St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-10-11

If the St. I. & L. c. R. X. increases its
earnings during two years at the same
rate as it has done in the past year, it
will become paying proposition so lar
as operating expenses and liked charges
are concerned. The gain of last year
was about $4,000, leaving it behind the |
the game less than $4,000. The gain
was mostly from increased freight hand |
ling, which speaks wellfor the prosperity |
of the towns along the line Morris
vile Messenger.
Where No Doesn't Mean Yes.
The town of Newfane means that,
when it votes "no" on the license ques-
ton, liquor shall not be sold. One OF
the citizens of that place evidently inter-
preted the matter differently and lacking
the $1O71.60 imposed as penalty tor
selling liquor illegally he has gone to the
| House of Correction at Rutland tor $40
| DAYS or nine years. There are otner
towns besides Newfane that might adopt
the plan of enforcing the law with good
results Middlebury Register.
Presidents Mind Made Up.
Railroad officials realize that President
Roosevelt will fight for the rate bill to
the last ditch. He has already finished
this section of his Forthcoming message
to congress, and it is limited that it is
encased in a Theoretically sealed box and
placed in a time lock vault. Notice is
thus given that no influence will avail to
change his mind. Mr.. Roosevelt may
we'll be called set in his ways. but the
WAYS are generally acceptable to the
people, Rutland News.
Health and Bottled Stuff.
Ofcourse there are many legitimate
medicines that contain alcohol ia con.
siderable amount as preservatlve ana
! tonic, and the task of drawing the line
between these and the fake remedies is
, not going to be easy for whomever under
takes it, but analysis will determine to a
great extent which are to be taxed and
which are not. The distinction should
e be drawn in the interest of health as
e we'll as temperance Randolph News.
Vermont as a Granite State.
q In granite production Vermont steps
S ahead of Maine, which in 1908 hello
r second place. The granite output is still
:. considerably behind the older marble in
s oustrv. the total in 1904 having beer
e $2447979. Massachusetts, leads Yer
o mont in this branch of the stone indus
s try. The Green mountains also furnish
o very large amount OF slate, although
). there is a slight falling off from tn
figures OF the preceding year. Still Yer
II mont's production of slate is more thar
# one-6fth the total of the entire country
t. barre Times.
i The Disturbed Traveller.
|. We note that the Connecticut Rive
f. railroad has absorbed the Vermont Val
" ley line from Windsor to Bellows Falls
8. Now If the little stretch OF c. Y. betwee
" Brattleboro and Vernon could be brough
r in, the sleepy traveller on the night trai
ID would not be Weakened every fiftee
minutes by conductor and forced to g
through his clothes for the right tickle
or mileage Randolph Herald an
Or News.
"a Coming Over to Learn.
,r- Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia, VIII
n rules the country anciently known E
h, Ethiopia, has sent his ''overseer OF me
as chants" to this country on an errand
is commercial inquiry" He evidently h;
en- heard of the Japs, who began their pal
Iss upward to the position OF a wor
Zee power in the same modest manner. II
n little nations are having their day ku
land Herald.