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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-03
DANVILLE.
A Jolly Picnic.

Las Last Friday morning a jolly party Of
lung people left Danville Green for
n ross Hill. Amid its beautiful sur
~ toon,dings delightful lunch was served
N w the hungry picnickers. In the after
do. followed lively climb into that
S,h mysterious cave. Mr. Pollard,
t dno is very familiar with the way, acted
b tIe part OF guide successfully. Through
tr ,n the party met with an unexpected
o dsnl OF ice cream on the farm at the foot
VI DeVil's Hill. They returned home at
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-03

J. F. Ruggles Of West Burke is selling
"Pink Cheeks for Pale Faces" at forty
cents box. He has the English Liver
Pill" which is the best pill in the world;
cures sick-headache and indigestion;
never gripes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-03

this tube restored to it's normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever,
nine cases out Of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F, J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
"a" Sold by Druggists, rs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-03
BUILDING LOT CHEAP.

And on easy terms. No. 81 Cliff street.
Handy to schools, churches and scale shops.
Nice shade and fruit trees, currant bushes,
asparagus bed, Stiles pond water, sewer, etc,
CHAS. S. HASTINGS,
Over Postoffice.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-03

sunset, feeling that the day had been
pleasant one. The party consisted of
Willamette Preston, Marion Morrill,,
Rose Freudenthal Payne Sturtevant
Harold Aver, Kent Knowlton and Will
lam Pollard
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-03

Lucius Lyman, aged 70, drowned him
self at West Wardsboro.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
AZ Anecdlote 81 Justice Fuller.

The chairman of the lecture committee
ID Oldtown, Me-, told me that he once
belonged to debating club OF which
the chief justice. when boy, was a
member. One evening Capital Punish
mem" was the subject debated. The
deacon Of the church and two clergymen
were for hanging. Young Fuller was
opposed.
Said the deacon, quoting from the Mo
sale law, Whose sheddeth mans blood,
By man his blood shall be she'd" Think
ing this to be bombshell to his oppo-
nents. he dwelt upon it till his time had
expired, when the boy sprang to his feet
and said:
Surprising we take the law which the
gentleman has quoted and see what the
logical deduction would come to. For
example. one slan kills another; another
man kills him. and so ON until we come
to the last man on earth. Who's going
to kill himg He dare not commit sui.
eide, for the same law forbids it. Now,
deacon. continued the boy. what are
you going to do with the last manY
Laughter.
The boys logic called out rounds Of
applause and vanquished the deacon
New York Advertiser.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
AHomemade Postal Card.

The postal card is often very handy
An English member Of parliament has
made suggestion to the effect that the
postal laws should permit the transmis-
sion through the mails of any card what
ever of the regulation size bearing an
adhesive l-cent stamp. We are disposed
to back up this suggestion. ItsadoptOn
would save money to the postofice de-
partment and would be very convenient
at times to people who do not happen to
have postal cards at hand when needed.
1t would often be especially convenient
to people in the rural districts. We
do not know that it would be against
any law to mail an ordinary white card
bearing i-cent stamp. We recently
heard Of a case in which card Of this
kind, thus stamped. was mailed and de-
ivered in this city. II the sender acted
unlawfully. he has never heard OF it,
New York Sun.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
Engagements and Marriages.

The following figures have been COM
piled from the combined recollections
Of 30 maiden ladies and d military Of
ticers, all resident in the county town Of
one Of the home counties. Out OF the
l,54O engagements to marry which their
joint "reminiscences present, 46, or about
per cent. ended in lunacy, incarcera.
ton or decease of one of the parties; $50,
or 20 per cent. were broken off at the in.
stance of the girl, and 269, or about II
per cent. by the man; 100, as near as
possible II per cent, were interfered
with by friends; l54, exactly 10 per
cent, came to an end for reasons not
made public; 1856, or about 1s per cent,
faded away without incident in the
lapse OF years; 1903. say Z per cent snos
included in any previous category, lea
to actions for breach Of promise. Inc
remainder, pettifogging is per cent
resulted in marriage. -London Letter.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
A Dangerous Barber shop.

The funniest street sign that ever
hung over a New York door is that of a
barber on Hudson street near where the
city's thoroughfares get tangled up in
such confusion at Abingdon square.
The owner Of the shop is darby and is
very fond Of big words. So when he
had his,sjgn painted he had it made to
"a fons6ri6 Parlor. instead Of jnst
plain Barber Shop" This sign hung
for nearly year. Then some wag
probably told him that there was a
more elegant wording which might
draw custom to his shop. Within a
week new sign, respondent in red.
white and blue. hung out proclaiming
that .'Tonsorial Abattoir" might be
found within. 1t is not known whether
the shop is more literally patronized
under its new designation as hair
dressing butcher shop or not, but GER
tainly the darby is very happy over the
length and impressive appearance of the
new word on his sign.-New York
Press.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17

/ never saw Bonaparte in such wro,A
as when he learned his brother Lucian
had married at Senlis the widow 81 I'm.
berthon, Paris broker. He ordered M
to send for the notary and ten him 4
bring his register. When the notaryar.
rived. took him to st. Cloud at 9inths
morning. Here is word for word tha
dialogue between the first consul and
the notary: WAS it you. sir, who rer.
istered my brothers marriage?" aYes
citizen first consul" Were you una,
ware, then, that he was my brother
mo, citizen first consul" ibid Won pot
know that my consent was necessary ID
the validity Of the act2" 81 do not
think so. Your brother has long been
of age. He has filled high posts. He
has been a minister and embassador
He has no father. He is free to marry
But he has a mother whose consent
was necessary mo, he is of age and d
widower." But am sovereign, and
as such my consent was necessary
"You are sovereign only for 10 years.
and your family is not bound to YOU
"Show me the marriage register" "Eeo
1t Is" The first consul read it and IN
shutting the book was very near tearing
the page. II shall annul it." sThat
will be difficult. for it iscarefully drawn
up" ''Be of with you" The notary re.
tired without having for moment lost
his composure. Chaptals' "MemoriesOi
Napoleon.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
PIaids for "Grown I'm" peo,,.

There was time when plaids were rel
egated to the nursery, but the revival
or the plaid for grown up" uses has
been more than marked for season or
two past. and the modiste who first hit
upon the happy idea Of blasting plaids,
thus making it possible for them to sng-
gest something more artistic than the
first principles of geometry. deserved 1.
medal from the decorative art societie.
Buffalo Express.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
Nearly All Gone. bu. Not Forgotten.

Nearly All Gone. but Not Forgotten.
In a quaint little churchyaEd- near
Portland. Me-, n handsome headstone
bearing the inscription. "Gone. but not
forgotten. The story connected with
this stone is trif1e odd
Under II was laid away. not body,
but shinbone covered with red wooden
stocking The man of whom it is sup
posed the bone was part went off fish
ing one day and never returned. Days
passed by, and the wife and friends grew
anxious Neighbors in whispers sug-
gested that John Anderson. grown tired
Of Armies shrewish ways and high tenn
per. might have committed suicide or
left for parts unknown. But Annie felt
assured that John was drowned.
Finally. enc morning several years
ago, there was cast mp on the shore the
shinbone covered with the stocking.
This stocking Annie vowed that she had
knitted with her own fingers. In spite
of opposition the town hearse was
brought out and the shinbone. stocking
and all, was carefully placed in box.
With due ceremony 1t was buried. pray
ers were prayed over It, hymns were
sung over il. and above it was placed
the headstone bearing the inscription,
'Gone, but not forgotten. Cor. st.
Louis Republic.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
She Rang the Bell on Them.

Two burglars caught tartar in Bos-
ton one night recently, through which
they were themselves caught to their sor-
row and pain. While ransacking house
in Cambridge, Mass, they entered the
bedroom of Miss Margaret E. Russell.
who owned the place. That lady, who
kept large bell on chair by her bed
side for just such visitors, jumped up.
seized the bell and not only used it for
ringing purposes. but banged the bur
glars over the head with it at the same
time so effectually that the wounds thus
made rendered their Identification com.
plete when captured shortly after on the
street, whittier they had hastily fled from
the attack made on them.-Philadelph
Ledger
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17


tIse use Of note paper. Fashions change
but slightly in that line. and artistic
simplicity is the form to be sought after.
There is nothing so offensive as eccen-
tricity in styles of paper. for it is one OF
the little things that seem so trivial ana
count for so much in the eyes OF the
world. The height of bad form Is IN
the use of anything startling or pro-
nounced. Paper that rivals the sunset
in gorgeousness OF hue, odd shaped
sheets and envelopes or gilt edged paper
stamp the user at once as one who Is not
familiar with the precepts OF fashion.
And not fashion alone, by any means;
it is refinement that is shown in the
use of proper stationery, and refinement
and fashion may not always mean the
samel Never use paper that is decorated
with flowers in one corner. the leaves OF
which wander all over the sheet. Avoid
ANYTHING in that way. A landscape re-
sembling Christmas card or fancy
figures for headings are not in thel1
proper places on note paper. There Is
nothing artistic in such forms, nothing
refined, simply display of bad taste
and i'll breeding that is shocking to the
person well informed on such matters.
The etiquette of note paper is dictated
by taste. Ladies should use only the
smaller size of paper, requiring but one
fold, and the envelope should be square.
The single correspondence cards have
gone out of style and are seldom seen
nowadays. The paper is generally linen
or cream laid, as best suits individual
taste and should be unruled. White or
cream paper is the best. although gen.
| tie shade of blue is permitted. Other
| tints are not desirable, neither are they
proper. Do not use paper that is ragged
at the edges nor envelopes with curious
flaps. The best linen paper may be pur-
chased at the SAME price rs is paid for
the fancy varieties. and the best is the
cheapest: it is a guarantee of refinement.
If a monogram is desired, have it en-
graved-never printed. In this country
coats of arms and crests are out of place,
but you may have neat monogram or
your initials for heading with perfect
propriety. only be sure that the work is
in keeping with taste and not too promi-
nent or glaring. The name Of your
country place is very good, the name of
the village in which you live. or the
street number if you chance to reside in
a city In the latter case, however,
omit the name of the town. and in Either
case the state should not be given.
This is but glance at the etiquette OF
note paper; it is very simple when you
think of it, but so many people seem to
be ignorant of the rules, The one great
thing in note paper is to avoid vulgarity
or show in any way, and then you know
that you cannot be wrong, The sim
plest is the best Oddities of tint or or
nament which are the caprice of day
should be used with caution. -Harper's
! RaZar
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
A Crease Fiiter For boilers,

A filter for removing grease, which
often passes into boilers with the feed
water. consists of metallic chamber or
filter box in which are series of gratings,
and between these gratings are placed
layers of wire gauze and flannel of spe-
cial texture, which forms the filtering me-
dunn. The feed water from the donkey
pump enters the filter box from one side,
passes upward through the filter cloths
and thence out to the boiler, the scum
passing away through another outlet.
BY this means it is found that all grease
and greasy matter, as well as other inn
purities, are arrested by the filter cloths,
which can be readily taken out for clean
ing or renewal The filter is equally ap-
plicable to land and marine boilers
New York Telegram.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
Practices What She preacbe..

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher is one of
the few literary women who practice
what they preach with their pens. She
is up at break of day, at her desk hard
at work, and her home Is model of
what a home should be-filled with sun
shine. flowers, birds. books and pictures.
We have become so accustomed to OLD
maid and old bachelor litterateurs who
try to tell rs how to bring babies up by
a two foot rule that it is refreshing to
find one of the great army of home
writers whose life is in accord with
her professed principles.-New York
Herald.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
A Young woman,s Reasoning.

II am told, dear, that Jack Rattlepate
spent most Of his vacation in your back
parlor. Aren't you giving him rather
dangerous amount Of encouragement
why, no, dearest. he is merely boy.
10 be sure, he is year older than !, DuI
Shall be out next winter, while JACK
mas two years more in college. and i
Will be six years after that before ne can
earn much Of anything. So practicailyI
ne is SIX years younger than |, and thas
makes him 10. It is absurd to talk o.
encouraging a boy so young as that =
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
Victoria to Open Parliament.

The queen will open parliament ir
person on Tuesday, the 9th of February,
The queen Informed Lord Salisbury Of
her intention to open parliament nearly
a month ago. and an unusually late day
for the ceremony was fixed expressly to
suit her majesty's convenience. The ar.
engagements on the occasion are to be
precisely the same in every respect as
they We're in 1885. The queen will nc.
stay at Buckingham palace for more
than two nights. London World
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
Gold and silver Paint.

LET me tell you how to buy gold OF
silver paint" says lady. Don't get it
mixed or in the little bottles of powder
and liquid that come prepared in boxes.
Get the gold. silver or bronze powder by
the ounce and buy the liquid medium
separately. as many ounces at time as
you wish, You know the bottle of liq-
uid never lasts as long as your powder
because it dries away and evaporates so
rapidly. In this case you get any amount
you wish. Mix a small amount at a
time. use it as quickly as you can after
it is prepared and always keep your bot
tie corked. W Philadelphia Times.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
The Minister Apreed.

During the war an Ohio minister was
on his way south as an emissary of the
Christian commission. and he boarded
an Ohio river boat at Portsmouth. At
the first landing below. the mate turned
loose" at the deckhands. He cursed
their eyes, their hearts, their lubbery
feet. their laziness. their whole line of
ancestry from Adam to that hour. Final
ly, exhausted with profanity. he turned
to the shocked minister with the query:
Don't this beat hell?'
Eyes, sir. I'm afraid it does" And
the good man retired to his cabin.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
A Tribute to Horses.

In view of the fact that more than half
the women who drive. and the men, too,
for that matter. know really nothing of
the art and have no sympathy or feeling
for the horse other than as a pleasant
means Of locomotion, 1t is really to be
wondered at that more accidents do not
happen. That they do not, am of the
opinion, should be put down to a kind
Providence. and that the noble animals
In very many instances know more than
their drivers. Buffalo News
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
She Goes 1000 Miles to Re Married

Miss HILBERT. daughter of Captain
Hilbert, of Yarmouth. purchased at
Dingy the first through ticket ever
issued at that station to person going
to Hong-Kong. She goes via Vancouver,
and she is to wed Captain Brown, of
Transport, who is now in charge of the
docks at Hong-Kong. The particulars
of the case are very romantic. Miss
HILBERT visited Hong-Kong early last
summer with her father. There she met
Captain Brown for the first time. She
promised to return and marry him and
she will keep her word. She will have
to travel 1000 miles to reach her pro-
spective husband. Scotia Cor.
Chicago Tribune.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
The Australian Ken.

The Australian kea has been written
about considerably, and a writer in The
Cornhill Magazine ascribes to them an
intelligence which can be called nothing
but devilish. He says the kea was once
harmless bird. but with the introduc-
ton Of slaughter houses it has developed
taste for animal food. and especially
for Kidneys They like the kidneys OF
dead sheep SO well that when these failed
they proceeded to eat out the kidneys OF
living sheep, leaving the poor beasts to
DIE most agonizing death.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
When to Try on Now shoes.

There is time for everything in this
world. and 40 it Is that the best time to
get fitted to shoes Is in the latter part Of
the day. The feet are then at their
maximum Of size, Activity naturally
enlarges them. Much standing tends
also to enlarge the feet. New shoes
should always be tried on over mod
erately thick stockings. Then you have
a margin Of room by putting on thinne,
stockings if the shoes feel i'll at ease. -
Ladies' Home journal
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
a spot afniI In IN. Sea.

Ten miles south of the Sabine river
and mile of shore is natural phe-
nomenon known to sailors as 'sThe Oil
spot. No visible boundary divides ii
from the open sea around. but even dur
ing storm, even though the waters be-
come red and turbid. they remain com.
paratiyely calm. st. Louis Republic.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
Common Thyme for whoopine Cough.

Common thyme Is advocated earnestly
by DIR. Neoyious ~ a remedy for whooping
cough. During an epidemic of this malady
be had ample opportunities of observing
its effects. and came to the conclusion that
II given early and constantly 1t invariably
cuts short the disease In fortnight, the
symptoms vanishing In two or three days.
liable to return, however, II the thyme Ia
not regularly taken for at least two weeks
bined with little marshmallow strip,
and says he has never known an undesir
BABY
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
The Greyhound.

Various explanations have been given Of
the origin OF the term greyhound, some
authors claiming that the prefix grey is
taken from Graius, meaning Greek; Others
that 1t signifies great. while still Others
say that 1t has reference to the color Of
the animal. In no other breed of hounds
is the blue or gray color 20 prevalent. and
consequently the last mentioned deriva
ton seems the most plausible.-Detroi,
Free Press.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17

mentio n
that's kind o. pd
that they seem t b eng ~.
There's people that'ssro:
alone allus before they >ss5s3
there's them that don't wa 81 -.
word to 'em after their mea IA IS, ~
is digested an they've he'd na,,
There's folks that can't b'
talkin, an others that soft s,,;sss.:..!
in fidget. Some don't want - Z
spoke OF. an some another, an az J. J.
with eatin. rec'lect a man ~ ~ a.!
was all put out with anybody : I ~
pened t mention Strawberries ,cs,,s
pisoned him, an SO tits. EvervhoaIssa' y!
some sech notion, an it's morn : y.sl ~ !!
creetur's ekal to keep the run 81 ~ ~ Y
Whats the particular matta !. ,s "
asked long suffering little Mre n, s0sf
why, it's Uncle Isaac,n sa; .is 2
Griggs in an aggrieved tone. ~
"You amt interrupted Of him t.,u
story, hev you, Ezry?" inquired III ~, ~
well, yes, l persume t. saw ! ~ "als !
replied Mr.. Griggs. "He was rs,s ~, !,
me story of his farmin days ont t; 4 81 7
no, an he was poorly well excited r. ~ -!
tellin about some kind of an an'm rgv y Y
was prowlin around the place o,, NJ ''s'
he was sayin: 's'' ~
"'An late that night went ont =.
In noise. an jest in front of the HI ~ =
pie tree see an says, 'Was't !, = sr 80
maple, Uncle Isaacr fer wanted ! ps Y.
ter it ackerate in my mind. ~
"An, if you'll b'lieve me, he lest lad,
at me fit t. snap my head off an shn MIA u.
mouth tight, an don't calIata sl N
ever know what that animal was = =.
nothin. An twas a simple 'nouph n ~ u
ton; now, want 1t, Luizy?' asked I'M NJ
Griggs plaintively. y
81 reckon that was what Uncla H..
thought" remarked his better half GA
some vigor as she slapped an iron on N
stove.
Mr.. Griggs looked at her doubtfull,
for moment and then shuffled mi Y
the kitchen. muttering as he went a
was a real simple question, but tbers
most folks hev got their tetchy p'ints ],
faint any use denyin it."-Youth's AN
panion.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17
A Reformatory.

Maud Muller-Didn't You say she was
q prominent leader in the dress reform
movement
Maid Marian-We ll--she keeps clean
ing and dyeing establishment. kate
fisid's Washington.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17

Don't you think her presence win
give go to onr partyf'
Yes Every one will leave as soon as
she comes in."-Kats Fields Washing
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-17

The accommodations of the Vatican NAV
be imagined when the pope puts 1900 beds
in 1t at the disposal Of the French pilgrims
free Of charge.