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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
DANXILLE.

George A. Tinker of Albany visited his
son J. E. Tinker last week.
Steve Morse, c. Z. Morse and DR.. and
Mrs. Carter returned from Boston Fri
day.
Alfred Num- Of Boston is in town and
expects to remain some time.
Bert Morrill, has finished work for A.
B. Hoyt and is preparing to open har-
ness shop in George Cooks house.
Anna Rowe has returned from West
Berlin where she has been visiting Mrs
Edison Hill
Mrs. Lucretia Preston is visiting rela.
tives in Littleton and Woodsville.
Mr.. Martyr and Miss Ranney closed a
very successful term OF school at the
Academy last Friday.
Fred Leighton will move into Mrs
John Palmer's house, which is being
vacated by Andrew Clifford. He is NOV.
ing on to his farm in Walden.
Mrs. Arthur Cheever and children are
visiting at Will Cheevers.
Byron Wright of St. Johnsbury was al
home over Sunday.
Abal Shurtleff is quite i'll.
J. Z. Tinker visited J. Harley Tilton al
Newbury this week.
81 Currier reads at st. Johnsbury
and Lunenburg this week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22

Sherman Graham of Woodsvlle, is at
work for r. S. Baily in his blacksmith
shop.
Mrs. Hattie James, Of Whitefeld, visit
ed friends in town last week.
AS Warner Bingham was driving
around the corner OF the block Friday his
sleigh upset, tipping him out and he was
dragged short distance. The ligaments
OF his right leg were badly strained. He
is confined to the house and suffers
good DEAL
Fred Laid Of st. Johnsbury has finished
clerking at the West Concord House and
Will Zero has taken his place.
A large quantity of logs is being drawn
to o. F. Harvey's mill in this place, the
men Improving the fine shedding.
Miss Atkins of East st. Jobnsbury was
the guest of Rev. and Mrs. ]. E. Knapp
Saturday and Sunday.
H. c. Wilcox has been at Cambridge
the past week visiting friends. D. H.
Morton worked in the store during Mr..
Wlcox's absence.
Mrs. George Garvin and daughter Can
dace, of Danville, visited at Warner
Bingham's last week.
Miss Blanche Walbridge, who has
been in Brooklyn, N. Y, for some time
past, returned home last week.
Remember the Washington entertain.
ment and supper at the 6. A. R. hall this
Wednesday evening. Every body invited
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22

cup in my den, said New Orleans
bachelor, who lives in couple Of
quantity furnished rooms in business
block down town, "between the fire
place and the first bookcase on the left
you will find two large slippers nailed
to the wall, some four feet above the
wainscoting. The heels Of the slippers
are quite close together, the toes spread
slightly outward, and being made Of
brightly Powered drugget they look not
unlike two enormous particolored bee
ties, clinging to the wall with folded
wings. They are not, however, intend
ed as ornaments, but have a very home
ly and practical purpose.
"When | retreat to my den at night,
take down the book that suits my
mood, get into comfortable, ragged
old jacket, turn the lamp just right and
light my pipe-when have performed
these preliminary ceremonies, | place a
chair directly in front of the slippers,
insert my feet in their depths and lean
back with the blissf1l consciousness
that / can't possibly tip over and break
my neck. am anchored so to speak,
to the wall, and the light is so arranged
as to make the position the best posi-
BILE one for reading. My friends claim
that the habit is pulling out my legs tC
an abnormal length, but l don t let thai
worry me. I'm thinking of having thu
scheme copyrighted. = New Orleans
Times Democrat
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
WALDEN.

Rev. M. B. Parounagian has gone to
New York to visit his brothers. Rev
Mr.. Averill, of Barre, and Rev. Mr.
Hutchins, of Montpelier, will supply in
his absence.
Ora Kittridge has gone to North Wal
den to spend some time with his daugh'
ter, Mrs. Henry Patterson.
Archie c. Kingsbury OF Washington, is
visiting friends in this vicinity.
D. S. Cox lost valuable horse last
week and has bought another OF Milo
Woodcock, of Danville.
Cottage prayer meeting at Walter
Kittridge's OH Friday evening OF this
week,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
HARDWICK.
The Hardwick Bank Case.

Before supreme court adjourned at
Montpelier last week the court took up
the Caledonia county case Of the Hard
wick Savings Bank and Trust company
VS.. R F. Drenan, TAYLOR and Dutton
appeared for the plaintiff and ]. P. Lam
son and George M. Powers for the de-
fendant. This case was tried at the June
term, 1897, of the lower court which re-
suited in a judgment for the plaintiff of
$934.34 in damages and costs. The case
was an action upon bond signed by
the defendant as surety for one of the
signers of the bond and after he had
signed the bond it appears that some
important changes had been made in it
by one Of the other parties of which he
had no knowledge. He took exceptions
to the verdict rendered in the lower
court and at this time presented a petit
ton for new trial OF his case as impor-
tant witnesses have been discovered
whose testimony will throw light upon
the matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
LYNDON CENTER.

Miss Katie Eaton gave a Valentine
party last Tuesday evening to a number
of her young friends.
Mrs. E. M. Campbell has been confined
to the house for several days with the
grip.
Miss Amy Stevens of Sutton, is caring
for Mrs. r. |. Leach, who is i'll with
pneumonia.
Miss Mable Dodge is spending few
days in St. Johnsbury.
Miss Elsie Ranney of st. Johnsbury has
been engaged as teacher of elocution at
the Institute, and commenced her work
last week.
L. B. Harris, who has been confined to
the house for several weeks, is now able
to be out of doors.
Many in this village regret to learn of
the death of their friend and class.mate
Mrs. Lillian (Staples) Stuart, who died
at her home in West Barnet last Wednes-
day. She was a graduate of Lyndon
Institute. class of '95.
Miss Elizabeth DeMuth has returned
from her visit in Chicago.
Over ninety people attended the
Ladies Aid sociable at the parsonage
last Thursday evening. An excellent
supper was served. A short entertain
ment followed the supper, consisting of
readings by Miss Ranney and solo by
NJ. ]. Lyster.
There will be no services at the Bap-
fist church next Sunday evening, on ac-
count of the Sunday School rally at
Lyndon.
F. E Winslow assisted the choir at the
Free Baptist church last Sunday morn
ing with cornet solo.
Remember the Junior speaking at
Thompson hall Thursday evening Feb
%.
Miss Caroline Ferguson is spending q
week with friends in Sutton.
c. K. Hubbard has been confined tc
the house, the past week by illness.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22

A real sailorman has fingers bent up
like fishhooks from the lifelong habit of
gripping things. The Russian sailor
carries his hands like soldier and can
not possibly be "handy." A sailors
gait ashore has a slight roll. This arises
from the need at sea of keeping up the
windward side of rolling ship. And
the rolling gait marks one of sailors
8nest qualities-balance. Unless the
body balances and poises to meet every
motion of q ship the result is seasick-
ness.
Now, the Russian bluejacket does not
roll in his gait ashore, but marches.
Neither has he any sense of balancing
at sea and seasickness in the Russian
fleet is a source of actual weakness and
danger The Black sea squadron can
only put to sea in the three calmest
months of the summer, and the so called
maneuvers take place ashore on the
Kenai peninsula, consisting mainly Of
battalion drill.
One more trait Of the real sailor is his
self reliance, which makes him fit for
facing emergencies single handed. But
the Russian bluejacket has none of this
He is not a machine in himself but
only little bit of machine which
cannot work without the other bits. He
is huge in stature-a giant compared
with our men-but in his winter over
coat it is impossible to distinguish him
from a soldier. Unhandy, seasick and
reliant only in drill discipline, he is ut
terly unfit for active service. London
Answers
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22

Millions heaven is earthly and obvi-
GUS, though with none but celestial in
habitants; where eve and morn succeed
each other and grateful twilight has
its appointed hour; where
the trees
OF life ambrosial fruitage bear, and vines
Yield nectar
whose angels sleep "fanned with cool
winds" in their celestial tabernacles
and eat not seemingly "nor in mist "
but with keen dispatch of real hun
ger" verging on excess, from any in
furious effects of which, as the poet
takes pains to tell us, their spiritual
nature avails to save them. Dante's
heaven is no less definite and orderly to
its minutest detail, but mystical and
ethereal, even while peopled by the sons
and daughters of earth, passing from
glory to glory in ascending brightness,
with divine visions that come and go
like stars in a cloudy night and attend
ed by the music of the spheres. These
are the two extremes between which
lesser poets paint and plant their Edens.
Gentleman Magazine
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
WEST BARNET.

This community was shocked and
saddened last Wednesday by the news OF
the death of Mrs. H. Stuart, which
occurred at 11.30 a. M, of consumption.
Mrs. Stuart was formerly Florence
Lillian Staples, daughter of the late DR..
H. G. Staples of Lyndon, and was born
at Hanover, N. H., March 10, 1877.
She removed with her parents to Lyndon
when about year old and was educated
at Lyndon Academy and Graded School
and Lyndon Institute, from which she
graduated June, 1895. Jan. 1, 1896,
She was united in marriage to James
Hamilton Stuart and came to West
Barnet to live. Her health has been
gradually failing for a year and half,
but it has been only few weeks since
her critical condition has been fully
known. She leaves husband and two
beautiful children, Hamilton Corcel,
aged nearly two years, and Julia
Marion, four months old, beside her
mother and two brothers, DR.. c. w.
Staples of Lyndonville, and H. Corcell
Staples of Boston, besides a large circle
of friends who will miss her sadly. The
funeral services at her late home in West
Barnet were conducted by Rev. S. P.
Brownel and completed at the grave at
Lyndon Center by Rev. w. c. Johnson OF
the Methodist church, of which she was
member, and in whose choir she sang
from the time she was s years old until
she left the home of her childhood.
Twenty-Five white roses and the same
number OF white pinks symbolized the
happy years of her earthly life and with
other beautiful flowers attested the love
Of friends here and at Lyndon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22

A poet is cross with me because l de-
cline firmly to read his manuscripts and
advise him as to the desirableness Of
taking to verse with all his young ener-
gy. Other poets may take statistical
view Of their case. Let them consider
the estimated population of the globe.
How many of them have justified their
conduct in being poetsS At this hour
is there one such being anywhere Sup
pose for the sake Of argument, that
there are six. How many millions to
one is it against the success of the neo-
phyte2 But, if versify he must, let him
send his work to all the editors If they
think his poems worth printing (and
paying for), then let him make friends
with certain young critics, who will
blow his trumpet before him. But do
not let him bother busy old men, who,
by reason Of their age, are no longer
good judges. Andrew Lang in Long
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22

The English woman was arraigning
America and everything American and
to an American. "Your bed springs are
uncomfortable, she said, II never
slept in a comfortable bed the whole
time l was in the States. And your
breakfasts great, overfed meals
as they are l don't see how you live,
breakfasting as you do AS for your
American voices, well, they 30 without
saying, or rather they won't go with
saying, but so many more eloquent than
I have so often scored you upon that
point l won't pretend to compete. Of
all the many dreadful things about
America, though, there's nothing SO
bad as your voices. y
"Can't you think Of something good
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
GREENSBORO.


E. O. Randall has new sign over his
door.
The town fathers and auditors have
been settling up affairs of the town the
past week.
Mrs. Mary Caswell Of Concord, N. H.,
is in town, taking care of her mother
who is very sick.
Workmen have been putting up an
other wire On the telephone poles from
this village to Hardwick, thus making a
metallic circuit.
George Taylor of Manchester, N. H., is
helping care for his brother Will, whose
sickness was mentioned last week.
Mrs. ]. A. Crane is spending few
days in Craftsbury visiting friends.
Rev. c. H. Merrill of St. Johnsbury
preached at the Congregational church
Sunday.
R. A. Richie was in st. Johnsbury last
week to see his brother, John T., who
was seriously i'll and whose many old
friends in this town hope for his recovery.
The Ladies Aid meet with Mrs. ]. A.
Goss this week Wednesday.
Owing to the severe storm OF last week
the oyster supper at the Caspian Lake
House was postponed from the 18th to
the Dist OF February.
c. A. Goodrich lost horse last week.
Cause-a broken leg, by rolling in the
ward when turned out for exercise.
George Y. Simpson and his brother
lanes, loaded car Of potatoes last
week, paying 35 cents per bushel.
Frank Pope's youngest child is quite
sick
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
WEST BURKE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Coe and Miss Grace
Stuart have been in Boston the past
week.
Frank Burns left for Boston Friday
afternoon. He is to remain several
weeks taking lessons on the clarinet.
Sunday evening, Miss Myrtle Adrich,
reader, Prof. Gorse and the choir gave
concert for the benefit Of the organ fund.
1t was very thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Tuesday evening about 100 attended
the supper at the vestry of the Methodist
church, given by the Epworth League.
The exercises after the supper were very
entertaining. especially the poems telling
of the ways and means used by each one
to raise his or her dollar for the new
organ.
Mrs. R. NJ. Stevens is visiting Mrs. ].
F. Ruggles.
Mystic Chapter, d. of R., has been
invited by Sunbeam Lodge of Barton to
do the work at the district meeting to
be held there next month.
Perry Porter and Miss McCarty OF
Boston were married last Tuesday at
the home OF the bride.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
THE TOWNS AROUND.
BARNET.

He. Wilson will sell at auction on
Saturday, March rs, his farm one mile
east of East Barnet village which is
managed by M. E. Dawson. Full par
t;cnars of this sale appear in our adver-
Using columns.
A grand concert will be given Thursday
evening in the church tor the benefit OF
the Active Fire Co. Prot. II. H. May
ane Miss Ethel Abbott of st. Johnsbury
are the outside talent, the rest of the
program being given by home talent,
Mrs. r. K. Lauehlin pianist.
The measles have started in the village.
rohn Lang and Max and some others
are sick with them.
Quite a number of Barnet people
attended the dedication service at the
new grange hall Tuesday evening.
Hale Mason returned Monday from
Boston, where he has been visiting
The ladies met with Mrs. A. S. Laugh
lin Tuesday afternoon to sew for the
Rescue Home at Burlington.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
pASSlJrlPSIC.

Mrs. 7, D. Gould is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Arthur DEMO, at Barton this
week.
Passumpsic Valley Grange met at 7. M.
Keith's last week.
The parsonage is being cleaned and
put in repair for the pastor and family,
whom we expect soon will occupy it.
N. Moreau, who has been seriously i'll
with grip aud it's consequent effects, is
now better.
Eugene S. Smith of Laconia was in
town last week and remained over
Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
WEST CONCORD.

Miss Pearl Hull is clerking for L. w,
Hastings in his dry goods store.
Mrs. Quimby and son Bonnie were
called to Groveton, N. H., recently on
account OF the serious illness with pneu-
monia of F. S. Seavey.
One of our oldest residents, Miss Nancy
W. Grout, reached the age OF SO years
Feb. T. Her eyesight is remarkable She
reads and writes without glasses. She
is able to do her own work and enjoys
walking to the post office when it is not
too cold.
Eddie Bennett who has been at East
Fairfield for some time past is here cam
vassing for the present.
Warner Bingham, proprietor OF the
West Concord poultry yards, won the
following premiums at the Woodstock
Poultry and Pet Stock Association:
Barred Plymouth Rocks. LIST, 2nd, Sd,
and 4th on cockerels, LIST on hen, Sd and
4th on pullet; white leghorns, LIST on
cock, LIST ca hen, list on cockereT, LIST, I'd
and 4th on pulet; brown leghorns, LIST
on cockerel, Sd on pullet. MIR. Bingham
also won five special prizes.
The service at the Unversalist church
Feb. IL was greatly enjoyed, Rev. Mr..
Veazey giving an excellent address on
Abraham Lincoln. The church was
prettily trimmed with flags and a fine
picture OF Lincoln was on the platform.
The singing, which was in charge of
Prof, H. H. May, was appropriate to
the occasion, and was very fine. The
church choir was assisted by great
many of the young people who attend
the singing school.
The town Of Concord have purchased
building lot for school house at West
Concord. Harvey Judevine, chairman of
school directors, is authorized to consider
proposals for building.
The illustrated lecture given by Rev. ].
Z. Farrow last Wednesday evening, at
the Town Hall, was very fine and great
ly enjoyed by those present. No doubt
many were kept away by the bad travel
ing,
I'D. FRYE has been in Rutland the past
week on business.
Messrs. Elisha and Dennis May OF st.
Johnsbury were in town visiting their
mother Saturday of last week.
Prof H. H. May will give concert at
the close of his singing school here. The
date will be announced later. He has
had large and successful school this
winter and his scholars will regret to
have it close.
Mrs H. S. Randall has gone to East
Calais Tor few days.
Several members from the l. o. o. F.
Lodge in this place attended the district
meeting which was held at st. Johnsbury
Thursday evening.
}. Il. Walbridge, who has been at Wal
pole tor some time past, was at home
over Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22

about usY" came in a still, small voice
from the American. Haven't we a
single redeeming quality ?"
The English woman thought q bit.
"Well, yes, you have one, she said in
the tone Of one who is making a great
concession, land that is your little
elastic bands. They are so convenient
and they seem to be so plentiful. never
saw so many in all my life as I did in
the States | must confess that to my
mind very many of your worst traits
are more than made up for by your lit
tie elastic bands. New York Sun.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
NORTH DANVILLE.

Charles Hubbard has gone to Hard
wick to work on the railroad.
Mrs. F. w. Green and Mrs. o. M.
Green are on the gain.
F. r. Palmer is out again after his
recent illness.
The D. of L. will give an entertainment
at the hall in this place Wednesday even
ing, March g.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
LYNDONVILLE,

Miss Marion Edgerton is confined to
the house by illness.
The ladies of the village are making ar
rangements for masquerade ball to be
held in music hall Feb. %. The pro-
ceeds of the ball will go towards pur-
chasing horse lawn mower for keeping
the parks trimmed.
The Y. P. S. c. E. of the Congrega-
tional church gave social in the church
parlors Thursday evening. A candy
pull was feature of the evening.
Miss Bertha Carpenter is the guest OF
her sister, Mrs. Z. B. Chase.
Mrs. c. B. Weeks of St. Johnsbury was
in town last week.
Fred Folsom is at home from his
school in Billerica, Mass, for short
vacation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
To Skeptlcal Asthmatics.

The truly marvellous cures OF Asthma
which have already been effected by DR..
Rudolph Schiffmann, certainly call for
notice. His preparation (Schiffmann's
Asthma Cure), not only gives instant
relief in the most stubborn and obstinate
cases, but positively cures, in proof of
which hear what the Town Clerk at
Cavalier, N. D., Mr.. w. Sererus, says:
II was troubled with asthma for 20
years, about Syears ago started to use
your Asthma Cure, and have not had an
attack for six years"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
Some Foolish People

allow a cough to run until itgets beyond
the reach OF medicine. They often say
"Oh, it will wear away" but in most
cases it will wear them away. Could
they be induced to try the successful med.
icine called Kemp's Balsam, which is
sold on positive guarantee to cure
they would Immediately see the excellent
effect after taking the first dose. Price
25c. and SOC. Trial size free. At all
druggists.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
First Aid to the Injured.

To prevent swelling and soreness from
bruises, sprains or strains, Henry &
Johnson's Arnica and Oil liniment should
be we'll rubbed in with the hand. Cuts,
burns or scalds, should be bound with
several thicknesses offannel and kept sat
urated with the liniment For pneumo-
MIA. apply the liniment on hot flannel to
the chest and between the shoulders, and
keep hot with a fat-iron. 1t has been
known to cure the most violent attack
of pneumonia. Sold by all druggists and
guaranteed to do as recommended, OF
money refunded.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
They Were New.

"Now, George, quit pulling my
earl"
cts my ear now, sweet Going to
pull it all l pleased"
This is why the hard featured pas
senger with the iron gray chin beard,
who had been sitting in the seat behind
a young man in new black broadcloth
suit and a young woman in gray silk
travelling dress, got up hastily and went
forward into the smoking Car. Chicago
Tribune
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money OH fifty cent bot
tie of Greene's syrup of tar if it fails to
cure your cough or cold; we also war
rant twenty-five cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or no pay.
A. c. RANDALL, c. c. BINGHAM,
FRANK G. LANDRY, FLINT Bros,
BoYNToN & EASTMAN, A. F. WALKER,
D. c. HARRINGTON, West Danville.
L D. STILES, St. Johnsbury Center.
7. u. ROGERS Walden.
o. B. CUTTING. West Concord.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
Grip Treatment,

Grip can be broken up in from one to
three days by the prompt use Of Downs
Elixir 1t has done it. 1t will do it.
Try it before pneumonia or consumption
sets in. After grip, Bakers Mandrake
Bitters are natures remedy for expelling
all grip poisons from the blood, reguat-
ing the bowels strengthening the nerves,
and imparting vigor to the system.
With these long tried remedies at hand,
the worst case OF grip can be conquered.
All druggists guarantee them to do as
recommended, or money refunded.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-22
Drink Qrain-O

after you have concluded that you ought
not to drink coffee. 1t is not a medicine
but doctors order it, because it is health
full, invigorating and appetizing. II is
made from pure grains and has that
rich seal brown color and tastes like the
finest grades of coffee and costs about a
as much. Children like it and thrive or
it because it is a genuine food drink CON
tanning nothing but nourshment. ASK
your grocer for Grain-O. the new food
drink. Is and 25c.