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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24
ANINCIDENT IN COL. WALKERS
LIFE.

Col. Adlace F. Walker, chairman of
the Interstate railway association,
is strapping six-foot Vermonter, of
unusual executive ability. He was a
leading New England lawyer when
President Cleveland made him a
member of the Interstate commerce
commission, and left that tribunal
for his present position, one of the
best paid railroad places in the coun-
try. Col Walker was graduated
from Middlebury college in 1861,
and was made the hero of his COM
mencement by an incident that illus
trates his character. The war fever
was running high, and young Walk
err, then only 20 years old, had or
ganized a company of soldiers in
Bridport, a town II miles from the
college On commencement morning
he rode out to drill his command,
and in returning he reached the old
Middlebury church just in time to
throw his bride over a post and
walk up the broad aisle i'll his uni
form as his Grafton was announced.
The sight of the uniform and the
shoulder-straps adjoining it set the
patriotism of the audience boiling,
and the young soldier was accorded
a greater Grafton than any other
speaker received that day Har-
per'S Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24
THE MINISTER OVERDID 1T.

An eccentric clergyman III Corn
wall had been much annoyed by a
way the members of his congregation
had got into of looking round to
take stock of later corners. After en-
during the annoyance for some time,
he said on entering the reading-desk
one day: "Brethern, regret to see
that your attention is called away
from your religious duties by your
very natural desire to see who comes
in behind you. propose, hencetorth,
to save you the trouble by naming
each person who may enter, and |
hope that the service will then be al
lowed to proceed without interrupt
ton" He then began: DEARLY be-
loved" but paused half way to in
terpolate, Farmer Stubbins, with
his wife and daughter"
Farmer Stubbins looked rather
surprised, but the minister, with per-
feet gravity, resumed his eXhorta-
ton Presently he again paused.
The abashed congregation kept their
eyes studiously bent on their books.
The service proceeded in the most or
derby manner the parson interrupt
ing himself every now and then to
name some new conner. At last he
said, still with the same perfect
gravity: Mrs. Svmons of the Red
Lion, in a new bonnet" In a mo-
ment he felt his mistake, but it was
too late. Every feminine head in the
congregation had turned round
TSan Francisco Argonaut.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24
NEGRO TRUTHS FRIED IN BA TIER.

When pot bile, no fly dar.
De big crab no alters good meat.
No use bangin' de lame mule.
Better set in de mud dan fall in de
erik
You talk all day, dat no cook TIA
ter
A fine boss amt no wuss fur a rope
bride.
Eff yo' got no shoe, don't tromple
in the brambil.
Brer Bar, he done got cotched by
him foot. Brer Man by him tongue.
When yo' waits fur yo' dinner,
bress de Lyrd if yo' get um cold.
Case yo' daddy was inions N yo'
nanny pepper dat no reason why
yo' is yam.
Case yo' eat egg Monday, whaffo
yo' banker fur hen Tuesday?
Fox he play, and fool chicken
Fox he sleep, he dream chicken. N
so fox alters have belly full.
Whaffo yo' chuck up rock !? Mebbe
he fall down on yo' skull.
Face an OK behine, a mule befo'
but a raskil nowhars; he don't got
no safe side.-[Collated by the New
York Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24
MIR. MURRAY ON EDUCATION.

w. H. H. Murray's lecture in Bos-
ton on 1.-The Problem of Education,
is creating quite a stir. He objected
strenuously to the present system of
education as entirely inadequate,
urging that it educates our young
people away from learning useful
things. He would have a school
where the pupils would be taught all
the mechanical and useful arts; to
knit and sew; to sing and dance and
play upon musical instruments; to
be able to cook and mend and to cut
and make their own clothes. He
would have this done under the SUI
pervision of and paid for by the Uni
ted States government, each scholar
or student receiving the wages that
scholar or student could earn in a
shop, factory store or at other en-
ployment, upon the ground that each
child while in is devoting his or her
time to the common good and prOht
of the state
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24

and who obtained admission by us
ing the names and papers of men no
longer living 1t takes an extensive
set of bars to head off the acrobats
in Washington, who go over them
without difficulty, or the sappers and
miners who burrow under them
The extravagant ideas of the sol
diers have been greatly stimulated
bv the belief which is shared by Gen
Ide that those who remained at
home were piling up wealth and roll
ing in luxury. He says a stock of
goods worth $4,000 in 1861 would
bring $4,000 in 1865. True, and
they would have brought that much
in 1862, but neither in that year nor
anv other during the war could the
merchant have duplicated his stock
for the same amount he received tor
it if sold at twice its first cost. And
so the farmer who sold his produce
at double prices found that with the
| increased price of labor and every
thing he bought for his family or tor
his farm, his daily depreciating green
back was only delusion and snare
| Merchants and dealers generally
were not anxious to sell goods unless
the money received could be used at
once. No one cared to hold curren-
CIV which might depreciate over night
| bv the news of rebel victory to a
greater amount than the profits on
the property sold. Contractors,
brokers and substitute men did most
of the business Grim-visaged war,
with its perils and responsibilities
absorbed the public mind and ban
ished other considerations. The
most hopeful feared that the green
backs would share the fate OF the
Continental currency of the Revolu
ton. There was no incentive to bust
ness under such q feeling and the lost
opportunities now revealed by ouI
aftersight are without value. h
Philadelphia, Oct. 4.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24
VERMONT NEWS.

Ex-Gov Roswell Farnham of Brad
ford has been appointed natlonai
bank examiner for Vermont.
The Manchester Journal says that
the Mt Mansfield house at Stowe,
has not generally paid expenses, and
it will not likely be rebuilt.
The sheep exported from Addison
county won the principal premiums
at the great agricultural exhibition
recently held at New South Wales,
Australia.
his home at Weathersheld from a trip
to Africa, and brought four negroes
to be educated by him and then sent
back to their native home.
Robert Hoskingson's houses and
barn at Summit Station were burned
Oct IA with their contents. The fire
was caused by sparks from passing
locomotive Loss $500; insurance
$4,000.
Gov. Dillingham; has been elected a
trustee of the Wesleyan association
of Boston which owns a large prop
ertv in Boston and is the publisher OF
lions Herald, the order of Meth
odism in New England.
The Pullman cars have been taken
off the Vermont Central lines, except
the through Boston and Chicago
sleeper each way, which are run by
| the Grand Trunk, and Wagner cars
are being run in their place.
The quarterly report of Superin-
tendent Coffee of the state soldiers
home shows that there were 60 IN
mates September 80. No deaths
have taken place during the period
and several have been admitted
| The farm has produced 10 tons O
hay and 600 bushels of vegetables O
various kinds The money giver
the home by Sergt. Minor of the 9tl
Vermont regiment has been used tC
buy books for the library.
The surviving veterans of the Six
teenth Vermont Volunteers have de
cided to erect a regimental monument
on the Gettysburg battlefield. Thl:
memorial will mark the spot where
the Sixteenth, under command o
Wheelock G. Veazey, made the bril-
liant and successful charge on thu
flank of Wilcox's Brigade Immediate
" following the movement on Pick
ett's Division made by Stannard''
Brigade, of which the Sixteenii
formed a part.
The second reunion of the 4th Yer
mont regiment was held at Mont
pelier last Thursday. These officer
were elected in the afternoon: Pres
ident, Col. S. M. Pingree of Hart
ford; vice-presidents, c. c. klnsmal
of Rutland and Capt. l.. w. Fisher o
Danville; treasurer, T. l.. Farwell 0
Waterbury; executive committee, w
E. Bliss of East Calais, Capt. H. w
Humphrey of Essex, r. J Coffey o
Bennington, with the other officers
In the evening addresses were mad
by Gov. w. P. Dillingham;, Lieut.-Gov
U. A Woodbury., Col. 6. w. Hooke
and others There were over 100 a
the campfire and dinner
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24

cate piece of soap, he opened fire on
them with a large revolver and put
them to fight. They did not con-
ceive that the duty they owed to
freshmen demanded that they should
walk up to the revolver's mouth
But they bided their time and few
nights later they came upon him
when he had temporarily laid aside
his arms and was visiting personal
friend. They Immediately carried
him down stairs and out of doors.
1t is at this point that the peculiar
" fostering care of the sophomoresis
noticed They realized that Riley
was far from home and friends, and
that the care of him naturally de-
volved on them They had noticed
for some time that Mr.. Riley's hair
was growing rather longer than the
canons of good taste prescribed, and
they determined to attend to the
matter. Producing a pair of tin
smiths shears one of them began the
tonsorial operations while the others
held the agitated freshman and tried
to persuade him that they were do
ing it for his own good. They were
unsuccessful, however, Riley making
so much noise that he attracted the
attention of some passers-b by and was
rescued.
But though roughly handled Riley
was not the man to be tainted. He
simply saw in the occurrence the in
efficiency of small arms. He accord
ingly began looking around torsome-
thing little heavier, and was Who'll
" successful, as we read in the dis
patch that Riley was seen walking
down State street this afternoon
with a rifle over his shoulder" The
sophomores now recognize the fact
that Riley does not want his hair
cut There may be food for thought
in this for men who are shaved IN
barber shops. BY adopting Riley's
idea the barber who always wants
to trim it up little in the back, y
might be held in check. But this is
not to the point. At present the
trouble at the University of Wiscon-
sin stands like this: The police have
the matter in hand, some eXpulsions
by the faculty are looked for, and
Undergraduate Riley is walking
about the streets with a long rifle
over his shoulder, looking Tor SOpho-
mores. His hair is a little jagged
around the edges where the sheet
iron sheers began their work, but
there is a determined look in his eyes
Perhaps Riley goes armed better
than he knows. He may be doing
more to discourage the reprehensible
practice of hazing at the University
of Wisconsin than the faculty could
possibly do. So long as he sticks tc
the rifle it is safe enough to say that
he will not be hazed.
Other institutions of learning
might, perhaps, learn valuable les
son by watching Riley. Still, an en-
tire freshman class armed with rifles
would have decidedly odd appear
ance, to say the least. The country
awaits the final results of the Riley
tactics with interest," New YORK
Tribune
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24
NEWS IN GENERAL.

Rev. @. c. Waterman of Littleton,
n. H, has received a call to the pas
torate of the Free Baptist church at
Arlington, r. l.
The section boss who had charge
of the repairs on that part of the
New York and New Haven road
where the fatal accident occurred last
summer to the Boston express has
been fined $50 and sent to jail for 80
days.
Horatio n Waldo and wife of Ar
cade, N Y, celebrated their Goth
wedding anniversary on Oct 13.
Mr.. Waldo is 81 years old, was an
ardent abolitionist and his house
was a station in the famous under
ground railway" He has never used
liquors, tobacco nor patent medi-
cineS.
The 3-year-old stallion Axtell trot-
ted a mile at Terre Haute, Ind, Oct
1, in 2 10, which beat the 3-year-old
record and also the record for stall
lions ofall ages. Col. Conley, of Chi
cago, supposed to represent syndi
cate, that evening bought Axtell fol
sos, 900, the highest price ever pa1d
in the world for a horse
Assistant Secretary BuSSey has re
versed Corporal Tanners ruling that
hereafter no pension of less than 81 &
month shall be paid This order, Mr.
Bussey says, has neither the color
of law nor the authority of prece
dent and he adds that IF such ar
order might be legitimately enforced
by the commissioner IN one case, h'
might by a stroke of the pen increas,
and rerate all pensions for non-speci
fic disabilities without any restraint
excepting his own discretion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24

-" Hostess-"Never mind them;
they'll be gone before you get halt
through. 1.-THE Epoch.
Stranger-"Boy,w will you direct me
to the nearest bank ?'' Street Gamin
will f. twenty-five cents" Stran-
ger-'Twenty-five cents. Isn't that
high ?" Gamin-"Bank directors al
ways gets big pay, mister"
A young lady known to some Fall
River people, having been asked by
letter if she had read Edward Bella
mv's novel, Looking Backward, "
said yes, but she preferred stepping
Heavenward. - Fall River News.
The great John L. cuffed boot
black in Boston the other day, and
Immediately handed him two dollars.
Cuffs at two dollars piece are rather
high, and only bootblacks can afford
to wear them st. Adams Messen-
ger.
Mrs. Proudfoot-I have at last
consented to my daughters marriage
with George. You know he saved
her from drowning while bathing. y
Little Tommy speaking up)-"Sis-
ter told me it was a put-up job. y
1.-THE Epoch.
Out of Date. Enamored SWAIN
"For you, darling, L wad lay me
down and dee " Practical Maiden
THAT sort of thing is clear out OF
date, Willie What a girl wants
nowadays is man who is willing
to get up and hustle for her.
1t having been demonstrated at
| the Bay State fair that a fine quality
| of ducks can be raised without Civ
| ing them access to water, it would
now be interesting to know if good
breed of hens can be brought up
| without allowing them to scratch In
a neighbours garden.-[Th Boston
Herald.
Fond Wife-What are you worry
ing about this evening? Husband
Ca young lawyer)-An important
case l have on hand. My client is
charged with murder, and l can't
make up my mind whether to try to
prove that the deceased was k1lleo
by some other man or is still alive
Il New York Weekly.
A musician who is famous orplay
ing practical jokes, wrote to a tr1eno
a short time back thus: Dear
expired suddenly on Wednesday
and am to be buried Tuesday. Car
you come to my funeral? Shall b.
glad to see you. Yours" To which
the friend replied: ''Dear-, Should
be happy to come to your ft1nera
Tuesday, but, unfortunately, l dice
Friday myself. Yours, "."-l Bos
| ton Gazette
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ALLEGED HUMOR.
Written With Our Five Dollar She.

Written With Our Five Dollar Shears.
Freckling, Mabel, is the revenge
the sun takes on us for saying there
are spots on him. Puck.
Watermelon seeds were found in an
Egyptian tomb that was 5000 years
old. There was no doubt about
their being watermelon seeds, be-
cause the mummy was all doubled
up.-[Texas Siftings-
The man who knows just how dry
and cold it is going to be all next
winter is in town for a few days on
a visit to his brother, who knows
how warm and wet it is going to be.
-FNew York Tribune.
Hostess--"Won't you sing some
thing, Mr.. Greene ?" Mr.. Greene
There are SO many strangers here
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24
ANINSPECTOR WHO INSPECTED.

There was an interesting episode
to the Bay State fair which wasn't
down on the bills. 1t seems that
some of the men in charge of the
fancy stock of COWS on exhibition,
conceived the idea of milking the
COWS and selling the milk while the
fair was in progress. This was a
thrifty notion, but its promoters
made the mistake of partly filling
their milk pals with water before
they began their milking For this
error of judgement they were taken
into court by the Inspector of milk
and heavily fined. Boston prefers
her milk Straight Boston Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS

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Business Cards.
CHESTER o. BRADLEY,
Taxidermist. Bird mounting a Specially
wheelock, VT.
ANNIE 3. DANIELS,
Teacher of Piano, Voice, Organ,
And Harmony. Pianos and Organs tuned
AS Spring Street. St Johnsbury.
w. L. HALL, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office Main St, Opposite Court House.
o. v. HOOKER & SON,
MACHINIsTs.
Piping and Steam Engine Repairing.
Mf's Board Mills. Jobbing a Speciality
Mill Street, st. Johnsbury
MISS T. M. GUY.
Studio Music Hall Building
Instructor in all branches of Art. China
Decorating and Firing a speciality
DR.. c. F.. o. TINKER,
DENTIST.
Office over Bingham's Drug Store.
AID. RowELL,
Successor to Howard II Rowell.)
Watches, JeweIry, Books, Stationery.
Cor. Main st. and Eastern Av., st. Johnsbury
c. H. CROSS,
Baker and COnfectiOner,
Main Street, st. Johnsbury.
F. BLANCHARD, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon, Peachana.
Also Notary Public.
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Surgeon Dentist.
Union Block, Main ST., St Johnsbury.
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