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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
THE FRENCH IN CANADA.

Canada is called British colony,
and over all her provinces waves the
British flag. But as soon as you APP
prOach her for the purpose of imperial
federation you will be reminded that
large part of her is French. Not only
is it French, but it is becoming more
French daily, and at the same time in
creasing in magnitude. The notion
which seems to be prevalent here, that
the French element is dying out, is the
very reverse of the fact. The French
are shouldering the British out of the
CITY of Quebec, where not more than
six thousand British inhabitants are
now left, and out of the eastern town.
ships, which have hitherto been Brit
ish district they are encrOachlng on
the Province of Ontario, as well as
the Union. The population multiplies
apace. There, as in Ireland, the
church encourages early marriage, and
does not teach thrift ; and were it not
for the ready egress into the states we
might have Irish congestion and misery
in French Canada. Had French Cana
da been annexed to the United States
it would no doubt have been absorbed
and assimilated like other alien nation
alities by that vast mass of English
speaking population. AS it is, instead
of being absorbed or assimilated the
French element rather absorbs and as
Stimulates. Highland regiments dis
banded in French Canada have be-
come French. In time, apparently,
there will hardly be anything British
left in the Province of Quebec, except
the commercial quarter of Montreal,
where the more energetic and mercan-
tile race holds its ground. Had the
conquerOr freely used his power at
first, when the French numbered only
about $4,000, New France might have
been made English, but its nationality
has been fostered under the British
flag, and in that respect the work of
conquest has been undOne. 1t is diff
cult, indeed, if Canada remains sepa-
rate from the United States, to see
what the limits of French extension
will be. French Canada (now the
Province of Quebec) is curious rem
nant of the France before the RevOlu-
ton. The peasantry retain with their
patOis the revolutionary character,
though, of the allegiance once shared
between the King, the seigneur, and
the priest, almost the whole is now
paid to the priest. There were seig
neuries with vexatiOus feudal Incl
dents but these have been abolished,
not by legislative robbery, in which
the rude Canadian is inexpert, but by
honest communication. The people are
a simple, kindly, and courteous race,
happy on little, clad in hOmespun, il
literate, unprogressive, pious, priest
ridden, and, whether from fatalism or
from superstition, averse to vaccina-
ton, whereby they brought upon them
selves and their neighbors recently a
fearful visitation of smallpox. They |
are all small, very small farmers; and,
looking down from the Citadel of Que |
Dec upon the narrow slips of land,
with their river fronts on the st. Law
renee, you see that here, as in old
France, subdivision has been carried |
20 an extreme.-[The Nineteenth Cen
Jury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
THROUGH A BRIDGE.
Frightful Railroad Accident Near Brat
tleboro.

There was frightful accident on
the narrow guage rallEpad at Brattle-
b0rO last week Wednesday night, in
which the engineer of the train and
one passenger were killed, and seven
others seriously injured. The scene of
the accident is one mile from Brattle-
boro at the mouth of West river, where
a combination iron and wooden bridge
200 feet long spanned the stream, sixty
feet above the water and which broke
under the weight of a mixed train con-
sisting of six fiat, two box and one
passenger and baggage-car, all of
which went down with the bridge,
burying the engineer under the loco
motive in Is feet of water. The train
was loaded with granite, lumber and
smaller freight, all of which is COM
plete wreck in the river. The passen-
ger and two box cars went down some
35 feet with the trestle work which
was anchored to a pier at the north
end of the bridge. Among the pas
sengers seriously injured were the
following: j. j. Green, station agent
at Newfane, internally injured, and
has since died E. M. Butler station
agent at Wardsboro, spinal injury re-
covery doubtful; A. b. Ashley station
agent at West DummerstOn compound
fracture of right leg; Michael O'Con-
nor brakeman, leg broken and head
cut; Mrs. Hildreth of Hinsdale, N. H.,
two ribs broken her husband cut
about the head. The body of Engineer
III. A. Smith could not be recovered till
the wreck was removed. Ned Prentiss,
fireman, who went down with the en-
CINE, miraculously escaped uninjured
by crawling through the cab window
after the engine was submerged. The
wounded were taken to the COngrega-
tional chapel, where Mr.. Green died
three hours after the disaster. There
are four others who escaped with
slight injuries. The broken bridge
was built by G. E. DanfOrth & Co., of
New York and was designed by the
we'll known Engineer Boiler, w. A.
Haven supervising the construction.
The bridge was designed for lOcOmO-
tives of IL tons weight, and cars OF
not over 10 tons weight, though it is
said trains of nearly twice that weight
have been run over the bridge since
the opening of the granite quarries at
DummerstOn. The length of the road
is 81 miles, the terminus being at Lon
donderry. 1t was built by towns
along the route and is under lease to
the New London and Northern who
sub-let to the Central Vermont, whose
officials came here with their engineers
at the time of taking possession and
after careful inspection pronounced
the bridge safe. The ill fated train
was not heavily loaded and the acct
dent was undoubtedly caused by the
breaking of irons supporting the struc-
ture or by rotten timber.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
The Scalper's Revenge.

Robert G. Stevenson, the pioneer
ticket-scalper of Pittsburg, began life
as an emplOye of the Ohio and Penn
sylvania railroad company, of which
General Cass was president. One day
Stevenson was discharged and he de-
termined to get even. He applied to
General Cass for space about four
feet square in the depot, to be used for
business purposes. The general en-
tertained the proposition without in
curing the nature of the business that
Stevenson desired to carry on and the
latter secured his stand on an iron
clad lease for three years. He did not
keep a stand for the sale of fruits, pea
nuts and newspapers, as Cass expected,
but opened his new place as an office
for the sale of tickets and at once did a
big trade in scalping tickets in the very
office of the company. They tried to
get him out but it was useless. The
lease was too we'll drawn and he stay
ed and sold tickets till his three years
were out.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
What One Thousand Dollars Can Do.

Five years ago last Christmas season
gentleman living in New England,
upon balancing his accounts for the
year, found that he had been unusu-
ally prosperous in his business enter
prises and, although he was not yet
rich, he determined to devote $1,000 of
his profits to charity as Il sort OF thank
offering. His desire was so to employ
this money that the benefit to be de-
rived from it would not perish with its
first use, but would continue through
many years and he decided to send
poor children from New York to coun-
try homes in the West.
Accordingly, through the excellent
agency of the Children's Aid society,
which had been engaged in this work
for many years, seventy-six boys and
girls were gathered from the streets
and from homes of dire poverty and
sent to Iowa, Kansas and other points
where comfortable homes awaited
them, and where industry and honesty
were sure to meet such rewards as
could not have been possible under
the terrible condition of the life from
which they had been rescued.
Five years have passed since the
children reached their Western homes.
The older ones have grown to be men
and women the younger have devel-
Oped sufficiently for fair judgment of
their future to be formed. 1t is inter-
esting to view the results as they APP
pear to-day. Eighteen of the children
were members of four families who
went to places where employment and
comparative abundance were assured
them. The Imagination can hardly
picture the hOpelessness of the life
they left behind them. One boy and
one girl went to their widowed moth
ers and reported their safe arrival. A
boy went to live with an uncle, but
has sent no word.
Fifty-five found their homes among
strangers from all except one reports
have been received, though from many
not of recent date. OF all this number,
gathered as they were from the poor
est of the street population of this
great city, only two are known to have
been thieves. Two have run away
and two or three are spoken of as de-
cidedly bad. Nine have wandered off
from the neighborhoOd where they
were first placed and have been lost
sight of, bat in doing so they exercis-
ed only the right that belongs to every
American boy, and there is no evidence
that they have not done well in the
new homes they have found. Nothing
but a miracle could have made them
do well here. Six have returned to
New York one was sick and was sent
back for treatment, three brothers
were sent for by married sister who
had become able to maintain them and
start them in business here, and two
came back probably because New
4 rk street life had still a fascination
to their childish minds. Two have
dled "a promising girl and an indus
Irious young man. Fully thirty were
reported at last accounts as doing we'll
some of them very well. The eight
cen who were with their parents f i
safe to assume have done fairly we'll
This is good record. Let any ner-
son familiar with the darker side ofl
New York life estimate, if he can. the
proportion of those boys and girls who
would have escaped from criminal or
vicious lives if they had remained here.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
His Coal was Delivered at his Door.

Dennis Reagan is now living in a
fiat which OverlOOks the Lackawanna
tracks. Across the street lives an Ital-
ian nObleman in reduced circumstances
who ekes out his poor existence with
the aid of poor monkey and a worse
hand organ. TO Garibaldi comes Den-
mis- one evening, and, after passing the
time of day, warns up to the subject
in hand.
CAV ye place, Misther Garibaldi, y
says Dennis in his most unctuOus and
wheedling tone, "wud ye have any OBJ
jections to loanin' me yer munkey fer
an hour or two ivry mOrnin' 2"
"What for you want a munk ?" in
quired the count.
"Niver ye mind" replied Dennis.
"What wud We charge mornin' for
the use av him 7"
The Count suggested that ten cents
an hour would be the proper figure,
after vainly attempting to find out
what Dennis was going to do with the
monkey. Dennis haggled and tried to
beat the Italian down, but Garibaldi
wouldn't have it that way, and the
deal was closed at his figure.
Everything went beautifully for a
few days. The money was paid
promptly and the monkey was return
ed regularly in time not to interfere
with the requirements of the Counts
profession. To be sure the animal
looked little hollow-eyed and care
worn, but in the main was in good
condition.
Finally, however, the Italians curl
osity got the better of his avarice, and
he told Dennis that the monkey would
not be loaned any more. This an
nOuncement had a most depressing eff
feet on Dennis. His megatherian in
tellect rose to the emergency, though,
and he proceeded to effect one of those
mastery financial cOups which dazzle
people who are not familiar with the
workings of the capitalistic mind.
"Garry badly" said Dennis, CAV ye'll
promise to act square and not give the
racket away, I'll be after takin' We into
partnership and gin We half the profits
for the use of the munkey."
"All-a right-a," said the Italian.
At this the new partners shook
hands, and each took another pull out
of the can of beer which Dennis had
warily provided to lubricate the nego-
CldClOUS. noD DouHlS Ill HIS CuSJOIu-
airy lOrdly manner put his arm through
the Italians and together they saun-
tered over to the back yard of the
house where Dennis lived.
"D'ye see tibet Their pole, Garry p
inquired Dennis, pointing to a pole
some fifteen feet high, surmounted by
a cross piece.
The Italian couldn't very well help
seeing it, and remarked that it was
within the range of his vision.
"D'ye know phwat ther is beyant
the fence % said Dennis. "Thim's the
railroad thracks. Now thin, Garry,
this is the snap. Early in the mOrnin'
whin the coal trains begins to come in
put the munkey on the pole. The
brakesmin is all out on the cars riddy
to go up the thristles. Ivry mothers
son of thin filings two or three pieces
of coal at the munkey. I've laid tin
tons awoy in the cellar and divil a wan
o. thim's hit the munkey yeti Buffa
10 Express.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
ST. Johnsbury Church Directory.

AdUeat-Paddock Village. Rev. L. w. Smith
Sabbath Services at 1890 "a M Las and $3.50 p. m
Sabbath School IL m. Prayer Meetings at 1880 p
IN. Sunday, Tuesday and Friday evenings.
Baptist-Railroad Street. Corner Maple Rev
e. Il. Sandford, Pastor. Preaching 1880 4. NJ. S
School II NJ. Prayer meeting $50. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at 1880.
Free BaptiSt-Main Street. Corner Prospect
Rev. +. K. DAWSON pastor. Sabbath services 1890
AM and $3.50 P. NJ. Sabbath School at 12 NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 1880.
Church Of the AeSsiah-( Universalist) Eastern
avenue, corner Cherry street. Rev. K. A HOyt
Sabbath School at 1900. Wednesday evening
meeting at 1880.
Methodist-Central street. Rev.
Pastor. Residence next to the Church. Sab
School at II 20. Wednesday evening meeting at
1880.
North CongregattonaL-Main street, corner OF
Church. Rev. Chas. NJ. LamsOn, Pastor. Sabbath
School at Las p M. Wednesday evening meeting
at 1880.
South COngregational-Main street. Rev. Ed
ward L. Fairbanks Pastor. Sabbath services at
1880 A. M, and $50 p. NJ. Sabbath School II NJ
Wednesday evening meeting at 1880.
Presbyterian Characterization Avenue. Rev. W
r. Laird, Pastor Sabbath services at 1880 a. IN
and $50 p. Sabbath school at IL M Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 1880.
st. AndreWS-(EpiscOpal,) Main street, Rev
- - Rector. Services on Sundays al
1890 a.. m, and p. IN. Wednesdays at 1880 p. M
Sunday School, at 12 m.
Roman OathOlic-Cherry Street. Rev. j. A
BOissOnnault, Parish Priest. Mass 8 and 10 a. m ;
Vespers and BenedictiOn at p. m. On the
second Sunday of the month, service at $3.50 M,
and p. IN. AT LyndOnville same day at 1890 a. M
Y. AZ. @. A.-Meetings at the hall of the Y. M. C..
A, Eastern Ave-, Sunday mornings at $50, Satur-
day evenings at 7.30. Young Mems meeting Sun
day at 80 p m. Building opposite Soldiers
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
SQUIBS.

The darkest hour is when you can't
find the matches.
Suspended animation-The girl in
the hammock.
You can't have the last word with a
chemist; he always has retOrt.
An enthusiastic meeting-TwO girls
who haven't seen each other for an
hour Burlington Free Press.
A joker tells of capitalist so timid
that he will not let well enough a loan
without good security.
"What's in a name n a recent trav-
eller was heard to exclaim. "Why,
about the hottest country on the globe
is Chili.n
Among the wedding presents given
to young Vermont couple was a
beautifully worked mOtto-"Fight On"
Il Burlington Free Press.
Philadelphia comes to the front with
the champion modest young lady.
When she hangs stockings ont on the
clothes line she puts wells over them.
-[ShOe and Leather Reporter.
Hostess "What has become of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
Brought About by a Similarity i'm Pro-
nunciatiOn.

81 am going to have the celebrated
Professor Won Dunkelheim at the re-
ception tonight" said Mrs. Marlbo-
rough Cresus to Mrs. Sharpe she's a
great acqulsitiOn-sO very profound
and learned, you know-but he won't
talk. If there's anybody at Newport
that can draw him out, my dear, it's
you, and l want you to try your skill
on him."
"What's his speciality 2"
"Butter." THAT was what Mrs.
Sharpe understood Mrs. Marlborough
Cr9sus to say.)
"Butter Why, that's a queer fad
for learned professor. But I'll do my
best"
That evening, at reception, Mrs.
Sharpe opened out bravely upon Pro-
fessor Won Dunkelheim at the first OPP
pOrtunity.
GAS we were driving out on the
island this afternoon, professor" said
she, ~ saw some of the most beautiful
herds of Jersey cows that | have ever
seen in my life"
"Ah qn
"And at one place the cows beyond
the fence contemplated us with such
gentle, tender eyes and such soulful
moOs that for moment forgot their
practical value in their aesthetic at
fractions. But after all, thought, it
is not for their beauty that we should
value them, but for the butter they
produce"
Mrs. Sharpe ratified on about the
cows for conversational mile or two
without drawing out any response from
the professor at is because he thinks
1 don't know anything about the way
butter is made that he won't talk"
thought Mrs. Sharpe. "Well, l will
convince him that l do know some
thing about it," And she proceeded
to discuss the creamery methods in
vogue in Vermont, with an infinite
deal of talk about coolers and temper
ature and mechanical butter workers,
and so on. She hadn't crammed on
the subject all the afternoon for moth
ing.
But not word could she get out of
the professor beyond Gum" and "Ah."
He was plainly very much bored, and
edged away after while. Mrs. Sharpe
was in despair.
Presently Mrs. Marlborough CrGsus
got her into a corner, and said: =
ny, WIldG III Tie WOrIu 40 you
mean by talking forever to Professor
Won Dunkelheim about cows, and
creameries, and all that sort of thing ?"
'Tsn't that his speciality? Didn't
you tell me so? ?"
"Why, never in the world ~
"What is it, then, for heavens sake ?"
"Buddha, of course. He's written
any number of books about Buddhism"
There is marked GOODNESS now be-
tween Mrs. Sharpe and Mrs. MARI
borough Cr9sus. Mrs. Sharpe says
that woman who pronounces "Budd
ha" like "butter" is hardly fit for cul
tured society.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26

Yes, my son, the reason why people
like to read sensational accounts of
murders, robberies and matrimonial
unpleasantness, is because the world is
generally so very good, and therefore
without practical knowledge of these
things, that they possess sort of zest
which is irresistible. Perhaps one of
these days everybody will be SO very
bad, that good actions and noble i'm
pulses will be considered suffice ntly
to be recorded in the sensa-
tional press.-[ Boston Transcript.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
A Pertinent Question.

1t is needless to assert that Senator
Edmunds has no occasion to buy any
mans support, much less the columns
OF any newspaper. Can the opposition
say as much IL ergennes Yermopter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
ST Inhnshnrv Centre

COngregatiOnaL-Rev N. w. Grover Pastor. Sun
day services at IL A. M, and 600 p. M. Sabbath
School at II M. Wednesday evening meeting al
80 P. M.
Methodist-Rev. P. N. Granger, Pastor. Sunday
Services at 1045 A. M. and 800 P. M Sunday School
at II NJ. Thursday evening meeting at 700.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
TELEGRAPH Office,

Western Union and vt. International No. S
Central ST.. Union Block, open from 7.3O a. m till
9p m; Sundays to 10 a. m. and 5 to 6p. m. And
at Ticket Office Railroad station open frOrs a. m.
till o'clock next morning
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
East ST. .TnhnShnr

OOngregatiOnaI.-Rev. Joel F. Whitney. Sunday
100.
MethOdist.-Supplied Sunday services at 1.45
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st. bloomsbury Athenaum.

Library and Reading RoOm,-Free to all. Ope1
from A. M. to IL NJ. from 2 to P. NJ. and from
to 8 1-2 Saturday evenings.
Art GaLerp-Open Tuesdays and Fridays.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26

One thousand dollars could hardly
have been expended to greater advan-
tape
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
Golden Medical Discovery.

Thoroughly cleanse the blood which is the fount-
ain of health, by using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, and good digestion, fair skin. buOyant
spirits vital strength, and sOundness of constitu-
ton will be established.
from the common pmpie, biofch or eruption to the
worst ScrOfula, OF blood poison. Especially has it
proven its efficacy in curing Salt-rheum letter
Enlarged Glands Fever Sores and Eating Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consumption
(whic his ScrOfula of the lungsl by it's wonderful
blood purifying invigorating and nutritive proper
ties. For weak lungs, splitting of blood shOrtness
OF breath, bronchitis, severe colds, asthma and
kindred affections it is a sovereign remedy 1t
promptly cures the severest coughs
For torpid liver, biliousness, or Liver Com
plant" dyspepsia and indigestion tits unequal
led remedy. Sold by druggists.
Dr. Pierces Pellets-Anti-Bi Bilious and Cathartic
Csc. VIAL by druggists.
TUNE 81
Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1886-12-04
Politics Too Much for Him.

A lady on Fifth Avenue, New York,
quickly summoned doctor.
ooh, doctor, my husband is nearly
dead. He attended a caucus last night.
He made four speeches and promised
to be with his feIlow-citizens again to-
day. But. oh, doctor, he looks nearly
dead"
elias he been in politics long?"
ono, only last year. He worked hard
for james MCCaulay's election"
Gle will got well, madam, lie has
stomach for any disease, if he worked
for him ~
Political life, OF short or long dura-
ton, is very cNhaUsting, as is evident
from the great mortality which prevails
among public men. Ex-U. s. Senator
=. X. Bruce, who has been long in pub
lie lie, says. -
THE other day, when stepping into
car at crossing, l found DR.. --
within, who eyed me up and down in O
surprised way, TcmaEking -
"'Why, Senator, how well you look =
"Well, l feel pretty WE'LL l an
swered."
The doctor uttered an increduIous re-
ply, when the Senator frankly told him,
in answer to an inquiry, that it was
Warmers Safe Cure which accomplished
for him what the profession bad failed
to do. Senator Bruce says his friends
are very much astOnished at this reye-
lation Of powcr.-[Thc Globe.
Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1886-12-04
oottou-seod Oil in Cookery.

Cotton. seed oil is extensively manu-
featured in the south, where IL is much
used in cookery, and there is no good
reason why it should not eventually
supersede hogs lard everywhere; It Is
not only more economical, but 1t is de.
cidedly moro hoalthful, being less liable
to authorizations. Put up in air tight
cans, it is less apt TO come in contact
with foreign impurities than the barrel
Of lard found In the groceries One
can got lard put up in tins, which is
usually pure, but even the very hest 81
hogs lard does not meet the reJuire
ments necessary to give it preference
over vegetable oils.