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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-17

SleeplesSness is one of the most fruitful
causes of the paleness and nervousness
SO characteristic of American mothers.
1Ou will excuse us, sir, but permit us
to ask whether your wife is not still
busy with the care of your family six
hours after your work is done? And
then, when your children cry at night
don't you turn over your lazy two
hundred pounds for another good sleep,
and let that little thin pale wife get up
and worry by the hour with the little
ones? And now, fOrsoOth, you wish to
know whether it is not bad for her to
lie till eight o'clock in the morning -
Dio Lewis.
The square man meZZures the same
each way, and hain't got no winny
edges nor shakey lumber i'll him. He
is free from knots and sap, and won't
warp. He is klear stuff, and | don't
care what yu work him up into, he
won't swell, and he won't shrink. He
IL amungst men what good kil-dried
boards are amung carpenters, he won't
season krack. 1t don't make any diff
ference which side NV him yu cum up
to, he IL the same bigness each way,
and the onl V way tew get at him, emmy
how, IL to face him. He knows he IL
square, and never spends emmy time
trying to prove it. The square man IL
one of the best shaped men the world
has ever produced. He il one of them
kind of chunks that yu kant alter tew
fit spot, but yu must alter the spot
tew fit him. Josh Billings.
There are few people who do not
like to he informed of scandals about
other people. They shudder ut them,
of course, and are properly indignant,
but nevertheless they think it hard
luck if anything derOgatOry to their ac-
quaintances circulates without their
hearing of it. SO, in a downtown
moving hOrse-car yesterday morning,
when Il Sad-faced man asked his com
paniOn if he had heard of the sad fall
of Deacon Boxer, pillar in the Rev.
DR.. Shouter's congregation, all the rest
of the passengers pricked up their ears
and listened intently for details.
'Ies," said the old man, when his
neighbor prOfessed ignorance of the
event, "a lamentable affair indeed.
Another good man surprised and
brought low: the light of another home
put out beyond repair" ''But how did
it happen ~ interposed total stranger
at the other end of the car. who had
listened with ill-disguised impatience
to these moral reflections: "Please
come to the facts" ''Oh, as to that
returned the sad man, "he slipped on
the ice on fremont street last evening,
and fell with such force upon stu
dentlamp he was carrying home, that
the man to whom he took it for re-
pairs said 'twOuld he worth at least
twice the cost of new one to fix it.
But here's my street; Ia, ta," and he
skipped ont blithely. And it is Il sin
gular fact that in the conversation
which followed, nobody reioiced that
the good deacOn's fair name was still
unsmirched, although many were in
dignant at the cruel deceit of the mar
rator of his misadventure.- Boston
Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-17
SmaII-POX and Vaccination.

Because no one desires to have the
small-pOX and all can have vaccination,
this old theme is always new when an
epidemic is prevailing. Smallpox is
in no one place so epidemic as to seize
the most of the population, as it used
to do ; but it is scattered over the
country and occurring in Il greater
number of places than ever before in
the memory of man. The West seems
to have received it chiefly from emf
grants, while the East is greatly in
debted to Philadelphia for full sup
ply. New York city in many respects
does not please us as well as does Phil
adelphia but in the matter of health
administration it INDUCES in less fOgy-
ism. The activity and success with
which New York city has quelled
smallpox and partially pOpularized
vaccination ought to have led Philadel-
phia to a similar course, especially
after the epidemic of 1873. But it has
adopted active half-measures, and 50
has had smallpox as resident ever
since. 1t does not even require Il
burial certificate for bodies from other
states, and even the city is, we believe.
lax enough about deaths occurring in
it not to furnish Il reliable death rate.
The smallpox as well as typhus fever
passed over to New Jersey and planted
themselves in Cander county, and 81
have been distributed by various
routes. The vigor of travel is now 50
great that the cOmmOnest and the dirt
lest of people go to and fro by public
conveyance. Unless the states have {
clearly defined and vigorous system %
sanitary police, they are destined II
suffer from vagrant pestilences a,
much as from any other form of va
grancy. In the last few weeks we hav'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-17

of third stick, and at the same time
clutch upon those pine needles to add
their impediment to the burden of his
own body.
Practically the ants had won the
victory, but what they intended to do
with the floundcring elephant in their
hands seemed problem. But it was
to them only question of patience.
They had now pinned their victim Sc
curely, and held him to await assist
ance. 1t came. The entire neighbor-
hood had been apprised of the battle,
and in less than five minutes the
ground swarmed with an army of re
Inducements. They came from all di-
rections they pitched upon that hor-
net with terrible ferocity, and his com
plete destruction was now only ques-
tion of moments.-LW w. II. Gibson, in
Harpcr'S Magazine
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The Female Burglar.

Every day we see some new avenue
has been opened to women by which
they may obtain IA livelihood, and all
of us who love women, and most men
do, are glad of it, though we may he
opposed to female suffrage. But there
is such IL thing as carrying it too far,
and allowing women to engage i'll
branches of business for which they
are not fitted. We see by the papers
that Il woman has been arrested in
Cleveland as a burglar. We have no
objections to female pickpOckets, for
if man must have his pockets picked
it will he much more enjoyable to feel
the delicate hand of beautiful woman
tiuttering about his pocket than "a
rough male hand. Many man who
would object to having his pockets
picked 10y man would be willing to
lose so or Sl5 just to have a female
90 through him. There is a field open
for women as confidence men. To
have female confidence game played
on a man would have less of sting
than to be bilked by "A male. As forg
ers, women have been highly success
ful, and men have been proud of the
proficiency of the dear creatures III
signing the wrong names. To think OF
women going about nights with a jim
my and dark lantern, opening doors
and windows and sneaking about
rooms is degrading and revolving. II
male burglar gets into your house
and he is discovered, you can shoot
him, if you get the drop on him, Ol
kick him down stairs; but who wants
to shoot female burglar or kick hel
over the banisters. 1t would be un-
natural. You would almost rather lei
her go ahead and burgle, and go away
with your roll of money than shoot her
Besides, you could not hit her with d
bullet from all ordinary pistol in a vi
tai part. The heart and other vita
organs are covered with bullet proc
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PATENTS.
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Little Ones i'm the Nest.

Gather them close to your loving heart,
Cradle them ON your breast;
They will soon enough leave your brooding care,
Soon enough mount youths topmost stair
Little ones in the nest.
Fret not that the children's hearts gay,
That their restless feet will run
There may come a time in the by -and-by
When you II sit in your lonely room and sigh
For a sound of childish fun
When yon II long for a repetition sweet
That sounded through each room,
OF Mother" Mother, the dear love calls
That will echo long in the silent halls,
And add to their stately gloom.
There may time when you'll long to hea
The eager, boyish tread,
The tuneless whistle, the clear shrill shout
The busy hustle in and out,
And pattering overhead
When the boys and girls are all grown up.
And scattered far and wide
Or gone to the undiscovered shore
Where youth and age come nevermOre.
You will miss them from your side.
Then gather them close to your loving heart,
Cradle them to your breast
They will .OOn enough leave your broOding care
Soon enough mount youths tOpmOst stair
Little ones in the nest.
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AUCTION BILLS.

Orders Tor auction bills by morning mails can
usually "r hlled and returned on evening trains
SANE HaN Our facilities for Half and Whole sheet
rosters are better than ever at
CAIFDONIAN OFFICE.
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East st. .JOhnsbury.

COngTegdtOHdl-Rev. F. B. Phelps, Pastor
sunday services at 10 - a IN. and 30 p. Ill. Sab
bath school at 1900. Wednesday evening meeting
at $50.
Msthodist-Rev. L. c. Dickinson Pastor. Sun
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ST. Johnsbury Church Directory.

AdUent-PaddOck Village. sabbath Services at
1880 a. las and $50 y. Sabbath School IL
M. Prayer Meetings at $3.50 p. IN. Sunday, Tuesday
aud Friday evenings.
Bdptist-RalrOad Street. Corner Maple. Rev.
+. 4 sanford, Pastor. Preaching 1880 !. NJ. 5.
School - NJ. Prayer meeting 30. Prayer meet
Ing Wednesday evening at 1880.
Free Bdptist-Man Street. Corner Prospect.
Rev. II. Lockhart Pastor. Sabbath services, 1890
A. NJ and $50 p sabbath School at - NJ. Prayer
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Church Of the MsssiGh-t tUniversalistJ Eastern
avenue, corner Cherry street Rev. b. M. Tillot-
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ing at 7:tO.
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Pastor Residence next to the Church. Sab
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7.JO.
North CongregatioHaI-Ma street, corner OF
Church. Rev. Henry ". Jones Pastor. sabbath
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School at las p. NJ. Wednesday evening meeting
AT 7:30.
south Congregdtional-Main street Rev. Ed.
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Wednesday evening meeting at 1880
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-05

and under-housekeeper are Boston doc

and under-housekeeper are Boston doc
tresses."
Think of having ones disgust at slopv
py coffee or an overdone steak observed
critically by the light of German philos-
ophy and Greek culturel Think of ask
ing a creature who may be contributor
the toothpjcksl 1 couldn't do it. The
scornful young person, who leisurely
carried In our breakfast by such easy
loads that no two viands were eatable at
the same moment, received no command
from my lips. The coffee went down
without milk or sugar the butter went
down in pellet, all by itself; the SUI
perior one had forgotten to bring the
bread, and as for fishballs instead of
steak, why I swallowed them without a
murmur.
After while an Englishmau saun-
tered in, took a seat near mine, and
called out to our Hebe: Heah All, ]
svaii<er. ~ Rea,shau}d have seen The
Scornful. She shifted the AR, she
bounced, she hounced and flushed and
bit her lips; the angry tears were in her
eyes, and she banged down a bill of fare
before the offensive stranger as if it were
barrel of lead. The astonished man
curtly and sharply gave his order, and
Hebe sauntered down the room, and
was evidently agitating her wrongs with
the rest of the culture that posed about
the pantry door.
's I'm afraid you have offended that
young person, sir" said our professor to
the Englishman. sa
"Ofended the servant? How9" the
dull creature asked.
Why, by calling her waiter >"
"Ohl beg pardon; should it be
waitress? p"
"Neither, sir"
"Well, and what should she be called,
then?"
Even the professor couldn't answer
that. The funny man suggested "high.
toned youthful individual" as name
that might go trippingly on the tongue.
But how the lady waitress is really to be
addressed remains for Congress, or pos.
terity, or some other great but irrespon
sible power to determine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-05
LATER NEWS.

THE grain trade at Cincinnati has just
doubled in the past six years.
SMALLPOX at thirty-seven different towns in
the State of Illinois.
THERE were ISL business failures In the
United States during the last week Of the year.
In A trial trip a train passed through St.
Gothard Tunnel In fifty minutes and back IN
thirty-three minutes.
ROBERT L. LINDSAY, the noted Missouri land
swindler, was sentenced at Steubenyille, Ohio,
to nine years in the Penitentiary.
VIM. b. ERB, who, at st. Louis, sneaked up
and stabbed his wife in the back while she was
at the wash-tub, was hanged last Friday.
TIE aggregate length of railroad laid In tn %
United States during 1881, is estimsted, IN
round numbers, at 5000 miles, the greatest
mileage Of any one year.
AT RoaEns, Arkansas, woman shot her
husband through the head while he slept, and
I'd jail cut h6< zilrozt from >az % eA< 16ar
little children survive their hapless pxsente.
AT THE Medical College at Ksoknk, Iour,
the students car sed up stir from Chicago,
that had died Of smallpox, and forty cases Of
the disease have broken out in the institution.
GENERAL SAMUEL. THOMAS has resigned til
Presidency of the Standard Coal and IRON
Company, operating IN the Hooking Valley
(ohio), aud viii be succeeded by Hon. james
G. Blaine. $500 r
SoLoN HUMrHREY has resigned as President
of the Wabash, St Louis and Pacific Railroad,
and jay Gould has been elected to succeed
him. Mr.. Humphrey denies that any disagree-
ment exists between himself and Mr.. Gould.
J.s 0,RpJrN Second Justice of the Oueen's
Bench, Ireland Lieutenant Colonel Price,
Sixth United States Cavalry Colonel McComb,
Wilmington, Del, well known in railroad
circles and William Bodine, the FIRST trainer Of
Goldsmith Maid and other fast horses, are
among the dead.
NEAR Lancaster, Pa, on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, freight train parted, and following
the train, ran into the rear portion, causing .
smash-up. Another freight train ran into the
wreck, and the whole mass took fire. Throe
lives were lost. Three engines and seventy cars
were destroyed, the loss being IN the neghbcr-
hood of s200, 900. -
THE number Of immigrants that arrived at
Castle Garden in the year just closed, is larger
than in any previous year in the history Of the
port. The arrivals were 432, ,6s5, an increase Of
105, ,041 over the arrivals for 1880, and III, ,0zf
more than the total for the four years from
+ 1875 to 1873 inclusive. From January to
December 1, 1881. there were 1Ss, ,255 German
immigrants, 60, 406 Irish, 36, ,552 English, IS,
1856 from Sweden, nearly Il, 900 from Norway,
and about the same number from Italy; s3e
| came from China, 40 from Japan, 81 from the
British East Indias, IA from Greece and sfrom
i Malta t3ss -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-05
Woman's Exchange in New York.

I must mention the Woman's Ex-
change here, which is now accepted as
an established success. Only three
years old, and starting with but ten con-
signors, it now has $3.50. The sales
this year amount to $26, 535 81, an in
crease of S., 00U over last year. With
all expenses paid, and without debt,
Sc, 600 has been put in the bank toward
the building fund, and, encouraged by
the example of the parent society, nine
others have been started in different
cities.
Few people have any idea of the
amount OF good accomplished through
the Exchange. Only the other day I
came across young girl, rendered a
cripple by painful accident, and unable
to move from her chair, who supported
herself by making pure molasses candy,
which is sold in the restaurant attached
to the three rooms of the Exchange.
Another instance is found in the English
lady reduced by misfortune to poverty,
who supplies all orders for English plum
pudding, and dresses herself from the
proceeds. There are very few women
in the world deprived of the gift OF
doing some one thing we'll /; and, whether
it consists of making good ginger bread,
set of baby clothes, painting screen,
or carving a piano, she can find an op'
portunity to make profitable use Of il
here.-Letter in Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-05
a RenutifuI Hand.

A beautiful hand is an excellent thing
In woman; it is charm that never fails.
it is means of fascination that never
disappears. Women carry beautiful
hand with them to the grave when
beautiful face has long since vanished
or ceased to enchant. The expression
of the hand, too, is inexhaustible; and
when the eyes we may have worshiped
no longer flash or sparkle, the ringlets
with which we have played are covered
with a cap, Or, worse, turban, and the
symmetrical presence which, in our SON
nets, has reminded us SO often Of ante
lopes and wild gazelles, have ell, all
vanished, the hand, the immortal hand,
defying alike time and care, still van
quishes and still triumphs; and small soft
and fair, by an airy attitude, a gentle
pressure, or a new ring, renews with
untiring grace the spell that bound our
enamored and adoring youth. h.-DisraeH.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-05
woman'. self-sacrifice.

"Oh, no, he never beats me-" said
Julia Connors, trying to look the Judge
straight in tine face. Martin gets fussy
and noisy sometimes, and perhaps he
pushes me around little, but never any
assault, sir"
"The officer says he saw your hus-
band strike you on the shoulder. and
then you struck him in the face with
your fist"
The woman dropped her eyes, fingered
her shawl nervously for moment and
then looked up, fixed her black eyes
calmly upon the court and said "The
officer is mistaken. Martin put his hand
upon my arm and spoke to me a little
cross about something, and then I pushed
him away. might have struck him,
but he did not strike me. He never
strikes me. I plead guilty, but he has
not done anything. He is only bit
fussy once in while, but 1 don't charge
him with assault"
This was the wife's story. She pleaded
guilty to save her husband, while he
pleaded not guilty and 1T her take upon
herself all the blame without saying a
word for her. The woman is ever ready
to sacrifice herself to save the man, and
the more she is abused the closer she
clings to him. The man stands before
the Judge and says as plainly by his 81
lence as Adam did by his words : "The
woman is the guilty one. she tempted
me-" and the woman shares his punish
ment.
The court found Julia and Martin
Connors guilty of mutual assault, and
fined the woman 81 without costs and
the man $40 with costs. The woman
paid her fine, spoke an encouraging
word to the man, and went out from the
court room. She went home. drew forth
the little store she had put by for coal
bills for the winter, took perhaps nearly
all her earnings, and came back quickly
to pay his fine and take him out of the
dock. It is the way of women, and mer
will let them have their way.-Bostor
GLobe
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-05
The Lady Waitress.

A correspondent who has been to
Mount Washington discourses as follows
of the lady waitress:
Ascornful young person thrust the bill
of fare before us, and stood in a protest
ing self-conscious way to receive our
orders. She was a "lady waitrets," a
school-teacher from Bangor. Portia In
some way, being native to this sort OF
thing, made her answer questions but
she did SO always in the same high and
mighty manner.
care there many lady mattresses
here?" asked Portia.
eyes there are ten school-teachers
in the dining-room, twenty student
chambermaids. and the head laundress