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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
PuujIists Pickle Their insides.

Puqiiists Pickle Their lnsides.
"Pugilists,' said an athlete, "be-
lieve, as a rule, that salt water drink
ing hardens the insides. Whenever
you see a husky bather lean over and
calmly swallow big gulps of the At
1antic, you can set him down for a
pugilist
II once knew a lightweight. who
drank two quarts of salt water a day
when in training. is + have known
heavyweights to drink a glass or two
of the awful stuff, day in and day out,
all the year round. ...
4 ''They think body blows cannot hurt
them if their inwards are picked in
salt water"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
BLIND MAN FOR SENATE

Judge T. p Gore, the Democratic nominee for
United States senator from Oklahoma, who is
practically certain of election will be the first
blind man to occupy seat In congress- "Okla-
hoIa's Blind Orator." as he is known is one Of
the most interesting characters in the new state.
He has been sightless from hoyhood, yet none of
his fellow citizens have higher intellect or bet
ter education. From the age of II until he was
IL h1s mother and sister instructed him by read
ing to him.
At Fl Gore was enthusiastic populist. He
started to stump the state of Mississippi chal-
longing congressman, senators or whoever he
met TO debates. His first speech of this Find
is described by one who was resident of the
same county, Webster. at that time
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

tragedy was consummated the
other day in St. Petersburg when tho
sword of honor which the people of
France were to have given to Gen.
Stossel was presented to the St.
petersburg Museum of War Relics.
The man, so short a time ago "the
heroic defender of Port Arthur" but
now discredited by court martial, and
branded as coward and traitor, was
not present at the ceremony, says the
Youths Companion, and the dedica-
tory inscription which recited hic
courage and skill had been CHANGED
to a complimentary reference to tn,
Russian army.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

The New England physician who is
advocating death at birth for de-
1o1meo cnlldren as means for the
Improvement of the human race
seems to overlook the fact that Cupid
was born blind. Just think of the love
and romance: the world would have
missed had Cupid been chloroformed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
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In Coils Of a Python.

Mr.. .Cocklin, walking in thick grass
near the Marco river, Bechuanaland,
was thrown to the ground by, a A.
foot python, which coiled round his
legs and then tried to drag him 50
tree near by, SO that, by coiling :ts
tail round the trunk, it sight proceed
to crush him to death. when within
two yards of the tree, M. Cocklin
got hand free, and sho-. tho snake.
which was so heavy thss it needed
three men to lift East Lcndon
Dispatch w s.f a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
NEW INSURANCE CHIEF

Darwin P Kingsley, the new president of the
New York Life Insurance company, to succeed
Alexander E. Orr has attracted no little attention
past ten years.
Mr.. Kinsley is so years old. Following his
graduation from the University of Vermont, he
went to Colorado, where he worked as teacher
and a Journalist. In 1886 he was made auditor
of the state of Colorado. In 1889 he became iden-
titled with the New York Life Insurance COM
pany and was made inspector of agencies for New
England He soon transferred to the home
office. After filling the chairs of superintendent
and third vice president he was elected vice pres
ident in 1908.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

Somebody who has been readins
"Wllhelm Meister" discovers that the
servant question existed in Goethe's
time, and quotes Therese as saying to
her guest invited to dinner: MY cook
has just run away at a most inoppor-
tune time. My man has mangled his
hand and l had to prepare all myself
Nothing bothers one nowadays more
than servants. No one will serve. not
even themselves The difference in
this twentieth century is that the
Ihereses do not know how to act as
substitutes for the missing cook, or if
1hey 40 know, refuse to act. They
prefer to go out to their meals"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
HUMMEL WILL GO FREE
FOR AID GIVEN JEROME

and moved the dismissal of the in
dictments. He said that Hummel
had given the state material aid in
recent important murder trial, and
that he was of the opinion that pub
lie interest did not require the further
Hummel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

Model tenements do pay, says the
New York World. They WELD fair
return to investors, they afford pleas.
nre and comfort to tenants, they exert
an influence elevating to the moral
ana physical average of the communi-
ty. Why do not more rich men build
them?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
Freedoms CHARGE.

This magazine article says that
bachelors should be taxed" remarked
Mrs. Crouch. 800 ~ I'll, 800 ~ II o. p
vi That's the way!"' exclaimed Mr..
Crouch, vigorously. "ASman can't en-
joy anything these days without paw
ing for it."-.Judge. .. s. Il, 5 IS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

The Oldest house in the Oldest town
in Maine, building which dates back
to 164S' is to De opened for summer
use. 1t may have endured a season ga 81 or
two more surprising than this spring.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

Nr=emburg, Germany, and is said to
be great success. 1t is a steam
pump, and the same source of power
i. used in propelling the engine and
driving the pump. 1872
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19


the to
then
the incident One of the specta!>s
public
think would
Mr. standing the
going to he struck by the and that
pull thought
trains and hold him fast until thea
mil be struck" .'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
Why He STAYS Awav.

-, Mrs. Jones DO you feel that when
your husband is away from home he
is thinking of you?
Mrs. Smith Yes. He thinks of
me. and that's why he stays away.u
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

A Lynn. Mass, preacher urges the
women of his congregation to keen m
their hats in church. which shows that
he knows one good way of solving the
empty pew problem.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

Finally Smith went into the himself
1t Herman
ting more and becoming Aneicanzed
the for
went back Minneapolis
started to cut 1884 The
they n he
Since
believes
EherbrS Smith
queio4 Of which
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
LITTLE KNOWN MILLIONAIRE

Emigrant, coachman, mutimillionare! These
are the three grades in the life of C. A. Smith,
a Swede who lives at Minneapolis, MINI. Smith
is only 81, and the next stage in his life will be
given up to placing his descendants on rock of
fortune that will endure for centuries, perhaps.
The story of this sturdy, thrifty Swede is one
of the many stories of fortune which the north
west loves to tell Smith tumbled off an emf
grant train in Minneapolis on June %, 1867, at
the age of IA. He strong boy, without
word of English, but in day or two he went to
work as a chore boy at the home of ex-Gov Pills.
bury. His native name was unpronounceable, so
he became Smith
Soon he was good enough to drive the COACH
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
A Two Years. Fast.

OF fresh paint. The work will require
several months. - .-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
A FACTORY HEROINE

Miss Mary Guinan, resident Of Midd1etown,
N. Y, the first woman to receivc the Roosevelt
prize for bravery, is not at all ccefused by the
great honor bestowed upon her. si:,e is a modest
little woman, and works every dey ct her ma
chine in the shirt factory where srA has been een-
ployed for Is years.
On December 10 last, when Mis- Guinan WIS
returning from her work, she saw toDn C. RUIZ
yon an aged merchant of MiddlScown N r.
standing on the Erie railroad tracbe o. Meatgor.-
cry street, waiting for train to pit -. IL. train
VIZ going west and Mr. Runyon Il nat see al
ea@f- bound tain approaching.
:1iss Guinan the old mani teygs:r and
STOPPING under the gates, pushed ~ gel mer.
chant off the eastbound track as thu VAN .ushed
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-15
The Towns Around.
WEST BURKE.
Hermit Perishes in Fire.

Silas Cheney, aged 81 years, an eccen
trio character who lived alone on The
road from West Burke to Willoughby
lake, persisted in fire which destroyed
his barn and two horses early last
Wednesday. His body was found IN the
ruins in the afternoon and it is supposed
that after discovering the flames he
started upstairs to release the horses,
falling and breaking his leg. The body
was found at the foot of the stairs lead
ing to the loft One leg, an arm and the
head had been burned off. The fire
was discovered by Mrs. Cambert, Mr..
Cheneys nearest neighbor, when she
went to her barn shortly after 7 O'Clock
in the morning. The barn was all ablaze
and was quickly consumed. Word OF
the tragedy reached West Burke shortly
before noon and crowd of men started
for the scene with the fire engine, but
arrived too late to be of service. The
body was taken to the home OF Mrs.
Cambert, and later to the home OF his
son, two miles from this village, where
funeral services were held Thursday, and
the remains were buried at Burke. Mr..
Cheney had always lived in this vicinity.
He had been married twice, but it is not
known where his second wife now re-
sides. His first wife lives with her
daughter, Mrs. George Spencer, of East
Haven. Besides his daughter, Mr..
Cheney leaves son Charles, two daugh-
tiers and one brother, Walter Cheney, of
Burke Hollow. Mr.. Cheney, so far as
known, had never been physician, but
it is said by some persons that the man
once was veterinary, and he was ia
miliarlv known as DR.. Cheney. He had
frequently boosted of great wealth, but
it is understood that he was almost
penniless.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Deans daughter,
Mrs. John Mcclellan, of Barton, is very
i'll.
Mr.. Hart and another family have
moved into the Roberts house on School
street.
Harry Woodruff is to move into the
Beckwith house over the club rooms.
Henry Bugbee has bought Meigs
Colby's house and will soon move there.
Kathleen Dean from Barton Landing
came to her grandfather Saturday,
and returned Monday.
There was very pleasant reception in
the vestry of the church, Wednesday
evening, for Rev. and Mrs. Wright,
whom every one was glad to meet.
Miss Edith Smith is improving some
what in health.
Nathan Washburn is no better and
surgical operation will have to take
place. He has the sympathy of his
friends. He had just traded his house in
the village for farm near his land, only
a little out on the lake road. He
had only partially moved. He and
Mrs. Washburn were stopping at Mr..
Turner's. neighbor, until some repairs
could be made, and there he was taken
very sick.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-15
SOME NEW YORK FIRsTs,

The first governor was Peter Minu,t
He was appointed in 1926.
The first male child born of European
parents was Jean yigue 0614).
The first female child born of Euro.
pean parents was Sarah Rapalja Q61A
The first physician was DR.. Johannes
La Montague. who began practicing in
1886 and who for many years was the
only doctor.
The first engineer was Kryn Fred.
erick, who was authorized by the gov.
ernor in 1926 to superintend the con.
struction of a permanent fort on Man.
haitian Island.
The first meeting room for religious
services was Q626) in the loft of the
horsepower mill located on what is
now South William street, near Pearl
New York Herald.
The first warehouse was erected In
1926. 1t was a rude, inartistic struc.
ture. one corner of which was set
apart as a village store. Here the In
dams came for a drink of the white
mans fire water"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-15
MANURE SPREADER.
Many Up to Date Farmers Find 1t a
Good Thing.

Ideal manuring would consist in
placing a small particle of manure
and its bacteria-in contact with each
particle of soil.
This cannot very well be done when
the manure Is spread by hand in the
old fashioned way. No matter how
careful you are. the manure is apt to
be scattered in uneven .chunks-a big
one here, smaller one there and none
somewhere else. Probably not more
than two-thirds of the soil particles
come into direct contact with the ma
nure and its bacteria. OF course on a
small field or garden spot man might
by using rake or extra quantities of
manure bring about better results. But
on large field both time and manure
are too precious and scarce to use in
such a way.
And right here is where the machine
manure spreader steps in and per-
forms its perfect task Big hard chunks
are torn to shreds before being spread,
and the entire field is blanketed with a
thin, even layer Of manure, every par
ticle of soil receiving it's uniform just
share of bacterial nutriment
Many farmers have not thoroughly
realized the important part which is
played by the bacteria contained in
ordinary stable manure. For best
plant growth the presence of bacteria
Is as necessary as the presence of food.
Stable manure furnishes both.
The main advantage of manure
spreader, according to Farm Journal, is
this: 1t enables the owner to spread
manure so finely and uniformly that a
light, thin layer will answer the purpose
of a heavier layer spread by hand.
Thus a given amount of manure can
be made to go great deal farther.
This means money saved, increased
crops increased prosperity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-15
A Dutch Superstition.

Live but to learn! When you give a
pointed or sharp instrument to friend
he makes return of penny, so that
friendship may not be pierced Or cut.
gave kitten to our washwoman, the
daintest bit of Wilhelminesque ware
in this country-aetat thirty-tive, avoir
dupois 222. She was nearly tickled to
ent," she said because the kitten
would pine away and die" She then
explained that in Holland to thank a
friend for present was always sup
posed to bring bad luck. Maybe all
men these days are Hollanders. The
more favors you do them the less they
thank you.--Aew York Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-15
WHEELOCK.

Rev. Ora Samuel Gray of Amherst,
Mass, with two friends, Rev. Mr.. Zim-
norman of Washington, D. c., and Mr..
Farrar, student from the agricultural
college at Amherst, visited Mr.. Gray's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. |. K. Gray, last
week.
George w. Cree of St. Johnsbury and
Jefferson Cree of Woodsville made their
father, S. G. Cree, a short visit last week.
H. H. Eastman has moved into G. A.
Orcutt's house and has taken the
job to gather the cream for the Sheffield
creamery.
Mrs. George of Hardwick visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. |. K. Gray, last
week.
T. 7. Smell of Enosburg, an old COM
rade of Sumner Warner, is visiting him
this week.
Mrs. A. J. Rannie is going to West
Burke this week to visit friends.
G. L. Gerry is moving this week to the
place he bought of H. H. Eastman in the
village.
Mrs. Izetta Thomas has gone to
Greensboro to stay with her son Wallace
for short time.
DIR. David Milligan is on the sick list
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-15
TOWN IMPROVEMENT.
The Vines and Shrubs That Give
Beauty to Yards.

Bsauty to Yards.
If the people of any town or village
| would all take hand in Improvement
work. doing what they could in this d.
rection the result would be surprising
In a short time. Almost any one can
afford to plant seeds and beautify the
home and grounds with flowers Moth
ing adds more to the attractiyeness or
the home than vines, shrubbery and
towering plants properly grouped
about the house and lawn. Here are
some good points Oh Painting by DR..
J. c. Written. h0rticulturist to the Mis-
souri, experiment station:
In beginning spring gardening to or
nament the home vines planted about
the house and doorway are Ole of
the first and most effective features.
Vines lend privacy to the porch, ex-
clude the sunlight and soften the form
al lines of the house. Vines may be
used as screens to cover up back
fences Or to hit.e outbuildings or other
unsightly objects. The best way to
succeed in the planting of vines is to
have the soil well spaded up as early
in the spring as it can be worked
without being too sticky. This is nee
essary in order to get good cover or
screen for the porch or outbuilding.
The spaded area need not be over
eighteen inches wide, just enough to
kill the grass roots back from the
roots Of the vines and prevent their
mingling.
One of the most common mistakes Is
to set the roots too deep in the soil.
The soil warns slowly. and the roots
are liable to injury if planted too deep.
An examination of the stem of each
plant will show the planter how deep
the vine stood naturally in the soil,
and 1t should be planted accordingly
Perennial vines should be trained on
galvanized wires that will not rust
quickly. Horizontal wires about foot
apart may be attached to the wood
work Of the house or other building
that it is desired to screen.
If it is desired to train the vines
laterally above. so as to close in. for
example. the opening in porch, wires
may be placed about foot apart at
the desired height. Too often woven
wire screens of not more than two
inch mesh are used. These are not
satisfactory. as the vines Irvine around
the wires so closely that subsequent
pruning is impossible. For the annual
vines either wires or strong cord may
be used.
Among the best ornamental shrubs
for home planting are the golden bell
or forsythia. Japanese ounce. lilac,
bush honeysuckle. mock orange. snow
ball. barberry. various species of spi-
raea weigela. althaea and hardy by
drangea. These blossom in the order
named. BY selecting the entire list
one can obtain flowers on at least some
of the species from earliest spring till
the frost In autumn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-15
EAST CABOT.

Clyde Hill has finished work for
George Drew and is at home.
Jessie Wilson and little daughter of
Hardwick were at M. P. Halls over
Sunday.
Miss Leila Houghton has gone to
Peacham to work for Mrs. Hunt
Bert Pinkham, who was reported i'll
last week, is failing.
Mrs. Mena Odekirk and daughter
Pearl were in st. Johnsbury, Saturday.
Mrs. Ida Barr is home from Hillside
Farm.
George Durett of Barre was at George
Drew's, Saturday. Mrs. Durett and
baby win return home with him Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Dodge went t.
Calais, Saturday, to visit his father.
Harry Young of Peacham was in tow
Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-15
sTorI NG A TIGER.
The Punishment Of Man Eater That
Killed a Tibetan.

Killed Tibetan.
Fifty years ago tigers were very COM
mon even in she high hills of western
Tibet. writes c. A. Sherring IN his ac-
count of that country. At the present
time, however, owing to the Increase
Of population and the general spread of
cultivation, they have become rare,
and the appearance of man eater
who carried off poor old woman on
the slope of Chipla created cOnstena-
ton.
On the following day there were
gathered together hundred grim men,
armed only with axes and stones, for
they had not a gun among them.
Fortune favored the brave, for the
tiger was found asleep under rock.
At once each man dropped silently into
the cover of the brushwood and piled
q heap of stones near to his hand,
while one of the most trusted of the
party was commissioned to stalk to
the top of the rock and drop huge
stone on the sleeping brute.
So we'll was the work done that the
stone fell true on the tigers back. and
Immediately. with roar, the wounded
beast sprang up and, seeing his enc
mics. who leaped from their cover,
charged the line
But a hundred men, desperate as to
consequences. throwing stones with
might and main. are not to he awed or
| turned from their purpose lightly. The
stones broke the tigers teeth and went
into his Wouth. and his body soon be-
came a mass of wounds.
Turning, he tried to escape and took
his pursuers up hill for mile. but
wherever he paused and whatever he
| did he could not escape the pitiless
rain of missiles. The blow on his back,
first given effectively checked his
speed, and finally worn out, he came
| to bay under great cliff.
The rest was easy He was immedi-
| ately hemmed in, and the stones We're
| showered OH him thicker than ever and
| hurled with redoubled energy As he
sank down the villagers rushed in and
dispatched him with their axes. -
| Youths Companion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-15
To Beauty VILLAGE Streets.

To raise money wits which to beau
tify the village streets and for prizes
for the best kept yards flower gardens
and the like the Village Improvement
association of Tyngsboro, Mass. held
its annual fair in the town hall recent
ly. This Is one of the prettiest towns
IN the state and through the improve
ment associations efforts keeps alive
its traditions as we'll as its good looks.
A feature of the evenings entertain
ment was the presentation Of "Willow
Dale" rural play in three acts, by
the best amateur talent in this section
Genuine success marked the efforts Of
the young people in their theatrical
venture. the play making hit with the
townspeople.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-15
A RHETORICAL TRIUMPH.
Sheridan's Speech In Connection With
the Hastings Trial.

Sheridan's Speech In Connection With
the Hastings Trial.
Answering correspondent who ask.
ed about the speech of Sheridan In con
nection with the Warren Hastings
trial, the London News says:
THAT immense oratorical triumph
was certainly not reported in the notes
in question. for the Dude speech was
not delivered during the trial. Sheri-
dan pronounced 1t In the house of com
mons in the year before the trial in
moving that the Dude charge should
be one of the articles Of the impeach-
ment.
"No speech recorded in our history
ever had such a reception. The entire
house and all in the galleries violated
the traditions of parliament and set a
precedent that remains unfollowed by
clapping furiously and continuously.
Pitt, fully conscious Of the extraor-
binary state of excitement disclosed by
this breach of decorum, moved the ad-
journment on the unparalleled ground
that the minds Of members were too
agitated to discuss the question with
GOODNESS and iudicially.' Sherila Ian had
spoken for five hours and forty min
utes. No full report of the speech
exists The best appeared in the Lon.
don Chronicle for Feb. 8. 1887.
1.-THE fame of the speech was such
that when the trial came on ESQ was
gladly paid for seat in the hall on
the day of Sheridan's speech rs a
manager of the impeachment. Macau,
lays account of that speech, which is
both misleading and inaccurate in sew
eral respects, at least permits us to
know the fact that the speaker was
publicly embraced by Burke on resum-
ing his seat. At later stage in the
trial-six years later, In fact-Sheridan
delivered another speech which was
described by one of the auditors as an
extraordinary rhetorical triumph"