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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22

been several drives of ties taken
down from this point and higher
up on the river, but this is the first
attempt to raft, and we understand
it is proving to be the best and
quickest method of getting them
down the river. There are about
ten thousand ties on the bank of
the river just north of town which
will be taken down in twenty
RATS. -CenterUille Outlook.
Unless there are local reasons
for the selection Of a different date
every school in the county should
open on the same day. Monday,
September 9th, has been named as
a suitable date. State Superen-
tendent of Public Schools, Howard
A. Gass, has designated Saturday,
September 4th, as "Clean-up-Day"
for all schools. Boards, patrons,
teachers and children are strongly
urged to meetsat the school house
at 9 o'clock A, M. and join in gem
eral house and yard cleaning;
scour the floors, windows and
wood work; put out buildings,
fences and grounds in order and,
above all, provide pure, wholesome
drinking water. 1t is a good time
for teacher, patrons and pupils to
get acquainted.
A few days ago VIM. Ellsman
of Pilot Knob received two checks
-one for St,50 and the other for
SIS. 00-drawn by Arthur Huff in
favor of his wife and duly endorsed
BY her. Ellsman lost the checks
after himself endorsing them. He
notified Mr.. Huff, and he in turn
notified the bank (the Boatman's,
st. Louis), asking that payment
be stopped. In the meantime the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
Vermont Library Association.

Following is the program of the Yer.
mont Library Association to be held at
Middlebury, Vermont, July 1918:
July IL, 8 P. NJ. EGBERT STARR LIBRARY
Reception by the Vermont State Library
Commission.
July 13, $50 A. M, WARNER SCIENCE HALL,
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
Greeting, President John NJ. Thomas, Mid
dlebury College.
Reports.
Miscellaneous Business.
Election of Officers.
Paper on Forestry, Austin F. Halves,
State Forester, Burlington.
JULY 10, p. NJ, WARNER SCIENCE HALL,
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
Round Table. Miss Frances Hobart, Leader.
Echoes from the American Library Associa-
ton,
(a) Books for Boys, Miss Bertha NJ. Shaw,
Librarian Macure Library, Pittstord.
(bl The School and the Library, Miss
Evelyn S. Lease, Librarian Kellogg Hub
bard Library, Montpelier
The Best Nature Books for Children Miss
Della l. Griffin, Director of Fairbanks
Museum, St. Johnsbury.
The Selection and Use of U. S. Government
and State Publications, Edward M Cod
dard, Assistant State Librarian, Mont
pelier
Library Advertising. Miss Alice Shepard,
Assistant Librarian City Library. Spring
field Mass.
JULY 13, s p. Nj, WARNER SCIENCE HALL.
What Americans Read, J. l. Wyer, Jr. Direct
or New York Library School.
JULY 14-17.
Annual Institute of Instruction for Libra
rians conducted by the Vermont State
Library Commission.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
Explaining ChampIain'S Diary.

The great interest in Champlain this
week has resulted in many reading, per-
haps for the first time, his remarkable
diary of the trip down the lake 800 years
ago, In that book he speaks of seeing
snow on the mountains-an improbable
occurrence in Vermont in July. L. B.
Harris of Lyndonville, who has long
made study of Vermont history and
has wonderful collection of Vermont
ana, writes the CALIFORNIAN this letter
which undoubtedly explains a difficult
point:
There is one thing in connection with
Champlain's march up the Lake that
seems to be generally overlooked and
the stories told are in a sense misleading
That is about the snow on the mountain
tops on this side of the lake and the
north end, in the middle of July. an i'm
possibility. Would it not be we'll to give
the change in time since then and to ex-
plain to the children that while we cele
brate from July 4th to 9th as the calan-
der days, in fact it was in June that he
first entered the Lake as we now reckon
time.
On the 10th day of June this year some
of the mountains visible from the Lake
in the east were covered with snow |
suppose everyone admits that Champlain
was remarkable for the accuracy of his
statements when he said that he saw
anything. 1t would be we'll to keep that
reputation good, but no one would be-
lieye that the mountains were covered
with snow on July 8, 1909:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
Railroad News.
Interview from President Tuttle.-Mr. Vail
Member of the Boston Holding Company.

Interview from President Tuttle.-Mr. Vail
Member of the Boston Holding Company.
President Lucius Tuttle of the Boston
and Maine railroad in an interview at
Boston regarding business conditions in
the great manufacturing territory served
by the Boston and Maine, said
II notice steady, although slow, i'm
provement, but the manufacturers with
whom | come in contact tell me that
orders are being taken at very narrow
profit. A notable EXCEPTIONS the cotton
mills, which are rushed with business
and enjoying an extraordinary degree of
prosperity. Labor continues high, and
raw materials, on the whole, are also at
a high level so that while volume of bus
mess is something like so per cent of
what might be considered normal, there
is nothing like this percentage of normal
profits.
81 think it safe to predict that for the
fiscal year to end the 30th of this month
Boston and Maine will show a surplus
of $500, 900 over per cent dividends on
the common stock. All things consider
ed, this is good showing. Wecontinue
| to show increases in gross amounting to
about 100000 per month, with half of
this increase saved for net, and summer
passenger business will probably break
| all records. The American people have
money and they have habit Of spending
it lavishly when it comes to travelling.
"We are not moving anything like the
freight tonnage that we were moving in
1906, and am glad of it. When traffic
becomes congested anything like econom-
ical operation is out OF the question.
Many large roads at intervals were up
against freight COMPOSITIONS all through
the great rush of 1906. We are now
able to show something like creditable
operating figures. We have reduced our
expense account without impairing the
standard of the roads construction, and
| without 'skinning' the maintenance ac-
count.
owe have not ordered our usual quota
of rails, and, like the New Haven road,
we, shall probably not make any pur-
chases of rails chargeabe to revenues of
the current year. We will probably
soon be in the market. but it looks as
though we would be obliged to pay $28
per ton. At present we have ample
equipment, and the directors have no
present recommendations for further i'm
provement. They have given the pro-
perty- critical inspection, and are unani-
nous in the belief that under prevailing
business conditions it is wise to keep
pretty close to the shore in the matter OF
any large expenditures of new capital"
The Boston Railroad Holding Com
pany, an organization incorporated by
the Massachusetts Legislature to settle
the railroad situation in that state,
voted at its first meeting in Boston
Wednesday to buy the 10, 1000 shares Of
Boston and Maine stock now held by
John L. Billiard of Meriden, CT. The in
corporators also admitted two Boston
business men, Theodore n. Vail, presi
dent of the American Bell Telephone
company, and Philip Dexter, as members
OF the Company.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
Fish in Private Ponds.

To correct any misunderstanding thai
may have arisen as to the rights o
owners in private ponds the CALEDoNIAN
herewith prints several extracts from the
properly stock and protect a pond the
fish in those waters are their personal
property Just as much as live stock on
the farm or personal property in the
house. The following extracts will
throw some light upon some debated
points and ought to serve as warning
to poachers to keep off private property.
Private preserve; natural pond of
not more than twenty acres belonging
to a common owner, or any artificial
pond made solely for the purpose of
fish culture. Section 524S. Par. A.
Ponds constructed on natural streams
may be screened by the owners provided
said owners own the stream from its
source to the outlet of the pond which
it is proposed to screen. (Sect. $500,
last sentence.)
A person who catches, kills, or des-
troys fish in private preserves or posted
waters, without the consent of the
owner thereof, shall be fined ten dollars
for each fish so caught, killed or des-
troyed. Sect 5000
A person engaged in the culture of fish
in private preserves may post notices at
convenient places on the premises pro-
hibiting fishing thereon. person who,
after such notice is posted, enters upon
such premises and catches fish, or fouls
the water thereof with a substance in
furious to the life and growth of fish, or
breaks or DESTROYS a dam, reservoir,
embankment or diverts the water, or
wilfully damages such premises, shall be
imprisoned not more than six months or
fined not more than one hundred dollars
nor less than twenty dollars, and shall
also be liable to the owner thereof for
damages. (Sect. 5910.)
The notices required by the second
preceding section shall be not less than
two feet long by one foot WIDE and be
posted in two conspicuous places on
the premises, and shall have appended
thereto the name Of the owner or occu-
pant. The said owner or occupant may
recover against a person who breaks
down, detaces or Injuries such notices,
ten dollars in addition to the damages
thereby sustained, (Sect. $780,
Sections 1854, 5 and further provide
that, if the owner files certain affidavit,
certifying the stocking of posted waters,
he shall be entitled to recover forfeit Of
ten dollars in addition to damages from
any person entering his land for the
purpose of fishing trapping or hunting.
This is independent of the penalties pro-
vided in sections 5000 and 1910 enforced
by the State, which receives the fines.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
Sacred Concert at Newport.

The Newport Express and Standard
of July 2 contained the following COM
plimentary notice of the sacred concert
given by the choir boys of st. Andrews
church the previous Monday evening:
1.-THE sacred concert at the Congrega-
tional church, Monday night, by the
boy choir of St. Andrews Episcopal
church, St. Johnsbury, was worthy of a
much larger audience than favored it.
The program was one of anthems in
which one soprano solo was rendered.
Boy sopranos are rather rare produc-
tions and the solost in the choir, with
his superior voice and good command Of
information was a pleasing feature.
Taken as whole, the boys did very
creditable work and the support given
them by the organst added much to the
strength of each selection"
The solo work was done by Ray
Pratt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
Tribute to Judge Bates.

The Iloilo Enterprise publishes the
following deserved tribute to the late
Judge Henry c. Bates, which we are
sure will be read with much interest by
his many friends through the state:
News has arrived in Iloilo OF the death
from heart failure at his home in Cali
fornia of Henry c. Bates, late Judge OF
the Court of First Instance of this city.
Judge Bates organized the court in
this city in 1901 and presided over its
sessions until the fall of 1907 He was
without peer in the Philippine Islands
as a iurist and his decisions were seldom
overruled by the upper court. Especially
was he able to pick out and sift the
essential and vital points of an intricate
case from a mass of testimony and il
was a revelation to listen to the sum
ming up by him of a case which haC
taken several sessions for its presenta
ton, while he had apparently taken few
if any notes.
His resignation from the local bencl
was due to the failing health of Mrs
Bates and his retirement was held to b.
great loss throughout the Islands.
Judge Bates was born in northern Yer
mont. He passed his youth and many
years of his manhood there, and a
various times held judicial and poltica
office He had been lieutenant. governo
OF Vermont. Upon the foundation of {
judicial system for the Philippines h,
was selected as one of the Judges 0
First Instance and was assigned to thu
lloilo district. He at once gained tn,
respect and confidence of all elements il
the community for his impartiality anC
tact and obtained the degree of recog
milton of the stability and certainty o
punishment of crime which is the ONLY
safe foundation for state and the lacl
of which has so often been the cause o
the frequent revolutions in the Spanisl
countries OF South and Central America
His work here was well done and b
will ever be held in grateful remembrance
not only by his legion of Iloilo friend
but by all who have an interest in tn
political problems which the American
nation is striving to solve in the Philip
pines.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
Probate of Will.
ESTATE OF MARY Fl. RANNE'

ESTATE OF MARY Fl. RANNEY.
STATE OF VERMONT, District of Caledonia, SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the dis.
trict of Caledonia: To all persons interested
in the estate of Mary H. Ranney, late OF
st. Johnsbury, in said district deceased,
greeting:
At a Probate Court, holden at st. Johns
bury within and for said district on the 21 st
day of June, A. d. 1909, an instrumen
purporting to be the last will and testament of
Mary H. Ranney, late of st. Johnsburv
IN said district. deceased, was presented to
the Court aforesaid, for Probate.
And it is ordered by said Court that the
10Th day fully, A. d. 1909, at the Probate
Of1ce in said St. Johnsbury, be assigned for
proving said instrument; and that notice
thereof be given to all persons concerned, by
publishing this order three weeks SUCCESSFULLY
IN the CALIFORNIAN, a newspaper circulating
IN IN that vicinity, in said District, previous to
the time appointed
therefore, you are hereby notified to ap-
pear before said Court, at the time and place
ai:13Tessald, and contest the probate of said
VIII, II you have cause.
9iVen under my hand at st. Johnsbury in
500 1ono district this 21st day of June, A. D.
WALTER p, SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
Just for Tonight.

Not for tomorrow, Lord. lift my eyes
Up throughthe darkness which between us
lies;
Not 'ganst tomorrows terror, toll or woe;
Not for tomorrow's JOY or glad surprise
Just for tonight.
When the day breaks and far the shadows
flee
Strength for the conflict still shall come from
Thee,
1 all Thy grace shall prove, Thy comfort
know.
o, let me feel this deep security
Just for tonight.
Peace-tis the gift Thou givest, peace and
rest
Come, bid me droop my head upon Thy
Speak to me, Master, murmur soft and low,
Flood all my soul with Thy communion
blest-
Just for tonight
Nay, I'll not shun tomorrows wild alarms:
Storms when Thou sendest, I'll not ask for
Gains.
Yet, grow weary on the way go:
Put underneath the everlasting arms
Just for tonight
i James Church Alvord in the Congrega-
tionalist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
The Acrobat Artist. ,

It is in. the visible expression OF
strength, grace and vitality that the
artist of the circus holds himself at
one with the painter and sculptor, but
his art. like that of the actor, is neces-
sarily alive and impermanent. Let the
painter set on canvas his fixed pre-
sentiment of lion, tiger or leopard, and
the trainer. by his dangerous medium
of whip and training stick. will make
the living animals exhibit endless
graces of subtle line and lovely color.
When be puts his head in the lions
mouth, believe me, he considers it
nothing better than a concession to
the groundlings, a mere vulgar, nee
essary potboiler When he compels
the great tawny thing to repeat the
grace of a natural movement, the
training Of wild animals being always
along the line of what they do nat
urally. and leap In a long, gracious
curve across the arena to an unstable
landing on rolling sphere, he feels
that he is doing something worthy of
himself and bis animals. Or, again,
let the sculptor depict flying Mer
curry; Mercury must at least have
point of arrival or departure. But for
one brief moment the young woman
of the circus. swinging through space
from one trapeze to another is the
grace of the flying Mercury. To at
tain this moment Of self expression
she has given as long and arduous an
apprenticeship as the artist who works
in clay. bronze or marble.-Ralph Ber-
gengren in Atlantic.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
Postal News.

Postmaster General Hitchcock has
decided to discontinue the green special
delivery stamp and it is reported that all
on hand, amounting to over 100000,
will be destroyed. The department will
return to the blue stamp. The change
was made because of the similarity in
color between the special delivery stamp
and the one cent stamp.
The post office department will issue
next year a new postal card and the
manila Of which the card is made will be
Of better grade, Mr.. Hitchcock says
the postal cards issued by this govern
ment are inferior to the product of al
most every other country and that it is
contemplated to make improvements in
the general style of printing and arrange
ment OF the type and designs. 1t may
be decided to change also the color of the
ink and the tint of the paper.
The government issues 100000
postal cards month and they are made
at Rumford Falls, Me.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
Vermont News,

The committee of organization an.
nounce that the new Catholic church OF
Newport will be dedicated August /.
The official program will be given out
at a later date.
Rev. F. A. Poole of Barre has been
given a call to the Union Congregational
church at Worcester, Mass. Mr.. Poole
was called to the church in Barre in
1901, where he has since remained.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07

1t is matter of state pride that at the
national open golf championship at the
Englewood Golf Club, Nordhoff, N. j.,
last week Vermonter became the cham
pion. The dark horse was George Sar-
gent Of Sudbury who learned the game
under Harry Vardon. He is an English
man who first came to Canada and play
ed golf well enough there to finish second
in the Canadian championship. His
winning score was 900 for u holes,
which is five better than the record es-
tablished in 1906 by Alex. Smith of
Chicago.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
CARRIE, B. SARGENT.
5 Webster Street.
Commissioners Notice.

7'0 II T Z 7H I'D w 7A1NO w T q I T EN-
The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Honorable Probate Court for the dis
trict of Caledonia, commissioners to receive,
examine and adjust the claims and demands
ofall persons against the estate ofEdward w
Potter, late of St. Johnsbury, in said district
deceased, and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purpose aforesaid, at the Town
Clerks Office in st. Johnsbury, in the state
OF Vermont, in said district, on the 4th
day of August and sth day of Dec, next
from 10 O'Clock a. m. until 200 O'Clock p. m.
on each of said days and that six months
from the 10Th day of June, A. D. 900, is the
time limited by said Court for said creditors
to present their claims to us for examination
and allowance.
Dated at st. Johnsbury, this 2eth day of
June A. D. 1909
L. B. HARTSHORN,
w. A. TAPLIN,
Commissioners
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
The ONLY WAY He Could Go.

A man fearfully addicted to stutter-
ing stepped up to the ticket window at
a railroad station and asked what it
would cost him to go to New York by
freight.
"By freightr' exclaimed the aston
tshed ticket agent "W hat in thunder
do you want to go by freight for?"
"Bec-c-c-c-ause," stammered the man,
81 c-c-c-can't exp-p-pres my-s-s-self
very w-well, ocean IW-Ladies' Home
Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
PRESS COMMENT.
They Should vote-in Church.

lust why did the Episcopal clergy vote
down the resolution offered at the last
diocesan convention giving women the
same right to vote in parish-meetings as
men? As three-fourths of the member
ship of all the churches is made up OF
women and, as they do three-fourths OF
the work now, why should they be de-
MED the right to vote? If they are
worthy Of membership; worthy of being
co-laborers for the cause, why should
they not be given the right to voice in
the church, Let the women in the Epis-
copal church in Vermont become as in
different as the men and three-fourths OF
the churches would have to close their
doors in year Vergennes Enterprise.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
We Hope 1t Is Permanent.

There is great deal of talk nowadays
about the wave OF temperance reform
that is sweeping over the country, and a
great deal OF discussion as to whether or
not it is temporary affair. 1t may be,
but all indications are that the sentiment
behind the movement is of a permanent
nature Throughout the country en-
ployers of labor are more and more rigid
" enforcing the demand that their EN-
ployees shall be men of temperate habits
Large manufacturing industries, and
particularly the railroad corporations,
are determined that their employees
shall not be men who indulge to excess
in spirituous liquors. When the fact is
thoroughly recognized and acted upon
that the man who drinks to excess is not
worth more than half price to his en-
ployer, there will be diminution in the
drink habit.-[Berlin Reporter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
Another Opinion Expressed.

Gov. Prouty is criticised because he
didn't become the states creditor when
he had so excellent an opportunity, and
Lieut.. Governor Mead is criticised be-
cause he did. Prouty, however, was
not candidate for anything. Seriously
would it not have been more digni6ed
and proper for the state to have borrow
ed for its needs of some bank in the regu-
lar way? 1t should be under no obliga-
ton to any individual, and especially to
candidate, as long as its credit is good.
= Hardwick Gazette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
No Reciprocity.

"Annie Nibbins is the meanest kind
Of a gossip"
what variety is that?"
"She's the kind that doesn't tell
anything herself, but gets you to tell
all you know"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07

No success is attained by leap and
bound, but by patient plodding and
many resolves.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07

the different associations should take the
salary increase under advisement and fix
the lowest stipend at 500 with par
Herald and News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07

Entered at the st. Johnsbury post office as
second-Class mail matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-07
TERMS OF THE cALEpoNIAN.

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