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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-07-09

And every other day you will
find me at home and ready and
willing to sell you a good bill
of goods for as little money as
anyone in Vermont. Come
and getyour haying tools, Paris
green, fruit cans, and
OTHER SEASONABLE GOODS,
as well as the 1901 other arti-
Giles which are always in season
My store is filled with goods
and everything will be sold at
lowest living price and Salts
faction guaranteed every time
or money will be refunded. .
What Can BE Fairer D.?
| intend always to keep on
hand a good assortment of
everything needed to eat, drink
or wear and invite everybody
to call and see goods, compare
myprices with others and then
buy where you can buy cheap
est, quality considered. Call
or write for prices on anything
you may need. Thanking all
my customers for their liberal
patronage TINS far remain,
YOURS TRULY,
e. T.. WOODS.
PassumDsic Vt
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-07-09

Sauce for the goose is sauce for the
ganderr In answer to a demand of
gentlemen from Arizona that the In
dams of the San Carlos reservation he
disarmed, as that measure would like
~ prevent an impending conflict be
tween the Indians and whites, Com
missioner Atkins proposed that the
boys also lie disarmed, and then
proceeded to expound his views upon
the Indian question at some length.
He said he failed to see any reason why
the COW boys should carry arms when
the Indians were disarmeh, aud added
that it was entirely improper for any
person, white, black, or red, to be per-
mitted TO ride around the country with
a Winchester rifle and army revolver
free to shoot any one on sight.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-07-09

Kansas City has the booming fever
again. The city covers four square
miles and claims 10000 people and is
proposing to take in IA more miles of
surrounding prairie to accommodate "A
hoped for population of 900.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-07-09
Ghe Gatedunian.
st. .rohn-bury. VT, Thursday, July 8. 1855.

The murder of "A family at railroad
crossing near Boston Friday is but
another argument against allowing
highways anywhere to cross a railroad
track at grade. The wonder is that
more people are not killed at these
murderous places, although little
watch of the daily press would con
vince any one that the list already is
appalIingly long. The sacrifice of all
these lives is simply to save few dol
lars in expense in putting either the
highway above or below the railroad.
In England no travelled road is per
mitted to cross railroad at grade.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-07-09

The coat cut for Hiram Atkins by
the Rutland Herald just fitted him, as
every one can see in last weeks Argus.
1t makes no difference whether Atkins
pens the stuff himself or allows it done
by the dirty BLACKBOARD who does his
editorial work-it is "skunk journal
ism" all the same.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-07-09

The action of the Woman's Christian
temperance union i'll Ohio, looking to
the defeat of republican candidates for
the legislature who favor taxation of
the liquor traffic instead prohibition,
is making the Western republican or
gans nervous, and they call the union
"a democratic side-shOw." All the
signs point to close fight for the con-
troll of the next Ohio legislature.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-07-09

The last OOnueUuiout iUeiels.t'.'~
enacted law prohibiting noisy dem
constructions on the night of July Sd,
which had its first practical trial last
week Friday, aud the peaceful citizen
was able to sleep without disturbance
from the fish horn, the cannon and the
fire-cracker. About 30 persons were
arrested at Bridgeport for violating
this law. The feeling against Judge
Slade, it's author, is very bitter among
certain classes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-07-09

While the number of business fail
nres for the first half of this year is
larger than for the same period last
year, the liabilities are three tifths
less.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-07-09
REPORT

or the condition of The LyndonViiIe Ma
~ tiOnal Bank. AT LyndoDville in the State of
Vermont, at the close of business the LIST day of
July 1855.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
Cruel Liquidation In Australis.

The colony of Victoria, Australia, is
not quite educated to the standard of
Sir Wilfrid Lawson IN the matter of
the "drink traffic - Still it is in the
saving way of grace. The Australian
lives in a hot climate, and heat pro-
notes thirst; so they are not going to
abolish "drinking' altogether. It is
felt, however, that four hotels thou
sand, ought to satisfy even a thirsty
population, and in places where men
congregate that will be an extra
licensed house for every five hundred
of the population. Moreover, they are
going to abolish barmaids. Barmaids,
as the Shaker lady observed of the
male sex, are snare-at least so they
think in Australia. The young impu1-
sive topper drinks more than is good for
him that he may win the smile of
beauty and enjoy longer conversation
with Hebe at the beer-engine. Nobody
wants to tlirt with a male bartender
or yearns for the badinage of potboy.
But whether the wicked person who
flirts and drinks is worse than he who
only drinks is a point upon which
some people will differ from the legis-
lators of Victoria, Australia.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
4 GERMAN ASTHMAcVRI
Swedish Mannors.

One great popularity of travelling
In Sweden is the extreme quiet and
lack of furry. The Swedish are a
taciturn and noiseless people. They
do much by signs, and never shout; a
Swedish crowd makes singularly little
sound. Swedes, even of the lowest
class, never push or jostle. 1t is the
custom to do so much bowling and
hat-lifting that one is obliged to move
more slowly than in England to give
time for all this courtesy. When a
train leaves platform, or a steamboat
pier, all the lookers-on lift their hats
to the departing passengers and bow
to them, a compliment returned by the
travellers. If you address the poorest
person in the street you must lift your
hat. A gentleman passing a lady on
the stairs of a hotel must do tho same
To enter shop or bank with ones
hat OH is terrible breach of good
manners. If you enter or leave a
coffee-room You must bow to all
occupants. Passengers ON board the
little steamers which ply about
Stockholm invariably raise their hats
to the occupants of any other boat
which passes near them. The very
men in charge of the locks on the
canal bow politely to the sailors as the
the boats go through. Imagine
English bargees indulging in such
amenities!-LondOn Society.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
Beethoven's Eccentricities.

In 1916 Beethoven began to keen
house, and 4 sad kind Of home he had.
He Vas Ike : child in the hands Of SCR
wants and landlords, and rarely found
himself at peace with either. He con-
stantly changed his lodgings, and sell
dom had time to get things settled In
Q house before it was necessary to move
again. It was seldom that . servant
staid more than few weeks. and the
house frequently took care Of itself.
His room was generally . model Of
confusion. Letters strewed the floor,
and the remains of his last meal,
sketches Of his music, books and pic
lures covered the chairs and tables.
Sometimes it would be weeks before
he could discover manuscript which
he sorely needed. He broke nearly
everything he touched, and sometimes
upset the ink in the piano. He loved
to battle, and frequently would stand
pouring water over his hands, shouting
his music; if any musical idea occurred
he would rush to the table and note it
down, splashing the water over every
thing in the room. Every day, what
ever the weather, Beethoven took q
long walk; he had his favorite haunts
around the city. and nearly all his
musical ideas came to him in the woods
or meadows, amid the trees, the rocks,
and the flowers. He was never with
out little book in which he wrote
down any thought which seized him;
and then at home the thought would
grow into q song or symphony:
He was quiet and rapt when at the
piano; but we are told that when con-
Quoting an orchestra, his movements
were violent. At the dinainue,,do he
would gradually crouch lower and low
er, till he dropped entirely out of sight,
rising slowly during the crescendo.
when he would almost jump into the
air. With his pupils he had the sweet
est patience, repeating the correction
over and over again; he would always
forgive a wrong note, but woe to the
unlucky pupil who failed to give the
right expression to a phrase or bar,
for this the master thought indicated q
lack of SOUL and this he would not for
give.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
A Scientific Novelty.

A Berlin school contains at present
scientific novelty of particular atten-
ton, namely, monster movable globe,
made of copper, the work of blind
clock maker, on the construction of
which the energetic man spent seven
teen. years of his life. The globe which
represents earth, turns on its own axis
by means of mechanism. An artificial
moon moves round the globe in twenty
eight days and six hours, while a nova
BILE metal band, on which the hours
are marked, indicates the mean time in
the different parts of the earth. Round
the upper part Of this immense globe
which wei CHS ton and half and
measures 126 feet in diameter, spins q
railroad car Capable of holding six
persons), which serves to give better
view of the North Pole. The painting
of the globe is done in oil, and necessi-
tated the employment of two men dur
ing one entire year. The sun is repre-
sented by an apparatus lighted by
an intense Drummond calcium light,
which enables the spectator to catch
the origin and change of the different
portions of the day, and early dawn,
the twilight ecllpses of the sun and
moon, etc. Scientific Monthly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
Cuban Girls.

The Cuban senorita is rather small,
quite plump, has raven black hair
plenty of it, and large black eyes,
which she knows how to use. From
the fact that girls are so strictly sepa-
rated from the boys at school and
other public pluces it follows that q dis
trust of the other sex is instilled into
the youthful mind. No woman can 60
on the street alone. She must have a
scrawny female companion and two or
three servants. Even the lover cannot
see his Dulcinea alone. He must do
his counting in the presence of one or
more ancient ladies', who watch every
smile and hear every expression of en-
dearment. Occasionally these love-
sick creatures steal to q corner and in
dulge in . little decorous embracing.
The Cuban girl makes an affectionate
wife. As is usual in hot climates she
looses her beauty early and makes the
ugliest old woman On the two hemis-
pheres.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
Ono Egg for Ten Poodle.

One egg for ten guests is the pattern
at the California ostrich farm, says the
Cincinatti Herald and Presbyter: Zone,
two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten,' said Dwight Whiting, count
ing the guests he had invited to spend
the day at the ostrich farm with him.
II guess that one egg will be enough"
Having given utterance to this express
sion he wended his way to the paddock,
and soon brought to the house an os-
trich egg. For . whole hour it was
boiled, and though there was then
some misgiving as to its being cooked
the shell was broken, for curiosity
could no longer be restrained, and q
three-pound hard boiled egg laid upon
the plate. But aside from its size
there il nothing peculiar about it. The
white had the blush tinge seen in the
duck egg, and the yolk was one Of u.s.
ual color. 1t tasted Is it looked like
q duck egg and had no favor pecu-
liar to itself. But II vas immense! As
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

April came, and brought letters from
Bob, telling me that the house was
progressing, and asking frequent ad-
wise - to the building operations.
Shortly before the, 10th Of May We
were advised that the house was COM
pleted. and drawing Of It was enclosed.
The contractor was to be paid when
we took possession. You had better
come on to see about the ploughing!'
Bob wrote. So we picked up, and I
sent the goods and furniture on. We
followed later. was prepared to find
the country looking different in May
from what It had in February. but as
we rode up from Pittsfield I could not
locate my farm. Shaw welcomed us,
and the next morning took us out to
the farm.
'.Well, l will not try to describe my
feelings. To my surprise, indignation
and disgust he pointed out to me Lake
Pontoosuc, and with boisterous laugh
ter told me that had been the victim
of q practical joke, and had actually
bought the ice-covered lake for a
farm.
:. But the cottage?' Iasked, and he
drove me directly to place in the
village, where l found my furniture
awaiting me. It was nice house and
the $3.50 that l had paid Keller was the
rent of it for year. The new house,
.and contract was only part of the
joke. It seems that Bob had promised
to amuse Lanesborongh people by SELL
ing the lake to the young New Yorker,
and he had carried it out to his entire
satisfaction and great delight. 1885,
eve spent two summers up there,
and enjoyed it hugely. Bob never got
tired OF talking to me about my fine
farm, and would frequently come in to
advise me about blowing field. drain
ing, moving and fertilizing. The two
patches of woods were two little islands
in that lovely sheet of water, and we
had several picnics out there, with
rowing and fishing to our hearts con-
tent. In j. E. A. Smiths History of
Pitts6eld'' there is a very feeling re-
ference to Keeler's sale of the lake.,
and the matter is still laughed about in
Berkshire
"And the cholerap'
ut never came up there. Cholera
germs could not exist in the air that
Bob Shaw disturbed by his frequent
laughter at the expense of the Gotham
lawyer what bought ninety acres of
water!'' .-.,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
TRICKS on THE TRAcKs,

Oaaeofs Hren Witch Ensinsers save tha
Public and Themselves.
The Railway Rsvisw.
One who IL accustomed 70 railway
travelling can scarcely realize how
much he Is dependent for safety upon
the engineer. Added to the responsi-
bility Of their station. engineers are
also in constant danger Of accidents
caused BY the tricks Of Jealous rivals.
This rivalry, it IL said, sometimes
prompts to the doing Of utterly mean
tricks. A Nickel Plato engineer after
his very first trip was laid of because
he had ''cut OUT all the bearings Of
his engine. He was re-instated, how
ever, after he proved that some rival
had filled his oiling can ,eith emery.
Another new engineer was suspended
or burning out the fues of his boiler.
Through grief at the loss Of his position
he died, and then conscience-stricken
rival confessed that he had nut oil Il,
the tank so that it foamed and showed
water at the top gauge, when in reality
there was scarcely quart in the
boiler!
These intense jealousies, together
with the terrible anxiety incident to
their work, has terribly straining
effect on the nerve, and statistics tell
us that, though Locomotive Engineers
may look strong and vigorous, they
are not all hearty class. Ex-Chief
Engineer A. S. Hampton. Indianapolis,
Ind, Div. 143) was one of those ap-
parently hearty men, but he SAYS {:
THE anxiety, strain and jolting came,
near finishing me- His sufferings
localized in catarrh of the bladder, but
he used Warmers safe cure faithfully
for twenty weeks and now exclaims
II am we'll man." T. S. Ingraham,
of Cleveland, Ohio, Assistant Chief
engineer, and other prominent men,
bers are also emphatic in it's praise.
The Locomotive Engineers Brother
hood has 1900 members and 240
divisions. Its headquarters is in
Cleveland, Ohio, where Chief Engineer
Arthur for twenty years has exercised
almost dictatorial sway. It was or
gained in August, 1868, oy the en-
ployees of the Michigan Central. It
has given nearly two million dollars to
the widows and orphans of deceased
members.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

THE BEST WINE LIANT.
For skilful Nasure wrought her very best;
Turning the sunshine into hues Of blood,
Bringing the npened clustsrss to Be
pressed
But this the Master brings: His silent eve
Nuahee the sunshine 81 lettering year:
BE still, o guests, TOR Heaven ispasslng BY
Bow down, 0 Nature. for your God 4
Sweet -. xsr Ills He words, whom DER themoun-
He breathed hi. benedictions on the air:
Waxing HcI He 'leepins angels Faith and
Bidding them sing sway Ii. grief and
And yet methiaks He speaks in sweeter
Ont Of the shadow Of the nearing c-os.
1eihnE OF mansions and the Heavenly
Which soon ,hall recompen.e for earthly
The good, the better, and tho last the best,
:, THIS 10 the order Of the Masters wine;
Aore.than the yesterdays to-days are blest,
Ano mes to-morrows may be moro d.
And what beyonda All, eye hath neve,
seen,
Ear hath not heard the wonders tina,
await;
Esrth's lights are paling shadows to the
sheen
OF untold glories just within the gate!
We ibid" Thee, Master, come and be on,
guestl !
Lies common things Thou turnest into
wine;
Our cares, our woes, our bitter tears are
blest, ~. -.
II only Thou dost "cause Thy face t.
shinew
From Good Words.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

A very common mistake or fault is
committed by farmers in permitting all
kinds of stock to run together in one
yard or enclosure. Horses. colts :
which are frisky creatures bulls, cows,
sheep, pigs, and fowls all run in one
yard or field. The horses worry the
colts; the colts chase the cows and
sheep; the cows hook the colts; the
bulls gore the horse; the pigs worry the
COWS and sheep. and often destroy the
newborn calves and lambs; the fowls
and ducks are trampled on, and there
Is Z sad time Ill around.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
Twice Married.
/ love her deeply and devotedly. Or
is it devotedly and deeply.

Hove her deeply and devotedly. Or
is it devotedly and deeply:
What matters?
We are all in all to one another. We
live but for our love. The occupation
by which I gain my bread becomes
daily more distasteful to me. madly
plunge at my hat and coat the moment
the hour of release arrives.
/ can hardly be passingly civil to my
employer. Happily, though, as yet
have not struck him. .
It is the same with my Matilda, so
she tells me. She counts the long,
leaden, weary hours that we perforce
must spend apart.
She says her work, too, is distaste-
full to her. She says, though, that it is
not only for herself she has to work,
but for her mother, an invalid, for
whom the doctor has prescribed q
warmer climate.
Ny Matilda is q postmistress, but
her mothers board and lodging in the
warmer climate are dreadful drags up
on the poor girl. ''Courage! Cour-
age!' cry; ''what is enough for one
is enough for two.' Stay-will it be
enough for three also? I had not
thought of this before.
My employer and have exchanged
words. Nay, blows also have passed
between US and kicks. 1t matters not
now who got them. feel much hurt.
1 am without employment. The
world is before me and the newspapers
are full of advertisements, but there
does not seem to be any special demand
for my services. At present my only
means of support are what Matilda can
lend me, after providing for her moth
er. It seems what was enough for one
has now to do for three.
1 cant see anything in the papers
that will at all suit me. What want,
it appears to me, is more change of air
than anything else. mention this to
Matilda and she weeps. I must say
Matilda has not got the cheerfullest of
tempers.
Az the nick OF time fell across some
long-lost relatives. They have saved
me, / am to have long rest at their
expense l am to have change of air
warmer climate. am now at Nice
basking in the sunshine. 1t is de-
lightful place; such enjoyment and
such com lete and blissful idleness. L
have met a rich English Widows
most charming woman.
After all it would be very absurd of
Matilda to take it to heart. Matilda's
salary is not large enough. And as
for me, l really, positively can not
work. 1 feel can not, and all efforts
are useless. Welded to the widow,
why need l?
I'm an idiot! How could have al
lowed myself to have been taken in
by what she saidP I ought to have
made sure. Why, the wretched old
impostor lives but on the charity of her
daughter, just as Matilda's mo-
Merciful goodness! What was Ma
tilda's mothers name? Not Matilda
I know, for she took second husband;
Is it possible have-Yes, I have mar
ried Matilda's Philade!ph
Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

Men are often heard saying that their
aspirations are high, but every time
they cough their noses 60 towards the
earth, with indications that they will
follow them soon, unless they arc wise
enough to take DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup
in time.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

DIR. Pierce's 'Favorite Prescription"
is everywhere acknowledged to be the
standard remedy for female COM
plants and weaknesses. 1t is sold by
druggists.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

An ancient darkey is credited with
having grown strawberries successfully
throughout the year in pals which he
moved from place to place as it became
necessary, in order. to keep them warm
enough to keep them growing.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

My Matilda is q postmistress, but
her mothers board and lodging in the
warmer climate are dreadful drags up
on the poor girl. ''Courage! Cour.
age!' cry; ''what is enough for one
is enough for two.' Stay-will it be
enough for three also? I had not
thong ht of this before.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

Littlo Kate looked rather sober. 5
II have my doubts about that plan
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

Merciful goodness! What was Ma
tilda's mothers name? Not Matilda
I know, for she took second husband;
Is it possible have-Yes, I have mar
ried Matilda's Philadelphia
Times.