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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-08
WANTED. FOR SALE, ETC.

One hundred dollars month guaran-
teed to agents who can secure certain
amount of Life and Endowme Insur-
ance in the good old Estate Mutual Life
of Massachusetts, amy where in the state
of Vermont or northern New Hampshire.
Write or CALL Charles S. Hastings,
general agent, over postofice, St. Johns
bury, VT.
SECOND HAND Billings Corn Planter
for sale. In good repair. Will sell cheap.
L. PENNIMAN.
CARPENTERS WANTED. I can use at
once 10 or dozen carpenters and give
them plenty of work. J. M. Foye, St..
Johnsbury.
BEST SPRUCE 1athes for immediate de-
livery at o. V. Hooker & Sons.
ONE NEW TENEMENT to rent. Electric
lights and all modern improvements.
Chance for garden if desired. o. v.
Hooker & Son.
COOP TENEMENT to rent in Browns
block, Main street.
To RENT. A five room tenement at
No. Pine street, and six room one at
No. AZ Caledonia street. 6. Fl. STEARNs.
LOST. On Decoration Day between
Corner of Church and Summer streets
and Music Hall, a shoulder shawl.
Finder Please leave at this Office.
The Berry-Ball Dry Goods Co. have a
stylish line of mems and boys straw
hats. Any price, 25 cents to $3.50.
will take any man of good character,
between 21 and SO years of age, who is
| willing to work hard, and teach him to
do our work. Outdoor employment,
soliciting and collecting. can put you
to work in any part OF Vermont or New
| Hampshire. Apply to J. 6. Schwenger,
Supt. Metropolitan Life ms. Co., St.
| Johnsbury, VT.
WANTED a frst-class farm hand either
for the season or for the year. Emile L.
Eastman, Passumpsic, Vt.
HOUSE TO LET-The house on the
Emerson place, one mile from St. Johns
bury post Office. A good barn and pas
ture for two cows. Will be rented rea-
sonably to reliable parties. Carl E.
Gray, St. Johnsbury.
OAK SETTLES, suitable for out or in
door use, may be obtained at the Athe-
naeum. Price, 81 each. These were
formerly in the Athenaeum Hall.
SWING staging for painters for sale and
two ladders. c. F. Koepka, st. Johns
bury.
SEATS MISSING. The st. Johnsbury
Board of Trade would be glad to recover
the chairs which were formerly used in
their rooms In the Republican block
and any parties having the same or
knowing OF their whereabouts are re-
quested to inform the president, George
II. Cross.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-08

Henry J. Morency of Franklin, N. a.,
visited his cousin. John Morency, last
week.
Mrs. Thomas Bishop of Brooklyn, N.
Y. is visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles P.
Carpenter.
Herbert J. Warden from Cambridge,
Mass, was at Mrs. J. B. Warden's the
first of the week and Mrs. Warden and
infant daughter, who have been spending
a short time here, returned home with
him Monday afternoon.
John Narcotic of Nicolet, P. O., visited
Henry Massey last week.
The marriage of George Ladry and
Miss Albertine Barrette took place IN
Notre Dame church, yesterday morning,
Rev. J. A. Boissonault officiating.
Mrs. W. II. Haywood from Holyoke.
Mass, is visiting her parents, DIR. and
Mrs. 81. c. Newell.
Fred W. Taylor. Jr., and Raymond
Pearl are on weeks fishing trip to
Avefill Pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry E. Wilson have
issued invitations to the wedding of
their daughter, Alice Albee, to John Ser
vice Galbraith. which will occur at their
residence, ITO Main street, "wednesday
evening OF next week, at 80 o'clock.
Miss Margaret Gorham, who has been
spending some time in Boston, and had
position as organist at Wellesley Hills,
expects to return to st. Johnsbury the
last of June to spend the summer months.
She will be prepared to teach the Earl
ten pianoforte system of fundamental
regular lessons. Miss Gorham recently
assisted pianist at song recital at
Cambridge, Mass, by Miss Julia Nd.
Hassett assisted by Miss Amy Vessel
hoeft, and at a musicale given by the
Colonial Club of Dorchester. Mrs.
Emma Shufe1t Moore of Quincy, Mass,
assisted at the last vesper service at the
Wellesley Hills church, of which Miss
Gorham is organist, June 20, rendering
the "Holy City," with choir of 20.
Mrs. Ellen A. Collins of Rochester, N.
H., is visiting Mrs. L. G.. Spencer for a
couple of weeks.
Alexander Dunnett, Dr. c. A. Cramton
and DR.. J. E. Hartshorn returned Mon
day from fishing trip to May pond
near Barton and brought back good
evidence of their luck.
The many friends of o. FL. Henderson
are glad to see him out once more after
his long and serious illness. He now ex-
poets to be able to return to his post at
the depot the first of July.
Miss Theresa Tierney of Ho1yoke,
Mass, who has been visiting relatives in
Barre, came to St. Johnsbury the last of
the week to be present at the wedding On
her cousin, Miss Lillian Tierney and Will
liam Walsh of Montreal which takes
place today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Plummer went to
Morrisville, Wednesday, to spend sew
eral days with friends. Mr.. Plummer
was formerly in charge of the engine
house at that station.
Charles Kenyon and his mother and
Mrs. Guy Stebbins from Barre came here
on a carriage drive last week to visit
| friends.
Mrs. o. J. Leonard and son and Mrs.
| Allen of Lyndonville spent Sunday with
| Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Torrent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-08
A Remarkable Record.

During the past week Rev. Charles F.
Morse reached the 5OOOth sale of the
Peoples Cyclopedia. This has been ac-
complished in 20 years by sales mostly
in Vermont and New Hampshire, largely
to teachers. During this time Mr.. Morse
has delivered by request, and gratuitous-
ly, over 400 missionary addresses aud
1000 short speeches In the schools he
visited, from the primary schools up to
the college. This is certainly remark
able record and in this service Mr.. Morse
has disseminated a great deal of infor-
nation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-08
Stanley Opera House.

Remember the moving pictures tonight.
all new and up-to-date subjects, with
one of the best machines ever operated.
Miss Enid Mayo, supported by com
pany of competent players, will open
a six night engagement, commencing
June IS. Exchanges speak in high terms
of the company as closely adhering to
the modern methods of dramatic art.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-08
Judge Stafford's appointment.

Judge Wendell P. Stafford received his
appointment from Attorney General
Knox Thursday as associate justice of
the court of appeals, and Immediately
mailed his resignation as associate Judge
of the supreme court of Vermont to Gov.
Mccullough to take effect June 6. He
leaves tor Washington today to assume
his new duties, but hopes to be able to
spend the summer at his old home His
family will remain here through the
summer, going to Washington in the
fall,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-08
Democratic Caucus.

The democratic town committee have
called caucus in the Town Hall this
evening at O'Clock to elect delegates to
the state convention at Burlington,
June %. At the state convention at
Burlington the delegates will place in
nomination all state officers, four presi-
Dental electors, choose four delegates
at-large to the St. Louis convention and
a state committee.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-08
Deaths.

At Detroit. Mich, June 2, Mrs. Kate
Lewis, formerly of St. Johnsbury, aged Al
years, 8 months.
At South Ryegate. June 8, Albert Hall,
aged 70 years.
At East Barnet June 6, Mrs. Kate Cush-
man, aged - years.
At Lynn, Mass, June 6, Kenneth Heyer
Bangs, aged Il months, 20 days.
AT La Crosse, Wis. June 2, Judith A.,
widow Of DR.. William Webster and daugh-
ter of the late John Wells of New bury, aged
rs years, months. ~ days.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-08
Republican Caucus.

The republican town committee have
called caucus in the Town hall on Fri
day, June II, at 7.3O p. M. to elect 10
delegates to the district convention, and
II delegates to the county convention.
The contest will come over the choice of
delegates to the county convention as
the three St. Johnsbury candidates for
states attorney plan to make their fight
at the caucus instead OF in the conven-
ton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-08
MARRIAGES.

At st. Johnsbury, June z, by Rev. J. A.
Boissonault. George Ladry and Miss A1ber-
tine Barrette.
At Greensboro, June i, by Rev. R. J. Bar
ton, L. A. Jackson and Miss F. n. Rabbit.
At Lunenburg, June 1, by Rev. Mr.. Kelley,
K. T. Brown and Miss Bessie Dodge.
At Cabot, June 1, by Rev. d. billiard, Cary
Fred Smith and Garlic Edyth Hills.
At Albany, June 2, by Rev. A. Gregory.
Henry V. Gregory and Miss Sarah Crom well
Wallace, both of ST. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-08
Births.

At St. Johnsbury, June 2 a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Sicard.
At ST. Johnsbury, June 2. a daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Goyet.
At ST. Johnsbury. June 5, son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter G. Lapanne.
At West Concord. June f. a daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. John Moyes.
At North Walden, June 2, son to Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Cross.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-13

cipal railroads and the Delaware river.
BY these means the commodity is
shipped through the country and to the
seaports.
The factory spreads over a mile of
swamp land and is nothing more than
three-score of wooden buildings, one
story in height and not very securely
built. For the most part they look
for all the world like the rundown
negro cabins of the south and are Just
about as handsome. They have one
modern appliance, however, and that
is an attachment for depriving light
ming of its powers.
None of these shanties are very close
to the other. Plenty of open space is
a necessity when tens of thousands of
pounds of dynamite are always lying
around Commercial prudence &C
counts for the cheap and scattering
look of the factory. Experience has
taught the owners that a single big
building would be a rash enterprise
Explosions occur once in a while, no
matter how carefully they are guarded
against, and it is an easy matter to re-
place the shanry.
A more potent reason is the protec
ton it affords to the work people
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-13

necessary to raise the hammers COM
pieted the pressure and discharged the
gun.
Guns burst in queer ways. Some
times the muzzles are blown clear of
Again, a gun will simply split along
the side of the barrel. Slugs or heavy
shot used in a shot gun often bulge
it without breaking it open. Some
times the bulge is gradual and in
wolves the larger part of the barrel.
Sometimes it is confined to a small
area and lies around the barrel like
big welt A defective shell may blow
hole into barrel, leaving it perfect
in all other respects.
| saw a man fire heavy breech-
loading goose gun with an enormous
charge. The gun proper withstood the
test, but the stock split off clean and
the recoil drove the gun barrel over
his shoulder, gashing his face and arm
savagely.
Why do SO many ''unioaded" guns
go off? Because there is something
vicious about a fire arm. You may
unload it carefully and examine it
minutely. Lock it ~. Pick it up
few weeks afterward and do not be
surprised If you find that it is loaded.
How does it happen Quien sabe?
The only safe thing to do with the
wicked tools is to take them apart
when you get them home. Then put
the cartridges and shells in another
part of the house. And then, if you
find afterward that they have come to-
gether in some miraculous way, you
can only explain it by saying that it's
the nature of the beast.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-13
THE NEWEST OUTDOOR SPORT

Out of bicycle racing evolved the
present-day bicycle, handsome, CON
yenient. light, serviceable and mex
pensive. Automobile racing has had
Ike effect, and the clumsy motor cars
Of a year or two ago are replaced by
cars of greatly improved design. So
it is also with motor boats. the new
sport of auto" boat racing already
beginning to show its effects in the
general Improvement of power boats.
Competition means segregation, and
the tail-enders go TO the bone-yard
Hence the humble halloween of a
two-horse tender has a reserved seat
at a lnot-hole whenever there is any
thing doing in the motor boat arena
During the season just passed the
knot-holes have been hard worked.
and not few of the watchers have
climbed the fence and taken a hand.
For 1t has become a fad 10 own an
automobile oat."-Samuel H. Cook
IN Field and Stream.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-13

vears ago. after one of the workmen
had stepped on a tiny piece OF dyna-
mite, the nails of his shoe causing
it to explode. The shock caused quite
a quantity of the stuff on one OF the
work tables TO go of, the shanty was
blown up and there were some fatall-
ties among the workmen.
There is no need of employing
suecial men to see that the precaution-
ary rules are observed, as every work
man is a spy upon his neighbors, for
he knows that his safety depends quite
as much upon the others as upon him.
self.
Dynamite is principally mixture of
sulphuric acid, chill saltpeter and box
wood sawdust. There are good many
other things which enter into its COM
position, and before it takes the shape
of the finished cartridge 1t passes
through a variety of hands. There are
good many other things which enter
into its composition, and beforeHt
takes the shape of the finished cart
ridge it passes through a variety OF
hands. There is one thing that the
dynamite worker is thankful for, and
that is his job will never be usurped by
machinery.
Nearly a dozen of the shanties are
chemical houses. They are called
safety buildings" and are used for the
storage of the many acids which help
to make dynamite what it is.
One of the initiatory stages of the
cartridge is cooking of the dynamite
gelatine. The product of the cook Is
nitroglycerine Many acids are poureA
into big leaden tub, the most con-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-13
RELIGION AND THE THEATER.

Religion and the theater are things
go habitually separated by the habits
Of modern thought that it is somewhat
difficult for us to conceive of them
both as at one time indissoluDly unit
ed" says Professor Felix E. Sche1ling
in the October Lippincott's Magazine
and yet the drama of modern Europe,
like that of ancient Greece, took its
rise in religious ceremony The
church was the first theater, and
monks and the younger clergy were
the earliest actors as well as the earli-
est writers, projectors, and managers
of plays. The drama has been de-
scribed as initiated human action, by
which is meant the necessity that a
play adhere to life itself in its move,
ment and activity The drama has
also been somewhat technically defin-
ed as AN epic proceeding by lyric
parts all of which means no more
than that a play is story told by
means of the successive feelings and
emotions of the characters involved.
Now, story told by means of action
and the emotion involved compre
bends, first, the telling, which is mar
rative, or epic, and secondly. the ex-
preston of emotion in poetry or
song, which is lyric. Besides this, we
have gesture, facial change, and pan
tomime which is action; and the use
of language in dialogue and mono
logue. Each and all of these ele-
ments of the drama have been found
by those who have searched for them
in the early services of the Christian
church. Thus the epic or narrative
element is to be found in the reading
of the Scriptures, the epistle and the
gospel, to the congregation; the lyri-
cal or song element is contained in
the hymns, anthems, and other music
which formed an important and inter-
esting part of the Christian service
from the earliest times. The congre
CATION in certain parts of the service
was expected to join in responses. and
the element of dialogue was according
ly introduced. Two other elements
remain, that of action or of panto-
mime, to be found in the symbolical
gestures. the bow. ara meetings of
the officiating priests: and professions
in which banners, pictures, md images
representing scenes rom the life of
solemnly borne through the church.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-13
FIREARMS MOST
CAPRICIOUS THINGS
Tendency OF Even the Most Ordinary Gun is to
Go Off Anyway.

loaded all his cartridges except one. He
remembers that before he began TO
load this last one he blew little dust
out of the loading block (the little
block with a hole in the center on
which the base of the cartridge rests
50 that the primer will not touch any
thing. Then he placed the cartridge
into it and loaded it. The minute he
began to ram the powder in it exploded
and tore OF three fingers. 1t was
found that, in some mysterious way,
a little piece of iron had lodged in the
hole of the loading block. The armor-
err was sure that it had not been there
in that instant when he looked at it,
and, besides, he could not imagine
whence the iron could have come, for it
was unlike anything that there was in
the aTmory. But it was there and it
did the work
Nothing shows the uncertainty OF
explosives more than hang fires"
The hammer drops, you wait an in
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-13

Somebody has said that a gun is
dangerous without stock, lock or bar
rel! That is almost true Guns and
revoNers seem to load themselves mys-
teriously. In handling firearms a pro-
portion of humans in this world appear
TO be afflicted with a mental weakness
that makes it impossible for them to
count straight or to see solid OBJ
iects. They draw four cartridges out
of five-chambered revolver and care
fully count the four cartridges as five,
or they look anxiously into the breach
of double-barreled gun and fail to see
that only one barrel Is empty. This is
not humorous description, or an ex-
aggeration for the sake of making a
point. Every man who handles weap-
ons much will admit that the eye, hay
ing become accustomed to peering into
guns. and the mind, having become ac-
customed to thinking of them, become
Indifferent and prone to illusions.
When familiarity breeds a contempt
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-13
The Humble Abode of One Dynamite Factory.

Were all the business concentrated in
one building, and an explosion occur
in any one department. the shock
would cause instantaneous upheavats
throughout the building, killind or
manning every one in the place.
Several hundred people are employ
ed in the factory. including a dozen
women Each and every one of them
fully realizes the danger of their call.
ing, and they exercise the greatest
cnution IN performing their work.
There are certain rules formulated by
che company which they must obey
and this they are only too glad to do.
One is that no matches, firearms or
explosives of any kind must be carried
on the person. Another is that no
iron or steel pess cal be worn in the
shoes. Wooden pegs are permissible
because they are safe.
This latter rule was formulated some
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-13

spi 'ous feature of which is a Their
mometer like hawk and adds chilled
water from time to time to keep the
temperature of the mixture down
Should it evince a sudden desire to rise
there is nothing for all hands to do
but run.
After all the acids have been added
the mixture is allowed to stand, and
then the nitro-glycerine comes to the
top like cream in milk. 1t is skinned
off and carried to another house, where
it is mixed with the prepared raw ma
terial, principally saw-dust.
When the coalition has been effected
the result is loose dynamite, looking
for all the world like brown sugar. 1t
Is conveyed to another building. called
the pack-house, where it is stuffed into
the cartridges. The loose dynamite
is placed in dappened trough on a
damp table and the men fill the long
narrow tubes with the stuff, using
wooden scoops. Great care is taken
that none of it drops on the floor
as happening of that kind might be
the preliminary of big disaster In
this room the cartridges are packed for
shipment.
The women in the factory are en-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-13
AN OLD TIME HORSEMAN.
Col. J. S. Morgan Has Lived Through
Great Racing Epoch.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.-Col. ]. S.
Morgan of this city, although in his
81st year, is a regular atter dant at all
matinees Of the gentleman's driving
club at Chenille. Col. Morgan is a
New Yorker by birth, and in his early
days was a prominent owner of last
and high-bred horses in Brooklyn
He knew intimately such old-time
horsemen as Robert Bonner, George
B. Alley, Daniel Willetts, e. V. w
Snedeker, Hiram Woodruff, Dan and
Ben" Mace, Johnny" Murphy, Hiram
Howe, Dan" Pheffer, William Shaw,
Simeon Hoagland, William Whelan,
Congressman Carl, Archie Bliss,
"Gabe" Case, Burr and many others.
The colonel still has keen and clear
mind, particularly on anything relat-
ing to horses or horse racing.
In conversation few days ago, as
he sat in one of the boxes of the grand
stand at Glenville, he became reminis-
cent, and with great JUNCTION told of
the day when Lady Suffolk made a
mile in 2.2S on the Fashion track on
Long Island He said every one
thought then that the limit had been
reached for trotting horses, but later
on. when the matchless little brown
mare Flora Temple, made a mile in
210A, the whole country was agog
with wonderment. The colonel has
witnessed every notable horse race
since the day Lady Suffolk made her
then famous mile. Along in or about
September, 1867, Col Morgan, Daniel
Willetts and e. V. w. Snedeker were
at the road-house Of Hiram Woodruff
on Long Island. Woodruff at this
time was training the celebrated Dex-
ter, then owned by George B. Alley, a
New York banker. and the converse
ton turned to the possibilities of Dex-
ter making a mile in faster time than
had Flora Temple. The result of the
conversation was that Col. Morgan,
Messrs. Willetts and Snedeker made a
wager with Hiram Woodruff of $4,000
against $4,000 that Dexter could not
beat Flora Temples time. to go as Mr..
Woodruff pleased. Woodruff chose
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-13

lings ride Charley Mac the other day
in much better time"
After Col. Morgan returned from
four years service in the war of the
rebellion, he took up his old love for
horses and owned and drove the fast
est team, a roam mare and white
horse, then owned in Brooklyn, or on
Long Island, their time being about
2.32, both with unknown pedigrees.
The most wonderful horse the colonel
owned was one known as Yankee Boy,
a PAGER. He was said to be the
greatest in his day, in the years 1851
to 1853. When the colonel is in a
reminiscent mood it is interesting to
hear him tell of the old days. When
as he says, every race was "hoss
race" for blood, as well as money.
The colonel is great admirer Of Lou
Dillon and thinks she is the greatest
piece of horseflesh anyone ever saw
and predicts that she will go mile In
less than 1.57. Dutch Mowrey is
quite favorite with him also as he
once owned horse that resembled
him in having a "rat tail" The col
onel says that his admiration for Lou
Dillon is only exceeded by that which
he has for her owner, whom he terms
Lou Dillon had beaten two minutes.
Col. Morgan said that away back in
the summer of 1866, ne sat on the
porch of hotel at North Islip, L. l.,
conversing with George 5. Alley, Dex-
ter's owner at that time, who remark
ed that he believed that the day would
come when some horse would trot a
mile in two minutes or better. Mr..
Alley was jeered at by his companions
as having taken too much wine. and
strange though it may be, not one of
those assembled on The porch that day
is alive now except the colonel None
Of them lived to know of Mr.. Alley IS
prediction coming true.
The colonel has lived in Cleveland
for the past 16 years. He has retired
from business and lives quietly with
his two daughters on Republic place,
hut every Saturday finds him in his
accustomed seat at the Chenille mat
inee, where he is a well-known figure.