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Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-03

Mrs Annie Chambers Ketchum, a writer
of considerable fame, has now located her.
self in New York City. Mrs. Ketchnm
resided for many years in Memphis, and
going abroad became a correspondent for
some papers in New York and Boston
The letters she wrote for Eastern Journals
we're greatly admired, her descriptions Of
English Country life were like beautiful
idyl, to her readers We give below no.
tice Of one of this lady's readings in New
York Drawing room:
Mrs. Ketchum's Readings. -The draw
ing-room Of Mrs. Alexander Holland, so
East Twenty-ffh street, was fairly filed
on Thursday afternoon by an assembly
gathered to hear Mrs Annie Chambers
Ketchum read selections from Shakspere,
the modern English classics, and from her
own writings. The audience were charmed
with her polished and graceful rendering
of the great dramatist. The familiar words
seemed clothed with new charm and suf-
fused with fresh grace, as the reader ex-
pressed her dramatic conception Of their
burden of passion and poetry. Persons
who heard Mrs. Ketehum's admirable icon
versations" on the foundations Of Life,
Language, Religion and Civilization" de-
livered last March, will be glad to hear
there is hope Of q repetition Of them,
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-03

influence over mind and heart, and no
noble may be its opponents. She has bee
missionary Of art. We do not assert
she is perfection, we do not assert that she
Is "a. at all times equally great; but to take
her Tor all in all, as q woman and as an
artist, we do say in the words Of the mes
sage that Charlotte Cushman sends across
tAe Atlantic, " The world does not hold
her equal.p
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-03

We give the excellent critique of Mad
anne Ristori, who is now at the Boston The
atre, playing before the most critical audi
ences, in her great character Of Elizabeth"
"Ristori," wrote Jules Janin on the oc-
casion of her first appearance in Paris in
1856, q she is tragedy itself; she is comedy J;
she is the drama" In 1867 Ristori first
appeared in America. Kate Field, then a
young girl in the first flush Of her enthusi-
asm for art, became the devoted student
and girl-friend of the great tragedienne,
and wrote of her brilliant and finely crit
ical paper in the Atlantic Monthly, in
which she said
Ristori has proved to US how capable the
dramatic profession is Of the most exalted
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-03

One ofthe many good deeds On the credit
side Of poor John MoCullougb's account Is
known only to little circle lie was on
hudson River boat one day, four or five
Julys ago, when young woman and an old
man sat on the upper deck beside him.
Unintentionally he heard something Of their
conversation. The old man was the girls
father, and he was lamenting recent fnan-
cial LOSSES, misfortune which would pre-
vent the carrying out Of what apparently
had been cherished plan of sending
The daughter to Vassar. This seems to
have been his first chance to break the
news to the pretty girl, who couldn't keen
back, the tears, though she tried to be brave
and in broken accents assured her compan-
ion that she didn't care anyhow" John
Mccullough, as he himself expressed it.
was !" all broke up" Before that trip was
over the actor learned something definite
about the identity Of the couple. John
Mccullough had bank account. That
girl went to Vassar.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-03
Society Items Concluded.

nj. and Mrs. Bainbridge, Of the q. S.
49, issued invitations for New Years
ne t. sojree dansant at their residence.
n S. Arsenal. The entertainment was
Given to their only daughter, Miss Marie,
vbo i home for the holidays from the
Sacred Heart convent, St. Louis. The
house was prettily Illuminated, and rows
of Chinese lanterns frightened the broad
pOrtico for the arriving guests at the en-
trance way. The young gentlemen Of the
Terpsechorean club arrived with the young
Girls who form portion Of it. Young girls
and gentlemen Of other clubs and member
ships also were among the invited guests,
and the party formed very charming
whole Of the future beaux and bellies of the
city, and also Of youthful grace and
beauty. Officers ofthe Arsenal arrived in
full Uniform with the ladies Of their famil-.
les, while just at the dawning ofthe New
Year, which was announced by a bugle
blast in the hall, amid the congratulations
and kindly wishes for 1886, supper was
announced. The guests of the evening
descended the stairway to find handsome
supper table spread with all the elegancies
Of arecherche menu. Many kind wishes
for the new year were rendered the courtly
Col. cambridge and his accomplished
wife, and many affectionate greetings were
mOfered Miss Marie in the glad New
Year Of her happy girlhood, ere the guests
separated in the "'Wee sma hours02 after
supper, a4
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-03

q The German" Club was entertained
New Years night at the residence of Mrs.
4; ". Worthen, with taste and elegance.
line attendance was large, the night being
perieSct-cold, still and pure in the splendor
Of a full moon.
The guests we're Mr.. and Mrs. John
Goddard, Mrs, Dooley, Mrs. Drummond,
NJ MT and Mrs. Booker Worthen, Mr.. and
y nis John Boyle, Mrs. M. G. Young, Mrs.
Z ia11nan, MI. and Mrs. Zeb Ward, ir., Mr..
ana AZ ! yrs 1 Sam Q. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs 6.
NJ NJ. butler, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W. Martin,
ME- Ntli ana Mrs, Il. K. Cochran Mr.. and Mrs.
Ia See Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. Dean
s nDa% Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Bernays, Mr..
s4oal Mrs' ), v. Tucker. Mr.. Roy Hemp
I IssV was leader; Miss Parham and Mr..
LYMAN ng1 Miss Ida Watkins and Mr.. Rae
M IVia' Miss Miss. Turner :" and Mr.. Churchill,
Mis- s + petite Turner and Mr. Crane,
ME- ME- laws laws On. 10 and Mr.. O'Neale,
traII ' a pranc nc and Mr., Brewer, Miss Can
i'll and NJ \ Neardon, Miss Emily Church
Mr., I Go MT, Barclay, Miss Whitthorne and
JobnsoSs ~ Miss Jabine and Mr.. Joel
GodbaId' MISS NJ. jamie Woodruff and Mr..
ten. Mo,' N Miss Martin and Mr.. Won Har-
Ms, MISS Hsa Matte Williams and Mr.. Reaves,
and NJ I q ana Mr.. Rutland, Miss Hecker
Few' : bunch, and Mr.. Coffin.
drew oOd prizes were ratified: Miss Hecker
stand O an1 !, cut glass pa5sumsr in silver
other ci, nlr Won Harten received the
Tb,s f. cigar and ash holder.
distributasST were we'll chosen and evenly
preserv udd and the members of the e'c club
and gallsptr.,nl elr reputation for courtesy
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-03

Mss JEAN L0UGHBOR0UGH.
Romance.


j Romance. IRE
lhey will return, those happy dark-plumed
swallows, i
Beneath your balcony their nests to build
Again will knock, to call you, at your win
dow, a "a
With rapid playful wing.
Yet not the same who homeward sped re-
joieing
That they should see thy beauty, my de-
light;
Who learned our very names, and knew our
voices
Those never will return.
The honeysuckle, dropping round your ar
Dor, 4
Its web inwoven, leaf blossom, branch en-
B tWined, ~ 8aH u
Again at eve It's sweetest, loveliest flowers
Will open as Of ore. aaba aal
I ct not the same where hid those dew-fed
fountains, 'l
Whose crystal drops We watched slow gath
ering fall
Tremble and fall-as they were tears from
Those ne'er will bloom again.
Will others breathe their words of love
sew around you, aa 8s8va
Love fierce, like mine, words burning as
+ mine burnt? a8 4sd5Bg sy
Aud will your heart from its deep child
hoods slumber NJ f,Hiias
Then, then at last, awake? T.
Yet, as worshiper before Gods altar
Kneels in raptured silence and address
Sohave | loved thee, so-let naught deceive
a0ee thee IAh Jeih
None else can ever love.
Translated from the Mexican By Gerald E.
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t3mnfs A yao 1883 ~ ha0ol
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07

world. Beware of all chances to get
goods below their real value.
o. G. Barron of Montpelier has one
of the skin suits worn by the members
of the Greedy relief party.
Mrs Greenough of Cambridge, Mass,
has written story of New England
life which will soon be published, TO be
called, "The Story of an Old New Eng
land Town" and it is understood that
the scene is laid in Brattleboro, VT.
Il scientific testing man made six
teen pounds and one ounce of butter
in week from a Jersey COW belonging
to Frederick Billings of Woodstock at
a cost of fourteen cents pound. The
COW had only her ordinary feed and
care.
1t is estimated that the crop of ma
pie sugar this season in Vermont will
exceed twelve millions of pounds. This
is about ne-third of the annual ma
pie sugar crop of the country, and is
worth to the farmers of the state over
81 100000.
There are now six persons convicted
of murder serving life sentences in
Vermont state prison. Three others
convicted of manslaughter are serving
sentences of ten, twelve and eighteen
years.
The pastors of Rutland have united
in extending an invitation to d. l..
Moody to hold Christian workers
convention in that town during the
summer and fall.
A rock weighing about 80 tons re-
Gently fell on the track beyond Healds-
vile, in Rutland county.
Among the prominent Methodist
appointments in the Bur
lingtOn district are the following
NJ. d. Jump; Vergennes,
H. F. Austin; Middlebury, j. j. Noe
Brandon, J. w. Quinlan Rutland, F.
Bennington, T. c. Potter.
Following is list of some of the
speakers announced for Memorial day:
Glover, Rev. NJ. V. B. Knox of Leba-
lOn, n. II. Barre, Editor Blake of the
Barton Monitor North Troy, Judge
Il. II. Powers of MOrrisville Hartford,
IOv. Pingree; Montpelier, Gen. w.
". Grout of Barton; ST. Adams, F.
". Gettrick of ST. Adams st. Johns
bury, Judge w. G.. Veazey of Rutland; !
2Oyalton, Lieut-Gov. Ormsbee of
Brandon Lincoln, Judge w. c. Dun
on of Rutland; NOrthfield, Frank
'lumley of Mortified; McIndOes
Falls, w. III. S. WhitcOmb.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
Hospitality and Housekeeping

AS we all feel "Our houses are hard
ly our own till we share them" Who
does not celebrate the taking possess
sion of IA new dwelling by calling his
friends together to rejoice with him in
its beauty and comfort, as if no mere
material fires were enough for II true
house warming without that glow and
radiance which, shining from sympa-
thetic hearts and eyes, WHITES every
nook and corner of the new habitatiOn,
and transforms what was mere caTpen-
ters' and masOns' work into that heav-
EMS vestibule, IA home, in which the
happy owners feel themselves ut once
masters and servants, priests and hosts,
always busy and yet infinitely at rest 7
And what house has not its 'spare
ROOM it's guest chamber, sacred to
those whom love, duty or compassion
invite to its shelter Hospitality is
one of the primal instincts of man. Nor
is it only an instinct. 1t is most touch
ing among the poor, most graceful in
the rich, and most difficult in the mid
die classes. To receive guests has
been the pride of the English noble,
the religion of the Arab, the amuse-
ment of the country squire. the sign of
brotherhood among pioneers, the po-
lite show of the Chinese, the joy of
children, the delight and terror of
young wives. and the duty, performed
with a varying mixture of pleasure and
fatigue, of the average American. If
there are any thoughts 10y which the
pleasure can be made more and the ia
tigue less to our cOuntrymen, and es-
pecially cOuntrywOmen, for it is upon
these that the care and labor chiefly
come, let us consider them Mary E.
Dewey, in Good Housekeeping.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
General News.
INTERESTING WILL CASE.


A will trial came before the supreme
court at Ossipee, N. H., last week
Isaac Adams of the Sandwich Printing
Press, inventor, died in the summer OF
1888, leaving property valued at So,
100000 Four SOILS and one daughter
survive. julius, one of the sons, Il
Boston lawyer, was left but mere
fraction of the property, and disputes
the capability of his father to make a
will, alleging that he had fondness
for stimulants. The testatOr was a
member of the Legislature in 1879,
when he made the will. Julius has
summoned nearly all the members of
the Legislature of that year to testify
to his fathers peculiar habits and APP
parent unsoundness of mind. The
will is 81 pages of printed matter.
More than 300 witnesses will testify.
The people of Lexington, Mass, Gel
ebrated Sunday, the 10th anniversary
of the battle of Lexington.
Rev. DR.. Taylor, whose centennial
birthday was celebrated on Dec. II
last, died at Auburn, n. Y, Sunday.
He was born in Ipswich, N. H., and
was the oldest graduate of Dartmouth
college, of the class of 1909.
President Cleveland signs his letters
"Yours truly" Mr.. Hayes wrote
Sincerely yours" Garfield, every
truly yours" and ex-President Arthur
usually appended, Faithfully yours"
to his correspondence.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07

more than all, an interest in the re-
suits on the part of the parents, with
such aid and advice as are required
from time to time, will produce Won
derful results. Many parents, from
the lack of encouragement and instruc-
ton in early life, have no love OF abil-
ity tor manual occupations themselves,
and such will soon discover that CO.
operation with the children introduces
themselves to a new and really fasci-
mating source of relaxation from the
more serious cares and labors of daily
life. In fact, many a mother enjoys
cutting and arranging "dOll things" to
be made by the little ones, even though
she may be weary with making the
larger and more practical garments of
the family and might not some
fathers initiate our Chinese friends,
and get real recreation in helping the
boys make and fly their kites, while
doubling the enjoyment of the juven
lies and possibly adding something to
their stock of knowledge in natural
P-[ Milton Bradley, in
Good housekeeping.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
A Pick at Toothpicks.

"SOme to cOnceit alone their taste
cOnfinc," and sOme-tOO many, by far
cOnfine their conceit in taste to chew
ing toothpicks-a very bad habit, exc
cradle, indeed, and inexcusable. Good
daily newspaper authority tells us that
three billions of wood tOOthpicks are
made in this country, but there is no
known authority for enumerating the
number of people who turn their
mouths into pulp mills by reducing
wooden toothpicks into tibrOus splin-
tiers, damaging to the gums and throat,
to say nothing of the disgusting often
siveness, when mixed with saliva, in
the process of eXpectoratiOn.
TOOthpicks are at once cOnven-
fence, comfort, necessity-sO con-
venient, indeed, that the repulsive
habit of chewing them, not only at
meal time, but "between meals" not
only in private, but "before folks" as
well, has grown upon us unawares.
TeOthpicks, as tOothpicks, are all
right, but the general habit of chewing
them is all wrong. They should never
be used or held in the mouth at table,
or while cOnversing with any one, it'll
er at or away from the table. A fOrci-
BILE writer in the Boston Daily Adyer-
tiser says: every civilized man,
woman and child has right to use
toothpick, but they have no right to
use toOthpicks to the discomfort of
others. And to fine organizations the
visible use of a toothpick is a source
of disgust. A man who uses tooth
pick in public shows either that he is
not aware of of the annoyance he gives
to others, or he defies good manners,
and prefers to be set down as indeli
cate and gross" And again: "The
truth is the associations of tOOthplck
are necessarily indicate, for the tooth
pick reminds one of bad teeth or food
pan ticles held in the wrong place. The
tOOthpick is, therefore, IA toilet article,
and ranks with the toothbrush, the nail
cleaner and the ear-spOon. These ar
ticles have to be used, but not in pub
lie. Every hand is married by unclean
finger nails, but the nails ought not to
be cleaned in public; nor should the
teeth be brushed in public. In hotel
Hobbies there are always men-not
really gentlemen-and, alas occasion
ally women, with a tOOthpick in their
mouth. Quite likely these same peO-
pie eat with their knives and cut their
finger nails at the dinner table,"
TOOthpicks should never be kept up
on "A table where meals are served.
There should be IL convenient place
near at hand where one can be cOnVen-
iently taken in passing out of the room
after meals. They should then be used
as quietly and privately as possible,
and when used-religiOu thrown
away.
Wood toohpicks ''chewed," or care
lessly or unduly used, are unquestion-
ably source of damage to the teeth,
the throat and stomach, and Il squeak
ing quill toothpick so held i'll the
mouth that the squeak may be heard,
or the ''mouthings" seen by others, is
too sickening IA subject to pursue in
detail with any degree of cOmplacency.
If the present growing custom must be
let us, by all means, have
treatises On"How to Chew TOothpicks,"
and teachers of the art, that we may
chew them gracefully ut least Mary
MethOdical, in Good Housekeeping.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
Vermont News.

The citizens of Burlington, VT, re-
CARELESS of party, rendered reception
to Minister Phelps last Thursday even
ing, April 30. 1t was held at the Van
Ness House and was brilliant affair.
1t is stated that the marble business
of Rutland has trebled in the last ten
years in production and wages paid.
The total amount of sales i'll 1884 APP
proximated S2,0OO,OOO.
At Tunbridge the alleged CDR" c..
w. Brown, alias Martin, who was late
ly arrested and held for trial, charged
with criminal assault upon young
lady, has committed similar assaults in
other places.
The trial of Ellis, the train wrecker
ended at ST. Adams with verdict of
acquittal. The verdict was not re-
ceived favorably by the people in that
section, who deemed Ellis worthy of
punishment for misplacing the switch.
The jury, however, were not convinced
of his malicious intent, which had to
be proven to convict of manslaughter.
DR.. F. ID. Hathaway, an old and well
known citizen and physician of Milton,
was found lying dead under his wagon,
on Saturday night, April 25, at the wa
tering trough near the residence of MIR.
+. ID. Pearl. 1t is supposed he alight-
ed To water his horse, and was stricken
with heart disease, which he had been
slightly subject to- Free Press.
A young man eighteen years old stole
a ride on the train from Montpelier to
Essex, Il few days ago, riding on the
platform of the baggage car next to the
engine. When the train slackened at
the Lamoille crossing he jumped and,
it being dark, fell and dislocated his
shoulder.
An impatient postmaster, and he
don't live i'll St. Adams or Rutland
either, some time ago rendered his re-
signatiOn, and wrote to the depart
ment IL warn you now that if YOU
dou't relieve me by next Saturday night
I'll pack up this concern and ship it
down to Washington by express, G. o.
D. Clipper.
A Montpelier young lady saw an ad ..
vertisement saying that on receipt of
90 cents the firm would send - lady's
elegant over garment" She sent the
money and received IA pair of velvet
earcOvers. The firm did as it agreed,
but the same things can be bought for
10 cents. The men who trade gold
dollars for nickels are not plenty in this
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
Cooperating With the Children

There is at the present time great
interest in every community regarding
practical manual education i'm our pub
lie schools. 1t Is said that our home
life has SO changed that the children
no longer get any instruction in man
ual occupations. The boys have no
chores to do or tools to tinker with, as
they did formerly, about the farm or
the house, when there was not such
perfect subdivision of labor as exists
at present, and every family must do
many of the necessary repairs about
the homestead. The girls cannot now
receive that practical education in
household duties which was formerly
possible, and oftentimes necessary,
when the mother had more direct am
intimate relation to the details of the
kitchen and the dining room. The
seamstress and the sewing machine
have removed the necessity, and large
ly the opportunity for practice in plain
sewing, so that the schools are now
called upon to do that which was for
merly imperfectly done, perhaps, at
home, and the plea is urged on the
ground that thehome life is fixed irrev-
ocably by the changed conditions of
society, and hence that the schools
must be made to supply the home de-
ticiencies. This may be true to some
extent, and IN fact, in the present CON
ditiOn OF the majority Of our homes
seems to be alarmingly true but is
there no help for it other than berat-
ing the public schools, which, imper-
feet rs they are, are not surpassed, if
they are equaled, by any others in the
oh
something, TO make something, and
will often very early develop surpris-
ing ability in manual dexterity if
properly encouraged. A supply of
suitable material, few tools. and,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
Do YOU want
A new SUIT +?

Then look at my new stock
OF clothing, embracing desir-
able styles in sacks and frocks.
Nice 4 button cutaway suits
in fine brown or black whip
cords at $1,000 for full suit
worth $50. Pants from $500
up. Odd coats and vests very
cheap. Nice suits at $40 and
$3.50. Don't fail to look at
my stock before purchasing
elsewhere. [@7 [ CAN and
WILL save you money.
In other departments [ have
as full an assortment as can be
found anywhere and [ guaran-
tee prices every time. [ can
only say to those who have
favored us with their patron
age for many years that l shall
always do my best to keep
such goods as they may want
and at the most reasonable
prices. And / invite every
body to call and see how far a
dollar will go. Everything
warranted as represented and
satisfaction guaranteed in
every respect or money re-
funded Wool, butter, hides,
calf-skins, &C., bought at the
highest market prices.
q. b. WOODS.
Passumpsic, Vt, March 25, 's5.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
How Expensive 1t is.

Some years ago, says an exchange,
we had in our employ man who sew
eral times IA day ran out of the Office to
buy drink of whisky. Every time he
went out of the cashier was instructed
to drop ten cents in the drawer to our
credit. At the end of seventeen
months the man who had gone out so
often had drank himself out of situa-
ton, and the drawer, when opened,
was found to contain four hundred and
nine dollars, which we loaned to "a
young mechanic at per cent. interest.
He used it to purchase "a set of timers
tools. On the 10th of November, 1876,
he returned it To us with interest. say
ing in his letter that he has now Il wife,
two children, and property worth five
thousand dollars. The other fellow is
a hummer, hunting for food.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-07
Queen Victoria's Last Name.

In answer to the question, "Will you
give Queen Victoria's surname z" the
patient Notes and Queries man of the
Boston Transcript rises at last to re-
mark as follows "This question finds
its way to the editors desk once q
week on an average the year round.
We answer it once more, and for the
last time. SO far as she is entitled to
any surname on her family side it is
Guelph. After her marriage her sur
name became Victim, that being the
family name of her husband" Victim
Mrs. Victim. Now don't forget.