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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-12

These be the days when interest re
awakens-or does 1t ever sleep?-in the
major matters II the costume. In mid
summer such minor details as neckwear,
hGirplns, and belts, seem vastly i'm
portant. But once September LIST comes
round tbs the serious things of the ward
robe that engross uS.-the length of our
fall suit coat whether or not to have
long sleeves to our prospective restaurant
frOck, just how short to have the street
skirt, and what size. shape and color to
choose in fall hat
The importing dressmakers are arriving
on every steamer. as well as the regu-
lar pleasure travellers who always take
the precaution to supply early fall ward
robe needs during the summer sojourn
on the continent Every maid and matron
Just arrived from Europe rust submit
to the close scrutiny of her acqua Mt
Hnces and the serious cross questioning
OF her intimates, each and every one Of
them bent on knowing all she does of the
new fashions and fancies. The dress
makers are calling up their favorite Gus
toners over the phone to come down
and see some charming things that came
this morning" and the customs 'men are
busy from morning till late afternoon
over hIny chlffons and rich velvets and
priceless furs.
Dresses" Are Again I'm Style.
dressmaker who specialIzes on sim
pie costumes OF refined character.
dresses for American ladies'" one French
designer terms them, is showing some
fascinating new models this week.
study Of them Will make one well posted
on whaI Will be seen this fall and win
ter In the smart cafes, at and
semi private lunCheOns, after. ridge
parties and the like From these one will
note that the simplicity ushered in
year or more ago by Paquin IS to con-
tinue In favor. 4 blessing for which every
lover OF artistic dressing should give
thanks
In these demi-toilettes there Is de-
cided tendency toward simple skirts.
sometimes quite untrImmed about the
bottom. and again embellIshed with some
very simple tuck or band treatment
Doucet model in lansdowne shows a most
charming skirt. 1t is very full. and laid
into the band in large forward turning
plsats, this latter being a point worth
noting. The skirt is cut in six cores,
and in each gore are laid two five inch
tucks running with the grain OF the
cloth. The tucks are so placed that they
form 8 ssw-tooth border. The effect Is
simple, yet extremely elegant, and would
be successful In any OF the soft light
weight fabrics such chiffon cloth or
wolfe. In a transparent fabric this skirt
of course takes on a dressier aspect, the
double folds of the tucks standing out
plainly as g trimming scheme.
The New Draped Bodfcea and
The bodice of isis costume also con
tains many Instructive features. 1t shows
one Of the many new draped treatments
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-12
Description Of Illus-
trations.
An Elaborate Afternoon Costume
In Mauye Cloth.

All
in Mauye Cloth.
The Elton coat is by no means banished
from Fashions favor. 1t will be seen all
winter at various dressy functions. and
in severest weather Its wearers will sim
ply don a heavy outer coat or cape over
the small Elton for carriage wear. This
costume is of fine broadcloth, the skirt
laid in box pleats, which are braided half
their depth with a heavy silk cord. The
little coat is on square lines, and is COM
posed OF cloth and flet net, and heavy
with braided pattern OF the silk cord
which appears on the skirt. The sleeves
are of the cloth, and slso braided There
is touch of brilliant embroidery on satin
outlining the vest, and forming the inner
belt and sleeve bands The hat In q
mushroom shape, pointed sharply in front.
covered with mauve velvet and vreathed
with purple pansies.
How One French Maker Develops
the Princexs.
This model Is by Lebouvier, and has
many novel points In its details II is
shadow stripe English mohalr. so dne and
soft as to be readily mistaken for silk.
! u color II is a brilliant violet The cos
tune is cut on princess lines the skirt
having a straight back seam that at the
waist curves In to q bias mitering. from
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-12

The bodice of isis costume also con
tains many Instructive features. II shows
one OF the many new draped treatments
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-12

Oatmeal CrOquettes. Warm one
cupful of cooked oatmeal in one tablespoon.
fuI Of milk: add the beaten yolk of one
egg and one tablespoonful Of salt When
cool shape into small ovals, roll in crumbs.
dip In beaten eggs, roll in the crumbs
again and fry In smoking hot fat
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-12

Cynical folks who sneer ar the faith Of
young lovers only show what bad losers.
they are In the game of love.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06
The Dangers of Alcoholism.
Full Text of the French Circular.

Reference was made in Dr. Eaton's
article on temperance in our last issue of
the poster he saw in France issued by
the government condemning the use of
alcohol. Our readers will be interested
to see translation of the circular which
is posted everywhere by the city health
officers and officially approved by the
officers of the Bureau of Public Aid
Alcoholism is the chronic poisoning
which results from the habitual use of
alcohol, even when the latter would not
produce drunkenness.
1t is an error to say that alcohol is
necessary to workmen who engage in
fatiguing labor, that it gives heart to
work, or that it repairs strength; the
artificial excitation which it produces
gives place very quickly to nervous de-
preston and feebleness; in reality, al
cohol is useful to no one; it is capable of
harm to everybody.
The habit of drinking spirits leads
rapidly to alcoholism, but the so-called
healthful drinks also contain alcohol
there is merely difference of doses; the
man who drinks every day an immoder-
ate quantity of wine, cider or beer, as
surely becomes alcoholized as he who
drinks spirits.
The habit of drinking entails disaffec-
ton from the family, forgetfulness of all
duties to society, distaste for work,
misery, theft and crime. 1t leads, at the
least, to the hospital, for alcohol en-
genders the most varied and deadly
maladies: paralysis, lunacy, diseases of
the stomach and liver, dropsy; it is one
of the most frequent causes of tubercu-
losis. Finally, it complexities and aggra-
Yates all acute maladies: typhoid fever,
pneumonia, erysipelas, which would be
mild in the case of a sober man, quickly
carrying off the alcoholic drinker.
The hygienic faults of parents fall upon
their children; if the latter survive the
first months, they are threatened with
idiocy or with epilepsy or still worse,
they are carried off little later by tu-
berculosis, meningitis, or by phthisis.
For the health of the individual, for
the existence of the family. for the future
of the nation, alcohol is one of the most
terrible scourges.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06
About st. JOhnSbury.
That Runaway Freight.

1t is really marvellous when the fact
that the St. Johnsbury yards contain Is
tracks or so and men at work there all
day on the shifting is taken into consid-
Grafton. And to climax the whole the
freight had just passed the mail train
when the brakes gave out.
1t is a good thing the travelling people
of this state have good fortune with
them, they certainly need her protection.
fit wasn't for this rabbit footed guard
ian the scenes at the railroad stations
daily would resemble those of when the
war broke out. = Montpelier Journal
zone Per Cent" Beer.
st. Johnsbury by unanimous vote
has adopted bylaw forbidding the sale
of zone per cent. This is the best thing
that village has done in many a year.
These so-called temperance drinks are
the worst concoctions ever devised and
are more harmful than pure liquor, al
though they do not intoxicate. A friend
who runs a shoe store said he sold the
of one of these joints pair of
shoes every month. When he asked the
man what was the matter with the
shoes, the latter replied Its those
drinks serve. The acid eats holes in the
leather and ruins the shoes" What eff
feet does it have on the stomach, them"
asked our friend. 81 don't know, never
drink it. Burlington Clipper.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06
Concerning Milking Machines.

We have not heard that any Vermont
farmer has yet set up milking machine
plant. The farmer and his hired man are
still doing business in the good old way.
Indeed, the new scheme isn't well adap-
ted to the average farm, for it costs
$1,000 to equip dairy of 100 cows with
eight milking machines and a four-horse
power engine to provide suction. At
this rate the machines will not be very
numerous in Vermont for a while. = Bur.
lington News.
The usually well-informed editor of the
News should get posted, One of the first
men in the state to introduce these ma
chimes on his farm was John l.. Bacon of
White River Junction, the former state
treasurer, and George NJ. Gray of this
town has had them for nearly a year. In
the meantime many farmers in Windsor
county and other parts of the state have
bought them and this month two farms
in Orleans county will be equipped with
them. They are not as expensive as the
editor of the News intimates and it
would seem that they are practical from
the fact that so many farmers are in
stalling them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06
The New immigration Law.

The new immigration measure will
provide for very exhaustive investigation
of many points. Meanwhile, great
efforts are going to bemade to distribute
the newcomers more thoroughly through
out the country, and to test their fitness
for success, particularly in Southern
agriculture and industry. At present
we are receiving immigrants at the rate
of considerably more than million a
year, one-quarter of them coming from
Italy, another quarter from the races of
Austria-Hungary, another quarter from
Russia, and the remaining quarter from
Germany, Scandinavia, the British
Islands, and scattered sources. The
situation requires the most exhaustive
study and analysis. If these new factors
that make up the bulk of our immigra-
ton should be sifted or restricted in some
radical fashion, public opinion will sup
port Congress in legislation after the
argument has been sustained by a show
ing of undenabe facts, At present the
country is in great need of labor, and a
good kind of immigration is welcome
But in the long run our industrial life it.
self, as well as our social and political
institutions, must depend upon the
character of American citizenship, and it
would be fearful mistake to bring here
classes of people permanently undesira-
bic in vast numbers merely to meet a
temporary demand in the labor market.
-LFrom THE Progress of the World"
in the American Monthly Review of Re
views for March.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06
In Washington.

The pings of the Fifty-ninth Congress
are now history as that body adjourned
about noon Monday. 1t was one of the
most important sessions in our national
history as far as constructive legislation
was concerned and the appropriations
exceeded one billion dollars. Just before
Congress adjourned Senator Spooner of
Wisconsin announced his resignation, to
take effect May l. The reasons of his re-
tirement are absolutely non-political
and for twenty years he has been one of
the leaders in that august body. No
finer tribute to his work was paid than
that by the president who said
eve lose one of the ablest, most
efficient, most fearless and most upright
public servants that the nation
has He has been in his life
gallant soldier, trained public servant
of the highest standard of ability and
faithfulness and at all times an American
citizen who did his whole duty
March was marked by several
changes in the cabinet, Leslie M. Shaw
being succeeded by George B. Cortelyou
as secretary of the treasury, and Ethan
Allen Hitchcock retiring as secretary of
the interior to be succeeded by James R..
Garfield. George Won L. Meyer also
assumed at the same time the Office of
general.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06
The Editor Regrets.

"When was city editor of the Vir
ginia City Enterprise, remarked Mark
Twain at dinner in New York, "a fine
turkey was one day left at the Office"
Turkeys were rare in that high
altitude, and we all hankered after this
bird. The proprietor, though, claimed it
for his own. He took it home and had
it cooked for dinner.
The next day, as he was expatiating
on the turkeys richness and tenderness,
a letter was handed to him. He opened
it and read:
"'Mr. Editor:
"'SR,-Yesterday sent you turkey
which has been thecause of much dispute
among us. To settle a bet, will you
kindly ask your agricultural editor to
state in tomorrow's issue what it died
Of y Harper's Weekly
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06
Presentation of Account.
JOHN w. BALCH'S ESTATE.

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District SIS.
In Probate Court, held at the Probate Office
on the 26fh day of February, A. D. 1907.
Herbert F, Balch, Administrator upon the
estate of John w. Balch, late of st. Johns
bury, in said District deceased, presents
his administration account for examination
and allowance, and makes application for
decree of distribution and partition of the
estate of said deceased
Whereupon it is ordered by said court,
that said account and said application be
referred to a session thereof, to be held at
the Probate Office in said St. Johnsbury, on
the 18th day of March A. D.. 1907, for
hearing, and decision thereon: And it is
further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested, by publication OF
the same three weeks successfully in the
CALIFORNIAN, a newspaper published at
ST. Johnsbury previous to said time
appointed for hearing, that they may
appear at said time and place, and show
cause, if any they may have, why said
account should not be allowed and such
decree made.
By the Court, Attest,
WALTER P. SMITH, Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06
The ThaW Tragedy.

What is the lesson to our Young men
and misses
Taught by story so shocking as this is?
All over this broad land of ours
Young men and women yearn
To quit the simple country life
And to the city turn,
Where they may share
The fortunes there
That wait for them to earn.
The narrow ways of country folk
They constantly condemn,
And not rural avenue
Is wide enough for them.
The broader scope
Is where they hope
To win their diadem.
They come by thousands to the goal
Of their unwise desires;
They revel in the city's glare
And blister in it's fires;
They struggle on
Till all is gone
And hope at last expires.
Not all
May fall;
The stronger few may stand,
But at what cost
Their gain at last is nothing to
The good that they have lost.
Now listen, young men and young
women,
And make this star in your crown:
1T IS BETTER TO RUST IN THE
COUNTRY
THAN 1T Is TO ROT IN THE TOWN
That is the lesson to our young men and
misses
Taught by a story so shocking as this is
Nv. j. Hampton in New York World.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06

similar leagues in New England and
to be delivered in Vermont soon by
William ]. Bryan there might be speeches
by other noted party orators.
The complete list of officers chosen is
as follows: President, G. Herbert Pape
of Barre; vice president, James E Burke,
Burlington; secretary and treasurer, Phil
S. Howes, Montpelier; executive COM
mittee, Addison county, F. NJ Foote of
Middlebury, Bennington. E. S. Harris OF
Bennington; Caledonia, A. H. Gleason of
St. Johnsbury; Chittenden, V. A. Billiard
of Burlington; Essex, ]. W. Thurston of
Island Pond; Franklin, ]. ]. Thompson
of ST. Adams; Grand Isle, c. H. Russell
of Grand Isle; Lamoille, c. L. Mcmahon
of Stowe; Orange, F. W. Farnham of
Copperfeld; Orleans, c. M. Brady of
Newport: Rutland, James E. Burke of
West Rutland; Washington, c. W.
Melcher of Barre; Windham, M. ]. Moran
of Brattleboro; Windsor, w. H. Walsh
of White River Junction.
Each of the men present at the meeting
Thursday contributed one dollar to the
treasury, and of the sum thus raised ten
dollars will be devoted to securing from
the New England league charter.
A vote of thanks was rendered to A.
H. Gleason for the time and effort that
he has put into the work of getting the
Democrats together for the formation of
the league. A meeting of the league will
be called at some date yet to be fixed for
the adoption of a constitution and by
laws, A. H. Gleason and H. c. Shurt-
left were appointed committee to draft
these articles.
James E. Burke, of Burlington, and
6. H. Pape, of Barre, were elected dele
gates from the two congressional dis
tricts Of the state to attend a conference
to be held in Boston, March 10, to dis
cuss the work to be done by W. J. Bryan
this spring in the New England states.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06
Vermont Methodist Conference.
Bishop to Appoint One New Presiding
Elder-A Few Other Changes 10 DC
Made.

Bishop to Appoint One New Presiding
| Elder-A Few Other Changes to be
Made.
The annual session of the Vermont
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church will be convened in Grace Metho-
dist Episcopal church, April II.
At the meeting of the board of bishops
last fall Bishop c. c. McCabe was
assigned to preside at this session OF the
conference, but few weeks ago he was
suddenly stricken down with apoplexy'
and in few days died, and Bishop J. r.
Berry, whose episcopal residence is in
Buffalo, N. Y, was assigned to the con-
ference.
Bishop Berry is well known through
having been for many years prior to his
election as bishop, the editor of The
Epworth Herald, the organ of the young
peoples society, the Epworth League.
The term ofW N. Newton, presiding
elder of the Montpelier district, will ex-
pire this year, and some one will be ap-
pointed to that responsibility. Various
rumors will be about, without doubt, as
to who will succeed to this office, but
they will all be guesses as the bishop
alone has the selection of the man, and
no one can tell who it will be till he
makes the announcement.
1t it not expected that there will be
any changes in the presiding eldership,
but that the present incumbents, George
w. Hunt of the St. Adams district, and
F. w. Lewis, of the st. Johnsbury dis
trict, will remain still as the appoint
ment is for one year only, with the limit
of reappointment six years, the bishop
may make changes at the close of any
one year.
On the St. Adams district, it is rumored
that three men will retire from the active
ranks of the minister. Rev. c. P. Tap
lin, pastor at Highgate, after A years OF
effective service, feels that he must rest,
at least, for while. Rev. S. Donaldson,
pastor at Sheldon, also after "A years OF
active service, feels that he must have at
least a year for rest. Rev. DR.. {. S.
Nutter, pastor at St. Adams, while not
having served as many years as the two
previously mentioned, desires to take
supernumerary relation, which will re-
lease him from theregular pastorate, and
permit him to pursue literary and other
work as he may desire,
There are rumors of many other
changes in the appointments, but at this
dc RI 1ca from the conference session if iS
not possible to tell just where changes
will be made. Since the removal of the
time limit there are no changes by expira-
ton of time and the final decision re-
garding changes, rests with the presid-
ing bishop. So
Some Of the principal appointments in
which, rumor says, there will probably
be changes, are St. Adams, Montpelier,
Barre Richford, and Barton. 1t is not
expected that anything out of the usual
routine of the business will come up at
this session of the conference.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06

is safe prediction for he is really a
great man. 1t will also be matter OF
no little curiosity to see the candidate
who has been three times defeated for
the presdency-in 1896, in 1900 and in
190S.-[ Mortified News.
A Barometer of Prosperity.
That barometer of the business pros
perity of the state, the savings bank re-
port, as compiled by Luther A. Cobb,
Inspector of finance tells us that the 40
savings and trust institutions OF YER
mont now contain deposits of $52,0S7,-
699.0S and Furthermore that the gain
for the fiscal year is the largest with one
exception since the record was kept by
the department. The barometer surely
indicates clear weather. Barre Times.
Attracting Outside Capital.
With four outside corporations with a
capital of $40, 900 filing papers ofregis-
tratation to do business in this state on
one day last week, it looks as though
capital was finding place in Vermont.
: Montpelier Journal.
Slightly Sarcastic.
1t beats all how many governors in
the past, according to their home news
papers, advocated the very reforms
which the present governor has accom-
plished.- Mortified News.
Gets 'em Both Ways.
More horse breeding in Vermont means
also more horse trading with neighbors
across the line in Massachusetts. The
ute Green Mountain farmer, who gets
EN- comm and gets 'em goin = Boston
Record.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06
Couldn't Tell Which.

Smith had come home later than usual,
and had ready a good explanation, but
his wife gave him no chance, and i'm
mediately began to tell him what she
thought of him. He endured it patiently
all the evening, quietly read his paper
and went to bed, His wife was still
talking, When he was almost asleep he
could hear her still scolding him unmerci.
fully. He finally dropped off to sleep,
and awoke, after couple of hours, only
to hear his wife remark:
Il hope all married women don't have
to put up with such conduct as this"
Annie said Smith, "are you talking
again or yet P Harpers Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06
License to Sell Real Estate.
LAURA MOORE,S ESTATE,


STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS.
In Probate Court. holden at the Probate Of
flee in St. Johnsbury, on the 25th day of Feb
ruary A. D., 1907.
William H. Burbank Administrator upon
the estate of Laura Moore late of Barnet in
said district, deceased makes application to
said Court for license to sell the whole of the
real estate of said deceased, consisting of
dwelling house, out buildings and lot, stu
ate in the village OF Barnet in Barnet in the
County of Caledonia and State of Vermont,
representing to said Court that it would be
beneficial to the heirs and all persons inter-
ested in the estate of said deceased to sell the
whole of the real estate of said deceased as
aforesaid, and convert the same into money;
and also brings Herewith into court the con-
sent and appreciation in writing to the grant
ing of such license of all the heirs to said es-
tate residing in this state
Whereupon 1t is ordered by said Court that
said application come under consideration
and be heard on the 10th day of March A. D.
1907, at the Probate Office in St. Johnsbury;
and, it is further ordered that all persons in
terested be notified hereof, by publication OF
notice of this application and order thereon,
three weeks successfully in the Caledonian
printed at St. Johnsbury, before said time OF
hearing that they may appear at said time
and place, and If they see cause, object
thereto,
BY the Court,
Attest, WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06

The Boston Globe extends daily con-
gratulations to men of prominence as
their birthdays come around and on
Thursday congratulated Congressman
Samuel W. Mccall of Massachusetts,
born Feb. %, 1851 and Congressman
W. Bourke Cochran of New York, born
Feb. 2S, 1854. 1t is quite a coincidence
that both of these congressman married
Caledonia county ladies.