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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-01
THE WOLCOTT EXPLOSION.

The Barton Monitor says that the
boiler that exploded at Wolcott last
week with such fearful results was old
and had been through one fire and
probably was unsafe at pressure
above 80 pounds. To increase the
power the safety valve had been weight
ed to carry lis pounds by Mr.. Gates
order and the engineer refused to run
it at the high pressure and quit work
in January, Douglass taking his place.
Douglass had become alarmed himself
and had invited man to look over the
boiler. The man came and ordered
Douglass not to fire up again, but the
next morning-.the day of the explosion
he fired up. There were some re-
pairs and preparations to make before
the mill started. There was Il weighted
kettle on the safety valve lever. Ar
thur Little was in the engine room and
noticed the pressure Oh the steam
gauge at l22, and said to Douglass,
'Eshe will blow up sure" He then step
ped into an adjoining room to work
when the explosion occurred. Doug
lass was to have been married last
SATURDAY.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-01
HOUSE-HUNTING.
BY ROBERT J. .BURDETTE.

My cousin Celestine, | believe, | al
ways did admire. She was pretty
when she was school girl. She had
the sOftest brown hair, fine and
and sheeny as corn silk, and the sweet
est blue eyes, and snch q confiding,
trustful timid way with her She was
such a girl as any boy might fall in
love with. She married George An
dover, a young Presbyterian preacher.
| saw nothing of them for nearly five
years, when they came to Crmhntslwlin,
a little town in Pennsylvania, where |
lived. 1t was called by Welsh name,
because there were no Welsh people
within a thousand miles of il so far as
| was able to learn. Still it had to be
called something, and Crmhntslwlin
was pronounced us gOOda name as it de-
served. 1t was at least an improvement
on Jinkinville and ThompsontOwn and
Snyderburg. George and Celestine
were going to live in the city, few
miles distant, or near, rather. George
had to go right away to attend a pres
bytery or synod or something or other
that was going to burn IA hereto or
something, and would go to the city
and help Celestine hunt a house?
Wouldn't |? | would go and find a
house for them myself, and Celestine
could stay at home and rest. But she
hesitated, in her timid way, and then
said she would go with me. How glad
was. She was prettier than ever,
and seemed so grateful that | was 60
ing to take care of her. How glad |
was. repeat it. How glad l was.
1t didn't take me twenty minutes to
find the very house she wanted Just
the one she described. Eleven rooms,
hot and cold water in every corner,
Philadelphia window shutters four
inches thick, and parlOr so respecta-
bly, dark that the bOldest cat would
fall over the furniture and break it's
head against the piano limbs every
time it ventured in there. But Celes-
tine didn't like it, because Mr.. Congo,
the agent, wouldn't paint, paper, put
in new range, build on IA bay window
aud add another story. / never saw
that timid, appealing, confiding ex-
preston on Celestine's face look quite
so sweet and appealing as it did when
she refused to take that house.
We rode about six miles on nine diff
ferent street car lines that morning,
and visited a dozen houses. | was
charmed with every house, but Celes-
tine would look SO appealingly at me
every time, when we consulted the
agent, and state her objections so
sweetly and timidly, and say: "Oh,
cousin, won't you decide for me 2" And
then we would start after another one
We found a new house. Just complet-
ed. Just scrubbed and oiled and var
nished from garnet to cellar; agent
just putting the card in the window
when we got there. We went all over
it, and Celestine said she would take
it if he would have it reprinted and
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eyes, sir Zero in the winter and 1902
in the shade in summer. That makes
the 500 average all right"
.'How shall we treat our political RI
walls P"asks democratic contemporary.
We are not particular, thanks, so long
as there is something to stir it WITH
burlington Free Press.
Student-"Rex fugit-the king fees"
ProfessOr-''In what other tense can
that form be made ?" Student-''Per-
feet" Eyes, and how would you then
translate 2" Painful silence. Profess
sor suggests ''has." Student-"The
king has fieas."-L College Exchange.
There is an old veteran, Vermont
er, in town, who is always inventing
excuses for going on spree. He got
glorious on the 18th, and met a friend,
who said F: Snow, look here, Jake, you
have no excuse to-day. You are not
an Irishman." "Well," responded the
veteran with dignity, 81 guess I'm part
Irish, anyway. I've got Cork Leg"
Il Lowell Citizen.
Among the advertisers in German
paper appeared the following: 1.-The
gentleman who found a purse with
money in the Blumenstrasse is request
ed to forward it to the address of the
loser, as he is recognized" A few
days afterward the reply was inserted (:
''The recognized gentleman who pick
ed up purse in the Blumenstrasse re-
quests the loser to call at his house.
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ST. Johnsbury Church Directory

AdUent-Paddock Village. Sabbath Services at
1880 Il. M, las and $3.50 p. Sabbath School
II IN. Prayer Meetings at 1880 p. m Sunday, Tues
day and Friday evenings.
E. L. Sandford, Pastor. Preaching 1850 4. M. s..
School II M. Prayer meeting $50. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at 1890.
Free Bdptist-Main Street. Corner Prospect.
Sabbath services, 1880 AM, and $50 Sabbath
School at ~ NJ. Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at 1880. Rev. ID. III. Adams, pastor.
Church of the MeSsiah-( Universalist.) Eastern
avenue, corner Cherry street. Sabbath services
ut las p M. $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 630 P M. Sabbath
School at II 90. Wednesday evening meeting at
1880.
North COngregatiOnaL-Main street, of
Church. Rev. Chas. Nj. Lamson, Pastor. Sabbath
services at 1880 A. M, and $50 p. NJ. Sabbath
School at las z. M. Wednesday evening meeting
at 1880.
South CongregatiOnal-M street. Rev. Ed
1880 NJ, and 6:30 P. NJ. Sabbath School at IL NJ.
Wednesday evening meeting at 1870.
Presbyterian Church-Eastern Avenue. Rev. W.
r. Laird, Pastor. sabbath services at 1880 a. III.
and $50 p Sabbath school at IL M Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 1880.
ST. AndTeU'S-(E piscOpal,) Main street. Rev
+. 5. Fisher, Rector. Services Sundays at
1880 a. m, and . p. Wednesdays at 1880 p. /.
Sunday School, at 10 m.
Roman Catholic-Cherry Street. Rev. j. A.
BOissOnnault. Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a
Vespers and Benediction at p. m. On the
second Sunday of the month, service at $3.50 a. M.
and p. M At LyndOnville same day at 1890 a. M
7. IL. c. A.-Meetings at the hall of the Y. M. c..
A., Eastern Ave-, Sunday mornings at $50, Satur-
day evenings at 100. Young Mems meeting Sun
day at $50 p. m. Building opposite Soldiers
Monument.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-01
FAST DAY PROCLAMATION.

In every act of life we find the proofs
of Gods wisdom overruling the plans
of men, and shaping the destinies of
states and nations for the advancement
and happiness of the human family.
Without the recognition of His good
ness and power in all our endeavOrs,
the lives of men and the continuance
of governments would prove .abOrtive
of all good.
1t is fitting, therefore, that the peo-
pie of this Christian state, in humble
acknowledgement of the well known
laws of God in His dealings with His
children, should at all times, and under
all circumstances, and especially at
this season of the year, to accord with
the usages of New England which have
established and made hallOwed an an
nual fast, turn aside from their Ordina-
ry duties and pleasures, and, in due
humility, confess their independence
upon His strength and me cy for the
blessings He has so bOuntifully vOuch-
safed.
l do, therefore, appoint Friday, the
9th day of April next, as a day of fast
ing, humiliation and prayer.
May the people of this state turn
their hearts and minds toward God as
the fountain of all good, and unitedly
implore forgiveness of our sins. Let
us dedicate our lives in sincere cOnse-
Grafton to Him, and earnestly suppl
cate continuance of His divine favor
and protection.
Let us implOre comfort for the af-
fiicted, relief for the distressed and
hope for those who are oppressed or
despair.
Let us invoke the blessings of a per-
feet standard of justice between our
fellow men, that integrity and honor, a
high morality and pure religious Sc
timent may pervade the lives of all !;
that He may continue to protect US
from the ravages of pestilence and
plague, and from disaster and danger :;
that the blessings of peace and civil
and religious freedom may abide with
us that the evils of intemperance, ig-
norance and every source of social
disorder may be averted from us that
the work of our lives may be more
Jealous in the promotion of education,
benevOlence and charity.
To these and kindred ends, | recon-
mend that all our people OH that day
abstain from unnecessary labor, recrea-
ton and amusement, and assemble in
their houses of worship and consecrate
the day to such public and private SER
vices us may be BETTING its religious
observance throughout the state.
SAMUEL E. PINGREE.
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ment, and enforce their demand by the
only method now open to them, that
of a strike. IL the railroad corpora
ton is at liberty to discharge its en-
ployees one by one without cause, and
the discharged have no redress, no la
Dor organization can maintain an ex-
istence, for leadership in it would al
ways involve discharge, and conse-
quent starvation.
Second The second strike was Who'll
" uniustifiable, and the railroad is to
be commended for resisting it to the
bitter end, at whatever cost. 1t is not
just to infiict arrangement on one
railroad because another and connect
ing railroad is unjust to its employees,
nor to paralyze the business of an en-
tire state in order to cOerce a railroad
corporation in another state and not in
any sense under the suffering cOmnu-
nity's control. The boycott is bad
enough at its best; to boycott an en-
tire community is the worst form OF
boycott; and to boycott it for the ac-
ton of Il corporation over which it can
exercise no authority and for which IT
is in no wise responsible is an iItoler-
able act of injustice. If the facts are
a reported, the leaders in this move
ment were as impolitic as they were
wrong headed for they did not even
make sure of the cooperation of the
engineers and firemen, and in fact the
engineers, acting under the counsel of
Mr.. Arthur, refused to join in the
strike. Apparently both he and Mr..
Powderly, the head of the Knights of
Labor, have done all in their power
to bring the difficulty to an end, and
we judge that it's probable peaceful
settlement is largely due to their infiu-
ence. Christian Union.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-01
THE STRIKERS.

SO far as we can gather from the
conflicting reports, the essential facts
are these. The Texas Pacific railroad
discharged one of it's employees on
the ground that he had been absent
from his duties without leave. He
and his friends assert that he had re-
ceived leave, and that the only ground
for his discharge was the fact that he
was active in the Knights of Labor or
ganization. The Knights of Labor
asked to have this question submitted
to arbitration ; their request was re
fused; and they then struck. To
make this strike more effective, the
men on the Missouri Pacific and con-
Meeting railroads struck also, on some
what the same impulse that recently
in New York city led the conductors
aud drivers on one set of horse car
railroads to strike because of difficulty
between the employees and another
set of roads. What connection, if any,
exists between the Texas Pacific and
the Missouri Pacific we do not know;
the railroad officials assert that there
is none, and that the second strike was
really in the nature of a boycott, the
object being, by deranging all traffic
west of the Missouri river, to compel
the Texas Pacific to concede the strik-
ers' demands.
If we have rightly discerned the
facts and we must again caution our
readers that a right discernment of
them is exceedingly difficult = two
things appear to US very clear.
First: No one can yet pronounce
Oracularly on the justice or injustice of
the original strike on the Texas Pacific
railroad. If it is true that the officials
on that road have been steadily en-
croaching on the agreement of last
year, or openly disregarding it, be-
cause since that time it has gone into
the hands of receiver who considers
himself free from the agreement, and
that the discharge of Hall was the last
in series of similar acts, by which |
the railroad officials were endeavoring |
to cripple the Knights of Labor, they |
had right to demand Halls reinstate- !
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-01
SQUIBS.

The skating rink is rapidly falling
into innocu0us desuetude.-[ Boston
Transcript.
Emily elbow thin and delicate
poor Mr.. Slimey looks 2" Maud: "No
wonderl He lives on his wits ~
An exchange demands: GLOW shall
we prevent cider from working?" You
might get it government position
New Haven News.
'Look here, judge" said the burg
lar, II amt SO bad as you think | am.
Only give me time and I'll reform"
And the judge gave him fifteen years.
/ Somerville Journal.
When man is hanging by his toes
from the corner of Il high building, and
expects mOmen tarily to drop, nothing
SO thoroughly satisfies him as the sud :
den discovery that he is safely at home
in bed
1t is stated that alcohol will clean
ont an inkstand quicker than any
thing else that can be used. 1t will
also do the same thing for the owner
of the inkstand.-[ Atlantic COnstitu-
ton.
They can't successfully boycott re-
porter on the average morning news
paper, because he always has 365
nights of labor that he can depend up
on.-WashingtOn Critic.
Gather" said ROllo, "what is meant
by the intoxicatiOn of wealth 2" "Means
that money is tight" replied ROllo's
father, who had been SHINING around
all the afternoon with piece of paper,
looking for an autograph.
Angry land purchaser Ito real estate
AGENT: "YOu told ME that the tenn
perature in this part of the country
would average about 500 the year
and here the thermometer is
down to zero" Real estate agent
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-01
A JOURNALIST TITAN.

The Pittsburg Dispatch really thinks
Senator Edmunds's prospects of re-
election are jeOparded. 1t intimates
that Edmunds's proposed defeat is to
be brought about by the INSCRIPTIONS
expenditure of Hiram Atkins's money.
This is very funny. 1t is true that
Atkins is the proprietor and editor of
weekly paper IN Montpelier, but it
does not follow necessarily that At
kins is IL Cresus; that is to say, so
O'erburdened with wealth that he is
hankering to scatter his gold around
among his fellow cOuntrymen. Atkins s
paper is the Montpelier Patriot, and
subscriptions are received in wood and
vegetables, after the manner of coun-
try journalism all the world over.
We have at hand IL copy of the Patriot
items from its local columns:
"The festivities were at their height
when the pale hand of death stalked
in"
"Young, talented and handsome, he
was Overtaken at the age of "a by the
bitter pill of adversely"
eve regret to understand that I'm
Gle Billy WestmOre is still on the sick
list His tumOr has cast gloom over
the whole community"
"Our thanks are due to Squire Hig-
gins and his estimable lady for half
gallon of apple butter. Such mile
stones as this strewed along the high
way of life makes the journey to the
evergreen shore pleasant and easy"
'Last Monday Grit Stephens was
summoned to Burlington to the sick
bedside of his mother"
"Bring in your wood while the roads
are good"
1t may be that the author of these
sprightly little jeu desprits is going to
accomplish George F. Edmunds's de-
feat, but we decline to believe it
[Chicago News.
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A Well Read Bible.

A letter from Leadville, Colorado, to
the St. Louis Globe Democrat saws :
"On the right of the entrance to the
Miners Headquarters stands a reading
desk, bearing a Bible. 1t is estimated
that over one hundred thousand men
have stood at that desk and read. The
original Bible placed there in 1873,
was worn out years ago, and the pres
ent one, printed in Philadelphia in
1882, is the third which has occupied
the desk. 1t is badly dilapidated and
every page is worn and yellow and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-01
PEACE.

Charlotte II. Coursen. in The Church Magazine
How vain thoughts that wing the soul,
But lift il not to purest light
Like gorgeous sunset clouds they roll,
Then fade across the hills of night.
How weak the deeds with which the soul
Still seeks to sOothe her restless state
Like mighty waves they toss and roll,
And beat in vain at heavens gate.
We look across the wastes of life,
Nor yet straining eyes discern,
Beyond the languOr and the strife,
The perfect peace for which yearn.
1t comes upon its silent way
In breath of noon starlight hour;
1t sOothes with a subtle sway,
1t lifts us with bOundless power.
From all the beauty we have known
\ fresher light of beauty springs;
With purer gladness freer grown,
The soul within us thrills and sings.
That peace of God! Each restless deed,
Each daring thought, af'last must die.
God knows the vigor that need,
God knows the peace for which we sigh.
In some still hour when self is not,
And some unknown vast power we see,
Our maynard folly is forgot
We yield, and then the soul is free.
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This Bond can be purchased by either Annual
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In event of the death of bOndholder the unpaid
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The issuing of this Bond is endorsed by the alb
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1t is an investment and a protection combined
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FARM FOR SALE.

The william Stearns farm is offered for sale.
This farm 10 situated in the western part of st.
JOhDsbury, three fOurths of mile from GOss HOl-
low and six miles from the village Of st. Johnsbury
the same contains 100 OF choice land with
buildings thereon with a Sugar orchard of O o
trees, an Apple orchard of 80 trees choice grafted
fruit Running water at hOuse and barn. Also ~
acres OF pasture and woodland. part cedar. one
half mile from said farm. 4 lso 30 acres pasture
and wood land, one mile from said farm ina the
town OF Lyndon. The same will be sold altOge ther
or In lots 70 suit purchaser.
36 SIAS RANDALL, Administ'r.
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BUSIN ESS.

We want 800 Smart Men to go on the road this
coming soliciting orders FOR Nursery Stock
with Salary TO Start on, Besides Expenses. No
viOus occupation. age and name references
8. It. CANNON & CO., Worcester, Mass.
Or Augusta, Maine. tmayslt
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