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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
A DANGER SIGNAL.

| think it is Emerson who so elO-
quently and comically describes "the
baby" as ruling creation, and bowling
all necks to wear his sweet yOk e..
Might he not have gone further in his
observations and declared this little
domestic tyrant too often usurper
also? A mother sits patiently Groom
ing baby to sleep, and it is very ne
cessary not only for the child's sake,
but in view of all the work awaiting
the mother, that he should go to sleep.
The hall door opens, and in rush the
children from school; merry party
of rapidly developing young beings of
twelve, ten and eight years. Their
boisterousness wakes the baby, and
the mother cries, her patience all gone,
"Oh, do go away with your noise /!
How do you expect me to put baby to
sleep? ?"
And they go; they had come to her
first, by a precious God given instinct,
to open their young hearts and minds
to her, and, oh, how important that
she should know, day by day, what
has been going on in them and around
them. Yet, ten to one, the mother
has missed her chance this time. But,
worse than that, day is coming when
these little heads that now her guiding
hand rests upon will OvertOp hers !;
men and women will take the place of
her boys and girls, and they are no
longer to be controlled by the lifting
of her finger. But it is blessedly pos
sible for mother so to fasten herself
in her childrep's affections that when
the bands of authority fulfill their day
and drop away, 10, the silken cord OF
love shall be found all cOnstraining and
restraining.
But it will not do to take this result
for granted the mother love must not
only be felt, must not only provide
food and raiment and kind treatment !;
it must be shown by caressess, by hon
eyed words, by judicious praise, by
tender forgiveness, by sympathy in
dolls and kites, in books and--yes,
even in sweet hearts.
elbow can Miss Frances so neglect
her poor old mother 2" | Indignantly
asked, criticising careless daughter.
"NO WONDER" answered my friend.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
why the Times Are Hard.

You may take the range of mans
expenditures, from the basin in which
he gets his first bath to the coffin in
which he takes his last sleep; from
the toy whistle of the infant to the
grand piano of the finished miss; from
the silks and satins of the milliOnaires
to the shOddy of the day laborer; from
the money given to the church to the
aims bestowed upon the street beggar
and you will find that for every dollar
the people of this country spend for
any purpose whatever, fifty five cents
go for beer, whiskey and tobacco. l
again ask: Do you imagine that if that
vast sum was spent for additional food,
clothing and houses there would be
any idle hands, or ragged, houseless
and hungry citizens? Certainly not.
What is the plain and obvious cure for
hard times What the means that
would forever prevent them from COM
ing, or make them, if they did come,
only an additional holiday for well-tO-
do citizens? Clearly it is the divert
ing of this enormous expenditure into
needful and productive channels,-to
the manufacturers of additional food,
clothing, furniture, houses and all the
articles of use and beauty which man
requires for his maintenance as an in
telligent and happy citizen. The rad
ical cure for hard times is unquestion-
ably the total and immediate prOhibi-
ton of the liquor traffic "Hard
Times," by o. R. Geudie, Chicago, Ill.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
A New RadiSh.

4 A new radish has just been intro
uced to American gardeners, which,
# possessed of the points claimed for
i, every gardener in the United States
till want to try. The intrOducers ex-
|fcised their usual care before recon-
bending it, distributing small quaint
fes of seed among the leading gard
ners of Rochester in the spring of
|P84, that they might be assured of it's
E taining the good qualities exhibited
81 the first experiment. The Floral
hide says of this radish, which is
|'hmed ''Vick's Early Scarlet Globe
ladish," that the testimony of those
khO tried it is that it is the earliest and
pest variety for forcing, and in color,
llso, the handsOmest; mild in flavor,
Prisp and juicy, able to stand a great
mount of heat without becoming pitIly
ind will prove an excellent radish for
harden culture.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
Gatedonian.
TAX THE DOGS.

Now that this country and Europe
hre agitated by frequent cases of n.y.
Elrophobia in dogs, endangering human
Lives, there seems to he prOpriety in
urging the taxation out of existence of
the great mass of useless ours. Most
of the states have laws providing for
dog taxation, but they are poorly en-
Forced. One of the difficulties in col
lecting the dog tax lies in the fact that
large proportion of those who keep
Adogs have not enough other property
from which the tax can be collected.
1t has been decided in some states that
dog is not property, but this ruling
has recently been reversed. If dog
S not property a tax on it could not be
Enforced by collection from something
else
The true ground to base a tax on
dogs is that the animal is a public
nuisance and danger. Many accidents
occur from the habit of most low ours
of barking at teams passing by. A pc
ueSJfldn, even, is 0OC SdIe from IL great
er danger in the bite of dogs, which,
even if not rabid, leaves a person thus
ATTACKED in condition of torturing
suspense. 1t is not easy to determine
when symptoms of rabies are present
which communicate this dreaded di-
sease to persons who have been bitten.
In fact, many cases of hydrophobia re-
suit from bites of dogs which at the time
and long after were not supposed to be
fabid. In most cases the after history
q the dog cannot be known. The
traveller who has been bitten thinks
Nothing of the matter until it is too
BITE to prevent the fearful consequence
IS. The life of on e human being killed
|by this dreadful disease is of far great
IN value than that of every dog in the |
country. Ninety per cent. of the dogs |
an farms are worse than useless, and |
Die world would lose little if they were
eNtingu ished.-[ CultivatOr.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
How to Avoid being stoop shouldered

A stopping figure is not only a IA
miliar expression of weakness in old
age, but it is, when caused by careless
habits, a direct cause of contracted
chest and defective breathing. Unless
you rid your self of this crook while at
school you will probably go bent to
your grave. There is one good way to
cure it. Shoulder braces will not help.
One needs, not an artificial substitute,
but some means to develop the muscles
whose duty it is to hold the head and
shoulders erect. | know of but one
BULLS eye shot. 1t is to carry weight
on the head. A sheepskin or other
strong bag filled with 90 or 80 pounds
of sand is good weight. When engag-
ed in your morning studies, either be-
fore or after breakfast, put this bag of
sand on your head, hold your head
erect, draw your chin close to your
neck, and walk slowly about the room,
coming back, if you please, every min
ute or two to your book, or carrying
the book as you walk. The muscles
whose duty it is to hold the head and
shoulders are hit, not with scattering
shot, but with a rife ball. The bones
of the spine and the intervertebral sub
stance will soon accommodate them
selves to the new attitude. One year
of daily practice with the bag, half an
hour morning and evening, will give
you noble carriage, without interior
ing with your studies.-[ Halls Journal
- IL,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
The Tongue Guard.

In town near Hartford number
bf young ladies have organized novel
elub, which they call "The Tongue
Guard" Each member pledges her
Belf to pay penny into its treasury
Every time she says anything against
another person. She provides home
box for the pennies, and at the end OF
three months sends the contents to
Headquarters, where the money is util-
[zed for charitable purposes. If every
Dne would follow the example of the
Tongue Guard, great many poor
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
TEMPT NOT THE WEAK.

"James DuntOn, arrested for drunk
enness and disOrderly conduct. Fined
five dollars. In default of payment
sent to Jail for thirty days"
This item in the morning papers met
my eye, and l read it again, for the
name seemed familiar. Could it be
possible that this was my old school
mate7 And my mind turned back to
the time when James stood among the
brightest of his class. True he was
little wild, and soon after he left school
he commenced drinking, and would Oc
casiOnally become intoxicated. Then
he joined temperance organization,
and seemed so deeply in earnest that l
had really thought him safe from all
further temptation.
Such was the condition of things
when | moved to distant city in the
far West. l had been absent ten years
and was now on visit to the old home.
| had heard nothing of James DuntOn
during my absence, and supposed him
still working in the temperance ranks.
Could it be possible that this was the
same man? On inquiry, | found it to
be true. James DuntOn had become
victim of intemperance, after abstain
ing for three years. He had not simply
gone back to his old ways, but had fall
len far lower, until the chances of his
ever reforming seemed almost hopeless.
/ called on him, and learned the story
of his fall:
81 had tasted no kind of liquor for
more than three years, and had cOnqu-
little or no temptation for me. One
evening l attended a party celebrating
the birthday of lady friend. Wine
and other liquors were used quite free
ly. l had twice refused to drink, when
the hostess approached and offered me
glass of wine. ! begged her to ex-
cuse me from accepting it, but she ans
wered somewhat petulantly:
81 should think you might drink
once with me in honor of this OCCASION
GAS l said something about the prin-
ciple involved, and the possibility of a
single glass leading to a further indulg-
ence, she retOrted rather sneeringly:
"'Oh l beg your pardon. 1 had
supposed that Mr.. Dunton was man
enough to drink a harmless glass of
wine without fear of becoming a drunk
ard
"This stab at my pride, in the pres
ence of others who had no scruples
about taking an occasional glass, had
it's effect, and with some light remark
in reference to the excuse / had been
making, l took the wine and quickly
drank it. This led to another, and
then another, for wished to show the
lady that had sufficient manhood to
drink several glasses of wine if chose.
The result was, was carried home
beastly drunk. After that night all the
old cravings came back ten-fold. 1
tried to fight against it, but it seemed
of no use. My courage all forsOok me,
and | became reckless. In nv false
attempt to sustain my manhood had
lost all. feel now that my fate is fix
ed and there is no help for it. The
sooner that the end comes the better
for all concerned"
1 tried to encourage him to hope for
better things, but he would not listen.
AS 1 went away l thought of the
wonderful influence of woman, and how
sad that it should ever he put to such
bad use-that it should be used to
lead men downward, when it might do
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28

children could be comfortably clothed
for the winter. 1t would be rather in
teresting to know how this club will
succeed, and the length of time it will
LAST Hartford Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28

SO much toward lifting them up. The
loss of manhood through life, and of
soul through eternity, are too weighty
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-10-06
County Clippings.

The Arson .Adr0cdte says l.. ID. Tink-
ham has very nice pair of grade Here
ford calves six months old that girth four
feet six inches. Col. S. w. Tinkham of
this town has sold to Hall C. Bureigh of
Vassalboro a yearing steer which girted
six feet and one inch, for $50,
The first locomotive for the new Pitts
field and Hartland Railroad, has arrived
and is called the "Hartland. 1t Is en-
gagged in hauling ties, rails, etc, etc, over
the new road to the end of the iron.
The bears are making sad havoc
amongst the sheep. Hon Chandler Ba-
ker of Bingham has lost nine of his flock
which were in his pasture on Rabbit
Ridge" John Guy, of Moscow, is said
TO have lost eighteen during the summer
Fairfield is blessed with great diversi-
ty of industries. There is something new
going on all the time. Just now the pulp
mill is piling up 1000 cords of poplar
wood to be made into paper. The drive
having arrived at the mill the piler is set
at work 1t is operated by the machinery
at the mill and works very nicely An
endless chain carries the wood up an in
clined plane, and it is then thrown up in
huge pile. A crew of men stand at the
foot of the plane and push the timbers
upon the chain. The fun comes when
big stick gets half way up and lets 90 and
comes back in rush. There is vacant
spot around the foot of that piler in hur-
ry and the stick str kes the water with n
loud splash. The sticks go up at the rate
of 10 or 20 every minute and big pile
soon accumulates. At night big lamps
light up the scene while large crew of
men tier up the wood ready for another
days work. Next to the steam shovel it's
the best sight for loafers in town
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-10-06
Brighton Cattle Show

The Brighton cattle show and fair held at
Brighton village on Wednesday Sept, 22d proved
to be success in every respect The day was
fine and a large crowd was on hand at an early
hour, with stock FOR the fair grounds and mis-
cclamcous articles for floral hall. The display
Of vegetables and fancy articles in floral hall,
exceeded tho expectations Of all, and the dis
play Of stock, although not as large as last year
was Of better quality. Premiums were award
cd as follows:
Matched Oxen, Hiram Grant Sumner Row
Gill; End; l.. II. Hayden, Sd. Matched 3 year
old steers, Hiram Grant, LIST; Israel Leayitt 2nd
o. ID. Forbus, Sd. Matched year old steers
Liston Trafton LIST; Frank Thompson, 2nd :, l..
II. HAYDEN, Sd. Matched year old steers, l..
II. Hayden, list; Taylor Davis, 2nd and 3D.
Best pair Of oxen all things considered, o. ID
Forbus, lst Hiram Grant, 2nd; l.. II, Hayden
3D. Best ycay old steers, Israel Ieavitt, LIST
O. d. Forbus Ind Hiram Grant 3D.. The hes,
pair OF horses was shown by George Grant
Best buck, &. S. Davis. Best hog, Asa Strick-
land. Best breeding SOW, l.. u. Mathews.
Best dairy cow, l.. u. Mathews, LIST; J. f.
Lawrence, 2nd. Best dairy heifcr, Asa Strick
land LIST; II. I"Wyman, 2nd. Best hereford bull
years old, Sidney I. Walker. Best Hereford
| year old, Hiram Grant. Best draft oxen, II.
l.. Wyman. Best draft steers, Roscoe Jones
Best draft horses, s. 2. Hayden. Best breed
ing marc and colt, j. L.. Lawrence. Best hors
cs years old, q. +. Flanders LIST; A. f, Deck
cr 2nd. Best yenr old colt Henry Ward
Best year old colt f. A. Burrill LIST; Charlie
Huff End; A. +, Decker, 3D.. Best year ole
colt, +. NJ. Hayden LIST; Everett Cooley 2nd. a
matched pair of one year old colts shown by
Calvin Tomlinson attached considerable attcn-
ton.
Our correspondent was unable to get the re-
port of tho ladies department Of the fair
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-10-06
For the Reporter.
Skowhegan OF Old.

Mr. Edit0r;-
The 18th inst being my Eighty-nrst an
nversary birthday, | decided to spend &
portion OF it at your village, and while
rode over the bridge to what was former
ly Bloomfield and to the former Bloom.
field brick Academy now used for an in
termcdate school house on Maine Street
and the very spot where the old yellow
hip rooted wooden academy of sixty
odd years ago stood, with its well hacked
benches by the boys jacknivcs, and n pot
ash kettle turned bottom up for warm
ing apparatus, being also the place where
| with others attended school three score
years ago and previous, under the tut
tion of the preceptor James Hall, the old
Scotchman. | was sensibly reminded of
the times when the grammar class was
parsing their "Popc's Essay on Man af
ter dinner how the old man would become
drowsy under the monotonOus sound of
his pupils voices until someone would
make n mistake when he would be aroused,
rise from his chair cane In hand, prone
made the room land expound the way Of
parsng more perfectly" Our ball play
ing for exercise was that of those times
but not of the modern There | also
called to mind the names of many of my
fellow students, among whom were T.
pu a. nple' .; nu.lei, "n'' I'M, anu "asi
no"e.', the ,ate "ov, oopuin' Eoen We
'o' nusse' laws anu Da''lei l'o,e' poln
ot lne TWO ns' mentioned were
ailer"aru MINISTER'S Oh thc GOSPEL tle
i ,n.'ei missionary W .'e oaiu"ion -
,ahus' toSeCher WIN the ioi'o"ihg VINO
.,., al,e, NE pino'iueu lile"eG'ne anu were
Lucy uoc'ois ID. IoilaIo, ID. hiliS''ah,
a. IT, "al9iI' y" poum n i n.hihson' a'',
Jas, anu ION" Hc,S FROM .ielv
W y W 1he spieholu resiucncc ol h"nley
ooier HSq whoSc hUuse s.ahus yer!
near where tlia' ot 'ne he', flnelu non
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-10-06
STATE NEWS.

The eighteenth annual session of
the Maine Unycrsalist Sunday school
convention will be held with the Dcering
parish, Wednesday and Thursday, Oct
18th and l4th. The convention is com
posed Of all clergymen in fellowship with
Maine Univcrsalist convention and OF
the superintendent of the Universalist
Sunday schools 81 Maine and in addition
each school is entitled to four delegates
and an additional delegate for every fiji
ty members succeeding the first fifty.
Since the death of Arthur b. Sutton, a
prominent Orono lumberman it has been
discovered that he forged the name Of the
firm of Gould K Hastings as endorsers to
notes for 81, 600, now held by the Second
National, kenduskeag and Merchants
banks Of Bangor.
There is a strike at Cowan's wooden
mill in Lewiston. The wcavers are very
determined, and positively refuse to re-
turn to work The strike has occasioned
the shutting down of the entire mill and
thrown 200 people out of employment.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-10-06
What True Merit VIII Do.

The unprecedented sale of Bozchee's
German Syrup within a few years, has as
tonished the world. 1t Is without doubt the
safest and best remedy ever discovered for
the speedy and effectual cure Of Coughs,
Colds and the severest Lung Troubles. 1t
acts on an entirely different principle from
the usual prescriptions given by Physi.
clans. q 1t does not dry up q Cough and
leave the disease still In the system, but
on the contrary removes the cause Of the
trouble. heals the parts affected and leaves
them In purely healthy condition. A
bottle kept In the house for use when
thess diseases make their appearance, will
save doctors bills and long spell Of ser
ioua illneaA 4 trial will convince you of
thsss fasss. Il b positively sold by all
druggists and general dealers In the land.
Pries - esats, large bottles.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-10-06
Exhibition at Athens.
fHT NORTHEASTERN SOMERSET

THE NORTHEASTERN SOMERSET AGHIclt-
rVRAL SHOW ANp FAM.
The Northeastern Somerset Agricultural
Society held its Caitle-show at Athens, We'd
ncsday Sept. 29th lss6. On account Of rainy
weather the show Of stock was not as large as
it would have been had the weather been favor
able. The Fair and Exhibition Of Horses that
va, 10 have been the second day, was omitted.
There was III entries of cattle besides sheep,
poultry aud few horses.
Preferences As follows as nearly As can be
a,ccrtaiued.
Town Team Of Oven Athens lst-Ierds not
less than sA in number, J. q. Hight lst-33
head, &. I. Barker ID head; ). \ A. Chap
man Sd head.
Matched oycn-J. &. High, lst; L. \.
Noycs 2d, Hcman foss Sd, {. \ j. Chapman
an.
Beef aud Best oxen-J. G. Hight l,t, I. Y.
Barker ID Alfonso Moves Sd.
Matched Steers yrs. old-IIercfords c. \
j. Chapman lst; \. { Bu1zcll ID: George Ward
Sd. Durham'-lsrac lca,itt lst; l.. +. Gif-
ford IN. Amos Riues Sd Devon Horace Pat
tcrsou LIST
Matched Steer, yrs old-Hcroford>-C. \ \.
Chapman LIST, Vim. Roberts I'd; F. W. Allen
3D.. Durhams- Elmer Dore LIST. | VI. old
Horace Patterson lst Elmer Buwdcn I'd Hor-
ace Patterson Sd.
Best 3 yrs. old Steers. Leayitt LIST, b. Z
Barker "a {. n J. Chapman 3D..
Best 2yrs. old-B. 7. Barker LIST, 5. & A.
Chapman ID 4; +. W. Allen 3D..
Best VI. old-Horace Patterson LIST, Ben
jamin Flaud,r, I'd; Elmer Bowdon Sd.
Best Steer Calf-C. +. Barker LIST.
Post Beef Cows. &. Hight LIST.
Mich Cows--C +. Barker lst; j. &. Hight
I'd; {. f. Barker Sd.
stock cows--C. T. Barker lst; Z. rlathorn
ID: c. f. Barker Sd.
Hcifcrs3 yrs. old--E. llathorn LIST, {. +.
Barker ID; J. &. Hight Sd.
IIcifcrs yrs. Old. &. Hight lst; c. c,
Kinsman ID; j. G. Hight Sd.
lIcifer. | VI od-C. b. Gilman LIST. J. G..
Hight ID; ]. q. Hight 3D..
nuls-- Hereford yearlngs-C. +. Barker LIST
Dcyons-C. h. Gilman list.
Shcep-full Blood Shrop.hires, Coarse wool.
Buck Lambs Peter liurd LIST. Eve Lambs -
Peter nurd. Grades-Buck Lambs-Peter
IIurd LIST. Eve Lambs-Pctcr IIurd LIST
Eve LambS-S. x A
Chapman lst Buck yrs od-C. c. X d. j.
Chapman lst SIX \. Chapman ID. Fine
Wool Shccp-F. Hight LIST
| Poultry Exhibited by o. l.. Bush PAN
| Brahmas ! VI. old l Pair Li,ht I}rahma Chick,
| . Pair Plymouth rocks; Pair Wyaudottc,
! Chicks; | Pair Rose comb Brown; Leghor
! Chicks.
Draft Oxcn-E. Lowe LIST; Cyrus Corson ID.
DRAFT llorses-Nm. Iadd lst
u. p. Barker exhibited very fine pair o
steers q months old, weight 1000 lbs. which cal
not be heat in this section.
J. +. HOLMAN, Secretary.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-10-06

BINGHAM. weeks ago last Sun
day was a sad day for the little Band of Hope
children. Their band of forty members
was broken by the sudden death of Mar
mora Goodrich aged six years, only child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arson Goodrich. The
father was in Colorado at the time of her
death, the little one and mother were in
Auburn at her sisters Mrs. Hart Richard
son, for medical advice and were coming
home Saturday. She was taken very sud
denly Thursday, died Friday, her remains
arriving at bingham Saturday night.
Funeral services were held Sunday Mt the
house of her grandmother, Mrs. Simeon
Goodrich where they have always lived,
her only grandchld. The floral decora-
tions were beautiful, following the mourn
crs to the cemetery, came the Band
of Hope each with handful OF flowers,
after the little white casket was set beside
the grave the little ones in line laid their
flowers ON the caSket and it was covered
by them. Mrs. Goodrich has given flow
ers, far and near, on funeral occasions
and gone and arranged them. Every one
wanted to give to her in her hour of tron-
BILE. 1t is great blow to the family
She has gone In her childish purity out
from world Of Sin