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

Miss Eleanor Aldrich from Ware, Mass,
recently called on friends here. She
teaches school at the Brook and boards
at Frank Randall's.
Mrs. William Wallace is quite sick and
under the doctors care.
Lester Lang and Len Greenbanks
finished work tor Roy Bros. last week
School commenced Monday with Miss
Jean Duncan from McIndoes teacher.
Sammie Richardson came home Mon.
day morning from Harvard to spend the
Easter vacation.
The w. c. T. U. will meet Thursday al
ternoon at Mrs. Ella Gilfillan's.
Easter will be observed Sunday by ex-
ercises by the Sunday school children and
singing by the older ones.
Mr.. Hallett from St. Johusbury Center
is working in the creamery and boards
at w. ]. McGilPs.
Miss Kate Whitcher from Woodsville.
who has been visiting Mrs. Aver for two
weeks. returned Saturday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19
BARNET.

+, A. Morgan has gone to Burlington
On business trip.
Mrs. Helen Marsh from Concord, N. H.,
IS here to visit her brother, William
Ollhllan, who has long been an invalid.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Brock from Mont
peiier were here to attend the auction at
the old home Tuesday.
There will be an Easter concert by the
SChldren in the church Sunday evening.
mrs. Charlotte Dow and Mrs. Emily
Albee are drilling the children tor the
occasion.
:, Miss Ellen Champany has gone to
hrattleboro to visit her brother, Frank.
is. Kenerson has trained nurse, Miss
"aldron, to care for him.
Mrs. Chandler Whitney is visiting
trends in Lyndon for week or more.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19

man and Clara Whitaker of Newport.
The dining room was beautifully deco
rated, the color scheme being violet. S.
D. Atwood of St.Johnsbury catered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwinell lett on the night
train for Boston and New York, on a
short wedding trip, and will be at home
after June LIST.
Among those from out of town who
were present at the wedding were Mr..
and Mrs. Dwinell OF Montpelier, Carl
Dwinell and Miss Cameron of Glover,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nye ofCoventry, Mrs. Fos-
ter, and Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce OF Barton,
Mr.. and Mrs. French, Mr.. and Mrs w. A.
Kicker, and Albert Kicker, B. 1. Staples
and Carl ]. Green OF st. Johnsbury, Mrs.
Coburn of Troy, Misses Campbell and
Howard OF. Lebanon, N. H."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19
Academy Alumni Association.

The annual meeting of the St. Johns.
bury Academy alumni of Boston and
vicinity will be held on the evening Of
April % at Hotel Westminster, Copley
Square, Boston. The Vermont Assoc.
alton has kindly given the alumni associ.
alton the use OF their rooms for their
gathering which will take the form of a
banquet to be served at z O'Clock. There
will DE an informal reception for an hour
preceding the banquet. Any alumni OF
the Academy who may be in Boston or
vicinity at this time will be cordially
welcomed to this meeting.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19

Because of the riotous conduct that is
said to have characterized the visits Of
the soldiers at Fort Ethan Allen to Burl-
ington and Winooski, Col. Wallace, the
commandant at the fort, has issued dis
ciplinary order that no enlisted man will
be allowed to leave the garrison without
a written permission from his company
commander, countersigned by the regi-
mental adjutant. Heretofore the men
have been allowed to leave the garrison
at will after their routine work had been
finished
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19
STATE OF VERMONT,
CAIEnONIA DuSTRICT. 6
Commissioners Notice.
RICHARD B. EAsTMAN,S les

The subscribers, having been appointed by
of Caledonia, commissioners to receive, ex-
anime, and adjust all claims and demands Of
all persons against the estate of Richard B.
Eastman, late of Waterford, in said
district, deceased, and the term of six months
from the gath day of March, 1905, being
allowed by said court to the creditors OF
said deceased, to exhibit and prove their re-
spective claims before us Give notice that
ment at the Office of G. H. Cross
Co., in St. Johnsbury in said district. on
the list day of May and the 23rd
day of September at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon, on each of said days.
ROBERT MACKINNON,
GEO. ii. CROSS,
Commissioners.
ST IohnShurv Vt Aprl IL. 1900
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19
Frighsful Suffering. X eIieved.

Suffering frightfully from the virulent
poisons Of undigested food, c. G. Gray
son, of Lula, Miss, took DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, with the result" he writes.
that l was cured" All stomach and
bowel dis orders give way to their tonic
laxative properties. 25c at Flint Bros,
and F. G. Landry's drug stores, guar
anteed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19
Here il Relief fer Wemen.

Mother Gray, a nurse in New York,
discovered an aromatic pleasant herb
drink for women s ills, called Australian
Leaf. 1t is the only certain monthly
regulator. Cures female weaknesses and
Backache, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary
troubles. At all Druggists or by mail so
cts. Sample FREE. Address, The
Mother Gray Co., Leroy, N. Y.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19
A Chance for Bows,

We want all the bones we can get
Can use heads, hoofs, horns-any-
thing in the line Of bones-if only dry.
We will pay 60c per hundred pounds
for thoroughly dry bones--we can Pay
even more if strictly clean, hard. fresh,
dry, boiled butchers bones-and pay
frsights from your station II shipped In
lots Of 200 pounds or more. May be
shipped In barrels or cheap sacks.
g. q. Pare. HYDE Park. VI
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19

Brookline is still the richest town in
the world. The annual statement of f.
nances shows that the debt is 81, 367,-
949.4O under limit. There are no unpaid
taxes prior to November 1, 1904. Bal
ance on hand foots up to sos, 312.8S;
assessed polls, GALL; tax levy, 1898, 707;
real estate valuation, SCI, $4,000.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19

I'm Pinch. use ALIENS F0OT-EAsF.
Snake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, powder. 1t cures Corns, Bun
ions, Painful. Smarting, Hot, Swollen
feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores,
OEc
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19
Sugar Parties.

Sugar Parties.
The 7 O'Clock train Friday morning
left jolly party at Sanborn's crossing,
where hay.rack was waiting to carry
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-19
License to Sell Real Estate.

st. Johnsbury, Vt, April ~, 1900.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

cial district. Before leaving she gave
her secretary careful instructions about
one or two transactions and said she
was not certain just how soon she would
be back. Possibly she might not return
to the bank until the following morn
ing. - r. F..
For every forenoon, rain or shine,
finds Mrs. Green at her desk in the
Chemical National counting room. That
is, every forenoon that she is in town.
For her vast business interests in Chi
cago and elsewhere frequently demand
her absence from the metropolis.
Today her property is Of many sorts
and her real estate holdings fairly
freckle the face of the country. Octo-
pusliks her mortgages embrace some
of the safest and soundest properties
in q chain of cities extending from
Boston to San Francisco, and the income
therefrom flows toward her from every
national section and corner between
Maine and Texas. Railroads and steam
boats, mines Of copper in Michigan, of
gold in Nevada, and Of iron in Mis-
souri, and Pennsylvania, telegraph and
telephone securities, her wealth covers
all sorts and conditions Of gilt-edged
dividend-paying investments.
Building from 100000 base. she
has, by her own genius and energy,
reared vast and valuable fabric, Of
which every strand is known to her
and numbered as proverbially as are
the hairs Of the human head. Yet she
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

to tell her, she is fond Of repeating,
that if she would learn to manage her
brain she would know how to manage
her fortune. Thus she learned as
girl to hold herself in check when
things were not going right; when, for
instance, she is being questioned
by the legal fraternity, against which
she has an abiding grudge. - :.
i. i. /.
Referring to one occasion whom an
eminent lawyer strove to make Russell
Sage appear ridiculous on the stand,
Mrs. Green is fond Of imagining herself
in the same position. ;,
"Were any lawyer to, catechise me
about my wearing apparel, it would be
a simple matter to offer to retire to an
anteroom and remove such articles as
perhaps his wife. might desire,' she
says. ct would simply ask to retain
enough clothing to get back home with
out Anthony Comstock or the police be-
coming agitated. No, such a question
would never be put to me twice." she
declared.
"By the way" continuing, "why
must newspaper men persist in saying
ridiculous things about mes Why, just
the other day-and it also happened on
a former occasion-When 1 went up to
police headquarters, the reporters de-
cided that I was after a permit to carry
a weapon. Absurd! Why shouldFI 60
armeds I simply called on Commits
sioner McAdoo to recommend a watch
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
Getting Along With and Without a Husband

children or servants. Do you under
stand that, Teddy9'' And Polly held
the kitten up by the nape Of his neck
and tapped him very impressively on
the tip of his pink nose
"Meow,' remarked the kitten.
"For instance, Teddy pursued
Polly, holding the limp ball of fur in
midair and Continuing to address it,
"you may be very smart and bold some
day and run away and manage to live
fences, but isn't it wiser and nicer for
and stay at home and keep yourself
clean and make yourself attractive and
agreeable, and get three meals a day
and life:of petting9 OF course it is. :"
"Me-eow!" walled the kitten: ::
eyes, I know it 3 hard at. times, -
agreed Polly alphabetically. "It's
bore to be mauled and bossed and made
to do things you don want to do. It
tries your patience to be shampooed and
brushed and tied up in ribbons and
shown off to visitors. IT, an indignity
to be driver about by the cook and
kicked when anybody is in bad humor
just as wives metaphorically.
And it taxes your brain to cater to the
dispositions Of whole family. But
you re only in the position Of an ordi-
nary housewife, my DEAR, and: if you
have tact and a sweet temper and keep
yourself clean and, ATTRACTIVE and learn
just what to do and what not to do, and
what to say and what not to say ,
T Meow-ow! "iimplored the kitten.
,*"Oh, dear!" sighed Polly, dropping
the ball Of fur uncerern o1aiously into
her lap; "you'n need q lot Of training
before you're tanned, into domesticity.
I do believe you are a born baenelor-
maid cat. You're too fond of. indie
p ende?nce an. and your own comfort to be
"You've forgottvn,''z I suggested,
."that Teddy is a. gentleman. =
HWell, it's the same thing said
Polly. "He doesn It know the meaning
of self denial or self-control His fur is
too easily rubbed the wrong way He
resents his cross.'' Tin
IT wish I had his spirit, }, I declared.
you have" said Polly, Exactly
You mean that I hate to be held
! by the nape Of the neekg0 I inquired,
nieekly. 4 ts
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

can tell her by the comfortable, we'll
fed lines Of her figure and the generous
wrinkles in her frock."
Polly jumped up with suddenness
that sent the kitten sprawlirg on to
her train, where it chung desperately
with clutching claws while she trailed
it about the floor.
"Just like a man' she exclaimed
impatiently. "Always ready to look
upon a married woman as child Of
Luck Always considering the mate
rial advantages of matrimony to the
woman instead of the duties and cares
it forces upon her. A husband"
"Thc husband is immaterial, Polly"
I interrupted.
"a husband,' continued Polly, pick
ing I'D the kitten and burying her smil-
ing face in it's fur, els the great mod
ern problem. He is like cook or a
janitor; a sweet home life is impossible
without him and next to impossible
with him. Only diplomat can man
age him and only an amazon can man
age without him. The bachelor girl
thinks she has solved the problem by
putting matrimony aside and going her
S own way. But she nearly always winds
up. by turning round and going some
man 3 way III the end. She thinks she
is very brave and wise and heroic to
face the trials Of life alone; but she
doesn't know what heroism is until she
has to face another's trials as well as
her own. Matrimony is a cross"
"But old maids are crosser, III broke
. in. .. A@..
'"And CROWN" pursued Polly, ig.
} noring me- tIt may be very clever to
be able to elbow your way thru life as
the bachelor girl must do, but it is
cleverer to be able to glide thru with
out friction. It may be very brave tc
choose The simple life, but it is drawer
to follow the complicated one. It may
Z require great strength Of mind to man
J age your own affairs, but it takes q
feminine artist to manage man. When
ever I hear women telling Of how per
fectly well they can get along without
servant, T can It help looking at then
!! read hard and mentally inquiring, 'Ah
} but can you get along WITH one7
That. is the whole secret Of success il
: life-not getting along without people
but being able to get along with them
whether it is husbands or friends, Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
M The Richest Woman America Will Be 20 on Nou II
Mrs. I7etty Green, Tho Nearing Three
Says She Has No Thought of Retiring :

dimmed fighting spirit was revealed
when she answered.:
eyes, it is firing. I have had much
to contend with in the way Of persecu-
ton all my life; so much to contend
with that if any one were to suggest
the possibility of my. children enduring
the same ordeal I would prefer to see
them poor. There is no place-no
country on earth-where women are so
prosecuted as here. Our heiresses have
harder time than even the Indian
widows, who can at least burn, them
selves on the funeral pyres of their hus-
bands. If they are rich they ought to
be contented, for it saves them plenty
of trouble. o.: ...;
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7 Gas for me, my whole life has been
struggle against heavy odds. I have
been more abused and misrepresented
than any woman alive, Periodical at.
tempts have been made to declare me
crazy, and for forty years 1 have had to
fight every inch Of my way.
. Take that story Of my black bag,
for example. Once it1was. my constant
companion, and very useful one, be-
cause it was just the, sort of thing to
hold papers and things. Well, what
happened9 It was made out that my
bag was nothing but purse-that I
always carried bills. Of large denomina-
ton in it. At any rate, my friends
advised me to quit carrying it, as a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

is as diligent in weaving strand after
strand, in piling dollar upon dollar, as
when she began, on the death of her
father in 1865.
Yes, Hetty Green is strong, force
full woman-a type that probably no
other country could have produced, just
as it required an overripe civilization
to produce an Ibsen. The American
spirit Of independence is incarnate in
= her-keen, self-reliant, capable.
-. It is significant that she has no pro-
nounced views about equal suffrage,
altho, as simple matter Of justice, she
believes woman should be enfranchised.
She has met and mastered the best
champions that man had to pit against
her, and she has done it single-handed.
Yet, to recapitulate, with all her ex-
traordinary business ability and knowl-
edge Of human nature, she remains a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
THREE VIEWS OF MRS. HETTY GREEN.

eyes, and you hate cold water and
to have your fur rubbed the wrong
way.':
"And to be lectured.''
cor disturbed, or tied, or anything
but catered to and petted and adj
mired''
"And I dislike to be dressed up and
shown off to company. Yes, and I've
had to learn all those things about you.
Those are the things they ought to
write about in the newspapers and wo-
mems magazines. If we only had a
few more helpful hints to matrimony
instead Of so much advice on how to
be happy without tiff they would
only tell us how to be comfortable and
happy with men instead Of without
them, they would be worth reading"
=: "But, Polly, could you-tell me hon.
estly--COULD you be happy without
them7' l.. -. ;. -. So.
;. Polly. looked down at the table and
began tracing patterns with her finger.
. ,''COULD you, Polly9'
1T don't know she began slowly
"You see, I've never known what it
was to be without them. There are so
w No COuoAuOACu UCS1uSG
the difficulties and-trials. -.
"The rewards for instance" sug,
gested. a.
"Ye-e-es-and there is the rent and
the gas bill and the milliner's bills. And
before marriage there are flowers and
theater parties and suppers and dane
ing partners. -.>. .... ~
els that all7' I inquired in chagrin
N1Well-no--
"What else, then, Polly3''
Polly snuggled the kitten up to he1
cheek, meditatively.
'What else9" repeated, knocking
the's ashes out Of my pipe and leaning
toward Polly and the kitten. :
"Well /" said Polly reluctantly
there is always some one man to BIZ
considered-whom one can't live with
out::''
Meow!" walled the kitten. Fo1
somehow In the little scene that fol
lowed, Teddy was dropped to the floor
Helen Rowland.
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Score and Ten,
Her Vie,v of Life

means of safety. Yes, it was only com
mon sense for me to heed thei' advice
"What is your opinion of the insur-
ance Investigations and other branches
Of so-called frenzied financed" was
ventured. 4
Everything will adjust ITSELF she
believed. "The financial and Industrial
condition of the country is perfectly
safe and sound. These outbursts are
exceptions to the rule, yes, exceptions
to tho general rule.' -
4 + !.
With which she began energetically
putting on her bonnet preparatory to
making her daily rounds of the fnan-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

man of my acquaintance for g. place ON
the police force.
"Why was I interested In the watch
manf Well, he had been extremely
courteous to me on many occasions, and
I believed him deserving Of better
salary than he was earning as bank
Waterman.
.. + + +
"Have you any idea Of retiring from
active business in the near future9'
was asked.
"I9 Why should I give up ,worke"
she demanded. 81 was never more
capable Of managing MY affairs. Be-
sides, business has become a habit with
me after so many years, so many years,
Of it. -
Asked on another occasion if she was
not weary of SO much litigation, her I'M
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

la foot rule.
l2--Match floating in water.
13-Onions.
l4-Soap and towels.
15-Nut shell.
16-Mitten.
17-Corn and oats.
18-Flour in dish.
19-Old tire off Of wheel
s0-Irish potato on an Ak.
21-Clock.
22-Switches.
23-A postage stamp.
PA tack on some tea.
25-Coffee mill on skein of floss.
26-Electric light bill.
27-Sausage in links.
28-Mince pie.
29-Chestnuts.
30-Piece of pie on an ear Of corn.
31-A tack on china plate.
32-Pair of dice.
33-One cent.
34-Knot of wood by filed jug.
35-Tooth pick and wick on paper.
36-A burned down candle.
When time is called, read the list and
award. a prize to the one having the
most correct objects. Serve doughnuts
and coffee, unless the refreshment COM
mittee sees fit to prepare something
more elaborate.
+ j. i
Twelve years Of married life brings
the "linen wedding and it can be
made very pretty affair. Write or
print the invitations on small squares
Of linen or fine cotton cloth; inclose
these in envelopes Of paper made to
represent hemstitched linen. Lanterns
can be made of white tissue paper,
fringed, and stripes Of red paper put on
to look like towels The frames are
made Of wire. Hang these from wires
stretched overhead, and the effect is
, charming. Cover chairs, sofas, couches,
etc., with white and have all portieres,
! draperies and curtains Of white cheese
cloth. Use the finest Of table-cloths IN
the dining room, and white paper dollles
may be purchased to resemble hem
stitched linen; use these under the ice
cream or sherbet glasses. Serve a white
menu. Here is suggestion:
Cream Of barley soup with whipped cream.
White fish baked In ramek1ns
Fried breast Of chicken. Ceamed potatoes.
Stewed celery.
Apple and almond salad on hearts OF lettuce
Grape fruit sherbet.
White cake, ornamented with almonds.
81 Lemon ics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
Copyright, 1905, by Helen Irene Lutz.

COpyr1Snt, 1910, ny 11eleu Aleuc AutA.
kk~ DEAR!' sighed Polly, fling
Wv 3 ing down the morning paper
r. ~ with futter that sent the
kitten scampering to the other side OF
the room. "There is nothing at all in
it but eulogies on the bachelor girl,
How to Make ~Dens Out of Broom
sticks and Cheesecloth,' How to Be
INDEPENDENT How to Earn a Living
Without Working How to Get Along
Without a Husband, '--'
"Well,' I suggested mildly, 81
shouldn It think you would begrudge
them those small crumbs Of comfort and
advice. In these days Of anti-matri-
mony a girl may as well learn how to
get along without
Without
"Yes?'
There WIS dulcet iciness in Polly IS
voice that was more effective than a
shrek of warning.
"Without wasting herself on man.
The modern girl is too clever and brave
and-and-all that to be tied down to
the petty details-'
Polly leaned back in her chair and
allowed the kitten to struggle it's way
to her shoulder where it began anus
ing itself with the Elusive tendrils of
her hair.
"a husband" she remarked sweetly.
. "isn't petty detail. He g great big
. fact. And it ism It the girl who has to
& get along without one, but the girl who
has to get along with one, who needs
advice and crumbs Of comfort. Get
ting along without husband may re-
quire hard work and cleverness and
self-denial and lot Of things most
women do not like; but getting along
with a husband brings into play all the
virtues and a world of genius besides
Supporting yourself and looking afte1
yourself may mean that you are execu
tive and systematic and energetic; but
managing to make somebody else. dt
that work for you, and do it willingly
and properly, means that you are mo-
only all three of these, but wise ant
self-restrained and patient and tran
scendently clever besides. Can't 20,
always tell married woman by thu
lines of patient martyrdom about he
mouth and the worry wrinkles over he
noseg'' M
Not always, Polly. Sometimes 70,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

Mrs. Ellis Rowan, the well-known
flower painter, has q collection Of 500
pictures Of Australian flowers, for which
the German government has offered
$4,000 on condition that she takes up
her residence in Germany and devotes
her time to- that country