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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
ADVENTURES ON THE PLAINS.

Early in March, 1867, a party of
friends, all old buffalo-hunters, now
living and prominent citizens of
Wichita and Great Bend, in Kansas,
were camped in Paradise Valley, then
a famous rendezvous of the animals
they were after. One day, when out
on the range stalking. and widely
separated from each other, an awful
blizzard came up. Three reached
camp without much difficulty, but
he who was the furthest away was
fairly caught in it, and night coming
on, was compelled to resort to a
method frequently employed by per-
sons lost on the plains. Luckily he
soon found a superannuated bull
that had been abandoned by the
herd, and killing him, took out the
viscera, and himself crawled inside
the huge beast, where he lay COM
paratively comfortable until morn
ing, the storm having cleared off, and
the sun shining brightly. But when
he attempted to get out, found him
self a prisoner, the immense ribs of
the creature having frozen together,
and locked him up as tightly as if he
were in a cell Fortunately his
friends, who were searching for him
and firing off their rihes-which he
heard, and yelled out to them-dis-
covered and released him from his
peculiar predicament.
At another time two old plains
men were away up the Platte among
the foothills hunting buffalo, and
they, as is generally the case, became
separated. In an hour or two one
killed a fat young COW, and, leaving
his rifle on the ground, went up and
commenced to skin her. While busily
engaged in the work, he suddenly
heard, right behind him, a suppressed
sort of a snort, and looking around,
saw to his dismay a monstrOus griz
Fly, ambling along i'll that animals
characteristic manner, within a few
feet of him.
In front, only a few rods away,
there happened to be a clump of
scrubby pines, and he incOntinently
made a break for them, climbing in
to the tallest in less time than it re-
quires to write of it. The bear de-
liberately ate a hearty meal off the
COW, and when he had satiated him
self, quietly lay down alongside of
the carcass and went to sleep, keep
ing one eye probably on the hunter
cOrralled in the tree. In the early
evening his partner came to the spot,
killed the bear, which, full of buffalo,
was sluggish and unwary, and be
came an easy victim, and the unwill
ing prisoner came down from his
perch The last time | saw him he
told me he still had the bears hide,
which he kept as a memento of his
foolishness in separating himself
from his rife, thing he had never
done before nor since, and which no
hunter should be guilty Of Henry
Inman, in Harper's Weekly
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24

Dan is takin' fencin' lessons" Mr..
Poppinjay-"Goodl Well set them
BOYS to diggin' post-holes when they
get home y Richmond Recorder.
At a Scotch fair a farmer was try
ing to engage a lad to assist on his
farm, but would not finish the bar
gain until he brought a character
from the last place, SO he said, Run
and get it, and meet me at the cross
at four O'Clock" The youth was up
to time, and the farmer said, "Well,
have you got your character with
you? ?" Ma" replied the youth
"but I've got yours, and I'm no.
COMM"
Choosing the Lesser Evil q am
sorry for you, Willie" said the sur
geon, as he got his implements and
bandages ready, ''but part of the
finger will have to be amputated. l
trust it will be lesson to you, and
that when the next Fourth of July
comes you will let the dangerous toy
cannon" Doctor" said Willie,
setting his teeth hard together, lust
say nothing and saw bone. y Chi
cago Tribune
The Safe Side.-In front of a
machine-shop on Woodbridge street
there is big buzz-saw leaning
against the wall as a sign Yesterday
afternoon a man with a bundle
under his arm was passing, when he
caught sight of the saw and sheered
off into the street and came to a
halt. A teamster who observed the
action laughed and said: at isn't
running, and it won't bite" II
dunno about that replied the man
as he went a little closer. Il got
fooled on one of them things once,
and l don't propose to be caught
again. Look a-there" He held up
a hand on which only thumb was
left, and continued: II didn't spose
that saw was running, either, but
she was. I'll just sort o. shy out
and give her the road If she's run
ming, let 'er zip; if she amt then |
haven't lost anything. u Detroit
Free Press
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
THE NEW SILVER NOTES.

The silver bill will be in operation
in less than 80 days, and the new
notes provided by 1T will begin to
make their appearance i'll general
circulation. Secretary Window has
been anticipa ting the passage of the
bill since the agreement of the CON
ference committee, and has had the
engravers of the bureau of engraving
and printing at work upon the de
signs for the new notes. These de-
signs are we'll advanced, and they
will all be decided upon before the
act goes into effect The pressure is
so great at the bureau of engrav wing
and printing at present that the Sec
rotary has decided to print for the
first month only $40, 500 and
$1,000 notes The other denomina-
lions will be printed as soon as the
condition of work at the bureau will
permit, and the large notes can be
exchanged for the smaller ones as
the conditions of business require
The new notes will be of tasteful de
signs and will bear the vignette of
eight prominent Americans, four sol
diers of the rebellion, eXPresident
Admiral Farragut and Senator Nor
rill The exact distribution of these
portraits has not been decided, but
the present intention is to have Gen.
Sheridan on the SO notes Farragut
on the 500 notes and Meade on the
notes for $1,000 Secretary Stanton,
of whom Secretary Window enter
tains high opinion, will probably
90 upon the 81 notes. Gen. McPher-
son on the 50 notes, Gen. Thomas on
the So notes, eX-PreSident Harrison
on the $40 notes and Senator Nor
rill who is an eX-Secretary of the
Treasury, on the $50. The backs of
the new notes of the denominations
belowS1O will have their face value
printed in large letters across the en-
tire width of the note. This will
make it almost impossible to alter a
note of low denomination into a
higher one, and the same result will
be accomplished in the case of the
notes for 500 and $1,000 by the size
of the figures, which will absolutely
preclude the addition of another
cipher. The backs will probably be
printed in green, with some neat
geometrical lathe work around the
lettering. The vignettes of Sheridan
and Thomas on the face of the notes
will be in the center; all the others
will be at one end of the paper The
face of the note will state that THE
United States of America will pay the
Observation-Disclosures On the lower
edge will be the words: "Legal-tender
acts of July IA. 1890" On the back
of the note will appear the terms of
the law as to its legal tender char
observation-disclosures Cor. New York
Commercial Bulletin.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
SHEAR NONSENSE.

Mrs Hojack-"J dear, the doc
tor says you'll have to live on oat-
meal for week" Hojack (despair-
ingly) -"Oh, this is Cruel
81 got fined for telling a census
taker the truth How so? He
asked me what my business was, and
| told him it was none of his y
[Harper's Bazaar.
The Way of It--''How is she your
sister? BY marriage? ?" "N-no, "
stammered Chappie. Quite the
reverse, you know. BY re
refusal of m-m-marriage . The
Jester.
Lawyer-''Do you swearpositively
that you know more than half this
jury ?" Witness-"Yes, sir; and
now that | have taken a good look
at 'em I'll swear that | know more
than all of 'em put together. - The
Law.
Extract From a Brides Letter of
Thanks. Your beautiful clock was
received, and is now in the parlor on
our mantel-piece, where we hope to
see you often. > From the Editors
Drawer of Harper's Magazine for
June.
Sunday School Teacher-''Do YOU
believe in a future state, Tommy ?''-
"Yes'm." why ~ Because papa
does" But why does papa ?"
Because he's just bought a farm
out in Wyoming territory. - Yon-
kers Statesman.
Practical Education. Mr. Mac
goozelem. MY Charley writes from
college and says as how he and your
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
Breed to HENRY S.

If you have a Goldfnder. Darlington Chief
or Golden Eilly and want trotter breed to
Henry s.
If you have a good mare of any blood and
want colt of fine form and good trotting
action breed to Henry s.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
THE NEW SUSPENSION BRIDGE.

The proposed new suspension
bridge across the Hudson river, be-
tween New York and Jersey City,
will be a gigantic affair. 1t is to be
1000 feet long, 100 feet wide and
40 feet above high tide. The cen
trail span is to be $3.50 feet-not
quite twice that of the Brooklyn
structure; the two shore spans are
to be $500 feet each. The towers
are to be 5O6 feet high; the Brook
lyn's are $50. The Washington
monument is 555. The four sup
porting cables are to be four feet
each in diameter against the 16 inches
of the Brooklyn bridge. Each cable
will be composed of $4,000 steel
wires. The anchOrages will be half
as large as the National Capitol
building, and each will contain more
masonry than the largest of the
pyramids of Egypt. The cost of the
structure is estimated at 16,OOO,-
600
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
Special Notices.

Mr. Van Pe1t, Editor of the Craig, Mo-,
Iowa, and asked the physician in attendance
to give him a dose of something for cholera
morbuS and 1ooSeneSS of the bowels. He
says: 81 felt much better the next morn
ing that 1 concluded to call on the physician
and get him to fix up supply of the med
icne l was surprised when he handed me a
bottle of Chamberlain's Colo, Cholera and
Diarrhuea Remedy He said he prescribed it
regularly in his practice and found it the best
he could get or prepare. l can testify to its
efficiency in my case al all events" For sale
by Flint Bros.
Cholera infantum has lost its terrors since
the introduction of Chamberlain's Colo,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. When that
remedy is used and the treatment directed
with each bottle is followed, cure is certain.
Mr.. A. w. Walter, prominent merchant at
Waltersburg, Ill, says: cit cured my baby
boy of cholera infantum after several other
remedies had failed. The child was low
that he seemed almost beyond the aid of hui
man hands reach of any medicine %
and so cent bottles for sale by Flint Bros
carpenter, by the name of NJ. S. Powers,
fell from the roof of a house in East Des
NJ Dimes, Iowa, and sustained painful and
with one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
He says it is worth So a bottle. 1t cost him
80 cents. For sale by Flint Bros.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
WEBSTER'S
UNABRIDGED
ANCIENT EDITION.

so-called 'Webster'S Unabridged Diction-
ary'' is being offered to the public at a very
low price. The body of the book, from to
Il, is cheap reprint, page for page, of the
edition of 1917, which in its day val
liable book, but in the progress of language
for over forty years, has been completely SUI
perseded 1t is now reproduced. broken type,
errors and all, by photo-ithograph process,
is printed on cheap paper and f1imsily bound.
A brief comparison, page by page, between
the reprint and the latest and enlarged edi-
ton, will show the great superiority of the
latter. These reprints out of date as
a last years almanac. No honorable dealer
will allow the buyer of such to suppose that
he is getting the Webster which today is &C
cepted the Standard and the Best,-every
copy of which bears our imprint given be
low.
Ess~If persons who have been induced to
purchase the Ancient Edition" by any mis-
representations will advise of the facts we
will undertake to see that the seller is pun
ished as he deserves.
c. * C MERRIAM & CO,
Springfield, Mass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
WHERE ARE THEIR SUCCESSORS ?

I'VE look anXiously among the
Young men of today for successors to
such men as Alpheus Hardy, Samuel
D. Warren and Ezra Farnsworth, ="
says the COngregationalist- we'll
it may. This type of manhood was
not matured in an atmosphere of
materialism, and such men held
ideals above the requirement of the
almighty dollar. How many of the
rising young men of the day who are
fast gaining great wealth hold it as
a trust to be used for the best good
of their fellows, and regard them
selves as trustees accountable to a
higher power? Dea. FarnswOrth
was a shrewd man of business and
keen Judge of men, and so he COM
manded the respect of the business
world, but he did not rest content
with the mere getting of money 1t
is estimated that this man gave
away $4,000 every year-from
$4,000 to $1,000 to foreign missions,
liberal sums to home and city mis-
sions, and to the charities of his
church and city. He was also intelli-
gently helpful in personal way,
and more than one business man of
Boston owes his start to the $4,000
or $4,000 which Ezra FarnSworth
loaned him at low rate of interest
upon no security save his personal
note I'm but one instance" says
man who knew him well, was this
confidence In human nature abused.
That was a sad blow to him, not so
much on account of the large sum of
money involved, but on account of
the chagrin which he felt at his lack
of penetration and correct estimate
of character. "-[Springfeld Republi-
can.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
HENRY s.

Is inbred to Rysdyk's HambIetonian, the
father of trotters, being sired by Auctioneer
(record 2.31) by Tattersall by Rysdyk' IS
mbletonian.
His dam was by Alexandcr's Abdallah by
Rysdyk's Hambletonian, and his greatest
SON. from whom it is said, more trotters
have descended than from any other horse
that ever lived except his ancestors
Henry s. second dam was by Secley's
American Star, which blood when crossed
with Hambletonian has produced many of
the very best trotters.
Henry s., besides the Star cross, has also
several other strains through the dam of his
sire to imported Diomed, whose blood is
said Ito be found in every great trotter ever
on the turf. -
Henry $. also has strain to Daniel Lam
bert through the dam of Tattersal1, which
was by that great sire.
The colts of Henry s. all show fine trotting
action, and some very fast. Lucy p. has
a record in 2.27, Ethan s. has a record in
2.34 Baby NJ. has record in 40.
TERMS TO WARRANT $25
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
ROADSTER,

Four-year-old, by Rex Patchen, (record 800
by Godfrey's Patchen, by George NJ. Patchen,
by Cassius M. Clay, dam by George Wilkes,
Jr., by George Wilkes. by Rysdyk's Handle
tonian, second dam by Gideon, by Rysdyk's
Hambletonian Third dam by old Drew
horse of Maine. Will be for service at ST. to
warrant till Aug. 1st when he will be put in
training
These horses may be found al Grout farm
near East st. Johnsbury. Come and see
them.
J. c. HOPKINS, Agent
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
TAKING AN ESOUIMA u PILOT.

The Esquimau pilot is of his boat
not a thing apart. SO closely is he
identified with it when on duty that
his caiak becomes really a part of
himself, or rather of his outer gar
ment, to which it is attached. After
an Esquimau has placed his caiak in
the water and has seated himself
therein Tan operation, by-theway,
which many Europeans have tried
and failed to accomplish he secure
ly iastens the edge of his capadek
tan outer garment) to the wooden
ring which forms the periphery of
the cockpit, thus making a perfect
seal, and preventing the swamping
of the boat by heavy seas. The
boats used by the Esquimaux are
about seventeen feet in length and
two feet in width. They have no
keel, being half an octagon in shape.
The prOws are fitted with whalebOne
to protect from floating ice. The
paddles used are made of drift-wood.
and are sometimes Ornamented with
bone tops. Without his paddles the
Esquimau in his caiak is helpless
Notwithstanding an almost constant
pom Tic Dul lew vi llISiIl
can swim. The rapidity with which
an Esquimau will propel his boat
through the water is almost incred-
IDLE, it being not unusual for them to
attain a speed of ten miles an hour.
Frequently, when at full speed, they
will, for small consideration, make
with their boats three complete revo-
lutions in the water, and continue
their course without perceptibly de-
creasing their momentum. At the
firing of a gun from a ship requiring
pilot, they may be seen padding
toward the vessel, always in pairs or
threes. When the vessel is drought
to-" the pilot selected paddles to the
leeward, at point between the fore
and main mast. Two sailors then
take the blight of a rope; this is low
cred into the water, and the pilot
propels his caiak over the submerged
loop. Another loop is lowered over
the stern, and a third, or steadying
rope, is lowered to the pilot. The
boat is then hoisted to the rail of
the vessel, where the pilot is stripped
of his caiak, and is ready to assume
his duties The Esquimau is formid-
able only above his loins. The
cramped position he occupies in his
boat makes him bow-legged, and
when attacked below the waist, he is
easily placed hors de combat. He is
remarkably superstitious, but among
his fellows has a reputation for hon
esty, which unfortunately resembles
that charity which begins at but ex-
tends no further than home Har-
per's Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
GEN. GoRDoN,s MANLY WORDS.

OF all the confederate generals,
Gov Gordon of Georgia is notable
for his manly utterances whenever
the civil war and the duty OF the
south are discussed; and his speech
at the reunion of confederate veterans
at Chattanooga on July 4 was quite
characteristic. Among other things
he said:
Il ask as a last parting request
that you prove as true to your
plighted faith to the Union in the
future as you did to the stars and
bars in the days of the war. Great
cheering.] 1 knew what your re-
spouse would be, and undertake to
say for you and the future that
whenever the honor, integrity, pro-
gress and power of this republic are
at stake, these men and their chill
dren will be found on the side of that
republic. Great applause. And if
today | desired to transmit to my
posterity an assurance that this land
would remain great and prosperous
and free, | would say in Gods name
commit its destiny to such men as
these. Great cheering. God bless
you and enable you in following the
old flag, which is the flag of our
fathers, to discharge every duty un-
der his guidance for the future of
this country. [Applause.] We all
recognize the fact that the late war
was a gallant fight. Both sides
were right. We of the south fought
for the constitution of our fathers as
founded by the supreme court; the
south was loyal country, but we
were wrong on the slavery question.
The north was right when it fought
us on that score. There is not son
or daughter Of the south today who
would have slavery restored. APP
plause. While for four years we
were deadly enemies, we are forever
more brothers and fellow-citizens
and proud is the south of the glory
of the American states; and we
would fight as loyalty for the flag of
our country as any man who fought
with Grant or Sherman"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24

AndersonvilIe prison has been
bought by Capt. J.. d. Crawford,
commander of the c. A. X. post at
Macon, Ga, and it is to be used as a
national park and club house by
members of the order All traces of
the prison and stockade will be eff
faced, and a club house erected
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-24
SHERMAN'S PUBLIC LIFE OVER.

Senator Sherman has decided to re-
tire to private life at the expiration
of his present term-M arch 8, 1898.
His successful management of the
Silver bill, by which he was enabled
TO bring the silver and anti-sllver
men together to the support of bill
which is now a law, is regarded by
himself and his friends as the CROWN
ing act of his career. 1t is probably
the last service that he will render to
his party. Mr.. Sherman has within
the past day or two made known
his determination to several of his
republican friends, who have urged
him to reconsider it. The Senator
says, however, that he has made up
his mind to put the turmoil of polit-
ical life behind him, and will not alter
his decision to take up his residence
at his home in Mansfield, Ohio, in
1898, and spend the remainder of his
days in peace and quiet. He will not
be candidate for President again,
and will not accept a reelection to
the Senate. He is now Cd years of
age, has been i'll public life continu-
ously for more than forty years, and
thinks he has earned a rest Wash
ington Correspondent of New York
Sun
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-01

We are grieved To- learn that several
1 persdkS have been hurt by the breaking
Z mt Of q revolution in Paraguay. There
nnst he Something wrong In the method
~ confinipg these South American revo-
lotions o1 they would not break out
80 often, and Ia this particular case
there was surely great carelessness on
sths part Of the injured people. In a
Ind where the thing happens so often
Aere is no excuse for anyone getting
hart by revolution. The news Is
4he more distressing because the public
has been led to suppose that Secretary
1aine had arranged to secure the peace
"a South American republics by sys-
! tem of arbitration approved by more
shan half the delegates to the Pan
American Congress. The agreement of
these delegates was supposed in some
neasure to assure the consent of the
epuntries they represented, but If Para
zHnay has had successful revolution,
her delegates represented govern
ment now deceased, and the new
yegime may not he disposed to accept
4r. Blaine's pretty little arbitra-
Hon plan. Its necessary to jump lively
Z - 6outh American diplomacy in order
- keep pace with the revolutions, and
karAguay appears to have jumped out
@ee the pan. The news is all the more
hquieting because that little state has
eeen styled by recent travellers country
& a women, most Of the men having been
kiIIed of in war with Brazil Ii the
manning men have been SO rash ~ to
4t injured In revolution there can be
Y fle hope of reaching any understand
y - E'ith Paraguay about anything, but
s. = suggested that Mrs. Sarah AIthea-
l1ETerry might be sent down there as
Whistler plenipotentiary and envoy
tsaOrdinary in the hope that she
Wpald fall Ia the way of the next revo-
lion when it breaks out.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-01

That remarkable Beaver, who is our
Zevernor, awaits advice from Speaker
80 before he consents to order an
1oetion to ill Mr.. Randalls place.
eere 10 no known law which calls
4 on the governor TO leave repre-
!asiye's scat vacant until the speaker
~ House advises him of the vacancy.
- the failure of the governor to order
elcction can only be ascribed to his
III understood disposition to act as
nmy for the party bosses. The Repub-
nns In Congress have no use for a
nocratic member in Mr.. Randall's
oee. aud Governor Beaver Is ready 70
ove the district unrepresented. The
Ded baby says he awaits official
osma'ion Of Mr.. Randall's death.
governors dense stupidity is
ooos. bat he will hardly be credited
y - little sense as to be charged with