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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09
Town Suggestions.

The annual town meeting last week
Tuesday has almost ceased to be a sub
iect of conversation but it's results are as
yet little in evidence. The citizens party
has demonstrated that it is wise to have
a nonpolitical organization in town
elections because it has been the means
of getting new ideas before the public.
It's publication of the appraisal of the
real estate in town gave everybody an
opportunity to judge the work of the old
board of listers and will give the present
board of listers public sentiment to
support them in an effort to equalize
the valuation of property. However the
present board has hard task before it
and on its judgment in very large de-
gree depends the strength of the citizens
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09

been living these past few years? Does
he not know that practically the entire
program mapped out by Governor
Proctor in 1906 was written into legis-
lation by the general assembly of that
year, with undoubted benefit to the
state? Does he not know that Governor
Prouty, with an intractable legislature
to deal with, yet carried through the
main measures of his ante-convention
platform? Does he not know that the
depised and rejected Clement won a
Parthian victory by having the issues
for which he ran as governor written
into law? And does he not know that
such ability is the kind of which Vermont
stands in need misunderstanding not
| dictatorship, but wise and progressive
leadership. Of this Doctor Mead has
given not the slightest symptom. If
elected he will be the genial, common
| place Observation-Disclosures all. His plat
| form is empty, indefinite, taltering-and
such his administration would surely be.
Eve pass over other points at present
and come to one wherein the News
writer has positively misstated. We did
not complain because Doctor Mead is
reputably a man of wealth. The weak
ness of such position would carry its
own rebuke. What we did say was that
he is a rich man, with plenty of money
TO SpenO III promoting MS canvass, ana
a manifest willingness to do So. That
is quite different from the mere posses
sion of wealth. The Mead canvass has
ample money at its command. It has
| already used considerable sums. 1t has
established bureau, engaged salaried
manager, put out paid advertising,
| scattered sample newspapers and hired
workers to promote it. 1t has packed
public state gatherings with the latter.
| Further than that, it is generally
believed that threatening opposition
would open the flood gates. Vermont
has seen a few money campaigns
and the honest feeling of her citizenship
does not favor them. The very best way
to check the. tendency of rich men to
spend that Which they have in abund-
ance in politics is to beat them when the
symptoms appear. That condition al
ready exists. Nothing would be so like
~ to discourage the use of money in our
canvasses as to render it abortive by an
adverse verdict. Nothing else would so
pave the way to deserving men needed
by the state, who cannot or will not
enter contest of this kind.
Under these conditions, we accept the
taunt of anything to Mead as a slogan,
adding the qualifying word, almost :"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09
A Year of President Taft.

One year ago last Friday. William H.
Taft became president of the United
States, and at that time outlined some
of the things he hoped to accomplish. 1t
has been year of events and interest
and yet but few of the things he advo-
Gated at its beginning have been accom-
plished. True to his promise congress
was summoned in special session and a
new tariff law enacted, a revision down.
ward, but not entirely satisfactory.
The postal savings bank has not been
installed but seems to be on the way.
The regulation of railroads and other
large corporations has not been accom-
plished but that is 10 fault of the presi-
dent. In his speeches he has made it
clear that he is as firm for the control of
monopoly as he was year ago. In the
matter of conservation he is still it's
friend, but he stands for conservation
under the law, rather than in spite of the
law. He has shown himself a firm and
safe leader and has shown no indications
of being a radical reformer.
Some of the other things done during
the year are
In the IL months the President has
Travelled 20, 639 miles by railroad and
5000 miles by automobile. He has set
foot in 80 states and two territories and
he has made 348 speeches. Eighteen
times congress has heard from the presi-
dent in the form of a message. Sugar
trust frauds have been unearthed and
prosecution of the sugar trust officials
ordered. The prosecutions of the beef
trust have been begun. The government
has won its suits against the tobacco
and oil trusts and both corporations
have taken appeals to the supreme court
of the United States. The New York
custom house has been given a house
cleaning and good deal of crookedness
uncovered.
Taken all in all it has been a year of
good work and let US hope one in which
the foundation has been laid for greater
accomplishment in the years before him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09

property owner who carries insurance.
Then again nearly every tax payer would
prefer paying out his money to be
expended in the town to paying it for the
profit of some insurance company located
in New York, city or elsewhere.
These are, as nearly as wecan ascertain,
the facts in this case and show that the
real expense of installing a paid depart
ment OF expert fire fighters is very little
more than our present system is costing,
that the saving we can reasonably
expect on insurance would make an
improved fire service actually cheaper
than our present system. The action OF
the meeting last week Tuesday places up
on the voters on obligation to provide
the funds with which to make the
improvements called for. The faithful
performance of this obligation will be
greatly to the credit of the village. We
would urge all voters to meet this
obligation like men.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09

movement in the future. Should their
man fail to produce satisfactory results
they can not come before the people with
as much strength as they did in the last
election.
1t will require independent. unpreju-
diced and accurate Judg on the part
of the listers to properly adjust the burd-
en- of taxation in this town. We believe
that it would be very much to the adj
vantage Of the town if it could have a
lower tax rate and we believe it can
have it if the property is honestly listed.
We do not mean by this the valuation OF
all property should be increased. Some
of it is already appraised high enough
but if the valuation of property is equal
lied the town can perform all it's legiti-
mate business and lower it's tax rate.
The law calls for the appraisal of prop
erty at ''its just value in money" and
that is an expression that must be care
fully observed by the listers if they are
to give the town honest work. There
are some herfeatures of the town meet
ing that are likely to cause considerable
comment in the near future and we may
say something regarding them later.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09
The Lieutenant Governorship.

The suggestion of the name of futher
B. Johnson of Randolph as a candidate
for the lieutenant governorship by the
CALIFORNIAN has been we'll received by
the newspapers of the state. This is a
good recommendation from the men best
acquainted with him and should carry
weight with any who do not know him.
want to be candidate for lieutenant
governor and is not inclined to allow the
use of his name. The CALIFORNIAN sug-
gested it without his knowledge and con-
scious he was not in any way seeker of
the Office. We did it under the conviction
that it was time to take definite action,
and that there is no better fitted man by
training or temperament for the position.
We also thought the people of Vermont
might like to vote for one man who was
not running for Office"
The lieutenant governorship contest
and the governorship contest have both
been embarrassed by a division of senti-
ment in counties where desirable candi-
dates reside. In the governorship fight
it has left many good citizen in an en-
barrassing position. He feels that he has
no one to tie to. 1t begins to look as
though the same thing might happen
with the lieutenant governorship.
Windsor county has two good men
who want the place Most people
would not hesitate to support either one
if they would settle the county fight be-
tween them and come out for one man.
Feeling that it may end in the same man.
ner as the other fight and leave the peo-
pie without a real candidate in the race
the CALIFORNIAN believes it is time for
definite action. For that reason it has
not changed its ideas about the desirable
ity of Mr.. Johnson and it closes again
with the query, What say you brethren?"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09

w. E. Hubbard is now the proprietor
of the Vermont Phoenix, o. L. French,
its long time proprietor, having retired
from business. In this change Mr. Hub
bard is simply given public recognition
of what has been a fact for some time
He has welded the laboring oar on the
Phoenix for long time and had already
won a high standing among Vermont
editors. For Mr.. Hubbard we simply
predict continued success and for Mr..
French we hope his closing days may be
as peaceful and happy as his business
career has been useful and honorable.
Another possible newspaper change is
the removal from Vermont to the state of
Washington by Howard Hindley of the
Rutland Herald. Mr. Hindley has for
years been one of the writers whose
work attracted attention and if he de-
cides to leave Vermont it will make a
vacancy in this field no one seems to be
ready to fill.
The retirement of o. L. French from
the newspaper field makes L. P. Thayer
the dean OF the Vermont Press. Prob
ably Mr.. Thayer is as active dean as
the Vermont Press ever had.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09
Use the American Liver Tablets
The Cost of Living.
A Practical Business Man Writes About
Present Prices and Prosperity.

EDITOR of the CALIFORNIAN:
have been much interested in the news
items in your paper from time to time,
regarding the present prices for food
commodities.
There has been lot of excitement and
indiscriminate blame directed at the
various channels of trade through which
our food supplies pass, and, in the inter
est of "fair play" and having some
knowledge of the meat business, 1 feel
you would be glad to publish this letter
giving few facts.
The writer, along with every other
average American citizen, is participating
in the general prosperity of the land.
This prosperity seems to start back on
the western farms, as [ notice over 1O12
cents per pound was paid for hogs in
Chicago last week; therefore the farmer
the creator of all food commodities, is
surely receiving his share of prosperity.
He, in turn, is spending his money to
buy the products of eastern factories and
the railroads are transporting these
manufactured articles to the country.
Our own Vermont farmers are not left
out OF this prosperity. l talked with a
prosperous Danville farmer Saturday.
who told me he had about SO hogs near
" ready for market. He did not appear
at all sad over the prospect of selling
them at 9 cents live weight.
Let's rejoice with the farmer. If we
can't rejoice in any other way, let's go
to farming ourselves. That surely is one
industry which pays well and is not over
done.
I believe this general prosperity is re-
sponsible, in a marked degree, for the
agitation about high prices because we
all want to live in better houses, wear
better clothes and eat better food. This
is a commendable ambition but we
should be willing to pay fair price for
all these things.
Take our meat supply, for instance.
We all want roast beef and steaks. Now
if some Luther Burbank of animal hus-
bandry would only invent a steer that
would be all rib and loins, the problem
would be easy, but you may know that
there is only about one quarter of the
steer from which these choice cuts come
and when we all want them, to the ex-
clusion of the other three quarters of the
animal, naturally higher prices prevail
for these cuts.
believe the freless cookers are going
to be a great factor in solving the proper
preparation and use of the chuck, plate
and round cuts of beef.
Hoping that you may see your way
clear to publish in the CALIFORNIAN this
review of one of your readers on this sub
ject which affects US ALL [ am,
Yours truly,
FRANK E. SPAULDINe.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09

Your physician will tell you that Iron,
Quinine and Strychine makes one of the
safest and best tones that can be taken
1t always builds up the system and
doesn't produce any drug habit as so
many tonics do. That is just what you
take when you get Rydale's Tonic. 1t is
combined with other valuable ingredients
that increases its value both as tonic
and chill and malaria remedy. Charles
A. Searles & Co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09
Johnson's Name Well Received.

The ST. Johnsbury CALIFORNIAN nomi
mates Luther B. Johnson, editor OF the
Randolph Herald and News, for lieut.
governor. This is by far the best "men-
ton" made for that office Mr.. Johnson
would make a capable official and an
ideal president of the Senate.-[Groton
Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09

The ST. Johnsbury CALIFORNIAN "sug-
gests" Luther B. Johnson of the Ran
dolph Herald for Lieutenant-Gov
This is good selection. Brer Johnson
has had large legislative experience and
with Fleetwood as Governor and John
son as right bower" affairs of state
would move along right WE'LL Morris
vile News and Citizen.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09
A Reissue of PenSinn.

A reissue of pension has been allowed
John D. Orcutt, of St. Johnsbury, Yer
mont, at the rate of SIT per month from
October 20, 1909.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09

1t would certainly be a very happy
ending to the Windsor county Lieuten-
ant Governorship situation to just go
right straight ahead and nominate
Editor Johnson of the Randolph Herald
and News. He is in every way qualified
for the position, and has had sufficient
experience as a legislator to make him
valuable at the head of the Senate
Waterbury Record.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09

Last weeks issue of the ST. Tohnsbury
CALIFORNIAN, the editor of which is w. l.
Bigelow, formerly of the Burlington Free
Press, came out squarelv and without
reservation for Luther B. Johnson, editor
of the Randolph Herald and News, as it's
candidate for the lieutenant governor
ship nomination on the Republican
ticket. The CALIFORNIAN said:
"This indicates that the time for men
tioning has not expired so we would
suggest for lieutenant governor Luther
B. Johnson of Randolph, editor of the
Herald and News. Mr.. Johnson is in
the prime of life, a successful man in bus
mess, correct in his judgments, indepen-
dent in his ideas and thoroughly ac-
quainted with the sentiment of Yer
monters and legislative methods. Prob
ably he has had no aspirations for the
place but we can draft him and he will
add much strength to a state ticket
chosen for its merits rather than it's
personal desires. What say you breth-
ren?'
While The Landmark, as in duty
bound, pledges loyalty to a Windsor
county candidate if such can be agreed
upon, it nevertheless indorses all that
the CALIFORNIAN says in reference to
Editor Johnson, and if the nomination
is not to go to a Windsor county man
then it will place its approval upon the
man from Orange county, for he lives at
least in the White River valley.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09
Men and women Wanted.

The Government Pays Railway Mail
Clerks $500 to $1,000, and other
Employees up to $2,500AnnualIy.
Uncle Sam will hold examinations
throughout the country for Railway
Nail Clerks, Custom House Clerks, STEM
ographers. Bookkeepers, Department.
al Clerks and other Government Posi-
tons. Thousands of appointments will
be made. Any man or woman over 10,
in city or country can reconstruction and
free information by writing at once to
the Bureau of Instruction, 363 T, Ham
lin Building, Rochester, N. Y.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09

Az. Lynch, No. 6. 1872. Peck, Independent,
1s2: Aiken, Somerset, 165. May. Indepen-
dent, 165. Flanagan, Independent, 1913.
Coleman, Independent, 1873. Hooker, Cen
trail 1853.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09
Independent

Among the other teams Somerset and
No. 6, gained little while the much
touted Centrals and Elites seemed to
lack ginger. Results in the other match
es follow: Monday, Somerset, TIA, 1872,
694-226O; Central. TOT, 785. 666--2158.
Tuesday, Central, 597, 456, 618--1671;
Elite, SOC, $50. 4S9-1555. Wednesday,
No. 6, 718, III, 727--2162; Elite default
ed three points.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-09

Entered at the ST. Johnsbury post office as
second-class mail matter.
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st. Bloomsbury Calraonian

W. j b4UbLUWs
Editor and Publisher.
Pythian Building St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-25
CAsSV1LLE NEWS.

Rev. Stewart Is holding a series OF
meetings at tn. Chapel. Many Of the
cassville peopI. attend the services.
q Jesse Henry and son. Wayne, Of
Laurel Poiit. were recent visitors to
cur little village.
fdiss Pearl Ramsey has gone to
Pt.tsburs to work at the miIlionery
trade. a -
John Fleming has been working IL
the oil field at Hapans.
Miss Cora Sanders has returned
from: Morgantewn where she had been
calling on friends and relatives.
J. |. Craig was In Morsantown on
last Saturday. a "A
The general inrtitute for Cass dis
triet, was i1=ld In cassvilIe on last Sat
surday, both day and night sessions.
The last institute for clss dtstrie,
for this year will be held at the Union
en- s1turday. m arch. the 81 9TH, 1910. a
good time u antlelpa eS
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FORKsBURG NEWS.

The health of our community Is fair!
" good at this wrAing.
Mr.. Charles Toothnan, of Amos. was
visiting his sons. Willie and Hersehel,
T, this week.
| The little daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Herschel Toothnan, who tas had
pneumonia fever. is improving at this
writing
We are about to have a new phone
L. this place. 1t Is called the Pumpkin
Vine or the Farmers Telephone. We
are exceedingly glad to see the new
phone come into this community.
Miss Willie Knots has taken the
contract of driving couple Of oxen i,
this settlement. The oxen are very
stubborn and contrary.
Things seem very dull at this place
az we have only one taxpayer. and lie
is In charge Of everything,
Mr.. Lloyd Page Of this place. NJ.
tended meeting at catawba Sunday
right.
\, NV. ftSSNA NiotSai " HHlalHN a re-
ivi.aI meeting at samaria at this writ.
lin..
klr. Charlie Moran attended meeting
at Nit. Sharon Sunday.
Lloyd Page was calling on Atha Van.
glider Sunday night.
Misa siIvie Grub, OF near catawba,
is visiting frienas at this place.
Wayne Watson has returned home
to GO to school at this place
Mr. Waite Morgan. of White Day,
was calling at Freeamn vangiIder's
Monday. -
Mr. John Vance was visiting at Atha
vangllders enc day last week.
We wonder what has become Of
Teddy. We have not heard from him
for SO long he must Re gone sucker
by this time. JOHN.
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Friends Will Help You Get

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+ School of DISSEMINATING in Morgan
and Billingslea Furnit IRE Store. Night
Glasses.
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Easthound. N
For WASHINGTON. BALTIMORE.
PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK.
No. 8. 'a:25 a. M: No. II. '1:35 p,
M: No. I. 1910 p. m. local to Graf
ton.
CUMBERLAND ACCOM-. No. q. r7:os
a. m
GRAFTON ACCOM-. No. Il. 1881
Westhound.
For COLUMBUS and CHICAGO. No
Z. '2:24 a. m: No. Il. '1:a5 p. u.
For WHEELING. No. 7. 1924 =. M:
No. u. '7:46 a. IN. tlocAi; No. IL.
'1:26 p. m. tlocal>1 No. IS. .e:os D
MorongaA DlvIslon.
For cLARKsBURG. leave No. 2 17:1o
.. M: No. 4. Is:45 p. M; arrive, No,
3. '7:35 8. M No. 6. K4:45 p. IN.
FaIrmont, MorgantoWn and PIttsburp
Branch.
$500 p. NJ: arrive. No. e.. 1s:bs
4. m. st,-.
For CoNNELLSvILLE and PITTS
burg. leave. No. l. $500 a. M: No.
q 17:40 a. M: No. 81. '2:16 p. m;
arrive. No. 80. '1:1u p. M: No. 2.
f+x7:10 y. M; No. I, xs:4O p. NJ: No.
6s. zl0:05 p. m.
For MORGANTOWN. leavt. No. ss
Depart No. col, $500 a. M: No. .03,
400 p. M; arrive. No. 200. 1855 a
M; No. ZOE. $40 p m. d
! Daily except Sunday. y
PaWpaw Branch. IA.
Depart. No. pol. $500 a. M; No. 203t
400 p. m; arrlvee. No. 200. s:56
l. M: No. 202. $50 p. In.
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WINFIELD.

| /" . . d & q
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Heck and son
Arthur and daughter Mabel were visit
ing the lltter's brother. Zeb Heck.
S nday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Tatteson and two
children. OF Grassy Run. were visiting
the luttcr's mother. Sarah Sattcrfield.
Sunday.
Miss Este Davis and sister. OF Ham.
n:ond. are visiting ut Fred Vanslldcr's
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Lambert. of Hcpe
we'll. and Mrs. Guy Reeves and son
Leonard and daughter Eva were visit
Ing the lattcr's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnny Carpenter. Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. G.. w. Hawkins were
visiting 1T Thomas Hawkins Sunday.
Mr.. okey Vincent and Buddie Car
penter were shopping at Fnlrmont Sat.
urday
Miss Maggie Hawkins Is visiting her
sisters nj Montana this week.
Mcssrs. Okcy Shaw. Okey Vincent.
ana Thomas kirk and daughter Laura
were calling at Johnny Carpenters on
Sunday.
The protrlcted meeting Mt Samaria
Is being conducted by Rev. Brooks
Morgan.
There will lie preaching at Bethel on
Sunday afternoon at $3.50.
PEGGY.
School OF DresslnakinE In Morgan
and Billingslea Furniture Store. Night
| Glasses.
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FAlnmoNT ICE co.
Manufacturers OF Puro Irs. ~
once snd Plant First Ward. d
Both phpnes sn1
uPHoLsTERIna

We maze a speclaiIy OF nral !; cIaasg
up to date upholsterlnE. hotn plain and
fancy. Mattresses and feathers rsn I
ovated. Sewing machine needles An.
Supplies. All work guaranteed. n.
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PILES CURED in s TO IA DAYS.

PAZo OINTMENT is guaranteed to
cure any case OF Itching. Blind. Bleed,
Ing or ProtrudlnE Piles In 6 to IA days
or, money refunded soc.
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" Give Certificates
/ Inc Up Yonr Friends
A Piano Worth Owning

Here ~ short description OF this
weighs boxed The finest mate
Instrument excellent in
indicating artistic instrument att
mirror genuine keys The acto
producing spectacular musical
elegant piano
safS the heart 1t viii win its prn:eiy
Is lnaed Conservatives edu
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ss
Continued from Page One,
Gpest Of Honor. y
Governor Glassenek Ii to be the
Conventions guest Of honor and will
head hte procession.
Banquet.
The last night Of tao convention
there will be Il banquet for workers.
Delegates. "
You can secure delegates creden-
tails OF The Secretary OF your County
Sunday School Association. All pas.
tors. Sunday School missionaries.
county and ,listric: officers are eati-
tied to delegates credentials. In nd.
dltion each county may appoint five
delegates OF large In case county
On district officer cannot attend, an al
ternnte may be appointed. 4
The state Office will Gladly give fur.
Their information. Write Arthur II.
Arnold. General Secretary. Wheeling.
West Virginia.