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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23
SQUIBS.

Jinks has been out the night befOr,
and is late at his desk. Employs
(sternly)-"Well ~ Jinks-" Not YER,
SIR"
A Charlotte HarbOr man has set
hen on alligator eggs. The hen will
think she has the jim jams when the
shells break.
The beauty of reading Browning i.
that you can turn over two pages at q
time without eyer knowing the differ
ence.-[ Burlington Free Press.
1t is n curious and interesting fact
that the people who are most afraid oil
burglars are, as a rule, the people who
haven't anything in the house that a
burglar would steal Journal of Edu-
cation.
Mormon wife Crying on pair OF
shoes): "They are oceans too large.
my dear" Husband-"I'll take them
back and get smaller pair" Mormon
wife-''NO, don't do that. Give them
to your last wife. They'll just fit her.
"Clara," said the old man from the
head of the stairs, "hasn't that young
man gone yet2" "Your daughter isn't
here, SIR" feebly responded the young
man. "She has just stepped into the
kitchen to fill and trim the lamp
New York Sun.
"What is the capital of Illinois" ask
ed broker of his partner when he
could not recollect the address of
correspondent to whom he was writing.
81 forget" was the reply, "But it's all
in bonds, and is listed at the ex-
change. [Pittsburg Chronicle ele-
graph.
G.. P. Huntington says: 81 began
work on Il Connecticut farm at 81 per
month, and at the end of the month |
had the 81" Mr.. Huntington under
took, with government aid, to build
the Central Pacific railroad, and when
it was completed, he had the road, the
government and the whole state of Cal
ifornia.
"And Cain went out from the pres
ence of the Lord and dwelt in the land
of Nod on the east of Eden. =
And he builded a city" Our first par
ents had their home of innocence and
bliss in PARADISE" in garden on a
farm the first murderer, Cain, went
out and "builded city, Chicago
Advance.
A gentleman took dummy in one of
the clothing stores on High street for
burglar last night. He watched it for
some time, and, becoming tired of
he remarked: "If you have
got grit enough to stand there, know
ing am looking at you, will not in
form the police."-[Norfolk Virginian.
"That ton of coal looks to ME about |
two hundred pounds Short" said a
family man, "and by thunder I'll have
it weighed. The way some of these
coal dealers cheat is wicked After
he had had it weighed, he said to his
wife: ''Its all right; weighs about
hundred pounds over" "How much
will you have to pay for the extra
weight, John 81 "Nothing. That's
their mistake, not mine."-[Life. !
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23
The Author of seNasby.o

David r. Locke, that is, Petroleum
V. Nasty, had the fortune at a critica
period in our history to bring a power.
! full satiric genius into the service of the
Union, in a guise of homely humol
and then unstaled dialect, which
caught the attention of the whole peo-
pie and made him famous. His "Nas-
by letters" written as in the person Of
an ignorant Kentucky minister and
corner grocery politician, and exposing
with extraordinary force the designs
and dangers of the slave power, its
partisans, its apOlogists and it's hidden
sympathizers, were great instrument
for the strengthening of loyalty and the
enlightenment of public opinion. Each
new letter was eagerly looked for,
copied into papers all over the cOun-
try, read at thousands of farmers tables
and fresides, where they rivaled the
war news, and sometimes made that
news little easier to bear, when it
was dismal. They eniivened the SOL
diers by the camp fires, and relieved
and delighted the weary brain and
heart of Abraham Lincoln, and for that
alone this people owe Locke grateful
remembrance. Charles Sumner de-
clared: SIT is impossible to measure
their value. Against the devices OF
slavery and its supporters each letter
was like speech, or one of those songs
which stir the people" Once Locke
applied for u commission as captain of
a company he raised, out Gov. BrOugh
told him his duty was at home, for he
could do more for the Union with his
pen than i'm the field.
He was apprenticed to the printers
craft in his 18th year, served his seven
years and began the life of a journey
man printer, at odd times doing a job
of reporting or editing-founding two
or three papers in Ohio before the war
He was at work on the Findlay Jeffer-
sonian when the rebellion broke loose,
and published in it the early Nasty
letters. The first appeared April 81,
1861, and they were speedily bid for
and gained by the Toledo Blade, draw
ing that paper into wide notice. In
1865 he became editor of the Blade,
and in the course of few years its
owner, making it a popular weekly
with a very large circulation. His Sc
riOus writing as editor bore no COM
palison with his achievements in sat
ire !; nor was he a brilliant platform
speaker, although he met with success
as lecturer. His fame will resG on
his letters, whose portrait gallery of
eminent democrats assembled in Bas
GUMS grocery will be preserved by
their connection with the trOublOus
times in which they were first brought
before the public.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23
shrewd Common Sense.

Mr.. John Wanamaker of Philadel-
phia, than whom there is not a more
Observant or shrewder merchant, has
no faith in circulars or dodgers as ad-
vertising mediums. He says: 81 new
er in my life used such thing as a
poster, a dodger or a handful. My
plan for fifteen years has been to buy
so much space in newspaper and to
fill it up with what wanted. l would
not give an advertisement in news
paper even of but 400 circulation for
5000 dodgers. If wanted to sell cheap
jewelry or run lottery scheme might
use posters, but never insult decent
reading public with handbills."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23
Two Apples Cured Balky Horse.
Our Dumb Animals.

The other day stood looking at a
noble specimen of a horse, who refused
to advance one step. The driver dis
mounted and took hold of the bits. but
the head went up with a defiant Jerk
The driver again took his seat and was
vainly urging the obstinate animal,
when a lady stepped gracefully for
ward from a neighboring house. Her
face was the picture of kindness and
good will. In her hand were two ap-
Piles. She held one to the mouth of
the obstinate animal. What horse
with a particle of chivalry in his nat
ure could resist such a mode of war
fare3 He took the apple and his
Obstinacy vanished and he started. but
the lady evidently believed in finishing
the work thoroughly, and held out
another. He took it as gracefully as
it was given, and then with right
good will and a right good pace, start
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23
MIR. BLAINE's INTENTION.

As Interpreted by Joe Manley, Chair
man of the Maine Republican Com
mittee.
"Mr. Blaine's letter is not to be con-
sidered final by any means. He does
not decline the nomination or say that
he will refnse to head the ticket. He
merely announces that he is not striv-
ing for the honor and that the time has
gone by when he desired it. No man
has right to ask him whether he will
take the nomination or not, and no
man has right to offer it to him now"
eff Mr.. Blaine is offered the nomina-
ton by the national convention, do
you think he will take it 2"
eyes, sir, believe he will"
.'You are in position to judge as
well as any person, are you not 7"
81 am in constant communication
with Mr.. Blaine. Here is letter l re-
ceived from him from Florence only
last night, and here is one from Mrs.
Blaine | got this morning"
care the considerations entirely
personal that he refers to meant to i'm
ply ill-health 2"
"Not by any means. Mr.. Blaine is a
man of wonderful vigor. Do you know
of another man of SO who has stood
anywhere near as much strain as he
has 7 And he is as strong as he ever
was"
"Does it refer to Mrs. Blaine's health,
then 2"
"No. L will read you what Mrs.
Blaine says to me in this letter about
their health. Mr.. Blaine has not been
sick a moment, except a cold he caught
when crossing the Alps. Mrs. Blaine
is in vigorous health"
"What are the personal reasons he
refers to 2"
"He simply means that he has been
a candidate once and was defeated and
does not care for the nomination again."
"You say he will not decline the
nomination if it is given him 2"
81 think he will accept it,"
"What, then, does his letter mean 2"
at means that Mr.. Blaine will not
have his name presented to the con-
ventiOn as an aspirant for the honor.
If the convention gets up and demands
that he take it he will do so. Mr..
Blaine has made himself a public man,
and as such owes the public something.
He has no right to say that he will not
assume a trust that the party demands
him to take. If it is thought that Mr..
Blaine is the man needed to win the
fight. he will take it, and he will win"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23
Desirable Property for Sale.

1 offer for sale my residence at the head of Main
Street House large convenient, beautifully To-
Gated, and in a splendid neighborhOOd. Good barn.
Lot half an acre giving good garden.
also offer for sale my farm consisting of thirty
acres of good land tillage and PASTURE tillage in
high state of cultivation and less than quarter
of a mile from the village.
/ want an immediate customer for either, will
sell cheap enough to make investment obi ect
bltsiness.
Intend to remove to California I can
sell and settle mp my affairs. Please examine;
property will speak for itself
W. 81. PRESTON.
st. Johnsbury March % 1887
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23

The subscriber is prepared to do all kinds of Up
holstering Work, Furniture Repairing. laying
pets, hanging window Shades. picking over hair
Mattresses and general Furniture Repairs.
N. r. SWITSER.
Opposite Presbyterian church Eastern Ave hit
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23

The latest fish story, says the Ban
gOr Commercial, is told by one of our
dealers, who says that the other day he
received a quantity of smelts and pick
erel which were frozen stiff. He put
them in barrel of water to thaw out.
About three hours after he went to the
barrel and found that the pickerel had
thawed back to life, but he could find
no smelts, the pickerel had eaten them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23
Farm for Sale,

One-fourth mile outside the village limits of St
Johnsbury, at the head of Pleasant St., within the
village school district containing one hundred and
fifty acres. cutting seventy-ive tons of hay, and
very productive for wheat, oats, and all crops
grown in northern Vermont a thrifty wood lot
of fifteen acres Well watered with good water
ut house and barns. Buildings pleasantly situat-
ed and in all respects desirable place for a resi-
dence and for profitable farming. A portion OF
the purchase money can remain if desired.
RICHARD w. PEA BODY.
june 90 1887. 4tf
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23

ed again. Two apples did that work.
Drivers of obstinate horses, please
take notice, two apples saved good
deal of time.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23
Justice Memoranda,s.

For convenience Of Justices of the Peace we have
printed the memoranda in blank, which they have
to make on criminal complaints, for sale at 50
cents per hundred at the
CALIFORNIAN OFFICE.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23
Desirable Residence For Sale.

will sell my house ON Webster St. in st. Johns
bury. 1t contains 10 besides bath ROOM halls
pantry, closets, and all modern conveniences. 1t
Is new and was built ''pOn honor and not ''to
SELL Good furnace barn and shed, with spacious
grounds soft HENRY c.. BATES.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23
BUY NOW
AND SAVE MONEY

Before taking account of stock wish reduce the
amount of Goods hand to the Lowest Possible Limit
This week shall discard ALL profits entire
Stock of Clothing.
No reasonable offer refused
Goods at your price.
Buy for future
These extreme prices for a few days only.
9. .. STEELE g. CO.
Opp ST. Johnsbury House, No Bank Block St. Johnsbury
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23
C. A. WHITCAER

Has just received an elegant
new line of Hamburgs and
Allovers, which are selling at
low prices. This is the seas
on they make a specially of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-23
Make Hens Law.

1t is well-knOwn fact that most of the Horse and
Cattle Powder sold in this country is worthless ;
that Sheridans Condition Powder is absolutely
pure and very valuable. Nothing On Earth Will
Make Hens Lay like Sheridan Condition Powder.
Dose, one teaspOonful to each pint of food Sold
everywhere, sent by mail for - cts. in stamps.
We furnish it in u lib. cans, price SIOO. BY mail,
Sl20. Six cans $500 express paid. Very valua-
bic Circulars Free.
1. S. JOHNSON & CO., BOSTON, MASS.
t Mar 'S8
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-01-28

SENATOR STEWART on Monday intro
duced bill to amend the organic law Of
Utah Territory. 1t provides that the legis-
lative power Of the Territory Of Utah shall
be vested in Governor and Legislative As
sembly. The Legislative Assembly shall
consist of twelve citizens Of the United
States, residents Of said Territory, and hav-
ing the qualification Of voters, to be appoint
ed by the President, by and with the advice
and consent Of the Senate, not more than SIX
of whom shall be members Of one political
party, and the majority Of whom shall con
stitute a quorum.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-01-28
IMMIGRANTS AND CITIZENS.

OF course no inquisition conducted abroad
could fully protect US from undesirable i'm
migration. In order to be of value the in
QUESTION should be conducted here. That,
of course, would be too late to exclude the
undesirable person, but it would be in time
to deprive them of most of their power Of
mischief. The trouble is not SO much that
immigration has been too free as that citizen.
ship has been too cheap. For half century
and more the inquiry into a mans character
and history contemplated by the naturaliza-
ton law has been a mere form and has often
degenerated into mere farce. Immigrants
who commit unlawful acts it Is comparative
ly easy to take care of. They become most
formidable only when they are in name
American citizens while still in fact unnatu-
rallied foreigners. If the bestowal of citi-
zenship upon foreigner were in practice as
it is in theory, conditioned upon his having
behaved himself during a term of probation
the refusal 10 bestow il would inhlct dis
grace which would designate the disgraced
person as ''suspect." Now citizenship Is
so much matter Of course that no foreigner
attaches to it Its proper value. The term of
probation ought to be at least double what it
now is, and the judicial inquiry that proceeds
naturalization oughc not to be sham. There
is much more hopeful 1ela for legislative
effort in extending, defining and enforcing
the naturalization laws than in a tempting to
exercise any real supervision Of the hundreds
of thousands Of immigrants who yearly reach
our shores.-Nez0 York Zri6snle.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-01-28
BOUND TO COME.

Nevada is bound to come to the front in
the near future as one of the richest little
States in the Union. We wonderif our peo-
pie have noticed OF late how much interest
is being taken in our copper mines; how the
deposits Of gypsum and marble in the State
are being located; how our salt and borax
marshes are attracting attention, and how
our agricultural country is increa sing in val.
ne? If they have not it is time they had,
for il will not be many years before all these
intereits Will be valuable and will make the
State more prosperous. Our silver mining
interests are also looking brighter, and if by
any means the price Of silver can be brought
back to its real value there will be more di-
vidend paying mines in the State than ever
before. Fasteners are beginning to look to
Nevada for borax supplies, and the large
gypsum deposits will soon probably be a
source Of revenue to the parties who were
sensible enough to hold onto them. The
finest marble quarrieS anywhere in the Unit
ed States have been found in Nevada, and
when railroad and transportation facilities
become better, viii also prove valuable to
their owners. Our mica mines will yet as
tonish some people, for few seem to be aware
that there are any deposits of this character
in the State and how valuable they really
are. The outside world will soon be calling
on us for all these things, and how they will
be astonished to find that Nevada, the State
they supposed to be the jumping.of place Of
the world, can furnish them.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-01-28
THE OVERLAND.

The OaeylaHa Monthly for February has
come TO hand and deserves hearty welcome
wherever it goes. The illustrations are in
an article on San Diego by T. S. Van Dyke
The climate and the new Improvements that
Mr.. Van Dyke writes about give plain ground
for his confidence that there is no bottom to
the California boom to drop out. In the his
torical line there is another diary of man
present when gold was discovered at Suffer
& MarShall's Coloma mill. II was kept by
Azariah Smith, and lends strong condrma.
ton 10 the position of Mr.. John S. Hittell,
(who annotates the paper,) that the date Of
the discovery was January "a, 1913, not Jan.
nary 10 as has been generally held Anoth-
err article, "From an old Day Book" is
another glimpse of the California of the
ante gold period.
The heavy article of the number is a
weighty argument by Judge Gray of the Su-
preme Bench of British Columbia, on the
question of Commercial Union between the
United States and Canada. To Canadians
this is now an issue of the most active in
terest, and many Americans will be surpris-
ed to know how seriously the whole question
of the position of the Dominion and its re-
lation to the United States is being consider
ed. Judge Gray is opposed to Commercial
Union, supposing that the two countries are
to remain separate.
General o. O. Howard winds up his series
of Plute and Bannock War articles in an in.
terestng way. These ten papers should be
published in book form.
The three months story (by the way, the
OEerlaH@S scheme of three month serials is
decided HIT is Of great interest, and the
notion Of bringing to life an Egyptian mummy
is novel plot,
The short stories of the issue are very at
tractive and the poetry of the O9eyl0naS
usual high grades. In the editorial depart,
ment the school officials of San Francisco are
treated to heavy dose of common sense,
mostly by quotation from the report Of the
recently dismissed Deputy Superintendent o.
Schools.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-01-28
LAND NOTICE.
U. S. LAND OFFICE

U. 5. LAND OFFICE
CARSON CITY, New,
December 22d, 1877
Complaint having been entered at this office
by George W. knierim against Thomas w. Nor
cross for abandoning Timber Culture Entry,
No. 9, dated August 18th, 1879 upon the lots /
and of NEH Sec, |, TIP, u n, r. % Z, Lot of
AWl4 Sec. 6, Up. Y \, L. 70 +, and Lot of SWl.
Sec. 81, TIP. 10 \, r, &c E, in Lyon county, state
OF Nevada, with view to the cancellation OF
said entry: the said parties are hereby sum
moned to appear at this office on the eth day Of
and furnish testimony concerning said alleged
abandonment. Q. II. GALLUP, Register
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-01-28

Is undoubtedly caused by lactid acid in the
blood. This acid attacks the hbrous tissues
and causes the pains and axes in the back,
shoulders, knees, ankles, hips ond wrists
Thousands of people have found in Hoods
SarsaParilla a positive cure Tor rheumatism.
This medicine, by lis purifying action, neu
tralizes the acidlty OF the blood, and also
builds up and strengthens the whole body.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-01-28
Good ResuIts an Mvery Case.

D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer
of Chattanooga, Tenn, writes that he was
seriously afflicted with a severe cold that
settled on his lungs had tried many RENE
dies without benefit: Being induced to try
Dr.. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
did so and was entirely cured by use Of a
few bottles. Since which time he has used
it in his family for all coughs and colds
with best results. This is The experience Of
thousands whose lives have been saved by
this wonderful discovery. Trial bottles free
at !. A. Bonham's.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-01-28

SENATOR STEWART of Nevada and Sen
ator Dolph Of Oregon Tuesday presented to
the Senate vigorous protests from the wool
growers of Nevada, Eastern Oregon and Ida.
no against the reduction of the tariff upon
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-01-28
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP

Notice Is hereby given that the co-partnership
heretofore, existing under the firm name Of
FLAWS Johnson is this day dissolved by mu-
the entire interest OF Manly Johnson in said
business. All debts due to or from said firm
are to be paid to or by said T. ]. A. Flaws
THOMAS J. A. FLAWS
NJ. L. JOHNSON.
Dayton, Nevada, January 18th, 1855.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-09
BElLAIRE.
All Sorts OF Local News and Gossip from
the Glass City.

All Sorts of Local News and Gossip from
the Glass City.
Frank Williams is ut Cincinnati.
Everybody here is talking "big ball.
VIM. Smith left last evening for At
lanta, Ga.
There was slight wreck in the B. &
0. yards yesterday.
James A. Wright lectured to an audi
ence OF X. OF l.. last night.
Mr.. Castor, the stencil man, was down
yesterday from Wheeling on business.
Mrs. Rev. A. X. Knox, OF East Liver
pool is here, the guest OF her parents.
The bad weather kept great many
Bellaire Republicans at hcme last night.
The Ohio Valley Foundry people will
operate their new works here with coal.
Mr.. William Berlt and daughter left
yesterday for their Pennsylvania home.
4 large crowd OF ladies went up, re-
gardless OF the weather, to Wheeling
last night. 90
Manager Noll says the B., Z. q st. G.
railroad will be in operation soon, sure
this is official.
A splendid organization has been
formed by the Republicans out in Mead
township, this county.
Superintendent Wilson, OF the Water
Works, is laying some temporary mains
where the water has to be shut of.
William Dade, Sr., after living here
most OF his life, has moved his goods
and family to Stcubenville. lie has a
good oh making nail kegs there.