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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

The game of counterfeiting in this
country is played by people of all ma
tionalities, and, although some women
and children are used as tools, men
take the principal parts. After having
made the coin the great problem is how
to convert it into good money. The
maker rarely takes part in that opera
ton. 1t is the business Of gangs, which
consist usually Of two persons known
as the 'holder" and the Shower"
The holder carries a stock of the
counterfeit money, and the shower has
one piece. This he takes to a store or a
saloon and buys something for a small
amount and when he comes into the
street the holder sees him from his po-
sition a block away, joins him, receives
the good money and hands him another
counterfeit
The object is to work so that the
shower, if detected, may plead inno-
cence and prove that the piece is the
only one that he has and that he has no
other money. Some clever operators
go so far as to mix good coin with the
bad
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
One of the Tricks Performed by the
Eakirs of India,

The fakirs of India perform some re-
markable tricks. The following one
was witnessed by an Englishman who
was himself an excellent prestidigi-
tateur:
The apartment being filled, the ma
gicians began their performance. The
audience sat on the floor about the
fakirs, so that they had no way of con-
cealing themselves or Of hiding any
thing. At their request 1 examined
them and satisfied myself that they
had nothing about them. Then one Of
the women stepped into the inclosure
the rest remaining behind the spec
tatOrs, who formed close ring about
them. The light was now turned down
a little, and in a moment the woman's
face began to be illuminated by a
ghostly light that extended quickly
over her entire body.
She then began to move around and
around, uttering a low, murmuring
sound the while, gradually quickening
the pace until she was whirling about
like a top. A moment Of this, and the
light that had chung about her seemed
to be whirled off by centrifugal force
and assumed a pillarlike form beside
her. AS soon as this was accomplish
ed she stopped, turned and began to
mold the light with her hand, and,
though l could distinctly see her hands
move through the light as if it were a
cloud, it began to assume human form.
We saw the arms, hands and legs all
nodded and finally the face and head
gear. She next called for light, and,
the candles being relighted, there stood
an utter stranger, a native seemingly,
evolved out Of cloudland. He stepped
forward and grasped me by the hand.
His hands were moist, as If with per-
spiration, and he was a very healthy
spirit.
After he had talked and drunk a
glass of arrack he took his place beside
the woman again and began to whirl
about. The lights were dimmed but
not so that we could not see, and in a
few minutes the figure began to fade,
soon assuming the appearance of a
pillar or form of light and then attach
ing itself to the woman and seemingly
being absorbed by her. All this was
done in very short space of time be-
fore the eyes of at least 80 people and
not ten feet from myself. The girl ap-
peared greatly exhausted afterward.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
RYE0ATE.

Clarence Nolan returned last week
from Andover, Mass, where he has been
attending school during the past year.
Mrs. F. A. Collins return from her
visit to Pennsylvania was somewhat de-
layed as she did not arrive until Satur-
day evening.
Prof F. L. Gibson, who has been visit
ing relatives in town for week, left last
week Tuesday, Mrs. Gibson and daugh,
ter Marian remaining until Saturday.
The dance in Bert Halls new barn the
evening of July 8, drew large crowd.
DR.. and Mrs. E. S. Miller returned from
their wedding trip Saturday evening and
spent Sunday in town.
John F. Vance's barn was struck by
lightning during the storm of July 2
but no serious damage was done.
Miss Mary Beattie went to Littleton
last week for a few days's visit.
William G. Kicker in company with a
friend, spent few days last week at the
White Mountains.
N. H. Kicker finished haying the 2nd
INST and William Thompson the 9th.
Others will finish in a few days if weather
permits.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
Matrimony In Gilbert Islands.

Women of the Gilbert islands being
merely regarded as cattle or any other
property, writes Arthur Inkersley in
The Overland Monthly, the matrimoni-
al knot is easily tied and just as easily
united. If a man fancies a girl, he
seizes her by the hair Of the head,
wherever she may be, despite her pro-
testations, and drags her away to his
home. Her resistance is not often seri-
Gus, the pretense Of refusal being due
to the coquettlshness inherent in the
sex. When the couple reach the house
Of the groom, a wedding feast is fur
nished forthwith, to which all the i'm
mediate friends of the bride and BRIDE
groom are invited. But an acceptance
Of the invitation implies the contribu-
ton Of some yiands to the entertain
ment. Matrimony Is attended by no
further ceremony than this. When q
husband grows weary Of his wife, he
simply orders her to leave him, and IL
she does not he turns her out of doors.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

Did YOU know that the Deerheld Valley
and Hoosac Country traversed by the
Boston & Maine Railroad is one of the
most beautiful regions in the country
As a scenic paradise it has no equal,
On every side the scenes change with
panoramic swiftness to the intense de-
light of the beholder.
Then, too, there is no little historic in
terest attached to the territory jour
neyed through.
This interior country is a delightful
vacation ground, and on every hand
there is to be found unlimited accommo'
dations for the vacationist who delights
in a rural outdoor life. Another pleas
ureabIe feature is its accessibility from
not only the whole of New England, but
from New York and the West as well.
The Boston & Maine has just issued a
book bearing the name "Hoosac Coun-
try and Deer6eld Valley" which is de-
llghttully written story of the country,
and after reading it you will want to
visit the region. Send two'cent stamp
to General Passenger Department, Bos-
ton, and Maine System, Boston, tor
Book No. 10; you will enjoy reading It,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
Pennsylvania WeaseIa.

Possibly few who read of "kings'
robes of royal ermine" appreciate that
the rightful and first possessors Of the
beauteOus coat is sometimes a denizen
of the Keystone State. 1t may be that
some subtle force suggested to turn
coat monarchs to choose the pelt of this
animal for their own. In fact, during
the greater portion of the year the err
mine is a plain egg sucking weasel. AS
winter comes on he assumes a white
coat, with black tipped tail.
Putolus noyebOracensis, as the scien-
fist calls the weasel or ermine, ranges
from North Carolina away up into Can
ada, 1t is rare, however, to take err
mine or white coated weasels in Penn
sylvania, although two specimens have
just been received at the Academy Of
Natural Sciences from Sullivan county.
In fact, south Of Pennsylvania the wea-
sci never changes color in winter, and
this fact goes far to substantiate the
theory of protective coloratiOn. Thus
when snow covers the ground the white
ermine becomes nearly invisible, while
in his weasels guise during the sum-
mer he is not nearly so conspicuous as
he would be did he wear his white coat
all the year round.
Another interesting fact is that while
the animals that live in the north al
ways change color those in the south do
not the reason being that their white
color would not protect, but destroy,
them, as there is almost no snow in the
south.-Philadelphi Record.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

The following extract from the Lon
don Times of May IA, 1901, gives an
interesting picture Of the good old
days: "It is now the high fashion to
run, or at least to trot, through t@e
streets at a rate of six miles an hour.
A running walk is absolutely necessary
for any young man who has the least
pretension to ton. You must lounge in
hurry and saunter with expedition.
1t Is an old proverb, the more haste the
worst speed, but Bond street daily
shows US the more hurry the less to
do. When we see our idle youths rid
Ing race horses, walking for wagers or
boxing for fame, we must agree with
Horace that 'strenua nos eXercet in
ertia.'"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

An English clergyman had married
a young woman with a reputed doWry
Of about 100000, while he himself had
great expectations" Needless to say,
every soul in the village knew about it.
1t was the first Sunday after their re-
turn from the honeymoon, and when
the sermon was finished the parson
proceeded, as usual, to give out the
hymn, verse for verse, to his rustic
congregation.
All went we'll until the fifth verse
was reached, and the parson began,
"Forever let my grateful heart" when
suddenly and with some confusion he
exclaimed, omit the fifth versew and
Immediately began to recite aloud the
sixth verse instead. Those who had
hymnbooks promptly read the fifth
verse:
Forever let my grateful heart
His boundless grace adore,
Which gives ten thousand blessings now
And bids me hope for more.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

An old negro in a neighborhood town
arose in prayer meeting and said:
"Bredderin and sisterin, been a
mighty mean niger in my time. l had
heap er ups and downs, specially
downs, since fined de church. l stole
chickens and watermillins, cussed,
l got drunk | shot craps, slashed Cd
der coons wild my razor, and 1 done er
sight er odder things; but, tank the
good Lawd, bredderin and sisterin,
never yet lost my religionw - Blue
Ridge (Ga) Post.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
20 Gauge His wife,s Temner

Il heard about peculiar case of hem
pecked husband recently" said a young
woman the other day.
what was it?" her friend inquired.
There is man who has some diff
Guilty in gauging his wifes temper. At
times she is considerate of his welfare
and at other times-well, he rather
thinks that married life is failure.
HE has peculiar manner of finding
out the state of his wife's feeling to-
ward him. In the evening when he re-
turns home from work he never steps
into the house without going through
sort Of ceremony. First he throws his
hat in the house, and then he seats
himself on the steps and waits. If five
minutes pass without the hat being
thrown out again, he enters and gener-
ally finds his wife very agreeable.
However, if the hat is thrown out
again the unfortunate man seeks hos
pitality for the night somewhere else
rather than brave the anger of his help
meet. "-Cleveland Leader.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

Any one who has once followed a
travelling elephant will not show any
undue haste to repeat the amusement.
They sail along at an average pace Of
six miles an hour, regardless of the
country, and stop for bath or short
siesta perhaps once every three days.
Anything more exasperating than fol-
lowing very fresh spoor at dog trot,
hour after hour in blazing sun, only
to find at late hour in the afternoon
that one was 40 miles from camp, with
no food or water, and that the ele-
plant had increased his lead from one
mile to ten, it would be difficult to
lmagine.- Everybody Magazine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
THE TOWNS AROUND.
LYNDON,

Mrs. George w. Cahoon of Newbury.
oort Mass, formerly of this place, is
listing at S. c. Trefren's.
Mrs. Emma Ide went Friday to Bran
don TO visit her sister, Mrs. Will Nutting.
Mrs. E. c. Morse visited relatives at
East Concord several days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heman French are
snending a week or two at Willoughbv.
Miss Jennie Chase has gone to New
York to continue her musical studies.
Robert Chase arrived home last We'd
,esday from Phillips Academy, Andover,
Mass, for his summer vacation.
Clarence Eaton of Boston, and his
wife formerly Louise Streeter, of this
nlace. are visiting their grandfather, J..
M. Weeks.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Warren Drown spent
the Fourth of July at Barton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wells Quimby returned
Saturday from three days trip to Bar
ron and Newport.
Misses Ida and Ada Ingraham re,
turned Friday from Holyoke, where they
have been teaching for several years.
Miss Efie Kent has large night
bIooming cereus which opened three
beoutitul blossoms Friday night, and
about fifty of our people called to enjoy
the sight.
Rev, Mr.. Gorse of West Burke preached
Of +he Methodist church Sunday in ex-
cban.e with Rev. Mr.. McGlauf1in.
Mrs. 7. A. LaPorte left Friday night
for a homeopathic hospital in Boston
and telegram received from her Mon
day states that she has endured an oper.
alton which seems to be successful and
her prospects for recovery are encour-
aging
Mrs. Emma Hosmer Reid Of West
Charleston is with her sister, Mrs. Fred
Spencer, who is very i'll.
Mrs. Nettie Spencer, who has been
dangerously i'll for several weeks, is re-
covered sufficiently to sit up, but gains
very slowly.
H. c. Smiley and wife of Orange,
Mass, have been spending few days at
lanes Lamond's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamond attended the
celebration at Barton July 4.
DR.. L. w. Hubbard is in Burlington
this week attending a meeting OF the
State Board of Health.
A company of nineteen young people
gave Arthur Moves a very agreeable sur
9rise Saturday evening, it beng his
twentv.hrst birthday. Abundant re-
feshments were served consisting of
cake, ice cream and fruit, and nice
book of poems was left as a reminder of
the pleasant occasion.
Miss Anna Mae Thompson arrived
Tuesday from North Dakota where she
has been since November. She has re-
Gently graduated with more than usual
honor from the department OF stenogra-
ply and typewriting at the University
at Fargo, y. D., and has also spent some
time visiting her sister, Mrs. Clara Chat
ice, at Darlington.
The Lyndon union Sunday school rally
has been postponed from next Sunday
on account of the memorial service for
Bishop Parker at St. Johnsbury and is
to be held Sunday afternoon, July 81, at
half past three o'clock at the church at
East Lyndon. The district officers hope
for full attendance.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

Frenchmen do not want to rule; they
want to live. The pursuit Of life, Of
laughter, Of charming sensations, Of
intelligent apprehensions, of individual
development Of character-it may all
be more important, more vital to hui
man existence than the preoccupation
to rule oneself and others, to make
laws and to fight.-Steeyens' "Glimpses
Of Three Nations"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

Down from the upper air foated the
strains of music, yet Neptune was visi-
bly, annoyed.
whats gnawing at thy vitals, sire?"
asked a mermaid
81 wish in the name Of Orpheus,"
said the sea king, that boating parties
could sing something else besides "A
Life on the Ocean Wave.'"
And forthwith he crawled into a
cave and pulled the cave in after him.
New York Marine Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

II suppose the demands on the time
Of a successful fnancier are very
great"
"They are" answered the highly
prosperous citizen. Il am kept so much
occupied telling young men how to sue
coed in life that l scarcely get an op-
portunity to attend to my regular bust
ness. "-Washington Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
Quite willing to Migrate.

A traveller passing through fever in
fected locality said to an Irish resi-
dent:
"Pat, I'm surprised that you stay in
a place where people die so thick and
fast"
Faith" rejoined Pat, "if you'll be
afther tellin me av a place where pay
pie niver die Orll move there tomorry
an end me ."-Chicago News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

A very queer plant belongs to the
pea family and is called the moving
plant" on account of the manner in
which it's leaves turn around of their
own accord or go by jerks, without be-
ing touched or in any way disturbed.
Sometimes only one or two leaves on a
plant will be affected; at other times
they will all perform jumps and gyra-
lions simultaneously. 1t is observed
that the movements are most energetic
when the thermometer marks about 80
degrees,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
An Approach to Perpetual Motion.


A clock is to be seen at Brussels
which comes about as near being a
perpetual motion machine as can be
invented, for the sun does the winding.
The following is the method by which
it works: A shaft exposed to the solar
rays causes an up draft of air, which
sets the fan in motion. The fan actu-
ates mechanism which raises the
weight of the clock until it reaches the
top and then puts a break on the fan
till the weight has gone down a little,
when the fan is again liberated and
proceeds to act as before. AS long as
the sun shines frequently enough and
the machinery does not wear out the
clock will keep in perpetual motion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

A mule in a pack train which was
usually loaded with salt discovered
that by lying down when fording a
certain stream and allowing the salt
to dissolve he could tighten his burden.
The muleteer once loaded him with
sponges instead, which absorbed water
when he lay down in the stream and
made his burden fourfold heavier. The
mule was cured Of his smartness.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

links Injecting Winks in light lunch
cafe)-Hello! What are you doing here?
Winks-Getting my lunch, Of course.
Jinks-But thought you were keep
ing q swell restaurant down town.
Winks-So l am, but | wouldn't keep
it long if l ate there. It's too expen-
Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
The Right Side.

II wouldn't fight, my good man."
said the peacemaker.
But he called me a thief, sir!' ex-
claimed one Of the combatants.
"And lie called me a lazy loaferp'
cried the other.
"Well," said the peacemaker serenely
IT wouldn't fight over a difference OF
opinion. You may both be right" Tit
Bits.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

There are four good habits-punctu-
ality, accuracy, steadiness and dis
patch. Without the first Of these time
is wasted; without the second mistakes
the most hurtful to your own credit
and interest and that Of others may be
committed; without the third nothing
can be we'll done, and without the
fourth opportunities Of great advan-
tage are lost which it is impossible to
recall.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

The immortal Shakespeare is said to
have worn earrings, and Charles l IS
reputed to have been the owner of q
magnificent pair of pearl earrings,
which he bequeathed to his daughter
the day before he was executed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

"Do you think it makes much differ
ence which planet a person is born I'M
der?"
"Not bit, so long as he keeps on the
earth. "-Town and Country.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

81 haven't much use for Blithersley,"
said the proud papa.
"Why" asked the proud mamma.
81 listened to him for an hour today
while he told me about what his baby
had said or tried to say, and just as 1
was about to tell him about ours he
left me, saying he had to catch train .
Baltimore American.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

A Hobbema landscape has been sold in
London for 81, $50 that brought ST.
$50 in 1887, 81 APO in 1917 and 81 OPS
in 1918.
Paris population according to the
census just taken is 2,714,O6S, an in
crease of las, 104 over the last census.
Paris is now over 100000 behind New
York.
A picture by Sir Henry Raeburn, rep
resenting a young boy in white shirt
holding basket of Cherries was sold in
the Cunliffe Brooks sale for $40, 22O; in
1877 the painting brought $1,226 and
in 1888 81 ,533.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

If man is treated we'll at home, he
would rather eat at home and sleep at
home and loaf at home than anywhere
else.-Atchison Globe.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

Daniel Donley has closed his labors for
the Barnet Wagon Co. and c. E. Clark
has secured two of the finest painters
and tinishers in Lamoille county to finish
up the thirty buggies now in the shop.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
LYNDON CENTER.

Mrs. G. A. Downey is spending few
days in Lewiston, Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Bradley 90 this
week to the Twin Mountain House
Where they will spend the summer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
EAST BARNET.

Quite number went from here to
Lake Morey on the Fourth of July.
Mrs. Enos from Newport is visiting at
her flther's, S. c. Kendall.
Anna Bailey goes this week to Bethle'
hem to spend few months.
Mrs. A. S. Moore has gone to Wal
than, Mass, to spend the summer with
her sister, Mrs. Cyrus Emerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Gilhllan are Wis
iting friends in White6eld and West Con
cord.
May Gilfllan, who teaches school III
East Hardwick, returned home last week
Martin Somers from Lowell is visiting
at Guy Somers'.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

1t is never too late to learn, but when
q man thinks he knows it all that set
ties it.-Chicago News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

In July drink the popular favors of
the Standard Bottling Co, Order case
Of their goods delivered to your house.
Citizens telephone.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
That Beautiful Gloss

comes from the varnish in Devoe's Var
nish Floor Paint; costs 5 cents more a
quart though. Sold by Flint Bros.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10

1t is a curious fact that mayonnaise
dressing will disagree with delicate
people, whereas the same ingredients
put together without an egg (French
dressing) will be easily digested.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-10
LOWER WATERFORD.

Kew. George M. Rees will occupy the
pulpit for the pastor next Sunday.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22
Daa Republics.

Some progressive genius. whose Identity
10 now desired by bis disguised country.