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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
A Brave Bird.

While "a party of ladies were chat
ting on a piazza at Clifton, New Jer-
sey, one pleasant afternoon last month,
their attention was attracted by the
swift descent of sparrow hawk. A
moment later the pirate of the air was
seen soaring upward with Il poor little
chipping bird in his talons. The ladies
were not the only spectators of the
tragic incident. No sooner did a robin,
which had been putting the finishing
touches to her nest, in tree near by,
see the distress of the chippy, than she
took wing and darted in pursuit of the
hawk. Overtaking the rObber, the
robin at once attacked him with much
courage. She dealt blow after blow
each blow being followed by the scat
tering of tuft of feathers pIucked from
the plumage of the marauding hawk.
That party to the battle in mid air
seemed dazed at first, and rose straight
upward, the robin following. Then
the hawk swooped downward, and
turned abruptly in another direction.
Still the pfucky robin kept close, and
at every stroke of her beak the hawk
uttered cry of pain. Thus the COM
bat was continued in a narrow circle
near the piazza for more than min
ute. The spectators were much excited.
They clapped their hands and tried to
encourage the robin as much as posi-
BILE, and they were well pleased, in
deed, when the hawk dropped his prey
and fled afar. The chippy fell like a
plummet toward the ground. 1t seemed
as though it had escaped from the
hawk only to be dashed to death on
the earth. when suddenly it found its
wings, and fluttering for an instant,
gained safe poise, and flew to the
robins tree. Meanwhile the robin had
returned to her nest, where she re-
sumed her work as though nothing
had happened to mar the serenity of
the peaceful afternoon Golden Days.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
AS If He Saw a Polar Bear.

The Critic tells funny story OF
Lieutenant Schwatka of Arctic expe-
dition fame. Shortly after his return
from King William Land, the lieuten-
ant went TO photograph gallery to
have his picture taken. "Now," said
the photographer, while bis subject
was arranging an Arctic costume over
his ordinary New York dress, .'you
must take some striking attitude-iust
look as if You saw Polar bear.r Lien
tenant Schwatka suddenly began To
tremble from head to foot, his knees
knocked together and his face assumed
a look of intense terror. @Hurry up.r
he exclaimed to the photographer, who
was looking on in helpless bewil,ler
ment; 81 can't keep this up forever
'Bnt what is the matters What has
happened to You l can't make neg
atlve while you are going on in that
way" ION, said Schwatka, al thought
you wanted me to look n. | would Ell
saw Polar bear ~
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
The First Thousand Dollars.

The first Thousand dollars a young
man earns and saves will generally
settle the question of business life with
him. 1t is the fruit of personal indus
try. He gives the time and the labor
for it. While he is thus earning it, he
must earn two, or three, or perhaps
four times as much to pay his current
expenses. He is consequently held
sternly to the task of industry for a
considerable period. The direct con-
sequence to him is a steady, cOntinu-
Gus and solid discipline in the habits OF
industry, in patient, persistiDg, fore
casting and self-denying effort, break
ing up all the tendencies to Incidence
and frivolity, and making him an ear
nest and watchful economist of time.
He not only knows how to work, but
he also acquires the love of work and,
moreover, he has learned the value of
the sum he has saved out of his earu-
ings. He has toiled for it; he has oh
served it's slow increase from time to
time and in his estimation it represents
so many months OF years of practical
labor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
What One Dog Did.

DRIVING SHEEP THOUSAND MILES.
An immense drove of sheep went
stumbling, tumb,ing and trotting out
of Newark the other day, on their way
to Philadelphia. They seemed to walk
all over one another, bumped together
and crowded until it seemed as though
some must have been trodden under
the feet of the others. A rough look
ing countryman trudged ahead in the
middle of the road, and the sheep fol-
lowed closely. He seemed as dusty,
ill-humored and ont of sorts as the
sheep themselves.
In the rear, a tall and gaunt farmer
tramped along, with long hickory
stick in his hand. At every few steps
he uttered a peculiar cry, and when
the sheep Jagged behind he touched
them up with his hickory stick.
At his heels, and bringing up the
tailend of the procession, was long
bodied, lean and SCARED shepherds
dog. He ran with his nose close to the
ground, and apparently paid little at
tentiOn to the drove. But when two
of the sheep got astray and trotted into
Il garden, the dog jumped over tn
fence and chased them back in line in
no time.
AS he forced them into tie herd the
sheep swerved away from him. The
dog trOtted around the drove making
it still more compact in form, and then
returned to his master, who by this
time was walking on the sidewalk be-
side the writer.
GLOW many sheep are there in the
drove ~ was asked.
Guess"
'Well, about eight hundred.
"You're way of" said tn eman with
u gOod-natured grin. There's three
thousand and three hundrod aud tuOu-
ty-elght.'
"Where do you take them to ?"
eve drive them from here to Phila-
delphia, selling them OH the way to
butchers or whoever wants to buy
them, and getting rid of all that re-
mains, in the City of Brotherly Love-"
'"rhey are owned in Philadelphia,
are they ?"
"'No they amt" said the man quick
ly, "they are owned 10y A. b. Mat
thews of Kansas City, Mo, and they
travel about fifteen miles a day, and
they're an Internal nuisance ~
After this he walked along in silence
for some time, and then made Il gener-
al remark that indicated that his life
was not one of unallOyed happiness.
''If it wasn't for that dOrg," he said
kicking the brute affectiOnately as he
passed him, "my mate and me could
never get these cattle through on time,
but that animal is worth ten men.
Good sheep dOrgs, you know, are
scarce now in this part of the country.
| wouldn't take anything on earth for
mine. He's as faultless us can be, and
he knows as much as any man. don't
care who he is. If | should tell You
some of the very wonderful things that
dorg has done, you'd call me liar,
and as | don't wish no such reputation
I'll keep quiet"
Reflection, caused by this thought,
Overcame him, and lie trudged along
III absolute silence for some time. At
last he raised his head and continued
"Whcn we get at the end of IA days
march, if we find that three OF four of
the sheep are missing, can send that
dorg back after them, if they are ten
miles away, and it don't make any diff
ference where the sheep are or whose
got them, that dorg will get them to
me, or Pll eat the whole drove, hoofs,
bones and wool"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
SQuibS.

1t is easier for Il woman to return a
kindness than copper bottOmed pre-
serve kettle.
"SOme men are born great, some
achieve greatness and some have
greatness thrust upon them, " remarked
IL small mau i'll the street-car as fat
woman sat square down on him. Gin
cinnati Merchant Traveller.
A New York car driver when he
wants To clear the track, shouts eli,
there, hi ~ A Chicago driver strikes
his bell and shouts: ''Shake 'em up
says: ''Deviate from the direct line
those equine appendages, accelerate,
accelerate, accelerate, exhilaratiOn
lively now Chicago InterO Ocean.
81 want to see Mr.. Cleveland" said
IL hungry office seeker to the attendant.
'|The governor is very busy just now"
was the reply. al suppose he is. But
yOu tell him that a gentleman is ont
side waiting to see him who is one
of the identical 1,077 that defeated
Blaine"
A writer says of Paganini's playing,
that the waiIing of the G string
brought tears to the eyes of his listen
ers. If this effect vas produced only
by the u string, it strikes lis that Pa
ganini was not much of player, after
all. The young man across the street
from our house can do it with any of
the strings, and lIe does.
"Why did you put that nickel with
a hole in it in the contribution box ~
asked one man of another. because
| could not put the hole in without The
1ickel, and j bad to put in something"
The newspapers remark with sur
prise that a farmer in GOrham, right
under the shadow Of Mount Washing
ton, was seen sowing grass seed on the
9th of December. That is nothing.
Young men have been seen sowing
wild oats in Coos county later than
that. i Lowell Courier.
Insurance agent-"It's all right.
The doctor says you are the best risk
he ever examined" Citizen-''Th9
best risk p Eyes sOundest constitu-
ton and perfect health, you know"
"Did he say that I" eyes, indeed.
No trouble about your case. lie said
there was nothing to prevent yOn from
living Il hundred years p "YOu don't
mean it I" "Honest truth. Come
right around to my office and I'll fix mp
the papers at once 7" "NO, thank You;
it won't pay. Pm too healthy" Phil
adelphia Call.
There walked a half-drunken, seedy-
looking chap into the central station
the o;her night, and among the per
sOnal property found in his pockets
was a greasy old note book, in which
was written under correct date: 81
can't stand this nizery emmy longer,
and have decided To consine my body
To the deps of the river. Good-by,
cOald world" "Why didn't you con
sine according TO written agreement"
gueried the captain. "Just goin' to
when rested "Humpb You'd
better live until you learn how to
spell" "Spell ~ echoed the prisoner,
as he stepped back and raised his
hands. why, | was town clerk for
seven years! Spell Why, | was the
first man in Wisconsin to drop the III
out of sugar and leave half a dozen
useless syllables out of soap COnsins
me to a cell if you will, but don't
abuse me !"-[ DetrOit Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
Whittier Concerning Snow
Bound"

"Snow- Bound" was written after two
beings had passed away whom loved
devOutly-my mother and my sister.
1t is in one sense memorial of them,
and us could not dissOciate them from
my home life, the poem became a mar
rative of my early days in Haverhill.
The physician too was my old doctor,
Theodore Weld, of whom | also speak
in the prelude to little poem. ''The
Countess" and the young woman was
Miss Harriet Livermore. | became
acquainted with her while she was
stopping at DR.. Yields house. She
was highly gifted and eccentric, but
strong minded and wilful, and was
always n religious enthusiastic. How
well remember the pride she took in
correcting my pronunciation. One
day she determined to visit the educa-
tional institutions of the Greek and
Catholic churches in Europe, and
thither she went. She spent 30 years
travelling in the East, and passed some
time with Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope,
who lived in an old convent on the
slopes of Mt. Lebanon-near Beyrout.
With such character Harriet Liver
more ought to have been happy, but it
seems they quarrelled, and Miss Liver
more returned to this country. | met
her soon after her arrival, and, speak
ing of her .jOurneyings, she described
her visit to Lady StanhOpe. She told
me that that lady kept two milk-white
horses i'll her stables whereon TO ride
with the LOrd-when the summons
came-tO the New Jerusalem. | am
inclined to think Miss LivermOre be-
lieved that one of the horses ought to
have been reserved for her rather than
for Lady Stanhope, and that that was
the cause of their disagreement. She
afterward visited the East, and a friend
of mine, travelling in Syria, found her
dwelling i'll Il tent, IL ruler of II small
dirty tribe of Arabs; but in her de-
Ginning years she became disgnsted
with her mode of living, and, return
ing again to this country, died i'll Phil
adelphia.- Interview in Boston Her
alG.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
st. John, Scapegoat.

As the campaign scape- goat business
gradually settles down into permanent
shape st. John looms up more and
more prominently. Conkling's field
was limited, and nobody knows wheth-
or his influence really accomplished
much or not, while Brother Burchard
only failed to manage his tongue prop
erly, and the result of his slip is en-
tirely uncertain /; but st. John offers
something tangible, and considerable
something at that. He went into the
canvass to "punish" the republicans
party, made the most speeches where
he could do it the most harm, and
finally got vote much more than suffi-
cient to turn the scale. So the pOliti-
clans and organs say unpleasant things
about him, according to their ability,
and circulate stories to the effect that
he "sOld out" to the democrats. One
account says the figure paid was S:3S,
900 and another gives it as S5O, 900,
but both agree that the sale WAS made
simply because the democrats bid over
the republicans. 1t is gravely stated
that the latter made an arrangement
with st. John by which he was to
Withdraw after the Ohio election and
be paid $35, 900, but that when the
time came the republicans felt strong
enough to do without him aud refused
the money, and it is also set forth that
the republicans finally offered $50, ZOO.
And st. John writes il letter declaring
the whole set of stories ''infhnOus and
malicious lies.n All these things are
curious and interesting in. IA certain
way, but when it comes to considering
the results of the campaign, it would
DO well not to let St. John look too
large and the men who voted for him
too small Springfield Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
1885. See notice first

homes for girls who are willing to Dig
nifty such position. One of whom /
know has the position of second girl in
New England household where she
is most highly esteemed for her works
sake, as well as for her personal worth.
Though an American, and remarkably
refined, she has the good sense not to
count it an indignity because she is
not asked to sit at the table with the
family, or to mingle in their social life.
She gives the best service of which she
is capable, and receives, in return ex-
cellent wages, a happy home, and an
appreciation which many a poor tOiler
in mill or shop would be proud to get.
The wise genius who presides over this
model home provides separate rooms
for her servants, thus removing one
objection, especially to Americans, to
engaging in domestic occupations. The
cooking school, now an institution es-
tablished in most of our large cities,
offers rare opportunities to women
who will not turn up their noses at
manual labor. Suppose two needy and
worthy sisters come to Boston seeking
employment. Neither has any special
fitness for any particular work. Let
one take lessons in cookery, the other in
sewing aud at the same time fit herself
for the general duties of a second girl
in family. At the end of three
months, they would stand a good
chance TO find places together, at
wages that they could not possibly
earn as easily in any other way. Mean
time, if their character is good, and
they are willing to conform to the rules
of the institution, they can be boarded
free at the Young Woman's Christian
Association. Notwithstanding this, a
wall goes up from all over the land,
"Nothing to do !"
There is plenty to do, but the world
demands that it shall be well done. If
women and girls expect to earn their
living, they must he thorough in what
ever they undertake. Attempt only
one thing, my sisters, but aim to do
that better than any body else, and
thus gain a monopoly. People want
not only the best written books, but
the best made buttonholes Despise
no honest work, however humble.
Throw yourself into it with untiring
energy, and your cry Of ''No work"
will be changed soon into 'No time to
accomplish half l desire. y Congre-
,ratinnuIiSt
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01

hydrants, yet they were not connected
with any of the surrounding buildings
by fire. escapes. The infirmary was
directly over the bOiler-room where
the fire started, aud from which the
bodies have been recovered. The
building was twice investigated. Oh the
occasion of fires elsewhere, and the
only recommendations made were that
tile children be not locked into their
rooms ut night and that the doors
should all swing outward. Even these
precautions were neglected in the an
mex. That the asylum was n charitable
institution is no excuse for snch gross
reckiessness. Ii is not charity to gath
Ell 500 helpless children into finder
box and then allow the basement to
catch fire. The question should bo
passed upon by coroner's jury wheth-
er it is not crime punishable under
the laws of the state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
Not an Encouraging View.

Perhaps our prOhibitiOnist friends
may incline to carry the analogy fur
ther. The few thousand voters who
defeated Mr.. Clay formed the nucleus
of an organization which in sixteen
years from that time was powerful
enough to carry the country. We can
hardly prophesy the same future for
that faction which has now been fatal
TO the ambition of Mr.. Blaine. The
popularity of the prOhibtionists is that
they do not progress. This is the first
time that we remember them to have
decided an important election, and
they have been in existence many
years longer than had the abolitiOnists
when they began to hold the balance
between parties. The prObibitiOnists'
strength, when viewed closely in the
recent campaign, was largely fictitious.
1t was made up in great part Ofrepub
licans who did not believe i'll prohibit
ton of the liquor traffic. but who ac-
cepted it's candidate as a convenient
compromise between Mr.. Blaine and
Mr.. Cleveland. If there is Il moral
element in the party of prohibition, it
is one which has been simgularly nm
successful in increasing the member
ship of its organization in the past,
and we see not much better prospects
before it in the future. - Boston Her
aid.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
Carrying Bundles.

In the matter of carrying bundles
A gentleman of three-scOre years
milliOnaire-was once clerk in a book
store and tells this story of the late
Jonathan Phillips, who came into the
store one morning and purchased a
book. After doing it up, the clerk
said 'Mr. Phillips, will send this to
yOur house" "No," said he, 'young
man, will tell you a secret. When
yon get to be as old as l am you will
learn that the most independent man
is he who is his own servant 1t is
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
Relief from Furnace" Colds.

When the furnace fires are first
lighted, and the air of the house is al
lowed to become too dry, either the
dryness or the dust in the hot baked
air produces with some persons the
head symptoms of hay fever, the dry
ness, or "snitfiing," the sneezing, etc.
The sufferers from such a likeness to
the genuine autumnal catarrh are adj
vised of the successful treatment by
inhaling camphOrated steam noticed in
the London Lancet. One drachm of
camphor, coarsely powdered or shred
ded, is mixed into a vessel containing
very hot water. A paper cone, placed
large end dOwnwards over the dish, is
the means by which the camphorated
steam is inhaled through the nose. DIR.
G. E. DObbson asserts positively
through the Lancet that if this treat
ment is continued for twenty minutes
and repeated three or fonr times in as
many hours great and unusually per-
manent relief follows.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
subscribe Shoe you neighbor Be gin ,oi the neo gear
.sDo most horses last that long ~ in.

"Do most horses last that long ~ in.
quired the passenger.
"Well, | should say not Some AIM
good for more than six months. There
is just the difference in horses that
there is in men. Some amt worth
powder enough to blow them up.
This is a tough business on stock
though. The cobble stones break
them up. Some horses get all stove
to pieces in no time. Their feet give
out"
''HOw much are they worth in the
first place 2"
Gan the way from $50 up But aft
ter they are used mp they sell for what
they'll bring. They arc bought by
farmers and huxters, and sometimes
| they make first-class horses after long
rest"
81 don't see how you can support a
family on SI0.50 a week." remarked
the passenger.
"Pm not telling you everything"
81 know that" returned the passen-
ger half alphabetically. 81 merely
asked through curiosity"
"Well | don't mind telling you that
| left a job as express driver that paid
me $l5 week to come here, and |
could go back tomorrow at $40 if l
wanted to-"
make extra money here p
"All | can get hold of"
GLOW many passengers have you had
on top to-day 2"
After thrusting his hand into his
coat-pOcket and jingling some coins
rather nOisily, he replied "Thirty-
five cents, that's seven to-day. I'll
won't do to get caught at it, though.
1t is only the dishonest drivers that
get caught. Going to get off here
All right. I'll slow up. Whoa"
And with crack of the whip, the
stage and its honest driver runbled off
in the distance and disappeared around |
a bend in the street.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-01
A Broadway Stage Driver.
From the New York Graphic

from the New j OIA uTaphlc.J
"Be spry, new, if you want to get uI
here, remarked Broadway stage
driver one day last week to a fat man
who was endeavoring slowly and pain
fully to climb over the wheel up to the
perch beside the drivers seat.
"Don't see what yon are in such a
hurry about" observed the passenger
as he wiped the mud off his trousers
which he had carefully scraped from
the tire of the wheel on his laborious
ascent.
''Got to hurry. The other. stage is
over block ahead of me, and it won't
do for me to let it get too far ahead,
though I'd like to we'll enough"
"Why don't you, then, and give
more time for your passengers to get
on and off ?"
'Bec iuse the man behind would re-
port me. You see, when Pm only "A
little ahead Of him catch all the fares
aud that leaves him empty"
"What difference does that make to
him 7"
"Just the difference between SIO.5O
a week and nothing. Yes,n continued
the driver confidentialIy, ''if he doesn't
do fair days work he is laid Off"
"What's fair days workf''
"Well, that depends on the day.
To-day is not too hot nor too cold, and
il doesn't rain. It's good day for
travel. Ought To take in 80. If
don't I'm laid off and some one else
put in my place. This job amt like
street raiIroading."
s.Pays better, don't it ?"
"Some wages, but more chances"
"More chances ~
The driver eyed the fat passenger
suspicionsly and discreetly changed the
subject.
slThis amt as good a team as | had
last week. l had only Kitty and her
mate. She is the best stage-horse in
the city. Must be close on to 20 years
old, but as spry as colt" ..