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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23
Gen. Howard on Taft.

In recent letter to the Burlington
Free Press, Gen. O. O. Howard OF Bur
lington writes from the middle west OF
how he found the political situation and
incidentally strongly endorses Mr.. Taft.
The principal portion of this letter here
follows;
One quite prominent gentleman now
at the head of large institution in New
Jersey, speaking of the candidates of
Republican and Democratic parties SAID:
IL wish Mr. Taft had as much enthus-
iasm as Bryan. Mr.. Bryan is eloquent
and full of energy and lie power.
Wherever he goes and speaks to large
assemblies he has SO much personal mag
netisIh that he wins applause and creates
enthusiasm. On the other hand Taft IS
so quiet in his delivery that people are
not stirred up to an increased interests
in what he presents.
| answered that many of Mr.. Tait's
speeches were to lawyers and Judges and
that though his manner in the delivery
OF these was quiet, 1t was never tlresume
and his speeches always produced pro-
found conviction | SAID that ! heard
him speak once before large assembly
of conservative men in the Union League
hall OF New York. 1t was before he be
came a candidate for the presidency.
never heard better speaking I,s man
ner showed ease and elegance but often
betrayed great earnestness of manner
and received again and again the most
hearty and enthusiastic applause His
address was an hour and half in length
and he commanded unanimous attention
trem start to finish
| do not believe that an ADLER man
was ever a candidate tor the presidency
He is thorough in his knowledge and in
his presentation of the subject with
which he deals. have seen the remark
made several times that he lacks the
power to excite enthusiasm and earnest
ness among his constituency and one
writer says that he is never eloquent.
Neither of these statements is in accord
ance with the facts He does excite en-
thusiasm among thinking men and those
who most earnestly desire good whole
some government without startling
changes want him elected And he is
eloquent where eloquence is demanded.
saw multitudes of people during my
western visit and those with whom I
conversed and those whom heard speak
concerning the politics of the country
hope and pray for the election OF William
II. Taft There is much to be said in
praise of Bryan, but take it all in all what
Mr.. Lincoln used to call the plain people
desire a good strong independent reliable
man for the next president, and as a cit
izen of Vermont agree with them and
believe that a large majority of fellow
Vermonters are with us in this convic
ton.
Very truly yours,
OLIVER OTIS HOWARD.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23
The Passing of Foraker.

The political sensation of the week
was sprung upon the country by Viii
liam Randolph Hearst, when he read at
Columbus, o., the letters between Sen
ator Foraker of Ohio and Vice President
Archbold of the Standard Oil Company,
from which it appears that Senator
Foraker received thousands of dollars
from this corporation to influence legis-
lation and at one time borrowed $50
900 of the trust to buy one of Ohio's
leading papers. The evidence seems con-
elusive that the Standard Oil Company
secretly employed Senator Foraker to
strange bills in the Ohio legislature
that the trust used Senator Foraker to
control the nomination of Judges to the
Ohio supreme court, and that $4,000
was readily advanced to buy a paper
that would undoubtedly be friendly to
the trust
The appearance of these letters has
precipitated a crisis in the campaign and
compelled Mr.. Foraker to cancel all
speaking engagements, including one
scheduled with Mr.. Taft at Cincinnati
last night Mr. Foraker will try and
retain his seat in the United States Sen
ate, but the disclosures of the past week
ought to relegate him to private life and
probably will,
AS far as the Standard Oil Company is
concerned these disclosures need cause
no surprise as that company has been
indicted by the courts for various misde.
meanors, has been publicly accused Of
crushing their rivals by all sorts of netar-
ious schemes and is today the most cor
daily and widely hated of any corpor-
alton on the face of the earth
While the incident causes some alarm
among the republican leaders it must be
remembered that Candidate Taft has
never been in the Foraker camp, and
probably never will be, and as far as the
administration is concerned President
Roosevelt's attitude towards the Stand
ard Oil Company is too well intrenched
to be affected by the Foraker correspond.
ence.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23
Mr.. Taft on the Vermont Election.

Chairman Frank c. Williams of the
republican state committee recently re.
ceived the following letter from William
H. Taft, the republican standard bearer,
expressing his congratulations on the
Vermont election. Mr. Taft wrote as
follows:
II beg to thank you for your telegram
saving that Mr.. Prouty's plurality was
10000. | am very much gratihed at
this because,it shows there is no under
current against the Republican party
and it rebuts the proposition that there
is to be a radical change from previous
elections which is necessary to give the
democracy a majority of the electoral
vote. | congratulate you on your sue
cesstul management Of the campaign
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23
Family Worship and Grace.

1t is claimed that reading the Bible
and offering PRAYER together is now a
custom in few homes The scattering of
the members to the office shop and
school, the multiplicity OF demands. late
hours at club, lodge and amusement
park hinder the giving the time and
weaken the desire for the service. Happy
is that man who can remember the I'M
hurried, reverent portion of time given
in his boyhood for family prayer
Blessed and a blessing is he who calls
the mother and children each morning or
each evening for worship. The case
needs no argument, but 1t may be added
that no parent with love and common
sense would think of letting the day go
without providing for the table and meal
time, eating and giving to Others to eat.
This is food for the body. 1t is strange
that some seem to consider the family
soul feeding OF less value
Our Lord took the bread and gave
thanks. 1t is a good thing to recognize
God, the giver of all good things, and to
thank him. One will or ought to, eat
with increased satisfaction after a bless
ing has been asked. Formally is to be
abjured The form of words can be
changed All at table may join in re-
peating or singing verse; as, for
example,
BE present at this table, Lord
BE here and everywhere adored
These mercies bless and grant that we
May feast in Paradise with thee"
80, Lord, bless this food to our use
and us to thy service" and For these
and all thy mercies we thank thee, for.
give us our sins for Christ's sake are
brief models. The very best time for be
ginning the custom of family worship
and grace at table is when the home is
first established. But if any have so tai
failed beginning can be made today
Too often the minister wonders, wher
asked to stay to the table and to Offer
the blessing, whether he is the only one
who ever does sol in that home Chicago
Advance.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23
Vermont Bar Association.

The annual meeting of the Vermont
Bar Association will be held in Mont
peler on Tuesday Oct. 6, followed by a
banquet at the Pavilion in the evening
and the usual afterdinner addresses.
Hon. Alexander Dunnett is president of
the association and will be POSTMASTER
on that occasion.
The committee on law reform will
submit a report upon the following
subjects
/. Reform in present method Of select
ing petit jurors.
>. Amendment of p. S Secs. 1889,
1890 and 1891 so that the surviving
party may be a witness i'm his o;yn favor
to meet or explain the testimony Of
living witnesses produced against mm-
whatever the facts or circumstances to
which they may testify.
g. Adoption OF rule that supreme
court shall reverse for substantial error
only
4. Amendment of court rules and
statutes so that issue may be Joined
more expeditiously, both at law and in
Chancerv
.. Statute allowing amendment from
one form of action TO another, and
ioinder Of forms at present prohibited.
{. Some extension of the reference
system as At present constituted.
:. Provision whereby the plaintiff
may bring suit directly TO the county
court, at his election in case where an
appeal to the county court is allowed.
This report will be discussed at the
meeting Of the association and the con
illusions will be introduced as bills in the
forthcoming session of the Legislature.
There is strong inclination on the part OF
the Vermont bar to amend the rules Of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23
Letter from Gov. HOlbrOOk.

The secretary of the Third Regiment,
which held their reunion here last week
Tuesday, received too late to read at the
reunion the following letter from ex-Gov.
Frederick IIolhrook, now facing the sun
set of life at his Brattleboro home
To the Third Vermont Regiment Re
union Association, at their session at St
Iohnsbury -
All hail to you Veterans How
would like to be able to meet YOU at
your Reunion and extend to YOU my
hearty hand.shakings and cordial greet
ings But far advanced age torbids the
fatigues incident to such a trip.
1t must be a lasting satisfaction to
you that you did what you could to
preserve the Union in the great struggle
of the late Civil War The result was
glorious. The Just and true Consttu-
tional Rights of the Union were estab-
lished on firm and lasting basis never
to be shaken by vile secession doctrines,
and grand Union of States cemented
and made supreme over all.
Distinct as the pillows and one as the sea-"
A Union covering a country of vast
territorial extent, embracing every
variety of climate soil and productions
with homes of substantial comfort and
plenty dotted all over it, greater than
exists elsewhere in the world; with
wealth more generally distributed than
elsewhere, the people as whole better
informed and educated than elsewere
the Government of free people, by the
people and for the people a people who
know their rights, and knowing, dare
maintain them; and where
The Star Spangled Banner, long may wave.
Ger the land of the free, and the home OF
the brave
The patriotism, bravery and efficiency
you, veterans, displayed during the Civil
War, proved you to be the worthy
descendants or successors of the grand
old Green Mountain Boys and that
you matched we'll our Mountains
All me How our noble Veterans are
passing to the silent land Stern graves
are scattered far and wide, and are
annually revisited, wherever practicable
and lovingly decorated with flowers
How sleep the brave who sink to rest,
BY all their country's wishes blest
When spring with dewy fingers cold.
Returns to deck their followed mould,
She then shall dress a sweeter sod
Than fanCys feet have ever trod.
Then Honor comes pilgrims way,
To bless the mould that wraps their clay
And Freedom shall awhile repair
To dwell weeping hermit there
am sorry, dear Veterans, that thi:
letter of respect and congratulation is
necessarily written so hurriedly anC
poorly. Had time just now | would
try to write you better one, and in {
better handwriting. hold you in high
esteem and you have my hearty gooC
wishes foryour happiness and prosperity
May our ever kind Providence bles:
you with a sun long in its westering
IAN evening-time of light" indeed anC
the solace of kind friends ever near al
hand is my heartfelt wish for you. May
our Fathers presence through all life''
journey shine, and crown your journey
end.
With kind regard and warm esteem
Your friend
FREDERICK HoLBRooK.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23
New Trustees at the Academy.

At meeting of the trustees Of St.
Johnsbury Academy Saturday, the
board was augmented by the election OF
Rev. DR.. S. G. Barnes, P. F. Hazen and
Frederick 6. Fleetwood of Morrisville.
These men fill the vacancies caused by
the resignation of Rev. Or. Edward
D. Eaton and Clarence H. Dempsey and
the death OF Hon. Jonathan Ross. The
new men are all interested in the Acad-
envy and its purposes and will add
strength and wise counsel to the board
Of trustees.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23
of New York.

Don't follow the man who
thinks it is American to be slick.
There may be many illustrations
that will occur to you of cases of
successful sharpness, but they are
SO Exceptional as to prove the rule.
The old way, the steady way. is
the right way; put little more
in the measure than YOU need to
give a good baskettul Of fruit,
and don't simply have little
display on top of superficial at
tention and industry; give little
more work than YOU are asked
to give, and it will show, on one
hand, that you are unpurchas-
able, and, on the other hand, you
esteem it an honor to give more
than is required at your hands
in every department OF lite's
effort Gov. Charles E. Hughes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23

At the request of the state board Of
health, George W. Pierce of Brattleboro
master of the Vermont State Grange, has
appointed a delegation to attend the
international tuberculosis convention in
Washington, D. c., which opened Sept
ember 81. The delegation consists of
DR.. Edward Campbell of Bellows Falls,
Dr. F. L. Osgood of Townshend DR.. B.
D. Colby of Sudbury, Dr. L. H. Bugbee
of Putney and Judge F. B. Pier of
Jacksonville, all members of the grange
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23
Press Comment.
st. IOhnsbury,s Small Pox Scare.

St. Johnsbury, too, experienced the
false rumor' plague, but a wel-drected
attack with actual fact put the fellow
to rout. We refer to the statement from
somewhere that St. Johnsbury had small
pox and an epidemic Of typhoid fever,
which had gained quite wide circula-
tion and which threatened to injure gen
eral business and cripple the Caledonia
county fair. When the newspaper men
there were given the chance, they did the
proper thing to counteract the rumor,
which was to give the actual facts
Barre Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23

pleading so as to facilitate the dispo-
stion of causes and the public will
heartily endorse their sentiments.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23
THAT RED SUN, ITS CAUSE.

Solar EruptiOnS Of Exceptional Mag
nitude.
Why is the sun red, and the moon so
tinged with copper? More noticeable,
perhaps, is the fact that the temperature
and humidity are running peculiarly
high for the season, while the days as a
rule, are hazy and gloomy. 1t all is con-
ductive to speculation, and is discussed
among all classes with more or less
enlightened intelligence. The explana-
lions closest at hand come from the
astronomers and meteorologists, and
give recognition to the common theory
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23
A Magician.

Ny brother Roger said to me.
Il am a great magician. See
I'M make your dolls all laugh and talk,
Your Teddy bear shall dance and walk
Your little china pug shall bark,
The creatures in your Noahs ark
Shall march in order two by two;
And shall do these things for YOU
on the thirty-first Of September.
And YOU shall be a princess fair.
With trailing gown and golden hair
The prince Just now looks like the cat;
He's been bewitched-Ir change all that.
Noull fnd the dolls house turned into
a royal place, when I'm through.
For am great magician. See
And all this shall be done by me
on the thirty-frst of September
Just think how splendid it will he
When Roger does these things for me.
didn't know he was so great
And oh, dear I can hardly wait
For the thirty-first OF September II Eu
nice Ward in the October St. Nicholas.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23

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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-05-01

to meet with their South Carolina
brethren.
"lf you are 0 a member Of the
Association" SAYS President AulI.
send your name and initiation Zee to
Tycnsurrr august Kohn, Columbia, S.
g., aud make your arrangements to
take 4 week OFT. leaving Your home
ON Monday, 50 as TO reach Gaffncy in
time FOR The opening session Tuesday
morning, and nave your business SO
ARRANGED that YOU can remain away
ir"ui your desk until the following
Nond#y. Sc that YOU may take Tie
tiH through the beautiful scenery Of
" osjoIn North Carolina, which trip
is h"ihg arranged and tho details OF
Which Will be announced in Il sep
crate Circular.
'N will live together rs one fam
lily dhAm@ the session al Gaffncy, IN
the limestone College. While thcln
we Viii be the guests OF tho city.
Editor OcCamp made that statement
at th" isle Of Palms last summer ana
insists ON carrying it out.
n o desire transportation tGy
ycursclf or any mombcr Of Your Fam
lily write in ample time 10 the prcsi-
dent AT NcWbcrry, S. c., or to the
secretary at Bcnncttsvillc, S. c., stat
ing by which route YOU desire to 80,
and ciforts viii be made to secure you
necessary transportation.
'l.cl us repeat our request that
yCc attend this meeting and sec
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-05-01

TRIED TO KILL THEM.
GREENWOOD IAN AND WITEHaD
CLOSE CALL.
"hhe They We're Asleep in Red the
Son OF the Man Shot at Them at
Close Range.

" u
Close Range.
a dispatch from Greenwood ia The
News and Courier says Butler pin con
known as "Bub," is CHARGED win
making an attempt to kill his father
ana Step-mothcr, Mr.. ard Mrs u
i%inson, as they lay asleep early on
ocSohF morning, firing 10Th barrels
OF Il gun at them, and when onlv
ABOUT eight feet away from thnm
h"l MI. ana Mrs. Pinson are Twins
10 teiI how it happened is q miracle
Tor inc load OF shot entered the hc,d
of the bed, only "A few inches ahnva
'"cir heads and some of the shot
were found imbcdded in the pillows
ON which their heads rested.
MIR. b.. NJ, Pinson lives about =
hhie AM a half southeast of Saluca
and within about four hundred wards
OF Sloan Church. He is a well.to-do
FARMER, and is numbered among
Greenwood County's most substantial
citizens, he being q man Of about SIS
years Of age.
'Bub,' however, seems t. bear a
pretty bad reputation. having lived a
very proftigate life, living the greater
part OF the time away from home.
Young Prisons motive is unknown.
but his father, the elder Pinson, him
soIf thinks that the boy, knowing
that no one knew he was in this part
OF he country, decided that he
would Kill both himself and Mrs. Pin
son. and that he would then share
the estate with his brother, Richard.
being hard pressed for funds. Mr..
pinson had only lately refused to
grant his request for money.
Young Pinson made his escape. but
Sheriff Mcmillan is making every eff
fort to catch him, INC has sent out
the following description of Pinson
all oven the country: ARREST Butler
Pinson; charge, attempt to murder;
color white, age. Mtw~euty-six.
years. height S feet, Z inches, Weight
100 pounds. Said to have missing
tooth, brown eyes and dark hair; full
face and clean shaven. Use caution"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-05-01
SHIPS COLLIDE.
Twenty Eight Men Are Dead or
Missing as Results.
CRUISER AND LINER

Come Together on the isle Of Wright
and the Cruiser Goes to the Bot
tom With Part of Wei Crvw.-Thc
Accident Was Unavoidable Is the
General Opinion Among Shipping
Men.
"A dispatch from London says the
'oiaI number OF dead ana MISSING of
the Gladiator's CROW as u rosu)t or
'he collision between the American
liner St. Paul and The British cruiser
on the Isle Of Wright is %. Divers
sunday searched the sunkcn cruiser
ior bodies, but We're not successful
in finding any.
ihe opinion among shipping men
ana naval officers and officials appcars
10 he unanimous that the accident
was unavoidable, being one Of the
chances OF the sea which all seamen
must risk.
All witnesses OF the disaster agree
practically that both crews behaved
as well as possible.
Coming so soon after the loss of
the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger.
which was sunk by the cruiser Der
WICK on the Isle Of Wright on April
), last. &c men being drowned. the
sinking Of the Gladiator is a severe
blow to the British navy.
h damaged bow Of the ST. paul
indicates that she forced her nose at
least 20 feet through the cruisers
Side, but, fortunately the greatest
damage she received was above the
water line. The bow post WAS buckled.
while the plates on both the port and
StarbOard bows we're crushed i'm and
gaping cracks extended along the
side.
Neither. Cant Passow. nor any or
his officers would discuss the acct
dent. prcicrring TO wait until they
can submit their reports to the proper
officials. 1t was learned. however.
that Capt. PaSsow is sorcly gricvcd
at the disaster. This bcinG his first
serious miShup.
Had the cruiser been painted any
othcr color than Slate she might have
been seen earlier ana The collision
avoided. but Great britain has decid-
ed that her warships attract less at.
lcntion when thus painted. >