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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-13
A Campaign ReminIscence.

When ex-Secretary of War and ex-
United States Senator Ramsey of
Minnesota was nominated for Congress
some 30 years ago in the district com
posed of Lebanon, Dauphiu and
Scbuylkill, Pennsylvania, the vote was
very close, and in order to get ballot
it was not safe to lose a single ballot.
Ramsey had picked up some Dutch
and could swear little in our Penn
sylvania lingo. When making speeches
he took occasion to show off all the
Dutch he knew. and his mild profanity
took amazingly in many quarters One
of Ramsey's most staunch supporters
was Jacob Byrod of DaHphin county,
aiustiee of the peace. One day a whig
Methodist preacher entered the squire's
office and the justice welcomed him
with the remark, Wasn't that n bully
speech Ramsey made last night ?" The
reply of the minister was a surprise
He did not like the speech at all said
Ramsey had sworn iifty-two times, and
that he 1.-THE preaeher) had come to
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-13
He Saw Himself.

''IOu must excuse me, gentlemen,
for cannot drink anything" said II
man who was known to the entire
town as n drunkard.
"This is the first time YOU ever re-
fused Il drink" said an acquaintance.
''The other day you were hustling
around after n cocktail, aud, in fact,
you even asked me to set 'em up
"That's very true, but | am very
different man now"
preachers had hold of you ?"
mo, sir; no one has said any thing to
me-
''Well, what has caused the change9"
"I'll tell You. After leaving Won the
other day ! kept on hustIing after a
cocktail, as you term it, until | met a
party of friends. When left them
was about half drunk. TO man of
my temperament half drunk is u
miserable condition, for the desire for
more is so strong that he forgets his
Sclf-respect in his efforts to get more
drink. | remembered that there was Il
half pint of whiSkey at home which
had been purchased for medicinal pur-
poses. Just before reaching the gate
heard voices in the garden, and look
ing over the fence saw my little son
and daughter playing.
Now you be ma said the boy.
and I'll he pa. Now, you sit here and
I'll come in drunk. Wait, now, till |
fill my bottle
Gle took n bottle, ran away and
filled it with water. Pretty soon he
returned and entering the playhouse
nodded idiotically at the girl and sat
down without saying anything. The
girl looked mp from her work and
said:
'''James, why will you do this
wayF
'Whizzer way p he replied.
"''Gettin' drunk
d" who's drunk 2
g You are am yOu promised when
the baby died that you wouldn't drink
any more. The children are almost
ragge, an we haven't anything to
eat hardly, but you still throw your
money away. Don't you know you are
breaking my heart ?
AZ hurried away. The acting was
too life-like. / could think of nothing
during the day but those little children
playing in the garden. You must ex-
cuse me, gentlemen | cannot drink
again, y Arkansas Traveller
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-13

Glazing Mt Annapolis is due to gross
negligence on the part of the academy
officers, and nothing can excuse its
continuance said p. II. MoelIer. He
spoke in reference to the case of Cadet
Strang, whose death is supposed to
have been due to injuries received at
the hands of hazing party. az went
through the academy on visit con-
tinued Mr.. Moeller, who is principal
of private school, "and was told by
my son and other cadets of the things
that went on there. The dangerous
pranks played on the cadets are not the
worst abuses by any means. The year
my son was there Il gang of rough ca
diets got hold of l4-year-old cadet
and forced him to drink whisky and
other Intoxicating drinks night after
night.
They also compelled him to chew
tobacco, although it made him sick.
Cadets who saw the barbarity told me
that it was useless for them to try and
protect Bird because his torturerS were
great big fellows and they were afraid
of them. The cadets got liquor and
champagne and cigars by the baSker-
full from Baltimore and Washington
without any hindrance from the acad-
envy authorities. | found whisky TASKS
slowed in wardrobe drawers and on
top of closets in the cadet rooms. The
inspectors could easily have discovered
them if they cared to make anything
but the most curSory examination of
the rooms.
The hazing is often done on the
It, n.
in barrels along the ground. In the
sleeping rooms hazing takes the form
of making cadets stand on their heads,
90 through drill in their night shirts,
and submit to being made sandwiches
of. This consists in putting cadet
between two mattresses and keeping
him there fast while lot of other ca
diets sit on him. My son had his ankle
spraiued and was famed for two weeks
after he had been made n sandwich of
II is perfectly ridiculous to say that
this kind of folly cannot be stopped.
There are only two hundred cadets in
! the academy and seventy nine officers,
professors, and teachers to look after
them, Seventy-nine grown men against
300 boys. Able Seamen can be called
in at any time to add to the number.
All that is necessary to crush out the
evil is to establish patrol on the cam
pus to break up the barrel rolling form
of hazing, and the other varieties can
be stopped ut once by putting night
guards in the dormitory halls to pre-
vent cadets from going to the rooms of
other cadets. 1t is apparent to any
one that cadets can't haze when they
can't reach the room of the cadet they
propose to haze. The evil will continue
to he weakly toyed with until the
newspapers take hold of it and stir the
authorities up
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-13
A Florida CaVe.

A mysterious cave has lately been
discovered about nine miles from
Gainesville, Fla. The entrance is small
but the cave soon becomes quite large,
and extends by gradual incline for
about 100 feet to a ledge of rock. Here
there is steep descent of about 60
feet, which has to be effected by means
of rope, TO a large, rocky hall,
through which a stream of deep, cold
water runs. Other smaller caves radi-
ate from this great recess, and one to
the left, which is of large size, has its
walls almost entirely covered with
names cut in the solid stone, some of
them dating back 80 years. Several
years ago two men were seen to enter
the cavern, and, as they never came
out, it is supposed that they fell off the
precipice and were swept away by the
running stream, the bed of which is a
dangerous quicksand.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-13
Small PIuralitieS.

The closeness of the vote between
the two presidential candidates has
been noticeable in several states in
past elections. In 1910 Maine gave
Harrison only All plurality and Penn
sylvania 3i5, while in the same year
Arkansas gave Van Buren, but SS9
plurality. In 1914 Clay carried Della
ware by only 252, New Jersey by 1913
and Tennessee by lib. The same year
Polk had only 500 plurality in Louisi-
ana. In lS4S Taylor had 523 plurali-
ty in Delaware, while Cass carried AL
ALBANIA by S6l and Mississippi by 6I5.
In 1852 Pierce had only % plurality in
Delaware and CSC in North Carolina.
In 1865 Grant had only 506 plurality
i'll California, and Seymour carried
Oregon by I64. In 1872 Greeley had
9OS plurality in Maryland. Iu 1876
Hayes carried Florida by 900, Oregon
by 5l7 and South Carolina by 964.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-13
Flowing by Wind Power.

The Scientific American publishes a
letter from an inventor who proposes
to revOlutiOnize the present system of
cultivating the earth. He describes a
machine that is rugged with large
windmill sails, has tiler for steering
will travel mp hill or down, and with
the wind in any direction. A full
sized one of siXty-horse power may be
depended upon to draw ten plows four
miles an hour, blowing four acres an
hour with but one man in attendance.
Ii will also harrow. and furnish the
power to SOW, reap and NOV, thresh,
grind, carry loads to market or irrigate
lands. viii travel ten miles an hour
III any direction and carry twenty pas
Sengers, provided there is good
breeze. The machines are not expen-
sive to build. Surely there must be
"a good time coming" for farmers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-13
His Health was Good.

The story is told of OK Chief Baron
Pollock, that one who wished him to
resign waited on him, and limited it,
suggesting it for his own sake, entirely
with Il view to a prolOngation of his
valued life, etc. The old man arose,
and said, with his grim, dry gravity,
''Will yOu dance with me ?" The
guest stood aghast as the Lord Chief
Baron, who prided himself particularly
on his legs, began to caper about with
IA certain youthful vivaeity. Seeing
his visitor standing surprised, he ca
pered up to him and said, "Well, il
you won't dance with me will you box
with me p and with that he squared
up to him, and, half in jest, half in
earnest, fairly boxed him out of the
room. The old Chief Baron had no
more visitors anxiously inquiring after
his health.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-13

bring complaint against the speaker
for profanity. Now Squire Byrod was
conscientious man, and wished to do
his duty, though Mortified at the
thought of n detection among the
Methodist Wings. So he looked over
the statutes, calmly aud honestly, and
then with sigh of relief told the min
lister that according to "Purdon's Di-
gestn it was nocrime to swear in Penn
sylvania Dutch, that language not be-
ing recognized 10y the laws. The min
lister went away satisfied, the Metho-
dist Wings did not break, and Ramsey
was elected
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-13
Of Pension Laws


The late National Soldiers conven-
ton at indianapolis, in which nearly
every northern state was represented
adopted resolutions asking for six
amendments to the pension laws.
These are |. Pensions for hOn0rably
discharged soldiers who are or shall
become disabled and are dependent
on their labor. >. Increase of 81 a
month on pensions of widows and mi
nors. 3. Invalid pensions to continue
to widow or minor children. uncondi-
tlonally on death of pensioner. 4.
Pensions to widows on account of
mentally unsound or physically help
less minor children to continue with
ont limit rs to age. ). Pensions to de-
pendent parents conditional only on
dependence on manual labor. g. En-
listment to be prima .tacie evidence of
soundness.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-13
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STATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA DISTRICT S.
- In Probate Court held at st. Johnsbury with.
in and for said district the eth day OF October
A. ID. 1884.
Irving H. Frost, guardian of George II. Frost
a minor of st. JOhnsbury, in said district, makes
application to said court for license sell the fol-
lowing described real estate of his said ward Wit
Being the whole of his distributive share and in
terest heir at law in all of the real estate of
which Sen Frost, late of st. Johnsbury, in said
district, deceased died siezed said real estate be-
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bury aforesaid. representing that the sale thereof
for the purpose Of putting the proceeds of
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WhereupOn, it is ordered by said court that said
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Johnsbnry, before said time of hearing, that they
may appear at said time and place and, if they see
cause, object thereto.
BY the Court. Attest,
66-S WALTER p. SMITH, Judge
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CTATE OF VERMONT. CALEDONIA DITRIcr, SIS.
- In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
st. JOhnsbury. within and for said district on the
25th day of Oct. A. ID. 1894.
An instrument purpOrting to be the last Will and
Testament of Rufus ID. Wilson late of Sutton
in said district. deceased being presented to Court
by John Z. Willard, the Executor therein named
for Probate:
1t is ordered by said Court, that all persons
concerned therein he notified to appear at session
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in st. JOhnsbury, on the 18th day of November
4. ID. 1884, and show cause. if any they may hay ?
against the Probate of said Will; for which
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record of this order be published three weeks sue
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Johnsbury, previous To said time appointed for
hearing.
By the Court. Attest,
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge
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GTATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA DISTRICT Sc
y In Probate Court beld at the Probate Office in
st. Johnsbury within aud for said District on the
4tb day of November, A. ID. 1894
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time appointed for hearing.
By the Court, Attest,
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
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Herb-StreWers.

At the coronation of James H., in the
latter part of the seventeenth century, the
ancient custom of strewing flowers and
sweet herbs was revived.
The hereditary herb woman to the
king" had charge of the ceremony, as
sisted by six young ladies. In the an
cient picture may be seen an illustration
where the herb-strewers appear, with
deep pointed bodices and open robes,
looped back to show rich petticoats; ruff
fles fall from elbow to wrist, and long
gloves and hoods complete the fancifui
dress.
Baskets, each containing two bushels
of flowers and fragrant herbs, were borne
by the fayre maidens, and ''were THREE
times renewed This festive occasion
made gorgeous display of spring blooms
in profusion; violets, primroses, cow
slips, pansies, bluc-bells, with stores of
sweet-brier twigs and other herbs of
grace, formed carpet of beauty and
odors rich and rare, over which the gold
broidered slippers of the lovely queen,
Mary of Modena, and her fayre attend
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abbey they listened to drums, and trum
pets, and the choir singing,
10 Lord, grant the king long life