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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
Senator GleasOn's Level Head.

1t appeals to the St. Johnsbury GALE
DOMAINS legislative correspondent that
Senator Joseph T. Gleason OF Lyndon
vile is timber for lieutenant governor
of Vermont, and he thus makes an in.
formal presentation of the honorable
senator:
Senator Gleason has on more than
one occasion made hit in the Senate by
taking up the fight almost single handed
and carrying it through to victory, but
his most decided hit was made as the
presiding officer of the Senate one day
last week DR.. Mead called him to the
chair on one of the busiest days of the
session, and the manner in which he
handled the business won him many
well-deserved compliments from his
fellow-members. AT the adjournment
several of the senator's gathered around
him and demanded that he be the lieuten-
ant-governor in 1870
Yea, demanded" that Mr.. Gleason
lay down the senatorial toga for the
gavel of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 'Twere
strange that right then and there
the several senator's did not forthwith
elect Senator Gleason as the second man
of the 1910 administration and have the
thing over with without the necessity OF
putting the matter before the people Of
the state. But it seems that Senator
Gleason retained his equipoise in spite of
the apparent surrender of several of
his colleagues to effervescence of spirits
for he blandly suggested that while the
satisfaction of his fellow-toga wearers
over his work was pleasing to him, he
had nothing to say about the little
matter of becoming ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
There halteth the first boomlet. Unjust
be admitted however. that Senator
Gleason showed himself to have some
desirable attributes of good lieutenant
governor-notably, level head Barre
Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
Christmas Trees.

The Christmas tree service at Grace
Methodist church Thursday evening
passed off very successfully. An interest
ing program was given. Dale Atwood
as Santa Claus arrived in an airship and
the gifts and the candies were all greatly
enjoyed.
The North church little folks had their
Christmas tree on Thursday afternoon.
The large tree was brilliantly illuminated
BY miniature electric lights and Robert
Mackinnon made an ideal Santa Claus
The gifts, the candy and the oranges
made a combination of good things that
delighted the children.
The Christmas tree at the South church
on Thursday evening was accompanied
bv songs and speaking bv members Of
the Sunday school. and Christmas pic
lures were shown with the new stereop-
ticon, which was also used to illustrate
the review lesson in the Sunday school
on Sunday.
brief service and Christmas tree ex-
ercises were held at the Episcopal church
Thursday evening. GIFTS were distr-
buted and pleasant feature of the exer-
cises was a vocal solo by Florence
Brooks. The gold medal for best at
tendance and good conduct throughout
the year among the choir boys was
awarded to Clyde Moffett, and the silver
medals to RAYMOND Pratt and Reginald
Fisk The Christmas day musical ser
vice was repeated Sunday evening. Not
all the solosts were able to be present,
and in addition to those mentioned in
the program A. A Blunt assisted the
choir. The selections by the choir were
unusually well rendered On Monday a
few members of the choir accompanied
by Rev. ] A. Thompson and Ray Spauld-
ing went to Victory, where brief ser
vice was held and gifts contributed by
members OF st. Andrews parish were
distributed among the children there.
Supper was served the visitors by the
ladies of Victory.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
Why He Did The MashlD.

A man came up ur VI oae n IA.
little roof houses a.r-. from tho IA
mans window with u., basket a,
clothes. He was followed Nv IN,
small boys, carrying u.r4 ootba, and
clOthespins. The m poo tle ba,ss
Of clothes down ami began 70 u-
them out preparatory -o hanging them
on the line The boys helped bg1dr,
him the clothesplas and some small
pieces. one at a TIME They vere ,
long while hanging uu. tae clothes A
cause Of their aWhvrluess Il WA
evidently work they uua.eusnns
to, but at last it vss finished and ii.
boys went down llu '4e little w
house, leaving the ue % the ROOT
He stood for a moment looking at The
clothes. then, going over 10 a 1anpa
sat down between two tall chImlez
The woman could ,se hlm from hs
window lean against one II the chin.
neys and by and by throw bis am
across his eyes.
She found out af--rward that hs
wife had died the week before New
York Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30

So. This latter figure is the rate for the
Center village with $1.75 for the houses
between here and the Center and rate
varying from $1.75 to SO above the
Center village. Towards the Danville
line the rate is $1.75 at the Hatchery
and increasing to $3.50 as the distance
increases. Crow Hill and the houses
Just outside of Fairbanks village are
81 rs with a rate to $3.50 as the Dan
Vile line is reached.
The rate for calls in Concord, Dan
vile, Lyndon and Lyndonville will be
So. The rate for Passumpsic is $3.50.
For all visits made during office hours
the charge will be So and for calls be-
tween p. m and a. m. the rate will be
$3.50. Where other parties call in a
physician who is calling on another pa
tient the charge will be at the regular
rate
The doctors signing this agreement are
Doctors Stiles, Cramton, Wakefield, Mil
timore, insolvency, Provost, Sparhawk,
Ross, Allen, Fairbanks, Aldrich, Farmer,
Hartshorn, Fitch, Walsh.
This schedule is made necessary by the
increased cost Of living, and is also in
conformity with similar schedules which
have been adopted in all the cities and
large towns of the state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
A Remarkable Record.

The Normal School Quarterly, a valu-
able publication edited by Rev. Edward
d. Collins of the Johnson Normal School
contained in its last issue the following
interesting item:
According to the statistics of the U.
s. Commissioner of Education for 1896,
the Vermont Normal schools send more
graduates pro rata into the public
schools than those of any other New
England state or New York, The
figures are as follows;
New Hampshire, Normal graduate
to every 1929 pupils between ages 3 and
IS.
Maine, Normal graduate to every
1902 pupils between ages and Is.
Rhode Island, 1 Normal graduate to
every 1855 pupils between ages and Is.
Massachusetts, Normal graduate to
every 1245 pupils between ages and Is.
Connecticut l Normal graduate to
every 1898 pupils between ages 5 and
18
New York Normal graduate to every
1874 pupils between ages and Is.
Vermont, Normal graduate to every
75l pupils between the ages 3 and Is.
According to the same statistics, these
graduates cost the state OF Vermont the
sum of $206.42 per capita, while those
of New Hampshire, which has one
school, cost that state SOB 20 each
those OF Rhode Island, which has one
school, cost that state S63529 EACH
those of ; massachusetts,, which has
several schools, cost that state $62007
each, those of Connecticut cost that
state S54S. II each, and those of Maine
cost S444. 06 each, reckoned on the total
appropriation in each case. 1t will be
noted that those states which average
the highest cost per graduate are the
states which have but one Normal
school.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
The Debt we owe to the Rural Districts.

The debt which the world owes to the
rural district and the country town can
never be estimated. Poverty and OBJ
security have been the sources from which
have come many OF the benefactors of the
race. 1t was once sneeringly asked, can
any good thing come out of NAZARETH
an obscure. out of the way, uninterest-
ing village. But the world long ago
learned that some of the brightest minds
had lowie5t origin and some of the most
brilliant intellects took their first lessons
in the little red schoolhouse at the lonely
country cross roads. There seems to be
something in the grandeur of nature that
begets ruggedness of soul. Communion
with the silent stars struggles with the
wintry winds, the open book of the pro-
cession of the seasons, the daily contact
with the teeming SOIL the bird songs and
water fall melodies, the sunrise at the
gates of the morning. the sunset, when
night wraps her drapery about her and
pins it with a star, all these influences
are absorbed by the unspoiled child of
the rural districts, and unconsciously be
come the moral fibre of his being. Hence,
many a country district is known the
world over as being the birthplace of
genius, the cradle of talent The fact is,
he who is born with a mission and is
ioreordained to position will be pretty
likely to realize his call no matter how
unfavorable his surroundings. The pie
beian and the boor may be in vast ma
jority in the country district but they
cannot submerge and keep down natural
talent and determined faculty. And on
the other hand wealth, and influence,
and blue blood, and polish and polite So
ciety cannot produce manhood of mag
nifcent proportions, if there is not some
thing to build on in the first place
Two notable examples of this truth
have recently come t. light. Nesting
among the hills in the northern part of
Vermont are two little hamlets-Wheel-
ock AMI Sheffield. The inhabitants of
these towns are scattered along a little
valley and up and down the hill sides
There is nothing that would be called
village in either place. They are off to
one side of the line of travel, away from
the railroad. the mail brought by the
daily stage with now and then passen-
ger going out or coming home. Yet one
of those rural districts was the birth
place of the new president OF Chicago
Theological seminary and the other gave
to the world Ora Samuel Gray, man
who is apparently destined to take
place in the front rank of the evangelsts
of the Goth century. Growing up amid
such surroundings, coming out from such
obscurlty, shouldering their way up out
of such environment, these men are illus
trating on a grand scale the truth that
nothing can keep a person down who
has felt within him the call to service.
And the lesson is an inspiring one to
every boy, back among the hills, who
feels himself handicapped by his circum.
stances Of poverty and obscurity. There
are now growing up in the back towns
and out OF the way places in Vermont
boys and young men who will stand in
the front rank of civilizations advance
not many years hence. / Rutland Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30

for July and all my lection money on
the Common-possibly for sight in the
camera obscura, though | doubt if had
money enough for that-certainly for
raw oysters, three for a cent if small,
two for a cent if large; probably half a
glass of spruce beer, one cent, and two
or three checkerberry medals-die now
lost-and make what allowance you
please for tamarinds, cocoanuts, sugar
cane and other foreign delicacies. | was
returning penniless and had to pass Park
Street Meeting House, when an event OF
historical importance took place. Long
columns of BOYS aud girls were going in
to meeting. The spectacle of process
sion of children going to meeting on any
day but Sunday was as wonderful to me
as a volcanic eruption from the Blue
Hills would have been. Ofcourse join
ed the throng SO it is that | am one of
the little company who heard the ma
tional hymn sung for the first time:
"'My country tits of thee
Sweet land of liberty.
II hope did not join in the singing,
for at that time do was to me even as re
and mi, and | am afraid | should not
have improved on the harmonies of the
occasion"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
st. Johnsbury,
December "a, 1908.
Why it Was.

A party of Northerners was touring
Virginia, some years ago, and as the
crowded train was crawling through
Stafford County near Fredericksburg, an
old and wizened woman, with a basket
bigger than herself, came aboard, and
edged difidently into the vacant place
beside one of the men. After a while her
seatmate decided that it could be no
harm to draw her out little for the
benefit of the rest of the party.
This is very poor land that you have
around here, madam" he began.
Mighty pore" she assented, humbly.
II never did see such worthless soil"
mo, sub" with an air of deep dejec-
ton.
Don't you ever SOW any crops at ALP"
he kept on.
The ancient dame did not lift her head
Nav, sub, she drawled. This hyer
land around hyer was sowed bout three
foot deep with Yankees, long bout
forty years ago, and we amt been able
to raise nary crap since. ~ Harper's
Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
Physicians Charges.

The st. Johnsbury doctors have
adopted a new schedule of prices for
calls and the new rates take effect lam
uary 1. All house visits within the
village limits will be $3.50 Beyond
Luman Ladd's to the immediate vicinity
of Passumpsic the rate will be $175.
Going south the rates are as follows
Passumpsic village 50, Gillander's $2.25,
Harvey's $3.50, Moore's and Lindsays
So rs, East Barnet 1925, Barnet village
SIS. Henry Parks So so, from Dolloh's
to Four Corners inclusive $2.75. On the
east road to Passumpsic the rate varies
from $1.75 to So according to the dis
tance from ST. Johnsbury and southeast
of Passumpsic the rate is $3.50, except
$2.75 at McGillis' and So at Lackev's.
From Alfred Symes to Ed Fufords the
rate varies from 1925 to $3.50 ac-
cording to the distance. From Concord
avenue the rate starts at $1.75 at Viii
liam Higgins and increases to $3.50 at
S. J. Hastings On the West Waterford
road the rate varies from So % to $3.75,
In the Slate Ledge neighborhood the
rate is So so and $2.75 at Bugbee's. On
the upper road to Stiles Pond the rate is
$1.75 at the Packard house and in
creasing to 1925 at the George Hill
place On the roads to East St. Johns-
bury the rate varies from $1.75 to $3.50
with charge of So for the Lawrence
and Gaskill neighborhood. The Spauld-
ing neghborhood is 1925, except the
McCrae house $3.50 and Will McCrae
and the Gilman place SO. On the back
road to the Center the rate starts at
$1.75 and increases at the Carr farm to
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
The Object of The Grange.

Z. S. Morrill, Of Woodstock, who has a
wide acquaintance throughout the state
and is deeply interested in the growth of
the Grange, contributes the following to
our columns:
We believe that the Order of Patrons
of Husbandry will not prove to be a
transient organization, springing up
from some Sudden excitement to dazzle
Tor time and then die, regretted by
none but despised by all. For long
years the intelligent farmers OF the coun-
try have required such an organization.
Man is naturally a social being. Isola-
ton tavors discomfort, dependency, and
lack of animation. Farmers of necessity
separated from stir and hustle of city or
village life are lett to their own resources
for excitement and amusement. To the
rural classes the Grange is in every way
helpful and desirable.
Associated effort can do what no man
can accomplish single handed. The
thoughts and experiences OF others are
open for his inspection and for the profit
of each individual member Life is too
short for each man TO investigate all the
mysteries of nature for himself, so the
Grange is desirable in bringing the ex-
periences OF others within reach of all it's
members.
The social and literary feature OF the
Grange should be placed far above all
others. Let the world beconvinced that
the precepts and methods of the Patrons
conduce to the Improvement OF farming
TO increased crops at lessened cost to
more modern ideas concerning the tilling
of the SOIL to the beautifying of homes,
and to the encouraging of friendship
which shall make men less selfish. Then
shall they see that there is good 10 the
Grange If you cannot attend all the
meetings OF your Grange during the busy
season of haying and harvesting you can
and should be storing up in your minds
thoughts that will be of value to others
The reason why many Grange meet
ings are dull, is because the members
give no thought to the work until they
reach the hall. Go prepared for the bust
ness on hand and your meeting will be
interesting.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30

Only little cold in the head may be
the beginning of an obstinate case of
Nasal Catarrh. Drive out the invader
with Ely's Cream Balm applied straight
to the intlamed stuffed up air-passages.
Price soc If You prefer to use an atom
izer, ask for Liquid Cream Balm. 1t has
all the good qualities of the solid form of
this remedy and will rid you Of catarrh
or hay fever No cocaine to breed a
dreadful habit. No mercury to dry out
the secretion. Price 75c., with spraying
tube. All druggists. or mailed by Ely
Bros, Sc Warren Street, New York.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30

Harper's Weekly ventures to suggest
that when Mr.. Taft gets to be President
he give E. H. Hartman the job of com
pletng the Panama canal, or in the
event of his probable refusal that MIR.
Hartman be asked to submit a report
on the most economical way to complete
the big ditch Mr.. Hartman is certainly
our greatest railroad man and if he
doesn't know about difficult PROPOSE
ton he knows who to go to for first
hand information.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
Ricker'S Local Market.

The receipts at W. A. Ricker's market
for the week ending Dec. % were:
Poultry, 500 pounds at s to 9 cents.
Lambs, $50 at to cents.
Hogs, $50 at Az to 512 cents.
Cattle, $50 at 2 to cents.
Calves, $50 at 3 to 6 cents.
Veal steady.
Hogs and beef shade stronger.
Mich Cows So to $40 per head lower.
Poultry in good demand.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
A Memorable Christmas.

A most memorable Christmas in
American history was that of 1776, an
exchange reminds us, the day that
Washington crossed the Delaware. The
picture OF Washington Crossing the
Delaware" is familiar to everybody, But
few are familiar with the facts relative
to the crossing The picture was painted
in 1851 by Emanuel Leutze, a German
artist, who died in Washington in 1868.
The original picture hangs in the Metro
politan museum, New York Washing
ton crossed the Delaware for the purpose
of surprising the British, supposing their
officers and men would be demoralized
from Christmas drinking. His suppo-
sltiOn proved to be correct and Wash
ington's victory at Trenton was one of
the most memorable of the entire revo-
luton The crossing was a little before
midnight and the fighting was on
December %, the day after Christmas.
Washington had about 2,400 men. The
crossing was about nine miles above
Trenton The British retreated in great
disorder. The American loss was but
slight. Washington's victory was i'm
portant because of the demoralized con-
dition of the American troops and the
widespread notion that the rebellion"
was about at an end Burlington
News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
Dr.. Grenfell'S Work and a Recent
Contribution.
Editor CALIFORNIAN:

Editor CALIFORNIAN:
VIII you not kindly allow me space in
your paper for correction of a state
ment which appeared in late issue and
which find has gained wide currency
and general credence.
1t was stated that at recent large
gathering in Boston after DR.. Grenfell
had made an address an offering Of
$275.00O was given for his work The
facts in the case are, that the meeting at
which Dr. Greniell spoke was not in the
interest of his work but for another pur-
pose, and that the money which was
given or pledged at this meeting, to the
extent of OF $275, 900, was for other mis-
sionary causes, not dollar of it being
intended for the Labrador mission.
give this information in justice to Dr.
Grenfell and the Mission for Deep Sea
Fishermen, for it can readily he seen
that the effect of such a misleading
statement would be to lessen the inhu-
ence of Dr. Grenfell's manly appeal and
to weaken the necessity of a general
cooperation in the altogether practical
worthy and needy work that is being
done under his inspiration and over
sight.
Very sincerely,
GEORGE W. c. Hill.
st. .Johnsbury,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30

The United States court, in session at
Toledo, Ohio, has issued an injunction
against the American Telephone & Tele-
graph Company and their subsidiary
lines from interfering with the business
of the independent companies in Ohio
and adjoining states. This is the second
of series of suits brought by the indie
pendent companies, and is said to be the
beginning of great legal battle between
the independent lines and the American
Tel. & Tel. Co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30

Our good friend, L. P. Thayer, is
again on the move and will manage
the affairs of the Vergennes Enterprise
and Vermonter. The editorial page of
the Essex Junction syndicate will be
placed in the hands of d. II. Lamberton,
the former owner of the Morrisville Mes
senger. These two papers will continue
to be among the influential journals of
the west side.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
A Diet List.

The rivers eat away their banks,
The tides devour the sand
The morning sun drinks up the mists,
The ocean eats the land
Taxes eat up property,
And pride eats out the SOUL
But moths the diet record hold,
Because they eat holel
Priscilla Leonard in Harper's Bazaar.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
When america" was Sung for the
First Time.

"On one Fourth of July in Boston,"
writes Doctor Hale in his "Reminiscen-
ces" in Womans Home Companion for
January, II had spent all my allowance
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30
PaSSumpSic Telephone Notes.

The Passumpsic Telephone Company
have issued new catalogue showing
the subscribers connected December l,
1905
Since the new books were distributed
the following names Mere added.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30

Entered at the St Johnsbury post office as
second-class mail matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30

ARTHUR F. STONE,
Editor and Publisher.
Pythian Building, st. Johnsbury, Vermont
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-30

One year to any address, $3.50
Six months, 10
Three months, 80
Clergymen in Caledonia County, $10O
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-30
Am Uncertain Job.

Michael Callahan, a section
boss for the Southern railroad in
the little town of Ludlow, KY,
has a keen Gaelic wit. One warm
afternoon, while walking along
the railroad tracks, he found a
aection hand placidly sleeping
beside the rails. Callahan look
ed diskustedly at the delinquent
for a full minute, and then re-
marked:
"Slape on, We lazy spalpeen,
Shape on, fur,as long as you Shape
you've got a job, but when you
wake up you amt got none"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-30
Stucb on the Smooth Going.

Near the village Of Clayville,
inBoone county, resides a young
man who, until recently, had
never seen a railroad train. One
day a couple of weeks since a
friend, who had himself just be-
held the wonder, persuaded the
more verdant youth to accom-
pany him to a nearby station on
the Missouri, Kansas and TEXAS
and see the train. He arrived a
little ahead of the train, and,
getting impatient, he walked up
the track to meet it. When he
saw the monster approaching he
turned about and ran down the
track as if his life were at stake.
"Toot, toot," shrieked the loco
motive, slowing up; but the
youth only ran the faster. He
reached the station completely
out of breath. "Why on earth
didn't you cut across?' exclaim-
ed one of the bystanders. "Cut
across?" exclaimed the uncouth
countryman. eff I had struck
the ploed ground the thing would
have caught me-" Mokane
Post.