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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
Woman's Club.

For the October meeting of the Won.
ans Club Monday afternoon the com.
mittee on Social Science, assisted bv the
Social Committee, provided not only a
very pleasant afternoon but also a most
interesting evening. The principal bust.
ness was the election of delegates to the
meeting of the State Federation to be
held in Morrisvile Oct. 16 and II. The
FIVE delegates chosen are: Mrs. w. P
Stafford, Mrs. T. c. Fletcher, Miss Maude
Sprague, Mrs. D. D. Patterson, Mrs. A,
B. Noyes. The alternates are: Miss
Martha Hall, Mrs. r. B. Eastman, Mrs,
I. T. Carpenter, Mrs. W. c. Tyler, Mrs.
A. F. Stone.
Alter the announcement of the lecture
by John Graham Brooks of Cambridge
Mass, at Athen9um Hall in the evening
the ladies were invited by the social com.
mittee to remain, and a social half hour
was spent cover the teacups."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
Railroad Praised From An Uu.x
pected source

When a railroad receives unsolicited
words OF praise it is proof that thew are
surely satisfying the demands of the NH.
nc. "A prominent French paper printed p
lelter recently that illustrates the annre.
c'ation feIt tor the accommodations hat
are a being offered by the Canadian Pac;6c
galway. This letter comes from The
SISTERS OF St. Ann of Holyoke, Mass, who rl1
state over their signature that thev a." arc
happy to express their satisfaction for
the manner in which they have nada
their Journey between the United States re
and Montreal over this same line TheT,
especially praise the accommodation ~
the Canadian Pacific and sneak IN +ba
highest terms. ot the advantages 70 be-
derived by taking this route inas M Ce
as change OF cars can be avoidCd "
For some time this has been con u;
most desirable way of reacbino '' Wnn
treal from Boston and now that Avon moh,
car service is also being given from Sn UuSn
field and Holyoke to the same de pt Ing
ton, the appreciation of the New Fn%
land public especially, can be well un mh
stood. "Auei'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
At the Y. n. c. A.

New apparatus consisting of punch
ing bag platform, knotted climbing rope,
basket ball and boxing gloves have been
secured and basket ball court has been
laid out.
The gymnasium classes have been arr.
anged as follows Academy: students,
Monday and Thursday afternoons; the
juniors have been divided into two sets.
the boys from nine to eleven years hav.
ing classes on Wednesday afternoons and
Saturday mornings and those from 10 to
16 years on Tuesday and Friday after
Moons. Evening classes will be as fol.
lows: Mondays and Thursdays, village
young men; Wednesdays and Fridays
business men.
Rev. G. T, Colwel is giving a series of
talks to men at the 4 O'Clock meetings
during October. His subject last Sunday
was Not Ashamed of the Gospel" Voc
al solos were rendered by Mrs. Don c.
Stiles and Herbert Dean. Rev. c. D. R.
Meacham OF Passumpsic will give a series
OF three talks beginning Nov. 8, and Prof.
Clarence H. Dempsey will speak Nov. "a
In December, Rev. Edward E. Grant,
pastor OF the church in st. Tohnsbury
East, will speak at series of five meet
ings.
The Women's Auxiliary will hold a
meeting on Thursday afternoon at three
O'Clock at the building, to which all wo-
men interested are cordially invited.
A committee of 20 young ladies and
gentlemen is being organized to handle
the social features of the work during the
winter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
Presentation of Account.
WILLIAM ]. BROWNS ESTATE.

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS.
In Probate court held at the Probate Office
in st. Johnsbury, in said district, on the
9Th day of October A. d. 1901.
Arthur F. Stone, administrator with
VIII annexed upon the estate of
William ], Brown. late of ST. Johnsbury
in said district, deceased, presents his ad-
minlstration account for examination and
allowance, and makes application for decree
OF distribution and partition of the estate of
said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said court,
that said account and said application
be referred to a session thereof, to be held at
the probate office in said st. Johnsbury on
the goth day of October, A. d. 1901, for
hearing and decision thereon. Andi it is frirth-
er ordered that notice hereof be given to all
persons interested, by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the Caledonian, a
newspaper published at ST. Johnsbury.
previous to said time appointed for hearing,
that they may appear at said time and place,
and show cause, if any they may have, why
said account should not be allowed and such
decree made.
By the c. urt, Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
Antiquity of Playing Cards.

The game of cards was first played
In the east and seems to have had a
military origin. Cards were introduced
from Asia into Europe at the time of
the cruSades and were first used by
necromancers to foretell fortunes. They
soon became a popular amusement in
the south of Europe, where the Sara
Gems and Moors taught the people how
to use them, and card playing spread
to all parts Of the continent. The state
records Of Germany mention the fact
that Rudolph l., in 1875, was fond of
the game and played with his court
iers.
After the invention of paper the man.
ufacture of cards became extensive,
but declined somewhat when card play
ing was forbidden by several of the
German states and by the English gov
eminent on account of the supposed
immoral tendency. Before the era of
paper cards In the orient were made
of ivory, papyrus and canvas, less fire.
quently of the precious metals and
quite commonly of wood.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
When Coal Was Prohibited.

1t makes the present generation smile
10 read the accounts which have come
down to US concerning the prejudices
which were formerly entertained
against certain articles which are Of
everyday consumption.
For instance, it is aid that when coal
was first used in England the prejudice
against it was so strong that the house
of commons petitioned the king to pro-
hibit the use of the "noxious" fuel.
A royal proclamation having failed to
abate the nuisance a commission was
issued to ascertain who burned coal
within the city of London and its neigh
borhood, to punish them by force for
the first offense and by the demolition
Of their furnaces if they persisted in
transgressing. A law was finally pass
ed making it a capital offense to burn
coal in the city and only permitting it
to be used by FORCES in the vicinity. 1t
is stated that among the records in the
Tower Of London a document was
found according to which a man was
hanged in the time of Edward |. for no
other crime than having been caught
burning coal. 1t took three centuries
to entirely efface the prejudice.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09

ln 1890 the company doubled its CAPT.
tai and declared stock dividend of 100
per cent in addition to the 16 per cent
cash dividend. The above shows that
the Reece Co. has paid it's stockholders
in dividends since its first payment 2O412
per cent in cash and 100 per cent in
stock making total of 3O412 per cent paid
on the stock to January /, 1902.
1t is believed that the company will be
ante to increase its dividends again, pos
sioIy early next year as it is stated that
button shoes are again coming into
favor which will mean much to the Reece
Co., inasmuch as when before they paid
dividends ranging from 2 to 20 per cent
from revenue derived from the button
shoe business alone, they now are paving
per cent and earning considerable more
from royalties on machines at work on
clothing, collars, cuffs, etc.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
Living Like a Savage,

Civilized people will be shocked at
the advice of an English physician to
a wealthy patient to live like a savage
to be cured. Savages, it may be re-
called, do not belong. to clubs, have no
stock exchanges, know nothing of trust
and trade combinations, run no polit-
ical campaigns and so reserve some vi
tally and nerve force for purely living
representations American.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
st. Johnsbury Center.
Husking and Annivsrsary.

The home OF MIR. and Mrs. E. A. Gray
on the well known Allen farm, was tn
scene of a very pleasant gathering Wed
nesday evening, it being a husking ant
wedding anniversary combined. Mr.
Gray had issued invitations for the husk
ing, but the other party came unlimited
bringing with them a nice extension
table, table cloths and handmade center
pieces, as tokens Of their friendship, and
reminding them that they bad been mar
ried six years. The surprise was COM
plete. During the evening Mrs. Gray
served a bountiful supper after which
the young people enjoyed themselves by
dancing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Young of Lyndon
were guests at D. Q. Woodruff's Tues
day.
Miss Amelia Moore of St. Johnsbury
is spending a few days with Mrs. Henry
Kelley.
H. D. Pierce, Willis Pierce, Albert
Evans and Fred Hill have gone on
hunting trip to the woods of Maine, to
be absent from week to ten days. Two
OF the party went last year, bringing
home four deer as result of their trip.
Harley Tburber, who is working for
S, K. Huse, went to the stable one day
last week, and finding the horse with its
foot over the halter, tried to extricate it,
and IN doing so, got the feshv part of
his leg badly cut, requiring surgeon to
sew it up. So much chaf and dirt got
into the wound, blood poison is feared.
Who often sees farmers having in Octo-
Der, with the hayCOCks covered with |
frost and autumn leaves, such as the |
writer saw last week And on Sunday |
morning snow was seen on the distant |
hills.
Mrs. DIN Chesley and two children of
Sheffield and Mrs. George Cowling of St.
Johnsbury spent Friday with their
cousin, Mrs. E. H. Hallett
Mr.. and Mrs Luther Brown, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Simpson, Ella Mclaughlin and
Martin Carlton, took advantage of the
excursion to the White Mountains Sat
urday and report fine time.
As George Clement of st. Johnsbury
was passing through our village Friday
evening, he was run into by another
team, thrown out, one wheel ruined, the
:rossbar broken, etc. Mr.. Clement re-
,eived good shaking up, but no bones
were broken.
Mrs. Crawford Ranney of St. Johns
bury visited her sister, Mrs. H. c.
Powers, Friday.
Secretary c. S. McGown of the St.
.ohnsbury Y. M. c. A. will speak at the
Songr. gational church Sunday morning.
His theme will be "Hindrances and
Props in the Christian Life"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
East st. Johnsbury.

Rev. and Mrs. A. c. Gilmore of Turner.
Mimi, have been the guests of Rev. and
Mrs. E. E. Grant the past week.
Mrs. M. P. Woods has been spending
several days with friends in Passumpsic.
+. o. Pierce has rented his house and
blacksmith shop to John Stafford of
Littleton. Mr.. Stafford has taken pos.
session of the shop and will soon occupy
the house. Mr.. Pierce has not fully de-
clded where he will locate.
Mrs. Minerva Bruce of Passumpsic
visited Mrs. L. W. Fisher and Mrs. G
W. Dodge last week.
The Ladies Society meets with Mrs
&. l. Copp Thursday afternoon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
Golf Tournament.

Six members of the Old Pine Golf Club
went to Hanover Saturday to play the
Country Club. The home club was rep.
resented by Edward Bailey, ]. H. Brooks.
Stephen Chase, c. H. Dempsey, DR.. E. H.
Ross and DR.. Ned c. Stiles. The Han
over club won % up and each Hanover
man defeated his opponent except the
one who played with Mr.. Bailey where
the score was tied. 1t is hoped that a
return match can be played here the
middle of the month.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
Reece Buttonhole rIachine Co,

The following clipping from one of the
Boston News Agencies will be of interest
to many investors in the stock.
Boston, Oct l, 1901. The Reece
Buttonhole Machine Co. has declared its
regular quarterly dividend of per cent
payable Oct. 18th.
1t is interesting to note the total
amount of dividends paid by this com
pany by years up to the present time.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09

The Athletic association gave de-
lighttul entertainment in the chapel Fri.
day evening, which was largely attended
by the students and their friends. The
evening was spent in promenading and
social intercourse, and candy and Welsh
rarebit were sold. The affair netted
about $45.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
AT THE ACADEnY.
81. J.A,IS, Thetford, O.

The football game Saturday between
the ST. ]. A. and Thetford teams resulted
in victory for the former by score of
is to O. The game was the most inter
esting Of the season. The visiting team
was heavy one and played good foot.
ball, but the Academy boys outplayed
them at every point. The lineup was as
follows: .a.a
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
Ennliah

Robert Lowe, afterward Lord Sher-
brook, once saw deaf member of par
lament trying his best to catch with
his ear trumpet the words of an ex-
tremely dull speech. "Just look at that
foolish man." said Lowe, throwing
away his natural advantages"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09

"Hear about that American young
woman paying $1,O0O,0O0 for a ciga,
rette holder"
"Get outp'
"Fact. believe it also had title OF
something. "-Cincinnat Enquirer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09

Higgins made two touchdowns and
Smith one, and Capt. Pierce, succeeded in
kicking all three goals. Features of the
game were the long run by Pierce and
the tackle play of Ranney and Higgins.
The boys will play Brigham Academy at
Bakersfield, Saturday. --'.' ''',
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
The Thing in Ladies' Gloves

Saddle sewn, the mannish glove fo, -.
They are it! If you haven't a nsi- .or ladies'
slow, and you fail TO order one ' no you are
are n0 all stJ IT a PFG9 prepaid $5o y w.
and Children's gloves to order. and Mems
within the reach Of all. Write ne az G. prices
agency for your city, town or count, 'oT the
pay guaranteed by the old reliable GOOD
GLOVERSVILLE GLOVE WOPpo
GIOversviIIe W
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09

The growth of grass that comes in a
long, mild, moderately rainy autumn is
said to be far more nutritious for cat
tie than the spring grass. 1t is richer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-09
Tablets.

A Leader in Ink Tablets, &C. eacn u
6 for 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-21

performance. exactly as tire 0stens fbla
drinking Of wine from an empty flask
may be sufficient for purposes Of re
hearsa1.
To show how unpleasant stage oscu-
lation really is. note what subterfuges
and ruses are adopted to give the APP
pearance of the kiss without, as a mat
ter Of fact INDUCING in an actual
for the actor 10 hide the actress
mouth from the audience with one
hand lie than places his lips near
hers but does not actually press them
The audience * none the wiser
Another method IS for the actress to
turn har head from the audience as If
embarrassed The actor reaches over
her shoulder and studlcusly avoids
pressing her Iips- The kiss on tn
cheek is sometimes given. but in many
dramas this viii not suffice.
A great many leading men and stars
are always cast in parts requiring the
stage kiss Actors like 2 H Sothern,
James Il Hacketr. Ralph Stuart, Rob
eIt Edeson and Howard Gould, whom
the matinee girl refers to as good love
makers. seldom are allotted any other
kind OF parts. for il is their ability 10
make love that has gained them a rep-
utaIi0n.
Instead Or reiIshing the osculation
they more often dread it When a kiss
like Olga Nethersole's much talked e
Carmen kiss Is required. there can b.
no subterfuge. The same m y b. said
Of Mrs Leslie Carriers Zaza kiss There
was no attempt to deceive the aud eucs
in these cases As was sai1 by an en-
thusiastic youth witnessing Carmen
for the first time. That kiss was the
goods
III was in --zaza.' BY the way. that
something still more daring in ST &c
OSCILLATION was attempted when the
leading man tEeached over Mrs Carter'i
bare shoulesaf and imrIsnted q Fiss
somewkeresin the neighb0rhood Of her
collar bone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-21
HISTORIC OLD cHA1sE.
Over a Century Old and Appears on
the Stage

When Way Down East was last IN
Philadelphia writer in the Press
printed a rather curious history Of one
of the carriages used in the William A
Brady production now in A1cVicker's.
The .one-horse shay in question which
is used during tire first act by the vii
lage doctor. evidently was better built
than the deaconss celebrated vehicle.
for it IS over loo years old and is in
fairly good repair
The rig was constructed in 1898, in
Brattlesbcro. Vt. for the grandfather
cf Admiral Dewey. In those days it
was considered about as fine turnout
a might be found IN all northern New
England It is remarka bly, light for 8
wagon Of the time and vet it was put
together strongly as we'll In its plan
may be discovered the basic idea Of the
modern bow springs The body Of the
carriage sits upon > arches Of hickory
but they run fram side 10 side and not
from the rear 10 trent as IN the up-to-
date ehaise The result is a backward
and forward swing. which would make
the average person seasick after half
an hours ride The vehicle was IN
earthed two. summers ago by Joseph
Grismer while he was on q vacation in
New England, and. thinking it would
be a good property for the play he
purchased IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-21

Louise took her sister to the best hotel
in Bakersfield. dressed her in the finest
clothes that money could buy. and did
everything in her power TO reclaim her
from her life of vice. Her efforts We're
Of no avail. however. and Eta Waters
died. but not before Louise had herself
become addicted TO the destroying vice.
with results as fatal as 10 the sister
whom she had sought TO save from its
thralldOm
From that time Louise Davenport
went downward rapidly until she
reached the lowest depths of depravity-
Sheridan had served in the Union army
during the civil war and on this &C
count she secured a small pension from
the government In the past few years
no one who had known her in the hey
day Of her career would have recog-
nized the prematurely old woman who
hung around corner groceries begging
and pleading for stimulants.
The room in which the former actress
died was berAft Of furniture. save for
the bed. She was true to her husband s
memory to the last. and on the wall
was q photo Of Sheridan, neatly framed.
and hanging beside it one of herself.
on the back of her photo. written in
bold handwriting. appeared the SEN
tAnce. May you always be happy in
your love Louise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-21
Owning Forests For Revenue.
from Meehan's Monthlyl


1t is said there are towns in Germany
which are free from taxation by reason
of forest profits-fcrests owned by the
city corporations American cities dare
not own anything. When the writer
opened a campaign for small parks il,
Philadelphia, the plan was to take A
large tract, make a small park of por-
ton. and then sell the adjacent proper
ties at improved figures to buy more
plots with. But the law department.
decided that the city could not enter
into real estate operations. Indeed, it
is doubtful whether any city in Amer
lea can do anything long but raise tax
es on real estate. Small towns can do
better than larger ones When they
grow to a size that nobody knows
who's who" except as designing per-
sons tell them, ignorance. or even cor
ruptfon. rules. Imagine any of our
large cities running a forest for reve-
nue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-21
Not Brought Or That Wav.

from the ChIcago JoIrnaLI
When on one OF the recent hot days
the lady of the house sent her maid
out 10 do the marketing. she admon-
ished her to get everything fresh, and
said.
Now. Mary. get some string beans
Break one of them to see if they are
fresh. and get two pounds of tripe. and
pinch the tripe-7
Mary looked Indignant. and then
blurted out
sure. wasn't brought up that way.
ma'am. and If YOU want anyt ing
pinched you'u have to go out and do it
yourself"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-21
TheatrieaI Notes

Jane Oakley viii be with Arthur
Byron this season in ~Petticoats and
Bayone1s-
Daisy Hamlin. who was with the Alice
Nielsen company last season. will have
an important role with the Bostonian
this season
The Great Millionaire. IS the title
selected for Cecil Raleigh.S latest melo-
drama Charles F'rohman controls the
piece for this country
sunday announced the death Of George
known actor in this country TearIe
shared honOrs with Lester Wallaek in
New York when the latter was in the
height of his popularity.
Rose Coghlan began her tour of the
world at Norwich. Conn, opening in
Peg Wellington The company Is a
strong one and made a success.
To Have and to Hold viii be pre-
scented again this season. but VIII not
start out until December when it Will
be taken through the southern states.
Theodore F'riebus will play the lead
ing juvenile role in Richard Carvel''
this season instead Of creating a light
comedy role in Sadie Martinot's new
play
Little Alfred Kline, for many years
prominent member of the De Wolf Hop
per opera ompany. y II be the LIE Blanc
of the forthcoming production OF
-Evangeline."
Emmett Corrigan is now playing the
leading role in the Chicago production
Of The Explorers" He suppIanted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-21
THAT STAGE KISS
Actors Don't Enjoy Public Oscillation
but Are Paid For It

Much has been said and much has
been written about the stage kiss
Physicians have condemned it for
hygienic reasons. critics have COM
mented on it from an artistic stand
point and refOrmars have attacked Ii
upon moral grounds. and yet the stage
kiss is with US and seems likely to
remain as long as the drama, says the
New York Telegraph
Tn all the varied comments on the
stage kiss writer's and reformers alike
seem to have overlooked some Of the
principal features of that particular
bit of stage business
That actor must be in love with
her. is frequently heard in an audience
after am especially natural performance
OF oscula ton
I'D like 70 be in his place. remarks
a callOW youth in the first row Think
Of kissing that peach every night"
Scandalous.H says an old lady in tie
balcony. such things should be
stopped by law
All wrong The stage kiss Is as nee
essary IS false mustache in the
drama. and for that matter is just as
false And herein lies thu point which
seems to have been overlooked lit may
be stated as an absolute proposition
that no actor or actress really ever en-
joyed OSCILLATION during a performance
Actors never kiss at rehearsals-at
least not until the last rehearsals for
To them IL is something perfunctory
that can be eliminated until an actual