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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
CALLING IN PARIS.
The Concierge Is Peculiar lnstitu.
ton In Several Ways.

The Concierge Is Peculiar INSTITUTE
ton In Several Ways.
You leave your card at the door of
the person to whom you desire to pre-
sent yourself, and there 1t is taken In
charge by that peculiarly French func-
tionary, the concierge, says Professor
Barrett Wendell in Scribners. At
least in Paris, the greater part Of
French people live in large houses con-
tanning a number of apartments with
O common entrance and staircase.
Close to the entrance door, on the level
of the street, are some stuffy little
rooms inhabited by the concierge, or
porter, with his family. Their duty,
among other things, Is to keep strict
watch on whoever goes in or out, and
at least one Of them, often the porter's
wife or half grown daughter, is always
at hand.
The chief popularity of their temper
ament seems to be Unsuitable appetite.
At whatever hour of day or evening
you call on concierge you are sure to
uuu SOuuCDOdy CobiuS VI JUST AAo~A@
from table, and the atmosphere inhab-
tied by this busting parsonage seems
Immortality laden with the fumes OF
something recently boiled.
No matter whether you call on
friend who lives in some unpretentious
out of the way place or on one who
inhabits something like palace, the
concierge is always about the same.
You can detect little difference be-
| tween those in charge of important
doors and of insignificant. They are
| as like as house flies. OF course there
are private houses in Paris, with regu-
| lar domestic servants such as you
would find anywhere, but these, grand
or simple, are so unusual that you re-
member the concierge as everywhere
standing between you and further hui
man intercourse.
In response to your card, which the
concierge duly sees delivered, comes a
card, often with note, in return. IT,
as is generally the case, this acknowl
edgment of your existence contains an
intimation of when your French &C
quaintance may be found at home, ell
Their habitual or for your special bene
fit, you make your second visit at thi;
appointed time and thus enter into rea
personal relations
Otherwise, your intercourse has limit
ed itself to a polite exchange Of cards
Generally speaking, you never expec
or attempt to see French people social
except when they have asked you t
one of their regular days Of receptio
or have made definite appointment
To call on person at any other time
to do more than leave your card wit
the concerge-would be an intrusiv
pretense to intimacy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
WHEELOCK,

Mr.. and Mrs. Hart and son of Boston
are visiting her sister Mrs. D. Mclean.
Mrs. Osgood of Wells River visited her
brother James Drew last week.
I Mrs. Emma Ide and Miss Clara Sias
OF Boston visited at G. E. Goss last
week also DR.. Dickinson's twins, Ruth
and Claire Dickinson of Jersey City.
Harold Currier returned from his visit
to Cambridge last week. His stepfather
MI. Ellsworth came with him for a short
visit.
Dan Mclean spent few DAYS last
week in Canada.
Sumner Warner went to Barton and
Bloomington visiting friends last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barber visited
their daughter, Mrs. Frank Whitney at
Lyndon last Wednesday.
Rev. 0. E. Hardy, wife and two chill.
dren of East Burke are spending their
vacation at the Caledonia Spring House.
Miss Laura and Hazel Stafford are
visiting their grandparents at East
Burke.
Mr.. Leavitt with two daughters and a
son have moved from New York into I.
McDowell's tenement house.
Charles Dana and family and Fred
Darling and family of Lyndonville Wis
tied at E. ]. Dana's last Sunday.
Professor o. D. Mathewson and wife
have gone to Montreal on pleasure
trip this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Goss visited theil
daughter Mrs. Ball, at East Haven last
Sunday.
Mrs. Mabel Humphrey is at East
Burke for few days.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
WEST DANyILLE.

A. w. Merrill and wife went Friday to
New Haven, Conn, to make their son
Ralph and wife visit for 10 days.
Rev. F. E. Currier and family are stay
ing at his cottage for two weeks.
Mrs. DR.. Davis of Mortified is visiting
her sister, Martha Oderkirk, Andrew
Barr and wife from Linden, Iowa, a
brother of Mrs. Oderkirk, is visiting her.
Mrs. Hannah Bean is at her home keep
ing house. Her brother, Edward Brick
EFT and wife from Lowell, have been stay
ing with her for several days.
The ladies' aid will meet at the church
Thursday evening, Aug. 16. Supper
from to 8 at the usual price.
Frank Prescott and wife from St. Johns.
bury visited Saturday and Sunday at J.
E. Conley's.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
NORTH DANvILlt.

Shepherd Pomona Grange will meet
with North Danville Grange, No. 35S, at
Weeks Hall on Wednesday evening, Aug:
81, and a cordial invitation is extended
to all Changers to be present. Owing to
this meeting the next meeting OF North
Danville Grange will be postponed until
Thursday evening, Aug. 20.
The w. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs.
7. P. Weeks Thursday afternoon. 1t IS
desired that all members be present, and
any one who is interested in temperance
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Wilson OF
Worcester, Mass, visited friends here
the past week. Mrs Wilson was
formerly Anna Chalmers, and lived here
few years ago.
Mrs. B. D. Hartshorn of St. Johnsbury
has been spending few weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. H. B. Ward.
Mrs. Bernard Lindquist from Lowell
Mass, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hunter.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Milne and son
and Mrs. Mines father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin, of Barre, were at
B. G. Varnum's Sunday coming in their
large touring car, and returning the
same day.
BIG. Varnum went to Dover, N H..
Monday, where he will be in the EN-
ploy of his brother, Contractor h. W
Varnum as overseer.
1t is expected that Rev. and Mrs b, +
Parker will return from their vacatior
this week, and services will be held al
the usual hour next Sunday.
Albra Fogg will deliver his ILLUSTRATED
lecture at the Free Baptist church Mon
day evening, August 10.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
A Beuoar's Benson.

An Irish beggar woman following a
gentleman who had had the misfortune
to lose his nose kept exclaiming:
"Heaven preserve your honor's eye.
sight"
The gentleman was at last annoyed
at her importantly and said:
"Why do you wish my eyesight to be
preserved? Nothing ails my eyesight
nor is likely to-"
"No, your honor" said the Irishwo-
man, "but it will be a sad thing If it
does, for you will have nothing to rest
your spectacles upon"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
Got There by a Scratch.

One of our friends is suffering from
the result of bad mistake. The other
night he heard a racket in the barn.
and, springing out of bed, he grabbed
his pants, pulled what he thought was
match out of his pocket and drew it
across the place where man always
lights his matches. An unearthly howl
announced the fact that it was a nail
he was trying to light and that he had
torn up about two feet of good flesh.
He now sleeps on his left side and
pays no attention to any noises he
hears in the night.-Fairfeld (Me) Re-
view,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
EAST CABOT.

Mrs. Cora Norway and daughter Mil
dred of Marshfeld were at r. S. Barr's
over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. D. Barr were at Mrs.
Martha Odekirk's the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Paige of Pittsfeld,
Mass, were guests at Walter Abbott's
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Aver and daugh-
tiers and Miss Pillsbury of Savannah,
Ca, called on w. l. Abbott's people the
last of the week.
Several of the farmers have finished
haying.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
KIRBY.

Mrs. Harry Bowman and children of
Lyndon Center visited at E. H. Nit
chem's last week.
Miss Ardella Leach from Springfield,
Mass, is spending her vacation with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Leach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Minis of Amherst,
Mass, and Mrs. Clara Gage of Lyndon
Ssenter visited at E. ]. Nickerson's Satur-
sells.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
MAYS to Spend Il.

Husband What do you think, dear?
I've had my salary raised $40 month";!
His Wife-Oh, isn't that nice! Now
we can have that second girl, tele-
phone and piano, and can take les
sons in china nainting. can't I?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
BARNET.

The annual meeting of the w. c. T. U.
will be held in the Christian Endeavor
rooms on Thursday at 2.30p p. m. AS
important business is to be transacted a
large attendance of members is desired
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
Porgies.

"Did you ever hear about the fish
that was cut in two, away back, and
has been cut in two ever SINGER" asked
the hopeless etymologist, as he passed
Fulton market one morning and saw
the fishmonger pouring barrelful Of
porgies into tank of ice. "Those
fish used to be called 'scuppaugs' by
the Indians, and the natural human
tendency to shorten things cut the
word in two and now the Jerseyman
and the Rhode Islander call them
Soup while the New Workers and
Connecticut folks call them paugies,'
or porgies."- York Post.
The jatropha urens IS said to be the
| - oc% ,n.isnpot1c rIont In oYfctQnaQ IFS
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
All Humors

are impure matters which the skin, liver,
A.oneys and other organs cannot take care
Oh without help.
Fimples, boils, eczema and other erup-
'orS loss OF appetite, that tired feeling,
O'ilous turns, fits of Indigestion dull head
~''eS and many other troubles are due to
'nem' They are removed by
Hoods l. SarsapariIIa
IN usual liquid form or in chocolated
'"Ois'S known as sarsatabs. 100 doses 81.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14
They sheIved Browning.


Douglas Jerrold was convalescing
from an illness when he read Brown
ing's "Sordello." Not a consecutive
idea could he get from that mystic pro-
duction. 1t struck him that he had
lost his reason during his illness. He
thrust the volume into his wife's hand.
After several attempts to make any
sense out of the first page she returned
1t, saying. Bother the gibberishl ]
don't understand a word of it."
II think" said young Trotter, "pn
draw that money Uncle John left to
me. I'm thinking of trip abroad"
But" protested his mother, you
were to save it for rainy day."
swell, I'm going to London. I'll be
sure to find rainy day there."--Wash-
Sngton Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-14

The jatropha urens IS said to be the
most poisonous plant in existence. Its
action is on the heart, and decoction
kill almost instantaneously.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23
am Keep Her!" Cries Steele.

Stceles love for Rosalie and his nom
profession Of any religion have led the
ignorant people OF the village to- look
upon him as a hereto, and during a
very touching love scene between him
and Rosulie the hut of Joe is assailed
by religious fanatics. who are intent up
on killing Steele as a hereto and in
fdel. Fle is saved by the seigneur,
whose brother, the able, demands that
he give an accounting of his past and
whether he can give Rosalie his name.
steele is silent Asked what he Is
going to do in reference to Rosalie, he
cries:
Keep her. She is mine! Let him
who Is without sin cast the first
stone"
In thS fifth scene steele has decided
that he must go away forever and
leave the woman he so fondly loves,
He knows that sooner or later the truth
as to his real identity will be learned
and that he is not in a position to pro-
tect Rosale by giving her his name
The parting interview between Rosalit
and steele takes place in the valley OF
Cooling Springs and is interrupted by
the burning of the church. which has
been set on fire by John Brown, who
has escaped from jail. The church is
seething furnace Of heat, yet Steele
and Joe Portugais rush into the flames
to save the sacred vessels of the altar
and in doing so both are fatally burned
FREDERICK TREGELLES.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23

No less than eleven now marks were
officially placed upon the books.
The ablest performances were made
by the youngsters The trotters and
PAGERS of the two and three year old
division showed sensational class,
In the -year-old class Trampfcst
placed the worlds record for trotters
at 2:12Ls, while Helen Hale set the
worlds pace record for fllics at 2;loh.
, In the pacing division the two-ycar- -old
colt Ray o. Light did not receive credit
for worlds record, but made the cN-
ccllent time of 2:l3is.
In the three -year-old trotting class
General Watts stood pre-eminently at
the head. That he has proved prof
table investment for his owner. Gen
eral Watts, who paid Senator John w.
Bailey of Texas only $1,000 for the son
OF AXworthy. Is shown by his winnings
this year, which amouJt To over S2O,-
600. lie captured the Horse Breeders
and Horse Review stakes and the Ken
tucly Futurity besides a class race,
and twice reduced the worlds record
for three year-old trotting stations.
Among the other worlds records
made during the year Sweet Marie
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23
Couldn't DISCHARGE Him.

When the jury had fled in for at
least the fourth time. with no sign of
coming TO an agreement in the bribery
case. the disgusted Judge rose up and
said, II discharge the jury"
At this one sensitive talcsman. stung
TO the quick by this abrupt and i'll
sounding decision, obstinately faced
the judge.
"You can't discharge me, judge" he
rctorted.
"Why not?" asked the astonished
judge.
Because" announced the talesman,
pointing TO the defendants lawyer,
I'm being paid by that man there."-
Lippincotts.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23

her brother has forged his name, and
also between steele and John Brown,
a minister, who has lost his faith and
career through agnostc questions pro-
po,bided by Steele. Brown, who is
drunk. threatens Steele with vengeance
because of his destruction of his
(Browns) faith, his morals and his
social standing
In the second scene Joe Portugais.
through gratitude, tries to prevent
Steele from going to the Cote Dorbon
to see Suzon, a young girl of remark
able mentality whose ideals regarding
life have impressed steele. His visit
to the Cote Dorion arouses the jeal-
ousy of the river men, who attack
steele strike him on the head and
throw him into the river.
The next scene occurs after three
years have passed. steele is living
with Portugais, having no recollection
of anything that happened after being
injured on the head. Steele has met
Rosalie. postmistress of the village,
and has fallen deeply in love with her.
Now a surgeon appears who states
that an operation will bring back
Steele's memory.
Finally the operation is performed
Steele's memory is restored. and he
learns that his wife in Montreal has
married Captain Fairing and that they
have child He also finds out that he
is regarded as a fugitive from justice,
as an cmbezzler of trust moneys, Billy
Wantage's forgery having been charged
against Steele after his disappearance.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23
Billiardists Inactive.

What Is the matter with the billiard
sharps? The only activity of note in
the cue world is in Chicago. The At
lantic coast experts seem to have fall
Ell under some dreadful spell. Never
was there "A time like this in New
York Boston and Philadelphia at this
season of the year, when challenges
usually are hurled back and forth like
cannon balls,
sutton and Schaefer have given a
semblance of life to the billiard circles
in the Windy City and II is to be
hoped that in New York Maurice Daily
and George Slosson will hang up prizes
for some of the experts IL no other
plan can be arranged to bring them
together.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23

in certain situations overcome the ad-
vantage OF greater weight; sixth. the
forward pass has undoubtedly come to
stay for all time in football in this
country.
The playing of most of the big con-
tests having now been recorded in
1907 history, all eyes. i'm the east at
any rate, are turned toward Philadel-
phia, whore on Thanksgiving day
Pennsylvania university meets Cornell
and Nov. 80. on the same greensward
0Franklin felD. the West Point Mill
tary academy meets the Annapolis
Naval academy. The army-navy game
always closes the season in the east
Cornell has been picked by many as
the victor over the Pennsylvanians.
The defeat of Princeton by the Itha-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23
Horse Show Slump.

How have the mighty fallen! once
upon time about a year ago boxes
for the New York horse show brought
tremendous sums Of money Million
aires sent their agents To the auction
to offer almost any unreasonable sum
of money for boxes in choice locations,
But this year the tumble in stocks and
other financial troubles reduced the
obesity of their incomes to such an eN-
tent that the sale of boxes and seats
closely resembled bargain day in n de-
partment store. This year boxes We're
sold for 500 that brought 5000 and
500 last year!
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23
"Ths Right Of Way"

"The Right of Way at Wallack's.
is q dramatization by Eugene Pres
brey Of Sir Gilbert Parker's well known
novel Of the same name. AS a play 1t
Is not, as successful by long odds as
the novel. Guy Standing wins a per-
sonal success in the leading role.
The adapter follows the trend of
tho actual book story closely as Il
whole. Aspaking. of course. some de-
parture9tto render 1t suitable for the
purposetfrof staging. The scenes are
laid in Montreal and In the old French
parish Df; Chaudieye, 200 miles distant
from Moptreal.
There, are six scenes In "rhe Right
ofWay.' which show the den of Char
leyi,Steele in Montreal. the Cote Do
rlon on the st. Lawrence at night, Joe
I. Portugais' hut on the mountain. the
valley OF Cooling Springs and the
Chprch Of she Holy Gross.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23
A SIMPLE COUNTRY DINNER,
PAGE FIFTEEN

When we COED TO Aunt Carries she
Scz she amt had no timo to FIX
A dinner like II ought to be.
Cause she has been at work since six
O'Clock. a-sweepn' out tn rooms
An tidyin' tn place lot.
So, IL we're hungry. she p'sumes
Wei haf 10 take just what she's got,
An nen she sez she amt tn one il"
To try to put on city style n
She likes relations Just to run -
In for meal oncet in awhile
An he content with what is cooked
A simple country dinncr-so
If anything is overlooked
Itll haf to be excused. you know.
An non she goes an shuts tn door
AT leads out where tn table is
An pa, he sez he's glad he'd wore
AT country nppuhtite o. his!
Aunt Carrie tells us to come on
Although there's nothin fit to touch,
But we can eat till 1t is gone,
But she knows, that it isn't much!
An there is chickens-young ones--fried.
An there's juicy, big boiled ham,
18th lots o. gravy on each side,
An turnips an blackberry jam
An soda biscuits-iust as light
An ounce p'serves an peaches. too.
An mash potatoes-iust as white
An dandy pickles, tell you!
An beans an peas an corn an rice
An cherries at is sweet an red
An ounce p serves--Tve told at twice,
But they're fine on Aunt Carries bread--
An pies-thrce kind o. pics-an cake
An apple ielly-it's the best
You ought TO sec II shake an shake,
An-goodness, / forget tn rest!
An we all eat TN we can't hold
Another little bite you bet.
An nen Aunt Carrie she will scold
An say she knows we're hungry yet.
Men pa. he sez at this here meal
Has surely been mos glorious
An sez he wonders how we'd feel
IL she had been expectin' us!
w y. Nesbit in New York Life.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23
Retter Still.

She-And after we are married. dear,
youll tell me everything that happens,
won't you? Cousin Fannie's husband
does.
He-Well, darling I'll go Fannie's
husband Que better. I'll tell you lot
of things that don't happen at all
Chicago News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23
HE MEANT BUSINESS.

A well known cricket club in Eng
land, in the neighborhood of Bury,
were playing their last match of the
season on their own ground,
The visitors batted first, and the
home teams one and only pro" who
was good all round man, captured
seven wicRets for a few runs, thereby
assuring himself of the bowling prize"
for the season.
The batting prize" however, was
still am open question, and during the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23
Ducal Caution.

"The duke insists that the wedding
must be postponed"
what reason does he give?"
"IIes troubled with depression"
"Mental"
"No, financial He's waiting to find
out how much papa lost in Wall
street."-Clcvclan Plain Dealer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23
Cookery.

"You don't treat me with nice con-
sideration, anticipate my every want.
provide me with whatever Is designed
TO make life pleasant regardless of ex-
pcnsc betray a vigilant solicitude for
my comfort, tender respect for my
feelings, an absorbing interest in my
happiness" complained the wife.
Certainly not" replied the husband.
II didn't marry cook."-New York
Life
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23
Honey Melody. A

What is the matter with Honey Mel
lody, the pure, white souled pugilist
who never smoked or drank, who
never said a bad word and who al
ways asked mammals advice about
everything he did?
II, Melody long has cherished the
thought that he was really the welter-
weight champion of America, but his
last two defeats have put him out of
the running, for a time al least Re-
Gently at Dayton, o., Frank Mantell
Of Providence. r. l., knocked out
Honey cold and limp, Though Aiantell
had been badly pounded up to the
fourteenth and fifteenth rounds he had
enough stamina left to shove over on
Melody IA right hook that shut out the
landscape.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23

tFrom Our New York Dramatic. corre-
W spondent1
srXSHE COMING OF MRS.
PATRICK" and ""rhe Right
~ OF Way" are the latest addi-
tlons to the New York
stage Both plays have merits, and
vet neither is destined to prove big
! success,p
The Coming Of Mrs. Patrick" is by
Miss Rachel Crothers. author OF "rhe
Three OF U.s." the decided success of
last year at the Madison Square the
ater. and in her new drama the author
again shows ability to play on human
natNire and to depict character intell-
gently
Mrs. Patrick. played well<b by Laura
Nelson Hall. is a trained nurse who.
coming into a family distraught by
stckness. quarrels. etc, spreads thick
layer Of sunshine over every one and
everything. Mrs. Patrick takes the
household tiller in her own hands and
steers the wabbly old ship into smooth
wAters.
Mrs. Patrick. with her limitless cour-
49, and buoyant optimism. wins the
heRrt Of all except the elder daughter,
VINO believes an insinuatior against
the nurse uttered by man about town
who Is suitor for her younger sisters
hand. The truth Of the matter is that
tins same man Is unfavorably known
ID Mrs. Patrick through certain girl
oIA whom she has taken pity and with
whom the SON Of the family is now in
fatuated.
The later events bring forward a
series of complications in which Mrs.
Patrick allows herself TO be accused
OF intriguing to marry the family
"young hopeful" and finally concludes
with the realization of the love ex-
istinE between herself and the ply
sician.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-23

interval between the innings the "pro"
was busy in helping to roll the pitch.
\ spectator, observing this, remarked
to one OF the home players:
"rom's working hard today. isn't he ?"
AYE" replied the other, with touch
of sarcasm Toms not greedy, but
he likes lot, He's gotten t. bowling
prize he gets paid for his services, an
Aw can see he means to collar T. bat :
ting prize | expect he'll be plnehln' L
bloomin pavilion next"