the trade
itself. 1t is, i'll the first place, trade
which the most ambitious railway can
not absorb. Natures highway is here
supreme, and time loses its monetary
value as compared with the cheapness
of transportation by water. To send II
ton of coal from Pittsburgh along those
two thousand miles of waterway and
deliver 1t at New Orleans costs 81 30.
or about five cents per bushel of seven
ty-six pounds. The freight-hungriest
railway could not afford to carry coal
more than One-tenth that distance for
the same price. This extreme cheap
ness it is that has called into being
this trade, that has caused its growth,
and that will perpetuate its existence
though the continent be cobwebbed
with railways. The river transpOrta-
ton of coal has developed to such an
extent that whereas in 1874 the coal
from seven acres of Pittsburgh coal
seam was tiOated from that city, there
was left, year before last, dark echo
ing void of 720 acres under the smiling
farms of the Keystone State.-[G. F.
Muller, in Harper's Magazine for jan
nary
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-13
Things Worth knowing.

To CURE A FELON.-IMPORTANT II
TRUE.-When finger pricks as though
there was a thorn in it, and throbs in
tOlerably when held downward, and
yet there is no external sign of mis-
chief, the probabilities are that a felon
is in prospect. Go at once to the
butchers and procure some of the spi-
nal marrow of beef creature. Take
IL piece, say about two inches long,
and. having cut it open length
wise, wrap it around the affected fin
ger, covering it, of course with cloth.
In few hours, change the piece of
marrow for fresh one, and continue
to keep the finger encased until all the
pain has ceased and there is no dis
comfort when the marrow is removed.
The finger will look strangely white
and porous, but the cure is complete.
This remedy ought to become profess
sional. 1t is vastly better than the
surgeons knife, and more effectual.
SECRETS OF HEALTH.-First, keep
warm ; second, eat regularly and slow
ly third, maintain regular bodily
habits fourth, take early and very
light suppers; fifth, keep clean skin /;
''A'hf So VI at HlSHl 4,
seventh, keep cheerful and respectable
company eighth, keep ont of debt !;
ninth, don't set your mind on things
you don't need tenth, mind your own
business eleventh, don't set your
self up for sharper of any kind !;
twelfth, subdue curiosity thirteenth,
avoid drugs.
SLEEPING APART.-MOre quarrels
arise between brothers, between sisters,
between hired girls, between clerks in
stores, between hired men, between
husbands and wives, owing to electri-
cal changes through their systems by
lodging together night after night un-
der the same bed-clothes, than by any
other disturbing cause. There is moth
ing that will so derange the nervous
force, as to lie all night in bed with
another person who is sOrbent in nerv-
GUS force. The absorber will go to sleep
and rest all night, while the eliminator
will be tumbling and tossing, restless
and nervous, and wake up in the morn
ing fretful, fault-tinding and discOur-
aged. No two persons, no matter who
they are, should habitually sleep to-
gether. One will thrive and the other
will lose. This is the law Laws of
Life,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-13
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

Adpent-PaddOck Village. sabbath Services at
1880 a III. Las aud $50 p. IN. Sabbath School Il
m. Prayer Meetings at 7:3O p. III. Sunday, Tuesday
aud Friday evenings.
+. 4 Saudford Pastor. Preaching 1880 ,. NJ. 5
School ~ NJ. Prayer meeting $50. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at 7:3O.
Free Baptist-Main Street. Corner Prospect
Rev II. Lockhart Pastor. Sabbath services, 1890
A NJ, and 6:0 p Nj. sabbath School at IL NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 1880.
Church Cf he MesSidh-t UniversalstD Eastern
avenue corner Cherry street. Rev. b. NJ. Tillot-
Sabbath School at IL NJ. Wednesday evening meet
ing at 1880.
Methodist-CentraI street Rev. f. S Locke,
Pastor. Residence next to the Church Sab
bath services at 1880 A. ~, and $50 r NJ. Sabbath
school at IL NJ. Wednesday evening meeting at
1880.
North Congregational-M street, corner OF
Church. Rev. Henry W. Jones Pastor. Sabbath
School at Las P. NJ. Wednesday evening meeting
at 7:3O.
South CongregatiOnGI-Man street Rev Ed.
ward + Fairbanks Pastor. sabbath services at
1880 A. NJ and $50 P NJ. Sabbath School at IL NJ.
Wednesday evening meeting at 1880
Presbyterian ChuTeh-Rev. W. X. Laird pas
tor. Services at Presby byterian Hall every Sab
bath AT 1880 "A. m, 300 p. III. Sabbath school 200
Prayer meeting 6;3O. Bible reading Wednesday
evening 1880.
ST Andrei0's-( EpiscopalD Main street Rev
n. +. Putnam, Rector. Services Sundays at
1880 a. IN, and p. Holy days and Fridays at
a III. Wednesdays at 1880 y. III. Sunday School
at 800 =.
BOissonuault. Parish Priest. Mass and 10 ;
Nespers and BenedictiOn at p. m. On the
second sunday of the month, service at $50 "A. m,
and p N. At LyndOnville same day at 1880 a III.
Y. II. Q. A.-Meetings at the rooms of the Y. NJ
6. A, Browns Building Main Street Sunday
mornings at $50 Saturday evenings at 1880.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-13
A Case for Charity.

One of Detroit's millionaires was
walking hOmeward yesterday when he
encountered lame man with greasy
paper in his hand. AS the pair came
to halt the lame man asked
''Will you do me the favor to read
this paper 7"
Cant do it-left my GLASSES at
home" was the reply.
"Then | will state the contents to
you"
couldn't catch more than one word out
of three"
'I'm poor man with wooden leg,
sir"
"Yes see, | see. Lots of poor
men have no wooden legs. You are
lncky, sir, and | congratulate you.
Must have cost you fifty dollars, and L
pi resume it's a nice leg"
"If you had any clothes, sir ?"
eyes, but | haven't"
"Or old boots"
''l'm wearing my old boots, you see.
You are just six months too early to
get 'em."
81 haven't had meal since yester-
day"
"NOr |, either. We are cleaning
house, and for the last three days Pve
had to eat cold lunch off the piano"
"Then you couldn't spare nickle 7"
GLOW can 7 Amt | walking home
because | haven't money to ride ON the
car 2"
as that so 7 Then we're both hard
up"
"Of course we are"
"And, being you're the worst OFF,
here's cold sassage | got at the house
below, and here's nickle to ride on
the car! | tell you, sir, us poor folks
has got to have more pity for the rich
and do better by 'em, or Wen all go to
the moor house r,-GDetroit Free Preaa
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-13

| little Miss Jems with the step-daugh-
ter of her fathers uncle.
1t was two hours before she got back,
and when she stepped from the car
riage a crowd of children, evidently
in the very highest glee, laughing and
singing and shouting, their hands full
of paper parcels, came pouring out of
the little shop. She glanced in the
window as she opened the door; not
one animal of the whole menagerie re-
mained. She looked at the shelves
when she entered I; the glass jars, less
sparkling than when she left, were
empty. Her eyes fell to the
counter ; not bit of taffy or old fash
ioned molasses candy clung to the pans.
"Why, grandmamma," she cried, her
whole face beaming with satisfaction,
''what business you have done, to be
sure The money drawer must be
nearly full, And | don't believe you
ever sold anything in all your life be-
FORE
"SOld ?" repeated the dear old lady,
her smile of welcome fading. ''Were
the things to he sold on Christmas-eve
my dearie, when we're only keeping
store for fun z | hadn't it in my heart
to take the little ones pennies. 'Mer-
ry Christmas says they, so prettily !;
and help yourselves says |. And |
never see such lot of children as did
help themselves in all my life before"
Goodness gracious sakes alive" !" ex-
claimed little Miss Jems "what shall
| do now | haven't another dollar
in all the wide world ~
you'll have to marry me right off,
Pigeon. Remember your PROMISE" )"
said Il manly voice and Il pair of man
ly arms encircled her. '"The wedding
ring is in my pocket"
Little Miss Jems, tossing her hat in
one corner and her cloak in another,
burst into wild fit of laughter. "Oh
dear | shall die know ! shall It's
tOo-t tOO-TOO funny ~ she gasped
CATER all the trouble / had teaching
grandmamma the prices of things this
morning And papa's uncle-such an
old grutfy as he is wanted me to
send her to some charitable institution
to he taken care of: said he'd take care
of me if | would. I'd like to see my
self, and so told him, I'd ten thou
sand times rather keep'-Oh, dear oh,
utdI ol' utdI - Il SloTt, Silu l. Al
eek, why don't you stop laughing, and
why don't you make - me stop
laughing? ? Was there ever anything
so ridiculous? Did you ever since you
were born hear of business begun and
ended in three hours ?"
"'Twas short and sweet, like little
Miss Jems," said Aleck. "By George !!
here's three peppermint drops left !!
One for you, one for grandmamma, and
one for me. Keep your mouth open
and shut your eyes, Pigeon"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-13
"I'm Out Tomorrow

The following pathetic incident is
from an account i'll the New York Tri-
bune of visit to Sing Sing Prison
A pitiable and interesting case was
that of young McCarty, as the name
appeared on the register. This was an
alias, however. McCarty had been
sent to prison for two years for steal
ing. He was suffering from consump-
ton when received. The poor fellow
lay in his cot. He was undoubtedly
in the last stages of his disease, and
had an intelligent face and II good
brow. He was apparently about thir-
ty years of age. The Warden stepped
slowly up to the cot.
"Well, McCarty, almost through p
the Warden asked in a quiet way.
"Yes, Warden, this is the last day,
I'm out Tomorrow" McCarty replied,
his voice scarcely above IA whisper.
"HOw are yOu feeling 2"
"Oh, Pm stronger"
''What are you going to do ?"
"GOd only knows, Warden. I've got
SI5 left. But how long will that keep
If somebody only knew of my case and
WOu1u give lie ID 10 Htlp me Oh W
Philadelphia | could do something
there. | could earn 50 day there.
God knows | don't want to be driven
to stealing again" He spoke with
broken breath, almost gasping out
parts of his speech.
Are yOu strong enough to go 7" the
Warden asked.
"Yes, I'm going. My legs are heavy,
and they won't work very well, but
Pm going. If | only had an overcoat
it would protect me from the cold. I'm
afraid of the raw air. Do you think
Warden" he asked appealingly, 'that
there might an old overcoat lying
around that could have a.
Don't give yourself any trouble
about that, McCarty. III see yOu are
fixed out with everything you want"
THANK you, Warden, thank you"
A bright light shOne in McCarty'i
eyes. He was evidently thinking o.
the morrow.
$50, then" the Warden said again
to McCarty, as he moved away, ''yOr
are bound to go tomorrow
ayes, Warden. Only let me get out
side the walls, outside the walls" Nc
Carty was left smiling at the though
of getting outside the walls" "PoOl
fellow" exclaimed the Warden wheI
he had moved away. ''Tm afraid b,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-13
SQuibs.

An inquisitive old gentleman of
botanical turn of mind inquired of the
gardener in one of the public places of
promenade, ''Pray, my good man, can
you inform me if this particular plant
belongs to the ''arbutus family 7" when
he received for reply :"NO, sir, it don't;
it belongs to the corporation"
The Parisians have eaten $50 jackass-
es this year. If a Parisenne says you
look good enough to eat, You will know
how to value the compliment Boston
Transcript.
"DOes it pay to steal ?" asks the
Philadelphia Times. ltdOes, esteemed
contemporary, it does. 1t doesn't pay
the thief, but just think of the large
number of criminal lawyers to whom it
furnishes fat living Philadelphia
Chronicle Herald.
A barrister once asked Lord Ellen
borough, in the midst of a boring ha-
rangue. 'Is it the pleasure of the
court that | should proceed with my
statement Z" The learned judge re-
Piled pleasure, Mr., has been
ont of the question for a long time, but
you may proceed"
Says the Lewiston JOuTnal On
Tuesday the supreme judicial court for
one of the counties adjoining us sat,
and one or two members of the Andros-
cOggin bar attended. A clergyman
was invited to open the court with
prayer, and did so. The divine closed
his petition in this manner: "At last
may we become dwellers of that better
land, where there are no lawyers, no
judges, and no courts, Amen" The
court bit its lip, the attorneys ribs
could hardly be restrained from shak-
ing, by the solemnity of the occasion,
and business was not taken up until
some time after prayer. The parsOn,
doubtless, meant that, on the other
shore, there would be no occasion for
legal proceedings, but the bar persist
ed in Misunderstanding that there were
to be no lawyers among the elect.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-13
PATENTS.
II II. r ID d Y .

No 10 State Street, opposite Kilby Street Boston.
secures patents in the United States: also in
Great Britain, France and other foreign countries.
Copies Of the claims of any Patent furnished by-
remitting dollar. Assignments recorded At
Washington. No agency "a he United States pos
vesses superior fGetttes for obtaining Pdtents or
deertdihi,g the pdteHtabiii:y Of inUentioHs r. H
EDDY. solicitor of Patents
TEsIIAONG
/ regard Mr.. Eddy one OF the most successful
and capable practitioners with whom | have had
official intercourse. CHAS. MASON
Commissioner of Patents
Inventors cannot employ person more trust
worthy more capable of securing for them an
early and favorable consideration at the Patent OF
hce-'-EDMUND BURKE. late Commi ssioner OF
Patents
Boston, October ls, IszC.
r II. EDDY, Esq.-DeaT Sir you procured for
me, in ls4O, my hrst patent. Since then you have
acted for and advised me in hundreds of cases and
procured many patents, reissues and extensions
! have occasionally employ ed the best agencies in
New York, Philadelphia and Washington, but
still give yon almost the whole Of my business in
your line and advise others 10 employ You
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER
Boston, Jan. l, l552-Iy
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Wy Ships.

If all the ships have at
Should come a-sailing home to me
Weighed down with gems and wealth untold -
Alb we'll! the hsrbor could not hold
So many sails there would be
If all my ships came in from
If half my ships came home from sea
And brought their precious freight to me-
All we'll l should have wealth as great
As any king who sits in state.
So rich the treasures that would be
In half my ships now out at sea.
If just ship have at
Should come a-sailing home TO me-
All well the storm clouds then might frOwn
For if the others all went down,
Still rich aud proud and glad I'd be
If that one ship came back to me.
If that one ship went down AT
And all the others came to me
Weighed down with gems aud wealth untold
With glory. honor riches gold
The poorest soul on earth I'd be
If that one ship came not to me.
. skies be calm o winds blow free
Blow all my ships safe home to me.
But if thou sendest some a-wrask
To never more come sailing back,
Send any, all, that skim the sea-
But bring my lOve-ship back to me.
From Ella Wheelers Poems.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-13
St. Johnsbury Post Office.


ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston and intermediate offices. Arrive AIS D
m. Close $50 and 500 a III.
Boston through mail. Arrive 217 a III. Close
500 m.
New York and the West Arrive 217 and HOO
a III, and AS Close $50 and 500 a M and 600
Newport and the North. Arrive 900 III
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Portland and the East. Arrive 800 p III. Close
$50
Swanton and intermediate offices. Arrive lOls
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Waterford. Arrive S:20 a Close 400 m
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won't ever get outside the walls alive.
Stronger 7 He's growing weaker and
weaker. It's strange what a fascina-
tion it has for him to get outside the
walls"
McCarty had not friend in the
world, nor was there any one to take
anV interest i'm him.
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East st. .JOhnsbury.

COngTegdtiOHdL-Rev. F. b. Phelps. Pastor.
bath school at 100. Wednesday evening meeting
at q 30.
Hethodist-Rev. l.. e. Dickinson, Pastor sun
day services at |. 30 y. IN.
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Orders ior suction bills by morning mails cat
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Sshs sam aay Oar facilities for Half and Wholesale
POSTERS are betterih ever at
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Library aud Reading ROom,-Free To all. OpeI
from A. NJ. to IL NJ from = to p. NJ. and from
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"Did your uncle leave you anything
in his will, Thomas n "Oh, yes" said
Thomas cheerfully, che left me out."-
burlington Hawkeye.
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ST. JOHNSBURY HOUSE.
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A good livery stable connected with the house.
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IT. Johnsbury & Lake ChampIain Railroad.
July 4. 1881.

Pa-sumPsic Railroad 10. 1881.
The Portland daily press., 1882-11-15

SEf~pesa Markeus
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