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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03

A Vivid Dissertation.

A short sighted and deaf old gentle
man who was at an entertainment
where professor performed on a big
bass viol, thus described the scene;
"The professor carried on to the plat
form gigantic beetle attached to the
end of sort of lamppost He leaned
over and fondly embraced it, tickling
its back violently with long comb
"The spectators seemed much de-
lighted at this display of scientific af-
lection. The beetle was apparently quite
unmoved. Then the professor gave a
capital imitation of the drunken man
and the lamppost He swayed rapidly
up and down, clutching quickly at all
points.
Sometimes his fingers quivered pas
sionately upon one spot, like an ill tenn
pered man struggling with an obstinate
pair of braces. Sometimes he rested
momentarily, as one rests after con-
test with stiff white tie.
FINALLY, he gave last convulsive
tickle to the huge beetle, picked himself
up from the lamppost and carried off
the unresisting insect. The audience
applauded vigorously"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03
The News In India.

The following items are contributed to
the CALIFORNIAN by Rev. DR.. Z. w. Par
ker, whose letter from India appears in
another column:
Railways are rapidly increasing in
every part OF India and are adding ma
terially to the prosperity of the country.
At present there are %, $50 miles of open
road and $50 miles laid out and under
construction. When DR.. Parker went to
India there were but few miles OF rail-
roads in the entire land.
Grain grinding mills, spinning AMI
weaving mills, and paper making mills
with all the latest machinery are also
now in operation in different parts or
India. The success of these no doubt de-
ponds greatly upon the fact that year by
year the people grow in the desire for
more clothing and the increased and still
increasing education creates demand
for more and better paper both for print
ing and writing purposes. There are
also many successful publishing houses
in different parts of the land all of which
have grown up within a comparatively
short time.
The plague continues to trouble India.
In spite OF councils Of doctors, commits
sions Of inquiry comparisons OF methods,
examination of all travellers, and the Sc
gregation plague camps and hospitals
the plague moves on. In the Bombay
Presidency for the week ending March
Ia, there were 3 900 newcas and 2 ,5S5
deaths. For the week ending March II
there were 1905 new cases and 2,501
deaths. Total cases Of plague reported
to date are 1891 OF whom 1S9,534
died. In Bombay city the report for the
week was deaths from the plague 1926
During the corresponding week for last
year there were 1,259 deaths. At first
the people of Bombay fled from the
plague but now they go about their
work as usual fearing nothing till caught
and then they lie down to die as it is
their fate. But they do not believe that
it is their fate to have government inter
fere to prevent the plague, and they fight
the doctors not the disease.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03

International Association of Machinists
opened at Buffalo with 100 delegates.
representing 10000 members OF the or
ganization in the United States, Canada
and Mexico. The sessions are secret
Yale has announced through the direc-
tors Of the university gymnasium that
no team of strong men Will be entered
In the intercollegiate strength test
championship Of the American colleges,
owing to lack of interest by the students.
DR.. f. A. Deschweinitz chief of d.
vision Of the department Of agriculture,
and dean Of the medical school of Co.
lumbar university, has been appointed
by the secretary Of state delegate to
the congress on tuberculosis, which will
meet in Berlin May 24-27.
The Canadian Pacific railroad Is about
to inaugurate the Empire limited"
train from coast to coast. The train Is
to average as miles an hour in its trans
continental passage, and will make alb
solutely no stops, save to change en-
gines and take on water.
The Missouri house passed the senate
antitrust bill, which prohibits the for
nation of trusts or combination to con-
troll prices on anything sold in the state,
and allows the courts to issue restrain
ing orders preventing the continuation
and operation of trusts and monopolies.
Ferdinand w. Peck, the United States
commissioner to the Paris exposition Of
1900 has been officially notified Of the
allotment Of $4,000 square feet in the
Vincennes annex. This makes total
Of 100000 square feet of space allotted
to American exhibits, or double the
amount of the original grants.
A dispatch from Phoenix, Ari., an
nounced the death Of John o. Patten OF
Bath, Me. He was formerly manager
and owner of the Bath Da Times, and
interested in the publishing siness in
New York He served term in the
Maine state legislature. He Is sur
vived by widow.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03
Accidents on the Rail.

The train running between Stanstead
and Stanstead Junction on the Boston &
Maine railway was derailed last We'd
nesday morning. Engineer Addison was
injured by jumping The engine was
tipped over in the ditch and badly
smashed. The accident was caused by
breaking a wheel on the engine. There
was no damage to passengers.
By the breaking of a journal on the
air line going north just below Rye
gate yesterday afternoon the trains were
delayed about three hours. The wreck
ing train went down about five o'clock
and large force OF men soon repaired
the car
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03
Making a Dictionary.

Nearly every one has had the bright
idea that it must be a tremendous
amount of work to get up dictionary,
but few have any notion of the real
size of the task When johnson got his
famous dictionary started, he calculated
that, with six assistants, he could COM
plete the task in three years. 1t took
him nine years instead He received the
small recompense of 81, 500. and had to
pay his assistants out of that.
Webster worked "a years before his
dictionary made its bow to the world.
Webster was very punctilious in his
definitions, and so painstaking that it
was wonder he completed the work
when he did.
The words which give the compiler
of dictionary the most trouble are the
little one syllable Saxon words Their
history extends back into the Saxon
period, and their meaning has become
twisted in many directions. Words with
pedigrees are the hardest to trace.
When new dictionary is projected,
one man is selected as editor in chief,
and he appoints his subeditors Then
appeals are sent out to literary people
in general for voluntary contributions
in the nature Of rare and curious words.
There are over 1000 people who have
offered their services in the case of a
dictionary now making They are to
read standard works, ancient and mod
ern, in the search for curious words.
their origin and meaning. These words,
written on slips of paper, are filed in
thousands Of pigeonholes. Over six tons
of clips have been put away. This
means 10000 words, but only
1000, 900 will be printed The amount
of work necessary to properly sort these
is evident.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03
BOSTON PRODUCE rlARKET.

Meal-Cornmeal Is quiet and un-
changed: Barrel cornmeal, 81 90@l 95
bag meal. S6@SSc; yellow graduated,
so 250D4 rs; rolled oatmeal, $4@4 ~.
Corn-Corn continues very quiet, with
trade dull here: No. yellow to arrive,
44@44hc; No. yellow 49%@44c; track
No. 2 yellow, 44hc steamer yellow 44c;
No. corn, 431ac. M
Oats-Oats are very quiet, with the
market easy in tone, though niue
changed quotably: Track fancy barley,
87b@SSc: No. 2 clipped, 361ac; No. 8
clipped, 36@36Ac.
Hay-Hay Is we'll sustained; straw
steady; millfeed quiet: hay, $9@16;
fancy jobbing lots, $16Q1Sc; ry straw,
5000 so: sack spring bran, SIG; sack win
ter. $17: middlings, SIS 75@lS so.
pork and Lard-Pork and lard are
firm and unchanged: Barrel pork, $3.50
10 so; light backs, $12; lean ends, $14 so;
fresh ribs, Sc; corned and fresh Shout
ders, &C.; smoked shoulders, 6%c; lard,
6hc; in pals, 6%@7Ac; hams, 9h@1OAc;
skinned b hams, 912c.
Beef-Beef is firmer, with the shippers
urging statesmen here to get higher prices
or hold the beef: Steers, ~ @S%c; hind
quarters, 9@11c; forequarters, 51a@6Ac;
rumps and loins, 11@l41ac.
lambs are pretty well sustained, with
veals fairly steady: Springers, 5000;
fail lambs, S@91ac; Brighton fancy, 90
1Oc; muttons, 7@9c; Brighton and fancy
muttons, 71s@9lac; veals, 6@9c; fancy
Brightons, 9010c.
Poultry-Poultry is quiet with iced
easy: Turkeys, frozen, 12@16c; chickens,
fresh, 15@20c frozen, l0@14c: fowls,
fresh, 1O@15c; iced fowls, 9h@1OAa; live
fowls, 10@l1c.
Butter-Butter is easier: Best cream
cry, small lots and pkgs, 19@191ac; north
ern creamery, round lots, 1S@1S12; west
ern, 17B@1S1ac; eastern 171a@1SRc.
Cheese-Cheese is firm: Round lots,
12h@19c; sage, 13@13Rc.
Fggs-Eggs little lower: Western, 40
1415c; eastern, 14@141sc southern, 100
lac; nearby and fancy, 15@2Oc.
Apples-Aples are very firm, with
wholesale prices at: Raldwins, $4@5:
russets, So 50@4 so; spies, 4@6; No. 2, all
kinds, 1908 50.
Observation-Disclosures are reported a lit
tie better in demand: Aroostook and
eastern rose 90@S per bu hebrons, $50
soc; Green mountains, S5@9Oc; northern
and western, i5@SOc; Dakota red, 75c;
Jersey sweet, 5000 rs per bu Bermudas
$70D7 so per Dbl.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03
A Famous House and Lot.

An article entitled "Historic Homes
In Washington, by Catherine Cava-
nagh, in Munsey's, gives an interesting
narrative of the home once occupied by
James g. Blaine. The lot on which it
stood once belonged to Henry Clay, who
won it at game of cards, at which he
was always very lucky. On his wife be-
ing asked if her husbands gambling
did not make her anxious, she an
swered: "Why should I worry? Henry
generally wins. After keeping the lot
a short time he snapped it for Nal.
tese jackass that Commodore Rodgers
brought home from Mediterranean
cruise. He built the house. In it once
lived James K. Paulding, secretary of
the navy under Van Buren,. Secretary
Seward bought it, and was living in it
when his assassination on the night of
Lincoln's murder was attempted. Sec
rotary of War Belknap afterward re-
sided there. and finally Mr.. Blaine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03
Who Can Vote.
(From the swanton Courier. }

-
Some question as to who is eligible to
vote has led one of our citizens to write
to Judge Powers for an opinion, which
the Judge has kindly given as below:
We have two kinds of voters-voters
in town meetings and voters in free
mans meetings, In town meetings the
vital qualifications are list" and "resi-
dence." In ireeman's meeting no "hst"
is required.
In town meetings the voter must at
the time he offers his vote, have list in
the town where he offers his vote. as
well as residence. Living in one town
with no list, he cannot vote there even il
he has list in some other town. In
other words, there must be a concur.
renee of list and residence in the same
town to make one voter in that town.
Probably some of your people who
think differently base their opinion upon
case in the 55th Vermont reports.
There the voter lived in Morgan on the
LIST of April and had a list there This
made him a voter in Morgan on that
date He at the same time had list in
DusSu Oil IGdl estate.
In July Of the same year he moved from
Morgan to Bloomington and was elect
ed to a town office. The court held that
having list in Bloomington answered
one requisite of qualification and having
changed his residence to Bloomington
he had supplied the other requisite and
was therefore voter.
Suppose when he removed TO Brown.
lngton in July he had had no list in
Bloomington he would have lacked one
OF the necessary qualifications and would
not have been a voter.
think our courts have already held
that both list and residence in towns
where the vote is offered are essential to
the right to vote in town meetings
Yours truly,
II. II. POWERS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03
STATE OF ONO, City OF TOLEDO. !

AOSAS NOUNTY,
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he
IS the senior partner of the firm of F. 7.
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore.
said, and that said firm will pay the sum
OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. d., 1886.
sEAIl A. w. GLEASON,
WI Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mn.
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03

The combination of safe is an open
secret.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
j. H. Bailey.
The queen of Hanover will be 81 this
month, Victoria will be 80 in May. In
the same month ex-Empress Eugene Will
be 73.
Lyons, France, is trying a new street
pavement made of blocks of glass.
The Paris exposition of 1900 is to
have a theatre which will seat $4,000
people.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03

Every bee carries his market basket
round his hind legs Any one examin-
ing the body Of bee through a micro
scope will observe that on the hind legs
of the creature there is fringe of stiff
hairs on the surface, the hairs approach
ing each other at the tips, so as to form
a sort of cage This is the bees basket,
and into it, after successful journey,
he will cram enough pollen to last him
for two or three DAYS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03

CORPSE coins" are treasured in the
north of England. They are the coins
that have lain over the eyes of their
dead. By this means infection has been
spread, but superstition causes the GUS
tom to continue A poor collier or
peasant would never think of doing any,
thing important unless he had on his
person coins that have been upon the
eyes of his dead relatives.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03
At st. Johnsbury East.

E. P. Potter has painted and shingled
his barns and intends soon to paint his
house, which will very much improve
the looks Of his buildings.
Francis Russell and family have moved
here from Greenfield, Mass, and will
carry on the Parker farm.
Mrs. Hudson is very sick at the home
OF her daughter, Mrs. B. K. Graves.
Carl, the little son of Will Hovey, has
also been seriously i'll.
Miss Susan Atkins spent Saturday and
sunday with friends in St. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03

DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup Furnishes
most substantial comfort and relief to
cconsumptives; it works most remarka-
Die cures. Don't despair. Relief can GER
tainIy be had; a cure is possible with
this wonderful remedy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03

The smallest flower known to the bot
tanist is said to be that of the yeast
plant. It is microscopic in size and is
SAID to be only one.hundredth of mil
limeter in diameter. -.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03
Obedient Sadie.

Little Sadie (who has been told she
must thank God for everything wheth-
er it seemed good or not) Thank God
again, mamma I've broken your rose
jarl"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03

DIR. BULBS Cough Syrup never disnp-
points those who use it for obstinate
coughs, colds and irritations of the
throat and lungs. 1t stands uurivaled
as remedy for throat and lung diseases.
Sold by all druggists for 25 cts.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-03

Hoed's pills cure liver ills, biliousness,
indigestion, headache. Easy to take,
easy to operate. 25c.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-15
GROCERY CLERKS PICNIC
Large Crowd Enjoyed the Pleasant
Event.

The Jersey City Tea and Grocery
Clerks Association held its annual picnic
at Pohlmann's last evening. So complete
were the arrangements that the affair
passed off pleasantly and the merry dance
was enjoyed by all present. Quite a
large crowd were in attendance and as
sisted in making the affair a great suc-
cess.
The grand march was led by President
Henry Paradise and Miss Ida Young.
Others in the march were Vice President
Harry Jannsen, Treasurer T. F. Cunniff,
Miss Mamie Farrell, Financial Secretary
Charles Miller, Miss Bliss, Corresponding
Secretary Charles Paradise, Miss Han
nah Schneider, Sergeant-at-Arms William
Mielan, Miss Gilman, Floor Manager p.
Schult, Miss Annie Niesen, Henry Korff,
Miss Gerts, II. Fishbeck, Miss Annie
Wickman, William Bergman, Miss Rosie
Mittleger, Frank Kraft, Miss Julia Moni-
han. George Stollfush, L. Alderman.
The committee in charge of the arrange
ments consisted of T. F. Cunniff, chair
man; P. Schult, Henry Korff, w. Mielan,
Fl. Fishbeck.
Gus Behr was chairman of the Recep-
ton Committee. His conferes were Berg
MANN. Frank Kraft and William Adding.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-15
Lentz and His Ants.

The "erudfte and accomplished" editor
OF the Estate Gazette" asks if it is pos
sibIe that the present persecution of
Major Carl Lentz springs from a Demo-
cratic source.
No, Mr.. Editor, it comes from a Re-
publican source, tina same source which
Is making all the trouble in Somerset, in
Salem, in Hudson and in other counties.
This source is that selfish, self-aggrandiz-
ing element which largely fourishes in the
Republican party and which insists upon
ruling or running.
There is something in that element
which cannot bear to see anyone else get
along. It generally wraps itself in the
cloak Of the Pnarisee and loses much
valuable time thanking God it Is not like
other men. Then, when some one in the
party, by hard work and general ability,
rises to a position Of prominence, this
element begins to cast reflections Upon
MS probity, i~nsinuates tina he could never
nave reached the position, which he holds.
amnesty and tries in every way to blacken
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-15
ALL SAINTS FESTIVAL
Strawberries and the 300 RafHe
Make Money For the Church.

All Saints parish hall. on Wilton and
Lafayette streets was the scene of much
activity and merry-making last evening.
The occasion for this mirth was the
strawberry festival arranged by the Rev.
Father Meehan. with the assistance of
the several societies. From beginning to
end it was a huge success. Father
Meehan was greatly pleased with the first
nights showing and he hopes to have the
same success this evening, the closing
night. deliberately decorated tables were
placed in the several rooms on the top
floor, where pretty girls served delicious
cream, cake and strawberries. Every one
had plenty, as the young ladies were ever
on hand to supply the wants of those who
participated. While some were disposing
of the delicaeies. others were deriving a
vast amount of pleasure from the dances,
held in the spacious hall opposite.
The Rev. Father Meehan was IN hand
during the evening and he took part in
the merry-making. A feature of the fes-
tival is the drawing for the prize of 500
in gold. Each person entering the hall is
entitled to a chance The winner will be
announced tonight at the close of he
festival. Father Meehan will award the
prize. A great many chances have been
taken, as the attendance last evening was
quite large. Dancing continued until a
late hour.
Among some of those present were
Miss Sarah Neary. Miss Jessie Living
ston. Miss Mary Livingston. Miss Mar
garet Saleren, Mrs. McGrea, Miss n
O'Day Miss Mary Ruane, Mrs. Richard
Vreeland, Messrs. John Wall, John
Devereaux, Frank DAILY, c. Healy, James
McfIenry. John Florence, George Reed,
Thomas Edwards, James Sullivan, T. Hig-
gins, Joseph Devereaux. D. Lancton and
Richard yreeland. Those on the com
mittee in charge are:-Mrs. T.. Bramer.
Miss Simon. Mrs. j. Murphy, Miss Nellie
Kennedy, Mrs. Jones. Miss Anna Black
burn, Miss Lizzie O'Brien. Miss Margaret
Tiernan and John Devereaux. John Wall
was floor manager.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-15
tsale No. 2sss.)

STATE OF NEW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of State-Certihcate of Dissolution.
To all to whom these presents may come,
Greeting:-
Whereas, 1t appears to my satisfaction. by
duly authenticated record Of the proceedings
for the voluntary dissolution thereof by the
unanimous consent Of all the stockholders, de-
posted in my office, that the Interior Tele-
phone Company, a corporation of this State.
whose principal office is situated at No. forty
FIVE Montgomery street, in the City of Jersey
City, County Of Hudson, State of New Jersey
George ]. Holbrook being agent therein and
in charge thereof, upon whom process may
be served, has complied with the requirements
of can Act concerning corporations (Revision
of $780, preliminary to the issuing of this
Certificate of Dissolution.
Now, therefore, I, George Wurts, Secretary
of State of the State of New Jersey, Do Here
by Certify that the said corporation did. on
the nineteenth day Of May. 1899, file in my
office a duly executed and attested consent
in writing to the dissolution Of said corpora
ton. executed by all the stockholders thereof.
which said consent and the record Of the pro-
ceedings aforesaid are now on file in my said
office as, provided by law.
In testimony whereof, l have hereto set my
hand and affixed my official seal. at Trenton.
this nineteenth day of May. A D. eighteen
hundred and ninety-nine.
RI. ST. GEORGE wURTS,
Secretary Of State.