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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-03

The nitro glycerine house Of the Rapanno
Chemical works at Thompson's Point N J.,
opposite Chester, Pa, exploded on the Goth. It
lie supposed to have been caused by too much
hest generated by nitric acid The six occu-
pants Of the building were seen to rush for the
door and were damned in passage when the
explosion occurred All were instantly killed.
Their bones were broken and twisted and their
we're: Ismot Dupont VICE president Of TIE
company; w. N. Hill, superintendent; Mr. Nor
cross, compounder Of dynamite; George Nor.
ton, employe; Lewis Lay, employe; A. s. Ack-
erSon, chemist, St Louis.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-03

Canadian politics seem to be more pro-
life Of immortality than American.
Charges Of bribery, corruption and SIM
liar offences are banded about with .
vim almost unknown this side the line,
and in too many cases, with good foun-
dation.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-03

Wheat, No. 2, S71Sc Corn, No. 2, Sc Oats,
No. 2, sec; white, &@S7c. Rye, No l, 6Sslcc..
Barley, No. 2, 6506511c. Pork, $17S5. Lard,
$3.50. Hams, 12(91211c. Live hogs, s. S59
&6 *
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-03
Personal News Notes.

Mrs. Rosa Boner died suddenly in her pew in
church at New Haven during the sermon.
Samuel s. Beach, Chicago's oldest printer,
is dead He settled there in 1888 and made a
fortune out of his trade.
George W. Childs, of the Philadelphia Ledger,
whose income is $45O, 900 per annum, has 100,
600 trade dollars which he hopes the govern
ment will redeem at par.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-03
Postal Changes.

-Postofices established:
Iowa-villanova,C Clinton county; Yankee. Clay
county Minnesota, Aabye, Norman county;
Saint Anna, Stearns county.
Name Changed-Dakota, Spaulding, Hamlin
county, to Dempster. Iowa, Scranton Station,
Green county, to Scranton City.
Discontinued Dakota: Dean, Hand county;
mail to Sweetland
Postmasters Commissioned-LewisL Whee-
lock, Owatonna, Mimi
New Ofices-Dalbo, 1santi county, MINI
Postmaster's new bonds accepted March %
Clarence L Lorrainer Otisco, Waseca county,
Adam Bishman
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-03

Shepard 4 Bsbcock Of Chicago has failed.
North Maine woods have six feet Of snow on I
level
Birmingham, Ala, i to have 100000 cot
ton min
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-03

4 New York servant threw bunch Of paper
containing Mrs. Buokley's 900 diamond ear.
rings il tie toAf ttove. Sitting the ashes found
than uafAI but ttW settings wer6 melted
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-03

Wheat No. 2, Chicago spring, $500 86%c;
No. 8, Chicago spring, nc Corn, 5l1954c
Oats, 29A(033c. Barley, 62@64c. Pork, cash
$17 S0@$1z85. Lard, cash $930@$a35
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-03

take in all the situation at one time and
viewed the horses getting to place, the
swinging harness, and the men sliding
down the pole with huge delight, giving
vent to number of "hows." The
hitching process was repeated for their
benefit, and their eyes concentrated
upon the sliding poles, which they
seemed to regard with the greatest in
terest, One Bull saying, Look man on
IRON" The chiefs horse, which was
unattended but went to its place ready
for hitching, also delighted them. The
hook and ladder truck was then run out
and the fireman put on top of OLeary's
packing house. The last visit was to
the fire alarm room, where they were
allowed to pull box prepared for them
and see the blows come in on the gong
and repeater and examine the internal
working of the boxes, and also the bat
terry room where the subtle agent is
prepared. Sitting Bull in reply to q
question as to what he liked best, said !:
"All of it, like everything" The Indi-
ans went to church dutifully in the
morning and we're pestered by sight
seers, as usual, throughout the day and
evening.
The house of Mr.. Rolfe, near Pine
City, burned, the inmates seeking refuge
from the terrible blizzard in the smoke
house, where they nearly persisted.
The Grand hotel difficulty at Fergus
Falls has been settled by the purchase
Of Chamberlin g. Co.'s interest. This
includes the settlement ofau claims up
on satisfactory basis. The continued
running of the hotel is regarded as an
assured fact.
Hon. j. A. Leonard Of Rochester,
writes that he will soon leave Leith,
Scotland, to assume his duties as United
States consul in Calcutta. His family
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01
The Robin.

The robin | admire less than the
bluebird, perhaps because he is the
most arrant thief alive, and not only
steals my cherries and gormandizes on
my choicest awberries all summer.
but also comes in the fall to pick holes
in my grapes and ruin the rich clusters
as fast as they attempt to ripen. One
cannot help feeling Il prejudice against
fowl of this sort, and am not asham-
ed to say that have often mounted
guard over my grape vines with shot
gun, and pOtted his race by scores, es-
pecially as when fattened by a seasons
high living, he makes a most excellent
pie. But his arrant thieving apart. he
does not impress me particularly well
in the spring. He comes between the
bluebird and the song sparrow. and
while he shows not the adventurous
courage of the one, his Representation
is much less assured than that of the
other. He comes to You, indeed, with
all the confidence in life, and You shall
hear, on his arrival, his song of prom
Use ringing out in style which causes
the less sonorOus thruated bluebird
to retire to u quieter location. But
good, mild weather is not ordinarily to
be found i'll his train.
Though three times large as the
bluebird he is not more hardy, and
have seen him esconced in the corner
of a houses gable, under the corner of
the roof, during a two-days' storm late
in the winter. with the spirit all drained
out of him, the most miserable and de-
spondent of birds. He is a despotic
creature also. / see him continually
on my lawn i'll the spring attacking and
driving away the bluebirds, chipping
sparrows and other birds that venture
near him, and quarreling and seolding
with every creature that comes near his
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01
Home Teaching.

Let parents teach their children the
duty and pleasure of prayer. One of
the most hallowed aud precious memo
ries that can ever be cherished in the
human heart is the memory of the
prayers learned in childhood at
mothers knee. They should he re-
peated, accompanied by wise instruc-
ton, until their spirit, like an angel of
light, becomes resident in the heart.
That memory will never fade. 1t is
related that President Adams, after he
had become an old man and was famous
throughout two continents, was ac-
customcd to bow humbly in his bed
chamber before retiring, and reverent-
~ repeat those simple childish petit
tions that he had learned long years
before at his mothers knee. Parents,
give YOUR children the memory of
prayeriul childhood. and by so doing
you may give them that which, rs has
CHANGED in Il thousand instances, will
save them when nothing else will, in
the midst of the arduous tolls, dangers.
and whirling temptations of the com
ing years. Neglect to give them this
say to them by your negligence and
prayerIess example that all this is
needless and vain. and who can won
der if, in after years, they become per
manently careless, irreligious, prayer
less, irrevercnt, profane, and dissolute.
They will but follow the bent given
them in the most impossible and crit
zeal period of their lives, by the most
powerful of all purely human inhuen-
ces - the influences of father and
mother Morning Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01

nest Nevertheless, country life would
be dull without him. His song is mag
nificent, and it does one good to see
the pride he takes in it, ANA his ruddy
breast and martial perpendicularity of
of bearing make him brilliant object
upon the well-kept turf of green lawns
and dOoryards. He is a terror to
worms and grabs also, when he cannot
get any cherries or strawberries, and
never tire of seeing him catch them.
He takes short and grateful run over
the ground, with his feet fairly twink
ling-for all the world just as grace
fnl woman, picking up her skirts,
glides swiftly into the house from a
Sudden dOwn-pour of rain-then he
pauses abruptly, and. with head cooked
on one side, listens to the worm NOV
ing in the earth. An instant's intent
ness locates his prey to his mind. He
hops to the spot, jabs his beak savagely
into the earth three or four times, and
phAiS buL Il sitdt Niatt hOohiiidAi'h'
or glistening writhing thing, which
he beats to death and calmly swallows,
wiping his bill on the grass afterward,
like the well-bred gentleman that he
is. | think, but cannot prove it, that
his short runs on the turf-which he
accomplishes with considerable stamp
ing of his diminutive feet are intend
ed to alarm the worms. They, hear
ing the sound above them, make haste
to escape, and he, hearing their move
ments, is enabled thereby to discover
and make an end of them. If this is
not so, and the worms are constantly
moving in the ground, why does he
give himself the trouble of all his eX
ertiOn, instead of prowling carefully
about and examining every foot of his
territory That he gets at his prey is
10y hearing is evident. What sense
he must have, and what quantities of
worms it brings him | have often
wished were thus gifted, after digging
over vast areas of ground unavailingly
for bait to go fishing with.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01

There is no use in putting up the
motto "God bless our home" if the
father is cross old bear, and the
spirit of discourtesy and rudenesS is
taught by parents to children, and by
the older to the younger. There is no
use in putting up the motto, "The
Lord will provide" while the father is
Shiftless, the boys refuse to work, and
the girls busy themselves over gew-
gaws and finery. There is no use in
puttiug up the motto 'The greatest of
these is charity" while the tongue of
the backbiter ways in the family, and
silly gossip is dispensed at the tea
table. There Is no use in placing up
cnnspicuOusly the motto "The liberal
man devisteh liberal things while the
money chinks in the pockets of the
''hcad of the household" grOaning to
get out and see the light of day, and
there are dollars and dimes for wine,
tobacco and other luxuries, but posi-
lively not one cent for the church. In
how many homes are these notices
Standing-let us say hanging sar-
casms which serve only to point jest
and adorn satire! The beauty of
quiet lives, of trustful, hopeful and
tree-handcd, free-hearted, charitable
lives, is one of surprising loneliness,
and those lives shed their own incOm-
parable fragrance, and the world know
where to find them. And they still
remain fresh and fadeless when the
cOlors of the pigment and floss have
faded, and the frames have rotted
away their JOINTS HalleIt's F lmily
Magazine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01
Girls, Read This.

"lf were Il girl" said well known
New England clergyman recently, 81
wouldn't parade too much i'll public
places" He mentioned IA number of
other things he would not do. He
would not think too much about dress.
or about parties, or about fashionable
society. But in regard to the folly of
parading in public places he was par
ticularly emphatic. A good many girls
acquire the habit of parading the
streets before they comprehend how
Objectionable it is. Their motive at
first is simply amusement; afterwards
they like thus to draw upon them.
selves the notice of others. But notice
so attracted is seldom respectful, and
the very young man who will look ad
miringly at the girl he meets under
such circumstances, will probably re
joice in his own heart that his sister is
not among them. There is too much
of this sort of thing in many of our
smaller towns and villages, and we are
glad that the practice has been public
ly denounced from the pulpit n. Y.
Ledger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01
A sIeeping-Car Episode.

An invalid gentleman and his wife
towards midnight the patient awOke
with a severe pain in his back, and
asked his wife to apply mustard
plaster as quickly as possible. The
latter at once got the plaster ready,
and then ran TO the other end of the
carriage to warm it at the lamp to
make it draw all the better. Return
ing to her sick husband, the little
woman unfortunately went to the
wrong section, which happened to be
occupied by stout wine merchant,
who was fast asleep. She quickly drew
the curtain, lifted the bedclOthes, and
in twinkling ciapped the plaster on
the travellers back. At that moment
the sick husband called out from his
berth, "Mary what long time you
are " Now the poor woman first be-
came aware of her terrible mistake.
Hurrying t. her husband, she told him
in whisper what she had done. The
poor sufferer could not help laughing
in spite of his pain, and he laughed
until his pain had left him. Then all
was still for a while, until suddenly
loud cries and imprecations were heard
proceeding from the wine traveller,
"HerrgOttsmillione ndOnnerwetterta
What is that have got on my back :?
Himmel-bOmben granaten elements
dOnnerund Hangelwetter Whew, how
it burns! Water! Fire All! Oh I!
my back The bed is on fire !"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01
ReIiaions Readinq.
How To Do Good.

A young girl, in one of those mo-
ments when the heart seems to over
flow with devotion, wrote thus in her
Journal .If dared | would ask God,
why am placed in the world; what |
have to do. know not my days are
idly spent, and do not even regret
them. If | might but do some good to
myself, or another, if only for the short
space of minute in each day ~ A
few days later, when in calmer mood
she re-read these lines, she added,
"Why, nothing is easier | have but
to give "A cup of cold water to one of
Christ's little ones" Yes, even SO
small gift us that, but given in Gods
name, may lie of service, and gives
you the right to hope for a reward in
heaven. Even less than that: word
of advice something lent to another !;
little veXation patiently borne; n
prayer for friend. offered to God the
fault OF thOughtessness or mistake Of
another repaired without his knowl-
edge God will recOmpense it all Il
thousand fold From Gold Dust.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01
Temperance Chips.

Nasty says of prohibition in Maine :
ut was bad for the bar-keeper, but it
proved the salvation of the butcher
The Des Moines Register says /:
The experiments being made with
High Licpnce in Iowa as Il temperance
method are fast proving what cheat
it is"
Senator Ingalls, of Kansas declares
that the prOhibitory law of that state
has greatly lessened the use of liquor,
and Is more popular now than at the
time of its adoption.
'Prevention is ten Thousand times
better than an attempted cure. If you
save drunkard you save a wreck and
il remnant. God help us to protect
our boys aud girls from becoming
wrecks."-[Theo. l.. Cuyler.
Among the appointments of Il recent
elegant State dinner, given by Presi-
dent Arthur at the White House in
honor of his Cabinet, were six wine
glasses at each plate.
DIR. Plumb had good text for his
recent temperance address at the First
church. AT the gate of the house
Where he was entertained he stumbled
across drunken man. License does
not prohibit.
Among those exposed to cholera in
the East. it has been repeatedly
observed that those who have been ac-
customed to the use OF liquor, even in
"A moderate degree, have been first at
tackled and surest to die.
The prince of Montenegro, short
time since, issued an order closing all
the drinking places in his dominions.
aud the emperor of Japan has appoint
ed commission to consider methods
Of achieving the same results. Let's
see, Vermont helps to send missiona
ries 70 these countries, doesn't she 2
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01

AT THE LAST THREE NATIONAL CON
MENTIONS.

We give below, as of interest foi
reference at this time, lists of the dele
cations sent by Vermont to the last
three national conventions of the re-
publican party:
1880: Delegates at large, ex-Gov.
j. Gregory Smith, Hon. Frederick Bill
lings, ex-GOv. John w. Stewart and
Col. George w. Hooker. First district
delegates, Gen. }. q. Mccullough of
Bennington and l.. Bart Cross, Esq, OF
Montpelier. Second district, Col. John
B. Mead of Randolph and Hon. Henry
c. Belden of st. Johnsbury. Third
district, Hon. g. q. Benedict of Bur-
lingtOn and Hon. c. S. Page of Hyde
park.
1876: Delegates at large, Luke p.
Poland, w. 6. Veazey, George Howe,
George II. Bigelow. First district
VI. 5. ColbuIu, F. E. Woodbridge
Second district-W. c. French, r.
Farnham. Third districts. p. Car
penter, }. l.. Mason.
1872, At large--John Gregory Smith,
Horace Fairbanks, b. H. Steele, 6
w. Grandey; First district-G. A.
Futile, George Nichols. Second dis
trict-J. Hutchinson, w. Harris, Jr
Third diStrict-GeO. Wilkins, Lawrence
Barnes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01
Missionary Pennies.

There is no place where Il penny is
supposed to be SO large among coins
as in a contribution box. Five cents
is the minimum for gift to a child, IL
gratuity to Il street-sweeper or organ
grinder, or a bargain at II popcorn or
peanut staul. The penny stood for Il
real value in the days of our grand
fathers but long ago it was dropped
out of use merged in the larger coins
for every other use than the mission
AIRY cause. 1T is high time that its
mythical value as an offering to the
Lords treasury We're exploded. Let
the children he called on to contribute
their five and ten cents To any good
cause. Don't talk to them in this con-
nection of coin they never think of
in any other.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01

SPRING TIME.-This season of the
year touches my spirit always with Il
sense of newness, of strangeness, of
resurrection. 1t shoots boyhood again
into the blood OF middle age. That
That tender greening of the black
bough and the red field; that coming
again of the new-old flowers; that re-
birth OF love in all the family of birds,
with cooiugs and caressingS, and build
ing of nests in wood and brake that
strange glory of sunshine i'll the air !;
that stirring of life i'll the green mould
making even churchyards beautiful, -
seems like the creation of new world
- Alexander Smith.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01
PATENTS.


r. H. + d d Y.
No. 10 State Street, opposite Kilby Street Boston
Secures patents in the United States; also in
Great Britain, France and other foreign countries
Copies of the claims of any Patent furnished by
RENTING dollar. Assignments recorded at
Washington. No agency IA the United States pos
superior facilities for obtaining Patents or
dceTtdining the pdtentdbilj:y Of intentions. X. H.
EDDY, Solicitor of Patents
ESTIMONIALS.
Il regard Mr.. Eddy one of the most success tul
and capable practitioners with whom | have had
official intercourse. CHAS. MASON
Commissioner of Patents.
Inventors cannot employ person more trust
worthy or more capable of securing for them an
early and favorable consideration at the Patent OF
ce."-EDMUND BURKE, late Commissioner OF
Patents"
Boston, October 10 1876
X. II. EDDY, Esq.-Dear Sir; you procured for
me, in 1870, my first patent. Since then you have
acted for and advised me in hundreds of cases and
procured many patents, reissues and extensions
have occasionally employed the best agencies in
New York, Philadelphia and Washington but
still give you almost the whole of my business in
your line and advise others to employ YOU
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER.
Boston, Jan. l. l5s4-1v
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01
A Snake Story.

Talking about snakes food, | once
heard story told me by a Spanish
teacher, living in this city, which takes
the cake. He said that one day while
hunting in Brazil, his guide came rush
ing back and told the party to be care
full, for in front of them was a snake
sixty feet in length. The snake had
just finished eating a deer, but had
been unable to swallow the horns, and
they were still sticking out of the
snakes mouth. The gentleman said it
was common thing in South America
for snakes to eat deer, and when the
antlers refused to go down into the
stomach, the snake would 90 and lie
i'll the sun and let the acid from its
stomach work on the horns and dis
solve them. This monster snake was
very likely performing this act when
the hunting party came on him. They
advanced cautiously and were about to
tire when the snake sprang forward
and struck the guide in the breast with
the stays horns and crushed him into
IL jelly. Before the snake could repeat
this playful little pastime bullet from
one of the guns of the party killed
him. He was coiled up and carried by
the party to the nearest town and ship
ped to Rio, where he is still on exhibit
ton; the antlers are yet in his mouth,
so the Spanish teacher told me. This
story weakens You, does it Going ?
Won't you take some snake food with
you? No? Well, good day. Call
again, and III try to sell you IA snake"
- Baltimore American.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01

"If the temperance reform ever
reaches the goal of its aspirations, it
will reach it precisely in the way in
which other reforms have succeeded
through successive stages of devel-
opment. 1t cannot leap to its ultimate
at single bound."- Rochester paper.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01
Ayers Sarsaparilla

for Rheumatism, with entire success and,
after careful observation, declares that, in
his belief, there is no medicine in the world
equal to it for the cure of Liver Disorders,
GOut, the effects of high living, Salt
Rheum, Sores, ErnptiOns, and all the
various forms of blood diseases.
We have Mr.. LELAND's permission TO invite
all who may desire further evidence in regard
to the extraordinary curative powers OF
AYERS SAKsAPARILLA to see him person
ally either at bis mammoth Ocean Hotel,
Long Branch. or at the popular Leland Hotel,
Broadway, 9th and 2Sth Streets. New York.
Mr.. LELAND's extensive knowledge of the
good done by this unequalled eradicator of
blood poisons enables him to give inquirers
much valuable information.
PREPARED BY
DR.. &c. Aver & Co. Lowell, Mass.
6o'a nv all Druggists; 81, six bottles for IS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01

Clara, an eleven-years-Ol daughter
of Rodolphus Briggs of Weston, while
in her fathers mill, had her dress
caught by the upright shaft running
from the turbine water wheel and was
thrown violently around in "A circle
several times, hitting against the gate
She was horribly mutilated, and lived
but an hour after the accident.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-01

Families living in Chelsea haze seven
representatives in the Christian minis
try; four in the medical profession and
one preparing to enter it; three in the
legal profession and two preparing to
enter it. Five ladies married minis
tiers and report says that another is
a candidate for a minister's right hand.
One Young lady is IA missionary in
foreign land lChristian Messenger.