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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
Balance on the Right Side.

The management of Littleton's Musi
cal Festival this season came out with a
balance of about 5000 on the right side
of the ledger. This is accounted for to a
large degree by the fact that connected
with the festival was a reception to Gov,
Jordan and staff, whose presence proved
a big drawing card. A ball was also one
Of the weeks attractions The st Johns
bury Choral Union festival occurs this
month. 1t is not expected that either a
governor and his staff, or ball, will be
among the inducements offered. But
there will be other attractions, and a
program which, as a whole, will fully
warrant the most hearty endorsement OF
the people Of St. Johnsbury and vicinity
And we certainly hope the net financial
results will be as substantial as those o
the Littleton festival. Ii so, it will bc
encouraging to the Choral Union anc
creditable to the community.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
ST. Johnsbury Center.

A very enjoyable entertainment was
given last week Tuesday evening, at the
Congregational church, under the aus
pces of the Ladies Aid Society. Miss
Gle, from Barton, former teacher here,
was the reader, her selections being very
much enjoyed, as was the drill which
was given by eight of our young ladies,
under her direction. The rest OF the pro-
gram was musical, showing that they
have a talent for whistling as well as
singing. An oldfashioned supper pre-
ceded the program.
Henry Kelley is at home for a few days,
being on the sick list.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight
Simpson met at their home Monday
evening and passed very pleasant time.
The Young couple were presented with
many articles of silverware for the table
Cake and coffee were served.
Green Mountain Grange had a box
supper in connection with their meeting
last Saturday evening.
Friday afternoon the ladies of the Uni
versalist society will meet at their hall
and a FIVE cent supper will be served
from to 7 O'Clock, and a social time
will follow.
The Cemetery Association will meet at
Sanborn's Hall Monday evening to elect
officers.
There was a union service at the Con
gregational church last Sunday evening.
Rev. l. P. Chase lectured at the Meth
odist church last night Subject,
Things have not seen"
Green Mountain Grange gave mas
querade promenade at their hall last
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs, P. l.. Pierce are both
sick with the grip. Mr.. Pierce is re-
ported as improving.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
A Complimentary Dance.

The complimentary dance rendered to
the young gentlemen by the young
ladies, at the Armory Wednesday even
ing, was a marked success. Over so
couples, including eight from Lyndon
vile, who came down in barge, were
present. The Armory was beautifully
decorated for the occasion with bunting,
Japanese lanterns, mirrors and screens,
and two cosy corners near the stage were
a new departure that was thoroughly
appreciated. Mrs. John c. Clark and
Mrs, William A. Kicker were the pat
ronesses of the occasion, and Mrs. Laura
K. Hazen, Miss Caroline S. Woodruff
and Miss Marjorie Peabody presided at
the chatting dishes where dainty refresh
ments were served. Miss Grace Cree off.
cated at the punch bowl and Miss
Frances Cree served orange frappe. The
music, furnished by Mrs. Kate Gilman
Brooks orchestra of six pieces was I'M
usually good and elected much praise
from the dancers. Mrs Brooks trio has
been famous for it's excellence at small
dancing parties in the past, but this is
| the first occasion she has assembled so
many pieces under her direction, and the
success the organization achieved de-
serves high commentator. Dancing
lasted from $50 to II 80 The gallery
was well filled with on-lookers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
East St. Johnsbury.

Secretary McGown Of the Y. M. c. A.
at St. Johnsbury, conducted the Sunday
evening services.
Miss Carrie Damon, who has been in
Nashua several mouths, has returned
home.
Leonard Hovey is at the experiment
station at Burlington, learning the cream
cry business.
The Ladies' Society will meet with
Mrs E E. Grant Thursday. Gentlemen
arc invited to dinner.
Several vivid flashes of lightning were
seen during the storm Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Owens enter
tanned several OF their friends upon the
evening OF January %.
Mrs. Joel Wood is visiting relatives in
Providence, X. |.
About 25 young people made an I'M
expected call at the home of Ernest
Dodge Friday evening He was sur
prised to receive as gift from his young
friends fine student lamp. Fruits and
candies were served, and all enjoyed a
pleasant social evening.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
Letter to Osmond P. Bennett.
St. Johnsbury, Vt.


Dear Sir: Here is curious condition
in the paint business, but it exists. N.
Avery. Delhi, N. Y, owns two houses ex-
actly alike; he painted one with mixed
paint-took - gallons. Painted the
other with Devoe; bought II gallons
and had six left. Same painter George
Gilbert. Same result, so far as looks
60.
AS you are not paint maker, you
probably don't understand why a gal
Ion of Devoe lead and zinc contains twice
as much paint as a gallon of some OF the
mixed paints. Well tell you: A gallon
of milk that's half water, isn't gallon
OF mi k neither is a gallon ofpaint that's
halt lime and china clay, gallon OF
paint. The following is the analysis oil
one of the mixed paints sold in your Sec
ton:
Lead, zinc and color Al per cent.
Lime and China Clay SO
This SO per cent OF Lime and China
Clay is whitewash it is to paint what
water is to naturalization; conse'
quently this paint contains only Al per
cent of legitimate paint material dead
zinc and COLOR while Devoe lead and
zinc contains 100 per cent.
That explains why gallon of Devoe
lead and zinc contains twice as much
paint as gallon of some of the mixed
paints.
48 Yours truly,
F. ". DEvoE & Co.
P.S. Flint Bros, St, Johnsbury, and
S. O. Moore, Danvile, sell our paint.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
The Inter- State Magazine.

The current issue of the Interstate
Journal, the White River Junction maya
zine, contains an extensive article on the
past season at Caspian Lake, Green's.
boro, with complete history and a
good description of the lake attractions.
There are several fine Illustrations in the
article, which is written by Capt. Matt
Burbank OF Walden. A couple of good
stories in the same issue are worthy of
notice, while the scarcity of good help
leads to an article on More Business
Training for our Young Men, by an En-
ployer, and there is other seasonabIe ma.
terial. The pictures in this so cents a
year monthly are as good as those of the
city magazines.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
WANTED. FOR SALE. ETC.

[Small advertisements will be inserted in
this column in reading matter type at the
rate of two cents q word for the first inser-
ton and one cent word for subsequent in
sertions. Cash must accompany the order. ]
For SALE.-My horse, carriage, sleigh,
two buffalo robes, harness, blanket. pig,
80 White Wyandotte hens and a hen
house. Inquire of ]. W. Titcomb.
DESIRABLE PARLoR room to rent. Cen
trail location. Inquire at CALIFORNIAN
office.
AT SIMANToN's. Two fine parlor
lamps in window. Lamps cost $12each.
Price drops % cents daily, commencing
Jam "a, till lamps are sold.
WANTED: Sowing machine operators,
experienced hands. Will also take girls
or women, and young men Is to IS who
want to learn. Always work and good
pay for good operators. The Willard
Mig. Co., st, Adams, VT.
TENEMENT to rent, No. 4 Spring street.
Nice. warm, sunny; furnace heat; eight
rooms and bath. Modern sanitary
plumbing and improvements; dry cellar.
Handy to scale works and postoffice.
Rent $18. Enquire of c. c. Bingham,
WANTED-Man on dairy farm for one
year. Must be steady and temperate.
M. D. Gibson, East Barnet, VT.
WANTED-A competent girl to do cook.
ing and general homework. Wages S.
per week. Address Mrs. R. E. Stevens
Hartford, VT.
WILL ASSIST any one who wants helI
in bookkeeping. Ernest A. Mcfarland
II Main St., St. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05

In accordance with Section No. SO Verm ont
Statutes, the legal voters of the town of St.
Johnsbury are requested to meet In the Town
Hall on Saturday, Feb. 18th, 1902, at 2
O'Clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of
putting in nomination names for all town
officers, made necessary by law to be voted
for at thee coming March meeting.
P. F. HAzEN,
r. MACKINNON,
M. ]. HOvEY,
Repub ican Town Committee
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
EXCHANGE FOR
VILLAGE PROPERTY.

60 acre farm near Newport
80 acre farm in Danville, miles from St.
Johnsbury.
80 acre farm, good buildings, miles from
Lyndon Center.
100 acre farm, Stannard, a fine place, with
stock and tools.
6 acres and good buildings, West Concord
Village.
ITO acre farm, fine buildings, miles from
West Burke.
$50 acre farm, Al in every way, Monroe, N.
H.
200 acre farm, just outside village limits, St..
Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
REAL ESTATE.

ST. JOHNSBURY HOUSE: This valuable
piece of property, located on one OF the
hest corners in town, will be sold at
reasonable price.
COTTAGE HOTEL, lot on Railroad St., AXIS
rods. on Pearl ST., SIS including hotel'
livery stable and dwelling.
PORTLAND ST. Large business lot, good
chance for a side-track, $50 feet 'front.'
dwellings, in all locations. Some good1nVest-
ments on hand.
WANTED. We have several parties VINO {,
Ifyou want to sell, now's your chance.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05

Plans are being drawn for a monster
hotel to be- erected at Pittsburg, Pa, by
Henry c. Prick, former head OF the Car.
neR'e Steel company. 1t will cost S..
900 900, and be the finest hotel in the
country. 1t will take a year to complete
the designing OF the inter- aad exterior,
and another year will beconsumed in the
erection of the building.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
ST. JOHNsBURY ORCHESTRA,

First class music furn shed for any oc.
casiou 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, 1902-02-05
EXCHANGE FOR FARM

Two small places in Waterford.
Nice dwelling and barn in good Massachu-
sets city.
40 acre farm in Barnet, to exchange Tor
smaller place.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
Births.

At McTndoes Feb. l. son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Geroid
At East Barnet, Jan. "a, son to Mr. and
Mrs. James R. Moore.
At East Barnet, Jan. "a, son to Mr. and
Mrs, Peter Gochee
At Cabot, a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
William Fifed
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05

The Boston public library will receive
500, 900 from the estate of Robert Z
Billings, who died three years ago. Mr'
Billings left 100000 to various CHAIR
fies
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
BUSINESS CHANCES.

Grocery. store, boots and shoes, hardware
and patent medicines, in good small town,
chance for profitable business. $1,000
Grocery store. cash business, we'll located in
one of our best towns, $4,000. 1nvesti-
gate this,
Grocery store only one in small place, good
opening for trader, $1,000,
Grist Mill. One of the best openings in Yer
mont, doing $25, 900 to $4,000 year.
custom grinding, $500. Unusual oppor-
tunity.
Machine shop, located in place of $780, a
money.maker, no competition.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
Ranney G Cady,
Stock Brokers,
.Pythian Building.

Securities of all descriptions bought
and sold.
We have list of Investment Bonds
netting from 3 to Az per cent.
We have block OF E. & T. Fairbanks
& Co. stock for sale in any size lots, net.
ting about per cent. free OF taxes.
We advise Reece Buttonhole stock for
anyone wishing good returns on their
money with moderate risk. This stock
nets about II per cent. at present prices
and has a daily market where it can be
sold as easily as it can be bought.
Correspondence solicited.
N. f. Tel, 1913.
Cit. Tel, 23-S.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
MARRIAGES.
Deaths.

At Lyndon, Jan rs, by Rev M A. Farren
Don D, Gray and Mrs Martha Butterfield.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
WEATHER RECORD.

At Bingham's Drug Store. for the week
ending Feb. 3, 1902.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05

At Lyndon, Jan. %, Thomas Flood, aged
about 60 years.
At Marshfed. Jan. &c, John Sanborn,
formerly of Peacham. aged 70 years.
At st Johnsbury, Jan. 80, William Kerr
aged % years.
At st. Johnsburv, Feb. 3, Arthur E Patter-
son OF Inverness, p. O., aged Fl years.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-05
Republican Town Caucus.

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CONSI QUEN1Li. !.

Mrs Crawford-Has your husbahu nade any prepara lions for Lent?
 Mrs Crabshaw-Yes, He got a case of boneless codfish for me ana d uls- pensation for himself.-Judge,
 The poor, benighted Hindoo,
 He does the best he kindo' He sticks to his caste from first to last' And for pants he makes his skindo
 Chicago Inter Ocean. Patience-A girl takes great chances on her first proposal of marriage
 Patrice--Do you mean if she accepts or declines it?
 Patience-Either way. Yonkers Statesman.
 The reporter was interviewing the loquacious statesman. wat sec ond" he said.
 what for?" asked the statesman "So can make a minute of it."-Chi- cago Tribune.
 Inseparabe.-N then, Willie, said Uncle John, aren't you tired look ing at the monkeys?"
 All right" reluctantly replied the boy who was on his first visit to the Zoo Now let's go to the place where the organ grinders cage is,"-Philadei- phia Press.
 She says she's going to marry me when we grow up, said the boy proud ly. referring to a little playmate.
 Pay no attention to her threats, my son, returned his father with covert glance in his wife's direction.
 The last time ] saw Gwimple' son of the street-car magrate, he told me he was going to begin at the bottom ot the business and work his way up. DO you know what he's doing now?'
 He tried to be motorman on a trolley car, but gave 1t up at the end of the first daV''
 What was the matter"'
 He said he couldn't stand the infer nal cigars the fellows smoke on the front platform "--Chcago Tribune
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VETERANS AS MAYORS.

Colonel William II. Whitelaw, while waiting in the mayors office yesterday, called attention to an interesting coin cidence in connection with the mayors portraits which are suspended from the walls in the room. By an unpfemeol- tated localizing of the portraits the group of veterans of the civil was who held the office of mayor during the twelve years from 1880 occupied sep arate panel These mayors are: EX- Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley, Presi- dent John C. Root of the Farmers and Mechanics Nation bank, and General Henry c. Dwight. Ex-Governor Rulkeley held the mayoralty for eight years, President Root two years, Gene ral Dwight two years, and all three served in the war, going from the states of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts, Two of them, ex-May- ors Root and Dwight, came to this state from ssachusetts and have been in business and banking here upwards of forty years. EX- Governor Bulkeley is the only one of the three who was born in Connecticut They have all been leading republicans in the city, receiN- ing high honors and positions from their party. Mayor Henry c. Deming, who preceded them in the mayors of flee, resigned the mayoralty in order to become the colonel of the Twelfth Con- necticut. ut.-Hartford Post,
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pairing to go out of business. The winding up of the newer concerns is easy, as they had few, if any, contracts for home purchase matured AS they work without reserve funds and the continued prosperity and even solvency of such associations can be shown to be dependent upon constant and consider able accessons to their membership of contributors, few observers in Missouri expect the older organization to run very long courses.
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c0xs1lrUrIoy4L REFORM.

Yesterday the requisite S5 votes were forthcoming, and the Connecticut Con- stltutional Reformers formally voted for house of 16S members and senate of 60 members. If this action stands, and perhaps it is likely to- this is the net result of Reform so far, Perhaps as much as this could have been secur- ed from the legislature with some less hauling and bowling than have gone to the production of it in the Conventlon But it is no time to look backward and speculate on what might have been Let us look forward and guess how much more Reform the Convention Will decide upon. With the main Reform out of the way, if it is out of the way the rest of the Reform that is due ought not to take much time. The Conven- tion ought to be able to adjourn by the time the voice of the mock turtle IS heard in Branford.
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NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL

was next taken up. The lecturer spoke of the stripping of the forests in the west, and mentioned particularly the scarcity of certain kinds of timber which were once abundant He spoke of the modern methods which lumber men had adapted, by which cables over a mile in length were used to draw ln- mense trees down to the mills where in a single day from 400 to 5O0 trees could be made into lumber. At such d rate, the forests can soon be eX- hausted. But on the other hand, i'll many places in the west, timber rals- ing is becoming profitable, and wooded areas are carefully protected. The lecturer then gave a number Of statis- tics to illustrate the rapid destructlon of forests. He said that for cross-tles on railroads three billion feet of tim Der was annually required. The timber grown on thirty-f1ve hundred acres of land is required annually to supply the wood for shoe pegs, and the wood used in the manufacture of matches is four million feet yearly. The total Wood consumption of the country is about three hundred and fifty cubic feet an nually per capita, being five times the amount used in Germany, and nine times that used in England,
 Professor Graves spoke of the vast tracts of land which were owned by companies for speculative purposes
 and which were being more carefully managed each year as owners begin to realize the need of a systematic forest supervision. He said the progress of forestry in the United States did not depend so much upon the government as 1t did upon private owners, As soon as the farmer and lumberman can be made to see the value of forest conser- vation, the problem will be solved, In preparation for the successful carrying on of the work, schools of forestry have been instituted at Yale and Cornell, and to less degree in other institutions. There is need of men in the profession, and the lecturer said that the future or forestry depended greatly upon the men who shall take up the study within the next few years.- Hartford Times.
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The Grisynncs ofths oprnno.

There won't be nary singh in the meetln-
 house to-day, T., Which come about from what l hear, in
 somethin this here way: James Hopkins, who $ the teuor' suus soi'
 Sunday night,
 just about all right. of course, Miss smith, sopranner, heard
 'em soundin James praise, An uractised up a solo for the next sue She says: This tenor singin' may be fine,
 but I'd admire To have the congregation know who's star
 of this here choir. Now Hopkins, he gifts skeery of the fair so-
 pranners song, , ,,,, Fearln fur his reputation if Miss smith
 should get too strong. So he gifts the bass an alto, an ne says to
 'em, says he:
 "If she's the hull ding choir, what l says,
 is who be we?
 Then they all go in together, an consider An fn'iy tell the parson that Miss Smith
 is slngn' flat. 'As long s she sings with us" they say,
 lit won't be genly known, But in the church's intIest, please don let
 her sing alone.
 The parson, he loves music, an not wantin'
 nothin' wrong, He fixes up the programme SO to leave out
 Miss Smiths song. And then there starts Il rumpus Ike a par
 son never sees,
 Exceptin' ln choT on occasions such as
 these. Miss Smith. she says the tenor's got voice
 that's like q file, An the altos style O slngln' would con
 vuse 0 crOckodile. An the bass is mighty lucky, so she tells
 'em all if he o,. Manages by feelin' round him once week
 to hit the key.
 Course that kind Q conversation sort
 mixes matters some, Hopkins says that Miss Smith sihgih
 suited fur deef an dumb Then she claims that just eXceptln hef ana
 p'r'aps the organist, All the choir could quit singln' without ever
 bein missed. .,a +o ,ot We'll the upshot is the parson tries 10 set
 the matter right, l., An gifts all the congregation mixed np III
 gen ral fight. ,+ oIoro Which becomes so comprehensive that along
 the last the week ,,,,, There ain't left in the whole bulldln no
 two members that will speak. ouo James J. Montague, in the PortIand UTE gonian.
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RUssIAN AGRICULTURI.

Russian agriculture is at last going to get attention from the government. A Moscow correspondent of London newspaper says that the appointment of a commission to consider the whole question of Russian agriculture and the condition of the peasantry marks a new departure in the internal policy of Russia. For a generation past the pest efforts of the Minister of Finance have been devoted to the development ot va ,,inus industries in which Russian stu dents of western nations, and especially of industrial England, saw the future salvation of their country. The finan- concerning the management ot many industrial concerns have caused change of mind. The stoppase of all government orders with the outbreak of the Chinese troubles couple of years ago revealed the weakness oL Russian industries Now the staple oc- cupation of the country is to have US turn. The powers accorded to the com mission are very wide, practically amounting, says the correspondent, to a charge to complete the work begun a generation ago with the freeing of the serfs. Thus the entire manner of life of the Russian mujik will be closely in vestigated by the commission, which is empowered to present proposals for the bettering, financially, educationally and economically, of agricultural labor in all it's phases. The subject is 50 vast
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NOTICE ITO ADVANTAGEOUS.

Sealed Proposals will be received by. tho Board of selectmen of the Town of Wood bridge Conn.,, until three o'clock ?. h., March IS, 1902. at the office of the Select. men. in the basement of the Congregational Church in said town, for the construction of gravel road in the Town of Woodbridge in accordance with the plans and specitica- tlons approved by the State Highway 1ha Con- a. lineal foot for finished road complete. All bids must be accompanied by bona os of not not construction of the work. Any bidder re- fusing to sign the contract at the prices offered by him, shall be required to forfeit a sum from his bond equal to the d1nerence in price between his bid and the next nigh est bidder at the office of A. B. Hill, Engineer, Room 23. No S2 Church Street. New Haven, or at i the office of the State Highway commis. ni, lis sioner in Hartford. The Selectmen and me Stata Highway Commissioner reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
 Dated at Woodbridge, Conn.,, March lo, 1902. sa,ootr.r
 RoLLIN c. NEWTON, First Selectman. mil Ht