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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24

Sharp witted city housekeepers do not
depend upon servants cleaning their own
rooms without supervision. All ounce OF
prevention that my save a gallon of cure
is to thoroughly besprinkle the servants
sleeping quarters with gasoline Ill the
interim between the departure of one
and the arrival Of the next incumbent.
Her trunk and it's contents, if they have
come from other quarters less carefully
looked aftor, should be thoroughly
searched. Hence an eye should be kept
Oh the room from week to week.
If clothes closets have moths III them
in spite Of your careful spring attempts
to keep them out, burn sulphur in them.
Put the sulphur in an old porcelain dish
and set in a wide pan of water, light
the sulphur and shut the closet up.
Don't go far away or leave the blaze
UNDECIDED With the pan Of water there
is, however, next to no danger that
spark will fly off and set anything on
fire The scintilla Of possibility, though,
should not be overlooked.
Do not take the screens out OF doors
and windows yet awhile. The flies Will
creep into the sunshine in the middle OF
the cool autumn days and pour into the
house for weeks after it is late enough
for them to be gone, making havoc OF
the newly decorated chandeliers and re-
gilded picture frames and newly whit
ened ceilings Francisco Examin-
or
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24
Probate of Will,
JOANNA AYERS ESTATE.

JOANNA AYERS ESTATE
STATEoFV ERMoNT, District of aledonia, SIS.
IN IN prooate court, held at the Probate Office
in st. Johnsbury, within and for said district
on the 9th day of January, A. d. 1896.
al, an Instrument purporting to be the last
late of Sheffield, in said district, deceased
being presented to Court by Albert I
CHM, the executor therein named, for
Probate.
1t is ordered by said court that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at a
session of said court, to be held at the pro.
pate once IN st. ohnsbury on the 25th day of
they may have, against the probate of said
Will for which purpose 1t is further or.
dered that a copy of the record of this order
be published three weeks successfully In tbe
CALIFORNIAN, printed at st. Johnsbury, preyi.
Gus to said time appointed for hearing.
BY the Court, Attest,
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
A true copy of Record, Attest
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24
Commissioners Notice.

ELlZAB BE III JEWEL IS ES Ia | l..
The subscribers, having been appointed by
the honorable Probate court for the district
of Caledonia, commissioners to receive ex-
amiue, and adjust all claims and demands Of
all persons against the estate OF Elizabeth
B. Jewett. late OF st. Johnsbury, in said
district. deceased. and the term OF six months
from the Goth day of January, 1886, being
allowed by said court to the creditors of said
deceased, to exhibit and prove their respec.
tive claims before us: Give notice that we
will attend to the duties of our appoin tment
at the office of the Passumpsic Savings
Bank in St Johnsbury, in said district, on
the 10th day of February and the Sth
day of June next, at 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon, on each OF said days
w. :. ROYNTON,
7. NJ. HOWARD
Comm ssioners.
January %. A. D.. 1896.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24
Commissioners Notice.

LUCRE TIA c. GIFFORD'S ESTATE.
The subscribers, having been appointed by
the honorable Probate court for the district
Of Caledonia, commissioners to receive ex-
persons against the estate oiLucretiaC Clifford
late of Walden, in said district deceased
and the term of six months from the 2Orh
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 al the store
oiGoodenough 6, Stevens in South W alden in
said district, on the 1stday of February. l 90
andthe Goth day OF June, 500 next, at o'clock
in the afternoon on each OF said days.
c II. STEVENS,
L. I. GOODENOUGH,
commissioners.
Jan 4. A. D. 1896.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24

Captain-Sergeant, note down Private
Grasgrun-three days on bread and wa.
ter for slovenly turnout on parade
Sergeant--Beg pardon, captain, that
won't make the slightest difference to
him. He's vegetarian!
Captain'-What? Then put him for
three days ON meat and soup London
Answers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24
Commissioners Notice.

HEKBEKT T.. KUBEKITS ES 7 Z.
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 of Herbert E.
Roberts. late OF st. Johnsburv, in said district,
deceased. and the term of six months from
the list day ofJanuary, 1896, being allowed
by said court to the creditors of said de-
ceased, to exhibit and prove their respect We
claims beforeus: Give notice that we will at
tend to the duties of our appointment at the
residence OF L. p. Allen in ST. Johnsbury
in said district, on the II tn day of February
and the 1st day OF July, next, at 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon on each of SAID DAYS.
PETER CLEMENT,
E. Fl. GRAY,
Commissioners.
st. Johnsbury, Vt, Jan. 20, A. D. 1896.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24
China's Name In Chinese.

China and the Chinese know nothing
of the names given to them by the Eng
fish speaking world.
The ancient name of China is Tien.
Hia. When the present dynasty began
its reign, then the whole country was
called Ta-Tsing-Kwoh Chung Kwoh
was the name given to that part known
TO Americans and English as the Middle
Kingdom.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24

The time draws near, the birth of Christ;
The morn is hid; the night is still;
The Christmas bells from hill to hill
Answer each other in the mist
Rise, happy morn rise, holy mornl
Draw forth the cheerful day from night
Ring out the darkness of the landl
Ring in the Christ that is to bel
-Tennyson,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24
Probate of Will.
JAMES NJ. MANN'S ESTATE.

JAMES NJ. MANN'S ESTATE.
STATE oFVERMoNT, District of Caledonia, SIS.
In Probate court, held at the Probate office
in st, Johnsbury, within and for said district
on the 18th day OF January, A, ID. 1896.
An instrument purportng TO he the last will
and testament OF James M. Mann late OF
Walden, in said district deceased being pre-.
scented to court by b. +, Taylor, the
executor therein named, for probate.
1t is ordered by said court that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at a
session of said court, to be held at the Pro
bate office in st. Johnsbury, on the Sth
day of February, A. d, 1896, and
show cause, ii any they may have
against the probate of said will
for which purpose it is further ordered
that copy of the record of this order
be published three weeks successfully in the
CALIFORNIAN, printed at st. Johnsbury
previous to said time appointed for
hearing,
By the Court, Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
true copy of record, Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24
Probate of VIII.

LURETTA NUTTING'S ESTATE.
STATE or VERMONT, Caledonia District, SIS
In Probate court, held at the Pr obatc office
in st. lohnshury, within and for said district,
on the 21st day of January, A. ID. 1896.
An instrument purporting to he the last
VIII and testament of Luretta huttng
late OF Danyille, in said district, deceased
being presented to court by stephen D.
Morse, the Executor therein named, for pro
bate:
1t is ordered by said court chat all
persons concerned therein be nc tilted to
appear at session of said court, to be held
at the Probate office in st. Johnsbuiy on the
Sth day of February, A. ID. 1896 and show
cause, II any they may have, against the pro-
bate of said WILL for which purpose it is fur
Their ordered that copy of the record of this
order be published three weeks successfully
in the Caledonian, printed at st. Johnsbury,
previous to said time appointed for hearing
BY the Court, Attest
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge,
A true copy of Record, Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH. Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24

At the Ottaqucechc mine in Bridge
water, it is reported that a lump of gold
has been secured, weighing two pounds
and four ounces, worth $500 Other
mines in the vicinity are also yielding
abundantly.
Rev George Palmer Tyler d. D., died
at his home in Lansinehurgh. N. Y, Sat
urday, Jan. Is. being 81 years old He
was a son of ROYAL Tyler OF Brattleboro,
who at one inc was chiet justice of the
state DR.. Tyler was pastor OF the Con
gregational church at Brattleboro from
1854 to 1869.
Morrisvie young republicans organ
night, TO he known as the Reed. Nc kinlcy
club. Officers were elected as follows:
President. F. G Fleetwood; vice presi-
dents, G. w. Clark, L. +. Wade, A. X.
Campbell; secretary, W. II. Robinson;
treasurer, A. X. Campbell; executive
committee, r. {. Cheney, Els E. Foster,
L. w. Webster, II, McNaI, Milo Gallup,
II l.. Delano, c. F. Smith. G. H. Terrill
advisory board, p. X. GIced, G. w. Hen
dee, II. Il. Powers, 6. w. Doty, l.. S.
Small; membership committee, {. L.
Borden, L. L. Wade, Fred Small.
Hon, William S. ShurtIcff. judge of pro.
bate for Hampden county, who died in
Springfield, Mass, Tuesday, Jan, IA,
was bonn in Newbury, in 1880 where he
lived the first Jew years OF his lie, going
from there to Rochester, N. Y, thence to
Sprinef Id, Mass, in 1889, where he has
since resided and been one OF the city's
most prominent and beloved citizens.
The sluice gates in the dam of ]. S
Vile's electric plant at Middlesex wer,
successfully closed on Tuesday January
/ +, and he pond partially filled witt
water, when it was found that there was
a sub erranean passage, the upper enc
of which is in the center OF the pond, Jus
above the dam and the lower end open
| ing below the dam. Wotkmen are nov
clearing the DRIFT ice out OF the ponC
around the entrance to the passage S,
that the shape OF the opening can be as
certajned when a crib will be built t.
| cover it,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24
VERMONT NE VS..


The committee on finishing and fur
nishing the Gill Odd Fellows home at
Ludlow and conducting the services Incl
dent to the furnishing of the same has
decided that about $1,000 will be needed
to finish and furnish the home and build
carriage house, The committee on
Improvements ana property have ordered
a steam heating plant to be put in at
once. The building is to be in read'-
ness for dedication the third Wednesday
in Nav. the trustees being satisfied that
from the money already pledged and
some of the larger lodges in the state yet
to be heard from the necessary funds will
be forthcoming to complete, furnish and
dedicate the home free from debt. One
thousand invitations to Odd F'lIows and
their families throughout Vermont and
nyighborng states and the trustees OF the
several 81 ate institutions will be issued
to he dedication exercises. Grand Sire
Stcbbins Will preside and at least 5000
are expected to attend The railroads
will give half fare and the people OF Lud-
low will entertain the visitors,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24
IiRERArIoN NOTICE

This is TO certify that have given my sor,
Chprl,s Wheeler. his time during the remain
der of his minority; that shall claim no more
of his earnings nor pay any bills OF his con
tracing after this date.
ALBERT f. WHEELER,
Danville, VT, January 90, 1896.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-01-24

Sigus Of a peaceful settlement OF the
Venezuelan dispute as Justice Brewers
proposition meets with praise from the
London press Ideals in government
outlined by able speakers at the Mun'cl-
pal League dinner in Boston, Mass
First Lord Of Admiralty Goshen denies
the rumors about the flying squadron -
McKiney's name cheered at the National
Association OF Manufacturers held in
Chicago.-Stock market strong and
quiet; legal tenders entirely disappear
from clearing ouse.-Servant eill il
Portland, Maine badly burned in at
The Yale expositor., 1896-08-28
52.712,2s0
Cheap Dollars.
664,06O,375

Everything is cheap or dear according
to what we have to pay for 1t. Sugar Is
cheap at cents a pound, but would be
dear at 10 cents.
A cheap dollar, therefore. is one that
the merchant buys with less goods than
he would have to give for IA dearer dol
lar. If n merchant now gives twenty
bounds of sugar for dollar and the dol
lar which he gets is Il 2OO-cent dollar;
and if the 2OO-cent dollar is dishonest
dollar and ought to be replaced by 100
cent dollar, worth only half as much; in
that case, the merchant will give only
half as much sugar for the cheaper dol
lar as he now gives for the dishonest
2OO-cent dollar. That is clear, is It not?
This is precisely what cheap money"
means.
Is this what the farmer and the work
ingman really want?
Apply this illustration to labor, If you
please The workingman buys dollars
with labor. Does he want a cheap col
lar, for which the merchant will give
only ten pounds of sugar? Or does he
want 2O0-cent dollar. for which the
merchant will give twenty pounds of
sugar? Cheap dollars would cut his
wages in half. He surely does not want
that.
"Oh, no." says the workingman. chat
is not what | want; but, if dollars were
cheap, l would get twice as many of
them for a days work"
Would you, indeed? Not on your life
Free and unlimited coinage of silver, at
the ratio of 16 to l. is simply scheme
to reduce your wages without your know
ing it or having an excuse for striking.
What good would il do you to get twice
as many dollars for n days work If So
would buy no more sugar, and no more
Of anything else, than 81 will now buy :!
Besides, If prices go up, under free
coinage, as they will-we admit that
does not the workingman know that the
| first thing to go up will be rents, the
next thing will be food and clothing. and
| the last thing will be labor? Under free
| coinage instead of being better off. the
workingman would be worse off than he
| is now.
Think this over, and see what il all
means to you and to your little family
| Springfield Qll) journal.
The Yale expositor., 1896-08-28
A Pointer for Farmers.

I remember one instance that bears
particularly upon this qucstiva that came
to me today as | sat here. and that was
this: My father came from the New
England states upon this prairie in 1871.
He told me this instance once: That
after sowing a crop of wheat by hand,
cutting it with the cradle, binding it with
the rake, and threshing it with the ball
upon the floor, he put it upon wagon
and drove it to this city of Milwaukee,
miles away, and sold it here
for AS cents bushel. This was in the
sos. and silver then was S1.30 an ounce.
Now tell the silver men to explain to you
how il was that in the early Dos wheat
was 4f cents a bushel, and silver S1.3O
an ounce. if the price of silver always
carries with it the price of wheat. And
when he hens and haws, say to him:
at is not only confined to wheat, but
that other commodity You yoke up with
silver. cotton: and tell him that for the
four years ending in 1915 cotton in the
city of New York averaged only Z cents
n mound: and that for the four years
ending in 1894 the same class averaged
cents a pound. Tell him to explain
that to YOU. That was when we had
free coinage and silver was then l.3o
an ounce. He cannot explain it. That
one ILLUSTRATION. my friends, utterly de-
stroys the whole silver heresy.-Con-
gresham Fowler of New Jersey.
The Yale expositor., 1896-08-28

used to pay the expenses of the govern.
ment." The tariff on some of the neces.
saries of life might he reduced, and the
deficit made up by an issue of money"
Or, if this is not deemed advisable, gov
eminent paper can he issued to pay for
special improvements; harbors can be
deepened and rivers improved in this
way" He introduced a bill to issue
S10.000,000 of United States treasury
notes. with which to inaugurate the con
struction of the Nicaragua canal. He
further suggested that "we can use any
available coin on hand to take up ma,
tured bonds and replace the coin so used
with paper money" He introduced an
other bill providing in this way for the
payment Of the $25.000.00 outstanding
2 per cent. bonds. He did not stop even
at that point, but gravely proposed that
government paper should be issued in
the place of national bank notes, as they
are retired" His theory of the ultimate
redemption of government obligations,
as stated by himself, was that the larger
the issue of treasury notes. the smaller
will be the "coin" reserve required with
which to meet them. BY "cOin" he ex-
planned that he meant both gold and sill
yer, wilfully ignoring the disparity in in
trnsic value between the gold and silver
dollar.
And this is the financier and states
man for whom honest and sensible men
are asked to cast their votes, next No
vember!
The Yale expositor., 1896-08-28

1t would evidently be impossible for
farmers fifty miles in the interior of any
of the states bordering on the Great
Lakes, to compete with eggs shipped by
water from Canada.
The Mckinley tariff imposed n duty
of cents dozen on eggs. This law
went into effect October /, 1890. Dur
ing the year ending June 30, 1890, we
imported nearly 100000 dozen eggs less
than in the year previous, when there
was no protection. The importation of
eggs steadily decreased until the repeal
of the Mckinley law in 1894, so that
instead of nearly 16.0O0,O0O dozen eggs
being brought into this country, as here
tofore, in 1901 we imported 5000. 900
dozen; 100000 in 1S91-92; 1900. 900
in 1929; 1,750.OO0 in 1884. BY 1894
nearly $2,OOO,0OO had been taken from
the foreign shipper, which now went into
the pockets of the American farmer.
The following table shows the importa-
tions of eggs since 1888:
Annual importations Of foreign eggs 1888
1895
The Yale expositor., 1896-08-28
What Stewart Thought in 1904.

Senator Stewart of Nevada made n
sneech in Congress February IL, 1874, in
which he said:
Let everybody know what a dollar is
worth. The farmers will then know how
IN measure the difference i'll price be-
tween his wheat in Illinois and the wheat
i'm Liverpool. The wheat will be meas
ured by the same standard-gold-in
Illinois as 1t is in Liverpool and any man
can figure 1t up. But now IT Is mys-
terry. the whole subject of finance is n
mystery. and what do we see every day?
We see those who devote their attention
to IL making large fortunes out of this
let us do as all the people of the world
have been doing from the beginning
measure our values by gold. adopt the
standard that all can understand, and
get rid of this mystery:
Mr.. Logan-What does the senator
NJ Stewart--I want the standard gold,
,nJ No paper money not redeemed in
"njd no paper money the value of which
T. not ascertained, no paper money that
will organize II gold board to speculate
with II. Who pays for tins gold board
XVho novs these immense fortunes? How
10 II that millions and millions can he
ro,led mn annually there? Did anybody
nynr calculate who paid for il? Ii
comes ont of the producers. How do
these men exist? BY the latitude which
your deprecated currency gives to specu'
iation and nothing else.
Persons who are specializing in your
denreciated currency are making the
money. and they will continue to make
il so long as you have deprecated cur
rency. a.,
If the farmers would get rich they
have got to become skilled in this fluctuat-
ing currency and make corners and man
jpulate the market, and If they do that
they cannot farm.-(Congression Rec
ord forty-thrd Congress-, first session,
vol. 2, p. 1922
The Yale expositor., 1896-08-28

viduals. A man who has repudiated his
debts is never trusted again and is re-
garded with contempt by all his neigh
bors. And so is nation.
A free-coinage law is population, and
that ii is understood in that sense is in
Dictated by such letters as the above.
For if under free coinage the silver dol
lar is to appreciate to the value of gold
dollar how will the farmer get more of
them for his thousand bushels of wheat?
How can he pay his debt any easier than
he can now?
No, it is repudia ton the silver men
Y ant, and reputation is dishonor.-Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
The Yale expositor., 1896-08-28
Bryan Shown to be Uncertain.

There is abundant proof that Mr..
Bryan is an insincere politician and an
unreliable adviser of the people. He
was bolter i'm 1893 and i'm that year,
too, he made speech in which he de-
clared that the exchangeable value of a
dollar depended on something besides a
congressional edict.
When Frank Irvine was running on
the Democratic tickle for judge of the
Supreme court of Nebraska Mr.. Bryan
supported a Populist. In reply to n let
ter from Mr.. Irvine calling Mr.. Bryan's
present candidate for President on the
Democratic ticket wrote a statement of
his reasons for boiling which contained
the following cool remarks and assur-
ances of personal and peculiar esteem
for the Democratic candidates;
regret that our people chose for slaughter
so deserving man. They ought to
have selected some one Of the numer.
Gus Democrats who are responsible
for the falling off Of the Democratic >
vote. have spoken to you thus
frankly and conidentially, because
feel that you deserve better fate
than the one which fear awaits you
this fall.
During the extraordinary session of
Congress of 1893. called by President /,
Cleveland, Mr.. Bryan made speech in
which he declared that:
While the government can say that a given
weight of gold or silver shall consti-
tute dollar and invest that dollar
with legal tender qualities, 1t cannot
fix the purchasing power of the dol
law of supply and demand
If the number of dollars Increases
more rapidly than the need of dol
lars--as It did after the gold discover:
les Of 1S49-thc exchangcable value OF
each dollar will fall and prices rise.
Thus it appears that Mr.. Bryan knew
what the eXchangeable value of dol
lar depended on. His change of tune,
therefore, is not because conditions have
changed, but because he shifts his prin-
ciples with the varying political breezes,
and that he is willing to do anything for
office.
In the spring of 1892 Bryan declare
in a speech made by him on the
question that the fall of prices
attributed
To the Inventive genius that has mu.
a thousand times, In many instanc,
the strength Of single arm an,
enabled us to do today with one man i
years ago. That is what brought the
prices down In this country and else
where.
At this time another change has come
over the spirit of his white house
dream. He. and his fellow Populists
ascribe the fall in the prices of commod-
tiles 10 the fall in the price of silye'
Mr.. Bryan and his associates declare
that "the crime of 1873" which the
News has shown to have been no crime
Mt all, has pulled everything down will
it. -
How can the people believe
who thus stultifes himself and
self on both sides of vital
while, at the same time, he
true to his party associates
News
The Yale expositor., 1896-08-28
BRYAN a Grccnbacker.

ne he is a greenbacker. He said, on the
floor of the House of Representatives in
Washington, June ;. 1894:
"The issue of money by the govern
ment directly to the people gives us
safer currency than national bank bils)
and saves to the people as whole the
profit arising from its issue. When a
bank issues money, you must pay the
market rate of interest to get it: but
when the government issues money, the
people save the interest, If the money is
afterward called in; and they save the
principal also, IL the money is kept in cir
culation."
He asserted that greenbacks "can be