St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-05
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say about Brer Rabbit has a wide APP
plication "'Bless yo' soul, honey
Brer Rabbit mout 'er bin kinder fibble
in the legs, but he want no ways Grip
pie und' de hat
Joseph Medill's conclusion OF the
labor question is: "The waste of
earning on drink leaves the wage
workers poor, and poverty renders
them discontented. The reform most
needed is temperance"
The champion bicycle rider of Eng
land is named Lees. On the 18th of
August he rode twenty miles in fifty
eight minutes thirty-four seconds, and,
going on, covered twenty and one -half
miles twenty yards within the hour,
thus surprising the record of the eX
amateur champion, II. l.. Cortis.
Rev. Mr.. Newton says that, among
the more refined and well-bred women
of New York, there is quiet move
ment i'll progress to suppress cOnspicu
Gus attire i'll public, especially at church
on Sunday, and so remove one of the
objections which poor and plain people
entertain toward attendance on wOr-
ship.
A gentleman writing from Augusta,
Maine, says: 81 passed an hour with
Mr.. Blaine. He never was in the en-
ioyment of better health, and seems us
absorbed in his book as ever saw him
in campaign work. He declares to me
in the most emphatic manner that he
is not candidate for the nomination,
has no desire for it, and wants it so
understood"
The EastOn (Md.) Gazette mentions
that covered wagon, drawn by one
horse and occupied by man, Il woman,
and Il dog, passed through Talbot
county recently on the way from Mas
sachusetts to Florida. They were go
ing to CherrystOne, eastern shore of
Virginia, and from there to Norfolk by
steamer, and drive from Norfolk to
Florida. They had already driven all
the way from Massachusetts.
An interesting and successful at
tempt has just been made in Prussia to
make ravens do the work of carrier
birds, which were especially trained for
the purpose, were thrown up ut Cob
lentZ, and all three arrived at Thurant,
IL NlSldINt vi dDOub tllIIlttll ullitS. Ill
eighteen minutes. Their flight is
somewhat slower than that of pigeons,
but they are safer us carriers, as they
are less exposed to hostile attacks.
The talented young tenor singer,
Jules Jordan, is Il resident of Provi-
dcnce, X. l., where he has II twin
brother, the exact counterpart of him
self in personal appearance. This
brother, whose name is Julian, has also
IL tenor voice which is hardly distin-
guiShable from that of the other. In
short, they differ only in the fact that
the latter brother is married while the
former is not. Jules Jordan sings ut
Grace Episcopal, and Julian ut the
Central Congregational church in
Providence.
Only few months ago Judge Black
said to one of his friends: "When |
am gone, | want you to he able to say
of me as was said of Samuel when he
left the Judgeship, the record of which
runs thus: Whose OK have taken
OF whose ass have | takcnP or whom
have defrauded? whom have | OPP
pressed or of whose hand have | re-
ceived any bride to blind mine ewes
Herewith and will restore it to you.
And they said, thou hast not defrauded
us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou
taken aught of any mans hand"
Mrs. Julie p. Smith, the novelist,
who was killed by frightened horse,
was about fifty years old. Her aim in
literary work was not long ago ex-
pressed as follows in letter written
by her to one of her critics: at seems
to me there can be no woman in the
world who have opportunities to ac-
cOmplish and to enjoy as much us
American women, because there live
nowhere else such fathers, brothers
and husbands as ours. If can at all
help any young girl to know what her
life is worth, and to try to live out its
truest value, am content"
The charity work conducted at Bris-
toll, Eng, by George Muller was greatly
prOspered last year. When the year
closed there was a balance of SIl 900
to the credit of the orphan institutions,
which cared for 2,2II orphans during
the year. The only conditions for ad-
mission to the institution are that a
child shall be legitimate. shall have
lost both parents and shall be needy
There are ninety-One schools entirely
supported by the funds of the institu-
tion-forty day schools, forty-one
Sunday schools and seven adult
schools a total attendance of D.
S24. During the year l,S36, 900 tracts
and books were distributed, and mis-
siOnaries were helped in all parts of
the world.
Recently a gentleman on a Boston &
Maine train offered in payment of his
fare a coupon from Communication
ticket. The conductor declined to re-
ceive it unless the passenger exhibited
the balance of the ticket. He refused,
declaring the conductor must take that
or nothing, at the same time saying he
desired to make a test case of it. The
conductor told him he should arrest
him, and, failing to bring him to terms,
he did so. The next day he was brought
before the district court charged with
evading the payment of his fare. He
admitted the facts as above stated.
said he knew the coupon said not good
if detached, and was fined 80 and costs /;
appealed, and will have a chance to
test the matter in the superior court.
A Hen Whips n Rat.