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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
A Worthy Example.

The following is told as a true Incl
dent: Most of the walters of the States
Saratoga are cOlOred college students
from Howard University, Washington
My waiter told me this morning that
he had finished geometry and mathe
MATES, Livy, Caesar and Virgil in Lat
in, and the Anabasis in Greek.
The other day at dinner Prof. Henry
of Harvard college was scanning line
of Virgil's hexameter to illustrate the
meter to rich business friend who
had not read the classics.
"Longfellow's Evangeline and Vir-
gil's epics," said the professor, "were
written in the same hexameter. Now,
the first line of Virgil is scanned like
this, 'Ar-ma-vi- rum-que--'
"Why, l declare |" he said hesitat-
ing. 'I've forgotten the old familiar
words"
"Shall l give them to you 2" asked
the waiter politely.
"YOu ?" asked the professor in as
constituent.
eyes, sir" said the black man.
"They are 'Arma virumque cano, Tro-
jR qui prmus alb Oris.'"
"Great guns I" exclaimed the bust
ness millionaire, "where did you learn
Latin ?"
cat college, sir" said the waiter.
When the rich man found ont all
the poor negroes requirements and am
bition and poverty, he asked him how
much it cost him a year at Howard
University.
at costs $l3O year, and I've got
three years to 60"
"Well, here" he said, "are $500
you can keep the change, and when
you get through come and see Nathan
iel Ruggles in Dodge City, Kansas"
A little while after this, when the
poor negro student was telling the 9TH
er colored men about it, the tears came
into their eyes. "Now," he said, "boys
l can study without being hungry.
God bless Nathaniel Ruggles !" he said
showing them the real money-"God
bless the whitest white man in Sarato-
ga !"- Christian Union.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
WHAT CONVERTED HIM.

Admiral Farragut, one of the naval
heroes in the late war, tells this story
of his boyhood. 1t would be we'll for
all boys to learn, before habits become
fixed, that there is nothing manly i'm
initiating the vices of older people:
When | was ten years old, was with
nv father on board a man-of-war.
had some qualities that l thought made
a man of me. | could swear like an
old salt, could drink as stiff a glass of
grog as if / had doubled Cape Horn,
and could smoke like locomotive. !
was great at cards, and fond of gaming
in every shape. At the close of dinner
one day, my father turned everybody
out of the cabin, locked the door, and
said to me, David, what do you mean
to be 2"
81 mean to follow the sea-"
"FOllow the sea. Yes, to be poor,
miserable, drunken sailor before the
mast; be kicked and cuffed about the
world, and die in some fever hospital
in a foreign land. No, David, no boy
principles as you have, and such habits
your whole course of life if YOU ever
become a man."
My father left me and went on deck.
| was stunned by the rebuke, and over
whelmed with modification.
GA poor, miserable, drunken sailor
before the mast! Be kicked and cuffed
about the world, and die in some fever
hospital That is to be my fate,'
thought 1. "T'll change my life, and
change my life at once. l will never
utter another oath; will never drink
will never gamble" l have kept these
three vows ever since. Shortly after |
had made them, l became Christian.
That act was the turning point in my
DESTINY
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
Healthy Girls /.

Nothing, says Dio Lewis, is so ter
rible as severe neuralgia; and beyond
a doubt, girls acquire it often enough
by the conditions of school life. Head
ache in school girl usually means ex-
haustive nerve power through over
work, over-excitement, over-anxiety,
OF bad air. Rest, a good laugh, a coun-
try walk, will usually cure it readily
enough to begin with. But to become
subject to headaches is very serious
matter; and all such nervous diseases
have nasty tendency to recur, to be-
come periodic, to be set up by the
same causes, to become An organic
habit of the body. For any woman to
become liable to neuralgia is most
terrible thing. 1t means that while it
lasts life is not worth having. 1t par
alyzes the power to work, it deprives
her of the power to enjoy anything, it
tends toward irritability of temper, it
tempts to the use of narcotics and
stimulants. So says DIR. Nelson, and
so say l. A girl who finds herself sub
ject to neuralgia should at once change
her habits, if but to grow strong in
body. Of what use is education with
ill-health ? A happy girl must be a
healthy one. The Greeks educated
their girls physically; we educate ours
mentally. The Greek mother bore the
finest children the world ever produc-
ed. The Greek education of girls de-
veloped beautiful women, and their
beauty lasted till old age. The beautiful
'tsweet sixteen."-[ Every Other Satur-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
Practical Science.

According to Science, the United
States has recently been complimented
by an eminent English authority, Sin
Lyon Playfair, on it's enlightened poll
CIV in reference to scientific investiga-
ton. In some respects, he says, this
young country is in advance of all Eu-
ropean states in joining science to it's
administrative offices. He points par
ticularly to the excellent work of the
United States Fish Commission, and
makes this amusing comparison of the
English and American methods of pro-
noting fisheries. In England there
are expensive commissions to visit the
coast and question the fishermen and
the fishermen, having only knOwl-
edge of small area, give the most
contradictory and unsatisfactory evil
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
SPEAK GENTLY TO MOTHER.

Young folks, please stop moment
to think before you answer mother
GROSSLY if she speaks to you. Bear in
mind what trials of patience she has to
endure every day of her life, in caring
for her family. If anything is lest,
mother is expected to know at once
where it is to be found. If bruised
or cut hand of yours is to be bandaged
she is the one called on to do it of
course, and how tenderly she will per-
form this operation for you. When
you cringe with pain as the lotion is
applied to the lacerated flesh, the pain
shown on her face, of sympathy for You,
seems almost equal to yours.
You are her flesh and blood remem
Der, and this strong tie should bind
you two SO closely together that moth
ing but the hand of the silent messen-
ger can separate you. Her love went
out to you when you lay feeble in
FAINT i'm her arms, yearning, tender love,
that will never cease while she retains
her reason. You may become way
ward, willful, passionate or. sinful,
but she will never fail in mOtherly de-
votiOn to you. Though others scott at
you and speak harsh and bitter words
against. you, she remembers you as
Gods gift to woman, her child. She
grieves for you, suffers in consequence
of your misdeeds, but yet remembers
she is your mother.
Think of what she is to you. and
what she is doing for you every day !;
what sacrifices she is willing to make
for your comfort and happiness, and
speak gently in answer to any ques-
ton she may ask you. If you feel
cross and sullen and every thing seems
to go wrong with you, think what she
has to contend with in her daily life,
and speak gently, not harshly. 1t
hurts her feelings. Though you may
not know it at the time, yet you may
be called to realize it when it is too
late to say to her in this world, "Moth-
er, am sorry" A poet was once ask
ed to name the sweetest word in the
English language. He answered rev.
erently "MOther."-[ Frank Stark.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
The Need of Help.

[ shall never forget the feelings /
had once when climbing one of the
pyramids Of Egypt. When half way
up, my strength failing, L feared |
should never be able to reach the sum-
nit or get back again. | well remem-
Der the help given, by Arab hands,
drawing me on farther and the step
| could not quite make myself, because
too great for my wearied frame,--the
little help given me, sometimes more
and sometimes less,-enabled me to go
up, step by step, step by step, until at
last reached the top, and breathed
the pure air, and had IA grand lookout
from that lofty height. And SO, in
life's journey, we are climbing. We
are feeble. Every one of us, now and
then, needs little help, and, if we
have risen a step higher than some
other, let us reach down for our broth
er's hand, and help him to stand beside
us. And thus, Joined hand in hand,
we shall go on cOnquering, step by
step, until the glorious eminence shall
be gained. All how many need help
in this orld,-poor afflicted ones
poor Borrowing ones; poor tempted
ones, who have been overcome, who
have been struggling, not quite able to
get up the step, trying, failing; trying
failing; trying, responding; trying,
almost despairing! Oh, give such a
one help, little kindly aid, and tile
step may be taken, and another step
may then be taken; and, instead OF
dying in wretchedness at the base, he
may, by a brothers hand, be raised to
safety, and finally to glory Your
mission is to be Christ to such, to take
such by the hand for, to you, to liUe
is Christ. y Bishop Simpson.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
A Limp Young Man.

At one of the stations of the San
Francisco 81 Northern Pacific railroad
a few days since an elderly gentleman
got off the cars to take brief Observa-
tiOns during the stOppage of the train.
The assistant at the station rushed out
and made a regular baggage master IS
attack Oh trunk, which he slamme d
about with a reckless disregard for
consequences. The old man interpOs
ed: young man, won't You break
that trunk 2" The ''young man" turned
a whitening look upon the old gentle
man and impudently inquired: "What's
the matter with you; do you own this
trunk 7" ''NO, STRIP came back in a
tone that evinced much Indignation,
"but I'll have you to understand, sir,
that | own this railroad" AS Colonel
DOnahue moved back to the train the
limp young man reclined against the
station for support.-[ Healdsburg, Cal.
Enterprise.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
WALL STREET SLANG.

Stock brokers have dialect of their
own that is caviare to the crowd. Like
the trade marks and "shop" terms OF
merchants, it must be explained to he
Ineligible to the multitude. 1t is
pithy, pungent, scintillating, and some
times rank. 1t precisely characterizes
every variation and aspect of the
market. A broker or operator is "lOng
of stocks" when carrying" or holding
them for rise; 'loads" himself 10y
buying heavily, perhaps in "blocks'
composed of any number of shares
say 5000 or &c, OOO-bought in a lump,
and therefore "bull," whose natural
action is to lower his horns and give
things hoist. He "fOrces quotations.
stock; "ballOons" it to height above
it's intrinsic value by imaginative sto-
ries, fictitious sales, and kindred meth
DDS; takes ''fier," or small side VEN
ture, that does not employ his entire
capital; ''flies kites" when he expands
his credit beyond judiciOus bounds;
"hOlds the market" when he buys suf-
ficient stock to prevent the price from
declining; "milks the street" when he
holds certain stocks so skillfully that
he raises or depresses prices at pleasure,
and thus absOrbs some of the accessible
cash in the street buys when the
"market is sick" from Over-specula-
ton; keenly examines "pOints"-theO-
ries or facts-On which to base specu-
lation; "unloads" when he sells what
has been carried for sometime; has Il
Swimming market" when all is buoy
ant; "spills stock" when he throws
great quantities upon the market, either
from necessity or to "break," !. e., low
er the price. He Saddles the market
by foisting certain stock upon it, and
is "Out of" any stock when he has sold
what he held of it r. Wheatley, in
Hammers MagaZine for November.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03

dence. Gin America, the questions are
put to nature and not to fishermen"
and the results of the inquiry are
therefore far more fruitful. In this
bright antithesis-question nature,
not the fishermen-there is a ready an
swer to those who wish for practical
science, not "abstract" science. 1t
seems practical" to question fisher
men the process proves to be falla-
cious. 1t seems "abstract" to question
nature but this method is found to be
the surest road to positive knowledge,
and hence to the best results.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03

A writer in the Atlantic Monthly
tells of a mOcking-bird whose emotions
were so intense and so originally dis
played that he was constant source
of interest. A hand-glass lying face
up gave opportunity for an amusing
exhibition one day. Leaning over it
he puffed out every feather, opened his
mouth, and tried the glass with his
beak at every point. Meeting no sat
isfactiOn, he turned to leave it, but
first peeped slyly over the edge to
see if the stranger were still there, no
doubt unable to get over his surprise
at seeing a bird in that position and
ready to meet his bill at every point.
The same glass standing up brought
out different demonstration. He
stood in front of it and swelled him
self out, while the feathers of the
shoulders and breast were erected.
Then he opened his mouth wide and
attacked the reflection, but was as
tOnished to meet the glass. He
touched the bill of his double with his
own, and moved all the way to the
bottom of the glass, not taking it away,
but apparently trying to seize the one
who opposed his. He lowered his
head as though to take hold of the
enemy's foot, then pulled himself up
as straight as soldier, wings and tail
constantly jerking with excitement.
After indulging for some time in these
proceedings, he lodged around behind
the glass, plainly expecting to pOunce
upon his opponent, and surprised not
to do so. Several times he drew him
self up, swelled out his breast, and
clustered before the glass. Once he
flew up with the reflection in the man
ner of a quarrelsome cock, and upon
reaching the top of the glass naturally
went over and landed behind, without
an enemy in sight. Upon this he star
ed moment, as if dazed, then shook
disgust.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03

Rev. DR.. John Hall is one of the
wealthiest clergymen in New York.
His head deacon is Robert Bonner OF
the Ledger. DR.. Hall receives sala-
ry of S30, 900 and many presents. He
is paid $4,000 year as chancellor of
the University of the City of New
York, and receives $12, 900 a year from
the Ledger for one short article week
Other literary work brings his annual
income up to about 100000. Seven
teen years ago the doctor preached in
Dublin, Ireland, at salary of $500 a
year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
PUBLIC OPINION.
Likes the Tope of the Paper.

WARREN, R. l., Nov. IL, 1885.
Ed. Caledonian Dear Sir:-Please
find enclosed a money order for two
dollars for my years subscription to
The Caledonian. l like your paper
very much. AS l am a VermOnter by
birth, am interested in the affairs of
my native state, and 1 assure you The
Caledonian is a welcome visitor here.
Moreover, we like the tone of your pa
per. 1t is clean. Your selected mis-
cellany is very excellent. have ac-
cess to a number of local papers in this
vicinity, but yours stands at the head
of the list.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
HirarriaI.
Bonds for Sale.

Bonds of the town of Concord, vt, at par and in
terest The interest ON these bonds is payable
semiannually, April 1st.. and October 1st at this
Bank or at the National Revere Bank of Boston
Those looking for safe investment viii do well to
give call.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
st. John sburY Vt. Oct. L IS LIT
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city for that purpose. Under the pres
ent method each department runs it
self as to telephones, and he believes
if the system were controlled by the
fire department there would be saw
ing of $4,000 a year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03

The wOuld-be confidence man felt
that he had caught a Tartar, and with
out even making an apology he skunk
away into the the crowd.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
EASY EXAMPLES

For the class of investors who own q. S. Bonds.
$1,000 4per cent. bond sells to-day for s12375O The
income is $40 per year about % per cent held
until maturity.
With the above can be procured, cash $3.50 and
$1,000 in per cent. Secured Mortgage Bonds, yield
ing SS4 income per year.
Holders of q. S. Bonds should improve the pres
ent favorable market to secure the high premium,
and invest in securities that provide for payment
of full amount invested.
Careful examination of Kansas per cent. loans
is invited Interest coupons payable semi annual
ly) are checks on New York Bank on day of matu-
rity and can be cashed at any Bank Store in the
United States. Government Bonds received at
MARKET QUOTATIONS
in exchange for per cent. Real Estate Bonds at
par. Call or send for circulars giving strong refer
ences. Write to some of them yourself.
WILLIAM S. STREETER.
St Johnsbury, Vt, Oct &C. 1885.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
The Blood of the Martyrs.

Boston Record st. John was burn
ed in effigy last year, and yet the pro-
hibition vote was everywhere larger
this wear than last.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03

Boston paid $l2,88l the past year
for use of the telephone, says Mayor
O'Brien, a much larger sum he finds
than is expended by almost any other
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
HOW TO MAKE MONEY.

To Successful Statesmen L pay as high as 800 per
month and expenses. Steady employment guaran-
teed so more wanted. Experience not necessary.
Any live man can succeed. 500 acres under cult
walton. The most complete packing grounds in the
United States. Newest and choicest varieties of
fruit a specially. Send for terms stating age
CHAS. III. CHASE, Nurseryman Rochester, N Y.
tdec 24A
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
Where to Measure Him.

Rutland Herald: The Philadelphia
Press brushes Mr.. Saltonstall, the new
Boston collector, by likening him to
Minister Phelps, and saying that "both
wear blue socks and sneer at the COM
mon people," The common people up
this way, however, have a way of es-
timating Mr.. Phelps by certain mat
tiers in the region of his hat rather
than by his stockings.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
The Difference.

Burlington Free Press About the
shallowest argument in the Sunday
newspaper question is advanced by
Prof. Felix Adler, who says: eff a
newspaper is good enough to read on
Monday or Saturday, it is good enough
to read on Sunday" This disregards
entirely the distinction between the
Sabbath and the secular days of the
week which is the only ground upon
which objection is made to the Sunday
neWSDaDer
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-12-03
why They Cry for Blood.

SwantOn Sentry 1t does not require
a very astute mind to discover that I'M
der general denunciatiOns of mug
wumps and Independents by Vermont
ring Organs is included a condemna-
ton of Senator Edmunds. The Sena-
tor did not like Blaine and gave the
republican candidate for president a
very luke warm support. He never
gave to the public his reasons for his
cold support, but he undoubtedly had
a right to act as he pleased in the mat
ter.
Imprisonment Cannot Arrest Reform.
Northampton Gazette: Editor Stead
of the Pail Mall Gazette has been SEN
fenced to three months imprisonment
for abduction of a girl in order to prove
the ease with which girls could be OBJ
tanned for immoral purposes. The girl
was not used for any other purpose
than to show the truth of his allega-
ton. He committed a technical offence
against the law for q good purpose, and
admits it but the blow he struck at a
vile abuse was a powerful one, and its
influence will be long and enduring.
Yet he is made to suffer. Such is the
experience of all reformers, but the
reform goes on nevertheless. Editor
Stead has done a good work, and the
poor people of England appreciate it.
Imprisonment never yet arrested IA re-
form.
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MALAGA TOWNSHIP ITEMS.
JERUSALEM, o. January 8, 1885

JERUSALEM. o, January 9, 1885.
Ed SPIRIT: S,nc, our last com muni-
ca.ion the year 1884 has become thing
of the past and 1885 has begun it's
course The old year vas an uneventful
period, marked by few cyclones, ,drcuth
and foods. The most noted event wa.
the polir cal campaign through which
We have so recently passed and which
bri g. the control Of the Government to
the Democratic party after the lapse OF
d ars We can only hope that the
New Y-ar will be year of prosperity,
and q, we sum up the noteworthy events
/! will he eventiul only in the incidents
which will bring with it prosperity and
contentment to mankind.
TIE teachers here organized club to
meet semi-monthly T.J. H. Taggert.
Chairman; e. B Griffith, Secretary
This Is good organ zaion and place
where the teschers AMI others can obtain
knowledge nv attending.
S. d. Griffith returned to Columbus
after apending two weeks vacation at
home
C. L.-Mello,t started last Monday for
ZinesvIle, where be will attend the Bu.
siness College
Dink Thrall, the genial clerk at the de-
pot, made visit to friends near Barnes
vile recently.
A large qaan'itv Of tobacco has been
purchased bv Lrcas & Moore, at prices
ranging from 81 tn 36 per hundred.
joseph McCracken. purchased a farm
Of 800 acres in Morris County, Kansas.
while visiting there recently.
Several or our citizens are talking Of
going West in the Spring to find cheaper
and more fertile farms than we have In
Old Monroe. W. Z. n,
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WHAT DYSPEPSIA?

Among the many symptoms
Of Dyspepsia or indigestion
the most prominent are: Va
riable appetite; faint, gnawing
feeling at pit Of the stomach,
with unsatisfied craving for
food; heartburn, feeling Of
weight and wind in the stom-
ach, bad breath, bad taste in
the mouth, low spirits, general
prostration, headache, and
constipation. There Is no form
Of disease more prevalent than
Dyspepsia, and none so pecul.
lar to the high-living and rap
id-eating American people.
Alcohol and tobacco produce
Dyspepsia; also, bad air, rapid
eating, etc. BURD0CK BLOOD
BITTERS will cure tho worst
case, by regulating the bowels
and toning up the digestive
organs. Sold everywhere.
sspa3, ,'84Y.
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Wheeling Produce Market.
WHEELING. Jan. 10, 1885.

WHEELING, Jan. lU, 1850.
Butter-Prime to choice creamery goa
33c; choice dairy 25.27c; common to
fair do l5al6c; good 10 pime country
roll 18a22c; common mixed stock 5a6c.
Beans-Hsnd picked mediums l 51a
l go.
Cheese-Sales IN q johhing way Of
prime mild o lio factory al 9al2ic; New
York 14aal5c; Sweitzsr 13al5c; Linn
berger l4sl5c.
Eggs .-Strictlv fresh stock in fair de-
maud at 26a27c % dog
Festhers-Cholce, 60a62c in original
packages, 4s5c more in small lots
Honey-Choice white clover, lSa20c;
choice buckwheat. 16s1Sc.
Onions-60s70c % bushel.
Potatoes-New in barrels, 81 50a
Is.
Pouitry-L've chickens. spring, 2 00a
2 SO; old. 2 1853 90 % doz: dressed
turkeys. 10al2e; do chickens, Sal0c; do
ducks, 12a13c Good demand
Rags-Steadv at la,1aa for white
mixed cotton; la1 10 for all wool and
II ,l4c for mixed.
Seeds-Sales of timothy seed al l 80
al IS per hu clover. email seed, 6 00a
6 go; large. 90; as to quality.
Lard-Countrv prime, &c.
Tallow-Country, 6sc, city, 7c.