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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.


Announcement was made 4st week at
the annual dun r OF the Brown Univer-
sity Club in NV York that John D.
Rockefeller had promised further gift OF
$3.50 600 to the college. When the Rev.
W. H. P. Faunce accepted the presidency
of Brown he set himself to the task OF
raising an endowment fund OF 81 900,
900. Mr. Rockefeller gave quarter OF
the amount upon the condition that the
other thrte-quarters should be obtained.
In order to meet the needs which have
been mace imperative by the growth OF
the university, President Fauncei is devot-
ing hms,lr to incr, asing the endowment
fund bv another million ollars. 1t was
in ret rri' e t. this fact that he mention
ed Mr. Rucke'elle S intention to give an
additional $3.50 900, upon the same con-
t,ngent terms winch went with his first
subscription. He remarked that Mr..
Rocket Hers total contingent gilt OF
S5O0,000 was greater than any gift he
mad made to any other American college,
except the one he himself founded in Chi
cago.
Worcester GOe. Democratic.
FhiIipJ O'ConnelI, democratic candi'
date or mayor OF Worctster Mass was
elected over William A. Lyle, republican,
at the special session held Feb. 10.
O'ConnelI won nv 51l votes in total
vote of over g $50 out of registration
of little more hu % 900 At the IT
ular election in December the same can,
dldatts had 061 votes each. The tie
was carried to The supreme court by the
democrats on disputed ballots. The de-
cision of the court sustained the regis
trars OF voters and the special election
was ordered.
The Rev. Stephen Gano Abbott, in his
prime a prominent Baptist minister
died al K, enc on the 9Th inst, aged 81.
He was chaplain OF the list New Hamp-
shire regiment during the war Of the re-
helIion, and later its historian. He was
a son OF the Rev. Samuel Abbo t, OF
Bridgewater, Mass, inventor OF Vene
tian blinds and father OF John T. Abbott,
Of Keene, late U. S. minister to Colum-
bia.
The old Judson packing house, in Can
al ST., New Haven, Conn, was burned
last week Tuesday. A wall OF brick
three stories high, against which severa!
hose streams wee bling directed, tell
without warning, crushing four tiremen
beneath it. The property loss Will
amount to $50 O0O
Capt. Joshua l.. Jordan, one of the old
est and best-known sea captains in New
England, died at his home in Auburndale
Mass, on Tuesday evening oil last week
He was born in Thomas on, Me, II
1925. and was the de- cendant OF a fami
ly OF sea captains. He went to sea at al
early age and was rapidly promo ed un
til he commanded a merchantmen at thu
age OF 81. His last ship was the Pride
If the Port. Several years ago heretu &c
from active service and interested him
sell in shipbuildine at Thomaston.
widow and four children survive him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27

providing for Sunday closing and a
government exhibit at the Charleston
xposition.-Bouse: A committee to in
vesigate charges against employees was
appointed several appropriation bills
were sent to conference.
UNITED STATES The President called
an extra session OF the senate to met at
noon on March Administer Conger is
coming home from Pekin on 60 ,ys'
| leave of absence - rhe senate committee
on relations with Cuba drafted an
amendment to the army appropriation
bill outlining future relations betw
the United Slat, and Cuba The Presi.
dent has sell C ed Capt. William Grocer,
the well known ordnance expert, to
succeed the late Professor Niche at the
West Point Military academy.
SUNDAY.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT French has had
sharp lighting with the Beers in the
Eastern Transvaal killing or wounding
212 and making large number prisoners.
Colonel Pumers force has scattered
De Vets free in Cape Colony, taking
many pris ,ners, the Boer chief escaping
across the river in boat There is tear
OF serious disorder throughout Italy ow-
ing to the imp diversified condition of the
people.
UNITED STATES.-The conferrees Of
house and senate on the War revenue
Reduction bill met. and it is believed that
agreement will be reached by conc, sslons
IT regarding beer, tobacco and bank checks.
i hn P. Mitchell was elected uni ed
States Senator by the Olegon |, gi>la ure
to serve Tor the fourth term on the fifty"
third ballot.
MONDAY.
FOREIGN --Steyn addressed the Beers
Yesterday and told them they must shit
for themselves, returning to Orange River
Colony as bt st they could. He and De
Wet took 300 OF the best horses with
which to escape Gen. French reports
from Pet Retiet, Feb. %, that the rtsult
OF the columns sweeping the country
east is that the Beers are retreat1ng in
scattered and diSorganized parties TO the
number OF some 600 III front of him,
UNITED STATES Mrs. Nation has been
released from he Topeka county jail on
bonds and, al a. m today left Tor Peoria
to act as editor of the Peoria Journal tor
OF day Denmark con'errtes reach
agreement as to sale of West Indies. Tine
United States steel corporation, the Nor
game Carnegie combine, files articles of in-
in N w r<ev.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27
The Caledonia County Fair.

Harry H. Carr and W. A. Taplin, di-
rectors of the Caledonia Fair Ground Co ,
went to Barton last Wednesday to meet
the directors of the Barton Fair to ar
range matters so as not to have the time
ofholding the fairs conflict, as many peo.
pie like to attend both fairs. 1t is prob
able hat the Barton fair will be held the
second week in September and the St
Iohnsbury tair the following week. Il
this arrangement is made the st. Johns
bury tair directors will be allowed first
choice in the date OF the 1902 air.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27
Probate of Will
PERMELIA F. WHEELER,s RsTATR

PERMELIA F. WHEELER'S ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT, District OF Caledonia
81 In Probate Court, held at the Probate
once in st. ohnsburv, within and for said
distric1 on the 22d day Of Feb, D. 1901
An Instrument purportng to be the last
VIII ana testament OF ermtlia F. Wheeler late
OF st Johnsbury in said district. dec, ased
being pres, nted to court by Gates }. tullard
custodi the eof tor Probate: 1t is ordered
by said court that all persons concerned
therein, be notified to appear at session
OF sald court to be held at the Probate
Office in St. Johnsbury on the 16th dav
OF March, A. d. 1901. and show cause il
any they may have against the Probate OF
sad VIII for which purpose it is further
ordered that a copy the record of this
order be published three weeks succes siyelv
in the CALIFORNIAN, printed at st Johnsbury,
previous to said time appointed for hearing p
By the Court, Attest
WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
true copy of record Attest:
WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27
Probate of Will.
ABEL w. ROBERTS ESTATE.

ABEL w. ROBERTS ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, SIS.
In Probate Court, held at the Probate office
in St. Johnsbury, within and for said district,
on the 22nd day of February A. d. 1891.
An instrument purporhug to be the last
will and testament of Abel W. Roberts
late OF st. Johnsbury, in said district, de-
ceased being presented to Court by Sarah 4.
Dberts the executrix therein named, Tor
probate
tits ordered by said court, that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at
session of said court, to be held at the Pro
bate office in ST. Johnsbury on the 9th day Of
March, A. D. 1901 and show cause, il any
they may have, against the probate of said
will; for which purpose it is further or.
dered that copy of the record of this order
be published three weeks successfully in the
Ca1edonian printed at St. Johnsbury previ.
Gus to said time appointed for hearing
By the Court. Attest
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
A true Copy of Record Attest:
WALTER P, SMITH. Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27
Another American Victory

At the instance OF the Unuea States gov.
ernment the powers have accepted the
principle that no further individual conces.
slons Of territory in China shall be
sought Or obtained by any one power
without Intentional assent. This
agreement applies not Only to TEN. Tsin
whore there has been some rivalry exhibi
ted III the fort to obtain concessions foI
foreign settlements, but to all other Chi
Hese Joints.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27
The Good Mans Joke

Two gentlemen of the cloth were
standing on a corner the other day.
Evidently they were talking about ex-
ira services to be held during the week.
II anticipate a great awakening in
my church." said the first speaker.
"My people never go to Sleep" said
the second.
"Ah, there comes my car" replied
the first. and they parted company
Albany Journal
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27

A local band was one day playing a,
Duntermline, when an old weaver cam,
up and asked the bandmaster what thai
was they were playing. That is Tn,
Death of Nelson" solemnly replied III,
bandmaster. SAY, man." remarked tn,
weaver, I'VE haze glen him an awfp
death. - Tit Bits.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27
Bankruptcy Notice.
In THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITE
STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT.

STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT.
In the matter of
Vernon W. Rand, ! In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt.
To the creditors OF Vernon w. Rand, Of
Hardwick in the county of Caledonia
and District of Vermon bankrupt.
Notice is hereb, given that on the 18th
day OF February, A. D. 1901, the said Vernon
W. Rand was duly adjudicattd bankrupt /;
and that the first meeting OF his creditors will
be held at uy office in st. ohnshury. in
said District, on the 9Th day OF March,
A. d. 9O1 at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, at
which time the said creditors may attend,
the bant rupt, and transact sucn other bust
ness as may properly come before said meet
ing.
MARSHALL MONTGOMERY,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
st. Johnsbury, VT, Feb. %, A. d. 1901.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27

A Great Bargain; 60, 900 acres of stun
age in Georgia Estimate cut 800 00o,Ol
feet valuable timber, including S0,00UOI
feet of white and red oak. on large river at
Tributaries to 20 miles to railroad. Til
Der can be fioated to river at small COS
o ly $1.35 per acre. easy payments,
years to remove timber Title perfect.
EDWIN STEVENS,
10l East 4th Street,
st. Paul, Mil
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27
Too Well DJNEufse6.

after ALL" suggested the cheerful
one, lit may be blessing in disguise"
"If so" returned the disgruntled one,
81 may say that l never saw more
perfect disguise. Washington Post.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27

The actors green room is so called
because its floor in the time of Shakes
peare was always covered with green
ruSheS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27
Report of the Condition
OF THE
Caledonia National Bank

At Danville, in the State of Vermont, at IN.
close of business, FEBRUARY 5, 1901.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $3.50, 7636t
Overdraits secured and unsecured s69
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 10000 On
Premiums on U. S. Bonds 1900 On
Banking house, furniture, fixtures 5000 %
Due from state Banks and Bankers 1l6 "a
Due from approved reserve agents S,9lOIf
Internal Revenue Stamps 6Y6s
Notes of other National Banks 10000
Fractional paper currency, nickels
and cents 35A
Specie $3,O3s.5O
Legal-tender notes 10000
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas
urer, Is per cent of circulation,) 5000 90
Total $213,542Os
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in 500, 900 90
Surplus fund 15,500OO
Undivided profits, less expenses
and taxes paid, 2,l212
National Bank notes outstanding 57,e70OO
Due to o her National Banks, 9153
Due to Trust Companies and
Saving Banks 1,4ss1s
Dividends unpaid 40l5
check, 3o.649s4
Den and certihcateS OF deposit bOO00
Cashiers checks outstanding 1924
Bills Payable 600 90
Total $213,54206
STATE OF VERMONT, |
Caledonia County, IS. J
l. A. WeSsou. cashier OF the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best OF my kno wedgs
and belief. A. WEssoR. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
22nd day of February, 1901.
C. S. DOLE, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
FkSn PSI >; ) sTF SIX Directors.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27

tary oath that they would never spare
the life of an enemy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27
Squibs.
Not an Information Bureau.

But WHY" we asked the Boston Child,
but why do you write Twinkle, Twin
kle, lit'Ie star as it should be, instead
OF 'ScInllllate, scintillate, spheroid infn-
itesSimal, etc ?"
Pardon me, sir" responded the Bos-
ton Child nervouslv polishing her eye
glasses, 81 am not the lay figure for the
paragraphists who are envious Of the ob
hV'ous culture and refinement of our
population"
Whereupon she made out a request slip
Tor Mother Goose's Melodies and started
to the library.
FIRST you must lrame a cor stitution
and bylaws" advised the matron, who
had been asked how to start the Young
Ladies Progressive Shakespeare Club
~, yes" chIrruped the committee, I'VE
nave a nice frame tor the constitution,
6ut where shall we buy laws Newark
Daily Advertiser.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27
sATUR DAY.

FOREIGN -Ktug EtW left London
to visit his sister, Empress DDwager
Frederick, at Cronberg, Germany -
Measures are bong taken by the Amer,
lean au horities al Manila to protect he
gold fields and mining claims of Luzon
from prosptctors and squatters Str
Robert Hart, at Pekin, has protested
agaiI st the seizure OF his property by
foreign powers III order to enlarge their
legation grounds.-C atdinal Vaughn has
issued declaration against the anti
Catholic OATH taken by KING Edward on
his acc, ssion to the throne.-A blizzard
is raging in southern Russia and trans
are sno wbound IN SPAN.
CONGRESS Senate: BY skiIful parlia.
mentarY tactics, Senator Morgan sue.
ceeded in haSi G he Nicaragua Cana
bill made the uu6n,sh, d business, Fl on
which position, however, it was dis
placed by appropriation ills; the Forti
hcation bill was passed, and the Amy
bill was taken up; the bill gran ting
So 600, 900 in aid Of the St. Louis expo
sltion was passed with amendment;
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-08
Wore His old Hat Home.

They were talking about getting bald.
Men wear their hats too much" the
doctor was saying. II have noticed
that a great many business men wear
them in their Offices The head should
be kept bare as much as possible
MY partner always wear an old straw
hat around the store" replied a Market
street merchant. He wears this in
winter as well as in summer. or at least
he did until last winter when he had
an experience that cured him of it.
Zone very cold afternoon he left the
office early. and as he walked briskly
through the street he noticed in rather
absentminded way that he was attract
Ing considerable attention. People turn
ed and looked after him and laughed.
1t was not until he had walked five or
six blocks that he realized what it all
meant. He met lady of his acquaint-
ance. and when he went to raise his
hat he found that he was still wearing
the old straw one. having forgotten to
change /: when he left the Office For
tunately there was hat store near by.
and he went in and bought one more
suitable to the season. Philadelphia
Record.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-08
WASHDAY WISDOM.
A very hot iron should never be used
for fannels or woolens.

A very hot iron should never be used
for iannels or woolens.
Calicoes, ginghams and chintzes
should be ironed on the wrong side.
Clotheslines are made much more
durable by boiling for ten minutes be-
fore they are used
Table linen should be ironed when
quite damp and ironed with a very hot
and very heavy iron.
Irons should not be allowed to be-
come redhot, as they will never retain
the heat properly afterward.
Embroideries should be ironed on a
thin, smooth surface over thick flannel
and only on the wrong side.
Linen may be made beautifully white
by the use of little refined borax in
the water instead of using washing
fluid.
Wash fabrics that are inclined to
fade should be soaked and rinsed in
very salt water, to set the color, before
washing in the suds.
Silken fabrics, especially white silk
handkerchiefs, should not be damp
ened, but ironed with a moderately
warm iron when taken from the line.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-08
POOR AND BIG HEARTED.
Specimen. of the Hospitality of the

specimens OF the hospitality of the
Southern Mountaineer.
The latchstring hangs outside every
cabin door if the men folk are at home,
but you must shout "Hellow always
outside the fence
1--WE uns is PORE" you will be told,
"but y'u're welcome eff y'u kin put up
with what we have"
After a stay Of a week at mountain
cabin young 'furriner' asked what
his bill was. The old mountaineer
waved his hand. "Nothin," he said,
"'cept come ag'ny
A belated traveller asked to stay all
night at a cabin. The mountaineer an
swered that his wife was sick, and
they We're ''Sorter out of fiXin's to eat,
but he reckoned he mought step over
to neighbours an borrow some" He
did step over, and he was gone three
hours. He brought back a little bag
of meal, and they had corn bread and
potatoes for supper and for breakfast,
cooked by the mountaineer. The
stranger asked how far away his next
neighbor lived. "a leetle the rise Of
SA-N AiAiAsso, 1CShoh, was tuC dAS Wei.
(Which way?"
ooh, jes' over the mountain thar"
He had stepped six miles over the
mountain and back for that little bag
of meal. and he would allow his guest
to pay nothing next morning.
have slept with nine others in a sin
gle room. The host gave up his bed to
two of our party, and he and his wife
slept with the rest of us on the floor.
He gave us supper, kept us all night,
sent us away next morning with q
parting draft Of moonshine appleiack,
OF his own brewing, by the way, and
would suffer no one to pay cent for
his entertainment. That man was a
desperate, an outlaw, a moonshiner
and was running from the sheriff st
that very time.
Two outlaw sons were supposed to
have been killed by officers. | offered
aid to the father to have them decently
clothed and buried, but the old man,
who was as bad as his sons. declined it,
left for that. and if not, why, he had
"The Southern Mountaneer," by John
Fox, Jr., In Scribner's.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-08
slayery Protected the Neero.

If the negro had been forced to COM
pete for existence in America, he would
have been crushed out by the civilized
power, as the Indian has been, says
Albert Phelps in The Atlantic, but the
peculiar institution of slavery protect
ed him not only from this competition,
but also, by artificial means, from those
great forces Of nature which inevitably
weed out the weaker organisms and
which operate most unrestrainedly up-
on the ignorant savage For the first
time, perhaps, in the history Of the
world human beings had been bred and
regulated like valuable stock, with as
much care as is put upon the best
horses and cattle. AS natural conse-
quence the sanitary condition of the
negro during slavery was remarkable,
especially by contrast with his present
condition. and his growth was the alb
normal growth of plant abnormally
raised in a dollhouse. When, therefore,
this mass of helpless beings was
thrown upon its own resources by the
act of emancipation and when the pro-
lection of slavery had been withdrawn,
the direst wretchedness and suffering
followed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-08
The Gallant cahman

Nothing perhaps produces quite so
much wit from cabman as sense of
being underpaid. which in most cases
means that he has been justly paid. A
lady who had been guilty of this kind
of justice experienced the usual sense
OF discomfort when her driver straight
ened the palm into which she had just
dropped her shilling and looked at her
speechlessly. She was weakly about to
add another sixpence when the cabby's
sense of humor prevailed. He trans
ferred the shilling to his pocket and
smiled sweetly down at his embarrass-
ed fare. Course, Missy" he remark
ed. there was the pleasure O drivin
you"-London Chronicle.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-08
His Test.

A dealer in pictures who makes it his
business to find as many new painters
as possible, both in this country and
abroad. was asked in regard to his
methods of selecting pictures to buy.
He was very frank in his talk, and one
thing which he said is shrewd enough
to be worth quoting.
"Of course" he said, with my expe-
rience l am able to judge whether
there Is promise in a painters work.
but never buy with any idea of put
ting the painter on my list until 1 have
seen the man and talked with him N.Y.
self. l always watch him closely, and
never buy his pictures unless his eye
lights up when l talk to him about his
work and about his profession"
The artist whose heart was really in
his work could not discuss it without
kindling, and the man who did not
paint from the heart was not the one
whose pictures the dealer wanted.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-08
FLOWER AND TREE.

A single leaf of the orange tree, care
fully planted. will often take root and
grow.
Seven-year-old tea plants yield four,
ounces of leaves apiece. or TOO pounds:
of tea to the acre.
New Zealand has in it's edelweiss a
plant differing but slightly from the
famous Swiss variety.
An oak tree at 100 years averages Al
inches in diameter, a larch 20 inches.
an elm so inches and yew 9 inches.
A white pine tree 20 years old ought
to be about % feet high. and at 30 or
40 years of age it ought to measure
about 60 feet.
The pest of British Columbia forests
is a plant called the devils club. 1t
has spikes which. when they enter the
flesh. break off and produce poisoned
wounds. which tester.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-08
A TRUE FISH STORY.
Tire Peculiar Adventure of a We'd
ding Ring.


"About the queerest fish story /
know Of" said a highly truthful look
ing man-indeed. he was a clergyman
happened to me at a little lake in Wis
cousin, where l used to summer with
my family. One day my wife was out
in our boat with party Of friends.
She was letting her hand trail in the
water, without thinking about its
shrinking effect, and when she finally
took her hand in her wedding ring was
gone. The lake was deep at that point,
and although we made considerable
effort to recover the ring it was not
found.
Naturally it worried her a good deal,
and the next year she would not go
back to the same place, nor did we
go the following year, but the third
year we went there again, and one day
l was in the woods about a mile from
the lake with my boy, trying to get
shot at some denizen of the forest or
other. AS we went peering around
among the trees to get & squirrel we
had seen | noticed something shining
on twig of a tree about 25 feet from
the ground. | sent my boy up after it.
and when he came back l was move
than aStonished to find that the shining
thing was my wife's wedding ring.
How it ever got there was InysS
terry at first, but was not q believer inl
fairies and that sort of thag. so be-
gan to investigate for material causes
The top of the tree had deadenel. and
with suspicion in my mind sent my
boy up to see what signs might be
above the green boughs. He called
down to me presently that there were
remains of q tishhawk's nest in the
forks of the tree, and. putting this
and that together l came to the conclu-
sion that the hawk had caught the fish
that had gobbled up my wife's ring in
the lake and had taken it to the nest
for the young hawks. They didn't
care for jewelry and had left that
part of the fish in the nest, from which,
as the nest was blown to pieces by the
wind and beaten by the storms. the
ring had dropped out and by chance
had caught on the twig where l found
it. In any event, if that was not the
way it got there, how did it? For II
surely was there, and my wife is wear
ing it today."-EXchange.