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The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

e THE consular reports from ireland tell
tales of woe and distress unequaled in
many century. The accursed rule, of
Britain fosters only poverty and crime.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

THAT sensational story about Commits
sioner Marbles resignation turns out to be
all bosh. Secretary Teller says there is
nothing in it, and he ought to know.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

SHOOT your winter clothes aud go get
more seasonable garments; but you will
find it to your advantage to first consult
the advertising columns of THE CRITIC.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

So BREWSTER is not to speak in the
Star Route case, after all. We thought as
much. He sees the handwriting on the
wall, and wants Merrick to shoulder the
failure.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

DELEvAN, WIS, Sept. ~, 1878.
GENrS-1 have taken not quite one bottle OF
the Hop Bitters. was q feeble old man Of
7S when ] got 1t. To-day am as active and
feel as we'll as did at 80. see o. great many
that need such O medicine. d. BoYCE.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

WE seem to have jumped right from win
ter into summer. There has not been
much spring.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

PAYMAsTER WATSON robbed himself and
then told all about it. A court-martial
will consider his case.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

IF you want the best spring and summer
goods, at the fairest prices, consult the ad-
yertising columns of The CRITIC. The
most entcrprising merchants advertise in
this naOer
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

IT was well-played game yesterday, but
the Nationals were again beaten. Have to
try again.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

BUSINESS is reviving, and the most
liberal advertisers will get most custom.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

THE dismissal of Colonel Perry Carson,
under the circumstances, was an outrage.
He was no more at fault, if half as much,
for the escape of those four prisoners, as the
Marshal himself. 1t was the system and
the badly-barred windows that were to
blame, not Carson,
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

THE Fair divorce case promises to be SEN
sational. The Senator "deniges" the
charges, and the wife seems to be ready to
get big mad on.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

BISMARCK was beaten in the Rechstag
yesterday. Wool did it.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

BLISS blissful ways for seven days blis-
tered the jury. For particulars sec Inger-
soil
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

THOUSANDS of ex-soldiers aud Others
will be in the city next week to attend the
reunion of the Army of the Potomac. Lot
each and all of the veterans have
glorious and hearty welcome, so that here
after they will be anxious to return. This
city is really the proper place for the re-
unions of what remains of this grand army.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09
PROPOSALS.

DRoPosA LIS FOR LAYING AspHALTUM
AvENuES IN THE CITY OF WASH
INGTON, ID. O.
OFFICE OF THE ENeINEgR COMMISSIONER
WAsII1NGToS, ID. q, May l. 1881.
BY direction OF the Board of Commissioners,
sealed proposals will he received at this office
until ~ oclock m. on MONDAY, MAY q. 1888,
for laying 125,00O square yards. more or less. OF
Aspbaltum pavement upon various streets and
avenues In the city of Washington, ID. q.
Blank forms OF proposal and specihca' Ions can
be obtained at this office upon application there
for, together with all necessary Information. and
bids upon these forms Will alone be considered.
or parts Of bids. -
q. j. LYDECKER,
Major of Engineers. u. s. A.,
my36t Englneer CommIssloner. D. @.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09

THE veterans flag floats to the breeze
after ALL
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09
SPECIAL NOTICES.

vc-xr. ON THE INsTALLMENT PLAN.-FUR-
Hg nitnre, carpeting and general house fur
nishing goods. Cheap rents, small expense and
chaser gets the benefit one-third cash. balance
Installment House, 4l3 New Jersey avenue n. w.
Call and be convinced. apr2G-g
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09
New Designs for Pants
No show for Randall.

TO order just received at Strauss & Marks, Al
Seventh street, second door south Of L.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-09


The late hurricane in Mississippi has
turned up the breeziest lie we ever heard
of. When the storm came up an old hen
was setting on nest of eggs looking for her
reward. One of the eggs projected beyond
the protecting wings, and, being little
cracked, the storm blew the shell clean off
of it, leaving the egg intact in the sur
rounding filament. The o. h. went on
Matching it, however, and soon produced
lively, wide-awake chick out of it. 1t was
noticed, however, that the chick was some
what "swaybacked,' as horse sharps would
say. Our hat is ready for this liar at any
moment.
did you ever see the original dude 2" in
quired gentleman of the Critic this morn
ing.
"of course not, the Critic is too yonng
for that.P
"oh no, you are just the right age, and
you can see him most any day. tell you
that the first, the original dude, is right
here in Washington"
"Ah, indeed, and who is her"
He signs his name Brewster, Attorney
General.
Said Bourbon Democrat to the Critic
to-day; "It is wonderfully amusing to see
how one of the Democratic editors who has
son in office, now under Republican au-
spices, advocates the Civil-Seryice Commits
sion. Oh, tell you, it Is laughable and
vice versa. The particular branch Of the
Ciyil-Service in which this sort of editors
have kinfolks in can do no wrong. ] want
to see Democratic President and then !
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-30
The Arch of Titus Reproduced.

Correspondence of the Philadelphia TmesJ
There has just been completed at
TiltOn, \. H., unique contribution to
American architecture. Without II
word of outside announcement there
has been duplicated i'll that town dur
ing the past Ia months the arch of Ii
tus of Rome. This great memorial has
been presented to the town by Charles
f. TiltOn. When i'll Rome, i'll 1881,
Mr.. TiltOn conceived the idea of Orna-
menting his native town with monu-
ment which should symbolic the vic
tories of peace rather than those of
war, and the arch of Titus seeming to
him the embodiment of the ideas which
he wished to be expressed he resolved
on erecting similar structure on the
site of the old Indian fort ut TiltOn.
The arch is entirely of fCOncord gran
lite, and rests upon foundation 40 by
20 feet by Z feet i'll depth, constructed
of stone and cement, making one solid
block. Upon this rises platform of
hewn granite, approached on all sides
by five courses of steps of the same ma
terial. From this table rise the two
columns upon which rests the arch,
reaching perpendicular elevation over
all of 55 feet. The arch itself describes
a semi-circle the keystone being at the
height of 30 feet from the platform be-
meath. The interior length of the span
is ID feet, making an entire diameter
of 40 feet. The piers rise from two
plinths, composed of four stones each,
forming a base for each pier II by IA
feet. The circle is set inside the col
umns, while the outside keeps it perpen
dicular. Nearly 20 feet of elabOrately
cut granite lie above the arc of the cir
Gle, with belts, entablatures and pr0jec-
tions. Each block of stone comprising
each layer is locked together ut the up
per surface by substantial dOwcled iron
bands. Eight hewn stones, weighing
130, 900 pounds, make the roof, their
joints being loaded and coppered, no
expense being spared tending to make
the structure perpetual. The keystone
is five feet in length by II in dep tn.
The best artists i'll the land brought to
its surface polish as smooth as plate
glass. Each end of the keystone bears
in raised letters the inscription "Me-
mortal arch of Tilton, 1882" The key
stone encloses Il lead box containing
gold and silver coins, history of San
borntown, volume entitled Success
| ful Men of New Hampshire IL newspa-
per printed at Concord i'll lI9O, state
weekly papers and IA copy of each of the
Boston daily papers.
The location of the arch is upon a
| bluff or mOund-shaped hill, a tritie
over $50 feet above the water level of
the beautiful Winnipiseogee river,
which flows at its feet through IA
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-30
JOurmeymen and Machinery.

Prof. Francis A. Walker would have
the young men at Boston of mechanical
turn of mind go more thoroughly into
industrial pursuits. What he says is
profitable enough, only it should be
remembered that the system of the
work shops is being completely revOlu-
tionized. In former days the young
man who bound himself out as an ap
prentice was expected to pass through
all the steps of the painters or carpen-
ter's trade, doing everything well and
nothing as an expert should do 1t.
From drawing chalk-line and plan
ing board to the making of door or
"A house the learner was not confronted
by the disturbing element of trade
unions or the competition of specialists
or of machinery. Originality and in
telligence was at premium, the mo-
tive power was the arm and not steam
or electricity But this is all changed.
The introduction of machines has made
machines of the great body of appren-
tices and jOurncymen, and also devel-
Oped a few specialists. AS rule,
poor .jOurneymen i'll the old sense are
at present i'll demand i'll our shops,
since only little practice is demanded
| to enable IA man to turn "A screw or run
wOOd-turning machine all his life.
| The status of the trades as trades Is
very much lowered. The brains OF
the workmen sleep, and labor becomes
more and mere IA mechanism.
The master mechanic aud the manu-
| facturer are not at all averse to this
An invention that doubles the prOduc-
ton and reduces the number of men
only takes out of the problem of busi-
ness a margin of uncertainty. A ma
chine which does not require any
skill to manage will not go on a strike
is not killed by bad air or bad beer, and
at the same time it liberates many
hands which are thrown upon the land
in search of work. With all that ha'
been said about machine-turned ant
hand made chairs and tables, the de
mand for the former is so increasingly
great that the advice to young men Il
enter the field should be taken aftci
serious concern. At any rate many %
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-30

arms right around his neck, and ses
she, kinder sobbin'-like,
- Father! Father y
"Liab he turned and looked at her,
and riz right up, ketched her by the
wrist and sez, jest like the growl of a
thunderstorm
Come here, and see what you
done y And with that he dragged heI
to the bed room door, for she kind OF
hung back as though she was afraid.
81 fOllered, for | didn't mean he
should hurt her, and what did | see
but Mis- Mills laid out on the bed, hel
eyes closed, her thin, pinched face hav-
in the ashen hue of death.
"Nancy, she Civ one screech and
sprang forward right on to the bed
and ketched her mother into her arms
with sech cry as would have woke
up the dead-and it did.
"Them white, shut eyelids riz right
open, and the kind eyes looked at the
gal as lOvin', and the arms stirred q
mite. | tell We, | run for the doctor
and 'Liab fell right onto his knees and
prayed out loud for the Lord to be
marciful to him, II sinner.
81 tell We we all put to | had 8
mite of French brandy in a vial in my
pocket that the woman who KEEP the
Plymouth tavern had Obleeged me t.
put in my coat when we started, fOl
fear of cold but | hadn't touched it
Spirits don't do no good to healthy
folks, but it come in handy now.
"We got her to swaller a drop, anC
they rubbed her with hot fiannels, anC
put hot bricks to her feet, and 10 you
she come back to her senses dreadful
weak, but alive, and smilin', and hold
in on to Nancy's hand as though 'twa:
sheet-anchOr, as folks say.
''Liab didn't see Shattuck till he SEE
the lite-lOOk a-comin' back to his wife,
face, and got up off N his knees to fetcl
her somethin', and then his face kind
er hardened-.iest for minnit but he
heard Nancy say
Z" 90 mother y and he held out his
hand to Nancy's husband, and shook
his'n like good feller.
II tell you if we didn't have roar
in Thanksgivin' next day | never SCI
one Lurany she fell to and roasted
and billed from day-rise till dinner, ant
Lab give thanks TO the table like ,
born parson, while Mis- Mills lay pal,
and smilin' on the bed, a-lookin' OI
through the door; and holdin' Thanks
givin' under her breath to think Name!
was home agin, as happy and rosy an'
well-tO-dO as heart could wish.
"DOctOr said twas sort of cat'lepsl
Mis- Mills he'd, and the shock of Nan
cy's voice kind of broke it up.
thought inwardly what if Nancy hedn'
come ? Would he ha' ever knoweo
't,CdS cat'lepsy 2
"But it aint best to ask too man,
questions, and was mortal glad W.
come along before they buried her. |
we hadn't, Nancy'd have had a might!
poor kind of Thanksgiving."- ROs'
Terry Cooke in Youths Companion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-30
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

Adpent-Paddock Village. Sabbath Services a,
1890 a. m. las and 6:3O p. III. Sabbath School
II M. Prayer Meetings at 1880 p. Sunday, Tues
day and Friday evenings.
Baptist Railroad Street Corner Maple Rev
+. 4. Sandfurd, Pastor. Preaching 1880 ,. NJ. 5.
School II NJ. Prayer meeting 6,3O. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at 7;iO.
Free Baphst-Main Street. Corner Prospect
sabbath services, 1890 AN and $50 r. NJ. sabbath
school at II N. Prayer meeting Wednesday even
Ing at 1870. Rev. ID. II. Adams, pastor.
Church cf the MesSiGh-C L UniversaistJ Eastern
avenue, corner Cherry street. Sabbath services
AT las 6.3O p. NJ. sabbath School at 1870 T.. NJ
Wednesday evening meeting at 1880. Rev. q. W.
jenkins, pastor.
Methodist-Central street. Rev. L. W. Culver,
Pastor. Residence next to the Church. sab
bath services at 1890 A NJ, and 6:30 Sabbath
school at II Wednesday evening meeting AT
7::iO.
North Congregational-AI street, corner OF
Church. Rev. Henry W. Jones, Pastor. sabbath
services at lO;5O A. NJ and $50 p NJ sabbath
school at las P. NJ. Wednesday evening meeting
at 7:iO
South Congregational-M Main street. Rev. Ed
ward I. Fairbanks. Pastor sabbath services al
1890 A. NJ, aud $50 P. NJ. Sabbath School at IL M
Wednesday evening meeting at 1870.
Presbyterian Church-Eastern Avenue. Rev W
r. Laird, pastor. sabbath services at 1880
300 $50 p. sabbath school at II III. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening 73O.
st 1Hdretos jEpiscopll,) Main street Rev
+. ;. Fisher. Rector Services Sundays al
1890 l. m and p. IN. Wednesdays at 7:3O p. M
sunday School, at II m.
Roman CAM ic-Cherry Street. Rev. j. A
Boissonuaultt ish Priest Mass and 10 a. N
Vespers and BenedictOn at p. N. On tn,
second sunday of the month. service at $50 Il.
and p. IN. At Lyndonville same day AT 1890 a. m
l. u. &. A.-Meetings at the hall of the Y. NJ. c.
\, Main street Sunday mornings at $50 SatuT
day evenings at 7.3O. Young Mems meeting sun
day at 30 p. Noon meeting every day at
rooms Eastern
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-30
VOLUME 47---NUMBER 24IS.

One evening after his return from
Congress, | was taking tea at his house
and the conversation turned upon John
Quincy Adams, who in that Congress
made such noble fight for freedom
and the right of petition. Upon my
asking the governor if Mr.. Adams, in
his old age. was not becoming a little
petulant, his son William, in n rOguish
and significant way asked his father if
men, as they grow old, are not apt to
grow petulant. 1t was now the gov
ernOr's turn to speak. He turned upon
his son in IA second, and said: 81 have
lived good many years, Bill, but
have observed that it is not half so apt
to be the case that old men are petu-
liant, as it is that young men are sau-
cy.n
But | will add only one more anec-
dote. On the very last day of the year,
the governor, being on a journey, spent
the night ut the hOspitable house of
friend. On the morning of New Years
day, rs he was bathing and preparing
for breakfast, he unfortunately leaned
against door at the head of the stairs
leading to the kitchen. The door gave
way and the maids of the household,
while busy preparing the morning meal,
were astounded to see, rolling and
tumbling into their presence, il chubby,
fat old gentleman in most unpresent-
able attire. But in this hour of dismay
the governors ready wit came prompt
ly to his aid for politely eXclaiming ::
Ladies', | wish you all Il happy new
year." he FASTENED back to his toilet.
Jack MattOcks was sui generiS, and
belonged to that class of self-taught
and peculiar men whose number is rap
idly growing less. Our schools and
railroads and newspapers affect and
modify the characters of all, taking
from men what is, by nature, peculiar
to them, and making every one like
his neighbOr. In this tendency there
is perhaps much gained, but surely
there is something lost.--[C. c. c. i'll
Lowell Courier.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-30
Railroad Time.

He stood at the ticket window slowly
unrolling an old-fashioned leather wal
let, while dozen impatient men stood
behind him, driven to madness by the
shouting of the gateman calling their
trains. After he got about yard and
half of wallet unrOlled he suddenly
stopped and said to the ticket agent,
"Is that clock right ?" "No, sir"
promptly replied the agent. ''Tain'tg"
shouted the startled passenger, stOop-
ing down and making sudden clutch
at lean and hungry carpet bag.
'"Tain't right? Well, what N the
name % common sense do ye have it
stuck up there for, then ?" "TO fool
people," calmly replied the agent;
''that's what we're here for, to fool
people and misdirect them" "Well,
by gol," said the passenger, hurriedly
rolling up his wallet, 'then I've missed
my train. I'll report you, | will !"
"WOn't do any good" replied the
agent; "it's the cOmpany's orders.
They pay man SS5 month to go
around every morning to mix up and
muddle up all the clocks so that not
one of them will be right aud no two
of them alike" The passenger gasped
twice or thrice, but could not say any
thing. The ticket-seller went On-"It's
the superintendent's idea He is fond
of fun, enjoys a joke, and it does him
good to see IA man prance around and
hear him jaw when he buys a ticket
and then finds his train has been gone
two hours. 1t saves him the expense
of going to the circus" (Which way
is this clock wrong ?" the passenger
asked, in despairing accents, ''tast or
slow ?" "Don't know" replied the
agent. "That's part of the finn, not to
let anybody in the building know any
thing about the right time. All |
know is that it's about ninety minutes
wrong, one way or the other" With
hollow groan the passenger dropped
his carpet-bag and wallet and made
rush for the door, upsetting every man
who got in his way. In about two
minutes he came back, cresttallen and
meek, and took his place ut the end of
| the line. When once more he walked
up to the window he said, as he named
his station and bought his ticket like a
sane man, "What made you talk to me
like a liar ~ "What made you ask
questions like a fool ?" answered the
ticket man, and they glared ut each
other for a second, and then the pas
senger went his way, madder but
probably not a wiser man; for although
the timepieces at railway station are
always as nearly accurate as care and
electricity can make them, and all the
trains come and go by them, yet there
are thousands of men and women in
this land of free schools who, when
ever they travel, never fail to ask the
ticket seller, station master, usher and
gateman, one after another, if "that
clock is right?"- Burlington Hawkeye.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-30
SquilS.

The new counterfeit dollars have a
sharper ring than the genuine coin.
Probably a sharper ring made them.
Boston is threatened with water
famine but as the beans hold out and
Sullivan still wears the belt, every
body is happy.
A sick friend writes to us to ascer-
tain the shortest road to health. There
are two paths-allopaths and home
opaths; you take your choice and pay
your money.
The dog, says the Merchant Traveller,
has queer taste in matters of dress.
He wears his pants in his mouth. The
most unpleasant feature of the fashion
is that he also wears ''OtheT fellows"
pants in the same place occasionally.
"Pat, you shot both barrels into
regular jam of ducks but don't be
lieve you killed many" said the hunt
er's companion. "Oi didn't did Oh 7"
exclaimed Pat. "Jus' look in the wa
ther there will yez It's fairly alOive
wild dead vans :"
Mr.. Falls, a well-known Irish sports
man happened one day to ride down
hound. The irascible but witty master
attacked him in no very measured Ian
guage. "Sir," was the reply, ''Pd have
you recollect that | am Mr.. Falls of
DungannOn." The answer was ready {:
81 don't care if You are Mr.. Falls of
Niagara you shan't ride over my
hounds"
'Uncle Abe" said Il woman, address
| ing cOlored gentleman of prominence,
| "I's got some mighty bad news fer yer"
'What is it. chile ~ ''I'se jes' from yer
house an yer boy is dun glib up by de
DOCTORS" "Dat so Use glad to hear
it," "W'y, Uncle Abe, yer oughter be
/ 'shamed Oh yerse'f." "Dat's whar yer's
wrong. IF dat doctor has been a
workin' on dat boy now fur two weeks,
an at las haster gin him up, it shows
dat de boy is a mighty strong chile.
Had ter gin him up; did he : Haw,
haw 4! Doctor fms obsteckles in the
way when he comes er fOOlin' roun my
family"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-30
The WhirIIgig Of Time.

One of the singular coniunctions
which the whirligig of time brings
about will be found in the Manhattan
came into notice by his poem ''The
Diamond Wedding" All remember
the incidents which gave rise to the
poem. Miss Frederica Bartlett of New
York, young, beautiful and accom-
plished, in October, 1889, married
SenOr Oviedo, IA Cuban of great wealth.
The Jewels he gave her were exhibited
at Titfany's, whittier numbers of peo-
pie went to see them, and the marriage
was the talk of the town. On the day
of the wedding took place at
the old st. Patrick's Cathedral, sur
rounded by IA gaping crowd -Sted-
mans poem appeared in the New York
Tribune. The bride, as was natural.
felt not a little resentment at being
made the subject of this sharp satire
But this resentment she long since got
over, as she and her satirist are very
good friends. Senor Oviedo lived
after his marriage some ten years, and
for nine years after his death his wild
ow was engaged in legal battle fol
her property. Thus she resided in Gu
ba nineteen years. Last year, il
New York, she married. love mattel
Col. Won Glumer, German gentle
man who holds an official position il
Mexico. Thither they proceeded i'm
mediately on being married, and for TIL
last nine months she has resided in o
near the city of Mexico. Under the ii
tie "knickerbocker Eyes in Mexico,