St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-09
has not yet approached senator r11rman,

throw rocks, II not the pigSkins.
A number Of the senators who have al =
ready consented to play have sgnifed \
their preltr renee for places on the team.
Senator Thurston, one of the greatest
baseball ithusiasts In the senate,
wants first base; Senator McLaurin I
wants to catch; Senator Roach wants
right field; Senator Mason second base; ,
Senator Turner wants field place, as
he Is good Splinter. and Senator Petit
grew Is said to want any position which
will put him as far away from the ball
as possible. The probability Is that II
Senator Mason plays second base Sena-
tor Allen will play third, thus giving
two men on second and third bases that
the opposing teams would not be able
to get around
Senator McLaurin is one of the young
est members Of the team, and was for.
merly well-known catcher on his col
lege team. Among other senators who
were ball players in their younger days
and who are often to be seen at the Ma
tional league games, are Senators Heit.
feldt, Mallory, Smith, Murphy, German,
and Cannon. Senator German fire.
quently refers to the fact that he played
ball in his boyhood days in the lot back
of the White House and around the
Washington monument.
Aside from the money which might be
raised from the game, Senator Clark says
that the senate proposes to uphold Its
prowess and pristine glory and to knock
out some Of the assumed superiority OF
that body on the other side of the house
against which 1t Is supplementary to |
refer.
Senator Thurston says that some limi. |
tations to the game will have to be ar.
ranged. He says that the team which
makes over SO runs in one inning ought
to be counted out for that inning. He Is
also in favor of chest protectors for all
the players, but does not believe that
any of them ought to be allowed buckets
in which to catch the ball.
AS stated, the game is seriously pro.
posed, and will in all probability take
place, but there is, nevertheless, a great
deal Of amusement on the senate side.
There has been more baseball talk in the
Hobbies than tariff talk in the senate
chambers.
It Is not known who will make up the
house team. Mr.. Jones Is In charge OF
that, and could not be seen. Among the
prominent members Of the house, how
ever, who greatly enjoy ball game
and who are known as rooters for theii
respective cities are Messrs. Payne
Sherman and Bennett of New York;
General Grosvenor Of Ohio, and Mr..
Cooper of Texas. General Grosvenor Is
q Cincinnati enthusiast and whenever
that team plays in Washington he is to
be seen at the game at all times. Speak.
er Reed Is great lover of the national
game, and often goes to National park.
While he might not play on the house
team, 1t is said he would probably like
to umpire the game. In that event the
senate would be in danger of upholding
it's boast of defeating the house team
Senator Clark says he has not the least
, doubt of the senate to win.
, The details of the game, with a cor.
E rect list of the players, will be made
) public in time for everybody to know
1 exactly what to expect. Owing to the
4 formidable proposition of Senators Ma
1 son, Allen and others on the senatorial
t team, 1t is earnestly hoped to secure a
y cool day.
1 The rate of admission has not yet been
n decided upon. but it is felt that the at.
n traction will be worth at least two OF
q three dollars a head. To allow admis-
i. sion, however, to everybody who wants
\: to see the game, that high rate will
: hardy be fixed.
J; Some years ago an effort was made ia
t. arrange a game between the house and
e senate, and the arrangements progressed
/. to a certain point, when the dignified
senate abruptly withdrew, only five OF
- six senators consenting to stick. The
house was perfectly willing to play
- Since then the age of the members Of
the senate has been considerably lowered
=. and large number of young men are
=. now to be found in that body who dc
not consider the playing of the nationa
game any reflection upon their posi-
ton.
- Over 10000, 900 packages of vegetable
- flower and field seed have been dis
;, tributed by the agricultural department
=. during the past spring. This distribu
=. ton has given to each member of con
~ gress 10000 packages of seed at a tota
" cost of $4,000. Over 100000 Of these
10 packages were flower seed, the balanc,
being a great variety of vegetables. II
20 the entire distribution nearly every va
- riety of vegetable known to the asri
vi culturalist was distributed There wer
III 81 varieties of beans, 10 varieties of beets
~ 20 varieties of cabbage, II varieties o
carrots, 10 varieties Of sweet corn, 1
b. kinds of cucumbers, 80 kinds of lettuce
Is 10 varieties of muskmelons, II kinds o
ne watermelons and Is varieties of onions
D. The entire amount of seeds distributes
nj were sufficient to plant an area of 80
square miles, or about six times tn
g. size of the District of Columbia.
ne This Is the largest distribution of see
ne ever attempted by the department o
or agriculture, and It is said that seedme
be all over the country are cQmplainin
oh that they do not make salesao farmer
ne and others because they are getting a.
n the seed they want free from the de
ne partment of agriculture.
le- The distribution Of seed in 1Ss
u amounted to $500 packages for eac
Is member Of congress- at total cost Q
s66,54S in 1894 each congressman &c
he 10. 900 packages, the entire cost to tn
n government being $4,000; in 1895 the en-
nd tire number of packages distributed wa
IN, the same as the previous year, but tn
ed total cost was reduced to SAT, 900.
he 1909 congressman got $4,000 package