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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12
Moving Libby Prison.

The Philadelphia architect, L. NJ.
Hallowell, who is to superintend the
removal of Libby prison from Rich
mond to Chicago, says that the prison
was bought for S25, 300. 1t will be
taken down in June, and in the mean
time the preliminary work necessary
to preserve both the original appear
ance of the exterior and interior of the
structure will be done. The architect
says that he will no doubt experience
great difficulty in counteracting the
schemes of relic hunters. The new
owner of the prison has lately been be-
sieged with applications from persons
desiring to purchase relics of the old
building. An officer who was confined
in the prison has offered $50 for a post
upon which he carved his name during
his term of confinement.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12
INGALLS,
AS an Object Lesson for the Visiting For
eigner.
From Puck

eigner.
From Puck.
An intelligent American and an ig-
nOrant Briton sat together in the sem
ate gallery at Washington, and the
American was explaining to the Briton
the workings of our enlightened sys-
TEN of government. Senator Ingalls,
of Kansas, was making q few remarks.
''The nomination and election of Gro
yer Cleveland" said he, "have made
the pretensiOns of any American citi-
zen to the presidency respectable.
There is no man in this country whose
ignorance is so profound, whose OBJ
security is so impenetrable, and whose
antecedents are so degraded that he
may not justifiably aspire to a presi
Dental nomination by the democratic
party"
"Who." inquired the Briton, sis that
-er-gentleman 2"
'Tngalls of Kansas" replied the
American. "Don't you think it warm
in hereq You haven't seen the statue
of
'Isn't he speaking about the presi
dent 2" further inquired the BritOn, un-
interested in the statue.
eyes," said the American "the ro-
tunda is worth"
"But l thought you people elected
your president by popular VOTE" went
on the Briton.
$50 we do"
"But do your people like to hear
your president talked about in that
way7"
"Why no." said the American, some
what uneasily; 81 don't suppose So"
"Then why does he do it 2"
"Ah, we'll, it's only Ingalls,
minds Ingalls,"
"But isn't he one of your senators 2"
"Why, yes; he's senator"
"Did the Kansas people elect him 2"
:'No; the Legislature elected him."
"But why do they elect him if he
does such things 2"
ooh, don't know" said the Ameri
can, unguardedly. 81 guess the Kan
sas legislature is a pretty tough lot"
There was pause in the converse
ton before the ignorant Briton spoke
again.
81 fancy you're right" he said.
"Wouldn't you like to go and see
the Washington monument 2" asked
the intelligent American.
"Why certainly" replied the Briton;
els the Washington monument partic-
ularly interesting ?"
"Well," said the American, medita-
lively, sit doesn't talk"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12
Killed by Electricity.

Last week there was fatal accident
at the electric company's factory al
Lynn, Mass. Harry H. Levitt, TWEEN
ty-two years of age, received a shock
ty-two arc lamps. The electric cur
rent which passed through his body
being equal to about forty-hOrse pow
er, his death was instantaneous. An
artificial respiration was kept up fol
an hour by Prof. Thomson and others,
but without avail. Levitt was taking
readings from two instruments which
should have been placed so far apart
that he could touch but one at a time.
Instead of this, by is own carelessness,
it is said, the instruments were placed
close together. His hands were both
badly burned.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12
A Custom-Made Free Trader.
Boston Globe

Boston Globe.
When Fred d. was six years old his
father and mother took him to the
British Provinces to spend summer
vacation. When crossing the frontier
on the way home the custom house of
ficer passed through the cars examin
ing the baggage of the passengers, to
see if it contained anything dutiable.
Fred was very much interested in this,
and his father had to explain to him
how any passenger who brings any
thing new from Canada must pay a tax
on it to the officer. The inspector was
just about to leave the car and pass on
to the next when Fred, who had been
silently rejecting for a few minutes,
asked his father, in shrill voice, that
was audible to every one in the car,
including the customs examiner "Pa,
did you pay him for that new overcOat
and dress suit you got in Halifax 2"
That little exhibition of juvenile cute
ness cost his poor pa $50 bill. His
pa is free trader now.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12
ALLEGED HUMOR.

A Michigan farmer writes the facul-
ty of Yale "What are your terms for a
year2 And does it cost anything ex-
ira if my son wants to learn to read
and write, as we'll as to row a boat 7"
Requested to define the word "den-
tist," Saphir said, "He is a man who
pulls out other peoples teeth to get
something for his own to bite"
Fond wife-''The Smiths must be
awfully poor, they never give any
thing to charities" He-"Well, but
we don't either" Fond wife-"Oh,
but it isn't because we haven't got
plenty"
Abraham Lincoln once said: "You
can fool some of the people all the
time, and you can fool all the people
some of the time, but you cannot fool
all the people all the time"
We announce, with an inward
chuckle of fiendish glee, that the at
tendants at the railroad restaurants
were obliged to eat some of their own
pie during their imprisonment by the
recent blizzard.-[ YOnkers Statesman.
Mayor Hewitt went into a New York
restaurant the other day and ordered
an Irish stew. zone anti Hewitt"
screamed the waiter, who failed to
recognize his customer.
Mistress Severely Bridget, l told
you to tell those ladies that L was out"
Bridget-"SO l did, mum; l said you
was out, but | thought you swould be
back in few minutes, an begorra,
mum they said they'd come in and
wait"
The cross eyed man has found his
province at last. 1t is love-making on
the sly. An Indiana farmer, whose
daughter ran away with a crOss-eyed
farm hand declared that he never
could tell when his hired man was
looking at his daughter, and therefore
he didn't suspect him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12

Miserable Death of a Once Brilliant
Young Man.

Young Man.
Thomas NJ. Judd of Lee, Mass, once
one the most brilliant young men in
Berkshire county, but reduced to
tramp by drunkenness, was killed by
the cars near Albany depot at Boston
April 4. In his ragged clothes papers
were found with his name. The ca
reer and downfall of Judd are sad ex-
hibitiOns of human weakness and the
rum power. Brilliant, popular and
full of resources, people predicted re-
markable career for tom" Judd. He
was a son of the late Milton Judd, a
prosperous Monterey farmer. Enlist
ing in Co. E, of the 49th regiment, he
went to the war and was head quarters
clerk for Gen. Banks at New Or
leans. After the war he studied law
He was active in politics and was a
member of the legislature in " and
'73, and was regarded as the rising
young lawyer of Berkshire.
He began to drink to excess in 1877,
and year later he forged his fathers
name to several checks. He also fOrg-
ed the name of the Smith paper COM
pany, for which he was attorney. The
fOrgeries and speculatiOns in various
cases amounted to about $4,000, and
were all settled by his father. Dis
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12

missal from the Berkshire bar followed,
and in 1880 he went to Kansas, where
he reformed for time. He returned
in 1884, and since then his downfall
has been rapid. He became a miser-
able drunkard and was employed in
stables and bar-rOOms. He went to
Pittsfeld as tramp in February and
lodged in the tramp-room of the pO-
lice station. In March he was sent to
Jail for drunkenness. He was released
few days ago and disappeared.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12

"third of February" and terms, "sixty
dollars" are perfectly satisfactory. AS
you suggest, we may be able to get
you other engagements in this vicinity;
if so, we will advise you. Yours re-
spectfully, NJ. B. CASTLE.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12
benjamin Burnham's Estate.

NTATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA DISTRICT, IS
y In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
St JOhnsbury, in said District the 24th day of
March, A. ID. 1893
Isaac n. Hall. Executor of the last VIII and Tes-
lament of BENJAMIN BuTnham, late of GTOtOn,
deceased presents his administration account for
examination and allowance, and make application
for decree of distribution and Partition of the
estate of sal deceased
Whereupon it is ORDERED by said court that said
account and said application be referred to a
session thereof to be held at the Probate Office
in said st. JOhnsbury, on the 18th day of y pTil
A d. ISss for hearing and decision thereon and il
further ordered that notice hereof he given to all
persons interested, by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the CaledOnian. a
newspaper published at 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,
44-56 WALTER Il. SMITH Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12
State Normal School, johnson. vt.

The school for teachers. Terms of 20 weeks
each begin the first Tuesday of Sept and the see
ond Tuesday of Feb. Free scholarship. Send for
catalogue. iuI %
a. II. CAMPBELL, A. NJ, Principal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12
Desirable Residence For Sale.

will sell my house on Webster st. in St Johns
bury. 1t contains I2 rooms besides bath ROOM halls
pantry, closets, and all modern conyeBiences. II
Is new and was built ''pOn honor and not Ito
sell" Good furnace, barn and she'd with spacious
grounds. 30tf HENRY e. BATES.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12

StFATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT IS
y In Probate Court held at the Probate office in
st. JOhnsbury, within and for said District on the
End day of pril, a. ID. 1893.
An instrument purpOrting to be the last VIII and
Testament of Martha III. Goss late of Lyndon in said
district, deceased. being presented to Court by
George Ide the executor therein named for Pro-
bate:
1t is ordered by said Court that all persons con
cerned therein be notified to appear at session of
said Court, to be holden at the Probate office in
St JOhnsbury, the 2lst day of April a.
ID. 1888, and show cause, if any they may have
against the Probate of said Will; for which pur-
pose it is further ordered that copy of the record
of this order be bished three weeks successivel
in the CaledOnian, printed at st. JOhnsbury, pre-
viOus to said time appointed for hearing.
By the Court, Attest,
WALTER p. SMITH Judge.
A true copy of Record, Attest,
1911 WALTER =. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12
Farm for sale or to Rent.

To good reliable person, situated two and one
half miles from North Danville village. a good
place for industrious man.
II A. w. HAWKINS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12

ablaze. In the confusion and excite
ment the prisoners succeeded in MAX
ing good their escape.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12

The subscriber is prepared to do all kinds of Up
hOlstering Work, Furniture Repairing, laying car
pets, hanging window Shades. picking over hair
Mattresses and general Furniture Repairs
n. K. SWITSER.
Opposite Presbyterian church. Eastern Ave. tiff
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12
Make Hens Lay.

1t is well-knOwn fact that most of the Horse and
Cattle Powder sold in this country is worthless !;
that Sheridan's Condition Powder is absolutely
pure and very valuable Nothing On Earth Will
Make Hens Lay like Sheridan's Condition Powder.
Dose, one teaspOOnful to each pint of food. Sold
everywhere. sent by mail for - cts. in stamps.
We furnish it in 21 Id. cans, price SIOO- By mail,
S1.20. Six cans $500 express paid. Very valua
BILE Circulars Free.
L. S. JOHNSON 81 Co, BOSTON, MASS.
Mar 80
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12
The Fayorite Sons.
Chicago Ne1cs.

Chicago Netcs-
Hark to the Song of the FavOrite Sons:
pitchers of cider and hOt-cross buns.)
Sherman and Hawley and Hiseoek and Blame;
CSeedIes if swallowed will give you pain-)
Cameron too and Alger and all;
Dad boys play hockey and also base-ball)
Allison Harrison. Rusk and the rest:
Ceiling the truth is always the best)
CulIOm and Ingalls, and Stanford and HOar;
blessed is he who shutteth the door,
Edmunds and Phelps and likewise Depew;
Q.ots of men beg for tobacco to chewJ
This is the Song of the Favorite Sons.
Of you want to shoot candidates get your guns
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-04-12

At wholesale by
WILLS, RICHARDSON & Co, Burlington, Vt.
GREEN, HIGGINS & HYDE, Rutland, Vt,
a. PBRLEY FITCH, Concord, n. III. lt12 jul
GEO. &. GOODWIN 81 Co., Boston.
WEEKS & POTTER, Boston.
DR.. ROYCE may be consulted by letter at his
address, Lock Box 1914 Springfield. Mass. His
arge Illustrated journal sent on application
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-29
Husband and Heathen.

Ger the men of Ethiopia she would POUR her
cOrnucOpia,
And shower wealth and plenty on the people
of Japan.
Send down jelly cake and candies to The n
dams of the Andes
And ? cargo of plumb pudding TO the men of
HindOostau;
And she said she loved EN- so
Bushman. Finn and Eskimo.
II she had the wings of eagles 10 their succOr
she would fly
Loaded down with jam and jelly,
Succotash and vermicell,
Prunes, pOmegranates, plums and pudding,
peaches, pineapples and pie.
She would fly with speedy -succor to the ma
tives of MOIucca
With whole loads of quail and salmon, and
with tons of friccasee.
And give cake in fullest measure
To the men of Australasia
And all the Arhipelagoes that dot the south
ern sea;
And the Anthropophagi
All their lives deprived Of pie,
She would sauate and satisfy with custard
And those miserable Australians
And the Observation-Disclosures,
She would gorge with choicest jelly, raSp
berry, currant, grape and ounce.
But like old war time hardtackers, her poor
husband lived on crackers
Bought at wholesale from baker, eater
from the mantel shelf;
If the men of Madagascar,
And the natives of Alaska.
Had enough to safe their hunger, let him looE
out for himself.
And his coat had one tail
And he used a single nail
To fasten up his 'gallus" when he went out
to his work;
And she used to spend his money
n It; To buy sugar plums and honey
For the Terra del Fuegian and the IurcomaT
Yankee Blade
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-29
The ~ estern Hustler at Home.

The western town-lot rustler is a
well known character. A correspond
ent of tie New York Times, writing
from Gypsum City, Kansas, has seen
him on his native heath and describes
him thus:
Real estate rustlers are, in my
opinion, one of the natural products of
the west. They resemble wheat-plants
in their imperious demand for virgin
soil. No ruStler can rustic effectively
when hemmed in by costly buildings
They thrive in small towns which
stand on the banks of insignificant
streams, or on sandy deserts, or on
sagebrusA plains. They rustic most
effectively in towns which contain from
500 to 900 inhabitants. The more
dreary and uninviting the town the
more ener9etically they rustic. I am
deeply interested in these mysterious
men. / have studied their habits for
many months and in many towns, but
have been unable to solve the knOtty
problem Of the origin of these strange
beings. The famous problem of the
lights or of the binomial theorem are
merely intellectual toys with which to
amGse children III comparison with
this twister. There is something I'M
canny about the prompt appearance of
q rustler in a new town.
''If pilgrim is in doubt about the
vocation of a gentleman whom he has
met in frontier town, and would APP
ply test sure to detect the most art
full and deceptive rustler, he must ut
ter the word syndicate while talking to
him. And then listen to him lie. His
eyes brighten at the word. He con-
jures up immense stacks of sacked
gold. His voice quivers with excite
ment; he will talk till night of syndi-
Gates. Real estate is never bought by
parties or by associations of persons.
The Boston syndicate bought lots to
9. inclusive, in block 2, Balls addition,
on which to build an opera house. The
English syndicate, or the Wall street
syndicate, or the French syndicate
bought so few or so many lots on which
to build a $1,000,000 hotel, with an
elevator and electric lights. One
young man, whose hair was red and
appearance foxy, told me that "a Phil
adelphia syndicate bought that cor
ner, pointing dirty index finger at a
rocky, side-hill lotin Wardner, Idaho,
ito build dance-house on And he
wondered why laughed as / conjured
up group of obese Philadelphia Quak-
ers building and running dance-hall
in Rocky mountain mining camp.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-29
Forgot to Hang Himself.

Among the early inhabitants of
Buckfield was one Granville Maxim,
man of marked ability, but of very
eccentric habits, says the Lewiston
(Me.) Journal. He early manifested
an ardent love of music, and for that
day was said to have acquired very
thorough knowledge of its principles.
He was an eminent composer, and
author of many of the most popular
melodies of that day, which are now
known as continental, and by long
and continued use have become so
firmly established in the hearts of not
only the people of this State, but
throughout this union, as to render
their authors name almost a house
hold word.
In early life, as tradition tells US, he
met with serious disappointment in
love. Tired of life and disguised
with the world, he one morning took
stout rope and wandered into the
deep forest between the Owls head
and Streaked mountain with the fixed
purpose of putting an end to his exist
ence. He continued his way until he
came to a deserted logging camp,
where he sat down to rest and think
the matter over. On the old howell sat
lone sparrow uttering her lament at
the disturbing of her nest by some
ruthless marauder. He sat for a long
time listening to the plaintive song of
the bereaved bird. At last he thought
to leave some mementO which might
chance to meet the eye of his lady
love, and in some measure remind her
of his sufferings.
Going to birch tree he removed
piece of bark, on which he wrote the
following lines:
As on some lonely building ton
The sparrow tells her moan,
Far from the tents of Joy and hone
IL sit and grieve alone.
He then commenced to write a
plaintiVe melody of most exquisite
sweetness in the minor scale, Justly be-
fitting the language. When he had
finished this he had become 80 inter-
ested in his work he began TO affix the
other parts, and his whole mind and
energies seemed wrapped up in the
work before him.
Evening had begun to cast its shad-
ows over the valley ere his task was
completed. When the whole was adj
justed to his liking, his lively imagin-
alton, to his infinite delight, pictured
the glorious harmony which must
arise from his subject when performed
by his competent choir. His love of
life returned. and his idea of suicide
vanished. Throwing his rope into
the adjacent bushes he FASTENED home
ward and became a very popular and
useful man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-29

lowed to cat until it brought the
proper card to him. The experiment.
was repeated over and over again.
and in about ten DAYS the dog began
to distinguish the card with the letters
on it from the plain card. 1t took a
long time to make the dog realize the
difference between different words In
order to try and discover whether the
dog could distinguish colors he pre-
pared six cards. making two of them
blue, two of them yellow, and two
of them orange. He put one of each
on the floor and tried to meb the doc to
bring to him 4 card with the same
color rs one hich he showed the doc
in his hand. After trying this for
three months he found that his ex-
pertinent in this direction was n fail
ure. He had always felt great long
ing TO know how the world appeared
to the lower animals. II was still a
doubtful point whether ants were able
TO hear. From experiments which he
had made he had come to the con-
clusion they had not the power of adj
dressing each other. His impression
on the whole was that bees and ants
were not deaf, but that they heard
sounds so shrill as to be beyond our
hearing. There was no doubt about
insects seeing. He related several ex-
periments lie had made with the view
of discovering whether different in
sects could distinguish different colors
and had any preference for particular
colors, The colors of objects produce
upon insects an impression very diff
ferent from that produced on human
beings. The world to them might be
full OF music which we could not hear,
colors which We could not see, and
sensations which we could not feel
Ndt2Ire
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-29
AN INSANE ASYLUM FEUD.

The Superintendent of the La crosse County
Institution Charged with Pounding and
Kicking Inmates.
LA CROSSE, Wis, March 22.-Three en-
ployes of the county insane asylum-Mc-
Farland the first in authority under the
superintendent, Mrs. Boardman and an
other of the female attendants-were dis
charged for alleged INSTRUMENTATION. The
parties discharged, now charge the super
intendent with cruelty to the inmates in
the way of pounding and kicking"
and have laid formal complaints before
the state board of control. Mr.. Vivian,
member of that body, visited West
Salem, but what his conclusions we're he
did not make known, but the lady mem
bers of the board, or some lady supposed
to be competent to prosecute inquiries
among the female inmates is expected
this week
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-29
Wisdom of Animals.

Last week Sir John Lubbock de-
livered an interesting address, in
Queen Street hall, Edinburgh, to the
members of the Edinburgh Philosophi-
cal institution, on the THE Sense and
Senses of Animals" He said one
would gratefully admit that the dog
was loyal and true and afectionate
friend. but when we came to consider
the nature of the animal our knoXl-
edge was very limited. That arose
a good deal from the fact that people
had tried rather to teach animals than
to learn from them. 1t had occurred
to him that some such method as that
which was followed in the case of deaf
mutes might prove instructive if
adapted to the case of dogs He bad
tried with a black poodle belonging to
himself. He then went on to relate
several experiments he had made with
pieces of card board with different
words marked upon them. He had
taken two pieces of card, one blank
and the other with the word food"
upon it. He had put the latter on
saucer containing some bread and
milk and the blank card lie put on an
empty saucer. The dog was not al
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-29
CRIMINALS SENTENCED.

Clata Farmer Gets Four Years in the Indus
trial School and Douglass Seven Years at
Waupun.
MONROE, Wis, March 22.-In the cir
cult court this morning Clata Farmer,
who was convicted of completely with
Bill Douglass, in deadly assault on
John Clark, was sentenced to
the Industrial school for girls
at Milwaukee, for four years.
Douglass was sentenced to Waupun for
seven years. Dick Werley, convicted of
assault with intent to commit robbery
was Sent to Waupun for one year, and
Patsy Padden, for attempt TO commit
highway robbery, to Waupun for one
wear