St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-27

shoddy milliOnaires of Gotham, killing
two birds with one stone, by ringing
in a reception for his recently married
daughter, Mrs. DR.. Webb. The Rsthet-
ic mansion was inspected from cellar
to attic by rapturOus maidens and bus
iness-like mammals and papas, and
brothers and lovers who mentally APP
praised the cost of the marvelously ex-
pensive outfit. The million dollar
stables, with Minton tile furnishings
for the aesthetic horses, and vaccine
purveyOrs of homemade milk for the
prospecting plutOcrats were greatly adj
mired. Among other visitors who felt
deeply flattered by an invitation was
young Mayor Low, of Brooklyn, who
puzzled the politicians by putting
"business principles" carefully on the
shelf for the day, and going home to
dress at noon.
The young fellow celebrated his 32d
birthday and first magisterial marriage
ceremony the other day, and after
performing his mayOral functions in
this regard in admirable form, kissed
the bride with promptness and JUNCTION.
The precedent will undoubtedly bring
him plenty of business of the same sort.
Of course he'll have to kiss all the
brides. This one happened to be young
and pretty. Some time ago, when our
American Cardinal was instituted, it
was the prOpah cawpaw for all very
fashionable weddings to be blessed by
his ministrations, and the temporary
converts of hard-shell Baptists and
other Rome abhorring sectarians were
amusingly frequent. The correct thing
now will be osculatOry salutatiOn by
his Honor, and civil marriage. By the
time he gets through, his tasting
lips will be those of Il cOnnOisseur of
female loneliness and other things.
The Germans and Italians are rather
fond of municipal matrimony, and of
Limburger cheese and garlic, respec
lively. Among the other things might
be suggested the flavor of these.
Mr.. Seney, the Brooklyn philanthrO-
pist, seems to have felt himself rather
left out in the cold for some few weeks,
and has revived newspaper attentions
and all that sort of thing, by making
another handsome present, 1000 this
time, to the Brooklyn Library, on con-
ditiOn, of course, that some one or more
other rich men would make up $780,,
900 more. That will be done without
any trouble or delay. Plenty will chip
in, feeling that $4,000 on the tail of
Seney's kite will be almost as effective
in bringing them before the public as
his 100000, and be eleven twelfths less
expensive. In India, when the gov
eminent wants to get up famine sub
scriptiOn or reception to a visiting
son of the Empress-Queen, they call
public meetings of rich natives and be
stow taffy on them. Then Il sort of
auction goes on. One fat fellow will
start the ball with whacking sub
scriptiOn. Another will see him and go
ever so much better, and other ever
increasing bids come i'll fast then No.
| doubles his first offer and others do
the same, and then they wax excited
and the fun grows fast and furious.
They pay cash out there, and after the
battle is over, some of the generous
givers feel as if they'd paid quite liber
ally for their taffy. Here, according
to Kimball, of Chicago, the famous
professional church debt raiser, ii large
percentage has to he allowed for de
auctions in cases where people in cool
er moments decline to back up their
enthusiastic promises to pay.
RADIX.