St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-11
Editorial Notes.

By and by people Will come TO the
conclusion that it isn't safe to go armed.
An Ohio woman is cutting her third |
teeth. We should think Ohio men
would want to run for office, or most
anything to get away from such a
wife. Cutting teeth is a trying period
in ones existence.
The leaf bonnet is new thing i'll
Like the leaves in book,
a great many are turned over in the
course of year.
Miniature cats on bracelets are a
very popular ornament of the present
day. Cats on the housetOp are also
much worn, but the distance of the
housetop lends an enchantment to the
popularity of this style of ornament.
The police of Battle Creek, Mich,
wont let the "dudes" stand around
church doors as the ladies pass out.
To deprive dude" of this means of
amusement is equivalent to stopping
his breath.
A recent market quotation says that
"beef is firm" Jones says they can
affirm that quotation at his board
ing house.
Oscar Wilde, after coming over
here and foOling the Americans with
his -hreeches, skips back with
full pockets and dons the very sensi-
BILE style of trousers we all wear.
Verify, Oscar was not the Ounce he
was taken for, and Barnum's words
are again appropriate "The Ameri-
can people like to be humbugged. y
| Oscar. like the clown in IA circus, was
well paid.
The reason that women have more
false teeth than men is due to the fact
| that the constant use of the female
tongue wears out teeth very fast.
The warm sun and refreshing show
ers are beginning to sprOut the dOwny
dudes on the street corners.
Lille Devereaux Blake says that il
this republic of ours it is a crime t.
be woman. With such pretty and
alluring criminals. Lille, it is no won
der that innocent, unsusPecting MAJ
is led astray.
A sleek-lOOking masher caused con.
siderable merriment recently by pos
ing up against cage of monkeys, OF
which was placard, "Perfectly Harm
less" He thought he was fracturins
lots of hearts rs the smiles and titter
were showered on him but whethe
the card meant the monkeys or thu
masher is not as yet fully determined
in the minds of the passers-by.
The tariff question is likely to large
ly affect Randall's prospects for speak
er of the next house. Being 2rotec
Zionist, he will he opposed by thos
F democrats who wish to commit TIN
party in favor of tariff for revenu
only.
The Massachusetts people are get
ting interested in the fall election, an,
the atfliction of Buffers candidature
The election will have more than
local interest, on account of the belief
in various sections of the country, tina
Buffers reelection will mean an etfOr
on his part to capture or control tn
p next national democratic convention
The Connecticut Legislature passed
. bill for II constitutional amendment fO
biennial sessions, after the longest SEES
sion on record. 1t will require two
. thirds vote by the next legislature an
the approval of the people to become
| law.
Governor Waller of Connecticut wi
be known us the Veto Governor. O.
as the number of the vetoes was five
it might be spelled VITO.
An Opera-house at st. Adams doe
, not look very promising, and the Mes
=. senger thus relieves its feelings 81
, looks very much as if the scheme Wa
not il scheme, after all, and st. Albar
will have to wait a while longer fl
any better accommodations in the ha
line"
In imitation of previous efforts
Cincinnati, New York and other cite
Philadelphia is to have next week
y grand May musical festival. This fe
tival is to consist of series of COZ
certs, the music to be performed by
chorus of five hundred and fifty vOca
= lists and an orchestra of one hundrt
musicians. The object of the festiv
is to build a music hall like that
Cincinnati.
Rev. DIR. Duryea of the Central Co
gregational church of Boston do
not take a very roseate view of orth
: doXy at the Hub. He says: "BOstC
, is the hardest place on the planet
- do honest work in an evangelic
church. Unitarianism has the int
lectual lead here, and if man is in
hurry for results, he had better st;
away"
: One less candidate for governor
Massachusetts. General Devens tel
his friends that he must not be co
sidered as candidate. Very wisel
he prefers to remain on the bench.
a southern paper attempts to t.
the difference between hurrical
and a cyclone. Judging from Il
; Vermont cyclones" one ditferen
is in the fact that the cyclone oft
proves to be a boomerang.
Vermont News.
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