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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
Items about Gen. Grant.

Grant gave the world his creed in
his second inaugural address "Rather
do | believe" he said, ''tliat our great
Maker is preparing the world, in his
own good time, to become one nation,
speaking one language, and when ar
mics and navies will no longer be re-
CURED"
Rev. DIR. Tiffany, General Grants
former pastor in Washington, deliver
ed an address at his church on person
al memories of Gen. Grant. He said,
among other things, that Gen. Grant
had IA constitutional inability to appre-
ciate music. The General once told
him that all music seemed to affect him
as discOrd would II sensitive and cui-
tiVated ear, and that he would go Il
mile out of his way to avoid a brass
band.
When General Grant was president
OF the United States he addressed to
the Sunday School Times this letter,
under date of June Is, 1876: Your ia
VOr of Yesterday, asking message
from me to the children and youth of
the United States, to accompany your
centennial number, is this moment re-
ceived. Ny advice to Sunday schools,
.
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet an-
Choir to your liberties write it's pre-
cepts in yOnl hearts, and practice them
in your lives. To the influence of this
book are we indebted for all progress
made in our. true civilization, and to.
this we must look as our guide in the
future. Righteousness eXalteth ma
ton, but sin is Il reproach to any PEG
ple.'"
General Horace Porter says of Gen
eral Grant: | was with him nine years,
without being absent from him, except
two weeks, and never heard him ut
ter an oath or any approach to it. |
never saw him angry but once, and
that was when he saw a brutal fellow
clubbing horse.
1t is fact of curious interest relat-
ing to General Grant that he had been
looked upon by more people than any
other man that ever lived. The he
rOes of ancient times handled lesser
armies than he and their movements
were limited to Il comparatively small
field. OF the famous men of the pres
ent day none have been much of
spectacle outside their own countries.
Bismarck has been seen by Germans
and travellers. Gladstone has been
seen by Englishmen and travellers--no
man save Grant ever became famous
all over the world anG then travelled
all over the world. 1t was, of course,
hnt the accident of his extended trav-
els which made it so, but the fact still
remains that of all hnman beings who
have peOpled the earth the great cap
tain who died Thursday had been seen
by the largest number of his fellow
creatures Chicago Tribune.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
Receipting a Bill.

Mr. Hurry KOmbs, the acute and as
tute collector of the gas company stroll
ed into the office yesterday, laughing
as if his ribs had been tickled with {:
horse radish CRATER.
ooh, YOU should have been with me
down at old Solomon Lewis just now"
he gasped lis he sank into IL chair.
"Why, what's the matter with old
Solomon 2" inquired the obituary ed
itor, as he leaned back and clasped his
hands around the back of his neck.
"Oh, it's altogether too rich" re-
sponded Mr.. Kombs, when he had re-
covered his breath. ''You see had a
gas bill to collect amounting to $50,
and when I presented it the old galoot
said, 'All right, MIR. Comps and going
to- the safe, he brought out Il ! 100 bill
and stuck it ut me, saying, Maybe You
can shange dot bill, Mr.. Comps
looked at the bill and saw ut II glance
that it was "a counterfeit. | was going
to lam him, bat an idea struck me like
II pile driver. had IL lot of bogus coin
i'll my pocket that | had been stuck on
Il day or two before, and so Just re-
ceipted his bill and took his 800 note
and gave him the change in counterfeit
coin. Oh, no, no, he, he, he,"-yelled
Mr. Kombs, as he fairly rolled on the
floor in the excess of his merriment,
chow the old duffer will kick when he
tumbles to the sell"
"Well ?" said the obituary editor.
"Well," said Nh. KOmbs, "dOn't you
see how l played it on him? You are
about us thick-headed as old Levi, it
strikes me-"
"YOu say you gave him counterfeit
money in change ?" said the obituary
editor.
eyes, that's where / got ahead of
him." responded Mr.. Kombs.
"And you took his counterfeit mo-
ney ?" said the obituary editor.
"Why, certainly. and gave him the
same kind of change" Mr.. Kombs re-
piled.
"And you say that you gave him a
receipt i'll full ?n persisted the obituary
editor.
"Why, of course. what's the matter
with you anyway" said Mr.. KOmbs,
with shade Of irritation in his voice,
"didnt do him up slick ?'
"Well, perhaps that's good way of
doing business" said the obituary ed
itor, "but | mist admit that I'm a lit
tie puzzled to see how the gas company
got its bill paid in the deal However,
yOu slick collectors are a little above
the comprehension of an ordinary news
paper man"
Mr.. Kombs slowly arose from his
seat with dazed expression upon his
cOuutenance. ."Well, by the Shades of
Jack Chinn," he calculated, 81 never
thought of that. There's another $50
gone out Of my salary, and Thought
was just too smart to live" And he
wendell his way down stairs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20

she wanted each one of them to re-
member Bible:verse suitable for the
occasion. The first boy. dropped his
cent, saying "Fhe hord loyeth a
cheerful giver.r The next boy drop.
ped his penny into the box, saying /:
Gle that givet6 to the poor lendeth to
the Lord" The third and youngest
boy dropped his penny, saying: "a
fool and his money are soon parted"
Talking of dogs said the colonel,
talking of dogs. friend of mine has
n Gordon setter. She's. the most sym
pathetic dog ever heard of. She has
the maternal instinct so strong that
she has brought up a whole farmyard."
Give known of such cases." said the
Judge. ''Bnt this is the most extraor-
binary. There was hen had a chick
en-. The hen died, and the chicken.
was in sore distress. This dog took
pity on it and sucked the chicken !:
and now ,'-said the colonel solemnly,
''that chicken barks."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
Pure Thoughts and Pure Lips.

Of all the dead mans (Grant'sl char
and not one is at the same time so easy
of emulation and sd well worth emu
lation, as his purity of thought and
speech. An early army experience
which covered campaign III Mexico,
and some years amid the rOughness
and reckless wickedneSs always to be
found on our own frontier, would not
be thought the best training toward
absolute cleanness in the inner life.
But here was man who had passed
these experiences unscathed, and to-
day it is his greatest glory that his
personal friends, those who knew him
intimately for years, say of him that
he WAS never profane, and that. he
would not tolerate vulgarity or obscen-
ity in his presence,
."Never, in all my thirty years ac
quaintance with him." said Gen. Clin-
ton B. Fisk, in his eulogy at Ocean
Grove, n. j., last Sunday, "did | hear
u profane or obscene word pass his lips.
was sitting with him once when "a
major general entered, dressed in the
uniform of his rank, who said: Boys,
have good story to tell you. be
lieve there are no ladies present.
Grant said, NO, but there are gentle
men present. and the story was not
told. A simple minded, earnest man
of pure lips Here are qualities worth
any mans emulation, within every
mans attainment BrattlebOro PhH-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
Gleanings.

One of Gen. Grants pail bearers,
Gen. Joe Johnston, had never seen
him.
The Cunard steamship Etruria is
named by the New York Herald ''the
Mand S. of the Atlantic" Her pas
sage from New York to Liverpool in
six days and nine hours was the quick
est on record, and for the first time en-
abled American mails to reach London
on the seventh day after posting.
sit is not the business of the Opposi-
ton to wish the government to fail"
These are the notable words of Mr..
Gladstone, spoken when the cOnserya-
tive leader of the House of Commons
sketched the plans of the new British
government.
Miss Fanny Crosby, the popular
Sunday school hymn maker, is now
fifty five years of age, and from girl
hood has been totally blind. She is
below the average stature, and is rath-
er delicate in appearance, and lives in
plain style on Forsythe street, New
York She has written fully 800
hymns, many of which have proved
very popular, and are sung the world
over. She is represented as always
bright and cheerful.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
A Detectives Experience.

Detective Finnegass had in his pos
session counterfeit coin of a good deal
of Importance, and having occasion to
look for it he found it gone. He had
spent it. He thought over every place
he had been, but he could not find
where he had passed it. A day or two
afterward Hebraic gentleman of I'M
prepOssessing appearance presented
himself and told pitifnl tale of how
he had been taken in A glance at the
man who had swindIed him. He kept
IA news shop on Third street, or some
where, and lie had sold the detective a
paper. 1t would not do to let the man
know the facts, so Finnegass commise-
rated himself.
''Well, looking after bad moneys my
business, and III give you a good BALI
dollar for this"
'tBut vas it your own money you vas
paying meP"
''Oh no 4; the government pays that.
Sometimes they redeem bad money just
to keep it out of circulation"
81 vas obliged to yOn," and the deal
er went off. .....-.
Next day as Finnegass sat in his of
flee, there filed in colony of Jews
from Tar Flat and the neighborhood,
loaded down with counterfeit silver,
gold, greenbacks-anything in the
shape of counterfeit money. They
wanted the government to redeem it,
and when Finnegass took it and locked
it up i'll drawer, and told them it was
not worth anything, there was wailimg
and gnashing of teeth. They had
bought mp the whole counterfeit cur
rency floating around Tar Flat, on the
strength of Finnegass' redemption of
his bad half-dollar.-[S San Francisco
Chronicle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
RObinsOn's Donkey.

The entire Reed family had been in
a state of expectation and preparation
for more than Il week ever since great
aunt Katherine Stearns had sent word
that she was coming from Maine to
pay visit ut "Broad Elm"
1t was always solemn as we'll as a
joyful season when Madam Stearns Oc-
cupied the chest chamber" ut Broad
Elm. 1t was almost as if an empress
should arrive.
The Younger Reed children had a
dim notion that she was called great
aunt because she was so tall and state
iy, so dignitied and imposing. She
wore turban-like d-dress on top
of her stylish gray putfs of hair, and
the children were sure that she never
took that off, nor yet her diamond ear
rings, aud probably not her stiff black
silk gown either, even when she went
to bed at night.
Great-aunt Katherine was always
kind, but one felt it very cOndescend
ing in her to notice one at all and if
so he that she gave a present, were it
only an orange, the honor seemed as
great rs if Queen Victoria had said,
accept this corOnet of pearls as
token of my august favor"
So no wonder that the household
was on tiptoe when a letter announced
that Great-aunt Katherine would ar
rive on Wednesday and no wonder
that confusion reigned when "A telegram
followed saying that the advent would
be postponed until Thursday.
For on Thursday Mr.. Reed was oblig-
ed To be out of town on important
business. aud on Thursday Mrs. Reed
was to take her eldest daughter, Vir-
ginia, To n lawn party at Mrs. De Pey
steI's. This was to be the great event
OF the season, aud had not Virginia a
most bewitching new muslin dress and
hat bought expressly for the occasion Z
Her heart vas broken even at the sug-
gestion of staying at home. Yet il
would not be proper to leave fourteen
year old Kathleen 10 do the honOrs to
her great aunt, even if she were her
namesake.
After much discussion it was finally
decided that Virginia should go to
Mrs. DE Peyster's under neighbours
motherly wing, leaving Mrs. Reed free
to drive TO the station for Madam
Steains, while Kathleen should keep
guard over the three FiotOus brothers,
aud prevent their standing on their
heads or doing something equally i'm
proper at the instant their distinguish
ed guest should arrive.
But 1.-The best laid schemes of mice
and Inen gang aft agley.n
Who could fOresee that just before
the train was due on Thursday, Master
William Reed, aged six years, should
take it into his head to swallow cent,
Just to see how it would feel going
down -
No wonder his mother was terrified,
and sent Jacob, the nan-seryaut, fly
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
SQUIBS.

The falls profit is dead--at Niagara.
A Boston man marked his name in
full on one of his shirts, and "dltto" on
all the others, in order to accomplish
the work more expeditiOusly.
A lawyer gives us reason for not
going to Europe this summer that a
rich client has just died and he is
afraid the heirs would get the prop
erty.
a boy presented with n pie to share
with his sister, was told that in cut
ting it he must give her the largest
part. Rejecting a moment, he passed
the pie to his sister, with the remark
''You cut. ~
A young lady asked a gentleman
why he never attended a church en- ter
tainment. sit only costs ten cents to
go in, you know" she added. Yes, was
the reply, sit costs only ten cents to
get in, but it. costs about four dollars
to get out"
A scientific paper says that "a few
drops Of ammonia in IA cup Of warm
rain water, carefully applied with a
wet sponge, will remove the spots from
chr0mos." What is most needed is
something that will remove the chro-
mo- Lynn Bee.
Fred -''Now, Sally, if I give you
five apples and you eat two, how ma
ny will you have ?" Sally Give"
Fred =" Why, no, Sally. If yon eat
two you will only have three" Sally
yes | sail. I'll have free in my
hands and two in my tummic."
A fieshy lady, handsomely dressed
and with little dog in her arms, got
on to the car. The little dude strug-
gled to his feet and touching his hat
politely, remarked facetiOusly: "Ma-
dam, will you take this seat2" The la
dy looked at the crevice he had left
aud thanked him pleasantly lyon
are very kind" she said Il think it
will just fit the dog And it did.
81 wish, mamma" said little JOHNNY
Fizzletop, '.tiiat | lived in South Afri-
ca :. Why, my son, do sou wish you
lived in South Africa p "Why, the
IDamiDas down there don't wear any
slippers, You know eyes; my son,
but you must also remember that little
boys in South Africa don't wear any.
pants either CHATS so,n said John
NY, Otis queer ! never thought any!
thing about that Texas SifIings.
A New York Sunday school teacher
told her pupils that when they put
their pennies into the contributions box
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
A Real Romance.

Let novelist of today tell the story
of Graut's life of the unpromising ca
reer at West Point; the apparent lack of
individuality in the army; the failure
as a farmer; the lack of success as a
business agent: the story, of the days
at the tannery, when, half clerk, half
porter, he seemed to have relinqnished
both past and future--let him tell the
tale of the succeeding % years !; how
the hitherto luekless man rose step by
step, with Il rapidity almost incredible,
to be general of the army, twice Presi-
dent, then for year the honored guest
and associate of the greatest mOnarchs
of the earth; then let him reduce the
hero to poverty, and at his death hon
or him with IA national funeral, and the
book would be laughed at as too Wild
~ improbable to be worth c0nsidera-
tion.-fSt. Louis Globe Democrat.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
Valuable if it Works.


Mr.. j. j. Smith of Boston has inven-
ted an apparatus designed to relieve
horses of the great strain encountered
in starting ears. The great device is
system of leverage attached to the
wheels of both aXles and is operated
by chains attached Ia IA movable ear
riage secured To the under part of the
car, which is kept in position by
springs. In starting, instead of the
horses being forced to overcome the
dead weight of the car at once the
movable carriage referred To is drawn
forward six inches. The movement is
then communicated to the wheel levers,
which III turn act upon the axles and
the car is started in motion. The
springs connected with the movable
carriage are replaced by the action of
the ear in stopping. The device is
simple aud ingenious.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
Libber or Po'terhouse.

From the FoxborO RepOrter.l .....
Two colOred BARRIERS, one an old man
and the other "a yOung man. The
young one took off his apron and start
ed out of the door.
"Yo's gwan to get a drink, Jim ~
asked the elder.
Oats what Use gwan to do"
SEQ and git yo' drink. yoost ter
do de same ting when wnz young.
When WIZ fnst married dab was a
gin mill next TO de shop wha' wicked,
and spent in it fifty and sebenty cents
a day outen de dollah an "a halfI earn
ed. Wall, one mawnin' i went into de
butcliah shop, and who shood cum in
bat de man what KEEP de Gkker shop.
- Glib Inc 10 or IL pound pO'terhonse
steak he said.
.'He got it and went out. I sneaked
up to de butchah and looked to see
what money | bad ]ef'. -. =.
- Glib me 10 cents wuf of fibber,' was
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20

God sends his angels where he will,
From world to world. from star to star;
They do his bidding as they fly,
Whether OF near OF far.
Whittier IL went or what its quest,
know not but one August day
A great white angel through the far
Dim spaces took its way
UHtil below it our fair earth,
Like a rich Jewel Ally hung
An emerald set with silver CLEANS
In the blue ether swung.
The angel looked. the angel paused
Then down the starry pathway swept,
Till mount and valley. hill and plain,
Beneath his vision slept.
Poised on q far blue mountain peak,
1t saw the Land from sea 70 sea
Lifting in veiled splendor up,
The banner Of the free
From tower and turret spire and dome,
From stately halls and cabins rude
Where erag aud cliff and forest meet
In awful solitude
IT saw strange sombre pennAnts fOst,
Black shadows the summer breeze
That bore. from shore TO shore, the wall
OF solemn sympbOuies
II saw long files OF armed men.
Clad in a garb Of faded blue,
Pass up and down the sorrowing land
As # in grand review.
IL saw through crowded city streets
Funereal trains move TO and fro.
With tolhng bells, and muffied drums,
And trumpets wailing low.
Descending then the angel sought
a stern sad man of many cares -
All, aft before have mOrtals talked
With angels, unawares
The angel spake ~ man to mau - .-.
What does 1t mean, o friend e. it cried
These sad browed hosts, these weeds OF woe
This mourning tar and widef'
The stranger answered IN amaze
knew You not what the whole world knows
To his long home, thus erandly borne,
Earihs greatest warrior goes.
The foremost soldier of his age
The victor on full many a field
Who saw tho hrsvest of the brave
To his stern prowess yield"
The angel sighed Thai means, il said,
"TumuH aud anguish, pain and death,
And countless sons of men borne down
BY the fierce lannon's breatbv
Then passed from hight the heavenly guest,
y md from the mountain top again
Took it, far tiight from north to south,
Above the homes of men.
But still. whereer II went it saw
The starry banners half-mast high,
a nd tower and turTet hung with black
gaiust the reddening sky
still saw long ranks of armed men
Who Tor the blue had worn the gray
Still saw the sad procession pass
Darkening the summer day
Was this their conqueror whom you mourn ~
The angel said {" who kept
Lone watch where deep in grass-grown grave
Young Southern soldiers slept.
Victor. Yet friend - the answer came
Even theirs who here their life blood poured
He. when the bitter field won,
Was first to sheathe the sword
And cry-'O brothers. take my hand
Brave foemen, let us he at peace
Der all the undivided land
Let clash of conflict cease""
The wondering angel went it's way
From world to world, from star to star,
Where planet unto planet turned
Aud suns blazed out afaT.
Learn, learn, O universe" it cried
How great is he whose fOemen lay
Their love and homage at his feet.
On this-his burial day r.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20

my remark. ~.
cit WIZ all T.eouId pay fur. Now
you go and get you drink. You'll
eat libber but de man wat sell yo' de
stuff will hab his po'terhouse steak.
De man behind de bar eats po'terhouse
de man in fro..t eats libber. I amt
touched de stuff fo' 30 yeahs, and am
eatin' po'terhouse myself