St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-06-01
GIeaningS.


reached Spain in his world wandering.
Elizabeth city, of New Jersey, has an
assessed valuation of Sl2 ,0OO,0 900 and Il
debt liability of = 100000.
One of the professors in the Avery
institute, at Charleston, 5. c., is the
colored cadet, Whitaker, who was dis
charged from West Point.
Mr.. Window declines to accept the
vice-presidency of the Florida ship
canal company in which Malone, Cen
Butler and others are interested, as he
cannot see where the profit of the en-
terprise is coming from.
1t is said that when William II. Van
derbilt sailed for Europe he took letters
of credit with him for ! ,OOO, 900. Some
one loosely asked him what he intend
ed to do with so much money. at is
/ the custom on the other side, respond
ed Mr.. Vanderbilt, soberly, "to fee
walters and attendants"
a Philadelphia editor. desiring an
article from Charles Dudley Warner,
wrote him, not long ago, and inclosed
IA check for good round sum us pre-
payment for the article solicited. A
few days after, Mr.. Warner answered
| prieHy as follows: 81 he check shall be
uulY used the article, l Will think
ABOUT
George Cleeves, the first settler of
| Portland, Me-, landed upon the south
western shore of Casco Bay, two hun
bred and fifty years ago. and the peo-
pie of Portland and the region round
"oU"' propose 10 celebrate the quarter
".ilIen'l''ti anniversary ON the Fourth
VI '"lA iTNt WIN ceremonies similar to
T u, VI 'Hc ic'eht ehh celebration at
n''"oei Pii'"'
Pleasures OF Nevada journalism as
suggested by the Ruby Hill News ::
james +. Anderson, who was killed
last November, the founder and first
editor of this paper, is in another
world his successor is in the Nevada
insane asylum, and the third and pres
ent unfortunate is still battling with
the world, the flesh and the devil,
lodging bullets and soliciting adver-
tlSements.'
1t occurs TO II. j. Ramsdell to remark
in connection with the late rcuuion of
| the Army of the Potomac at WASHING
ton: This time it consisted of 200 or
BOO men, who had been officers in the
army. getting together and DECLARING
how brave they were in the war.
Where were the pIivates and non-com-
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dynamite Is one OF the many pro-
ducts or combinations of nitrO-glyce-
rlhe' ana Is about thirteen times as
PoWeriui as gunpowdcr. 1t consists
oil animation OF nitro glycerine
with a substance of great absorbent
power, such, for instance, as fullers'
carth or rotten stone. BY this compo-
SltI"n the eNploslvcness of the nitro
SlNcerlne Is controlled, is it were, and
the compound Is capable of withstand
ing all the ordinary dangers of trans
p"rtati"h, while at the same time its
explosive power Is not leSSened. The
process OF manufacture is very simple.
GU take certain proportion of nitric
ana suIphnrlc acld and mix them with
certain otner proportions of glycerine,
when Is the essence of fat, to make
the hltr"-glycerlne. To make dYna-
mite You only need to mix nitro-g ly-
fnIIers, north !. tI,n i poli' t. i'i
dynamite WV '' ~ nave
just because Anthony Comstock has
lost his temper and abused his delrgat-
ed authority, in arresting Il noisy man
ON an elevated railroad stairway in
New York city, there is Il general re-
NlVal of the Ignorant and the malicious
outcues against him which are always
heard when he makes Il mistake. But
it should not he forgotten by the pub
lie that while they always hear of his
mistakes, they know little of the i'm
mense amount of good work he does in
his chosen business. We have now and
then found occasion to blame him for
ill-balanced Judgment in his ATTEMPTS
to suppress literature or to shut off free
thought from a free press. but his ser
vice as a whole as agent of the society
for the suppression of vice is worthy of
high commentator for it has been of
very great value to the community.
The world would be better off with
more Anthony Comstocks rather than
fewer. Notwithstanding that his zeal
sometimes outruns his discretion
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