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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-28
One Little Point.

Any me reading Mr. B. F.Ways article in last weeks CALIFORNIAN will notice
that he does not dispute in any way my statement of two weeks ago. In equally
good fellowship, am willing to concede that his Company pays extremely good
dividends IN their Annual Dividend Policies and appreciate his liberal offer %
match same by showing actual results of Dividends worn 10 by actuay ofeach
Company. have not such a statement in my possession, and do not know that
could procure me from The acuary Of our Company. do know This, however
that the published figures of the Northwestern o n a matured 20 year endowment,
show very little difference from the State Mutual. This one point has always been
the great cry fthe Northwestern, in fact, their ne and only claim, but say there
are many other desirable features in LE Insurance Policy contract. Below give
a reprint of an advertisement that appeared in The CALIFORNIAN of March %. 1895,
and would say that the amount given that the Northwestern would pay a the end
OF the tenth year. was taken ron a letter written by L.. 7. Norton, Ger. Agt. for
Vermont, who promisei to have these figures verified by som officer ofthe Com
pany it desired. This letter was sent to the Secretary of the Company at
Milwaukee, who answered in substance az follows: The figures given you by Gen.
Agt. Norton ares approximately what w have paid o al Annual Dividend Policy
at the end of he tenth year at ae 81, Twenty Year endowment, but the Company
do not guarantee this amount OF the next ten years. Another point that this
Company m ,ks, as per n of their own advertise ments lying before mt, is "No
FluctuatIng Securities Over 90 per cent of the Reserve Invested in First Mort
gage BONDS" and a wel-known fact is that nearly every dollar is in socaned
Western Mortgages. With the experience of New England investors in tn class of
securities, to not mention the overwhelming disasters in the Investment Companies,
Banks, and Loan Associations situated in the West, how do you think you would
like to be connected with an institution that had their Eggs all in n basket"
and this kind Of ggs, at that?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-28
A TIMELY RH YME.

1t is not generally known that Mr'
Charles Dudley Warner sometimes drops
into poetry for the d~e'ectatlon OF ms
friends. He has done tn s to celebrate
special occasions among them, but mas
seldom allowed his Illusions 10 appear IN
print. We are strongly inclined, from
internal evidence, TO suspect that the
following verses, which have just up
peard in the Hartford Coufant, ale
from his graceful pen;
The Dance of II BOnDefs.
All up and down the brilliant house,
Through Circle. Hox. arqnet,
Sat row s and rows Of waiting folk.
Men, DANES and damstls gay;
All with their bright C, pectant looks.
carc-lree AZ If In story books.
Impatient Tor the Play.
At last the lights turned. sudden. low,
The curtain upward went.
Each voice was hushed and garment'sstir;
With eyes and ears iBtent
Upon the spaik king. lovely scene
With elfs and fays the brooks between.
Each eager face was bent.
But one. aghast could nothing see
Except a monstrous plume:
While three red roses high awave-
From PARIS skill abloom-
BEFORE another = strainInR eyes,
With saucv tilt and savage ize.
Did loom, and loom, and loom.
And hard by this another sat.
Meek soul but now a.rage.
For two wide-spr"ading. tan.like wings
Concealed just half the stage.
Sometimes a players head or hand
Or fragment Of doncin" band
ould fall within his gauge.
One dame behind a ribbon tower,
Felt honest. true amaze
That thoughtful she of TIM st toque
Must thus he spoiled of gaze.
She knew not that her light aigrette
To c, es be ind would nlv let
Things pass as through a haze.
And so the dance began-to right,
To leit-to right again
The flower. the leather. silken bow,
The wing Of bright bird slain.
q weird chase! row after row.
The bannets come, the bonncts go,
Till curtain drops and fro t. the show
Wend weary eyes and BRAN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-28

1t was by request of a young woman
whom he had never seer that Lincoln
grew his first beard. In 1861 he trav-
eled from Springfield to Washington and
made a series of speeches. AT Erie
Northeast station he prefaced his address
by saying that a year previously he had
received from q young girl in that place
a letter asking him to let his whiskers
grow.
"And if that young lady is present."
added the president, II would like to
ask her if she will come up and tell me
what she thinks of the result, for l have
followed her advice"
Amid the cheers Of the audience a
pretty girl made her way to the plat
form and was kissed by the president.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-28
Presentation of Account.

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS.
In Probate court, held at the probate Office
in st. Johnsbury, in said district, on the 10th
day of February, A. d. 1896.
Charles ]. Bell, executor OF the last will and
testament of Bliss N. Davis. late of Danville,
in said district, deceased, presents his
administration account for examination
and allowance. and makes appl cation Tor
decree of distribution and partition of the
estate Of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said court
that said account and said application be
referred to a session thereof, to be held at
the probate Office in said st. Johnsbury, on
the 9th day Of March, A. ID. 1896, for
hearing and decision thereon. And it is
further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested, by publication OF
the same three weeks successfully in the
CALIFORNIAN, a newspaper published at st
Johnsbury previous to said time appointed
for hearing, that they may appear at said
time and place, and show cause, If any they
may have. whv said account should not be
allowed and such decree made.
BY the Court Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-28
INTERRUPTED THE WEDDING.
A Story About Lincoln's Marriage to Mary
Todd.

A Story About Lincoln's Marriage to Mary
Todd.
Lincoln's unfortunate marriage to
Mary Todd occurred in Springfield, Ills,
at the home of M Il. W. Edwards,
where Miss Todd d. She was the
belle Of Springfield nd the story OF
Lincoln's unhappy nd interrupted
courtship is well known. The marriage,
although hastily arranged in the en-
was perhaps the first one performed in
that city with all the requirements Of
the Episcopal ceremony. Rev. Charles
Dresser officiated. Among the many
friends of Lincoln who were present was
Thomas G. Brown, one Of the judges of
the state supreme court. He was a blunt,
outspoken man and an old timer.
Parson Dresser was attired in full
canonical robes and recited the service
with much impressive s%olemnity. He
handed Lincoln the ring, who, placing
it on the BRIDES finger, repeated the
church formula, with this ring l thee
endow with all my goods and chattels,
lands and tenements.
Judge Brown, who had never before
witnessed such a ceremony and looked
upon it as utterly absurd, calculated, in
a tone loud enough to be heard by all,
"God Almighty, Lincoln, the statute
fixes all that!' This unexpected inter
ruption almost upset the old parson, who
had a keen sense of the ridiculous, but
he quickly recovered his gravity and
hastily pronounced the couple man and
wife
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-28

Lincoln was fond Of illustrating his
points, when speaking or writing, with
hemely metaphor Or smile. These fig
ures of speech were sometimes uncouth,
but always strong.
When General Grant was accused of
intemperance, the president answered,
eff l knew what brand Of whisky he
drinks, l would send a barrel or so to
some other generals"
On M occasion, exasperated at the
discrepancy between the aggregate Of
troops forwarded to Mcclellan and the
number the same general reported as
having received, Lincoln exclaimed,
~"Sending men to that army is like shov-
cling f1eas across a barnyard--half Of
them never get there"
To a politician who had criticised his
course he wrote, Would you have me
drop the war where it is, or would you
prosecute it i'll future with elder stalk
squirts charged with rosewater?"
When, on his first arrival in Washing
ton as president, he found himself be-
sieged by office seekers, while the wal
was breaking out, he said, II feel like
a man letting lodgings at n end Of the
house while the other end is on fire."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-28

1t is instructive to notice how each liv-
ing thing takes from the sunbeam what
it wants-one its aroma. another its
color. aihird it's luscioustaste. So should
we extract from Christ whatever we
require to complete our character. The
short-t, mpt cred must take patience; the
passionate, purity; the cowardIy, moral
strength; the domineering, patience; the
downrast, COMFORT. We must not sim
ply pray for them, but take them.-[F. B.
Never.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-28

BANSHEE.
An aged d~esolation,

An aged dcsolation,
She sits by old shannon flowing
A mother Of many children,
or children cXilcd and dead.
In her home, with bent head, homeless,
Clasping her knee, She SITS
Kecning, k~oening!
And Mt her kcene the fairy grass
Tremblcs on dun and barrow,
Around the foot Of her ancient crosses
Tho grave grass shakes and the nettle swings
IN haunted gleus the meadow sweet
filings 10 the night wind
Her mystic mournful perfume.
The sad spear mint by holy wells
DIR. Todhunter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-28

Eugene. ex-empress of the French, has
made her will. one article of which is
said to provide a legacy to each Of the
1884 males of France whose birthday
comedies with that of her lamented son,
Prince Louis.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-28
FARM FOR SALE.

offer nv farm for sale. with or without
e+ocb and tools. to suit customer. The iarm
10 situated ON the West Barnet road, " ola
mile from the Joe's Brook school house, and
Senced. farm and buildint sin good condition;
never failing water. sugar and apple orchards,
tic. Apply on the premises
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-28
Lincoln as q Dancer.

Lincoln made bis first appearance in
society when he was first sent to Spring
field, Ills. as u member of the state leg
islature. 1t was not an imposing figure
which he cut in II ballroom, but still he
was occasionally to be found there.
Miss Mary Todd, who afterward became
his wife, was the magnet which drew
the tall, awkward young man from his
den. One evening Lincoln approached
Miss Todd and said, in his peculiar
idiom:
miss Todd, l should like to dance
with you the worst way"
The young woman accepted the inev-
liable and hobbied around the room
with him. When she returned to her
seat, enc Of her companions asked mis-
%chievously:
"Woll, Mary, did he dance with you
the worst way?'
"Yos." she answered, 1.-THE very
worst" -
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-12
N UNYON'
CONVERTS INCREASING.
Hundreds Declare They Have
Been Cured.
DRUGGISTS UNABLE TO KEEP UP
WITH THE DEMAND.
Read What Prominent People Who
Have Been Cured By Munyon's
Remedies Say.

William Moore White, 6l0 st.
Mary street, San Antonio, Texas,
says: 81 have been suffering from
Catarrh for over seven years, and
have been under several physi-
clans treatment and tried every
thing l could hear of in hopes of
getting relief. l procured bottle
of Munyon's Catarrh Cure and
Catarrh Tablets and have taken
| only one bottle. | can say truth
fully / am better than | have been
for years. | cheefully recommend
Munyon's Catarrh Cure to all suf-
fering from this disease"
Munyon's rheumatism Cure
never fails to relieve in l to 3
hours, and cures in a few days.
Price, 25c.
Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure posi-
lively cures all forms Of indiges-
ton and stomach troubles. Price,
25c.
Munyon's Cold Cure prevents
pneumonia and breaks up a cold
in a few hours. Price, 25c.
Munyon's Cough Cure stops
coughs, night sweatS, allays sore
ness, and speedily heals the lungs.
Price, 25c.
Munyon's Kidney Cure speedily
cures pains in the back. loins or
groins and all forms of kidney dis
ease. Price 25c.
Munyon's Nerve Cure stops nerv-
BUSINESS and builds up the system.
Price, Doc.
Munyon's Catarrh Remedies new
er fail. The Catarrh Cure-price
25c.-eradicates the disease from
the system, and the Catarrh Tab
lets-price 25c.-cleans and heals
| the parts.
Munyon's Asthma Cure and
Herbs relieve asthma in three min
utes and cure in five days. Price,
80 cents each.
Munyon's Headache Cure stops
headache in three minutes. Price,
% cents.
Munyon's Pile Ointment posi-
lively cures all forms of piles.
| Price, 25c.
Munyon's Blood Cure eradicates
all impurities of the blood. Price,
25c.
Munyon's Vitalizer restores lost
powers to weak men. Price, $l.O0.
A separate cure for each disease.
At all druggists, 25c. bottle.
Personal letters to Professor
Munyon, 1906 Arch street, Phila-
delphia, Pa, answered with free
| medical advice for any disease
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-12
FREE TRADE FALLAOY
vs.. Common Sense and Protection.

VS.. Common Sense and Protection.
To the Daily LIGHT:
A tariff for revenue does not
mean, that any American product
is to be made Improbable, or
ruined by putting a rival foreign
product on the free list. When any
foreign raw material is imported,
the price paid for it is withdrawn
from our country and goes to en-
rich the foreign producer; but when
our homegrown raw material is
used by our manufacturers,
the price paid for it re-
mains at home, Is added to
our aggregate wealth and
benefits our domestic producer.
In case we should have naval
war and our commerce with foreign
nations should be seriously inter
rupted, or rendered so unsafe as to
deter prudent men from engaging
in importing raw material for
manufacturing purposes, it would
subject our country to small in
conveniences, or loss, in case our
country produced raw material
sufficient for our consumption.
Every man with a grain OF conf
mon sense can perceive and appre-
ciate the force.of this argument.
A free trader has cast Of luna
cy in his mind and is the purblind
slave of a theory. England pro-
duced scarcely any OF the raw
material used in her manufactur-
ing processes and as labor is cheap
there. she is in position to have
quasi free trade. But she levies a
direct tax in order to raise revenue
and this tax embraces every con-
ceivsble thing from which revenue
can be scraped. 1t would open
the eyes OF our people,if they would
read Sidney Smiths description of
the all EN- bracing direct tax as is
levied in England. This direct
tax is the price, which. she pays
for the luxury OF free trade. We
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-12
Trustees Sale.

whereas. on April 6, 1892, +. Krisch and
wife, f. Krisch, executed and delivered unto
j. I. woodruff deed of trust on the following
described property, situated in San Antonio,
BeXar county, Texas, on the n W. corner of
flores and Houston streets, and described
by metes and bounds as follows, viz: Begin.
ming at the corner of Houston and Flores
streets; thence n. along the W line of said
Flores street l3iI3 feet to property OF
Stuenke; thence W. with S. line of said
stuemke property lax feet, to the property
formerly owned by J. Y. CassianO; thence s.
along the e. line OF said Cassiano property to
Houston street: thence e. with the n. line Of
said Houston street to the place of beginning: :
said property known as krisCh Convention
Hall property; deed of trust recorded IN
BeXar county, Texas, book IO9, vol 2lS said
deed Of trust given TO secure Elizabeth c.
Gardiner in the payment of twenty thousand
dollars, evidenced by one prOmiSsOry note,
dated San Antonio, Texas, April 8. 1892, for
the sum of S2O,0O0C0, due and payable three
81 years after date, at the bank of
T. c. Frost, San Antonio, bearing
10 per cent interest pr anHum and
10 per cent attorneys fees, said interest pay.
able quarterly. after date. and said note pro
vidlng that If said interest he not paid the
entire sum, principal and interest, shall be
come due at option of holder of note, said
note executed by +. Krisch, Sr., and now
held and still owned by said Gardiner, and
whereas default has been made in the pay
ment of said interest and principal and the
said entire sum is due, and the request hav-
ing been made on me to advertise and sell the
said premises, as in said deed of trust pro-
vided for, therefore |, J. T. woodruff, trustee
as aforesaid by virtue of the express author
ity conferred upon me by the owner of said
deed of trust and 10 conformity to law, will
sell for cash all the above described property,
at and before the court house door, in San
Antonio, BeXar county, Texas. at public VEN
due. on the first Tuesday in April, 1896. the
same being the eth day of said month, between
the hours of 10 O'Clock a. IN. and 4 O'Clock p.
m, on said day. and by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the terms of said deed OF
trust will in the name of said +. Krisch and
f. krisch execute and deliver unto the pur-
chaser a warranty deed in fee simple, forever
binding upon them and their heirs.
Witness my hand, in San Antonio, Texas
on this, the 9th day OF March, 1896.
1T. Woodruff,
392lt Trustee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-12
CITY LOCAL NEWS.

Sole agents for White sewing
machines. All machines repaired
and guaranteed. Supplies for
machines speciality. l.. M.
Michael, 1913 w. Com. st. 80 limo
-Gurnev CleanabIe Refrigerators,
Lightning and Blizzard FreezerS,
Jewel Stoves and Ranges.
Gus. A. BONNET, PIT w. Commerce St.
Branch Store, 2lO Z. Houston street.
35tf
TURF EXCHANGE, 203 Alamo
Plaza. Commissions executed on
all racing events.
2 10 If STUBBLEFIELD d Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-12
SHORT STOPS.
What the People are Saying.


Our business people and tax pay
ers, are considerably concerned
over a statement in the Express
of March 10th, to the effect that
the failure to collect back taxes has
caused the entire depletion Of the
fund to meet interest and sinking
fund on the bonded indebtedness.
This statement emenates from
the auditors office, and should be
correct.
According to this statement the
sinking fund was in debt to the
amount Of $ll,546.S5 on June l,
1895. Also that $4,000 OF the sink
ing fund was transferred in 1892 to
the general fund, in violation Of
the charter provision; that this
$4,000 has not all been paid back,
there remaining $4,000 unpaid.
The whole statement is a tumble.
The statement from beginning to
end is bluff, at the taxpayer; the
failure to pay the full tax levy
may reduce the sinking and in
terest fund, but it cannot be posi-
BILE that the financial department
of our city has failed to set aside
from all the money collected, the
proportionate amount Sdue to the
sinking and interest fund, and
that this fund must depend on the
back taxes for replenishment.
The books OF the collectors office
show that there has been collected
and credited to the several funds
since the lst Of June, 1895, the fol-
lowing: General fund, $269, 27S.S8 ;
sinking fund, $l03,667.6l; schools,
$4S, 1853. AZ ; city hall, 1920 ga total
Of 1922, $1,000. Now what has be.
come OF the SOB, 667 81, set apart
to the sinking fund.
The article IN the Express Is In
the shape Of local editorial and
quotes the auditors office.
The sinking fund is the fOunda-
ton of our city's credit, and if it
can be trifled with, the taxpayers
will have a serious time when our
bonds become due.
More financiering for Mr.. RO-
bardS to look into.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-12
WHAT A PROMINENT INSURANCE
MAN SAYS,

H. NJ. Blossom, senior member
Of H. NJ. Blossom & Co., 2l7 n. Sd
ST., st. Louis, writes: l had been
left with a very disasterous cough,
the result OF influenza, which moth
ing seemed to relieve, until l took
Billiards. Horehound Syrup. One
bottle completely cured me. l sent
one bottle to my sister, who had a
severe cough, and she experienced
immediate relief. l always recon-
mend this syrup to my friends.
John Cranston, 90S Hampshire
street, Quincy, Ills, writes: l have
found Billiards. Horehound Syrup
superior to any other cough medi-
cine have ever known. 1t never
dissppoints. Price SOC.
Sold by Kalteyer & Schuchsrd,
A. Dreiss, F. Kalteyer & Son, and
James Clsvin, druggists, San An
tonic, Texas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-12

A condition of health is natural con.
dition, and every symptom of disease is
warning that some function of the sys-
tenn is out of order. Then it is tine to
begin course of medicine to repair this
function and restore and firmly establish
good health. By keeping all the organs
in healthy action, sickness and disease
of every kind may be warded off. At
this season of the year 90 per cent OF all
the people need to take course of spring
medicine, and we can honestly recon-
mend our
REUSS SARSAPARILLA i
AS the best
f. REUSS, City Drug Store,
100 E. Commerce Street
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-12
CLINTON, MISSOURI.

Mr.. A. L. Armstrong, an old
druggist, and a prominent citizen
of this enterprising town, says :
~ sell some forty different kinds
of cough medicines, but have never
in my experience sold so much OF
any one article as 1 have of Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup, All who
use it say it is the most perfect
remedy for cough, cold, consump-
ton, and all diseases Of the throat
and lungs, they have ever tried"
1t is a specific for croop and whoop-
ing cough. 1t will relieve cough
in one minute. Contains no OPT
stes.
Sold by Kalteyer & Schuchard,
A. Dreiss, F. Kalteyer & Son and
James Clavin, druggists, San An
tonic, Texas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-12
FREE COLUMN
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