St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-07-03

finger is at once cleared. Do not rub
the eye in the least, as by doing so the
organ becomes much infiamed and the
removal of any substance from it often
becomes task.
Mrs. Almira Lincoln Phelps cele-
brated her ninty first birthday on July
10. She began a diary when she was
sixteen years of age, and she still keeps
it up. 1t must be an interesting record
of her experience as a writer and a
teacher.
Henry Clay, who is now a member of
the house of representatives, is young
lawyer of Louisville. He is the grand
son of the great statesman of the same
name and his father was killed in the
Mexican war.
A New York couple who are to be
married in July will make their we'd
ding tour in a canoe, evidently believ-
ing that in this manner they will &C
quire more -canoe-bial bliss than usual
ly falls to the lot of most married peo-
Pile.
A Maine farmer who prefers sur
rounding the corn field with white
Irvine to prevent crows from destroying
the crop, claims that failure will follow
the use of stiff stakes. He says: CO
to the woods or alder swamp, GU
alders or any young saplings an incl
through at the butt, from eight to ter
feet long. Trim off all the leaves
Leave a short piece or two of limbs t.
hold the Irvine.
1t is said that only one small herd o.
buffaIoes remain in Texas. This ha.
been feeding on the Pecos river, in til,
Staked Plains REGION, but band o
hunters is lowering about it continual
ly, killing the animals as fast as tn
meat can he cared for, and its days ar
numbered. This is the remnant o
what was known few years ago a
''the great Southern herd"
The famous pianist, DR.. Hans VOl
BulOw, has lately become the inmate O
of great distinction, Herr Carl Hey
mann, has just been placed in "a
asylum for the second time. A 81
Petersburg critic argues that nue.
piano-forte playing must have drive
these artists mad and that pianO-fort
playing in general is so exhausting t
nerve power as to induce insanity. +
attain anything like perfection in til
art a good physical constitution an
much nerve power are, no doubt
necessary but the number of pianist
who are quite as sane as those VIII
listen to them is still very large.
Brother Gardner: Up to de begin
MIN of de eighteenth century Trut
was held in great esteem 'mOng a
nashuns, but fur de las 200 yrs de big
gest liar has taken de cake. While d
liar may git along tolerably well for
few yrs, an even reach the pint q
hOldin' an offs an ridin' in de sam
street car wild de post master, de mill
of de gods am slowly grindin' away
an all of sudden he gifts Il drap al
am swept off de checkerbo'd. Whe
you can't believe what man says 70
have no furder use fur him.
The senior superintendent of til
Methodist Episcopal church, DR.. Mat
thew Simpson, died at Philadelphi
the 18th. He was born at Cadiz, Ohio
: in 1911, educated ut Allegheny cOlleg
(then called Madison,) studied an
commenced the pratice of medicine
r but gave it up in 1888. Entering tn
z Pittsburgh conference, he travelled fou
years us an itinerant. In 1887 he be
Z came vice-president and teacher {
5 natural science in his alma mater, an
= two years later was made president {
= Indiana Asbury university. This offic
r he held till 1913, when he was electe
d.. editor of the Western Christian AdvC
D cate at Cincinnati, and i'll 1882 WI
! chosen bishop by the general confer
{ ence at Boston.