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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24
Queer Things in the Mail.

Within the next lew days the museum
of curiosties in the postoffice department
will again be thrown open to the public,
says the Washington Post. The entire
exhibit was sent to the Atlanta EXPOSE
tion and has been rearranged since its
return. Curator S. |. Slack is proud of
the fact that the trip was accomplished
without single breakage, though some
of the objects are extremely delicate, and
the utmost care had to be observed in
packing.
Curios of every conceivable shape, in
any way connected with the postal SER
vice, are on exhibition, the latest add.
ton being an old bucket, which was
started from Atlanta in May, 1895, with
the request that it be sent around the
world by mail, and returned to Atlanta
in time for the opening of the exposition.
1t did not complete the trip, owing to the
ignorance of some of the postal employees
as to where to forward it, but went from
Atlanta to Charlotte, N. c., to Washing
ton, D. c., to St. Louis, Cincinnati, to
Chicago, to Toronto, to New York, to
| Liverpool, and several cities in England,
to New York again, and back to Atlanta,
where it arrived Sept. 4, 1895.
The bucket is fairly smothered with
shipping tags, bearing all sorts of in
scriptions penned by the various clerks
into whose hands it CHANGED to fall
Some of them are clever, and Others were
supposed to be by those who wrote them
One tag reads: "This bucket represents
the state the national treasury will be in
free silver does not come to the rescue
All gold bugs take notice, and go to the
Atlanta exposition with the bucket" A
British postal clerk was evidently in 6
bad humor when the bucket reached hi:
hands, for he attached this sentiment
81 sincerely hope the fellow who started
this Internal bucket on its trip has kicked
it before now"
The collection includes many interest
ing models. Most conspicuous is that o
a mounted star. route carrier, more Ia
miliarly known as the PONY express.
A napier mache cast of the horse was
made from life, and after the animal dice
his skin was stretched over the cast
making most natural representation
The rider is in full uniform, consisting
Of blue shirt, corduroy riding breeche
and boots.
A working model of the mail steame
City of Paris cost $1,000 to construct. /
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24
CHILDREN'S STORY.
The Town Of IJsed-to.Re

Grandma lives In funny place.
The town of "Used-to. be-"
Where streets are "turnpikes" and people
are folks"
And nice hot supper tea"
Where Is this town of Used-to.be,2"
In Grandma's memory bright.
The wayH Upstairs to grandma's room
(Ihe coy one on the right
when can you go therel" Twilight's best,
For the dreamy glow in the CRATE
Lights the way to the town of 'Used-to-be,"
And nobody need to wait.
Then no, for an hour in the dear old town,
And hey, for the husking.bee
And oh, for the dancing In stiff brocade,
And All the trysting-tree
And ugh the sermons, two hours long
And three Of them, Sabbath day.
In a "meeting-house," so cold and drear,
Where the foot stove" held it's sway.
But II Grandma shows you a Summer scene,
In farmhouse and orchard fair
With rows of cheeses on dairy shelves,
And bees in the clover-sweet air,
And there, beyond in the kitchen wide,
Grandma, herself, at the wheel,
Spinning, singing. fair young bride,
You say, for you can but feel
What dear dear town of 'Used-to.be p
But Grandma's voice drops low,
And she says, with half-sad, halfsweet
smile,
"T'was all so long ago"
&c. b. M. in the Boston Transcript.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24
A Good Memory.

A story is told of a bright young Amer
lean and several German officers who, at
dinner one evening, set out to make him
uncomfortable by chatting him about his
country. The young man is Albert H.
Washburn, the United States consular
agent at Magdeburg. Henry F. Merritt,
the consul at Chemnitz, was the first one
of the Americans to be attacked with a
taunt from one of the Germans that he
could not give the names of the presidents
of the United States. Merritt named
them over with some deliberation and
drew from his German friend the declara-
ton that he did not believe there was
another American present who could do
it.
Young Washburn had said nothing
until now, but he broke in and declared !:
81 can do it, and will give you the vice
presidents" He was about to begin,
when second thought struck him and
he said: while am about it might as
well give you the secretaries Of state, too"
The Germans got down book giving the
names. and kept tabs on the young man
as he correctly went through the list.
They were pretty well backed down al
ready but Washburn had no idea of let
ting them off so easily. Now l should
like to know" he said, whether any OF
you can give the names of the Prussian
rulers from the time of Charlemagne and
his sons down to the Emperor William"
Not one of them could go half through
the list, and they were on the point OF
apologizing to the young Massachusetts
scholar when he took them down still
more by modestly suggesting: perhaps
had better do it for you" He began
with Charlemagne and went through the
list without break, much to the aston
ishment OF his German hosts and the de-
light of Consul Edwards and the other
Americans. How did youdo it p asked
Merritt. "Oh, my father had taste for
such things and taught them to me when
was boy, and, you see, they are some
times useful to know" he replied Kan
sas City Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24
N. r. SWITSER
BOSTON & MAINE R. R.
PAssUMPsIC DIVISION
WINTER ARRANGEMENT, OCT. 6, 81
Trains Leave St. j ohnsbury.

Arahns heaVe Sc JOnnsDurys
GOING SOUTH.
For Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Lowell
and Boston via White River Junction,
1880. 800 a. M, 1910 p. m. arriving.at
Boston 500 a. m, 4.45 p. IN. and FLOP. m.
For Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Lowell
and Boston via Wells River and Plymouth,
lao a. m. daily, 900 a. M, and
2.34 p. m. Arriving at Boston, SOC a.
m, 4.45 and $40 p. m.
For Bellows Falls, Northampton, Spring.
field, Hartford. New Haven and New York,
1890, 900. a. m. and 1 2. 10 p. MI
For Newbury, Bradford, Norwich and White
and 5.55 pm
For Passumpsic, Barnet and McIndoes,
900 a. M, 1910 p. m. and 5.55 p. m.
For Wells River, 1890. 1.40 and
900 a. m, 1910 p. m. 2.34 and 5.55 p. m
For Montpelier, 100 a. m. 2.33 p. m.
For Littleton, at 900 a. m, 2.34 and 5.55
p. m.
GOING NORTH.
For Lyndonville and Newport, 2.22 a m.
p. m. 6.35 p. m.
For West Burke, Barton and Barton Land
ing, 3.15 and 1880 a. M, and APT,
6.35 p. M.
For Stanstead and Derby Line, Massawippi
North Hatley, Lennoxville and Sherbrooke
3.15 and 1880 a. M, 4.27 and 635 p. m.
orQuebec via Sherbrooke and Grand Trunk
Ry., 3.15 a. m. and 6.35 p. m.
For Quebec via Sherbrooke and Quebec Cen
trail Ry., 3.15 a. m.
For Montreal via Sherbrooke and Grand
Trunk Ry., 3.15 a. m. and 6.35 p. m.
For Montreal via Newport and Canadian
Pacific Ry., 2.22 a. m. daily, $40 p. m
D. J. FLANDERS,
Gen. Pass. and Tiki. Agt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24
Let all men study the poor if they
would receive lessons in charity,
For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used by millians of mothers for their
children while teething. If disturbed at
night and h.-oken Of your rest by sick
child suffering and crying with pain of
cutting teeth, send at once and get a
bottle of MRS. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" for Children Teething. 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediate
ly.. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no
mistake about it. 1t cures diarrhea, reg
ulates the stomach and bowels, cures
wind collie, softens the gums, reduces in
flammatlon; and gives tone and energy
to the whole system. Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup" for children teething is
pleasant to the taste, and is the prescrip-
ton of one of the oldest and best female
physicians and nurses in the United
States. Price twenty-five cents bottle.
Sold by all druggists throughout the
world. Be sure and ask for MRS. Wins
low Soothing Syrup"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24
DR.. Parkhurst Speaks to Young Men

In a recent article in the Ladies Home
Journal on "The Young Man Entering
Life" Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, D. D.,
employs these bright bits of philosophy:
Nobody ever drifts up stream. Run
ming water never stops till it gets to the
bottom, unless something dams it. Like
wise drifting boat never stops till it
reaches the sea, unless it founders, runs
aground or drops anchor.
We are all loaded with responsiveness
and harnessed up with gravitations.
Everything is magnetic needle, and every
thing else magnetic pole endlessly pluck
ing at that needle. Life without this
arrangement would be death, but life
with It is all the time on the edge OF disas-
ter and continually getting over the
edge.
There are great many meaningless
men in the community, and what that
means is that while they have the intelli-
gence to understand an idea, and the
heart to feel it, yet the idea never gets so
close to them as to have its reality tire.
mendously experienced by them. We do
not win our strength and stability by
mastering ideas, but by being mastered
by them, held in their grip.
One of the most expensive and disas-
trous mistakes that young man ever
makes is in supposing that decision, a
resolution, contains in itself the means oil
working it's own execution, and that
something besides power will suffice to
overcome power.
The art of living is not matter Of
resolution but it is genius for playing
off successfully favorable energies against
those which are adverse, meeting ener'
gies with energies, only with energies
that are little bigger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24
Free Attendant Service-The North
Western Line.

A new departure has been inaugurated
at the Chicago passenger station of the
North Western Line Chicago & North
Western R'y) which will be found great
convenience to the travelling public. A
corps of uniformed attendants has been
provided to render both incoming and
outgoing passengers all necessary atten-
ton, directing them to carriages, omni-
buses and street cars, carrying hand bag
gage, assisting persons in feeble health,
and making themselves useful in every
way in their power. The attendants
wear blue uniforms and bright red caps,
and the service is entirely free. The
Northwestern Line is the through-car
route between Chicago and St. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth, Ashland, Council
Bluffs, Omaha, Sioux City, Denver, Salt
Lake, San Francisco, Portland and
many other important cities of the west
and northwest.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24
SEC'Y CHICAGO
EXCHANGE.
Col. R. M. Littler Rec
OnmendS That Best
Of Remedies,
Paine'S Celery Compound.

For ten years secretary of the
National butter and egg association,
and since 1882 secretary of the Chi
cago produce exchange, Col. Robert
M. Littler has been in constant de-
mand as bureau of information by
correspondents who recognize Chi
cago as the commercial center of the
country.
When such people as Col. Littler,
state treas. Colvin of New York
Modjeska, the actress, ex minister to
Austria, John M. Francis, and hosts
of other equally responsible persons
volunteer testimonials as to the
wonderful virtue of Paine's celery
compound, no sick or suffering per-
son can, with any show of reason.
hesitate to make use of the great
remedy that has made so many peo-
pie well. Col. Littler says:
IL have used with great benefit
several bottles of Paine's celery COM
pound and have recommended it to
my friends. 1t is wonderful spring
remedy"
Go 70 the busiest lawyer, editor,
or business man OF your acquain-
tance who has taken Paines celery
compound. There are hosts OF such
professional men in every city who
would hardly spare you a moments
time tor strictly business matters.
Ask one of them in his busiest hours
whether he can recommend Paine's
celery compound, and ten chances to
one he'll say. "Sit down. No matter
about my being busy; always glad
to praise Paine's celery compound"
That is the feeling among people
who have been made strong and well
by Paine's celery compound. They
never feel happier than when they
can persuade some man or women
who is out of health to try Palne's
celery compound. Next to doing
good to ones self there is a delight
in doing good to Others. There is
no more enthusiastic body of intel
ligent men and women throughout
the country than the great army OF
those who have recovered health by
the use of Paine's celery compound.
The vast majority of diseases that
end disastraously might be quickly
and permanently cured, if sick per-
sons could only be induced to take
Paine's celery compound. Ifwomen,
burdened beyond their strength with
household cares, would only take
Paine's celery compound, when they
feel that dispirited, enervated con-
dition coming on, they would escape
the martyrdom of backache, head
ache, disordered liver and heart
trouble.
Instead of being thin, nervous and
unhappy, they would experience the
joy OF perfect health, sound diges-
ton and quiet nerves.
Paine's celery compound is just the
remedy needed by women who are in
continual ill-health and spirits
seemingly we'll one day and almost
sick the next. Their trouble lies
plainly in the want of good, rich
blood, and plenty of it, and in the
consequent famished state of theil
nerves. Paine's celery compound
should be taken without delay. II
will restore the health and stoI
every tendency toward debilitatec
condition.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24

The electric road at Woodford, from
that town to Glastonbury and to a
camp in the mountains, is bringing the
place in prominence as summer resort.
A motor car and three trailers, vestibuled,
making six cars in all, have been ordered.
Contracts have been let for theatre
near the Casino, a famous road resort
to seat 500 people. At Glastonbury, a
club house. S0x200 feet, two stories
with dance hall, billiard rooms, bowling
alley, etc., is about completed, and woi k
ON the hotel is now under way. At the
Casino, the grove is to be wired and
lighted by electricity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24
The pictured rays of painted sun are
warmer than the heart of selfish man.
Relief In Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the New
South American Kidney Cure" This
new remedy is great surprise on ac-
count gifts exceeding promptness in re-
lieving pain in the bladder, kidneys, back
and every part of the urinary passages
in male or female. Itrelieves retention of
the water and pain in passing it almost
Immediately. If you want quick relief
and cure this is your remedy. Sold by
c. c. Bingham, druggist, 81 Main ST.,
St.Johnsbury, Vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
hard, soft or calloused Jumps and blem
ishes from horses, blood spavins, curbs,
splints, sweeney, ring-bones, stiles,
sprains, all swollen threats, coughs, etc.
Save $50 by use of one bottle. War
ranted the most wonderful blemish cure
ever known. Sold by c. c. Bingham, 81
Main St., druggist, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24
ST. JOHNSBURY AND
LAKECHAMPLAIN R. R.
Winter Arrangement, Oct. 6, 1896.
Trains Leave st. j ohnsbury.

TrRIns Leave sd. ID OhmsDury.
GOING WEST.
For Danville, Hardwick, Morrsville, Cam
bridge Junction, Burlington, st. Adams
and Rutland 7.35 a. m. and 500 p. IA.
For Danville, West Danville, Walden, Green's
boro, East Hardwick, Hardwick, Morris
vile, Hyde Park, 7.35 a. m, $50 p. M,
4.35 p. m.
For Johnson, Cambridge Junction, Burling-
ton, Fletcher, Fairfield, Sheldon, Highgate
and Swanton, 7.35 a. m. and $50 p. m.
For Stanbridge, st. Johns, and Montreal via
East Swanton, 7.35 a. m and $40 p. m.
GOING EAST.
For East st. Johnsbury, North Concord
Miles Pond and Lunenburg, $50 q. M,
2.45 and $50 p. M, (mixed).
For Whitefeld, Fabyans. Crawfords, Glen
North Conway, Fryeburg, Portland
Brunswick, lewiston, Augusta, Waterville
Bangor and st. John, $50 an, 2.45
p. m.
For Boston via North Conway, $50 a. m
H. e. FOLSOM, ID. ]. FLANDERS,
Supt. Gen. Pass Agt
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24
FoRrY.s1xrH ANNUAL STATEMENT.
FoRTY-sIXTH ANNUAL STATEMENT.
National Life
Insurance Co.,
MONTPELIER, VT.
MONTPELIER, VT.
JANUARY 1, 1896.


ASSETS.
United States, State, munich
pal and other bonds and
warrants (market value) $4,43s, 934.7s
Loans on bonds and mortga-
ges first lien) 1922, 449.45
Real estate 763,6o3.57
Loans and liens on policies of
Nat Life ms Co.. 1887, 974.o1
Interest due and accrued 331, 0S6.S6
Unreported and deferred pre-
miums (net) 365,903.75
Cash in banks 237799.SS
$12,147753.21
LIABILITIES.
Computed reserve (Actuares'
4 per cent? SIC, 1856, 709.24
Extra reserve on Life Rate En-
dowment Policies 359,570.36
Losses, endowments, surren-
der values and dividends in
process of payment s9,695.11
Surplus ID per cent basis) 1,442,77S.6O
$12,147,753.21
Paid policy holders since or
ganization $12,1oe, oe4.so
32.742 Policies in force, insur-
ing e9,72a, $4,000
1928 Policies issued and re-
vived in 1895, insuring 15,S0S.053.o0
CHARLES DEWEY, Pres. GEO. w. REED, Sec.
STATE OF VERMONT, |
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. I
The undersigned, Insurance commissioners,
hereby certify that pursuant to law, they have
this day made the customary annual examin-
alton of the affairs of the National Life In
surance Company of Montpelier, Vernon
and have verified it's schedule of assets, by
the production and comparison Herewith, of
the securities represented therein, and find
them to agree with the respective items ofthe
NEsftT fltto mol ofnf la
ending December 81, 1895.
Dated at Montpelier this 9TH day ofJan-
uary, 1896.
| (Signed) CHAUNcEY w. BRowNBLL.
Sec of State.
HENRY F. FIELD, State Treasurer.
Insurance Commissioners of VT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24

The brave man is not he knows no fear,
For that were stupid and irrational
But he whose noble soul its fear subdues;
And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks
from.
-[Joanna Baltic.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24

Rutland's issue Of $4,000 of 80 year
per cent. gold bonds has been taken by
E. c. Glenwood & Co., Boston. at
106.90.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24

Many housewives using three pounds
Of strong soap where two OF mild soap
(Harmless) would do.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24

You won't use as many pounds OF mild
soap-Harmless
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24

Sunshine is a fower-maker, smiles
make the blossoms of the soul.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24

The cheerful giver is very apt to be a
systematic one.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24

Train yourself to unsel6shness in what
the world calls little things.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-24
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria isso well adapted to children that
frecommend 1t as superior to any prescription
known TO me-" II. A ARCHER, NJ D.,
Iii So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-02

ing taken In turn and Investigated,
and the application granted or rejected
on it's merits. Use makes perfect here,
and the members Of the, board, being
of long service and extensive expert
ence. are able to Judge rapidly and
accurately of the applicants deserts.
This class Of relief, of which the city
bears two-thirds of the expense, and
the county the rsmafning third, Is not
distributed to the applicants in money,
but in orders upon various stores and
merchants for the goods for which they
stand in need These consist chiefly
of wearing apparel, fuel. food stuffs.
ETC., Of plain order The amount ex-
pended in this department runs from
$4,000 to $4,000 q year, the ma ure of
the season and nature Of the times
regulating it. This year it is 20 per
cent below that of 1894, the present de-
mand for such relief being nearly nor
NAL The number of relief orders is
sued annually is upwsrds of 5,000 and
the number of different families re-
lieved averages 1.6De. In the work Of
discrimination between deserving and
undeserving applicants the board re-
ceives the aid and cooperation of the
associated charities, and other private
charity organizations of the city. This
Is very necessary, as in years of
special distress following upon dull or
panicky times. scores of people not
really in need epdeavor to take ad-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-02

sideration, his chief thought will be,
perhaps, that there may be extrava
gance here and a chance for retrench-
ment and the pruning knife. In this
view the study of municipal control of
the poor becomes to him not only mat
ter of interest, but of duty as we'll. In
difference to it, which is largely prev
alent, has already begotten the COM
ment among the charitably disposed
that the system dries the springs of
individual charity and stints the hands
OF individual giving. Hence, If he
would preserve that method, the citi-
zen should make it the subject of some
thought and investigation, the rather
so as it's absence would in no wise re-
lieve him Of any charges, but would
lay upon him the additional burden
Of Its personal administration. fs4s
In this city the form which the mu-
nicipal care of the poor has taken is
through it's board of control. AS at
present constituted 1t has been in ex-
istence since 1888. and was the out
growth at that time of a similar sys-
tenn; though less perfect and salts
factory, previously existent The pes
ent board Is composed of three direc-
tors appointed at alternate intervals
for term of three years by the judges
of the district court The board itself
elects its secretary, the superintendent
of the aims house and the city and
county physician. A large share of
the boards current work consists in
the distribution of casual, or, as it Is
called, outdoor" relief. This is much
heavier in winter than in summer ow-
ing to the increased demands for fuel
and clothing, the falling off in the de-
mand for labor and the scarcity of
opportunities for employment. Appli-
cants for this class Of relief are daily
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-02

vantage Of the general depression and
come with pitiful tales Of poverty, sick
ness and want, which have no founda-
ton in fact.
In addition to what has been said
above of the work Of the board, the
management and direction Of the city
and county hospital, almshouse and
poor farm entail upon it much ardu-
Gus and responsible labor. The an
nual disbursements for the mainte-
nance of the hospital are $4,000 to
100000, and for the almshouse about
$4,000. Over twelve hundred differ
ent patients are treated at the hos
pital each year at an average net cost
per week Of $4.27. The city and coun-
ty physician and his assistants at
tend to these cases and in addition are
in professional attendance on many Of
THE SICK POOR
at their homes, or at the almshouse,
jails, police stations, pest house and
guarantees. The number of visits oc-
casioned by their outside ministra-
lions run up to over 1900 a year.
Injuries through accident furnish
many of the cases at the city hospital,
perhaps 500 in the course of the year,
not a few from outside the city. The.
medical and surgical staff of the boss
pital comprises all Of the leading ply
sicians Of the city, who visit 1t as oc-
casion requires; and the city and coun-