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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
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We were humping along at the rate
bound into Nashville, when / spotted
a couple of three-card monte men in
the car. They had made up to a
farmer-like chap, and had things all
their own way. One of them tossed
the cards, and the other acted as a
capper and made a hit of $40 the
first thing. This was to egg the
farmer on, and he was willing to be
egged.
Reckon I've got a leetle money
that says | kin pick out that yere
card" he said, and he slowly count
ed out three ten dollar bills.
You pick the ace of hearts, do
you? ?" asked the thrower.
"She's the one"
And which is it?"
This ar the one"
"And you bet $50 on it
Il do"
The card was turned over, and 10.
it was the ace of hearts, and the old
man had won. He pocketed the
money, and the monte man retired
in disgust. Later on | asked the
thrower how he came to make such
a mistake.
"Why, l paid a Teller $50 to learn
me the business the other day, and
this is my first trip. There's $50
clean cash gone to Goshen, and I'm
going back home to farm it for the
old man at SIS a month"; Detroit
Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
NAMING THE BABY.

"My dear, l have been reading up
within the past week, and l think
have a name for the baby" said
Mrs. Greening, as her lieg emerging
from his bath the other morning.
You have, eh What is it?" Il
read that Phobus, the god of day,
comes up bright and beautiful in the
morning; that he lights the world;
that without him" 'Now, look
here, madam let's have no foolish
ness here. You can't call that child
by any such name. Did Ph0bus of
history yell from II p. m. to 3 a. m,
and internationally from 3 to Z
O'Clock? myself am doing the god
ofday business in the matter of get
ting up, and I'm not dividing hon
ors. If you want a NEUROLOGICAL
cognomen for that destroyer OF rest
| have it." What is it?" asked
Mrs. Greening, with considerable as
perity. Aurora" brutally cried
Elisha. Then he left the house.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
ALLEGED HUMOR.

Barber-Well, sonny, how do you
want your hair cut? Tommy-Like
pas, with q round hole in the middle.
5[Texas Siftings.
The son of a Detroit railroad man
was punished at school. He told his
father he was suffering from a mis-
placed switch.-[Detroit Free Press.
detectives are no good" said
Tommy, who was reading a news
paper. why not asked his father.
at says there are a number of con-
gressmen at large. If the detectives
were any good they would run 'e1n
in"
THE successful pugilist is always
careful to breathe through his nose
and keep his mouth shut says a
writer on athletics. John l.. Sullivan
and lake Kilrain, however, are bril-
liant EXCEPTIONS Burlington Free
Press.
Governess Ito little Miss Ethel,
who is making famous progress In
neutrality-suspicious., Ethel, what do
O know of Minerva?" Ethel
minerva was the Goddess of Wis
dom; she never married" > Towr
Topics.
Mrs. Smith-What do you suppose
makes the new minister SO under
sized? He looks as if he hadn't got
his growth. Mrs. Bascom-Idu dunno
but l kind o. suspect he was brought
up on the Shorter Catechism.- Bur
lingtOn Free Press.
And now, little girl" said a Sun
day-school teacher, you may tell M
about the Epistles." A little cir
held up her hand. WELL" said thu
teacher. "The Epistles," said the lit
tie girl-"the Epistles are the wives
of the Apostles ."-[Boston Journal.
Helping Along.-First Kentuckia1
Say, Colonel, there's a Mormon
elder down the road preachin' to {
crowd O. young women, an sing1n
Would 1 were a bird!'" Secon(
Kentuckian-"Well, | kin furnish TIL
feathers. You git some tar to sticl
'em on."-[Philadelphia Record,
Mrs.B.-"Howi is the contested cas-
coming on, Mr.. Simmer" Mr.
Shimmer-"It'sal all settled, and in m,
favor" Mrs. B.-"I congratulate
you. l suppose you will be takin.
your family to Europe now?" Mr.
Shimmer-"No; but l understand m,
lawyer sails next week. Life.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24

the Suez canal, the scheme could not
succeed as a commercial enterprise
There has already been expended
more than twice the amount original
" demanded; this money has been
collected from the bourgeoIsIe OF
Paris and the peasantry OF France,
through the most brazen and false
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., and expended IN
the most reckless and profligate man
ner. The work has been carried on
to the present condition in so extrav-
agant a way thatfortunes have been
distributed and butlittle accomplish
ed. 1t is now conceded that the ca
nal must embrace a system OF locks;
its completion is postponed to an IN
definite future; unearned interest a
been paid upon bonds by a criminal
appropriation of the money original
lv contributed; q gambling lottery
scheme has been reSOrted to, with
extravagant prizes from the original
capital, so unprincipled as to shock
the sense of financial morallsts- The
De Lesseps Panama canal
after frauds of the most uneNampled
character, after devices most unpr1n-
cipled, after e~Xpedients altogether
unprecedented, after the death OF
many hundreds of labOrers, after
bankruptcy and ruin wide-spread-ls
an irremediable failure. That it will
never be accomplished, and never can
be, and was never intended to be, is
the belief of sensible and scientific
men. That it was a deliberate, pre-
arranged, Safeguarding swindle
from the beginning, is the honest
conviction of honest men. When 1t
is ended and the ruin is realized, we
shall hope to hear no more OF this Ia
nous French engineer, his age, his
young wife, his numerous family, his
tremendous energy, his prophecies
his tears, and his threats. The last
demonstration of De LesSeps Is his
false statement that his bonds were
taken and the canal was built then
comes his resignation and threats tc
expose the victims of his bribery
among French officials, to give othe
world the names of public men ne
has debauched, the journals he has
bribed. the bankers he has subsidiz
ed, and the demagogues he has h1reo
to blow his trumpet. 1t would only
require this to completely round NJ
the most audaciOuS crime and SWIM
die of the century, San Francisco
ArgOnaut.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Benedict's second and concluding
volume of vermont in the Civil
War; has been received at our office
and we give what Judge w. q. Yea
zev says of it in a recent number OF
the Burlington Free Press. He ac-
cords it a place among the most inn
portant publications of the year, and
as a general history of the battles
and campaigns in which Vermont
troops participated, as well as a rec
ord of our OWL companies and reg1-
ments, the Judge thinks it entitled to
praise for its fairness, its painstaking
presentation of facts and its interest
ing style. It's opening and closing
chapters, he thinks, should be read
as a public exercise in every school
The volume shows that there were
six native VermOnterS who had the
full rank of major-gereral IS briga-
der generals, seven of whom held the
brevet rank of majOr-general; % col
onels, eight of whom held the brevet
rank of brigadier-general; 45 majors
and 2O6 captains and ~lieutenants-
Among these are several of the most
brilliant names of the war. In the
navy there were three cOmmOdOres,
| three captains, SIX lieutenants and
very many of lower grades and on
every ten of the entire population OF
Vermont enlisted, and that of the
able bodied men of military age every
| other one shouldered his musket and
went to fight for his country.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
VERMONT FISHING GROUNDS.

The Vermont fish commissioners
have Just issued the biennial report
in a pamphlet of &c pages, contain
ing interesting statistics, and show
ing an encouraging growth in the
state of the resources that delight the
sportsman. Lake Champlain is, of
course, the principal fishing ground
of the Vermonter, and nine-tenths of
the breeding and fishing grounds in
these waters belong to the state.
The report states that all the fish
that have been planted in the streams
and lakes of the state have flourish
ed. Reports from the different hsh-
ing points on Lake Champlain show
that since the protectivelaw has been
enforced there has been a large in
crease of black and Oswego bass,
pike, shad and, in fact, of all fish ma
tive to those waters. Black bass
have also been planted in the La
noble river at Fairfax and in Lake
Seymour, Lake Hortonia and other
waters. During the last two years
land locked salmon have been plant
ed in Lake Dunmore and Molly, To
bin, Berlin, Nelson, Dog and Number
Ten ponds. The commission has
now made arrangements for a large
invoice of trout, both speckled and
lake, land locked salmon and other
species, which will be ready for dis
tribution March /. All applications
for these should be made before that
date. The supreme court has con
frmed the constitutionality OF the
state statues restricting net fishing,
and successful negotiations have
been made with the Dominion minis
ter of marine and fisheries to prevent
the wholesale destruction of fish and
spawn by Canadians in Lake Cham
nlAin
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
LETTER FROM STANLEY

The following letter has been re-
ceived in Brussels from Henry M.
Stanley:
Bona ofBonalya Murtia, Aug. Il
To Sheikh Hamed Ben Mahomed:-
From hisgood friend Henry NJ. Stan
lev. Many saalams to you. | hope
that you are in as good health as
am, and that you have remained IN
good health since l left the Congo. |
have much to say to you, but nope
shall see O face to face before many
DAYS. | reached here this morning
with $50 Wagwana, three soldiers,
66natives belonging to Emin Pasha-
1t is now 80 days since | left Em1n
Pasha on the Mama. | only lost
three men all the way. Two were
drowned and the other decanped. L
found the white men who were look
ing for Emin Pasha quite well. The
other white man, Casar, IS also well.
E1nin Pasha has ivory in abundance,
thousands of cattle and sheep, goats
and fowls and food of every kind. l
found him a very good and kind man.
| He gave all our white and black men
numbers of things. His hberal1ty
could not be excelled. His soldiers
blessed our black friends for their
kindness in coming so tar to SHOW
them the way. Many of them were
ready to follow me out of the u
try, but | asked them to stay quiet
for few months, that | might return
| and fetch the other men and goods
left at Yambunga. They prayed to
| God that he would give me strength
to finish nv work. May their pray
ers be heard. And now, my friend,
what reyou going to do? WehaVe
gone the road twice over. We know
where it is bad and where it is good,
where there is plenty of food and
where there is none, where all the
camps are and where we shall stop
and rest. lam waiting to hear your
words. If YOU go with me it is well.
| leave it to you. | will stay here 10
DAYS and will then proceed slowly
| will move hence to Big Island, two
hours march from here, above this
place. There are plenty of homes
there and plenty of food for the men.
Whatever YOU have to say to me my
ears will be open, with a good heart,
as it has always been toward you.
therefore ii you COlHc' Sohi0 qurehiH
for on the eleventh morningfr from this
| shall move on. All my white men
are well, but l left them all behind,
except my servant, William, who is
with me.
(Signed) HENRY M. STANLEY.
Sheikh Hamed Ben MahOmed, to
whom the above letter is addressed,
is the Arab Tippoo lib. The letter,
which was taken to Stanley Falls by
a messenger, and which reached
Brussels by post last week, is the on
lv one from Stanley which reached
the coast of Africa. A number OF
other letters which the messenger
conveyed to Stanley Falls still re
main there, but it is expected they
will arrive in Europe in two or three
months
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
PRESS COMMENTS.
Where Prohibition Prohibits.

The new liquor law i'll Vermont APP
pears to be severe enough to satisfy
the strongest prOhibitiOnist. The
first case was tried at Rutland, and
a man who was convicted of having
filled and emptied the flowing bowl
not wisely but too well was fined
$2S.O1 and sentenced to two months
Imprisonment. CO%nviv1al1ty costs
too much in Vermont to be popular.
-TBoston Globe.
Two Ways of Looking at 1t.
st. Iohnsburv is making an active
effort to have the new insane asylum
located there. 1t would be an excel
lent place for it.-[BrattlebOrO Phe-
nix
St. Tohnsburv wants the new state
ASYLUM for the insane. st. Johnsbury
seems to have enough on its hands
this new scheme.-lSt- Adams Mes
Senger-
Editor Gibbs Wen Braced.
Editor Gibbs has a pair of suspend
ers. They were made, manufactured
and given to him by what he rightly
calls IAN ap~preciative industry
otherwise known as the Willard
Manufacturing company. "Appre-
ciative," is good, but no better than
the suspenders. The latter were
worth a half column editorial puff in
Saturdays Messenger.- Vermont
Sentry.
Eduunds Cannot be Spared
Aside from Senator Edmunds'
ability, he is the most useful man in
general legislation in the body OF
which he is a member, No senatOr is
so faithful to the public interest as
is he. He reads all bills that come
into the Senator all concerning
which there can be any doubt OF
their public uSefullneSs-and he at
once objects when he sees any indica-
ton of a scheme and any defect in
their preparation He is the only
senator who is willing to give time
and attention, as a rule, beyond top
les in which he is not especially inter
ested. or has had especial RESPONSE
bilitv conferred upon him. Such 4
senator IS invaluable. Senator Ed
munds' loss, therefore, TO the Senate
would be a public calamity. Their,
are many men who might take hi:
place in the cabinet; it would be i'm
possible for some time, if ever, to fl
itin the halls of legislation.-[Bosto
Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24

The Vermont Baptist year book
shows that there are in the State
seven Baptist associations, with ia
churches, having an aggregate mem
bership of 914S. There are 81 pas
tors and 80 other ordained ministers
who are without pastoral charge.
In the Sunday schools there are 1922
officers and teachers and SO41 schol-
ars. The total amount ofthe benovo-
lent contributions of the churches
and Sunday schools for outside OBJ
iects was $1O,712 for the last year
and of home expenses $67,591, a
total of SIS, 312.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
DROP

your prejudice against advertised remedies
and give ANTI-APOPLECTINE the favOrite
prescription of English physicians, n trial.
1t is the only known Apoplexy Preventive,
and it is an unequalled cure for Paralysis,
Heart Disease, Rheumatism, Liver Com
plant, Kidney and Bladder Troubles Dys-
pepsia, General Debility, and all Diseases
arising from Impure Blood and Debilitated
Nerves, Loss of Appetite, Sour Stomach and
F1atulence cured with one bottle of ANTI
APOPLECTINE. Price, $1.O0; six bottles
S.. 90. Sold by Druggists. Send to DIR. +.
S. HUTCHINSON & co, Enosburgh Falls,
Vt, for Health Help" and testimonials from
well people who were oncen no better than lap
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
DON'T

think because you have used many different
remedies and employed physicians of various
schools to no benefit, that your condition is
hopeless; neither think that you may never
fall the victim of disease because you are now
in the enjoyment of good health. Many
whom we supposed to be in the height of
their strength and vigor, have been suddenly
stricken with ApopleXy or Heart Disease that
has ended their existence or left them in n
crippled and useless condition.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24

Teacher-Samuel, which animal,
outside of man has the most brains ?
Samuel-The hog. Teacher (sur-
prised)-The hog? Samuel-Certain-
iy; he has a hogshead full.-(St. Paul
Globe.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
the occasion to take a good look

by the occasion to take a good look
at her.
If an outsider becompetent to form
an opinion, l venture to say that the
American woman does not render to
man a 1.-THE of the devotion she re-
ceives from him. The French wife
repavs a husbands devotion by pro-
tecting his interest-an American one
to often repays it by breaking into
his capital January Forum.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24

The Weekly Journal has been the popular
family of New nglan for half a
century. 1t is prominently the paper Tor
the home, the farm and the shop. The Weekly
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Washington gossip, Congressional doings,
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USE PEERLESS DYES

DO YOUR OWN DYEING, AT HOME.
They will dye everything. They are sold
everywhere. Price 1Oc. n package They
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In all Styles.

enlarged Crayon. India Ink
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Work second to none. Pastelles, Eases
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