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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08
Press Comment.
Col. Haskins and the Campaign

Col. Haskins and the Campaign.
The most philosophical man in St.
Johnsbury Tuesday afternoon was Col.
Haskins. He smilingly received the
friends who hocked to his rooms when
the result was announced, told them he
didn't need sympathy and at the first
opportunity called upon Mr. Plumley
and Congratulated him on his victory.
While Col Haskins' independent stand
regarding Roosevelt methods ranked
with some The Phoenix does not believe
that any remarks in this direction caused
his defeat. If Col. Haskins had spent
more time in his district, looking out for
his fences and defences, as is the usual
custom with representatives, he would
undoubtedly have been returned. He
remained in Washington, however, until
Congress adjourned, devoting his
energies to his official duties, returning a
short time before the caucuses were held.
He spent only few DAYS in going about
the district, but as a result of his trip
north St. Johnsbury, Newport, Derby
and other towns reported as strongly
for Plumley, gave Haskins their dele
gates. Mr.. Plumley had been making
himself solid in the northern counties for
months and had perfected a thoroughly
organized campaign. 1t was Plumley' s
good organization and not disaffection
with Col. Haskins that carried the day
for the gentleman from Mortified. Col.
Haskins during the past winter and
early spring had seriously considered re-
tirement in any event, but he had made
no promises to retire. When it was
charged that he had promised to leave
Congress at the end of his present term,
that his record would be taken up for
criticism, that he was only an average"
Congressman, that he was not up to
the Vermont standard etc, a man
with Col. Haskins spirit naturally re-
fused to lie down under fire. He vel
coined a discussion of his work in Con
gress, and his friends have the satisfac-
tion of knowing that the campaign has
given the opportunity to present to the
people of the district a record of rarely
faithful and efficient service, of impor-
tant accomplishments, and of place OF
power and influence won in the most re-
preventative legislative body in the
world. The past, at least is secure, and
when an impartial judgment of the his
tory Of the last four Congresses is given
the name of Kittredge Haskins will be
placed high on the rolls of the honorable
and able men who have represented Yer
mont in national legislative halls
| Brattleboro Phoenix.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08
Fertilizers for Summer and Fall
TOp-DreSSing and Seeding-DOwn.

Up-to-date farmers are agreed that in
many cases better results are obtained
on meadows from fertilizers which are
applied in the summer or early fall. This
is true both as to top-dressing and
seeding down.
We wish to call the attention of the
farmers of Vermont to the fact that we
can furnish formulas for mixing fertilizers
especially adapted to top-dressing and
seeding down grass land. These formu-
las have not only been approved by the
Vermont Experiment Station, but have
been used with excellent results by a
great many farmers in Vermont and
have proved thoroughly reliable. We
can also furnish the materials for mixing
fertilizers in accordance with these for
mulas. We should be pleased to send
the formulas together with full directions
for mixing, cost of materials, etc, to any
one who will write US, mentioning this
paper. Address CARROLL S. PAGE, Hyde
Park, Vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08
The State Ticket.

The republican state ticket is one that
will command respect and hearty sup
port at the polls. 1t is headed by two
successful business men, which gives
assurance of an economical and up-to-
date administration, while the new men
on the ticket and the two who were re-
nominated will bring added strength.
Vermont is a Roosevelt and Taft state
and on the first Tuesday of next Sep
TENDER will show it's loyalty to the
national ticket by giving the republican
state ticket a majority of no uncertain
sound.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

Vermont's candidate for governor on
the socialist ticket, Joseph H. Dunbar, is
a graduate of ST. Johnsbury Academy
and the author of an arithmetic which is
extensively used in the schools through
out the state. If every Vermont alumnus
of the Academy voted for Mr.. Dunbar,
the socialist vote would be materially in
creased, but we fancy that most of the
graduates will cast their votes for that
other distinguished alumnus of the
school, Hon. George H. Prouty OF
Newport.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

Vermont journalists have been gener-
ously and Justly remembered in political
service this year Editor Greene of the
St. Adams Messenger was one of Yer
monts big four" at Chicago, and at
the state convention last week Editor
Howe of the Bennington Banner and W.
B. Howe of the Burlington Free Press
were chosen presidential electors. And
the same week Editor Lewis of the Hyde
Park News and Citizen was unani-
mously nominated Senator from La
noble county, the nomination being
gracefully made by Editor Lamberton OF
the Morrisville Messenger. Mr.. Lewis
will be a valuable and influential menu
Der of what promises to be an unusually
strong Senate.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08
Pr0uty and Mead.

Prouty and Mead make a thoroughly
representative business mems ticket.
From humble beginnings both have
risen to be captains of industry. 1t
was not necessary for either to go out
side of his own state to win success. 1t
is we'll to recognize politically two men
who are contributing so much to the
industrial upbuilding of the new Yer
mont. Mr. Prouty is thoroughly in
touch and in sympathy with the pro-
gressive policies of the Proctor admins
tration, bearing in state affairs the
same relation that William H. Taft
bears to Theodore Roosevelt in national
affairs Brattleboro Phoenix.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

Vermont farmers begin haying after
the Fourth, and Judging from all appear
ances the crop in this section win be a
good one. Experts estimate that the
1908 crop will be worth 5000, 100000
which is considerably more than last
years crop. 1t may surprise our read
ers to know that the hay crop is the
second largest in the United States. Oh
course corn is king.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

F. c. Williams of Newport succeeds
Thad NJ. Chapman as chairman of the
republican state committee. As
manager of Mr.. Prouty's campaign Mr.,
Williams made good and he will make a
splendid leader for a victorious cam
paign this summer and fall.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

The glorious Fourth is over and the
daily papers predict that when the
record is complete it will be found that
the number of fatalities was larger than
ever before. No civilized country but
our own shows its patriotism in such a
senseless manner and the growing loss
of life only serves to intensity the
American boys zeal to use deadly
explosives or frecrackers that MAIN
other boys or set fire to property.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

Congressman Haskins took his defeat
like Stole and retires from public life
next March with a record of faithful
public service that has rarely been
excelled by Vermont Congressman. We
cannot believe that his independence and
frank expressions Of his opinions cost
him the nomination, but he undoubtedly
lost votes by keeping at work at
Washington rather than coming home
and attending to his political fences.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

The CALIFORNIAN congratulates Hon.
Frank D. Plumley upon the realization
of his cherished ambition and bespeaks
for him the hearty support Of the repub-
licans of this district at the polls. Mr..
Plumley is a man of parts, of judicial
temperament that will never make him
narrow-minded or opinionated, and a
forceful speaker.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

One can hardly realize the magnitude
of England's navy until he reads that
Admiral Beresford at the annual
manoeuvers commanded 301 ships with a
total complement of $4,000 officers and
men. And this only included the war
ships in the home waters.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

Wordsworth's poem Character of the
Happy Warrior" was read at Grover
Cleveland's funeral. By strange coin
cidence this was suggested independent
ly by Mrs. Cleveland, by the Presidents
sister, and by his most intimate friend,
Rev Henry Van Dyke.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

One child died and another was made
very i'll in the family of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon Palmer of Moretown as the result
of eating sausage that has been kept too
long and which caused ptomaine poison.
ing.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

The Newport Express and Standard
and the Hardwick Gazette recently is
sued fnely-illustrated supplements Of
their respective localities. Such enter
prise reflects great credit on the editors
and also does much to advertise the at
fractions of the most beautiful state in
the Union
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08
COUNTY TICKET.

Senators,
Edward T. Fairbanks of St. Johnsbul
Joseph T. Gleason of Lyndon.
Assistan Judges,
]. F. Ruggles of Burke,
Frank NJ. Page OF Groton.
States Attorney,
X. w. Simonds of st. Johnsbury.
Judge of Probate,
Walter P. Smith of St. Johnsbury.
Sheriff,
George F. Winch of Barnet.
High Bailiff,
NJ. d. Coffren of Hardwick.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.

President,
William H. Taft of Ohio.
Vice President.
lanes 5. Sherman of New York.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08
STATE TICKET.

Governor,
George II. Prouty of Newport.
Lieutenant Governor,
Tohn A. Mead of Rutland.
Secretary of State,
Guy w Bailey of Essex Junction
Auditor,
Horace F. Graham of Craftsbury.
Treasurer,
Z. H. Deavitt of Montpelier.
Attorney General.
John c. Sargent of Ludlow.
Representative in Congress, Second Vermont
District,
Frank Pumley of Mortified.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-08

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Grover Cleveland.

He lived up to his ideal with courage
and a devotion that made him in his
retirement the most influential citizen OF
the country. He defended the country
against the selfshness and greed of poll
ticans and of other dealers in public
wares. He defended, too, against the
Senate, the office which had been bestow-
ed upon him, as he defended Federal
rights against the states, as he was cir
cumspectly jealous OF the rights of the
states. He could not be moved, as
other men, some of them good, have
been, by temptations presented to his
ambition, for he had no ambition to hold
office or to WELD power. He was the
prominent embodiment of these political
and social truths-that from the truest
service comes the noblest power, and
that the power of influence is vastly
greater than the power of authority
[Harper's Weekly.
While people in the East are being
driven insane by the heat, the Southern
California man appears in the morning
merely to ask his neighbor how the
beans and the other garden crops are
coming up.-[Los Angeles Times.
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Waists
or KinOnal
WE OFFER

IS styles 81 in. MuSinS at Sc. actual value SC.
80 or 40 styles of other figured Sheer Goods Tee OC yah
marked down from l0C and l5C per yard
Is styles GnghdmS and Crepes were 25C now l5C yard
many other finer goods at cut prices
10 dozen Lawn Wrappers light and dark COloS ST.
and $500 Your choice 9SC
We have marked our whole stock of KmondS dvey small T
better look them over.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-24
WHAT DOCTOR DIAGNOSED.
Must Decide on Treatment, But Il
Would Be Fatal Anyway.

Prof. Koch, the famous investigator
of sleeping sickness, according to the
Washington Sun, said of an old-fash-
Toned doctor at a musical given by An
drew Carnegie in his honor in New
York:
Yes, DR.. Blanks methods were old
fashioned. prosy, pompous, nonsen-
steal. You know, at Heidelberg they
tell a story about him-a story in H.
lustration of his way of working.
"a man, according to the story, fell
over cliff in an automobile and a
steel bar eight feet long was run
through his body so that three feet
of the bar protruded from his stomach
and three feet from his back.
DIR. Blank was sent for. He looked
at the spitted patient and said:
Where Is the complaint?'
1t is in my stomach, SIR was the
reply;
How did 1t happen?'
"The man explained the accident in
detail.
Humph!' said DR.. Blank. AS to
heredity, did any members of your
family ever suffer similar accident"
"'No. sir, none the patient an
swered.
VERY good said DIR. Blank You
see, we require a knowledge of all
these details in order to form a cor
rect diagnosis. So far, so good
He looked at the patient thought
fully.
"'You find some difficulty in lying
on your back?' he said.
4 can't lie on my back at all, SIR
And / suppose you are no easier
on the stomach?'
"Oh, no.
In short said DR.. Blank, you are
most comfortable on your side?'
Yes, sir. That is the only posi-
tion. to tell the truth, that l am able
to maintain
Exactly, said the doctor in a tri-
umphant voice. We have now only
to settle upon the treatment Here is
the case in a nutshell: Either we leave
the bar where 1t Is, in which case in
fiammation will set in and you will
probably die, or we extract it, an op-
Grafton that is likely to prove fatal.
Your fate, sir, is in your own hands.
Please decide which course you will
adopt"
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-24
To Lease

The Plutus Gold Mining SIM. L. Co. =,
is the owner of about 400 acres of pat
ented mineral land on the north, south
and east slopes of Buckeye mountain
three miles west of Rollinsville, Gilpin
county. Fifteen lodes have been OPEN
ed, with shafts from ten to seventy-five
feet deep. showing assays up to $24O
gold per ton. We will give permits to
prospect, and make leases to RESPONSE
BILE parties on any of the lodes now
opened or on new discoveries. This
property is located one mile west of
the Lone Star and the Champion mines
in Phoenix district, now shipping ore.
First choice to those making applica-
tion.
Write for circular.
e. M. ASHLEY, Sec. and Treas,
1923 Lawrence St., Denver.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-24
Fruqality and Steady Work,

DO you know one Scot who has
been out of work during the hard
times?' asked the city salesman. Il
don't. and am acquainted with plenty
of Scotchmen. as well as with men of
other nationalities. | know the rea-
son for their constant employment,
too. 1t is because they have the repu-
tation of being such frugal livers.
Employers reason from that that II
they have to cut down wages the Scot
will stand for it. l find that In hard
times 1t is always the people who are
supposed to be able to live on next to
nothing who are retained on a job
Whether or not the Scotchmen merit
their reputation is a question. but any
how 1t has secured them steady work
all the way through the panic"
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-24
Going Away.

Little Bessie's father had decided
to move his family to the small town
of Salem, w. Va, says the Bohemian.
Naturally this proposed change inter
ested Bessie very much, for she re-
allied she was to enter new world.
Upon informing her little friends she
asked each of them If they knew what
kind of place Salem might be. None
of them knew of Salem, but quite a
few had been in Clarksburg. city of
something over $1,000 inhabitants.
Naturally Clarksburg received all the
praise to the sighting of Salem.
The talk of her friends had its eff
feet upon Bessie and she began to
dread moving to Salem. The night be-
fore the family had decided to go papa
overheard Bessie saying her prayers.
Much TO his surprise her usual sup
plication was ended with the words:
"Goodby, God. we are going TO Salem"
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-24
IN A YOKOHAMA THEATER.
The Plays Last All Day, and Some
times Two.

Before leaving Yokohama, l went
to the theater, which certainly was
unlike anything l had ever seen be-
fore, writes Lady Randolph Churchill,
IL the Century. We sat on the floor
Of our so-called box, and had tea like
the crowd. And such crowd! 1t
was and endless source of interest and
amusement to watch them, whole fam
ilies-mother-in-law and daughters in.
law, children of all ages, and parents
or different generations, fathers, sons
and grandsons. All had their dinners
with them. Little trays were pro-
duced-tiny boxes full of rice, bowls
containing weird foodstuffs, pink,
white and green; seaweed on rice
cakes; raw fish and nameless yellow
condiments; tea in miscroscopic cups,
of course, with no milk or sugar. The
Japanese cannot understand Euro
peans putting milk in their tea, as, ac.
cording to them, it has a strong smell.
The children were dressed and un
dressed during the entr actes, and peo-
pie smoked. slept, ate. talked and
tanned themselves. 1t was certainly
SiSdt SoHlldSI " see llllle
musme" such as Pierre Lott de
scribes, daintily dressed in the gayest
of kimonos and smartest of obis, sit.
ting between a coolie wearing nothing
but loose cotton jacket and an old
hag nursing baby. Although it was
true that most of the men had little
on, and the thermometer was S5 de-
grees, the atmosphere was not impos-
sible, as l am sure would have been
the case in a European theater under
similar circumstances. The plays
have usually IA or 15 acts, and last all
day and sometimes two. This partic-
ular one not having an actress such as
Sadi Yacco to interpret it, was quite
unintelligible to me; but admired the
grace of the actresses, their easy
movements when dancing, and the
way they managed their tight clothes.
Imagine my surprise when l found out
afterward that they were all men.
Up to few years ago men and women
did not act together in Japan, the
theatrical companies being composed
of either one sex or the other. But
a change has come over them, and
and there are now mixed companies.
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-24
BUT 1T SAVED THE BABY.
Or. Matthews Tells Of Queer Incident
Of Family's Faith.

When people in our part of the
country select family physician they
stick to him." says DR.. John Mat
thews Of Illinois, according to the
Washington Herald. IF he goes away
they won't call in somebody else II
they can possibly help It, They have
faith in nobody but their own man. so
long as he manages to be fairly sue
cessful. Last spring i went up to
Chicago for few days, much to the
distress of a young mother in our
town, who expects me to inspect her
only baby every other day at least
The second day of my stay she tele-
graphed me to come home at once.
Baby was sick-she told me the trou-
ble-she didn't know what to do. 1t
wasn't an urgent case, l knew, so |
wired back a reassuring message, told
her to give the baby dose OF some
medicine she had at hand, and to fill
out the ten words | put in 'Prognosis
admirable. l always like to use
large words when I'm telegraphing-
makes me feel that I'm getting the
worth of my money. you know. When
got home two days later | went to
see the baby. She's all right now,'
the mother told me, but we were aw-
fully worried. We had to rely ON the
medicine you left, though. The boy
at the drug store said they didn't have
bit OF prognosis In the place"
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-24
Manners Are Different.

Manners are different in different
parts OF the world, and even the short
space of the English channel makes
n difference. On the British side a lady
bows first to a man whom she knows,
and on the French side she would
never think OF bowling until the man
had first recognized her. In England
a man rises to open the door for a
lady, and in France such n proceed
ing would be considered oficious. In
France the stranger makes the first
call, and In England 1t is. OF course,
the older resident who makes the ad-
vance
Gilpin observer., 1908-09-24
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CALL.
Primaries to be Held Tuesday, October 9Th,
and. Convention Saturday, the 10th.

A call is hereby issued to the Demo-
cratic voters of Gilpin county to meet
in the several precincts of the county
on Tuesday, October 9Th, 1908, at 7:3O
p. m. for the purpose of electing dele
gates to attend the county convention
which is hereby called to meet in the
district court room, in the City of Cen
tral, Saturday, October 10th, at 2
o'clock p. M, at which time a full
county ticket will be nominated.
The various places for holding the
primaries will be as follows:
Precinct No. /, Court House, Central
City.
Precinct No. 2, Observer Office, Cen
trail City.
Precinct No. 3, Thompson & Ham
bly's carpenter shop, Central City.
Precinct No. a, Gilpin Lumber Co. s
office, Central City.
Precinct No. 5, City Hall, Nevada
vile.
Precinct No. 6, School House, Neva-
daville.
Precinct No. Z, Union Hall, Russell
Gulch.
Precinct No. 8, City Hall, Black Hawk.
Precinct No. 9, Borzago's Store, Black
Hawk.
Precinct No. 10, Town hall, Rol-
linsville.
Precinct No. IL, Town hall, Apex.
The various precincts in the county
are entitled to representation in the
county convention as follows:
Precinct No. l, first ward, Central
City, and Quartz Valley, Z.
Precinct No. 2, second ward, Central
City and Lake Gulch, 5.
Precinct No. 8, third ward, Central
City, 6.
Precinct No. A, fourth ward, Central
City, 8.
Precinct No. 5, Nevada, east, A.
Precinct. No. 6, Nevada, west, 8.
PrecinctNo. Z, Russell Gulch, Z.
Precinct No. s, Black Hawk, west,
and Missouri Lake, 4.
Precinct No. 9, Black Hawk, east,
Mountain House and Bay State, s.
Precinct No. 10, Rollinsville, Gilpin,
Perigo, Lump Gulch, 4.
Precinct No. II, Apex, Nugget, Elk
Park and Pine Creek, 2. Total, 81.
The several committeeman of the
various precincts are hereby directed to
see that the several places herein desig-
mated for holding the primaries are open
and accessible for parties wishing to
participate in said primaries.
Dated Central City, Colorado, Sept.
Oath, 1908.
w. T. PLEMMoNs,
Chairman.
M. j. LEAHY,
Secretary.