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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
BUSINESS NOTICES.
vacant T.

IRESf1 III ullS anu vegetables Can always
be found at A. ]. Blake's fruit store on
Main street. Give him call
If you want to keep up with your
neighbors you had better buy case or
barrel of those delicious Vermont Creams.
c. E. Kirk has several horses to sell
which the farmers will do well to look
at; they will make excellent farm horses
The proper way to buy and sell crack
ers is by weight, and that's another
reason why those Vermont Creams are
so popular.
FL. Borden of Swanton, VT, came
here last week and delivered 20 crayon
portraits. All the portraits gave salts
faction Send him an order
THE king is dead long live the queen.
The Queen Olga cigar will always live
and it is having a remarkable sale be-
cause it is good cigar. Buy it. Try it.
Revere Standard Java Coffee. Guaran-
teed absolutely pure and highest grade
cultivated coffee. The greatest pains,
most skilled labor, and latest improved
machinery are all employed to make this
the most delicious coffee in the world.
ALWAYS sold at retail in pink bags.
DIR. GAGE Is COMING. DIR. o. c. Gage,
the successful specialist of Concord, N.
H, will be at the Union House, Lyndon
vile, Thursday, May 49, until noon and
at the Avenue House, St. Johnsbury, in
the afternoon of the same day, Thursday,
May ~, where all can consult him free
of charge. If other methods have failed
try DIR. Gage, for his cures in this section
are truly wonderful.
THE WATcHMAN PUBLISHING Co.,
Montpelier, VT, manufacture all kinds of
Rubber Stamps, Selfinking type and
Band Daters. Linen markers with indeli-
bic ink, ordinary hand stamps for all
purposes. Just what every farmer needs
to mark his butter and sugar packages.
Why send to the city when you have at
home the advantage oflower prices and
better work. Send for illustrated price
list.
The Victor Pneumatic tire is rapidly
proving itself to be one of the most prac-
teal of any of the Pneumatics. 1t is less
liable to puncture, is easier repaired and
is warranted for one year. The great
Victor Bicycle factory is running day and
night, turning out 1875 wheels every
twenty-four hours. They have already
produced over 5000 wheels this season.
We have sections of the Pneumatic and
cushion tires of the Victor and other
wheels for inspection and comparison.
c. M. BERRY, Agt.
REMEMBER DR.. CAGES VISIT, which
will be on Thursday, May ~, at the
Union house, Lyndonville, in the fore
noon and at the Avenue house, St. Johns
bury, in the afternoon. Cures like the
following are well known in this section :;
w. J., Berry, Lyndonville; Mrs. David
Quimby, East St. Johnsbury; DR.. L. B..
Dodge, Waterford; c. L. Buffum, North
Monroe; Charles Hall of Barnet, and
Frank Wheelock of Newport, who had
consulted physicians from Boston and
Canada all to no purpose. If sick see
DIR. Gage.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE NEWS.

w. H. Puffer of St. Johnsbury was
one of the two graduates of the
Thayer school of civil engineering
this year. Mr.. Puffer's thesis was
Design of double track railway
bridge of iron" Mr. Puffer will be
employed by the Atchison, Topeka
and Sante Fe railroad
Edwin o. Grover, '94, has an arti-
Gle in the April Literary Monthly
upon French forms in English
verse" Mr.. Grover is competing for
one of the editors of the magazine
and is practically assured of a place.
The Kappa Kappa Kappa society,
one of theoldest .Greeklletter societies
in Dartmouth, will celebrate its 5Oth
anniversary next commencement by
the laying of the cornerstone of a
$4,000 house on College street.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05

ing everything necessary to enable him to
appear well. Shear was a good clerk
for a time and the Bidwells considered
themselves fortunate in having him, I'M
til one day he was handed several checks
and requested to have them cashed. and
with the proceeds buy money order to
be sent to England to sister Of George
Bidwell, who was in that country labor
ing to secure the liberation of her broth
er, Austin Bidwell, then undergoing inn
prisonment for forgery.
Next day George Bidwell ascertained
that the checks had been cashed and that
his clerk had levanted with the money.
When last heard of by Bidwell, Shear,
alias Williams, was in Kansas City, in
tending to go west. Then all trace of
him was lost until the recent intimation
that the man Williams who swindled
Los Angeles might be Deerning of Aus
tralian infamy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
RASE BALL NOTES.

The first game of the season will
be PLAYED here on Saturday of this
week. on the campus, by the Meriden
IN. H and the Academy mines. The
new seats will probably be completed
by that time, which will afford a
much better opportunity for seeing
the game than ever before. Turn out
and see how the base ball season
opens. The home nine will make a
strong effort to take the game.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
Especial to the CALEDoxrAN.l

MONTPELIER, May 4, 1892.
Largest crowd ever gathered a the
Pavilion is here tonight and 100
more delega ties are coming tomorrow
National and state issues are hardly
mentioned, so intense is the feeling
for and against Hiram Atkins. The
ants have most of the enthusiasm
and claim that they ''have the dele
gates to retire the man who will not
retire himself" The Atkins men are
perfectly confident of success and it
is predicted by outsiders, who ought
to be unprejudiced. that Mr.. Atkins
will have at least 1 90 majority. The
friends of Mr.. Atkins present the
following table to prove their claims
that Atkins will be elected 2 to 1:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
MISTAK FOR MURDERER DEEM.

MISTAKEN FOR MURDERER DEEM
ING.
The trial in Australia of Deeming,
followed by the California papers,
who have been trying to trace
Deeming's tracks on the Pacific slope
The San Francisco papers thought
that Deeming was the matrimonial
shark and confidence operator
Charles H. Williams, who, in the
spring of 1888, won the affections of
Mrs Catching of Los Angeles,
married her and then ran away with
$4,000 which she had saved.
1t now turns out that Williams
was no other than L. c. Shear, a
man who is well remembered in St.
Johnsbury, where he resided about
Is years ago. George Bidwell, an
ex-convict from England, who is
lecturing in California, has told the
San Francisco Examiner what he
knows about Shear "alias Williams
and a half a dozen other names. F"
Bidwe1 says he first knew Williams
under the name of Shear, a man who
gave that name having called at the
Bidwell home in Hartford, CT, early in
1889 Shear asked for sympathy and
assistance, and was urgent in his request
to be given shelter and something to do.
He had, he said, been long a convict at
Sing Sing for forgery on the Park bank
of New York, and had since his release
been repeatedly thrown out of employ
ment, when recognized as an ex-convlct
and having the story told to his employ
ers. Shear showed considerable polish
and general knowledge. He was an
excellent penrnan and a good talker, and
claimed to be 'sick of crooked work"
II want you to help me up in the
world he said to Bidwell, and so i'm
pressed that sympathizer that Shear
was given a place under the Bidwell ROOF
and permitted to eat at the family table
Mrs Bidwen was not told about Shears
history and soon came to believe IN him
as an unfortunate and worthy man.
Bidwell tried him in many ways and
found him capable, so that 1t was not
surprising that when, two months after
Shears application for help, Mrs. Bid
well urged her husband to give him reg
uIar employment, the request was needed
and the man put on a regular footing as
a clerk for his benefactor.
Shears clothes were shabby, and as ar
advance In salary way, he was fitted
out with new and good clothing, lnclud
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
POST OFFICE NE VS..

POST OFFICE NEWS.
The bids for carrying the mail be-
tween the depot and the post Office
were opened last week and it was
found that George c. Getchell of St.
Tohnsbury Centre was the lowest
bidder. He has agreed to make
about a dozen round trips every "a
hours for 1915 a year. There were
nine bidders in ALL Mr. Getchell
began his labors May 1.
Arthur Bangs has resigned as sub
stitute letter carrier
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
ACADEMY NOTES.

Representatives of the Senior, Mid
die and Junior classes, to the number
of 60, went to East Barnet on Sat-
urday, in special car, in search of
arbutus. They found an abundance
of that plant and everybody had a
fine time.
Rev. 6. O. Webster of Montpelier
was a recent visitor at the Academy
Henry F. Huse, Miss Mae Robin
son and J. A. Lyle are the commit
tee of arrangements for the class con-
cert.
These parts have been assigned for
Class day: Grafton, Jos. E. Hall
essay, Maude R. Babcock; poem,
Kate Currier; prophecies, Chas. w
Steele; ode, David w. Hartman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
WITH ROD AND LINE.

The season for catching trout
opened May 1 and several of our
best fishermen enjoyed the sport the
following Monday.
w. H. Preston declines to serve as
fish warden and the office istherefore
vacant
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
HORSE GOSSIP.


Notice appears elsewhere of the
sixth annual exhibition of the East
ern Vermont association of road and
trotting horse breeders at Newport,
Aug. 1918. All horsemen will be in
terested in the stakes and premiums
and rules and regulations. Entries
close Aug. 1.
Three of the best stations from the
Black River stock farm, Sherman
Franklin, $500, Benhadad and Mon
arch, will be at Barnet from May 5
to Nav 7, and at Lisbon next week.
Our advertising columns give further
particulars.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
LOTS FOR SALE,

Mrs lanes Gaffney having had her land
SURVEYED and divided into lots wishes to dis
pose of the same. Each lot contains u acre.
The situation is one of the most desirable in
st. Johnsbury, being both healthy and pleas
ant Price of each lotfrom $500 to $500 ac-
cording to location.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
NEW MAPLE HONEY
DING LOTS FoF
FOR SALE,

fine double seated Carriage with removal
BILE top, well cushioned and with easy springs.
Boston make and in excellent condition.
Suitable for one horse pair Cost $500. 90
when
Also first-cass English pig skin ladies'
saddle. only used a few times. Cost when
new 1925. Can be seen after May 10th In
Quire at the Post Office, Danville Green.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
NOTICE.

Rooms to rent with without board at
the east end of the Chase boarding house on
Main street Also table board by the day or
st. Johnsbury, April Fl, 1892.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
HS-SEE NEXT WEEK
THE AETNA LIFE ms. co,

OF HARTFORD, CONN.
One of the leading Companies in the U. S.
One of the soundest. having 81 $50, 900 of
Capital Stock for greater protection of
it's insured.
77,766 Policies. 1860 new Policies in 81.
Did more new business in 1891 than any
other two New England Companies.
E. E. SARGENT, Gen. Agent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
THE ANTS CLAIMS.

The ants are making heavy in
roads into these figures and claim
they have 100 delegates that the At
kins men have previously claimed,
besides a lot of uninstructed dele
gates. Barre, which Atkins claims,
has five ants; and other towns are
showing up as strong against Mr..
Atkins. There is blood on the moon,
and if Atkins is not bea ten, which
hardly seems probable, he will be
fearfully wasted.
THE TICKET.
The delegates at large to the ma ton
al convention will be DIR. J. H. Jack
son, Barre; Col. H. E. Folsom, Lyn-
donville; Ben Robinson of Windsor;
DR.. Hanrahan of Rutland or T. W.
Moloney of Rutland. B. B. Smalley
of Burlington will probably be nomi-
mated for governor.
A BIG ANTI MEETING
ton meeting tonight, $50 being pres
ent. Ringing speeches were made by
A. P. Childs of Bennington, Holton
of Burlington, Meldon of Rutland.
In the meantime the state committee
were in session arranging for tomor-
rows conven ton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
DEMOCRACY'S FIGHT.

A Large Crowd at the Montpelier
Convention.
Atkins Figures out at Least 100
Majority.
The Ants Have a Big Meeting and
Make Large Claims.
Altogether the Situation is "In-
teresring.'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05

BANK STOCK FOR SALE.
Six shares of stock of Bank of Newbury
Enquire at this Office.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-05
Marriages

At st. Johnsbury, May 4, by Rev. A.
Davis, Harry w. Ford and Tillie NJ. Byrne.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-23
A Novel Burglar Alarm,

/ had gone to spend a few days with
a friend in the country, and woman
like, we sat up rather late the first
evening, talking, The servants had
retired to the upper regions, and Just
as we were about to separate l was
surprised to sec my friend take up two
large newspapers with the remark: 81
must go and set my burglar alarm for
the night" Wondering what the papers
could have to do with it, followed her
and watched her spread one on the
stairs and another across the hall floor
"Now we can sleep in peace; no one
could either jump over or walk over
those newspapers without making a
noise, nor could they even attempt to
fold them up without rousing the
house. 1t may not seem very safe
trap, but when everything is still the
crisp rustic of paper is quite sufficient
to awaken me. | have shut up the cat,
so that there can be no false alarm"
she concluded, and after having walked
two or three times across the news
papers / was quite satisfied that the
idea was not half bad.-St. Louis
Chronicle
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-23

two weeks and more before he came
to himself in the hotel, where he had
every possible attention. He was, as
he himself remarked: "Dern glad t.
be alive, an fin l hcdn't los no
hans mr. feet" ...
But the woman and child had gone
they left Jersey the very day that
Hens half-dead form was brought in by
the relief party-and with them went
Hens money; for the saddle bags had
been taken to the woman's room by the
hostler and no one else had had pos
session of them, besides which, much
to the landlords surprise, she had paid
her bill with one-hundrcd-dolla green
back when she left. Hens money had
been mostly in bills of that denomina-
ton.
Hen kept stiff upper lip" and said
little when he got back to the ranch,
which he did in short time, much to
our surprise.
"'Twas all on 'caount o them blame
saddle-bags," said he, "Ef I'd let new
tangled notions alon,, and carried tn
stuff an other things in my clo'es, I'd
ben all right"-R. IL. Ketohum, in San
Francisco Examiner
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-23
SEVERAL KITES TO A STRING.
In This Way They Can Attain to Remark
able Heights,

In This Way They Can Attain to Remark
able Heights.
The actual height of kites above the
earth is difficult to measure, because an
object floating alone in the air looks
farther away than it really is When a
kite is flying at a height of one thousand
eight hundred feet it has reached about
as high point as. is possible without
the assistance of other kites. Such a
kite will seem to have. reached an alti
tudc of half mile; yetaa careful meas
urement of the string and its steepness
will show that the kite is not over one
third of a mile above the ground, Or
dinarily the kite will go no higher even
if more string is let cut, because the
wind presses against the great length
of string with increasing force as the
kite recedes and rises,
If more than one kite be used remark.
able heights arc attainablc. The kites
can be fastened along single string,
but this method requires quickncss in
attaching the right amount of tail tc
each kite, otherwise so much time may
be wasted in preparing the successive
kites for the flight that the daylight
will wane before the experiment can be
concluded. However, when one kite is
up and the amount of tail for it is deter.
mined, it becomes possible, after long
experience, to at once estimate The
amount of tail necessary for each addi'
tional kite according to its size.-
William L. Eddy, in St Nicholas
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-23
Prejudice In Queer Forms.

prejudice is a queer thing" said an
ice dealer, as he stopped to beg u light
from the reporter. I've just had an
instance. Several of our wagons are
lettered for artificial ice and several
are not We were delivering along q
certain street day or two ago when a
customer came running out of his
house and accosted the man who had
just thrown piece of artificial ice iu-
to the yard and SAID: I've told you
two or three times to stop bringing me
manufactured ice. If can't get natu-
raj ice won't have any I happened
along, and winking the other eye at
the driver, said to him: That's all
right, Bill. Tell Jim TO bring his lake
ice wagon around this way and give
Mr.. - lake ice That's what !
want, said the customer. l sent the
other wagon around, with artificial ice,
in it, of course, and the customer was
tickled to death, and says it's the besi
ice he ever saw, etc. Wheeling Regis
ter.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-23

The hedgehog runs the roads freely.
He is quaint little fellow, our hedge
pig, having far more intelligence than
people give him credit for, 1t is curl
Gus, as you stand perfectly still in the
middle of road, to see him come run
ming along, then stopping to sniff and
whine, and examine the strange object
that hardly breathes lest he startle the
little creature. Then with gentle
grunt he will pass you by. A very low
yet quite decided grunt he gives, and
he whines as well. Shakespeare, who
seems to have been most excellent
out-of-doors naturalist-a minute OBJ
server of life, indeed, in all shapes
noticed the hedgehog and wrote, 1.-The
hedgehog whines at night" If any one
of our readers possesses tame hedge
hog, let him examine the eye of the
creature if he has not already done so.
If the eye is the index to the mind, rs
firmly believe it to be, the hedgehog
knows a great deal, and only uses his
knowledge for his own special benefit
--Blackwoods Magazine
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-23
A sUPERsTITloUs PRACTICE.
The Old Habit of Consulting the Bible Ss
Book of Fate.

The Old Habit of Consulting the Bible Ss
Book of Fate.
The practice of consulting Scripture
as a book of fate was generally con-
demned by the church. A council at
Vannes pronounced against it in 46l
A. d. So did one at Agde in 500 and
one at Auxerre in 5S5. Charles the
Great forbade it in his Capitularies,
and so did Pope Gregory II. Never
theless, curiosity as to the future was
SO strong in mems minds that the GUS
tom continued. An odd circumstance
is that the cathedral chapter at Or.
leans in 1l46 appealed to prognostic
of this sort in supplication addressed
by them to Pope Alexander III. against
t;+nir bishop. At his conservation,
wRcn the Gospel was opened above his
head, the finger of the deacon rested
upon the words: And he left the
linen cloth aud fled from them naked. II
This was token that the bishop,
Elias, was to be turned out of his see.
The practice uf observing the book
when opened over the head of pre-.
late at his conservation was very com.
mon. 1t was thought that sure
augury could thence be drawn as tc
what sort of bishop he would prove.
At the conservation of Athanasius
nominated to the patriarchatc of Con
stantinople, q patriarchatc which he
stained with his crimes, "the bishop OF
Nicomedia having brought the Cos
pei" says the Byzantine historian
''the congregation prepared to make
note of tho oracle which would be man
ifest on the opening of the book
though this oracle is not infalliblN
true. The bishop of Mecca, noticing
that he had lighted on the words
! prepared for the devil and his angels,
groancd in the depth of his heart, and
putting up his hand to hide the words
turned over the leaves and DISCLOSED
! the other words; The birds of the ali
come and lodge in the branches
words which seemed to have no connec
ton with the ceremony. "-Chambcrs
journal.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-23
ART TREASURES OF CRACOW.
The Ancient Polish City Rich In Collec-
tons aud Places of Interest

The Ancient Polish City Rich In Collec-
tons and Places of Interest
The glory of Cracow is its university,
which was founded in 1916 by King
Casimir the Great. 1t is known as the
Jagcllon, and boosted printing press
long before any of the other towns of
Europe were 50 far advanced. 1t also
possesses an astronomical observatory.
Here Copernicus was once professor,
and fine statue of him by Thorwald-
sen is to be seen in the building. Close
to the Florian's gate is to be found the
elegant abode of Prince Ladislaus
Czartoryski, which contains a very
brac and MINIS, as well as relies of
Polish history. 1t is thrown open to
the public twice week by its owner.
That Cracow has not lost its ancient
love for art is shown by the academy of
fine art that exists in that town, of
which the famous Polish painter,
Mateiko, is director. A number of this
painters finest works, as well as those
of his colleague, Siemiradskv, can be
seen in the permanent art exhibition,
situated on the first floor of the Cloth
hall. Indeed, Polish painters and sculp-
tors, as we'll as architects, have distin-
guished themselves of late considera bly,
throughout all Europe, and have con-
tributcd to recall the ancient glorics of
the nation A fine new theater for the
production of Polish plays is being
built by the native architect, ZawiejslSi,
and will be adorned by over two hum
bred life-size sculptures from the hand
of his talented brother, Mishka Zawie-
lski, who had made for himself so good
name as sculptor in Florence
Before leaving Cracow You should
drive through the dusty suburbs to q
hill little outside, which is known as
| the Kosciuszko hill, an artificial mound
raised to the height of about thirty me-
tiers in the antique shape of snail
heap. This memorial was heapcd up
| Ii the year 1880 in remembrance of the
| native hero who tried to restore indie
pendcnce to Poland. Thousands of no.
blcs and patriots helped to raise this
mound by bringing earth from all the
| great battlefields of the Poles, especial
" from the disastrous field of Macieio'
vice, where Freedom shrieked when
Koscius7lio fell" Even delicate ladies
] brought parcels of earth, and foreign
potentates from affair joined in this ma
tional enterprise. 1t was four years
before it was completed. The ascent is
made by means of spiral ramp about
two feet broad with no protection on the
outer side, so a steady hand Is required
On the summit, crowned by small
plateau, stands a large unhewn grants
bolvlder. upon which is inscribed the
one word "KosciuszlSo" in large letters
Around it is planted a low border o
flowers, which are always kept careful
liz tended. The whole monument is 1
touching evidence of national patriot
ism. To upraise such mounds seems Il
have been favorite form among thu
Poles Of doing honor to their dead, fol
Cracow can show yet two other sucl
! hills appraised by human handS,-Maga
zine OF Art,