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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-06

CALUTE the nac,-the
~ one with the yellow covers
that used to be the vdde mecum
of ,,nur father and his fathers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-06

mobiles, and aerOplaneS came,
and the old world fairly bumped itself, making
even the youth sit up and glare: but the his
torical data of the almanac never looked out
of the window.
lust when it pinched itself is not known.
Funny things about almanacs: they never
have press agents.
If you did not "bust" tire on the road
and had to stop over until the first hay wagon
came down the pike you wouldn't know now
that a new managing editor taking his
medicine on the almanac But in your wait at
the farm house you found the yellow covered
book hanging near the medicine shelf and you
took it down and peered into it with a feeling
that was a cross between an in memorfdW
notice and last years birds nest.
But in a moment you were reading sign
boards that were still in sight of the procession
The almanac is right in it with the man who
handles the ribbons of the band wagon. See
Port Arthur surrenders. 90.
Santo Domingo peace signed, 90. The
almanac man took big risk when he be-
gan to monkey with Santo ID. Something
But the new preacher would say. We
digress,'
"Ace Roosevelt married, 90.
Investigation OF the Smoot case, o5.
Remember Smoot?
Rough Rider reunion, Texas, 'o5.",
Body of Paul Jones discovered. 'o5."
"Perdicaris kidnapped" Would you ever
have thought that Perdicaris would get a
place in an almanac
Sixth Sunday after Trinity. Saturn in
Pisces Sec. Taft received by Mikado. 'os."
Doesn't seem as if it was so long ago as
that. But you can't doubt the data of an
almanac.
peace ENJOYS at Oyster Bay, 'o5. Thun-
der" The thunder is the weather guess.
Death of Rain in the Face, 'o5.' The
idea of ringing in a dead Indian! Wouldn't
that rattle your slats9
And SO on, to the last patent medicine ad
Get off the freight and get an almanac. The
sun is moving some.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTERS

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF FAMOUS PERSONS
no Ipht and sold Send for price lists Walter X. Benjamin.
225 Fifth Avenue New York Publisher of "The Collector,
81 90 a year. Sample copy free.
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By Frank H. Brooks

CALUTE the almanac,-the By Frank
~ one with the yellow covers
that used to be the vdde mecnm
of your father and his fathers father! 1t has
a new editor.
The hue of the covers is the same; but the
signs of the Zodiac, the picture that puzzled
the party gathered round the family circle,
have been cut out. The before and after"
horrors have been eliminated. In their place
is the cut of woman playing a tambourine,
and dressed like the Salome of the roof garden.
and pictures of others that look as If they had
been copied from the fashions worn at the
opera: and instead of the old man on clutches.
an athletic cut showing how leapfrog IS done
If you have failed in this galloping era to
take look at the almanac under its new man
agement, you have missed lot. Of course
the decadent Jokes O. that were IN the creeps
when the stork delivered Joseph Miller, are
still in the book, at the bottom of the page on
which the month and the moons phases APP
pear: but the almanac has to have filters.
the same as the best regulated newspapers.
You may have forgotten some OF these ]estS;
more likely YOU never heard them. A sample
will serve as red light: What is the differ
ence between woman and an umbrella AN
umbrella you can shut up; but a woman you
can't" That was the one which caused old
Homer to nod.
However, what do you expect to get on the
side with a liver pill and bottle of hair raiser
one application guaranteed to produce a
Marcel WaVeI
The new management. on the other hand.
has brought some of the pages down to date.
SO that if you haven't an encyclopedia. or
chart or a ScrapbOOk, you can take pull and
find out the dates of the big events that made
history no longer back than 1905
The trouble with your fathers almanac was
that it tabloided a lot of history that had been
crammed into your grandfathers think tank.
and passed on down to you until you may
have wondered what the world had been dong
since Israel Putnam had made Greenwich,
Connecticut, famous, or since Washington
took the boat on the Delaware, or Queen VIC
toria was crowned, or Napoleon passed away
at St Helena
This brand of data was handed out by every
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IF YOU USE A STUB OR ANY STEEL PEN.
You want Sanfords Fountain Penhoder Price 81 Write
booklet b. and free trial offer The Sanford Pen
Co, $50 F.. Iosth St, Cleveland, Ohio.
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By Marion Mills Miller


y few years ago, Uncle
Jimmy Johnson licensed VEN
der on the Princeton campus, was the oldest
person connected with the college. He knew
Doctor Duffeld, then the senior professor.
'wh-when he was in Observation-Disclosures, and
no graduate, not even James Madison or Aaron
Burr, could be mentioned but that he recalled
him very distinctly. In fact, it by re-
membering returning graduates at commence
ment season that Jimmy reaped his greatest
financial harvest.
Il kn-know you very w-well, sir. YOU
w-were here when D-Doctor M-Maclean was
P-President." was his uniform observation in
the case of an old alumnus, and with the sub
stitution of McCosh for Maclean, it was the
same when the returning graduate was of
succeeding generation.
The same shrewdness characterized his deal
ings with the undergraduates. He kept no
books of account, and acted as his own Brad
street AS the students on their way to chapel
or recitation passed his wheelbarrow stationed
by the Old Chapel, and took therefrom apples
and bags of stick jaw candy, he made men
tai notes of the purchases except in the case
of spendthrifts, to whom, when they were
flush and offered settlement, he made charge
conditioned on his estimate of their generosity
rather than on the amount of their trade.
Even to the most abstemious and careful IN
their accounts, his minimum bill was gu
quarter, sir" To one student who claimed
that his charge was ten cents too much. Jimmy
TepIed IL 5 worth I-leH Genus lol ilS " Say
fifteen, sir.
If, as has been claimed, the student body IS
the real university and the faculty and board
of trustees mere appendages, then was James
Johnson the only legitimate bearer of a Prince
ton degree. In fact, he had two of them. con-
ferred on him by the students during high
links on Washington Birthday: A. NJ, which
is to say Apple Merchant, and d. {. L., Dealer
in Cool Lemonade.
For several years was instructor in elocu-
ton at Princeton. | rehearsed the students
in their orations" in the Old Chapel and be-
tween appointments tried to jolly Uncle Jimmy
| must confess that in this war of wits was
invariably defeated; for this old colored man
was without exception the greatest master OF
repartee have ever known.
For many years Uncle Jimmy had enjoyed
a monopoly of the sale of fruit candy, nuts,
and lemonade on the campus. Then the priv
ilege was extended to Alec, veteran OF the
Civil War, whereat Jimmy was greatly in
censed. There amt b-business enough for
t-two," he said. Then why shouldn't Alec
have it," answered. HE fought. bled. and
died to free you. No such thing! retorted
Jimmy "P-Princeton C-College Drought me
b-before the war, and | amt never agreed to
my f-freedom. P-Princeton C-College owns
me, and has g-got to g-give me my hvin'!
Upon inquiry l learned that Jimmy had
come to Princeton as a runaway slave boy.
and. on the slave catchers following him to the
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sum necessary to buy his freedom, and had
given him work to do for the college. And to
his credit it must be said that he was faithful
laborer willing to undertake necessary but
loathsome Jobs from which others shrank. and
the doing of which conferred on him the un-
pleasant sobriquet of James Odorferous
| knew him in the days when he had obtained
the dignifed ease of a merchant, BETTING his
ripenng years, and prefer to remember him
by the pleasanter title of Uncle Jimmy"
In addition to his calling of licensed vender.
Jimmy occasionally acted as volunteer waiter
at students boarding house where his wife
was cook. The BOYS understood the motive
beneath the JUNCTION with which he performed
this free will service, and would reward him
with generous tips, if the occasions were not
too frequent. Whats up: inquired student
one day when Jimmy. was unusually otflc,ous.
too thin. Uncle Jimmy! You know YOU had
your birthday last March, and this is only
June. - kn-know it; but the G-Good Book
says, 'Ye must be b-born again -
| heard of this incident, and the next day
rallied Jimmy about it. How is this, Jimmy?
| hear you are better off in the matter of birth
days than the rest of us. How did it happen''
Its all Mrs Alexanders fault" said Jimmy
somewhat sheepishly "Mrs. Alexander, who
gave Alexander Hall to the college, l in
CURED: is she going around enjoying people
she and James Alexander and Henry Alex
ander and James breen S-StOppeu 10 t-tdlk
with me- and M-Mrs. Alexander she said
'When's your birthday, jimmy And said
AS near as l know. in March, Mrs. Alexander.
And she said, Oh, what pity! Why isn't it
in June. when all your old friends come back
And said, All right, MINIS Alexander: to-
days my b-birfday And M-Mrs. Alexander
she gave me ten dollars, and James Alexander
gave me ten dollars, and Henry Alexander
gave me five dollars, and James Green gave
me five dollars. and altogether got th-thirty
dollars. =" But do you think it's exactly
right. Jimmy, changing your birthday for
money? "-"Of course it is, Sir Don't you
read in the papers every day about some
woman changing her name for money!
The colored vote is quite deciding factor
in Princeton elections, and no one was keener
than Uncle Jimmy to profit by this opportun-
ity. One day after an unusually vigorous con-
test l asked him. We'll, Uncle Jimmy, how
much did you make yesterday by an honest
days voting? 81 m-made eight d-dollars.
r." Whew! that was high! Eight dollars
vote!'-" No, sir; not vote; the R-Repub-
hcans gave me five dollars, and the D-Demo-
Gratis th-three. -" But you couldn't vote for
both. -" No, sir. -" Then how did you vote,
with such good friends on each side! -"
voted for the D-Democrats. - But the Re-
publicans paid you two dollars more. =" The
D-Democrats weren't SO c-corrupt, Sir.
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ALMANAC RIGHT DOWN TO DATE

almanac for half a century
Telegraph. electricity. auto
mobiles. and aerODlaneS came
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THE LATE JAMES JOHNSON, A. NJ. D. c. L.

quiet college town and appre-
hending him, the college pro-
feSSors had contributed the
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Have the Light Just
Where You Want 1t
You should haue it where it 5 best

Tor Your eyes whether at the library table, at the
piano, resting in the easy chair after the days
work. The light is never right from fixture.
You know that. With the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-20
PICNIC AT FAIRMoNT
Employees of E. A. Bugbee & Co. Had
Good Time Saturday.

The employees of e. A. Bugbee and
company held their annual picnic at
Fairmount park on Saturday. The pic
mic was in every way a success and was
greatly enjoyed by all present. The
prize winners in the various events were
as follows: married ladies' race, Mrs.
Leslie, Mrs, Wildgoose and Mrs. Iron
side; boys race, Wildgoose, Brown, Bar
clay and Phillips; girls race, G. Mel
vine, Il. Malmquist and G. Malmquist;
ladies, place kick" Jessie Fraser,
Mrs, A Muiry and Miss. Grant; young
ladies' race, NJ Fraser, A. Carminetta,
Jennie Robertson and Vernie Lascor;
small boys race, G. Barclay, G. Iron
side and G. Carminetta; small girls
race, M. Melvin. l.. Melvin and M. Iron
side. Capt Leslie's side won the base
ball game after some remarkable pitch
ing by w. Scott and R. Phillips.
Thanks are due L. A. Bugbee and
company for their handsome donations
toward the general entertainment, and
to the committee who so ably managed
the arrangements of the day, they be-
ing JAS. Barclay, G. Cooper, w. F.
Walker and John Matson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-20
ESCAPED FROM BOX.
Leroy Kenneth Lived Up to His Prom
ise on Opera House Stage.

True to his promise, Leroy Kenneth,
nailed up in heavy wooden box and
more securely imprisoned by ropes
stretched taut about the box, gained his
liberty at the opera house Saturday
night; and the manner of escape of this
second Houdini is still unexplained, al.
though the large audience present had
their speculations as to the method IL
took him A minutes from the time the
canopy was dropped over his wooden
prison until he reappeared, reeking in
perspiration, but with the box tied up
as it had been. He was given hand.
The box was made by five members OF
the Argument club, who, agreeable to
their name, got into an argument with
Kenneth about his ability to escape from
a box. On his acceptance of their chal-
lenge they manufactured the box and
were then given the privilege of mailing
Kenneth in it on the opera hosue stage
before the audience They hammered
home the nails of an apparently living
tomb, put strips over the ends OF the
derrick-rope He had first been searched
by the young men. 10 further satisfy
the audience that he had not gone down
through trap in the stage floor. he
raped from the inside of the box be.
fore the canopy was dropped.
The curtain down, Mills, the man
with power over other peoples minds,
sent four subjects through various
stunts. The audience kept one eye on
Mills and The other on the canopy.
Straining Of ropes could he heard from
behind the canopy, while the five Argu-
ment men closely watched from sides
and rear. After three-quarters Of an
hour. lacking a minute, Kenneth walked
out, being in sad dishabile in contrast
to the dapper dress-suited youngster
who had entered, but free nevertheless.
Young Kenneth is ready for further
stunts Of similar nature.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-20
AUTO TIPPED OVER
IN PASSING A TEAM
Fortunately None of the Occupants Oh
George B. Mines Car Was Seri-
ously Injured, Although Mr..
Milne Got Bruised.

The care which George b. Milne exer-
eised in getting his automobile past a
team on his way to South Woodbury.
yesterday came near resulting very ser
iousy to Mr.. Milne and the five other
occupants of the big Haynes machine.
The machine was ditched and overturn.
cd, and the most serious Injury was
sustained by MIR. Milne, who was thrown
against the steering wheel and thus
bruised his right side. The other occu-
pants Of the car were Mr.. and Mrs. Alex.
Anderson and daughter, Carrie, and MIR.
and Mrs. William Dickey.
Mr.. Dickey was being taken to his
home in South Woodbury. and the party
had reached Marshfield when they met a
double team. MIR. Milne, who was driv-
ing the ear, gave all the room possible
to the team and got very near the edge,
where he stopped. The team drove by
and Mr.. Milne turned about in his seat
to see If everything was all right before
starting the machine. As he did so his
foot hit the accelerator lever and the car
sprang ahead. Before it could be head
ed right, it had gone over the little
embankment by the side of the road
and tipped onto its side, throwing the
occupants out. Mr.. Milne, being seated
back of the wheel, was pinned in and
was thrown against the wheel by the
jar The others landed safely. For a
time it avs thought that Mr.. Milne was
badly hurt, and they sent to Montpelier
for physicians.
After time he recovered, however,
and was able to resume his hand at the
wheel, the machine not being damaged
to any extent by its experience The
party returned home last evening. Mr..
Milne didn't get up so early as usual
to-day, but he expects that no serious
results will follow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-20
MINISTER WAS REFUSED
AN ORANGE PHOSPHATE
At Bratleboro Drug Store, But Other
People Were Served Temperance
Drinks on the Island Yester-

Bratleboro, July 2o.-People who
wanted soda and ice cream yesterday
got it in spite of State Atty. Bacon's
campaign for Sunday closing The
Rrattleboro places of business were
closed, but Charles Oakes set up tent
on the island in the Connecticut river
directly opposite the village, and be-
ing on New Hamshirc territory he was
cut of the jurisdiction of the Brattle-
boro police. All day long stream of
people was going and coming and Mr..
Oskes did handsome business.
A minister who was a comparative
stranger in town tried TO get an orange
phosphate in drug store at the close
ef his sermon in the morning. but his
request was refused, and on being told
why the soda fountain was closed, he,
being a clergyman said things in tenn
perate and printable language enough.
but vehemently criticised this manner
OF enforcing the law. At the suggestion
Of the druggist he promised TO take up
the subject in his pulpit.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-20
BETHANY Is
100 YEARS OLD
Montpelier Church Observes
Its Centennial
MUCH HISTORICAL DATA
Program Opened Yesterday and Was
Continued Through To-day, the
Papers Covering Phases Of
the Church Work.

Beginning yesterday and continuing
to-day, Bethany congregational church
OF Montpelier celebrated the centennial
of the founding of the organization Just
one hundred years ago to-day. Many
former residents Of Montpelier are back
TO participate in the program. which has
been planned for many months.
The opening feature of the program
was the centennial sermon preached by
DR.. George B. Spaulding Of Syracuse, N.
Y, followed by Sunday school ami.
yersary, during which D. S. Wheatley.
who has been connected with the school
for forty years, read history. Last
night the Rev. j. Edward Wright, pas.
tor OF the Church of the Messiah (uni.
tarianl of Montpelier, whose grandfather
was the first pastor OF Bethany church,
spoke on THE Flock and the Fields"
The Rev. Norman Seayer OF Rutland. a
former pastor of the church, spoke on
"The Church. and the Past and the Pres.
ent Relations of the Community"
During the various services of the
day former quartette, consisting of
Mrs w. A. Briggs Mrs. +. II. PufFer,
c. n. Shipman and II. d. Hopkins, sang,
with w. A. Briggs as aceompanist. The
Montpelier Military Band orchestra and
the boy choir also furnished music.
To-day's session opened with meet
ing of the Montpelier Ministers associa-
tion at l0i30 o'clock, at which there
was small attendance. The topic for
discussion was, The Congregational
Ministry in the Next Fifty Years" with
papers by the Revs. ID. II. Strong of
Williamstown, 6. W. Winch Of Barre,
J. D, Sargent OF Northheld and Donald
Fraser OF Berlin. This was followed by
a general discussion OF the topic.
Anniversary exercises were held at
the afternoon session to-day, with his
torical papers by w. A. Lord, Hermon
ID. Hopkins and Mrs r. G. 0sgood, the
first being resume OF the history of
the church, Mr.. Hopkins paper dealing
with the musical history of the church
and Mrs. Osgood's with the history of
the women's work in connection with
the organization.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-20
SHOT IN BACK
FROM AMBUSH,
MAY NOT LIVE

pose of foreclosing ehattel mortgage
given by Vallcnto. his idea being to
take VaIlento ii settlement was not
made. After some conversation with
the officer the Italian asked Mr.. Hay.
oen TO put the mater Off for some days.
This the officer refused TO do and the
Italian became greatly enragcd. He
grabbed double bladed axe and
struck Mr.. Hayden on the back and
leg before Mr.. Thompson could inter
fere, preventing a third blow.
Mr.. Hayden Iell 10 the ground when
struck and Mr.. Thompson after fierce
struggle with the foreigner managed TO
get possession OF the axe. Vallento
then turned TO flee and Mr., Thompson
threw the axe at him. II did no harm
however, and the Italian got posses.
sion of II again and renewed his attack
on Mr.. Thompson. >.
Although PROSTATE Mr.. Hayden was
by no means out OF the fight. Draw.
ing his revolver, he cred four times at
Nallento as the man twisted and turn.
ei nhis tussle with Thompson. One
OF the bullets took effect in the for.
ciPner's leg and to this is probably duo
:he fact that he did not take flight but
went home, walking a mile.
Mr.. Thompson received severe cut
on his wrist from the axe.