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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-31

which 1t had in his eyes, but because
1t seemed least likely to excite com
ment among the somewhat hetero-
geneous company on board ship. The
sermon made a good impression, and
one OF the passengers, Mr.. Massett,
begged permission which was granted,
To copy it. Afterwards Mr.. Massett
WAS voyaging from San Francisco to
Yokohama, and was invited on ship
board one Sunday to read n discourse.
lie read this sermon. Attracted by
''its manly vigour and scholarly struc-
ture," the editor of the Hong Kong
Daily Mail, who happened to be on
board, requested permission to pub
iish it, and this was acceded to. 1t
was published with note of its ad-
ventures to that point. The Mail, of
course, found its way to America,
where it would receive publication.
The Mail also went westward. and
reaching Scotland, was published i'll
the Scotsman. Again by this means
the sermon found it's way to America.
where it was published as leaflet by.
the American Tract Society. Mr..
Massett was passenger by the War
wick Castle which took Sir Garnet
Wolseley and staff from. the Cape in
1881, and having read the sermon
there, Sir Garnet asked for Il copy of
it. The article before us concludes ::
and so it came to pass that one
morning in the spring of 1882, years
after had taken up my abode in New
York, as was strolling down Broad
way, | saw III the window of one of
the shops an autograph letter from Sir
Garnet Wolseley to Mr.. Stephen Mas
sett, dated Feb. 30, 1852, acknowledge
ing the receipt of Nothing but
Leaves and thanking the sender for
the pleasure it had given him and his
friends. Here was an old friend. From
the China Mail, 1867, to Sir Garnet
WOlseley and 1882 was long step in
deed. For all that we can tell, that
discourse, preached in the midst of
the Atlantic, with a due sense of
feebleness, and caught up by the winds
and waves of many seas and lands,
may yet be pursuing its unobtrusive
way around the globe, teaching anew
the force and beauty of the words of
the wise man: ''In the morning SOW
thy seed, and in tho evening Withhold
not thy hand: for thou kuowest not
whether shall prosper, either this or
that. u Natal Mercury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-31
A False Alarm.

"Say, George Pm going to pop"
The Young man reached for his hat
with frightened expression of coun-
tenancc, and faItered ont something
about an engagement with man down
at the hotel.
"Why, George you amt going SO
early, are youP | was just going to
say that, if you'd stay Il little while
longer, I'd pop"
George disappeared through tho
parlor door, and was hastily fhmbling
for the catchlock in the hall.
"Say, George what's the matter ?"
she cried rushing out after him. What
are you going away in such hurry
for7 If you'll stop just Il few minutes
longer I'll pop"
But George was thrashing arond in
the storm house, and jabbng the door
all over to find the latch. He finally
burst hinge off and was kiting down
the path like frightened deer, when
his girl stuck her head out into the
frosty air, and bawled so that she
could he heard block away
"Say, George If you'll come back
III pop some corn :"
George came back.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-31
Alligator Hunting in Florida.

Since alligator hides have come into
favor for the manufacture of slippers,
ladies' purses and hand satchels, the
animals have been slaughtered in
greater numbers than ever by profess
siOnal hunters. These men generally
hunt in couples, and remain in the
wilderness from two weeks to four
months, according to the luck they
have. If they are successful, they earn
from ! 900 to $1,000 in the season,
each skin being worth from 90 cents to
! | or more, according to its size.
These alligator hunters do not waste
any time over the sentiment of sport,
such rs giving the animal chance for
its l!fe, not shooting ut very close
range, or risking their persons in an
assault with the creature; they are
after the dollars, not sport, hence they
take every advantage they can of the
reptile. They generally hunt ut night,
usually in skiff or light boat, along
the margins of Il stream or lake. One
man holds lantern in the bow of the
boat to attract the alligat0rs- they,
like all wild animals, being readily
lured toward Il torch hand when they
have come close enough the second
man, who stands in the stern with gun
in hand, pours v0lley of large shot
into the eyes, killing in moment, as
the ieaden pellets go direct to the brain.
The tipping of the boat or sudden
movement of the reptile may cause the
hunter to miss the eyes aud to send
the missiles into the armored head OF
body, i'll which case the creature lashes
the water into foam with its tail OF
boldly charges the skiff and either up
sets it or breaks Il piece out of the
gunwale. This is the only danger the
hunters have to encounter, as an alli-
gator never attacks man III the water
unless the latter is bleeding freely or
is too crippled to keep atloat. -.
| have known one of the brutes
while suffering from the stings of a
bullet to jump into the boat ana send
the hunters out of it in hurry, but
they soon recovered their scattered
! courage and killed their assailant by
hamnerimg its head with a hatchet.
When it is badly wounded, defending
its nest or young, or is stopped on it's
way to wafer, the alligator initiates
itself to twice its ordinary dimensions,
! misses forth small clouds Of a strong
rnusky odOr, and lashes the land oi
water furiously with its long and
| plastic tail. Should it strike man Oh
the leg with this appendage IN full
swing, that man would be "a cripple foi
l his life, fancy, as the blow from al
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-31

81 say !" said friend the other day,
''you are an old hand ut it. lonly got
married the other day, and don't un
derstand much about the business.
But has married man any rights left
when he once assumes the hymuneal
responsibilities p "Rights Yes lots I,
He's Il right to pay all the bills, to -"
Stop mean this Let me give yon
an instance. Every box aud drawer
and pOrtmanteau, and, in fact, every
available receptacle Of every descrip-
tion, is stuffed full of my wife's prop
erty, and when want tO put away a
few cuffs and collars 'HOld hard
know what you mean. Listen, young
man if your bedroom were 200 yards
long and lined from the floor to the
ceiling with drawers and y0u wanted
Il place to stow away couple of SHIRTS,
you couldn't find Il nook that wasn't
full Of hairpins, tufts of frizzcs, pads,
scent bottles, old gloves, powder puiis,
rings and things. So just accept the
inevitable. Wrap your personal prop
erty in an old newspaper or some
brown paper aud hide the parcel under
the bed" He smiled loudly and iron
ically and passed on, a wiser IT not u
better man. -...-
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so did ifkins, and, Fastening TO
the sink, he found that one of the
lamps had been placed in "A position
where 1t had set fire to projecting
bit of woodwork and caused quite a
blaze. Now was the time for Mr.. b.
to show his best points, and he thrust
his head beneath the sink, believing
to Bridget for water like frantic
Dives. Heated by the lamps and
choking from the smoke he had hard
time of it for few moments, but the
fire was quelled, and he withdrew
himself, to find his face blackened and
his whiSkers singed in ii most alarming
manner.
.'Woll,n said Mrs. Blifkins, "yOu are
fine looking man"
''Irue, my dear said he. ~ be-
lieve am so regarded generally, and
| know yon thought so when you took
me for better or worse"
eyes. but you look so much worse
now that you are not like the same
man. Only look in the glass"
~ saw there his dilapidation, and
hi pride had fall. He muttered
Sc tniethiug prOfanely about the "Mvstic
hhh eho olu Nclli "hiic .IiiO
csr1iIS-n regarded his discontinue
with high glee.
FT'll go right down to Webber's, =
said he, "and get him to come mp and
thaw it out. Though | am a plumb
man - that is. upright he is plumber
and knows more about such things
than do
Wash your face first" said Mrs.
BIifkius.
This he did with some difficulty, and
then went for Webher as pickerel
goes for frogs hind leg. He found
him very busy with forty other like
demands to attend to, but he yielded
to the greater urgency of this occasion
and went along with Blif kins.
"NOw, WIFE" said Blifkins, 81 have
brought Webber, and now let him
bring the water"
Webber looked the matter over like
a professional.
II can't see,n said he, "why it should
have frozen in there, so near the stove
and in il warm kitchen. IT must be in
the cellar"
He took light to go down stairs
to see where Il portion of the pipe was
exposed, and was not gone more than
two minutes by the clock upon the
mantel shelf, when, with lush, the
water rushed from the faucet as if
Webber had been another Moses and
had applied his rod to the solid ice
below. He came up speedily with his
face beaming with smiles.
Not much trouble about that" said
he
.Where WAS it frozen ?" asked Mrs.
Blifkins.
"'Twasn't frozen at ALL" said Web
ber, laughing, "the water hadn't been
let on"
"There,r said Mrs Blifkins, "that
comes from letting man do Il thing,
and, us if a woman's burden was not
heavy enough already, she must suffer
from his imcompetency. Anybody else
would have thought of this i'll the first
place.
Blifkins said not word III reply.
He felt the force of the argument, Sc
crctly admitted his stupidity, paid
Wehber more than he asked, as hush
money, ana went to his business more
thoroughly convinced than ever of the
superiority of the old well. But the
story leaked out, and Blifk kins is often
annoyed when the weather is cold, 10y
being asked the best mode for thawing
out frozen water pipes. - b. p. Shilla-
ber in Boston journal.
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Round the World.

We are indebted to a lady CORE
spOndent for a copy of the Congrega-
tionalist. which tells in an article the
interesting adventures of Il sermon
which has found its way around the
world. The Rev. E. ). Atwood OF
Salem, Mass, was returning from
Europe to the United States, in june,
1867, on board the steamer William
Penn. He was invited to preach tT
the ships company Oh Sunday. June
10. In his slender stock of sermons,
Mr. Atwood had a discourse founded
on the parable of the barren fig tree.
as narrated in Matthew xxi. This lie
selected, not for its special fitness Ia
tue occasion, nor for any special merit
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-31

A writer in Juvenile magazine
lately gathered Il number of dictionary
words as defined by certain small
people. of which the following are
probably genuine: "Dust-Mud, with
the jnico squeezed out. Fan IA thing
to brush warm. oft with. Ice--Watel
that staid out in the cold and weDt 10
sleep. Monkey--A very small boy
with tail. Pig "A hogs little box.
Salt-What makes your potatoes taste
bad when you don't put any oIi. Wake
fulncss Eyes all the tiIue coming 'ln-
buttonOd.n
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-31

CoHyregattonal-Sunday services at 1915 a. IL
and $50 y. IN. Sabbath school at 1900. Wedne,
day evening meeting at $50.
Msthodist.-Suppled by Rev. Il. e. Burnhan
sunday services at l.30 p. IN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-31

COngrsgatiOndI-Rev. J. +. Closson, Pastor. Sun
day services at II a N, and 500 p. NJ. Sabbath
School at le NJ Wednesday evening meeting al
73O 2. NJ.
Msthodist-Rev. W. \. Evans Pastor. Sunday
Services at IL A. M and +. NJ. Sunday School al
II NJ. Thursday evening meeting at 7.3O.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-31

Commencing oct : the mails viii close at the
Post Office : follows:
Passumpsic L. K Way Mail, South. Q 90 a. NJ.
No. Danvillc, 900 a. !.
st J. q l.. &. r. X. Way Mail East 80 D. III.
st j. & l.. e. X k. Way Mail, West 2.3O p. N.
PassumpSic K. X. Way Mail. North, 40 p. m.
West Concord and St JOhusbuTN East. 800 "A.
Waterford W Watfd and l.. Watfd, 40 y. III.
Boston, New York. Conn. X. Val. Mail 800 p.
Northern and Montreal mail 500 p. d.
Mail will be cOlleC ted from the boxes at Paddock
village and Rgilroad street at 500 IN and BIS
=. Box at Railroad street will be visited at 7.3u
y. M. usual.
CHAS. T.. CARPENTER. Z. NJ.
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st. Johnsbury Athenmum.

Library and Reading -Iioohn,-Frer to all Open
from 4. N. to l2 NJ. from = to +. NJ, and from
to : l , Saturday evenings.
Irt Gditery-Open Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Justices Record in Criminal Cases.
Nice Calling Cards.

\ blank for Justice Of the Peace. Jus
Prlnt-d aud for sale at the CALIFORNIAN ot
FICE n
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lNEWI DENIAL IROOMs.'

DIR. q. r. SsTTLETON, has opened Dental
Routns IN Walkers Block Main street, and is pre-
pared do all work Of the profession in a thorough
and satisfactory manner and ~ reasonable rates
ON &c hours IRON n. u. TO p. 90n
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Gilt edged. ia boxes OF cases. very neat Jus
the thing every lady wants. CAll aud zee them
CALEDOSIAN OFFICE
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BLOCKED PAPER

Letter and Bii heads printed and blocked in the
most approved style At the CaledoniAn Office CAN
and see samples II
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GrarrIrts' 6Midr.

1t. Johnshury 4 Lake ChampIain Railroad.
July I6, 1883.
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Inc % mlNtd tIaln goes 20 Hyde Fark only
arriving at $50 p. m. Returning, leavas Hyde
Park at 5.O0 q and arrives at 81. Johnsbury at
go p.
The express train reaches Maquam at 2.2G and
the mail at I.ji y. M. Returning the mail leaves
Maquani at = b a. IN. and the mixed at 55 y. IN.
Mixed trains leave Lunenburg for St. Johnsbury
at 600 a m and iI5 p. m, arriving at s.25 a.
and so y.
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81. tJuhnsburp (alrdOnian.
G. NJ. STONE & CO.,
PU BLISHERS.

. pponte the Athenmum, ST. Johnsbury, Vt
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-10
Pioua Points

Drips plentifully from the clouds Of late.
Sickness is losing his monster grip. DR.. III
has dismissed quite a number of cases unde
care, pronouncing them out of danger.
School opened Monday by Miss Stewart, o
Yates Center.
Piqua stores arc doing quite liberal and in
creasing business, with brighter prospects a,
the half settled county becomes more densel,
settled
Mr.. Hayes store room is still progressing
Slow but sure.
The Catholic church is almost complete and
will be dedicated soon
Cy McClain is our staunch morter spreader
and the fellow who made the hand car
git going to, Adventist's camp meeting at
Humboldt with nine passengers
Mr.. Baldwin, lately Of this place, has only
two or three months work to serve ON his pre-
enption, eight miles south of Keighsley, But
Ter county.
Our village blacksmith, j. H., was matrl-
moniaily "hitched to Miss Yoham, at the
Catholic church, eight miles SOUTH west of
town; and to avoid the loud music of bells and
tin pans, John wishes everybody to smoke a
his expense. SOMETIME
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-10
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.

Republican meetings will be held
under the auspices of the county cen.
trail committee, at the following times
and places, with the speakers named:
Oct. lS-Allen Center. c Scott and j +
Henderson
Oct. l4-Geneya. 81 Stewart aad Geo Amos
Oct l4-Monteyaie. L b Pearsons, J Z Hen
derson and NJ p Jacoby
Oct l6.-Carpenter's school house. w G..
Allison, NJ p Jacoby and VIM Hankins
Oct. l6-Belfry. o Foust 4 Barber and
CT Scott
and Z Henderson.
Oct. 2l-Osage Center WV Wakefield. VIM
Hankins, and N p Jacoby.
Oct. 2l-Elsinore. o. III. Foust, q A Amos
and J Stewart
Oct. 24-Carlyle. O II Foust, Rv Blair and
NJ p Jacoby.
Oct 2f-Maple Grove, Dist. SEC \ Amos
and C r Scott.
Oct. 2S-Savonburg 4 Barber, J + Hen
derson and p Wisborg
Oct. 21-Maplc Grove, Dist No ). l. L
Pearson, VIM Hankins and j Z Henderson.
Oct. 2S-New Scotland. w. W. Wakefield,
VI Jacoby and G \ Amos.
Oct. s9-Cottage Grove, Dist. No 81. O II
Foust, J Henderson and Il Il Whitaker.
Oct SD-Sky Rocket school house. Stew
art, L Henderson and II i Whitaker.
Nov. pheasant Valley. 5 j Stewart, w G
Allison and G A Amos.
Nov. Elm Dale. o II Foust, Blair
and J L Henderson.
These meetings will begin promptly
at 40 p. m. The local committee
man and others interested will en-.
deavor to circulate the notice as eX-
tensively as possible, so that a full
turn out may be secured. Ladies are
cordially invited to attend.
By order Of the committee.
r. w. DUFFY, Gilman.
+. a. BARRIER, Sec'y.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-10
ALE NAILED.
To the Editors Of The Register::

To the Editors Of the Register:
GENTLEMEN: / understand that
one Brown, who was an attorney for
the boys Cation and Chambers, arrested
for horse stealing. has charged MT.
Fisher, deputy county attorney, with
attempting to extort money from him
for his TFisher'sl personal benefit, or in
other words, that Mr.. Fisher demand
ed of him the sum of two hundred and
sixty-five dollars; fifteen of which was
to go toward paying the costs that had
been incurred in the case, two hum
bred and fifty dollars to go to MIR.
Fisher in consideration that Fisher
would dismiss the case against the
bows. 1 also understand that other
parties who are not friendly to Mr..
Fisher are circulating the report.
Whilst L do not know, of my own
that the said Brown is the
author of the report, l am fully salts
fled that he is. / take the RESPONSE
bility on myself in the absence of Mr..
Fisher to pronounce said report o
malicious lie, and if Brown started it
he lied when he did so. further say
that if any one can state that he knows
said rumor to be true he lies; and l de-
fy either Mr.. Brown or any one else to
attempt TO prove the truth of said re-
port. u. A. AMOS,
County attorney, Allen county.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-10
PLANO AND ORGAN INSTRUCTION

Mrs. A. E. Wagaman formerly
Miss Mary A. Tyler, a graduate OF
the Georgetown, D. c., Convent, and
for several years teacher and organist
in Cleveland, Ohio, will give lessons
to limited number of pupils. Terms
reasonable. Address at Carlyle, Kan.
The Burlington Hdwkeye says
eve know Mrs. Wagaman to be a
skillful player and good teacher, and
we cordially commend her to all want
ing instructor"
VT. / ACADEMY, OF THE VIsI-)
TATIoN. July 18th, 1874.
Miss Tyler was pupil in our Acad-
envy for several years, and devoted a
great deal of her time to music. Upon
leaving she received one of the highest
premiums in the first class. We con-
slider her perfectly competent to give
lessons in this elegant accomplish
ment, and doubt not but that she will
give perfect satisfaction. We also
found her remarkably amiable in her
SISTERS OF THE VISITATION, B VM.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-10
REPLY TO FAIR PLAY.

Editor Register: In your issue of
last week appeared very unprovoked
and scurilous attack on our HOrticul-
tural Society, and as far as the parties
mentioned are concerned We should
take no notice of it, but other friends
have desired a statement in regard to
the matter.
AT Bismarck Fair / was asked the
question if we had fruit from Mrs.
Briggs orchard,n and can answer the
question now as [ did then, that we
had nothing from her place, and fufth-
er state that neither Mr.. Van Deman
or myself ever "pilfered around her or
chard or cornfield."
In regard to our making partial
statement, and in favor of members OF
the society:"-The statement was
made out and sent from the fair and I
supposed I had included all, but after
wards found that / had omitted two
names. viz: John Mcdonald and VIM.
Vaught, both of whom furnished some
of the best specimens we had, and l
am willing to make all the apologies
can for not including their names in
the first list. Only four members of
our society furnished anything in our
exhibit.
About ten days after we returned
from Topeka we were requested by the
state agent to procure some samples of
apples from this section to send TO
New Orleans, and, passing Mrs.
Briggs orchard, (near the river bridge
| went in the house and asked permits
sion to look for some samples, which
the lady at the house readily granted,
and looked through and took twelve
apples; six each of two varieties, which
/ still have on hand waiting for them
to be sent for. If Mrs. Briggs or her
attorney feels grieved about the twelve
apples, can pay for or return them to
her orchard if they so desire.
In conclusion would say to any one
who feels agfirieved in regard to the
way our exhibit was made that if they
will come to me with their statements
l will make all the amends possible;
but don't feel myself under any obli- |
cations to notice any malicious or en- |
vious ISLANDERS they may publish I'M
der q fictitious name. Our society |
aims only to benefit everyone inter-
ested in the production of more and |
better fruit, and if Mrs. Briggs and |
Mr.. "Fair Playn and every other good |
citizen would come and join us and as
sist in any and all future exhibits we
may want to make them, they may be |
able to help US bear the abuse that is |
heaped on those that strive for the
public good. 3. F. PANCoAsr,
Secretary, and one of the committee. |
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as an independent resubmission can
didate," while the REGISTER, Courdnt
and Union have you an Independent
re-submission republican candidate.
Which is correct? and If both, was
this another stroke of policy?
For myself, you may say that am
a republican in all that soord implies.
/ am proud of our ticket from Blaine
to Amos, and will vote it without a
scratch. In political campaign I
work for the interests of my party. In
the legislature, ignoring party politics,
l should endeavor to work for the best
interests of the people of Allen county.
1 am ready to answer any questions
which may be deemed of interest to
the voters of this county that you may
ask. Very respectfully,
SAM'L. j. STEWART.
P. s. I send a copy of this to the
which hope may appear
together with your answer in its next
issue. s. j. s.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The Board held their regular meet.
ing at the clerks office last Monday
Tuesday. Wednesday and THURSDAY
After allowing the usual bills. road
matters were looked after and the
surveyor ordered to survey and locate
roads upon the petition Of the follow.
ing gentlemen: John Clark, A. Har-
per, 1. Port, A. Dahlstrom and w. M.
Endicott.
In the matter of an appeal by J. O.
howard from the action of the county
superintendent in refusing to detacb
the northeast quarter of section Z. town
range 10, from school district No. 3.
ana attaching it to district No. s. the
action of the superintendent was over
titioned. pe-
In the matter of a petition by T..
Purdom that the southwest Quarter of
section 30, town q. range Is. be trans
ferred from school district No. % to
district No. 8, it was adjudged that
that part of said quarter living south
of right of way of Wichita railroad he
transferred to district No. 8 and the
balance of said quarter remain i'm dis
trict No. q.
On petition of J. c. Smith, tax on