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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-24

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GEORGE.
callow stage of love and was diverted
by smiles and wiles and meaning glances
bright before his affections were finally
and unalterably fixed for life.
Precocious. as we have seen, it is at
an early period Of life that we discover
him in the throes Of unrequited and per,
haps misplaced affection. The first evil
dence of this Is obtained from that tell
tale journal of his, when, but little
more than 10 years of age, he began his
surveyors life at Greenway Court. 1t is
the rough draft of a letter written to
some young friend of his, whom he ad-
dresses as "Dear Robin"
"My place of residence at present is
at his Lordship's, where I might, was
my heart disengaged, pass my time very
pleasantly, as there's a very agreeable
young lady lives in the same house-the
sister of George Fairfax's wife "a Miss
Cary) but as that's only adding Fuel 20
Fire, it makes me the more uneasy, for
by being in company with her revives
my passion for your Lowland Beauty /;
whereas was / to live more retired from
young women I might in some measure
e~liviate my Sorrow by burying that
chast and troublesome Passion in the
grave Of oblivion or etarnall forgetful-
ness, for, as l am very well assured,
that's the only Antidote or remedy that
l ever shall be relieved by, or only re-
cess that car administer any cure or
help to me, as l am we'll convinced was
ever to attempt anything / should only
get a denial, which would only be add
ing grief to ~uneasiness.
The mysterious "Lowland Beauty
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-24
A Physicians Pigeons.

The carrier pigeon has been put 10 a
new use by a doctor in Scotland who
has a large and scattered practice. Says
the London Globe:
When he goes on long rounds, he car
ries a number of pigeons with him. II
he finds that some of his patients re-
quire medicine at once, he writes out
prescriptions, and by means Of the pi-
geonE forwards them to his surgery. Here
an assistant gets the messages, prepares
the prescriptions and dispatches the
medicine.
If, after visiting a patient, the doctor
thinks he will be required later in the
day, he simply leaves q pigeon. which
ia employed to summon him if necessary.
To this enterprising physician the keep
ing of carrier pigeons mean a saving of
time, expense end labor.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-24
CHAPTER vi.

AS AN INDIAN
Opinion was divided as to the success
Of this expedition, but its commander
received the thanks of the legislature
and his fame was heralded throughout
the colonies. He was by common con-
sent considered as eligible to supreme
command Of the troops about to be raised
for frontier defense, but about this time
an order being promulgated from the
home office that general and field off,
GERS of provincial troops should have no
rank when serving with those appointed
by the crown he Indignantly resigned
his commission.
He could now with good grace retire
to his recently acquired estate of Mount
Vernon and devote himself to the agri-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-24
BY F. a. ODER.
their arms and retreatjng with the hon
man.

their arms and %retreatjng with the hon
ors Of war.
During this brief campaign (which
cannot be considered a very successful
one-Washington had struck the first
blow of the conflict known as the Seven
Years war. His capitulation, it is in
teresting to note, was made on the 4th
of July, a day made memorable 81 years
later by the declaration Of rights of
these very %colonists who were in the
year 1854 SO valiantly defending the
honor of the crown.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-24

floating ice, instead Of being frozen
over, as they had hoped, they worked
all day, with only M poor hatchet,"
at the building of a raft, upon which,
the next morning, they attempted the
passage of the river. The floating ice
was drifting furiously with the rapid
current, and when in midstream Wash
ington was thrown into the raging
stream by the slipping of his setting
pole and nearly drowned. Rescued by
his friend, the two indomitable men
passed the bitter night on an island, the
cold being SO intense that the hardy
frontiersman had both feet and hands
badly frozen. In the morning, however,
they reached the opposite bank of the
river. Securing a horse from a settler,
Washington Immediately set cut for
Williamsburg, which he reached on the
10Th of January, 1854.
The official report of the mission was
published by the governor, whereby the
young commissioners indomitable en-
terprise, Judgment and perseverance
were made manifest not only to his fell
low citizens, but to the English of the
mother country. AS a result of Wash
ington's reconnaissance a regiment was
raised, of which he was made second in
command, becoming virtually the com.
mander by the death of its colonel
when on the march. The French, mean
while, had erected Fort Duquesne, to-
ward which ratification Colonel Wash
ington directed his march. Learning of
the superior strength of the enemy,
however. he halted at the Great mead
ows and fortified a spot which his trained
eye selected as a "most charming field
for an encounter. Making a forced
march from this base of operations with
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has been ascribed to several eligible
young ladies contemporary with young
Washington, but without any unanimity
of opinion in thu various historians. OF
a certain Miss Fauntleroy, whose father
owned a fine estate about 10 miles from
Wakefield, il is related that when
George returned from Barbados, in
1862, he addressed a letter to her father,
requesting permission to make a pro-
posal of marriage TO his daughter "in
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-24
TIME SCHEDULE.
ARRIVE AT HELENA

Northern Pacific time card in effect March as,
1897.
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MARTHA

lFrOW a WInialure painted In I782 by John
Trumbul.l
a company of picked men, he surprised
a small detachment of the French, of
which he killed 10, including the leader,
and made 81 prisoners.
He then fell back upon his works at
the Great meadows, to which he had
given the name of Fort Necessity, and
awaited the attack from Fort Duquesne,
which he knew was soon to follow.
Here he was invested by the allied
French and Indians, who compelled a
capitalization, but were unable to prevent
the Virginian troops from retaining
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AID. G.

GENERAL AGENT, HELENA, MONTANA
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Wanted-An Idea = - :s$ sss . sa!ss

Write JOHN WEDDERBURN q CO., Patent Attor-
neys, Washington. D. C.. for their ei.eO prize oner
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
INVASION OF WASHINGTON.
Adm iral Cockburn's British Soldiers Loot.

Admiral Cockburn's British Soldiers Loot.
ed and Fired the Public Buildings.
"The last glimmer of twilight was
fading away when CATER the battle at
Bladensburg, two miles distant from
Washington into the we'll nigh desert
ed city rode the redoubtable Cockburn
at the head of his band of marauders,"
writes Clifford Howard in The Ladies'
Home Journal of the invasion and burn
ing of our national capital by the Brit
ish forces under Admiral Cockburn in
August, 1914 "Elated at their decisive
victory over force nearly twice as
large as their own and thirsting for
spoils, the red coated soldiers marched
triumphantly toward the capitol Dis
charging their firearms at the windows,
the soldiers burst in the doors and with
shout Of triumph carried their leader
to the speakers chair, from which, with
mock gravity, he put the question,
Shall this harbor of the Yankee democ-
racy be burned?' A yell of affirmation
rang through the hall, and without fur
Their preliminaries papers and other
combustibles were piled under the desks
and set on fire. In few minutes this
noble edifice that had been in course Of
construction more than 20 years and
containing the library of congress and
vast quantities of official documents Of
gSiSt historical value was destroyed.
Now thoroughly aroused to their
work of plumber, bowling crowd Of
the desperate marauders hurried to the
White House in the hope perchance Of
capturing the president and his wife.
Finding the house locked and deserted,
they battered down the doors, and, con-
soling themselves for the loss of their
distinguished captives by ruthless de-
struction of the furniture, they raided
the larder and RECALLED themselves with
hastily prepared feast in the state
dining room. Then, destroying the re-
naming provisions and breaking and
mutilating whatever they could readily
lay their hands on. they concluded their
visit by setting fire to the home of the
president. Numerous other public and
private buildings were also destroyed
by fire..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
A WONDERFUL POND.
Human Eyes Are Often Inhabited by
Large Numbers of Living Creatures.

Human Eyes Are Often Inhabited by
Large Numbers of Living Creatures.
The water contained in well de-
veloped, well formed eye in which the
sight is not impaired, more especially
where a person is farsighted, presents
many curious phenomena. Looking
through an open window in daylight
upon hazy atmosphere or upon fog
such as is seen in any city, or looking
to the north upon gray atmosphere,
one will see, If conditions are as above,
strange disks fitting and jumping about
in the eye water. 1t has been my privi-
lege to watch these organisms for sew.
eral years, fitting about in the eye
water, jumping toward each other again
in strife and combat, in the which the
water would become comparatively
clear Of amebiform organisms, only to
be again full of micrococci and the COM
bats as above.
The various shapes of these animal
cule are surprising. Some are attenu-
ated, with fine filaments. Again, others
are like wee bits of fine porcelain, with
little projections, reminding one Of
turtles hopping about Again, Others
present the appearance Of cyclops and
daphne.
How these organisms get into the eye
water is a mystery--perhaps in the
water we drink or foods we eat, either
or both. The fact that the eye water is
inhabited, like all other bodies of water,
is truth that can be proved positively,
beyond perddventure, by any oculist
when he may extract diseased eye
and place the fluid under the glass.
May not the accumulation Of these
organisms in the eye water, their rapid
growth and the survival of the fittest
or strongest be the cause of much blind
ness, wherein may be casts, coagulation
Of the eye water, so called paralysis of
the optic nerve, cataracts and other
forms of disease?
May not numerous headaches and
other pains be caused by the overac-
emulation or growth of these minute
organisms, in which they stop the cir
culation of the active principle of life
in the arterial circulation or the nerv.
GUS forces? The same organisms are seen
when looking upon drawing paper
William W. Goodrich in New York
Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
A Carpet Knight.

The following curious definitions of a
carpet knight were recently given in an
English examination: Zone who re-
ceived his knighting upon the field Of
the cloth of gold, ""a knight who stood
Oh carpet and had another thrown
over him while being knighted. "the
common black beetle. which, when
squashed, resembles all the different
shades of brussels carpet" "a knight
which sleeps on carpet" "a man
like, for instance, Sir x. & Co., who is
one of the best carpet makers, and be-
cause he did make them so we'll he was
make knight"
A shot was said to go off because
the sudden shock in sort of way
frightens the bullet" And it was de-
clared that dog turns around several
times before settling down to sleep "to
make sure he is not sitting on any un.
pleasant object, such as black beetle,
pin, )" etc.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
Strange Domestic Pets,

Mr.. Hutchinson, while British resi-
dent at Kumassi, had panther pre-
sented to him by the king of Ashanti.
This animal he succeeded in tanning
and transformed from forest terror
into domestic pet. Charles James Fox
had a young tiger which showed great
affection for him, until one day, while
licking its masters hand, it Scraped off
the skin. AT the first taste of blood it's
dormant instincts returned, and its
glaring eyes revealed to Mr.. Fox his
danger. Without attempting to remove
his hand he led it by gentle words into
the next room, where loaded pistol
hung over the mantelpieoe. Reaching
1t down, he shot his now dangerous pet
through the head.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15

This is story that an Albanian
tells about Senator Pettus and ex-Sena-
tor Pugh: During Mr.. Clevelands
first administration Mr.. Pettus was
anxious to fill the place on the supreme
court bench to which Senator Lamar
was afterward appointed. He applied
to his friend Senator Pugh, and the
latter made all earnest and sincere ap-
peal for the appointment Of Mr.. Pettus.
The president inquired as to the age Of
Pettus, and when informed said he was
too old. Senator Pugh communicated
this fact to Pettus, and also suggested
to another eminent but younger lawyer
in his state to apply for the place, as it
was settled fact that southern man
would surely succeed to the vacancy.
Senator Pettus heard of Senator Pugh's
letter to the other friend, and it made
him mad. Coming to Washington. he
called on Pugh and asked him why he
did not stand out for him. Pugh ex-
planned that Mr.. Cleveland would not
alter his determination about not ap.
pointing man of Pettus' age but this
did not satisfy Pettus. Before leaving
Pugh Pettus said, Well, I may be too
old to sit on the supreme bench of the
land, but am not too old to sit in the
senate, and your seat will just about fit
me. Pettus was as good as prophet.
He succeeded Senator Pugh on the 4th
of March last, and if am not mistaken
occupies the identical seat which Pugh
occupied during former term. Sena.
tor Pugh was N last December. Sena.
tor Pettus is 76. "-Washington Post.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
HER ONLY FAULT.

As went to my bachelor chamber one night
And reflected on life as put out the light
resolved that the clubs would visit no more,
But devote my affections TO dear lsadore.
She is faultless in figure and lovely in face,
Every movement the very perfection OF grace
So confiding and gentle, congenial and sweet
That the stoics and cynics are all at her feet
Like the wings of the humming bird over the
keys
Fly her tapering fingers in Liszt's potpourris;
She excels on the harp and the Spanish guitar,
And her voice is soprano that reaches to ia.
She is witty and brilliant in quick repartees,
And she sings cavatinas with marvellous Els,
Conversation in German and French can sus-
tain,
And has travelled in Italy, Egypt and Spain.
All the tender emotions so secuted before
We're aroused in my heart for the fair 1sadore
But my growing affections are nipped In the
bud,
For she will drag her skirts through the streets
in the mud!
W Fl. Morris in New York Ledger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
THE WOODPECKER.
Four characteristics Of the Little Drum
mer of the Woods.


There is an article by Frank M.
Chapman in st. Nicholas on "The
Little Drummer Of the Woods" giving
much curious information concerning
the woodpecker. Mr.. Chapman says:
If we had woodpecker in our hands,
we should see in the beginning that its
bill is not slightly hooked, with the
upper mandible turned down at it's end
and overlapping the under mandible, as
in the crow and other birds that ''plck
up living" but that both mandibles
are of equal length and cut squarely
off at the tip. 1t is, therefore, like a
wedge or chisel.
Perhaps the tip Of the birds tongue
will be seen appearing through its near
ly closed mandibles, and our attention
is at once attracted by its peculiar
shape. We discover that it is remark
ably long, and when fully extended
reaches almost if not quite an inch be-
yond the point of the bill. 1t is not
fat, like the crows, but round and
feshy, and has sharp, horny point,
which, by looking at it very closely, we
see has series Of barbs on both sides.
In the meantime our hands have
dou btless been pricked by the birds
tail feathers, each feather being stiff,
bristly and pointed at the end. Some
of the larger woodpeckers-the pileated
and ivorybill, for instance-have this
singular kind Of tail feather highly de-
veloped. The main stem or shaft Of the
feather is much larger than usual, and
each barb growing from this shaft is
curved downward and inward and is
strong and pointed. Comparing this
feather with the flat tail feather of
crow, we see at once how different it is
in form.
The wings do not impress US as in
any way unusual They are neither
very long nor very short, but the ar.
rangement of the toes is so peculiar
that they were at once commented upon
by blind girl, to whom had handed
a specimen of one Of these birds. In
stead of the disposition common to most
birds, three toes directed forward and
one backward, we discover two front
toes and two hind ones, and we will
note also that each toe is armed with
strong curved nail.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
Manufactures Ducking Stools.

Warwickshire boasts the possession of
o larger number of ducking stools than
any other English county, and two of
the Oldest have just been brought into
public notice. The Warwick town coun-
Gil have carefully repaired the curious
instrument of punishment which visit
ors to the crypt of the famous Beau
champ church there are familiar with.
Kenilworth also possesses we'll pre-
served ducking stool which is said to
have been in use as means of bringing
scolds to reasonable frame of mind so
long ago as the period when Elizabeth
graced Earl Leicester's castle with her
presence and before the Amy Robsart
legend became in any way associated
with the building. Westminster Ga
zette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
Report of the Condition
OF THE
Caledonia National Bank

Caledonia National Bank
At Danville, in the State of Vermont, at the
close of business, Oct. 3, 1897.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $113629.6O
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 100000
Premiums on U. S. Bonds S,212.5O
Stocks. securities, ETC., 100000
Banking house, furniture, fixtures 100000
Due from National Banks mot Re-
serve Agents) 1895
Due from approved reserve agents 14O39.S7
Checks and other cash items 24S.9O
Notes of other National Banks 10000
Paper currency, nickels and cents 1889
Lawful money reserve in Bank. viz:
Specie $2,7O9.OO
Legal-tender notes 100000
- 100000
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas
urer, 70 per cent of circulation,) 100000
Total $213,7e5.71
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in 100000. 90
Surplus fund 1900. 90
Undivided profits, less expenses
and taxes paid, 1,125.O3
| National Bank notes outstanding $500 90
| Due to state banks and bankers 2,76362
| Dividends unpaid 1.3S4.29
| Deposits subject to check 3S,5e6.31
Demand certificates of deposit 1904 90
| Cashiers checks outstanding 32154
Total $213,795.71
STATE OF VERMONT,
Caledonia County, IS.
| &c. H. Mattocks, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief c. II. MATTOCKS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
| 10Th day of October 1897.
c. S. DOLE, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest;
| GEO. B. DAVIS,
| PETER WESSON, : Directors.
| FRED B. STOCKER,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
A Good Guess of Long Ago.

During the American Revolution an
English magazine published an estimate
of the North American colonies. Plao-
ing the population then at 1000, 900
and assuming that it would double it.
self every 20 years, the writer estimated
that in the year 1890 the number would
have increased to Ga, 000,00 This may
be taken as a most remarkable prophecy,
inasmuch as the census of 1890 fixes
the total population at 2,622, $50.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
Report of the Condition
OF THE
First National Bank

At ST. Johnsbury, in the State of Vermont,
at the close of business, Oct. s. 1897
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts S4255S6 %
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 1,771.11
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 1000 90
Premiums on U. S. Bonds 39,65O.O 90
Stocks, securities, ETC. 2S,372.O
clearinghouse, furniture, fixtures 23,5OO. 90
Other real estate and mortgages
owned S,003. sc
Due from approved reserve agents 5S,37O %
Checks and other cash items 3,69927
Notes of other National Banks $1,000
Fractional paper currency, nickels
and cents SO.S2
Lawful money reserve in bank, viz
Specie $S,320.00
Legal-tender notes 100000
$4,000
Redemption fund with U. s. treas
urer, five per cent of circulation, 1S ,OOO. 90
Due from U. 5. treas'r, other than
3 per cent redemption fund, $3.50 90
Total 81 ,O21, s94.OS
Capital stock paid in $4oO,OOo.oO
Surplus fund $4,000 90
Undivided profits, less expenses
and taxes paid, 15,064.17
National Bank Notes outstand-
ing, a52, 900 90
Due to State Banks and Bankers, 3s,59644
Dividends unpaid 500.1O
Deposits subject to check 149. 1927
Demand certificates of deposit 13,615.OO
Cashiers checks outstanding 1,4262O
Notes and bills redscounted 10000 90
Total $1,O21 ,s94.Os
STATE OF VERMONT, /
Caledonia County, IS.
l, Homer r. Smith, cashier of the above
named bank do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. HOMER E. SMITH, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of October, 1897.
H. A. HAWLEY Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
: = I I; s Hsts2 saIrH, Directors
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
VIII Learn,

Jabsley-These novelists make me
tired. The idea of whitening glancer'
AS if any one could be- withered by
mere look.
Wickwire-You are young yet, Jabs-
ley You never stepped on your wife's
train at a ball. Pearson Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
Spiteful.

Mabel-Mr. Sweetser tells me I am
the only woman in the world he cares
anything about.
Edith suppose he doesn't class
May Golding among women. l know
he always calls her an angel. Boston
Transcript.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
Dissolution of Partnership.

ST. JoHNsBuRY, W., Oct. 8, 1897.
The co-partnership heretofore existing
between Allen Wilson and w. T. King under
the concern name of Wilson g. King Is this
day mutually dissolved.
ALLEN WILSON,
W. T. KING.
All persons owing the concern of Wilson g.
King are hereby notified to make all pay
ments to The King Clothing Co,
w. T. KING, Sole Owner.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
Angelic Temperament.

He is good natured, is her"
Good naturedl Why, have known
that man to wear. smiling face when
he was speaking of taking off a porous
plaster. boston Traveller.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15

She--What beautiful name you
have, Mr.. Montrose.
He-You like it, my ladyp Take IL.
Detroit Free Press