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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15
MONROE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Savage of Pena-
cook are visiting at H. c. Roots.
Mrs. Tells Cole of South Ryegate has
been spending few days at c. H. Hos
ford's.
Fred Gibson, who has been quite sick
for few days, is improving
Mrs. Henry Root is at West Lebanon
for few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ardie Shaw and two
children of Barnet and H. B. Bryan OF
williamsburg, Va, have been the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nj. Hatley for few
days.
A gloom has been cast over this COM
munitv by the sudden death OF Robert
H. Duncan at Portland. MIR. Duncan
was taken suddenly i'll September 3
with appendicitis and was taken to the
hospital where he passed away Monday
night. The body was accompanied
home by his mother, Mrs. Horace Dun
can, Miss Henrietta Thompson, and John
Kane of Portland. Funeral services
were held at the church, Thursday, Key.
D. E. Burns officiating. Mr., Duncan is
survived by his parents, Horace and
lane Duncan, and one sister, Mrs. Lee
English, of Wilmette. III.
Mrs. Fred Gibson has been entertain
ing her sister, Mrs. Emma Greenwood
of St. Johnsbury.
Alexander Warden passed away Mon.
day night after a long illness, aged "a
years. Mr.. Warden is survived by six
children, the Youngest being only aboni
four years old, who have the sympathy
| of ali in their sad bereavement.
Mr.. and Mrs Horace Duncan extend
their thanks to their friends and neigh
bors for their kindness during the death
! and burial of their son.
See adv. on page for fall excursion tc
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15
NEWARK.
(Tntended for last week..
A Serious Accident.

Tuesday afternoon as Arthur Corliss
was about to drive into the field from the
barn fora load of grain, team drove by
quite rapidly, and one of Mr.. Corliss'
horses jumped and kicked, coming down
upon the wagon pole and breaking it
off. This frightened both horses and
they started into a run, with Mr.. Cor
llss holding the reins, and Charlie
Foster and Mr.. Corliss' little son riding.
Thinking he could stop them by the rail
fence, he refined the horses into it taking
down several lengths of the fence, throw
ing the occupants out, and running
several rods further. Finally getting
entangled in harness, broken pole.
wagon, etc.. the horses, were found
lying on the ground, one with a broken
leg, and the other cut very badly. One
was killed and it is thought that the
other will recover. They were quite
valuable horses. Mr.. Foster struck the
ground on his back with the little child
on top of him, and Mr.. Corliss says, u
don't remember of being thrown out, but
tried to get up and could not, but could
see the sole of my shoes in my face. !"
His collar bone was also broken. Help
was quickly summoned and he was taken
to the house on a couch. and doctors
were called who set the broken bones.
saturday the doctors reopened the leg,
and fastened three loose pieces OF small
bones more securely, and at present he is
uolng as we'll as can be expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton George of West
Burke are working at Arthur Corliss' dur
ing his illness.
Mrs. Emma Fairbanks Bruce and
children, who have been spending the
summer with her parents, made all
Preparations to start for her home in
Lowell, Mass, Wednesday morning
tuesday night she was taken violently
Ill and medical aid was summoned. A
council of doctors was held Thursday
and as soon as she gains little more
strength will be removed to the hospital
ior treatment. Her husband came Satur-
DAY morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Hall of East Burke
We're in town Thursday. Little Marion
Bruce went home with them to stay
until Mrs. Bruce's health has improved
r, Work is progressing slowly on the
orange hall.
Mrs. Oscar Buzzell was at East Burke
recently to work for Mrs. Nellie Newman
While she took short vacation from the
boarding house at Mt. View farm.
Inez Goodwin is suffering with blooc
poison in her hand.
Mrs. Frank Bruce is able to be out
again.
Leonard Burns has hired out to work
on the Julius Humphrey farm for th'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15
WEST BURKE.

Mrs. Van Bruce went to Brightlook
Hospital, Monday, for an operation.
l.. M. Blodgett Co. took $40 in pre-.
mums at Sherbrooke fair and $50 at
Barton. The fowls are at St. Johnsbury
fair this week.
Mrs. Charles Roberts visited at Charlie
Bonette's at St. Johnsbury Center over
Sunday.
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AT PEACHAM.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Butson are Wis
fling relatives in Lisbon.
The ladies' social will meet Thursday,
Sent %, with Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Wheeler. Dinner will be served.
Raw Cooley had the misfortune to lose
GOOD work horse last week. 1t drop
ned dead in the harness.
Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie and Mrs. Ord
way are visiting in Walden.
MIR. and Mrs. Ramsay of Wentworth,
n H., have been guests of Mrs. Ada
blanchard the past week.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will have their annual sale and chicken
pie supper, Oct. 21.
Chester Clark went to Barton Fair
last week. %
Rev. Mr.. Farman is home from Lunen-
burg, Roy Coursen from Washington D.
c., and Mrs. Roy Coursen from Little
ton
Mrs. Roberts from Pennsylvania
preached at the Congregational church
last Sunday.
Mrs. William Clifford, who has been at
DR.. A. 7. Mackay's for some time, has
gone to the home of her son, FL. E. Bar
Der, at Danville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Lowell of St. Johns.
bury visited at James Stevenson's last
Sunday. tIy
William Peak OF Wheelock was guest
Of his brother, A. l.. Peak, Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. ], K. Williams and Miss
Susie Williams, who have been visiting
in the west part of the state, have re-
turned home. Mr. Williams occupied the
pulpit at the Methodist church last Sun
day.
E. NJ. Wheeler was at St. Johnsbury,
Tuesday. s1'
Mrs. Kate Adams of Barnet visited her
aunt, Mrs. William Houghton, last Tues
day.
William Bradley has purchased the Joe
Whitcher pasture of Walter Phelps.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Finley of Man
chester, who have been visiting Mrs.
Phoebe Young, have returned to their
home.
Arthur Knapp of Warren, N. H., came
last week and moved his family to West
Danville.
Prot. Dwight Burrage, former principal
of Peacham Academy. now, of Deane
College Nebraska, has been at the
Mountain View House.
Mrs. Clarissa Clark and daughter,
Elizabeth Clark. who have been spend
ing the summer in town, have returned
to their home in Massachusetts, and
Miss Flora Clark to her school at Plain
field, N. ].
George Esden has been moving the
past week into the tenement in his new
store.
A game of base ball was played Friday
between the Academy boys and the town
team, which resulted in score of 81 to
S for the Academy.
Mrs. Albert Peak of Ewells Hollow is
quite ill.,
L. c. DeMerritt of Monroe has taken a
big Job of lumber to cut for John Rice Of
Danvile, on what is known as the Green
banks lot He moved his goods and
family there last week. s-
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Graham and two
children, who have been visiting in Wal
den, returned to Peacham, Friday.
George Sanborn will move to West
Danvlle soon, where. he will look after
the interest of his pulp cutting.
B. U. Wells, the West Danville mer.
chant, advertises another big cash sale
beginning Wednesday. Sept. 15, and
lasting 80 days. Hundreds of dollars
worth of underwear, both summer and
winter, will be sold at less than whole
sale prices. Best Salt Pork, IL cents
Best Salt Salmon, Z cents, 25 cent
packages Quaker Oats II cents, Eggs
80 cents. Write for circular.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15
GrauStark.

A play that points to moral and
makes life worth while is "Graustark,"
the dramatized. version of George Barr
McCutcheon's bewitching book, which is
to be the attraction at The Colonial,
Thursday, Sept. %. The moral that it
teaches is, there are no heights to which
a man with courage and perseverance
may not climb, and it's incentive to live
in its charming romance, that indescrib-
able something which makes all the
world love lover, and innoculates one
with feeling of divine bliss and aspira-
tions for higher ideals. Mr.. McCutch-
cons delightful story is enhanced by the
later day scenic effects that adds realism
and gives to the play an atmosphere of
the obscure European principally the
author had in mind. The throne-room
scene is spoken OF as a masterpiece of
theatrical mechanism, massively built
and gorgeously decorated to the point
of dazzling one. 1t is in this scene that
the most intensely dramatic portion OF
the play takes place, and it is said to be
sensational.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15

The w. CT. U. will meet at the chapel
Friday afternoon at 2.45.
Several went to Barton Fair from here
last week.
Rev. Mr.. Roberts from Monroe preach
ed here Sunday afternoon.
George Fuller from West Newton,
Mass, is spending few days with Sam
mic Richardson.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15
EAST BARNET.

G. Roy made his annual trip to New
York last week. His wife accompanied
him. Mrs. Mary Paddleford from ST.
Johnsbury stayed with Mrs. Roy's moth
er while she was away.
Jessie McGill went back to Barton,
Tuesday. where she has work in Hough-
ton & buttons store.
Mrs. Albert Ammell who is very sick
was taken to st. Johnsbury to the hospi-
tai, Saturday, to be cared for.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15

Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Fleming, and son,
of St. Johnsbury, visited at N. ]. Kings
bury's the first of the week.
Miss Stella Wilson was at home from
Peacham Academy over Sunday.
Prof and Mrs. Emurian have been
spending few days at George Kings
bury's. .s&f NJ. a.. .ys5. .f
lanes E. Conant of Boston has been
visiting his father, Lucius Conant.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15
PLANO AND ORGAN ruNlNo

Agent for Magic Piano Polish. Send pos
tai with your name and address for sample.
JOHN H. MOORE, st. Johnsbury. VT.
N e. Phone.
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See adv. on page for fall excursion to
New York.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15
WALDEN.

See adv. on page 8 for fall excursion to
New York.
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See adv. on page 8 for fall excursion to
New York.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15

Center. of which church Mr.. Hall was a
member will officiate. The interment
will be in the family lot at Lyndon Cen
ter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-16
How Do They Do TT

The published financial report of
the Commercial club of Lincoln dis
closes some interesting information
and prompts the question, How do they
do itP
In Lincoln a special fund is raised
to take are Of conventions and visit
ing delegations. and this fund for last
year footed up a total Of ~$7,079.S3, of
which $1,644.32 still remained in the
treasury at the end of the year, and Of
the amount spent from this fund
~S2,77S.35 went as secretary's salary
and travelling expenses, making the d.
rect money outlay for the entertain
ment OF fifteen conventions M meet
ings just about $4,000 in round hg-
ures. Here in Omaha $4,000 would
not take care of the entertainment ex-
pense Of more than three or four
small meetings, and much more than
that has been frequently spent on a
single convention.
II goes without saying that the same
organizations content themselves with
much less attention when in Lincoln
than in Omaha. The biggest item In
the Lincoln list Of entertainment dis
bursements is that OF $3.50 for the Ne
braska Teachers association, and the
next, S52s for the meetings Of the diff
ferent organized agricultural societies.
The next biggest item is $500 for the
Nebraska Bankers convention, and
nothing else required TO exceed $3.50.
OF course, the work OF the Commercial
club in Lincoln, as here OF our con
vention bureau, may be. and doubtless
is, supplemented by hospitality ex-
tended by individuals, firms and other
clubs and associations. And in Lin
coin. too. the State university and
state institutions furnish a meeting
place without expense.
But. allowing for all that, the Lin
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-16
Smoke Crusades and Coal Economy

Out OF the various crusades now I'M
der way in American cities to lessen
the smoke nuisance may come a par
tlal solution Of the fuel problem.
Necessarily the chimney belching forth
dense volumes OF smoke represents a
waste, but how definite a waste it re-
manned for the United States geolog-
ical survey to demonstrate. Its expert
mental station at PittsbuTg seems to
have solved the problem OF consuming
the cheapest sort Of refuse coal with a
maximum Of heat and a minimum OF
smoke. The surye experimenters
make no prodigious promises, but
guarantee that by their process of
combustion domestic u may
save 5 per cent Of their coal bills and
Industrial consumers 10 per cent.
Inasmuch as the secret OF the sur
vey's success has come through thk use
of mechanical stokers. which ard an
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-16
POLITICAL DRIFT.

Congressman Charles u. Townsend Is
pushing his candidacy for United states
senator in Michigan to succeed Senator
Burrows.
Since the compromise on the streets rail-
way war In Cleveland, It is even money
that Tom Johnson viii be elected mayor
for the fifth time.
Philadelphia rivals New York in quantity
Of the political mud on tap, but the quaker
city Is wise enough not to make brass
band flourishes about II.
Tom Taggar proposes Governor Marshall
Of Indiana for the democratic presidential
nomina lion in 1912. He forecasts the race
as Marshall first, Governor Harmon sec
ond and Bryan unplaced.
There has been an effort to bring out
Lieutenant General Macarthur, retired
now a resident Of Wisconsin, as a candi-
date to succeed Senator La Toilette OF
that state. So far General Macarthur
has not given his consent to such a plan
The three constitutional amendments to
be voted on i'm Rhode Island include ont
which would confer the veto power upon
the governor and, while General Brayton
has not singled It out for special con
%demnatlon, he would rejoice to see it de-
feated.
James Hamilton Lewis, who wants to
be the next mayor of Chicago, has had
a varied career In politics. Southerner
by birth and education, he emoved to
the state of Washington in 1856 and In
1892 was a candidate for governor. He
served one term in congress and was an
unsuccessful candidate for the senate. In
1900 he was a candidate for the vice
presidential nomination before the demo-
cratic convention at Kansas City. Since
1902 Mr.. Lewis has resided In Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-16

poisoning gives us a power over the disease,
which thus loses its terrors. This knowl-
edge makes safe prophylaxis possible.
Everyone can now protect himself against
an attack Of fatal illness, even when inteo-
ton with cholera bacilli has already taken
place. II Is only necessary to esohew nitro
genous vegetables, cucumbers, radishes'
turnlps. potatoes, etc. as well as sausages'
hams, and cured meat containing ssltpetre'
and carefully to avoid heterogeneous drinking
water. The treatment Of cholera, too, can
be nationally and effectively developed on
the ground Of this new knowledge, so that
we can expect from this. at any rate a
dlmlnution of the mortality"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-16
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.
Importance of Decision of Federal
Judge I'm Indiana.

AdHSdS Clly SIdTs
wholesomeness in public life will be fur
thered by the decision of the federal court
in the indianapolis News case. The govern
ment was proposing to remove the owners
of the News TO Washington to stand trial
for criticisms Of Panama canal procedure.
In his decision refusing the governments
request Judge Anderson held that much
latitude should be allowed in newspaper
discussion of public questions and that
the newspaper should not be compelled to
defend itself at a distance from the place
of publication,
Both points are reasonable and OF prime
Importance to the public. Newspapers, OF
course, might readily enough refrain from
discussing public questions or criticising
public officIals-an outcome devoutly de-
sired by seekers Of special privileges. But
the nation and every community in It is
vitality Interested in preserving the right
of free discussion.
1t would be possible for an unscrupu-
lous administration to suppress criticism
by forcing newspaper editors to go to
trial In Washington for alleged libel, in
stead Of at the place of publication. Such
procedure would involve heavy expense to
the newspaper concerned and might re-
suit in virtual immunity to the officials
Of the government.
Liberty of the press--an idea for which
the founders OF this government con-
tended strenuously-has lost none Of its
Importance in a country overrun by big
interests asking for something for nothing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-16
THE T0QUE's THE THING.
New York World.

New York World.
Farewell to the Merry Widow lid
That stretched from shore to shore,
Goodby to the huge peach basket hat
That looked like a grocery store:
Prolific tropics they've ceased 10 be
For the merry quip and joque,
And in place Of their outrageous shapes
Is the twisted. turbaned toque.
The change Dame Fashion has decreed
Is hailed both near and far
Az a boon to man, especially him
Who rides IN a bus or car:
But what will the comic artist DO
When he feels inclined to poque
A little fun at woman's hat
And finds II Is only a tOque.
There's one best bet on this fashion thing.
In the change that has taken place
A man won't have TO stand on his head
To look at a Woman's face;
And he won't hav to be a Sherlock Holmes
To know who II was that spoque
As she passed him minus her old disguise
Bedecked in a brimless toque.
But Hubby and Pa, where do they come In?
Wnl they weep or smile or rejoice
When they note the price of the sweet
little thing
In the milliner's long invoice2
VIII II make their henrts or their pockets
light,
Or will they have to go 'broque?
In hats does the penalty ut the crime?
Will the bill shrink in size like the toque?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-16
Exploiting Alaskan Resources.

It is evident that President Taft's
declarations concerning the fut Ire Of
Alaska have stimulated the waiting in
terests to action hat shall the sooner
people the territory and demonstrate
it's readiness for self-government, for
various Of the suspended operations in
that country are now reported as taxi
ing on a new lease of life. Conspicu-
GUS among these is the Alaska Central
railroad, which, now that It has fallen
into the control of the Morgan inter-
ests, will doubtless be completed forth
with into the Tanana country, with a
view to the opening up Of the re-
sources of a wide area and the ex-
ploitation of the Matanuska coal
fields.
1t has long been believed that the
success Of the read was dependent
upon the ultimate development Of the
coal and the assurance of
the Morgan people that many millions
are TO be expended in Alaska is taken
by the people of the northwest to mean
that the town Of Seward is to have a
great smelter and become a center of
activity for the Tanana country and
that It will become the shipping point
for the Matanuska coal deposits, for
which the northwest has long 9een a
waiting market.
The practical entrance Of the Nor
gan millions into Alaska cannot but
give a great impetus to a variety of
interests which have long sought to
enlist the service of the prodigious
capital necessary to conquer the natu-
raj obstacles between source Of supply
and practicable shipping points.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-16
OLD AGE
Throwing a Scare Among Retired
Army Officers.
WasbIp1top Poet

Washington Post.
The great number of deaths among re-
tired army and navy officers recently is
stirring official circles to an inquiry as
to the cause. The belief Is growing that
the enforced ldleness of the old veterans
FASTENED their end. Cases are cited where
these men have retired at the age OF 80
or GA hale and hearty, and apparently good
for twenty years more OF life. Yet In four
or six years they have dropped off. It APP
pears that the average life OF these Off
GERS after retirement is six years.
Yet army and nav officers are we'll
prepared to pass with ease the allotted
three score years and ten. Theirs has been
the freedom of the plains and the open
sea, with plenty Of exercise and that abb
sence OF luxury that undermines the ply
sique. They are grizzled and hearty when
they retire and could furnish a merry
tussle for many a younger man following
the career OF a civilian.
But the retired officer has absolutely
nothing to do. After an active life OF forty
years in service, he is shelved at an age
when he Is beyond the taking up Of the
duties which the civilian callings offer. He
is settled at home on his retired pay, and
there finds nothing to do other than
twiddle his thumbs. This occupation is a
poor climax for an active life. 1t has many
OF the mental and physical Disadvantages
that are faced by prisoners who are con-
fined in idleness. The mind at best is likely
TO turn inward and dwell upon ailments,
real and imagined, until the health suffers
as a consequence The absence OF the ac-
tive duties OF mind and body that have
filled ali the days Of a lifetime weighs
heavily upon the old warrior,
A physician in a western town recently
made the statement that the retired farmer
died within three years on an average.
These brawny sons Of toll are making
their fortunes out west by the score and
retiring at the age OF 80 or Whereabouts.
The lives they have led in the open fields
have given them constitutions that are
capable Of w~ithstanding almost any hard
ship. But with their money invested in
mortgages and a sufficient income to sup
port their families in ease and luxury for
the remainder OF their lives, these men
pine away and die. They have been ac-
customed to other things and their
physiQues demand them. Their minds are
not healthy in idleness. As the unused
pillow rusts out when exposed to the
weather, so does the man OF activities lose
his vitality when left 20 stagnate in idle
ness
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-16

The controversy Of which Boston is
now the hub is not between Cook and
Peary factions, but between the reg
ulars' and insurgents" of the New
England Dahlis society. What they
are fighting about no one at this dis
lance may discern, but the air at
Bunker Hill is thick with petals, and
the noise Of p~roiectile bulbs sounds
like the rattle of musketry at Concord
and Lexington. New England's war
Of the Dahlias bids fair to become as
celebrated in the annals Of hortlcul-
ture as the Wal of the Roses in the
history Of nations.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-16

expensive equipment except for large
consumers, It Is evident hat household
chimneys will continue to smoke so
long as the householder is in a posi-
tion to buy coal. But upon those in
control Of large and progressive plants
this lesson Of fuel-saving is not likely
TO be entirely wasted.