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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24
The Bear and the Baby.

George Swift, ranchman in the
Grand valley, told a story which shows
how unenviable is the life of the stool
raiser in the wilderness. a few DAYS
ago Mr.. Swift let his three years-o
daughter ride upon his horse, and
after she had ridden about 10 rods
from home, he lifted her off the animal
and told her to run home. On return
ing, about an hour later, he found that
the little one had not reached home,
and going to the place where he had
last seen her, he found bear tracks in
the sand. A posse was formed, and all
night was spent i'll searching for the
lost child. In the morning, as the
searchers were passing II swampy spot
where the underground was thick,
they heard her voice. They called to
the little girl to come out of the
bushes, but she replied that the bear
would not let her. The men
then crept through the brush, and
when near the spot heard ii splash in
the water, which the child said was
the bear. They found her standing
upon the log. extending half way across
the swamp, and it seemed us though
the bear had undertaken to cross the
swamp on Il log. and, being pursued,
left the child and got away as rapidly
as possible. She had received some
scratches about the face, arms and
legs, and her clothes were almost torn
from her body, but the bear had not
bitten her to hurt her, only the marks
of his teeth being found upon her back
where he had taken hold of her clothes
to carry her. The child told her res
cuers that the bear had put her down
occasionally to rest, and he would put
his nose up to her face, whereupOn she
would slap him, and he would hang
his head by her side and purr and rub
against her like IA eat. Her father
asked her if she had been cold during
the night, and she told him that the
old bear lay beside her and put his
EARNS" around her and kept her warm.
81 believe the little ones story" con
cluded Mr.. Swift, "for there was evil
dence to prove its truth, and | never
knew her to utter talsehood.
Stranger than fiction, is it not 2''-
Leadville (Col.) Chronicle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

The experience of the young lady in
the west, whom the daily press has
lately brought to public notice, as for
saking her home, and preterring IL
laundry to four hours Il day of piano
practice. is not without its lessons both
east and west.
There is reason to believe that eX
cesses in music especially in piano
practice, are not only frequent hut
weil-nigh usual in American society,
mt this time, and that frequently, if
not usually, deplorablc results follow
from it. not only in Il relative waste of
time and energies, but in positive aud
permanent injury to health.
We have always to be on Our guard
against an evil which creeps in, in the
gIise of, and in close relations to that
which is good. The most dangerous
blades of error are those which have IL
handle of truth. it is well said. And
since herein piety and the home
strangely conspire with the world. it
will not he surprising if there be found
excuses.
In any well-sustained plea for mod
Grafton, in this respect, it will of course
he conceded that where music must
needs be a profession, or where there
is in child evidently but the one
talent, it may be-perhaps must be
pursued extremely. and that the home
and the church alike demand culture
of music, and moreover, that for this,
sometimes, Young people must be con
strained to practice. But in the inter-
ests of moderation, in this matter,
Il, sa,-n,,1 tl,s,,,r, 70 lao
bered Many children have very little
capacity or taste for music. and it is
often both vain and cruel to compel
them to pursue it. Then large ma
jOrity of persons almost wholly abandon
the piano music of their earlier days,
when they settle in life.
And further, while singing is physi-
cally developing and healthful, and the
study of harmony disciplining to the
mind, the usual piano practice is ply
sically exhausting, and after all, is
only n matter of the fiuger ends. It
does not contribute to mind or character
in the least-adds nothing to manhood
or wOmanhood. Is only an accom-
phshment, and even in this view
especially as society in these days
employs paid performers to give musi-
cal entertainment, even in the home.
it may we'll be asked, if young people
gave the daily hours regularly devoted
to piano practice, to study, reading,
writing, thinking, thoughtful CONVEX
sation, possibly travelling, they would
not be far more entertaining. Four
hours a day of mental or social appli-
cation for it, would wonderfully trans
form a very dull and uninteresting
youth. All this without reference to
the weighty mission and sacred oppor-
tunities of life aside from the pleasures
of it.
Where fashions of education and So
ciety, and tue music teachers, mite to
say $50 many hours day for piano
practice it may be diffienlt TO dissent,
still it may he all the more necessary.
Aud in any event, it will be better to
have here--ss indeed in all our branch
es of educatiOn-le hours and more
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24
st. o5olmsburp Galedunian.
How Not TO Treat a Horse.
COLD IRON BITS.

IAN Experienced Horseman'' in the
Kentucky Live Stock Record, reminds
those who have the handling of horses
of the cruelty of which they may be
carelessly guilty:
"Iet any one who has the care of a
horse these cold, frosty mornings, de
liberately grasp in his hand piece of
iron indeed let him touch it to the tip
of his tongue, and then let him thrust
the hit into the mouth of his horse if
he has the heart to do it. The horse is
an animal of nervous organization.
His mouth is formed of delicate glands
and tissues. The temperature of the
blood is the same rs in the human be-
ing, and. a. in man, the mouth is the
warmest part of the body. Imagine,
we repeat, the irritation that would he
to the human, and, if not in the same
degree, still the suffering to the animal
is very great. And il is not Il mOmen-
tary pain. Food is eaten with difficult
ty, and the irritation repeated day
after day. causes loss of appetite aud
strength. Many horse has become
worthless from no other cause than
this. Before India rubber bits were
to hc had ] myself used bit covered
with leather, and on no account
would have dispensed with it in freez-
ing weather.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24
Clothing Care.

a clothes brush. Il whisk broom, a
bottle of ammonia, sponge, a hand
brush, a cake of erasIve soap, vial of
alcohol, should form part of every
toilet. After all dust has been re-
moved from clothing, spots may be
taken out of black cloth with the hand
brush dipped in n mixture of equal
parts of ammonia, alcohol and water.
This will brighten as well as cleanse
Benzine is useful in removing grease
spots. Spots of grease may he re-
moved from cOlored silks by putting
on them raw starch made into paste
with water. Dust is best removed
from silk with soft flannel, from
velvet with brush made specially for
the purpose. If hats and bOnnets when
taken from the head are well brushed
and put away in boxes and covered up
instead of being laid down anywhere.
they will last a long while. All shawls
and articles that may be folded should
be folded. when taken from the person,
in their original creases and laid away.
Cloaks should be hung up in place,
gloves should be pulled out lengthwise
aud wrapped in tissue paper and laid
away. laccS smOOthed out nicely and
folded. if requisite, 50 that they will
come out of the box new and fresh
when needed again. A strip of black
broadcloth four or five inches wide
rolled up tightly and sewed to keep
the roll in place is better than n sponge
or cloth for cleansing black and dark
coiored clothes. Whatever lint comes
from It in rubbing is black and does
not show. When black clothes are
washed, as they may often be before
beng made over, fresh, clean water
should be used and they should be
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

NV friend finally abandoned medi-
cine of all kinds and continued Il nOur-
ishing diet only. About ten weeks
ago. her attention was directed to Il
newspaper paragraph recommending
hot water as remedy for cOnsump-
ton Feeling that little harm could
ensue from its use, she determined 10
test it, At the moment of retiring, Il
large tumhler of hot water, i'll which
the Juice of lemon had been mixed to
free it from nausea, was taken. In Il
few moments, glow of warmth
would pervade the lungs, chest, etc,
quickly followed by IL most refreshing
sleep, which would he unbroken by
any cough, and the patient would
awake in the morning rested and
strengthened. A few days ago, she
was seized with fit of coughing, dur
ing which was coughed up into her
mouth Il small stone about the size of
"A ea-formed of sulphate of lime, |
believe, and usually considered II SYM
tom of the healing of IL cavity III the
lung. Whether this marked improve
ment was due to the use of hot water,
| cannot venture Ia say but its bene-
fetal influence in securing sweet sleep
and exemption from coughing ut night
was 80 marked. that | would like some
of your readers to test it with their
consmptive friends, and give, through
,our notes, the result of their eXpc-
rience- Chambers Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24
The Inevitable Result of the
school system.

A Boston physician says ''the Boston
school system of examining and too
much study and brain work" were the
primary cause of the death of IA
years-old girl, who died in thirteen
days from congestion of the brain.
She was so perfectly healthy" that
her parents never dreamed of her
breaking down, there being no trouble
except an occasional pain over the
eyes, for which she would not stay out
of school for fear her class would lose
the "medal for attendance" Not one
of the class had been absent during
the year. She was bright child and
great favOrite with her teachers.
During the holiday vacation she took
home five reference books, beside the
textbook on history, in order to com
pare different accounts of the same
period, and her class went every day
during vacation to the English high
school to recite passages of history.
She was taken suddenly with delirium,
and during the remaining thirteend days
of her life those passages of history"
were repeated over and over, varied
occasionally by bit of mathematics,
or the notes of her music, of which she
would cry out that there was ''no end.
DR.. Fisher of the South Boston insane
asylum examined her and found that
there was nothing the matter but over
work; he said he bad "seen so many
of those cases among children and
Young Teachers
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24
Newly Married Peoples Home

The Rev. Dir. John Hall, in the beau
tiful book of his just published by the
American Sunday School Union, after
discussing with great good sense the
preliminary proceedings, comes to the
question of a home after getting mar-
ried. and this is what he says OH that
point:
at is good for the newly married as
a rule to begin by themselves, together,
without the officious direction of
others. however well meaning, and it
is good, if possible, to be in a home,
not boarding house nor n hotel. 1t
may be love in a cottage, and the cot
tage may he humble. but it is common
ly better adapted to the growth of a
true, pure, simple life than rooms in
one of those military barracks
which the needs of our great cities are
supposed to demand. A mess table
is doubtless proper for the officers of IA
regiment, or a group of monks. The
passengers of train or an ocean
steamer of course can properly dine to
gether but for young married people,
it is best that they should live togeth-
er their door closing out the world !:
that they should be all in all, under
God, to each other; that the young
wife should not be pursued by calcnla-
lions as To how she looks to hundred
spectators that he and she should
plan together, wisely adapt their
modes and habits of life to means and
prospects, always remembering that II
is comparatively easy to go up, but ex-
ceedingly difficult To descend grace
frlIx- W. 10 rptn fine nnHt1sX
of the lowlv COTTAGE we are distinct
ly sensible of the difficulty of reading
the register OF the stove into the
versification of the fireside, or of the
heroic watchword pro Gris ct .tocis fOr
affairs and hearths. We have read, OF
course, of
Home made pop that will not foam
And home made dishes that drive one from home
But we adhere to the conviction that 4
modest, self contained dwelling is NOR
ally more healthy, more conducive to
permanent happiness, more likely to
have its grace before meat, its family
altar, and its practical prudence in
management, than the incest apart
ments' in the most attractive hotel.
How hard it has been, i'll many cases,
to make the transition from the dishes
of French cook, at Il salary of $1,000
wear, to the more modest table of a
wife's own arrangingi Better to be
gin at the beginning, and to conquer
the prosaic difficulties of life while the
poetry of early love is still real. and
while the cares and anXieties of life are
not yet pressing, than to be forced to the
task when other and inevitable burdens
| have to be carried"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24
A Fine Point.

An object lesson in the transmuta-
ton of virtues is conveyed in this par
agraph from an exchange "Tennyson
can take worthless sheet OF paper,
and by writing poem on it make it
worth $4,000. That's genius. Van
derbilt can write a few words on a
sheet, and make it worth $4,000, 900.
That's capital. The United States eau
take an ounce and a quarter of gold,
and stamp upon it an eagle bird and
twenty dollars That's money. The
mechanic can take the material worth
s., and make it into watch worth
800. That's skill. The merchant can
take au article worth p cents and sell
it for 81. That's business. A lady
can purchase a very comfortable bon
net for $40, but she prefers to pay
800. That's foOlishness. The ditch
digger works ten hours a day, and
shovels out three or four tons of earth
for -. That's labor"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24
Uriair and Uriah's Wife.

Uriah Wales has been an enthusi-
astic member of the Free Christian
church in Coalition, Penn, for the last
thirty years. His wife was formerly
in the habit of ridiculing his profess
sions, and ten years ago he declared
that he would never speak to her until
she was converted. He kept his word,
and for ten years all communications
with his wife were conducted through
his son. Last week, says a current
item, Mrs. Wales was converted, and
her husband arose in the church and
said he had been a widower for ten
years, but that now lie thanked God
he had Il wife" 1t was then Mrs.
Wales's turn, and she improved it by
rising in her seat and saying that she
did not believe a man who was truly
religious could have deliberately
ignored his wife for ten years, and
asked that special prayers be offered
for the conversion of her husband.
She then turned to him and said.
"Uriah, get on your knees, ask forgive
ness for your sins, and he awakened to
the error of your ways. | will lead
YOU to the Lord myself" She walked
toward the seat where he was sitting.
He arose hurriedly and went out of the
church. Since then he has not been
seen, and no trace of him can be found.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

The boy is just as he always was
and always will be. And it is well
that he does not run out of his boy
hood the moment he is passed as a
college freshman. lie will he man
all soon enough. Let him keep his
jollity and friskiness as long as he can
OF course he must not go raging
around like a wild beast. OF course
he must take care not to make him
self abOminable to those who meet
him. But if he does get ferocious in
his amusements once in a while, that
is not to say he has started hot foot TO
the demnition bow-wows. 1t is very
wrong, and he ought not but there is
Philadelphia Progress.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

THE HEART.-The heart is hollow
muscular organ in the form of an ir-
regular Gene. Though forming one
muscle, there are two distinct hearts.
each side being divided from the other
by wall. 1t contains four cavities,
each of which holds between from two
to three ounces of blood. The heart
beats seventy times per minute, 4 200
times per hour, 100, 800 times per day,
81 ~ 900 per year, 2,565, No. 200 times
in three score and ten, and at each
beat two and half ounces of blood are
thrown out of it, Us ounces per
minute, csc pounds per hour, and seven
and three-quarter tons per day.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

The eighth annual meeting of the
Vermont merino sheep breeders asso-
citation at MiddIebury was attended by
POO members. These officers were chos-
en-: President, Samuel James of Wey-
bridge; vice-presidents, j. l.. But
tOlph of Middlebury and Frank Moore
of Shoreham treasurer, V. Rich of
Shoreham secretary, Albert Chapman
of Middlebury; and a board of direct
ors. The chief contest was over the
secretaryship, John A. Child having
59yctes to 100, for Chapman. A petit
tion to congress for the restoration Of
the dnties on foreign wool provided 10y
the tariff act of 1867 was adopted and
unanimously signed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

an existing evil, have multiplied till
their determination has become mat
ter of the life or death of farming
The members of the New Zealand agri
cultural society have in the past three
years scattered over 100000 pounds of
poisoned oats over their land. and
nearly 1900, 900 dead bodies of rabbits
have been picked mp. Many millions
more have. of course, died in their
holes, and yet, despite this immense
MOI tally, there has been scarcely
any appreciablc diminution of the
nest
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

StTATE OF VERMONT. CALEDONIA DISTRICT IS
- In Probate Court, held at the Probate Office in
st. JOhnsbury, in said District the nth day of
January a. D. 1854.
John Z. willard, administrator upon the estate
of John Ladd, late of Sutton, in said dis
trict. deceased, presents his administration
account for examination and allowance and makes
application for decree of distribution and parti-
ton Of the estate of said deceased
WhereupOn il il ordered by said Court, that said
account and said application he referred to
sion thereof, to be held at the Probate Office in
said st. Johnsbury, on the 4th day of February,
A. ID. 1894, for hearing and decision thereon and
it is further ordered that notice thereof be given
To all persons Interested by publication of the
three weeks successively in the CaledTnan, a
newspaper printed at St JOhnsbury, previous
10 said time appointed for hearing. that tber may
appear at said time and place, and show cause II
any they may have why said account shOuid not
be allo wed, and such decree made.
By the Court Attest,
25-27 WALTER =. SMITH Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

The CHiedoRi0H has nOU been printed
nearly fIfy years. Its character is uell-
kn0Ion by nearly all in This parl Of the
State, and a good many outside he
State. HendearOrs 10 be honest, true,
pure md clean. As q public Journal IL
as compelled 10 tell unpleasant truths,
but il necer hunts for scandal Hbeiieres.
that a newspaper has higher mission
thdn to ponder to The rifle ar epen the
sensational ICHs conductors hare not
kept 1t up 10 the ideai, they certainly hare
receiced much credit far the high stan
ddrd IL reaches after
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24
A Country for SpOrtsnen.

1t has been known in a general way
that rabbits have become a serious an
nOyance TO the farmers of New Zealand
The figures show, however, that these
animals, introduced into the country
years ago (as the English sparrows
have been in this conntry) to correct
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

busting is humbug That is, the
modern process. The old way of wip-
ing the furniture with a cloth, and
then shaking the cloth out doors, was
all right. The modern busting, how
ever, is quite a different affair. When
the dust is lying quietly on chair, man
tel, table, etc, along comes the servant
with a feather broom and stirs up the
particles until the whole room is full
of them, and instead of breathing air
as you would have done had the dust
been let alone, you are inhaling solid
matter of every name and variety by
the lungful. l. Boston Transcript.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

years for it, less daily pressure, and
the period of education extended to
later years of life.
We may be sure that the question,
. What aud how much of piano practice
for our children, is Give question. v
Rev. J. p ketcham, DID.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24
NDwARn CHICKERING'S ExrArE

EDwARD CHICKERING'S ExTATE
II The Subscribers, having been appointed BY tIls
Honorable Probate Court for the district of Cali.
donia commissioners, to resolve examine and sdiust
all clAms and demands of all persons against the es
tate of Edward Chiokering late of Danville In
said district deceased, represented inIolvent and
A. D. 1884 being allowed by said Court 10 the
sreditors of said dessssed TO exhibit and prove
their respective el1ims before US: Give NOTES
that we will attend to the duties OF our appoint
ment at the dwelling honse Of the hate Edward
Chiekerng in DAuTile in said distrist On the i2th
day of Fehruary, and 18th day Of July next at
ten O'Clock in the forenoon each Of said days.
JOHN EMERSON.
1871 NOSES z. BARRETT {Comm.rs
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24
Dress Goods Department.

In this department showing many fabrics and
shades such satin soes shuddah cloths cashmere and
fannels in fine all wool goods also full stocks of low and
assortment of Henrietta Cloths Drap DeAlma Ottomans
Corturettes India Serge, Satin Meveeiux, eiges and
Cashmeres, In which we show exceptional values.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24
All and WINTER OF 1884.
{. B. MERRIAM & co.
On Wednesday, Oct 10 we shall open large and complete
stock of Dress Goods.
cLoAKs AND SMALL WARES,

Just purchased in New York and Boston markets the
tall trade OF 1888. This being first fall in bust
ness our goods all of purchase and and
desirable styles These goods have been purchased for cash
and will be offered correspondingly low prices We
would call the attention of all to some of the specaes
mentioned below
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

Chagrin fills the souls of autograph
hunters as they read that Mrs. Tenny-
son not only writes but signs the laurie
ate's letters. When dispute arose i'll
regard to the genuineness of one of
John PhwniX's autographs he settled it
by remarking: "Oh yes, that auto
graph can be relied upon as mine, it
was written by one of my most intimate
friends"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

They tell us we have no right to in
tertere with what any man shall buy,
or sell, or drink. | believe in the in
alienable rights of Il free citizen, but
no man must abuse his rights in such Il
way us to iniure other people. A man
who owns one-half of a double house
has no right to set his half on fire, thus
endangering the other half. Rev. f.
lmV