St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-06-03
wAsHINGToN LETTER
tsnecial correspondence

or Senator ThurSt0n OF Nebraska
w. y. vprv warm friends and like to
ran stories of their earlier days.
9th 9th are natives of the Green Noun
-, state and were raised in towns
.sn+ oppear as mere dots on the state
IAN Both have pracdced law out in
ulsp west and know what vicissitudes
Nv voune lawyer has to undergo in win
~. his way to fame and fortune.
M nln shaw and Thurston are fond Of
NV. s0', noetry of John Godfrey SAKE, a
T VIZ whose verses have cheered
many a country household.
cha Sbaw and Thurston met at a banquet
.no other night, and the former was
noved to recite a favorite poem OF
sova He said, fixing his eyes on
Thurston, that it was particularly ap-
1.onriste to the occasion. When he
p pano TO the words "briefess barris-
t0rv in the text Mr.. Shaw hesitated
sor moment, looked up at the cell
,nr 90 If seeking to recollect some
.birg then turned and, with an ex-
nrossion of appeal to Mr.. Thurston's
memory. leaned over and almost
touched the former senator. Thurs
tonp he said in mock pathos, Ibid
Won ever know what it was to be a
'briedess barristerT
The Widows Claim.
The government has discovered
widow of veteran Of the civil war
whose ingenuity of ideas as expressed
IN n nension claim battles all compet-
tion The veteran was carpenter by
occunation. and he was recently work.
inc on barn. A cyclone came up and
blew ioist off the building. The joist,
cavorting about, struck the carpenter
and instantly killed him. His widow
has now sent a claim to the pension
office saying that her late husband &C
ouired typhoid fever in the service, re-
shifting in deafness. The deafness thus
accrued from disabilities originating In
tbe line of duty was responsible for the
death of her husband, for If he had not
been deaf he would have heard the
ioist in its descent and could have got
out of its way. Uncle Sam is a gener-
olls man in his dealings, but it was i'm
nossible to reconcile the claim with the
letter and the spirit of the law. The re-
suit is that the widow of the victim OF
the cyclone will have to get along
without a quarterly stipend from the
government.
HeraIdry Fad Growing.
The fad of heraldry must be increas-
Ing. A noted Philadelphia firm OF
jewelers. and engravers was compelled
to ask the treasury officials the other
day for permission to bring into this
country two skilled engravers. The
firm had to show that these workmer
were not to be brought here in com
petition with Americans skilled in the
same craft. They were able to do this
BY declaring that NO workmen could
be procured in this country capable Of
executing the kind of engraving want
ed. This engraving is In the prepare
ton of heraldic devices and seems tt
require a skill and knowledge which
the democratic workmen of the United
States do not possess and have nj
/ wish to acquire. The fact that TIVE
more workmen are needed by THU
firm is regarded as an evidence of thu
growth in society of faddists DESTROYS
Of emulating European arlstocracy.
Spanish War Pensions.
More than % per cent Of the mel
who enlisted in the army for the wa
with Spain have thus early applied TO
pensions. The number of applicant
under the head of "invalids" is 57,O4e
and those under the head Of widow
and dependents" is $500. There hav
been allowed 1854 invalid pension
and $3.50 Of the widow and dependen
class A total of 1885 claims hav
been rejected, leaving 34,210 claim
pending.
New applications are coming in dali,
by the hundred, and the indication
are that at the end of the year nearl,
80 per cent who were enrolled on tn
army lists during the war with Spai
will have applied for pensions.
Farmer Corbin.
Adjutant General Corbin conten
plates turning farmer when he retire
from active service. He has just 81
cured a small farm at Chevy Chase,
fashionable suburb of Washington, an
proposes to carry out some Of the idea
he often discusses in leisure moment
with his fellow officers. He wants
place where he can revel in the fruit
Of the garden, orchard and field of h
own raising and be sure that the sprin
chicken, which he likes fried Marylan
style, does not bear five-year-ol
birthmark He is now busily engage
in selecting fruit trees, building fence
discussing poultry and cattle with IL
old farmers he meets in driving an
riding through the country and say
that when he leaves the service four
live years hence it will be for a life
ideal comfort, where he can hear II
growing of the ROSTERS, the grunting
the pigs and the lowing Of his Jerst
cattle. General Corbin was born on
farm and he has never lost his love II
the soil nor forgotten the good thinl
that mother used to make" especial
buckwheat cakes, homemade map