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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-14

The poison ivy, also called poison
oak, and in some localities known as
Marcury, is often the cause of great
distress. The vine is abundant all
over the country, one form being low,
running along on banks and rambling
over stone walls. Another form climbs
the highest trees, clinging to the bark
by its many rootlets. 1t is often CON
founded with the Virginia creeper {;
indeed, we have known it to be planted
as an ornamental vine, it having been
mistaken for that. The two are readily
told apart, the Virginia creeper having
its dark green, shiny leaves five-part-
ed, while the light-green leaves of the
poison vine are three-parted. The
poison ivy is so very abundant, that
were all equally susceptible to its in
fluence, we should hear much more of
its effects than we do at present. With
many the poison produces only IA slight
eruption on the skin and an intense
itching. Others are more seriously af-
fected, and the face swells up to such
an extent that the features are hardly
visible. Nearly every locality has its
popular remedies for the poison and
new ones are frequently proposed. As
"A general thing most cases are relieved
by keeping the bowels open by the use
of salts and washing the eruptions with
strong solution of sugar of lead. The
latest remedy which is now going the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-14
A Cats Friendship.

Few people i'll Cincinnati who have
ever been III Grandpa Hawley's news
depot have failed to observe an enOr-
nous brindle eat familiarly reclining
on the desk of the venerable proprietor,
says the Enquirer of that city. Actors
from all over the country have made a
point of going into this rendezvous
when they visit Cincinnati, and of
paying their respects to old Tommy.
Some of the visitors to this day carry
marks on their hands as reminders of
Toms methods of rebuking too much
familiarity. He has been there for
years, and has grown irritable as he
has waXed in age and avOirdupois.
Tom is strictly carnivOrOus, and is as
fond of acknowledged chicken, a robin
or Il fat canary as any other member of
his numerous species. His appetite is
so great that pound of meat scarcely
answers for his mornings lunch. I'm
agine, therefore, the surprise of those
familiar with his tastes when on last
Saturday they went into the basement
of the store and discovered the old
mOuSer en- ertaining Il young, half
tledged sparrow which had been crowd
ed from it's nest, situated in the cOrnice
over the store, and which had tluttered
to the sidewalk and thence into the
basement. The little bird was costly
nesting in the long fur which decOrates
old Toms back, and there it was yes
terday and there it has remained, eX-
cept ut brief intervals, ever since. At
night it nestles under the fur of the old
cat, which, appreciating the tenderness
of the little ward, moves as carefully
as an experienced nurse, as if fearing &
that any sudden movement would kill
it; and when the old fellow rises to
his feet and walks about, he does it
with all the stately bearing of a home
guard officer, as if fearing he would
shake off and lose the queer little pas
senger. Once the bird flew down Oh
| the floor of the basement, and blum
dered into IL hole, where it became
fast. One of the clerks of the store
discovered the birds predicament, anC
at the same time watched the old ca
vainly endeavOring to rescue it. The
clerk finally restored the sparrow t.
its foster parent, and old Tom express
ed his satisfaction in prolonged
pnr-r-r-r. So much engrOssed is tin
mOuser with his novel pet that he re
mains in the basement all the time
He has not been seen at his favOrit
place Oh his masters desk for three o
four days.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-14

Not one of our books succeed in pre-
senting us with an adventure as thrill
ing as that of John Golfer, who came
to st. Louis from the Blackfoot country
in 1910. Golfer and hunter named
Potts were trapping on the jefferson
Fork, when they were attacked by
about six hundred warriors. Potts
was instantly pierced with arrows so
numerous that, to use Golfers words,
''he was made riddle Of" They now
seized Golfer, stripped him entirely
naked and began to consult on the
manner in which he should be put to
death. They were at first inclined to
set him up as mark to shoot at, but
the chief interfered, and seizing him
by the shoulder, asked him if he could
run fast. Golfer, who had been some
time amongst the Kee-katsO or Crow
Indians, had in considerable degree
acquired the Blackfoot language and
was also well acquainted with Indian
customs; he knew that he had to run
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-14
Burdette's Idea of a New BOS-
ton Notion.

The Burlington Hawkeye thus cauti-
Ously alludes to a new Boston notion:
"a Boston genius has inaugurated an
other dress reform. He proposes to
amputate the-the-the shirt in fact,
that is-it's a kind of delicate subject
to discuss in the columns of family
paper, but what this dress reformer
wants to do, and in his own case ac-
tually has done, is to amputate the
as we said before, right about amid
ships; cut off that portion of the
amendment, to speak in Parliamentary
phrase, coming after, that is, below,
the word tag, or, more correctly, the
tag itself, that fastens the shirt front
down to the waistband. He would
thus dispense entirely with the-ha-
he would dispense with it, you see, and
have merely the shirt waist, as worn
10y little boys, without the-that is,
without any. 1t does not appear to be
waist Goke) of raw material, but
whether the saving would compensate
for the brevity of the raiment thus cur
tailed (another joke) remains to be
seen. Or, rather, it should not be seen
most certainly nOt-nOt in good
society, anyhow; but the fact is. how
ever, any one can see-or, no, the fact
is, you cannot see"
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everything to false issues. The habit
nal user becomes fretful and suspicious,
is uncertain and irresolute, and incapa-
bic of any really unselfish view of life.
Then follows the misery of knowing
that YOU are not at your best; that you
really cannot be understood, and are
losing all ability to be yourself. One
of the very worst of the peculiar effects
of the drug is to lead its victims to a
semi-cOnsciOus condition of action.
One of the ablest English poets died
within the past few years, victim of
this drug and it is said that two
other noted men in England whose
deaths were sudden were killed by the
same means.
| am aware that the choral habit is
not by any means peculiar to the min
Istry, but that it is also the danger of
all professional persons, men and wo-
men. OvertaXed mothers are using it /;
and / am told that, in minimum doses,
it enters into the narcotics given to
babies. Infanticide would hardly be a
greater crime. 1t is certain that the
increase of deaths by heart disease is
largely death from choral.
But can the habit be broken, and in
somnia at the same time be warded off 2
1t certainly is possible. For the last
five years, have not used a grain of
chlOral or any other drug, but have in
variably slept like child, soundly and
all night long. The means are simple,
but absolute. If you are a preacher
and do not sleep, you must give up
that work, unless you can so arrange
your life as to avoid the cares and
worries that upset you. You must do
that which YOU can do with Il tendency
to repair, and not tendency to eX-
haustion. My own method was to flee
to horticulture, which heartily enjoy
ed, and to work among my fruits,
flowers, animals, and with my boys.
The result is that am able to work
from five in the morning till six at
night, if necessary, at such manual
labor as like. | am doing more men
tai work by far than ever before, be-
sides preaching regularly. In fine a
good deal of ministerial life is un-
natural and destructive.- Rev. E. p.
Powell in Christian Register.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-14
Squibs.

A garden "waul"-a cat on the fence
The tailor's goose is now believed to
he the dude.
Cutting a telegraph wire is not
breaking the news gently.
Can the policeman who chases and
catches a Chinese criminal be said to
be the Asiatic collarer9
"There's nothing like leather" Per-
haps not but the beef steak sold
about here is an imitation well caIcu-
lated to deceive.
"Dear lady, please help an unfortu-
nate man. | amt had no work at my
trade since last winter" "Poor man
What is your trade ?" "Shovelin' snow,
num-"
Alec likes to have things convenient.
When told to hang up his hat, he re-
piled, "Mamma, wouldn't it be nice il
had nail on each side of my head to
hang my hat on ?"
The cost of stopping "A train of ears
said is to be from sixty to forty cents.
When the train is stopped by another
train, these prices become somewhat
Inflated Courier Journal.
DtlOIe Iuc CITY ulItCbOIy hiih Lhhth
a census of st. Louis, watermelOns are
always sent there from Chicago to
double mp the population. After that
an official count is made showing how
unreliable st. Louis figures are.
Up in Chautauqua county one day
last week IA politician was watching a
severe storm from his doorstep when
il farmer acquaintance turned III hastily
| from the road and drove under a shed.
What's the matter, Bob n asked the
politician. "Well," said the farmer,
II believe thar's one of them slycOons
coming.n
The youth of to day who is thinking
about entering upon some profession
that will most rapidly lead to fame and
fortune, must he greatly perplexed
whether to decide in favor of becoming
prize tighter, a base ball pitcher, or
Il champion rover. And there is dan
ger that while thus hesitating, he may
| he persuaded to throw his talents away
on the law, medicine, or literature, and
become a mere nobody NOrristOwn
| Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-14
VOLUME 47---NUMBER 24O7.

the selection of candidate is of criti-
cal importance. The question is not
so much who can be nominated, but
who ought to be nominated and that
being seen, the practical aim should
be to make the nomination practicable.
There are several superstitiOns about
nomination which ought to be dis
carded, but which are generally and
amusingly accepted as final. Under the
circumstances, such superstitiOns must
he disregaIded or the result will be
imperiled.
Thus there is fancy that the candi-
date must not be taken from small
state, because his own local capital of
electoral votes will be too small. This
is sentimental theory which the facts
do not sustain. The instant that the
candidate is nominated he represents
the cause and the party, and he is
weak Or strong by his personal and
public record, not at all by his state or
the number of its electoral votes. In
1876 Mr.. Tilden was not a strong can
didate because he lived in New York,
nor did the fact that he lived in New
York increase his vote in that state.
He was strong solely because there
was dissatisfaction with the republican
administration, and because he was be-
lieved to he Il refOrmer. In 1880 Gen
eral Hancock was no stronger candi-
date because he was by his residence
at the time a New Yorker, or because
he was a native of Pennsylvania. He
was not defeated on local reasons, but
because confidence had largely return
ed to the republican party, and because
he was not thought to have especial
qualifications for the presidency. The
fact that Mr.. Bayard lives in Delaware,
and that Deleware has but three elect
oral votes, does not make him IL weak
or undesirable candidate of his party
He would be no stronger a candidate
in the country or in New York if he
| lived i'll the state. His strength would
be derived solely from his public stand
ing and his personal and political
character.
This is equally true of the republi-
can side. President Arthur would not
he stronger candidate because he is
IA New Yorker, nor Mr.. Edmunds n
weaker because he lives in Vermont.
The question of 'Hocality" certainly
did not effect Mr.. Blaine's candidacy
|
whose position may be said to make
them possible candidates owe it to
their own prominence. In the public
mind and in the party regard they
are not especially identified with any
state. They are representatives of the
party. In the selection of IA republican
candidate, therefore, all these fanci-
ful considerations must be dismissed.
! The sole considerations must be public
and private character and general
party confidence and regard. The
man whose public course and large
public ability have won for him a com
manding position in the country, who
is free from entanglements of faction,
and who is personally and officially
without just reproach-if such man
there be-should he the republican
candidate Harper's Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-14
The ChlOraI Habit.

Insomnia and dyspepsia are cOnse-
cutive diseases. Any false use of the
body or of the mind brings on disOr-
dered digestion, and insomnia follows.
| doubt if one ever suffer from wake
tulness until the nerves of the stomach
are in sympathy with the mind, so as
to render that organ unable to per-
form its functions. Insomnia is not
only IL consequence of dyspepsia but,
once established as a habit OF disease,
it aggravates the other aIlment to an
uncomfortable agony.
Tormented with insomnia at one
time, my nights were more wearying
than days. All ordinary drugs failed
to give the boon of sleep just then
chloral hydrate was discovered 1t
was prescribed by physician of good
Judgment, as the long desired boon for
tired nerves. 1t is because | know so
many are using this drug that ! write
this article.
At that time the real nature of chic
raj hydrate was not understood. 1t
carries the blood with force from the
eXtremities to the heart. 1t does its
work remarkably well, so far as secur-
ing sleep is concerned. 1t is not like
the opium habit, for no one can ever
use chlOIal for pleasure nor is it like
ly to be used for any purpose but to
secure sleep. 1t is deadly drug, and
sure of completely destroying the
whole functions of mind and body.
Its first apparent tendency is to pois-
on the blood and produce red blotche,
on the skin. 1t tends also to paralyze
the eXtremities. The temperature o
the body is lowered by its use, but
more particularly of the head and feet
Then follow neuralgia pains, of acute
and terrible sort, in the legs and arm,
and head. The throat is PARTIAL
paralyzed making it difficult to enunci-
ate i'll public, when one first rises Il
speak. The brain is, of course, i'm
paired, as is also the heart, for natu ia
circulation.
The result in my own case came neaI
being fatal; that it was not entirely 81
was owing to strong recuperative pow
; ers, and to fleeing from my work t.
J., proper rest and treatment. Those wh'
are using chloIal should stop at once
and so adjust their lives as to secur
rest 10y natural means. Its use create
e IL terror at bedtime, if one he situate'
D rs not to secure it.-a sort of dcliTiOu
D horror. 1t gets complete mastery
t The dose must then be increased, an,
a the final consequences may be sudde
! death. 1t is, in fact, a most violen
e poison, doing its work thoroughly, bu
' not speedily.
e The moral evil resulting from th
4 use OF chlOral is prOpOrtioned to til
n intellectual damage. 1t simply III
II tones the whole system, and put
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-14
The Republican Candidate
for 81.

BY observing the figures of the last
national election, it will he seen that
the election of next year is sure to be
very close. In this situation the part
of wisdom for republicans is to consider
every circumstance and to secure
every advantage. The republican party
can succeedin no other way ,and the Wit
al point to remember is, that while it
must largely depend upon its general
tradition aud character and service,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-14

st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

AdueHt-Paddock Village. Sabbath Services at
1880 a. m, l;i5 and 6:JO p. m. sabbath School
II M. Prayer Meetings at 1870 y. III. Sunday Tues
day and Friday evenings.
Bdptist-Raroad Street Corner Maple Rev
Z. l. Sandiord, Pastor. Preaching 1880 ,. NJ. 5.
school Il NJ. Prayer meeting ESQ. Prayer meet
Ing Wednesday evening at 7i0
Free Bapdst-Main Street Corner Prospect
sabbath services 1880 An, and $50 r. NJ. sabbath
School at II NJ. Prayer meeting Wednesday
ng at 1880. Rev. ID. ii. Adams, pastor.
Church Of the Messiah-t tUniversalist) Eastern
avenue, corner Cherry street. Sabbath services
At i:45, $50 2. NJ. Sabbath School at 1890 P. NJ
Wednesday evening meeting at 1880. Rev. G w.
jenkins pastor
Mehodist-Central street. Rev. L. W. Culver,
Pastor. Residence next to the Church. sab
bath services at 1890 A. NJ, and 6:30 p NJ. Sabbath
school at II NJ Wednesday evening meeting at
North CongregatiOnaL-M street. corner of
church. Rev. Henry W Jones, Pastor. sabbath
services at 1890 A. NJ. and 6:3O +. NJ. Sabbath
at 7:3O.
South Congregationat-Main street. Rev. Ed
ward I. Fairbanks Pastor, sabbath services at
1890 A. NJ and 6IO p. NJ Sabbath School at IL NJ,
Wednesday evening meeting at 7:3O.
Presbyterian ChUTch-Eastern Avenue. Rev. W
Il. Laird, pastor. Sabbath services at 1890 a. M.
800 $50 P m Sabbath school at Il IN Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening 1880.
81 ARdreVS-( Episcopal) Main street, Rev.
+. ). Fisher Rector. Services ON Sundays at
1880 a. m, and . p, m. Wednesdays at 7:3Op. m.
Bohuan CdthoEc-Cherry Street. Rev. j. A.
i;ossonuault. Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a. m /;
Vespers and Bcnediction at p. On the
second sunday OF the month, service at $50 a. H..
and =. n. At Lyudonyille same day at 1880 n. m.
\. H. C. A.-Neetings at the hall of the Y NJ. c.
A., Main street, Sunday mornings at $50, Satur-
day evenings at 730. Young Mems meeting Sun
day at DO p. Noon meeting every day at
rooms ON Eastern avenue
East st. .JOhnsbury.
CoHgrcgdtoHat-Sunday services at 1O.ij a. m.
aud $50 p. III. sabbath school at 100. Wednes-
daN evening meeting at $50
Methodist.-Supplied by Rev. q. f. Burnham.
sunday services at l.3O p.
st. Johnsbury AthenTum.
Library and Reading Room-Free To all. Open
from 4. N. to II ~; from > to T.. NJ, and from
: To : ! > saturday evenings.
Art Gallery-Open Tuesdays and Fridays.
Telegraph ONCE.
Western Union and ". IHterHdtOHdl-in 81.
IOhnsbury House. Open from a. m, To p. Il.
sundays. to 10 a. M. > to p III. Night messages
At half rates.
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rounds is to bathe the affected parts
with lime water as hot as it can be
borne. This is simple, the remedy is
usually at hand and is worth trying,
as other alkaline washes have been
found useful. No .harm can result
American Agricnlturist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-14
st. Johnsbury Post Office.

Commencing oct. O. the mails will close at the
Post Office follows:
Passumpsic L. Il. Way Mail, South, $50 a. IN.
No. Dlnville 900 a.
ST !. \ l.. G. Il. K. Way Mail, East 2.l5 p.
st. j \ l.. &. K. K. Way Mail West, 300 y. III.
Montpelier & W. River, K. r. Way Mail % p. IN.
PassumpSic K. X. Way Mail. North, 400 p. III.
West Concord and st. .TOhnsbury East. $50 a.
Waterford, W. Watfd and l.. Watfd, 400 p. m.
Boston, New York Conn. X. Val. Mail 500 p. II.
Collections will be made from the mail boxes
in season for the mail south in the morning,
and at p. Collections will also he made from
the mail box at corner of Railroad Street and
Eastern Avenue, at a IN. and 73O p.
CHAS. =. CARPENTER, I'd. p. NJ.
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Complete Heating Apparatus
for SIS.

A large size BoyntOn Furnace in complete repair
with duplicate CRATE, for SIS, and ifty dollars
worth Of pipe and registers thrown in. The fur
mace is nearly newand was taken out 10 make place
for steam heater. Z. NJ STONE
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w. j. BRAY,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
Lumber Yard and Office Opposite
Odd Fellows Block,
r. r. Street, ST. JohnSbury.

All kinds Of Building Material for sale. Rough
and Dressed Lumber. Clapboards Shingle, I.ath
Doors sash and Blinds, Brackets Mouldings
Hardware, Nails Lime, Cement and everything
necessary for building at the lowest cash prices.
3Stf
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The only silk manufactory east of
Connecticut is located at Saccarappa,
II few miles from Portland, Me. The
material used is raw Japanese silk, and
about 5000 yards are manufactured
nnuthlV
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They Wont Farm Ii.

Within twenty-five miles of New
York, on the line of any one of the
dozen OF more railroads terminating at
this city, the traveller may see hun
dreds, sometimes thousands, of acres
of cleared land that has not been culti-
waited in years. 1t is being held with
Il view to sale for building purposes
but while it is vacant it can be had for
little rent, and often for no rent, by
any one who will cultivate it. Have
the workingmen availed themselves of
this chanceR Hardly ever. Half
dozen ears of early corn will bring
more money in New York than
bushel of shelled corn in Kansas, and
an acre of first crop peas is worth as
much as twenty acres of wheat in Min
nesOta. But the workman does not
improve his chance to make such crops
and bring up his family in the open
air. Some of his class are annually
breaking away from tenement houses
and establishing themselves on farms
but the great mass-the people whom
Mr.. George, Judging all men by him
self, thinks would welcome the chance
to he their own masters to pre-
fer misery in New York to comfort in
the country New York Herald.
The New England Manufacturers
and Mechanics institute-or the Inst-
tute fair of Boston, as it is popularity
called will have a richer and more
extensive display of the resources of
this country than has ever been shown;
the railroads of the west will exhibit
specimens of grain that will make the
New England farmers envy the dwell
ers ut the west the possession of such
gold mines as the soil from which they
sprang; the southern states have
shown remarkable energy in preparing
to spread before the world the ores,
the woods and other evidences of the
material wealth of the vast undevel-
Oped sections there and the best of
New England's Railway guides-the
A B G Pathfinder-will be provided
by the generous managers for the free
use of visitors and this will be the only
Official Railway guide in the building.
The little town of Benson, whose
chief claim to nOtOriety is the fact that
it was the birthplace of Stephen and
John Dorsey of star-route fame, and
of William Pitt Kellogg of Louisiana,
celebrated its centennial on the 22d
and 23d. The exercises comprised Il
historical address by Rev. Evatrs Kent
of Georgia, grandson of the towns first
minister, addresses by Rev. j. w. Peet
of Iowa, on the towns old people and
old customs, and by Edward W. Bar
ber, one of its distinguished sons. The
first church was built in 1890. The
town is ten miles from a railway sta
ton.
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JOB PRINTING of all kinds at living prices
with modern type and machinery and skillful
ITOrkmen, nearly all kinds of job Printing can be
one well aud a. cheap in the cities.
Legal Blanks, Card and Paper stock constantly
b. hand
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There are now go persons at the
Tewskbury almshOuse.
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lIP[A[o[T[OIG[RIAIpIH[sI!l

The undersigned is now prepared to make every
style of Photograph in the most perfect man
ner. 1 shall take special pains to
please those who have been
successful in obtaining sat
istactOry pictures
elsewhere.
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Ieierranll Ofiice.

Western Union and " InierHdhOHdl-in ST.
Iohnsbury House. Open from a. m, To p. II.
sundays . to 10 m, to p. III. Night messages
At halfT rates