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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
Personal RELIGION.

do not think we have to convert
men to so many different ideas IS we
once thought we must before we can
say to them. You must live the
higher life, the religious life" l
think already we can say to them,
Standing where you are it is posi-
bic for you at this very moment to
begin a new life" a man calls him
self a believer. He may be dog
matist, a bigot. Another man calls
himself an rnbeliever; and vet es-
sentially, the world of religion is the
same to them. l would say to the
believer: DO not stop where you
are now. Do not be satisfied. Your
faith cannot stand alone. Add to
your faith virtue, and to virtue
knowledge, and to knowledge tenn
perance, and to temperance gOdli-
ness. and TO goodness brotherly
kindness, and to brotherly kindness
charity" | would say to the uu-
believer substantially the same: DO
not stand satisfied with your unbe-
lief. Do not, like the Pharisee, stand
thanking God that you are not like
this other man in his superstitions,
but begin to add virtue to your
knowledge, and to knowledge
temperance, and TO that reverence,
and to reverence brotherly kindness,
Let them both develop along these
lines; and, when they get both well
developed, YOU would hardly know
them apart. The dogmatist has lost
his narrowness, and his religion has
developed into beauty and grace
and the unbeliever has come to learn
something of the life OF God, which
he could only learn by such ex-
periences. To both the word is
personal growth. And l want to
say this: that no man who genuine
" does begin to live that kind of life,
whose religion is not a word, but a
deed and character, Will fail Of
recognition, wherever he is.
know of 10 more beautiful pOr-
trayal of this life Of simple godliness,
which grows out of desire TO do
ones duty, TO deveiOpits possibilities,
than that given by the man who
wrote the gospel of evangeiicism for
the English-speaking race ohm
| Bunyan. You remember that when
the pugr1LnS came at last TO the
river which they must pass over
| Great Heart, Valiant, and all the
rest-there came one simple man
with them-Mr. Honest. Bunyan
tells how at last a message came to
Mr.. Honest. calling him by the Kings
command to cross the river; and
then he goes on, without telling any
new or startling experiences, just to
| sum up his life and death, using
words to which the most evangelical
believers respond, and words to
| which every man of the freest reli-
gion must respond also. He says
that the message came to Mr..
| Honest, and at this time the river
did greatly overflow its banks. But
in his lifetime Mr.. Honest had asked
/ one Mr.. Good Conscience to meet
! him there, which he also did, and
! helped him over the river. The man
who in his life time has fully made
the acquaintance Of Mr.. Good Con-
| science need not fear but that he will
| help him over when the hour of need
| comes Rev Samuel M. Crothers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
A FREAK OF NATURE.

A strange freak of nature was dis
covered near Reading recently.
While Swover and De Long were
saving white OAK log, which they
procured from the farm of George S.
Sell, farmer of Maxatawnv town
ship, near Bowers Station, their cir
cular saw, which is five feet six inches
ches in diameter, struck piece of
quartz which tore every tooth
out of the big saw. The stone
was six inches in diameter, and i'm
bedded in the trunk thirty feet from
the ground and inside the solid
wood There is considerable specu-
lation as to how the stone got into
the trunk of the tree. There Is no
quartz within a mile from the place
where the tree stood. 1t must have
been there for over 200 years, as the
tree, it is believed, was several cen
turtles old. The tree was one OF the
very largest in this section.-l De-
spatch to Philadelphia Ledger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
FAMILY Sc.

The case of the family of the late
Earl Rivers-who has just died at
the age of seventeen-is cited as illus
trative of the hardships of the law
of entail The father of the late earl,
fearing that his son was not likely
to live, would fain have cut off the
entail for the sake of his numerous
family of daughters; but the son
being under age, could not give his
consent to the step; and thus a
father, with a magnificent estate,
has died without being able to make
any provision tor his daughters, and
brother with magnificent estate,
has died without being able TO make
any provision for his sisters. Still,
had the father of the late earl be-
thought himself of insuring his own
lite and the lite OF his son, the hard
ships under which the female mem
bers OF their families are now suffer
ing might have been palliated If not
entirely avoided.-[Pan Mall Ca
Zette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
CENTER CHURCH, HARTFORD.

Concerning this historical church
and DIR. Lamson's recent welcome
there the Hartford correspondent of
the Springfield Republican says:
1t was a notable gathering of Con-
gregational lights, and change in
the pastorate of this church Is al
WAYS an event Of very large import
ance. The people in Hartford feel
that no other church organiza ton
in the country occupies just such q
position in honorable history and
rich tradition as the First church of
Hartford. 1t was organized by
Thomas Hooker, the founder OF
Connecticut, it's first pastor. He
drew up the first written constitu-
ton for popular self-government,
declaring that the foundation of
authority is laid firstly in the free
consent of the people" Hooker was
the master spirit OF the original
settlement, and his ideas shaped the
Connecticut government. The Cen
ter church is the birthplace of this
town and state. From the time
when it was the only church here
down to today, it has been the"
church of the town; and there still
fingers about it something of the
quality that marked the Congrega-
tional churches in the days of feder-
alism. 1t is located down town"
on Main street, and not a stones
throw from the original site. It's
congregation is scattered all over
Hartford. Few live near the build
ing. but if ANYBODY ever thinks of
changing its historic location and
moving out to newer parts, as old
churches do in so many other cities,
he keeps his idea to himself 1t
wouldn't 90. People come from all
directions to attend its services, and
a very large fraction of the congre-
CATION come in their own carriages
The church has witnessed MANY
curious scenes IN its long history.
A Roman Catholic service was held
in it during the Revolution as a
mark OF courtesy to the French al
lies who were here. One of its ia
nous pastors was likewise a distil-
Ter, and for long time bad to shut
himself in his house to escape service
of papers for debts incurred IN the
business. which somehow he had
failed to pay. The church ediice,
built in 1907, stands in front of the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
February FANCIES.

Bluster-Do you mean to say
that am a liar? Blister-I hope
that | could not do so ungentle-
manly a thing But 1 see you
catch my idea.-[Boston Tran
script.
Muggins-I thought Brown was
going into the sugar business.
Buggins-He intended to, but be
didn't have the sand.-[Philadel-
phia Record.
An instructive dialogue is reported
to have taken place at the opening
of the Sussex Assizes. A Juror rose
in the box to ask to be exempted
from service on account of deafness.
Are you very deaf? asked the
judge in low tone Yes, my lord,
was the prompt reply. You had
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
New Advertisements.
Cured of a Severe Case Of Dyspep-
STA by using Groder's Botanic
Dyspepsia Syrup.
Mrs. Lizzie a. KnowI,on, Liberty, Ne.

She is the wife of we'll known spring bed
manufact urer, w. Know1ton, and by him
induced to try "Grodcrs," the remedy that
cured him of a bad attack of dyspepsia.
She says: GENTLEMEN
For several years have been afflicted with
dyspepsia and a complicated stomach and
liver trouble. The least food 1 ate would
distress me terribly and fill my stomach with
gas. was greatly troubled with dizziness.
my appetite was poor. and had very bad
cough. very nervous, could not sleep,
and in fact my whole system seemed to be
affected; was unable to attend to my house
hold duties. Physicians and medicines did
me n relief or benefit, and had lost allfaith
in them, but to crafty the request OF my
husband I decided to try
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22

desolate and neglected old Center
burying ground. and is fanked on
the south by a shabby and discredlt-
able lot OF rookeries; but one of the
coming reforms is the removal of
these and the respectful treatment of
the sacred ground now given over
to ball-playing and the hanging out
Of clothes to dry.
Dr. Lamson has received most
cordial welcome here, especially from
his brother pastors. and there is
prospect of successful work before
him. The churches of the city are in
noticeably friendly relations with
each other.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22

''Castoria is so well adapted to children
hat I recommend it as superior to any pre-
scription known to me-
H. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.
III So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, n. Y.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22

Castoria cures Colo. Constipation. Sour
stomach DiarrhCea, Erucation. kills
Worms, gives sleep, and promotes digestion
without injurious medication.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
HORSE GOSSIP.

Dr. Geo. w Ward has sold to
New York gentleman his three-year-
old gelding, Robert Wilkes, by Con-
toocook, son of Mambrino Wilkes.
At the meeting of the executive
committee of the Vermont Road and
Trotting Horse Breeders, held re-
Gently at Rutland, resolutions were
adopted endorsing the introduction
of French coach horses in Vermont,
and it was voted that an inspector
be appointed to examine all stations
offered for sale in the state. Harry
Lowe of Montpelier was appointed
the Inspector called for by the reso-
lutiOns. The same association has
also appointed Mr.. Lowe the in
spector for the state, vested with the
authority and power to examine any
and all stations that may be offered
for sale to any individual, company
or companies, to ascertain If the
breeding and individual excellence of
such stallion or stations is as repre-
sented, and the value consistent with
the price asked said company or
companies, upon the written re-
quests of any interested individual,
or individuals, for such eXamina ton,
which will be free of all expense to
the applicant or applicants.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22

Concerning this historical church
and DIR. Lamson's recent welcome
there the Hartford correspondent of
the Springfield Republican says:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
THE STOKk-HOLDS ON OCEAN
RACERS.

Well, in these days OF great me-
chanlcal improvement, stoke-holds
are losing their terrors. They are
getting 10 be quite comfortable.
Great strides have been made in the
last twenty years in increasing the
speed of ships, and it isn't too much
to say that most OF 1t comes through
better and stronger boilers. Twenty
wears ago the boilers of the fastest
ships sustained only 70 pounds of
stea m-pressure to the square inch,
but now they sustain with ease 165
pounds. This means more than
double the steam than formerly, and
much faster twisting OF the screws.
It also means more coal and more
StOking, but not near so much IN
proportion TO the gain ia steam.
This is because furnaces have also
been improved, but the work OF feed
ing their angry throats is hard
enough; so hard, indeed, that
teamship owners have found that it
paws to look after the comfort of the
stOkers as we'll as others OF the crew,
and hence StOke-hOlds are beginning
to be ventilated and to be more COM
Portable as working places. The
temperature of stoke-holds is still
above 1902 when brisk work is go
ing on, but ventilators keep pour
ing fresh cool air into the place, and
the stOkers almost never suffer from
exhaustion in new steamships.
The stoker works only eight hours
day. and this is divided into two
"watches' of four hours each. That
is, he works four hours, then has
eight hours rest, and then works
four hours, and doesn't think his lot
such a bad one after all. To be sure,
on merchantmen he has to be hound
ed ali the time to do his work prop
erly, and he expects it, for he has a
chronic objection against working
without being driven to il, and
oftener than not doesn't think it
worth while to wash his face IN his
eight hours interval of rest. He
probably wouldn't thank YOU for
your sympathy if you tried to tell
him that his life is hard Harpers
Young People
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22

mich COWS in the car The railroad
men in Reno say that breakbeam
and blind baggage tourists are quite
common, but they never before heard
of one beating his way on the back
of a wild steer.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21

composed of dele
gates from the whole world. The
United States sent one of the strongest
delegations, as a matter of course. but
England also was impressively repre-
sented, while al the countries of Eu.
rope, excepting Turkey. had eminent
men to speak for them. Over l,COO
delegates, besides nearly 1000 visitors,
participated.
The event had been anticipated in a
series OF advance preparations for the
past two years. The preliminary call
had beer issued since last year by the
International Committee now located
at Geneva, Switzerland. 1t is three
years since the first steps we're taken
at Amsterdam, Holland, for the cele-
bration by the appointment of Gustave
Iophel, Chairman: Edward Barde,
Vice Chairman: Jean Billion, Secretary:
Frederick Donna, Treasurer. and TWEEN
ty-two other gentlemen, representing
every civil i ed nation. Great as was
the representation Of the United
States, it was but typical of every land.
The American delegation of over one
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21
THE MODEL TOWN."
Deplorable Condition of Affairs at Pull
man, lii.

man, lii.
The ,ondition of affairs in Pullman,
Ill.,, is calling for investigation in all
directions. Four thousand men are
idle there, having struck against a re-
duction OF wages to the starvation
point. The entire town Of Pullman is
private property. The Pullman Com
pany owns not only the lots and houses,
but the streets and alleys, school-house
sites and parks. Not a dollars worth
of what, in other towns, is public prop
erty has ever passed out OF the owner
ship of Nh. Pullman's c)rporati N. Not
an acre in Pullman has been de Ii ated
to the public use. The model town"
is not a town. It has no town organ
ization nor officers. 1t is managed by
the private corporation, and it Is taxed
as q farm or manufacturing pant is
taxed. 1t is a peculiar institution in
this respect. The officers OF the prl-
vate corporation can fence up the
streets ard alleys and evict the sch o.s
fir m the school buildings if they shall
so determine.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21
AN ENGLISH CUSTOM.
The Spot Cash Buyer Always Has tho
Advantage.

Advantage.
There is a commercial custom in
England, as we'll as in many of the
larger cities of continental Europe,
that could Re followed, | believe, with
excellent results by the merchants and
tradesmen OF this country" said n OF
the foreign buyers for a big New York
dry goods house, the other day.
"W hen a person ent rs a shop in Lon
don, for instance, and selects an article
he may desire, no matter what it is,
AMI inquiries the price, a certain sum
is stated. If the buyer happens to
have an account at the estab ishment
and instructs statesmen to cna'ge his
purchase to him he Is politely informed
that the price of the article Is two OF
three pence higher than the first
named cost. This system is followed
in all the better mercantile establish
ments in the United Kingdom. The
credit price is invariably a few pennies
higher than the same article would be
i, very simple, and, | believe, entirely
proper. When a person buys a thing
Tor cash the transaction is closed, and
there is no further expense involved to
either party. When a person buys for
cred t the item must be attended to by
the bookkeeeper, the services of a
paid collector are brought into req
u~isition for the collection of the bill.
and the running expenses of the es.
tablishment wherein the trade took
place are thus increased. 1 understand
that two or three of the largest and
best known retail houses in New York.
who sell goods on the credit plan, as
we'll as for cash, are considering the
feasibility Of adopting similar system
in th.i establi .hments."
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21
The Australian Soak.

The constant allusiOn to 'soaks,"
''rCck-hOles," ETC., contained in the
reports from the western Australian
goldtields must be a kind of puzzle to
people not acquainted with the Pc
colony, says the Sydney Morning
Herald. AS the Department of Pub
lie Works has resolved to deal with
these rock mounds in a novel and
strange fashion, it is necessary, per-
haps, to explain what these forma-
tiOns are. From out Of a level sea OF
barren scrub towers a dome of bare
brown granite. In height it may be
100 feet, and at the base cover an
area of 100 acres. The shapes Of
these isolated mounds of ROCK are &C.
centric. Some are peaked, some
round backed. but all are naked, and
from their sides the rare rainfall de-
sends as it would course down the
fam .liar galvanized iron root.
Naturally the denudation OF the
rocks has caused a deposit OF soil
about their feet. This is, as a rule.
more open than the surrounding
scrub, fairly erased, and having in
it's deeper port ons a spongy surface
spring. This is the soak" Some
times at the kaSe Of the rock there is
often a kind of cistern-like hole in
the rock itself, either n or more;
this IS 1.-THE rockhole." Naturally a
good deal of the water which runs
off the face of the rock is lost in the
earth at its base.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21

hundred, headed by John Wanamaker,
Rev. DIR. Theodore l.. Cuyler. General
Secretary Richard S. Moss of the Ma
tiOnal Committee, Secretary r. r. Nc.
Burney of New York, Rev. George A.
Hall, New York's State Secretary:
Luther d. Wishard, Secretary Nation
al Committee: G. N. Bierce and f. L..
Shuey, representing Ohio, Geo. Taylor
from California, Rev. DR.. A. H. Scott
of Perth. Ont, and others as eminent
in the work, went to bespeak this
cOuntry's aims in the conference.
The place of meeting was Exeter
Hall, one CT LOndon's most imposing
public edifices. The assemblage was
in session or over a week, and its de-
alterations included treasures for the
beginning of a crusade that is designed
try. And not least among its histori-
cal features was the presence, as an
honored delegate, of the man who
founded, fifty years ago, the first Youtg
Mems Christian AS. OciatiOn, George
Williams. He is 10Y the wealthy head
of the house in which he clerked at
the time when he began his organizing
propaganda in a little no ,m in London
with a few of his fellow clerks.
On the opening day of the confer
ence. the Committee on Credentials
went into session. and the certificates
in all languages were duly ap sroyed.
The following evening at ! o'clock
there was a reception of delegates at
Exeter Hall pro yer, which was deco
rated with the emblems of all nation
alities for the occasion. Thu otic al
welcome came from 8 tO9 clock in the
evening. when the venerable George
Will ans received the tributes and
courtesies of all the visitors.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21

may defeat him for
ressman Is a
native of Scott
County, Ky.
h o h a a ! W a y 5
lived. He is ~
years old, unmar-
ried, and a g.radu-
ate of Columbia
Collie &c La W
School, New York
City. Ia 1876 he
was elected to the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21
Something About Our Size.

OF our tifty-one States and Ter
ritories, twenty-seven are each larger
than all Of England. while the en-
tire territory OF the Union would
contain eEngland sixty-nine times.
Five of our States and Territories
are each larger than the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21
Trouble for a Postal Clerk.

1t has happened before that a man
has got himself into trouble by
ntglectlng to give his wife the letters
for he which he has q his pocket,
but the present predicament Of a
postal clerk in Maine has some new
features. VIII lie handling the mail
not long ago he saw a letter d rected
to his wife and put it into the pocket
instead OF lett ny 1t go through the
usual channels. Another Gle k
in the car Saw him take the
letter, and not knowing who it
was for repo ted the fact to his
superior officers, and as a result the
offender is o suspended from duty
awaiting a hearing on the cha ge of
robb.ng the mails. One of the damag-
ing tact against him is that he 10 =
got to give the letter to his .fe when
he got hOEie and carried it in his
pocket on another tip over the road.
-PO. tland Argus
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21

finSn; an | represents Mr.. Greeley sit.
u IN a contemp alive attitude, with
Il Hewspape r in one hand and spectacle:
EOniuune other. The pedestal il OF
scrin.yy granite. On side is the in
6f HuP.ioh; Erected under the auspice:
6;- Mace Greeley Post, G. A. r., No.
'NN, Sew York Typographical Union.
.Unioo' an ana 90 Brooklyn Typographical
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21

closed in London.
h coming togeth-
or Celebrated t h @
fiftieth anniversary
OF the parent organ
lzatlon and the gold
en- jubilee was ush-
in not only with
appropriate ceremo-
MES but by the de-.
liberation of q REP
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21

Kentucky Legislature, where ne re-.
NAMED five terms. He was a delegate
at large to the Democratic Natlonai
Convention in 1892. He has Tor several
cal been looked upon as BrecKln'
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-21
HORACE GREELEY'S STATUE.

We" forks Handsome Tribute to the
Great Editor.
New York honored one of her most
.'l'trlous Ons last week when 8
,.aIie OF Horace Greeley was unveiled
a a. lhlrty-third street and Broadway.
IHe exc cises were of an impressive
rnaracter and eloquent tributes were
Pdd to the memory Of the great editor.
mos j. Cummings was the orator OF
sAe uay and District Attorney Fellows,
a..In9 for Mayor GilrOy, accepted the
''1,ue IN behalf of the city.
Inc statue Is of bronze, seven feet