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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-12-19
SUTTON.


Miss Lydia Fenton moves to Lyn-
don Corner this week
Mrs. Lucy Colby is home from st.
Johnsbury for brief stay.
Mrs. G. M. Campbell has gone to
Lebanon, N. H., for a few weeks
visit.
Rev S. n Royal is supplying the
pulpit here. He is expecting to move
here soon.
The Ladies Aid society celebrate
Christmas with a tree and other ap-
propriate exercises at the Free Bap-
tist church Wednesday night. All
are cordially invited to come with
their presents and friends.
The third degree was conferred last
week Wednesday night by Caledonia
Masonic lodge, after which banquet
was served to about rs, including
some 40 visiting brethren from St.
Johnsbury, Lyndonville and Barton.
Among the number was District
Deputy Grand Master c. A. Calder
wood from St. TOhnsbury.
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FOR SAL E.
TENEMENT TO REN

Three stylish. attractive, 2nd hand sleighs
1T No. Pleasant St, Paddock Village. t36+
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WANTED,

Dry hardwood and softwood slabs, 4 # o
16 in. Also loose hay. NJ. ]. RUSSELL,
If 19 Pearl St
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50 coupons, o 5. As, Nos. 100, 6591,
1922 and 7oO32. Also 81 coupons U. 8.
As, Nos. SO07O and SO071 Due Ian l. 80.
Finder will be rewarded by leaving same at
Caledonian Office First National Bank
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-Chamberlin post, WOman's Relief
Corps, have elected these officers for
the year: President, Mrs. E. l..
Hovey; S V, Mrs. John 7. Borland ;
I. v, Mrs c. c. Poole; chaplain,
Mrs. Louise Kendall; treas. Mrs
A. w Roberts; conductor, Miss
Fannie NJ. Parkhurst; guard, Miss
Nav GoodalI; secretary, Mrs. Chas.
F. Hawley.
AT the annual meeting of the Uni
versalist church Tuesday evening
these officers were elected Mode
rator, E E Sargent; clerk, J. l..
Couch; treasurer, E. E. Sargent :;
collector, F. w. Balch; trustees,
Frank a. Hudson, Harry L. Heald,
Carleton Felch. b. G. Howe was
chosen with the trustees to see
about repairing the church.
Joseph Cloutier proposes to put
in a thousand tons of ice this winter
so that whatever the demand an
other summer he will be able to meet
it. He supplied his customers liber-
allv last summer and after his stock
was exhausted bought over $500
worth-all he could procure-from
surrounding towns
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-12-19
Weather Record.

At Bingham's Drug Store, for the week
ending Dec. IS, 1889
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ST. IOHNSRURY EAST.

Sectionman Noble has moved into
Mrs. Stark house.
Rev B. S. Adams of Glover preach
ed very acceptably at the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday and an
effort will be made to secure him per
manently this week.
Sociable at the church vestry to-
night. The front of the church is be-
ing painted and the work will be
completed next spring. There will
be Christmas tree at the church
next Wednesday night.
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Obe Californian.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY

c. NJ. STONE & COMPANY,
Opposite Athenpun1. st. JohnSbury. YerLn ont
c NJ STONE ARTHUR F. STONE
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HANDY HANDBOOK

tenement of or rooms within 3 min
utes walk of the Post Office. Address
324 H., Caledonian Office.
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Joseph Oscar johnson, of Macon, is CON
demned to laugh all his life He is para
lytic and one side is entirely useless. He Is a
locomotive engineer II was in the town of
Clinton. S C., that the stroke came on him
He was one day doing some work on his Ell
CINE and talking to some one standing near.
At the moment he received the blow he was
in the act If laughing, and. strange TO say,
the muscles and nerves OF the face that are
brought most into play in the act of laug hing
are the ones that are most affected, and over
these he has no control whatever. He cannot
tell Of his troubles and the doubts and fears
that torment him without laughing He has
wife and five children, and when this afflic-
ton came upon him he went to his father-in-
law who lives in Wilmington, y c.. AMI
toll him of his condition and of his inability
to care further for his family
The recital Of this parting with his wife
was most pathetic and heartrending: vet
with tears IN his eyes and heart fun OF ag-
ony, he was forced TO laugh as though he had
been telling most ludicrous incident. He
dares not go TO church lest he be accused Of
making sport Of the services and be request
I'd to leave the church. and as for a funeral,
it would be out Of the question for him TO at
tend one His case is n most pitiabla one
ami is the more SO because he is only waiting
the only relief possible for him, and one that
he would hail with pleasure and almost prays
for Atlanta Journal
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NEVER FORGET


That the enemy Of man is man.
That the fair-st honers fade the soonest.
That knowledge leaves no room for chances.
The pride is never 50 offensive as when in
chains
That when men are .1ncly they stoop to any
companionship.
That a sealskin saccur docs not always keep
the heart warm.
That the darkest cloud often contains the
most fruitful showers,
That the pure worship of pure heart is nu
inspiration and a song.
That an open enemy is to be respected, q
secret one to be suspected.
That there may ta loyalty without love, cut
never love without loyalty.
That a golden key viii often find the way tc
unlock many a secret drawer.
That death il sl,e!l'ss messenger and life
a wakefUl Llndmati W creation.
That the finest feeling velvcty paws of the
kitten often cover tns =harIost ciaw&
That doing rs vol as you know how Is
all right if you always know how To do we'll
That tho-e who are honest and earnest in
their honesty have no need to proclaim ths
fact
That it Is often more dlGicult to obIiterate
traces of spilled ink than drops Of spilled
blood
That it may be xell to test the condition Of
a cats claws before sfroking its fur the wrong
way.-Exchange.
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incidentally let it be noted that sailed meat
is much less nutritious than fresh. 1t has
been aseertained chemically that brine
tracts from the muscular tissue much of its
nutrtiye principle.
Dalton places next after beef, as being most
valuable az nutriinent, mutton and venison.
then the flesh of fowls the various kinds of
game birds, and lastly, fish
The opinion Of modern French scientists. as
presented in the article on food in the "Nou-
veau Djctionnaire de Medicine may be
noted and read with interest. According to
th, authority. Fish is only slightly nuiri-
tive, but easily digestible Its exclusive Use
would soon produce diminution of muscular
force palene>s of the tissues. and all the signs
of an Authorization insufficient in quality
'FiSh is more digestible than the white
meat Of fowl
Tho flesh of shelifsh crustaceans is hard
of digestion.
Roast meat is more digestible than boiled.
Eggs very slightly cooked and dairy pro
duce are more digestible than white meats
"Of vegetables the feculents are the most
digestible
New bread Is heavier than stale bread.
The ailments to which the cooks art gives
liquid or semi-liquid form are in general
more digestibie
The more readily ar aliment is dissolved
by the juices Of the stomach. the easier its
digestion
Add TO these fact, the remark of Dalton:
Cheese contains the nutritious elements of
the milk in condensed but somewhat indi-
gestihle form
Nevertheless. yo, will eat little cheese
after your dinner. for, as Brllat-Savarin
hath it. "A dessert without cheese is like a
beautiful woman with only one eye"
OF the vegetable tribe, lentils. beans and
peas are the most nourisEing.
Fruit, when perfectly ripe, is most easy Of
digestion. because the juice of fruit consists
Of pure grape sugar lglucosel and water, and
it is III the form of grape sugar that all
starchy food is finally absorbed into the sys
tenn -Harper's Bazaar.
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Briefs for the Farmer

The wheat crop Of kansss is e7tmateA ~
- 900 900 bushels-just double that Of Ia,
year.
The seasons packing of hogs since March
| / Is set down as go, 600 greater than In the
same time last wear.
| 70 get at the real cost of heef-making thu
animal must be credited for ,he fertility it
leaves on the farm
A barking dog and noisy, loud mouthet
man are two things that shouii never hc
permitted to enter a e-feetling pen.
when farmers establish trust ami stat
| by it, other people will starve-- hut nObojY
need fear that such trust viii be establish ii
Watering ,roughs by the roadside at con
veuient distances are highly appreciated n
travellers AMI are sure Indications Of kind
and hoSpitable farmers
Work crowded By June rains into .Iuiy,
has put many weary farmer 10 his ut'n,sf
efforts in this remarkable year tim! ha-
brought full haFvests.
The master Of the Ohio Stat Grange rai
culates that the ex, eutiye commt;e, Of thu
Ohio States Grange has saved he farmers
of the State 81. 900 on twine.
The wheel hoe ia true missionary, doing
away with some of ihe drudgery of garden
work and helping people to have better
gardens and taxi greater interest in them.
handful of linseed meal to the brood
once or twice week will be beneficial
/, is also exc. llent for the pigs if given oco.-
sionally especially II the food lacks vsrl, u,
good farmer not tied by Old traditions
may hnd on examination thar his farm re
quires not half the fences he has maintained
many years at cost exceeding his taxes for
state, county. town and school uses.
OF two colts similar in disposition and
sense, one may develop into steady and
valuable family horse, while the other NAV
be vicious, treacherous and unsafe-all lee
cause of difference in the men hanllng
them.
A new statute adopted by the Connecticut
legislature prohibits the using of barbed wire
IN DIVISIONAL fences H......I twenty five rods
of the house or farm belonging 70 an adjoin
ing proprietor, without written consent trim
such owner.
Professor Thorne. director of the oho
Experiment Station, is another who has
found raw corn meal To produce better re
suits in pig feeding than cooked meal Thu
has now been proved in 80 many cases that
II is being accepted as an established fact.
If one has no idea Of the sacred character
Of the Sabbath he will find before a long life
is spent that it is day not 10 be used with I'M
punity in ordinary labor that breaks down by
continuance, but leaves powers full much
longer when one day in seven is devoted TO
rest.
1t is suggested that the posts to which
barbed wire is fastened for fencing be
painted white, As they will then be better
observed by cattle. Pieces of tin, painted
white. and fastened along the line of tn
wire. have also been recommended a. a safe
guard agains; injury.
The practice of covering clusters of grapes
by placing paper bags about them com
menced some five years ago, and resulted in
producing fruit without spot or blomish.
Recently several gardeners have bagged to
mstoes and the pears produced on dwarf
trees with equally good results
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rad left the road From their talk orr Mas
learned that the native soidiery WE'RE 70 re-
volt that morning. and that tbs town o.
SsefaDore WAS To be given up 10 plumber.
The whole country was up III arEfss ngainsf
Britizh rifle, and the anticipated rebellion
was a: las. a fact We were In thiniy set
tied district, n be learned, and might remain
undiscovered for several days il we sept
quiec. The mans loyalty coald no longer be
Questioned, and be was taken into our eosafl-
dence and his advice asked for He advised
Us TO remain where We we're until Obliged to
move on. and all agreed that this was the
xlssst policy. We felt that CTR greatest
danger lay toward the highway from which
Te bad turned or asld that evening. after
day Of undissGrbed rssaes, l accompanied the
driver hack to the point from which be had
made his observations in tbs Morning sa-
tives were passing IN great numbers, aotiis
going toward Ssstapore and some The other
way We sson heard enough 10 prove that
the expected revolt dad taken place. and se
heard men boasriag Of the bloody deeds they
had performed The cantontnent had been
taarliad most OF thStewn laid in ashes, and
every European who bad remained had been
backed 10 pieces. The native ssoidiery were
nov scattering In detached bodies, each on
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hin, M ouie, lint the moment | entered
H.. main ,nrlosI,ro n,tic.ti that the vehicles
we're .,one In the center of the inclosure
lav tbe hoav of the servant his head cut
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tho smaller inclosIire could find any of the
otI,ers NJ the narty. living or dead. They
h.5 il seemed hean surprised made nrison-
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LITERARY LIGHTS.

Mr. Marion Crawford is described as mar
Of really profound scholarship
Frederick J. Cruwest. who wrote .Th.
Great Tone Poet. is an Eaglishman
Mark Twains ncw hook will be entitled ~
Yankee at the Cau.; II King Arthur
Andrew Carne he ;e.nalts that he * writing
his memoirs. bai iAeF are. he SAYS. intended
for posthunous pahl.cdtlon-
Whenever a friend Of W b. Howell:
marries. the novelist always sends as a we'd
ding present n copy Of Their Wedding Jour
ney." bound in white velvet
Among the auditors whose manuscripts are
written in violet coI1red ink are William d.
Howells, Julian Hawthorne, Charles Dudley
Warner and the pet Whittier
Robert Barrett Browning has lately sent to
London from Veaice a portrait he has paint
ed Of his father, the illustrious poet. to be
exhibited at the Grosvenor gallery.
NJ. Thomas Hardy writes bis novels in the
old fashioned way. He has now and then
dictated. but net to a ssenographer Some
years ago he thought Of learning shorthand,
but did not He has never tried type
writer.
Col T. W. Higginsou has been appointed
by Governor Araes Of Massachusetts, to
write the history of the Bay State soldiers and
sailors In the civil war, as ordered by the
Legislature. The historian viii be allowed
tive years in which to complete his work
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TO PURIFY WATER.

Boiling sterilizes water and within thirty
minutes will have killed harmful bacteria.
Drugs and other agents acting chemically.
II used in amounts which are commonly safe.
do not sterilize water
The prolonged heat which water undergoes
in the usual process Of distiIlatlon DESTROYS
all germs which may be In til. water under
going the process.
The finer the substance through which the
water passes aud the lower the pressure the
more perfect is the action of the filter In
holding back the bacteria
A had water filter is less desirable than a
pure water in its natural state When. there
fore, liberation Is employed because Of real
danger Of infection, the filtered water should.
a. q rule. be furthermore boiled
Fiitering Is done carefully on a large scale
through sand beds, upon which fine layer
OF organic and inorganic matter is expressly
produced By sedimsntation, because Of its
valuable action in holding back the great
majority Of the bacteria
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SCIENTIFIC SOUIBS.
1t is proposed in France to substitute death
by electricity for the guillotine.

1t is proposed in France to substitute death
by electricity for the guillotine.
The maximum intensity Of the light from
the Eiffel tower is 10000 carcels, giving q
range Of i27 miles
1t has recently been proposed to use an
alloy of zinc and phosphorus in boilers to
prevent incrustation and pitting.
After more than twenty seven years the
pearl oyster has produced pearls of the Ma
dras coast in suf ;eient quantities to be worth
the expense Of g. hing.
A steam carriage in which coke is used rs
fuel has lately appeared In France The
driving is effected by two hind wheels and
the spes-l attained is about fifteen miles per
hour. twenty and three-guarter gallons
Of water being sufficient Tor run Of twenty
five miles
Both the French and German governments
have provided facilities for the examination
and certification Of electrical instruments,
and it is now found that apparatus bearing
the official Enforcement brings better price
in Continental markets than non-attes.ed in
strumentsl New York Times
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SOME USEFUL HINTS.

Set small box Of lime in the pantry and
it VIII help keep it dry and the air pure
To have good cup Of tea fresh water is
essential, otherwise the best tea will be ''ofk
favor
Mosquitoes, dies and gnats may be kept
away by sponging the face and hands with
elder flower water
strong solution Of alum, to which hrs
been added little giycerine and vinegar, 4
a cure for mosquito bite.
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Now, Johnnie, can you tell me what faith
Isl You remember explained it to you last
Sunday
Faith Is a belief in things unseen
Right, now give me an illustration Of the
meaning
Il believe der boys are aavtn a great ball
game in der churchyard. but der windows is
50 high | can't get a sIuint at dem. Ne
braska State journal
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IL Bert seved the tip Of the tail into the
back of the rat After it had taken root In
its new position he cut it OF close TO its
original point Of Insertion The rat now
wore a tail reversed in position. the former
tip being the root After some time it was
found that the new tai was sensitive Con
eiuslon-The nerves of sensation can carry
impulses each way DR.. Koch has recently
performed this experiment on forty rata
In thirty cases the tails united satisfactorily.
but never. even eight months later, was any
sensation present in the new appendaSA-
Scientific American
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1t is remarkable what an interest some wo-
men have IN their pet dogs and to what ex-
tent they will sometimes go to make their
pets comfortable A few evenings ago the
Locker On saw n woman on Washington street
take her sack from her bas'k and place it over
her pet rat terrier She wrapped it carefully
about the dog and afterwar'i got on board
car which was going TO one Of the outlying
districts It was an open car and she prob
ably wanted To secure the dog from cold -
Boston Advertiser
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their last meeting for the ensuing quarter
G.. T., Edith Stewart; " T.. Mrs Addie
Baker: 3. J. T., Mrs. Ada Purrinton; Sec,
Frank Libby A. s., Lena Gilbert; r. s.,
Levi Dsnforth; T.. Hannah Smith; " .,
Willie Springer; ID. NJ, Nina Perry; G y
Mrs.. VI. r.. Dsnforth; g., Harry Taylays
Sew, Eiwin yarney g. Hobbs aad
Minis Angis Ssarbira have gore 70 Ocean
Poins.-Eagene Campbell and wife hsvs
gone 20 Boston Of the nay In this
vicinity has not yet been harvested owing 70
rainy ~eather.-Mr. John Bzime Of Paris,
France, arrived 10 town fer days ago He
sili remain here sx u,osths for the parp5s~
of iearaiug TO speak English preparatory 10
soirg into business in New York. Mrs.
Fannie Psrinioa 10 his teacher.
NaserrtAe.
The Maine Central railroad shops are shai
9osn for couple of days this week for lizs
purpose Of resett;ng the boilers M -
Jennie Brosn, daughter of Hon $ ).
Brown. Who Ia well known to ssfsrgllls
people for her hne soprano voice. is at home
on Visit from Bo.ton.--E. X. DfgmmOni,
EGG, Cashier Of the Watersiiie sayiags
Bank, With bis wife and daughter, vent 10
Portland "Wednesday TO visit relatives ia thai
city MIR. N. G. PsreissI Of Agburn Is visit
ing hi. father, Homer Pereiyal. Esq Dr..
Hanson Of Cobarn Institute. who has been
quite III since commencement, has nearly
recovered his usual health. Accompanied
by his wife and sou, Frank Hanson, the doc
Tor started THURSDAY for his Summer outing
At Squirrel Isiand.-At a meeting Of the
kennsbee HANDLERS Bicycle Club AZ the
Elm~ood Tuesday evening. j. {. Whit
more Of Fairfield was elected president, &.