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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-23

Berkely, Cal, a graduate of the Academy
in the class of "a, sailed for Europe yes
terday in the Furst Bismarck of the Ham,
burg American line.
Ellis P. Ford Of Holyoke, Mass, was
struck by bicyclist late Monday even
ing and died from his injuries in a very
few hours. Mr.. Ford was prominent
Holyoke merchant and halt-brother OF
H. B. Ford of this place.
Messrs. Henry Mallet and Lynch, who
have just completed their theological
studies in St. Mary's seminary, Balti-
more, are here to spend their summer va
cation. Both OF the gentlemen expect to
be ordained to priesthood soon.
Roger W. Hulburd of Hyde Park was
in town Monday visiting his cousin, A.
B. Moves. The many friends Of Mr..
Noyes will be glad to learn that he is
steadily gaining from his serious illness
and able to ride out every pleasant day.
Frank Taylor, who has been at st.
Leon Springs for the past two weeks,
arrived home Wednesday much improved
in health. He leaves for Peaks Island,
Me-, Saturday, accompanied by his
mother, where they will spend fort
night.
Oliver M. W. Sprague sailed from Bos-
ton Wednesday for Liverpool to take his
years fellowship from Harvard College.
He will spend few months in London
and the balance of the time in Germany.
His special line of study will be English
economic history.
Miss Mabel Carpenter returned home
last week, having spent a month attend
ing the Wellesley commencement exer.
cises, visiting friends in Boston, Lowell
and Maiden, Mass. Miss Carpenter
spent several days with the family OF
Hon. George Marden, of the Lowell
Courier, at their summer home.
Quite delegation of St. Johnsbury
people are at Peake's Island, Me-, just
now. In the number are Col. and Mrs
T. c. Fletcner, Mrs. c. H. Stevens and
Miss Stevens, L. 3. Hartshorn and Dr.
Hartshorn, O. S. Abbott and family
Mrs. William Daniels and daughter, Mrs
A. L. Davis. Mr.. and Mrs. Albro F
Nichols expect to leave for the same
resort tomorrow.
DR.. c. A. Cramton returned Sunda,
from his London trip. During his sta,
E in the English capital he attended th
leading eye and ear hospitals and me-
some of the greatest specialists of th'
city. He saw the Queens jubilee, was
the guest of B. F. Stevens, ESQ.,, at th'
Fourth of July banquet of the American
Society, and before coming home made {
flying trip to Paris.
The many friends and schoolmates o
Miss Elsie Bowman will be pleased t.
learn OF her success as teacher in Miss
issippi The last year she has been frs
. assistant teacher in Bogue Chitto acad
emy. While attending the normal schoo
at Crystal Lake last week she received
notice from the trustees that she hat
been elected principal. of the academy il
place Of Prof. Sturderan, who resigns OF
account of i'll health. 1t is not known
yet whether she will accept the position
as her health is frail and she has desir,
to return North and enter an art school
Miss Bowman has superior talent fo
sketching and drawing and has made {
great success in her profession as teacher
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-23

quietly said good night, put some speed
into his horse and quickly left town.
West Concord contributed $25 or $50
towards this gentleman's support few
evenings ago.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-23

The high. priced Hamburg steak is
simply raw beef chopped fine, and sea.
soned with pepper and salt. 1t can be
prepared at home, and from five to ten
cents per pound saved, by chopping the
beef in a chopping bowl or running it
through sausage cutter and seasoning
it to taste.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-23
FRATERNITY MEETINGS.
Knights Of Pythias.

Regular convention Of Apollo Lodge No. 2
Tuesday, July 27.
w. w. HUSBAND, c. C.
II. T. FISHER, X. r. S.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-23
Business Notes. Brooks-Tyler

Business Notes.-The Brooks-T Tyler
Dry Goods Co. have engaged Clarence
M. Berry to succeed Lyman P. Wood in
their store. Mr.. Berry was a former
employe at this store, has wide
acquaintance with the people of this Sec
ton, and will make a frst-class clerk.
He resigns his position on the road and
enters the store Aug. L.
S. d. Atwood and w. H. Bayley of
Peacham will cater Tor the guests at the
Peacham academy centennial next
month. Preparations are being made
to entertain 1000 guests.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-23

Business Notes. George W. Bangs
has secured leave of absence from the
scale works through the hot weather
and will canvass for w. d. Chase &
Co., the wei-known nurserymen Of
Geneva, N. Y.
F. A. Balch has given up his photo
graphic studio over Boynton & East
mans store and moved his apparatus to
his house on Summer street. MIR. Balch
will give lis attention in the future to
outdoor and indoor photography, a
branch of the work in which he has been
very successful
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-23
WEATHER RECORD.

At Bingham's Drug Store for the week
epdipg Jui. 1907
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-23
Postponed for the President.-The

OSNPo"~N .OA e"~ A'SSS' In
midsummer meeting OF the Vermont Fish
and Game League which was to have
been held yesterday at the Isle la Motto
home of Lieut. Gov. Fisk, has been post
poned until Friday, Aug. g. The meeting
was postponed in order that the club
might entertain President Mckinley,
who comes by special invitation of Sena-
tor Proctor. Several OF the cabinet
officers will also be present, and it is un-
necessary to say that this meeting of the
league will be the largest attended and
the most memorable in the history Of
this useful and popular organization.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-23

tContinued on eighth page.1
Connecticut western news., 1897-05-27
THE AfENTOPIAI
(Copyright, 1897, by the Author

passed unnoticed. They were not even well paid by the newspapers for which they performed so excellent service. They were as body most loyal, faithful, energetic, courageous, the trustworthy medium be- tween the array and the people, but were not recompeLsed, unless by the conscious ness of duty done. If we should have an- other war, either at home or abroad, the correspondents will be on a totally differ ent footing.
 Many of the survivors are very well known outside of their war record. They continue to be very active, very capable, none of them old. Some of them, still writers, have won high reputation. To mention n few in alphabetic order, there are H. V. Boynton, Junius Henri Browne, William c. Church, Richard T. Colburn, John Hay, Edward H. House, Whitelaw Reid, William F. c. Shsnks, George W. Smalley, Edmund Clarence Stedman, George Alfred Townsend, Henry Willard, John Russell Young. Some of the de- ceased scribes achieved distinction, as Charles Carleton Coffin, Thomas w. Knox, Albert D. Richardson, in authorship; Jo- seph B. McCullagh, as editor and part pro- prietor of tho St. Louis Globe Democrat; Benjamin K. Taylor, as a poet. Among the living Townsend has achieved fame as general correspondent and writer; George w. Smalley as London correspond ent, now the American correspondent of the London Times; John Hay as a hu- morist, diplomatist and biographer; Sted- man as poet and critic, and Colburn, shrewd in business and an agnostic phi losopher, still writes. Many have changed
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rhe Iananesa ssTa.laIma.v '

My own experience of Japanese rail- ways certainly did not give the idea that they were businesslilse people. A few regiments of guards, return- ing in triumph from Formosa last Mo- vember. upset the whole service on the Tokaido the main line in Japan, for a week, and the general management, even ill normal times, would bring dis credit on, say, the Southeastern at its worst
 In their general mode of life, too. I cannot say that observed any qualities which I should describe as businesslike if you want thing done in a hurry, they answer "tadaima, "all in good time" which means any time between now and the new year. When sightsee- ing-e. E. visiting factory-after hay ing seen one thing pause invariably follows, during which one is entertained to a smoke and a cup of tea, which, though hospitable and pleasant does not conduce to getting through the sightseeing that day. y.--National Re- view.
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saddleback Ledge Light

This is one of the wildest and bleak sst of light stations of that savage re. zion, and, according 10 story told there, 1t was once the scene of a remark ably pluoky adherence to duty on the part of l5.year-old boy. He was the son of the keeper, and on this occasion was left alone in tho tower while his father went ashore for provisions in their only boat Before the latter could return u violent storm arose, and for the next three weeks there was no time in which the keepers boat could have lived for moment in the wild seas that ragged about the lonely rock. Still tho light was kept burning by that i5-year- old boy, who had little to eat and but scant time to sleep. Night after night for three weeks its steady gleam sbono through the blackness of the pitiloss storm and Rladdened the fathers strain ing eyes. When tho ordeal was ended. the boy was so weak from exhaustion as to be barely able to speak At the same time there was no prcudcr father nor happier young light keeper on the Maine coast thnn those who met on tho storm swept ledge of Saddlebaok that day. kirk Munroe in ScribnerA
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A Picture of Naples.

Dr. w. O. Terry of Sacramento. who, has visited Naples, says: Naples is one of the toughest places in Christcn- dom. It is rare thing in that town to meet with any one who seems to rccog- nize the bath as an institution of ciyi- lization. Men, women and children revel in dirt, particularly the latter Boys and girls of ten years are often seen in public without single garment to hide their nudity. The ordinary refrekhmsnts of life, as practiced in America, arc nn- known there. The public conveganccs are crowded with passengers SO rcaolent of garlic that it is often preferable to get out and walk Doubtless everybody eats garlic in order to keep from being overcome with its odoriferous scent. as a matter of protection.
 "Butworst of all in Italy arc the ter rible drain of taxation and the oorTup- ton on the part of men in high official position Tho railroads, for instance. which ought to bring in large revenues to the government, are source of ex- pense The explanation is that every body connected with their operation is engaged in stealing. The charge Is made openly, and never once heard it disputed "--Washington Post
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their vocation for the better Hardly an Instance can be cited of a journalist mak- ing money so long IS hc confined himself strictly to journalism. The same might be suid of an author while he continues to be an author.
 John Hay is wealthy, but became so by marrying ali heiress, the daughter of n Cleveland millionaire. He may have re- membered what Major Pendennis so ire quently declared to Arthur, "It Is just us easy, my dear boy, 10 marry a rich girl as a poor girl" But Hays intimates say that he sincerely loves his wife, and would have offered himself had she been without financial prospects. Is there any sound argument in favor of man rellnquishing a woman he has set lis heart on because she has a fortunef
 Whitelaw Reid is another correspondent who has the naIue of having grown opu. lent through marriage. It is not often that any man has the chance of securing a fa. ther-in-law worth Si0, GOO, GOO to $50, ,o00,. 000 by winning his sole daughter Reid Is said to have acquired n handsome inde. pendence hefore marriage by his business talents. His wifes dowry is asserted to have enabled him to get rid of the old Man of the Sea (known here as Jay Gould) while nominally proprietor of The Trib- uHo, anu lHuS IO DaNH DCCOlne hCbuully what he had long only assumed to be.
 Henry Willard is almost tho solo man who, beginning life in his early teens as n journalist and continuing to be such for years, has made himself wealthy, and in Wall street too. He must have been con genital financicr, and remained ignorant of the fact until his opportunity came. Long leader of the street, he had his re- verses-lost millions and recovered them. Ho retired two years ago. He made ene- mics naturally by his success. They ac- cused him of various kinds of wrongdoing, and brought suits for misappropriating large amounts of money. But he has been sindicated by time The suits have been withdrawn. He retains many warm, de- voted friends, who consider him one of the kindest, most upright, most generous, most conscientious of men.
 PAUL R. CLEVELAND.
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A SOLDIERS BATTLEFIELD LETTER TO HIS SWEETHEART.

Lucy aimed to be reckoned in the New England caste of We're de We're, and TO. mantle impulse born on the treaoherous field of death found no vulnerable Llace in. her armor of propriety. l was confused, to state 1t mildly, almost desperate, but when the field of war was reached again devotion to the fighting offered good antidote, and the exciting work which followed helped to turn that affection most speedily from an object so unworthy.
 In this great campaign came the climax of interest concerning this stamp. It had now come to be prized with something of that personal veneration we give to charms. A week before Richmond and Petersburg fell into the Union hands I was aroused from sleep on the outpost biYouac in front of the latter city by a rough shaking and felt myself hurried off by force toward Lees lines. Our men had been surprised. 1t was very dark, and the Confederates found such heavy fighting ahead of them when our forces received the alarm that they had to disregard the handful of pris- oners taken, and so before daylight found opportunity to steal away from the pres ence of the troops. Some greenhacks con- cealed OF me purchased seclusion for the time and also good suit of Confederate clothing. An old negro in hut between the forts and the city helped me to these, and found him a shrcwd adviser besides. He told me to go into the interior of Dixie. He said that all about the army lines or ders were strict and a close watch was
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pushed along until the reds began to circle about. By this time firing was going on about me, and in another seo- ond four of the Indians in front of me left the circle and without firing a shot came directly at me, their ponies on a dead run.
 "I have never felt just that way be- fore or since. l can't describe my feel ings for minute, but there was no time to hesitate, and l slowed up and finally dropped to the ground. with my carbine unslung. The Indians did not offer to open fire, so l dropped on one knee, and when they were near enough opened fire and shot as careful as l might. My first shot took effect, and l knew had made hit when one of the braves let out yelp. had not fired more than the third shot, when the reds turned and made of again and joined larger force which was coming rp from the west
 "I reloaded, mounted and took after them again. They were running freely in front of us, and. as their ponies were fresh, they had little trouble in keeping out of the reach of our shots Our men were pretty well scattered, but finally to the east I saw little knot appear on the brow of a slope, and among them was Cody. They galloped down after the reds, and tho direction taken by them soon brought me in their midst Then it became n steady trot Tho reds loafed and did not seem particularly anxious Co get away or to stop and give battle This seemed to bother Buffalo Bill considerably, and after we had been on the chase for over m hour he called halt He had tumblcd to the littlo game planned by the Indians. He ex- plained that by their manner he knew | they were leading us into trap. and that it was more than likely that somo distance on, hidden from view, there was big village encainpcd, and if we kept on we were liable to find ourselves in trap, and no ono in the party would | live to tell the tale l don't exactly know whether Bill was right or wrong. He was not riding his own horse at the time, and had tried to exchange the animal he had for one of ours, but no one would change, and kind of Thought he was fearful of risking a fight on the | hoinS ho AVdtf btNahSS hN MAbAa sAih0 no chance in getting away in case it was necessary to retreat. Subsequent developments demonstrated that he was right when he said we were being led into trap, and it was lucky for us that we followed his advice.
 We abandoned the chase and rode back to the stream, which we reached by nightfall Here we found tho entire command encamped. Colonel Crittenton had come up with the main body of troopers, but instead of sending out a detachment to aid us he had quietly gone into camp and sat down and waited for us to return or to receive word that we had gone to that land from which there is no return.
 ''The next day wo moved on Co tho point where WIG had turned back, and less than mile farther found the re- mains of big Indian camp containing no less than 500 braves. The camp was hidden in a canyon, and the fires were still warm. and it is certain that we would have met our fate the day be. fore bot for the timely advice of Buffalo Bill Cody. "-Detroit News-Tribupe.
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kelt, but away from the lines men came and went pretty much at pleasure. One circumstance favored me and controlled all my subsequent experiences. Although I was an old campaigner, l was beardless boy, with fair skin, and actually appeared like schoolboy rather than soldier in the field. Weather bronze and battle grime had not taken hold in my case, and this old man raised my hopes many degrees when he declared contemptuously at our leave taking, Nobody gwine to bother wiv sicb baby trash like yo'."
 In ten days made tle circuit of the whole army of Lee and reached well known ground on the Rappahannock, near Fred ericksburg. l found that Federal cavalry was posted on the north bank opposite, and concluded to join it at once and trust for welcome despite my suit of gray. I spied out my route in the morning, and then went to sleep away the day in an iso- lated barn. At dusk that day was de- termined to cross the stream to the cavalry camp. But during the day, while I slept, the scouts of the camp raided the whole region along that bank of the river, and was made prisoner to my own men. Ev- crything was against Me, and my treat ment was rough, for the story l told was declared a lie. We have too much Of | that said the leader. It appeared that some of the river patrol had been foully murdered shortly before by treacherous citizens or guerrillas, and tho comrades of | the victims were bent on speedy revenge
 They had secured nine other stragglers | like myself, some in civilian and some in ! Confederate army dress. These unfortu- mates were hidden in a wooded vale be- yond reach of discovery and rescue, and | hero they were pleading for a chance of | life by military trial under the authorities
 at Washington. To their petitions I now
 added mine But the majority of the guard | advocated summary measures. My situa- | tion was trying one. There was not a
 scrap of documentary evidence about me
 for identification. When taken by the ene-
 my, wore an overcoat, in. the pocket of
 which always rested my Bible. The fly leat !, was missing, and hence Lore no record. kept it wrapped in gum cover to preserve it, and between it's leaves, incased in 8 folded strip of blue tissue, was the torr i postage stamp, the contrivance serving as
 place mark and memcnto as well. IT the transformation made at the time ot
 capture and escape 1 had parted with al
 else that belonged to me as a Union sol dier, even my United States undercloth
 ing, shoes and stockings. The patrO
 which now had us in charge was an out
 post guard for large camp composed O all arms which lay back on Stafford hills
 We weri. tn ain the dea.h of outlaws at sun
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was en route for my home in the Empire State before midnight.
 My first act upon reaching an abiding place was to write to Lucy in New Eng land and then began to count the hours until time for reply. Days went by and ran into weeks, yet none came. A second letter was written to explain the Wilder ness case and my inability to dispatch an other until reached home. A Il this was to no effect, and finally gossip reached me. in q roundabout way that Lucy had taken up with dashing young fellow, an ad- yenturer who had sent substitute to battle to fight in his stead. The sequel to this gossip came just before left home again for the front. This was package of letters returned-my glowing camp let ters of 1S61-3. And the first to meet my sight, Intentionally so, was the Wilderness letter, with heavy line traced about my ingenious and ingenious frank, thus:
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repulsive trash-pies, black cakes, fat soak ed doughnuts-just the sights, tdEderange still more the famished stomach and unfit it for the coarse hospital fare which was now to follow. When we reached the new diet, it was rough, raw and tasteless and in every way unsuited to the palates of suffer- ing men. Finally, within two or three days, we were put on board box freight cars on bare floors and hauled, with much jolting and spas1nodic shakings, to Balti- more.
 The arrival of a new detachment of men from the front attracted the basket ped dlers of the streets, and they quickly sur. rounded the parade ground, crying out their stock with glibness that was ex-
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The Manufacturo of paramn.

Paraffin is one of the most valuable products of petroleum, and its manufae- ture has been brought to such perfection that it is scarcely possible to improve upon it. By the most approved processes the wax is redistilled for the purpose of reducing to the desired gravity and crystallizing the wax. Then the oil is frozen by processes similar 10 those em- ployed for producing artificial ioe The apparatus for this work is of the most complete and scientific construction Enormously powerful pumps force the frozen oil into Alter presses and convert the wax into solid cake The uses of paraffin arc manifold, and every detail of its manufacture is of the greatest in- terest to all scientists. New York Ledger. ........ -...