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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
NORTH DANVILLE.
nenfh af Moses BntChelder.

Moses Batcheder, an aged and re-
spected citizen of this town, passed away
early Friday morning after an illness OF
long duration.
Mr.. Batchelder has been quite closely
identified with the interests OF the town,
holding several Offices of trust, among
them being selectman, justice of the
peace and lister. He married Dorothy,
the eldest daughter of the late Asa Ran
dali of this place, who with one son,
Will, and a daughter, Hattie, survive
him, also a brother. Hiram Batchelder,
and one sister, Mrs. Charles Bailey, who
lives in Hardwick. They were both
prevented from attending the funeral on
account of their health, both being very
feeble.
Funeral services were held from the
house Sunday at 100 p. M, Rev. J,
d. Waldron officiating. A large number
of friends, relatives and acquaintance
were present.
Mrs. D. c. Gage of st. Johnsbury was
in the place last week, being called by the
illness of her grandson, c. w. Morrill's
youngest child.
Several cases of diphtheria are reported
in the families of P. A. Fellows and
Lizime Plant. All are said to be on the
gain now, however.
Mr.. Williams, who bought the Rollins
farm year ago and has lived there since
is moving to st. Johnsbury.
The Good Templars gave public in
staIlation of officers and a free entertain
ment and supper at the hall Thursday
evening, which was well attended and AT
enjoyable occasion.
F.A. Emerson has improved the looks
of his mill by coat of paint.
Mrs. w. H. Stanton is quite i'll.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
RYE0ATE.

Rev. S. A. Jackson of South Ryegate
will preach in the United Presbyterian
church Sunday at O'Clock.
Mrs. F. A. Collins and family are
boarding with Miss Jessie Davidson
during the absence OF her husband.
Mrs. E. L. Symes and son of Topsham
made her parents short visit last week
Sadie Collier of New York is spending
the summer with her sister, Mrs. James
Douglass.
Miss Anna Nolan and friend, Miss
Rockwell, of St. Johnsbury came home
Friday night returning Saturday.
Another car OF horses is to be shipped
from Iowa this week Tor Beattie & Mel
son,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
PEACHAn.

Holt Robinson cut his hand quite badly
on saw recently.
Robert Bayley leaves this week for
Boston where he expects to work. His
friends spent very pleasant evening at
his home last Friday night.
Frank Kimball has taken Francis
Strowbridge's farm in West Barnet and
is now moving there.
Rev. DR.. Hood of the Congregational
Church Building Society preached at the
Congregational church last Sunday
morning.
Rev. John Thurston and wife were in
town last week. They leave this week
for Charleston where he is to preach the
coming year.
Frank Renfrew from Manchester. N.
H., was in town the first Of this week.
George Way of Manchester, N. H., was
in town last week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
WEST WATERFORD.

School commenced May 1, with Miss
Salna from St. Johnsbury as teacher.
Miner B. Carpenter aud Miss Mary B..
L. Goss were married last Wednesday at
Lisbon. They will live at West Concord
where Mr.. Carpenter will run the cream
cry.
Mrs. c. F. Beck and daughter from St..
Adams are visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
Low Rntes 10 Minnenpolis.

On account of the animal meeting Gen.
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian church
the Chicago & Northwestern railway
will sell low rate tickets to Minneapolis
and return on May 1918, limited to
June 3, 1899, at one fare plus 5000
Tickets honored on the Northwestern
Limited, electric lighted throughout
leaving Chicago daily $50 p. m. Other
trains leave Chicago at 90 a. M, 1000
p. III. and 10 10 p. m. For full informa
ton apply to any ticket agent or address
J. E. Britain, 36S Washington street
Boston, Mass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
LUXEMBOURG.

Rehearsals for the minstrel entertain
ment which comes off this week are in
progress, also the drama which is to be
played May 80.
The Ladies Aid will give an entertain
ment very soon.
Hon. F. D. Hale goes to New York this
week.
Hon. P. H. Dale of Island Pond was in
town one day last week.
James Silsby is to make quite extensive
repairs on his house this spring.
George Newman is still quite sick at
the hospital. His wife is with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vance are moving into
their new house.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
Greatly Reduced Rate. to Denver,

Via Chicago & Northwestern Railway.
On account of the annual meeting, Cen
eral Assembly of the Cumberland Pres
byterian Church, to be held in Denver,
May 10 &c, 1899, excursion tickets will
be sold at the favorable rate OF one fare
plus $500 for theround trip, with favor
able return limits. Tickets on sale May
1916. 1899. For rates and other infor-
nation ask your nearest ticket agent or
apply to J. E. Britain, 36S Washington
street, Boston, Mass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
Graiu.O Brings Relief

to the coffee drinker. Coffee drinking is
a habit that is universally INDUCED in
and almost as universally injurious. Have
you tried Grain-O? 1t is almost like
coffee but the effects are just the oppo-
site. Coffee upsets the stomach. ruins
the digestion. effects the heart and dis
turbs the whole nervous system. Grain.O
tones up the stomach, aids digestion
and strengthens the nerves. There is
nothing but nourishment in Grain-O. 1t
can't be otherwise. Is and 25c. per
package.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10

called Grain-O. 1t is a delicious, appe-
tizing. nourishing food drink to take the
place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and
liked by all who have used it because
when properly prepared it tastes like the
finest coffee but is free from all its injuri-
Gus properties. Grain-O aids digestion
and strengthens the nerves. 1t is not a
stimulant but health builder. and chill
dren, as we'll as adults, can daink it with
great benefit Costs about u as much
as coffee. Is and Csc.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
Some Foolish People

allow 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 Kemps Balsam, which is
sold on a 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, 1899-05-10
GREENSBORO BEND.

E. R. Collins is in Boston buying goods.
Mrs. R. J. Shurtleff is in Boston for
medical treatment.
N. Burbank of Walden was in town
last Friday.
Ernest Calbeck of st. Johnsbury was
in town on pleasure trip last week Fri
day and Saturday.
Alex Miles has moved his family into
L. S. Collins tenement next the store.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10

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:
81 was troubled with asthma for 20
years, about years 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, 1899-05-10
who have withdrawn from the Free Bap
fist church.

Betsey Blake is quite feeble, and Mrs.
Ezekiel Miles, who has been in poor
health for some time. is very low.
Misses Amy and Georgianna Stevens
have gone to Canada to spend some time
visiting friends.
Sarah Whipple has come home from
Massachusetts to help care for her father,
Ward Whipple, who is poorly, with not
much prospect of being better.
lanes Holtham sold horse for $3.50
recently to man in Barton. This is
considered pretty good price for these
times of low prices for horses.
Notice was given last Sunday from the
pulpit Tor all members of the church who
would do so to be present. at the Thurs
day evening meeting of this week for the
purpose of seeing what they wish to do
about having the present pastor stay
here for the next six months.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
BuckIen,s Arnica saIve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For salebv Flint Bros.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
DANVILLE.
Death of MIR. Russell.

A. M. Russell, former resident of DAN
vile, died quite suddenly of pneumonia
at his home in Boston, May 1. Mr.. Rus
sell was a very popular barber here
about 10 years ago. He was a musician
OF marked ability, member af the DAN
vile Cornet Band and for the last three
or four years has played the slide from
bone in the 1st Massachusetts Regiment
Band.
George Rogers of Greensboro was here
Tor short visit the first of the week.
Bert Morrill, has position in harness
shop at Barnet.
Lysander Walbridge of Cabot was in
town Saturday.
c. Fl. Mattocks has returned from an
extended western trip for his health and
resumed his duties in the bank.
E. P. Allen and Miss Carrie Allen of St.
Johnsbury visited in town last week.
The seventh anniversary of the organ
ization OF the Christian Endeavor Society
was celebrated by appropriate exercises
last Sunday evening. The recitations
and singing by the quartette were much
enjoyed. Nearly one hundred were pres
ent, about sixty being members OF the
society.
The Ladies Aid OF the Congregational
church will hold a social Wednesday
afternoon and evening. May II.
Mrs. Julia West is quite i'll.
Byron Wright was home over Sunday
DR.. F. L. Beckwith will be at the Elm
house May Is until June Sd prepared tc
do all kinds of dental work.
r. B. Gammell has resumed manage
ment of the Elm house. Mr.. Thompson
who has been running the house thi:
winter has moved to Barnet where hi
will run the hotel.
There will be a meeting of Damon
Lodge K of Thursday evening, May
II. Work on the degree of Page.
Walter Hatch's horse became frighten
ed at the creamery Tuesday morning ant
ran away, spilling the milk and breaking
his wagon quite badly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
WEST DANyILLP,

Ice went out of the pond since last
week Tuesday.
E. N. Dunbar has built him new boat.
Farmers are commencing their spring
work though there are some drifts of
snow vet,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10

DIR. BULBS Cough Syrup, cures over
night the most stubborn cold as well as
all its complications-tickling in the
throat, husky voice and violent cough
ing. 1t is the most wonderful medicine
science has produced.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
WEST BARNET.

The county w. c. T. U. hold their an
nual convention with the church in this
village May % and a. Good speakers
have been engaged and the meetings will
be interesting. Let all come.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
NORTH WALDEN.

Mrs. Mary Weaks, popular dress
maker from Hardwick, is teaching the
Mountain school.
Mrs. Edwin Houston, the oldest lady
in town with one exception, died Satur-
day OF heart disease. She leaves an aged
husband to mourn her loss.
William Folsom lost his farm buildings
by fire recently caused by lantern ex-
podng in the barn. Scarcely anything
was saved excepting his cows, and few
articles from the kitchen. A great mis-.
fortune although he was pretty well in
sured.
Warren Ainsworth and family have
moved into the Downer house. A cor
dial welcome is extended to them by this
neighborhood.
Ephriam Downer has been having
serious trouble with one of his eyes. 1t
has been necessary for him to stay in q
dark room for the past week.
DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup is the remedy
on which you can depend Tor the cure o
a protracted cough or lung affection
brought on by exposure to cold. 1t il
the most excellent medicine sold. a
bottle costs only 25 cts.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
To Cure n Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund money if it fails to
cure, 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on
each tablet
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
WILLOUOHBY.

Fish Commissioner Bailey came up the
line last Friday and deposited 10000
lake trout fry in Willoughby Lake.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-10
Liberation Notice .

This Is to certify that on and after this date
have given my son John Rash his time and
shall be not responsible hereafter for debts Of
his contracting and shall claim none of his
wages.
MRS. MATILDA RASH.
st. Johusbury, April 20, 1899.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-09
Two DANGEROUS Trades,

File cutting and glass polishing are
the two trades in which the operatives
are constantly subjected to the slow and
stealthy growth Of industrial disease.
The danger in their case is even more
alarming than in those which have been
previously dealt. with, as the power
which daily mi them is that most
pernicious and treacherous evil, lead
poisoning. In the case of file cutters
the mischief is contained in the bed
upon which the file is placed for cut
ting. This il composed of metallic lead,
for, although other substances have
been tried, it is declared that none of
them give the desired amount of re-
sistance without residence obtained by
a lead bed.
Glass polishing is dangerous in that
the powder with which the edges of cut
glass are treated contains go to 70 per
cent of oxide of lead. Here, again, the
same remedies are demanded, and for
tunately they are not so difficult of at
tainment. In both these cases the poison
pursues its victims with a malice as re-
lentless as it is appalling, which kills or
mains as surely as does any explosion
or accident by violence. -Fortnightly
Review.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-09
Wonderful HairdressinR.

Hairdressing in Zululand is an i'm.
portant feature, both to the bride and
bridegroom, and the attention paid tc
the couture of the pair would shame the
performance Of a west end hairdresse1
who arranges a brides locks and fastens
the orange blossom chaplet.
A con shaped erection, for instance,
is the lawful couture of a Zulu wife,
and this cannot be legally worn till the
marriage rites are duly completed. Save
for the all important cone, the head of
a Zulu bride is closely shaved, an as
sagai being used for the purpose, while
as soon as a youth is Of manageable
age his head is shorn to leave a ring
around the scalp and then literally be-
smeared with fat and ocher, without
which unguents no Zulu would feel fit
tingly decorated for his bride.
When the bridegroom elect has been
shorn of all his hair save the wool on
the crown, which is trained in a circu-
lar shape and some four inches in diam
eter, a ring is sewed to this gum and
charcoal. In this the Zulu thrusts long
snuff spoons, needles and small utility
articles and is very proud of his ring,
which is the badge of manhood. Gas
sells Magazine.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-09
A conscientious Sentry,

Washington, hearing that the coloreG
sentinels could not be trusted, went GU,
one night to ascertain if the report was
correct. The countersign was "Cam.
bridge" and the general, disguised.
as he thought, by a large overcoat, ap.
preached a colored sentry.
"Who goes there?' cried the senti-
mel.
"A friend, replied Washington.
"Friend, advance, unarmed, and give
the countersign," said the colored man.
Washington came up and said, "Rox-
bury
mo, sahl" was the response.
"Medford," said Washington.
"No, sah!'' returned the colored SOL
dier.
"Charleston, said Washington.
The colored man Immediately ex-
claimed. 81 tell you, Massa Washing
ton, no man go by here out he say
Cambridge"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-09

Four Ugly Beasta.

There are four beasts in the world
that can give long odds in the way of
ugliness to anything else that lives.
One Of them is a monkey, Il grewsone
looking beast called the bearded saki.
This is SO utterly grotescue a beast that
it would scarcely be safe to let a child
or nervous person see it. The ugliness
is not of an amusing kind. Int of an
evil, sinister nature. The beast has a
sort of beard and a countenance unlike
anything else in shape and lines. The
monkey itself is not particularly saw
age, but is so hideous hat the natives
Of it's country, South America, say that
no beast of prey, however hungry, will
tackle it. Even a hungry jaguar would
starve in a cageful Of sakis.
Then there is a tree climbing beast
that is as queer a nondescript as one
could hope to see. 1t has a sharp face
and long, jointed fingers and Is called
the aye-aye, from its cry. This looks
like n of the most appallingly weird
of all those strange beasts one secs in
Nightmares and cannot get away from:
but, like the sakis, is of a gentle dispo-
sition. 1t lives in South Africa. A full
grown aye-aye looks like a blend of
jackal. pig and monkey. Then there is
the Tasmanian devil of the antipodes.
which is as savage as it is ugly, and,
lastly, a species of Asiatic ground rat
called the bund.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-09
Helena In the Old Days.

A little group of old timers were
talking about the palmy days of wide
open gambling in New Orleans. "It
used to be pretty lively, I admit" said
one Of the veterans, ''but the only sure
enough Monte Carlo this country ever
saw was out in Montana. I'll never for
get the first time I struck Helena. It's
a good sized, handsome city, and I took
a stroll down the main street looking at
the stores. Pretty soon I was struck
cold by a monster sign of Licensed
Gambling House right over the door of
one of the finest places in town.
''In less than a block I ran across a
dozen other signs of the same kind, and
then I began to ask questions. / found
that the law required all gaming places
to put up such boards. They had to be
Is feet long and 2 feet wide, with
plain white letters on a black ground.
The original bill didn't specify the size,
80 some of the houses had signs made
about half an inch long, that you'd
need a microscope to read, and that's
why the particulars were laid down SO
exactly. The gambling shops we're sand
wiched right in between groceries and
shoe stores, and one of EN- was next
door to a church. It locked funny, I
tell you."-New Orleans Times-D Demo-
craft.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-09
A Life Worse Than Death,

1t is said that DR.. Tufier of the Hos
pital de la Petite, Paris, succeeded in
bringing a man to life temporarily. The
man operated upon was Jean Soulie,
who had been pronounced dead. DR..
Tuffier, it is alleged, in the presence CT
a large number of students, took the
body, and, after the application of sew.
eral recognized methods of proving the
total extinction of life, exposed the
mans heart. and, holding the organ in
his hand, pressed first one side with the
finger and then on the other side with
the thumb, and, keeping it up continu-
ously, caused an artificial action, and
after a time there were unmistakable
evidences Of life. It is said that the man
answered n or two questions put to
him. It was impossible to maintain this
artificial action very long, and the man
sank back to his second death.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-09
The Queer Dunkards.

Inc are one OF the most
peculiar religious sects in the country.
Their lame is properly Thinkers and is
derived from the German word ''tunk-
en-" to dip. They are also called Tum-
blers from their method Of baptism,
which is to put the person. while kneel-
ing, head first under the water. The
sect was founded in Germany in the
seventeenth century, but its members
were prosecuted and in 1875 accepted
an invitation from William Penn to set
tie in Pennsylvania. They live largely
in communities and follow somewhat
closely the customs of the Quakers in
regard to dress.
They never engage in lawsuits, take
no oaths and no active part in politics.
They do not believe in war, and divorce
is unknown among them. Twice a year
each congregation has a love feast, in
which the members wash each others
feet and salute each other with the kiss
of fellowship, men kissing men, and
women women. Until recently the TAX
ing Of interest for money loaned was
not allowed among them. They are an
agricultural people, and as Pennsylva-
MIA and the other eastern states have
become more thickly settled the Dun
kards have gradually removed to more
western states. Washington Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-09
HE STILL LIVES.
A Case Where Medical Science Mad
n Little characterization.

A Case Where Medical science Made
II Little characterization.
"Medical science occasionally makes
a grand miscalculation, said an old
citizen. II never pass a certain house
on lower Prospect street without re-
membering that % years ago a certain
noted doctor of this town-he died re-
cently-condemned me to death. You
have but a week to live. he said.
"This was information of somewhat
serious import to me, although, at that
time, I didn't much care whether it
was a week or a month. But l went to
another doctor. Are you really fright
enedy 2 he asked. No. I said I've got
beyond that. Then he remarked, You
can't last a month Somehow this cor
roborative' testimony didn't satisfy me.
Before l got through my search for in
formation l consulted eight doctors.
And, by the way, I was hunting through
the second week before I made the
rounds. Of course they all agreed pref
ty well. The most liberal mar of the
lot said I might pull through for a year,
but he greatly doubted it. The other
medicos gave me from a week to three
months.
"Well, sir, I've attended the funerals
of five Of those doctors, and. please
God. I'll Gee the other three under the
cod before I quit.
Understand mel was a pretty
tough object at that time. A bronchial
trouble had worn me to skin and bone.
l walked with a crutch and a cane. l
could scarcely talk. All the doctors
agreed that my lungs we're past mend
ing. Five of them said I had but one
lung left, and that, they claimed, was
on it's last legs.
"Weli, when I went to the ninth
doctor, I was mad clear through. I
knew he didn't have a blessed idea con-
corning my case. But he tried hard to
look knowing and went back to his lit
tie drug tank and presently returned
with a neat package wrapped in white
paper. I handed him the 50 he demand
ed and walked away. Here he said;
you've forgotten your medicine I
turned back. No, I haven't I said
hotly; 4 left it there purposely. Give
it to the next %credulous fool whose case
you don't understand Say. it did me
good to get mad. I went home, chucked
every drug into the ash barrel, staid
out in the open air all I could, wasn't
the least bit careful about myself,
worked about the house every day until
exhausted and began to get better. By
George! Inside of a year I was in tiptop
condition. Look at M now! Sound as
a dollarl Yes, sir, science does occa-
eionally slip up with considerable unan-
unity. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.