St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-09-04

and New York, indicate that the hay
crop just harvested is nearly thirty per
cent less than last year.
An insane man named William Fer
guson jumped from the ''Flying Yam
kee' on the Eastern railroad at Rich
mond, Me-, and was thrown "a feet,
receiving but slight injuries.
An American flag has been hung
from the top of the derrick framework
on the Washington monument, $40 feet
high. This is the highest artificial
structure in the world. The monu-
ment, when completed, will be only
$50 feet high.
When Captain Cook first visited Ia
hiti the natives were using nails made
of wood, shell, bone and stone. When
they saw iron nails they fancied them
TO be shoots of wood, and, DESTROYS of
securing such valuable commodity,
they planted them in their gardens.
1t is the duty of every father to re-
member that, on the average, his boys
will have fewer ''chances in life" than
he himself secured. Let him strive to
balance things by starting his sons II
little better than he began, but always
with a healthy respect for the fathers
lesser beginnings Chicago Current.
Captain Bernard of Paris, the in
ventOr of the navigable balloon, claims
that the problem of aerial navigation
has been completely solved and is only
IA question of time and money. He
claims that he could insure a balloon
postal system as easily rs by railroad
and could construct balloons each one
of which could DAIRY 100 soldiers.
Joseph Warren, clerk in the pen
sion office at Washington, claims to
have been the originator of the repub
lican party when he was the editor of
the Detroit Tribune. One month and
one day before the so-called founding
of the party ut Strong, Me-, he called
II convention at jackson, Mich, and
named the combination of wings and
free sellers the republican party.
DR.. Koch's article on cholera is
printed in the Philadelphia Medical
Journal. The doctor, to prove that
cold weather has no effect on the
disease, says that he subjected microbes
to temperature of IA degrees Fahren
heit, and when thawed out they were
still alive. He repeats that damp
weather keeps the microbes alive,
while dry weather kills them.
The New England Telephone and
Telegraph cOmpany's report for July
shows the first loss in the total num-
Der of subscribers yet reported by any
telephone exchange company. Fifteen
subscribers were lost between July
and August |. The present output OF
telephones of the American Bell com
pany is mt the lowe ebb since the
company became well established.
Work has actually begun on the
Cape Cod ship canal. An immense
dredging machine is in operation at
Sandwich and the channel has been
partially eXcavated for a thousand feet
inland. The canal. when completed
will shorten the voyage to New York
and will also save many lives and
much property now annually lost OH
the bleak outer coast of the sandy
cape.
Judge Jacob H. Ella, auditor of the
treasury for the poStOtfice department
appointed in June, 1881, died Aug. 2Ist
! of erysipelas. Mr.. Ella served two
terms in congress from New Hamp-
shire, and was IL number of years fifth
auditor of the treasury. In 1861 he
was appointed by President Lincoln U
5. marshal of New Hampshire and
served five years. He was in his 65tl
year and leaves a widow and one son.
A prominent politician recently
while passing through the Long Point
, lunatic asylum, Canada discovered Il
lady acquaintance confined in Il ward
whom he had not seen for a consider
able length of time. On inquiry he
learned that, although perfectly sane
she had been placed there by her hus-
band, who wished to live with another
woman. Action will Immediately be
taken for the wife's release and the
punishment of her husband.
The name Republican" was first
adopted by IL Maine convention in
Franklin county, on the 9TH of August,
1854. But the origin of the party in
other states antedates the Franklin
county convention. In Michigan, on
the 9th of July, 1924, state conven-
ton had resolved to ''be known as Re-
publicans," and in Wisconsin, Yer
mont, and Massachusetts, the name
had been adopted by state conventions
on or before July 10, 1854.
The green bottle manufacturers OF
Pittsburg, Pa, have decided not to
resume operations in their factories
f until October |, one month later than
usual, on account of the dulness in
the trade. The w0rkmen, who are
anxious to return to work, will oppose
any suspension after September and
will demand 10 per cent increase in
their wages to compensate them fOl
the loss of work. The Pittsburg win
dow glass factories will all start in q
week.
The will of the late Bishop Matthew
, Simpson has been admitted to pro.
bate. 1t bequeaths to the trustees OF
the Methodist Episcopal church one
seventh of his estate in trust for the
endowment of an Episcopal chair fol
the bishop who shall reside in Phila
delphia, provided that including thi,
bequest, the sum of S50,000 shall bt
subscribed for this purpose before the
meeting of the hext general confer
ence. The remainder of the estate
| valued at 100000, is bequeathed t.
the bishops wife and children.
w. H. H. Murray is keeping TEN
perance restaurant in Montreal.
, correspondent says it was opened by 4
band of ladies, of whom Mr. Murray
sister was the leading spirit until she
was taken ill, when he stepped in an,
took her place as manager. He ii
making it not only a financial success
lint n nnNUar for GOOD amnnU tIa