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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-07-19
Special Village Meeting.

AT the last Village Meeting a resolution
was adopted instructing the Village Treas,
urer not to honor any orders drawn unon
the Village of St. Johnsbury in excess of the
appropriation in each department.
The voters are hereby notified and warned
to meet at the Town Hall Jnly 20, 1905. AZ
$50 p. m, to take action in regard to appro.
priating money to defray expenses in the
several departments of the Village.
c. A. STANLEY,
F. E. SPAULDING,
F. S. HARTMAN,
Trustees.
CLINTON B. WEEKS,
Village Clerk.
st. Johnsbury, VT, July 3rd, 1905.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-07-19
?. Help Wanted.
KING EMPLOYMENT BUREAU,
Sc R. R. Street, 81. Johnsburv.
Merchants National Bank,
st. Johnsbury, VI. .
Special MEETING.

A special meeting Of the stockholders "a,
Merchants National Bank OF st. Tohnsbr,.aue
Vt, will be held at the Office OF the RAM
Monday, August 7, at p. M, at which t;u ~
the stockholders will be requested to v v,Ts
upon the following: 'o~
RESOLVED, that, under the provisions d,
Sec. 5143, U. S. Revised Statutes, and ~ W. VI
law amendatory thereof, the capital stool 'a u,
this Association be reduced in the SIM VI y,
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAaNgnl
DOLLARS ($150,ooo) leaving the totsI
capital, after said reduction ONE HTNnPESTnI
AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,iS1Eop
00ol when approved by the Comptrolier n
the Currency. ''N' VI
CHAs. W. RUITER, Cashier
st. Johnsbury, VT, July 1, 1905.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-07-19
A Large Family.

A Large Family. nTc e
Our Lyndonville' correspondent has
this to say concerning aofamily in that
vicinity which 10 large and thrifty enough
to meet the presidential" idea:
Mrs. Henry Bell OF East Lyndon has
recently given birth to her eleventh child,
the mother being only about thirty.
Mr.. Bell 10 an industrious and hard.
working man. who labers In the coal
shute by day, and also carries ON about
ninety acres OF land, which The has pur.
chased himself little at q. time. !, He
has built house where bis family live In
comparative comfort His numerous
family. are healthy, and well.trAined
children, and although they have none Of
the Injuries, de- mot seem to suffer for
the necessities of life. Such a family
would prove OF great interest to 1.-The
president and It really seems az Though
be ought to be made. acquainted, with
them.n 81 - X 1"'T' .M',,9
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-07-19
Church Notes.

Rev. Geo. H. Hooper OF New York
oficiated at st. Andrews iast Sunday,
and will supply there during the rector's
absence this summer. The ofertory solo
at this church on Sunday was sung by
Mrs. Prank J. Moore Of Quincy. Mass. /;
it was "Just az I am" and the congre.
CATION thoroughly enjoyed its rendition.
Mr.. Hooper has spent several summers
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-07-19
Deaths.

At Lincoln. Neb.. July Is, Frank o. Hub
bard, In the SD year Of his age.
At st: Johnsbury. July ~, Jerry McNally,
aged SO years.
At South Ryegate, July 1e, VIM. Greene.
aged SO years, AZ yt.- =
At Greensboro. July IS. Alexander White.
At Wheelock, July IS, Mrs. Frank Pearl.
At Lyndonville, July 6. Charles Whipple.
in his 74th year. TO- .lEl 81 7fri
At Danville, July 8, Mrs. Fred VIM, aged
80 years. -
At Greensboro, July o, William Barclay.
aged 90 years. .,..,..e.. cvL = ;
At Lyndonville, July II. Mrs. Lois Pierce,
aged 70 years. i"@tt
At South Framingham,~ Mass, Iuly A.
Mrs. G. B. Cook. formerly Of Greensboro. ak
At Atkinson. N. H., July 2, James A. Dow,
aged SO years. W.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-07-19
A Card.

We wish to express our sincere thanks
to all the neighbors and friends, and to
members of the Court, who so kindly az.
sisted as In our sad bereavement, and
for the many beautiful flowers. IS. ~
MRS. LUCIA DANIELS AND FAMILY.
MARILLA M. DANIELS. ,a -.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-07-19
Births.

At Newark, July IS, & daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Perry.
AT qanville, July 7, daughter to Mr.. and
At Cambridge. Mass, July is, daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Warden,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-07-19

Priscilla Flour is mlled under the
direction of food experts. It is always
best. At all grocers.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15

With only two battalionS of regular
commander of the fortress, could do
nothing but send out calls for rein
forcements, while the mutineers forti-
fled themselves in the barracks and
defiantly prepared for the attack which
they knew must come.
In the meantime the crews OF the
battleship Panteleimon, formerly the
kniaz Potemkin. and the cruiser Otch-
akoff joined the revolt and other ships
of the fleet hoisted the red flag. A
deputation was sent to Admiral Chouk-
min inviting him to come and hear the
grievances of the mutineers, but he
declined.
The demands of the mutineers in
cluded, aside from fifteen proposal!
dealing with reforms in service regu
latiOns, which they asserted the czal
had promised, the convocation OF
constituent assembly and the imme-
diate granting of the liberties assured
in the imperial manifesto.
With strong detachments Of troops
on the way from Sinferopol and Odes
sa, the Brest regiment abandoned the
revolt as suddenly as it had Joined
artillery and one battalion of fortress
artillery avowedly loyal, and with
the momentary danger that the sailors
aboard his shops would desert him,
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
RIVAL FOR YANKEE FARMERS
Enlightened Russian Peasant New
Factor In World.

Illustrations of the worlds economic
solidarity are the recent Russian in
fluences on the security markets
everywhere. Russian enlightenment
and freedom promise to make mark
ed Impressions on future American
farming. Henry D. Baker says that
agriculture now gives employment to
S7h per cent of Russia's population.
but Russian agriculture is now in a
terrible condition. The Russian peas
ant enlightened will prove powerful
rival to the Yankee farmer. The
average return per hectare of land
in Russia is said to be 3S2 kilos.
while the German return is 300 kilOs.
Russia has to use 25 per cent of her
harvest as seed for future sowing,
which is about oouble what other ma
tions use. Curiously, even in the
direst times, like during the recent
war and late chaotic conditions, Rus
sa still makes heavy exports of
wheat This doubtless is because
wheat is one of the chief quick assets
of the country. The Russian peasant
ry have wheat to export to England
when they scarcely can afford to buy
rye bread for their own hamlets. Their
exports OF wheat will help pay the
interest on their nations enormous
foreign obligations. but individually
they yield trifing cash returns.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15

chain of forts extends north and
south Of the city.
The barracks on Admiralty Point in
which the mutineers made their stand,
is SO located that only the guns Of
Fort Constantine, at the entrance Of
the roadstead. and the fire from ships
could reach them. Retreat landward
would be out of the question, because
the only route out of the narrow
tongue of land occupied by the sailors
leads past the barracks of the Bielos-
tok regiment and under the fortifica-
tions of Molokoff Hill, whose artillery
could completely sweep the road.
The present site Of Sebastopol was
in ancient times the site Of a Greek
colony known as Chersonesus and in
the sixteenth century the Tartar set
tlement of Akhtiar occupied the spot
The town of Sebastopol was founded
in 1884 by Catherine II. and in 1904 it
became Russia's chief naval station of
the Black Sea 1t has many beautiful
public buildings and handsome resi-
dences and the city is adorned with
many monuments and statues in mem
ory of heroes of the Crimean war. The
principal industries are shipbuildng
and winemaking.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15

Admiral Chouknin, in command of the
Black Sea fleet. and Gen. Neplineff.
but the sailors remained firm and
waited for the inevitable battle which
when it came spelled for them death
and disaster.
The beautiful city of Sebastopol.
famed for the wonderful siege of
eleven months, which, after series of
the most terrific artillery battles the
world ever saw until Port Arthur, cul-
minated in the most dramatic event
of the Crimean war, has for fifty years
served as peaceful stronghold of the
vast Russian empire.
Its defenses and fortresses have
been kept in the best condition since
the memorable struggle that was wit
messed by all the world" and from
time to time the Notifications and
equipment have been strengthened
and moderniZed so that to-day it would
be fully equal to as brave a stand as
it made through the fall and winter of
1854 and the spring and summer of
1855, when the allied British. French
and Turkish armies of 10000 men
engaged in the fearful task of hum
bling the proud city and its Russian
defenders
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15

The sanguinary events of the past
few days in historic Sebastopol were
the elimination of a carefully planned
and extensive mutiny among the sail
Ors OF the port, resulting from the
socialistic and revolutionary propagan-
da which for months has involved
Russia's principal centers in a turmoil
of riot, blOodshed and disorder.
The hrst rumors of the revolt at
SebastOpOl reached the outside world
Nov. "a, when brief dispatches vague
iy told of a mutiny in the Black Sea
feet and portions of the Sebastopol
garrison and that some of the officers
had been killed by the mutineers. BY
reason of the fact that communication
BIZ rail and wire was practically sus-
pended the first details of the most
extensive mutiny of modern times
were not made known until Nov. q.
Of1cial reports then showed that
the revolt which had long smoldered
had broken into fame. On that day
eight sailors in the great barracks on
Admiralty Point seized number of
their officers and disarmed them. In
stantIy 1000 sailors in the barracks
and some other land equipages joined
In the rebellion, and by night Russia's
stronghold on the Black Sea was at
the mercy Of the mutineers.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15

bacco, estimated at $52.OO0,Ooo; sugar
cane and sugar beets, worth $5O,OO0,-
600, and rice, which is expected to ex-
ceed in value last years crop, which
was worth $l3.s92,OOO.
OF the total production, Secretary
Wilson remarks that the wealth
production on farms in 1905 reached
the highest amount ever attained by
the farmer Of this or any other coun-
try, stupendous aggregate OF results
of brain and muscle and machine.
amounting in value to $6,41 1000, ,O0O,"
which is $256O0O, 900 greater than the
figures for 1904.
Besides this enormous value O.
crops, the secretary states that tina
value of farm lands has increased
$6,133 100000 since the census of
1900, which means that every sunset
during the last five years has register
ed an increase of $3,400,000 in the
value of the farms of this country
Secretary Wilson sravely asserts
that the results accomplished by the
Weather Bureau for the benefit of
the farmer, the mariner, the shipper.
the manufacturer and the seeker after
health or pleasure prove that there is
no weather service anywhere in ia.
world comparable with it,
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15

| The dining room has an especially
fine outlook. and facing the river Is
a great window composed of one
enormous sheet of plate glass, through
which the panorama Of the day car
be seen as if one were out of doors.
and through which when at night the
family 81; at dinner the myriad lights
of New York appear floating, as il
were, on the tide, with the lights o]
passing vessels weaving a changing
pattern on the rivers breast
The island-an island no longer
which Col. John Stevens OF Revolu
tionary days bought, is now built ever
solidly with houses-all except the
castle park, and this park makes the
Stevens home veritable rus in urbe.
TIE park was originally larger. but
Edwin A. Stevens. father of the pres.
ent colonel of the same name. when
he founded the Stevens Institute of
Technology, gave large slice of his
grounds to that institution, and some
portions of it have since been sold
off. There used to be great graperies
on the place. but the land where they
formerly stood is now owned by the
institute. Also the great greenhouses.
which were formerly in the park for
the raising of flowers, were torn down
not long ago, having become decrepit
from age.
The Stevens Institute of Technology
is one of the many benefactors of the
family The late Edwin A. Stevens
established it in 1867. giving a block
of land, a building fund and an en-
dowment of half a million dollars to
set it going. In the days of the civil
war Commodore John C. Stevens built
an ingenious floating fortfication
known as the Stevens battery. II
was never used, and though he spent
great sums on it the family received
little or no return.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15

The rebels held meeting, in which
soldiers. sailors and workmen of the
port joined and when Admiral Pisa
revski. with company of the Brest
regiment, which was considered loyal,
arrived and threatened to open fire
unless the meeting dispersed his
threat was followed by rattle of mus
kerry, and Capt. Stein and two other
officers fell dead, while Admiral Pisa
revski received bullet in his shoul-
der.
Nov. rs the city was the scene of a
remarkable procession, in which 5000
mutinous sailors, workmen and scat
tering detachments Of troops Joined.
They carried the banner of st. George
and the red flags of the revolution
waved along the line.
Unopposed and greeted by cheering
mobs, the. mutineers marched to the
barracks of the Brest regiment, and
that body imprisoned its officers and
Joined the mutineers. Similar tactics
were adopted toward the Bielostok
regiment. the only other regiment of
infantry in the city, but although the
latter regiment cheercd and came to
present arms" in honor of the mutt
neers. it refused to join the revolt
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15

Secretary Wilson's comments upon
the wonderful prosperity Of the farm
ers of the country have attracted gen.
eral attention to the fact that never
before have crops been harvested at
such general high level of produc-
ton and price.
Corn. Mr.. Wilson says, has reached
its highest production, 2,7OS,0OO,OOO
bushels, and It's highest value, which
may be sl,216,OOO No other crop is
worth half as much.
The nearest crop in value to corn
is that of hay the figures being $6O5,.
100000. For the preceding two years
cotton held second place, but it drops
to third rank this year. when its
value. including seed, is expected to
be nearly or quite $575,000,0O0.
Wheat, according TO the report, Is
the second in size of that grain the
country has ever produced, 6S4 4000,0
bushels. while its value. $525 100000
is $11 100000 more than ever before
reached.
Mr.. Wilson places oats fifth in order
of value of the years crops, the yield
being 939 100000 bushels. worth $2S2,
100000. Then in order come potatoes,
$13S,0OO,00O; barley, s5S,O00.00O; to,
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
Danger in Tco Much Haste.

Gov. Folk of Missouri believes that
civic or any other reform should be
undertaken in deliberate fashion and
not in whirlwind style. Corruption,
he says, sis a dangerous thing and we
should make our escape from its per-
ills cautiously. as ship escapes from
the dangers of a fog. | once heard of
a foolish sea captain who was steam
ing through extremely thick weather
at tremendous rate. A passenger
ventured to remark that he might
meet with disaster if he kept up such
a speed in fog. Fogs, SIR said the
captain, are dangerous things and
I'm always in hurry to get out of
them"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
Judgment Comes in Handy.

Miss Blanche Gertrude Keik of AL
lentown, Pa. last spring secured a
verdict for $4,000 damages against
Rev. Edgar ]. Heilman. the reverend
gentleman having failed to marry her
according to promise. While the trial
was in progress Miss Helix became ac-
quainted with Adam J. Hummelsback
of Philadelphia, whom she has just
married. The couple will go to house
keeping in suburb of Philadelphia
and the groom says that in fixing up
a new home for himself and wife, Rev.
Mr.. Heilman's $4,000 will help some" "
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
PICTURES SENT BY TELEGRAPH
"Photograms" the Invention of Prof.
korn Of Munich

Photograms are photographs telc-
graphically transmitted Prof. korn
of Munich uses as dispatcher Sc
lenum tube revolving on small
shaft and surrounded by glass cy-
Under, on which is wrapped the trans
parency, negative or positive, which
is to be telegraphed. Light from an
electric arc lamp is thrown through
the transparency and falls upon the
selenium tube in small patch or
spot Every part of the tube and
every part of the photograph passes
in turn under the spot of light. The
receiver is a cylinder carrying a sen
sitive film, revolving, and also trav-
cling along the line of its axis at the
same speed as the transmitting cy
Under. Near it is a vacuum tube light
shielded by inactive material, except
for tiny window whence a ray of
light falls upon the revolving sensitive
film The strength of this light CON
stantly varies, as it is controlled by
the electric current, which in turn
is controlled by the light playing
through the transmitter's transparency
upon the selenium coil. Every part
of the receiving sensitive cylinder is
exposed in turn and only requires de-
velopment to give negative or posi-
tive,
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
Mrs. Jefferson Davis in Old Aqe.

Mrs. Jefferson Davis, wife of the
president of the confederacy, still
keeps her residence in New York, al
though she goes south during the win
ter months. Mrs. Davis is now 81
years old and very feeble, although not
ailing. Her old Mississippi homestead,
"Beauvoir," is now the home Of con
federate veterans and when Mrs. Da-
Wis makes sojourn in the south 1t
is usually with friends. While in
New York she lives in quiet uptown
apartment hotel and keeps only one
servant. She is far from rich.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
Rich Mans Odd Fancy.

Most extraordinary was the little
luxury of a Mr.. Skidmore, who ac'
cumulated a goodly pile in the pro
vision trade. He engaged two Wallets,
one to tickle the crown OF his head
and the other the soles of his feet.
He said he liked the sensation I'M
mensely, and when demonstrated with
by his doctor declared it to be ever
so much better than massage. Inc
cose was recorded in the medical
Journals of the time as an example OF
a strange development of well rec
ognized physical liking.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
Like a Feudal Castle
The Home Of the Stevens Family. at
Hobcken N. J., Has Stood for Century

| was the clubs third commodore. The
Old Commodore" was one of the own
ers of the yacht America and went
over TO England when she sailed her
celebrated race against the flee, of
the Royal Yacht Squadron.
In the drawing rooms and in the
rotunda are some handsome cabinets
in which are mementoes of the Wash
ington and Stockton families, with
whom the Steveneses have intermar-
ried. The Washington relics came
through the marriage of the present
Col. Stevens's half-sister with Sol
Parke Custis Lewis. descendant of
Washington's step-daughter, Nellie
Custis,. Among these Washington rel
les are dolls and trinkets given by
George and Martha Washington to
Nellie Custis and one of Lady"
Washing.on's visiting cards. said to
be written by the hand of the imnor-
tai George himself. In the sleeping
rooms are great four-post bedsteads
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
Wheat Possibilities Of Canada.

The British are evidently looking
forward to the time when Canada shall
meet all the wheat requirements of the
mother country. A Canadian author
ity predicts that if only one-fourth of
the land suitable for cultivation in
Manitoba and other Canadian terri
tory were planted with wheat and the
average production were equal to that
of Manitoba for the last ten years the
tota! crop would be sufficient to meet
the Canadian demand and the present
requirements of Great Britain three
times over. An American wheat eX-
pert hazards the prediction that west
ern Canada within ten years will be
the principal source of European
wheat es.-Philadelphia Ledger
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
New Profft-Sharina Scheme.

The United States consul at Vic
toria, B. c., reports a scheme of profit
sharing, conducted by the British com
pany operating the street railways
and lighting plants in that section
which is working well. After paying
per cent on the stock the balance
of net earnings is divided into three
parts, two of which go to the stock
holders and one to employees of more
than a years standing in equal
amounts to each-a track greaser re.
ceivins as much as goes to the general
manager of the company in London
In 1903 the first year of trial, sum
equaling $25 per employe was divided,
the next year $35. and for this year
the division, which has just been made
amounts to $40.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
Woman Has Won Business Success.

One of the largest magazine agen-
cies in the country is conducted by a
woman, Miss Jennie Hanson of Lex
ington, Ky. Some years ago, while
tea ching in the public schools at a
salary of $40 month she began TAX
ing subscriptions for the magazines.
Finding that she could make success
of it she gave up her position and
rented an office where she conducted
the business on much larger scale.
She now owns her office building, to
which extensive additions have re-
Gently been made, and also a consid-
cradle amount of real estate in Lex
ingtOn.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
"ohio Kids" in Congress.

Three new congressman, Ralph
Cole, Beman G. Dawes and Edward L..
Taylor. are already known as the
Ohio kids" The three can not boast
of very much more than 100 years in
the aggregate, but they are all hus-
tiers from a state that has turned out
some pretty swift movers in its day.
Representative Cole is just 80 and
ought to stand high at the white
house, as he Is the thirteenth child
Of family of seventeen children
Chicago Chronicle.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
Works With His Parjshioners

Rev. J. A. Dixon, pastor Of the
Methodist church in Hardwick, Vt,
in order to get acquainted with the
laborers of the village and thereby be
better enabled to reach them through
the pulpit, has donned the apron of a
stonecutter and with mallet and ham.
mer is learning the trade of granite
cutter in the shops of the largest con-
cern in the village. Previous to en-.
tering the ministry NJ. Dixon was a
sailor. He begins at the bottom, do,
ing only the very simplest of work.
but expresses the hope that some day
he may be competent to do fine let
tering and carving.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-15
Great Prize.

Robinson Crusoe stood on the cliff
and gazed in depressed loneliness at
the vast waters that surrounded his
prisonlike island. Its pretty tough
he sighed, "to be marooned afar from
civilization"
Just then he observed faithfully
Friday preparing a turtle stew.
But there Is one consolation" he
continued, Frightening up. 81 have a
cook who cannot leave on short notice
like the cooks do in civilization
And Robinson felt SO exuberant he
went out and jestcd with the parrot.