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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-22
Delightful Summer and Ocean
EXCURSION.
BOSTON TO HALIFAX,

Port Hawkesbury. C. B., Pictou, n. 8, and
CharlottetOwn, p. K. 1.
The steamships Merrimack, Carroll or Worces-
ter leave Nickerson's Wharf Congress St, Boston,
every Wednesday and Saturday at IL noon Con-
uections made and through tickets sold all points
in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton The large, mod
ern and commodious ocean steamer Merrimaek
which has more staterooms and berths than the
Others leaves Boston July "a, August 4 a. IS
Car oil leaves July 2s, August Z, 1s, %. Worees-
ter leaves July 81 81, August IL. 81, Sept.1.
Circulars sent application. Address
w III. RING, NickersOn's Wharf or
A ID. w. SAMPSON, 201 Washington ST.. Boston.
NICKRRSONS & CROSBY General Agents tsspts
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-22
To Keep Potatoes All Summer.

This is the way Lowell man keeps
his potatoes good all summer. "Last
spring when | cleaned out my cellar,
preparatory to storing butter, | put a
few bushels of potatoes in shallow box
es and buried them in my ice house,
just on top of the ice. put fine kiln
dried planer shavings in one box to
absorb moisture. | opened the boxes
July >, and found the potatoes "cOld as
ice," solid and firm as when put in the
cellar last fall, and about as nice when
cooked. Sprouts had hardly started,
except in the box where they were
packed in shavings. In this box they
were One-half or three -fOurths of an
inch long. Sprouting potatoes rainy
days during the summer is unwelcOme
work for the boys, and eating potatoes
the life of which has gone ont in
sprouts, is no longer a necessity, at
least to those who pack ice"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-22
GEO. w. BONETT.
Commissioners Notice.

TOHN w. GILMAN'S ESTATE.
- The subscribers having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the district of Gale
dOnia, commissioners to receive, examine and adjust
all claims and demands of all persons against the
tate of John W. Gilman. late of Lyndon
in said district deceased, represented insovent and
the term of six months from the 26th day of June
creditors of said deceased, to exhibit and prove
their respective claims before us: Give notice
that we will attend to the duties of our appoint
ment at the Town Clerks Office in Lyndon,
in said district. the Goth day of July and 9th
day of Dec, next, at O'Clock in the afternoon
on each of said days
..s L "; n SANB BORN, }Comm,rs
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-22
The Future of Fairs.

GAS now rum" says the National
Live Stock Journal, at appears to us
that local fairs have nearly had their
day, and that anything like success
can not be much longer counted upon
except for such exhibitions as are got
ten up on large scale, and with the
use of good deal of money. Yet the
last seasons experience in New Orleans
shows that there is a limit in this di-
rectiOn beyond which certain failure
may be invited" The Journal be-
lieves that we often fail by spreading
out our prizes over too large a field,
and include things which might just
as well be omitted from the premium
list. Trying to have great fair at
small cost is like trying to get great
crops from many acres with but little
manuring and cultivation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-22

The danger to valuable dogs from
keeping vicious sheep is seen by the
following item, clipped from an ex-
change: GAS Joseph Martins two dogs
were crossing Henry Robson's pasture
one day last week, they were attacked
by large flock OF sheep owned by Mr..
Robson. The dogs stood their ground
aud a savage fight ensued, in which
five of the sheep were killed and many
wounded, but the dogs escaped I'M
hurt"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-22
e1bnHf he farm and 6arden.

Keep your tomato vines on their
feet. Drive in four laths to the hill,
allowing them to meet at the top. AS
the plants grow tie with WOODEN Irvine,
as that will not cut the tender branches.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-22

was never complete to-day. Having had
twenty years experience, think know what will
suit the trade. Give me trial.
Prescriptions accurately compounded.
GEO. D. RANDALL,
SO Railroad Street,
ST. JOHNSBURY.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-22
FOR SALE.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-22
The Rest Calves to Raise.

The following general rules are rec
commended i'm the selection of calves to
be raised for dairy cows: The head
should not be overlarge, the neck thin
rather than thick, and the skin possess
ing soft feel that can only be judged
by an expert. Look to the eschutcheOn
and milk veins. These are as good
indications of the character as the ped
ipree
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09
Salt Rheum
Railroading In Mexico.

The expenses of railroading in this hot
climate are great. Wooden ties have
but a short life, cracking in the dry sea-
son, and rotting during the rainy months;
bridge timbers and piles also wear out
rapidly. Freight GERS must be painted
frequently to prevent drying and crack
ing, and even the substantial Pullman
cars shrivel under this exposure. Fuel
constitutes large item Of outlay. Mes
quit roots are burned on the Central road;
pine cut along its route is used on the In
teroceanic; and the Vera Cruz company
feed their engines coal blocks that are
brought from Wales as ballast. The de-
cay of ties will in time necessitate a Sc
rious outlay on the Central road, for
wooden sleepers cost here 81 each. IL is
evident that iron ties are necessity in
Mexico, and they are just coming into
ues.
The climate tends to preserve the rails
and iron bridges-prOvided the latter es-
cape the torrents of the rainy season
Engineers command better wages here
than they do in the United States, for
only that inducement brings them here
The general staffs of the roads are also
well paid, but the section hands, who are
poems, work for small wages. The natur-
al and proper tendency on all the roads
is to employ MeXiCans when the right
men can be obtained. This policy helps
to protect the property of outside cor
porations doing business here.-Spring-
field Mass Republican.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09
Playing the Mandolin.

The mandolin is the reigning fashion.
able caprice, having quite superseded the
banjo in the esteem of the ladies. That
it should have done so is by no means
strange, for il is really a charming little
instrument when at all decently played,
is not very difficult TO learn, and has a
good deal more style and finish about il
than the banjo has. However the latter
may be adorned, with nickel plating,
mother-of-pearl, and all sorts OF gaudy
ornamentatiOn, it has a plebian look
about it, and suggests the idea of a field
hand in his Sunday suit. But the man
dolin, especially if one Of the good kind,
made of joined strips of dark mahogany,
has an aristocratic polish and finish
about il and wears il in jaunty fashion
peculiarly its own.
The only unpleasant feature about il to
the learner is the knife blade like sharp
ness of its fine wire strings There are
eight strings, in pairs, all of steel wire.
Two pairs are wound with German sill
yer, and are not so cruel as the others,
but the unwound four, hardly thicker
than horse hairs, seem to cut to the
bone the finger ends that press them down
upon the frets. OF course that pain and
trouble ends when each finger of the left
hand is tipped with bony, callous spot,
and one must expect some such trouble
in forming a close acquaintance with any
stringed instrument. When nature has
provided that protection, the mandolin
player, if an expert, can produce some
very pleasing effects by producing the
tones by percussion on the strings over
the frets, instead of by strumming with a
bit Of tortoise shell held between the
thumb and forefiuger of the right hand,
which is the ordinary way of playing.
The tone of the mandolin very much
resembles that of the either, having the
same clear penetrating quality, but the
compass of the instrument and its capa-
bilities are much below those of the
zither-New York Sun.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09
Life on a Enst Yacht.

Small wonder that the owners Of racing
yachts need some creature comfort on board,
for OH race days every bit of coal is put on
shore to Tighten the ship and cOllatiOns are
the order of the day. In some yachts even
the cabin furniture is taken out during a
race, and every bit of superfuous weight is
removed-boats, davits, the heaviest anchor,
etc. No idlers are allowed on board. either.
IL guest is invited on a racing yacht in one
of these close and exciting contests it is with
the understanding that he is to help the crew
in order TO make up for his weight. In
other words, the crew is a Corinthian one;
everybody is at least expected to haul in on
the main sheet" The forward part of a
racing yachts deck is wilderness of ropes,
although it is very orderly wilderness, in
which every foot of rope is carefully coiled
and put in its own particular place.
Yacht sailors have pretty easy, comfort
able time of it, as may be imagined-and yet
many of them do not like the life. They long
for the perils and excitements of the deep sea
sailing, when they have once become used to
1t, and beg to be allowed to return to the
ocean. Indeed, the destination of a yacht is
largely "harboreal," and what with contrary
winds and equally perverse calms, with the
constantly recurring necessity of shipping
more water, and new supply of ice, the
ocean wave gets good al neglected Dos
ton Traveller.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09
Immense Gaming Table.

Italy is in fact one immense gaming
table, at which the croupiers are cabinet
ministers and the victims the people they
govern.
Seek to disguise the matter how well
and skillfully you may, you cannot con-
vince the studiOus spectator of contempo-
rary life in Italy that these official lot
teries are not every bit as bad as, and
very probably ten thousand times more
immoral in their effects than, all the pi-
rouette dOings at Monaco. Here is gov
ernment that offers 100, ,OO0, 900 francs a
year as prizes for popular passion and
avidity, and makes more than half mil
lizard over the annual enterprise.
In all the chief towns and cities of the
kingdom there is always TO be found a
good plethoric supply of these govern
ment gambling hells. Tickets are dis
tributed from every Monday till Friday,
and the drawing takes place on the after
noon of each Saturday. The chief-and,
for many, the almost irresistible-temp-
tation in these lotteries is that any sum
of money as bet will be accepted on a
ticket. The workingman deposits his
soldO, or cent; and if fortune favors him
his cent may bring him back a golden
louis. The well-to-dO merchant lays out
a twenty-franc piece, and his gains, If
any, become, of course, proportionately
greater.-Milan Cor. San Francisco
Chronicle
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09
What the Typewriter Has Done.

The typewriter has proved most injur-
ious to our profession, and men who were
earning $40 week while the courts were
sitting are thankful if they can average
S25. In the good old times man charged
for taking the notes and for making the
transcript, and he was paid mans wages
for doing both. Now it is usual to die
tate from notes to a female stenographer
who transribes with a typewriter
From Sc to $40 a week is what these Ia
dies mostly are paid, and the reduction
in rates makes even this more than they
earn. The worst Of it is lawyers insist
on a typewriter transcript as it is both
clearer and cheaper and it is practically
impossible to earn anything by transcrib-
ing-Stenographer in Globe Democrat.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09
Frightened Future of silk Culture.


Some years ago, however, Edward w.
Serrell, Jr., Of New York, undertook "a
solve the problem of the automatic reel
ing of silk. 1t was difficult one, but il
appears that satisfactory end has been
reached after the expenditure of several
years of labor and considerable sums of
money. The outcome is silk reel which
is nov being put in operation in the
south of France through the cooperation
of some of the leading banking houses of
Lyons. This machinery makes SO great
a saving in labor as to largely subordinate
this side of the question, and il is for this
reason that the silk raisers of our country
hope by its aid TO bring their efforts in
establishing silk culture to a successful
termination.
II the experiments contemplated are
brought to a successful issue, the increas-
ing of the home market for cocoOns may
then be looked into with greater hopes
for success The market for the product
Of this establishment is already an active
one, as we imported during the last fiscal
year raw silk TO the value of nearly S20,-
600. 900.
Though the work mentioned will be the
most important of the nature that the de-
partment will carry out during the COM
ing year, the entomOlogist, Professor c. V.
Riley, who is charged with this branch Of
the departments labors, will continue the
work done in past years of distributing
silk worm eggs and sericultural infOrma-
ton and literature. He has recently is
sued a new manual on silk culture, which
is now being gratuitously distributed.
This is a revision of the old pamphlet
published by the department, to which
much new material of a valuable nature
has been added. The Women's Silk Cul-
ture association, of Philadelphia, has re-
ceived congressional aid and will probably
purchase cocoons during the coming win
Tribune.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09
A New Children's Disease.

Professor Lemaistre, Of Limoges, describes
a new disease which is at the present time
quite prevalent among the school children Of
France 1t is known among the common
people as perleche, and Is contagious. 1t con-
sists in an abrasion in the corners OF the
mouth, which becomes little ulcers and some
times bleed; it lasts from two to four weeks.
The description given of it corresponds to
what is commonly called in this country a
r'cold sore" or fever blister" In the sore
Lemaistre has sound microSe, which he
calls streptococcus plicatilis These have
been found in drinking water, and 1t is sur
missed that they have been ansferred to the
lips of a person, thence TO the edge of a cup,
and thus all who used the cup became affected.
Professor Lemaistre has examined the 800
children who attend the thirty-two schools Of
Limoges. and has found 3l2, or one in seven
teen, affected with the diSease.-Paris Letter.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09

/ was talking with an old druggist the
other day, as we were walking along
Fifth street. and the conversation turned
on the subject of opium eating. The
druggist remarked: "Now all this talk
about opium eaters is very largely bosh.
Why, there are not more than five hun
dred confirmed opium eaters in St. Paul.
The fact is it's a business that don't pay,
this selling of opium-there's no money
in it. The men who use opium or NOR
phine to excess are all broken down In
body and estate, and they don't, as rule,
buy more than a very small quantity
five or ten cents worth at time. Every
once in a while some newspaper reporter
in the east will write up an interview
with some alleged opium eater, and then
it will come out here and be changed and
used as coming from some opium eater in
this part of the country. It's all bosh. "
Pioneer Press
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09

You find yourself thinking of a person
unpleasantly form whom you have re-
ceived slight or insult, an injury or in.
justice. Such thought remains with you
hour after hour, perhaps day after day.
You become at last tired Of it, yet you
cannot throw il off. II annOys, worries,
frets. sickens you. You cannot prevent
yourself from going round and round on
this same tiresome, troublesome track OF
thought 1t wears on your spirit and
whatever wears on the spirit, wears on
the body.
This is because you have drawn on
yourself the ether persons opposing and
hostile thought. He is thinking Of you
as you are of him. He is sending you a
wave of hostile thought. You are both
giving and receiving blows of unseen ele-
ments. You may keep up this silent war
of unseen force for weeks, and if so, both
are injured. This contest of opposing
wills and forces is going on all about us.
The air is full of it-PNntice Mulford
in "White Cross Library"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09
The English Matron Abroad.

The Englishman on his travels is the stand.
ing butt of the witty Partisan, but the Eng
hsh woman at least seems to he quite match
for the average Frenchman. A lady of in
teresting appearance called the other morn
ing on a jeweler in Paris, and after pur-
chasing bracelet presented 40 note in
payment, from which she received change
amounting to nearly IS and went away.
The French, though they may despise things
English, have a liking for English bank
notes, especially when they have not had to
pay for them at the current rate of exchange.
So the jeweler gayly stepped around to his
banker to get his 80 and odd francs. And
when he arrived, the banker pointed out that
the note was-not a forgery. not even draft
on the bank of elegance, but an order dated
nearly fifty years back and signed by one F..
Duck, on an institution styled the Bank of
Engraving, which entitled the holder TO some
pictures. 1t is difficult not admire the daring
coolness of the woman who could try such a
successful experiment in big city. though
one may share in the horror Of the French
papers, and reiterate their warning to shop
keepers to be on their guard against this
daughter of Albion.-St. James Gazette
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09
Communion Cnred.

An old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
India missionary the formula of a simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy and per-
manent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and lung
affections, also positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having tested its wonderful
curative powers in thousands of cases. has
felt it his duty to make it known to his
suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and a desire to relieve human suffering
will send free of charge, to all who desire
it, this recipe, in German, French or En-
lish, with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing with
stamp, naming this paper, W. A. Noyes,
149 Powers Block. Rochester, N. Y.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09

Threatens every man, woman or child liv-
l. z in a region of country where fever and
a. ne is prevalent, since the germs of mala-
rial disease are inhaled from the air and are
swallowed from the water of such a region.
Medicinal safeguard is absolutely necessary
10 nullify this danger. As means of for
tifying and acclimatiIg the system so as to
be able to resist the malarial poison, Hos
tiers Stomach Bitters is incOmparatively
the best and the most popular. Irregulari-
ties of the stomach, liver and bowels en-
urage malaria; but these are speedily
rActified by the Bitters. The functions of
d gestion and secretion are assisted by its
Use, and a vigorous as well as regular con-
d ton of the system promoted by it. Con-
stitution and physique are thus defended
against the inroads of malaria by this
matchless preventive, which is also a Ger
tain and thorough remedy in the worst
cases Of intermittent and remittent fevers.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09
A DANGERors SURGICAL OPERAr1C

A DANGEROUS SURGICAL OPERATION
A fatal mistake At the time Dr. Vance
of Cleveland, performed the operation on
the lady for tine removal of a cancer of the
stomach, he found, when too late, that the
poor woman had no cancer to be removed
The disease was indigestion, and if she had
taken the Shaker Extract of Roots (Siegers
Syruy), that awful distress at the pit of the
stomach, which made the doctors think she
had cancer, would have been removed.
Distress after eating, dull, heavy feeling in
the head, with pains in the side and back
ali vanish after using this wonderful rem-
edy. The tired, languid feeling gives place
TO strength and yigor.
Mrs. Della Marsh writes from Pea Ridge,
Benton Co., Ark, that she had dyspepsia
in the worst form for five years, and that
nothing gave any relief until she used the
Siegel Syrup.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09
LOCAL NOTICES.
Excitement In TeNaa

Great excitement has been caused in the
vicinity of Paris. Tex, by the remarkable
recovery of J. +. COrley, who was so help
less he could not turn in bed, or raise his
head; everybody said he was dying of con-
sumption. A trial bottle of DIR. Kings New
Discovery was sent him. Finding relief,
he bought large bottle and box of DIR.
Kings New Life Pills; by the time he had
taken two boxes of Pills and two bottles of
the Discovery, he was well and had gained
in flesh thirty-six bottles. Trial bottles of
this Great Discovery for Consumption free
at Ludlow II Co :
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09

The zebra is true grit. The annual trim
ming of the hoofs of one of these animals
took place recently at the Philadelphia zoo, in
the early morning before the visitors began
to come in The zebra never yields, even
when cast down and firmly bound. Leather
straps were placed about each foot, and the
four feet drawn together. A bar of wood tied
in the mouth and a number of men seated
upon the zebra's body completed the defence
aginst the animals efforts to escape, which
did not cease during the operation. The mis-
shapen hoofs caused by the wooden floors were
then sawed off-New York Commercial Ad-
yertiser
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-09
The Verdict Unanimous,

W. ID. Suit, druggist Bippus, Ind, testi-
fies: II can recommend Electric Bitters as
the very best remedy. Every bottle sold has
given relief in every case. One man took
six bottles, and was cured of rheumatism of
10 years standing" THE best selling
medicine | have ever handled in my 10
years experience, is Electric BitterS." ="
Thousands of others have adder their testi-
mOny, so that the verdict is unanimous that
Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of the
Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only half a dol
lar bottle at Ludlow & Co.'S drug store.