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, 1890-11-16
KINGS oe LIE cu..

slosson and sehRsfer to Contest for the
BillIard Championship.
A notable billiard contest will be that at
Chickering Hall, New York, Dec. l. be-
tween those kings OF the cue, Jacob
Sehaefer and George F. Slosson, and pos
sibly Fournil, of France. They will play
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
WHY THEY CHEW GUM.

The varieties of chewing gum that
are manufactured would be a matter
of surprise to those who have paid
no attention to the subject, and who
may suppose that the millions of
mouths they see engaged in its masti-
cation have a common and vulgar
taste From the fact that it can be
obtained at the apothecary's an inn
preston has got abroad that it is
medicinal. This is not true. The
medical profession do not use it, and
what distinguishes it from drugs
that they also do not use-is the fact
that they do not prescribe it 1t is
neither a narcotic nor a stimulant.
1t cannot strictly be said to soothe
or to excite The habit of using it
differs totally from that of the chew
ing of tobacco or the dipping of snuff.
1t might, by purely mechanical OPP
Grafton, keep a person awake, but
no one could go to sleep chewing
gum. 1t is in itself neither tonic nor
sedative-
1t is to be noticed also that the
gum habit differs from the tobacco
habit in that the aromatic and elias
tic substance is mastiea ted, while the
tobacco never is, and that the masti-
cation leads to nothing except more
mastication. The task is one that
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
ALLEGED HUMOR.
Written with Our Five Dollar Shears.

Written with Our Five Dollar Shears.
One of the visitors at Fortress
Monroe last week was 60 feet long.
He was a whale.
The wings of the house were sur
prised when the chimney flew
I Maryland Gazette.
A colored voice. Friend-'What
color are your baby's eyes ?" Fond
father-''I don't really know; but |
have discovered that his voice is vel
ler."-[ Judge.
Sumwav-So you have returned
from Paris. Saw the Bots de Bou-
logne, | suppose? Sawnter-Iou
are just right. And the girls, too
TDrake's Magazine.
1t was the Presbyterian pastor S
little daughter Tin these creed-revls-
ing tines who asked: Papa, do
YOU believe in a personal Santa
Claus - Buffalo Express.
Dear" said a physicians wife, as
they sat in church, there is Mrs.
Goldberg sitting in a draught. y
"Never mind" said her husband, Il
will cash that draft later on. y
Washing ton Capital.
Here are few definitions given by
pupils of grammar school at a re-
cent examination: Exile, part of
wagon; byword, a word that has
gone by; mermaid, a kind of maid ;
turmoil, a kind of oil repast, to pass
by
Mabel-Let's play house; I'll be
the mother. George-Yes, and I'll be
the father. Clara-And I'll be the
cook. Mabel and George (indig-
nant1y)-Yes, that's just you; you
always want to be boss of every
thing Life.
The great question now is, Should
clergymen use tobacco ?" We think
not. The clergy is absolutely over
worked testing and testimonializlng
patent medicines. We shouldn't ex-
pect too much even of the clergy
boston Transcript.
Yale Soph (to Princeton ditto
say, you ought to get what s-h1s-
name, the Autocrat of all the BUar-
ritzzvitch's, into your foot ball
team" Princeton Soph-"Why sO:'
Yale Soph-" Because he's the Car OF
all the Rushers. ~ Burlington Free
Press.
Two Harvard graduates-Rev. DR.
Why, dear Jack, | am glad
to see you. You are looking so well
What have you been doing?" Jack
Scraggs -" Pitching for a League
club at $4,000 year. What are you
doing?" Discord-'Preaching for a
chapel at $500 year" = Texas
Siftings.
A foregone conclusion. Canvassel
Il have here work" Master
of the house, can't read" Can
vasser-''But your children - Mas
| ter of the house-''I have no children
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
VERMONT NEWS.

Mrs. Brennan of North Walpole,
while on her way to take dinner with
her sister in Bellows Falls Thursday,
was killed near the depot by switch
ing engine.
The roof of one of G. H. Mobiles
COW stables at Rutland fell through
Sunday morning, crushing a valuable
vearling colt to death and badly
injuring two others.
Wesley Green of Rutland, a lumber
man, had his right arm crushed Fri
day, in Chittenden, between two
logs, which he and another man
were putting into position to be
sawed. His arm was amputated
above the elbow.
The scaffold is coming down
rapidly from the Bennington battle
monument, and the beautiful pro-
portions of that structure, now seen
to be a work of art, become more
and more apparent as the distigura-
ton is removed.
G.N. Bell and wife of aiif-iiax, have
not lived togethe- Tor a short time
past. Thuratiay afternoon Mrs. Bell
went r. the house where her husband
lives to get her things. when he shot
I her, inf1icting fatal wounds. She
lived only a few minutes after the
shooting
George Carey, a 1O-year-old boy,
while playing at Rutland with a
butcher knife, with its point upward,
fell on it, the full length of the blade
penetrating the heshy part of one
arm He came near bleeding to
death before any assistance was
rendered him.
F. B. Farmer of Rutland was run
into while driving home from church
Sunday by team driven by two
Young men under the influence OF
liquor. Mr. Farmer and wife were
precipitated into the ditch, with Sc
we're injuries to both. Their carriage
was smashed and horse fatally hurt
The Herald favors licensing the liquor
traffic.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
WHAT TT MEANS TO BE A CAR

The emperor of Russia is in a state
of panic which can neither be lmag-
ined nor described. 1t was given out
that he would be the guest OF the
German emperor at the marble
palace, Potsdam, and when all kinds
of expensive preparations had been
made there, he decided that he would
be safer in Berlin, and a large sum
was expended in arranging for his
reception at the Schloss. Finally,
only one day before the emperor ar
rived, Count Schouvaloff received
telegram from Copenhagen to init
mate that his majesty would alight
at the Russian embassy, and the mes
sage was quickly followed by the ar
rival of the imperial workmen, seven
in number, who now go in advance
of the emperor whenever and wher-
ever he travels.
There are two carpenters, two m :
sons, two locksmiths y; ia foreman.
They most C. cfuily examine the
ch;r,,4teys, locks, flooring, walls and
furniture of the house which the en-
peror is to occupy, and his own
apartments are subjected to most
rigorous search. The ch1mneyS are
objects of special attention, and every
| f1ue which leads to a room which the
emperor is likely to enter is thorough
ly barred, both top and bottom, and
as if these precautions are not suffl-
cient, police agents from St Peters
burg patrol the roof both night and
| day.
The emperor is, as have often be
fore remarked, in constant dread OF
assassination, and this state of ever
present fear, added to the hereditary
melancholy of the Romanoff family,
has so utterly shattered his nerves
that for days together he is practi-
cally not responsible for his actions
He smokes necessarily, and not only
endeavors to sustain his spirits by
copious libations of champagne and
brandy, but of late has taken tic
dragging himself with choral
| 1IOudOn Truth
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
TITLES IN THE HOME.

The homes OF great men L like
to enter Many are the sources of
endowment which find in such init
macy. | am interested in noticing
the methods Of addressing these great
men employed by wife and friends.
However great a man may be beyond
his front door, and however many
titles of Professor, President, Doctor,
Colonel, General or Judge he may
have, in the sitting-rOom and about
the family board | like for him to be
free from all ecclesiastical, judicial or
military uniform. | notice however,
that the wives of doctors of medicine
are inclined to speak of their hus-
bands as 1.-THE Doctor" and the wives
of officers of the regular army are in
c1ined to call their husbands Major"
or General" or Colonel" In fact,
only last week | was introduced by
a wife to her husband, and she named
him as General Ky. | did not think
it was in the best taste. l remember
at the tea-table of that great teacher
and great man, Professor Park OF
Andover, heis called by his wife Mr.
Park" The words seemed strange
to me, but they were the words OF
thorough courtesy. | am free to
confess that when any one OF my
parishioners who has known me
since l was boy, calls me Doctor
Farmton," l feel like saying to him
"Oh, don't - "Farmton" in Ad-
vance
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
sAMsON's COMPLAINT.

Mr.. and Mrs. Delaney Robinson
reside in coy flat, or apartment,
as they prefer to call it, i'll New York
city, and are not without preten-
tons to elegance. The Janltor is
colored citizen called SamsOn-nOt
an inappropriate name, by the way,
for the guardian of building whose
strength may be supposed to lie in
his locks Samson is former Pull
man porter, and a most efficient
servitor keeping the halls in immac-
ulate condition, and the brass work
shining like the pillars of the Golden
City. But, perhaps on account of
his late autOcratic position, he eX-
poets to be treated with great defer
ence as an individual of large impor-
lance. In this view the Robinsons
cook, a sharp-tongued Irish girl, does
not share; and every time the coal
scuttles or the groceries go up or
down, there is q wordy encounter, in
which Samson is invariably wOrsted.
The other morning matters reached
a crisis His wounded dignity could
stand it no longer, and he stopped
Mr. Robinson on the front stairs to
complain What he wanted to say
was that the girl assumed as much
authority over him as if she were one
of the ladies of the house, but his
manner of putting it was, to say the
least, infelicitous. He said: MIR.
Robinson, that girl of yours has or
dered me round, an yelled at me
down the elevator shaft, an blowed
me, an jawed me, until you'd have
| thought it was Mrs. Robinson her
SELF Editors Drawer of Harper's
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
SWEDISH COLONY FOR YER
MONT.

The plan to utilize the waste bog
land in Vermont, and also to repOp-
ulate the depleted state, devised by
Nicholas E. Mannall of this city, is
progressing favOrably. Mr.. Man
nall has recently bought %, 600 acres
of land in Essex county, VT, just off
the Canadian border and in the
towns of Norton Mills, Averill, Emery
and Warren Cores. The land has q
deep black soil with few stones and
no rocks and being covered with fine
timber, its natural appearance close
" resembles parts of Norway and
Sweden. Moreover it is an unusual
lv fine lumber country, and the set
tiers will be sure to get work at the
mills, when farm work IS not press
ing. Mr.. Mannall has recently sold
1000 acres of land to Swedes, who
live in this city, and they will move
to the new field early in the spring.
The price is between 81 and $40 an
acre, and the land was sold in lots
VARYING between 40 and 175 acres.
The Springfield party consists of SIX
Swedish families, who emigrated to
this country some years ago, and
who by working III the shops have
managed to lay by snug sums OF
money They desire, however, to re-
turn to the old methods of making a
living, and so seize with eagerness on
this opportunity for farm life 1t is
expected that in time $50 families
will go to live there as the cost OF
living is small in comparison with
the cities As the French Canadians
who now live there are considered
undesirable residents, the proprietOrs
welcome the Scandinavians who are
noted as a thrifty, sober, hard-work-
ing race of expert log men. Some
time ago the state of Vermont made
an attempt to get Scandinavian emf
grants to locate within its borders
but without great success; MIR. Man
nall, who is a Swede, has taken the
matter up purely as a business enter
prise and is confident of carrying II
Observation-Disclosures Republican
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
THE ETHICS OF JOURNALISM.

l wonder to how many newspaper
writer's it ever so much as occurs that
they are morally responsible for what
they write? Certainly there are
many who, however alive to the
obligation of veracity in the private
relations of life, do not apparently
suspect that it continues to claim
their allegiance when they exercise
their profession. suppose | should
not greatly err if said that truth IS,
as a rule, the last thing which the
journalist thinks about, as he girds
himself up to the delivery of his daily
burden. That is not always so, |
cheerfully admit There are among
English journalist is my privilege
to count such among my own friends
many whose loyalty to principle Is
unquestionable, whose veracity is
unimpeachable, whose motives,
whether we agree with their views
or not, are beyond suspicion w. S.
Lilly, in the Forum
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
A BRAVE WOMAN GONE.

The death of Mrs. Frances l..
Thomas, widow of General George
H. Thomas, revtves the story that
when the Rebellion broke out it was
through the influence of Mrs. Thomas
that her husband did not join the
Confederate forces instead of remain
ing in the Union army. 1t has been
shown more than once that there
was no truth whatever in that YER
sion of the affair. 1t is true that the
lady was an ardent adherent of the
government, but not more so than
the general himself, who, though a
Virginian by birth and education
and a subordinate under General
Robert E. Lee, never hesitated for a
moment as to his duty in the case.
While more than half the officers of
his regiment deserted and went with
Lee to the COnfederates, General
Thomas, to set all doubts in his case
at rest, publicly renewed his oath of
ALLEGIANCE, and thus cut himself
wholly loose from his old associates.
His subsequent life showed the hon
estv of his purpose, for the Union
army had few better officers. For a
large proportion of the time Mrs.
Thomas accompanied her husband
in the camp and in the field, and
showed so much interest in the sol
diers that they called her Mother
Thomas" and also came to speak OF
the general as papa" because of his
fatherly interest in the men under his
command. General Thomas died
some years ago and was buried in
Troy, n. Y, and Mrs. Thomas will
now rest at his side.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09

more Observation-Disclosures tues THAN IL
is to the habit of the reflective COW
chewing her cud The COW would
never chew gum The explanation is
more philosophical one, and relates
to a great modern social movement.
1t is to strengthen and develop and
make more masculine the lower jaw.
The critic who says that this is need
less, that the inclination in women
to talk would adequately develop
this, misses the point altogether.
Even if it could be proved that Wo-
men are greater chatterers than men,
the critic would gain nothing.
Women have talked freely since
creation, but it remains true that a
heavy, strong lower jaw is a distinc-
lively masculine characteristic. 1t is
remarked that if a woman has a
strong lower Jaw she is like man.
Conversation does not create this
difference, nor remove it; tor the de-
velopment of a lower jaw in women
constant mechanical exercise of the
muscles is needed. Now a spirit OF
emancipation, of emulation, is
abroad, as it ought to be, for the re-
generation of the world. 1t is some
times called the coming to the front
of woman in every act and occupa-
ton that used to belong almost ex-
clusivelv to man. 1t is not necessary
to say a word to Justify this. But it
is often accompanied by miscon-
ception, namely, that it is necessary
for woman to be like man, not only
in habits, but in certain physical
characteristics. No woman desires
a beard, because beard means care
and trouble, and would detract from
feminine beauty, but to havea strong,
and, in appearance, resolute under
Jaw may be considered a desirable
note of masculinity, and of masculine
power and privilege in the good time
coming Hence the cultivation OF 1t
by the chewing of gum is a recognlza-
BILE and reasonable instinct, and the
practice can be defended as neither q
| within nor vain waste of energy
and nervous force. In generation
or two it may be laid aside as nc
longer necessary, or men may be
compelled TO resort to it to preserve
their supremacy.-[C Charles Dudley
Warner in Harper's Magazine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
"Nothing but q

(triumphantly). Nothing but a
cat Canvasser-"Well, you want
something to throw at the cat" He
took it9-[Life.
Strange case that OF
the Baltimore man who stole the
money of the firm who employed him
and skipped with a woman" Nc
Fangle-"Very ordinary, l think.
Such things are happening every
day" McFingle- But, my dear iel-
low, the woman was his wife :
New York Sun.
A speaker on the affirmative side
of the question, Resolved, that
farming pays in Kansas" had Just
taken the floor at the meeting OF a
debating society out i'll Western Kan
sas, when a fellow on the negative
side opened the stove door and Shov-
elled in three or four pecks of corn
kansas City Star
Change of climate is what YOU
need said the high priced physician,
after he had listened to all the details
of the patients case. Change of
climate !" exclaimed the patient, in
SURPRISE WHY MAN oiiN~, ~
never had anything else. I've lived
right here in New England all my
life y Christian Register
what is an agnostic?" asked Rol-
10, who was reading something by
Huxley. ''An agnostic, replied
Uncle George, lis a man who loudly
declares that he knows nothing and
gets mad and abuses you If you be-
klieve him. He says he doesn't know
Hanvthing, but he really believes he
KNOWS everything. - Burdette.
Political Boss-But, my dear man,
Ican't get you that office; you can't
meet with the requirements; you can
neither read nor write. Political
Follower-If that's all, OF kin settle
it aisily. It's me boy Tim, here,
what's been three wakes in the pub
lie schkool-he kin do de radin' an
writin', an is neself kin attind to
de requirements Harper's Weekly
IF YOU were president, Frank, " in
quired a friend, would you take the
same ground Mr.. Harrison does in
regard to foreign relations, and es
pecially the Chinese -" Sir!
Numbered the eminent statesman
from Chicago, bringing his fist dowr
with an emphasis that nearly upset
the decanter in front of him, Il hahn I
got no Chinese relations. All my re
lations are full-blOoded white men
| b'gOShi'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
THE VIRTUE OF HOT MILK.

1t is worthy of reiteration that
milk heated to as high temperature
as it can be drunk or slipped, above
1902 but not to the boiling point, is
of great value as refreshing stimu-
liant IN cases of over-exertion, bodily
or mental. To most people who like
milk, 1t does not taste so good hot,
but that is a small matter compared
with the benefit to be got from it.
It's action is exceedingly prompt and
grateful, and the effects much more
satisfactory and far more lasting
than those of any alcoholic drink
whatever. 1t supplies real strength
as well as exhilara ton, which alco-
hol never does.-[Good HousekeeP-
ing
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
Definition of MuSwun1p.

The memberships the Grand Army
has increased from 22,617 in 1877
to Alb, 22S in 1889.
Japan is about to take lessons in
quarrying marble from Vermont.
Shire Tashero, from Japan, visited
the marble quarries at West Rutland,
last week. He will sail soon for
Japan, and he expects to introduce
Vermont methods of quarrying mar
bile into the empire
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09

In accordance with the law passed
by the last Congress, providing for
the destruction of useless papers
among the archives of the govern
ment, the commission appointed by
Secretary Window has been going
over the files in the treasury depart
ment, selecting the papers that can
be destroyed. Their report must be
approved by Congress before the
papers are finally destroyed. In the
internal revenue bureau alone $50
tons of documents, occupying 1912
cubic feet, have been selected for
destruction.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
PAY YOUR SMALL BILLS.

There is scarcely any duty more
incumbent on everybody in these first
days of the opening year than the
duty of promptly paying the numer-
Gus small bills that the season brings
Though often matters of but small
Importance to the individual debtors,
in the aggregate they are of the
greatest Importance to the creditor
merchants. Promptness in meeting
them is indispensable to making
those larger settlements in the bust
ness world which bear so direct a
relation to the general prosperity of
the country. A dollar spent III pay
ing bill early these January morn
ings will do vast deal of good be-
fore night, Equidating accounts to
many times its face value as 1t circu-
lates about from hand to hand.
Where the duty and advantage OF
promptness are so obvious, it is a
singular evidence of the perversity OF
human nature that those who are
best able to meet their small bills as
they come due are usually thesxmost
dilatorv. 1t would e'well foI<erx
well-to-do man to begin the u
by asking himself if he is fzAz7
lessly and habitually dell] q s
this respect, and to cOrreox Il {
habit at once if he finds he ffa$ Ez}
tracted it. Providence Journafss,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
NEVER SATISFIED.

"Well, have you farmers had rain
enough ?" he queried of n farmer on
the market Saturday.
Hardly" was the reply.
You haven't! Why it has rained
almost every day for two months: y
Yes | know" I'm running a skiff
around the farm now, but if we had
a little more rain | think | could put
on a hatboat and carry bigger
loads. - Detroit Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-09
The Barbarous Russians.

Another of those dire tragedies of
the cars barbarous penal system,
with which George KEENAN, has made
the world acquainted, is reported
from Siberia Certain eXiles present
ed at the office of the governor of
Western Siberia a petition against
new regulations concerning their
deportation to Eastern Siberia,
which they represented as equivalent
to a sentence of death. The gov
ernOr, one Ostashine, ordered them to
leave the office and assemble at
another place. Then q body OF
police appeared and ordered them to
the governors office. When the
exiles replied that the governor had
forbidden it, the police summoned
troops, there was firing from both
sides, six exiles were killed and nine
wounded, one policeman was killed
and three officials wounded, and then
Ostashine finished the affair by court
1nartialing the remaining exiles, SEN
fencing all but four to long terms OF
penal servitude Tin the mines), and
of the four hanging three, one of
whom had to be carried to the gal
account of this affair fills three col
umns in the London Times, which
calls on the car to reform this sys-
tenn of ferocious cruelty which dis
graces his government and his rel1g-
| ion" But the car knows all this
he reads Remnants Century papers
[Springfeld Republican.
Definition of Muewump.
The true definition of a mugwump
is: a man that votes in accordance
with his conscience instead of at the
dictation of a party boss; man
that exercises his right as free
man to vote as he pleases for the
candidate he thinks is the best man
q political freeman, as opposed to a
political slave Such a man is the
noblest work of Cod Chicago
Herald.