St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-07
Musings from Minneapolis.

= tuning vi my thoughts toward Tue sea
breezes and in the direction of the noun
tain air will watt the one or the other,
perchance both, to a heat-stricken city,
make the effort-great effort | assure
you-and an assertion you will readily
believe when tell you the mercury has
stood for TWO weeks in the neighbour
hood of 1929 in the shade. The oldest
inhabitant of Minneapolis, aged only
102, says the weather beats all past re-
cords, remembered by him. So you see
our we'll known disposition to outrank
everybody and everything good, bad and
indifferent arrays itself against, even
centures-and dead at that.
AS a sad result of this continued thrice
heated weather, our people are democrat
lied as never before. In the matter Of
dress alone, it shows itself in an aston
ishing il not astounding manner. H.
deed, it is distressing in more ways than
one, for next winter when the hour for
the Charity Ball, the Hostesses' and
other festivities strikes, will not our men,
having experienced the comfort of it,
appear collarless and in elbow sleeves.
Will not our women, grandmot hers,
great-grandmothers, and all, array
themselves in "deccollete" gowns? Woe
is me Possibly am borrowing trouble,
! but oh one must think of something
these hot days! AS for our hats and
bonnets we have given them to the
horses-at first only our plain ones, but
they 1.-THE horses soon developing a taste
for bright millinery we passed along our
dress ups. We gave flowers, ribbons,
wells, everything, except aigrettes and |
pompons which we perch on our top
knots. We are cooler but not happy,
why =? because the birds look at us with
such sad reproachful eyes
But oh this hot weather! Why, if Mr..
Bridgman had only delayed his expedi-
ton in search OF the Pearys we would |
have gone with him. l say "delayed'
for | cannot forget the Ringing Bros.
circus is due here tomorrow. that man.
mouth show which includes "the only
giraffe known to exist in the entire
world, which cost $4,000 and which
are so scarce that not million times
million could buy another"
Dat animal dey call giraffe,
He's head walk on de sky,
His troat was half mile long, for sure,
(Hes tax heem year for die.)
1.-THE CALIFORNIAN.
Carriages behind prancing steeds, au-
tomobiles, locomobiles, chartered cars,
ETC., to take us to the mammouth tent in
Walton Park with chairs, tables, fans,
etc. for all Free coffee, free sand witches,
free ice water with the hum OF the peanut
and popcorn fakir thrown in with them
Think you the intense heat will have
power over the 10000 expected guests?
Can you wonder that many more even
with rising mercury than the small
boy are storage batteries of expectant
excitement Then again what is 1O2 in
the shade when there is an auction prom
sed for Saturday-and that real estate
'ne! 1.-TWO hundred and forty choice
esldence lots 4Ox120 it., each going in a
ingle day with terms SO easy, one third
Iown, one-third in six months, one-tbird
n one year"
But let me tell you of our philan-
hropies before l close. The vacation
chools for children, condemned today in
he city, continue to grow. Hundreds OF
hildren have been made healthy and
appy by the opportunities given them
The fresh air society is doing a grand
work in sending boys and girls into the
II the mercury continues to Shameless
y climb" can't you do something for us p?
May there may not be, later, a steamer
sent north in search of the Bridgman
party and ESQ, will you not pull a wire
or us--at least the st. Johnsbury aggre-
cation of Minneapolis?
will close with one or two statistics
with which to cool off my readers-if my
letter carries hot air with it. They are
cooling If taken in small doses according
to Homeopathy, in large doses accord.
ing to Christian Science. IT'S ALWAYS
wise to keep on the safer side.
The new directory indicates popula.
ton of 233,043, which means gain of
1921, in one year. The summer school |
at the University of Minnesota has lust
closed six weeks term having had
nearly thousand students.
H. NJ. X.
Minneapolis,
July "a, 1901.