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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01
The Ofertory.

The offertory occasionally yields it's
humors. I can see no fun myself in
dropping into the plate buttons or pep
perrnint drops or gilded farthings. But
these and other such like votive offer
ings occasionally come our way. On
one occasion mild hint was given to a
dirty looking verger when a small coin
was carefully wrapped up in a bit Of
paper inscribed, "Fora bath for prom
inent church official" On another occa-
sion, when the officiating clergyman had
been somewhat br1ngling through a diff
fcult litany, a similar piece of paper was
marked, "For singing lesson for the
curate."
/. After a somewhat rambling discourse
from one of my colleagues, who shall Of
course be nameless, the church warden
told me that man at the bottom of the
church, when he offered him the plate,
took out a sixpence and looked at it rue
fully, and then cast it in with the re-
mark, "Well, you shall have it, old fell
low, but it's a deal more than that sermon
was worth "-Cornhill Magazine.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01

It is only within the last ten years that
the great part that dust plays in weather
making has come to be properly under.
stood. The colors of sunrise and sunses
are largely, perhaps mainly due to tho
presence of invisible dust in the atmos
,phere. The wind and the temperature.
of the air are also affected by the dust.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01
Local Coloring.

"a conscientious painter sent to the
..Salon" canvas representing view IN
Newfoundland.
..What a queer smell there is about
this niicture!'' exclaimed one Of the mem
bers 81 the hanging committee as he ex-
amined IS.
s.The fact u.s." remarked one Of his
colleagues, the scene has been painted
ii cod liver OH. Chronique. \.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01
Education.

What sculpture is to a block Of mar
bic, education is to q human soul. The
philosopher, the saint and the hero, the
wise, the good and the great man very
often lie hid and concealed in 9 plebeian.
which proper education might have
disinterred and brought to light. A I'd
olson. s s.3s
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01
How to Oil a Belt.

Take the belt from it's pulleys and put
it in warm solution Of oil and tallow
for few minutes. Then plunge it into
water heated to 100 dogs. Fahrenheit
and remove at once. The water will
temper the leather at the same time
that it drives the oil and tallow in
New York telegram
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01

Poverty is hard, but debt is horrible.
A man might as well have q smoky
house and q scolding wife, which are
said to be the two worst evils Of our life.
-Spurgeon.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01
Hindoo Legend of Adam and Eve.


The Hindoo legend Of Adam and Eve
in substance is as follows:
In the beginning God created Adima,
the first man, and Heva, the first wom-
an, which completed life. He placed
them on the Island of Ceylon and COM
manded them never to quit their place
of abode. but to remain and propagate
their kind. In the course of time in
wandering over the island they saw q
most beautiful land connected with
theirs by lofty peaks and ragged rocks.
The land beyond was most beauteous to
behold, being covered with stately trees
whose branches hung with fruits Of
every variety. Many colored birds fit
ted from bough to bough and made a
perfect din of ever changing music
Adima (note that this is directly oppo-
site to our Biblical account) tempted
and induced Heva to violate the COM
mand of the Creator and accompany
him to the paradise across the rocky
peaks.
When they had crossed the narrow
neck of land which connected their is
land heaven with the mainland, they
heard loud, cracking noise and looked
around just in time to see the isthmus
break in two and sink beneath the
waters of the ocean. When it was plain
shat their way back to their island para
disc had been cut off they turned their
attention to their new home and found
it a land of sand, thorns, rocks and
branbles, its supposed beauty having
been but mirage raised by Rakokasos,
the spirit of evil, to tempt them to DISC
bedience For this act they were doomed
to perpetual labor and final death.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01
Sweet Solitude,

We read in a Swiss paper the follow
ing advertisement: 'Wierbach, in the
Befnese Overland, is the favorite resort;
Of all persons il search Of solitude.
Hence this peaceful hamletis frequented5
BY q crowd Of visitors from all parts OF
the world. Tribune. II Nj
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01

t.Let us remove temptation from the
path Of youth, as the frog said when he
plunged into the water upon seeing .
boy pick up stone.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01
The Third Founder. .,

ssThird founder Of Rome was the title
given to the Roman general, Caius
Marius, on account Of his repeated tri-
umphs ove- the public enemies Of his
country, particularly for his successful
conduct Of the Jugurthine war, and for
his decisive victories over the combined
forces Of the Ambrones and Teutones,
near Aquae Sextiae (Aix), in 102 B. c.,
and over the Cimbri on the plain of Yer.
cellae {Vercelli), in 1Ol B. C.Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01
Shakespeare.

Billposter lin the country What sort
Of people is that ere company which is
coming from Lunnon with Romeo and
Juliet Do they do any billing2
Local Amateur Do any billing? /
should think they did. Why, they're
billing and cooling al through the show.
Yankee Blade. 81 ]. S X b.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01

Vitellius was murdered in his own
palace by his own guards, and his dead
body was dragged naked through the
streets of Rome and thrown into the
Tiber.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01
AsPIea for tho Roadside Weeds.


The foe Of natural grace and beauty
is the road commissions whose mistak-
en- zeal is allowed annually to remove
the grass which seeks to soften the dusty
outline of the road along it's untrodden
borders and cutters. This is an expen-
sive process and wholly unnecessary,
since adding 10 the dust capacity of the
street is the only service it accomplishes,
the short, thick turf affording no OBJ
struction to carriage wheels. This is
called .cleaning up the street, when,
as a matter of fact, it only adds to it's
dirt.
But worse phase Of the cleaning up
mania is apparent when the jealous
commissioner proceeds to remove from
the banks Of the highway what he terms
weeds-namely, the graceful mantle of
vegetation with which nature ever
seeks to conceal the wounds which man
has made. 1t is interesting to watch
the process by which the devastations OF
the road cutter are tempered to the eye
by the beautiful natural screen of vines
and heritage. which. if let alone, will
soon cover rne rough unslgntlv place
with drapery of verdure when the
reckless workman has left behind him &
shorn and barren waste.
After his inroads banks of sand and
gravel are left on each side of the wide
road, from which. every spear Of grass
has been banished, the fences stand up
stiff and stark, the rocks prot1ude from
the soil, the trees which cannot be felled
have their lower branches rudely cut
away, so that their trunks are gaunt and
unsightly, stumps are left along the
edges of the fields and the soft turf is
replaced by sandy slopes to be quilted by
the rain.
Without wasting an hour nature be-
gins her gentle but tireless work Of
transforming these ruins into beauty
Garden and Forest.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-01
a Vital Qnestion.

"A He my hat on straight?
She Yes. The ideal Why do you !
ask such d question? fass3
He I'm going ont il 4 canoe
News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28
A CANDIDATES ERROR.

In Grover Cleveland's speech ac-
cepting the nomination to the presi-
dency he saw fit to say: Scenes
are enacted in the very abiding place
of high protection Homestead that
mock the hopes of toll and demon
strate the falsity that protection is
a boon to toilers.'
The main trouble with the above
statement is that 1t is not
borne out by the actual facts of the
case, and it looks very much as
though Mr.. Cleveland had made a
large error in thus trying to manu-
facture political capital out of the
Homestead labor riots. He might
better have consulted the congress
sional committee appointed to inves-
tigate these riots before he gave
utterance to such buncombe, and
thus saved his partisans some cha
grin. AS a matter Of fact, the COM
mittee discovered that the wages of
labor at Homestead among the
strikers ranged from 81 per day of
8 hours to $23 per day; and only a
day or two since two of these
strikers gave bail for one of their
number accused of murder, qualify
ing in the sum of $50, 900 and sched-
uling real estate free of encumbrance
to that amount This does not indi-
cate that protection has worked ter
rible havoc among the Homestead
workingmen, as Mr.. Cleveland
would have us believe.
A candidate for so high an office
cannot afford to descend to dema-
gogism to make a point; the reaction
is liable to be disastrous.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28
A PLEA SAINT FISHING TRIP.

Correspondence of the CALIFORNIAN
We left St. Johnsburv on the Que
bee train Saturday evening at 8
O'Clock, arriving at Sherbrooke on
time. Sunday we took a carriage drive
to Compton, behind a pair of fine step
ping horses, going to near the wreck
on the Grand Trunk railway, where
several persons lost their lives only
a few weeks ago. Monday morn
ing at 1920 we met at the Canadian
Pacific railway station, and took the
Halifax train for Megantic, arriving
at about 4 O'Clock, where we slept
until $50 and took a local freight
train to the boundary. Arriving
here we took the trail that leads to
Boundary pond, a distance of about
one and a half miles. We were load
ed down with provisions, blankets,
guns, tent and fishing tackle, and re-
sembled tribe of gypsies. We were
greeted on our arrival by Game
Warden" Benjamin Simonds of
McIndoes Falls, who had as compan-
ions his son from Pennsylvania,
(who is teacher there and is spend
ing his vacation with his father, also
a Mr.. Mitchell. We crossed the pond
in a leaky boat, and made our camp
on the opposite shore.
The pond is perhaps a mile or more
long, by one-third wide. Here
we found good fishing, butt was
their day off" and we did not get
very many, but there was no lack Of
black flies and mosquitoes. We dined
a. about 1 o'clock, getting a few of
the "speckled beauties" to help us
out with our limited bill of fare.
Tuesday morning we were out of
bed at O'Clock and saw at the
upper end of the pond, and on the
shore, no less than seven deer, and
could get near enough to shoot them,
were it not the closed season and the
penalty $50 for such pleasure. We
managed to catch quite a nice
string of trout, and took up our line
of march In the afternoon for civiliz-
alton We had supper with Mr..
Kean of Kean's siding, who is
large manufacturer of lumber, has
about 100000 feet of logs to cut,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28
i'd has already sawed 1000, 900

and has already sawed 100000
feet.
Wednesday we found excellent
fishing in large brook near Megan-
tic, capturing about 200 trout, and
we took the afternoon train for
Sherbrooke, getting there about 6
O'Clock.
Thursday we were ready to try
our luck again, and drove out some
10 miles towards Magog, and got
at fishing at about noon. The
swamp or brook is feeder ola small
lake and we took boat and went
nearly half a mile before the fun
began, and we then certainly were
repaid for our journey, for within
two hours we had taken Is pounds
or more of the finest trout l ever
saw. We drove back in the early
evening, and in driving distance of
two miles through cedar swamp
we counted IS rabbits that crossed
the road in front of us. We were In
season to get supper and take the
$50 train for home, and hope to
make the trip again sometime.
The party consisted of w. J. Irwin,
James Irwin and William McCrae of
Sherbrooke, Dennis E. May of St.
Johnsbury and Preston May of Will
limantic, Conn. NJ.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used by millions of mothers for their children
while teething. If disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by sick child suffering
and crying with pain of Cutting Teeth send
at once and get bottle of Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup for children teethiug. 1t
will relieve the poor little sufferer Immediate
ly. Depend upon it, mothers. there is no
mistake about it. 1t cures Diarrhoea, regu-
1ates the Stomach and Bowels. cures Wind
Colo. softens the Gums and reduces Iuham-
nation, and gives tone and energy to the
whole system. Mrs. WinS1ow's Soothing
Syrup" for children teething is pleasant to
the taste and is the prescription Of one of the
oldest and best female physicians and nurses
in the United States. Price twenty-five cents.
bottle. Sold by all druggists throughout
the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28
DISASTROUS SHOTS.

The shots fired at Manager Prick,
at Homestead, by the anarchist
Bergman, cannot fail of proving dis
astrous to the cause OF the working
men who have seen fit to turn that
locality into a veritable battlefield
in their efforts to prevent the employ
ment of non-union laborers. How
ever strenuously it may be insisted
that the dissatisfied workingmen
had nothing to do with it-however
strongly they may condemn the
deed-the fact remains that the bru-
tai and cowardly attempt on Mr..
Frick's life was an outcome of the
strike, a natural sequel of the riotous
action there INDUCED in, and as such
it will go far toward strengthening
public condemnation of all strikes
in general and this one in particular
The anarchist spirit out of which
this shooting spraDg directly is a
menace to the entire country, and
recent arrests of leading disturbers
in that section will be looked upon
as a wise move. There is no room
for anarchy here, and it should be
promptly and heavily tread upon
whenever and wherever it shows
itself
When Bergman fired upon Man
ager Prick he seriously injured the
cause of the Homestead workingmen.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28
Probate of Will.
CURTIS GoULD's ESTATE

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, S.
In Probate court, held at the Probate Office
in St. Johnsbury, within and for said district
on the 22d day of July, A. D. 1892.
An instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament of Curtis Gould
late of Hardwick, in said district. deceased /,
being presented to court by ]. d. Goodrich
the executrix therein named. for probate:
1t is ordered by said court that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at a
session of said court, to be held at the Pro-
bate Office in St Johnsbury the 31st day
of Aug, A. D, 1892, and show cause If
any they may have, against the probate Of
said will; for which purpose it is further or
dered that a copy of the record of this order
be published three weeks successfully in the
Called oman, printed at st. Johnsbury previous
to said time appointed for hearing.
BY the Court attest:
WALTER P. SMITH, Judge
true Copy of Record. Attest:
WALTER P. SMITH, Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28

the water when he expresses the
belief that the great artisan class of
Great Britain, forming the backbone
of the Unionist party, is in favor of
moderate tariff what wonder
he asks, when official returns from
the United States show that there.
under protective tariff, the cost o
living is less and wages II per cent
higher than in Great Britain ?"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28
Electric Rirfers.

This remedy is becoming so we'll known
and so popular as to need no special nent ton
All who have used Electric Bitters sing the
same song of praise.-A purer medicine does
not exist and 1t is guaranteed to do all that
is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all
diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will
move PimpleS, Boils, Salt Rheum and other
affections caused by impure blood.-WilI
drive Malaria from the system and prevent
as we'll as cure all Malarial fevers.-For
cure of Headache, Constipation and Indiges-
ton try Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction
guaranteed. Price so cents and 81 90 per
bottle at Flint Bros Drug Store
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28

Spain is arranging for great cele-
bration in honor of Columbus OF
August g. wenty-four warships q
different nationalities have received
orders to proceed TO Huelva to take
part in the Columbus celebration
there on that date. The fleet will
comprise eight Spanish vessels, -four
Italian, two American, two French,
two English, and one each from Hol-
land, Portugal, Austria, Greece, Mex
leo and the Argentine Republic.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28
RUTLAND'S RUM RIOT.
A Correspondent Speaks of 1t and ar
raienS the Herald for Its High License
ProcIiyitieS.
RUTLAND, Iulv 81.

RUTLAND, July q.
Editor an:-Doubtless you
know of Rutland's disgraceful riot
on the night of the 10Th inst. on ac-
count Of the attempt of the officers
to enforce the prohibitory law. l
would like to make some sta LementS
through the columns OF your paper
which will give your readers a cor
rect idea of the transactions of the
officers and citizens during the last
two weeks. The Herald is high
license paper, az you know, and it is
ready to affirm anything which up
holds it's side of the question and
denies facts which are unfavorable
to it.
The Herald is the organ of high
license. and has done much to foster
the spirit which eliminated in the
riot. To enforce the law of the state
is in their view dangerous, and they
heap abuse upon the prosecutor, and
condemn the means he has employed,
because they are likely to prove fair
lv successful.
Mr.. Franklin has been active in the
society to prevent cruelty to anima ais.
and may have made some enemies
by it, but no one brings anything
against his character; yet the Herald
stigma ties him at every movement.
We quote: "Franklin is to allintnets
and purposes mischievous lunatic."
Would a large number of the most
influential citizens have petitioned
the governor to have such
man appointed special prosecutor
for the state? Yet this is the fact.
He has convinced the citizens of Rut-
land that he cannot be bought. AL
ready the Herald fears that the pro-
hibitory law can be enforced. No
crime can be entirely stopped by
law, but it can be largely controlled.
One word in regard to the 'disrepu-
table spotters." These two detect
ives are brothers, members of a
Methodist church, and hold public
office in their town in Massachusetts.
A committee consisting of a goodly
number of influential citizens of Rut-
ldIlu iii GU luSSS QClCStlNSS " COiuS
here, and they have done successful
work.
Of course the rumsellers and their
allies, the Herald included, hate
them, and will say all manner
of evil against them falsely. Again
the Herald says, This movement is
condemned by all but few prohi-
bitionists." This is utterly false.
The movement is upheld by minis
tiers, lawyers, physicians, and by the
republicans largely and the better
class of citizens generally. The Her
aid was formerly paper of a very
different stamp, under the manage
ment of its noble editor in the past,
who refused to be tool in the
hands of its wealthy stockholders;
it gave its readers wholesome and
helpful pages, but it has sadly degen-
Grated. Because of it's former char
acter, it has for some years been do
ing much harm. The course it takes
must lessen it's number of subscribers
abroad when its policy is better
understood.
Very many of our own citizens will
not tolerate it in Rutland, although
it is the only local paper
Yours truly,
F G. M
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28

of your compatriots, especially the
young ladies, make frequent use
of the word gotten for got. Now
want to know whether the word
gotten was taken over from England
to your country by the early settlers,
and been retained in use there ever
since, for you know that, if it was
ever In common use in the father
land, it is obsolete now" l replied
that during all my early life, up to
the year 1860, resided in America,
and that the word gotten was
seldom or never used, unless In the
way OF pleasantly, to excite mlrth.
Then 1t has sprung up IN recent
vears?" Yes: Who started it ?"
II don't know" Has it come to
stay" 1T is rash to prophesy."
And then be fell to musing. Present
" his face lighted up, as though he
had caught glimpse of something
in line with his favorite hobby.
All" said he, 1T has a certain
flavor of the antique" And then he
murmured very slowly; "Beget,
begat, begotten. Get, gat gotten.
1t has rah-ther Biblical genealog-
ical sound" and at this concert he
smiled radiantly, and we parted.
".
Dresden again.
Several months ago Rubinstein,
the illustrious pianist and com
poser, resigned his position as
director of the st. Petersburg Con-
servatory, and came here to devote
his time to musical composition.
He has. however, occasionally given
concerts for charitable purposes in
different cities OF Germany and
Russia, thus keeping up his reputa-
ton for generous deeds.
The following excerpt is taken
from a newspaper of recent date.
anton Rubinstein has given a great
charity concert in Prague, where he
managed to work a miracle, in so
far that the Czechs and the Germans,
forgetting their old feuds, formed
one immense orchestra, and tor once
the German-Bohemian union became
an accomplished fact. In Rubin
STEMS honour his opera Die Kinder
der Haide was produced and met
with an enthusia site reception"
Dresden lady, who happened to be
at Prague at that time, vouches for
the following incident, of which she
was an eyewitness. On they day OF
her return to Dresden, she had no
sooner taken her seat in the train
than Rubinstei came and took a
place in the same compartment. In
looking out of the window she saw
an immense crowd of people who had
come to the station to see him Off
among them a whole troop of female
opera-singers and ballet-dancers.
Very soon one of these sirens came to
the door and said: "Meister." They
all call him Master. "Meister, we
think you are very stingy." "Stingy,
how is that?" Yes, we think you
are real stingy Here we have been
with you for the last three or four
days, rehearsals and performances,
and now you are going off without
giving US single kiss" In an instant
he bounded out of the car, and TAX
ing the saucy mink by the shoulders,
he stood her in position on the plat
form, and placed another by her side,
and another, and another, till they
were all in file up and down the sta
ton. Then he began at one end and
went through to the other, kissing
each one on the cheek. When this
performance was ended, he had just
time to resume his seat, and the train
rolled away amid the deafening roars
and cheers of that whole crowd.
CT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28

President Harrison has proclaim
ed another holiday. 1t will occur
October 81, 1892, and will celebrate
the 4OOth anniversary of the dis
covery of America. The PRESIDENT
proclamation is couched in excel
lent terms and is intended to create
popular enthusiasm over the advent
of this important day in our coun-
try's history.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28

President Harrison has nominal ted
Andrew D. White, the ex-president of
Cornell University, to be United
States minister to the court of Russia.
Mr.. White is we'll qualified to fill that
position with honor to the country
and himself.