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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
CATHOLIC NE WIS.

At a recent meeting of the Catholic
priests in Providence, Bishop Har-
kins decided that pastors should
discOuntenance all picnics, fairs and
socials, whereby money is to be rails
ed for church or charitable purposes,
until the written consent of the Bish-
OPP is obtained.
Mgr Satolli, the Pope's delegate
to the Catholic centennial, has ex-
pressed himself as a great admirer of
American institutions. He has been,
like Pope Leo, a student of them
through books, and he proposes now
to spend some time travelling
through the country, so that he may
obtain living idea of its customs
and manners.
The impression is abroad that the
recent Roman Catholic council in
Baltimore removed the ban of that
church from all secret organizations
except the Free Masons This is not
true This meeting did not do so,
and if it had, no meaning would have
attached to it, as the Pope retains in
his own hands this authority. All
secret societies are still tabooed by
that church, although the number of
Roman Catholics who actually be-
long to some of them is said to be
very large.
The opening of the great Catholic
University i'll this city was an event
of the greatest Importance in educa-
tional circles all over the country
1t all rebounds to the credit of Wash
ington, and the interests of the city
will be greatly advanced in conse-
quence. 1t is fast becoming a great
educational centre, and as time goes
on this fact will be more and more
emphasized This is only the natural
sequence of being the capital of one
of the greatest countries on the globe,
and the town is only following in the
path which has been tread by the
capitals of other great powers
They are all of them-Paris, London,
Berlin, st. Petersburg-great educa-
tional, artistic and literary centres
they control the thought of the coun-
try, and one day the people of this
CITY will do the same thing. 1t must
be so, for here gather the grandest
and most subtitle intellects of the
country. Many of them look upon
this as their home, and it is this class
that will make the place to compare
favorably with other capitals
Washington Republic.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
Gbe Californian.
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT SYSTEM.

Much has been already printed of
the great success of the new ballot
system in Massachusetts,. The fol-
lowing testimony from r. L. Bridg-
man, for the last dozen years closely
allied with the politics and politi-
clans about Boston, and withal a
very keen observer and ready writer,
is worth adding to the sum total
Every one is greatly pleased with
it 1t has transformed the aspect of
our voting-places. 1t has made them
orderly and quiet. 1t has suddenly
lifted our elections out of the mire in
which they have long wallowed to
the disgrace of our institutions and
to the despair of our good citizens.
At its very first trial the new system
has proved its complete adapta ton to
the purposes for which 1t was intend
ed Our citizens are charmed with
IT and the man who would return to
the old method has not been found.
When one thinks upon the great
change which has been wrought, it
is nothing short of wonderful. The
passage Ol lIlC law, III lDC III 81 lJloiSO,
without any opposition, was q mar
vel, and now the incredible chain of
events is finished by the notable sue
cess of the system III practice. PeO-
pie who have not seen the system
cannot realize how sudden and
thoroughis the revolution which has
been wrought. 1t is a change which
might we'll have been worth the price
of long agitation and the spending
of countless treasure. The fact that
1t has been secured with SO little agi-
tation may lead the people to cherish
it less than they ought. But it is a
law which may well be guarded as
sacredly as the most popular of our
institutions. 1t is a powerful force
on the side of law and order. 1t is
the foe of oppression, of corruption,
of intimidation, and of the power of
wealth in politics. 1t defends the
rights OF the poor, and makes cleo
tiOns agreeable to the rich. 1t is fair
to all and unjust to none 1t must
spread by its own merit soon to all
the states of our nation, and 1t will
stay until something better takes its
place. 1t is not possible for the old
system to survive wherever this has
been tried or where its fame has
spread.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
TRAMP, MP, TRAMP.

Excuse me-" said the tramp as he
was led to the woodshed, but | am
not experienced in running a chop
house. = Kearney Enterprise.
Ugly-looking wayfarer-Whar is
the man of the house? Farmers
wife with rare presence of mind y
He's back of the wood-shed burying
a tramp New York Weekly.
He was Alive Lady of the house
Why you are the same man to
whom gave loaf of my home ade
bread the other day Tramp-Yes,
mum; and | merely came around to
show you that | was still alive
Life.
Tramp-Can't you help poor fell
low little? have lost my leg and
business man-Lost your leg,
you say? | am sorry, but l can't
help you. | have seen nothing of it.
Why don't you advertise for it p
[Chicago Liar.
Complimentary. Irate housewife
Say, you man, that dog of yourn
has run off with one of my new baked
pound cakes Tramp-Oh, don't
trouble on his account ma am. He's
a good deal tougher in the constitu-
ton than he looks.-[ Grip.
Kind lady-Here is an old dress
coat Of my husbands that you
might wear. Tramp-What, before
shutdown? No, Madam | appreci-
ate the kindly motive which has
prompted you to offer me this small
down. Has it indeed come to this !?
and, gathering the remnants of a
flannel shirt around him, he strobe
majestically away, and was soon
lost to view [Clothier and Fur
niSher.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
DOM PEDRO AND BRAZIL.

Dom Pedro H. Of Brazil, whose
personality recent events have again
made interesting, was born Deem
Der 2, 1925, and was crowned EN-
peror and Perpetual Defender of Bra
zil," April 7, 1881. His father, the
head of the royal house of Braganza,
had achieved the independence of
Brazil from Portugal, but his leaning
toward absolutism brought about a
crisis which compelled his abdication,
and establishing his son on the throne
under a regency, he retired to Europe
to spend the remainder of his DAYS in
quiet. 1t was a peaceable revOlu-
ton, and until 1911 the infant head
of the ancient house of Braganza was
the subject of his tutor and the Re
gent Minister. On July IS, 1871
Dom Pedro II. was crowned with
due solemnities in Rio Janeiro, being
then only sixteen years old. The
coronation of the young Emperor
was answered by the republicans of
Brazil with a rebellion, which, how
ever, was put down after eighteen
months of turmoil From the begin
ming of his reign Dom Pedro has been
the friend of liberty, and through the
efforts of the young Emperor Bra
lillian contingent fought with the
Argentines for the independence of
that country from Spain in 1851 and
1852.
In 1913 Dom Pedro married
Theresa, daughter of Francis l., titu-
lar King of Naples and the two Sici-
lies. By her he had two daughters,
LeOpoldina and Isabella. The prin-
cipal events of his reign have been
the troubles with England in 1862,
which were arbitrated by the King
of the Belgians; the war with Para
quay, beginning in 1866, and ending
in 1870; and the decree providing for
the gradual emancipa ton of the
slaves in Brazil, promulgated in
1871. The war with Paraguay was
long and bloody, and it was in this
war that the imperial navy, under
the great Admiral Parrosso, won its
first laurels. Since that time the EN-
peror has, until the outbreak of last
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
Presentation of Account.
InSEDH NJ STEVENS, IsST ATE

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS.
In Probate Court held at the Probate Office
in st. Johnsbury, in said district, the 9th
day of November, \. D., 1889.
Charles G. Montgomery, executor of the
last will and testament of Joseph NJ. Stevens
late of Hardwick in said District, deceased
presents his administration account for ex-
animation and allowance, and makes appli-
cation for decree of distribution and parti-
ton 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 9Th
day of Dec, A d. 1889, for hearing and de-
cision thereon: And it is further ordered
that notice hereof be given to all persons
interested, by publication of the same three
weeks successfully in the Californian a
newspaper published at st. Johnsbury, pre-
vious 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:
1881 WALTER p. SMITH, Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
PEOPLE WHO SUGGEST.

Do YOU know | cordially despise
those people who are ALWAYS hap
pening along just as you are accom-
plishing some little task in your own
ingenious way, suggesting a much
easier and better method than the
one which you are utilizing | don't
know of any class of people that ex-
aSperateS me more.
1t would make some difference if
the suggestions were of value, or if
the suggesters knew what they were
talking about, or had ever had any
experience in the mat tiers, which they
never have in eleven cases out of ten
They simply have a mania for sug-
costing.
You are shovelling snow from the
sidewalk One of them will happen
along, watch you a moment with a
superior air of wisdom, and suggest
that if you would change hands with
the shovel every other time, it would
be much easier as well as a more
rapid method You have tried that
way and found it nuisance, but
you haven t the heart to say scat
leastI haven 't-and so you shovel
in that manner until the suggester,
with feeling that he is being fondly
blessed for his thoughtfulness, is out
of sight. Then you go on in the old
way. l have noticed, by the way,
that these suggesters seldom prac-
tiSe upon their own sidewalks in any
manner.
Then you are busy writing at your
desk, as though your life depended
on your reeling out four feet of coA,
in four consecutive minutes, a1adu
fiendish suggester, thoughtful u
of your comfort and health, watches
you few minutes and suggests that
if your light were little higher or a
little lower or about so much more
to one side or the other, or shaded a
little differently, it would be a great
Improvement. What can you do but
change it. and cringe for fear that he
will think of something else to sug
gest?
You are driving a nail. You man
gle your thumb with poorly direct
ed blow of the hammer, and while
you are hopping around with your
| thumb in your mouth, and trying to
crowd the bad words which come
swelling up for utterance, the Sug-
gester suggests that if you had grasp
ed the nail in such and such man
ner the hammer would have had no
chance to accomplish its fiendish
work. 1t is so comforting at such a
time, and it goes so far toward as
suaging the pain.
No matter what you are doing or
how you are doing ii, the suggester
always happens around, watches
you minute or two, and volunteers
his new and approved but unwelcome
method.
| hate a suggester, on general prin-
ciples. Some of them mean well
enough, but the most of them are
1neddlers and fault-hnders pure and
simple. Is it not so? Am l not
right? Oh, my brothers Oh, my
sisters = Puck
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
Commissioners Notice.

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
Bridgman late OfHard wick in said District, de
ceased, and the term of six months from the
I'd day of Nov, 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 our appointment at the
law office of l.. d. Hathaway in Hard wick
in said District, on the 18th day of Dec. and
the Sd day of May next, at O'Clock
in the afternoon, on each of said days.
L. d. HATHAWAY,
HENRY PERLEY,
1922 Commissioners
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
Commissioners, Notice.

TRUSTUM c. HAYNES 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 TruStum c.
Haynes, late of St Johnsbury, in said District
deceased and the term of six months from
the 9th day of Nov, 1889, being allowed
by said Court to the creditors of said de-
ceased, to exhibit and prove their respective
claims before Give notice that we will
attend to the duties of appointment at
the late dwelling house of the deceased
in st. Johnsbury in said district
the 9TH day of December, 1889, and
the Sth day of May, 1890, next, at one
O'Clock in the afternoon, on each of said days.
EMERSON HALL
ALBERT WORC ESTER,
oo-31 Commissioners
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
Vocal Culture and Glass Teaching.

Mr.. Harry II. May is prepared to give pri-
vate lessons to those desiring musical culture
and instruction by the most approved meth
DDS Mr.. May has recently been under the
instruction of Prof. George ]. Parker of
Boston, Mass. He will give lessons at his
home No. Pearl street or if desired, will
give instruction at pupils homes, if engage
ments are made with him in person or by
mail. Terms reasonable. It jan
HARRY II. MAY, No. Pearl Street.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
WANTED.

Statesmen to sell Nursery stock All goods
warranted first class. Permanent, pleasant,
profitable positions for the right men, Good
salaries and expenses paid weekly Liberal
inducements to beginners. No previous eX-
perience necessary. Outfit free Write ior
terms, giving age
CHARLES H. CHASE, Nurserynan, Roches-
ter. N. Y. (Mention this paper-) 1t nov %
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
FOR $llOO.

For eleven hundred dollars we can sell a
good farm of about one hundred and thirty
five acres, with fair buildings, one mile from
railroad station, well located, together with
about thirty tons of hay Part of the money
can remain on mortgage. Enquire of
JONATHAN ROSS or
HENRY c. IDE,
Executors.
St JOhnSbury, Oct ~, 1883. 1851
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
The Racket Just Begun.

Quite a number of New England
savings banks are wishing that Kan
sas and Nebraska farm mortgages
had been sunk to the bottom of the
deep blue sea before they had heard
of them And the racket has but
fairly begun The wrath to come
will make a good many empty pock
et-books down East Davenport,
Ia, Democrat.
New Power in the Northwest.
Statehood has brought the North
west into prominence and given it
definite standing and notable recog-
milton. This Is only the harbinger
of other advantages which are to
follow. With eight new senator's in
the United States Senate and five
Representative in the lower branch
of Congress, the Northwest will be in
position to command and enforce at
tentiOn. 1t will be in position to re-
ward friends and punish enemies
Where it has been voiceless it will
henceforth have advOcates-[S Sioux
City Journal.
No Organs Wanted
journalism toward political indepen-
dence - one of the most gratifying
signs of the present time. The day
of the SubServIent newspaper organ
IS rapidly waning. The people are
discovering that a newspaper that
IS tied, neck and heels, and owned by
political party is not a newspaper
in the proper sense of the word. If
1t cannot be trusted to tell the truth
and state facts as they are, regard
less of political rings or affiliations,
no honest, self respecting citizen has
any use for it. When a man is con-
tent to waive his common sense,
and right and power to form an
opinion for himself, then he will be
satisfied with an organ, otherwise
the organ would soon have passed
away Hardwick Gazette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28

HENRY G. MENACE, Sec'y and Treas.
DIRECTORS.
Thos. Lowry, Pres. Minneapolis st. R'y Co.
w. ID. Washburn. Pres. NJ. $. Ste. M. & A.
R'y Co.
John S Pilsbury, Chas. A. Pillsbury & Co.
L. w. Herrick of Herrick Brothers.
A. I. Dean former Cashier Security Bank.
Loren Fletcher of l.. Fletcher & Company.
Clinton Morrison, Pres. Farmers & Mechan-
les Savings Bank.
Geo A. Pilsbury of Chas- A. Pillsbury x Co.
c. II. Petit of Petit Christian 81 Co.
Joseph Dean of Security Bank.
ii. L. Fletcher, Treas Minneapoli & Pacific
Railway Company.
VIM. H. Eustis Treas North American TeIe-
graph Company
Philip H. Neher of Neher & Carpenter, Troy.
New York.
L. F. Me1fage, President of Company
William s. St.eeter.
Conservative investments for sale, includ-
ing per cent ; year bonds in denominations
$50, 500, $500 and $1,000. Short time col
lateral paper and First Mortgages on city
property and Improved Farms.
Branches 40 Broadway, New York,
Drexel Building, Philadelphia, 80 Congress
St, Boston, Mass. Stiff
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-28
Special Bulletin.
MRS. D. A. MORRISON Still in the Van.
MILLINERY,

Full Winter Mssesa
in all coIrs feathers .tipsa
prices ckgrg satin edge, ony2 sc py
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KID GLOVES.

dstockbu wfhg the
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-07
Amusing Mistakes in a Bookstore.

Says Portland bookseller: "At one
time we were carrying large stock of
religious works, and one day l called
out to one of my clerks, holding up a
book which he had wrapped up for
some one, is this the CITY of God"p
No, guess not he said, without
looking around, at least never heard
it called that before. 1t is generally
called the Forest City. Perhaps it is
Brooklyn He afterward explained
that he thought l had found refer
ence in some book to place called the
City of God and wanted to know what
city it meant.
''O1 another occasion a woman with
valise in her hand rushed in and asks
ed new boy if he had That Husband
OF Mine in our store. He came rush
ing out to ME in the back shop and
said a woman wanted to know if her
husband was in our store. / surmised
what the trouble was and attended to
her myself.
''Some of the most amusing mis-
takes, however, are those made by
people who get the title of books
wrong. They read about them in
some catalogue or newspaper, but
don't more than half remember the
name, and the result is, to say the
least, peculiar. One woman came in
the other day and asked for The
Rhinestone and went out mad be-
cause one of the clerks told her we
didn't sell jewelry. Another wanted
The Cardinals Letter. by Hawthorne.
1t took our whole force about fifteen
minutes to get at what she really want
ed, The Scarlet Letter." She said she
knew there was something red about it
somewhere, and thought it must be
"-POrtlaRd IAdUertiser.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-02-07
An Antipodean Beauty.

] wonder what home folks would think who
saw you sitting there
In that delightful maze of pink Of a French
costumiere,
Toying a slender foot, size two, in broiGered
silk encased,
Half out, half in, the last court shoe that
took Partisan taste.
The moment they shot eyes at you they'd
note the union -are
Complexion of the warmer hue, with the
crown of pale g.. ID hair.
Twas this the Italian masters loved on can
vas TO portray,
And some such witchery which moved the
King COphetua.
While the refinement of your face and the
unconscious knack,
The careless captivating grace with which
you re leaning back,
Could not be truer if you were the daughter
Or Iong-descended commoner in the same So
cial sphere
There's not fairer in Mayfair, or better
bred and drest
In all the garland gathered there from Eng
lands lOveiest;
You look so dainty, so complete, so far from
common folk.
As If you'd never crossed the street without
a Raleigh's cloak
And yet I've, seen you, often too, on half
Press hard an old-man kangaroo DER fence
and water-course;
Gallop wildtire twist low-b -branched trees, mid
burrow and ant-beap
And pull the colt up from his knees when
stumbling from leap.
And if they knew the simple things with
which you re gratffed,
And saw your hearty welcomings and free
dom from false pride,
They'd never dream that you command all
money can acquire,
And occupy. block OF land as large as Lin
colnshire.
l wish I'd Millais art to trace you as you're
sitting there,
With your bright summer-tiuted face and
golden crown of hair.
To catch the sweet simplicity and gallant
confidence
That mingle in your frank blue eye, and
augur innocence.
Innocence need not be uncouth, and natures
not i'll drest,
Nor is il any crime for youth to try and look
her best,
And all delight when wealth and grace, ac-
cOmpiished and ornate,
Seek not with coldncss to efface the pleasure
they create.
Australian Lyrics.
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"A Glimpse OF Two Astors.

day or two ago | was in Delmoni-
cos when the youngest of the Astors
entered and took his luncheon. His
solemnity and sadness of mein was
striking. He kept his eyes fixed re-
ligiously Oh the ground as he walked
across the cafe, selected distant and
secluded table. turned his back upon
the people and ate with an air of gen
tie and mOurnful self-abnegation. He
is the heir of n hundred or two of
millions, and is probably tie most de-
sirable parli in New York. No one
seemed to know him, and the waiter
who attended to his wants was quite
careless and Indifferent. Had he
known that it was the heir OF the As
tors that he was waiting upon he
would probably have jumped five feet
in the air with alacrity. Before this
particular Astor had finished his
luncheon his cousin, William Waldorf
Astor. also drifted in and sat down
near the door. His face had the same
preternaturally grave and solemn look.
l do not suppose that the Ex-Minister
of Italy is more than thirty-five or
thirty-six years of age, and he has
magnificent physique, but the general
effect after a hasty look at his face is
that of man who has had stormy
life and is nearing his forty-eighth or
forty-ninth year. He, too, was ex-
ceedingly simple in the matter of fare
He drank cup of tea with his lunch
con, and when he had finished he
took an old book from the pocket of
his overcoat and sat reading it for half
an hour. Then he paid his bill, got
up and drifteG out. Neither of the
two Astors knew of the others pres
ence. Probably the two men together
will eventually represent 5000, ,000,0 900.
l followed Mr.. Astor out of the
place, and as we stopped at the corner
to allow car to pass, he stepped
hastily past me and made profound
bow to man across the street. The
man nodded in return. 1t was
greeting between father and son, but
it might have been the salutation of
one Ambassador to another. The
portly form of the elder Astor was
clad in black. His face was as heav-
lily scanned as that of Il tragedian, and
he walked with slow and ponderous
tread. There was a heavy band of
Grape on his hat. He passed mourn
full along the street and strobe slowly
up towards his house at Fifth avenue
and Thirty-third street. Philadelphia
Press.