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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12

Badness aud dandruff can be prevented
By using Halls Hair Remover.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12

The certainty with which a man aims
when it is a member of the household is
parallelled only by the certainty with
which he misses when it is burglar.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12

The sins an old man confesses with the
greatest relish are those he never commit
ted.-Neau Orleans Picayune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12

It is stated that young girl in New York
is a skillfull locksmith. She is probable one
of those whom love laughs at.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12

A New York woman has applied for a
pension for her SOD, who has recently died
of love-sickness. She claims that he was
killed in q sharp engagement.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12
A FAIR PROPOSITION :!


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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12

HARDWARE.
stronE:Heckett Hardware Go.
Farwoll, Ozmun 4 Jackson.
Adam Decker.
IRON, STEEL AND HEAVY HARDWARE.
Nicols 4 Dean.
Rhodes 4 Morton.
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.
Auerbach, Finch = Van slyck:
Lindekes, Warner & Schumacher
Powers Dry Goods Go.
NOTIONS AND FURNISHING S00DS.
1 119So2, W Werrso s 1 4S'R'sy'
6R0CERS.
r. H. Kelly Mercantile Co.
Allen, Noon = Go.
Naxaeld 4 Seabury.
1seuPEe: KeoEh & Co:
TEAS, C0FFEES AND SPICES.
Berkey, Tallmadge Co.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
g. Gotzlan D 60.
J. b. TaEbox + Co.
KELLOGG, johnson 4 Go.
Footo, Schulze 4 Co.
HATS, CAPS AND FuRs.
Gordon 4 Ferguson.
! !s:Ra:.: 5,1 : 51 = SINNER
DRUGS.
Noyes Bros Cutler.
Ryan Drug CO.
CHINA, CR0ckERY AND GLASSWARE.
Craig, Larkin . Smith.
Donsldson, Ogden 4 Co.
LEATHER, SHOE FINDINGS AND SADDLERY
HARDWARE.
=. e. L. Hardenbergh 4 Co.
0ohonsP d Rossum.
PAPER AND STATIONERY.
Ayerill: GarPenteE Z Co.
BOOKS, PAPER AND STATIONERY.
d. Paul Book . Stationery Co.
CLOTHING And FURNISHING GOODS.
II. o. Burbank.
MEMS FURNISHING GOODS.
| 001toFman Bros. II.
RUBBER GOODS AND BElnue.
%. Paul Rabber Co:
Goodyear Rubber Co.
CIGARS AND 10BAcc0s.
| Whitoman Bros.
o. II. NcLain.
NOTIONS AND COUNTER SUPPLIES.
.. sommers . Co.
| MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
eob.nsoe 2 Cary:
lQe3Dbel!, Wa!eh q ylsoe.
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HOLLYHOCKs.

For groups in the lawn, there are few finer
plents than the double hollyhock. You can suit
your taste as to color. White, rose, yellow,
scarlet, purple and such dark, velvety ones as to
be almost black are in the list. The old.fash-
toned, single kinds are not to be despised, and
we are glad to see that many gardeners who aim
to produce bold and striking effects are using
them. Their tall stately stalks, thickly set with
brilliant flowers, display themselves to excel
lent advantage against . background Of ever
green's, or in groups by themselves away from
other plants.
In proportion to bulk there lie not very great
amount Of nutriment in the turnip; yet every
farmer should raise considerable patch for his
hogs, sheep aAd cattle. An acre will yield . sur
prising bulk II the turnips properly put in and
get = light shower Just after they are sown. Ere
quently IN acre Of turnips will yield more nutri-
ment than an acre Of the best corn, and they can
be sown after crop Of early potatoes or sweet
corn has occupied the ground. For hogs they
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12

Experience has shown that the best time to
cut timber for posts, rails or stakes is in August
The bark will then come off readily, and the
wood becomes harder and cndures longer than
II cut at any other season. Hickory never makes
good post or stake, as it rots rapidly in the
ground or on it, and IL cut when the bark ad.
heres, will soon rot, or likely be cut to pieces,
before it can rot, by worms. But II in August,
very few, II any trees, make q more durable rail
for off the ground. The bark drops of, and the
wood becomes 80 hard that it "jingles'' when
struck, while the worms do not attack it. Hick.
DRY rails, made from trees cut in August and
kept off the ground, will last for fifty years.
White oak makes durable rail or post, cut q
any season, but its durability 10 increased Al
leaet 6fty per cent by cutting in August. ''Pin'
oak" Is unfit for posts, or for rails either, on OF
off the ground, when the tree has died, and II
entirely unfit for posts, and almost unfit for raill
II cut when the sap is not flowing; but rails made
from pin oak tree, cut in August, will last .,
least twenty years of the ground. What is true
Of pin oak is true of red elm. II cut in August
1t is as durable as hickory or white oak, ~ lone
a. it is not set in or on the ground. White ehr
IL 1T for frewood only, no matter at what time II
is cut, and this is true of wild cherry also
With but few exceptions the gain by cutting II
Auguet is sufficient to compensate for cutting q
that time. 1t is not necessary that the rails o.
posts be split ont then. The trees may be fel!
ed only, and the further work be put of unit
cooler weather. But it is better to split the
trunks into rails or posts for later use - soon q
felled: the wood will then season rapidly, ant
the highest point Of durability il attained.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12

Farmers do not eeem to appreciate the value Of
their swamp and meadow lands, and they shrink
from the labor of digging long lines Of bitches
and removing large stumps; but by working at
1t by odd jobs, the work may be done without
exhausting the farmers resources very much.
In draining low land there is most always value
enough in the muck dug ont Of the bitches to
pay the labor of digging, provided the muck is
we'll dried and pulvefized before using. This
being the case, the drainage Of meadow is
really no expense: the cost will be in the re-
moval Of the stumps, the leveling OF the soil,
and seeding the land down to grass
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12
PRESERVED PEACHES.

Put three pounds Of cut loaf or granulated
sugar with = tumblerful Of water on the fire,
and, stirring it, let it boil until clear and liquid
skim, put in four pounds Of carefully peeled
peaches, which must be thoroughly ripe, yet
not soft. Cover tightly, and let them boil from
five to eight minutes, according to the size of
the fruit. With silver fork take the peaches
pour the syrup over them, filing the jars to the
brizn, and Immediately close them up air tight.
Bartlett pears may be preserved in the same
manner. Fruit thus prepared retains its fresh
favor for a long time.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12

Short and stocky cabbage plants are best,
but II you have none except long-legged,
spindling plants, they may do we'll enough /
planted deep and covered up to the heart. Go
over the patch every morning, for week afteI
planting, to hunt up and despatch the grabs.
Replace the destroyed plants promptly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-12

london Garden says that the old plan Of
growing asparagus in deeply prepared trenches
is all wrong; that as good asparagus as ever was
grown can be had by setting few plants here
and there along the edge Of the walks in the gar
den, but not setting them nearer than four feet
apart. And that, singular as it may appear, the
roots as shoots spring up in the dense sod, and
grow stouter than anywhere else. The best gar
deners in the United States now plant asparagus
four feet between rows, and two feet between
plants.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
LOCAL NOTICES

Masks and costumes and everything
for masquerades at the Variety Store.
Also every kind of rubber stamp
made to order.
The Home Art Co. have a special
sale for the next 80 days of Standard
Stationery and Ornamented Pape-
tries. Now is the time to obtain the
greatest bargains ever offered in this
place.
DIR. CAGES NEXT VISIT
To the st. JOhnsbury House will be on
Thursday, Feb. 4. Among the won
derful cures in this section none are
looked upon with greater amazement
than the remarkable recovery of Geo.
S. Shaw, Esq, of ST. Johnsbury, who
was given up year ago, with nervous
prostration and kidney disease, as
wholly beyond help. He is now at
tending to business.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
Taken to the Asylum.

Mrs. E. S. Fassett was taken to the
BrattleborO asylum yesterday by Sher-
iff SullOway, under papers signed by
Drs. CalderwOOd and Billiard. Mrs.
Fassett has given unmistakable signs
recently of disOrdered mind and, be-
sides giving a great deal of annoyance
to some in the village, is said to have
threatened violence on them. She &C
cOmpanied the officer quietly, declar-
ing that she would return in a weeks
time.
Mrs. Fassett's sudden taking off has
raised quite breeze in the village.
Many assert that it is an unjust action
and that those who have a personal
interest in the affair have been instru-
| mental in the business. On the other
hand it is said that there can be no
question as to her insanity that she
has imagined herself the heir to large
sums of money from England that she
asserts that she was crowned queen OF
England last Saturday and all that
| Those who have taken the step have
no doubt as to the wisdom of their ac-
ton. Perhaps Mrs. Fassett will tel
her story later.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Mary E. Stone has taken til,
position of assistant librarian at tn,
athen8um.
w. G.. Hawley, formerly employed
at the scale works, has moved to Clar
enceville, P. O..
Lawyer May is in Rutland this weel
on professional business. He is ex
pected back on Saturday.
George E. Howe, formerly master
mechanic of the Lake railroad, is il
Chelsea, Mass, for few weeks.
Judge and Mrs. Poland left fol
Washington on Tuesday. Their home
for the winter will be at the Ebbitt
house.
Rev. A. B. Dascomb, Congregations
clergyman at Bellows Falls, is in il
health and takes a six months vacation
to Florida and the Bermudas.
Charles Packard is building him an
house at South Pasadena, California
and writes that he proposes to make
that his home until he again returns
East.
L. HI. Smith of Richford was in town
last week visiting his daughters, one
of whom is in the academy here and
the other teaching district school in
Kirby.
George L. Bradley is now in the
East and his friends are looking for
him in this vicinity the last of this
week or the firstuof next.
Miss Helen B. Jewett, who has been
spending the past six months with
friends in New York and Ohio, has re-
turned home much improved in health.
George V. MOulton, for good many
years conductor on the B. C. & M.
railroad, and well known to the travel
ing public, has been appointed station
agent at LittletOn.
Henry E. Fletcher of Minneapolis
spent the Sabbath in town and was
warmly greeted by many old friends.
He left for New York and the West
Monday night.
Alfred III. Brooks is engaged for the
present rs Organist ut the North church
and Fred Sellick at the Episcopal
church, where Mr.. Brooks has been
playing of late.
Capt. and Mrs. S. ID. Stone of the
ship Isaac Hall, were in BuenOs Ayres
about Christmas, as paper lately re-
ceived from that far-away country
gives evidence. Mrs. Stone is young
est daughter of Ansell Hawkins of this
place.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
THE SOLDIERS HOME.

1dE SOLOlEhS hOMEs
The trustees of the soldiers home
met in Burlington last week and effect
ed permanent organization. st.
Johnsbury was represented by Col.
Franklin Fairbanks and Gen. HI. K.
Ide. The officers elected were as fol-
lows President Gen. William Wells !;
secretary, G. G. Kinsman; treasurer,
P. P. Pitkin. A communication was
read from West Randolph, inviting the
trustees to locate the home at that
place, and also to come and look over
the ground. A delegation from Barre
made proposition for the location of
the home in that town and asked the
trustees to look over the sites which
the town would give it if the home
should be located there. A PROPOSE
ton was also received from the G.. A.
r. post at Windsor, offering to give
500 to furnish a home when built.
There is no report that the $500 offer
to have the home located in st. Johns
bury was presented. The board au-
thOrized the president and secretary to
issue an appeal to the different towns
in the state for propositions for sites,
and to G.. A. r. posts and individuals
for donations.
At another meeting of the trustees
the following resolution was presented
by Gen. H. X. Ide and unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That the president and
secretary are hereby authorized to call
on the state treasurer for the appropri-
alton of $4,000 to be invested for the
benefit of the soldiers home.
Only eight of the trustees were pres
ent and this action, in order to be eff
fective, must be approved by IL trns-
tees. 1t will probably be sometime
before the next meeting and st. Johns
bury still has time enough to act in the
matter
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
BRIGHT'S DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS
MARVELLOUS CURE BY DIR. GAGE

EDITOR CALEDoNIAN:-Ab0ut one year ago was
pronounced incurable with Bright's disease of the
kidneys. The usual tests showed my urine to be
loaded with albumen and tube casts which, of
course, revealed my condition to a certainty. AS
our local doctors gave relief hope of relief
resOrted to DR.. Cages treat ment which has
cOmplished wonders. The difficulties appear to be
work. L would also say that DR.: Gage has treated
my wife successfully for complication of difficult
ties. THOMAS S. RANDALL, st. Johnsbury Centre,
Vermont.
Cancer and Chronic Diarrhoea Cured.
EDITOR LISBON INDEx:-Dr Gage cured me near
ly two years ago of a cancer my lip and chronic
diarrhea, which others failed to relieve The cure
was quick and thorough. SAMUEL 81. MCKEKN,
Lisbon. N II.
Catarrh and Chronic rheumatism.
EDITOR LITTLEToN RRPUBIIC:-Dr. Cages treat
ment of myself for catarrh, chronic rheumatism
and complication of diseases, which eminent ply
sicians said could not be reached, has been most
satisfactorily astonishing. HORACE W. WILDER
PrOp'r. Centennial House, Bethlehem, N H.
Spinal and Kidney Disease-Helpless.
EDITOR CALEDoNIAN:-TwO years ago was help
less with spinal disease-cOuld not move foot.
Kidneys, Bladder and Bowels greatly affected, Or.
Gage sent medicine without seeing me and per
formed cure. am in good health. CHARLES L.
BUFFUM, North Monroe, n. ii.
Another Marvellous Cure Without Seeing
the Patient.
From the result of DR.. Cages peculiar treatment
it is evident that he possesses method of great
merit. As illustration of his ability to cope
with the most desperate diseases, even without
seeing the patient will cite the case of Duncan
Mckay Esq, of GrOtOn. vt. He was Frustrated
by a complication of difficulties and was very low.
The laid before DR.. Gage of New York.
Strange as it may seem. DR.. Cages diagnosis with
out seeing the patient proved correct. and the
medicines he sent acted ike a charm. He re-
heved at once, has gained five pounds per week.
He states that his friends look upon his recovery
with amazement Indeed he feels that DR. Gage
has saved his life Montpelier Paper.
Or. CAGES APPOINTMENTS.
st. JOhnsbury House. Thursday Feb.
Montpelier, Pavilion Friday, Feb.
90 w 3lst st. n. Y, Monday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28

The Passumpsic railroad has de-
clared Il dividend of $3.50 per share.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28

Magazines to be bound should be
brought in before next Saturday night.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
Vermont international Telegraph Co.

At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Vermont international
Telegraph company, held Tuesday,
the following board of directors was
elected: Franklin Fairbanks and
Horace Fairbanks of ST. Johnsbury
George w. Hendee of MOrrisville, o. S.
Rixford of East Highgate, William P.
Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury, Waldo
Brigham of Hyde Park, Dennis E. May
of st. Johnsbury. The directors Or
ganized as follows: President, Frank
lin Fairbanks; secretary, George w.
Hendee treasurer and general mana
ger, William p. Fairbanks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
Wedding Anniversary.
An Old Chestnut Warmed Over.

There were four in the party, Dennis
May, Capt. Blodgett. S. w. Parkhurst
and General Ide. The Van Ness house
was crowded, as it was the week of the
soldiers reunion in Burlington, and all
four were put in the same room. After
retiring Mr.. May complained of the air,
or rather the want of it, and the others
admitted that it was just suffOcatin,g
Mr.. May got up and opened the win
dow. All hands, May in particular,
pronounced the air much improved,
and slept the sleep of the just until
morning, when it was discovered that
the inside of the two double windows
only had been opened. Great is the
power of the imagination. The story
is good enough to be true.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
Narrow Escape.

Narrow Escape.
The mail train from the South was
three hours late Monday evening. The
occasion of the delay was an accident
in the Boston yard. An incoming train
on the Boston s. Lowell railroad,
loaded with passengers, struck a
switch engine and four coaches in the
yard at Boston. The engineers and
firemen escaped by leaping from the
cabs, and none of the passengers were
injured. The switch engine was
wrecked, cars torn up and switch
man was bruised by flying timbers.
The accident happened near the draw
bridge and the escape from a great sac
rifce of life was little short of the mar
vellOus.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
Pastor Called.

Rev. E. A. Hoyt has accepted call
from the Universalist church and will
begin his labOrs here Feb. Z. Mr.
Hoyt has preached number of times
for this church to the satisfaction OF
the people. He is young man be-
tween 35 and 40 years old, married
without children and his last settle
ment was in SkOwhegan, Maine. He
comes to this church well recommend
ed, the people are united in their call
and every thing promises well for the
future. The society is fortunate in
having secured so able a man so soon
after the departure of Mr.. Jenkins.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28

AT the recent meeting of the share
holders of the Montreal, Portland and
Boston railway, EmmOns Raymond.
president of the Passumpsic road, was
rectOrs in place of Bradley Barlow.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
some weeks "
A Dead Dog.

A Dead Dog.
That big dog which has furnished
The CaledOnian with SO many items
recently is dead. His last abiding
place was in Summerville. Saturday,
as Norman Weeks son was walking
along Water street the dog went for
him, seized and threw him down and
had chewed up a good share of his
clothing and was about to begin on
his arm when help came and the young
man was released. He served notice
on the owner to kill the dog within "a
hours and in less time than that the
dog was dispatched. He was capital
dog for the local paper but seemed
poorly adapted for citizenship in st.
JOhnsbury. After all he is be tier off
and so is everybody else. The best
dog is the dead dog.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
Bible Meetings,

Bible Meetings.
The public meetings under the au-
spices of the American Bible society
were held in the North church Friday
afternoon and evening. Devotional
exercises conducted by the local pas
tors preceded the speaking. Rev. L..
III. Elliot, secretary of the Vermont
Bible society, gave a brief statement of
the purposes of the meetings. The
work of Bible publication and distri-
button and circulation in this country
was described 10y Rev. DR.. Alexander
Mclean, who spoke at some length up
on the early beginnings of the work,
the extent to which it had grown and
gave some striking illustrations of the
results from the simple distribution of
the Word in the homes of Western set
tiers. Rev. DIR. Edward Gilman gave
an account of the difficulties that had
been met and in a great measure over
come in the distribution of the Bible in
foreign lands, illustrating his talk
with examples of the power of the BIZ
BILE when put in the hands of those
who had never before heard it's won
derful story. The attendance was not
very large.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28

l.. B. Flint of st. Johnsbury was
elected Grand Worthy Sentinel of the
grand lodge of Good Templars, which
met in Waterbury last week. The
meetings of the lodge showed good
condition of affairs throught the state.
The next session will meet with Lake
side lodge, No. 116, at Newport, Octo-
Der next.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
The Granite Contestants.

The contest between the st. Johns
bury Granite company and the Car
rick brothers has taken on a new
phase. Mr.. Laird has brought suit
against Henry Carrick, personally, for
selling a monument to one SimOnds of
New York, the order for which, he
claims, was intended for the Granite
company. H. G.. Bates for the defen-
dant has been in Adams, N. Y, for some
time taking testimony in the case and
w. P. Stafford is also there looking
after the plaintiffs interests. The
taking of testimony is likely to occupy
some weeks vet
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
Y. M. G. A. Notes.

-
The Y. M. G. A. parlor was well fill
ed Saturday morning, when Rev. DR..
Edward Gilman entertained the COM
pany in a somewhat novel manner.
When Rev. Edwin NJ. Bliss, who has
had two sons in the st. JOhnsbury
academy and who has friends here,
took an extended tour among the mis-
siOnary stations of the East, he kept a
careful account of his travels. This
diary is, in the possession of DR.. Gill
man and he read it's story last Satur-
day. Leaving ConstantinOple Mr.
Bliss took a steamer to Smyrna and
from thence he travelled for 80 days
on horseback. The record he kept
was something more than a bare state
ment of facts. 1t included descriptions
of the places visited, customs of the
people, stories of missionary expert
ences and work, and various narratives
of personal experience that made up {
deeply interesting story.
The pastor of the Freewill Baptist
church in North Danville, being called
away last Sunday, four young mel
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28

Bernard Mccormick, who was ar
rested for drunkenness during the holt
days, disclosed on VIM. Miller of
Montpelier. Miller was brought be-
fore Justice n. M. johnson Saturday
and fined $27. Al for selling liquor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
1t must occur to the

1t must occur to the careful OBJ
server that there have been a good
many cases of typhoid fever reported
the past year for a place that is sup
posed to be unusually favorable to
health and where the best sanitary
improvements are supposed to exist.
Perhaps many reported cases of fever
are really something else.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-28
Mr.. Rankin is examining the an

Mr.. Rankin is examining the ans
wers to the Athenaum prize questions
with as much haste as his other duties
will permit. The answers give evil
dence of hard work on the part of the
contestants. The publication of the
result will necessarily be delayed some