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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-05
The New England May Queen.
With apologies to the memory of Lord
TennySOn.
Written for the CALIFORNIAN.

Written for the CALRDoNIAN1
You must wake and call me early, call ME
early, mother dear,
For tomorrow'll be the coolest day of all the
glad New Year;
OF all the glad New Year, m other. the coolest
wettest day;
For I'm to be Queen of the MAY, mother I'm
to be Queen of the May
Then go get out me mittens and me over
shoes so warm,
Get out me old fur muller to protect me from
rain coat will come handy, so the weather
bureaus say,
But I'm to be Queen of the May. mother, I'm
to be Queen of the May.
How nice I'll look as l stand there a-shiver-
ing on the green
I'll have to blow my nose and sneeze while
being crowned the Queen;
The cold that's in my head, mother NV
nose so red and gay
Its end so bright like a beacon light to cheer
the first of May
They've built the throne upon some ice along
the meadows rim,
hope to goodness gracious it wont break
and let us in
'Twould dampen all their ardor and fear
they would not stay
To crown me Queen of the May, mother to
crown me Queen of the May.
My hands will be all purple and my lips will
be all blue
And Greenland's icy mountains will send
down breeze or two
But III take Jamaica Ginger, and smile as
people say
Shes the Queen of the NJ ay, " mother, She's
the Queen of the May"
With purple hands and lips all blue and nose
vermilon red
How fair III look, all gowned in white with
flowers on my head!
The lads will hover round me, they'll come
from far away
For I'll be Queen of the May mother I'll be
Queen of the May
Wen dance around the May pole through.
mud ana sluSh and rain
Wen gather in bushel pneumonia germs
and pain;
And if We're alive year from now, we'll not
forget the day
When was Queen of the May mother, when
was Queen OF the May.
Then go hunt up me hannels and me chest
protector. dear.
For tomorrow'll be the coolest day OF all the
glad New Year.
OF all the glad New Year. mother, the damp
est, bleakest day
And I'm to be Queen of the May, mother. I'm
to be Queen of the May.
JENNIE Cross TRULL.
Me-, May /, 1909.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-05
Pastor Called to the Baptist Church.

AT a meeting of the Baptist church
Monday evening a unanimous call was
extended Rev. Frank S. Tolman, now
pastor OF the Baptist church at West
Rutland, to become the pastor of the St.
yohnsbury church and the people of the
latter church are very desirous that he
will accept the call Mr.. Tolman has
been here this week looking the field over
and will reply to the call at an early
date.
MIR. Tolman was we'll educated for the
ministry, having studied at the Newton
Classical School and the Newton Theo.
logical Seminary. Later he took a grad
uate course at Prospect Union, which is
associated with Harvard University. and
a private course under a Jewish rabbi;
He has also taken course Of study in
the College Of Physicians and Surgeons
in New York. He began his ministry in
Ware, n. H., where he remained tvn
years. He has been at West Rutland
three Years, and is actively Interested in
Sunday School work as well as a vr,t,r
of note. '''
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-05
ST. JOHNSBURY CENTER.

Miss Maud Berry and Mrs. A. B. Col
bath were chosen delegates to the coun
tv convention of Christian Endeavol
which will be held at Lyndon Center
May 18th.
Miss Helen Hartman, who has beer
boarding at Mrs. Mary Hallett's, has re
turned to her home.
Mrs. Delos Bacon was in Lebanon, n
H., last week, called there by the illness
of her granddaughter.
Mrs Mary Hallett, who has been Wis
iting at Bradford, has returned home.
Mrs. NJ. D. Park has just got in her
new spring hats.
Mrs. Homer Rice and children, who
have been visiting at Mr. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Hallett's, have returned to their
home at St. Johnsbury.
Mrs. Hubbard and Miss Grace Lane of
Lyndonville, were the guests of Mrs. M.
D. Park on Saturday.
Mr.. Flower and two daughters, Mari
on and Ida of Lyndonville have been Wis
iting at Mrs. Albert Evans.
Mrs Foster Stevens, who has been at
Brightlook hospital for some time, was
able to return home on Saturday.
Edmund Beauregard, who has been
renting Mr.. Wheeler's house, has moved
back to the farm. Mrs. Harvey will
move into the Wheeler house.
Mr.. and Mrs Dean of St. Johnsbury
have been visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Irving Hall.
The monthly business meeting of the
Christian Endeavor will be held Wedues-
day evening after the prayer meeting.
Mrs. Rachael Cole of Littleton has been
visiting at Mrs. Eliza Aliens.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Lougee, who were
called to Lunenburg last week on &C.
count of the death of Nelson Dodge, have
returned home.
Mrs. Emily Davis of St. Johnsbury
spent Saturday with Mrs. Smith Emer-
son.
A reissue of pension has been allowed
to Edwin E. Simpson, at the rate of $12
per month from April 10.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-05
Union School Notes.

Supt. Corwin F. Palmer will give an
illustrated lecture on Camping in the
Yellowstone" at the Museum, Monday
evening next, at 8 O'clock. Admission
25 cents. The proceeds of the lecture
VIII be used toward the expenses of the
9th grade pupils on their trip to Boston,
which occurs May 10 to is. Bv pur-
chasing tickets, all interested in this trip
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-05
Johnson.

Edgar Johnson, father of Howard L.
Johnson of this place, died at his home at
LennoXville, p. g., last week Monday
morning alter long and painful illness
of three months. He leaves a wife and
five sons; Robert and Henry of Water
vile, Frank of Cornwall, Ontario,
Ernest of Lennoxvile. and Howard l..
The funeral was held Wednesday in St.
Georges church, with interinent at
iluntingyille, P.Q. Mr.. Johnson was
born in London, England, and came to
this country when a young man.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-05
Bundy & Woods.
As Main Street.
A Statement in Relation to
Malt Cream Bread.
As Main Street.

There is in circulation a statement that we use
alum in our bread, and we take this opportunity to
deny and repudate that statement totally There has
never been particle of alum used in bread and
we have never had any in factory. St. Johnsbury
Malt Cream Bread has been extensively used for
number of years and enjoys the reputation of being
second to none. The reason for this is that nothing
but the best materials are used. No. Malt Extract
full cream mlk-tested, sterilized and condensed al
lowing chance for any old sour milk flavor in the
bread-the best and whitest flour made which is all
resfted to insure against any foreign substance that
is liable to get into it, and nothing but the purest
shortening, used Our factory supplied with the
latest appliances for making bread, and is conducted
by workmen of long and successful experience
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-05

A mighty mass meeting Of the merry
masters of mirth and melody will be held
at New Music Hall Friday evening. Cur
tain at 8. Is sharp.
Seats are selling rapidly and every
thing points to big house tor the above
show on Friday evening. 1t is by far
the biggest and best thing of the kind
ever seen here. tyou miss it you miss
the laugh of a life time.
The program follows:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-05
RECENT DEATHS.
Bangs.

The death OfGeorge W. Bangs ofLisbon,
at the home of his niece, Miss Annie B.
Daniels, on Thursday evening, came very
suddenly and was great shock to his
family and friends. He came here with
Mrs. Bangs on Monday. on one of his
business trips, and was i'll only about IS
hours before his death. He had been
suffering from the grip recently. and had
not fully recovered his strength, but
his death was due to neuralgia of the
heart. Mr.. Bangs was born ia Danville,
Quebec, May 1, 1910. He learned the
trade OF carriage maker and later moved
to Stanstead where he continued in the
carriage business for 25 years. He came
to St. Johnsbury in December, 1884,
where he was employed for 13 years in
the pattern office of E. & T. Fairbanks
q Co. As his health was failing the
physicians advised a change, and he
went to Lynn, Mass, in 1897 where he
continued the pattern makers work. A
change of climate again seemed best and
in 1904 he moved to Lisbon, n H.,
where he began the manufacture of ex-
tracts and sold his own products over a
considerable portion of the country, doing
a large business with the mountain
houses. In March 1868 he married Miss
Rachael A. Edwards of Danville, Que,
and to them three sons were born:
George T., who died in 1876, and who is
buried at Derby Line; Arthur E.,
successful matchmaker and jeweler at
Lynn. Mass, and Fred W., druggist at
Lisbon, N. H. Both of the sons and
Mrs. Bangs brother, Chester c. Edwards
If Peacham, were called here by his
leath. Mr.. Bangs was a member of the
ADVENT Christian church at Lynn, and
vas an active church worker and a
tightly esteemed citizen wherever helived
lie was actively engaged in the effort
which is being made TO establish an Adj
ent Christian church in Lisbon, and his
cath comes as a great blow to those
Who are interested in the movement. He
ften led the services when there was no {
aston present, and gave very literally,
9th of his time and money, for the adj
of the church work He was
member of Caledonia Lodge, No. 6, l.
. o. F., of this place and had passed
trough all the chairs. The funeral
as held at Miss Daniels home Sunday
'ternoon, Rev. George A. Gardner of
oncord, N. H., officiating, and the body
as taken to Derby Line, Monday for
terment. The bearers were o. H.
anderson, Edward Shaw, J. S. San A
)rn, and ohm Beck, all Past Grands of
lie |. 0. o. F.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-05
Coleman,

John James Coleman died Tuesday of
tuberculosis at the home of his sister,
Mrs. William F. WEIGH. He was taken
sick in December 1907, and has been in
poor health ever since though at times
he seemed quite well. He was in the
hospital five months but at the last was
in bed only from Thursday to Monday.
He was born in Danville, Feb 90, 1871,
to Daniel and Bridget Coleman. He
lived in Danvile as a boy and in early
manhood went to Boston where he
worked for year and a half on the
railroad. He came to St. Johnsbury o
years ago and went into the meat
business with his brother-in-law, w. F.
WEIGH. -Four years later. he and his
brother, Michael, formed a partnership
in the same business under the name
Coleman Bros They sold out in July,
1907. Mr.. Coleman is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. W, F. WEIGH of St. ohns-
bury, and Mrs. Kate Slack of Pasadena,
Cal, and one brother, Michael Coleman.
The funeral will be held at St. Alovsius
church Thursday morning at o'clock
Sheridan Council, Knights of Columbus,
of which Mr.. Coleman was a past grand
knight will attend in a body.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-05
HOughtOn,

Word has been received of the death at
her home in Brookline, Mass, of Mabel
Elizabeth Houghton, which occurred
Monday, May third, at noon. Just
year ago it became known that Miss
Houghton was victim of an incurable
disease, No effort was spared to stay
its progress, but despite her brave fight
and the physicians skill the end was not
long DELAYED She was the daughter of
the late Dr. Milo G. and Rosetta Sar-
geant Houghton, and was born in st.
Johnsbury, Dec. II, 1865. When she
was ten years old her family moved to
Boston and about fifteen years ago to
Brookline. She was educated in the
public schools of Boston, and was EN-
ployed for a time in the Womans Home
Missionary Association in that city.
But she was essentially home keeper.
Her unusually social nature, friendly
bearing and hospitable intent made for
her an widening circle of friends.
She was very fond of children and when
she was able was active in the Sunday
school work of Harvard church, of which
she was member. She served for sew
eral years in various offices in the
Daughters of Vermont. Three brothers
survive her, Pliny d., Julius H., and DR..
N. H. Houghton, all of Brookline. The
service is held today at two
o clock at her home and the burial will
be in Forest Hills Cemetery.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-05

will be helping the boys and girls, as
well as having an opportunity to hear
an interesting lecture.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-02

to his diet and habits, he was q physi.
cal wonder and lived on until he was
/ 1903. Obedience to the laws of ones
being tells for longevity. Indulgence
! in excuses of airy kind shorten life.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
When one looks straight at 1909, il
| looks like a good policy figure.
Whatever else may happen during
1909, let US hope that there will b'
no more earthquakes.
The American troops that sailed
| from Cuba yesterday do not regard
Friday as an unlucky day.
Carrying out the unwritten law APP
pears to the rich families to be about
the most expensive thing under the
sun.
( It is claimed in Massachusetts, that
the constant labor troubles there are
driving manufacturing from that
state.
Happy thought for today: Let us
D lOLIIl a MI W III AAct1ll VI CIV q y
speaking in the highest terms of ouI
town.
A Kansas man has bought 1900
acres of Texas land for s23O,O00, and
he expects to make it pay him hand
somely.
Pittsburg's first families advertise
Q
pears to be no need for souvenir pos
tai cards.
If It does cost the American naval
fleet $4,000 to pass through the
Suez canal It is cheaper than it is
to 90 round.
II the purse could be made large
enough, it is more than probable that
Jesfries might be induced to try to
knock out Johnson.
The New York man who predicted
that the world would come to an end
today must be surprised to see it still
rolling in its course.
Those who watched the Old Year
out and the New Year in, say that
there was not discordant sound
when the change came.
It is expected that a million per-
sons will have visited the tuberculo-
sis show at New York when the time
comes to close the doors.
These almanac days give the first
six months of 1909 a very dry look
Monday closes them, and Monday
stands for December next.
The Boston judge who fined cul-
prit S. apiece for stolen chickens i'm
pressed the guilty party that a paid
for chicken dinner is cheaper.
The French court deserved the
thanks Of Princess de Sagan, for it
placed the count in the class where
she declared that he belonged
A Wall street steel safe has a pro-
lection of superheated steam to dis
courage burglars who would pene-
trate it and steal the contents.
Boston had 800 less marriages dur
ing 1908 than in 1907. and there are
10000 more women than men in the
old Bay state, still! That is good
matrimonial exploiting grounds.
II Wilbur Wright could get FROST
bitten in his airship IN less than two
hours, what might not have happened
TO Walter Wellman had he started
for the North pole in his airship.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-02
THE QUICK eRowINe TREEs

Ihose who are setting out trees for
money making will doubtless give at
tention to the hybrid hardwood trees
that Burbank has originated by cross
Ing, and also to the eucalyptus tree
which Is so highly recommended bv
the forestry association of southern
California.
Attention is being called 10 the fact
that Californians can harvest ten to
fifteen crops Of hardwood while the
man in eastern states can only har-
vest one from his wood lot Besides
that, the Californian viii have con-
tinual regroUths from his grove for
ever, because the trees sprout rapidly
from the old stumps after each cut
ting and keep on doing SO for harvest
after harvest for many generations.
This is a pretty good showing for
that state, and the country may vet
have to look that way for its best
hard woods as well as for its best
fruits.
In reforestation, which. by the way.
is going slow in this part Of the coun-
try, there must be attention given to
rapid growth with the minimum Of
care.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-02
From the Consular Reports.

The university of Breslau, Germany,
has made a contract with an acci-
dent insurance company to insure its
students. All students of mathemat-
les. astronomy, botany. zoology, min
eralogy and geology must pay a fee
of So cents each semester and be in
sured against accident occurring in
the line of duty. Firemen and ma
chinists and employees of the clinic
are also included. The policy lapses
so soon as the holders connection with
the university is severed.
There has been secured by a New
York state pulp company an option on
100000 cords of sunken pine piling
now lying submerged in the Rideau
river and lakes, back of Kingston,
Ont, Canada. The piling was sunk
about eighty years ago when the Ri
deau river was center of cemmer-
cial activity. The uiling will be con-
verted by a chemical process into the
finest grades Of stationery
Magdeburg, Germany, has bought
from an inventor sand-strewing
wagon, built on the lines OF a water
wagon, TO be used for strewing frozen
streets with a coating of sand. The
scheme is unusually effective on as
phalt streets, where horses have a
hard time to maintain footing in cold
weather a
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-02
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.


IT'S one of the habits Of CC11ecti-
cut 1rCverbially the land OF tssdy
habits-to choose her United states
senators for herself. That is pre-
eminently her own business. and not
at all the business of a senatorial cabal
at Washington that lies awake nights
to hate Theodore Roosevelt and work
ed overtime last winter and spring to
prevent the nomination Of William
Howard Taft. Hartford COurant.
OF course the author Of this epi-
grammatic paragraph is our good
friend and the states political adviser
Charles Napkins Clark Read 1t again,
and in fancy you can see him in an
attitude Of deep solemnity, his right
arm extended and his forefnger point
ed at mixed audience as he utters
that penetrat ting threat "beware!" He
opposes any interference from the
washington folks in the senatorial
controversy and after delivering his
ultimatum he sends the Office boy for
his hat and goes away in silence. But
where? The Brandegeeltes are on his
track and they trail him to Augusta,
Ca. where he lays his troubles at the
ponderous feet of his old college
chum. Bill Taft. with an earnest ap-
peal not to step on them. But Bill
needs him not.-New Britain Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-02
Leading Candidates.

In a few days it will be Governor
Lilley in fact and the legislature Will
be with us, too, for a season. This re-
gion is particularly interested this time
because it has several candidates for
important offices. 1t seems a safe
prediction that Judge Malone of Bris-
tol viii be the next speaker Of the
house. Rev. DR.. G)Odenough may
also be chaplain Of the senate, and &c
is a good guess that J. Olin Howe Of
Waterbury viii be assistant clerk OF
the house. He certainly win if the
members are QUILTED with the judg-
ment and discernment we believe them
to be. OF all the candidate men
toned Mr.. Howe is the best qualified
because of familiarity with the duties
of the Office and a natural aptitude for
the work He has done first class
newspaper work during legislative ses-
sions and has thus gained practical eX-
perience and q wide acquaintance with
men and affairs. In addition he is
mentally quick and alert, and person
ally agreeable and courteous. He has
the cordial support Of Governor Wood
ruff and many other party leaders and
members Of the house.-The Bristol
Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-02

Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman has
said. "A married woman is a slave
not WIFE so many times that we
begin to suspect she takes it quite Sc
rtously. The women do not seem to
mind, however; they keep entering
into slavery just as if Mrs. Gilman
mad never warned them about it, and
continue to feel sorry for all Of their
sex who fail to become slaves.
Perhaps it is because rhetoricians
like Mrs. Gilman have worn the edges
off the word slave" Who is not
called a slave? The suffragists and
suHragettes agree on nothing but that
all women without the ballot. includ-
ing even Mrs. Gilman's higher mar.
rled,' are slaves The socialists pro.
calm from every street corner that
all mankind except the rich capital
lists are slave. The moralists say that
the rich capitalists are slaves. Slaves
of wealth. The critics declare that
the preachers and moralists are slaves
slaves of creeds.
Who is not the slave OF some con-
vention which he values more than
his own soul, the slave Of some habit
winch IS an intellectual or moral labor
saving device essential to his peace
and comfort, the slave of some instf-
tuition, some custom, home belief or
some idea? Almost everybody in com
Portable circumstances is a slave of
some kind or has been called one BY
some slave of the hortatory tempera-
ment. You cannot use q word like
this and expect it to retain the poign-
ancy Of its original significance
slave will soon come to mean any
one too comfortably circumstanced to
be aroused by the clamorous voice of
agitation. and Slavery" will be syn
onymous with plethoric lethargy. Any
body might be willing to exchange his
slavery for the slavery Of Andrew Car
negie or John D. Rockefeller. but to
exchange the comforts Of slavery for
the arduous abnegation Of freedom
hardlyi
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-02

On the demise Of the late Alexander
Troup, editor Of the New Haven Union
the family Of te deceased commits
stoned the Burelle Press Clipping Blu
reau in New York to compile a memo
rial volume as an historical reference
The volume was to contain all that the
newspapers printed concerning the life
and career Of the deceased.
The memorial has been completed
and has just been delivered to the fam
lily. Every newspaper in America thai
printed items concerning the deceased
is represented, prominent position
being given to The Bulletin.
The memorial Is ten by twelve inches
in size, the leaves are of Irish liner
paper with a black border, and the
binding is OF black seal, lettered in
gold. The work in its entirety is look
ed upon as an historical record that
should be preserved for all time.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-02
Dignity Is What ne Use To
Conceal Our Ignorance"

is Ebert Hubpard's definition OF the
word dignity.
Unquestionably Ebert Is correct,
and every thinking person will agree
with him.
Think Of the people with dignity
and count those having 1t naturally
He who has 1t naturally. combined with
ability. is great success In life
Those with assumed dignity are-well.
they are understood and discounted
by the public
We've no dignity. natural or as
sumed, and II its use was attempted
by US the public would discount II.
Let the public estimate us correctly;
give US credit for a thorough knowl-
edge Of the photograph business; for
doing work at reasonable prices.
Years of experience In this business
exclusively entities us u II.
LAIGHTON Bros,
Photographers Main Street
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al g2cd
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-02
EXECUTIVE CLEMENcY.

Governor Hadley of Missouri not
only thinks that criminals are treated
with too much leniency, but gives no
tice that so long as he is governor
only those who are innocent Of the
crimes for which they have 'been con-
victed viii receive executive clemen-
cy from him.
Governor Hadley does not believe in
the jury that convicts man Of a
capital crime and then commends him
TO the mercy of the court for the pur-
pose of evading responsibility for his
execution or life Imprisonment. He
says that juries in Missouri who do
not want men hanged should not find
them guilty, for he will not interfere
with the execution Of the law
The governor is all right. He thinks
that it is the duty of the courts to
settle criminal affairs, and no part of
the duty of a governor to make in
effective the finding of the courts.
It is a pity that all governors do
not see this in the same light.