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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10
GREENSBORO.

The town report shows the total re-
ceipts of the town for the year to be
$12, 1880. The current expenses to be
as follows: Selectmens orders, $3842 A
road commissioner orders, 1886 80,
school directors, $3.792.S9, overseer's
orders, $195 rs, and discount on taxes,
$357.95, which with S4053 interest
leaves balance of $121.62 in favor of
the town.
At the town meeting officers were
elected as follows: l.. A. Jackson ap-
pointed moderator; G. NJ Cuthbertson,
clerk and treasurer; A. E. Jackson, Sc
lectman for one year, George Taylor for
two years, c. B. Cookfor three years; A,
S. Clary, overseer; A. c. Chase, consta-
BILE and collector of taxes; B. NJ. Wiley,
E. r. Collins and F. H. Dufur auditors;
George A. Porter, grand juror; John
kendrick, road commissioner; L. A.
Jackson, town agent; George A. Porter,
school director for years. twas voted
to raise tax of So on the grand list and
voted to pay the u S. Deposit money
due the state which will clear the town
from debt. The last $4,000, railroad
ponus pelng palu the past year.
The young people spent a pleasant
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Achenbach,
Thursday.
Mrs. c. H. Miller underwent a serious
surgical operation at Brightlook Hos
pital Thursday morning. At this writ
ing she is doing as well as can be expect
ed. Her many friends here hope she will
rapidly recover.
The W. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs.
A Messer, Friday at p. M, subject,
Lessons from the Life of Neal Dow"
Members are requested to be prepared
with items on the subject.
Mrs Frank Hardy of Manchester, N.
H., is with her sister, Mrs. Mary ellis,
who is in very poor health.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10
WALDEN.

Over so friends A. A. Scott, the pop
ular mail carrier, called at his home Fri
day evening and presented him with a
nice fur coat and suit of clothes in appre-
citation of his never weary and ever kind,
accommodating ways. An oyster supper
with cake, coffee and oranges was served
and after some time spent in a social
way the guests departed with best wishes
for Mr.. and Mrs. Scott.
Mrs. Fred Kingsbury and Master
Charlie visited at Charles Cox's last
week.
Mrs David Rock is on the sick list
Mrs. Orrin Kittredge entertains the
Ladies Mite society, Thursday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs N. J. Kingsburv visited
friends in St, Johnsbury last week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10
WELLS RIVER.

Miss Grace Allison went to Montpelier
last week to visit Mrs. Clarence Carpen-
ter, who has been i'll for several months.
Mrs. George Wheeler spent a day or
two in Boston last week.
Miss Maude Davis entertained the
Thimble Club at her home Wednesday.
Misses Nellie and Ellen Bone of Ryegate
were present.
Mrs. Foss, Mrs Adams, Mrs. Deming,
Miss Gale, Mrs. Erastus Baldwin and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10
H0W'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hairs Catarrh Cure
FL. CHENEY s, CO., Toledo 0.
We, the undersigned, have known F. T..
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business trans.
actions, and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken interna11v
acting directly upon the blood and mn.
cots surfaces of the system. Testim onials
sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by
all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10
Simple Remedy for La Grippe.

La grippe coughs are dangerous, as
they frequently develop into pneumonia.
Foleys Honey and Tar not only stops
the cough, but heals and strengthens the
lungs so that no serious results need be
feared. The genuine Foley's Honey and
Tar contains no harmful drugs and is in
a yellow package. Refuse substitutes
c. {. Bingham.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on a SO cent bottle
OF Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it
fails to cure your cough or cold We
also guarantee 25 cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
{ {. BINGHAM, FLINT BROTHERS,
M. u. PARK. SEARLEs & Co.,
F. G. LANDRY.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10

"My three-year-old boy was badly
constipated, had a high fever and was
in an awful condition. l gave him two
doses of Foley's Orino Laxative and the
next morning the fever was gone and he
was entirely well. Foleys Orino Lax
alive saved his life" A. Wolkush, Cas-
inner, Wis. c. c. Bingham.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10
Green Cut Bone and Meat $500 Per Barrel.

In order to move our surplus stock, we
offer for prompt shipment 200 lbs. of
Green Cut Bone and Meat for $500 and
at this price we will pay the freight to
almost any station in New England, To
points on the St. Johusbury &, Lake
Champlain and Boston & Maine Rail
roads, we will ship 1O0pounds for S1.75
and pay the freight.
The stock we offer is fresh, sweet and
will be thoroughly frozen before shipping.
At the above prices, cash must accom-
pany the order.
CARROLL S. PAGE. HYDE Park. Vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any
case of kidney or bladder trouble that
is not beyond the reach of medicine
Cures backache and irregularities that if
neglected might result in Bright's dis
ease or diabetes. c, c. Bingham.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ayers and son
James Of North Danylle visited at
Robert Bars recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Badger of VII
Jamestown visited at ". l. Abbott's last
week
Several families have had the Molly
Falls telephone installed in their homes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10

How can any person risk taking some
unknown cough remedy when Folev's
Honey and Tar costs them no more? 1t
is safe remedy, contains no harmful
drugs, and cures the most obstinate
coughs and colds. Why experiment with
your health : Insist upon having the
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar. c. c.
Bingham.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10
EAST CABOT.

Mr.. and Mrs. William D. Barr returned
Sunday from a ten days trip to Plain
field, Barre, East Barre, Brookheld and
Mortified where they went to visit
friends and relatives.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10

Bilious attacks, sick-headaches, indiees.
ton, constipation, dizzy spells # these
are some OF the results of an inactive
liver. Ask your doctor il he endorses
Ayers Pills in these cases. The dose
is small, one pill at bedtime.
Made by the J. c. Aver Co.. Lowell, Msss-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10

Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs
quickly, strengthens the lungs and expels
colds. Get the genuine in a yellow
package. c. c. Bingham.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10

The person who has once experienced
the pleasure of cup of delicious "Sala-
da' Tea is not easily persuaded to &C
cept substitute.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10

!. n. Dodge. 1t was voted to appro-
pirate S25 for Decoration day and S125
for the library.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10
PEACHAM.

A dinner town meeting day was fur
nlshed by the two ladies' societies. the
Church Aid and Temperance societies,
and about $14 was cleared.
The Ladies Home Missionary society
will hold their meeting Friday, March
y, with Mrs. Joseph Guthrie at 3 o. m.
Subject, The Church Building Society,""
The ladies will meet early to sew for
barrel and tea will be served at the usual
time, when the gentlemen are invited.
Mrs. Della Hunt was called home from
Ryegate because of the illness of her
daughter Pearl, who had come from Mr..
Cassady's quite i'll with jaundice.
The girls basket ball team of Peacham
Academy went to McIndoes, Saturday.
and played with the girls of the latter
place with the following lineup:
MclNDoEs' PEAcHAM.
Bertha Bedell rf Rel S+rob.;doa
Title Snow If O1ga Marin -
Ethel Duncan, c Ethel Ru+sor
HHttoIence GIBSON rg Jennie Darling
MARION Sn morgan lg Bertha Nelson
Score, IL to in favor of Peacham. Bas-
kets from floor, Bell Strobridge 4. Olga
Martin 3, Ethel Duncan l.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10

NNUIti IF 70 I IN favor OF PeaCham
kets from floor, Bell Strobridge 4 {
Martin 3, Ethel Duncan /.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-31

on strike and dc1ed that particular Pha-
raoh who sat on Egypts imperinl throne
one and one-half thousands OF years be-
fore the Christian cru.
Now, these long-vnDshcd striking ma-
cons OF Egypt were paid 10 rntions at tho
end Of tho month and they claimed that
such were the slzo and hunger OF their
respective families that the food given
them each month was not enough to feed
them and their families until tho next
pay. or ration, day rolled around. In
fact. by the 10th OF q certnin month they
laid down their tools, ceased TO labor on
their particular pyramid and declared that
q regular. life-sized. fully organized strike
WAS on.
They enid that the pnymosterS which
Pharaoh had put over them wero dishoD-
est aud that they did not give them all
tho supplies that Pharaoh allowed for
them, but kept lots OF the food for their
own private use. The paym0stons retort-
ed thnt the men were given all thnt was
due them and that It would last the whole
month II 1t was not for the foct that tho
men and their families feasted liko pigs
nll the first half of the month. and, as n
consequence. were forced TO SO hungry the
last two weeks.
The men went back to work, but In q
the condition that Pharaoh himself would
Investigate their troubles and decide on
what was right Tho King of Egypt did
finally come to where the masons were at
work and decided IN fnvor OF the strikers
and ordered the paymastcrS to give them
more food each month.
The men went bOck to work. but in
couple OF months they declared that tho
paymasters had again begun robbing them
and once more declared n strike. Then the
paymastcrs are said. In the nncient Egyp-
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-31

still acquire and deyelope, but 10 feeble
proportions.
81 believe that from certain age
new IDEAS. inventive, original ideas. are
given birth to with greater difficulty
Intelligence therefore hns declined. II,
however. you regard the question from
another point of view. that of the So
Geological utility OF man who is past
10 years OF age, you may say with rca-
son that bis Intelligence bns 10 no way
declined. bot that OH the contrary, II has
Increased. The useful materials stored
up In bis memory arc piseon-h -holed, and
he Will know how to use them aud com
blne them In such a manner as to pro
duco results which be could not have
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-31
Woman's Largest lob.

71 Job for a big, big woman is to In
Ra vent universal rule for keeping q
y man homo 10 the evening. We're a
woman to do SO and whisper IL softly md
gently into the cars of her suffering sis
tors. one by one, she would reap a large
fortune aud cnrn the eternal gratitude Of
married womnnklpd.
1t l. a fact, however. that while n
certain remedy might work well 10 one
case, ln another It might be tho very
means OF driving hubby out and keeping
him out-for 10. tho ways OF men are
strange md hard to understand,
An underlying. rock-bottom principle
that works In almost every cnse, Is for
the wife TO study tue husoand and give
him Mt home the things that attract him
the most.
Would you keep him Mt home, then
get busy and discover what IS the most
logical inducement In your husbands cnso-
Much easier is It to give a prescription
for what TO do In this case than the
opposite kind, Complaining Is the rock
on which many OF the countrys homes
have been broken TO smitberecus. or
course. tho wifc sometimes does not
realize that she is complaining, but tho
man Is tired inter his days work and
upconscIously he looks for chcerfulncss-
He has had bis troubles. bis anxictles,
his successes and sometimes his failures
1t is the part OF the wife TO cheer.
There Is something In the average man
that demands chccrfulpess III he does
not find 1t at homcs he goes whore he
can fod n pleasant word and good fcl.
lowshlp and get some OF the tucks and
crcnses OF the days worries smoothed
out. Many OF these men would much
rather sit down and talk things over at
homo If troubles were not always thrust
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-31
Being "Dressed Up."

th7t was very pretty and very becom-
Ing Her shoes were very 1ne-looklng, but
they were not MS Hght as she thought
they were. for they were very frnll OK
fords, and 6ho wns wearing them In
january.
Her hose were dainty. but impossible
Tor tbls season OF the year. She was
told of the inndequacy Of her foot-covec-
Ing. and then che told her story:
why. don't you know. must keep
up appearances, health or no health l
must look us well as the other girls
with whom ] work aud | get such n
miserable plttnnce ns snlnry that | can
not possibly get tho Kind OF things
should have. But you see. nobody no
tlees my shoes as long as they look nice
and stylish and then my hat was ex-
pcnsivc, but | had to have IT. | feel
dressed up now"
The statement wns pathetic but true.
While tho girl was talking cursory
glance over the remainder of her cloth
Ing revealed TINT her salt was thin and
shiny, that her gloves were carried In
her hand because they were too shabby
10 wear. that her face was plnched and
showed that her body was weakened for
want of proper food good subject for
any disease that might come her way.
but she felt dressed up She had the
hat and the shoes
A business girl a bachelor girl II you
wish. passed q few moments Inter 1t
was hard 10 prevent ones self from maxi
Ing n comparison. Her hat was smple.
but chic and busiucssllke. Her feet were
cncaScd 10 common-sensc shoes, with
soodly width Of sole Her clothing looked
comfortable. aud she was dressed for
comfort and not for show. and IL she
should be compelled to attend the most
exclusive society event she would feel
dressed up" 10 the togs she wore on
the particular occasion referred to-
To the society woman dressed up" IA
q burden aud 4 species of the hardest
Kind OF work. In the morning she is
dressed up" II she wears tho proper
bnblllmcnts for the time OF day as pre-.
scri6ed by Fashions dictates, and so
she Is dressed up" all through the day,
shopping In her shopping clothes. dining
In her dinner gown and then there arc
the specials for the ball aud tho thcntcr
and the rest of It.
And 50 1t goes with nll women. The
sense OF being dressed up" Is tangible
IN everyone OF them. The emigrant Mt
tho gate with her bright shawl her apron
and her handkerchief OF many colors tied
around her head is dressed up'' In her
own estimation
It's the little things that go TO mike
the individual point OF view that mark
the dressed up"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-31

-l-hnlsh-paring- ng-thiS-pota-OUC
"oh. Homer. do be CAREFUL ooh-oo,
You cut YOURSELF That nasty, nasty.
nasty knife! Let mc tie It mp for you:
you might nave blood poisoning. you
know"
Mr.. j. bore It Ike real hero. little
accident like that couldn't bluG him out
no sir-cci
Then be got busy with tho con OF
opener, he started resourcefully with his
pockct-kaife and n hammer. Suddenly.
for no apparent reason. can. soup, ham,
mer aud knife shot or the table and
landed against the opposite wall. A greasy.
red smear testified 10 the quality OF tho
soup,
Mrs, J. almost collapsed, but not Mr. J.
No indeed He just treated the whole
artistic d0ub as joke,
And Just to show how game" nc was
he Insisted that Mrs. ]. take chair over
by tho refrigerator aud watch him pre-
pare the feast.
Choosing four nice, well-trimmed limb
chops he swung the skillet onto the blaze
With the Gplomb of q $1,000 chef Then
he dropped In fun quarter.2ound OF
butter ch0ttcrlng all the while of the
case with which edlbles cnn be prepared
II one only knows how. and OF the utter
Ing OF their work.
Then he dropped In chop. II splut-
tered most nppetlziugly. Then he dropped
In the other three. Then he turned
them-aDd then he dropped fork and chop
with mighty yell OF pain and cutched
his hand wildly. The popping, dancing
frying grease was hot-as long red
burn across his wrist testified.
Mr. Justwed wavcred for q moment
but quickly recovered.
lie went on unpcrturbcd
Al length he announced, holding himself
erect In the fashion of English buffers
end with delightful mlmicry: Dinner
Is served. Madam"
What gay little dinner IL was. 10 be
surel Eeyerything was II bit burned or
stortlingly strong iO the salt and peppcr
line or squelchcd In the cooking before
1t ought to have been But Mrs J was
owed, and Mr. J. as proud as n peaeock
The picture OF satisfaction. Mr.. Justwed
ate very Joyfully Mrs ]. Just picked af
this aud picked ut that brnvely. bur hone
leSsly.
Now. Blossom dear. there you arcro
mr. Justwed Insisted grnndlloquently. os
he pushed his chair back from the tabIe
n bit and lit cigar, there you arcl As
nice a meal MS one could want! And we
prepared 1t ourselves. No fussy. dirty, ex-
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-31
She Has Come Into Her Own.

HFTER yenrs OF ndvcrso criticism
bI and yelled rudencss. patiently
y born, the red-hnlrcd girl has cut.
grown the calumny once attached to her
and has come into her own. Today ehc
ls the envy OF her sistcrs In moro ways
than one.
Why. no one knows. but tho fnct re-
mnins that for yenrs and yenrs red hair
has been looked at asknnce- Red-hnircd
girls have been universally considered
different from other maidens and Dos.
sessed OF an uncomfortable temper and
q malicious tongue.
BE that as 1t may. red-hnired girls are
very much Ike other girls. As n class
they possess. perhaps. certnin qualities
that diderentl0te them from blondes and
brunettes. but these qualities are prin.
cipally question OF temperament They
have no worse tempcrs than their sisters
and frequently less deceit
One thing is very striking about red.
haired eirls-yery few or them nrc fools.
idiots OF themselves. either In eocinI.
financial or criminal way. and very few
OF them have red hair. Tho further this
statement Is looked into the more Inter.
esting 1t becomes
Do you hear very often OF q working
girl with red hair losing her jo51 Some
how they all seem TO have tho "stick-to-
1t quality. There Is a certain mnn in II
certain Middle West city who employs
red-haired girls only when he can get
them. to handle his vast quantity OF Of
bce work. BE does so because he lie
convinced TINT they arc better workmcn,
more honest and more zcalous in theIr
employers interests than girls with the
average colored hnir. He claims they
are never lazy or disloyal aud always
conscientious.
One thing Is certain about red-bnired
girls-they arc positive characters with
minds and Wills of their own. Rarely Is
there anything shilly-shalIy about them.
DenIer to tho feminine hcnrt than these
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-31
My Life. By A. Razor.

77gHEN you shave with noe In the
IA mornings you little think OF the
wv wonderful processes by which
was mado FROM a steel bar.
You will probably be ustonlshcd 10
learn that throughout l was manufactured
without the aid OF machinery, being
etrictly handmade ] Hns made In tho
rough by one man, provided With tho
very simplest tools The process Of mak-
Ing tho blades Is carried out. from
beginning TO end by one man. speclaliz-
Ing on the various parts Is unknown 10
razor mixing,
This man stood Mt n little forgc-vers
similar to n blncksmItb's-whlch was IN
n tiny workshop. His Implements con-
sisted simply OF n hammer and q small
block OF steel. Be took In his hand a
bar OF cast steel-a bar which was
slightly wedge-shaped. the thickness OF
the saEor'S back. md half an inch wide
heated II. and then began 10 hammer
away at 1t on his anvil
With marvellous rapldlty and dexterity
he showercd blows on the bar OF steel
The blows tended 10 make the metal mora
eonpact-aod not q stroke was wasted
In less time than It has tnken you 10
reaa these lines, the Rzor blade wns
Forged exactly as you see me now. with
the exception that It was very rough Ia
appearance. not having been ground or
polished in Opy way.
iou would really have maryeled h you
mao seen that expert workmnn-a man
meo had spent bis whole working life In
.not little room. a few blows aud bo
nod formed the TING With Its curved heel.
a lew blows more and he had shaped
us oiaoe aud partly followed IT, Then
10 struck blow on a punch. and 60
made the hole In the tnng
he then hardened mc by pluugiug me
.no cold water. Immediately be made q
40" ups With n hammer Ia order 70
euslshten the biado where necessary.
aod' let mo tell you. II be had wuited q
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-31

n UMAN nature changes less than the
IA superficial thinker would have the
3 world suppose. Even away back In
tho times OF ancient Egypt, when tho
Pharnohs were building themselves the
tombs thnt the present century calls pyrn-
mlds. there were strikes and the question
OF capital and labor rcOulted 10 orgapiEa'
lions.
There Ia n record of building trades
strike rs fnr back as l, 800 years before
the birth OF Christ Surely this is an
tIqulty enough to give the labor strike the
dignity of an established custom. The
strike closely rcsembled many that are
going on right at this minute. aud more
than that it was the masons who went
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-31

turned for cconomy's soke, bot the bat
is the confectioO.
or course, the hats vary In quality to
ms great n degree ns do the pocbctbooks
that supply them. but they nrc always
tho salient. Irresistible things that at
trnct attention from tho remainder Of
the girls apparel
Funny, too. how We 20 from the hat
20 the feet IN arranging our clothes. The
shoes come next In Importance. Every
woman wants the incest shoes she can
buy. She Will save and work nt anything
and anywhere to put shoes, the Kind she
likes. on her feet For the rainy dnys
come when the skirt must be raised n
little, and. OF course. the feet are then
conspicuous. and every girl knows they
nre conspicuous, md they are conscious
that there nrc many eyes at work, aud
they want their feet to be properly
dressed. And they generally nre.
A wise Eugiishmnn In Il dim and dis
tant pnst. said that a rich man can az
ford 10 wear shabby ovorco1t, while
poor man must wear n good one bot no
mnn or woman can AFFORD to wear poor
pair OF shoes or n shabby hat, IL this
oracle was right. the American woman Is
living mp to his philosophy.
a friend OF the writer, q poor girl who
works for a very small salary. likes her
shoes and bat 10 be always right. Re
Gently she discussed the situation with
n certain show OF good bumor, At the
time sho woro huge mountain OF hat