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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17
GROTON.

Robert Steele of Peacham was in town
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lovejoy of Man
chester, N. H., visited her sisters, Mrs. A..
G. Welclr and Mrs. Orrin Crown last
week.
Moses Plummer, who has been in poor
health for some time, is slowly failing.
Timothy WEIGH, who recently pur-
chased the farm ofStephen Thurston,
will take possession of the same this
week. Mr.. Thurston will move his
family to the village where they will
occupy the tenement of c. H. WEIGH for
the present,
Raymond Scott of East Corinth visited
at S. D. Thurston's the first of the week.
Judge ]. R. Darling, who has been con
fined to the house for few days, is
slowly improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. Bailey left Thurs
day evening for New Orleans. Mrs.
Bailey goes as representative from the
Grand Temple of Vermont to the Supreme
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17
Aromatic Petit Larceny.

II hope you notice how sweet / am"
smiled the girl when they were out on
the street again. while the man was
wrapping up the toothbrush was
trying all the perfume on the counter.
He looked at me awfully hard"
II should think he would have had
you arrested" remarked her companion
severely. "What if everybody tried all
the perfumes like that? How much
would he have left to sellY'-New
York Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17
WEST DANVILLE.

James ] McGill, Jr., has closed out his
granite business here and gone to St.
Johnsbury to work for ]. E. Walker.
George Rowe, who went from here to
Savannah, Ca, last January was taken
sick with malaria1 fever and died last
Wednesday night. His body was sent
home here and arrived Monday night.
The funeral was held at the church Tues
day, interment at Hardwick. The
deceased was SO years old and leaves
one daughter, Mrs. Samuel Hatch, one
son, Archie, of this place, and one
brother, ]. M. Rowe, of St. Johnsbury.
Joel Bean from Lowell made a short
visit here last week, and his mother,
Mrs. Hannah Bean, returned to Lowell
with him. ceF
Those passing G. w. Cooks place see a
very fine display Of his thoroughbred
R. |. r. chickens.
Quite a good many campers came to
their cottages Saturday afternoon and
spent Sunday, returning Sunday evening,
Saturday and Sunday being very fine
and warm after the snow storm of
Thursday evening.
Miss Gertrude Chandler visited her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Chandler, at South Cabot, Saturday and
Sunday.
Alonzo Taft and wife from Sutton and
Mrs. Ella Taft from Mt. Gilead, N. c.,
visited at ]. E. Conley's over Sunday.
Miss Stella R. Church, teacher in the
primary department at North Danville,
spent Saturday and Sunday visiting
Miss Ethelyn Cummings.
Frank Goodnough, who formerly lived
in Walden, died very suddenly at West
Barnet, Thursday morning, and the
funeral was held here Saturday at the
church. Interment at Danville.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17

The harvest supper Friday evening
was well attended and Melted about $40
Tor the treasury of the Ladies society.
Mrs. Dora Abbott Hoag ofBridgeport,
Conn, died at the home of her brother,
Jerry White at Barnet -Four Corners,
Sunday morning, after brief illness Of
pneumonia
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17
A Helpful Wife.

"Ladies and gentlemen" said the
after dinner orator. "unaccustomed as
am to public speaking. and having
been suddenly called upon without the
slightest notice, understanding
Err
"Why, john" said his wife from the
other end of the table, "have you for
got the rest? You said it all right this
morning."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17

Mamma had not noticed the clock
striking during all Of the afternoon
and, thinking perhaps it had stopped,
she asked little Rita to go into the hall
and see if it was running. After
hasty survey Of the long pendulum
swinging back and forth, Rita ran back
and announced: why, no, mamma, it
isn't running. It's standing still and
wagging its tail. "-Harper's Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17
BARNET.

Mrs. Belle Thayer, of Passumpsic, is
visiting Mrs. G. l. Brown.
Mrs. Ruth Temple, who has been VISIT
ing her brother, John c. WEIGH, has
returned to her home in Templeton,
Mass.
Mrs Martha B. Hazelton spent three
days in st. Johnsbury last week attend
ng the w. c. T. U. convention.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17
Natures Methods.

Nature is no spendthrift but takes
the shortest way to her ends. AS the
general says to his soldiers, eff you
want fort, build fort" so nature
makes every creature do its own work
and get its living, be it planet, animal
or tree.-Emerson.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17

1t is notifying truth, and ought
to teach the wisest Of us humility, that
many of the most valuable discoveries
have been the result of chance rather
than of contemplation and of accident
rather than of design.--Colton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17

1t was son Of Erin who asked the
meeting to excuse him from serving
on a committee because he expected
to be unexpectedly called away,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17


French, officiating Interment at Lyn-
don Center.
Mrs George Whipple returned home
Monday from the hospital at Burling-
ton, where she has been several weeks
for medical treatment, much improved in
health.
DR.. Harry M. Smith is in Boston this
week.
Mrs. J. S. Schoheld is taking trip of
about two weeks, in the course ofwhich
she will visit her sister, Mrs. Eaton, at
West Lebanon, N. H., and also Mr..
Schofield's parents at Williamstown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Gage are visiting
her brothers, Marshall and Ira Carpen-
ter, and other relatives in Brookfeld.
Mrs. Ella c. Finney and E. M. Camp
bell were elected delegates to the Nation
al Grand Lodge at Seattle, Washington,
next July, at the Grand Lodge of Good
Templars at Barre, last week.
Miss Mary Emerson has been quite i'll
for the past week with pneumonia
DIR. and Mrs. F. H. Davis and son
Karl, E. J. Blodgett, and H. A. Squires,
are among the recent visitors to Boston.
Mrs. N. F. Nye, who is stopping with
Mrs. H. E. Folsom, has been i'll the past
week.
The Abnaki club had pleasant picnic
at the club house last Thursday evening,
in spite of the unexpected snow storm.
About so were present, and the feast of
fish chowder and steamed CLAIMS melted
with the rapidity of the aforesaid snow.
About % from here, members of the
Lyndon club and their wives, took adj
vantage of the excursion to Montreal on
Monday.
The first entertainment in the lecture
course, a lecture by Russell H. Conwell,
comes this evening, Wednesday, October
IT. Mr.. Conwell is great favorite here,
and is sure to draw good house. His
subject is: "Heroism of Private Life. !"
Geneive and Bernice King have been
stopping with their aunt, Mrs. w. l..
Guild, while their parents move their
household goods from Barton Landing
to ST. Johnsbury, where they are to
locate.
E. M. Campbell and Mrs. A. L. Finney
were in Barre last week, attending the
annual convention of the Good Templars.
The friends of Rev. E. J. Baird regret
very much that he has resigned as rector
of the Episcopal church, as he has given
excellent satisfaction during his stay here.
He intends to continue his theological
studies, before preaching any more.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Loomis are taking
carriage drive, visiting relatives in
Montpelier.
The Universalist Ladies Aid will have
a chicken pie supper in the vestry, Fri
day evening, Oct. 49,
: The mems meeting Sunday afternoon
in Darling's hall was led by Principal G.
A. Jameson.
Mrs. Bertha Rice has moved from the
Caswell house into Will Stoddard's
house on Main street.
Miss Helen Wakefield has gone to New
York, where she will study music at the
Vir il Clavier school.
Mr.. and Mrs Joel Overmyer, of
Seneca, Kansas, have been visiting at
John Webster's and with other relatives
Mrs. Harry Colby and daughter Doris,
of West Lebanon, N. H., have also been
visiting Mrs. Webster and Mrs. Wood
ard.
Charles Spear has finished his work on
the library and returned to his home in
Burlington.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17
At the willie.
Death of Mrs. charles FOLSOM.

A beautiful life ended peacefully Satur-
day morning, when Mrs. Charles Fol
som, after only few moments of dis
comfort, gradually "fell on sleep" She
retired Friday evening in apparently
perfect health, and awakened about
midnight complaining of a pain in her
heart. After about two hours she seemed
more comfortable, and went to sleep,
never to waken in this world Although
a sad shock to her family, such peace
ful and happy ending will ever be a
source OF thankfulness to them in days to
come. Mrs. Folsom was born Flavia
McGaffey, daughter of Stephen and
Sarah (Hoyt) McGafey, one of ten
children, of whom only Mrs Charles
Miller of this place survives her. She
was SO years old on the first day of
October, and was born and always lived
in this town. On November 8, 1S47,
she married Charles Folsom and entered
the house as a bride, SO years ago, from
which she has just departed. Three
children were born to them, Harley E.,
of this town, Stephen NJ, who has Just
gone to Texas, and Lucy A. Stone of st.
Johnsbury. Of eight grandchildren,
three survive, Fred S. Folsom, Agnes
Stone Steele and Flavia G. Folsom and
one great grandchild, Clara B. Folsom.
Although living through years of great
changes her life kept its serene and even
tenor, wrapped up in her home and
family, and altho the common sorrows
oflife came to her, as to all, she met
them with courage, cheerfulness, and
peace. A devoted wife and mother,
faithful friend and kind neighbor, ''None
knew her but to love her, none saw her
but to praise" The beauty of such
long and happy married life, passed in
the same home, is one of the most de-
lfghtful spectacles given us to see, and
its memory will always linger with those
who knew her, like beautiful benedic-
ton. To the bereaved husband and
children, universal sympathy is extended.
The funeral services were held at her late
home on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. E. g.
French, officiating. Interment at Lyn-
don Center.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04
MY NE1GHRnR,s 1aARY

A commotion on the stairs caused me to run to the door of my apartment and to look down the shaft. Just be- low on the landing, little fellow bl0nde as to hair, with grimy hands and tear-stained face. was contemplat, ing the ruins of a castle he had made His appearance was so woebegonC that 1 ran down to comfort him. Be tween the sobs that shook his chubby little frame he told me that his mother was cleaning house in her flat, and hat sent him out on the landing to play.
 And nobody, not nobody, never goes by wlvout knockln' 1t down-my house. he mourned. He was such 8 baby, with his fat, bobbing curls, his great blue eyes swimming in tears, ant his dimpled rosy face, wlnsome 1T
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04

he was frightened at seeing So many high officers and such a great number of soldiers. At last the officer finished, and the soldiers shouted a reply. A younger officer came with a paper and called the name of the recruits. When Vania was called a soldier stepped for ward and told him to take his box and come with him. Then Vania found himself in a great barr2ck room, in which there were four rows of little beds. The soldier pointed to a bed next to his own, and told Vania that was to be his. For six months, so long that is as he was a recruit and had not taken his second oath nor received his uniform, it would be Vania's duty to obey this soldier implicitly and learn from him his military duties. Such a soldier is called the recruits Little Uncle" and he is answerable to the of ficers for the progress of his pupil. Vania's Litte Unee was a tall. fair man, with a broad, good humored face and smiling eyes. He had been through the great war and won many medals. One quality he had-this Little Uncle which went near to ruin the little peas ant home by the Viatka river-he had a perfectly unsuitable thirst and re- venous hunger for sausages and white bread
 Be of good heart, my little brother; fear not at all. l who speak, I am Sashka Okansprienko, born of the Kursk government. I will be to you as an uncle; we will make of you good soldier; o new one. To-day We go to his honor the surgeon, and you will be measured and inscribed; afterward your hair shall be cut, and afterward, if it be the will of Holy St. Vladimir, We will go to the canteen to try the beer of Andrel stepaniteh the sulter. Oh, Andrel Stepanltch is rare one, can tell you. The beer of Andrel Ste panitch is so black and so strong; oh, it is beer to itch the fingers after; and what concerns the sausage, it is simply a marvel so fat it is.''
 The great jolly face of the Little Un- cle was wreathed with smiles; Vania's s box. seemed to betoken that he came of family who had some little means, To make sure. however, sashka in- Quired
 And what. my little brother, have you 9 good earth at home and many cows perhaps?"
 "Our little earth at home is a good ore thank the Lord said Vania: it is of five dessiatins fourteen acres); we have cows
 "Oh, new one, we make of you a good soldie,, only be well with me and do nil tbot T 4ell. ,,olt n
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04
OCTOBER MAGAZINES.

Jack Lohdon's new serial, Before Adam" begins in the October Every body's. Other leading features are an insurance article by Thomas w. Law son, study of Australian politics, by Charles E, Russell and papers on Ellis Island, Parisian detectives, the servant question the strategy of the ball field Short stories are supplied by 0. Henry Sarah N Cleghorn, Zona Gale, Maxi milan Foster, Joseph c. Lincoln, Bes. sic R, Hoover and Grace s. Mason
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04

Among E. P. Dutton and Companys fall books, and to be published imme- dlately, is "The Life of Sir Henry vane the Younger with a History of the Events of His Tlme'-his sojourn i'm New England and Governorship of Massa chusetts, his return to England and his life under the Proteetorate and Restoration, and his trial and execu- tion. The work is by Dr. William w. Ireland of Edinburgh At the same time "The Voice of the southy' a new book by Gilbert Watson, being his per sonal experience of travel in Algeria and the desert.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04
THE RUSSIAN RECRUST.
YOUNG MEN FROM WHOM IMPt-
 RIAL GUARDS ARE MADE

The Selection and ExaminatiOn-Oath to Serve the Czar and Holy RussIa- Journey to St. Petersburg. and As- signment to Barracks-Learning MiI- itary Tactics.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04

Host of exceedingly harmless shoot ing party-'Look ere, Mac. These gents ave to return to town end of the week. Woud it do the birds any arm ito drive the ground again day after .to7morrow?" Macdougal-"Dod man. ye micht drive it the morn's morn. Fleein' aboot canna hurt themv'- Punch.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04

The first installment of Sir Gilbert Parkers The Weavers, the first novel of importance he has written since 'The Right of Way" has the place of honor in Harpers pr. Henry Van Dyke interprets "The Americanism of Washington" Poultney Bigelow tells of a visit to the Sultan of Boneo; Presi- dent Thwing of Western Reserve uni versity has an article on the University of London, while other papers deal with the music of bird songs, the last slave ship, the sheep dog and Boston Town" Y" Short fiction is supplied by stephen F, Whitman Annie H. Donnell, Alice Brown, Clare Benedict, Josephine Das- kam Bacon and others.
 McClure's opens with study of the Juvenile Court of Denver, by Lincoln Steffens Burton J. Hendrick continues his story of life insurance; c. P. Con- molly tells more of "The Story of Mon tana;" George K Turner describes the municipal triumphs of Galveston. In fiction a story of the ghetto of the mid dle ages completes the 'IRobin Goodfel- low tales Of Rudyard kiping, and there are short stories by Pereival Gib- bon, Harvey J. O'Higgins, James Lin- con, James Hopper, and Hermlnie Tenn pletoH.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04

To write a romance based on our present social discontent and make it neither sonbre nor prosy Is a serious task for an author. In "The Silent War which is just coming from the press, Mir. Mitchell tells d tragic story based on the contest between the mass es and the mlllionaires, but succeeds in doing it without sacrificing any of the lightness of style and delicacy of touch which made his Amos Judd" "Pines of Lory" and "Gloria Viotis" such agreeable reading. Through the book runs an unusual love story, and both American milionaires and America n workingmen are depicted in new guise, faithfully, but from a novel point of view. The striking illustra- tions are by MT. Balfour Ker.
 Ns 1aasss Montgomery Flagg. wha
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04

Messrs Henry Holt and Company will issue at once "Daddy's Daush- ters," by Miss Marion Ames Taggart, upon whose shoulders several critics think tho mantle of Louisa Alcott has descended. The new book Is full of the humor for which Miss Taggart Is justly famous, and there is an under vein of quiet pathos in the story of Daddy" who, like the traditional literary man. was generally rather 'hard-up"
 Miss Bertha stewart had to get from England the subject for her cover de- sign for Mrs Hugh Fraser's Tn the Shadow of the Lord, novel with the mother of Washington as the central figure, which Messrs. Henry Holt and Company are just issuing The Wash ington arms on that cover were taken from those on an old church in Eng land
 Lavignaos Music and Musicians seems to have settled down and become a modern classic. Messrs, Henry Holt and Company are just having to print this remarks ble hook, which oddly combines French spirit win German thoroughness, for the sevento time.
 Though in his Affairs of state MT, Burton E Stevenson has for 'ar ronce left the mysteries )f crime to describe mysteries of diplomacy, that fact does not in the least seem tc have affected the demand for his new book, the ad- vance orders for which exceed even those for his Marathon Myltery." The publishers lad to seld the new book to press for the seconl time on the very day of publication,
 Among th9 inner circle # those who recognize real literature whea they see it, Arthur Colton has beccne a nam tp conjure with. His stories have been welcomed in oIr periodicals of the highest rank, and Messrs Henry Helt and Company will brin out this month fourth book from Is ,n. It is tl be called The Cruise of the Violet a, '' and is much in the vein of the authors well liked "Belted Seas. A few of the characters of that earlier book reap- pear in it.
 A romantic and picturesque story of the squatter days on a California ranch in the early 'fifties, entitled Casa Grande," by Charles Duff Stuart of San Francisco, will be published this month by Messrs. Henry Holt and Company
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04
The dramayisasAaa of 4cape cad

The dramatzasSas of Cape Cad Folks, tho first presentation of which was given on August q in Boston, falls in the same week with the publication of Mrs Greeno's new book, Power Lot, and just twenty-five years after the original publication of Cape Cod Folks. A second large edition of Power Lot was sent to press before publication.
 October 1st is the date now set for the the publication of George Alfred Williams edition of Mir Pickwick's s Christmas The publishers announce that the Illustrations are even more striking and charming than in "The Christmas Carol"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04

D. Van Nostrand and Company New York. have just issued The Seven Follies of Science" a popular account of the most famous scientific impossi- bilities and tfe attempts which have been made to solve them, to which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes. Illusions and marvels. The work has numerous illustrations. It is by John Phin, author of How to Use the Microscope" The Workshop Com .panion," "The shakespeare Cyclopedia, " Editor, Marquis of Worcester's Gen. tury of Invention, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04

The October issue of the Metropolitan Magazine is a strohg fall number, in which the best fiction and important, timely articles are we'll balanced. Per haps its most interesting feature is its symposium of papers on Hhe Future of Life Insurance" argued fNom the facts as they really exist. Anthony Hopa
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-04

whote and drew If; a Guide to Bad Manners" one of the most mirthful ot last years, collections of nonsense, has broken loose again with Why They Married"
 The whole world has repeatedly asked Why they married Nobody seemed to know
 It Is about time some truthful and discerning person stepped up and told
 There are one-half a hundred req reasons In this little book, every one done in verse, so polished one can see ones face in it, together with faithfully unfiattering portraits of the persons talked about.
 The book os the right size for pock- ct. When Gwendolyn says in wither- ing tones, T wonder what he ever saw in her!" flash the volume on her and turn to the right page and there's the answer, painfully simple but blindingly true!
 There is no one too dignifed, too high in social or official circles, to come un- der one of those fifty fatal facts. They are nailed! Like a collection of butter flies or beetles, they are impaled for your amusement,
 Margaret sidney's new book, 'Twc Little Friends in Norway" which has been unavoidably delayed in publica- tion, will be issued by Lothrop, Let and Shepard Company Saturday, Sep fTNi,a lt 1a,se. been such as to indicate that the Two Little Friends Series of which this will be the first volume, will riva the authors famous Pepper Books" ir popularity
 I.othnop, Lee and Shepard Company has in press a fourth edition of "Right and Wrong Thinking and Their Re suits by Aaron Martin Crane.
 The writings of Petroleum " Mas by' (David R.. LoclSe) are still in de mand, and Lothrop, Ice and Shepard Company, successor to Nasby's exclu- sive publishers, Lee and Shepard has in response to frequent orders beer obliged to go to press with a new edi- tion of Morals of Abou Ben Adhem."
 Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company has press a new edition of the stand. ard juvenile, Cats Arabian Nights, " by the late Mrs Abbie Morton Diaz
 Lillian Gertrude Dreyfus, daughter Of Boston's merchant prince, A shu- man, who, under, her maiden name gained much praise for her first vol. tune of poems, From Me to You, pub lished some years since, has completed q second volume of verse, which will bt published by Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company November first, in very at tractive form under the title of "Ir Praise of Leaves,r
 MT. Harold Morton Kramers Hearts and the Cross, published September first, has already reqquired a second edition which Ills publisher, Lothrop Lee and shepard Company, has in l press.