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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
pEACHAH.

Mrs. Sanford Hooker started for the
West last week.
Charles Thresher raised an addition to
his barn 27x47 feet wide with basement
last Wednesday, after which bountiful
supper was served to those who helped
to raise the building.
E. Gray from Baltimore, Md, is here
to spend the summer with his sister.
Mr. and Mrs. William Shaw of st.
Johnsbury were guests at Dick Shaw's
the first Of the week.
Fl. S. Mitchell, who has been travelling
through the west for several months,
has returned home.
The Hiram Sanborn farm and personal
property were sold at auction last week
for 1875. The farm was sold in pieces
to five different parties, X. B. EMERSON,
Moses Martin, Harvey Jennerson, w.
W. Blanchard and George Woods.
Mrs. Tucker from Thetford county and
William Waterman from Post Mills
spent few days at George Esden's last
week.
Charles Lamb and wife of Montpelier
spent few days last week with friends
in town.
Miss Abbie Chamberlain of Washing
ton, D. c., sent nice flag to be placed
on the grave Of her grandfather, Gen.
Chamberlain, on Decoration Day.
Mrs. Osgood of Boston who has been
stopping with her daughter, Mrs. S. B.
Clark, for some time, has gone home.
Mrs. Clark goes soon.
A black bear was seen in the vicinity OF
Devil Hill recently.
A large deer with horns was seen last
week Tuesday not far from the Congrc-
gational church. John Crazy also saw
one near his place one day last week.
Mrs. Ned Rollins of Palmer, Mass,
and Miss Mabel Darling were in town
Sunday.
Prof. Charles Cambridge is spending
his vacation at his farm in Grafton
county,
Mrs. George Bigelow has gone to the
hospital at Burlington for treatment.
Mrs. M. S. Hidden is spending this
week in st. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
WEST BURKE.

The Ladies Library Association have
purchased eighty-five new books and they
are ready for distribution.
Mrs. Carl Gil6llan is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Isaac Bemis.
Rev. Mr.. Emery will preach the Odd
Fellows memorial next Sunday morning
at the church at the regular hour. On
Tuesday the l. o. o. f. will decorate the
graves of their dead. Dinner will be
served at the hall.
Rev. Mr.. Wright is at Mute Colbys.
Mrs. Beals of Natick, Mass, is visiting
relatives in town.
Julia Bugbee is working at DR.. Sleeper's.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
The Diet Fad.

Sensible people have learned that the
best diet is variety of wholesome food.
If the digestive apparatus is out of order,
no amount OF starvation diet will regu-
late it, but will tend to aggravate rather
than remedy the ailment. 1t you are
bilious, dyspeptic, liver torpid. bowels
constipated, yellow with jaundice, or
have sick headache. cure yourself with
Baxter's Mandrake Bitters, and then eat
reasonably of wholesome food and enjoy
it. After you are cured an occasional
dose OF Baxter's Mandrake Bitters will
keep you well. Price 25 cents per bottle,
also in tablets same price. All druggists
guarantee it to cure or money back.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
LUXEMBOURG.

Lieut.. Gov. Bates gave very eloquent
address here Decoration Day which was
enjoyed by a large number OF people.
The reading by Miss Silsby and the sing
ing by the quartette were also fine as
usual.
Mrs. Milo Silsby is visiting at Mrs.
Levi Silsby's for few weeks.
James Dodges little girl was very sick
last week,
Mr.. Andrus goes to Guildhall to teach
a select school for few weeks.
Miss Lizzie Hartshorn of Littleton
spent Decoration Day in town the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Phelps.
Merrill Dawson and family of Passump.
sic spent Sunday and Monday with his
parents here.
The drama was we'll attended last
week and the w. r. c. realized well from
their supper the same evening.
There were several guests at the Heights
House over Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
PASSurlPSIC-

Mrs. James Randall Of Lyndonville
has been visiting her neice, Mrs. Moses
A. Stevens, and Mrs. Willis Barker for
the past few days.
There was large congregation at the
Baptist church last Sunday morning and
the attendance at Sunday school was the
largest in long time.
Rev. c. D. r. Meacham and wife and
J. D. Gould and wife are attending the
Sunday School Convention in Barre this
week.
Rev. Mr.. Meacham spoke at the Y. M.
c. A. meeting at St. Johnsbury last SUM-
day afternoon.
The Children's Day exercises in connec-
ton with the Sunday school will be held
next Sunday evening. The exercises will
be interesting and it is hoped there will
be full house.
The annual roll call of the church called
out goodly number of the members as
well as many others and pleasant inter-
course was held and interesting services.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
Legal Notices.
Probate of VIII.
PATRIcK cUNNINGHAM,s EsTA

PATRICK cUNNINGHAM'S ESTATE.
STATE or VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS.
In Probate court, held at the Probate Office
in st. Johnsbury. within and for said district.
on the Gath day Of Nav A. d. 1899.
An instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament Of Patrick Cunningham
late of Danvlle. in said district deceased,
being presented to court by Peter
Wesson the executor therein named for pro-
bate
1t Is ordered by said court that all
persons concerned therein be notified to
appear at session of said court, to be held
at the Probate Office in st. Johnsbury on the
18th day of June, A. ID. 1899, and show
cause, If 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 Caiedonian, printed at st. Johnsbury,
previous to said time appointed for hearing.
By the Court, Attest:
WALTER =. SMITH, Judge.
true copy of record, Attest,
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
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Probate of Will.
SANFORD b. HooKER's ESTATE.

SANFORD b. ROCKERS ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS.
In Probate Court, held at the Probate Office
in st. Johnsbury, within and for said district,
on the 22nd day of May A. d. 1899
An instrument purporting to be the last Will
and Testament of sanford b. Hooker late
OF Peacham in said district, deceased, being
presented to court by Harriet Hooker.
the Executrix therein named, for probate:
1t is ordered by said court that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at
session ofsaid court, to be held at the Pro-
bate Office in st. Johnsbury, the 18th
day of June. A. ID. 1899, and show
cause, il any they may have against the pro-
bate of said WILL for which purpose 1t is
further ordered that copy of the record Of
this order be published three weeks success
sively 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, 1899-06-07
GALLUP MILLS.

The Gallup Mills school children, who
number SO, raised their flag on Memorial
Day. The exercises were a credit to the
teacher, Mrs. Lois c. Moulton, to the
pupils, and the town. The orator OF the
day, o. M. Gallup, should feel proud of
the Gallup Mills school-his namesake.
The fine pole is the gift OF ]. Stevens, who,
after the exercises, carried the entire
school and school flag in a four-horse
team to the flag raising in CRANKY. We
take great pride in this school and in the
fact that all our children are loyal Amer
leans.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
Mrs. Morris Letter to
EVERY WIFE AND MOTHER.
LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. I4,363l

LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. I4,363l
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with gratifying results. I had been
married four years and had two chill
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able to do my work and nurse my seven
months'old babe. recommend your
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Had time, 1 could write much moro
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WELAKA, PUTNAM Co., FLA.
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-When COM
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now able to help about the house, and
am much improved in health. MRS.
A. WALKER, CALLIcooN DEPOT, N. Y.
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Commissioners Notice.

4IHIN'fNF@I I@TINI7''3f T . w IT IT IL
The subscribers having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict of Caledonia, Commissioners to receive,
examine, and adjust all claims and demands
of all persons against the estate of Margaret
Lindsay late of Barnet. in said dis
trict deceased, and TIE term DISK m onths from
ed by said Court to the creditors of said de-
ceased, to exhibit and prove their respective
claims before us: Give notice that we will
attend to the duties of our appointment
in Barnet, in said district, on the 10th
day OF June and the 9TH day of October,
next, at 0 O'Clock in the forenoon, on each
of said days
WILLIAM II. BURBANK,
JOHN G. RAY,
Commissioners.
Barnet. VT, May 20. A. D. 1899.
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EAST BARNET.

The Annual Convention of the Gale
donia County Sunday School Associa-
ton will be held in the Congregational
church at Danville on Tuesday, June 20,
forenoon and afternoon. An interesting
programme is being prepared which will
appear next week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
If everyone knew
The superior quality
OfHond'S Pills.

Their gentle, easy
Action, their prompt effect upon
The torpid liver and inactive bowels,
1t would be only short time when
They would be used to the exclusion
Ofevery other kind. Hoods Pills
Are the only Pills to take
With Hoods Sarsaparilla,
The One True Blood Purifier.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
NERVOUS DEBILITY,
VITAL WEAKNESS

and Prostitution from Over
work or other causes.
Humphreys Homeopathic Specific
No. 90, In use over 40 years, the only
successful remedy.
$1per vial ,or walls and large vial powder, for So
Sold by Druggiss sent postpaid receipt OF price,
HUMPHREYS NED CO., Cor. William John ss., New Yorh
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
The MarenSO Gold Mining Go.

has purchased four mining claims in the
Cripple Creek mining district OF Colorado
1t is conceded on all sides that Cripple
Creek Is the most wonderful gold camp on
earth. There have been more and better OPP
portunities for making rofitable investments
there than anywhere elce in the world. The
following will give you some idea OF the
for making money without assuming much
risk:
ISABELLA once sold at cents; now
worth 90 cents per share it could have been
bought during the past year for 8 cents. 1t
has paid $405 900 in dividends.
PORTLAND when it started only had
one-tenth of an acre and its stock once sold
at cents. 1t now has 1913 acres, and it's
stock is selling at So per share. 1t pays
$50. 900 per month.
VICTOR once sold at 90 cents a share;
now worth So, and has paid S1.155,ooo in
dividends.
GOLD COIN once sold for 10 cents; now
worth $500 per share.
Here is Your Opportunity.
The Marengo Gold Mining Company's prop
erty is located on the same phonolite dyke as
some of the great mines in the above list,
and its prospects of success are as favorable
now as were those of any of the above at
the time they started For full description
of its property send for prospectus. You
make no mistake in buying this stock while
IL can be had at first price, only o cents per
share, par value, 81 90, non assessable.
Only limited amount will be sold at this
Marengo Gold Mining Company,
81 Rogers Building. so0 Washington ST.,
BOSTON, MASS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
Rouse the Liver

Cure Sick Headache, Bill
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and Constipation. Sold
everywhere, 25c. per box.
Preparedby C.IHood s. Co., Lowell, Mass.
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ST JOHNSBURY ACADEMY !,

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Healthful location Cases of serious Ill
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The sanitary conditions are above CRITICISM
The most modern and complete facilities
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The best appliances and instruction for
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For catalogues and information address
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PROF. C. w. PlCKELLS.
Lessons in Singing, Piano, Organ, and
Harmony.
The Burton House or st. Andrews Parish
Room.
ST. Johnsbury, Vermont.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-01-14

The Pail Mall Gazette remarks: ut
takes bold man to get up and say that
1t Is possible to have too much techni.
cal education. but DR.. Creighton goes
nigh saying It," The remarks to which
the Gazette refers were made by the
bishop OF London In his recent address
to the college Of that city, In which he
remarked upon his bewllderment ut
finding how many subjects Of knowl.
edge there are In the world. Special,
Ism In knowledge has come to take the
place Of an all.rOund education OF for
mer days. when. as the bishop says. he
studied "things In general" That there
are certain benefits In this SPECIALIZE.
ton Of knowledge DR.. Creighton read.
lily admits, but he reminded his hearers
that the training In these special sub
jects was, after all. only a part OF and
subordinate to the training OF life. Too
much specialization Is apt to obscure a
sense Of proportion, and also, as the
bishop says, to dull that mental alert
ness" the attainment OF which is one Of
the highest requirements OF true cdu-
cation. No one Is more helpless than
an average expert or specialist when
circumstances interfere with, his fol-
lowing his chosen pursuit. His train.
ing has given him special, not a gen
eral. aptitude, which, while at times Of
the highest value. Is also at other times
of practically no value. There Is too
much reliance upon specialism ana not
enough upon indivldualism as a factor
In success In the great school of life
fact which not a few clear-headed
thinkers Of the day are beginning to
opnpaoiota
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26

went Immediately to Arizona and
there, after much patient research and
a trip to Mexico, learned that the
Willing title was purely mythical. The
way of it was this: October 20, 1854
in Black Canyon, Yavapai County, Ari-
zona, there existed a mining camp, the
principal persons of the camp being
DR.. George NJ. Willing of ST. Louis,
Don Antonio Pablo Peralta, his son
Miguel Peralta, Don Jose Ybarra, NJ
Bernatto Guinness, Don Rafael Ma
chado Don Manuel Ramon and
Charles Lovejoy, friend Of Willing.
Among these originated the idea of the
Peralta grant. Another mythical per-
son executed a deed of this parole
grant to DR.. Willing, the paper recit-
ing that the grant had been ceded to
the father of the maker of the deed
by the King Of Spain for military serv-
ices in 1L5S and that he had been fore
ed to abandon 1t on account of hostile
Indians. It embraced 300 square
leagues of land located along the ella
River, thirty leagues from east to west
by ten leagues wide, resting its western
border upon the eastern line of the
Pima reservation.
One of the alleged witnesses, N.
Bernatto Guinness, was a Frenchman
who afterward located in business in
Los Angeles, Cal. but died before he
explained his part in the matter, as
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am of Scotch Welsh antece-
* dents with a traditional Spanish
1 extraction in the remote genera
- tions. Three of my great grand
parents fought in the revolution. /
was reared in Henry County, Mo. In
May 1851, at the age OF Is, enlisted
in the Confederate army and during
nv life as soldier committed my first
crime. I forged an order and being
successful in this l raised a furlough
and before this expired l surrendered
to the Union forces
After the war I worked as a street
car conductor but subsequently opened
q real estate office in ST. Louis. 1 was
successful in forging a title to sustain
q tax title TO some valuable land had
bought, not knowing the title was I'M
perfect But these are incidents In
which there is little interest. However,
success in these early evils soWed the
seed that later sprang forth into the
most gigantic fraud of this century.
The plan to secure the Peralta grant
and defraud the Government out OF
land valued at $4,000 900 was not con-
ceived in a day. 1t was the result OF
series of crimes extending over nearly
q score of years. At first the stake was
small, but it grew and grew in magnl-
tude until even I sometimes was ap-
palled at the thought Of the posslpiIl-
ties. l was playing a game Wnlch 10
a Gould or a Vanderbilt. My hand con-
stantIy gained strength, noted men
pleaded my cause and unlimited capt.
tai was a my command. My opponent
was the Government and / baftled its
agents at every turn. Gradually l be-
came absolutely confident of success.
AS I neared the verge Of triumph L was
exultant and sure. Until the very mo
nent Of my downfall I gave no thought
TO failure But my sins found me out
and as in the twinkle of an eye saw
the millions which had seemed already
in nv grasp fade away and heard the
courts doom me to a prison CELL
Now I am growing old and the thing
hangs upon me like nightmare unlIl
7 am driven to make a clean breast OF
It all. that I may end my days In peace.
The first I ever knew of the Peralta
grant was when DR.. George NJ. Will
ing walked into my real estate ONCE IN
St. Louis and told me that he had
land grant of fabulous proportions in
Arizona and wanted me to take hold OF
It, After a number of interyiewsI de-
cided to give my whole time to the mat
ter.
Just as I was about to start for the
West my health gave away completely
and I was forced to abandon the TRIP:
For two years I remained an lnVald
at my fathers home IN Vernon County,
Mo. One night I had a dream that
warned me that I should start for Cali
fornia. I left Immediately with scarce
ly any money and without preparations
for the journey. Once in California my
health improved and after two more
years I returned to my fathers home
for my wife. She refused even to see
me and to appease my conscience
placed what means 1 had accumulated
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did also Don Antonio Pablo Peralta.
The only other Mexican, Don Rafael
Machado of Rosario, Lower California,
affirmed that a Spaniard named Miguel
Peralta made the deed. The writing
was more that of Don Pablo. and he
suited the hero Of Vikings tale bet
ter than Miguel Peralta.
Willing represented that he had
given pack train of sixteen mules,
valued at s22 ,000 for the land. This re-
cites in a nutshell all I could determine
about the grant
Becoming certain that Pinalto, the
name given as the maker of the deed
was myth, 1 forged the documents
necessary to shift the title into the Pc
ralta family. Immediately the Peraltas
became so numerous that L realized
that a title in their names would never
do After considering the matter sew
eral months I decided to again shift the
title into some noble family of Spain
that had become extinct
In the meantime I Travelled much in
the towns where I could gain informa-
ton concerning the men who might be
interested in this title. / talked with
old residents and stored my mind with
many incidents that proved of great
value in later years. But 1 will pass
quickly over this period and come down
to the time when the great fraud as 1t
was presented to the Government be-
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gan take shane in my Lind.
rDurine these travels met a young
Spanish- girl. Her features rather IN
clined to the Jewish type her eyes We're
large and of darkest hazel; protuSlon
of black and siIken hair hung in great
,oass 9he1ov her waist; the delicate lines
of her bodv and her exquisite grace and
fescfration told of noble Spanish ances-
try She was of splendid physique, elaS-.
tic. step and a superb dancer. she was
at homie in the water or on q morse ana
was an adept with rod, gun or lar1at-'
I incurred into the history OF TINS
child of nature and foundethat she mao
heen reared from her earliest recoIlec-.
ton in the fastness of the mountains
remote from civilization. No one knew
the history of her birth investigation
only threw a deeper mystery ABOUT her
narentage From a baby she mad only
Indian children for playmates, having
been raised by a ranchero's family VINO
sold her into bondage to John w.
Snowfall and wife. Those who might
have known her history had died, and
the ranchero claimed that the child
was an Indian Waif whose parentage
was unknown.
I became infatuated with her ana
also saw in her a possible heir to the
Peralta grant. I induced her to accom-
pany me and returned TO San Fran
cisco. made a satisfactory showing
of a partial title (Which 1 had forged
with the aid of the Willing title) and
John w. Mackay stood sponsor for me
To go to Spain for the purpose Of COM
Melting the title and determining OF
what lands the grant actually con-
sisted I had a guarantee of $500 per
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at her disposal and returned to st.
Louis.
Four years had elapsed since I had
talked with Willing
About this time I received a letter
from Mrs. Willing reciting the death
of her husband and proposing that
resume the grant matter 1 entered
into a contract with her and returned
to California. Here my money ran out
and 1 went to work on the Los An
geles Daily Star. Subsequently 1 work
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hradbare
the street
still
their
n A
man 3
Robert g In
William Wood Reuben
W Mackay, Ed Stokes Bourke
NJ H
125Q0@0 of land
His exploded
New Mexican prison He served
the entire &C
Tending the real His conviction
He himself
tells he conceived and executed
fraud.
He
he Tel and
that o o
o the
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ed on daily papers in San Francisco
and ell the prominent extreme West
ern papers. During these months the
land grant was in my memory but I
did not have the means to examine
further into the matter.
The contest between Jay Gould ard.
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the Southern Pacific railroad was then
at it's height. The Southern Pacific
right of way as surveyed ran through
the Peralta grant. / went to Hunting
ton, Stanford and Crocker with the
Willing title and they advancsd me
r7orey to trace its a-t t,an+icitv.
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H EAVIS' confession is as follows:
am of Scotch-Welsh antece-
* dents with traditional Spanish
extraction in the remote genera
- - +io0S Three Of nv great grand
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CONTINUED on Page Thirty-Two)
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= and New Hampshire \
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= coted portly in Arizona >
= ond partly in New Mexico. :