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stage of the lure. You will be wandering about in
the automobile belt afternoon, and you will see
Jones going by in.an automobile and he will ask you
to take ride. He tells you it is his machine, and
spends the rest of the afternoon describing the Joys
of automobiling, if you knew nothing about it.
Jones has not had suit of clothes since he had
automobile, and he has bill the butchers and
the grocers that is making both of these men worry
but you don't know that and you do know that you
earning just much as if little money
than Jones is. You ask all the questions you can
about the cost of maintenance repairs and the other
expenses, and Jones' acting the principle that
misery loves company, lies like scholar and
gentleman, and You can make mental calculation
show that it is quite possible for you have an
automobile.
Now who do you think has got an automobiles"
you will say when you burst into your home that
evening. Your wife might guess that it is Rookie
feller or Morgan, but you give her chance
Jonesl Now, what do you think of that?' you
will continue. Il wish some one would tell me how
Jones can afford automobile l make more money
than he does and don't pay any more if much
rent Wel all | can to it is that he has an eco
nomical wife"
You glare at your wife when you say that and
try to make her feel that the only reason you have
not one of those fine French cars that cost $4,000
is that you gave her 81 last week to buy a new hat
She does not seem to take the point of view for some
reason and begins to talk it over with you.
Il never liked Mrs. Jones very WE'LL" she will say
"She is a catty thing, but ! think l will go over
and see her. No, | won't. I will not let her ploat
over me because we have not got machine not for
the world. She is lucky to have a husband who
saves his money and buy an automobile so she
have good time"
Save his money, does he? My dear woman
have known Jones ten years, and any time he had
one dollar rubbing against another it made him so
nervous that he would go right out and spend both
of them. Jones never saved any money | might
think he had the money left to him. but know that
his relatives are SO poor thaN if they all died he
would not get enough to buy bicycle"
You don't think he stole that automobile do
your" she will ask in kind of way that suggests
she might overlook the fault OF man who stole an
automobile
No, don't suppose he stole it, but do think he
is four flushing with that machine and probably
owesfa lot on it. You buy them on the install
ment plan by paying little down, and | would get
one tomorrow if it not for the fact that we
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front gate. But the big bays temper was up He
had been nsuted by the application of the whip. and
while he was very careful about where he went and
gave Gridley and the girl to understand that he did
not mean to break their necks he also careful
let them know that he intended to keep right on
going till he got ready to STOP and they might as
well make the best of it He carried them right past
the parsonage and never let up trottng at his dead
level gait till he reached the hotel then he turned
the driveway and stopped in front of the porch as
unconcernedly as if that was where Gridley had
headed him for at the start
"Grdley was hopping mad. He wanted to thrash
the big bay and then hire another horse that was not
prejudiced against nlatrimony and go back to the
parsonage and get married after ALL But the girl
wouldn't do 1t. She inclined to be superstitious
and she argued that fate had directed the maneuvers
and that the bay horse had been inspired by provi-
dence to break off the proposed marriage Gridley
didn't~agree with her. He gave the devil credit for
the performance rather than the opposing power but
the girl was set in her opinion and wouldn't give in
so they never got married Afterward Gridley must
have learned something make him thank his lucky
stars that the girl stuck her decision for>e pur
chased the old bay horse as sign OF gratitude and
has kept him in clover since"
The men looked at Gridley's horse with increased
interest.
Well WELL" said one. Il wonder who the woman
was"
Her Gwendoline Beryl McGrifin..
The rest of the party smiled, except the enthus
astic husband, who looked as if he had received A
jolt that shook him from his head to his heels.
Wonderful old naglv remarked the man stand;ng
next to him.
There was almost demoniac expression in the
eyes OF the husband he glared at C1ridlev's horse
and actually hissed:
The miserr''e old skate should be shotr'
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express doubt about the ability to make the pay
ments they right there with the encourag agng
talk. They give you figures the cost at the
garage, the repairs and all the incidentals.
ut is just this way, old man., they will tell you.
when man keeps chauffeur he is bound to have
"a large repair bill The chauf gets his little per-
centage on the bills at the garage, and then there
are joy rides that will PUT any automobile the
blink. Now, you are natural born machinist and a
chauffeur would be in your way. We will give you
enough lessons that you the machine just
as we'll l can and if anything gets wrong just call
up and will fix it for you, that is, unless it is
fault of yours, and then will that the
repairs put in at actual cost
Perhaps that is a coarse line of talk, and again
perhaps it is Between that agent and your wife
you hypnotze yourself into the belief that there will
be difficulty in paying for that automobile, and,
what is more, you will make that old tub of Jones
look like broken down truck
You get the automobile, also you contract to pay
lot of notes, the expiration of each 80 days
You victim of the lure, and while you knew six
months two years ago, whenever the lure
started, that the automobile rich mans toy
you now just firmly convinced that ii is
necessity for poor man, that it will pay for itself
in the renewed health of your family. You will
have to keep talking that way ali of the time to
you are going to have misgivings every time
you look at the duplicates of the notes you have
signed.
Does any one think this is overdrawn' Every man
think of a half dozen men he knows who
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promised Gridley that while he was away a come
UP and see the old nag week, but I've been
careless and this is my first visit Grdley has his
reasons for liking the ugly old sinner. It's funny
story
1t happened three years ago when he was court
ing some girl up in the country somewhere He never
told the exact locality and never asked, but it
doesn't matter. Anyway he and the girl were pretty
sweet each other, and one evening when they
were out driving they made up their minds to get
married. They were then several miles from the
hotel where the party staying About half way
between the village and the point in the road where
they happened TO be when the matrimonial notion
struck them parsonage occupied by young
Baptist preacher. They decided to stop there on
their way back to The hotel and get hm<to perform
the ceremony.
They were in hired rig The horse big,
Ions tailed bay that was noted for his peaceful dis
position. woman could drive him. That the
reason. Gridley always took him. Grdley said he
knew no more about handling horses than woman,
when he went out for exercise he asked for that
horse because he was so gentle Although Gridley
and the big bay had been several jaunts together,
they had never got very we'll acquainted, SO when
Gridley in his anxiety to reach the parsonage in
good time on that particular evening, touched the
whip lightly to the old bays back the bay resented
the familiarity. He quickened his pace, which was
what Gridley wanted him to do but he quckened it
too much for comfort and safety He did actually
run away; he Just cantered along at lively gait,
and no amount of whoaing and jerking at the reins
could induce him to slow up bit.
BY and by they drew near the parsonage. Gridley
saw a light moving from window to window on the
ground floor That showed him that the preacher
was getting ready to shut up shop for the night He
sawed on the lines with all his might SO as to pull
the bay to dead stop by the time they reached the
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have not been able to enough to make the pay
ments and the maintenance and repairs If there
only something could econonize on!
You seeking little encouragement, and
your wife has become inocuated with the virus
that she is feeling the lure just as much you
She is brave little encourager but she doesn't want
to make it so strong that you will blame her if the
thing goes wrong.
WISDOM OF THE WIFE
I'VE can't economic on rent" she. will say, be
cause we are paying less than any one else be-
cause we have lived here so long. | don't think we
can cut down our household bills much, although
| will try. We could the money pay every
year TO go the mountains for vacation and could
spend our time riding around, and ! would try hard
to get along without any clothes this fall. We
would not want to go to the theater if we had an
automobile to ride in during the lovely fall even
ings."
You decide that you can also get along without
any new clothes next winter and there are few
hundred dollars IN the bank that you had saved for
the time you would be i'll and could not work. You
have added to it since you first felt the lure of the
automobile, and there is enough to make payment
on one of the cheaper automobiles and you know
that you will be able to work enough harder SO YOU
can keep the payments up.
Then come week days OF pure JOY. Every
evening you and your wife have demonstration. At
the salesrooms they know your face as that of man
who has had yen for long time, and don't for
get that those bright young men who sell automo-
biles know Just how your mind has been working.
They have too many of those cases, and when you
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ii f who had been married only wear
was holding forth the superhuman virtues
of his wife. She scorned face powder, she
disdained the aid of rats and puffs in dressing
her hair, she the incarnation of housewifely ac-
spouse laid particular stress upon this-hcr maiden
days had been free from the most innocent firta-
tions
The cynic among the listeners, secretively speak
ing the side of his mouth remarked to the ner-
bachelors When you hear man talk that
way he is usually trying to convince himself of what
he says, he is just making the best of lemon
marital situation, hoping some one will repeat his
honeyed hot air to Mrs Lemon
The nervous bachelor smiled inscrutabiy and then
with what appeared to be sudden irrelcvance said
loud, extending general invitation:
Let's go up and see Gridley's horse
Nobody particularly wanted TO see Gridleys horse,
but everybody did want to get away from the full
praise of the disagreeably perfect WIFE, so they
agreed TO the proposition. As matter of courtesy
the adorng husband was invited to go along
The motor trip short, and in less than an hour
the party a1ighted at the entrance to the pasture
where Gridleys horse was rusticating for the sum-
mer He was dispirted looking beast, with a limp
ing gait that veterinarian had been able to cure
and rawness of bone that the most sumptuous fare
had not bcen able to with flesh With the ex-
ception of the nervous man who had proposed the
trip none of the men had ever seen Grdleys horse.
When they did see him all expressed surprise at his
ungainly appearance and at Gridleys we'll known
fondness for him.
Thinks the world Of him, does Gridley,' said the
nervous Nothing earth c>s e=Sxr in the way
Of equine comforts and luxuries is good for him.
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automobiles and he can't tell for the life of him how
they do it. 1t was only few days ago that
being sued for divorce, and the motion for
alimony before Judge Graham it that he
received salary of SIS a week and was the owner
of large automobile.
AT the end of the first month man with ordinary
luck will almost convince himself that he can afford
keep an automobile He is careful then and thereN
is little repair account Then he gets bolder'
and tries drive the machine up the side of
telegraph pole, and while that has been tried many
times has helped machine any by
doing it.
COST OF A SMASH
One good smash will cost man more than he
figured it would be necessary pay to keep
mobile year. There who have not had any
serious accidentsSwho have run up repair bill equal
to months salary and it is then that the lure of
the automobile works with the reverse English and
you will find nicely worded advertisement about
nice second hand machine, used only two months
for sale cheap
When person who not by any way OF figuring
it afford to purchase the cheapest kind OF
runabout has the lure he she becomes anarchist
and will about the insolence of wealth and
favor the equitable distribution of all the money in
the world, thinking that by this method they might
get the price of cheap machine after little That
condition of mind is less expensive than the one
where who not afford one thinks he can
and tries to maintain machine which has a repair
and garage account of 500 month on S125 salary
and tries to pay the grocer and the butcher.
There are just two ways to beat the lure OF the
automobile One way is to go into the automobile
business and take profit when the lure strikes those
who can as well as those who not afford it. For
those who situated they can not get into the
business there is only one other way Get Job in
of the city departments and ride in those large
comfortable machines the tax payers provide for the
office holders. That is much cheaper than owning an
automobile and the city pays the repair bills.
There is no use in attempting escape this lure
If it comes it comes just every one had the
craze for bicycle, and will probably have one for
airship in two three years. And a lot OF
persons going spend money than they
anyway there is good why it is not
just we'll to spend it automobile and enioy
life like millionaire until the rude awakening
comes, which is about the time the first repair and
garage bill comes in.
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ARE JEWS IMMUNE TO ALCOHOL,

I has been asserted that Jews possess an unusual
power OF resistance against the effects of alcohol
and statistics would appear to bear this out Alco
holsm is certainly rare in the Is this due as
some think, to kind OF hereditary immunity to
narcotic poisons in general and to alcohol in par-
tcuar, or is it merely social characteristic?
Doctor Cheinisse, Partisan physician who has
made thorough study of the subject thinks the
latter alternative is without doubt the true one The
surprising vitality of the Jewish race which has
enabled 1t to survive the prosecutions of centuries
to be attributed largely to habits of temperance and
these habits the outcome of social and religious
customs and environment. 1t is, he thinks the
cohesive and Commemorative force of the religious
community that preserves the great mass of the
jewish people from alcohol They have avoided the
dangers OF alcoholism not by being able to take alco-
hol With impunity, but by taking it not at all or
sparingly
The writer's conclusions are he thinks upheld by
the tact, which he considers updoubted that when
these social and religious ties become weakened in
any body OF Jews they sucsumb to alcohol in the
same manner as other races Any sort of racial
immunity. therefore. is Of the question.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-04-07
GREENSBORO

CCyrus ". Stickney, a former resident
OF Greensboro, died at his home in Wor.
cester Mass, March 81, at the age of GA
years, after a few days illness with pneu.
monia, Mr.. Stickney went to Worcester
70 years ago and has been engaged in
the Jewelry business since. He was a
prominent Mason and Odd Fellow. He
leaves two sons, George and Forest.
Mrs. WA. Jackson, who has been very
SICK with pneumonia, is little better at
this writing.
Alton White is very sick with pneu.
monia.
Charles Miller went to St. Johnsbury,
Saturday, expecting to return with Mrs.
Miller, Tuesday, from Brightlook Hospi.
Fred Messer and George Cook went to
Marshheld, Friday
Forty or so members of Caspian Lake
Grange enjoyed social dance at their
hall, Friday evening.
F. H. Dufur and Erwin Wilson are
nome from Newport for few DAYS rest
rom their arduous duties as jurors.
George Porter and daughter have been
visit. = -
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-04-07
SUTTON.

Miss Fanny D. Hastings returned tt
Barre, Saturday, for the spring term o
school, which began Monday.
D. N, Beckwith was in town, Thurs
day, from Newbury, on business con
nected with Mrs, L. B. Wilson's estate
Corvdon Parker visited Tohn Beck.
with at East Burke last Friday.
The next Grange meeting will be, on
Saturday evening, the 1Oeh, when all
members should make am effort to
attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. ID! Ruggles, who
visited friends in Orleans county re-
Gently, returned home last week.
c. B. Joy, IL. F. D. carrier, was on the
SICK hist several days last week, and b.
d. Ruggles substituted FOR him.
Mr. and Mrs. Waldo L. Gilman have
come to town from Thornton, N. Fl.
MIR. Gilman is to assist r. ED. Butter
held through sugaring, after which they
will go to the place recently purchased
of A. E, Laid.
Those who attend school at Lyndon
Institute have been at tAeir homes for
the usual two weeks vacation. At the
examinations for Juniors, Avery Curtis
stood 1928; for sophomores Ruth
Chapman stood list, having 90, and for
freshmen Rodney GRAY stood 90, and
John Dean "a.
The listers started out on their work
Thursday and we hope they viii find
all prosperous and get up good-sized.
grand list, as the town viii need much
money the coming year.
M. A. Taft and his brother, S. E. Taft,
are both on the sick list at this writing,
with grip.
Mrs. Charles 6. Flint died Saturday.
She has not been her natural sell for
three OF more years, and has been a
constant care for someone. She was
Minerva MetcaR, native of Glover,
sister of Jesse Ainger's first wife and
Wheaton Campbell's second wife and
Jonas Flint's second wife. She leaves
her husband, a niece, Miss Ferguson,
who lived with Mr., and Mrs. Flint from
childhood until her marriage, and other
relatives. Mrs. Flint was a member of
the Free Baptist church in town and
was respected by all. The funeral SER
vices were held Monday at one o'clock
at her late home. Rev. J. T. Glow being
the officiating clergyman. and the inter,
ment was at the village cemetery.
Frank Whipple is on the sick list.
Theodore Sanborn will work for E.
F. Richardson through the sugar season.
Asa and Warner Tesseman from the
Union House neighborhood, are CARRYING
on one OF G. w. .Iesseman's sugar places,
the lower sugar place $50 called of 1900
trees.
+. M. Phifeld's sugar house fell in a
lew days ago, there being such a weight
OF snow on the roof that the body
spread and let the roof and snow fall in.
damaging the sap buckets and the steel
arch and large evaporator on the arch.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-04-07
LUXEMBOURG.

Miss Florence Day and Miss Mia Oh
colt are at home from their school in ST.
Johnsbury for weeks vacation.
The spring term Of high school began
Monday morning.
MIR. Cowles' brother from Craftsburv
spent few days with him last week.
Rev. A. B. Enright officiated at the
funeral of Mrs. PEBBLES at South Lunen-
burg, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. ]. Bowker visited rela.
tives in Lyndonvile last week.
George Newman lost a valuable horse
Friday afternoon. While driving up the
Phelps hill the horse dropped dead.
Nelson Dodge, who has been quite ill.,
is much better and able to be out every
day.
The listers began their work Friday.
Several guests from out of town at.
tended the golden wedding of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Dodge. The reception in the
church was largely attended and they
received many valuable gifts including
several letters from friends who could
not be present, Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Dodge enjoy good health, but Mr.. Dodge
has been blind for several years.
Walter Morgan is at home for a short
vacation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-04-07
NEWBURY.

Rev. A. c. Brown has sold the DR.. At.
wood place to Miss Zine Buxton of Med.
field, Mass.
Miss Julia Tewksbury of HaverhiIl is
visiting her aunt, Mrs Robert Lang.
carry Barnett came home from Dart
mouth Thursday for the usual spring va
cation.
Edgar Leet of Keene, N. H., is spend
ing a week with his mother at John
Heath's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Miller of Groton
Pond spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Doe.
Miss Emily Silsby came home last
week from Andover Seminary to spend
her vacation.
Misses Mary and Jeanie Darling spent
day or two last week in st. Johnsbury.
Miss Anna Atkinson is spending her
vacation at home from her school in
New York City.
Miss Mabel Wood, who was with Mrs.
Slack last year, has returned for another
season.
Miss Margaret Renfrew of LittIeton,
spent few days with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Rollins last week.
Miss Nettie Tucker of West Newburv
visited last week with Mr.. and W. S.
JENNIE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cobb of Barton
came to their home here Friday. Mrs.
Cobb is to remain during the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sawyer enter
aimed party of about thirty of our vii
age people at supper and social hour
friday evening.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-04-07
LYNDON CENTER.

Miss Flora Woodward of North Dam.
VILE. who has been visiting at Charles
McClure's, is working for Mrs. Walter
at Hadleyville.
Lyle Forsythe is working for T. N
Vail
Mrs. Ernest Currier spent Friday with
Mr. and Mrs. WEI Bean at Bean Pond.
Mr.. Bunker has moved into the upper
tenement in Fred Harris house.
MIR. Waterhouse has moved to Maine.
where ne has bought farm.
Miss Berta Campbell of Fairhaveu.
Mass, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. E. Nj.
Campbell.
Miss Guenn Bunke visited Mrs. Edmund
Buttsrheld at Sutton few days the past
week.
ii. Taylor, who has been i'll so long,
mas not been as well the past week.
William Camphell spent few DAYS
last week at Sutton with Fred Chan
man.
The base ball squad at the Institute
commenced practicing this week and the
prospects are that successful nine will
represent the school.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-04-07

Mrs, Frank Mcdonald of East Burke,
spent part of last week with her parents,
Judge and Mrs. o. B. Cutting.
L. L. Shackford remains about the
same.
Miss Gertrude Cramton of St. Johns
bury was a guest at J. c. MONEYS last
week.
Miss Dorothy Young of St. Tohnsburv
has been spending few days at Julius
Br!gham's.
Elisha May of St. Johnsbury was in
town on legal business last Thursday
and called on his brother, Harry Ii.
May, who is still very i'll.
The annual meeting of Adah CHAPTER.
No. 80 o. E. S. will be held at Masonic
hall Thursday evening April 8. A full
attendance is desired.
DR.. G. B. French was called to Hard
wick last week by the illness of his
brother.
Ex-Gov, c. ]. Bell of Walden did not
address Concord Grange Friday evening
as was announced in the paper of last
week. The correspondent was misin
formed, and Mr. Bell was not expected.
but it is hoped that he will be a speaker
here soon.
Harry H. May died Tuesday morning
after four weeks illness from a nervous
collapse. The funeral will be held Thurs
day at II O'Clock noon at the Methodist
church.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-04-07
EAST HARDWICK.

Mrs: Charles Stevens and daughte,
spent Saturday and Sunday with friend,
in Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoague spent Sunday in
Swanton. ~
Susie Currier returned to Barre. Satur.
day, to resume her duties as teacher.
Roland Chase returned home from the
west the last of the week. VIM
Allen Paine is working for S. E. Far.
rand during sugaring.
Mrs. A, J. Larrabee was the guest of
her sister, Mrs. W. D. Mann, Friday.
Mrs, Grants mother and brother are
spending few weeks with her.
Whipple Warner returned to his home
IN this village the last of the week hav.
ing spent the winter with his dauphter
Mrs. ODER, in Massachusetts.
Harry Iudkins spent Sunday with
friends in Walden. wan