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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30
June Magazines.

In the June number of the Outlook
which is the Eleventh Annual Illus
trated Recreation Number, as usual,
much space is given to illustrated ar
ticles dealing with out-of-door and
vacation topics. Among the writers
for this issue are: Henry Van Dyke
Frank Spearman, the author of the
best railway tales recently published,
who, under the title, Prom the Cab
Window" tells thrilling and spir-
tied story of the adventures of rail.
way engineer; William Gillette, the
actor, who writes of "The House
Boat in America; Rev. Joseph H.
Twichell, of Hartford; DR.. S. D. Nc,
Council, whose topic is 1.-THE Moral
Side of Golf; Jane Barlow, the fam.
Gus writer OF Irish stories; Ernest In
gersoll, who has an illustrated re-
view OF Mr.. Chapman's new book on
Bird Photography"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30
Vermont Mas0nS-

The annual meeting OF the Vermont
Masonic bodies will be opened in Burl-
ington Monday afternoon, June IL, at
the masonic temple. The grand lodge
will open on Wednesday and close on
Thursday afternoon. On Monday after
noon at 80 o'clock the Goth annual as
sembly OF the Vermont Council of De-
liberation will meet for the transaction
of business concerning the welfare OF the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry in the district OF Vermont
In the evening the Vermont consistory,
Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, val
ley OF Burlington, will hold special rem.
devious at the temple at s O'Clock. On
Tuesday morning will occur the annual
conclave of the grand commandery of
Vermont, opening at 10 O'Clock. The
47th annual assembly OF the grand coun
Gil OF Royal and Select Masters of Yer
mont will also be held on Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday will be devoted
to the sessions of the grand lodge of Yer
mont The hour of opening is 10 O'Clock
IN the morning. On Friday morning at
10 O'Clock will occur the annual convo-
cation of the grand chapter of Royal
Arch Masons.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30
"Fixing Things. ="

The Montpelier Journal, which is a
Dillingham; paper, cannot seem to
understand how Caledonia county
could so substantially stand by Gen.
Grout in the selection of delegates to
the county convention unless some
body had been fixing things" in
his interest.
We suggest to the Journal that
this is childish on its part. Since
Caledonia county is Gen. CIRCUITS
home and he has a host of friends
there, it is one OF the most natural
things in the world that the county
stands by his candidacy for the Sen
ate-and this too without the least
disparagement to Judge Ross, who
is also Caledonia county man.
If the people of Caledonia county
see fit to take action in behalf of per-
manency in the senatorship instead
ofexpressing themselves in favor of
further temporary arrangement, they
may safely be regarded as possessing
a fair degree of intelligence and do rot
deserve to be rallied at as having been
fixed" before they voted.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30

The Methodist General conference
took forward step at Chicago last
week when they abolished the time
limit OF pastorates. The itinerant
system has long been a notable
feature of this denomination and the
change was made so quickly that it
took all the delegates by surprise.
In the midst of the discussion on
Wednesday as to whether the time
limit should be five years or three,
DR.. R. S. Copeland, lay delegate OF
Ann Arbor, aroused a storm of ap
plause by advocating an "unmod,
flied, unrestricted, unqualified aboli
ton of the time limit" and when ht
concluded cries of Vote! vote!
came from all over the hall, and Dr.
Copeland's motive was carried by E
vote of 433 to 238.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30
Barbara Frietchie's Bible.

The following letter was received re-
Gently by a woman well known IN New
York society who, while willing that the
letter should be published does not wish
her own name t. be printed:
Gould GU help me to arrange IN some
wav to sell the Bible which was owned
by Mrs. Barbara Frietchie, the heroine
OF Mr.. Winters poem. We lived next
door to Mrs. Frietchie for three years
and when l was only five years old we
moved and lived next to her and at any
time in the day l would run over to see
her and Miss Harriet, her niece. Mrs.
Frietchie kept this Bible on the stand be-,
fore her or she sat at her sewing and
read her Bible. Her milk bills and notes
from friends are still in the Bible. The
place where she kept her silk flag folded
was next to the front cover. Now what
do YOU think l could get for it
Mrs. Frietchie gave the Bible to my
grandmother before she died and SAID
when YOU are done with it want you
to give it to your daughter Mother is
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30

blind and would like to sell the Bible To
make dear mother comfortable while she
lives. l thought you could assist me and
help to decide what it is worth. 1t is
large leather. covered book printed in
1743 and is 81ax1O12x41a inches thick
and was printed by Christopher Sour in
Philadelphia, Pa. l would come on and
bring the Bible to whoever would buy it
and tell all the particulars of Mrs
Frietchie's history and just what she did
during our Civil War. She often came
out on her front porch which was as
large as some balconies and wave her
flag toward the rebels and say Get off
my steps When she died her flag was
placed in her bosom as she had requested
Please let me hear from you and what
YOU think about it and oblige yours with
great respect
Miss E. Wilhelmina Mergardt.
SO East Church street,
Frederick City, Md.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30
The Oleo Bill.

A Washil gton dispatch announces
that the subcommittee in charge
of Gen. CIRCUITS oleo bill has decided
on the adoption of a substitute
measure, and a later dispatch says
that action on the bill will be defer
red until after the fall elections.
Ge& CIRCUITS bill levied a tax of ten
cents pound on oleo, and was thus
practically prohibitive. The sub
stitute measure adds safeguards
against the fraudulent sale of oeo-
margarine as butter. The main pro-
visions are that oleomargarine and
like compounds shall be put'upi in one
and two pound packages only and
that each print shall have in large in
dented letters the word "oleomargar-
ine," the print shall then be wrapped
in paper bearing the printed word
"oleomargarine" and outside OF
of this package the revenue stamp
shall be placed. Retailers are not
allowed to break packages or to sell
anything but the original one or two
pound packages.
This is decided victory for the
oleo people and even the chairman
of the committee has been fighting
it hard ever since Gen. Grout intro
duced the bill. The profit in tn
manufacture OF oleo products las
year was four cents pound or owe
$4,000, 900 and it is the purpose {
the great packing houses and ole
manufacturers to postpone actio
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30
Men, Women and Events.

lhe late John Scott, composer OF
annie Laurie" has among other be-
quests LETT a number of valuable
Jacobites relics to the Duke of
Buccleuch. To Lady Margaret
Cameron of Lochiel she leaves her
Prince Charlie silver inkstand, and to
Lady Harry Trefusis her miniatures of
Prince Charlie and of James VIII.
Victoria Marchioness of Lothian
gets her miniature of Prince Charlie
at Fuijo. If none of her three nieces,
the Misses Warrender, desire to have
her collection Of archaeological speci-
mems they are destined to go to the
Antiquarian Museum, Princess street
Edinburgh.
DR. Marshall Lang, the new princi-
pal of the University of Aberdeen, is
a cousin of Andrew Lang, and was a
playmate in childhood of Robert
Louis Stevenson.
When the Duke of Abruzzi, who
has spent the last year it Franz osef
Land, gets his mail this summer, he
will propably swear at civilization.
More than seventy-two thousand
letters and post cards for him from
all parts of the world have accumu-
lated in the hands ofthe Italian Con-
sui at Christiania, who will send a
whaler to try to communicate with
the expedition as soon as the ice
breaks up.
Queen Victoria has walking stick
which was the property of Charles
ii, to whom it was presented by a
citizen Of Worcester. Originally it
was branch OF the tree in Boscobel
in which Charles hid when he was
pursued by Cromwells men. To
the plain gold handle which first
ornamented the stick Queen Victoria
has had added queer little Indian
idol-a part of the loot from Seringa.
patam.
A Leipzig compositor named Kru.
ger, who has just celebrated his
tiitieth year OF service, has been occu
pied with one book for nearly al
, that time. He has set with his owr
hand almost all of Grimms great
German dictionary that has appear
ed since Jakob Grimm turned in the
/, nrst batch of manuscript in Decem
, Der, 1851. Though 80, 900 pages O
( the Worterbuch have been printed
, the work is not half done yet ant
+ Herr Kruger will have to live to bt
Il 100 years old to see it finished.
o The presidency Of Columbian Uni
versity, Washington, has been offer
e ed to the Rev. DR.. George c. Lorimer
n of the fremont Temple, Boston, pu
g he has declined the election.
o. A heavy burden of poetic ancestor
he weighs on the little son just born t
st the Hon. Neville Lytton, heir pre-
err sumptive to the Earldom of Lyttot
OF Through his father he is grandson
60 Owen Meredith and greatgrandso
on OF Bulwer Lytton and through h
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30

Burlington had the largest caucus
in the history of the city last Friday
evening when delegates who were
friends of D. J. Foster were elected
to the first district convention. 1t
is understood the delegates favor
Judge Powers as a second choice. 1t
was a red-hot contest from start to
finish and 20 votes were challenged
and thrown out.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30

The congressional candidacy of
Wendell P. Stafford has begun in
earnest as both Kirby and Newark
have elected delegates to the second
district convention and instructed
them to vote for Mr.. Stafford. This
is a good beginning and augurs well
for solid county behind him. AS
will be seen in elsewhere, the Barre
Times thinks thecontest lies between
Haskins and Stafford with the
chances of success in favor of the St.
Iohnsbury candidate.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30
ADVERTISING RATES.

Mr.. Prouty's newspaper support
is gaining. Besides the Rutland
Herald, which is understood to sup
port him, he has editorial endorsement
from the Bristol News and the YER
gennes Enterprise. Both the latter
are also supporting Judge Powers
for the House.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30

mother greatgrandson of Lord By
ron aud grandson of Mr.. Wilfrid
Blunt
President Mckinley on horseback
will be one of the sights at the Ma
tional Grand Army Encampment at
Chicago in August. Since General
Grants last term no president has
appeared mounted in any parade.
The projected exception is due to the
fact that President Mckinley has
been appointed member of the
mounted staff attendant on Com
mander.in-Chief Shaw.
Fridtjof hansen is planning an
other expedition for the coming
summer. 1t will not be polar trip
this time, but, as he describes it in
"Petermann's Mittheilung," has for
its object an exact physical and bio
logical examination of the Nor
wegian Sea in all its depths between
Norway, Iceland, Jan Mayen and
Spitzbergen. The temperature and
specific gravity of the water will be
specially studied. A new steamer
has been built for this expedition.
Among the contestants for the
great Nobel prize, amounting to
more than $4,000, for the person
who within the last three years has
done the most to help preserve peace
in the world is the Russian battle
painter Verestschagin. He has gone
to Christiania, where he has opened
an exhibition of his pictures. The
ground of his application for the
prize is that he has so realistically
depicted the horrors of war as to
make many converts to the doc
trines of peace.
While Mile. de Stael, daughter of
the Russian Ambassador to Great
Britain, was being married to Count
Alexis Orloff Davidoff in London, &C.
cording to the Russian rite, with the
Prince of Wales, Lord Rosebery and
a church full OF notables looking on,
her bridal veil caught fire from the
lighted taper she held in her hand
and blazed up. She kept still while
the bridegroom put out the fire with
his hands and Others pulled off the
veil and the ceremony went on.
The Rev. Samuel A. Elliot has been
elected president of the American
Unitarian association at Boston,
succeeding Carroll D. Wright, who
declined a reelection. Mr.. Eliot has
been secretary Of the association
since 1897, when he resigned his
Brooklyn pastorate. He is the son
Of President Eliot of Harvard.
The private collection OF insects be-
onging to the late DR.. J. A. Lintner,
or many years New York State
Entomologist, is to be given to Cor
1ell University by his widow as a
memorial to her husband. DR.. Lint
ler died in Italy two years ago.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30

On the recommendation of Senator
Ross and Representative Grout the CEN
sus bureau has appointed Fred B. Thorn
as OF Montpelier as special agent to take
statistics OF the manufacturing and me-
chanical industries of Barre, Montpelier
and Mortified. This work has formerly
been done by the census enumerators,
but it has grown to such magnitude, in
the three places named, especially in the
granite business, that special agents to
obtain these statistics are necessity.
This work will be in charge OF Edwin M.
Wheeler OF Barre, with whom Mr..
Thomas will work. These statistics
have to be obtained within twenty-eight
| days from June /.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30

DR.. w. S. Webb has sent word
from Europe that he will not be a
candidate for county senator from
Chittenden county this fall. AS DR..
Webb was for Prouty for senator
and bis county supposed to be
for Dillingham; his judgment in de-
clining to be a candidate is worthy
of commendation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30
Vermont Banks.

The controller ofthe currency has issued
statement showing the condition OF
the national banks of Vermont at the
close OF business on April Goth. This
statement shows that the individual de-
posts amounted to $4612,722 and
that the average reserve held $32 4S-1O0
per cent. Loans and discounts amount
TO Sl2 289 LOG; stocks and securities
10 ~ ,o39 'O79; and the total specie to
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30

on the bill as long as possible and
smother it ia the committee room
if possible.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30

There were 903 post-offices in 1900;
to-day we have 75,000-that is, in
America alone. 1t took a letter sixteen
days to 60 from Philadelphia to Licking
ton, Kentucky; twenty-five days to
Nashville, Tennessee. The cheapest
letter postage was eight cents, and to
send letter more than hundred miles
cost a shilling. Three million letters and
papers were then sent in year; at the
present time the post-off handles
about 100000 pieces of mail in a
single day May Ladies Home Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-30

In Mexico vanilla is much used as a
heart tonic
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-05-04
Pioneer of the Sistersville Oil
Field Dead.

Sistersville, w. Va, May 3.-Wm.
Stewart, of Stewards Landing, two
miles from here on the Ohio side, died
Monday of heart disease. The farm on
which he lived was the most prolific in
the Sistersville field and made a big
fortune for the owner and the Henry
OIL Co., which developed it. The first
well in the Sistersville field en- the
Ohio side, was completed on the Stew
art farm in April, 1892 shortly after
the completion of the famous Pole Cat
we'll in this county. This successful
venture was made blythe Brown Oil
Co., which sold out .ater to the Henry
OIL Co. for s240,000 and this munifi-
cent sum was earned by the purchaser
from the product of the farm within
fifteen months after the deal was con-
summated, in addition to liquidating
all expenses of continuous develop
ment during that period. At one time
the total production of this farm of
5S5 acres was $500 barrels a day.
Fifty-four wells were drilled. All
were producers of about the same cal
ibre and are producing about $50 bar
rels today.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-05-04
ARSON CASES
In Mayors Court, Taken Up Again
Thursday.

tndN oaaNt
Thursday was the day set for the
hearing OF C. e. Starr on the charge Of
arson and his case was taken up in
Mayors court at o'clock. Attorney
w. G. Way represented the State and
Attorneys Follett and Coen were for
the defense.
A large number OF witnesses had
had been subpoenaed and the taking Of
testimony occupied the entire day.
The principal witness for the presecu-
tion was Edward Stevens, who is also
under arrest for the burning of the
Finch barn For two hours and a
half he was on the witness stand and
under the fire of thorough cross ex-
animation, what was apparently a
straigt story against Starr was weak
ened by the faulty testimony of the
witness.
Many other witnesses were called to
impeach the testimony of Stevens and
the general impression gotten from the
testimony was that Stevens reputation
for telling the truth was not good
among the people in the community
in which he resides, while Starr's rep
utation was shown to be good.
At nine o'clock last evening both
sides rested without argument and
Mayor Sykes announced that he would
reserve decision until Saturday morn
at o'clock. Starr was released on
bond.
Edward Stevens was bound over to
Common Pleas Court on the charge of
arson and the amount of his bond was
fixed at 300. Being unable to give
bond he was sent back to the county
jail.
The trial of these two cases has only
added to the mystery surrounding the
burning of Charles Finch's barn at
Fleming on Wednesday night two
weeks ago. The evidence submitted
so far does not clear up the mystery,
nor does it seem to relate to the COM
mission o. the act. There Is little
doubt that there has been a crime
committed but who the principals
were seems to be a very hard matter to
determine on the evidence that has
been brought to light so far.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-05-04
Important Meeting Of Citizens
Organization.

The Citizens, Organization will hold
a meeting of importance at the office
Of Broker C. r. Richardson this Friday
evening. Committees are to be ap-
pointed and plans made to push the
work of getting up the big celebration
to be held in this city July 4th and ev-
cry member is urged to be present.
The committee appointed to solicit
subscriptions to the fund have been at
work and the amount subscribed to
date is in the neigliborhood of one
thousand dollars. Business men and
citizens in general are enthusiastic
over the prospect and all are giving
literally.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-05-04
The Marietta Daily Leader
FRIDAY. MAY a, 1900.
Injunction Suit Filed.

A very interesting case was filed in
Common Pleas Court yesterday by At
torneys c. H. Danford and James
Ross, representing Horace d. Gage
and many other taxpayers of Wesley
township, this county, who seek to re-
strain the defendants, the Board of
Education of Wesley township and
Wilmer A. Patterson, Auditor OF Wash
ington county, from taking certain ac-
tion.
In their petition plaintiffs set forth
that on August 1S. 1899, the said
Board Of Education met and ordered 10
sets of Primary Language series for
the schools of the township, and that
tha charts or sets were delivered ac-
cording to order. the price to he paid
being s487.50. They further claim
that at the time there was no money
in the treasury to pay for such charts
and that the Board had borrowed the
necessary amount to be paid Sept. i,
1900, and had passed a resolution to
levy taxes for the purpose of paying
the debt. They had then certified the
levy to the County Auditor.
The plaintiffs pray that a temporary
injunction be granted, restraining the
Auditor from placing the amount Of
$4S7.50 on the tax duplicate for colec-
ton, and also restraining the Board OF
Education from making any further
levy or levies for the purpose of pay
ment of the obligation.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-05-04
Equity.

We are reliably informed that
Messrs. Laughery & Keever, of Coal
Run, contemplate opening a stone
quarry on E. w. Sprague's farm. This
stone is of a superior quality. Your
correspondent recently observed a
dwelling house built over ninety years
ago and every piece was just as perfect
as the day it was laid. They will op-
crate just few rods from the o. & L.
X. track, thus rendering good ship
ping facilities.
The we'll which was drilled on the
Reed farm, three miles south of here,
came in dry Saturday at depth Of $40
feet.
A letter from Atwood, Kansas. under
date of April %, conveys the intelli-
gence of the marriage of Mr.. Claude
Hlltabidle, former resident Of this
place, to Miss Linnie Short. of At
wood.
Mr.. Otto Dearing, fireman on the
steamer Sonoma, spent Sunday with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Dearing, of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Butler spent from
Friday until Monday with relatives al
Cutler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Burris. oi
Marietta, are visiting relatives here.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-05-04
c. r. Richardson's Report q
Yesterdays Market.

Oil City Exchange, 3 p. m.--No bids
on cash oil. Credit balance LAT.
New York Stock Exchange, p. m.-
The market was very quiet throughout
the day. Fluctuations were wide in
some instances with Tennessee Coal
and the Steel shares the feature. AM
erican Sugar sold Off about three
points. Traction stocks steady to firm.
Call leans 2 per cent
Chicago Board Of Trade. Ills p. H.
Grain markets very dull. July wheat
broke to 667sl closed 67 to 67h. Corn
sold off a cent to 40. Oats steady at
23% Provisions weak. July broke to
11.90, closed 1910.
Cars today: Wheat, 12; corn. eco;
oats, 10; hogs, 2S.000.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-05-04
Richardson's Head Ease.

The giddy head glds ease from head
ease 4 Eases 10 cents.
Head -Eease cures big head.
Head Ease makes the Sunday hat fit.
After a jag try Head-Ease.
For nervous or sick headache try
Head Ease.
There's easy ease in the ease from
Head-Ease.
There isn't much difference in the
morning il you take Head-Ease.
Head-Ease stops the thumps.
4 little pain-chasers for 10 cents in
q packet of Head-Ease.
Head-Ease cures the biked head.
Tired head rested by Head-Ease.
The most easeful usefulness Is
eased from the ease that Is eased in
The easeful ease of Head-Ease.
Heads that ache and lie awake have
never dreamed OF Head-Ease,
Head-Ease fits the hat to the swelled
head.
What is more easeful than ease?
why, Head Ease, OF course.
Head Ease is shepherd to the MIND,
going into the byways of fcrgetfulness
20 bring back runaway ideas 10 the
sweet pasture OF the fertile brain.
Prepared and sold by
WILL s. RICHARDSON,
The Cut-Rate Druggist, 127 Greent 81
Head-Base sent by mail for loc'
for 25c.
For sale by s. A. Palmer, Williams
ton. w. Va. George w. Haight, New
port. Chic.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-05-04
Sickness at Children's Home.

Superintendent Jordan, of the Child
ren's Hcme, has had his hands full of
sick children for the past month.
Thirty-one OF the little ones have been
an attack of measles, and
of them have been having a
Siege OF mumps. All the cases went
through the various phases OF the di-
seases very nicely, and the children
are now recovered.