St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-06-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Corresnondence.1

but he has not fixed any date for his
trip. 1t is quite likely that he will
leave Washington some time in Octo-
Der and go as far south as San An
tonic, Tex, where he and General
Leonard Wood organized their famous
regiment of rough riders. He has def
initely promised Representative Stay
den Of Texas that he will visit San An
tonic this fall. The San Antonio fair
is to be held from Oct. IS to 20, and the
San Antonio people hope the president
will be able to visit their city at that
time. The fair will be held on the
grounds where the president organized
his regiment.
The New Mexico people also desire
to have the president extend his itin-
erary to that territory. The New Mex
leo territorial fair will be held at AL
buquerque beginning Oct. IS. Delegate
Rodey presented the president an invi-
tation to visit the fair, and he said he
would consider the matter.
President Roosevelt desires to 20 to
the state fair at Springfield, ILL.,, the
last Of September, and if he can get
away from Washington at that time
that will probably be the beginning Of
an extensive journey. From Illinois
the president will go through several
western and northwestern states. He
has received a number of invitations
to stop in Iowa, and it is believed he
will do so. The trip will not be pot
zeal, but the president will undoubted-
ly make number Of speeches, which
may or may not be used for political
purposes in the congressional cam
paign.
Mr.. UthofR's Raspberry Patch.
Herman Uthoff owned a raspberry
patch in st. Louis county, Mo-, and the
horses of Troop M, Fourth cavalry,
trampled all over it and caused $40
worth of damage.
The raspberry patch promises to be-
come famous in congressional litera-
ture. 1t has already led to a CORE
spondence as long as the moral law,
and this has been sent to congress, so
that Mr.. Uthoff can get the $40. First
Of all, there is an elaborate statement
of the captain Of the troop that the
horses in the corral stampeded and
could not be caught before they had
played havoc with the raspberry patch.
Then there are elaborate Endorsements
discussing the liability Of the govern
ment when stampeded horses run riot
among young raspberry plants and re-
ports of detailed interviews between
army officers and Mr.. Uthoff as to the
amount of the damages. Lieutenant
Dorcy gravely reports that the new
plants killed were worth 81 and the
old plants injured were worth Sc, max
ing So in all. At last accounts. how
ever, Mr.. Uthoff was insisting on &C.
cepting nothing less than $40, and. as
there seems no likelihood Of a compro-
mise at &c. congress has been asked to
appropriate $40 and let Mr.. Uthoff
start his raspberry patch anew.
Odds on the Lean Man.
81 am glad" said Senator Depew,
"that the rather free living of life
time has nj given me an aldermanic
paunch."
"Why?" asked Senator Mason, who
does not lack rotundity.
"In one of my committees" said Mr..
Depew, 'is a colleague who is deeply
impressed with the cartoons in which
beetle headed men with enormous stom-
achs are supposed to represent differ
ent trusts. Before this committee ap-
peared two lawyers to advocate the
opposite sides Of a certain measure.
One was as lean as Cassius, his dys-
peptic tendencies having created cav
ity where the full enjoyment Of the
good things Of this world ought to have
made him as round and as large as
the moon. The other attorney was the
typical trust looking magnate, with
phenomenal bay window.
"My colleague" continued the sena-
tor, mot only voted for the side Of the
lean man, but combated the fat mans
views with energy and vigor. l asked
him his reason. Why he said, that
fat man had monopoly and trusts writ
ten all over his big stomach"
A Popular Hostess.
The wife of the attorney general
brought to Washington ripe social
and her house has been
one of the most popular in town. She
is a woman Of fine appearance and
graceful bearing and possesses the
same cordially for which her husband
is famous. Her daughter is most win
ming, slender, graceful, with a fair
complexion and sympathetic dark eyes.
Her conversation is bright and spright-
ly. She is better informed on topics Of
the day than most of her contempora-
ries and on coming to Washington
plunged with enthusiasm into the So
cial gayeties, which were then at their
height, and has been one Of the most
assiduous entertainers among the
younger hostesses of society.
Indians Want to BE Citizens.
A delegation Of Creek Indians, head
ed by Principal Chief Burlington, call
ed on the president the other day and
presented a petition in behalf of the
bill pending for the allotment Of their
lands in the Indian Territory and the
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