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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
Cancer on the Tongue.
Gen. Grants Illness and Its Cause.


General Grant has for n number of
years smoked more and stronger cigars
than any man of the most robust health
could endure. When he was in the
White House he smoked from ID to 20
cigars Il day. They were not small
cigars either. They were of the old
Reina Victoria size and We're the black
est of Madnras in color. Very few eX-
pericnced smokers had strong enough
heads to smoke Grants cigars. More
than one caller at the White House has
been made sick 10y attempting to smoke
with President Giant.
Judge Kelley of Pennsylvania, who
had a similar cancerOus trouble in his
mouth two years ago, has been cured,
although he was given up by his Phil
adelphia physicians when he went to
Europe for the last operation. The
cancer in the judges mouth was also
caused hv the excessive use of tobacco.
He was not II smoker hut he chewed
tobacco constantly. Up to the time
that the cancer appeared he was hard
" ever without tobacco ia his mouth.
He went to sleep with II twist of it in
his cheek, and it was upon the spot on
the tongue touched by the tobacco that
difference between his case and that of
General Grants, his was upon the
tongue itself, where it conld be gotten
at by the surgeons the cancer in Cen
eral Grants mouth is said to be at the
roots of the tongue, and in a place
where it cannot be successfully treated.
This is Identical with the case of
Senator Ben Hill. He chewed tObac-
co immOderately, and while he was
seemingly in the prime of health il can
Ger appeared at the roots of his tongue.
He went through the martyrdOm of a
number of surgical operations, but the
result was nothing but il prolongation
of Il life of pain and endless struggling.
The closing days of Ben Hills life
were very pathetic. During the very
last days of Hills life he was able to
eat only small saucer of the thinnest
oatmeal. To eat even this small guam
tity took him over i'm hour. Every
mouthful caused him the most violent
pain. Hill showed great fortitude
throughout the closing hours of his
life. Although he never had single
moment that was free from pain, his
courage was never shaken. He never
made complaint Washington Let
ter to \. Y. World.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
Love and Duty.

1t was wild and rocky coast, along
which ran the path that led to the
home of old Martin Frere. At Ordi-
nary times the cottage would have
possessed but little attraction for a
bold, sterling youth like Owen Glenn.
But Il visitor had of late frightened
up it's precincts IA young girl named
AnhiS, named after the aged grand
mother who dOzed by the hearth
through the long evenings, content to
watch the bright flames rs they shot
up from the broad fireplace, and per
haps to see visions of the past with
her dim eyes.
Dame Frere was a sharp voiced,
bustling woman, long past middle age,
and not having the name of possess
ing a very sweet temper, bat she had
a soft place in her heart for granny,
and it was to please her that she in
vited her pretty name child to come
and visit them for ~ few months.
Annis was "A tall, slight girl, as
straight as pine tree and AS graceful
as IA fawn. Her yellow hair hung in Il
perfect name of shining curls all about
her shoulders and far down below her
waist. Imagine Il sweet, innocent face
lighted with great lustrous dark eyes,
and a red month almost always curl
ing INTO smiles, and you have some
islea of AnDis.
Most of the young girls in the vicin-
ity were buxOm, merry lasses, with
hair and eyes to match-both of in
tense blackuesS with more oil
less of the hoyden in them. Their
laughter was loud and hearty, and
their ways more frOlicsome than re-
fined. So that it Ii not strange that
when this graceful, quiet stranger
came among them, with her shy way;
and blonde cOIoring, her swift changes
of expression aud native ease of man
ner, she was ut once taken into the
hearts of all the yonng people in the
ReighborhoOd.
lie is u great mistake to think tha
one girl is insensible to another maid
ems beauty. Sometimes, To be sure
she may have 4 feeling of jealousy
with regard To it when she is NATURAL
of that disposition, but often she love-
the object of her admiration all thu
more because she embOdies all tina
ideal which exists ia every human
soul to a greater OF less degree.
Owen Glenn had fallen head owe
heels in love at his first meeting will
Annis, and had not missed an oppor
tunity of meeting her at the variou
rustic gatherings to which she ha'
been invited aud tonight he was go
/ ing to seal his fate by telling Ami
| that he loved her, aud ask if he coul
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
livestock In March.

March is a trying month for live
stock, and they will need extra care
until the pastures produce sufficient
heritage All animals should be kept
from exposure to the long, cold storms.
We have seen many tiocks and herds
that were obliged to be in deep mud
continuously through the spring. The
yards should he properly drained. and
the floors of the sheds and feeding
room kept dry. Horses have very
heavy work at this season, and need
to be fed and grOOmed accordingly.
Much depends Oh the driver; let him
he patient and gentle. Fretting horses
are never doing their best. Mich
cows thrive when kept clean and fed
with an abundance of wholesome food.
Let the milking be done by careful
hands, otherwise new cows will be
spoiled, and old ones dried off. Early
lambs, with their dams, need warm
pens. AS the days grow warmer, the
ticks get more active. Dip the in
tested sheep in one of the preparations
sold for the purpose. For lice on
calves, pigs and fowls, nothing is bet
ter than grease or kerosene. Speak
now for June pigs. Give broOding
hens clean nests, with food close ut
hand. Be an ''early bird" i'll tie
spring. American Agriculturist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12

! her all about it.. l wish it had been
my luck to make such hit. Women
are great on anyone who touches their
feelings. You ought to see her eyes
snap and sparkle when she was lectur-
ing me about not staying to help you.
! never saw her look SO pretty. But,
| halo what has come over you 7" For
/ Owen was hurrying off in the direction
of the cliffs.
! AS he went Robert caught a look
upon his face which told him more
! than Owen intended. He stood staring
after him, thinking to himself:
81 see it all. My failure will be
Owens opportunity. Well he's a good
fellow, and as long as | can't have her,
what odds does it make ? And l saw
| last night she cared no more for ME
than if had been a stick"
When Annis caught sight of Owen
approaching the cottage she ran out
with an impulsive ''Oh, how glad am
to see you | do want to tell you what
| think of you"
Then she stopped short. Something
in Owens face filed her with confu
sion. But her outstretched hands were
already within his clasp, and his low
murmured words of love were sound
/
ing in her ears.
Il am as glad as YOU that | have
done something TO please you for oh.
Annis love you so dearly that | would
do or dare anything for your sake"
And then she never knew how it
came about, bnt his arms were about
her and his kisses npOn her lips, and
she found that she loved him so we'll
that she was willing to promise to be
his wife, whenever he should be able
to earn enough to make a home for her.
They were both young, and it would
not be hard to wait, aud they were 50
sure of one auOther's love.
The prospect was at first that sew
eral years must elapse before their
marriage, but suddenly all was chang
ed for them as if by magic.
A letter came from abroad within a
twelvemOnth. 1t was addressed to the
minister of the little seaside village,
and asked for information us to the
persons who had kindled a beacon light
in answer to signal of distress from a
sailing vessel on the night Of, Civ
ing the correct date and the time when
Owen had sacrificed inclination to the
to the dictates Of duty and humanity.
That light had saved valuable car
go from being lost, and the writer pro-
posed to give half of the proceeds to
the parties who had been Instrumental
in the matter Also 1; medal was to be |
struck off commemorative of his graft |
tude that the lives Of all OH board had |
been thus preserved to their families.
Owen became at once the boast of
the village. For when a mans fame
has reached foreign countries his own
townspeOple are always sure to re-
echo it.
The wedding day was set for the
first anniversary of the evening when
his good fortune came to him in the
guise of disappointment, and Robert
Hunter was first to congratulate the
young couple.
"Who'd have thought" he whisper
ed to Owen, "that the tables would
have been SO turned Truly, There's
Il tide in the affairs of men which, taken
ut the food leads on to fortune aud
you took it, my boy"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
Onr Comfy Fair Premiums.

Remember that in addition to the
largely increased premiums offered at
our. next fair, the Passumpsie rail-
road offers special one Of 800 for
the best herd of cattle g head) the
Lake road $50 for the best animal in
the cattle exhibit; l.. x I. Fairbanks
& Co. a $45 scale for the best yoke of
steers or oxen the 81. JOhnsbury
house $25 for the best dairy COW ; the
Avenue house S2j for the best exhibit
Of ornamental butter the Cottage no.
tel SI5 for best exhibit of plants and
flowers. Surely the managers OF the
fair have taken a step that if followed
up will make our comfy famous in the
stock line all over the country. Let
them see TO it that the premiums are
awarded where the merit lies. The
society now has a reputation second tn
none in that respect. Making the cattle
classes open to the world is IA move in
the right direction, and it is to be
hoped that it will be best to let sheep
follow next year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
Holsteins for Butter.

The reader will bear in mind that
the following letter to the Cultivator
was written by Smith & Powell, who
sell the Holstein stock:
Your readers will doubtless be inter
ested in learning the result of recent
butter test of our IIOlstein COW Lady
Netherland, which was nineteen pounds
eight ounces of thoroughly worked UNI
days. Another large record is thus
added to the already long list of Hol-
stein butter cows, and as this COW was
dam of our famous bull Netherland
Prince(7l6) and our cows Netherland
Queen (414), with a butter record of
twenty pounds in seven days, and
Netherland Princess, with a butter
record of seventeen pounds eleven
ounces in seven days, it more securely
places the Netherland family at the
head of all the HOlstein butter families.
Netherland Countess (2634) made
fifteen pounds fifteen ounces of butter
in seven days as il three year-old, and
Netherland Belle Q676) made sixteen
pounds seven ounces in a week as a
three year old and both these heifers
are sisters to n. Prince on the sire's
side, while his aunt, Netherland Ouch
ess (2635), made as a fOur-year-Old
fourteen pounds twelve ounces, and
Netherland Baroness (2635). Il neice
of Lady Netherland, made seventeen
pounds five ounces of butter i'll seven
DAYS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
B0WKER FERTILIZER CO.,
Boston & New York.
ON THE ENGINE.

Running a Locomotive while daathiy sick
Something the passengers did not know
physician saves an engineer.
TAUNTON MASS,
DR. David Kennedy, Roundout, n. Y:
Dear Sir am an engineer on the Old Colony
Railroad and run the Fall River boat train be
tween Fall River and Lowell, residing in Taunton
For years I suffered everything but death from
dyspepsia Often l bad such binding sick head
aches that could scarcely see. L think this was
due partly to regular habits of eating aud partly
to the jar of the engine Sometimes my head
would settle in my eyes, which would feel as bi
as mans fists. ii y breath very offensive
and my TODD soured on as it entered my
stomach. In fact my stomach telt as though it
were a great raw and sore surface, and what agony
it gave perhaps you can imagine.
III the summer and fall Of 1876 when he had the
heavy centennial travel the constant jar brou ght
on accute attacks nearly every wesk and thought
l should have to leave the road But l kept at
that could virtually eat nothing. and
cluded that my labor, and my life too were abont
over.
Remember that / had tried every medicine
heard Of and had been treated BY some of the best
physicians in Taunton add Lowell. At this criti-
cal time DIR. DAVID KENNRDY'S FAVORITE
REMEDY WAS recommended to 1t new
to me, and with my experience OF medicines. you
can easily forgive me for saying that had not a
particle Of faith in il.
had taken it but few days when began to
get better. The raw and sore feeling left my
stomach. aud the swapping pail left my head. and
soon l was all right and have been ever since. 1t
is the only thug that did me the least good,
and ii drove every ache, pain and discomfort com
pletely out of my body. Now keep Kenedy's Fa-
vOrite Remedy with me on my engine. and it goes
wherever 20.
Why believe Favorite Remedy will cure any.
thing. One night. while ago, John Layton, an
engineer who runs the main line boat train from
Boston, came my engine sick death He was
worn out with work, had . high fever, and was so
nervous he alm st broke down crying. Nonsense,
John said cheer up, I've got something on my
engine that will set you up in jify." I took out
my bottle of Favorite Remedy, lifted his head and
gave him . good dose. He went to bed. Two
days after saw him looking healthy n butcher.
Dan - he said, what was that STUFF yOu gave me
the other night 7" 1T was DR.. David Kennedy 8
Favorite Remedy, RondOut n. Y" ssid l. We'll.
don't care whose Remedy it is it's the thing for
a man on the railroad" So say all
Yours etc DANIEL FITS.
This preparation goes to the root of disease by
purifyiT the blood and rousing every organ into
healthy action 1t is useful at home, shops in
offiee--eVerywhsre.
DIR. David Kennedy. Physician and Surgeon
RondOut ". Y. s5-6s
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
Maple Sugar.

Large quantities of maple sugar will
always be demanded in our markets
as luxury, desirable mainly for it's
peculiar flavor. Diminish this desir-
able quality and place maple sugar in
direct competition with that of the
cane or the beet or of glucose simply
for its sweetness, and few would pay
the extra price demanded for the pro-
duct of the maple. Cane and beet
sugars are now SO cheap that there is
moro than usual temptation to adul-
terate the maple product with Ordina-
~ sugars. Such adulteratiOn destroys
all chance for any permanent market
for the maple product and is tn be es-
peeially deplOred in this day Of cheap
sugars CultivatOr.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12

The CdledOnidn has ROU been printed
nearly fifty years. Its character is nell
known by nearly all in this part Of the
State, and good many outside the
State. II eRdeavOrs to be honest, true,
pHre and clean. As a public Journal il
is compelled to tell unpleasant truths,
but it neUsr hunts for scandal. II betieres
that a newspaper has a higher mission
than to pdnder TO the Cite or euen the
sensational. Ifits conductors hare not
kept ii up to the ideal, they certainly haze
received much credit for The high stan
ddrd it reaches after.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
MALARIA.
al an aDti-malarial medicine
DIR. DAVID KENSEDY's
FAVORITE REMEDY

has won golden opinions. No traveller should con
slider his outfit complete unless it includes bottle
of this medicine. II you exposed frequent
changes of climate food and water Favorite Rem
edy should always be within your reach. 1t eKpels
malarial pOisons. and is the best preventative OF
ebis and mRlarial fever in the world. 1t ID espee
tally offered . trustworthy specific for tie
Of Kidney and Liver sompIaints COnstipatiop aud
all disorders arising from an Impure state of the
blood. To women " no suffer from any OF the Ills
peculiar To their Favorits Remedy Is CONSTANT
" proving itself an unfnliDg friends real bless
ing. Address the proprietor, DIR. u. Kennedy,
Rondout N. Y 81 bottle for q, oy all druggists.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
Value of Ensilaoe.

Five years ago | stated that the silo
would add millions to New England.
This is the fifth winter that | have fed
ensilage, and my cows have never done
better or looked finer. | have doubled
my stock. Shall sell ten tons of hay
enough to pay for my meal and shorts.
| do this on less than twenty five acres
of moving and tillage land. If | have
done this on so small a piece, what can
be done 10y fifty or one hundred acres 7
Cannot millions be added To our pro-
ducts = l.. w. Curtis, NJ. D., in Mass.
PlOughman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12

STATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT IS
- In Probate Court held at the Probate office iii
St. Johnsbury within and for said District on the
4th day of March, A. d. 1895.
An instrument purporting to be the last Will and
Testament OF Agnes Hendry. late of Psaeham in
said district. deceased. being presented to Court
by the Custodian thereof for Probate:
1t is ordered by said Court that all persons =
cerned therein be notified to appear at session of
said Court. to be holden at the Probate office in
st. JOhnsbury, the 2ith day of March
A. D. 1875, and show cause, if any they may have.
against the Probate of said Will; for which pur-
pose ii is further ordered that copy of the record
of this order be published three weeks successfully
in the Caiedonian, printed at st. Johnsbury, pre-
viOus to said time appointed for hearing.
By the Court, Attest,
WALTER =. SMITH. Judge.
A true copy of Record Attest
1896 WALTER p. SMITH, Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12

OFT in the Silly night
Ere slumbers chain has bound me,
Fond Memory brings the light
OF other days around me;
The smiles. the tears, of bOybOods years,
The words OF love then spoken;
The ewes that shone, now dimmed aud gone
The cheerful hearts now broken.
When ] remember all
The friends 80 linked together
We seen around me fall.
Like leaves in wintTy weather,
feel like one who treSds alone
Some banquet hall deserted,
Whose lights are led, whose garlands dead,
And all but he departed.
Thus ia the Silly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me.
Sad Memory brings the light
or other days around me.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12

CTATE OF VERMONT. CALEDONIA DISTRICT, SIS
- In Probate Court, holden at the Probate Office
in St Johnsbury. in said district, the 5th day
OF March 4. ID. 1885
Sias Randall administrator upon the estate
of Patrick Whalen late of St Johnsbury in
said district, deceased, presents his admnistrs-
ton account for examination and allowance and
makes application for decree OF distribution and
partition of the estate of said deceased.
WhereupOn, il is ordered by said Court that said
account and said application be referred 70 session
thereof to be held at the Probate Office 10 st.
JOhnsbnry; the 2lst day Of March. a. ID.
1895: for hearing and decision thereon: and it is
further ordered that notice hereof be given TO all
persons interested by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the Caledonian. a
newspaper published at st. JOhnsbury previous
TO said time appointed for hearing, that they may
appear at said time and place, aud show cause. II
any they may have why said account should not
be allowed and such decree made
BY the Court Attest
1896 WALTER p. SMITH Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
PREPARED b
DR.. Aver & Co. Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
YOUNG,
OLD, AND
anna -

CTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT -
- In Probate Court. held at the Probate Office in
st. Johnsbury, in said District. the 2ist day Of
February, A. D. 1885.
LYMAN ID. Hathaway and Martin V. u. HAtha
way executors Of the last viii and Testament Of
Loan Hathaway, late OF HardWiek. in said
district. deceased, present their administration
account for examination and allowance and make
application for a decree of distribution and parh-
tion of the estate of said deceased.
WhereupOn IL IL ordered by sAid Court that said
account and said application be referred to =
sion thereof to be held at the Probate Of1oe Ia
said 81. JOhnsbury, ON the Goth day Of March,
A. ID. 1895 for hearing and decision thereOn and
IL il further ordered that notice hereof be given
10 all persons interested by publication of the
newspaper printed At st. JOhnsbury previous
~ said time appointed for hearing. that tksy may
appear ut said time and place. and show sAnse, II
any they may have, why said account should not
be allowed and sush decree made.
By tbe Court, Attest.
s3s5 WALTER =. SMITH, Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
Use of the PIow.

We wonder how many will profit by
his remarks on improving the farm
with the plow-well used, followed by
peas and clOverq There is no doubt it
will do all that is claimed for it, lie.
make the farm rich. PlOw your land
twice at least, and cultivate well be-
tween times before you sow or plant.
Will some one who has practiced
deep blowing in Caledonia county give
their experience in The Caledonian
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
A Big Farm

Hon. Francis De Long, a native of
Cornwall, who died in Marin county,
Cal, Feb. IL, went to California in
Is45, and few years later purchased
1900 acres of land in Marin county.
His dairies numbered 1900 cows and
the butter receipts averaged him at
many times over 5000 per month. His
crops of fruit were immense and of the
choicest quality. Hundreds of acres
were devoted to the growth of apples,
peaches, pears, ounces, cherries, april
cots, grapes and other fruits. His large
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
-Ibnm hr farm and Garden.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Raise Your Seeds.

Raise Your Seeds.
Garden seeds should now be got and
tested, for this years use. By the
way, don't yen believe it pays to raise
your own seed, for field as we'll as
gardenP
Those farmers who attended the
meetings of the State Board OF Agri-
culture at LyndOnvile, few days
ago. were lucky. The remarks by one
OF the speakers on raising our Own
grass seed was very instructive, and
the beauty of it was that one couldn't
but feel that lie was being talked to
by master in the business.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12

field of grapes in 1884 averaged ten
tons per acre. He manufactured 1000
barrels of vinegar annually from his
refuse apples. Besides, he raised large
crops of wheat. roots and other pro-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
FARM FOR SALE
AT SOUTH NEWBURY

The farm known the "Chanberlin Farm. con
tanning POO acres of excellent meadow land, lying
on the Connecticut river close by the South New
bury railroad station. There the place a
new house. three new barns and corn barn.
There is running water at the buildings. The farm
is OF the best in the neighbOrhOOd, cuts eighty
tons of hay, and is in every way desirable piece
of property. For further information inquire of
65tf 5. W. HALE. Keene n. H.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12
PAPERS, CARDS, ENVELOPES
insto ok and printed at short notice.

We do not claim to do better ,Cork on
cheaper Work than any other estaGEish-
ment; but i0e do claim that We do as
good ,oOrk tor the money asked as any
printing office achere they pay their obi
cations one hundred cents on the dollar