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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19

TurnlpS-Ie laow, Soc a Dbl; white,
50@75c a bu; French white, So bag.
Observation-Disclosures, $3@6 q
box; carrots, 50@75c bu; parsnips, 81
@1.25 a bu; radishes, 4Ol50c doz
bchs; old beets, 5006Oc a bu; new bunch
beets, $1.5O@1.75 a doz heads; southern
peppers. $1.75 crit; eggrlants. 81 80
q doz; oyster plants, 81 6oz hchs;
dollhouse rhubarb, &c a Wound; CGli-
fornia, 81 box.
Fruit quotations follow.
Apples-Northern spies, 'frcy, $"d3
a Dbl; good, $125 2; bald wins, faI cy,
$2@2.2 rs; No. 1, $1.50Q2; common, 81
0125; No. 2, SOL. %; russets, Roxbury
fancy, $2.25@2.50; common to fair, $150
@1.75.
Cranberries-Fancy late varieties, So
$3.50 a Dbl; other late varieties, $3.50
@550; soft stock, $1@2; crates, fancy,
$1.7562; common to good, $1.25I1.50.
awberries-Florida crates, 20d30c
a at; Charleston refrigerator, S5a40c a
at.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, April '17.-Butter has been
in light receipt and firmer tone has
developed, though buyers still hold off.
Northern creamery, 3O@31c; western,
G9Q3Oc; dairy, 26@2Sc.
Cheese is in moderate demand, but
prices are firmly held without change.
Liverpool is quoted lower. York state,
14@14hc.
Eggs have held steady, with the
range on the different sections nearer
together than LOT months. Choice
western receipts are selling within &c
Of hennery eggs. The quotations are:
Choice nearby, 21@21Ac; eastern, 100
19hc; western, 18A@19c.
Business in the local market for
fruits and vegetables has not increased
much. The volume Of trading is very
disappointing for this time of the year.
The market is plentifully supplied.
Lettuce is almost the only product that
Is as high as usual. Receipts of green
garden truck have been large, and the
returns to the grower, especially in the
case of spinach, must have been very
unsatisfactory.
Asparagus is in good supply, but
not moving very we'll. Apples are dull
and no immediate improvement is
looked for Fancy selections are well
cleaned up; most of the storage stock
is coming out in poor condition. The
outlet for apples is limited both here
and abroad, and it is believed that
dealers who have them in storage will
suffer severe losses.
Potatoes are plenty and easy under
a hight demand. Cabbages are steady,
but onions have declined. Cucumbers
and turnips are lower String beans
are rather scarce and choice fresh Of
ferings readily bring top quotations.
Florida tomatoes are bit easier than
they were. Rhubarb and squashes hold
at about the prices of a week ago.
Sweet potatoes sell WELL Vegetables
are quoted as follows:
agus-Charleston, extra fancy,
FR.OUlLO d UOH UCuo, Juliet COuln OdIO-
lima offerings, $2.5Od4; California ex-
ira fancy, IS; fancy, $4G4.50; other
California offerings, $3@35O.
Oabbages-Drumhead, $1.1O a Dbl.
Celery-White, $1@1.25 a bch.
Beans-Southern string beans, $3.50
a crt; butter beans, $3.50 a crt.
Onions-Native, $1@1.25 a blu; Ber-
muda, 1925 a crt; leeks, 90c doz bchs
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, $1.50
@2.5O a box of three doz heads; mint
81 doz bchs; watercress, 81 a doz
bchs; parsley, $1.5O@1.75 blu.
Spinach, etc-Norfolk spinach, 5Oc@
81 Dbl; dollhouse dandelions, 5O@75c
a blu; beet green's, 35@5Oc a bu; Nor.
folk kale, 75c a Dbl.
Squashes-Marrow, $1.5O a Dbl; hub
bard, $20025 a ton.
Tomatoes-Southern, $3.5Od4 a crt;
dollhouse, 40c pound.
Potatoes-Aroostook green noun
tains, 3Sd4Oc bu; hebrons, 33@35c;
Dakota reds, 3O032c; rose, 4O@45c;
sweets. Vinelands. 1925 bskt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19
Probate of Will.
EMERY e. HOVEY'S ESTATE.


STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia district, IS.
In Probate Court, held at the Probate Office
in St. Johnsbury, within and for said district,
on the 10th day of April A. D. 1905.
An instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament of Emery E. Hovey,
late of Waterford in said district de-
ceased, being presented to court by
named for Probate: 1t is ordered by, said
Court that all persons concerned therein be
notified to appear at a session of said Court,
to be held at the Probate Office in st. Johns
bury on the goth day Of April, A. D. 1908,
and show cause if any they may have, against
the probate of said Will for which purpose
it Is further ordered that a copy of the
record of this order be published three weeks
successfully In the Caledonian, printed at
st. Iohnsbury, previous to said time APP
pointed for hearing.
BY the Court, Attest;
WALTER p. SMITH, In1ge.
Attest. WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19

doz special for this sale Brown Slate TaS and White worth
SOO7oC par Several broken lots at &c. 800 and 98C were
90 to so pair lot Of regular grades at rs to S75 pair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Draininq Jones Valley.

The completion of the Valley creek trunk sewer and the near completion of the Village creek trunk sewer should not be forgotten on Thanks giving day in Jones valley. We should on that day and on all subsequent days be thankful that our great val ley is to be rendered from end to end sound. sweet and sanitary.
 Into the two trunk sewers con structed by generous and magniti' cent county are to be swept by water all impurities daily, even every hour and every minute. The cleansing of the valley will go on continuously, and the purifcation process will be carried on out of sight, smell or sound. It will be without effort except at the starting point.
 The starting point is, however, an important matter, and the chief duty of the sanitary commission now con sists in seeing that the buildings in Jones valley do secure connections with the trunk sewers. This means not only those in this city, but each and every other building in Jones val ley. A considerable portion of this clty lacks house drainage. and every house in or out of this city in Jones valley that harbors such a deficiency is a danger to those that are properly equipped. All must be tied to the trunk sewers in order to render the valley what nature intended it should be.
 The sanitary commission should speak plainly on this subject. It make known the fact that the trunk sewers were built to be used by house holders. and that every house should, before hot weather comes again, get ready to send its impurities into the trunk sewers. The old-timer who threw his impurities out on' the soil to fester under a none too merc1ful sun, should get in line with modern methods. But whether we like trunk sewers or dislike them, all in Jones valley will be required to conform to the rules and regulations of sanitary science, and the commission should speak authoritatively on this point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Investigate First.

There is something" said Alder man Cooper, on the day following the Moore & Handley fire, Hacking in the equipment to fight fire. It may be the fire department, it may be the appa. ratus, or it may be the lack of water, but no matter what it is-there is something lacking. 1 am in favor of doing something to remedy the defect at once and hope the other members of the council feel the same way"
 This is the correct position, but this very position calls for investigation to begin with. It is absolutely necessary to ascertain what the fire-fghting de- ficiency is, before we can economi- cally provide the remedy. The under standing between the board of trade anu the insurance companies was val uable, but the recent fire seems to call for a further inquiry.
 An investigation conducted on inde- pendent and thorough-going lines Is plainly needful Some of the alder men are as much at sea as the private ciuzens, for the former, when they talked on Wednesday for publication, simply disagreed over the situation. Alderman Cooper frankly confessed he did not know what the city lacks Tn the way of fire protection. No one, 1t would seem, definitely knows what Is lacking-all know that the city needs something. It is best to ascertain just what that need is before action is had.
 All feel that in order to avoid heay- fer insurance taxation the something that is lacking should be supplied, and all know that the city has no money to throw at the birds, and the first work of the board of aldermen seems to consist of a rigid and speedy in- vestigation of the entire subject of fire protection in this city as a preliml- nary and precautionary step. Let the understanding of last winter be taken up, and then let the question be asked: What further in the way of additional eouipment is necessary to prevent a repetition of the scenes of last Tues day night?
 As to the work of the members of the fire department at Tuesday nights fire only words of praise are heard. The firemen, from chief down, indeed, d.d splendid service. None could have done better But in the equipment there seems to be much room for im- provement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Helped Birmingham.

."The fact that Ringing Bros circus was allowed to parade in Birmingham and give an exhibition by a reduction or the license, helped Birmingham in more than one way" said J. T. Rose, advance agent and local contractor for the Sells & Downs shows. which will winter in Bir' mingham.
 Tn the first place the Ringling Bros. are going all over the United States and everywhere they are telling people about the immense crowds that went to the circus in Birmingham. This advertises the city more than anything else could, as it gives the city the reputation of being first-class show town
 Another good that has resulted is the bringing of our shows to Birmingham for the winter. 1 saw one of the Ringing brothers after the circus left Birming- ham and he advised me by all means to winter in Birmingham. I took the matter up with the owners of the Sells X Downs shows with the result that the circus will spend the cold months at Smiths 3 park, or the fair grounds, as it is called.
 Our shows will spend thousands of dollars in Birmingham this winter, and the merchants will reap the benefit. We will leave behind far more money than we will carry away, even if we are al- lowed to show twice in the spring without license."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Russia's First Cabinet.

The zemstvoists are liberals and they constitute the best element of Russian politics. The individual asi- tators are as a rule social democrats of an extreme type. Both lot Of men seem inclined to distrust the premier president. and he is having no little trouble for that reason in selecting cabinet that will be satisfactory to the New Russia. The bureaucrats of the past are wholly discredited, and the premier is therefore compelled to seek cabinet timber where he can find it.
 The popular distrust of Count Witte natural. He was formerly a bureau crat himself, and up to the present crisis he had never shown on single occasion any desire for political re- form. He is a new convert, and the men who made a New Russia possible distrust him.
 The Emperor fills four places in the cabinet, and the premier the eight re- maining positions, and 1t is said the latter is progressing as rapidly as he can in selecting the eight new heads of departments. The eight old depart ment chiefs are slated to go. It is per haps regrettable that the liberals and social democrats do not at this june ture more fully support the premier.
 He has already secured very con siderable extension of the suffrage, and this extension applies to the coIn- ing election of the douma. In it the working classes are to have twenty five representatives, thus putting them on basis with the peasants; the ''iIl- tellectuals" are to be allowed to vote, and the property qualification of all other persons is reduced, so that near
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Missouri and Life Insurance.

Insurance Commissioner Vandiver of Missouri concluded that acting was much better than talking when the protection of policy holders in his state became live question. The hour of action in such matters seems to be near at hand, and if all policy holders are to be protected the action of Missouri will be widely followed
 The case is simple. The New York Life took the money of policy holders and proceeded to put portion of it in the slush funds of the political cam. paigns of 1896, 1900 and 1904. Presi. dent Mccall and his associates had no more moral or legal right to do this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
APPRECIATION OF THE
 SPELL OF NOVEMBER

have given them another stronghold than the open sky. If the year were all sum- mer their social instincts would not have diversity to call them into vigorous ex- ercise. They would not feel the need of each others company, or of the conso- lations of art, or of the communion of great souls in other ages.
 Summer is a centrifugal force in civiliza- ton. It disperses men. It lessens their de- pendence upon each other. November re- minds them of the human need It routes them out of the country, out of the in- hospitable wilderness, and sends them thronging into town again. The soul of November is urban.
 So there is the same paradox in No- vember that there is in the northwest wind. which is called a bracing wind, be- cause you have to brace yourself against 1t. For all its gray negations and its pal pablo sadness, November is bracng month and a tolerably cheerful month, just because such an effort is made to be cheerful November lights the fires in the hearths and veins. It bedecks the roof tree. It opens the rich volume in which men have written words as significant as any in the scroll of nature. Epics, lyrics, paintings, architecture and industry what are they. after all, save the trium- phant effort of men to warm and feed themselves and have something to whils away the long winter nights withal when November warns them that the game Is up in the fields?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10

than a bank has to take the money of depositor and turn it over to po- litical managers. And yet the officers of the New York Life refuse to refund the money thus expended for illegal and wrongful purposes" Commission. CT Vandiver gave President Mccall un- til November to refund the money. He thus had ample notice and ample warning, and he defied both notice and warning, and Commissioner Vandiver promptly and properly revoked the li- cense of the New York Life to do bus mess in Missouri.
 He either was compelled to do this or else to ratify, sanction and approve the payment of campaign contributions from funds furnished by policy hold CTS. many of whom live in Missouri. The action of Commissioner Vandi- yer is the first practical and effective step taken to safeguard the interests of policy holders, and to decrease the abnormal cost of life insurance. No healthier step has been taken in life insurance matters, and the action in Missouri should be repeated in state after state until Mccall and his board of directors return to the policy hold CTS the money they wrongfully took from them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Gracious pecaturs.

'The Decaturs entertained the Alabama Commercial and Industrial association in a most hospitable fashion," said T. H. Motion, president of the Commercial club, who attended the recent meeting of the state association
 "An interesting programme was carried out and number of instructive addresses were delivered but the gracious way in which the Decaturs received the visitors made a great impression on the delegates.
 Tuesday night we were rendered a most elaborate banquet by the citizens of the cities. Several rides over the twin cities were also arranged for the dele gates.
 'I was especially impressed with the beautiful homes and the wal kept front yards and lawns of the Decaturs ] cont know when I have seen more lovely flowers that are now in bloom in the front yards in those two cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Water Main Needed.

q read with great deal of interest the views of majority of our aldermen on the needs of Birmingham in the way of additional fire fighting apparatus, said a well known public man yesterday Every word they said is true and great deal more could be added to the grand total of all their opinions
 Not only does Birmingham need larger and better equipped fire depart ment, but I think larger water mains should be laid on every street in the business section of the city. What is the use of attaching four lines of hose to an engine that is pumping from a hydrant only four inches in diameter? It is the most absurd thing I ever heard of.
 ''I am told that there is not g main in the heart of the city more than eight inches, and that the natural gravity pressure Is all that can he relied on at any fire until the engines are in oper- ation. But even then they cannot do full service for the reason that their is not sufficient water in the small mains
 ''I have not a word to say against the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Texas Farmers Discouraged.

Fulton s. White, industrial agent Of the Frisco railroad and agricultural editor or The Age-Herald, was in Birmingham yes terday, en route to Memphis. Mr White has just returned from tour of Texas and the southwest.
 q found the farmers of Texas greatly discouraged over crop conditions" said Mir White. "They have had bad year and nearly all crops have suffered, cot ton among the rast. Remarkable develop ment is being made, however, in the coast country of Texas, where rice culture has proven profitable industry. Land in this section is too high, in my opinion, but It is in demand and the boom continues un- abated'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Mo More Knockers.

The New Orleans Times-Democrat or Wednesday, November 8, has the follow ing interview with Dave Wurtzberger of Birmingham, who Is in the Crescent City on business trip
 'oThere are no more knockers in our town. We used to have a large anvel chorus there but 1t has disbanded long since Now 1t is case of boast with everybody. I tell you it does wonders for city. Every man who is resident there who goes away from Birmingham, whether on business or pleasure, is en- joined to sing the praises of his home city on every possible occasion. We have all become walking delegates for Bir- mingham. We tell those whom we meeC in other places that we have one of the finest cities in the south, that the latch key is always out, and there is room and a welcome for every man, woman and child who wishes to change his or her place of residence You meet men in your travels who are constantly saying mean things of the town where they live. We had in days past men of that type in Birmingham. But they have either closed up or changed their tunes. It pays"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Lesson of the Ohio Election.

The Ohio election has upset the ma chine that Hanna and Mckinley built up, and that Cox and Dick had main- tained, but still 1t cannot be said to have been a mere revolt against ma chine and boss rule. When one ma chine in the republican party is showed under another appears at once, and a Foraker machine will soon be- come as objectionable as the Cox-Dick machine had been.
 Nor does it appear that the rate issue cut much of a figure in the Ohio campaign. Senator Foraker took the stump, and in his notable opening speech he frankly assailed President Secretary of War Taft spoke soon afterwards, upholding the administras tion plan. Governor Herrick had long been identified with corporations, and so had John M. Pattison, and the two state platforms contained about an equal quantity of meaningless plati- tudes on the rate question.
 The more the victory of the demo- crats in Ohio is considered, the plainer 1t appears that the people simply want a change in politics. In a country gov erned by parties it is as a rule turn and turn about" It was so before the civil war, when public affairs were in a normal condition, and it will be so again.
 The republicans have been in power since 1897, and when MT. Roosevelts term Is ended they will have con trolled all branches of the government twelve years. The election in Ohio means that the people desire a change To some extent the election in Penn- sylvania carries a like lesson, al though in the latter state corruption had become in politics general and shameless. In Ohio there was no En- terprise bank failure, no footing of a large city. Ohio simply wants a change in public affairs, and for that purpose she substituted a democratic plurality of about 10000 for a republi- can plurality, cast last year, of 5,421.
 The democrats should pull them selves together, get in touch with the mass of the people, and accumulate and foster plain political sense These things will give them victory in 1903 if the Ohio result means, as it seems to mean, discontent and general de- sire for change in rulers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
THE LONG AGO.

By Bayard Taylor. Ohl a wonderful stream is the river of
 time,
 As 1t runs through the realm of tears, With a faultless rhythm and musical
 rhyme, And broad sweep and a surge sublime, As it blends in the ocean of years. How the winters are drifting like flakes of
 snow,
 And the summer like birds between, And the years in the sheaf how they
 come and they go. On the rivers breast, with It's ebb and it's
 flow,
 As 1t gldes In the shadow and sheen. There's magical isle up the river of
 time,
 Where the softest of airs are playing. There's cloudless sky and a tropical
 cline, And a song as sweet as a vesper chime And the Junes with the roses are stray
 ing. And the name of this isle is the Long And we bury our treasures there; There are brows of beauty and bosoms of
 snow, There are heaps of dust-oh! we loved There are trinkets and tresses of hair. There are fragments of songs that nobody
 sings.
 There are parts of an infants prayer, There's a lute unswept and a harp with
 out strings, There are broken vows and pieces of
 rings.
 And the garments our loved used to
 wear There are hands that are waved when
 the fairy shores By the ftful mirage Is lifted in air, And we sometimes hear through the tur-
 bulent roar Sweet voices we heard in the days gone
 before, When the wind down the river was fair. Oh, remembered for aye be that blessed
 Isle.
 All the days of our life until night: And when evening giows with it's beau
 tiful smile. And our eyes are closing in slumbers .
 while
 May lovelier isle be in sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
IN HOTEL. LOBBIES
Hearst's Strength.

Personally" said Mayor Jim Wood ward of Atlanta, after the election, there are many things about MT. Hearst l do not admire, and I am not altogether in sympathy with the municipal ownership idea. If any way could be devised to keep municipal ownership of public utlll- ties out of politics it would be different matter perhaps, but when you place the ownership of street railways and such things in the hands of q city government like that of New York it will almost in- evitably follow that there will be graft and all sorts of mismanagement. Every old broken-down politician with a pull will have job for which he will in no way be fitted.
 But Hearst made a remarkable race and Tammany got lesson and shaR- ing-up it greatly needed It will not soon forget the scare of Iso5.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Gadsden Journal: Birmingham is still talking about the crowd that was there on show day.
 Ensley Herald: The great crowds on the streets of Birmingham on Roose- welt day. and on the day of the circus indicate that this district was never so prosperous, and that thousands can get holiday whenever they wish it.
 Jackson Clarion Ledger: Birmingham may have experienced disastrous set back few years ago. but that city has undoubtedly forgotten all about II py tnis time. Its natural resources were too great and the state of prosperity it is now en- towing was bound to come. It's enterprise ing capitalists have recently increased the capital of bank to shoooooo, the only million dollar bank in the state of Ala bama.