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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
The Domestic Novel.

The domestic novel may be said to
have begun when the worthy printer
Of Derby published his History Of
Pamela" The way that the idea Of
writing such a book occurred to him
is significant. He had been asked by
a bookseller to compile complete let
ter writer that might serve the ladies
of the middle classes, who were not
versed in polite literature, as model
for correspondence Richardson took
a servant girl as the imaginary CORE
spondent, and then, introducing a mar
rative to enhance the interest of the
letters, he produced his Pamela, with
the intention of both instructing and
interesting his readers, so that they
might learn simultaneously the art of
letter writing and the art of virtue.
The novel began, therefore, in a series
of letters, "the most natural as well
as the most improbable way Of re-
counting narrative" according to one
of its earliest critics. Richardson
avows his Object-he writes for the
women, and, be it noted, for the wom-
en- of the bourgeoisie.-W Westminster
Review,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
WEST BURKE.

The auction sale OF seats for the West
Burke Lecture Course is to be held in the
G. A. r. Hall next Friday evening. The
first entertainment is to be given on
Tuesday evening Of next week by the
Unity Concert Co. of Boston, The COM
pany consists of reader, celloist, flutist,
and soprano soloist. They come highly
recommended and it is hoped that a
large audier &c will greet them.
Horace Cheney has moved from his
farm to his home here in the village and
is in very poor health.
Mrs. Fannie Smith of Lyndon Center
has been visiting her cousin, Mis-. Bertha
B. Brockway.
Mrs. M. A. Townsend, who has been
teaching school in Lyndon has returned
home, unable TO finish her school on &C
count of poor health.
Ed. Saxby has moved from Burke Hol
low to a tenement in Deans block.
Mrs. Will Roundy. while cleaning win,
dows, slipped and put her hand through
pane OF glass, cutting her wrist very
badly.
At village meeting held Friday even
ing three fire wardens were cleo ed, code
OF bylaws was accepted and a village
tax OF five cents for general purposes was
voted TO be raised.
John and Patsy Donahue returned
from Boston last week with five new
horses.
Dr.. and Mrs. w. r Noyes visited Mr.
and Mrs. Leroy Curtis at Barre last
week.
delegation of three went from hert
to Montpelier Friday morning in the in
terests OF the village to intercede with (
legislative committee in favor Of incor
porating tie village into a school dis
tIict. Two others also wen. to looI
after the towns interests.
Mrs. w. w Coe has been spending
week with relatives in Morrisville ant
Har dwick.
Mrs. John Mcclellan of Clover is spend
ing few days with her parents, Mr. an,
Mrs. George Dean.
Hiram Goss of St. Johnsbury has bet1
visiting his daughter, Mr. Bert Dean,
Mrs. U. T Davis has closed her HOUSE
and vii spend the winter with her chi
dren at Newp TT and st. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
A Lucky Meeting,

Some years ago young London So
Hcitor, in order to win the girl of his
choice, carried out a task which all
but those Of unusual courage would
have shirked. The lady rejected his
attentions on the ground that she
would only marry the man who under
took to find her brother, who had left
home some years previously, and re-
store him to her mother.
AS the runaway had been last heard
of in a South American copper mine,
the solicitor had no important clews
to aid him in his work. Nevertheless,
pocketing a photograph, he gave up
his business and set out only to re-
turn to England in despair when two
years were over and he had come to
the end of his resources without sue
cess. But just as he was leaving a
London terminus man passed him in
the street who bore a small resem-
blance to the photograph, and he in
CURED his name. Judge of his aston
ishment when the stranger replied that
he was the individual in question, and
the reunion of the family was followed
shortly afterward by the admittance
of the solicitor as a fully qualified
member,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19

Canada has become quite a cotton
manufacturing country, aud few persons
redhz. that $4,000 cotton spindles are
runuing. Three OF the mills are located
in Hamilton.
Ii making one professional call re-
Gently Govan (ScotIand) medical man
Travelled nearly 700 miles. He spent t0 o
hours with his patients and two day S
and two nights actually travelling.
The commission appointed to reappor-
ton Oklahoma has announced the total
population OF the territory to be 600. 900,
with one repre- sentative for every % 600
people and one senator for every So, 600.
Denmark is poverty stricken. Her d, BIT
is ratidIy Increasing and it is necessary
to increase taxation.
Chail Birch of High Wycombe, Bucks
England, because some st Dle his broe d
beans, advertised for the thief to return
and get piece of bacon
The air after heavy rainfall is usually
ervclear owing o the fact that he ralr
IN ,aing has carried with it most OF the
dust and impurities OF the atmosphere.
Toe total Immigrationinto Canad tor
the fiscal year ended June 30, for is uI
over 10000 persons, Americans b,inl
tie largest number by nationality.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
LYNDON CENTER.

A donation party was gwen Kew. Mr..
Newell Friday afternoon and evening,
which was largely attended, both by
members OF the church and others An
entertainment was provided in the even
ing which was much enjoyed, Refresh
ments of cake and cotf,e were served
About $27 was given to Mr.. Newell, be-
side several other useful gifts.
Mrs. M. A. Townsend OF West Burke,
who has been teaching in the Cold Hill
district, has been quite i'll at Mrs. Carrie
Cneney's. She was able to go to her
home in West Burke, Monday.
Rev. E. Newell is at West Charleston,
where he is assisting Rev. J. D, Waldron
in Evangehstic services.
Miss Orpha Farmer is at home from
her school in West Concord Tor the
thanksgiving vacation. She then goes
to North Ddnvie to teach few weeks
in the primary department, the teacher
being sick.
Mrs. Fannie Smith has been visiting
her cousin at West Burke.
Sumner Prescott has been quite i'll with
pneumonia Tor few weeks, but now
seems to be gaining
The village school closed Friday at
which time the teacher, Miss Cunning
ham, was pres ented by the pupils with a
b. ok of poems School reopens with
the same teacher, after a two weeks Va
cation
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
Bankruptcy Notice.
PETITION FOR DISCHARGE.

In the matter of
David +. Spicer, In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt.
To the Hon Hoyt H. Wheeler Judge Of the
District Court of the United States for
the District of Vermont.
David E. Spiccr. of Hardwick. in the
County of Caledonia and State of YER
mort in said District, respectfully represents
That on the 9th day of March, last past,
he was duly adjudged bankrupt under the
Acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy that
he has duly surrendered all his property, and
rights of property, and has fully complied
with all the requirements of said Acts and OF
the orders of the Court touching his bank
ruptcy;
Wherefore, he prays that he may he de-
creed by the court to have full discharge
from all debts provable against his estate
under said Bankrupt Acts except such debts
as are excepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this 27th day OF Oct, A. D. 1902
David f. Spicer, Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
United States District Court for the Dis
trct of Vermont
In re David E. spicer, Bankrupt, Dis
charge.
Notice is hereby given that Davit
E. Spicer. Bankrupt, has filed his pc
tition, dated October 27th, 1902. pray
ing for a discharge from all his debts in bank
ruptcy, and that all creditors and other per
sons Directing to such discharge may
| appear before me at my Office in st. Johns
| bury, aforesaid on the goth day of Nov.
| 1902 at O'Clock p. m, and then and Their
present their objections, if any, to such dis
charge with their proofs thereon.
MARSHALL MONT GOMERY,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
St, Johnsbury, VT, Nov ID, 1902.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
LOWER WATERFORD.

Willis Bradshaw of Lyndon spent a
few DAYS with friends 10 town.
NJ. L. Green OF St. Johnsbury visited at
F. A. Cuttings last week.
Mrs. Henry Stoddard and son OF st.
Tohnsbury are visiting at W. Stod-
dard's.
Winfield Parker finished work at his
uncle's, E. E. Hale, last week and went
to his home in Concord.
Mrs. c. S. Thomas. who has spent
several weeks with her sister IN Bur Ike
returned home last week Tuesday.
Mrs. lane Richardson, who has been
visiting her daughter at st Johnsbury
came home MONDAY.
Miss Freda Hall went to East st
Tohnshurv to work last week.
Miss Mary Ranney closed very sue
cesstul term OF school, Friday, Nov. II
Those having no absent marks were
Mary Hale, Helen Bullock, Allen Hall
Row Bullock was absent one-halt day anC
Florence Goss, Alice and Edwin Stoddard
ore day.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
STARTED THE HORSE.
And Did 1t without Permanently In
Turing Him Too.

One day prosperous farmer unWlt-
tingy made an investment in a balky
horse. When this "eritter" baked, he
had the staying qualities of a taproOt to
a white oak tree. Nothing that did not
mean permanent injury would move him.
One day last week, after the baker had
been showing more amiability than usu-
al, the farmer tried to drive him tc Sand
Hill, the chief incentive being Il possible
chance for trade going or coming.
Four miles from home the horse con-
cluded he had done enough, stopped, low
cred his ears and EAST eyes back at his
owner CoaXing ana whipping both fail
ed, and the farmer was venting his feel
ings in strong language to knot of ac-
quaintances when a tramp harvest hand
joined the council of war.
Say, boss" he volunteered, 81 kin
start that skate. Bet yer five | kin have
him goin plenty inside of a quarter of all
hour"
without permanently injurin him ?
| don't want no fires built under him or
log chain round his neck nor nothin Of
the sort"
The wager was made with this under
standing. The hobo ran back over the
path by which he had come and in a
brief time appeared with tin pail. Cit
in and take the lines" he shouted "Ill
start i'm, and you must do the rest"
The farmer mounted the seat, the
horse looked back scornfully, and the
tramp placed the pail under him.
GAIL ready!' shouted the operator and
jerked the lid from the pail. Yellow
jackets came as thick as shot from the
big end of the nest in the pail. The
tramp ran like quarter horse, the balk-
er got away as though shot out of gun,
the farmer swung his hat about him with
one hand while he hung on to the reins
with the other-was in the air as much
as he was on the seat was getting the
deadly zip, zip, zip" all over his anat-
omy shouted whoa" at every jump and
at the first curve shot through the top of
a scrub oak into a brush heap, from
which he had to dig his way out like a
crab. He had to be led home, and there
the horse was found trying to climb into
the hayloft.
The tramp was in the next township
with all the money, and now the farmer
simply carries covered tin pail with
him when he drives the baker. To show
it is to insure a mile in less than thres
minutes.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
A Precedent blish ed

A Methodist clergyman in the upper
portion of the city encountered a Celt
one recent rainy Sunday standing close
to the wall of the church in an effort
to utilize the coping as shield from
the storm.
"Come inside" said the clergyman
cheerily You'll be out of the wet,
and you can have seat while you're
waiting for it to clear
"No, thank yez," said the Celt EN-.
phatically. "Ofll not go inta tn house
Nv me inimies"'
"Well, that's rather harsh" answered
the clergyman. when our Lord was
on earth, did he not go among his enc
mies?'
"Yis; he did that" assented the Celt
with growing warmth, "and yez didn't
do a ting to him, ayther!'-Philadel-
phia Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19

Mr.. Churton Collins, in the New Lib
eral Review, traces the ancestry Of
some of our most familiar proverbs.
at is a wise child that knows his own
father" is from the Odyssey; "Famil-
iarity breeds contempt" is saying Of
Plutarch; "Set a thief to catch thief"
is of Catos coinage; Zone swallow
doesn't make summer" is cited by
Plato as already proverbial, as was
"His bark is worse than his bite" when
Quintus Curtius wrote it down.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19

That the right foot IS, like the right
hand, ordinarily more mobile and at
the same time stronger than the left
might be attributed to the more fire.
quent exertion of this side were it not
that the popularity is said to extend
itself even to the constitution, and the
left extremities are asserted to be more
liable to disease than the right. The
more difficult movements in stage dane
ing are usually executed upon the right
foot, and it is generally considered
that unless double practice be accord
ed to the left leg an ungraceful prefer
ence for the right will be shown by
the dancers in their public perform
anceS.
Most people tread more firmly with
the right than with the left foot. There
seems to be a greater capacity for pro-
polling the body with the right foot
From this the horseman springs, with
his left In the stirrup, and unless left
handed no boy in his play hops natu-
rally upon the left football Mall Ca
zette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
Probate of Will.
JOANNA GOES ESTATE.


STATE OF VERMONT, District OF Caledonia,
s., In Probate Court, held at the Probate
Once in ST. Johnsburv, within and for said
district on the 8 st day Of oct. \. d. 1902
An instrument purporttng to be the last
Will and Testament of Joanna Coe late OF
Sutton in said district. dec' ased, icing
presented to court by Henry A. Blake the
Executor therein named for Probate: It
is ordered by said court that all persons con-
cerned therein be notified to appear at a SEES
sion of said court, to be held at the Probate
Office in st. Johnsbury on the 22nd day
of November, A. d. 1902, and show cause il
any they may have. against the Probate OF
said Viii; for which purpose it is further
ordered that a copy Ct the record of this
order be published three weeks successfully
in the Caiedonian, printed at st Iohnsbury
previous to said time appointed for hearing
BY the Court, Attest, -.
WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
A true copy of record, Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
Presentation of Account.
NANCY HENDERSON,S ESTATE.

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District. S.
In Probate Court held at the probate office
in St. Johnsbury, in said district, on the Sth
day of November, A. d. 1902.
Alexander Cochran. Executor OF the last
Will and Testament of Nancy henderson
late OF RNegate in said district deceased
presents his administration account for
nIication 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 he referred
to a session thereof to be held a. the probate
Office in said st. Johnsbury, on the 18th day
OF Nov. A. d. 1902, for hearing and de.
cison thereon And it is further ordered
that notice hereof be given to all persons .Sa,
weeks successfully in the Caledonian
a newspaper published at St: Johnsbury
previous to said time appointed fol
hearing, that they may appear at said tint
and place, and show cause, if any they may
have, why said account should not be allowed
and such decree made.
BY the Court. Attest,
WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
WEST CONCORD.

James Johnson is spending few days
with Julius Brigham.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Alonzo Quimby visited
relatives and friends in this vicinity last
week.
R'v. and Mrs. P. N Granger, Rev. A.
M Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Forsaith
and Mrs. s. c. Havlland attended the
Sunday school invention held at Island
Pond last week.
The Ladies Society of the UniversaliSt
church realized about $40 from their
play Friday evening.
Mrs. George Quimby is stopping with
her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Cutting
Mrs. Maginnis is spending the week
with her granddaughter, Mrs. Stephen
Iiaviland.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
St. Cuthbert's Comb.

1t was formerly the custom to bury
combs with the dead, which clearly
shows that these articles of the toilet
had sacred significance in the eyes Of
the people of the old world. The comb
buried with st. Cuthbert and now pre-
served at Durham, England, is of
ivory and measures GA inches in
length and AZ inches in width. 1t is
ascribed to the eleventh century and
has a double row of teeth, divided by
a broad, plain band, perforated in the
middle with a round hole for the fin
ger,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
The Union Jack

British newspapers complain that
EnglshmeE often hang the union jack
upside down.
To ascertain which is the top and
which the BOTTOM" of a union jack
look at the diagonal red cross (the
cross of st. PATRICK, and you will note
that the white lodgings" to it, which
are really the diagonal white cross of
st. Andrew, upon which it is placed,
are much broader on one side than on
the other.
The flag is right side up when both
these broad white lodgings" are above
the red diagonals on the side next to
the pole, whereas if you get the two
narrow lodgings" of white on the top,
on the side next the pole, your flag is
upside down,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
One Misery of AngIo-Indian Life

Every night at dinner the Anglo-In-
dian holds a kind of leyee. The in
sects which attend dance gayly round
the lamp, and one has to watch ones
plate and glass carefully lest some Of
the insects should dance into them.
There is one insect-a little, fat
brown, shining creature-which emits
the worst odor in the world. If one of
these touches your food, the whole is
tainted and rendered inedible You
dare not kill these pests, for if one be
squashed the whole room becomes
filed with its disgusting smell and is
uninhabitable for the next half hour.
So these abominable insects fly about
with impunity while the poor Anglo
Indian must perforce look helplessly
on and inwardly sigh "Spero meliora."
London Saturday Review.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
A Story of Charles Reade.

Charles Matthews was fond of telling
q story of Charles Reade when the cur
tain fell at the old Queens theater in
London on pronounced failure called
"a White Lie" There was no shadow
of call for the author The curtain
divided the audience from the author,
who stood on the stage shaking his fist
at the invisible foe, still smiling bland
ly and in mellitluous accents saying:
'Infernal idiots, When shall | teach
you to respect Charles Reade"-Lon-
don Telegraph.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
Probate of Will.
CHESTER FELCH's ESTATE.

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS
In Probate Court, held at the Probate Once
in ST. Tohnsbury. within and for said District
on the 9th day OF November, A. d. 1902.
An instrument purportiug to be the last
will and testament of Chester Felch,
late of Barnet in said district, dc
ceased, being presented to court by Carleton
probate: 1t is ordered by said Court that
ali persons concerned therein be notihec
to appear at a session of said court to be held
at the Probate Office in st. Johnsbury on thu
Goth dav OF Nov, A. D. 1902, and show
cause, if any they may have, against tn
y. uutle Oh saiu viii; iVr wnlcn purpose II /
further ordered that copy of the record o
this order be published three weeks success
lively in the Caledonian, printed at st. ohns
bury. previous to said time appointed 10
| hearing
BY the Court, Attest:
| WALTER p. SMITH, Judge
A true copy of Record, Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
THE Musk OK.

In systematic zoology the place &C
corded to the musk OK is intermediate
between those of the sheep (ovis) and
the OK (bosJ, and for its special accom-
mediation a new genus has been Gre
ated. "ovibos." Most writer's notice its
resemblance in many ways to the buff
falO or bison and it undoubtedly has
much affinity with this species.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fowler returned tt

Mr.. and Mrs, John Fowler returned to
their Montpelier home Tuesday.
Mrs. Jennie Phlbrook is failing and
physicians think there is but slight
chance of recovery.
Miss Bertha Melvin is entertaining a
friend from Stowe.
George and Pliny Rodgers have taken
job to cut 100 cords of woods tor {. A.
Goodrich
About IS attended the Ladies Aid
meeting with Mrs. W. A. Jackson, Fri
day, despite the rain and mud.
Cows sold or from $40 TO S27 and
hay for 81 SO per ton at the NJ. B. Young
auction, Wednesday.
B. M. Wiley and family are now To-
Gated in the Coomer ouse.
Rev. w. Harris and wife returned to
Greensboro, Saturday, from Southern
Pines, N. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bell returned
from their wedding trip, Monday,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-19
RICKABY g. co.
REAL ESTATE, 05 Eastern Avenue
AT DANVILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Hill of Greensboro
visited relatives in town recently.
Mrs. S. c. Currier has gone to Barre,
where she will visit her parents for
couple of weeks.
Bert Heath, who has been at Sunapee
for the past year, has returned to town
and is working for DR.. O. E. Carter.
Mrs. S. N. Ingalls, visited her brother,
F. A. Allison, of St. Johnsbury, last week.
Warren Estabrooks of ST. Johnsbury
and Mrs. Loretta Ladd-French of Cali
iorna, a former resident OF Danville, Wis
tied friends in town last week
Mr.. and Mrs. William Odekirk Of Con
cord, N. H., were in town last week to
attend the funeral of Mr. Odekirk's
mother.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Crane have
adopted nine.year-old girl, Maud E.
Dane, of Barton Landing.
The Chastina Morrill, place was sold at
auction last week tor $136l, to Mrs.
Fred B. Stocker, and repairs have already
been commenced on the barn.
Mrs. Stench6eld and daughter Mrs
Richards, have gone to Florida, where
they will spend the winter.
The Christian workers, Misses Avery
and Bryant, will hold meetings every
evening this week and on Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday afternoons at the
Congregational church The new organ
and piano are being made of much use in
the musical service that preCedes these
meetings.
Mrs. William B. Odekirk passed away
on Wednesday at the advanced age OF
90 wears, 5 months. She had been for
60 years a member OF the Methodist
church and tor 40 years a resident OF
Dauville She lived to the filth genera
ton OF her descendants. Mrs. Odekirk
was the mother of a large family OF
children, many OF whom live in this
vicinity.
School at the academy closed Friday
OF last week alter a good falls work IN
both departments. The children, who
were not absent in the primary room
were: Clarence Badger, Orville and Del
mer Smith, Ruby, Nathaniel and Dorothy
Stocker, Flora Woodward and Margar-
ct Peck.
The promenade concert held at the
town hall last Friday evening was very
successful and netted the school S13 to
ward the rent of the piano. Principal
Goodnough spending the Thanksgiving
vacation at his home in Barton Landing
Burns Gammel is advertised Tor auc
tioneer for the sale OF Henry S. Mltchell's
farm and personal property at Peachan
next Tuesday. Mr. Gammell is as muct
at home when running an auction as he
is in selling insurance or running hotel
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