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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
Commissioners Notice.

LUCRETIA c. GIFFORDS ESTATE
The subscribers having been appointed by
the honorable Probate court for the district
of Caledonia, commissioners to receive, ex-
anime and adjust all claims and demands OF all
persons against the estate otLucretiaC Clifford
late of Walden, in said district, deceased,
and the term of six months from the 90 h
day of December 1895, being allowed by
said court to the creditors of said deceased
to exhibit and prove their respective claims
before us: Give notice that we will attend
to the duties of our appointment at the store
ofCoodenough & Stevens in South Walden in
said district, on the list day of February. 1896
andthe goth day ofJune, l 500 next, at 1 o clock
IN the afternoon on each of said days.
c II. STEVENS,
E. T. GOODENOUGH,
Commissioners.
Ian a. A. D. 1896
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
Some Old Roman MillIonnirea.

1t seems to me that, taken in general,
we are very Ignorant lot of people in
this last decade Of the nineteenth cen.
fury. Our wealth, as much as we boast
of it, is comparatively puny as compar-
ed with the wealth of men Of old. There
was Mark Antony's house that was
sold to MESSIAH for over $500, 600, and
Scaurus' villa was burned at loss Of
over $12,00O,000. Ohio spent over
81, 1000, 900 in finishing one wing Of a
palace commenced by Nero Nearly
$36, 000,0 600 were found in the Golfers
of Tiberius, and Caligula spent it all
In less than one year. Paulus could
make a little trifling present to the
mother of Brutus of pearl worth over
$50, So let us be modest. We are a
cheap people, even the wealthiest of MS.
New York Mercury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
Bells.

In many homes the musical chimes of
the japanese gong sound ON the air for
d dinner call Some chatelaines prefer
let OF Norwegian cowbells for the same
oiilce' These are hung across the door
way on a straight cord, A second cord
is then run through the handles of the
oells and hangs loose to be pulled when
the summons is sounded.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
A Woman's Throat,

Awell known sculptor, George Wade,
has been giving his opinions as to the
artistic value Of womans throat. In a
model. Mr. Wade says, he requires q
long neck, but not too upright, the line
from the head to the shoulders to be
gradually curved, the head thrown back
and the neck itself to be we'll rounded.
A "scraggy" neck, unless the set on the
shoulders denotes remarkably distin-
gulshed air, cannot be considered beau
tiful from sculptor's point of view, nor
badly set neck, however we'll rounded.
There are three women in London soci-
ETY. whose necks Mr.. Wade considers be-
yond reproach. These are Princess
Maude of Wales, Lady Annesley and
the Marchioness of Londonderry. OF
course, when the Duchess of Leinster
was alive her neck and shoulders were
the admiration Of every artist in the
kingdom.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
and his likeness is printed on oul

and his likeness is printed on our
souls.
We can do great deal more for
Christ and to bless the world than
most Of US are doing. 1t is well
worth while for US to take pains to
learn from him the secret of his pow
er and spirit. What new force and
beauty and irresistible influence will
shine out from us through the year,
if with this first month we all begin
closer walk with Jesus, who is our
perfect guide and example, in whose
light alone there is peace and JOY and
all true progress in the heavenward
way.-[ Mrs. c. L. Goodell.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10

"You have certain work to do and
You don't do it. 1t is your place to hitter
all the poisons and impurities out OF the
body and YOU are not doing it,
"As consequence, =" said the Stomach,
1--WE are all being clogged, poisoned and
irritatcd. am irritable and only hall
digest the food they are forcing into me.
Here's the Liver all clogged and torpid,
the Lungs are all chOkcd, we don't get
half enough oxygen. the Head is aching,
the Nerves tingling the back is aching,
and the poor Heart is laboring like a
sledge-hammer.
Even the Joints and the Muscles cry
out with Rheumatic pains"
But We can't help it" said the KID
neys. 1--WE can't do impossibilities. We
are sick and weak ourselves and cannot
do our work. Ofcourse, these poisons
sease you. The moment we stop work
you feel it, Your health always did and
always will depend on our activity"
And just then an ordinary, everyday.
common-sense doctor who knew his bus
mess was called in and prescribed DR..
Hobbs Sparapus Kidney Pills.
The Kidneys promptly responded and
set cheerfulIy to work with renewed
strength and vigor; the Uric Acid, the
waste products OF decay and fever, the
ashes of digestion and all the poison
and impurities in the blood were cast
out.
well, that's something like it, said
the Lungs. 'l'Il pitch in and do my
work now" said the Stomach.
What relief" said the Liver and the
Heart, and the Joints and Muscles joined
the chorus.
TIE quarrel was over. 1t was happy
family, working tremendously once
more.
This sounds like a fairy story, but il
isn't It's cold hard, solid facts and
common sense.
And you can prove it to your satisiac-
ton at any time tor so cents.
Fifty cents per box from all druggists,
~l stamps or silver direct
Cparagusto the uono,s
49, MRb acRa : CO.,
MdneyPills Chic San Fran
Interesting and Instructive Book on
Kidney Health and Blood Fitering Free.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
THE NEW WOMAN PICTURED.
Composite Picture Embracing Features Of
Dozen Famous Reformers.

Herewith is presented picture OF the
new woman, the well worn phrase being
used rather in a Pickwickian sense, az
none Of the womH whose features are
included can fairly be called new so far
as years are concerned. In the matter of
representing the advanced ideas Of the
sisterhood all are new, the name Of each
being known wherever the English Ian
guage is spoken. The composite face is
a strong one, which is not to be won
dcred at considering that 1t embraces
features Of the following famous women:
Frances d. Willard, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Susan b. Anthony, Lady Hen
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10

The round top trunk is quite gone by,
ind the newest and most convenient has
DO tray in the lid, but is SO arranged
that it can be set close against the wall
and opened without being moved for.
ward
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
AN ARGUMENT.
They Almost Came to Blows
The Trouble Soon DiScoV-
cred and Everything
Now All Right,

1t was a quar-
rel amongst the
organs Of a man S
body.
T he man was
sick, and his doc.
fors didn't know
/. what allied him
\ + how to cure
nm.
The Liver and
Lungs, the Spleen
he Stomach and
he Heart all
"pitchcd into the
Kidneys.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10

Women of Boston and other Massa-
shusetts cities are reminded that regis
t1ation for the state election closes Oct.
Ia
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10

God wants every man to be Chris
tan, not simply because he wants that
man to be happy but because there is
work for him to do Ruskin.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10

A clever American girl, Miss E. R.
bkidmore, one of the delegates to the
international geographical congress, has
been lionized socially in London.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10

Nine. Patti is the best paid woman
In the world. She receives IS 900 for an
evenings work.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
So We Cant

The Christmas fires are glowing;
There'll be good times by and by,
When the Christmas bills are owing.
We can all shake hands and-sigh.
Atlanta Constitution.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-10
We're Waitin For EN- Nnu.

We're Waitin For EN- Now.
The dogs are on the possum's track,
They bay with one accord,
And If the dogs come backbone back,
Well dine and praise the Lord
Atlanta Constitution.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04


obnoxious, because he insists upon car
rying his head in his hand as he walks
about the apartment, glancing now
and then at the fine pictures adjoining
the walls.
Norfolk is another English county
which teens with ghosts. There is a
pale. long haired woman who runs
shrieking among the pits ON Aylmer-
ton heath. There Is a great black
"shuck dog''-the word "shuck" Is said
to mean the devil-who at Boltishall
bridge Is headless and at Salhouse has
blazing eye in the center of his
forehead, in the Isle of Man, the spirit
Of murdered prisoner known as the
mauthe dog. Then young Lord Dacre,
who was murdered in 1866 by his guar
dian, Sir Richard Fulmerston, who ar
ranged that rocking horse on which
the boy sat should fall, still Frances
about on a headless rocking horse.
Anne Boleyn still rides down the
avenue Of Blickling park once year
in hearse-like coach, drawn by four
headless horses and driven by a head
less driver, with her head in her lap,
and her father, Sir Thomas, does the
same thing. At Caistor castle there liz
another coach and headless team, and
yet another near Great Melton. This
last rises from pool every midday
and midnight. and, with its load Of
four headless, dripping white robed
ladies, passes slowly round the field
and sinks again, and tradition says
that at this spot long ago a bridal
party We're upset into this pool and
never seen again.
Warrington hall, the residence OF
the Walpoles, earls of Oxford, has its
ghostly associates. Horatio, second
earl, removed all the tombstones of
the Scalmers, the former possessors Of
the hall, from Wickmere church, and
one Of the buried ladies is still be-
lieved to walk around the churchyard
To atone for the sacrilege every earl
Of Oxford at his burial was driven
in his hearse three times around ruined
Wickmere church before being finally
laid to rest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04

come ahead. He was too startled to
do anything except try to restrain the
prancing horses, which were straining
at the harness In attempts to break
away and run. A cold sweat started
out all over the body of the farmer
as he realized that he was at last look
Ing at ghost, and then the sound of
his wife's voice came to him, begging
him to return the way they had come
and escape the doom which seemed i'm
pending. French was still too much
scared and excited to control the
horses, and as he gazed steadfastly at
the fearful white object in the road it
slowly began to move toward the
wagon, The club was nov raised to
its shoulder, as soldier carries a rifle.
and it seemd to move forward without
touching the ground, like a winged
thing
Then the farmer recovered his facul-
ties Whirling his team around, he
dashed the horses into a run and be-
gan the trip to the house OF the friend
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04

many years ago, was seen by hundreds
of people and thoroughly believed in
When the matter was finally probed to
the bottom, the ludicrous side came
out. 1t was a sick turkey perched on
on the top of tall tree. In some way
q long white sheet had become en-
tangled in its wings. When any one
climbed the tree, the sick bird disap-
peared in the foliage, and it was after
ward found that 1t hid in a great cavity
in the trunk.
An interesting American ghost Is
that which is said to dwell in the
Forbes manor house at Bath-on-th
Hudson, near Albany. One night about
80 years ago the manor house was the
blazing scene of social gathering
Just what out of the ordinary hap
pened that night nobody in Bath
knows. But something did happen, for
everybody in Bath says So At any
rate. it was gala night. but the next
morning all the servants, excepting
four faithful ones, who had been with
the family for years. were discharged,
and shortly after breakfast all the
members Of the family left the manor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04

house in carriages. No goodbys were
said. Behind them they left their
! beautiful home as 1t had been the day
before. On the mantels and dressers
| were the pictures Of friends; in the
bureaus and lockers and chests were
| their clothes; on the desks their let
| tiers and papers. Trinkets lay on the
| tables forgotten. The doors were lock-
| ed, the curtains pulled down, and the
| house closed for all time
| A man in black is said to walk that
house every night, mumbling and
moaning as he passes up and down the
! broad stairway. Scores Of people as
| sert that they have heard him, and q
few say they have seen him. One Of
the latter desoribedes him as follows
His hair was long and curly and part
ed on the side, his eyes were bright,
his features clearly cut and his face
pale. He was smooth shaven and wore
high standing collar and black
bow and stock. He was in evening
dress and wore no jewelry except q
gold fob. For moment he ceased
mumbling, and then began moaning and
walked away. He passed the door,
walking toward the stairway. The
ghost hunter tptoed to the door and
watched him ascend the stairway I'M
til he was half way to- the top, when
he stopped as though he had encount-
II.
hands appeaEngly and fell backward
with Shrek that rang throughout
the house and was answered by the
echoes. His head strucksa marble step,
and, thinking he had been injured, the
watcher rushed to the spot. He saw
nothing. 81 ~
The history Of this ghost is tightly
locked with the family, who now live
in the old Forbes mansion, on Fifth
avenue, New York. Paul Simeon For
bes purchased the manor house In 1850
from the Van Rensselaers, with 900
acres Of land. He paid $4,000 for 1t,
which was considerably less than the
cost of the house, the land being practi-
cally thrown in. The manor house is
now the property of a Boston man.
Nathaniel Stone.
The ancient houses Of England have
always been favorite haunts of ghosts.
Sussex, which, of all the English coun-
ties, has retained its old character
istics the most, has good many
ghosts who are still realities in the
eyes of the rustics of that little visited
district, which was once the center of
England's iron Industry. There is the
headless man of ST. Leonard's forest,
known as Squire Paulett, who jumps
upon the crupper of q horsenan en-
tering the forest and remains there I'M
til clear Of it. There is the drummer
OF Hurstmonceaux. Black dogs. a
favorite shape assumed by ghosts all
over England. haunt all dark lanes and
lone byroads, and under many Sc
questered wooden bridge woman may
be seen spinning. while on the old cat
tie road between Kingston, near Lewes,
and the Marshes, Known as the Drove
way, goblin may be seen ON any dark,
wild night incessantly jdspinning char
coal 8tHs III.
London has mahya ghosts. Many
houses remain untanaasted from year
/ to year because of the belief In resi-
dent ghosts. The osCnotable of the
London ghosts is that Of Lord Holland
who is said to wall ins the Sir Josuha
room OF the Hollana House. This par
ticular Lord Holland Is surprisingly
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04
WATER is AGAIN In USE.
Fox River Mills Resume Operations
under War Department Con-

Under War Department go
oessiOn.
APPLETON, Wis, Oct. 9.-The use ot
water for power was resumed TODAY bv
mill men Of the Fox river. This is in
conformity With concession secured
by Congressman Cook from tbe- u,ar
department, allowing the water to be
Drawn to q point six inches below the
crest or the Menasha dam between now
and the close OF navigation, instead OF
being maintained at the crest as pro-
Vlded by the strict letter Of the law.
fh1s concession will be Of great yallrs
70 mill men for the reason that water
Is cheaper and more effective than
steam, and, Whils the mills have been
running just the same without water.
they will get better product with the
use OF even a little water than Nv ex
elusive steam power The use of the
water will be under the direction Of
the new Neenah and Menasha Water
Power company, and the amount
drawn will be limited to about A, 900
cubic feet q minute. This is a little less
than the present inflow into the lake
and will maintain the level where *
Is. at the crest Of the dam, for some
time before 1t becomes necessary to re-
duce 1t below that point
In no case, however, Will 1t be drawn
more than six inches below the crest
of the dam until the close Of navigation,
when 1t is expected that a large amount
will be allowed to Toe taken throughout
the winter. The water is now higher
than 1t has been at this time Of year
for ten years past
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04

which lay In the bottom of the wagon
for just such an emergency. But be-
fore his hand touched it he was startled
by a scream from his wife Clutching
his arm. she pointed straight ahead and
gasped: "Jook, John. Lookr'
Ear down the road, just beside the
gl1mmering monuments of the old
graveyard, he saw an aparition. 1t was
that of man with long white beard
sweeping over his breast. The figure
appeared to be eight feet in height
and in one hand 1t carried club such
as the brains of the old man had been
beaten out with ten years before
Slowly raising one arm, the ghost with
a majestic sweep beclloned French to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04
SERMONS FOR TODAY.

Dayton's Bluff German NJ E., H. F. LANCE,
pastor-The pastor will preach morning and
evening. The church choir will sing at both
services. In the afternoon, at $50 Rev. F.
l.. Nagler, d. D., formerly of this city. now
Of Cincinnati, editor Of the Sunday School
Tract, an Epworth league publication will
give lecture to q mass meeting Of the
young peoples societies.
Memorial English Lutheran, West Sixth
street near Exchange Alex J. D. Haupt
pastor-10:30 holy communion with sermon,
theme The Great Commandment" Vespers
at s, subject, "A Plenteous Harvest
Plymouth Congregational Summit and
Wabasha, Rev Watson B. Willard pastor
Services at 1890 a. m and 7.45 D. M, con-
Quoted by the pastor. Subject, morning,
Neglect not Your Gift" evening, 1.-The
Abiding Facts.
St James Episcopal, Lawson and De Soto
Rev. J. G. Ferris, rector-Holy communion
and sermon IL a. m, anthem. praise Ye
the Father Services and service 7:45 D. m,
anthem THE Radient Moon Hath Passed
Away
First M. E., Rev. j. Frank Stout, ID
VIII preach at 1870 a. m, subject God
With U.s." At p. m, at Mackubin street
chapel, subject, "A Great Deliyerance.''
Grace NJ. E.. Burr street, Rev. NJ. G. shu-
man. pastor-Seryices at 1870 and o'clock
Subject, Prosecuted for Righteousness Sake, 2
and "A Sham Religion" Both sermone by
the pastor.
New Jerusalem or swedenborgian church,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04
NRAITHS THAT STALK ABROAD
WHEN CHURCHYARDS
XAWN.
GIANT GHOST OF BENTON
kTARTLES MANY PEOPLE WHO
CLAIM TO BE FPEE FROM
SUPERSTITION.
FORBES MANOR APpARIrIoN
One of the Most Interesting of Amer
lean GhOsts-SOme English
SpOolks.

The numberless superstitions which
beset humanity in the past are almost
gone and with rapid strides the world
becomes daily more matter of fact.
Still it continues to see ghosts and be-
lieve in them. Its habit nowadays is
to want to put its hands on things, to
know by touch as well as sight that
the things are there before it believes,
but. nevertheless, ghosts move here
and there in the throngs, and intelligent
people are convinced that they are ac-
tually supernatural visitors A case in
point is the Benton Qnd.) ghost, which
is attracting much attention. 1t has
been seen and investigated by many
people with regulations for intelligence
and good sense, but so far no expla-
nation of the strange appearance has
been found.
A farmer named John w. French and
his wife We're the first to see the APP
partition. They live in the country near
Benton and were driving home one
night from d neighbor's. The road
passed an old church, moss covered and
surrounded by graveyard, overgrown
with shrubbery and filed with the
bones of hundreds who once titled the
soil in the locality. Ten years ago an
aged man who lived alone not far from
the old church and visited the grave
yard almost daily to pray over the
resting place of some relative was
foully murdered for the store of gold
he was supposed to have hidden about
his hermit abode. The robbers and
murderers escaped justice, and the
luckless graybeard was buried in the
graveyard where he spent so much
time. Just as French and his wife drew
within sight of the white headstones
in the church yard the horses reared
back on their launches and snorted In
terror. French was alarmed, and, sus-
pecting highwaymen had been scented
by the horses, he reached for shotgun
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04

he had just left. When they arrived
there, both the man and his wife were
almost fain1ng from fright.
The next man to see the ghost was
Milton Moon. He had the reputation
for being not only a man Of intelli-
gence, but one without fear His ex-
perience was much the same as that
of the Trenches, and 1t brought about
several Investigations by parties OF citi-
zens. In each case they saw and were
convinced OF the actual presence OF
the ghost without being able to dis
cover any satisfactory explanation.
Ghosts go down into history often, as
this one seems likely to, without any
explanation for their presence. There
are, however, exceptions. The famous
Anboyd ghost, which excited Montreal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04
sEsLERs HELD IN PRISON.
Not Released When Their Terms
Had Expired.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. "a letter
dated Viadivostock, Aug. 2, published
in local paper, states that the sealers
Of the schooner Laidson, arrested by
the Russian authorities Nov. 8, and
sentenced TO five months imprison-
ment were not released when their
terms expired In May, but were recon-
mitted to serve an additional eighteen
months, their previous sentence having
been protested by the judge, by whom
they were tried, Is insufficient. The
letter states that the last officer Of the
United States steamer Olympia. who
visited the prisoners on May so, was
assured by proper Russian authority,
that the men would be freed az soon
as the first FIVE months term had ex-
pired. Tine letter purports to come FROM
the prisoners themselves.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04

service a the morning
IL Ninth Presbyterian church, Edmund and
ss @rriLsto ~ Rev Edward P Lewis, pastor
u 81. Feters Episcopal Dayton's R1ur
E PootdI and Maple Streets Rev A. T. Gesner'
in7,,tos free Strangers very cordially
enn NV eighteenth Sunday after rrrinif1, :,
o a.1a school $50 a. M; Holy Communion
ana sermon iO:45 a. m; evening drawer INA
st. Peters Episcopal Mission Pee, CA.
corner Earl and East Seventh Streess s,,ns,,
Jay schooi, ESQ q. m. Address, D. "a.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-07-19
THE coLUMBINE.

At 4;3O this afternoon Captain Rich
ardson viii leave for trip to De-
struction Island. Annual supplies and
rations will be delivered to the light
house men at that point. and from
there the columblne will proceed to
Cape Flattery where annual sup
plies and ratlons win also be left. The
whlstllng buoy Mt Umatilla reef, l2
miles south Of Flattery, will be chang
ed, and from there the Columblne VIII
come back TO Astoria and load buoys
for Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay.
Annual supplies VIII also be furnished
the light stations at those points.