St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-16
DUAL LIVES.
A Brilliant Lecture With Several Sid

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gave the seventh entertainment in
the regular course at Music hall last
Friday evening. He was introduced
by Rev. George M. Curl, who made
a happy hit when he said: 1t is
gratifying to see SO large an audi
ence here tonight. 1t is said there
are over two hundred people now
sick in this place with the grippe.
When one is sick the first thing to do
is to procure physician. If a physi-
clan is not obtainable nurse is the
next best requisite. Tonight we
have with us a good Nourse whom
take pleasure in introducing. Mr..
Nourse came forward and began his
lecture Before he had proceeded far
there was so much disturbance by
| the 1ate-eomers that the lecturer
| paused and said: please excuse me
| if | wait moment while our late
friends are taking their seats" He
| then proceeded with his lecture for a
few minutes when the annoyance of
the still later corners became unbear-
able and he made a long pause dur
ing which he said: II hope the audi
ence will excuse me. l have always
made it rule when speaking never
to disturb the people coming in !"
Laughter and applause. The lee
ture then went on without further
interruption.
MIR. Nourse narrated the main
features of the famous story of CDR
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" and then went
on to show that the truth contained
in it finds expression in all the aspects
of human life, the simplest as we'll as
the most complex. In one respect or
another, at one time or another, un-
der one set of circumstances or an
other, all men combine in themselves
the two characters of Jekyll and
Hyde. There is this duality in phil
osophy, religion, law, politics and
society. To the democrats, Grover
Cleveland made a unique President
| the very man to lead the country to
liberty and salvatiOn-Dr Jekvll
To the republicans, Grover Cleveland
could do nothing but veto, and was
absolutely unfit to become President
Mr.. Hyde. In court a prisoner
was made by the prosecuting at
the counsel for the defence as white
as a saint, the jury being left to find
| out which man the two were talking
| about. The power of drugs, such as
hasheesh, opium, and alcohol, to
make Hydes where .Jekylls ought to
be, was illustrated. In connection
with opium, Mr.. Nourse claimed
that America was fast becoming
nation of opium-ea ters, and urged
that if the stay of the Chinese meant
the introduction of the habit, he for
one, as an American citizen, would
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could do our washing ourselves. A
variety of further illustrations of the
Jekyll-Hyde combinations were Civ
en-, among them the case of the en-
ployer who paid his shop girl So a
week, telling her that a ''friend"
would help her out, while he himself
was rolling in his So, 100000 year.
The lecturer was frequently and
warmly applauded. A portion of
his audience was captivated and
charmed by both matter and manner
and are profuse in their praise. 9th
ers, who have no love for tragedy,
and who would not cross the street
to see Booth in Macbeth, were, to
put it mildly, disappointed. Nourse
is an actor, and tragedy is his forte
THE PORK PROBLEM.
A well known business man hand
ed in a solution of the Bullard-Dan-
iels problem the afternoon the last
Caledonian was issued. The terms
of partnership will be restated from
last weeks paper: DR.. Bullard and
Vim. Daniels entered into a partner
ship in the pork business, each to
share the profits and losses The
Doctor advanced $SS. 80 and Daniels
$3.50. In trying to make a settle
ment it was found that the Doctor
had collected $31 so and Daniels
| 5000. Below is the solution
Capital
Invested by G. B. Bullard, $500
Invested by Daniels, 1880 $1O6. so
Assets.
Collected by Buard, 31.5O
Collected by Daniels, 6O.7O %. 20
Loss in the business, 1850
Equal share of loss, Bullard, 7.3O
Equal share of loss, Daniels, 100 1850
Assets.
Billiards. investment, $3.50
| Less loss, 7.3O 81 90
Daniels investment, 1880
Less loss, 7.3O 112O
In distribution
Bul1ard had received $3.50
Daniels to pay him, 1880
Being his share of assets, S1.OO
Daniels had received, 6O.7O
Less to pay to Bullard, 1880
Leaving his share of assets 11.2O
4 PLEA FOR PATHS.
Dear Caledonian AS YOU always
take the side of the weak and op-
pressed, please allow an 'unprotect-