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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10
STOLEN.

The night of the 4lh of this month hung my
pants in their accustomed place and woke the next
morning and found slO missing. We commenced
search and about that time Henry Ryder a stat
prison convict, was missing with Alvin Switser
and George BuIdic. Henry Ryder slept very close
to where the pants hung. The said Ryder left the
camp with Burdic, and Switzcr came back and got
their clothes. They did not wait for a settlement
but started about ten O'Clock at night.
East Haven. Vt. Feb. 6, 1882 IT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10

Waterfront Union Live stock Market.
MARKET BEEF-A few choice q Is 9 - extra
g % %. first quality 81 % e. -; second
quality g. 90 a g. 30; third quality a. 90 g. 10
STORE Consolidating Oxen, per pair from
500 5000 5000, Sl67.
Mich Cows AND CALyEs-s2O a SIS a Sis
500. Farrow Cows tl5 si5
YEARLISGs-s7 90 sl3 two years old Ga a Us,
three years old go a s45.
WESTERN FAT SwINE-Live, u a : per Id.
Prices OF SHEEP AND LANBs-ln lots so 90 90 90.
- 50 a 90, % s. % per head extra tG % a
&c 30 per head, OF q per III.
Spring Lambs, u &c per ID.
Veal Calves a Tie
Brighton Hides. a Il c per ID.
Country Hides, a : per 10.
Brighton TallOw G a n perlb.
Country Tallow, 81 a6 per ID.
Calf skins II l2tc per ID.
Lamb Pelts Is l 20
Sheared Pelts
y. Il. Beef-ChOice grade includes nothing but
stall fed 100 b. 400 lbs. Buocks Extra and first
quality includes the best, large fat oxen. Second
and third quality includes Oxen and two and three
years old Steers.
Sheep-Exra includes COssets and when those
of inferior quality are thrown out.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10

The gallant BOG who clung 50 tena-
ciously to Ulysses at the Chicago Con
vention are to be given Il medal.
Three hundred and thirty medals have
been struck of at ST. Louis. The med
ais are round, u inches i'll diameter,
BIG of an inch thick and weigh nearly
"A pound each. On the centre of the
face is "A profile head of Grant under
meath, and extending partially around
the head is IA wreath of laurel and oak
leaves; around this is il slightly raised
circle. outside of which is the record of
the Grant ballots outside of the rec
ord and along the rim is il wreath of
hcur- de-lis; in the centre of the re
verse side are the words "COmmemO-
rativc of the 81 ballots of the old guard
for Ulysses ;. Grant for President /;
Republican National Convention, Chi
cago. June, lSS0.n The name of the
member of the Old Guard to whom the
medal will he sent is also inscribed on
this side. which is completed by ii
handsome border. One medal will he
sent to each of the delegates who vot-
ed for Grant, and the balance to Grant
and few friends.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10
st. cJufmsburp Galrdunian.
st. John.bury. VT. Friday. Feb. 10. 1882.

That bootblack who, at the recent
fire in New York, climbed an icy tele
graph pole. cut wire and thereby
saved two lives, should be handsomely
remembered for his thoughtful heroism.
Such displays of presence of mind are
comparatively rare, and deserve recog-
milton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10

II st. Johnsbury takes the cake" on
the number of churches, Oberlin, o.,
seems to take it on the prohibition
question. They are fearfully in earn
est ont there. The Oberlin druggists
agree not to sell liquor, even i'll pre-
scriptions. but one of them lately sold
out and the new proprietor put up
medicines with liquor in them. The
result was a storm of popular indigna-
ton, huge mass meeting, and the
subscription of SlOO. 900, subject to AS
sessment by the temperance alliance,
for prosecuting the offender.
In view of the several CHASTITY prop
ositionS rs to the disposal of Guiteau's
body turning it over to the doctors,
carrying il about the country on eXhi-
bition. 1T is Il matter of regret
that Judge Cox did not include i'll the
sentence the disposition of the body.
If we remember correctly, j. Wilkes
Booth. the murderer of Lincoln, was
buried secretly, and for il long time his
grave was unknown outside of those
who buried him. Guiteau deserves Il
like fate; but he will probably escape
it, and hi, body he given over to his
relatives.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10

500 Good style
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10
NEW LACE CURTAINS.
A FEW WINTER CLOAKS
CARPETS AND CROCKERY

at lowest city retail prices.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10

New Mecklin, Aurillac and Spanish
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10

A SURE REMEDY AT LAST. Price Is ct,
"a MEADS Medieated Corn and Bunion Plaster
The Cecil Whig., 1882-05-13
USING ONES EYES.

How many Of us go through life with
out ever realizing that our eyes have to
be educated to see. as well as our TONGUES
TO speak, and that only the barest ont.
lines of the complex and ever changing
images focused on the retina ordinarily
impress themselves upon the brain >
That the education of the eve NAV be
brought to a high state OF perfection is
shown IN numerous ways. There are
many delicate processes of manufacture
which depend for their practical success
upon the nice visual perception of the
skilled artisan, who, almost unconscious
y, detects variations in temperature.
color, density, etc, of his materials.
which are inapprcciahlc to the ordinary
eye. The hunter. the mariner. the arr
Isl, the scientist, each needs to educate
the eye to quick action in his special
field of research before he can hone TO
become expert in it. The following story.
which is quite "propes, is related of Prof.
AIaSsiz, and it is sufficiently character
istic of this remarkably accurate observer
to have the merit of probability. We
are told that once upon time the Pro-
fessor had occasion to select an assistant
from one of his classes. There were a
number of candidates for the Eost of
honor, and, finding himself in u guam /
dairy as to which one he should choose.
the happy thought occurred to him of .
suhlecting three of the more promising
IN turn to the simple test OF .
describing the view from his laboratory
window, which overlooked the side ward /
OF the college. One said that lac saw
merely board fence and a brick pave
mcnt: another added stream of soapv
water: third detected the color of the
paint on the fence, noted green mould
nr fungus on the bricks. and evidences of
buinGH in the water besides other
details. 1t is needless to tell to which
candidate was awarded the coveted posi-
hon. lioudin, the celebrated prcstidiri-
.ateur, attributed his success in his pro-
tesslon mainly to his uuickness OF per
;eption, which, he tells us in his enter
aiming autobiography, he acquired by
his eye to detect a large num-
Der "t objects ut y single glance, His
ample plan was To select some shOp-win-
low full of 4 miscellaneous assortment
II articles, and to walk rapidly past it
lumber of times every day. writing down
ach object which impressed itself upon
lis mind, In This wa he vas able, after
time, tG detect instantaneodsly all Of
he articles III the window, even though
hey might he numbered by scores.
The Cecil Whig., 1882-05-13

htIA.H th,rhTlisiE SitIiIAA HAM
RENEN'EH is Il scientific combination
Of some of the most powerful rcStora-
tive agents in the vegetable kingdom
1t rcStnrc> gray hair 10 its original
color. 1t makes the scalp white and
clean. 1t cures dandruf and humors,
and fallinG-Out of the hair. 1t furnishes
the nutritirc principle by which the
hair is nouriShod and supported. t.
makes the hair moist, SaH and 9l,SSy,
and Is unsurpassed as Il hair dressing.
1t is the most economical PREPARATION
ever offered to the public rs its effects
fcInain y long time, making only an
occasional application Necessary. ii is
recommended and used Ly eminent
medical men. and officially endorsed by
the State .isSaycr Of Massachusetts,,
iie popularity of Halls Hair hrhcwcr
has increased with the test of many
years, both in this country and in
foreign lands and ii is now known and
1Ecd in all the civilized countries OF
he world.
For sale by az dealers.
The Cecil Whig., 1882-05-13
ABOUT TIE WEATHER.

/ 1t is singular that. notwithstanding the
attention. which has been devoted to the
study OF the weather for many hundred
Years its laws have not vet been master
ed. More than twenty centuries ago
about the time that EGclid formulated
the ground worn of geometry. upon which
has been erected The magnificent StIuc-
ture OF mod IN mathematics, Aratus
collected the weather lore of his day and
preserved it for coming times in the last
ing mould ot Greek verse. His charm
ing poem on the weather still exists. but,
unlike the wu!I of his great mathemati-
cal contemporary. has not served as the
foundation of "A splendid science. 1t must
be confessed that this old Gre, k was
any of the present Gar. Like our siuuai
service. his rules and predictions wcle
largely intended for the use Of the sea
men ana the navigaturS of his time. by
studying The clouds, the appearance o.
the horns of the moon. and the variations
IN the light of certain faint star clusters
managed To keep out Of the path of temp
cSts about as well as the sailors OF our
day do by watching the signal fags ard
lanterns of the Weather Bureau. The
much vaumted forecasts OF the signal ser
vice. in fact. owe about all their y..!uc to
the application of the telegraph. which
enables us to keep ahead Of the storms
simply because the electric spark can
outrun the wind, and not the mastery of
the laws Of the weather. There are at
least three conspicuous theories Of the
laws of storms the advocates of which
cannot agree. We find those who adopt
one theory, telling the seamcn to steer
for safety i'll a certain direction when the
winds behave iii a certain way. while the
advocates of another theory warn him to
steer in just the opposite direction. or he
will be lost Not even the ordinary laws
of weather changes are thoroughly ul-
derstood, much less those VINO produce
sudden and violent disturbances. It was
''' W ~ F''iI'tNlNt4 at lIiftI tlc famous
and dreadful storm Of 1rG3 which spread
conSternation throughout Great Britain.
where it caused enormous ln$s of proper
ty and life. came entirely unann0unced.
for nobody then pretended to have mas
tered the laws OF the weather. But
within few months two great storms.
one, of which is said to be the most de-
structivc and fatal of the present mener-
alton, burst upon the coasts of the British
isles. and not only the weather prophets. |
but the scientific weather theories, were
dumb. 1t is TO disparagement Of the |
labors of those who are honestly irving |
to discover the laws Of the weather that
their theories are often found incapable |
of accounting for the facts or of foretell- |
ing them. This is the history of all |
science, and the circumstances that for |
thousands of years men have remained !
III comparative ignorance of these laws, |
Is proof of the enormous difficulty Of the .
problem our meteorologists have under
taken to selve.
The Cecil Whig., 1882-05-13
The Lesson Of Every day Workers.

1t pays to do well that which should
be done, and little duties unperrormed
are liable at times to result i'll great dam
age. letter carrier in one of our large
cities few months ago found on reach
ing the post office. after long round OF
delivery. letter IN his bag that lie had
overlooked. 1t would have taken him
half an hour to return and deliver it,
He was very tired and hungry. The let
ter was ordinary. unimpnrtant looking
misaive He put it in his packet and de
ivered 1t On the hrst ,0uud nCAt day.
What consequences iollowedn For want
of that letter a great firm had failed to
meet their engngrmentS. their notes had
gone to protest, a mill closed, and hun
dreds of poor workmen We're thrown out
of employment. The letter carrier him
self was discharged for his oversight and
neglect. His family Suffered during the
winter FOR many ur tic ncGessarleS of
life, but his loss was of small account
compared to the enormous amount of
misery caused by his siuglc failure Of
duty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-08
Paid to DissembIe.

The affection between stage lovers is
often so well acted that no one suspects
the real feeling which exists between
them. A writer, in the New Orleans
Democrat says he knew two actors of the
opposite sex who positively disliked each
other but were forced by their parts
into the most devotional tender
ness of conduct. One night as he
was playing at love she was to rush INTO
his arms; being true artist, she did her
work with energy, and between speeches
he muttered, "You need not swallow
me-" "She replied, "You are too bit
ter dose" While holding her IN fond
embrace, wrapped in delicious transport,
he growled in whisper, " Don't lean SO
hard against man" With her breast
in tender repose upon his breast she ex-
claimed, you are paid for holding me-
and I intend you shall earn your salary.
They never made up and never married.
She married another actor, and clngs
still to the dislike for the man with whom
she plays.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-08
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER s, 1882.
THE VALUE OF FORESTS.

The vast floods which deva state the
Tyrol and other portions of Austria are
due almost exclusively to the destruc-
ton of forests, says the Boston Adver-
tiser. The same experience early in this
century taught France to restore the
forests on many of her mountains, and
the result has been excellent. 1t is
worth while to remember this in our
own country, where, by the axe and the
saw-mill, we have not only deprived
ourselves of commercial and sanitary
resources, but also exposed vast areas OF
hill and mountain land to sterility and
danger, for it is a general experience
that territory once but no longer I'M
der wood loses the power of absorbing
water with surprising rapidity. Austria
has been so reckless that rainy season
means misery to whole kingdoms which
formerly retained the fertilizing gift of
the skies. The literature on the subject
is rich, and deserves the attention of our
rising foresters. And well may we pause
when single summer ruins the crops of
Bohemia, the villages of the Tyrol, and
the hill farms of Carinthia and Styria,
simply because the forests in the noun
famous districts have been cut down on
monumental principles.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-08
THE NOBILITY OF TRADE.

The perplexities that come within
range of honorable traffic are many and
continual, says the Alta Californian.
But the greatest of these, perhaps, is
the difficulty which arises from the prev
alence of surrounding fraud in every
branch of trade. The honest and up
right man of business often finds him.
self placed in temporary disadvantage,
by the greater immediate facilities for
success which others derive from fraud
ulent pursuit of the same course OF oc-
cupation. Destitute of conscience and
honor, and indifferent to right principles
and the claims of truth, they can make
false representations without hesitation,
and take advantage of ignorance without
conjunction. The habits of deception
often produce wonderful adroitness and
skill in the management of the deceit.
The aIacrity OF the pick-pocket in the
use of the nicely concealed knife in his
fnger-ring often renders him more than
a match for any vigilance. The skill Of
the counterfeiter sometimes almost de-
fes the most practiced power OF detec.
ton. And the unprincipled and violent
portion of men seem for season, IL
politics, in society, in trade, to triumph
easily over honest and upright men IL
their pursuit of place or gain. Tie llkl1-
hood of success appears thus to place g
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-08
AMERICAN COMPETITION.

The state departments last budget OF
commercial reports and opinions by
members of the national consular SER
vice contains several of special interest.
American trade competition with Euro
pean countries is entertainingly dis
cussed by Consul Frank h Mason at
Basic, Switzerland. Mr.. Mason recalls
the fact that the governing classes, not
only in Switzerland, but throughout
Europe, have given large share of
their attention to the question of Ameri-
can trade competition. All sorts of
plans to Offset the commercial encroach-
ment of the United States have been de-
vised, those better known being the
French and Austrian DEGREES against
American pork, English prohibition
against American cattle and the German
tariff decisions classifying American
hams as cotton goods and canned goods
as hardware. The question to be met,
Mr.. Mason says, includes not only food
products and raw materials from the
United States, but many manufactured
articles of dress and luxury, in which
the equality or superiority of the
American article is fully recog-
nized. M. Emile De Laveleye,
the French economist, has the fol-
lowing to say on this point, which will
please the vanity of Americans, if moth
ing more: America tends more and
more to dispense with our goods
because with better education and
more intelligent workmen, and more
general use of machinery, she manufac-
lures as well, and sometimes better than
We" He adds that to see American
watches selling in Paris at lower prices
than a similar Swiss article makes HIM
uneasy, and he processes special admira-
tien for American books, the print, the
paper, and even "the string around
them" In conclusion, M. De Laveleye
says: So The growth of America and the
advance of her industry are Supplying. !"
To this evidence of appreciation is added
another variety, which, if coming from a
source less distinguished, is quite as con-
vincing. But few months since Worth,
the Paris man-milliner, pronounced
American dress silk equal to the best
that Lyons can produce, and Partisan
and English tailors to-day advertise Gan
American fit guaranteed. " Mr al.ason
adds that European manufacturers not
only recognize that their best goods only
will find sale in the United States, but
they appreciate the fact that when our
manufacturers become fully established
in any line the standard of quality and
grade are made higher. It is further
noted that while our protective policy
keeps our manufacturers from compel
ing in price in some foreign marts
still ssthe line of attack is advancing ani
frightening day by day."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-08

ardson. AT the time of the compact she looked
upon 1T as the result of their temporary frenzy
and did not troub le herself about it.
In drunken carousal at Hot Springs, Ark,
on the 3Ist, Frank Adcock fatally shot his
brother-in-law D. @. Boyne
Mrs. Seguiu, wife of wealthy New York
physician, DR.. Edward C. Seguin, killed her
three children-two boys aged and respect
lively and 4-year-old gjrl-on the 3lst, and
then shot herself dead The tragedy created a
profound sensation. Moved in the best cir
cles and occupied an elegant mansion. Cause,
melancholia.
Two 13-year-old boys quarreled at Cleveland
on the 29th, about some trivial matter, when
one drew long knife and stabbed the other in
three places. The injured boy will probably
die
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-08
Waking" the Dead in Scotland.
From Macmillan's Magazine.


I feel persuaded that it is one of the
"things not generally known" that
"waking " the dead has been praeticed
in one Of the northern counties OF Scot
land from time immemorial, and is still
in vogue there. When a death occurs in
Glen Urquhart, the survivors in the
household are never suffered to be alone
with their dead till the day of the
funeral. The body is not coffined till the
day of interment, for the simple reason
that the coffin has to be made by the vii
lage joiner after death takes place. A
house with a corpse in it becomes for
two or three days and nights that inter-
vene between death and burial the rem
devious of all the neighbors, who sit and
tell stories ghost stories having de-
cided preference-ostensibly to keep the
55ereaved ia mily from feeling eerie, but
really for the purpose of entertainment.
Such gatherings differ from Irish
"wakes in this particular, that
tobacco and pipes are not provided by
the relatives of the deceased, each at
tender bringing his own supply of these
luxuries; but whisky is supplied by the
family in whose house the wake is held,
and pretty freely dispensed. Such
gatherings are faYorite resorts of blush
ing lasses and strapplng lads who are
counting, and are often the scene of more
| laughter than tears.
The funerals in this locality present
an imposing spectacle, often as many as
a hundred men, decently clad in black
broadcloth, winding in slow procession
through the valley, In the rear OF the
bearers who carry the coffin. But here
again we have an illustration of local
variations of custom; for though it is the
| habit to invite all the male inhabitants
of the district, the next-door neighbor of
the deceased would not go to the funeral
without receiving a direct. invitation;
while over the hills, in the adjoining
glen, no invitations are issued, but
everybody is expected to attend. Oh
course, where drink is supplied at the
wake it is not withheld at the burial,
and besides the round served out at the
house there is another often at the
churchyard. Enough drink and breac
and cheese to supply hundred men il
no light weight, and where the cortege
has to go few miles to the place of In
torment it is usual to send small pony
cart, bearing the refreshments, after thu
party. A jar of whisky invariably form
part of the contents of the cart, what
ever may be the more solid portion Of
the refreshment provided. The peopl
are Free Church to man, but they ar
not teetotal, and it is nothing out of tn
: common, after the grave has been fillec
up, to see an old Free Church eide
standing, possibly on fat tombstone
engaged in asking blessing on the re
/ freshment about to be partaken, with
bottle of whisky in one hand and glas
in the other.