St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-02-09

railway seems to be partially ell 1
evated and partially underground In
its arrangement, with many small STA
tons and one grand central depot
where all the money and bills are re-
ceived. There are more stations and
it appears superior in its arrangement
to Jordan & Marsh's. For a moment
Won feel as if you were i'll a beehive
The general buzz. air, and manner OF
excitement among the women was iu-
dicrous to a calm lOOker-on. The pup
lie announcement that there had Deeh
a great reduction in the prices OF
goods, and great bargains were TO DE
had. made lively scenes at some OF the
counters. 1t was almost impossible to
get near enough to see what the won
derful bargains were. We read some
where recently that Solomon dau9h-
ters would not have been noted for
wisdom if they had lived in these mod
ern times when they had January
mark-downs in the dry goods line.
The excitement eliminated at the I'D
bon counter, where women were all
striving to extricate some piece oil I'D
bon from the promiscuOus pile OF mar
row. wide. cotton and silk ribbons OF
all colors and descriptions. The pro-
fessional shopper and the uninltlated
are quickly noted. The latter, per
baps. greatly delighted at their won
derful bargains in the purchase OF pure
cotton ribbon, while the professional
shopper knows bargain when she sees
if and finds it impossible to resist the
temptation to avail herself OF such Il
chance whether she needs it or not,
lint has taken IA long look ahead and
quietly lays it away most carefully III
her drawer or trunk for another year,
to find at the end of that year 'ha'
something superior, prettler, or more
durable has superseded 1t, and hel
friends indulge in Il hearty laugh II
not lecture, at her expense, for pur-
chasing things because they are cheap,
when she has no use for them.
It is a generally-conceded fact that
there is no larger dry goods firm thai
stands higher in public opinion than
; Hovev & Co. 1t has such well
known. sustained reputation for rella-
bilitv and fair dealing that 1t does III"
advertise its goods nor resort TO any
, sensational methods to draw trade pu
/ if has a wealthy class of regular Gus
! TONERS. many of whom have TRADED
there for years.
| There was an auction sale OF W. /
= Phelps pictures at Williams y Ever
, ett's art rooms last week. The collec
l ton consisted of one hundred painting
+ of = miscellaneous character, partl,
= Furopeau scenes, and some familla
| Northeastern views; but the maJorit,
were landscapes One large painting
seemed we'll executed and so thorough
=, " New England that we might haV
Il located it in many places, although
= renresented Monadnock Mountain
e Brook in Early Spring" Cold winter
T. reign was over; nature was waking u
IA to new life and activity, thinking q
T. DOMINIC her "livery of green" as lndl
d Gated by little patches of light, gree
II moss. thrusting off the.masses OF DARK
Il brown leaves, which so closely covere
= the earth like a carpet. But the cen
p trail object of interest was the br"o
= rejoicing in its increase of volume an
II power, dashing and foaming along owe
Il the sharp, pointed rocks, actually hi"
e rious in its new-fOund freedom 1rol
: the lev letters of winter. "Ihe MaPl
t Sugar Camp was suggestive
= ..sweets.n You imagine it to be til
II last of March; the ground is covere
: with snow, and part way mp the nal
e row road through the woods stood
Il patient old horse, attached to sleC
Y and two men busily engaged III gail
Il ering the sap from the wooden oucke'
/ and there on their way, and emptyln
e the contents into IA large holder on til
; sled. The curling smoke from til
: sugar camp beyond reveals the plac
of destination, and the whole seen
II was so realistic that you almost eXpec
l. ed some one to ask you to take tas'
L.. in ha R1TNlrIl
Tvrol." would naturally attract the a
ii tention of anyone familiar with AlpH
N scenery. And YOU would ut once rec
/ ornize those ''needle-shaped summit
re of the Alps" partially enveloped III
Ill beautiful mist. which was creeping u
IS the mountain sides from the valley b'
low, cutting off a more extended vleV
vet still showing the sharp outlines
the mountain; while the pathway dow
revealed the track of the glacier an
x showed its leveling power. In IL
F. foreground was lovely little Alplr
lie lake not a ripple disturbed its cal
IN surface. Here and there few stras
k Cling trees. stunted in growth, and
Ig light. sickly vegetation, clothing I'll
re half-concealed rocks, indistinctly mi
& rored in its surface. The only sign
n life was the deer, standing on the shol
b. and drinking the cooling water. AnyoT
a who has seen similar views could a
IN most feel that solemn hush. Not
a. sound from the myriads of insect Ii
I'd in the valley below, nothing heard OF
Il ly occasionally the thunder of the av'
ne Ianche in its distant roar, and you fe