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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-10
Presentation of Account.
PATRICK MASON'S ESTATE.

IN KIO n NIIASD\- = rs a e
STATE VERMONT, Caledonia District. IS.
In Probate Court, held at the Probate Office
in St. Johnsbury. in said District. on the oath
day of Sept, A. ID. 1889.
Charles ID. Harris, Administrator upon the
Estate of Patrick Mason, late of Water
ford in said district deceased presents his adj
miniStration account for examination and
allowance, and makes application for decree
of distribution and partition of the estate
of said 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 St JohnSbury, on the 23d day of
October, A. ID. 1889. for hearing and decision
thereon: Audit is further ordered that notice
hereof be given to all persons interested, by
publication of the same three weeks success
sively in the Ca1edonian, newspaper pub
lshed at st. Johnsbury, previous to said time
appointed for hearing, that they may appear
n I 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:
2o-2l WA TER y SMITH I11dsr.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-10
s. w. MANNING,
Commissioners Notice.

JOHN HOUGHTON'S ESTATE.
The subscribers, having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District
of Caledonia, Commissioners to receive, eX-
anime, and adjust all claims and demands of
all persons against the estate of John
Houghton, late of Waterford, in said Dis
trict, deceased. and the term of six months
from the 9TH day of Sept, 1889, being
allowed by said Court to the creditors of said
deceased, to exhibit and prove their respective
claims before us: Give notice that will
attend to the duties of appointment at
the house of John HOughton in Waterford, in
said district the Goth day of Oct. and the
9th day of March next, at / O'Clock in
the afternoon, on each of said days.
MARTIN l.. GREEN,
ABEL b. GOSS,
02-O5 Commissioners
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-10
What is CastOria !?

Castoa Dr. Sam Pitchers old harmless and quick cure for In
nts and Chdrens complaints Superior Castor OIL Paregoro
Narcotic Syps Children Caso Millions of mothers bless
Castoria.
81 superior
scr1ption known to me- H A. ARCHER, Nj. D.,
o fordSt klvn n. V
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12
: Scenes i'm Siam.
s. woman.

"An American finds Bangkok, the cap
ital of Siam, full of the strangest con-
trasts and oddest sights" said Mr..
Perkins, returned traveller from that
country. "He sees the river banks lined
for miles with floating houses, the homes
of many thousands and the scenes OF
busy trade. On one corner is the splen.
did palace of nobleman, and on the
next the novels of the very poor. Here
are groups of Buddhist priests in yellow
sarb, shielding their faces with fans at
the sight of women, and near them are
gangs of the toughest of convicts clank-
ing their chains rs they toll IN the streets.
Here are lepers horribly repulsive, unre-
strained, and clamorous for aims, and
soon, perhaps, the King passes with
brilliant rctinue, sitting on his state
chair of solid gold. Fine ladies have
teeth as black as polished ebony. When
Il member of the royal house dies the Gre
nation ceremonies cost a fortune, and
while thousands are witnessing the i'm
posing display vultures are tearing dead
bodies to pieces IN the heart OF Bangkok,
and the poor are burning their dead. a
couple of armfuls of wood serving as the
funeral pvre. ."-Ne9s York Sun.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12
IN NOFE OF SPRING.

Above his rest deft autumn softly y1eaves
A coverlet to wrap the new grave in,
And broiders it with gold and scarlet leaves
While springs sweet mysteries of bloom
begin
Beneath the mold DER which the sore heart
grieves
For hopes that perished like a flower in
frost
a symbol that each passing season leaves,
TO say That is not dead which seemeth
lost
Cold, silent lips, which our warm lips have
kissed,
Dear hands, whose touch can never be for
gotten,
Friendships that vanish like . summer mist,
We have you, and, behold, we have You
not.
a lonesome shadow falls across the floor
From each low grave they heap beneath
the sod
Where sleep the ones we miss; but evermore
We have them safe in Paradise, with God.
To me- it often seems that death must be
Like going on journey, very far,
Across the mountain and the solemn sea,
are.
But if friend is there we loved of old,
Our eager thoughts fY faster than our
feet
And when in ours their loving hands we
hold,
The stranger-land seems full of welcome
sweet
How fair his grave will be when spring comes
back,
And from the mold that hides his face
away,
The violets grow and every robins track
Is covered by the creeping things of May.
How fair his face will be when dreams come
true,
And we stand face to face with him, and
see
The rapture of JOY we never knew
Break in the eyes We miss so constantly.
sleep well. warm nedrt, So pliel tiule oi
earth,
Beneath the dead leaves and the autumn
rain:
That which men count as death, in heaven
is birth
Flowers die, We say, but bloom in spring
again.
The violet above you, in the mold.
Awaits the resurrection of the year,
And when its leaves, in April days unfold,
Wen say, He lives with God, who once
was with us here"
-VjcE'S Unonzine
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12

Unlike most countries, China holds
the suicide in honor, and by her laws eX-
tends to him the most lenient considera-
tion, having regard in all cases to tine
motive which prompted self-slaughter.
The motive is not unfrequcntly revenge,
as the Chinese law requires the house
holder on whose premises the dead body
is found not only to provide the funeral
expenses, but to compensate the relatives
of the deceased. AS suicide is thus a
means of rescuing ones relatives from
poverty, it has been made in China fine
art. A curious development of it is the
practice of offering ones self as sub
stitute for a person under sentence of
death. This vicarious payment of legal
penalties is, of course, much appreciated
by rich criminals who are enamored of
life.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12
Indian Horsemanship.

It has been suggested that the easl-
est way to solve the Indian problem"
of which we hear so much, would be to
employ all the idle Indians as soldiers.
They are not, to-be-sure, amenable to
the minor details of discipline, but they
are equal to the Cossacks in all that
goes to make up dashing cavalrymen.
They are absolutely fearless, good
shots, capable of enduring great ia.
tigue and privation, and they are 81 lem
did riders.
A newspaper correspondent, having
visited On Arapahoe camp, gives the
following account of an Indian drill,
ordered for his amusement:
Fifty fine looking young men,
mounted upon ponies, drew up before
the tents. At a signal from the chief
they began their eyolutions with loud
yell.
aIn moment they disappeared over
q neighboring hill. Then there sud
denly rose mighty tramping of feet,
and they swept past again, SO compact
that only saw ball made Of horses
and men.
"Splitting in two, one body swept to
the right and another to the left, and
again they disappeared. Presently
they charged each other in solid iues,
and while the spectator waited breath
lessly for the shock of collision, the
files skillfully opened to the right and
left, and the lines passed the Intervals
without touching.
"Now came the moment for display
ing individual horemanship. Some of
the riders approached, each lying so
close to the pony's back that nothing
but the horse could be seen. Others
stood erect upon the animals backs.
Some hung to the horse by one foot
and one hand, so that their bodies were
completely protected by tho-e OF the
ponies.
'These young warriors threw objects
upon the ground and picked them up
at full gallop, and drew bows and az
lows from beneath the horses necks.
Some of the men exchanged horse3
while riding.
"Again, man would fall from his
horse, as if wounded, and two others
riding up beside him, would take him
by an arm and leg, swing him between
their horses and carry him off.
"This exhibition lasted nearly two
hours"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12
Female KIeDtOmaniacs.

l was talking recently, said Il writer
in the Chicago Times, with the manager
of large store, where they sell every
thing from a clothespin TO an overcoat.
"There is hardly day." he said, "that
we do not arrest three or four women for
stealing. We have force of detectives
distributed through the house and it
keeps them busy watching all the crooked
characters who come in here. Most of
the women that we arrest we let go with
Il warning. But occasionally a professional
shop-lifter comes along and we feel in
duty bound TO prosecute such offenders
The other day a lady wearing silks and
scalskins was seen to take some articles
from counter and conceal them
under her cloak. She was taken
upstairs to the office and the
goods found in her possession. She
cried bitterly and begged to be set free,
saying that IN irresistible impulse had
caused her to act as she did. She is the
wife of prominent Board of Trade man.
We let her 60 and told her not to come
ncar the store again. Almost every thief
we arrest is woman. On an average We
have twenty-five of them g. week."
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12
What q Street Car Passenger Saw.

The average woman will scold if car
ried ten steps beyond her street, but if
she holds car two minutes while pick
ing her way through the mu1 she should
have crossed before signaling, it's all
right. But there is pleasanter view of
the street-car mans life with woman,
says writer in the st. Louis &ar- Sayings,
and happy illustration of it occurred
last night. l was the sole passenger of
the car, having gotten aboard just as the
train reached its outer terminus. the
conductor was young, beardless fellow,
and had evidently just been married, for
little woman came aboard and sat with
him while the train waited for "time. "
Her pretty face peeped from the folds of
natty scarf thrown hurriedly on, and
IN her arms she held the cutest of little
dogs. The young man and woman
chatted in almost murmur, and when
the starting signal was given the young
woman moved reluctantly toward the
door and down the step. The youthful
conductor followed, and just before he
went out on the platform he looked
back at the sole passenger Tie look
appeared to be unobserved, and SO the
conductor stepped quicker and reached
his hand for the retiring figure of his
little wife. she stopped and leaned
toward the door; her husband threw his
arm around about her, and. It was
only for a second, and then the sound of
retreating footsteps came. "It's my last
trip and I'll be home soon," called out
The youth; and in happy tones the
young woman answered: ''Make it very
soon, dear"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12
Girls Who Paint for a Pittance.

A comparatively new industry has
sprung into existence in New York city
within the last few years. 1t is the manu-
facture and decoration of all kinds of
bric-a-brac and novelties, ," and includes
such things as sEpper-holdcrs, handker-
chief cases, photograph cases, spectacles
cases, portieres, sofa cushions, cravat
holders, table covers, lambrequins, fans,
shawls, lamp-shades, shaving-paper hold
ers, screens and many other tri1es. The
materials used in the construction of these
works of art, some CT which cost several
hundred dollars-and the simplest bit of
celluloid painted, from ST. to Sis silk,
plush, satin, celluloid, tin, pasteboard,
japanned and water-color paints, en-
broidering silk, leather and ivory.
There are several large establishments
in the city where these articles are made
and sold at Wholesale. Ir one in Four
teenth street, about forty girls are en-
ployed, whose wages range from So to 50
per week. The girls who embroider re-
ceive SIS per week, while those who paint
receive S3, 81, Sc and So per week, ac-
cording to their skill. On the screens,
table:covers, cushions, etc., the design is
stamped and the work is comparatively
simple, but on the majority of things the
artist paints her own design free-hand.
1t is the latter class who make the most
money, and the work is generally on cellu-
loid and ivory, with japanned paints.
The difference between prices paid the
artist and the prices at which the novel
ties are sold is startling. For painting
and lettering cellulom spectacles cases, for
instance, the artist receives sixty cents per
dozen, while the retail price is $1.50
apiece. The girls who do this work
mostly live at home and are willing to
do it at any price for the sake of extra
pocket money. Many of them, however,
support themselves, and in some cases
Others, by their brush, and the competi-
ton of the amateurs seriously affects their
livelihood, and night work with piece
work is necessary to make both ends meet.
The busy season in the art decorative trade
is from September L to April 1, the lat
ter part of the season being devoted to
Easter offerings. None Of the girls be-
long to any labor orgauiza ion and the
majority have no idea of agitating for bet
ter pay. The hours of work are from S
A. NJ. to $50 p. M.--New York Tribune.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12
How to Lace Your Shoes.

The other day the proprietor of big
down town shoe store showed me some
thing | can vouch for Ms good thing.
He taught me something | had no idea |
was not fully up in, but am now very
thankful for the lesson. Not one person
in thousand Iaces his shoes correctly.
About the nearest anybody gets to it Is
to lace as tightly as possible. The cor
rect way is to put your foot when you
arc about to lace your shoe as much as
possible in the heel of the shoe. You
can do this best by lacing your shoes
with the heel of your shoe resting in Il
chair standing in front Of the one you
are seated in. Over the instep the lac
ing should be drawn as tightly as posi-
bic. This will hold your foot back in
the shoe, giving the toes freedom and
preventing their being crampcd. Lace
about the ankle to suit your comfort
NeW York Truth.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12
A Beautiful Yacht.

The exquisite cleanliness of every
thing strikes one forcibly on board the
Victoria and Albert, Queen Fictoria,s
travelling vessel. The deck is laid with
cork tioorcloth, over which, when the
Queen is on board. carpet is placed,
and everything else that is to be seen
is of pure white, with gilded relief
work and silver mountiugs. There are
very comfortable little siLti" g-rooms on
the promenade deck aud behind the
paddle wings, and there Is also din
ing saloon on the promenade deck,
which has three big windows and
skylight. It is furri, ,hcd in green
mo occo, and the ceiling i, painted in
white and gold.
The state apartments below are
placed on either side of corridor, and
they are furnished with very prettj
chintz. The Queens cabins ore on the
starboard side, and her sleeping apart.
ment contains large and old'fashioned
but very comfor able-looking bedstead,
with pillars and canopy. and next IS
the dressiug-room, which was formerly
Prince Albert's cabin. and il remains
as he left it, his little writing table and
wardrobe never having been moved.
Large maps hang on the walls. The
cabins occupied by Princess Beatrice
Tor by any princess WHO happens to ba
travelling with the Queen arc aft of
her Maiesty's quarters, and on tho
other side of The corridor are The cab.
ms of the Princess anl large bath
room. The brcakfast.rcom is in the
afterpart Of the vessel, a9d it has very
large windows and Is hung with The
rortruits of all the officers who have
commanded the royal yachs. The
drawirg-rcom is forward Oh tho rort
sile, and it is furnished il bird's-eye.
with piano and several beautifully
carved s;de-tables. Its hung with ror-
traits of members Of the royal famil',
and in this room is small library. The
yacht is now lighted with electricity,
except in the Queens own cabins. !,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12

"That must have been Jack Hartwcll,
the best fellow in the world, though
little weak about women"
"Why, is he too fond of them! Hs
does not look like man who would be
affected in that way, ":said Nellie.
"Oh, no. Quite the reverse. No
body knows anything about it; but l be-
lieve Jack lost his heart years ago and
has never since found it."
''Poor fellow" said the girl but If
her companion had seen her face, he
would have thought the adjective
strangely misplaced.
A little later Hartwell was standing IN
n remote corner of the conservatory alone
and lost in reverie. The never-to-bc-
forgotten scene at the farm gate came be-
fore him more plainly than the gorgeous
bank Of flowers beside which he stood.
Suddenly he felt a gentle touch upon his
arm. He turned tqSfnd Nellie at his
side.
"You did not say goodbye that day
three years ago, when we parted at the
gate, john"
He looked down into her upraised
eyes, his own beamiag with the old-time
tenderness and said
"Shall l do so now, Nellie?" For an
swer she extended her hand, saying
"Not until you have forgiven me for the
last words spoke that day" Then her
voice dropping to whisper, she added
"They were not true, John"
His forgiveness was not long withheld.
When, as the ball broke up, he parted
from her at the carriage and turned to
join the friend who had first told of her
presence, the latter said:
II thought you said you did not wish
to be presented to Miss Loring, Jack"
"Why should a man want to be pre-
sented to his promised wife?" was the re-
ply.-Godey's Ladys Book.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12

A Hebrew colonization society number
ing 500 members has been organized
within the last two months in Pittsburg.
The organization is known as the
Lovers of Zion" and its object is TO
colonize Palestine with American
Hebrews. About 1900 colonists have
gone from this country already for this
purpose. This is the outgrowth of a
movement begun in Europe several years
ago among the Hebrews of the middle
and lower classes to encourage emigration
to Palestine to once more make Jerusalem
the capital of the Orient. The leading
Hebrews in this country, it is said, are
opposed to the movement.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12
Secretary Rusk, although not the fir;

Secretary Rusk, although not the first
Secretary of Agriculture to sit in an
American Cabinet, is the first to issue IN
annual report. The Washington STIR
asserts that sit will attract general atten-
tion from the fact that it enters with
some minuteness into subjects which
show the real value to the country of
such department., conducted with skill
at the executive end of the line and lib-
erality at the Congressional end. 1t is
ridiculous to claim that the usefulness
Of piece of governmental machinery
like this one ends with the collection of
statistics and few general advisory func-
tions. The Secretary proposes to raise
his department from that level. He
wants national meat inspection law, for
example, which shall enable public Off
GERS to locate the centre of any disease
which breaks out among American cattle,
and prevent the shipments of live and
dead meats unfit for consumption. An
cher excellent recommendation is that
nc forestry interests of the Government
nc given more intelligent attention. AS
;hcy are now, there is absolutely no way
- which timber thefts ana forest fires
80 be prevented; and the loss to the
.;7rernment from these sources, as shown
! Chief Fernow's figures on repeated
occasions, is greater every year than the
cost of fair supervision would be-"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12

The number of persons employed last
wear in and about mines in the United
Kingdom under the coal mines regula-
ton act was 524, 935, Of whom 3935
were women working above ground. In
these mines there were S2l fatal acci-
dents and SSS deaths, the number of
accidents being nine less than in the pre-
ceding year, and the number of deaths
10Y less
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12
Rest Needed.

A tramp knows what it is to be leg
weary, farm laborer to be body
weary, q literary man to be brain
weary, and sorrowing man to be
soul-weary. The sick are often weary,
even of life itself. Weariness is n
physical or spiritual "ebb-tide" which
time and patience will convert into a
"fiow." 1t is never we'll to whip or
spur worn out horse. except in the
direst straits. If he mends his pace
in obedience to the stimulus. every
step is a spark subtraeted from his
vital energy IdlcHesT is not one of
the faults of the present age; wearl-
ness is one of its commonest eXpe-
ricnces. The checks which many a
man draws on his physical resources
are innumerable; and as these re-
sources are strictly limited, like any
other ordinary bank account, it is vcr
easy to bring about balance on the
wrong side. Adequate rest is one
kind of repayment TO the bank, sound
alccp is another, regular eating and
good digestion another.--Ne,0 York
Tii1leSS
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12

The nickel-in- the-slot contrivance has
been utilized for the sale OF postage
stamps. A machine has been invented
which will produce two-cent stamp
when two pennies are placed in the SLOT
There are also machines SO contrived that
a large number of stamps can be obtained
when ten or fifty cent pieces are used.
The inventor of the machine wants the
Government to adopt it.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12

d. Miss Mamie Isdell, a dashing Missouri
young woman of twenty-five years, has
lust been married to Jesse Fovel, of
Calhoun County, Ill. Mr.. Fovel, who is
seventy nine years of age, was compelled
to give his bride s1O0, 900 in securities
and money. Miss Isdell, who was edu-
Gated in a convent, is very beautiful
girl. The groom has grandchildren older
than his new bride.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-12-12

the thought OF breaking the Solueh
doze! He puts one leg into his trou-
sers, and. with the silken strand of a
dream still in his mind, he sinks back
upon the pillow.
'"I am coming" he exclaims. He
hears his fathers footsteps. He NUT
ters as he starts toward the stable: II
don't believe in people working them
selves to death. Hope there'H come
time when can lie in bed as long as
want to. This thing of snatchiag a
fellow out of bed at such IN hour is all
wrong. The hogs and the dogs are all
asleep, but I've got to poke around
here and feed the stock. Wish 1 were
q manor dog-I don't care much
which,"
The years pass on. The trees in the
orchard have grown old. 1t is early
morning on the farm. A man gets out
of bed and looks at the clock.
"What time is it, John" his wife
asks.
"Only three o'clock. 1t does seem as
if day will never come, and that bottom
field of corn has been literally run away
with by the grass. 1t does seem that
We can't get time to do anything"
He goes back to bed and vainly at
tempts to sleep. Rheuma ic pains are
sending dispatches up and down his
legs. An hour passes. A cock crows
and birds begin to twittcr in the locust
trees.
"Well, it's time we were stirring.
Jim, oh! jim"
"Yes, SIR comes drowsy answer
"Come, get up now and feed your
horses"
Ten minutes pass. No Jim.
"Confound that boy, he's as lazy as
dog. Jim, Jim"
eyes, sir"
Hustle out of there now or I'll como
after YOU"
Ten minutes pass "Ill 60 in there
and take strap to that lazy rascal.
He starts; Jim comes out. "You'ough.
to be ashamed Of yourself, wanting to
lie III bed at this time OF day. When /
was boy you couldn't have kept me ID
bed at this hour.
Jim starts toward the stable, muttor.
ing as he goes. Hope the time will
come when I can sleep as long as want
to. Wish I was man, or q dog, 1 don't
care much which"
All, Lord, how we do forget. The
lesson we learn is that everything comes
too late. In youth we smell the lipc
fruit and we long to eat it; at last it
falls within our grasp, and 10! our teeth
are bad and our taste is gone.-Arka'o-
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