St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-07-07


ten years.
Experiments upon the action of the
electric light on plants at the Palace of
Industry, Paris, have resulted less ia
vOrably than was expected. The ma
ked rays from the electric arc were
found to be injurious after passing
through glass they ceased to have any
hurtful action upon plants, but their
efficacy was not great. Illumination
at night is not fatal to plants, but no
proof has been obtained that it is real
ly beneficial.
A turtle weighing five hundred
pounds was lately caught near Tampa,
Florida.
A young gymnast has just died in
New York after having succeeded in
placing both his feet at the back of his
neck.
The Salvation Army" an importa
ton from Great Britain, does not -four
ish on American soil. A detachment
of these shouters in Paterson, n. j.,
have been found guilty of disorderly
conduct.
The other day A. p. Clough of ia
maica, Vt, sent his son to the pasture to
get hairs from the horses tail to be
used as a fish line, but in getting them
the horse gave the boy n severe kick
in the abdomen. He turned toward
the house, but some 30 rods before he
reached the house he sank down I'M
conscious. A doctor was summoned,
and he pronounced the case a fatal
one. The boy died from internal hem
Orrhage after AZ hours of constant suf-
fering, at the age of I6.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher has been
giving a reporter some "reminiscences
of her early married life. when she and
Mr.. Beecher kept house in two rooms.
She tells how poor they were, but the
wives of many other prominent men of
to-day will probably appreciate these
observations "She had always felt as
if she would not mind going through
those old days once more. They were
the happiest times of her life, for then
Mr.. Beecher was continually with her.
when he came to New York his study
was moved to the church. BY reason
of his having become a prominent man
he has been taken much from her, and
she lOnged for the old home life, which,
owing to his position in the city, it had
been impossible to retain"
The tragic story about the domestic
infelicities of Rev. Adirondack" Muir
ray which has recently found its way
into circulation, much to that cratic
gentleman's discredit, proves to be a
scandalous invention of the enemy.
All about his living in illegitimate re-
latiOns with his amanuensis, and about
her fathers suicide at the door of Muir
rays cabin, is pronounced sheer stuff,
neither of the parties having been in
| Texas at all. On the contrary Mr..
Murray is running a large and prosper
Gus sheep ranch Albany Argus.
The Buffalo Express has gotten all
its compOsitOrs on strike, and the ed
itor explains that he has to set up his
leaders with his own hands. Says he :
''WhO, Sofraid' Jet .em strive Cen
fvst raltlE up type Ours9lvs, ser type
befoIe some off .em lCere born. Havn. t
sel stick full before in tMenty:5 yerrs:
HOw.s this) and the prOuf wasn't read,
eithri"
A child of ordinary capacity and des-
titute of property, but converted to
God in childhood, is frequently worth
more to the church than ten wealthy
men converted at the noon of life
DR.. John Todd.
Hardly a day passes in New York
without the record of injuries received
by people passing beneath the elevated
railways, from hot ashes, tools, bolts
or something else dropping upon
them.
1t is estimated that not less than 100
persons have been killed by the recent
cyclones in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa,
Nebraska, Dakota and Minnesota, and
that the amount of property destroyed
will exceed S3,500,000.
A Methodist camp-meeting which
was to be held this week at Silver lake,
Brandon, has been postponed sine die
on account of mosquitoes, the mana
gers deciding that a religious "experi-
ence" was more likely to be ended than
started under the circumstances.
About 200 of the employees of Jordan
Marsh & Co., of Boston having formed
an organization for the purpose-at
the suggestion of the tirm-cOntribut-
ed so each to fund for sending on q
European tour a few of their number
selected by lot. On Monday evening
when they assembled to draw lots fol-
the great prize a member of the firm
announced that all the subscriptions
would be returned and that the firm
would pay all the expenses of the lucky
few. When fate had selected the eight
winners four others whose long anC
faithful service deserved a reward were
nominated by their employers. The
party of twelve will travel together
sailing from Boston on July 8 and EN-
barking for home on August 16.
"While the dinner was at its height,
writes a visitor at the Carlisle Indian
School" "a tall, finely formed man stalk.
ed into the room with great dignity
and reserve. He wore light gray trOu
sers a black coat and vest, a white
shirt and collar, black necktie, anC
+ boots that would have done credit to {
first-class shoemaker. His raven hal
was parted carefully in the centre anC
hung down the sides of his face-aI
almost exact counterpart of the styl,
: affected by Oscar Wilde except in tina
where it touched his shoulders it wa.
tied on each side with pieces of rec
tape, and the remaining part, about
foot in length, braided and tied at tn,
, end. The face was strong, almost no
BILE in its reserve, and the eyes, half
hidden by wrinkled lids, were bril-
liantly black and showing more thai
usual intelligence" 1t was Standing
Bear, the famous Sioux chief, who ha,
- come from Dakota to ascertain Wha