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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-09-13
CABOT.

Mrs. Margaret Hodgdon of Plain6eld
is at Perley Pixies.
William Fifeld is moving to Greens.
boro.
The old school house in the Merritt
district is being made into a dwelling
house.
Maurice Ingalls,, VINO was at home for
a few days, has gone to Kingston, R. L.,
to attend school.
Cora Lance has gone to her school at
Williamstown.
Mrs. Mary Atkins is at Newport, N.
H., Ter time.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Ford and son Les
ter were in Calais over Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Christie of Craftsbury is to
preach at the Methodist church Wednes-
day evening in place of the regular meet
ing.
Mrs. Anthony Perryis visiting her par
ents at Mortified Farms, Mass.
Mrs. Martha Mills has had the mis-
fortune to sprain one ankle quite badly.
Mrs. D. Baker of Plainfeld is visiting
at b. F. Chester's.
Miss Catherine Mills is at home now.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Spear OF North
ampton, Mass, have been spending a
week with Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Hale.
Miss Lena Allen left Saturday for a
two weeks visit with friends in Worces-
ter and Providence.
Misses Dow and Kelley, who have been
spending three weeks with Mrs. B. S.
Hooker, return to Boston today.
Sanford Hooker enters Dartmouth
College this year.
Mrs. Marcia Teller has returned from
spending week in Nashua.
c. c. Murray is spending weeks
vacation with friends in South Lincoln.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Hunt are visiting
relatives in Washington.
Mrs. O. R. Baker and Katherine and
William Porter returned to Brooklyn,
Saturday, after spending most of the
summer here.
Flora Norcross returned to Boston,
Saturday, after spending her vacation
with her mother, Mrs. ]. 6. Norcross.
1ul SldCh WAS GdllCu " GNOI
Friday, to attend the funeral of a rela.
tive.
Mrs. William E. Gage is quite sick
with grip.
H. E. Parker spent part of last week
in Boston where be was the guest OF the
Massachusetts Grand Lodge, I. 0. O. F.
at their annual session.
Mrs. Belle Johnson of Barre is in town
called here by the illness of Mrs. William
E. Gage.
Morris A. Gale OF Fairlee took posses
sion of Hotel Low last week. We are all
glad to welcome Mr.. Gale and his family
to our town and wish him much success
in the hotel business.
Asa T. S. Low of Bennington spent
last week in town. returning to his home
Saturday, accompanied by Mrs. Shaw
who has been spending several weeks
here.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-09-13
Is 1t right?

Is it right that property owner
should lose 81 20 to let dealer make
80 cents? A dealer makes so cents more
on fourteen gallons OF ready-for-use
paint, at $1.50 per gallon, than our
agent does on eight gallons OF L. and M.
paint and six gallons OF inseed oil, which
make fourteen gallons of the best paint
In the world, at $1.20 per gallon; the
property owner loses just 1920. Is it
right?
1t only requires 4 gallons OF L. & M.
and gallons linseed oil to paint a
moderate sized house.
Ten Thousand Churches painted with
Longman and MARTINEZ L. & NJ. Paint.
Liberal quantity given to churches
when bought from Flint Bros, St. Johns
bury, J. c. Eaton & Co., Lyndonville.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-09-13
GREENSBORO.

Harry c. Barnett has rented the
Fletcher homestead in Lowell and ex.
poets to take possession about Oct. /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Barr will make
their future home with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Leland and son
Lester of Keene, N. H., are spending a
couple OF weeks in town.
Albert Comstock and wife OF Montpe.
lier were in town last week on business.
Mrs. Darlington returned from Cabot,
Friday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-09-13
Are You EngaRed2

Engaged people should remember,
that, after marriage, many quarrels can
be avoided, by keeping their digestions in
good condition with Electric Bitters.
S. A. Brown, OF Bennettsville, S. c., says
For years, my wife suffered intensely
from dyspepsia, complicated with a
torpid liver, until she lost her strength
and vigor, and became mere wreck oil
her former self. Then she tried Electric
Bitters, which helped her at once, and
finally made her entirely well. She is
now strong and healthy" Flint Bros,
and F. G. Landry, druggists, sell and
guarantee them, at SOC bottle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-09-13
Keep Thinking About Ii.

Cough syrups that are constipating
leave the stomach and bowels in dan
gerous condition. A cough syrup that is
laxative is sure to give better results
Lix-all is a laxative, and if it fails to
cure your cough or cold we will pay back
your money. Il. B. Gordon, c. c. Blng.
ham, W. B. Eastman, c. A. Currier &
Co. Guthrie & Peck, McIndoes, A. S.
Laugblin, Barnet, c. S. Dole, Danvile,
7. P. Weeks, No. Danville.
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Like Finding Money.

Finding health is like finding money
so think those who are sick. When
you have cough, cold. sore throat, or
chest irritation, better act promptly
like W. c. Barber, OF Sandy Level, Va.
He says: II had terrible chest trouble
caused by smoke and coal dust on my
lungs; but, after finding no relief in other
remedies, l was cured by DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds" Greatest sale OF any cough
or lung medicine In the world. At Flint
Bros, or F. G. Landry's drug stores; SOC
and $1.00; guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
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$1OO Reward S1OO

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
Catarrh being a constitutional disease, re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the founda-
ton of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing it's work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in it's curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testim onials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for Constipation.
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KIRBY.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Barnett visited
friends at Concord over Sunday.
Mrs. Ira Quimby is at Arthur Davis
helping care for their infant daughter
who is seriously i'll.
c. H. Davis, wife and daughter, and
Perley Grant attended the Grant reunion
at Emmett Grants at East Concord
Saturday.
Among those in town who attended
Sherbrooke Fair were David and Bert
Nickerson, c. II. Nckerson and wife, ana
Jack Knox.
Miss Edith Damon is attending school
at Lyndon Institute, boarding at Henry
Wetherbee's.
Mrs. Adelaide Caswel has returned to
E. H. Mitchem's. after spending the sum
mer at one OF the Massachusetts beaches
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PASSUnPSIC.

A very successful entertainment was
given by the Passumpsic Literary and
Debating club Tuesday evening August
%. Frank 0. French of St. Johnsbury
made merriment for all, and selections
by Frank Pierce of Chicago and others
filled out pleasant program, which was
followed by refreshments. 1t may be Of
interest to some to know that $40 OF the
proceeds were given toward new carpet
for the church.
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/ He may we'll think, he has got off
cheap, who, after having contracted
constipation or indigestion, is still able
to perfectly restore bis health. Nothing
will do this but DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. A quick, pleasant, and certain cure
for headache, constipation, etc. at Csc
at Flint Bros, and F. G. Landry's stores;
guaranteed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-09-13
Are You Using Aliens Foot-Easee

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder. 1t cures Corns, Bun
ions, Painful Smarting, Hot Swollen
feet. At all Druggists sand Shoe Stores,
25 cents.
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BRADFORD.
Death of Mrs. George.

Mrs. Thomas George died very sudden
ly Saturday, Sept. q with heart trouble.
She had been in her usual health and that
day had made calls and been on the
street at 5 O'Clock. Soon after supper as
she was helping about the household
duties she suddenly called to her son who
was in the room with her and dropped
to the floor before he could reach her and
was picked up dead. Mrs. George was
born in Woodbury., August IS, 1910, the
daughter of John and Eliza Laird. She
came to this town when a young lady
and March 20, 1861, was married to
Thomas H. George and all their married
life has been spent here. She leaves a
husband and three children, Wallace
George of White River Junction, Mrs.
Charles Smith of Boston, and Miss Lena,
who lives at home. The funeral was
held at her late home last Wednesday
afternoon. Mrs. George was a kind and
loving wife and mother and an ever help
full friend and will be greatly missed.
The family have the sympathy OF the
community in their sudden bereavement.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-14
Unique Display.

| enjoyed greatly the California
building. 1t has so many unique dis
plays; there is big bear built entire
~ OF prunes, an elephant made of wal
nuts and an elk constructed of beans
pavilion of fine fruits and vegetables
made my mouth fairly water and ]
gazed in awe at single stock of as
paragus weighing 91A ounces.
The foreign exhibits are very good
and we were much interested in the
fine display Of Russian brasses. But
the corals saw nothing to
equal them at the St. Louis exposition
nor anywhere else-such beauties,
And in the most exquisite shades of
faint pink and pure white! The ORR.
entail exhibits are very fine and there
is much OF the elegant Japanese EN-.
broidery.
Down the Trail.
But of course you haven't been To
the fair If you haven't been on "The
Trail" This trail is unique. 1t isn't
like the Pike nor yet fac-simile of
the Midway. To be sure, it has the
same line Of shows but there is the
breath OF the west about it. An avn.
ing reaches across it's entire top-very
welcome in this blazing sun. We
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dirt. Quickly we removed tie top soil.
and as we did so the awful, sickening
odor OF decomposed flesh became al
most overpowering.
At depth of little more than
two feet the spade struck a mass of
flesh. Although almost overcome we
completed the excavation, to find a
mass of flesh buried in uuicblime.
Not bone was there TO be found
IN this sorry grave! There was not
the slightest doubt of the flesh being
that OF human being and the ouan-
tlty Indicated clearly that it had benn
stripped from the bones of a full
grown man. The action of the lime
and decomposition had done their wori
we'll enough to obliterate opportunity
for Identification.
In the meantime a woman in De
Smet had been found who had had a
letter from Mrs. Bftley in which the
latter said her husband had Just spent
some time with her in Elgin. This
indicated two things: First, that Mrs.
Bailey had really gone to EIgin: and.
second, that she believed it exDedient
to keep alive in De Smet the belief that
her husband was living Therefore T
went to Elgin
Continued in Next Issue)
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Indt BIG nau marnuaIneu since me IN.
nlan police had taken her into Gus.
tody because she was the logical ner.
bon TO have guilty knowledge of the
crime.
She was shrewd enough to know
that the drear plains had furnished no
witness to what had transpired in the
Httie mouse on wheels on October
She knew that any case made against
ner must be purely circumstantial.
And she also knew that which I did
not realize at the time-that in a coun-
Try where women are few. a. pretty
woman-even If she be bad-is nrac-
ticaily immune for the dangers Of cir
cumstantlaI evidence in criminal
trial. Therefore she stood pat" in
her innocence or guilt, placing It
squareiy up to the government to make
its case.
inquiry IN the county in which she
hao lived developed several interesting
ana suggestive facts concerning her
ohe was an expert markswoman with
q revolver and daring eouestrienne
NV ~I0Il iue, SuOOIlnS With &C
culacy at wolves and other game from
the saddle. She usually carried re-
volver slung to cartridge belt buckled
around her waist. Small of Stature
exuberant OF health, daring in spirit,
clad in short skirts and sombrero she
was figure not soon forgotten bv
sthose who had seen her. DESPITE her
mannishness in the saddle and with
the pistol, size had played a part in
numerous love affairs, for it must be
remembered that on the frontier a
woman in sombrero is not rarity
and one that can rope pony or shoot
straight Is not classed as masculine.
These were traits of the plains, desir.
able rather than otherwise, even in a
pretty woman
From the time Nellie Benthuson had
gone into long skirts she had asso.
ciated principally with men, among
whom she was favorite; and neigh
borhood gossip recorded numerous love
affairs of more or less earnestness In
all she had earned the reputation of be-
ing tickle. quick In forming attach
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Copyright. 1905, by Marion G. scheitun.)
lContinued.l
By CAPTAIN PATRICK D. rYRRELL

Copyright, 1905, by Marion G. Scheitln.)
(Continued.)
Important chapters In her life were
not known to her acquaiantances in
Kansas. At this time the circumstan-
tial case against her seemed to be
growing stronger. In fiction the
shrewd detective would have gathered
q number of discriminating circum.
stances. grouped them into narrative
which he would have recited to the
suspect who, thereupon, as tribute
to the skiH Of the detective, would
have broken down and tearfully con-
fessed the crime. Had intelligent
work been done Immediately aftes the
finding Of Bothamleys body some such
method might have been used with the
results desired. But doubt the effect
OF the deduction and accusation"
method on Nellie Bailey. At every in.
umation OF her guilt she hooked at you
squarely with tbs blnest Of blue eyes
and protested innocence in a way that
left the man who WIS firmly con-
WINGED Of her guilt in doubt. Innocent
or guilty. nature had given her q nerv-
GUS system on which threats, insin-
nations OF other attempts to pierce
her composure had not the faintest
ehect- believe she would have gone
TO the gallows. had fate so decreed.
Fatn the same air Of, injured. innocence
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evidently had the power to throw him
into the most violent tits of Jealous
rage, and then, by pretense of repent.
ance and other woman's wiles. to bring
him to her feet again. Right after this
second reconciliation the pair moved
to De Smet, a mere hamlet at that
time, containing only 16 families. The
country was new and was being devel-
oped by the railroad tl9t had just built
line through it.
Bailey believed that the village had
promising future and announced his
intention to settle there and go into
the real estate and loan business. In
his travels he had carried with him
several thousand dollars, and soon
after arriving at De Smet he deposited
this money in the Bank of Kingsbury
County, conducted by A. and Thomas
H. Ruth. The Baileys rented a two
story building that had been used as
shoe store, with living rooms above,
bought furniture apd soon were, to all
appearances. comfortably settled.
The ground covered by the Baileys
from the time they returned from the
Pacific coast until they settled in De
Smet was all carefully gone over by
me. 1t must be remembered that in
these wanderings they had been nearly
year in advance Of me, and I neces-
sarlly depended to a great extent on
the gossip they had left in their wake,
FROM this | sifted as carefully as 1
could the statements that l deemed
worthy OF credence. At each place
they had stopped there were plenty of
tales OF jealous quarrels, always due,
as nearly as could judge, to the tickle
ness OF the bride and her seeming wan
ton pleasure in keeping her husband
In the throes Of jealous rage. The con-
cluslon | drew was this: That here
was case of woman who had mar
rleo, not from love, but because her
sutton had been desirable Catch"
was satisfied that she had had no gen
ulne affection for Bailey; but to the
daughter of an obscure carpenter. an
otrer of marriage from a rising, agree
able young lawyer of ample means was
not to be treated lightly.
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PENSION REACHES MAXIMUM.
Number on List on January 81 Last
Mas 1OQ4126

Washington, D. c., Sept. II. = The
pension roll reached the maximum
number in it's history on January 21
| last, the number being 1004196. The
roll passed the million mark in Sep
TENDER of last year and gradually in
creased for the next four months. The
decline began with the first of last
February and by the following May
had dropped below the million mark.
These facts are developed in a syn
opsis of the annual report of Pension
Commissioner Warner COVERING the
operations of his office for the fiscal
year ending June 80 last. At the end
of the year the number of pensioners
had declined to 99S,44l, net increa Sc
for the year of 3,6T9.
The report shows the following adj
ditioral facts:
During the year the bureau issued
1S5,242 pension certificates of which
number over $4,000 We're originals.
The annual value of the pension roll
on June 80. 1905, was S13G,745 295. BY
the term annual value" is meant the
amount of money required to pay the
pensioners, then on the roll for one
year.
During the year 43,SS9 pensioners
We're dropped from the roll by reason of
death and Of this number 3G,924 were
survivors of the civil war.
on June 30. 1905, the roll contained
the names of 6S4,60S, survivors of the
civil war, a decrease Of over 5000 from
the previous year.
The total amount disbursed for penn
sions for the fiscal ear was SAL
142,SG1, OF which amount S4,197166 was
for navy pensions and S34099S was
paid to pensioners of the Spanish war
and $133,O22, ITO to the survivors of the
civil war, their widows and depen-
dents.
The total amount paid to Spanish
War pensioners since 1899 is $780,
1873.
The total amount of money paid for
pensions since the foundation of the
government is $500, S60,O22, and of
this amount $3,144395,4O5 has been
paid on account of the civil war
The total number of claims allowed
original and increase, under order No.
IS, known as the age order" since
t at order went into effect, April 10,
1904, up to June 80 1905, was S65.612
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81 aPzNWH aZRICN D.ZYRREZL

ments and equally quick in dismissine
them. These love affairs had culmin-
ated in her marriage to Shannon
Bailey, young lawyer, good looking.
OF some means, giving promise of rap
Id advancement in his profession and
intensely in love with the high.spir-
tied, hoydenish Nellie.
During the courtship Bailey had
been the victim Of at least one of that
numerous class Of individuals who de-
light in carrying gossip to the person
most interested. In this case one OF
these oficious chatter-boxes whispered
things to Bailey about his fancee that
adoring lovers do not like to hear.
These whisperings had the usual effect
Instead OF breaking the attachment il
strengthened it; but at the same time
1t planted seeds Of distrust that later
bore their fruit in a most grewsome
way.
Bailey promptly married the girl.
but decided that they could be happier
were she taken away from the scene
OF her girlish attachments. The Pa
c1tic coast was decided upon, and to the
coast they went. They spent two
months in California, Oregon and
Washington. Over this trail l did not
follow them. They returned to Kan
sas, settling temporarily at Clinton.
Here the tickle bride almost Immediate
ly on their arrival fell in love with a
telegraph operator and Bailey noted
the attachment. There was scene.
Bailey shot at his wife's new admirer.
missed him and then wkisked his bride
away to Dakota.
They first went to Huron, intending
to settle there. and took rooms at the
Wright house. In a few days Mrs.
Bailey plunged into another Irritation.
as furious as the first. Another scene
resulted. ending IN separation. Bailey
took quarters away from the hotel and
his bride remained at the Wright
house. Several days later Bailey and
hds wife again became reconciled She
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PECULIAR MIxUP IN ELoPEMENr.
Sioux City Man Runs Away With
Mother of Man Who Stole His wife

Fort Dodge, Sept 12.-Upon prom.
Use that he would not prosecute her!
son who had eloped with his wife.
Mrs. Cody Of this city agreed to To-
cate the runaway couple for john
Clark, of Sioux City.
AS soon as Clark discovered that hisj
spouse had left him, he learned that
she was in company with a man from
this city. Arriving here, he located the
young mans family and entered into
the agreement with the mother. Dur
ing the time that the mother was en-.
gagged in locating her missing som
Clark became infatuated with Mrs
Cody, who is several years his senior
Cody, the husband Of the woman
sought out the local authorities and
informed them that Clark had eloped
with his wife and announced his in.
tention of spending his bank accountt
in locating them. At last accounts
neither couple had been located and
irate Cody is swearing dire vengeance.
Interesting developments are prom.
lsed when. the guilty couples are 10.
Gated
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investigation by Mr. Ruth. A few DAYS
before my arrival in De Smet it seems
there had been found in an unfre-
quented place on the prairie, 3k miles
IRON De Smet, the bones of man.
All the parts had been heaped together
without even pretense at burial. The
skeleton had been dismembered and
the flesh scraped from the bones. But
there was nothing in the heap Of bones
which might establish the identity of
the victim. BY measurement it was
found that they had been the bones
OF a man about the height of Shannon
Bailey. There all clews were lost.
1t seemed to me that the most prom
lslng channel for investigation from
this point was search of the premises
formerly occupied by the Baileys
Ruth accompanied me in this search
and, that no unjust suspicious should
be given circulation concerning the
former mistress of the house, we went
about the task quietly. The house had,
of course, been dismantled of the fur
nishings used by the lawyer and his
wife. On the first and second floors
nothing whatever was found that
might, by any stretch of Imagination,
lend color to my suspicious.
Armed with spades we then descend
ed to the cellar. Carefully testing the
condition of the dirt floor, we again
met with failure. But one spot re-
manned uneXplored, the small area I'M
der the wooden stairway that formed
the cellar entrance AS a last resort.
l thrust a spade into the floor under
the stairs. 1t sank deep into loose