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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
Stories About Animals.

A ram belonging to j. A. Adams of
Granville county, n. c., knows Il per
simmOn tree when he sees it. When
the persimmOns are ripe the ram butts
the tree until fruit enough falls to
make him a meal.
A Glasgow dog went regularly with
his master to the butchers to get his
dinner. He carried little basket and
twopence to pay for it. Finally he
was allowed to go alone. But another
butcher soon sent in bill for the dogs
daily supply of food. 1t was ascertain
ed that the animal, having u vOracIous
appetite, was getting double rations.
After he had eaten what he received at
the first butchers, he would take the
empty basket to another and eat Oh
credit.
According to an English newspaper,
an officer returning from days shoot
ing left his game in the custody of his
dogs, whom he locked up with it while
he went upon some urgent business
away from home, and soon forgot both
animals and game. He was detained
! for days, and when he returned both
dogs had died of hunger, having re-
Trained from touching the game. They
had neither banked nor whined during
their confinement, evidently fearing to
| betray the trust of their master.
A st. Louis bachelor sat down to a
table in his room to write letter when
an immense black spider advanced to-
ward him upon the table. He took Il
straw from broom and drew it gently
over the spiders back and legs for ten
minutes, when it went away. The
next evening the spider reappeared
and went through the same antics with
the broom straw, to his evident pleas
ure. This was kept up all the winter,
the big spider coming out regularly
every night for frolic with the broom
straw.
A dog belonging to a Wanaqua, n.
j., lad had for Il long time been in the
habit of picking up his breakfast and
running away with it instead of eating
it. The boy followed him and the dog
led him n roundabout trip, evidently
to tire out his pursuer. Finally the
dog lay down and waited for the boy
to go away. The boy started abruptly
us if to go home. The dog then ran
very fast and disappeared in a covert,
where investigation revealed Il decrep-
it and emaciated old dog, who was
eagerly devouring the breakfact.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
SQUIBS.

At the mouth of IL Cornish mine there
is this advice 'DO not fall down this
shaft, as there are men at work at the
bottom of it, Current Item.
Glass in social economy Professor
"Mr. Mcninges, what would You sug
gest rs the first step necessary to the
encouragement of divorces ?" Mr.
Meninges-"Few marriages" y Bos-
ton Transcript.
A correspondent asks ''Can You in
form me how to get fat ?" Certainly
buy five-dOllar horse and wagon and
go round to the back doors after it
| Boston Commercial Bulletin.
A Rutland miss was asked by hen
parents which she would prefer for a
present, pair of roller skates or the
| Youths Companion. 81 will take the
| skates, if you please" she said. 81 can
get IA companion ut the rink"
ooh Mr.. S." said young lady at a
church fair, 81 want your help for a
moment. | have Just sold Il tidy for SlJ
that cost fifteen cents, and | want YOU
to tell me what percentage that is
ga transaction of that kind, my dear
Miss b." said Mr.. S., who is lawyer,
"gets out of percentage, and into lar
ceny."
A lady called on her milliner, the
other day, regarding the character of a
servant. The respectable appearance
of the latter was beyond questioning.
"But is she honest ?" asked the lady.
81 am not so certain about that" re-
piled the milliner. 81 have sent her
to You with my bill dozen times. and
she has never given me the money"
When the song, "Mrs. Brady's
Daughter" was having a run, lady
once went into music store, and step
said "Mrs. Brady's Daughter" "Glad
to know YOU" replied the young man.
extending his hand. CHOW is your
mother P'-[ New York News.
A bell-boy with nearly dollar in
him, is being mined by physicians, in
Portland, Me-, where he was employed
in a hotel. He was running upstairs
with seventy eight cents in his mouth,
when, suddenly stopping for some
thing, he gulped the entire amount
two twenty-five cent pieces, two dimes
and the rest in pennies. Strange to
say, there has been no change in his
his internal arrangement since.
Little Harry, aged four, who had
been presented with a toy monkey,
very much astOnished his young and
greatly admired aunt the other even
ing by ending his prayers with Cannon
key" instead of ''amen." His aunt
was greatly shocked, and exclaimed ::
"Why, Harry! what made you SAY
that ~ The young philosopher an
swered 81 say 'a-mOnkey,' because
like monkeys best yon say amen be-
cause yOu like men best"
'"There is something that has preyed
heavily on my mind ever since our en-
gagemont, dear" he said, 'but am
almost afraid to tell you of it," "What
is it, George" the young woman asked
81 am somnambulist."
''Oh, is that all ?" she exclaimed, with
Il sigh of relief. 81 have always been
myself, but of course when
we are made one | shall expect to at
tend yOnr church. ~ New York Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
A Street-Car Romance.

The bleak and uninviting interior of
Il street car, with the thermometer 20
degrees below freezing point, was the
scene of proposal of marriage. The
hour was 9 30 the car one of the am
ber-hued chariOts of the Thirteenth
and Fifteenth streets line, Philadel-
phia, and the interested parties pref
ty girl of about 10 summers, with dark
eyes and rosy cheeks, and a young
man of two or three and twenty. care
You cold, Amelia 2" came i'm gentle
tones across the car. eyes, Charley"
was the whispered reply. And
Charley Struggled up close and took
Amelia's hand in his. He then glanced
ut her in IL loving way, looked across
at the reporter, who was apparently
asleep, noticed that the conductor was
entirely occupied in keeping his feet
warm, and, after giving one or two
coughs, said, with smile "DO you
recollect what told you the first time
| met you, Amelia ?" "No, Charley.
What ?" "Why, that had never been
in love, and that it would be Il cold
day when I'd ask girl to marry me-"
sob, yes; but why do you ask ~
"Well, this is IL very cold day, Amelia,
isn't it 2" eyes, Charley but why ?"
and she hlushed as she glanced at him,
and his face drew nearer hers. "Well,
will you ?" There was silence for
moment but for the jingle, jingle of the
bells and the shuttle of the conductors
feet upon the icy platform. Then she
slipped her hand into his, blushed even
roster than before and whispered,
"Yesr
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
Cost of the White House.

Most people believe that the $50,
900 year which the President gets as
his salary is the sum total. This is a
mistake. The estimate of the amount
which Congress is to appropriate this
year lies before me open at the page
relating to the President. | see that
S36, 064 is asked for him in addition to
his salary of $50,0OO, to pay the sala-
ries of his subOrdinates and clerks.
His private secretary is paid S3,250,
his assistant private secretary S2,250,
his stenOgrapher 81 500, five messen-
gers each 81 200, a steward 81 800, two
door-keepers who each get 81 200, four
other clerks at good salaries, one tele-
graph operator, two ushers getting
$ 200 and 81 400, a night usher get
ting $1,000, Waterman who gets
5000, and a man to take care of fires
who receives 1854 year. In addi-
ton to this there is set down 100 for
incidental expenses, such as stationery,
carpets and the care of the Presiden-
tial stables. And further on, under
another heading, there is demand
for nearly $4,000 more. OF this, SI2,-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09

where are you going to put it all ~
Don't be so fast, wife. l don't ever
see the pork myself, OF have anything
to do with it,"
al thought you just said you were
going to send up $50 barrels"
"No, l didn't. The pork / am going
to buy is way off in Chicago"
Glow do you know whether it is
good or not, then p
"Dear me, wife, what do | care
whether it is good or bad ? merely go
long
"You mean You go long minding
your own business"
"NO, no. That's Il technical phrase.
Let me explain it to you. You see
when | go long, the bucket shop goes
short"
"ShOrt? -"
"Short, Mrs. Potts"
"ShOrt of pork Why don't they
get some more, then 2"
Good Lord, wife, the whole thing
is plain as day. Here go to bucket
shop and buy $50 barrels of pork, that
don't you see, makes them bears and
me a bull"
"DOn't you know any better, Mr..
Potts, than to talk like that before
your own children | should think
you would be ashamed of yourself, sir.
You get worse and worse every day"
"TOu don't know what you are talk
ing about, Mrs. Potts. When / buy
$50 or 500 barrels of pork it shows |
feel like bull"
~ should think you'd feel like an
idiot"
81 buy $50 barrels of pork, rs said
before, Mrs. Potts, and cover it with
margins"
"What kind of margins"
"Oh, D cent margins to begin with"
~ shouldn't think margins as cheap
as that would be good for anything.
You'd better let me go and pick them
out for You, Mr.. Potts. Men never
know about such things"
81 buy $50 barrels of pork, Mrs.
Potts, and hold on to it until March,"
81 thought You said yOu wouldn't
have any to hold on to-"
GAS | said before, Mrs. Potts, | buy
$50 barrels of pork and hold on to it
until March comes, and then pork, ac-
cording to my way of thinking, will be
worth dollar or two more IL barrel
than gave for it, and I'll be anywhere
from $3.50 to $500 ahead. What do
you think of that, Mrs. Potts ?"
"Where is the $500 coming from ?"
"From my deal"
"What deal ~
"The deal just told you about"
81 haven't heard IL word about IL deal
Mr.. Potts. [ guess you are out of your
head this morning"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
Afphanistan-

Afghanistan.
In regard to the comparative strength
of the two nations, prominent army
officer is quoted as saying that no two
great nations are more equally match
ed. On the sea England maintains her
old superiority, but on land Russia's
military force is double that of her
rival. In the event of war in the dis
puted territory each would be at equal
distance from its railroad communica-
ton. On the other hand England is
strong financially while Russia is over
burdened with debt. The internal con-
dition of the two empires is at present
very similar. Both are alike threaten
ed by revolutionists of the most des-
perate character. The peace of Europe
now depends not only on the wisdom
of the statesmen in London and st. Pc
tersburg, but also on the prudence OF
the officers in command in the far of
Afghan passes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
Justice to the Blacks.

The signs of Il .juster public senti-
ment in the South toward the colOred
race are multiplying. The remarka-
BILE paper of that brilliant writer,
George w. Cable, in the Century mag
azine was one of the most remarkable
of these. A few weeks ago n decision
was given by Tennessee court,
whereby colored woman holding Il
first-c class ticket, but refused first-class
accommodation, was awarded $500
damages against the railway. A SINH
lar decision has just been given by the
United States District Court in Balti-
more. Four colOred women brought
suit against steamboat company for
Obliging them to occupy inferior quar-
tiers. The judge ruled that while COM
mon carriers have the right to make
regulations for the separation of dis
tinct classes of persons, they have no
right to make any difference in the
comfort or convenience of those who
pay equal fare, and awarded each of
the complainants 500 damages. The
company appealed from the decision,
and it will very probably go before the
Supreme Court. "These two iudg-
ments," says the Advance, care pleas
ant indications of the trend of public
sentiment in the South, and not less
so is the attitude which the Charleston
News and Courier, the leading news
papers of South Carolina, holds toward
the subject. 1t endorses this decision
as unquestiOnably Il just one, and adds
that the principle which it implies has
long been in operation in its own
State, where respectable cOlored peo-
pie who buy tirst-class tickets ride in
first-class cars, and their presence ex-
cites no comment OH the part of their
white fellow passengers."- Christian
Statesman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
The Money Waste.

The Boston w. c. T. U. which is a
most painstaking gatherer of statistics,
has been of late investigating the city
taxes, and finds from certain city
document that the appropriation for
police, almshOuse, hospital and court
expenses, nine-tenths of which are ne
cessitated by the liquor business,
reaches the sum of 81, ;}24 800. Niue
tenths of the sum, S2.09l ,6l9, is paid
by Boston taxpayers simply to sup
port the destructive work of the IL
censed m-shop. Will the history
of a hundred years hence credit sucL
folly in the afternoon of the nineteenth
century?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
Salaries Of Foreign Ministers.

The salaries of various ministers to
foreign countries are as follows, as
given in the United States Blue book
OF the Minister to England, France,
Germany and Russia, 81, 800.
OF those to Austria, Brazil, China,
Italy, Japan, Spain and Mexico, $l2,-
600. OF the ministers to Central Amer
lea, Chill and Peru, $4,000.
OF the ministers to the Argentine
Republic, Belgium, Turkey, Sweden,
Netherlands, Hayti, Columbia and
Sandwich Islands, $500. To Bolivia,
Denmark, Portugal and Switzerland,
$1,000.
The best consular places are COnsuls
General at London, $4,000, and Calcut-
TIA, $4,000.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
Mr.. Potts Deal in Pork.

~ think, my dear, March pork is 4
good purchase" said Mr.. Potts, taking
another pancake and Swimming over
the morning paper.
81 guess we don't need any, thank
you," said Mrs. Potts. ''If you see any
good October butter anywhere, You
might send up jar"
''YOu don't understand me, my dear.
/ mean a little speculation. Let me
show you how it works. Now, | buy
$50 barrels of pork at SI2.374 barrel"
"Heavens aud earth, Mr.. Potts,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09

500 is for repairs and refurnishing the
White House $4,000 is for fuel, S4,-
900 for the greenhouse and $751; 900 is
for gas, matches and the stables. The
White House, all told, costs the coun
try in connection with the President
considerably over Sl25,0O0 a year.
Washington Letter in Cleveland
Leader.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
The Caledonian has noy been printed

The CdIedonidn has noW been prin ted
nearly fifty years. It's character is nell
knO,0n by nearly all IN this part Of the
State, and a good many outside the
State. HendeaVOrS TO be honest, true,
pare and clean. As a public Journal IL
is compelled to tell unpleasant truths,
but IL neUsr hunts for scandal. II beIieres
that a newspaper has a higher mission
than to pander to the rifle or eren the
sensational. Ififs conductors hare not
kept it up to the ideal, they certainly hare
received much credit for the high stan
dard il reaches after.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
General News.
TERRIBLE COAL MINE EXPLOSIONS.

Three fatal explosions in coal mines
occurred in foreign parts last week.
Forty men were imprisoned and it is
believed instantly killed by All explo-
sion of firedamp, at Troppan, in Aus
trian Silesia. Thursday. On Friday SO
men were killed by an explosion in
mines owned by Baron ROthschild at
Ostran, Moravia. Early Friday morn
ing 35 miners were killed and l3 more
dangerously wounded by an explosion
in coal mines at Lebu, Chill.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
WHEN 1 AM GONE.
When am gone.

When am gone,
Dear friends will cluster round my silent form
And say, How good she wasl How noble. true
How quick to sympathize with others too,
And strong TO battle hfe's seversst Storm
NY faults-so many will be all forgot
Ny temper-sOmetmes basty-then will not
Remembered be; for when our friends
Lie dead. their goodness far transsends
Their faults. Oh. friends remember this;
Daily that tender sympathy need
Which then my deafened senses cannot heed;
So give me now the love shall not miss
When / am gone.
-THelen NJ WinslOW.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09

a total of about 81 ,25O, OOO,OO But its
annual bill for whisky, beer and taxes
thereon, is Sl,400,000,0 900. In other
words, it unnecessarily drinks $780,
O00, 900 worth more than it necessarily
eats or wears. - Boston Journal of
Commerce.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09

n. Y, last week, aged So.
The latest prophet has set April ?!
for the end of the world.
Extensive preparations are bein!
made for the annual reunion of tn,
Army of the Potomac at BaltimOr,
May 6 and Z. The Grafton will he de
livered by Gen. Calvin f. Pratt, jus
tice of the New York supreme court
and the poem by Maj. Dewitt G
Sprague Of Washington, ID. G.. The
and Hancock and other distinguished
officers will be present.
Six travel-exhausted Indians were
found frozen to death in Wexford
county, Mich, last Thursday. The
only survivor of the party was an In
dian girl, who had gone four days
without food.
! An interesting question is before the
New Hampshire courts in the form OF
the inquiry whether woman may le-
gally marry her deceased husbands
father.
Rev. Phillips Brooks sails for Europe
May 9. He will probably return in
October.
James D. Tenney, an elderly man,
was instantly killed at GOrham, n. H.,
Friday, by falling upon the sharp edge
of an axe which he was using, sever
ing an artery in his throat.
The expenses of the presidents in
auguration were $46,500 and the re-
ceipts from the tickets, privileges, sale
of lumber, &c, about $4,000, leaving
a deficit of only about $500.
Mrs. Minerva Gridley, widow of
Eber Gridley, died suddenly at Hart
ford, Ct, on Friday. Her estate of
S75, 000 is by her will, to be divided
between the Mt. HOlyoke female semi
nary of South HadIey, Mass, and
Carleton college, NOrthfield, Mimi.
David w. Perrine, who died at Cen
tralia, ILL.,, Friday, aged %, was high
in Free Masonry, of which fraternity
he had been Il member over 20 years,
and was probably the oldest Mason but
one in this country.
The prOprietors of the two hotels at
Brandon, were fined last week S305
apiece for violating the prohibitory
law. One of the saloon keepers would
have shared a similar fate if he had not
decamped to parts unknown.
George Morton, Esq, has given So
600 to the Mary Fletcher Hospital at
Burlington to endow free bed, to be
called the Kate w. Morton bed, in
memory of his believed daughter, who
died about two years ago.
The Esteys of BrattleborO have with
the prospect of better times in the bus
mess world, begun running six days
per week instead of four as previously.
A eight-year- son of John Banyea
at Vergennes, was riding on log
which was being taken to the mill,
when the log turned over and crushed
the boy to death.
The Burlington cOasting club pro-
poses to hold a carnival of outdoor
sports in that city next winter. TObog-
gan slides and ice Kinks will be built
and other features of the Montreal car
nival reproduced. The organization is
made up of 100 of the leading business
and professional men of the city.
Rev. S. l.. Blake of Fitchburg, Mass,
a native of Cornwall, will deliver the
Grafton before the associated alumni of
Middlebury college at the next com
meme ement.
Since April the national banks at
Burlington receive Canadian bank
notes and coin, only at discount of
two per cent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
PAPERS, CARDS, ENVELOPES
stock and printed at short notice

We do not claim to do better iCOrk o,
cheaper Work than any Other estGJhsh-
ment; but zoe do claim that IRE do as
good lOOrk TOR the money asked as any
printing office lUhere they pay their obi
cations one hundred cents on the dollar.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09
FIRE RECORD.

Last week Wednesday the Music
hall at Buffalo N. Y, and the st. Louis
Catholic church adjoining were burn
ed, loss 100000. One life was lost,
German libraries in the cOuntry.-On
Friday, Michigan carbon works at
Rougeville, Michigan, a suburb of De-
trOit, were burned with probable loss
of 5000, 900, insured for S200,OO0. The
works were considered the most com
plete of the kind in the country, doing
a 5000, 900 business annually, and en-
ploying about 200 men.-The National
Blank Book Co.'s mandatory at New
York burned Thursday, loss $l20,0O0
At Oakland City, Ind, 30 houses
burned Friday, 100000 loss.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-09

Tor SALE OR RENT 100 acres Of arabic
land fertile aud well watered, situated II miles
from ST. JOhnsbury. Would be willing TO exchange
for village property. For particulars address g ).
WARD, Lock Box 72J, New Britain, Conn s6-sl-
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-07-24
Certain Death,

From the San Francisco Alta California.
"People have very littleideato what
an extent this habit of using hypoder.
mic injections prevails" said a prom !
inent physician to an Alta reporter re.
Gently. \
singular that doctors, knowing it,|
effects, should persist in using mort
phine,' said the reporter, hingins out
Il bait for further revelation.
Not any more singular than thai
they should drink whiskey until DEATH
steps / n and stops thedebauch, but ma
morphine habit is infinitely Sc
ductive, and more diffcultto abandonH
than whisky drinking. You probabIys
know Of doctors who havekilied the1n.I
selves by the bottle. So do I. Nowg
not many months ago, there died i'll
Oakland, a physician who was as surs
~ killed by morphine as the poor fell
low who expired in the House OF thd
!nebrlates recently. He took his alsd
IN the shape OF hypodermic injections.
fiehada large practice, was universally
trusted and respected, and not one in
ouo OF his acquaintance ever suspect.
ed that he was q slave to this habit
docs it prevaiito any extent among
women, Doctor?"
~ l have had q good many patients Of
mat sex IN my own practice think
IL Is next to impossible can't say
that 1t Is impossible to cure them. II
nave IN my mind now a lady who re-
SIDES IN one OF the bay counties. She
IS speckled all over from the use of the
hypodermlc syringe. Ihave toldhe q |
score OF times that she was killing her.l
sell, and her friends and relativeshaye
actually gone on their knees to her tod
abandon this ruinous habit. But It'll
was all ofnoavail. Why. the very last
tlne ! called to see that lady, l was inI
aae4aldst OF the most impressive warn-s
ing l could deliver, and she was appar.!
ently listening with the utmost attend
eloh' and making her mind M to req
form, when | noticed a suspicious MOI
slon OF her right hand. Igrasped her5
ny the wrist, and I'm blessedi if She was
not holding a hypodermic syringe,s
charged with morphine, and in the act
OF treating herself to an injection. |
t ta1d my speech mighty short, l tell you,
sonu her relatives that she was beyond
my skill and left the house,
.n nov dld she acquire the habit?n
VI, ike most of them, she he'd been
= sunefer from acute neuralgia, and
tound relief in morphine. Il is a good
i1iena, but terrible enemy. Nevertry
II, young man, Just to seehowit feels
VOC. o,ne a you'll be feeling in your
ne. pTcAet Q your syringe Just as
naeurally as the smoker dives d,ownto
see Il ne has a cigar LETT