St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-09-03
Note and Comment.

DIRK early In September. He Will
make a two months lecture tour of the
United States.
An event in musical circles last week
was the rendering of GOunOd's new
OratoriO "Mors ct Vita" at the Birming-
ham, England, music festival. 1t is
said to be the authors masterpiece.
1t is now said that Bismarck has an
eye on Cuba. A Berlin paper says
that the beautiful ladies of that island
will soon be the lovely subjects of En-
perOr William. This is refreshing.
Here's another evidence that the
heads that wear crowns are sometimes
uneasy. A cablegram last week an
nounced the important fact that "the
Empress of Austria is suffering from
the tOOthache."
General Butler says he isn't con-
vert to Cleveland and has not written
any letter commencing the admins
tration. The newspaper reporter sticks
to his story, however, and, as between
the two we shall stick to the reporter.
Here's fresh sensation. London
dispatches announce that the belief is
growing among the friends of Gen.
Gordon that he really escaped alive
from KhartOum and succeeded i'll flee
ing to the equator. 1t is said that a
mission has been organized to search
for and rescue him.
Senator Eustis of Louisiana says
that he criticises President Cleveland
because che is not democrat and he
has not shown proper respect for the
party. Whether his Judgment is bad
or his actions the result of treacherOus
conduct toward the party he claims to
represent is question"
Bishop Huntington says of the Sun
day newspaper that it keeps vast num-
by counter attraction. "It turns the
scale adversely with multitudes who
hesitate. 1t takes up agreeably the
unOccupied hours. 1t is easier than
church going, and costs less"
The New York Sun thinks that the
Peace societies must be basing their
success on faith rather than works
when generation has seen the Cri
mean war, the Indian mutiny, the ltal-
ian war of 1859, the civil war in the
United States, the AustrO Prussian
nf hn
and the late war between Russia and
Turkey.
From an article in the September st.
Nicholas it would appear that very few
know how to address letter to the
president after they have written one.
The United States senate decided the
whole matter rs long ago as 1899 when
it "Resolved, that the present address
be: TO the President of the United
States without addition or title" This
has never been changed.
A lot of Salvationists were brought
before Chicago judge last week charg-
ed with being nuisances. The judge
nutu edCu ID IDcM > Nv tIld COSGS, anu
then went on to say that "the actions
of these SalvatiOnists resemble mon
key show more than anything else"
The good people of Chicago think he
served them just right and that his es-
innate of their actions was pretty cor
rect.
Pension Commissioner Black has de- |
cided that the laws giving pensioner
S:1 30 monthly for leg amputated at
the hip joint or an arm at the shoulder
Joint cover cases where the amputa-
ton took place below the joint but so
near us to render the remaining bone
useless. There are less than Il dozen |
cases in which amputatiOn was per-
formed by disjOinting at the shoulder
Or hip, and Gen. Black interprets the
of congress to have been to
bestOw these pensions for virtual loss
Of the entire arm or leg.-[Springfield