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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25

less Kirby adopts the town system.
Assuming that neither DaDVille nor
Kirby adopts the town system we
should have then as now three sys-
tems,-graded school, town system for
nine districts, and fractional districts
under their own prudential committee.
The public money would be divided,
not as it is now, but the division would
be according to the aggregate attend
ance.
While l believe that the town sys-
tenn is best for all interests, 1t Is 6
question, whether, under the clrcum'
stances, the town had not better con-
tinue the district system another year,
and look to the Legislature to abolish
the district system throughout the
state.
st. Johnsbury, Feb. 10, 1886.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25
st. Johnsbury Church Directory

AdUent-PaddOck Village. Sabbath Services at
1880 a. m, Las and 6:3O p. Sabbath School
II m Prayer Meetings at 1870 p. IN. Sunday, Tues.
day and Friday evenings.
BaptiSt-Railroad Street. Corner Maple Rev.
b. l. Sandford Pastor. Preaching 1880 =. ).
School II NJ Prayer meeting $50. Prayer meet
ing w Wednesday evening at 1880.
Free Baptist-Main Street. Corner Prospect
Sabbath services, 1890 AM and $3.50 p NJ. Sabbath
School at IL NJ. Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at 1880. Rev. ID. ii. Adams, pastor.
Church Of the MeSsiGh-( Universaist) Eastern
avenue, corner Cherry street. Sabbath services
at Ids z. NJ, $50 p. NJ Sabbath School at I2:OU
Wednesday evening meeting at 1870.
MethodiSt-Central street. Rev. L. L. Beeman
Pastor. Residence next to the Church. Sab
bath services at 1920 A. M and $3.50 P. NJ. Sabbath
School at II 90. Wednesday evening meeting at
1870
North Observation-Disclosures street, corner OF
Church. Rev. Chas Nj. Lamson, Pastor. Sabbath
services at 1920 A. M, and $3.50 p. Sabbath
School at las p. M Wednesday evening meeting
at 1870
ward L. Fairbanks. Pastor Sabbath services at
1890 A. NJ, and $50 P. NJ. Sabbath School at IL
Wednesday evening meeting at 1870.
Presbyterian Church-Eastern Avenue. Rev. W
r. Laird, Pastor. Sabbath services at 1880 a. IN
and 6.30 d. III. Sabbath school at II m. PRAYER
meeting Wednesday evening at 1870.
st. AndreW'S-( Epscopal,) Main street, Rev
+. 5. Fisher, Rector Services on Sundays al
1890 m, and p. m. Wednesdays at 1880 p. III
Sunday School, at IL IN.
Roman CathOlic-Cherry Street. Rev. j. A
BOissonnault Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a. III
Vespers and Benedction at 3 p. On the
second Sunday of the month"; service at 500 a. IN.
and p. IN. At LyndOnville same day at 1890 a. m
Y H. @. A.-Meetings at the hall of the Y. NJ. C
A, Eastern Ave, Sunday mornings at 80 Satur
day at $50 p. m. Building opposite Soldiers
Monument
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25

the sealskin coat followed the little
teacher up the school house steps.
What TRANSFERRED within the stuffy
little room no one can tell. but the
school bell rang promptly on time and
the postman-who had been disabled
in the mill and was now employed by
the mill company to deliver the village
mail, and who was Mamie HuH's cOu-
sin Jack, and had received full instruc-
tions-preceded the children to the
school-roOm door and delivered a huge
fanciful snowy envelope.
"AnOther valentine !" she said to the
gentleman, with a tell-tale blush.
"And another purple bow" he add
ed, as she opened the envelope and
shook the contents out upon the desk.
CHANGING up at the children, who had
very silently filed into their seats, and
noticing their unwOnted decorations,
she quickly adjusted the gorgeous pur-
pie satin bow in place of the scarlet
velvet one that had adorned her cor
sage, and turning to her scholars said ::
"This is my friend Prof. Purple. He
will conduct the morning devotional
exercises. How you knew of his COM
ing | have no idea, but thank you for
your pretty compliment"
The gentleman made the exercises
so attractive that even the children
enjoyed them in spite of their unwOnt-
ed excitement, but at recess time Char
lie Hull said:
''It's worse to guess than any cOnun :
drum ever heard of how he happened
to send himself as a valentine the very
day we had determined upon her hav-
ing purple bow"
al don't know anything about that"
said Bell Weld, "but l know he is per-
fectly splendid, he beats our bows all
to nothing"
"But wasn't it cute in her to pin on
her valentine so quickly when she no.
ticed we all had on purple bows p
"And it was just as becoming as it
could be-" said Mamie Hull.
1t was just as becoming when she
wore it at her wedding fortnight lat
er, the children having on their purple
favOrs also. AS the wedding was at
the church Grandma Leach thought
she would wear her best cap with the
purple trimmings, but had to give it
up because the strings were missing.
The next time she looked i'm the band
box the strings were all right, SO she
said.
81 declare for it, | was so all fluster-
ed up over the school marm's sudden
wedding that | didn't even know
whether my cap-strings were off or
p Springfield Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25

tended to ruin him and remove his in
f1uence forever, and it is worth noting
at this length because the day for such
vile plots, common in the Washington
niaD days, is assuredly gone by. Nor
would temperance lecturer be now
mobbed in Faneuil hall, as Godgh was
in lS47 the class then had as desper-
ate enemies as the abolitionists had,
and were treated with the same argu-
ments. Coughs father came over to
this country in l848, and in that year
he bought the farm, a few miles from
Worcester, where he has ever since
had his home.
Mr.. Cough revisited England in 1853
intending to spend few weeks, but
did stay two years, speaking in all
parts OF the United Kingdom, and be-
coming one of the lions of the day. He
spoke in Exeter hall, Lord SALISBURY
presiding, and the same benevolent
man presided at st. Martins hall where
he addressed the Band of Hope. Mr.
Cough has been in England twice since
1858, and has travelled somewhat on
the continent, being a welcome guest
In many houses of the wealthy and
titled, where he always bore himself
with self-respecting, democratic indie
pendence.
1t was in 1860 that Mr.. Cough began
by the advice of his friends to broaden
his field of discourse and became a lee
turer in the lyceum courses then in full
prosperity on other topics. He talked
on ''Street Life in London" and in
deed had several lectures on that great
city he spoke on "Here and there in
Great Britain" "ElOquence and Ora
tors" Peculiar People," "Fact and
Fiction" In all these the subject of
temperance was prominent, and it was
the same John B. Cough in all telling
stories, full of fun, mimicry and elo-
quence rushing back and forth on the
platform, and gesticulating with great
vehemence, so that he tells us he once
split his coat down the back in vigO-
rous gesture, and on another occasion
struck the dignified DR.. Beman of
blow in the mouth and he has been
commonly spoken of as 'the man who
talks nit his goat tails" Coughs hair
grew very gray many years ago, and
he became man of striking personal
appearance, though never handsome.
Mr.. Coughs wife, we believe, survives
him; they had no children of their
own, but brought up several children
of Mrs. Coughs younger brother, as
well as Mr.. Coughs brother by his
fathers second marriage, who came
over with the elder Cough in 1913, II
boy of five years. In 1873 he formally
retired from public speaking, but he
has appeared often since then, and was
speaking at the Frankfort Presby terian
church in Philadelphia when he was
stricken down with the fatal apoplexy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25
THE FIGHT BEGUN.

The resolutions embraced in the re-
port of the Judiciary committee, which
was submitted to the senate Thursday,
will be found below. 1t is expected
that these resolutions will give rise to
one of the most interesting debates of
the winter.
Resolved, That the senate hereby
expresses it's condemnation of the refn-
sal of the Attorney General, under
whatever Influence, to send to the sen-
ate copies of papers called for by its
resolution of the 25th of January and
set forth in the report of the committee
on the judiciary, as in violation of his
official duty and subversive of the fun
damental principles of the government
and of a good administration thereof.
Resolved, That it is under these cir
cumstances the duty of the senate to
refuse its advice and consent to pro-
posed removals of officers. the docu-
ments and papers in reference to the
supposed official or personal miscon-
duct of whom are with held by the ex-
ecutive or any head of IA department,
when deemed necessary by the senate
and called for in considering the mat
ter.
Resolved, That the provision of sec
ton 754 Of the Revised Statutes declar-
ing "That persons hOnOrably discharg-
ed from the military and naval service
by reason of disability resulting from
wounds or sickness incurred in the
line of duty shall be preferred for APP
poihtments to civil offices, provided
they are found to possess the business
capacity necessary for the; proper dis
charge of the duties of such office"
ought to be faithfully and fully put in
execution, and that to remove or to
propose to remove any such soldier
whose faithfulness, competency and
character are above reprOach, and to
give place to another who has not rem
dered such service, is a violation of the
spirit of the law, and of the practical
gratitude the people and government
of the United States owe to the defen-
ders of the constitutional liberty and
the integrity of the government.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25

lowing editorial notice: "The price of
admission to-seances has been re-
duced to one dollar. This step is ia
ken at earnest request of her spirit
guides, who hope by this means to reach
many who have felt unable to pay the
price, 50, formerly charged"
Julia Ward Howe says in reference
to the advance of the woman suffrag e
cause: ait is merely Il question of
time when women shall WELD the bal
lot" This leads the Boston Post to
remark that "the tendency of women
to speak of the ballot as though it
were an improved kind of broOmstick
is calculated To make the men nervous"
Son of railroad man to his father
80, father! Come and see this wash
out in our back yard" The father
who thinks he has had washouts
enough on the road without another in
lis own yard, heaves IA sigh and goes
to the window prepared for the worst.
1t is Monday, and he discovers the
wash out on the clothes line Nor
witch Bulletin.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25
SQUIBS.

Never borrow trouble. The interest
you have to pay for the accommodation
is excessive.-[ Pittsburg Chronicle.
There is an article going the rounds
of the press entitled, Chow to Get
Rich," and yet there are more than Il
dozen poor families right here in this
town. This comes of not reading the
newspapers.- NorristOwn Herald.
A newspaper, describing the debut of
a young orator, says that "he broke the
ice felicitously with his opening SEN
tence, and was almost Immediately
drowned with applause"
"Why didn't you put on a clean col
lar before you left home? 2" called out
an impertinent young fop to a car con-
ductor. "Cause your mother hadn't
sent home my washingw was the ex-
tinguishing reply.
A difference of opinion His moth
er discovered Bobby in the pantry dip
ping his fingers into a jar of preserves.
"Why, Bobby" she said, 'that isn't
nice ~ at amt nice ?" repeated Bob
by in surprised tone of voice. You
just try some of it if you think it amt
nice"
Old Mr.. Bently lat the Eden Musee)
Now, there's a statoo, Marian, of one
of them fellers they calls "A dOOd. 1t
looks like it was alive don't itP Old
Mrs. Bently (pOking it with her UNI
brella) 1t beats all how material like
they gifts 'em up. Statue Indignantly
-Aw-Aw.
The body of a man who had drown
ed himself was taken from the water
by policeman. "DOes anybody know
anything about this man p asked the
policeman of some nrchins present.
ave seed him just as he came up for
the last time, but we forgot to ask him
what his name was" said one of the
boys.
4 Sniritnalist naner contains the fol-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25
He Was a Very Late Worm

A father had been lecturing his
young hopeful upon the evils of stay
ing out late at night and getting up
late in the morning.
"YOu never will amount to any
thing" he continued, "unless you turn
over a new leaf. Remember that the
early bird catches the worm"
allow about the worm, father" in
CURED the young man, "wasn't he
rather foolish>to get up so early ?"
"My son." replied the old man SOL
EMMY, "that worm hadn't been to bed
at all. He was on his way home" p
New York Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25
constants LIBERTY GOODELL.
BY REV. ]. Z. RANKIN, d. d.

Soldier of Jesus the summons has ceme
Thy battle is fought, now rest and now homel
Still girded for conflict to thee it was given
Gods message to speak the threshold of heaven
The strongest in battle, alas is but breath,
The lips that were speaking are silent in death;
In the midst of thy strength in the midst of thy
years,
Thou hast gone up to glory, hast lett us in tears
We lose thee in counsel, we lose thee in prayer,
We lose thee mid blessings, we lose thee mid care
In gifts and in graces, in thy deed and thy werd;
Thou hast gone up before us to tin the Lord.
Soldier of Jesus, thy life-wOrk is Ger.
Behind thee the cross, the crown is before;
Thou vert caught from among us, deaths valley il
trOd;
o hOrsemen of heaven, o chariOts of God
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25
P. D. BLODGETT e. cos.
1nstalment Bond.
The National Life Insurance Co..

Issues Installment Bonds for 81 900 each which
run from 10 to 40 years.
This Bond can be purchased by either Annual,
Semi Annual or Quarterly Instruments.
If the purchaser at any time discOn tinues his in
stalments the Company will redeem the Bond for
the stipulated sum expressed upon its face
In event of the death of a bOndhOlder the unpaid
instruments are cancelled aud the Bond falls due
and is payable in full to his legal representatives
The Bond il payable to the purchaser at age
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than others upon him. and upon which payment
may cease at any time without loss.
The issuing of this Bond is endorsed by the alb
lest Actuaries of America, one of whom says that
this Company has taken the grandest step in fair
dealing within the history of Life Insurance"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25
What 1t Does {:

1t protects against adversely in business
1t is protection for life insurance policies.
1t is an investment and a protection combined.
1t is better than u. s. Governments, and equally
secure
1t protects dependent ones against the cOntin-
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The amount that life insurance would cost should
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The instruments paid like deposits made in
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The Bond natures at a specified time at pre-
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The instruments paid on the Bond can be used in
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The 100000 policies, representing two bill
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The Bond is not hampered by any conditions
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The Bond affords the very best security, and is
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25
st. ,JOhnSburY Centre,

COngregatiOnGl-Rev. N. w. Grover Pastor. Sun
day services at II A M, and 600 P. M Sabbath
School at IL NJ. Wednesday evening meeting at
Z 30 p. NJ.
MethOdist-Rev. j. w. Bems, Pastor. Sunday
Services at 10:45 A M and $50 p NJ. Sunday School
at IL NJ. Thursday evening meeting at 100.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25
AUCTION.
Will be sold at public auction
Saturday, February 9th, 1886,

at one o'clock p. m. at the home of Mark L. HOvey
IN Kirby. cows, 1 yearliDg,I pair three year-Ods
thandy) $40 wood sap buckets 225 tin sap buckets,
sap holders. sap pans. draw tub. l moving
machine, l cart, harrow, eutivatOr. 49,
bushels oats, 10 bushels wheat, 4 tons straw 1
grind stone, sbOat, OK sled
JACOB G.. HOVEY, Assignee.
N. z. BOWMAN. AuetiOneer. 1875
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st. bloomsbury Athenmum.

Library and Reading Room,-Free to all. Open
from A. NJ. to II NJ; from to P. NJ, and from
to 1-2 Saturday evenings.
Art Galterg-Open Tuesdays and Fridays.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25
Personal Property Mortgages,

a new lot OF Personal Property Mortgage blanks
fin'ed on linen paper, for sale at this Office
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25
EaS ST InhnShIIrV.

East st. JOhnSbury.
COngregatiOEGI.-Rev. j. n. Walker Sunday
services at 1915 a.. IN. and $50 p IN. Sabbath
school at 1900. Wednesday evening meeting at
100.
Methodist.-Supplied. Sunday services at LAS
ID
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-21
WOMEN LAWYERS.

The New York Legislature which ad-
iourned its session on Thursday. passed
a bill giving women the right to prac-
tice law in all the courts of that State.
upon an equal footing with men. 1t
now only remains for the dear creatures
10 get clients and try their hsnds-or
tongues, rathef-in the new field open
to them. There was never any good
reason why q woman carbohydrates
law, medicine or any other of the pro-
LESSONS, If she wanted to, and had the
ability and learning. That as q rule she
will not take kindly 70 the law, We be-
heve, as we do that she will not, except
in rare instances, be a bowling
success at the bar. The business
is one not adopted to her,
and its requirements are more
severe, both mentally and physical Y,
than the ordinary woman can endure.
None Of the professions demands harder
study. clearer or more vigorous
thought, or quicker or more clever ap-
plication of ideas. than the law, while
there must be a mathematical exactness
in the formal part of the practice. The
legal profession is such in its demands
and requirements that there is only now
and then a woman who can be anything
of success as LAWYER without being
more or less failure as woman.
However. We are glad the great State
of New York has yielded to the sex the
undoubted right TO enter this new field
of activity, and hope other States will
follow the example. There is nothing
that woman should be prevented from
trying TO do, if she want. 70 try.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-21
FURNISHING THE sCoUNDRELs.

The people of New York frequently
have occasion TO mourn the going wrong
OF their officials; but they almost as
often have cause for rejoicing that If
there be place in the United States
where justice is alive and terribly in
earnest. it is in that same corrupt city
Ever since that pure and patriotic ter
ror to evii-doers, Samuel ]. Tilden, set
out to punish William NJ. Tweed, and
did it. there has been q steady march
against the scoundrels and corruption
lists Of high and low degree. The Wig
orous enforcement of the law and the
severe punishment Of criminals, have
not succeeded in suppressing crime in
high places, for men are still taking the
risk for the sake Of the plumber; but the
official rogues and thieves are being
hunted down with so much celebrity and
certsinty, that the outlook is favorable
to diminution, il not q suppression
OF wrong doing. Many members
of New York's best society,
including bankers. brokers, build
ers, and civil and military officials
are now occupants of the States prisons.
and others are being gathered in by the
roundup which is going ON. Yesterday
a rising young politician and ex-
Alderman. Henry w. Faehne, stood up
before Jndge Barrett, and after listening
to lecture or recital as terrible as it
was merited, heard the words pro-
nounced which viii consign him to Sing
Sing nine years and ten months, less
the time that may be credited to him
for good behavior. It will be only 8
little while until he will be followed BY
others of the Aldermen in the board Of
which he was a member, for it seems
that the entire board, with two or three
exceptions. were corrupt. and accepted
brides. 1t is also not improbable that
the man who bribed them, Jacob
Sharp, will soon be one OF their CON-
psnions in the penal institution.
The people can endure a good deal of
bribery and corruption on the part OF
their officials. if the scoundreis are de
tected and punished.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-21
DON'T STRIKE.

The extent of the labor movement to
secure a reduction in the hours Of a
days labor, may be learned from the
following figures carefully collected by
Bradstreet's Commercial Agency. Ac-
cording to their estimate about S25,-
900 workmen have go far participated
in the movement. or this number 49,
900 have secured shorter hours within
two weeks without striking. About
us 600 have gone on strike for the
shorter day, 200 OF whom have Sc
cured their demands by striking. leaving
40. 900 who are atill on strike or have
gone to work on the old terms.
fOf the total number Of strikers Chicago
furnishes the largest contingent, so 900;
New York, 5000; Cincinnati, 81, 600;
Milwaukee, 1000; Baltimore 5000; Bos-
ton. 400; Pittsburg, 4 $50, and the ad-
ditional thirty-odd thousand is made up
by dozen or more Of smaller cities
The trades represented by the largest
bodies of strikers in proportion TO their
members are: Pattern makers, 80 600;
the building trades. 5000; furniture
makers, 1900; cabinet and piano
makers, 5000 each, and laborers s.ooe,
leaving total of 90, 900 to be accounted
for among the other trades and callings.
1t will be seen by these figures that
only a small proportion of the entire
number Of workers in the country have
joined in the short-hour movement"
The item in the above which informs
us that $4,000 working men within a
period Of two weeks secured reduction
in working hours without going out on
strike, should go far in convincing the
laborers that there are other and better
meansof securing recognition of their
claims than resorting to strikes. 1t is
to be hoped that reason aud arbitration
will settle all the disputes arising be-
tween capital and labor, instead of
strikes and lock-outs. 4 49,, \. 81.