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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The Lancaster Gazette is offered
for sale because the publisher, ]. S.
Peavey, is in SO poor health that he
is unable to attend to business.
George KEENAN,, in his latest paper
in the Century on the Russian cap
tives i'll Siberia, brings out what to
many will be the singular fact that
Count Tolstoi fails to accord these
men any sympathy. He will not
listen to tales of their suffering, and
refuses to contribute money for their
aid, holding that they have brought
their fate upon themselves, and are
not subjects for philanthropy.
ostmaster-General Wanamaker
will not recommend one cent postage
in his coming report to Congress-
This was one of the declarations of
the republican platform at Chicago
and after seeing how this plank is
thrown overheard one can admit
what Speaker Carlisle says in the
August Forum that ''it is well known
that they are more frequently framed
to secure the floating vote than to
disclose the real party policy"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
EAST RTRKE.

We notice Bert Anglers smiling
face on our streets again.
Rev H. P. Gushing has been quite
sick the past week, but is some bet
| ter.
o. H. Smith and daughter Rose of
Springfield, Mass, arrived here last
Friday night.
Robbie Godding has been very sick
from the effects of poison ivy, but IS
a little better at present.
Mrs. B. F. Jenkins and her little
girl, Jennie, have picked and dried
nearly so pounds of red raspberries.
The continued wet weather makes
it very difficult for some of our farm
ers to finish haying in time for har-
vesting.
Quite large party of city visitors
and others from this place made a
trip to the top of Burke mountain
| Monday.
Master frankie Fairbanks return
ed home from Watertown, Mass,
last week accompanied by his aunt,
Mrs. c. D. Crawford of that place.
There will be services in the Meth
odist church next Sabbath as Rev.
]. E. Farrow breaches his farewell
sermon before leaving for England
the following Tuesday.
About 1875 went to Willoughby
last week Wednesday picnicking, and
although there was a hard shower in
| the morning the rest of the day was
fine and all seemed to have a fine
| time.
L. A. Phippen lost nice family
horse last Tuesday, and as he is I'M
able to get about unless he can ride,
and it was all the horse he had, he
has the sympathy of all who know
the circumstances.
Burke Mt. Lodge, l. o. G. T., No.
81, installed the following officers for
the quarter: c. T., Heman Burpee;
V. T., May Phippen; sec, Ora Jenk
ms; F. S., Bert Humphrey; treas,
Mary Fisher; c., Addie G odding; M,
Martin Fisher; G., Ralph Parker; S.,
o. D. Young; P. {. T., Nathan Par
ker; S. ]. T., Mary Stafford; H. A.
Stockwell, delegate to Grand Lodge;
Heman BurDee alternate
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
EAST HARDWICK.

Mrs. William S. Bailey has gone to
Old Orchard beach.
George Melvin has moved into the
house below G. L. Johnson's.
James George and wife have been
visiting in Concord the past week.
George Randall and Miss Winnie
.Jenness are sick with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Albert Worcester and little
grandson of St. Johnsbury are visit
ing in this place.
Mr.. Wells, Mrs. Currier and Miss
Katie Steven of Amesburyport are
boarding at the hotel.
School commenced in the White
school house last Monday with Miss
Mabel Kidder as teacher.
DIR. Martin, who was called to
Philadelphia on account of his
fathers sickness, has returned.
Mrs. J. R. Delanos large barns are
so filled with hay that she will be
obliged to thrash her grain in the
field
TG Bronson slittle daughter that
was reported as having been kicked
by colt last week is doing well, and
is out of doors at play.
Mrs Hubert and her son, Henry,
have gone for weeks trip through
the White Mountains and to Sand
witch, Mrs. Hulbert's old home.
Wet weather has caused potatoes
to rust and those that were late
planted must be a very light crop.
People are about through haying.
A good crop has been the report gen
orally and quite well secured consid-
ering the many rainy days we have
had during the time of cutting.
H. A. Johnson is running three
hands at his brick yard and intends
to make 100, 900 brick this season.
There are 10000 brick in the kiln all
ready to bake at this writing. The
new machinery from Ohio, which he
put in this season, is giving great
satisfaction and making much bet
ter quality of brick.
o. E. Currier has bought the house
on Pleasant street of Edgar Hunt,
now occupied by Henry Warner
Mr.. Warner has bought a building
lot of the Judevine estate near c. G.
Montgomery on which he is build
ing house,. W. Warner has rails
ed up his house and is putting a Gel
lar under TT Waterman is put
ting ND a new barn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
VERMONT NEWS.

]. S. Platt, a well-known business
man of Winooski, died very suddenly
on Saturday at Swanton.
Earl, the 1O-year-old son of A. H.
Mitchell, was drowned while bath
ing in Milestone brook, near the Es-
tey saw mill, BrattlebOro, on Satur-
day.
Secretary Proctor has purchased
the handsome estate of Isaac FennO
of Marblehead Neck Mass, presuma-
bly, for a summer residence for his
family.
The 54th anniversary of Black
River academy at Ludlow will be
observed Tuesday, Aug. 81. The
new academy buildings will be dedi-
Gated at that time.
Theophilus Grout of Newport, is
about to remove to Florida, throw
ing up his law business in this state
He does this for the beneficial results
expected on the health of his family.
Men smoking caused a fire at St.
Adams Bay last Thursday afternoon
and destroyed three barns and shed
belonging to Ebenezer Brooks, with
100 tons of hay, and 200 bushels of
barley. Loss $4,000; no insurance.
The office of deputy collector and
inspector of customs at Colebrook,
which is on the northern boundary
of the state, has been re-established
by the treasury department, and
John W. Twombly of Whiteheld APP
pointed to the Office.
Hon William NJ Evarts is at
Windsor spending a few days at his
summer residence. He is suffering
from a serious affection of the eyes,
and is preparing to go to Europe
to consult the leading specialists
there to obtain relief.
Aaron n King of Tunbridge, mer-
chant of more than 80 years stand
ing, and president of the First Ma
tional bank of Chelsea, was thrown
from his carriage at Chelsea last
Thursday, and striking upon his
head, was seriously injured.
The two story tenement house of
r. S. Fuller, half mile east of Cam
bridge Junction, was burned early
Monday morning. 1t was occupied
bv two families Household goods
nearly all saved. Loss $4,000; no in
surance Mr. Fuller, while assisting,
had the misfortune to break his right
leg near the ankle.
A most CHASTITY accident occurred
in New Haven the other day in the
death by fire of a fve-year-old child
of Fred D. Delphi. The child was in
the house with only a blind woman
of advanced age for a companion,
and while playing with some match
es ignited its clothing. Its cries at
tracted Mrs. Delphi who was close
by the house, but she arrived too
late to save her child from death.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
PASSUMPSIC.

1T. Stanford and family spent last
Sunday in Barton
B. E. Woods of Barnet is spending
his vacation at home.
Horace Lawrence of Newport is in
town for a few days.
A. P. Hawley and wife made a
short trip to SherbrOoke last week.
A. o. Page of ST. Johnsbury has
moved into George c. Goodell's house.
J. NJ Getchell of North Haverhill,
N. H., is visiting his son, NJ. w. Get
chell.
Mrs. E. c. Allen of Lowell, Mass,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. c. L.
Shorey.
Rev J. T. Buzzell and family re-
turned from their vacation last
Thursday.
M. w. Getchell and g. D. Hawley
are making a short stop in Boston
this week.
Mrs. James Symes of Dorchester,
Mass, is staying for a short time at
James Gilfillan's.
Mrs. Mary Jacobs and daughter of
Providence, r. l., are visiting Mrs.
is brother, E. 6. Lamson.
E. E. Morrison and wife of Rock
land, Me, are stopping with Mr.. M S
mother, Mrs. P Morrison
F. H. Shepherd and wife are enjoy
White Mountains this week.
Charles P Bond left here Friday to
join n party of Boston capitalists,
who left for Sheffield, Ala, Saturday.
Mrs A. J. Miller and daughter,
Mrs. Powers of Lunenburg, are Wis
iting Mrs. Ms mother, Mrs. L. Ken
dali.
Mrs. H W. Clement, nee Cora War
den, and little child, of Lowell, Mass,
are spending the summer with her
parents, Andrew Warden and wife
]. D. Gould has pair of dark red
steers, well mated, II years old that
weigh 5000 lbs. 1t is doubtful if
their equal can be found in the coun-
try.
The ball game last Saturday be-
tween a picked nine from st. Johns
bury and the Passumpsic' resulted
in score of Il to 10 in favor of St.
Johnsbury.
Mrs. L. E. Gilfllan is enjoying a
visit from a brother, r. ]. Clifford
and wife, of Island Pond. A sister,
Mrs. E. H. Moulton, from Worcester,
Mass, is also visiting her.
Miss Lura Gilfllan is spending her
vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Gilfillan. She is a
teacher in Hopkinton, Mass, where
she has been several years.
Rev. E. D. Mason and wife arrived
at his mothers last week. Mr.. Ma
son is pastor of the Winter Hill Bap-
fist church, Somerville, Mass. He
will preach here next Sabbath.
H. E. Brewster took first and sec
ond purses at the Barre races last
Saturday in the open race with
"Black Amble" and Rocket" Also
first money in the 24O class with
Fred W." This week he has five
horses in the Littleton races
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
RYEGATE.

Mrs. Cochran is expected home to-
day after two weeks visit to Bos-
ton and Waltham
Prof Meader and family leave for
home this week spending a day or
two in Boston on their way.
Mrs. Beattie and Miss Alice Gibson
spent a few days last week with
friends in Littleton and vicinity.
Fred Wright and Miss Lockhart of
Boston are spending their vacation
at "Fairview." Arthur is expected
this week.
A delegation of young ladies and
gentlemen from this place made
raid upon the blueberries at Groton
pond this week with only modest
success.
The friends of Marion Stuart of
New York, formerly of West Barnet,
who met at Lake Side, West Barnet,
last week Thursday will never re-
gret the time spent there. The day
was everything that could be desired
and there were representatives from
all the surrounding towns. And
what we say of the day, we can
cheerfully say of the genial proprie-
tor of the Lake Side house.
The directors of the Farmers club
met here last week and chose COM
mittee to organize and have general
supervision of the Ryegate fair, it
having been decided at previous
meeting to hold fair at South Rye
gate. 1t was voted that the fair
should be held two days, Wednesday
and Thursday, Sept. % and &c.
This committee will appoint sub
committees to carry on the work.
The box party at r. . Nelson's was
not so largely attended as it would
have been had the weather been less
threatening. The music from the
Ryegate orchestra was one of the
amusing features of the evening.
From the % boxes sold, between So
and $13 was realized, the first sales
being the lowest as the auctioneer,
l.. Nelson, did not fully realize the
pressing need for the heather until
more than one-half of the boxes were
sold
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
PEACHAM.


The reaping machine is in great de-
mand.
Grin Jennison is happy with anoth-
er heir.
The campers at the pond complain
of the cold.
Mrs. Hiram Moody is visiting
friends in Windsor
Will Martyr of Windsor is spend
ing a week in town. =
Mr.. Roberts of Cambridgeport,
Mass, is visiting in town.
The road machine is at work again
and the need of it is great.
Mrs Kennedy of Lowell, Mass,
is visiting at James Shaw's.
Miss Mary Bickford is doing some
pretty work as an amateur photog-
rapher.
Col. G. B. M. Harvey of the New
ark, N. j., Journal arrived in town
Saturday.
Francis and Joseph Sargent are ex-
pected soon to visit their mother and
sisters here.
Sam Graham has so far recovered
from his fractured knee as to dispense
with a splint.
c. l. Brown and wife have been on
a visit to the White Mountains, tax
ing the camera along.
Deacon EMERSON has bought the
house in the village owned by the
late Mrs. Mclaughlin.
Miss May Martin started for Pine
Point Tuesday in company with her
sister, Mrs. Bailey of East Hard
wick
Postmaster Blanchard is on the
sick list, but improving. Frank Chase
of Lowell. Mass, is stopping at his
house.
The firm of Guthrie & Milligan
have dissolved partnership, Milligan
having bought out Guthrie's interest
in the box factory.
The Mountain View house is
well filled with summer boarders and
Atwell's hotel is doing a driving bus
mess in transients.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- IVES

Among the eloquent addresses at
the dedication of Plymouth Rock on
August 1 was one by Congressman
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachu-
sets. He deprecated the loss of
power in the House ofRepresentatives
and sharply criticised that body for
turning itself into a pension office or
for distributing patronage. His own
words are:
The House has been crippled by the
mass of things thrown upon it with
which it should not be called upon to
deal. 1t should not be made a court
of claims or pension office. Least of
all, should it be made a machine for
the distribution of offices, for of all
the evils which beset public life, and
which destroy the usefulness of par
ties and public men, the greatest
beyond all doubt is the evil of patron
age. 1t is utterly un-American; it is
wrong in theory; it is vicious in
practice, and it should be done away
with entirely as unworthy of Ameri-
can intelligence, and fit only for the
monarcbies from which it is in
herited.
Let the voice of the people COM
poses for which it exists and that
command will be executed. Let us
then tear off the swaddling bands
which are paralyzing the Congress
of the United States. Let us throw
of the burdens which should never
have been placed upon it. Let us
root out the evils of patronage which
infest the public life of the United
States. Let us do these things so
that the House of Representatives
may become again the representa-
tive of the people, able to do the peo-
pies work, able to deal with the
questions that affect the people, and
able to carry out the will of the ma
jority of the people, whatever that
may be. Restore it again to the po-
great representa- tive body which on
this continent traces its high decent
from Jamestown and from Plymouth
Rock
These are the words of no indie
pendent or mugwump but the pol
ished and thoughtful utterances of
one of Massachusetts brainiest con-
gressmen and staunchest republicans.
1t will be long time before the peo-
pie enslaved to the theory ito the
victor belong the spoils," will learn
that the whole system is 'un-Ameri-
can, wrong in theory and vicious in
practice" When that glorious time
is reached our halls of Congress will
be filled with statesmen instead of
politicians and our Offices filled with
the best men irrespective of party af-
filiatiOn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
CA ROT.

DR.. Warren is improving his place
with fine fence
DR.. Wiswell and family have a cot
tage at Pine Point, Me, this sum-
mer.
Miss Mabel Walbridge is very sick
with typhoid fever and Mrs. Parks
of Plainfeld is caring for her.
About 45 fresh-air children from
New York arrived in town last week
These visitors are invited to the pic
mic to be held in P. K. Carney grove
Friday.
Mrs Jonathan Hoyt is at South
Harpswell, Me-Mrs. Lucy Perry
has gone to Manchester, n. H, to
spend the winter with her daughter,
Mrs. Senter.-Mrs. Henry Paige and
daughter, Cora, of Patterson, N. j.,
are visiting friends here.-A sister of
Rev Mr. Russell with her daughter,
from Connecticut, are spending this
month with Mr.. Russell.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The Augusta, Ga, orphan asylum,
was almost entirely destroyed by
fire Saturday. All the children were
gotten out safely.
Charles Atwood, a farmer living
near Orange, Mass, disappeared last
Saturday night, and there are reas-
ons for suspecting that his has been
robbed and murdered.
Brown, Steese & Clark, one of Bos-
tons biggest wool concerns, filed
their petition in insolvency Saturday.
Mr.. Brown has fed to parts un-
known, probably to Canada.
William L. Couch, the 19-year-old
son of Robert l. Couch, cashier of
the National New Haven, Conn,
bank, died at Stony Creek, Saturday
morning, of inflammation, caused by
salt water which ran into his ears
while bathing.
The Worcester musical festival
comes Sept. 1927. The orchestra of
60 pieces has been selected from the
Boston symphony orchestra, with
Kneisel as leader, and will be fully up
to its record of the two past years.
Carl Zerrahn will be conductor
A collision occurred near Forest
Lawn, n. V, on the Rome, Water
town & Ogdensburg railroad, about
O'Clock Saturday morning The
night express, bound west for Mag
ara Falls, ran into the Rochester
train, which was backing down, tel
escoping four cars of the train, and
killing two and badly injuring ten
other persons.
Martin Burke was brought before
Judge Baker in Chicago Friday and
pleaded not guilty to the charge of
conspiracy with Coughlin, O'Sullivan
and others Jointly indicted with them
to murder DIR. Cronin. The prisoner
was then returned to Jail. He has
since been identified as the man who
rented the cottage in which Cronin
was murdered
Spokane Falls, w. T., is recovering
bravely from the big fire. The loss
will be from Sc, OOO,OO to SIS, OOO,-
600 with an insurance of about half
that amount. A large number of
business men are making prepara-
tions for the immediate erection of
brick and stone blocks within the
burned district, most of them to be
five, six and seven stories high.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
WALDEN.


]. D. White and family are visiting
his sister, Mrs. Fogg, at Sutton this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Springer have added
a line of groceries to their stock at
their store at South Walden.
There has been seven cases of
scarlet fever at Charles Perkins, but
all are reported convalescing.
o. E. Lane is supplying the place of
Mrs. Stone in the Barton Monitor
office for few weeks while she takes
a vacation.
Mrs. Harvey Burbank and her
granddaughter, Lila Carrick of st.
Johnsbury, were in town last week
visiting relatives.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15

and his vocation disreputable.
Drinking, being stigmatized, is out
of fashion, and the consumption of
intoxicants has enormously decreas-
ed Intelligent and conservative OBJ
servers estimate the reduction at 90
per cent; it cannot be less than rs.
Prohibition prohibits. The predic-
ton of its opponents has not been
verified; immigration has not been
repealed, nor has capital been divert
ed from the state. The period has
been one of unexampled growth and
DEVELOPMENT
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
ST. .JOHNSBURY EA ST.
Death of Mrs A biPaiI Wood,

Mrs. Abigail Wood died in Kirby
Aug. 13. She was born i'll Stanstead,
Canada, Sept. 10, 1907, and died in
her SD year. She was one of a fam
lily of three girls and three boys, two
of whom are now living. She was
married June %, 1925, to Luther
Wood, who was known throughout
this region as Deacon Wood, he hav-
ing been acting deacon in the Con
gregational church here for % or 80
years. They had seven children, five
of whom survive the mother, who
since her husbands death in 1882,
has been living with daughter in
Kirby where she died. She was ever
known as a thorough Christian, and
by example taught the lesson of life.
She passed away very quietly and
truly it might have been said of her,
""They thought her dying when she
slept, and sleeping when she died"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15

Visitors to the races and fair will
do well to visit E. c. Brooks, the tai
lor, on Railroad street. He has just
opened a fine line of fall and winter
goods to be sold at lower prices than
ever before Give him call and see
for yourself.
Nothing makes your suburban
house look more inviting and hospit-
able than a few comfortable chairs
on the piazza or lawn. The mon
arch of piazza chairs is known as the
Solid Comfort Rocker. You want
one at least for the use of guests.
See them at the warerooms of Paine's
Furniture Co., 4S Canal street, Bos-
ton
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
Gbe Californian,


The patriot who carefully scans the
business and social condition of this
country does not find the outlook re-
assuring. The invasion of the land
by British capital, the audacious
greed and rapid growth of monopo-
lies and trusts. point to the ABSORB
ton or swallowing up of the defence
less many by the enormously rich
and greedy few. The apathy of the
people to the threatened danger is
alarming
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
Grand Army Endorsement of Tanner.

Corporal Tanner has been endorsed
again, this time by the 1st Mass
achusetts heavy artillery veterans
association. Of course it is nobody's
business but their own what the vet
Grams do at their meetings, but one
would think that they could get
along much pleasanter by letting po-
litical matters severely alone and Civ
ing their attention entirely to the
fighting of their battles DER again
and swapping "reminiscences general
ly.-l Boston Transcript, Republican.
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ministers of the district will be pres
ent The indications are that ali the
houses will be filled. 1t is expected
that sermons will be delivered by
Revs. T. P. Frost of Brooklyn, D. B.
Mckenzie of Clifton, n. Y, and l.
Mccain of Woodstock. On Monday
the woman's foreign missionary So
ciety holds its anniversary, to be ad-
dressed by Rev NJ. V. B. Knox. On
Tuesday afternoon occurs the meet
ing of the woman's home mis-
sionary society, addressed by Miss
Emerson of Florida.
E. c. Carpenter of Darlington, N.
J., is in town.
Prof w. E. Ranger and wife went
to Boston Tuesday.
A. A. Earl of White River Junction
was in town Tuesday.
Clarence Berry of ST. Johnsbury is
in town visiting his parents.
Mrs. J. K. B. Bonett of St. Johns
bury visited Mrs. Harry Colby last
week
Miss Eliza A. George of Bradford
and Miss c. ]. Stone of Lancaster,
N. H., are stopping in town.
Ethel Sleeper, the youngest child of
A. P. Sleeper, was kicked in the face
by horse last Monday. No bones
were broken.
Twenty members of Evening Star
chapter, o. E. S., visited Esther chap
ter last Thursday night and were
given a cordial welcome
The igniting of a kettle of roofing
tar in the rear of Aaron Twombly's
store Tuesday came near being
very serious matter but it was ex-
tinguished by the citizens before the
fire department arrived. n
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-15
WEST BURKE.

Mamie Marshall from Worcester
Mass, is visiting relatives in this
place and vicinity.
A caucus was held on Monday af
ternoon in the G. A. r. hall to decide
which of the two candidates should
have the post office, ]. F. Ruggles or
Willie Coe. The former was elected
by majority of 81. Mr.. Ruggles is
a public-spirited man and leads the
village in improvements, and will
keep a first class post office that will
be a credit to the place.