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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
St. JOhnsbury Center.

A few cases of chicken pox among the
children are reported. Alton Hallett is
sick with what seems now will termin-
ate in typhoid fever.
Mrs. Charles Salmon, who has gas
trio fever, is no better as yet, the fever
not having turned.
A concert will be given at the Congre-
gatioual church on Friday evening, Feb.
%, by some OF st. Johnsbury's and New
ports best talent. Cake and coffee will
be served. Proceeds to go towards max
ing much needed repairs on the building,
which is the first Congregational meet
ing house in the town. This is worthy
object and we trust will receive most lib
eral patronage. All are invited.
Little Miss Zimmerman of Lunenburg
is visiting her grandparents, Rev. and
Mrs. P. B. Fisk.
"Neighbors Night" in Wide Awake
Grange last Saturday night proved a
pleasant occasion. A barge of merry PEG.
pie came down from Enterprise Grange,
Lyndon, and the excellent program
which they furnished and which was so
well carried out, was much enjoyed by
all. An old fashioned supper was served
by the home grange, the coffee and nap
kins beng presented by the Thomas
Woods Company Of Boston.
Wallace Sherry ofNashua N H.. is Wis
iting his sister, Mrs. E. H. Hallett.
The course of lectures at the Methodist
church will close on Monday evening,
March 3. Rev. G. W. Hunt will give us
on that evening his lecture "In Other
Mems Shoes"
Lewis Menut and Perley Russell, while
at work repairing the dam the other day,
thought to hurry thespring season along
by taking baths in the river. We pre-
sumo they will not repeat the experiment.
Miss Helen Graves conducted the SER
vice at the Congregational church last
Sunday morning The ladies sewing so.
ciety OF that church will meet on Thurs
day afternoon OF this week at Mrs.
Byron Wright's.
Rev. and Mrs. Worthen have a son from
St. Adams who has been visiting them
for several days.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
Candidate Bragg Has a Word.
10 tbe Voters Of St Iohnsbury :

To the Voters Of st Johnsbury:-
When | was interviewed before the eau
Gus and informed that my name would be
used in the canvas for listers. at first
fatty refused to allow it to be done; but,
after further consideration, thinking that
there was no chance whatt yer for a NOM
nation, | gave my consent. At that
time did not want this office; but when,
at the caucus received so much support,
| became interested in the opposition to
existing methods, and decided, in my
my own mind, that would like, just for
one year, to try and see:
LIST. Whether or not legal list can be
made in St. Johnsbury, which has not
been the case for several years. All will
agree with me that it is exceedingly un-
businessike and humilatrug, in the ex-
IRENE, for such town as ours to be
obliged to appear beforeevery legislature
for the Equalization of its grand list.
End. Whether our list can be well
taken in the time allowed by the state at
a cost consistent with the time spent.
3rd. Whether man out of business is
a better man for this work than one who
has something OF his own to do?
Some cheap ridicule has been INDUCED
in by certain ones Born with a silver
spoon in the mouth" because my nom
nation papers were signed by common
laborers. With me, and l think with
every we'll grounded American, one man
is as good as another, if be be true and
consistent freeman, which cannot be
denied OF any of my nominators. am
not ashamed Of them ; indeed, they are
OF class to which myself belong. do
not claim to be above them and do not
need to be, in order to either know how,
or be able, to do the fair or right thing.
certainly do not belong to any clique
or ring, and never did, so it would have
been most unnatural thing for me to
have obtained signatures to my eerti6-
cate from this class.
II | am elected lister my single object
will be to help make fair, legal and just
list, and the town shall have my time
and best endeavor to this end.
A. L. BRAGG.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
The "Three-Ton Drnm flajor."

Donald MacCormack, the tall Scottish
Canadian who carries the drum majors
staff at the head of the Kilties band, is
known among his friends as the three
ton drum major" 1t happened this
way: While standing, as usual, on
guard, at the door of the new Coliseum
in Chicago (where the Kites played to
over 10000 people on Thanksgiving
Day, 1909 a curious and long whisk-
cred bystander walked up and shouted
up to Donald
What is your height?"
About seven feet," quietly replied the
giant.
We'll, WE'LL and how much do you
weight"
"Three-ten," came the answer
Three toni" shouted the excited man
with the beard six thousand pounds !!
That seems almost impossiblel'
And it was only when the hundred
people who stood around the door had
started to laugh that the man with the
credulous mind saw that he had blum
dered.
All eyes will be on the "three ton"
drum major when the Kilties Band ap-
pears at the Howe Opera House, on
Tuesday evening, March 18th.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
Letter to Ladd Bros.
St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Dear Sir: If you buy paint by the gal
lon look out tor short-measure. One of
the paints for sale in your section has
about 210 cubic inches a gallon. Takes
231 to make a real gallon. There are
great businesses founded on ten per cent
short.
1t is queer that man or concern'll ex-
pose his or its nakedness SO but he does,
and it does.
Look out.
But that isn't all to look out for. Some
give full measure: and cheat in the
quality.
What do you paint for, the looks? or
to keep your house from rotting? Both,
of course.
A big hotel man painted Devoe eight
years ago; was going to paint it again
eight years is good long time for a
hotel, you know-struck a bargain
saved FIVE cents gallon: missed Devoe
Poor fellow! There isn't an OF. of lead
in his paint-we don't know how good
or bad it is; but there isn't any lead in it
81 Yours truly,
F. ". DEvoE & Co.
IS. Flint Bros, st, Johnsbury, and
S. 0. Moore, Danvlle, sell our paint.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
East st. Johnsbury.

Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Stafford of Burke
are the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. John
Stafford.
Miss Flora Atkins was called to her
home in Cabot Sunday night by the Sc
rious illness of her sister, Miss Luna
Atkins.
Oscar Wallace OF Waterford has rented
part Of N. P. Hollis house and takes
possession at once.
Ed Smith, who has been living in
| Greensboro the past year, has moved
back to the village.
Among those who are sick with The
prevailing distemper are Sylvanus Owens
Marshall Knapp and his son Horace
The latter is quite i'll.
The ladies society will meet with Mrs
Charles Owens, Thursday. The gentle
men are invited to dinner.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
At Summeryille,

Mr.. and Mrs. Gaudette of Lyndonville
were at J. L. Stiles Saturday.
c. B. Carr has been very sick with the
grip, but is some better.
Miss Hastings OF Lisbon was the guest
of Miss Nellie Carr during festival week.
Sidney McCrae is sick.
Carl Wiley, who has been working for
F. E. Clark, has taken Will A. Wright
place in w. H. Carr's store.
Mrs. James c. Mcdonald will leave in
about two weeks for Colorado for an ex.
tended visit to her sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Bond spent Sunday
at Miles Pond.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
Deaths.

At st. Johnsbury Feb. "a, Mrs. George w.
Spencer. aged 81 years, 8 months, 20 days.
BLESSED are the dead, who diein the Lord"
At st. Johnsbury, Feb. rs, Katharine Cal
lagher, wife of S. V. Fleming, in her 44th
year.
At Hartford City, Ind. Feb. 8, Joseph Kelso
Morse, aged 81 years and months, a native
and former resident of West Concord, and a
son of the late Lyman and Lucy Howe
Morse.
At East Burke, Feb. %, Mrs. John Hannett
At West Burke Feb %, Mrs. Frank Par
emit, aged about so years.
At Burke Hollow, Feb. 1S, quite suddenly,
the 3-years- old daughter of Wesley Chappell.
At St. Johnsbury, Feb. %, Dennis Cotter,
aged IS years.
years.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
Twenty Fine Horses.

Dan T. Gilman returned from Lam
caster, Mo-, Friday with a carload OF
splendid western work horses, and they
are now in Gilman Brothers new sales
stable on Railroad street. The horses
weigh from 1900 to 1000 pounds each
and are a fine looking lot. Sixteen OF
them are paired. They will be sold at
private sale.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
Card of Thanks.

We wish to return thanks to the many
relatives and friends for kindly preferred nos
pitality, assistance and expressions OF sym
occasioned by the illness and death of our
son and brother, Arthur Patterson
MRS ANDREW PATTERSON,
MISS ETHEL PATTERSON.
Lysander, Feb. %, 1902.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26

At Montreal Feb. 10, by Rev. DR.. Barclay
Henry J. Fuller and Miss Nancy c. Archibald
At St. Johpsbury. Feb. 25. by Rev. Edward
7. Fairbanks, assisted by Rev. Effie X NJ.
Jones of Barre, Berton I. Staples and Miss
Rebccca Billiard.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
ST. JOHNsBURY ORCHESTRA.

First class music furnished for any &C.
casion wanted, with any number of pie
ces desired. A speciality made of Violin,
Cornet or Clarinet, and Piano, three pie.
ces, including a first class prompter,
which can not be furnished by any other
organization in town.
CHAs. g. HASTINGS, Manager.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
Births.
Marriages.

At North Walden. Feb. %, daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allen.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26

Oklahoma has $3.50, 900 900 of taxable
property, and its institutions are valued
at $12, 100000
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
WANTED. FOR SALE. ETC

A before figures indicates below zero.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-26
WEATHER RECORD,

At Bingham's Drug Store, for the week
eudinp Feb ID 1902
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-28

He may inquire, indeed. but he's la
bic to be told that il all was squan-
dered on spring bonnets, silk dresses
and like folly. And his protests viii
avail him uought. Neither viii his
grumbling over the bills that come
along toward the first of the month
BY the way. some bright man is going
TO abolish the first of the month one
Of these days and a joyous popuIace
viii rise with one accord 20 do him
honor. But this is depressing.
Speaking seriously. comparatively
few men have any right TO complain
about the extravaganza of their wives.
If men were always as careful about
their personal expenditures as women
there would be a lot less money wasted
in this world. A woman will hesitate
several days before she treats herself
to a glass of soda water, but the aver
age man will smoke fifty cents worth
of cigars and buy a dollars worth of
drinks without any idea that he is ex-
travagant. -
And II The Herald is any judge of
human nature, the man who is most
extravagant down town is most penur-
ious at home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-28
HuMoR AMONG THIEVES.

ALL THE HUMORISTS in the world
n are not writing for the newspapers
and the magazines. There's the fellow
who deftIy robbed a Pinkerton detec-
tive of money and jewelry to the
amount OF 500 in Salt Lake. Maybe
the detective can't see any hunor in
the situation, but lots of other people
can. Detectives seem TO be just as
easy as common. ordinary mortals-
At least this one was.
He was seen displaying weil-flied
purse, which included in its contents
a magnificent amethyst ring surround
ed by diamonds. The waiting pickpock-
ct did the rest The victim is entitled to
all the consolation he can get out of
the belief that the criminal didn't
know whom he was touching" but the
public viii prefer TO believe that he
did know his man If he didn't at the
time. he does now. and If he isn't
laughing it's because he has no humor
in his soul.
Somehow pickpockets and their kind
are funny that way. Their code of
ethics doesn't draw any distinctions
between men. mas nc SUI ehS S"N~9'
Cully?" If he has, that settles it.
though the intended victim may be the
wearer of a dozen golden badges OF
authority. And another funny thing Is
that the robbed detective or other
peace officer receives no sympathy.
Really, though, when you come to
figure it out. he isn't entitled TO any
sympathy It's like the man who gets
himself shot with his own spring gun
| The Herald congratulates this special
Pinkerton on the opportunity which is
afforded him for the display of his
talents. He may be depended upon to
! do something more than look wise.
| There's nothing like giving man a
/ personal interest in the work at hand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-28
GENERAL MILES TRIP.

1T Is ANNOUNCED from Washing
1 ton that General Miles is going to
the Philippines by permission of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the secretary Of
war. He is not to be permitted to in
terfere with the conduct of military
affairs there, and it is distinctly I'M
derstood that no suggestions of any
kind from the communicative chief of
the army will be tolerated To all in
tents and purposes, General Miles
might as well be a quartermaster' S
clerk or something of that kind, out on
a store-checking tour.
There is no doubt that the admins
tration gave is consent very cheer
fully for General Miles to go to Ma
Mia. 1t will also try TO be brave during
his long journey home by the eastern
route. for that means that General
Miles will be out of the country during
the congressional campaign. Miles has
always been a very sharp thorn in the
Roosevelt side. and the president will
be delighted to have him temporarily
out of the public mind.
And the gallant old fighter will
doubtless be glad of the rest the trip
Will give him. He is entitled TO it if
ever a man was. All his life has been
given TO his country's service. and he
deserves we'll at the hands of that
country. Roosevelt and his clique to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-28
OLD MONITORS TO BE SOLD.
Vessels Built by John Ericsson to be
Broken Up For Junk
New York Times-l

NNeN 1OTk 1lmtS-j
A little group of forIorn looking mon
ltors is moored in the storage basin
at League island navy yard. waiting
TO be towed away TO be broken up as
old iron They have been condemned
TO be sold. and advertisements for bids
win shortly be published.
These five monitors are the last Of
the battle-scarred ships of the famous
type that revolutionized naval war
fare From time to> time one of the
old monitors has been condemned, But
there has been no such houSe-cleanins
as this before. The five that are now
to go are Nahant, Canonicus, Jason.
Lehigh and Montauk. There is hardly
one Of the FIVE bat can show, in a
( dozen places. the marks OF Confeder-
ate cannonading.
While the navy has more modern
monitors, the old cheese box on a
raft viii pass away with this sale
Two of these that are now condemned,
! the Jason and the Lehigh, were built
by John Ericsson at Chester, and the
MOntauk was built by him at Brook
lyn. Some OF the early monitors were
rs feet in length, but these, with the
exception of the Canonicus, are but 200
| feet
Though some naval officers hold that
these old monitors still have a value,
\ and might really be dangerous TO a.
Zoe in case OF war, it is the opinion of
| nearly all that it is useless to continue
| the expense of maintaining them in
| serviceabIe condition.
! Some time ago the Philadelphia
| Ledger printed the suggestion of a ma
val officer that the turrets of the mont
| tors be preserved. 1t was his idea that
| they might be stacked one upon an
other, and that they would thus form
/ not uninteresting monument An
| other officer. speaking the other day
! of the condemnation OF the monitors
| regretted that one, at least, cannot be
| preserved as a relic.
] "Of course" he said, these monitors
merely represent a type The govern
ment has interested itself to preserve
| the Constitution and the Hartford, and
| doubtless. If the original monitor were
! afloat today. she, too. would be priced;
/ but she is sunk off Hatteras, and the
government can hardly be expected TO
\ preserve one of these in which there
I is no great historic interest II would
be a good thing, however, If one OF the
private parks on the Atlantic coast
Z would buy and preserve one of the old
ships, and l think IL might be found to
] be a good investment"
| The three monitors that have been
sold at the navy yard have brought
from IS, 900 to $4,000 At the prices for
scrap iron that have prevailed they
! nave doubtless yielded a good return,
4 in spite of the difficulties that breaking
! them to pieces present
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-28
FIVE DOLLAR BILL DOUBLED.
Wonderful Story Of the Portly and
Prosperous Man
CNew York Mail and Expressly

(New York Mail and Expressly
He was portly and prosperous, an al
lucrative state of affairs that seemed
to give weight to his words. There
fore. the little band, gathered in front
of an uptown hotel and which had
watched with interest and laughed with
mean delight at the man who chased
his hat two blocks in one of those
sudden gales, listened with respectful
attention to the portly man. who had
laughed louder than the others, and
who led the way to the cafe bar.
That hat-chasing game reminds me
OF a peculiar thing which happened TO
me when a boy" he began. Il was
brought up on a farm in this state and
was one of those happy-go-iucky
youngsters. always in trouble and with
a happy faculty of getting out of
scrapes-
zone day my father gave me a five
dollar bill to go down to the village and
buy some things for the farm. Boy
like, 1 started off, holding the bin by
the corner and letting the wind flap it
about my fingers. There came a sud
den puff and the bin was torn from
my grasp I saw it fly over a. bush and
started off in hot pursuit. 1t meant re-
cover that bill or get the worst lick
ing that ever a country boy received.
Jumping over the fence, I saw the
bill dancing merriIy along about five
feet from the ground in a ten-acre
field, and nothing to check its pro-
gress- Ny, how l ran Once or twice
1 nearly had it. when a fresh gust of
wind would send it in another direc-
ton. I chased the bill all around the
field. and finally. painting and exhaust
ed, 1 grasped it and fell TO the ground
The pOrtly man muttered something
that sounded like "s'luck," and drained
his glass. The others followed suit and
waited patiently for the climax
Gentlemen. it is hard to believe, but
when [ recovered my breath and looked
at the cause of my furious chase,
found it was a ten-dollar bill that
somebody else had lost"
Nobody had courage enough to ask
what had become of the five-dollar bill
and the hand dispersed in silence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-28
LATEST AUTOMOBILE TR AeEDY
It HERE is A STRONG ELEmENT q

tnT HERE is A STRONG ELEMENT of
. the heroic in the latest automobile
tttragedy. In order to avoid running
down a pedestrian, the owner of the
machine caused it to swerve in such a
way that It plunged of viaduct to
lNthe railroad tracks. thirty-fve feet be-
!, low. OF the party of five in the We
e hiele. two. including the owner. were
N almost instantly killed. a third is be-
n lieved 10 De dying and the other two
i sustained minor injuries.
This is the second automobile acci-
tdent within very short time in which
2tdeath came to occupants of the vehicle.
" In the Fair case il was through the
speed madness with which Mr.. Fair
was afflicted. In the tragedy of which
III yesterdays dispatches told, there is no
.o suggestion that the speed limit was
being exceeded. The thoughtfuiness of
the owner for the rights of others
seems TO have been the sole cause of
ID the calamity.
e It is most unfortunate that such a
man could not have been spared. His
ii eSample TO other automobiles was
Il nothing but beneficial. II all chauf-
e feurs were as careful of the rights of
tothers as was this man. there could
be no possible objection to the use Of
horseiess vehicles on any thoroughfare.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-28
YES. sIR. you LEFT ,EM. .
Kansas City BeIlbcy Satisfies the
Doubts of Departing Guest
Ckansas - Iournal)

lkausas City Iournall
WINSTON chat isn't his name, but it
will DOB travels for a Boston shoe
house. He came to Kansas City last
week and put up at one OF the Kansas
City hotels with three trunks of sam
pies. Shortly before his arrival a new
bellboy had been added TO the hotel
force. When Willie came every one
said the Emit had arrived Not but
that Willie meant we'll He was IN
dersized, with great blue eyes and a
sensitive mouth, and he took 'guying'
with pathetic smile that earned him
many a dime in recompense. No one
seemed able to decide whether Willie
was a stray angel or merely deeper
than the average boy.
From the time WinsloW first saw
Willie's innocent face ne took a fierce
and unreasonable dislike to the boy.
Willie, on his part, became terrorized
at the first sight of WinsloW. The
sound of that gentleman's voice caused
him to tremble violently Owing TO
the fascination that Winslow had for
him, il became practically an impos-
sibility for Willie to remember any or
der he was intTusted with. Half way
! down stairs he would awake from his
trance and realize that he did not
know what he was going for. After
two attempts at going back for a rep
I
moral nature became deranged. AL
though he invariably forgot ass
wants, nothing but brute force could
have dragged him back for further in
struction- Thus it was that Winslow
got shaving water at noon and stamps
in the morning. lemonade when he
sought directory, and cigars when he
asked for telephone.
After day of il Winslow settled
/ down into a cold study of the boy. In
! New York boys were bad enough. In
Kansas City they evidently, through
! some climatic idiosyncrasy. drew for
| hotel servitors on the state asylums
| for the feeble minded. So with endur-
ance born of experience he gave his
order and grimly awaited the always
| startling results. Then he talked to
the boy and sent him back. Willies
eyes grew set and his brow despairing
| but he to-led on.
On the afternoon of Winslow's de-
| parture for Denver he was paying his
bill, when he called Willie, hanging
fascinatingly near.
81 want you" he said, slowly, glar-
/ ing into the boys eyes, ito go upstairs
1 and see IL 1 left my toothbrush and
! comb in my room Toothbrush and
comb, tooth brush, tooth brush, tooth
| brushi Don't forget what I want, boy
| and hurry, too. Got to get my train
'N-no. sir-r; yves, SIR" chartered
/ Willie.
| Winslow hung about impatientIy
watching the clock like a hawk Only
/ two minutes to spare. Just as he
caught up his bag to depart, Willie
| came on a dead run across the floor
| his face aglow with the sense of a lofty
mission well performed
Yes, sir" he cried, eagerly, ''yoU
| LEFT EN-
j Winslow gazed at his empty-handeC
J emissary. His lips moved, but M
words came forth. Then, with an in.
articulate snarl, he stepped into thu
| waiting carriage.