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Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-07-01
SMALL BLAZE
THURSDAY MORNING.

The roof OF the home occupied by
Mrs. Tom Campbell, on Franklin
avenue was discovered in blaze
Thursday morning. The prompt ac-
ton Of the fire department. forstalled
any serious damage and it was ex-
tinguished in few minutes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-07-01

The Rev. NJ. White will deliver
the Fourth of July address at the
Eagle celebration here at o'clock
on the fifth in Hardin Park. dw1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-07-01
R|NGL|NG'S CIRCUS HERE ON
JULY CANCELLED FULTON
TOO FEW RAILROAD TRACKS

RinslIng's Circus Is to show In Mex
leo Frldsy,JuIyte.
They were to appear in Fulton,but
owing to the ack Of track spae foer
the storing Of the train Of s5
cars the date had to be cancelled
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-07-01

Geo. A. Ross Is here from Washin
ton to spend the summer,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-07-01

John Fecht was In town Thurs
day. resides west Of this city.
He reports crops in fine condition
and says with no storms Of any
kind, the yield Of wheat win be a
large one,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-07-01

j. Roy Tucker, Fulton, was |
business visitor here Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-07-01

e. 8. Fuller. of Chillicothe, spen
Sunday in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-07-01

and Mexico was fortunate enough to
be next In line.
Col. Burke, one Of the most
prominent men connected with the
circus business to-day was In Mex
leo Thursdayeontracting.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-07-01

Hugh Ross and son, James e., Of
Baird, Tex, are the guests of Mrs.
Miriam Ross, In this city.
The Coconino sun., 1909-10-01
Maine Briefs.
success.

]. Nj. Dennis and his book keeper, Miss Schoff, were busi- ness visitors in Flagstaff Satur- day. While there MT. Dennis procured several men for his ex- tensive lumber plant here.
 It is thought the saw mill at this place will be in steady operation for several weeks, the activity in the logging camps and the con stant arrival of wagons heavily laden with native pine logs fur nishing that welcome assurance.
 The Dennis Lumber company is erecting warehouse 5ox 100 feet for the storage of miscella- neous belongings to the box man 'ufactory. Operations in the box shop are temporarily suspended, awaiting the completion of this structure.
 Lumber jacks, machine men, teamsters, cooks, and other help, have been pouring in every day of late. Things will certainly hum now.
 Charles Steamer, foreman of the Dennis Lumber company's factory, was in Williams Friday on business for the company.
 Mrs. Louder, wife of the new logging foreman, arrived in Maine Sunday. Mir. and Mrs. Louder will occupy the Mattoon cottage, on the principal thoroughfare of Maine. Our little city is growing.
 Homer Barttello and several others, whose names we failed to learn, are guilty of seriously at taching themselves to guns with intent to slaughter The Stag at Eve" From observations, we are justified in stating that tine stag failed 10 show up at any time of the day.
The Coconino sun., 1909-10-01
What is the Strobel Airship?

That is the question that people are asking who plan to go to the big Twenty-Ninth New Mexico Fair in Albuquerque next month, where the Strobel flying machine will make three or more flights daily. The Strobel airship, which has won more prize money at in- ternational expositions than any other air craft ever made, consists of an immense spindle-shaped bag of tough, light fabric some seventy feet long and thirty feet in diam eter.
 Suspended to the great gas-bag is long light aluminium and wood framework, carrying the powerful but light engines which drive the propeller at the rear of the airship. The operator is seated midway of this framework, where the helm of this giant of the air answers his every touch as readily as a motor boat. Then he rises, he slides back a few feet, the nose of the ship rises and the propeller drives her upward. When he descends he slides forward, the balloons prov dips and he glides earth ward. The ship is under perfect control at all times and swoops through the air in any direction as easily as huge bird, turning and rising and falling as the aviator wishes.
 It is the perfection of aerial nav igation in the realm of the dirig- ible balloon, and the flights at the Albuquerque Fair will offer the people of the whole southwest their first chance to see a real sam pie of mans conquest of the upper air.
The Coconino sun., 1909-10-01
srArE or OHIo. CrrY or ToLEpo.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is SC nior partner of the firm Of r. J. Cheney X Co. doing business m the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS Tor each and every case of Catarrh that can not be cured ey the use of Halls Catarrh Cure
 FRANK ]. CHENEY, sworn to beiore and subscribed in my pres ence, this 9th day of December, A. D lss6; (SeaD A. w, GLEASON
 Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and acts directly on the blood and mucous surface Of the system. Send for testimonials free.
 F. J. CHENEY & co. Toledo Q. Sold by all Druggists, 7bc
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Coconino sun., 1909-10-01
pretense and a sham.

pretense and sham"
 A dipsatch last Monday states that an effort has been made to sup. press the articles on Barbarous Mexico" about to appear in the American Magazine, but without success.
The Coconino sun., 1909-10-01
MEXICO A LAND 0F DESpOTISM
With a Government More Absolute and Autocratic Than Russia and Slavery
 In Its Worse Forms Says Turner

now exists in Mexico. and that it is being fostered by the government officials, are among the many sen sational charges contained in a se- ries of articles on "Barbarous Mex ico" by J. K. Turner published in the American Magazine beginning with the October number. Follow ing is the publishers foreword con corning the articles of MT. Turner:
 This series of articles is the re- suit of year and half of study and investigations. The author. Mir. John Kenneth Turner. has vis- ited nearly every part of Mexico; he has penetrated into regions, such as the terrible Valley Nacion- al. where slavery in its worse form is to be found; he has talked with important business men and politi- clans. He has gathered his mate rial at first hand. often from off cials unawares of the nature of his mission. We have some disclosures that would certainly ruin those who made them if the presons were identified. It will be startling news to most people that slavery exists to such an extent right at our doors-that men and women are enslaved for life by the thou sands, starved, beaten and, sold. We have supposed Mexico to be in some sense republic, and not, as we find it. a government more ab- solute and autocratic than Russia. It has its Siberia--in the hot lands of the South; its spy system, it's condemnation of political offens- es. and it's terrible prisons. The constitution is a dead document. It is a government of the few for the few, with big standing army to back them. Those at the top have millions and are growing rich CT. the middle classes are sup pressed. discontented. and getting poorer; the lower classes are down near the starvation limit.
 Mexico is a great country; rich in natural resources; inhabited by fifteen million unhappy people. For the uplifting of the people nothing has been done. Yet they have fostered the democratic idea in spite of persecution. prison. ex- ile, or death.
 "The things cannot be longer concealed as they have been by sup pression of individuals and journals. Our large commercial interests and the closeness of the country makes it necessary for us to know the truth about Mexico. It is said that if the iron hand of Diaz weakens. the state of affairs will be worse than in Cuba in '98. We should not sit in ignorance. for we may have to step on the fuse.
 Why have we not known this before? Diaz controls all sources of news, and the means of transmit ting it. Papers are stopped or sub sidized at the pleasure of the govern ment. We know some of the sub sidies paid to important Mexican papers printed in English. The real news of Mexico does not get across the border. Books that tru- ly describe the present state ot things are suppressed or bought, up even when published in the United States.
 "A great iaz-Mexico myth has been built up through skilfully ap- piled influence upon journalism. 1t is the most astounding case of sup pression of truth and the dissemin- ation of untruth and half truth that recent history affords. But Mir.
The Coconino sun., 1909-10-01
Do it now

Don't put it off until some other time; 1t won't take you but a moment. Mark your brands on one of these critters and send it in. If you want brands run we will have cuts made at reasonable prices.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20
Basket Ball.

At the basket ball meeting in the arm
DRY Friday evening Ralph c. Sulloway
was instructed to correspond with
parties who had expressed desire to
operate team here the coming winter.
He has already written to the Wachter
brothers and to Doyle and Henschel and
as soon as he gets their propositions
another meeting OF the fans will be called
to see what action will be taken.
Mr.. Wachter in his letter says that he
would guarantee St, Johnsbury the best
basket ball team they have ever seen.
He gives the line up of his team as fol-
lows: E. Wachter, l.. Wachter, Hard
mann, Davev, Cunningham and William
son. Any who saw the closing games of
last season know what this team of sea-
soned veterans are capable of.
St. Johnsbury's tame as basket ball
center has evidently not died out, tor
here comes the All New York Five look
ing for double-header on Thanksgiving
Day.
DOYLE, Henschel and Swenson, Co. D..
07, are out of the Central league and
Brennan, Wright and Kruger, Co. D.,
'O8, have signed with that league, while
Toby says he is out of the game for good.
John H. Poggi, the veteran booking
manager of New York, wishes to place
Co. D on his already large list of indie
pendent teams for which he furnishes
dates.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20
Shooting Mystery Solved,

The mystery of the alleged shooting at
Samuel Chase's place on the Center road
recently was cleared up Thursday. John
Jewell of st. Johnsbury Center was
brought before Justice Worcester and
charged with breach of the peace. His
recollections of just what happened at
Chase's on the night in question were
rather vague, but he admitted being
there. He further testified that he had
no gun and that the inmates were pro-
badly aroused by his knocking on the
door with the butt of his whip. AS no
evidence of shooting could be found by
the officers, JEWELS word was taken on
this point. He was given some good ad-
vice as well as an opportunity to pay a
fine of ten dollars and costs and allowed
to go.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis W. Cheever very
quietly observed the golden anniversary
of their wedding at their home on Cherry
street, Saturday. AS both are by nature
opposed to display the day was passed
bv them in the usual manner. Many
congratulations were received from rela-
tves and friends and presents suitable to
the occasion were sent in.
Mr.. Cheever was one of four children
of Ammon and Adeline Gilbert Cheever
and was born in Hardwick, March 25
1887, where he lived until 13 years of
age, moving from there to Walden. On
October %, 1862, he was mustered into
service at Bratteboro with Co. B, 18th
vt. Regt and served until the regiment
was mustered out on Aug. 5, 1868. He
returned to the South year later, how
ever and went to work in the Norfolk
Va, post Office when that city was hot
bed of secession. He continued at this
post until message that his father was
dead brought him back to Vermont to
stay, in May. 1865. He succeeded his
father as postmaster in Walden aud in
1871 accepted position as solicitor for
the New England Farmer, position
which he acceptably filled for SO years.
When he began this work the paper was
a single sheet affair and he continued
under three owners. two of whom he
never saw. In the 33 years of travelling
he covered considerably over 100000
miles and made the greater part OF the
distance onfoot. His territory embraced
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20
BrightlOOk Hospital Fund.
Directors Have About $1,000 of the
Necessary So, 500 Promised
Must Raise $1,000 More to
Pay the Debt.

The directors OF Brightlook hospital
who are undertaking to raise So. 500 by
popular subscription in order to get a
conditional gift of SIS 900 more and thus
pay the indebtedness of the institution
report that they have about $4,000
promised. This makes it necessary for
them to raise ST., 200 more or lose the
gift of $4,000.
While they do not know where it will
come from they are confident that the
people OF St. Johnsbury will not allow
the institution to fail because it furnishes
such reasonable way of caring for the
sick during this time of high prices. The
hospital today is furnishing trained
nursing, board, room, in fact everything
but the physician for from So to SIS a
week, according to the room. The hos
pital is not money making institution
but the management hope to make it
self supporting, and as fast as possible
take in some charitable work.
Anyone willing to help the institution
is requested to forward their contribu-
ton to Richard c. Baker, treasurer, ofthe
Passumpsic Savings bank.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20
Signs of Kidney Complaint.

The warning signs of Kidney complaint
are: backache, dry parched skin, scanty
thick urine, very disagreeable odor,
brickdust deposit, tender spots in back,
loss of weight and strength, rheumatism,
stiff joints, swelling of ankles and feet.
One or more of these symptoms indicate
Kidney weakness, and while in this con-
dition Bright's Disease may set in.
Bright's Disease is Consumption of the
Kidneys. The prompt use of Rydale's
Kidney Remedy will prevent this fatal
disease securing a foot-hold Rydale'
Kidney Remedy was invented by a
physician and is the most successful
treatment for the Kidneys and Bladder
ever discovered Sold on guarantee by
Charles A. Searles & Co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20
Off For Labrador.

The many friends of DR.. Wilfred T.
Grenfell, the medical missionary of Lab
rador, will be interested to learn that a
two-masted schooner has just left Bos-
ton with all kinds of articles that will
be useful for the fishermen on that bleak
coast. The cargo will be unloaded at
st. Anthony, N. F., and much of it will
be carried farther north on dog teams.
The stock of an average country store
couldn't begin to boast the assortment
of that in charge of Skipper Haynes and
his men. A house, piano, piano player,
crockery, bedding, bricks, heddies, and
frames to build with, and vast stores of
provisions, were in the lot. Of surgical
instruments there are enough to equip
an army of surgeons. These and the
hospital supplies, consisting of gauze,
ETC., were urgently needed.
One of the passengers on board the
Quisetta was Rev. DR.. c. O. Day, the
former pastor of the Congregational
church at Barnet.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20


Perhaps the most extraordinary Of
the properties attributed to mandrake
are those which it shared. in common
with the rastrivtrava of Russia, of en-
abling housebreakers to pick locks,
which is certainly one of the most
amusing developments of the solar
theory. Love" it is said. laughs at
locksmlths," but the connection be-
tween the mandrake and "burgling"
seems a little forced. There is ira
dition that the moonwort will unshOe
horses if they step upon the plant. and
similar powers have been attributed
to the vervain and the mandrake. 1t
Is. on the other hand, still part of the
rural lore of Oxfordshire. buckingham
shire and Hampshire that the root will
improve n horses condition. but this
seems to be founded upon the identi-
fication of the mandrake with the
bryony. which played such great
part in old English herbalism. 1t is.
however. more than doubtful whether
the plants belong to the same class.
But both are alike in the curious
wealth of legend which surrounds
them. East and west meet In their
folk and flower lore-Chambers' Jour-
nal
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20
Home Treatment for Lung Trouble

1t is not necessary to consult doctor
about Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, etc.
You know what's the matter. The
question is what remedy to use. There
is standard remedy called Honey and
Tar that meets every requirement for
ordinary throat and lung trouble. Ask
for Rydale's Honey and Tar, no doctor
can give better treatment. 1t contains
no harmful drugs, is safe and sure. If
your lung trouble has become chronic
ask for Rydale's Cough Elixir which is
especially successful in the treatment Of
Bronchitis and Consumption. Rydale's
Cough Elixir is the prescription of an
eminent lung specialist. 1t is the best
lung medicine medical science has vet
discovered. Rydale's Honey and Tar
and Rydale's Cough Elixir are sold and
guaranteed by Charles A. Searles & Co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20
Held On Serious Charpe.

Harold M. Taylor was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Hartman Friday night
on a charge of assault with intent to
rape a seven year old girl. Before Justice
Worcester Saturday he was placed
under bonds of 500 to appear at the
December term of county court. Taylor
is 10 years old and is considered below
the average in intelligence. Taylor's
home is in Danville but he had been
boarding of late in Fairbanks village
where his offence was committed. He
was unable to secure bail and is in the
county Jail awaiting appearance before
the grand jury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20

| the states of Vermont and Rhode Island
and two counties each in Massachusetts
and New Hampshire, and though he
gave up this work years ago he looks
fit to start out any time on another of
his famous tramps.
Mr.. Cheever has kept diary for SIS
years and besides has many priced men,
entoes of the past, among them the grip
which accompanied him on all of his
travels and a pass signed by the late
Senator Red6eld Proctor. The latter
was issued at Fredericksburg while
Proctor was colonel of the 18th and
gave Mr.. Cheever permission to pass
through the lines and take charge of his
cousins body, which was shipped north
Mrs. Cheever was formerly Mary E.
Rollins. the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Enoch w. Rollins, and was born in Can
aan, p. O., Jan. Is, 1910. Her family
soon moved to Walden, where on Oct.
16, 1859, she married Mr. Cheever,
Samuel Currier, Esq, performing the
ceremony. Ten years ago they left the
farm at Walden and came here to live
and have made many friends.
Mr.. Cheever assists w. H. Worthen at
the county jail and the unfortunates sent
to this institution always receive from
him a smile and word of cheer and
in return they give to him a respect
and obedience that few receive. Mr..
Cheever has one sister living, Mrs. Will
liam Freeman of Lancaster, N. H., and
Mrs. Cheever also has sister, Mrs. Viii
liam Perkins of Littleton, N. H. Of eight
children born to them six are now living.
They are Mrs. W. H. Worthen andArthur
S. Cheever of this place, David K Chez
yer and Frank A. Cheever of Pasadena,
Cal. Mrs. Hattie l.. Freeman of Lancas-
ter, N. H., and Willie c. Cheever of Dan
vile. They also have six grandchildren.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20
States Attorney in Quarantine.

On account of the illness of States
Acknowledgment w. Simonds, who was
quarantined at Montpelier with the
chicken pox, the hearing on the petition
for an injunction in the village water
question has been indefinitely postponed.
The hearing was to have been held before
Judge w. W. Miles in Burlington last
Friday. Mr.. Searles, Mr.. Simonds'
partner, is representing the state in the
prosecutions at present.
Mr.. Simonds was taken to the Board
man house and was in charge of a train
ed nurse from Heaton hospital. He was
able to come home yesterday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20
Vermont Crops and Values.

The crop reporter, published by
authority of the secretary of agriculture,
gives the following percentages of crop
conditions in Vermont on October 1. A
comparison is made with the ten year
average in the figures given below.
Corn Oct. l, 1909, rs, ten year aver
age, S5 spring wheat 90, average 90
barley, 80, average 90; buckwheat, 49,
average SO; potatoes, SO, average 80
apples, 43, average 67.
The average of prices for farm pro.
ducts in Vermont on Oct. was: Wheat
$1.15, corn Soc oats SAC, potatoes sac,
barley Soc per bushel; hay $13.4 40 ton
butter Sic, chickens 12c per pound; eggs
CSC a Dozen
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20
To Observe Silver Wedding.
Cortis J. Berry and Wife Of st. Johnsbury
Center Married by Rev. E. T. Fairbanks.

Cortis j. Berry and Wife Of ST. Johnsbury
Center Married by Rev. E. T. Fairbanks.
An event of interest to their many
St. Johnsbury friends is the twenty-6fth
anniversary of the wedding of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cortis J. Berry, which occurs Fri
day. They were married in the house
where they now live at st. Johnsbury
Center. Oct. %. 1884, by Rev. E. T.
Fairbanks.
Mr.. Berry was born in Sutton, Feb.
II, 1851, and obtained his education in
the common schools of that town. He
came to town in 1877, in time to cast
his first ballot and has lived here ever
since. He worked at various times for
Hall & Switzer, c. A. Calderwood, and
c. B. Dodge at Lyndonville, but for
several years past has been with his
father-in-law, L. D. Stiles at the Center.
His wife was formerly Lois Stiles, the
only surviving daughter of Lester D.
Stiles, and was born on what is known
as Bible Hill Jan. 20, 1868. She attain
ed her education in the public schools
and graduated from st. Johnsbury
Academy in 1881. When she was 13
her father entered the store where he
has been since and few years later the
family moved into the village.
Mr.. and Mrs Berry have three children,
Lester S. Berry, St. ]. A. 'o3. and Dart
mouth, '07, who is at present in the
office of the National Casket Co., at
Nashville, Tenn, Miss Maud Berry, St.
J. A. 'O6, who is commissioned as assist
ant to her grandfather in the St. Johns
bury Center postoffice, and Mildred Lois
Berry. Mr. Berry has four brothers and
one sister. They are William N, of
Worcester, Mass, Charles F., of Boston,
Clarence NJ, of the Berry Ball Dry Goods
Co., Darwin of Chicago, and Mrs. Flora
Rice of Pasadena, Cal
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-20
Stronq Paper.

A single United States treasury note
measures three and one-eighth inches
in width and seven and one-quarter
inches in length. 1t will sustain with
out breaking lpngthwise weight of
forty-one pounds. crosswise weight
of ninety-one pounds. The notes run
four to sheet. sheet being eight and
one-quarter inches wide by thirteen
and one-half inches long. One of these
sheets lengthwise will suspend 10S
pounds and crosswise 1T pounds