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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-12
Fire in SummerVille.

Shortly after the mixed train east
bound passed Chester Deans house on
Portland street Monday forenoon, neigh
bors across the street noticed a small
blaze on the roof An alarm was rung
in from box 81 and several volunteers
went to work with buckets. The strong
wind famed the flames and before Hose
6 arrived the whole south side of the root
was ablaze. They made quick work of
it, however, and soon had it extngushed,
and in the meantime had shutfled the FUR
niture out of danger and saved it good
drenching. The damage was confined to
the roof and plasterings and will prob
ably not exceed $500. The house and
contents are insured in the Crawford
Ranney agency. People in the vicinity
of the fire expressed themselves as strong
lyof the belief thata spark from the loco
motive caused it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-12
NEW ADS. THIS WEEK.

Statement-Ca aledonia National Bank.
Coal-Moore 81 Co.
Bankruptcy Notice-George X. Downer.
Insurance-W. w. Sprague & Son.
Mutual Life ms. Co.-Royden w. Cheney.
Automobile Service-Jack Bertrand.
Banking-First National Bank.
License to Sell-M aria Pierce's Est.
Ladies Skirts-Berry- Ball Dry Goods Co.
Clothing-Steele Taplin & Co.
Stanley Opera House.
Opening-F. A. Scott Co.
Clearance Sale-Don c. Stiles Co.
Automobiles-W. A. Wright.
Talcum Powder-F. G. Landry.
Com. Notice-Estate of Worcester c. Howe.
Good Printing-Shaw.
Hygienic Ice Co.
Bowling Contest.
Probate of Will-Charlotte E. Cramton's Est
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Green Mountain Lodge, No. 49, n. .E.o.P.

Regular meetings on the first and third
Saturday evenings of each month at Odd
Fellows Hall. RailrC ad Street.
H. H. SoMERs, JR., Warden.
d. NJ. MOVES, Sec'y
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PaSSumpsic congregational Club.

The May meeting of the Passumpsic
Congregational Club will be held with
the First Congregational church, St.
Johnsbury Center, Saturday, May %
Opening session at II a. M, followed by
banquet and post-prandial program.
Rev. b. W. Bacon, D. d. of the Yale
Divinity School, New Haven, Conn. will
give the address and other speakers will
inclu1e Gov. George H. Prouty, Rev. E.
7. Fairbanks, D. D., and Hon. r. W.
Baldwin OF Barton
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CONE IN.
a Statement in Relation to
Malt Cream Bread.

There is in circulation statement that we use
alum in our bread, and we take this opportunity to
deny and repudiate that statement totally. There has
never beena particle of alum used in bread, and
we have never had any in factory. St. Johnsbury
Malt Cream Bread has been extensively used for a
number of years and enjoys the reputation of being
but the best materials used. No. Malt Extract,
full mk-tested, sterized, and condensed, al
lowing no chance for any old sour milk flavor in the
bread-the best and whitest flour made, which is all
resfted to insure it 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.
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W. 0. Danforth is putting in a new


concrete driveway at the jail.
Rev. Frank S. Tolman of West Rut.
land has accepted the call to the pastor
ate of the First Baptist church and will
begin his work there the first Sunday in
June.
Charles H. Wilson has filed petition
in bankruptcy at the office off. S. Platt,
clerk of the United States court. He
gives his liabilities as $489.7O and his
assets as $162, with only $26 claimed
exempt.
The civil service examination for
positions in the railway mail service
will be held here Saturday and class of
over 80 are expected to appear. Owing
to the size of the class the examination
will be held in the South Summer street
school building instead of the Y. M. c. A.
building as previously announced.
Madam Brooks orchestra are still
playing every night. This week they
play at Newport, at May ball at Hotel
Melendy at Jeffersonville, and Friday at
ball at Barton. They are assisted by
Leon c. Batchelder, who entertains them
at his home Saturday with fish
dinner.
Mrs. Earnest L. Clark of New York
has purchased of Joseph Gauthier the
block located at 1O1 Eastern avenue.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary of the Y. M. c. A. will be held
this afternoon at o'clock at the Asso-
ciaton hall.
The many St. Johnsbury people who
have spent a summer vacation at Gil
mans, Lake Willoughby, will be inter
ested to know that they have bought
Capt. Rufus R. Averill's place and will
continue to take summer boarders.
S. J. Somervile has joined the mo-
torists, having purchased Cadillac
runabout.
"A business and social meeting of the
w. H. M. U. of the South church will be
held at the church parlors, Thursday af
ternoon, with picnic supper.
BY the will of the late Mrs. Clarissa
B. Stone, the st. Johnsbury Center Con
oreoo ;O,, al ch,rcb -eca;,yaS ono ehora Cf
stock OF E. and T. Fairbanks and Co.
AT ST. Johnsbury hospital Frank G.
Landry and A. Turgeon have been dis
charged and Mrs. A. Chicoine of Barton,
Mrs, G. Vincent of Tewksbury, Mass,
Mrs Edward Walsh of Danvlle and
Mrs. William Daniel ofSt Johnsbury are
new patients
F. A. Scott Co., invites the public to
an opening Of their new bakery on May
10 and 20. On the same day IN their
shipping room there will be demonstra-
tions of Chase & Sanborn coffee, Heinz S
81 varieties, the National Biscuit Co.,
Moxie and others.
AT dinner given in honor of Presi-
dent Taft Saturday night by the citizens
of Washington, under the auspices of the
Board of Trade and the Chamber of
Commerce, Justice Wendell p Stafford,
of the District of Columbia Supreme
Court, spoke on behalf of the citizens.
DR. Arthur Faiib banks was unable to
come here to lecture before the South
church Round Table on Tuesday even
ing so Langdon Warner, assistant
curator of japanese art at the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, came in his stead
Mr.. Warner has contributed to Century
magazine an article on the deserts of
central Asia and is an authority in his
line. The lecture was illustrated by
numerous lantern slides.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-12

ARTHUR G. SPRAGUE, w. M.
DELos M. BACON. Secretary.
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Passumpsic Lodge, No. II, F. and A. M.

Regular Communication, Thursday evei
ing, June 3.
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Put down on a card all

the money you save by not insulting. If Won
die, if your wife can't find the money You
saved, she can keep the card, and thus have
the proof that yours was the better wav-
theoretically. Goth year. National Life ms.
Co. of VT (MutuaD
w. W. SPRAGUE & SON,
Gen. Agents of Northeastern Vermont
ST. Johnsbury. Vermont.
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MODERN Woodmen of America

Regular meetings Of Asisqua Camp, No
S149, are held first and third Tuesdays In
each month Next meeting May 49, 1909.
H. ]. PICKERING, Clerk.
DAVID IRWIN, v
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Knights of Pythias.

Regular Convention of Apollo Lodge. No.
2, Tuesday eve. May 18. Rank of knight
CRAWFORD RANNEY, G.. c.
H. w ELLIS, K. r. S.
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FRATERNITY MEETINGS.

Haswell Royal Arch Chapter, No. IL.
Stated Convocation, Friday evening, June
+.
REUBEN G. CHENEY, H. P.
DELos M. BACON. Secretary.
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Palestine C0mmandery, No. S, z. 7.
Stated Conclave, Tuesday eve, June /.
FRED c. BECK, Z. c.
DELos NJ. BACON Recorder.
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the nicurn of the southern officer caught his eye War
passions we're still high-though another excuse.
given nenos conduct He officer of the day and
wore his side arms. He drew his saber in front of
Johnston's picture. "a traitor has place on these
walls" he said. There right cut" from prac-
hand the encircng frame and the picture of
the confederate general were cut in twain.
1t was Reno who with Clusters command a few
days prior t. the battle with the Sioux, in which
"the yelovhaired chieftain" and his command of the
Seventh cayalry wiped out by the hand of Sitting
Bull Reno was at distance with another part of the
Seventh caSalIy. He had fierce fight of his
Reno criticized for not having advanced to the
relief of Custer He demanded court of inquiry, and
he was cleared, for ever doubted his courage
Later he was dismissed from the service At West Point
to-day, where times efacing finger" has removed the
last Of bitterness the portrait Of Lee will haLg
honored and In safety.
Maj.Gen George A. Custer, whose record of rapid
promotions for galantry the battlefield reads like
romance had troubles of his own when he cadet
Custer entered the academy at the lowest age limt17
years. When he was "a years old he major-gen-
eral commanding division. One may search history,
and even fiction and have the hardest kind of time to
find parallel Gaze One beauty of the matter is that
one has yet been found to deny that Custer
step on the road 70 his prefermens Yet this WHIP
was Sheridans right in the campaigns of 1864s,
came near being lost the service of his country
through inability to master thoroughly Of the
branches at Uncle Sans school.
It is tod at IT, academy that when Custer gradu-
ated found that of the members of the
demic board had declined sign his "sheepskin" When,
four years later curter paid visit to the school with
the stars OF ma1 general in the field of his shoulder
knots the professor whose signature to the sheepskn
was lacking Offered to afix his name thereto
There ensue6 moment or two of silence, broken
only by few picturesque expressions from yellow
haired solder who lad just seen some four years OF
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This was too much even for the disciplined sefcoa
troll of four culprit cadets They chuckled.
The officer rose, swept the light of his lantern unoer
the hunks and then pulled blankets from the boys
in bed four cadets standing at atten
tion Two marched to their quarters in arrest Inc
others were left in arrest where they were.
Four cadets expiated the crime Of eating by walking
post the ordinary glad hours of release from quar-
tiers for four long weeks
One of these boys went to his death on San Juan hill
and another to his death the jungles of the Philip
pines One is literally charging through life as major
of cavalry and the other, who saw the day OF
graduation, writes these lines with pen mucn less
mighty than any sword.
Not long ago it written that there is no spirit
seconalism alive at the United States Military acad-
envy Grant hall, the great stone building given over
to the of the cadets mess and named 1or Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant, hangs portrait of the northern SOL
diers great southern opponent, Gen. Robert E. Lee
every graduate in the army, north and SOUTH the
appearance the face Of the great confederate soldier
on walls of his alma mater side by side with that
of great antagonist the end of controversy
of bitterness the end of all things sectional
Lee, as appears in his place of honor, is not In
the gray garb of the leader with the
of general shining in the field OF his shoulder
knots He the blue uniform of the old army
with eagle his shoulder, backed with yellow de-
noting the rank of colonel of cavalry the position the
southron when he resigned from the federal army
to cast his lot with the confederacy.
The portrait of Lee placed in position five years
ago. Col. Mills who then superintendent of the
military academy secured readily the permission OF the
war department for the placing Of the picture where,
with that OF Grant, IL would Ia unuer Inc eyes VI
The thought is held by army officers that
nothing to the coming generations of cadets can
from the honoring of the memory OF one OF the
greatest soldiers graduated from West Point
This story of Lees picture forces "reminiscences
the of secession the portrait Of other con-
has hung historic academic walls
that of Albert Sidney Johnston of the class of 1926 and
who gave his life for the south at Shiloh.
There was a touch of sectionalism at West Point
just the war, and portrait Of Johnston has to do
with the The picture put IN place long years
the north the south met the field of battle
it hung the wall of the army officers messroom
at West Point The portrait showed Johnston sub
officer of cavalry in the United States forces
Johnston time stationed at West Point, and
officers assembled there instructors voted to have
him manage their
The quality Of the food and cooking improved SO
under Johnstons management that his comrades induced
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
NEW SENSATION FOR DOBBIN
Come to Think of 1t, He Would Have
Felt Funny Sitting in the
Position Indicated.

The family horse, who rejoiced in
the eminently proper equine name Of
Dobbin, had earned a rest by long
service, and was accordingly sent
away to the country to spend his de-
Ginning years in the broad pastures Of
farmer friend of his owner. The
distance being somewhat excessive
for his rheumatic legs, he was shipped
to his new home by rail-
Little Edna, the family four-year-old,
viewed the passing of Dobbin with I'M
feigned sorrow. She sat for long
time gazing disconsolately out of the
window. At last, after deep sigh,
she turned with a more cheerful ex-
preston, and said:
did old Dobbin go on the choo-
choo cars, mammal"
Eyes, DEAR" answered her mother.
A broad grin spread over the little
girls face. 81 was just thinking" she
said, "how funny he must feel sitting
up on the plush cushions.-Woman's
Home Companion.
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and made me feel like new person,
and it shall always have my praise"
Mrs. w. 2. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, N. j.
Gardiner, Me. -"I was great suf-
ferer from a female disease. The doc
tor said I would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
pletely cured me in three months. -
Mrs. s. A. WILLIAMS, r. F. d. No. II,
Box 80, Gardiner Me.
Because your case is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
flammation, liberation, displacements,
fibroid tumors, Irregularities. periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostration. 1t costs but trifle
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
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has made up its mind nothing prevent it, ana
the keeper not only for humane but also De-
animal in that condition is extremely danger
ous often compelled end the animals suengs by
Fastening its death The suicidal mania in the lion Is
often developed after his mate has been taken away
when the tiger attempts selfmurder it is necessary
to tie him down, but this is not always enectVe
The mania for sedestrucon often continues for days,
though apparently subdued by enforced hepessness
the creature is crafty, and while pretending to be meek
and resigned to existence will watch for the first oppor
unity after being released to intct hounds that will be
fatal
Zone would scarcely imagine that such seemingly In
animal the hippopotamus would be guilty
of suicidal mana but it is fact that hippo captured
wild and confined in a cage will give evidence OF
inconsistencies and the only to prevent the beast
from committing harkarr is keep him well fed and to
surround him with animal company.
1--WE never had but hippopotamus that guilty
suicide Having injured his leg, he replaced on
the road another specimen and left behind at the win
ter quarters The loneliness too much for the ami
NAL and he resisted all efforts to make him cheer up
take his food He literally starved himself to death.
Il have of several instances where giraes did
with themselves by starvation, and impression
is that loneliness is the usual for it. Each that
under my observation where only one of the
animals owned by the 1t is absolute cruel
ty exhibit of these sensitive animals alone They
must have company of their kind to be contented
Extreme is taken with their diet. Nothing but
the best clover hay will they touch and can't fool
them with alfalfa, tried to last the
coast. They very fond of vegetable mash and
give them large quantities of condensed milk
mo- there is nothing phenomenal about this suicidal
mania In animals 1t is simply another proof of fact
that have always maintained, that, in their general
characteristics there Is mighty little difference between
animals and many men-except the power OF
speech.
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and four candy therein concluded that there
were Just ratons enough for four hungry cadets with the
appettes that they could bring the feast. about
hour after taps.
They invited two chums who lived in another part of
the barracks to to the spread after lights
out as would be fairly safe the of bar
racks without the danger of being by the officer OF
the day.
Taps sounded. There the usual dark-lantern in
specton Immediately thereafter and from room in
the old stone building the cry of Cali in, SIR
the officers made their flashed their bul's-eye
within No had the closed the inspecting
officer than the two custodans the box jumped
into trousers and shell Jackets proceeded blanket
the window, throwing end the upper sash and
then closing the frame. to hold the blanket tight
With their bayonets they pinned the lower end at the
corners and after placing folded blanket over the
transom they lighted the gas and spread the feast
About three-quarters of hour after taps the two
hidden stole in Their hosts resisted the mighty
temptation They had lived for months cadet
ratons and their waiting for their comrades with that
feast before their eyes proved them only SOL
diers, but stoics.
They came they saw and they ate. The apple of
Eden had not the flavor of those mnce pies. 1t
before days angel cake have
from paradise How these youngsters did pitch in.
Nothing has tasted good since and the who writes
speaks by the card.
At Is minutes before midnight everything had disap-
peared slender piece of mnce pie at which the
smallest cadet present looking lovingly yet afraid
The game for him had reached its limit Unlucky piece
of pie 1t responsible for unnumbered.
The cnk of a sword heard the ironbound
stairway outside the door, The door of the oppo
site heard to open. An inspection The
light in the banquetroom doused instanter. The
two cadet hosts jumped into their bunks of them
pulling blanket from the window in his flight One
cadet guest sought refuge under bunk and the
ond dove under the other. The two in bed
petely covered and could have told that they
clothed in shell jacket and trousers when night
gear the proper raiment.
An officer of cavalry entered. He swept the beams
of the the two hunks. The occupants
were snoring peacefully if somewhat suspicousy loud
The officer turned to leave. Woe is mel
The blanket pulled from the window and carried to
the caught in it's trail the small piece of
mince and had dropped just where the heel
of the retiring officer caught it full and fair.
Down he went! He had had such fall that
since had taken a header his first riding lesson
and this time he didn't hit his head. When he he
sat solid, and the barracks shook.
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lot of perfectly good eake-that's his
explanation, though 1t doesn't excuse
him-so he divided tns slices up into
neat cubes and wrapped them in tissue
paper taken from the same lunch box.
These portions he dealt out to the
pretty stenographers on that floor, ex-
planning to them that his sister or
brother or somebody had been mar
ried the night before and that he had
managed to save them some of the
brides cake, that they might sleep
with it under their pillows for seven
nights-or whatever number Of nights
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ers in a degree. 1t is no restricted
title and its work is so necessary that
every person who is an element in the
growth OF any business should know
as much or as little of it as his duties
require. Business and bookkeeping
are inseparable. From the technical
tiles of the former-not all of which
need occupy the attention of every
person-to the broader question OF
business is but step, and it is the
most natural thing in the world to
pass from one field to the other
From the Bookkeeper.
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THEIR DREAMS OF NO AVAIL

through the noon hour, and was
obliged to send messenger out after
one Of those inexpensive little lunches
you can buy all nicely put up for you
in pastehoard box.
Among other things the lunch in,
cluded a couple of neat little slabs of
cake with pink icing on it.
The stuff was too sweet for Davies.
He always preferred pie to cake any
how. But it seemed sin to waste q
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it is-and get whatever measure OF
good fortune is supposed to follow
sleeping that way.
The several pretty stenographers
have placed chunks Of that ten-cent
lunch cake under their pillows every
night since then, little suspecting that
their dreams would avail them no
more than the dreams that follow a
welsh rabbit orgy. They may well give
thanks when they read this that there
is free and untranznseled press in
this country to expose such receptions.
-CleveIald Plain Dealer.
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Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
or strength than other makes.
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Business and Bookkeeping InseparabIe

Without bookkeeping in its broad
sense, there could be no business.
Bookkeeping is no longer restricted
to the high stool, the dark corner and
the mysterious ledger. It begins at
the door Of the mercantile establish
ment or the Office, and ends with the
condensed statement Of profits and
losses at the proprietor's salesman,
head Of department, manager and
owner-all have something to do with
the records which coalesce in the final
summary and are, perforce. bookkeep-
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DOWN. NE NEHT 20

him to keep the position OF
manager, instead of having it
rotate" as was the custom.
When the southerner was re-
lieved from duty at the academy
the members of the mess de-
cided to have his portrait paint
ed and hung In the dining-hall.
This was done, and the picture
stayed untouched all through
the dark days of the war.
In the year 1865 there was
sent to West Point as a tactical
officer soldier who had won
the stars of brigadier-general
of volunteers on the battlefield.
This story in fact is told OF
Gen. Marcus A. Reno, who had
gone back to his rank of cap
tain of regulars at the close OF
hostilities. He was graduate
Of the military academy, as was
Johnston. Reno had been at
West Point on duty only a few
DAVIS aS rhe story goes. when
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Stenographers the Victims OF Surely
the Meanest of All Mean Tricks
Known.

In an evil moment the other day,
Samuel Davies, member of the Build
ers' exchange, played about the mean
est trick that's been thought up by
anybody this season.
Davies was detained in his Office