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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-05-17
General Gardening.

LOUIS T. BEAUDOIN is prepared TO do
all kinds of garden work, lawn-trirnm inning,
forming and laying out new lawns. When
required, can furnish vines and trees. also
gravel and soil, turf and manure. House
and bedding plants. As my tools of the
most improved pattern, I can assure anyone
who will patronize me, that their work will
be done promptly and thoroughly. l wish
my patrons distinctly to understand that
nothing is charged except for work actually
done. All the travelling to and from at my
expense.
Lawn-Dressing a Specially.
LOUIS II. BEAUDOIN,
No. Oak Street.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-05-17

Tenn. CalfkiIler, in the same state,
and Big Foot, in Indiana.
Ohio has a Belle Centre, Iowa
Calliope, Indiana a Lily Dale, West
Virginia a Little Wild Cat, Mary
land a Maiden's Choice. South
Dakota a Minnehaha, Wyoming a
Miser. Pennsylvania Nazareth and
Illinois Prettyman.
There are others such as Young
Blood, ILL.,; Young Womanstown,
Pa; Whiskev Town, Cal, Ty Ty,
Ca; Big Neck, ILL.,, and Black Jack
fourishes in Mississippi, Kansas,
Arkansas and Tennessee.
To reach Bliss one has to go to
Wyoming county N. Y, and the only
state that has Bird in Hand is
Pennsylvania.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-05-17
1aisteuanu.
CHARMS OF COUNTRY LIVING.

William Henry Bishop, possessed
of the belief that the one desirable
thing for him was an abandoned
New England farm for a summer
home, started out in search OF one.
Even his experience of the social at
fractions of a little Massachusetts,
village did not deter him. He
describes it as follows in the May
number of The Century:
l went out alone one evening, to
try to realize how the place would
seem supposing one were actually llv-
ing there. What resources would be
open to the promenader at the hour,
saw. of eight D. NJ? The lights seem
ed already out in the houses, or if
here and there they burned still, 1t
was only in some obscure kitchen at
the rear. The steady chirrup of tree
toad and cricket occupied the night,
broken in upon OCCASIONALLY by the
note of the WhippOOrwil or the
stamp of some horse IN his stable.
There was a light, however, IN the
country store, and pushed the door
open and entered. A postmaster
was silently figuring his accounts at
desk in the corner, couple OF men
were playing checkers at table,
overlooked by two or three others,
while two halfgrOwn country boys
whispered conhdentially together OF
things peculiar to themselves. But
now 'ttraveler" for one OF the
whip-shops came in, and stirred up
the men playing at checkers, and en-
Iivened the place with some quite
Gifted quips and pranks. This,
however, could not always be eX-
pected; the young man had only
Laid over" a few days, on visit to
his family In general the sedate
club must depend upon its own re-
sources.
In midwinter, l learned, weekly
"sociable" is held among the in
habitants in a hall over the chief
whip-lash shop. A long table Is
spread in picnic fashion, with refresh
rnents contributed by the members
"bean-bag" throwing and similar
diversions are INDUCED in, but dane
ing is against the general convlc-
tions, and not permitted.
Certain city people might not
think that all this promised well
but indeed it promised very well as
compared with certain other things
with the isolation Of a farm shut
in by the darkness of the hills, for
instance There should be nothing
about it to discourage the aspirant
for country life. Let the advantages
and disadvantages of each state Of
life be properly kept in mind-a diff
hcult thing to do, no doubt, since the
disadvantages that are nearest are
forever obtruding themselves in I'M
due prominence. However, it prom
Uses we'll to the hag-ridden man, dis
tracted by cares, noises, his immense
distances, weighed down by the bare
mechanical obstacles of life in the
metropolis that often render its all
alleged social advantages anC
amusements completely nugatory
For what would such man retreat
to the country? Why, for the rest
fulness of nature, for an opportunity
to go early to bed, to get proper
acquaintance with his own family
to cultivate his own resources. Anc
he would expect and desire to live
chiefly by daylight instead of b.
lamplight.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-05-17
WHAT IS MAL-NUTRITION ?

Mal-nutrition m cans that the BOD you eat
does not nourish you. The plain English of
it is starvation.
Everybody who is thin suffers from mall
nutrition. Everybody who is getting thin
ner than he ought TO be suffers from NAL
nutrition.
Doctors have given it many learned names: :
Anemia. dyspepsia, Phthisis, Diabetes- 1t
is all mal-nutrtiOn.
To learn how to cure a disease we must
first find out the of it. The cause OF
your food not nourishing YOU? What can it
possibly help you, if you cannot digest
your food? BY giving you food that is al
ready dlgested.
Cod liver oil and other fatty food is often
given to pit ople who suffer from m al-nutrition.
But it never does them any permanent good
The reason is plain. Fats and oils are the
lost indigeStible of all foods. They cannot
be pre-digested. You cannot help tired
horse by giving him more work to do. Nor
a tired stomach either.
If your stomach cannot nourish your body
with ordinary food, you must take food that
viii nourish it in spite. of your stomach
PASKOLA is such food.
If PASKOLA were a fatty food it would be
nc better than cod liver oil. PASkOLA is a
starch food. PASKOLA is pre-digested.
PASKOLA contains natural ferments that
help to digest other food.
OF the three great classes of foods, StarcheS,
Albumens, Fats, only one has any effect in
the diseases of mal-nutrition: THE
s TARCHES. If we want to get fat we must
have starch food. If we suffer from mal-nu-
triton must have PASKOLA.
PASKOLA is not a medicine, and does not
contain any drugs. 1t is pleasant natural
food, prepared from richest grains and GER
tain kinds of fruit. 1t has been prescribed by
many eminent physicians, and is rapidly
nutrition.
Descriptive pamphlets free on applica-
ton to
The Pre-Digested Food Co.,
80 ESeade Street, New York.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-05-17
Our Clothing

ornaments rather than detracts from ones good
looks as inferior garments do, 1t lasts for years
and fits as well as it wears.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-05-17
NO COUNTERFEIT INFIDELS.

Did you ever see a counterfeit
bank note?"
Yes"
why is it cOunterfeited ?"
Because the genuine note was
worth counterfeiting
did you ever see d scrap OF brown
paper counterfeited ~
No"
Why not?"
Because it is not worth counter
feiting''
Did you ever see a counterfeit
Christian ?"
Yes"
why was he counterfeited ?"
because he was worth counter
feiting.'
WAS he to blame for the counter
felt? ?"
"Of course not"
did you ever see a counterfeit in
6del?"
why, no."
why not ?"
"Ahem !"
We pass the above catechism along.
Il Selected.
Fresh water begins to freeze at 32o,
called the freezing point, but salt water
not till 2S12o.
Scarfs and Grapes are out of style. Use
china silk or the cotton Grape cloths to
drape the mantle for summer.
A Grape veil can be renovated by put
ting it out for few minutes in drilling
rain until we'll dampened Then fold
and put into a mattress over night. 1t
will be wonderfully improved in the
morning.
Sheets and pillow cases should be care
fully folded when dry; then the ironing is
made easy.
Hot liquid may be poured with safety
into any glass vessel by holding it up in
the hand, and not allowing it to rest on
| the table.
Wheat has long been fed to stock in
Utah, it being the great crop of the
territory.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
Nothing to Fight For.

BY way of illustrating how 1.-The WON.
en- of the south helped along the war;"
an officer describes a scene of which he
was an amused eyewitness. A gang
of "Shermap's bummers," he says, had
captured plantation on which were
many hens and chickens
They wrung the necks of the chick
ems, and then proceeded to gather the
eggs, all the while laughing at the an
cry lady of the house. Just then some
confederate cavalrymen came down on
a charge. The union boys retreated Il
short distance, and made hurried prep
arations for the fight.
The woman ran up to the confederate
officer in command, and declared that
she wished to help whip the Yankees
Very good" said he. "Get up on the
fence and heller at them"
The woman, dead in earnest, mounted
the fence, shook her fist, and shouted:
"Oh, you miserable Yankees! You
have taken every chicken on the place!'
whats that?" demanded the officer.
"Taken all the chickens? Then there
is nothing left worth fighting for"
With that he rode away, leaving the
woman on the top Of the fence shaking
her fist at the Yankees and calling them
names. Companion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
TO Keep Flowers in the House.

A tiny garden can be made by cut.
ting piece of sheet wadding to fit the
top of bowl or wide-mouthed jar,
which is filled with water just high
enough for the bottom of the wadding
to touch. Two or three small bits of
Cha, coal will keep the water pure, and
when all is arranged the top of the
wadding is sprinlsled with seeds of
mignonette, sweet pea or any other
easily grown plant The roots pierce
d own through the wadding and are
nourished by the water, while leaves
and blossoms In reasonable time con-
ceal the top. There is but one flower
more beautiful than the morning glory
on TIE outside of the bay window, and
tbat is a morning glory trained up on
the inside of the window and in full
bloom while tho winter storms are
raging and the thermometer is below
zero. They can be grown with very
little trouble. Kansas City Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17

soon standing straight up, and l felt
sure a cannon ball was close behind
me, giving me chase as started for
the river. In my mind it was race
between me and that cannon ball. For
the first mile travelled 1 won. was
never so frightened before, and trust !
may never be again; l never ran so fast
before, and / know never will again.
l was never in such storm of bullets
before or since; it seemed as if the
trees were casting them. Out of that fire
l came alive and unharmed, but it was
a marvel that any of us did, for an ex-
animation of the field afterwards
showed the ground plowed with shot,
and the smallest twig told of the
storm of death that had swept over it.
"Chaos had come again." and the slope
was slippery with blood and strewn
with the dead.
Having escaped from the cannon
ball, soon found myself in company
with stalwart young 1rishman, be-
long to the Fifteenth Iowa, who wau
blacked with battle smoke, and his gun
showed that he had been in the fight
i asked him where he was going. He
replied with considerable earnestness:
Back, be jabers!" He said there was
too much mixing of the gray with the
blue at the front for him.-Blue and
Gray.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
To Clean Carpets at Home.

It is often the case that accidents
happen when one is far away from a
cleaners or when perchance the car
pet may not be worth the expense of
professional services, but would be ex-
tremely useful if put in good order. A
simple and effectual means of cleaning
is to rip the breadths apart, if the car
pet is large; take one breadth at
time over common kitchen table or
wide board and scour with prepared
soapsuds, if necessary, or naptha. If
that substance is to be used, scrub the
carpet thoroughly with an ordinary
scrub brush. If the washing is done
with soapsuds, it is well to rinse the
carpet thoroughly, which may be done
by throwing on pailfuls of water and
scrubbing it out with the brush to rid
the fabric of the suds as nearly as may
be. If the carpet shows symptoms of
fadinIy or if the colors threaten to run,
it is quite worth while to go over it
again and again with the brush and
with soft cloths and remove the water
as rapidly as possible, meanwhile hav-
ing the broad table tipped at an angle
SO as to allow all surplus water to
drain away as quickly as it can. This
is rather slow work and hard work;
but if we'll done, the result will be a
carpet entirely cleaned, perfectly
wholesome and quite good enough for
an upper room or for the rugs and
pieces that are required in every house.
st. Louis Republic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
LATE WINTER STYLES.
a Glimpse of Spring Fashions Seen In tho
Modes of To-day.


Modes of To-day.
The overslSirt has come to stay, and
1t begins to look as if we should have
n revival of the regular paniers by
next spring, the short bouffant drapery
on the hips showing itself in more and
more pronounced fashion on the inn
ported dresses. This and the apparent
seamless and dartless simplicity of the
new waists, which are drawn in folds
to point we'll below the waist n Ii
Bernhart (this famous actress having
a particular predilection for this cut)
seem to be the newest features of the
present mode.
For evening dresses-that is to say,
ball and reception gowns-the skirts
are becoming more and more studied
and are really fearfully and wonder
fully made in their elaboration. Much
too labored" is the verdict of good
taste. This criticism, however, does
not apply to the ball dresses of young
girls, which are miracles of simplicity
and freshness.
A pretty house dress for girl of
| fourteen or fifteen is of navy blue storm
| serge. cut zen surplice," over a gath
| cred front and collar of dark red crepe,
the upper part of the sleeves being of
the serge in three puffs, one falling
over the other, and the tight lower
part of the red. A pretty and novel
feature of the dress is the plain skirt,
which is gathered around the waist
with draw-string like bag, with a
little heading at the top, the folds OF
course being distributed so as to hang
gracefully.
1t is already predicted that ermine
will have but short lease of popular
favor. The cause of this is that ermine
is not becoming nor an especially
pretty fur, and its long use as a lining
for judicial robes does not tend to in
crease its popularity with fashionable
women. The value of ermine is prob
ably overestimated. The new shape!
of ermine muff and boa are exactly the
shapes of those worn forty years ago
when ermine was a fashionable fur
So those who have been fortunat,
enough to inherit ermine sets of lons
ago may use them exactly as they are
In England furriers are going so far a
to face and trim their sealslzin jacket
with ermine, but such snowy garni
lures have never met with favor in thi
country. The sealskin jacket whicl
is in the best form is still the plail
untrimmed coat.
The most elegant way of using er
mine is in combination with rich lace
for the garniture of evening wraps an
for lining them. A beautiful cape O
the Medici type in the new pink shad
of heliotrope which is a compromise i
color between the rose magenta tint
and violet of last season, was lined an
faced with ermine and finished at tn
high collar and around the numerou
collarcttes that covered the shoulde
with Flanders lace.-Boston TRAY
| eller.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
Took Only the Top Rail

1t was during the year of '61 that
Virginia farmer complained to Col.
Webster that the soldiers were destroy
ing his fences
Col. Webster replied that his men had
to have something to burn, and sug-
gested that the farmer allow the troops
to remove only the top rails.
This compromise seemed to satisfy
the farmer apd he agreed. In few
weeks, however, he rushed to the colo
mel in great passion.
'See herev he thundered. "Your
men have burned up every stick of my
fence!"
"I am sorry" WAS the calm reply.
"But didn't we agree that they should
take only the top rails?"
1--WE did; and we have stood by the
agreement"
"Then how is it my fences are all
gomez"
"You must study that ont for your
self" replied the colonel. MY meI
have continued to help themselves, bu,
can assure you that each time they
took only the top rail. boston Bud
get.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
UP IN THE CLASSICS.
A Young Limb of the Law Who Was
Called Down.

Called Down.
AS the school days recede the class
ical learning of early years is more
than apt to fade upon the canvas Of
memory. But there is one judge in
New York who, either by the strength
of his recollection or the refreshing of
his college studies keeps alive his
knowledge of Horace and Homer, Vir-
gil and Xenophon.
One day recently Judge Abraham r.
Lawrence, of the supreme court, was
sitting in chambers, hearing an in
junction case involving a cigarette
that has as its patron an Egyptian
deity. Complainant and respondent
were both Greeks.
Noticing the Hellenic name of the
plaintiff the judge remarked: He APP
pears to be Greek"
For that matter, you honor, both
parties litigant are Greeks" replied
one of the attorneys, bright young
lawyer, fresh from his academic grove.
at is case of Greek meeting Greek" ,"
Il don't understand the relevancy oi
your observation" returned the judge.
"Why, surely, your honor is familiar
with that familiar quotation" said
counsel little airily.
The judge was slightly nettled by
this reflection on his learning. young
man." said he, perhaps you had bet
ter renew your acquaintance with youl
'Anabasis.' This is a case where Greek
is opposed to Greek. The quotation
you are attempting to cite reads, 'Wher
Greek joins with Greek then comes 8
tug of war. IN. Y. Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
Royal BucIswheats.

For generations it has been the GUS
tom to mix the batter for buckwheat
cakes with yeast or emptyings, retain
ing portion of the batter left over
from one morning to raise the cakes
for the following day.
If kept too warm, or not used prompt
ly, this batter becomes excessively sour
and Objectionable. Buckwheat CAKES
raised by this means are more often
sour or heavy than light and sweet. II
eaten daily they distress the stomach
and cause skin eruptions and itching.
Instead of the old-fashioned way we
have been making buckwheat cakes
this winter with Royal Baking Powder,
mixing the batter fresh daily, and find
the result wonderfully satisfactory.
They are uniformly light and sweet
more palatable and wholesome, and
can be eaten continuously without the
slightest digestive inconvenience. Be-
sides they are mixed and baked in a
moment, requiring no time. to rise.
Following is the receipt used:
Two cups of pure buckwheat flour
(not prepared" or mixed); one cup OF
wheat flour, two tablespoons of Royal
Baking Powder and one-half teaspoon'
ful of salt, all sifted well together,
Mix with milk into a thin batter and
bake at once on u hot griddle. Once
properly tested from this receipt, nc
other buckwheat will find its way to
your table.-Domestic Cookery.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
CHILDISH HARpshlPs.
Tho "wild Life" Described by an Educated
Indian.

Tho "wiid Life" Described by an Educated
Indian.
One of the earliest recollections OF
my adventurous childhood is the ride
had on pony's side. Itseems strange
to think of riding in this manner;
nevertheless, the Indian mode of life
made it possible, ] was passive in the
whole matter. A little girl cousin of
mine was put in bag and suspended
from the horn of an Indian saddle; but
her weight must be balanced, or the
saddle would not remain on the ami
malls back. Therefore, / also was put
into a sack, and made to keep both the
saddle and the girl in their proper po-
sition! scarcely objected to the man
ner of the ride, for had very pleas
ant game of peek-a-boo with the little
girl, until we came to big snowdrift,
where the poor beast was stuck fast
and began to lie down. Then it was
not so nice!
This was the convenient and primi-
tive way in which some mothers packed
their children for winter journeys.
However cold the weather might be,
the inmate of the tur-lined sack was
usually very comfortable-at least i
used to think so. l believe l was
treated to all the precarious Indian
conveyances, and, as a boy, enjoyed
the dog-travois ride as much as any.
These travois consisted of set of raw
hide strips securely lashed to the tent.
poles, which were harnessed to the
sides of the animal as if he stood be-
tween shafts, while the free ends were
allowed to drag on the ground. Both
ponies and large kind of dogs were
used as beasts of burden, and they ear
ried in this way the smaller children
as we'll as the baggage.
This mode of travelling for children
was possible only during the summer
and as the dogs were sometimes unre
liable, the little ones were exposed tx
certain amount of danger. For in
stance, whenever train of dogs hac
been travelling for a long time, almos
perishing with theiheat and their heav.
loads, glimpse of water would caus'
them to forget everything else for it
Some of them, in spite of the scream
of the women, would swim with thei
burdens into the cooling stream, and
was thus not infrequently compelled
to partake of an unwilling bath.-St
| Nicholas,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
Remember

That the Wisconsin Central has the un-
most popular line between Chicago and Mil
waukee and st. Paul, Minneapolis and the
Northwest; it is recognized as the Pullman
Line between Chicago and Milwaukee and
Ashland, Duluth and Lake Superior points.
That the Wisconsin Central touches the
most prominent points in Wisconsin, hay
ing more business centers than any railway
to and from the Northwest.
That its dining car service is unsurpassed
by any other line, and that its representa-
tives will cheerfully furnish any informa.
ton that may be desired.
For full details regarding Rates, Routes
Folders, Maps, etc, address your nearest
ticket agent or
JAS. G. POND, Gen. Pass. Agent,
Milwaukee, Wis,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
Are You Going to California to Attend
the Midwinter Fair 2

II 80 read this:
On account of the Midwinter Fair now
being held at San Francisco, the Big Four
Route has placed in effect VERY Low RATES
from ALL POINTS on its great system of rail-
roads to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San
Diego and other principal points in Califor-
MIA and the West, Northwest and South
west, and will sell tickets via either of its
three gateways, ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO OR
PEORIA, with return limit until April 30th,
1894. Solid vestibuled trains run daily to
each Of these cities, with elegant sleeping
cars, private compartment buffet sleeping
cars, parlor cars and dining cars, and afford
ing choice of routes from Cleveland, Gin
cinnati, Columbus, Springfield, Dayton, In
dianapolis and intermediate points. This
excellent service is unexcelled by any other
line, and all persons going to California this
winter should by all means consult the
nearest representative of the Big -Four
Route for rates and all other information
pertaining to the Great West.
b. ID. MARTIN, g. P. and T. A.
E. o. MCCORMICK,
Pass. Traffic Mangr., Cincinnati. o.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
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V PAINS and ACHES.
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"THE foreign husband is the absorbing
idea" said the American millionaire az he
wrote the wedding check.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.