St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
The state Press.



The weeks of preliminary suspense
days arrives. Then indeed does man
proudly vindicate his claim as cir
going animal. His fist dissipa-
ton is to watch the gaudy procession
us it wendS its barbaric way through
the principal streets. The male and
female of his species with their off
spring of both sexes block the side
walks, and, like the sacred poet, are
''astOniShed with the view and lost to
wonder" Then do they follow the
PROFESSIONS convolutions ''voluminous
and vast until its latest member is lost
to sight Though to memory dear) be
hind the canvas. And then, as surely
as the whirlpool engulfs the unwary
swimmer, so surely does the ticket
sellers wagon absorb the financial re-
sources of the crowd. And yet this
going to the circus is, like IL second
marriage, triumph of hope over ex-
pericnce. With each circus Il painful
discrepancy is detected between the
glowing promises upon the billboard
and their fulflment within the tent.
The homeward road is, like the tropi-
cal country hitherto alluded to, paved
with good intentions, for the great ma
iOrity register a solemn vow to never
attend another circus. And vet. such
is the frailty of poor human nature,
each recurring circus finds lis perched
upon its hard seats, gazing with start
ing eyes upon the disappointing Won
ders of the ring. 1t is with circus-go
ING us it is with sin. One sin is always
81 l,n,r ,f al
crs. Thus he who smokes cigarettes
naturally takes dog cart as his sec
ond step in iniquity, and finally crowns
his villainy by riding a bicycle. He
who once goes to Il circus is lost forev
er. Its fatal fascination never loses its
power over him. The circus marks
him for its own.- Burlington Free
Press.
WAS 1T ST. JOIINSRURY 7
In a certain town in Vermont the en-
ergetic and persuasive pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church has en-
gagged in canvassing for subscriptions
to rebuild the church edifice. Among
those whom he interviewed upon the
subject of ways and means, there was
found Il man who heretofore has never
been known to give material aid to any
enterprise of this character or to the
support of the gospel, but who under
the persuasive influence of the efficient
committee of one, eventually gave his
pledge for twenty-five dollars for the
building fund of the church. About
this time the town was agitated by
some daring burglaries, and in the
manufactOry where the donor above
mentioned is employed, the burglaries
had been the topic of conversation.
when 10y change of subject, the men
began to rally him upon his pledge of
twenty dollars given the Methodist
minister. "Well," said he, .'let me tell
You something. If that Methodist min
lister breaks into your house in the
night don't speak to him if you happen
to see him, for if you begin to talk with
/ him he will get more out of you than
he will if you keep still and let him
| have all he can find.-- Montpelier
/ Freeman.
"HEAD OF COLUMN, NEXT To READING
NATTER"
1t was time that the newspaper pub
/ fishers association, if it intended to be
of any practical use, spoke out on this
subject. The publishers by their own
/ folly have given to advertising agents
and patent medicine manufacturers
pretty much all control over their ad-
vertising columns, and are thereby
compelled to discriminate most unjust
| ly against their local patrons and best
business. This thing has gone SO far
that some patent medicine advertisers
have made it rule of their business