St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

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The Canal Treaty Death of Senator
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Biils-The Pest Once Conspiracy.
Washington's birthday was quite uni
versally observed in, this city by all
classes of people. it being legal holiday.
| Although the morn was dark and dreary
the sun broke through the clouds by noon
and it proved mild. pleasant day over
head. The adjoining town of Alexandria
had large civic parade in the morning
in which many Washingtonians joined.
Br. A. P. Pardon, chairman of the Board
of Trade, arranged for patriotic pro-
| grams in all of the public schools of
| the city. In many of them there were
| adore sses by prominent men or women,
interspersed with readings. perhaps of
Washington's bin thday or Farewell to
| the Army" and flag salutes, minuets
and marches in the primary department,
| all closing with singing America.
| About 2.3O p. m. President and Mrs.
Roosevelt celebrated the day by each
| planting a fern-leaf beech tree on each
| tive avenue to the East terrace of the
| White House. Their three children, Ethel,
| Quentin and Archie and Col. Symons
accompanied them and carried the
spades, ofnamented with red, white and
blue ribbons. The blades will be painted
| and the spades preserved. The children
| helped to put some seeds of the Chinese
| Towering shrub in a large flower pot,
hoping to make them grow, for there is
| only enc specimen in the country now
and that is in the garden tor raising
shrubs and plants. Col. Symons made
| a short address and the people app1auded.
| Senator Hepburn of Idaho read Wash
ington's farewell address in the senate.
The Sons of the American Revolution
celebrated the occasion at the New Will
lard hotel where addresses were made
by Judge M. A. Knapp and the French
delighted to hear the Marine Band play
the 'Marsellaise," in his honor. The d.
A. R. society held interesting exercises in
the Church of Our Father, where Mrs
Fairbanks delivered a short address and
introduced the speakers, Senator Hey
burn of Idaho and ]. S. Dubois The
latter believed in reverencng the flag
and the song because they both bore the
brand made in America They should
be an inspiration to every American.
AT the meeting OF the Oldest Inhabi-
tants Mr.. Simon Wolf. once minister to
Egypt, gave an account in his address
OF the first observances OF the day in
that country. The G.. A. X. society,
Burnside Post, had fine patriotic pro-
gram at the First Congregational church
and Judge II. B. Moulton, the Com
mander of the Post, introduced Rep. J.
A. Goulden OF New York, as the presi-
dent OF the meeting. 1.-The Sword of
Bunker Hip was so enthusiastically
encored that Prof. ]. D. McFall responded
with another song. After cornet solo
and some Rotations Gen. Loud of New
York gave very fine address upon
Washington Although Washington
was not painter, poet, musician Or
scientist, it does take away from his
glory, for he knighted the sons of toll.
and secured tor them precious freedom.
He sheathed the sword and peace sits
upon the nations throne in her queenly
robes today. A conspicuous feature OF
the evening was the presence OF the
minute men, in handsome continental
costume, seated in the gallery behind the
speakers, under the charge of Major E.
r. Campbell.
January was called the coolest winter
month tor II years and February the
coolest month for 81 years. The sudden
tall In temperature last week did much
damage TO water pipes and plum ers
were IN great demand. The falling rain
froze at once, covering pavements and
streets with CLASSY covering, SO people
| used mbrellas tor canes in venturing out
of doors.
Grip is somewhat prevalent but people
do not mind staying in the house during
Lenten season. Druggists claim that SO
much cod liver oil varlously prepared is
now used as a preventive tor grip that it
has advanced the price. The Russian
| japanese war is causing flour and the
ue cessaries OF life to rise in price; there is
some talk OF asking SIX cents for loaf OF
| bread instead OF five, although some
| bakers have secured -four enough to last
| a long time. 1t has been reported that
| under the new snow and ice law passed
| there had been 1000 failures reported
| from the six precincts and there are four
| more; there is one dollar assessed to paw
| the expense of five dollar fine, so there
| will be several thousand dollars fine due
from those citizens. A good many
aojectives are made use of, especially
| against the grounding. It has been
| suggested that the revenue from the dis
| trict fines may enable them to pay tor
clearing the sidewalks on the government
| parks and reservations as the govern
ment pays no taxes, although it owns
| fully one-half OF the real estate here. The
| assessments may bring in quite an
| amount if the cold weather continues
through March. They are already taik-
ing OF adjourning congress in April or by
| May I, since the passage of the Panama