St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-04

form was not caused by imprudence or
carelessness in the use of the agent,
but from the fatal properties of that
drug, which ut times will manifest
themselves i'll persons of peculiar tenn
permanent or constitution" 1t was in
their view "a calamity of surgery
which could not be foreseen or pre-
vented"
Hon. Fred Billings is the owner of
one of the finest and most extensive
estates in Vermont. His grounds COM
prise GOO acres of lawn, meadow, for
est, mountain and cultivated land. 1t
is within the village limits and the
views in all directions are picturesque
and beautiful. The home mansion was
erected by Hon. Charles Marsh in 1906,
and the property was purchased by Mr..
Billings on his return from Europe in
1868. The house has been greatly inn
proved by its present owner and is
now spacious and beautiful in its az
rangements and elegant in all its ap-
pointments. The Conservatives on
the place are filled with rare plants
and flowers and tropical fruits are
raised in abundance. Large barns on
the estate are filled with fine blooded
stock and cattle, Jerseys and South
downs predominating. Mr.. Billings
has done much for Woodstock, and
this year is rebuilding church par
sOnage at an expense of several thOus-
and dollars EX.
The figures which indicate the spread
of the telegraphic system in Europe
are enormous. Russia leads in total
length of lines, her aggregate being
over fifty thousand miles. But in
length of wires Germany comes first,
as she has nearly hundred and sixty
thousand miles. Finally, Great Britain
is highest in the number of messages,
i'll which she reaches thirty millions.
William Booth, the general of the
Salvation Army in England, receives
and disburses with absolute control,
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
a year. He owns, or rents i'll his own
name, two hundred and fifty build
ings used for religious meetings, and
directs the work of 5000 exhOrters.
At Minneapolis, Mimi, there was Il
premature discharge of fireworks where
several hundred people were gathered,
probably fatally. Most of the injuries
were caused by runaway horses and
the panic in the crowd.
1t is doubtful whether a more deli
cate form of bribery will ever be de
vised than that which is alleged to
have been resorted to in the trial of Il
will case in Baltimore. A new trial is
sought on the ground that beautiful
daughter of the contestant was i'll the
court throughout the trial, carry
ing on quiet Irritation with suscep-
tible Young man in the jury box,
whereby she so influenced him that he
confessed his inability To acquiesce in
verdict against her father. 1t is fur
ther alleged that after the close of the
trial the victorious father invited the
young iuryman to his home, where a
| de jure acquaintance was substituted
for the de .factO affair that the young
people had gotten up i'll the court
| room.
Mr.. Anthony reported, from the Sen
ate Committee on Printing, Il bill foI
the publication of the reports of the
tenth Census abridged into $1,000
pages. An edition of ten thousand
copies of the full series is recommend.
ed, with additional editions of the vol
umes on agriculture, population, man
ufactures, mechanics and finance. L
is also proposed to have hundred
thousand copies of the compendium
printed. The total cost of the Censu.
printing and binding recommended il
the report is 1885, ,46l.
1t is considered almost an axiom
that talk is cheap. But the talk il
congress is very expensive to the cOun
try Lowell Courier.
81 should like to know something
about this Egyptian question, dad,
said a young New Haven midget n
tea last evening. "What are they fir
ing at Alexandria fOr-because it is
great?' eyes, my child, | suppose so.
"And who is Arab Bey and Derviscl
Pacha and Ismail-?" "They are al
foreigners, my son. You can have II,
possible interest i'll them. Eat you
supper and keep quiet" This is tin
way some parents have of withholdin;
information they haven't got from thei
children New Haven Register.
1 am dying Egypt dying, or at least I ougt
to be,
wish your biggest pyramid would settle dow
me.
I'm all broke up-Indeed am This busine,
doesn't pay
And now I'm off-Tm going West. Yours.
. ARAB, Ex BEY
-IIDdianapolis Jon rnal