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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10
POTATO CROOUETTES.

Six potatoes of fair size were pared,
boiled, and mashed till light and
smooth, making about a pint and a
1 half when mashed. To the mashed
potato were added tablespoonful of
pepper, a generous teaspoonful of
salt, a heaping tablespoonful of
whites of two eggs, beaten to a
&froth. The mixture was beaten
until very light, and set away to
cool. When cold, it was shaped
! in the form of small cylinders, and
rolled on board over a thin layer
of dried and sifted crumbs. When
|all were shaped in this manner, the
{yolks of the two eggs from which
zthe whites were taken were put in a
Soup plate, with two tablespoonful
|of milk and half a teaspoonfu1 Of
salt, and beaten thoroughly with a
fork. The croquettes were covered
with this egg and then rolled over a
thick bed Of crumbs. Great care
was taken to have every part of the
|croquette covered with the egg and
then with the crumbs. They were
then placed on platter. care being
ldhSH HOI " nave lOuSH Cc1Ii OIICi e.
At serving time they were placed in
frying basket, again apart from
one another. The basket was lower
/ ed gently into a kettle of fat which
was so hot that a blue smoke rose
from the center. The croquettes
were Drowned in one minute and a
j half, and the basket was lifted from
the fat by placing large spoon
#under the handle. 1t was set on a
barge plate, and after few moments
the croquettes were lifted from it and
&placed on a piece of brown paper in
"a warm pan. After a minute or
two they were ready to be arranged
{pn a napkin on a warm plate. There
lwere so many croquettes that they
Ehad to be fried in two lots Maria
[ParlOa, in Good Housekeeping.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10
MISCELLANY.
THE GIRL WHO TEACHES.

Sound health is a prime necessity
flor any worker in the world, no
matter what the line of work may
4be, but it becomes of the greatest
importance if the work is to be car
ried on in the school-room, writes
Caroline B. LeRow, in the September
Ladies Home Journal. There
not only the physical, but the
nervous and mental forces are taxed
to their utmost. The young graduate
has hitherto gone to school to sit
comfortably at her desk; to stand
occasionally for Rotations; to use
4her voice but little; to have constant
variety in her work; to enjoy her
recess with perfect freedom and in
[congenial companionship. AS a
Teacher she goes to school to stand
upon her feet all day long; to use
her voice necessarily, perhaps, too,
in large room filled with the tumult
of the street; to keep noisy, and very
likely, rebellious and disobedient
children not only quiet, but interest
{ ed, and to spend the recess in
care of them in the halls and the
yard. Besides this she is to slim
#ulate their brains, and certain
amount of time-usually prescribed
by board Of education, the mem
Beers of which know little of the
capacity and possibilities of the
youthful minds allotted her, in
(which she must, somehow or other,
succeed in teaching them a certain
humber of facts-no allowance being
made for the slowness, stupidity, or
*disorder, which increases the friction
4of the work and delays the doing.
No matter how complete the educa-
|tion, or how enthusiastic the spirit,
the power for physical endurance is
#abSOlutelY necessary.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10

cannot be satisfied to take his turn
with others and fare as they do,
should carry his own walters and go
in a crowd by himself" When a
man pays for his dinner there is no
reason why he should pay extra for
having it set before him. and a
waiter is not to be trusted who will
accept bride for neglecting his duty
to a guest. This feeling walters is
very fashionable, and walters and
rich people who seek notoriety by
assuming to be better than their
neighbors will cling to the present
custom, and if it is to be a grab
game it should be so announced and
the proprietor should only charge
the guest for what he guarantees to
furnish and only pay his walters for
whan they do for all alike.-[Man-
chester Union.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10
New Advertisements.
AUCTION.

My barn and hay having been destroyed
by fire, will sell at public auction on Satur-
day, Sept. -. 1891. at 10 a. M, my Farm,
situated in South Wheelock road to STAN
nard, 1-2 miles from steam saw mill, near
school and church. Farm comprises 129
acres of land, 20 of which in good cu1ti-
walton, mostly smooth and level, cuts 80
tons of hay, has new land and pasturage,
orchard of choice young fruit trees, good
house, carriage house, Sheds etc. There are
60 acres of woodland, finely timbered, hard
and soft wood, large quantity of spruce.
My stock consisting of extra new mich
cows. yoke fat oxen weighing 5000 lbs, L
yoke year-old steers, well broken
two-year-old Leicester buck, hogs, brood
mare years old, weight 100 lbs, excellent
driver and good worker, good work horse
IL years old. weight 1000 lbs, three years
old, two years old and yearling colt,
"a turkeys, 10 geese, IL ducks and a lot of
hens. Also new Wood" moving machine
horse rake, new side hill p1ow, L good bug
gy Wagon, L two-horse Lumber Wagon, 1
Express Wagon, ox-cart, pair Cart Wheels,
1 thousand shingles, pair Work Harnesses,
Driving Harnesses, L Sleigh, large kettles,
yokeS, chains, forks, rakeS, VS. snow Shoes
etc. Lot of furniture. stove, churn, dairy
utensils and nun1berless other articles, also I
land Plow, Cultivator.
Terms all sums above SO, months
credit with bankable notes.
JOHN LYNCH.
F. w. SILSBY. Auctioneer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10
ODD ITEMS.

Supt. Porter received at Asbury
Park, N. J., last week the last card
showing the exact number of people
in this country The card showed
63, 500, $50.
1t costs something to live and
good deal to die in fact everything
costs. Some one estimates that get
ting born costs the people of the
United States 100000 annu-
ally; getting married $500, 100000;
and getting buried SIS, 100000. 1t
might be added that getting drunk
costs the people of the United States
more than 5000, 100000 annually,
or over one and one-half times as
much as getting born, married and
buried put together, and more than
all the bread and meat consumed in
the nation.
A trifing accident in the Washing
ton Street tunnel, Chicago, caused
a long and serious blockade. A man
sitting on the front seat was seized
with violent fit of sneezing, and
sneezed out his artificial teeth, which
flew over the dashboard on to the
track. Everybody laughed and all
got out and helped hunt for the
the teeth could not be found. The
car moved slowly ahead and the
next train of the Milwaukee avenue
line pulled up. They were finally
found under the Milwaukee avenue
car The eyetooth on the right side
had been broken by the fall.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10
LOVE AMONG THE SIOUX.

To me, one of the customs of court
ing is very strange in keeping with
the wild, yet romantic, life of the
Sioux, writes Warren K Moorehead,
Gn the September Ladies' Home
3 Journal. A young man desiring to
make love to the lady of his choice,
works patiently for several days and
constructs reed flute. There are
five or six holes in the instrument,
and eight or ten notes can be pro-
|duced upon it. The sound is wierd
|and plaintive. Some beautiful moon
Hight night, about eight o'clock, the
young man leaves his home, and
|stationing himself about one hun
|dred yards from the home of his in
tended, plays for one or two hours a
series of strange melodies, all of
them in the minor key. The sound
Heats out on the summers air, and,
perhaps, a prairie dog on the plain
near by, disturbed by the music may
raise his small voice in protesting
|barks; or, great white owl, in a
scrub oak, may boot and WHO'D in
|derision. The sound is as sweet to
the maiden's ears as the voice Of the
Bower himself She listens attentive
", and when she concludes that he
has played sufficiently long to assure
her of his serious intentions, she
tinidly walks forth from her home.
RThro wing the now useless reed upon
] he ground, the young man rushes
North. Then ensues a scene such as
only those who have been lovers can
|Rppreciate.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10
STRANGE FA CTS ABOUT ACCT
DENTS.

The collection of large groups of
facts about accidents which has
been made necessary by the develop
ment of accident insurance has made
a contribution to one department of
social science that is by no means I'M
interesting. For instance, it is a
curious fact that a man is much
more likely to lose his left hand than
his right hand, or his left eye than
his right eye; statistics show, too,
that when a man insures himself
against accidents he hereby greatly
diminishes the risk of accident-and
this is probably explained in this
way; when a mans attention is
called to danger he fixes his mind
on it, and hereby consciously or un-
consciously makes unusual effort to
avert it. 1t therefore happens that
a man is more likely to be a victim of
an accident of kind that he never
thought of, than of the kind against
which he insures himself. A man,
for instance, who handles sharp tools
will insure himself against an &C
cident from the use of them, and the
first thing he knows he will be draw
ing pay from an insurance company
for an injury done by getting cinder
in his eye. Not only are such odd
and curious facts as these brought
to light by the development of ac-
cident insurance, but a great many
important groups of facts which
bear upon the habits Of men and the
development OF civilization For in
stance accidents are much more
common In the sparsely settled
portions of the country than in the
densely settled portions. and they
happen more frequently in the middle
of winter and the middle of summer
than in the other seasons of the
year. An interesting study of these
facts, which is perhaps the first
study of the kind ever published, is
contributed to the Forum for Sep
TENDER by Mr. James R. Pitcher.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10
COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS.

Although country editors are near
~ always poor, there are plenty Of
persons who believe that half the
are paid for with enormous brides.
There are always two sides to every
question, and whichever side an
editor falls on, the partizans of the
other accuse him of being bought. "
1t is little wonder, therefore, that
the editor is seldom a popular man;
l never knew one who was, and l
never knew one who was not often
accused unjustly. Probably the
people believe in brides to editors
because it is a very rare editor who
does not accuse his opponent of be-
ing a BRIDE taker, creating a preJu-
dice against themselves and their
calling. Lazy and incompetent edi-
tors nearly always explain the sue
cess of their more vigorous oppon-
ents by declaring that they carry on
system of black-1nail. [ once visit
ed a large city, the newspapers of
which l had long admired almost
with reverence, and was surprised
to hear a citizen say that what the
city really needed was better papers;
they would bring eastern capital. !"
Every citizen of a country town
wants his locality doomed" to the
end that he may sell his ffty-dollar
lot for FIVE hundred; he can appre-
ciate how really good paper might
aid him in this, and because his lot
does not advance in value as he
thinks it should, he has grievance
against the editor. He longs for an
editor with some "snap' in him.
1 don't know what 'snap" means,
but I know this is the quality usu-
ally thought to be lacking. There
are more great men in every country
town than really exist in the entire
nation, and if they are not recogniz-
ed, the local papers are of no &C
count. l was once bothered a good
deal by certain man who said he
could clean more chickens in an hour
than any other chicken-cleaner in the
world, and he wanted the fact men
toned. Men who are never suS-
pected of greatne by other people
accuse themselves of it to the editors,
and when they refuse to mention
this greatness, they are told that
their columns contain a great deal
of stuff not half so interesting. 1t
has occurred to me that when a
citizen of country town becomes
drunk, the first thing he does is to
hunt up the editor to tell him what
is the matter with the community.
II By the Author of "a Country
Town." in the September Century.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10
SEPTEMBER FUN.

a fool to resign" Foggs -"ob, I
don't know; the surplus is gone, you
know. > Life.
Mis- Mary Cupp-"I won't have it
under my tongue; know that trick. :"
DIR. Fevor-"What trick? This is a
simple clinical thermometer. Miss
May Excuse me; thought
it was one of those jiggers for telling
a persons age Puck.
Foreigner-''Zay tell me you hat
nearly dree hundred tousand words
in your language. How efer can
you use so many ?' American lat
torney at 1aw)-"We use all of 'em,
my friend, every time we draw up an
indictment. = Chicago Tribune.
Here you are up again for the
fifth time You don't seem to sue
coed very well in keeping sober and
working hard" Your Honor,
that's something I've not tried yet.
There is no telling how a man will
succeed at business until he tries"
-[Texas Siftings.
A California epitaph "Here lies
was accidentally shot on the bank
of the Pacus river by a young man.
He was accidentally shot with one
of the large Colts revolvers with no
stopper for the cock to rest on. It
was one Of the fashioned kind
brass mounted. And of such is the
kingdom of heaven"
Whac is a skeleton? Can you tell
me, children ?" asked reader of the
Drawer of her Sunday school class.
The infant class looked troubled.
Their ideas on the subject were of
the most vague description, and,
they seemed to think, hardly worth
mentioning. The question passed
down the class, almost to the very
foot, until at last the smallest tot of
all ventured reply: 'Peathe, NTH,
it 18th man without any meat on
it, Editors Drawer Harper's
Monthly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10
THE GEE" NUISANCE.

A waiter who has just retired in
chicago, is said to have accumula-
Jed 100000 from tips given him by
travellers. If this is true the people
whom he has served have just paid
put that extra after paying the
Regular prices for all they got, and
be has received that amount besides
bis regular salary for his services.
Syhen a man opens a hotel or a
restaurant or a sleeping car to the
bubble and receives his price for the
accommodation offered, he should
Zee to it that all are treated alike,
Ind should not permit his employees
TO sell their services to the rich and
Neglect the poor who pay the same
price to the clerk, and a man who
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10

Our Sc to 40 inch all wool Dress Goods cheap 30 going
at % cents bingham "a to 10 worth to II cents good
assortment Of PKs Musns Lawns half price Hundreds
articles slightly damaged at about 30 cents the dollar We have
decided take this time entire stock of Misses and
Chden Shoes and Slippers You have anything that have
left at wholesale prices We have about 30 pairs
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10
DEATH OF A NOTED CHIMPANzEE

Sally, the interesting chimpanzee
of the Geological Gardens, London,
has departed this life. She could
count up to seven, had large ac-
quaintance, and had often been in
terviewed by Darwin and many
other famous men. She led a single
life, and probably never heard of the
late Mr.. Crowley of Central Park
Some remarkable stories are told
about chimpanzees, but it yet re-
mains to be demonstrated that they
are the connecting link. Major
Casati in his recent book declares
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10

that chimpanzees, driven to despera-
ton by the persecution of man, often
decide to immigrate, and off they
go in body to seek new homes in
some yet unappropriated wilderness.
We are also assured by the same
writer that the chimpauzee under
stands the virtues of fire, and that
he ''can cook mea and ground nuts. ;"
Major Casati really ought to have
fortified that statement with some
better authority than mere hearsay.
-TNew York Sun.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10

Total Guarantee to Depos., 5000, OOO. 90
The bank guarantees PER CENT. Interest
free from taxes to its depositors, which in
most cases is equal to Per Cent Invest
ment when it is taxed to the individual The
company has over $50 stockh o1ders, the
largest of any Savings Bank or Trust Com
pany in Northern Central Vermont. The
management of the bank is in the hands of
seven directors who all we'll known men,
a s follows
Albert Johonnott, A. J. Sibley, E. E. Blakely
T. J. Deavitt, H. N. Taplin, G. F. Sibley
Alexander Cochran.
This Company solicits loans real estate
in VERNE ont and to Town and School districts
A few shares of stock in this Company is Of
fered at S1O5 per share, subject to sale.
E. E. BLAKELY Treas
Capital Savings Bank & Trust Co,
Montpelier, VT.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-20
LOSS.

"You're dead loss to yourself'' is the latest sarcastic way of telling man he is no good.-Philsdelphia Record.
 ''Do you think his party will give him a vindicationi" They'll have to. He was proven guilty, wasn't heF-Puck.
 No wonder typewriters are so successful they always have their business at their fingers ends.-Bsltimore American.
 Custoner-Seeins to me that razor is rather dull. Barber-Mought be, ssh. It was to a pahty las night, sah.-Good News.
 In order to fulfill your obligations you must love your neighbor as yourself even Binghamton Leader.
 ''Miss Daisytuft admires her intended very much, doesn't shef' 'sNo," replied the other girl, "she admires what she thinks he s."-Washington Star
 "There's a man in Baltimore who is the lucky possessor of Benjamin Franklin's who has Adams apple."-Jeweler's Cir culsr.
 A colored philosopher is reported to have said: "Life, nay breddern, am mostly made up of prayin' for rain and then lAot 4b WOuA4 Cl On- terian.
 Late Stayer-why, the lamp is going out.
 Gracie (tired and sleepy)-f suppose it thinks it's time something went out.-New York Herald.
 Harry-Stunning girl just passed, eh, old boyl Did you see her look back at mel
 Fred-Yes; they say it don't take much to turn a womsn's head.-Fun.
 "H'm, that young man of yours-is he worth anything inancially7" "Why, yes, papa He is worth at least s35 week to the store, he says, though they only give him s10."-Indianapolis Journal.
 In the Court-room.-Judge ito a very homely old msid)-Miss, in what year were you borni
 Witness-In the year 1866.
 Judge-Before or after Christ.-Texas Siftings.
 "They must have mighty queer people of Kentucky. "Why so!" inquired Mir Dukane of Pittsburg. "They are com plaining of famine. ."-Pittsburg Chroni- cle Telegraph.
 MT. Wickwire-Isn't the society repor- ter mistaken in speaking of "Mrs J. Bill ington Betts, jrl' didn't know there was any junior Betts. Mrs. Wick wire-That is just a notion of hers. She is his second. He still pays alimony to the first one.-In- dianopolis Journal.
 Old Lady-No use talkin'. I used to say this higher edication of gals was all folde- rol; but see I was wrong. There's my grandfather, for instance. She's just a wonder Friend-I understand she graduated with high honors. Old Lady-Yes, graduated from Vassar, and she kin do what neither her mother nor me could ever hope to do if our lives depended on it. Friend-Indeedl And what is thata Old Lsdy-She kin tell the time train is going to start by lookin' at railway guide.-New York Weekly.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-20
A RANK,S MISTAKE.

The Supreme court of Illinois says that a bank must be careful how it deals with it's depositors. A depositor, in mercantile business, having balance to his account, drew a check for portion of that balance. Payment was refused, the check being stamped "No Funds" In this form it was returned through the clearinghouse. The holder of the check thereupon fell back on the drawer, who naturally enough was in dignant that his check should be dishon- ored. This led to an examination of the account, upon which it was found that the bank had not properly credited the depositor with certain of his depos it's, placing them to some other &C., count. Consequently his check had been refused. When the error was pointed out the bank officers did all in their power to counteract the effect of their action by writing to the payee of the check explain ing how the error occurred. The drawer of the check, assuming that he had been damaged ip his credit by the action of the bank, though with no particular proof of lt, DTOuSuI sulo lOi oouaSoS. l LID Cdoo "hS tried in the Circuit court of Cook county, and judgment of $450 was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. This was affirmed in the Appellate court, and from thence the question was carried to the Supreme court. The defense of the bank was that no injury had been intended and that de- fault arose from an error in bookkeeping liable to occur in the best regulated insti- tutions. In fact, the defendant showed by evidence that such errers happened frequently under the most careful and thorough management. Nevertheless. in very carefully considered opinion by Judge Wilkin, the court holds that while there was no intention on the part of the bank officials to injure the plaintiff, the bank must still be responsible for it's acts, and it is question for the jury to decide
 from all the circumstances whether the
 drawer of the check has been injured ol
 not.
 This decision means that bank mustn'i injure the credit of a depositor through
 faulty bookkeeping The depositor has { right to expect that his account will bt kent straipht
Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-20

ONE VIEW OF DIVORCE.
 Those who advocate free and easy di- vorce, and they are many, say, in effect, that the biblical command in regard to di vorce does not meet all the conditions of modern life. It will be noticed that the assumption is that it ought to. The broad view of divorce has perhaps been as we'll stated as it can be by Hon. Carroll D. Wright. MT. Wright does not believe that "divorce is menace to the purity and sacredness of the family" He thinks that 'the divorce movement finds it's impetus outside of laws, outside of our institutions, outside of our theology, x in the rebellion of the human heart against that slavery which binds in the oruelest bonds of the cruelest prostitution human beings who have, by their foolishness, by their want of wisdom, or by the intervention of friends, missed the divine purpose, as well as the civil purpose, of marriage" In this light the disease is a constitutional one, and is not to be removed by severe divorce laws nor to be in any way entirely cured. MT. Wright's caution is to restrict divorce without abridging the reasonable causes for which it is allowable. He would have the state party in every divorce issue, and he would put no bar on the re-mar- riage of either party. He would make marriage laws more stringent, and would compel their better enforcement by large penalties, so that safeguard might be raised against reckless marriages.
 This is one way of looking at a very serious problem. There are some who will think this view a concession to sell fshness and sin.