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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-25

The building committee of the NJ.
j.. church advertise in another column
FOR sealed proposals for repairing and
|3ebuilding the church.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-25

j The st. Johnsbury District Preach
ers' Meeting association hold a three
days meeting at Albany, commencing
June II.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-25

At the annual village meeting in
January, it was voted to adjourn to
meet at the Town hall on the fourth
Monday in May, 2Sth inst, at seven
O'Clock p. m, to see what action the
village will take in regard to raising
money to defray the expenses of the
village and paying the liabilities.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-25

4 E. F. Brown found wallet with
Ibver one hundred dollars on his coun-
! ter Tuesday morning, and it wasn't his
{Rallet either.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-25

Rev. Lawrence Phelps was dis
missed by council from the passionate
of the Congregational church at Barton
on Wednesday, at his request This
was Mr.. Phelps first passionate. He
has done valuable work there the five
years he has been settled and the
church and people deeply regret his
lenNinp
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-25
CROCKERY.

Large stock always on hand. Two
New Patterns, Brown Melbourne, Col
Ored Ware, and the celebrated ROYAL
Worcester stripe, which we sell in sets
or in separate pieces as desired.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-25
CLOTHIN C..

Full new stock in Mems, Youths
and Boys. to which we invite exami-
nation.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25
Tried Her own Remedy.

A lady overheard her nurse girl talk
ing to the little child she was putting
to sleep, and among other legends of
the nursery in which she INDUCED, was
this:
eff you don't 60 right to sleep this
very minute, great big, awful black
bear, with eyes like Goals of fire, and
sharp, white. cruel teeth, will come out
from under the bed and e-a-t-y-o-u-a-ll
u-p!"
The poor little thing nestled down
under the clothes and after long sea-
son of terror fell asleep to dream fright
full dreams of horrid bears eating her
up.
That night when the stolid nurse had
composed herself in her own comfort
able bed and had put the lamp out
there came sudden rap at the door
and the voice of the mistress called
loudly through the pannels:
Maggie! Maggie for mercy's sake
get up as quick as you can! There's
a fearful burglar under your bed, and
as soon as you go to sleep he's coming
out to rob and murder you I"
At the word burglar the girl sprang
screaming from the bed, tore open the
door, and fell in Mysteries into the hall.
The lesson was even more instructive
than the mistress had designed, but
when the girls fears had calmed, she
said to her:
"You did not hesitate to tell my lit
tie delicate child who could not possi-
bly, know that it was lie, a cruel
story of a bear under her bed, now,
when l treat you to the same kind of a
slumber-story, you are nearly frighten-
ed to death. Tomorrow you can go
into the kitchen and work; you are not
fit to care for little children"
How many children there are who,
every night of their lives, are frighten-
ed to sleep.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25
Perpetual Motion.

WEST CHESTER, April l2.-There
are many pearsons in this city who
verify believe that perpetual motion
has been discovered On Monday
evening at about six o'clock one of the
clerks in Thos. r. Smiths cigar and
tobacco store on East Gay street, set
down q common counter scale on a
tobacco caddy when he hooked bar on
which the weights are placed commenc-
ed swinging backward and forward in
line with the brass registering bar with
rapid motion and has thus continued
in motion ever since without any ap-
parent diminution of its speed. AS
this singular circumstance became
noised abroad multitudes of people
have focked to see the curiosity and
many have been the theories for ac-
counting for the mystery. 1t has been
temporarily stopped by persons inves-
tigating, but when started its motion
goes on again the same as before. 1t
has been discovered that the pivot on
which the hook is swung stood in a
direct line north and south, while the
weight swung directly east and west,
and this has been accepted by the
greater number as the moving cause,
they believing that there is electrical
or magnetic influence in the matter.
All that is really known about it is
that the hook continues to swing unless
forcibly stopped.
A whale eighty feet long recently
grounded on the bar at st. Johns, Fla
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25

Dudley Chase, who was Senator, for
an appointment in the Treasury De-
partment.
Salmon replied the Senator, ri
once got position for nephew in the
Treasury, and it proved his ruin. III
give you half dollar to buy spade,
and 60 out and dig for living, but l
will not get you place under the Gov
ernment'
Salmon said be would not trouble him
for the half dollar, and rose, choking
with resentment, to take leave.
You think me harsh,' said Dudley
Chase, parting from him at the door,
but you will live to see that this is the
best advice / could give you
"Perhaps,' said Salmon, coldly, as he
walked away.
This is one of the wisest and bravest
things that any relative ever did for
another. 1t would have been q very
easy matter to have secured the place
for Salmon, but he knew it would be a
curse to him. He felt that there was
something in the young man if it was
not curbed down by government
clerkship, and so refused it. 1t must
have been curious thing to think back
upon this episode when Salmon was
the great Secretary of the Treasury
during the civil war. He finally
struck another school in Washington
in which he succeeded better, but it
was not long until he left Washington
for Cincinnati, where he completed his
law studies and began the practice OF
law. He rose slowly in his profession;
but undoubtedly owned his success
more to the fact that he was eyer ready
to defend fugitive slaves and those who
assisted them than to any other one
thing. This was very unpopular, and
almost all the lawyers in Cincinnati
would refuse the cases. There were
usually no fees in the case, but young
Chase made great deal of reputation
for himself. He believed in the truth
of the poets words that
He is slave who dare not be
In the right with two or three
He went to the Supreme Court with
cases that no otter lawyer would carry
there, and fought them out nobly to
the end Finally, when the truth of
the principles for which he had been
contending was beginning to be some
what generally admitted be was their
acknowledged champion, and in 1S49
when there was almost a tie in the
Ohio General Assembly, he was made
compromise candidate for the Senate
and sent there really by Free Soil votes.
The history of the great events in
the eminent mans life are well known
to the public at large, but these few in
cidents struck me as well worthy of
reproduction Gary IN Cleveland
Leader.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25

The 2l7 native papers of India
are trying to form press association.
-Emigrants from Virginia to Texas
are returning to their former homes.
Central Maine has had no rain
since last June, although the snowfall
has been heavy. Streams are dry,
logs stranded, and mills have used coal
for months.
The Key West sponge feet, num-
bering 10 vessels and 600 men is out
on cruise. A successful catch of
sponge for the feet brings about $780,
900 into that city.
The Missouri Senate has passed
bill that prohibits under penalty of b
fine of $25 to 5000 the selling, giving,
loaning, hiring or bartering, or the
Offering to sell, give, loan, hire or barter
"to any minor any pistol, revolver, der
ringer, bowie-knife or other deadly
weapon of like character, or any toy
pistol designed to shoot caps or
cartridges of any kind, or to be loaded
with powder" How would it be for
our Legislature to pass similar bill
"A young woman in San Francisco
some time ago gave her infant in
charge of another woman, promising to
pay her for taking care of it. The
mother being unable to pay promptly,
the mercenary care-taker attempted to
confiscate the hapless infant by pro-
cess of law. But a tender-hearted
Judge decided that infants could not be
regarded as available assets in the
eyes of the law, and the mother bore
away her child in triumph,
There is historical dispute of
long standing as to how the United
States acquired it's title to the territory
included in the present limits of the
State of Oregon. General Francis A.
Walker, in the Statistical Atlas publish
ed in connection with the census of
1870. marked it as part of the
Louisiana purchase made by Jefferson
in 1903; but the accuracy of that state
ment has since been questioned. The
principal authority for regarding Oregon
as part of the Louisiana purchase is the
fact that it was 80 marked in q map
prepared by Barbe- Marbois, the nego-
tiator of the treaty on the part of
France. On the other hand, in his
history of the treaty. he expressly
states that the United States Govern
ment did not purchase the territory re-
ferred to. but acquired it by simple
act of appropriation.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25
NO. 90
THE MAID AND THE MOUSE

There was maiden had cat,
She rather dotted on the beast,
But said her love would be increased
If she could only teach it that
Twas cruel, when for game it bid,
To torture mice the way it did.
The cat and maid together sat
One day in purring tete-a-tete,
When in there walked mouse, and great
The shrek the maiden gave thereat,
And ere her demon yawp did cease
She fluttered to the mantel-piece.
The mouse, at sound of maiden howl,
Sustained a nervous shock and lit
Into paralytic fit.
Grimalkin fired off yowl.
And, too perturbed to think of play.
With dying breath the stricken mite
Exclaimed: 81 thank thee, agile puss
This being scared to death is 'wuss
Than being killed with sudden smite;
I'd rather thus in trice be slain
Than hear that woman yell again -
Oh, maiden on the mantel-shelfi
While palpitates thy heart, reflect.
Did'st ever, ever yet suspect
How much more frightened than thyself
This geologic dot should be
That drives thee thus to lunacy?
= fonker's Gazette.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25
Four Odd WagerS.
From he CNic,go Herald.

from me ChtcIyo derId
The winner Of corn-raising contest
near Rome, Ga, raised thirty seven
bushels on half-acre.
A Salina (Mo woman won $40 on
a wager that she could chop a cord of
wood in less time than certain man
could.
For sum of money two package
wrappers, at Davenport, Iowa. entered
into contest. The winner wrapped
$500 bundles in q single day, using
1000 yards of twine.
William Campbell, young farmer
of Mexico, Mo-, won wager of 500,
and received p cents bushel, besides,
for his labor at a corn-shucking bee
In eight days he threw over his shoulder
$40 bushels of corn.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
testify to the most excellent qualities of Prof
Darbys Prophylactc Fluid. As dsinfectant and
detergent il is both theoretically and practically
superior to any preparation with which am ac-
quainted.-N. T. LUTON, Prof Chemistry.
Dsrbys Fluid is Recommended by
Hon. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, Of Georgia:
Rev. CHAs. F. DEEMS, DID,, Church Of the
Strangers, N. Y;
JOS LKCoNrR, Columbia Prof, University SC
Rev. A. ]. BATTLE, Prof, Mercer University;
Rev GRo. F. PIERCE, Bishop NJ. E. Church.
INDISPENSABLE TO EVERY HOME.
Perfectly harmless. Used internally or
externally for Man or Beast.
The Fluid has been thoroughly tested and We
have abundant evidence that it has done everything
here claimed. For fuller information get of YOUR
Druggist pamphlet or send to the proprietors,
J.. III. ZEILIN q CO.,
Manufacturing Chemists, PHILADELPHIA
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25
DARRYS
DARBYS
PR0PHYLACTIC
FLUID.
A Household Article for Universal
Family Use.

For Scarlet and
Typhoid + Fevers,
Diphtheria, Sail
walton, liberated
Sore Throat, Small
Pox, Measles, and
.. Persons waiting on
v. Scarlet Fever has
4 where the Fluid was
IN cured with it after
n place. The worst
.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25
|. p. Dukehart.

Supt. of b. d O. II. r. Co.'S Hotels, (Conduc
tor on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for -
years, and previously druggist writes:
Cumberland, Md, Dec. II, 1881; have used
but one bottle of Peruna between myself and
son. He had Diphtheretic Sore Throat, and
is now well. AS for myself it has entirely re-
lieved the dullness of my head, which has been
of long standing-the result of Chronic Mala-
ria. never took anything In my life that
gave me such great satisfaction. My wife is
now taking it also" Ask your druggist for
the oils of Life" and how to cure thema
book.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25
A Word for Mutton.

The mutton OF well fed sheep OF
every breed, fron the Downs and
Shires down to the little wooled Saxo-
ny, is palatable and healthful. None
of the objections urged against the use
of pork can be brought against those of
mutton. It never has been known to
impart scrofula, trichine or tape-worms
to its consumers. The sheep does not
thrive in the mire, nor does it consume
garbage or vermin, or decaying meats
or vegetables 1t does not wallow in
the trough it feeds from, but it is a
dainty and a careful feeder and as
cleanly as needs be in its habits. Nut
ton is more easily and cheaply produced
than beef, is just as nutritious and may
be served in as great variety of forms.
AS steady food it is far superior to
poultry, and costs no more. We mean
good, fat, juicy mutton, not that from
the half starved, scabby or foot ordered
specimens that have outlived their
breeding age and been shorn of feeces
enough to furnish shoddy blankets for
tribe of Indians. People in cities
seldom know how really good mutton
tastes. and the remark may also apply
to most families upon the farm. The
latter too often fail to try it. We know
Of many well-to-do farmers, men who
have well-stocked farms, who do not
slaughter sheep during twelve
month, yet who kill pig every month
in the summer season, and in the fall
put down pork enough to last every
other month during the year. This is
nation of meat eaters, but it confines
itself too exclusively to pork and beef
II is better to sandwich in little more
mutton. A few sheep for family con-
sumption, even when they are not kept
for sale or for wool, will be found most
excellent investment on all farms.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25
Eradicates
MALARIA.

III SOkkb0kA AOeA0
the Sick should use il fr
never been known to sp
used. Yellow Fever has
black vomit had tai
cases Of Diphtheria yield
Feveredand SickPer-
sons refreshed and
Bed Sores prevent
ed by bathing with
Darbys Fluid.
Impure Air made
harmless and purified.
For Sore Throat it is a
sure cure.
ContaEion destroyed.
For Frosted Feet,
Chilblains, Pile 8,
Chafings, etc.
Rheumatism cured.
Soft White Complex
ions secured by its use.
Ship Fever prevented.
To purify the Breath,
Cleanse the Teeth
it can't be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved and
cured.
Erysipelas cured.
Burnsrelievedinstantly.
Scars prevented.
Dysentery cured.
Wounds healed rapidly.
6curvy cured.
An Antidote for Animal
or Vegetable Poisons.
Stings, etc.
/ used the Fluid during
our present afiliction with
Scarlet Fever with de-
cided advantage. II is
indispensable to the sick
room. WM. F. SAND
FORD, Eyrie, Ala.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25
Diphtheria
Prevented.

The physicians here
use Darbys Fluid very
successfully in the treat
ment Of Diphtheria.
A. SToLLHNwERcK,
Greensboro. Ala.
letter dried up.
Cholera prevented.
Ulcers purified and
healed.
In cases ofDeath it
should be used about
the corpse it will
prevent any unpleas-
ant smell.
The eminent Ply
sician, j. MARION
SIMS, N. D., New
York, says: 81 am
convinced Prof. Darbys
Prophylactic Fluid is q
valuable disinfcctant.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25
SMALLPOX
and
PITTING of Small
Pox PREVENTED

A member Of my FAM
lily was taken with
Smallpox. / used the
Fluid the patient was
not delirious, was not
pitted, and was about
the house again in three
weeks, and no others
had it. }. w. PARK
INsoN, Philadelphia.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-05
WAR OF RACES.
serlous Collision between Whites and
inelSs i'm virginia.-Five of the K.ntter
Killed and Many Wounded.

DANvILLE, Va, Nov. ga Conflict occurred
here this morning between crowd OF whites
and blacks, in which Walter Holland, son of
Y. y. Holland, was shot in the head and Thos.
seward through the body. Five negroes were
killed and many wounded. The riot started
from an alteration between a negro and a
White man, and the beating of the former.
some OF both colors interfered, and a pistol
was knocked out of the hand of one white
man and exploded. just then the news
reached an assembly of white citizens who
were in session on political matters that con-
fict was going on, and they came out in a
body. Both parties formed in separate crowds,
some being armed. A number of negroes, ap-
preaching the white crowd, cried cut, "Shoot,
uamn you; we had as soon settle this thing
now as at any other time"
Just tnen somebody in the white crowd
called out fire. ''and the firing began. The
negroes returned the fire and ran, firing as
they ran.
All the stores closed Immediately, the alarm
DELL sounded and the people came out armed.
The town sergeant appeared with one military
company and commanded the people in the
name OF the Commonwealth to 20 home, and
the streets wore soon cleared
The city is now, II p. M, under the SUPER
vision OF the military company, and mounted
PoAtSp. no luWu seHg6aub1 III response 10 q
message from the Governor offering assistance
answered, All isquiet and no further trouble
is apprehended.
Political excitement is growing more and
more intense during the present canvass.
LATER.
Probably only four negroes were killed in
yesterdays fight. The wounded whites viii
recover.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. An immense mass
meeting was held this evening to express the
sentiment of citizens concerning the riots in
Danville, between whites and negroes. A pre-
amble setting forth that the conflict between
the races in Danyille was the result Of a con-
spiracy to force an issue upon the white people
By the leaders of the coalition movement was
adopted as well as resolutions expressing that
that in this particular canvass the race issues
have been forced upon the whites and it's irri-
tstioDs planned and sedulously cultivated by
William Malone and by his eo-conspirators
for their own wicked and selfish ends and that
upon their heads must rest all responsibility
for the blood that may be shed or spilled by
men who are driven to conflict In the best in
terests of civilization. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Col. James 3. Purcell.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-05
MAINE.

Bead i'm "A Maine FOrest-MnjOr Stone of
Suspicion of Murder.
MACHIAs, Nov. 3.-Msjor Charles f. Stone,
a jeweller and prominent man in business
aud church circles, went on short hunting
expedition last Thursday, as was his occasion
al went, intending to return by nightfall. On
his way to the woods in the town OF Northfield
about twelve miles hence, he procured man
as guide and companion, who retur ned to his
home after dark and reported that they had
been separated two hours before with the un-
derstanding that they should meet at a given
point. He said upon arriving at the place
agreed upon he awaited Stones appearance un-
til dusk, when, supposing the latter must have
concluded to return by another route, he
wended his way homeward alone. This infor-
nation reaching here yesterday gave rise to
some anxiety, and several friends went in
quest of the missing man. Their efforts prov
ing fruitless general alarm was today spread
throughout the community. Mills were shut
down, work suspended, and general search
instituted while rumors of foul play were pain
fully rife Anxiety at length gave way to a
feeling of gloom on receipt of the intelligence
that the body of the unfortunate man had
been found lying near steep ledge near Little
Bog lake in Northfeld, only short distance
from the point where he and the guard parted
company. Information as to the probable
cause of death has not yet.been,received,b but ths
guide is suspected. Deceased was about So
years old, had been distinguished officer of
the Sixth Regiment of Maine Volunteers
anu for many years deacon of the Congrega-
tional church in town.
Sudden Death of a Minister.
OAKLAND, Nov. 3,-Rev. G. J. Abbott of the
Free Baptist church at Oakland was found
| dead in his bed this morning. He had been
confined to the house day or two with cold.
| The cause is supposed to be heart disease.
A Singular Case.
| WINTHROP, Nov. 3.-George Pike of Win
throp, who was found few days ago lying in
horse stall mangled and i1sensible and fear
ed fatally injured, lis still in very critical con-
| dition. Grave fears are entertained that he
will not recover. Just how it occurred is not
known, as he has never recovered his senses to
recall the facts.
Found Dead by the Track.
LYNN, Mass, Nov. 3.-George L. Fairbanks
| of Burnham, Me-, % and unmarried, an en-
ployed at Wsldren's shoe factory at Lynn, was
found dead by the side of the Eastern railroad
track in Lynn last evening, having evidently
been struck by a train.
New Buildings Burned.
RocKLAND, Nov. "a new house and sta
Bile belonging to Willston GrinDell were burn
ed last night at Washington mills Total loss.
insured $4,000.
Found Bead ON His Train.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Nov. 3.-F e. Ran.
dali, employed as brakeman on the Conway
division of the Eastern railroad, was killed
this morning between Eliot and Conway juno.
tion. He was found on top of = freight car
with his head terribly bruised, having been
struck by bridge. He was about thirty years
of age.