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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
Faults of Education.

The Rev. DIR. Hale has been telling
the school teachers of Boston some
truths which they ought to have learn
ed long ago. One of them said to him
"When leave the schOOl-rOOm | leave
the schoOl-rOom | don't permit my
self to do anything that pertains to the
school at home ;" and DR.. Hale's re-
jOinder was: "Do not lay on the boys
and girls burdens that you yourselves
are not able to bear"
That strikes us as a very sensible
remark, and one which indicates a
weakness in our entire school system.
Cramming is cruelty. A score of
things we'll learned are better than a
thousand things half known. A few
hours study day makes a boy men
tally healthy too much study makes
him top-heavy. A brain that is made
alert by knowledge is good thing,
but brain that is waterlOgged with
porting over books is very poor thing
Children should be made to study hard
in school, but not a lesson should be
learned at home.
Emerson once said very tersely
''We are students of words; we are
shut mp in schools and colleges and re
citation rooms for ten or fifteen years,
and come out at last with bag OF
wind, a memory of words and do not
know a thing"
Our present methods are defective
but we shall apply better ones by and
by. The system of the future will
have this fact in it, and all through
it--that boy is an Out-of doors ami
NAL and ought not to do a mans work
until he acquires mans strength
New York Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
There are Some Such Brutes.

Only short time ago, while in a
store not a thousand miles from Swan
ton, we saw farmer and his wife
trading. The woman had the appear
ance of being a hardworking, industri-
Gus, intelligent lady. She was exam
lining piece of print or other cheap
dress goods. The clerk said, "Shall
cut you off ten yards 2" The pale
faced, over worked woman turned to
her husband, and in a timid, frigllten-
ed manner, asked him if she might buy
dress, as she needed it, and the cost
would be less than a dollar. "No," he
grunted, 81 can't afford it," and yet he
had just paid as much for a big plug
OF navy and a paper or two of smoking
tobacco. The poor, ill-clad but neat
woman subsidized, as though this was
no new experience, while her rough,
coarse and animal husband bit off a
mOuthful of the weed and ordered hel
to get ready for home. Talk about
your missionary work among the Afri-
cans; it strikes us there's need of some
of it at hOme.-[ SwantOn Sentry.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
st. Johnsbury Church Directory

AdUent-PaddOck Village. Sabbath Services at
1880 a. M, las and $50 p. m. Sabbath School
II m. Prayer Meetings at 1880 p. m. Sunday, Tues
day and Friday evenings.
Baptist-RailrOad Street. Corner Maple Rev.
f. L. sanford, Pastor. Preaching 1880 4. M S.
School II M. Prayer meeting $50. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at 1880.
Free Baptist-Main Street. Corner Prospect
Sabbath services, 1880 AM and $50 P NJ. Sabbath
School at IL M. Prayer meeting Wednesday even
inc. at $780, Rev. ID. II. Adams, pastor
Church Of the Messiah-( UniversaistJ Eastern
avenue, corner Cherry street. Sabbath services
at. las p NJ, $50 P. M. Sabbath School at 1900
Wednesday evening meeting at 1880.
MethodiSt-Central street. Rev. L. L. Beeman
Pastor Residence next to the Church. Sab
bath services at 1890 A M and 6:3O p. NJ. Sabbath
School at II 90. Wednesday evening meeting at
1880.
North CongregatiOnaL-Mai street, corner OF
Church. Rev. Chas. NJ. Lamson, Pastor. Sabbath
services at 1890 A. M, and 6:3O P. M Sabbath
School at las P. NJ. Wednesday evening meeting
at 1880.
South Congregational-Mai street. Rev. Ed
1920 A. M, and 6:30 P. NJ. Sabbath School at IL NJ
Wednesday evening meeting at 1870.
Presbyterian Church-Eastern Avenue. Rev. w
h. Laird, Pastor. Sabbath services at 1880 a. IN
and $50 p: M Sabbath school at IL IN. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 1880.
st. AndreD's-(EpiscOpal,) Main street, Rev
F. s. Fisher, Rector. Services Sundays al
1890 a m. and 5 D. m. Wednesdays at 1870 p. m
Sunday School, at IL IN.
Roman Catholic-Cherry Street. Rev. j. A
Boissonnaut Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a. m
Vespers and BenedictiOn at p. N. On the
second Sunday of the month"; service at $50 a. m.
and p. m. At LyndOnville same day at 1890 a. M
Y. AZ. C. A.-Meetings at the hall of the Y. NJ. C
A, Eastern Ave, Sunday mornings at 9.30 Satur
day at $50 p. m. Building opposite Soldiers
Monument
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21

language which week after week dis
seminates incendiary ideas; while from
its job press go circulars, maps, ETC.,
describing the streets, sewers and tun-
nels of the city and giving instruction
in street warfare and the practical use
of explosives. Socialist leaders claim
that they have established depots for
the storing of various bombs, and that
they have lists of prominent persons to
be disposed of by dynamite. They fur
Their claim that every Sunday morning
for year bands of socialists have been
going to the country to practice the
throwing of bombs, and that tests OF
their effectiveness and the manner OF
explosion have been made frequently.
William PinkertOn claims to have a
representative in each of the numerous
socialistic and labor clubs and unions,
and processes to know in a general
way all that is going on. For this
knowledge he is paid by an organiza-
ton of citizens. He says that the So
cialists have repeatedly in their meet
ings talked of sacking his Office and
blowing it up with dynamite. Mr..
Pinkerton has his place fortified with
Winchester rifles and says that he can
at any time keep the socialists at bay
as far as his block is concerned.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21

broken and showed it's contents to be
candy and four twenty dollar gold
pieces. The address was "'Nan,' New
York City, We have since learned
that notice of it in the morning pa
pers brought the lady who sent it, who
supposed that in that way she might
reach the beggar girl who had pulled
her child from under horses feet and
saved its life.
The man who stands all day throw
ing packages with unerring aim into
their several divisions arranged like
large pigeon-holes in a semi circular
form, challenged our admiration.
In 1922 when the city was overcome
by yellow fever the postOffice fled with
the inhabitants. It's entire contents
clerks and all were packed in one wag-
on. 1t would be rather an interesting
vehicle that could hold the matter con-
tanned in, the present edifice.
had prepared great array of fig
ures over the Christmas work here, but
1 see the st. JOhnsbury postoffice fig
ures up so heavily that I could not
dazzle the eyes of the Caledonian read
ers. Among the numerous parcels
sent from there was st. Andrews
church calendar addressed to my hum
ble NAME 1t is a continual feast.
AT one time when Thackeray was in
Ireland he noticed posts on which were
printed &c. P. O." When he asked
the meaning he was told, "God pre-
serve O'Connell." He proceeded to
make a note of it in one of his books
as proof of the affectionate devotion
of the Irish to their great leader. The
type-setter fastened to inform the
novelist that it would never do to
print that for the inscription only
meant General Post Office" When
we remember what the general post
Office does for us, how carefully and
faithfully it does it's work, how prompt-
ly it brings messages to us, though
caring nothing whether they be of joy
or sorrow, how in this country where
servants are generally so idle and
thoughtless, this one is ever keen,
alert, prompt and sure, we may well
exclaim, God preserve the postOffice.
G. NJ.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
SOUIBS.

Bucks of the deer family use horns
to fight with. Bucks of the human
family use them TO make friends with
i Free Press.
We have heard considerable about
Vermont mines, but that $I65, 900 haul
from the Tinmouth rocks was the best
yet Boston Post.
A Washington belle has taken the
pains to have ruddy blush perma-
nently tattooed into her cheeks. These
Washington girls are bound to be mod
est no matter what it COSTS SOmer-
vile Journal.
s'SOme Internal old idiot has put my
pen where l can't find it," growled old
Asperity this morning as he rooted
about his office desk. "Ah- -aw-yes; |
thought So" he continued, in a milder
tone, as he hauled the writing utensil
from out behind his ear Chicago
Telegram.
"Pa," said little Eddie early this
morning, "the storm signal is up" els
it my son ?" ooh, yes. Ma says she
found tOOthpick in the front door
the top of the bureau, and she says it's
SOiho w 10 % OOiu hCOOH-
aid went downtown without waiting
for breakfast Pittsburg Gazette.
Said William to Martha: "But you
must remember, my dear, that my taste
is better than yours" Said Martha to
William: Undoubtedly, when we come
to remember that you married me and
| married yOu." And William said not
a word, but seemed to be thinking
Harper's Bazaar.
At recent state election i'm one of
the Boston city precincts a dignified
colored gentleman was approaching
the ballot box with ticket in his hand.
He was clad in rusty coat from which
the sun and SHOWS of many summers
and winters had extracted the original
color and left it a kind of CHASTITY chol-
ra-green, while through a rent in his
well-worn Derby hat his grizzled wool
itself. A political heller,
he saw in the cOlored brother
an easy victim rushed forward and
siezing him by the arm, calculated
''Say, you amt goin' to vote for
Sparkman? Spooner's the man he's
friend of the people. Sparkman is one
of them arstOcrats." The dusky gen
tleman, dignified as lamp post, shook
his interrnpter off and circulating,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21

dead bear and wildcat where they were,
hurried out of the woods as fast as he
could after help to get his game home.
He found three wood-choppers,e and
they went to his aid. They got the
dead bear, the two live cubs and the
dead wildcat all safely to Aaron's house.
Although his house is mile or more
away from the clearing, the news of
Aaron's great exploit was not long in
reaching there, and the whole settle
ment flocked to his house to see the
trophies. The trapped wildcat was
claimed by one of the visitors, as the
trap was one of his that was missing.
Aaron gave it up, and he could afford
TO -t -s"@
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
Keeping Boys on the Farm.

"Why do the boys leave the farm ?"
walls writer in an agricultural jour
nal. Well, dear brother, there are
several reasons. One is because the
boy is not 65 years old at his birth.
Then. if there is hoe on the farm
weighing ii ounces, bright as nickel
plate and sharp as razor, aud anoth-
er hoe weighing somewhat less than Il
breaking plough, with an edge on it
like hammer, and sapling with the
bark on for II handle, the hired man
takes one and the boy gets the other,
and every man i'm America knows
which is the other. Did you ever
stand with such n hoe in your hands
away down in corn row on some air
less, still, hot summer day, 30 acres of
corn blades and tassels willing about
you, standing IA inches higher than
your head, shutting out every last
trace of breathable air, and then hear
IL locust down in the edge of the tim
her strike up his long, strident, monot-
OnOus call to make it ten times hotter
And all this time cool creek, not a
mile away, lettering in deep, silent
pools in shady places in the woods, or
breaking into merry dancing ripples
over the pebbles I? And in the big
deep holes the fish just lying around,
lonesome for boy? Well, then, you
know why some boys leave the farm.
Still, boys can be kept on the farm and
made to stay there all their lives. You
drive a long spike through Il boys alb
dOmen and through Il live oak tree,
and clinch or bolt it on the other side,
and then saw off the boys legs and
break his back, and he will stay on the
farm. Yes, there are some other ways
we know, but this is the only infallible
method. : Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
LOST CHARACTERISTIC.

At one time of day most children
used to be born shy. We have always
been taught this as tradition of the
race, and, carrying our memories back
half century, we can bear cOrrObOra-
tive testimony to the fact. We can re-
member feeling very shy ourselves,
even at the age of seven. We should
never have thought of speaking till we
were spoken to, or coming without be-
ing called, or of assaulting the central
plum cake, or of asking the lady on
whose knee we sat how old she was
and how much money she had. There
were many pauses in the conversation
when we went into society at that age,
and met other shy little people. The
Overtures of acquaintanceship between
children used to be very slow and tent
alive; we remember particularly ex-
changing sweets with fOur-year-Old
in blue sash, long before we dared
ask her what her name was, and long
before she dared tell US our hair was
rough. Children then required encOur-
aging and "bringing forward" But
now The shy child has disappeared.
We have bOisterous masters and misses;
and we have quiet, self-pOssessed ones,
some are very unruly, and some COM
paratively tractable; but, none are
shy. Some Pied Piper of Hamelin has
been round and played all the shy ones
away. Similarly, at a more advanced
age, it used to be serious exhortation
to young men and maidens to overcome
shyness. 1t was preached to them
that bashfulness was a bar to social in
tercOurse and to mental improvement,
and they were instructed how to ac-
quire an easy manner; but all these
celebrations which we find repeated
constantly in old manuals for the mod
elling of conduct read like so much
sarcasm now. You may look round
where you will among youths, but that
black swan, the shy youth, has mi
grated for good. You find plenty OF
pert youths and of self-sufficient
youths, many aggressive youths, even
now and then a self possessed youth
who is nevertheless modest; but the
shy yOuth-never.- London Globe.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
THE SOCIALISTS AT CHICAGO.
Preparation for an Outbreak.

Investigations made periodically by
the city police, private detectives and
others, have disclosed that the anarch-
lists of Chicago, composed very largely
of German-speaking people, have been
engaged assidnOusly in manufacturing
dynamite bombs and in experimenting
with other internal machines. They
declare that they intend to destroy the
militia and blow up the large public
buildings when the "great revolution"
begins. Week before last the metal
workers voted funds to arm themselves
and week ago Tuesday the cabinet
makers set aside One-half of their en-
tire surplus for the purchase of Win
chester rifles. The socialists boast
that they have over 5000 bombs loaded
and distributed in the hands of trusty
persons. The sOcialistic brotherhood
has an organ printed in the German
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
What 1t Does:

1t protects against adversely in business.
1t is protection tor lite insurance policies.
1t is an investment and protection combined
1t is better than U. S. Governments, and equally
as secure
1t protects dependent ones against the contin-
gency of death.
1t is safe, sure and desirable investment, and
within the reach of all
1t guarantees that a certain amount of money,
time.
The amount that life insurance would cost should
be credited profit on the Bond as it takes the
place of such insurance.
The instruments paid are like deposits made in a
Savings Bank and are returned to the Bond holder
at his option
The Bond natures at specified time at pre-
viOus death for its face value, and guarantees a
definite sum in cash any year after the first.
The instruments paid on the Bond can be used in
business by hypOthecating it. This is great adj
vantage to those who may at any time need all the
money they can command or raise.
The 100000 policies representing over two bill
lions of dollars of lapsed or surrendered insurance
between 1870 and 1880 would have been saved by
these Bonds.
The Bond is not hampered by any conditions OF
restrictions and its cash value cannot be impaired
leopardized.
The Bond affords the very best security and is
negotiable the same any other bond or stock.
Under this Bond you PAY as you go. Stop
without loss. Stop with profit, continue for
greater profit
CALL AT BLODGETTS',
113 Eastern Avenue,
ST. JOHNSBURY
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
WHAT A FIVE DOLLAR BILL DID

A little money sometimes goes a
great way. AS an illustration of this
ssead the following, founded upon an
incident which is said to have really Oc-
Cured:
A. owed SIS to B.; B. owed $40 to
c.; G.. owed S15 to D.; d. owed $50 to
E.; E. owed $3.50 to F.; F. owed SIC
to A.
All of them were seated at the same
table.
A. having a SIS note, handed it to b.,
remaIking that it paid So of the SIS he
owed b.
b. passed the note to c. with the re-
mark that it paid So of the $40 which
he owed.
G. passed it to D., and paid with il
So of the SIS he owed ID.
ID. handed it to E., in part payment
of the $50 owed him.
f. gave it to F., to apply on account
of the $3.50 due him.
f. passed it back to A, saying,
"This pays half the amount | owe
you"
A. again passed it to B., saying, 81
now only owe you So.
b. passed it again to c., with the re-
mark, "This reduces my Indebtedness
to you to 80"
c. again passed it to D., reducing his
Indebtedness to So.
ID. paid it over to E., saying, 81 now
owe you 500"
E. handed it again to F., saying,
"This reduces my Indebtedness to you
to $3.50"
Again F. handed the note to A, say
ing, "Now don't owe you any thing
A. passed it Immediately to B., thus
canceling the balance of his indebted
ness.
b. handed it to c., reducing his in
debtedness to $5.
G. Cancelled the balance of his debt to
ID. by handing the note to him.
ID. paid it again to E., saying, az
now owe you $l5."
Then E. remarked to F., "If you will
give me $3.50 this will settle my in
debtedness to you"
F. took $3.50 from his pocket, hand
ed it to E. and returned the SIS note to
his pocket, and thus the spell was
broken, the single So note having paid
$3.50, and cancelled AS debt to B.,
C.'s debt to D., E.'s debt to F., and F.'s
debt to A, and at the same time hav-
ing reduced BPS debt to C. from $50 to
SIS, and DIS debt to E. from $50 to
SIS.
MORAL. Pay your debts-in fab if
you can, and if you cannot pay in full
pay something. What helps one helps
another, and so the round is made
american Merchant.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
Probate of Will.

STATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT, IS
- In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
st. Johnsbury, within and for said District the
ID day of JAN, A. ID. 1885,
An instrument purporting to be the last Will and
Testament of Ira Dow, late of Wheelock, in
said district deceased, being presented to Court by
Mar ha Dow custodian for Probate
1t is ordered by said Court that all persons con
cerned therein be notified to appear at session OF
said Court, to be held at the Probate Office in st.
JOhnsbury on the 23d day of JAN, A. ID. 1886, and
show cause, if any they may have against the Pro-
bate of said VIII: for which purpose it is further
ordered that copy of the record of this order be
published three weeks successfully in The CaledO-
nian, printed at St JOhnsbury previous to said
time appointed for hearing.
By the Court, attest,
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
true copy of record, attest,
$3.50 WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21

lie. The everyday traveller at all times
has his eyes open to the chance to beat
the public. And so widely has the in
fluence spread that even staid, honest
going people, who travel only occasion
ally, have come to think it quite the
thing to deal entirely with the scalpers
and assist in whatever swindle may be
necessary to effect saving for them
selves of a few dollars. We are glad
that the railroads have decided at last
to protect themselves from the dis
honesty of people who claim to be
more than respectable.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
HOW RAILROADS ARE swINDLED.

In speaking of the movement of the
general passenger agents to head off
the ticket scalpers, the New York Daily
Indicator says: The railroads have
not adopted the rule requiring limited
tickets to be used only for continuous
train rides, without excellent reasons.
The roads have no desire to prevent
passengers from stopping over at places
on their lines. On the contrary, they
have heretofore made it as convenient
as possible for people to do this very
thing. But how has the travelling pub
lie shown its appreciation of the court
esyq Simply by trying, in every pos
sible way, to swindle the railroads
whenever they saw chance. A man
wants to go to BuffalO-what does he
do? Buys ticket to Chicago, and
when he gets to Buffalo sells tile I'M
used portion of his ticket to scalper.
The railroad is doubly cheated. First,
it carries the original swindler to Buff
falo for less than it takes a passenger
who is too honest to indulge in the
luxury of cheating the railroad; and,
second, it carries another man from
Buffalo to Chicago at less than the reg
ular rate. The posted traveller, who
cannot arrange to buy more tickets
than he intends to use, never thinks of
going to the railroad Office for the tick
cts he wants. He patrOnizes the scalp
er and helps that one to skin the rail-
road. So it goes, the railroads by an
of courtesy have been victim
lied and robbed by the travelling pub
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
Probate of Will.

OTATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA DISTRICT, SIS.
- In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
st. JOhnsbury, within and for said district the
18th day of Jan, a. d. 1856.
An instrument purpOrting to be the last Will and
Testament of Edwin E. Woods, late of
Barnet, in said district, deceased, being pre-
scented to Court by Mary A. Woods, the Ex-
utrix therein named for Probate
1t is ordered by said Court, that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at a session
of said Court to be holden at the Probate Office
in st. JOhnsbury, on the 30th day of JAN,
A. ID. 1886, and show cause, if any they may have
against the Probate of said Will; for which
purpose it is further ordered, that a copy of the
record of this order be published three weeks sue
cessively in the CaedOnian, printed at st.
Johnsbury, previous to said time appointed for
hearing.
BY the Court Attest,
WALTER 2. SMITH, Judge.
A true copy of Record. Attest
29-31 WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-21
Presentation of Account.

CTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT, SIS
- In Probate Court, held at the Probate Office in
st. Johnsbury, in said District, the 18th day of
JAN, a. ID. 1856.
William Higgins, Administrator with Will an
nexed, upon the estate of Jesse Cheney late
of st. JOhnsbury, in said district deceased,
alton and allowance, and makes application for a
decree of distribution and partition of the estate
of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court, that said
account and said application be referred to a
sion thereof, to be held at the Probate Office in
said st. Johnsbury, the LIST day of Feb.
4. ID. 1856, for hearing and decision thereon and
it is further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested by publication of the
newspaper printed ut st. Johnsbury, previous
to said time appointed for hearing, that they may
appear at said time and place, and show cause, if
any they may have, why said account should not
be allowed and such decree made.
By the Court. Attest
1881 WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.