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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-01-12
KIRBY

Clarence Leach, who has been sick
with scarlet fever in hospital in Lynn,
Mass, has returned to his uncle's, George
Leach.
Miss Luvia Barnett has finished work
at Lyndon town farm and is visiting
friends at Wheelock
The Croteau children are able to at
tend school again and Miss Jennie
Trefren is teaching in the Hollow and
boarding with Mrs. William Mitchell.
Mrs. Achsa Turner from East Lyndon
visited at w. E. Kelley's the first of the
week.
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Boston, Mass.
Commissioners Notice.
ESTATE OF JAMES RICHIE.

ESTATE OF JAMES RITCHIE.
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
of all persons against the estate of James
Richie late of St Johnsbury. in said district
deceased, and all claims exhibited in Offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet
rooms of the Citizens Savings Bank &
Trust Co. in the village of St. Johnsbury.
in said district, on the oath day of Febru-
airy and Oath day of June next. from 10
O'Clock a. N. until O'Clock p. M. on each
of said days and that six months from the
oath day of December, A. D. 1909, is the
time limited by said Court for said creditors
to present their claims to for examination
and allowance.
Dated at ST. Johnsbury, this 5th day of
January A. D., 1910.
GILBERT E. WOODS,
JOSEPH FAIRBANKS,
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BANKRUPTCY Notice.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT.
!" f Hsr #' Ss5 S45 e Bankruptcy
To the creditors of Henry R. Stone
of Lyndon, in the County of Caledonia.
Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day
of Jam, A. D. 1910. the said Henry R.
Stone duly adjudicated bankrupt;
and that the first meeting of his creditors
will be held at my office in st. Johnsbury, in
said District, on the 22nd day of January
A. d. 1910, at O'Clock in the forenoon
at which time the said creditors may
attend, prove their claims, appoint trustee,
examine the bankrupt, and transact such
other business as may properly come before
said meeting.
MARSHALL MONTGOMERY,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
st. IohnsburY VT Ian. s. 1910.
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simn1e Remedy for Laerippe

LaGrippe coughs are dangerous, as
they frequently develop into pneumonia.
Foley's Honey and Tar not only stops
the cough. but heals and strengthens the
lungs so that no serious results need be
feared The genuine Foley's Honey and
Tar contains no harmful drugs andis in a
yellow package. c. c. Bingham.
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Rev. I. w. Williams Testifies

Rev. L W. Williams, Huntington, w.
Va, writes US as follows "This is to
certify that used Foley's Kidney Rene
dy for nervous exhaustion and kidney
trouble and am free to say that Foley's
Kidney Remedy will do all thatyou claim
for it." c. c. Bingham.
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Pneumonia Follows a Cold

but never follows the use of Foley's
Honey and Tar, which stops the cough,
heals the lungs. and expels the cold from
your system. c. c. Bingham.
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Farmers
Exchange

Advertisements of any kind of farm prop
erty. help wanted by farmers, farms for sale
or to rent inserted in this column for one cent
word Count all articles and groups of
figures as a world, for the first insertion
and one-ha1f cent for each subsequent inser-
ton. Any advertisement will be run six
times for three cents words. No credit al
lowed for these advertisements the
amounts are too small to be booked.
Always mention the CALIFORNIAN in n
Swering an advertisement.
REGISTERED BERKSHIRE boar, Vanderbilt
strain. for service. c. w. LANG, East
Barnet.
SWAP HORSES, BEAT THE RACES
WITH tricks, veterinary, etc. How 90 cents
silver. A. Wheeler, Box 65. Lower Water
ford, VT.
WANTED five hundred hens and chickens.
Phone 71-3. M. D. Lyster, St. Johnsbury.
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Av.-Bryant, Central, 176. McDona1d,
ley, Central, 149. J. Con1ey, Central, 14S.
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FOR COLD,

HOdrSeneSS. Sore Throat or Cough.
use THE AMERICAN THROAT
TABLETS.
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STEADY WORK
20 TO Is cents an hour.

For particulars write A. P. EMMoNs,
Supt. of Employ Boston & North
ern and Old Colony ST. Ry. Co.'S, "a
State Street,
Boston, Mass.
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A State Layman's Missionary Convention
to be Held in Burlington in March.
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Business Directory.

n. II. MILTiMoRE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon. Office and residence
80 NJ ain Street.
Office Hours: So
1880
IS
N. E. Phone 1912. Cit. Phone MIST
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time still leavefroom for Improvement
only three Of the sixteen were college
men, and fourteen OF the deaths oc-
CURED among boys ranging from elev~
en- 70 nineteen years. The death list.
therefore, it was held. shows that more
careful supervision is necessary among
the teams and players. Many lists have
been published containing as high as
thirty and thirty-five names, but on
examination these have been found to
be false, according to tabulation. a
number Of the deaths having occur
red in the spring and summer as a re-
suit Of injuries received last year.
Sixty-five broken collar bones head
the list Of injuries for 1910. Forty
broken legs. thirty-seven broken noses,
thirty-one broken ribs, twenty broken
ankles, seventeen broken fingers, thir-
teen broken shoulders and eleven brok-
en- wrists follow in order. They also
In most cases were credited to either
unframed men or immature youths.
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explain the principle OF the shuttle" It
will be OF interest TO engineering read
ers. II you get on the elevated railway
at Fifty eighth street and you want 10
so to One Hundred and Fifty-fifth
street you take the Shuttle" to Fiji
tieth street But you don't get out.
You leave Fiftieth street station and
travel a little farther in the wrong
direction. Then you come back to
Fiftieth street and change. Nothing
could be simpler.
I paid a dollar to go into the Polo
grounds. this sum admitting me to the
privileges Of the grand stand. Having
heard good deal before leaving Eng
land Of the lawlessness of the crowds
at baseball matches. 1 was careful to
seat myself beside an elderly, very Sc
date looking gentleman with gray
whiskers. He had a score sheet on his
knee and was evidently keeping a
careful record Of the game.
"How's 1t going?" I asked carefully.
my secret hope being that he would
mention the names Of the opposing
teams.
'How's that?" he retorted.
I remained silent thinking that his
remark had reference to some point in
the game that had missed.
What's that?" he translated.
."Oh, beg your pardon. / asked you
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to inform me how the game was going"
"Geei" cried the old gentleman with
an intense feroeity that startled and
shocked me. Il guess we got 'em
cinchedi"
1 should have liked very much 10
know who had got whom cinched. but
he began to write busily on his score
sheet, and I dared not disturb. him
again so soon. I killed time, there
fore. by examining the players a little.
Baseball is a Developments fierce
development-of the good old game Of
FOUNDERS. Whereas we used TO strike
at the ball with clinched fist, however.
and the ball was a soft one, in base
ball you strike at the bali with a sort
OF round log, and the ball is a hard
one. The gentleman who serves the
ball TO the batsman is called the pitch
er. He does not lob Il or bowl it or
toss It, but SHES 1t with tremendous
force at the unoffending opponent. II
the batsman can hit II with his log.
we'll and good; If he can't. 1t is quite
likely that the ball viii hit him-on
the arm, or the head. or the leg, or in
the ribs. Thereupon he writhes with
agony, the captain Of his side rushes
up TO him, helps him into his sweater,
and to cheer him up the manned
wretch is allowed 10 move round TO
the first base.
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AS SEEN
By AN ENCLISHMAN

q N Englishman's view OF our ma
~ tional pastime is given in an
"a article in paper published
A in London. It describes q
game between two National league
teams played in New York, and to the
writer it appeared as follows:
They said, You must certainly see a
ball game before you leave the States"
l said: Il beg your pardon. A
what?"
They said; "a ball game-basebaIl,
you know. Fastest game In the world.
And you'd better hurry up or the sea-
son VIII be over. Why not go this
afternoon
"All by myself?''
"'Fraid so. Business. But it's quite
simple. Take the Il to One Hundred
and Fifty-ffth street and get off at the
Polo grounds CT was in New York;.
You'll love It. You'll 90 mad with ex-
element Everybody does. Come back
and tell US all about it. Wish we
could 90. too. you lucky fellow. Ry!"
zone moment. Am I right in pre-
Stunning that the L is the elevated
railway"
Sure. You'll be all right. all right.
You can't go wrong"
AS 1t happened, did not go wrong
after a slight difference with a sort of
toy car known as the shuttle" Let me
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SHORT LEGS HANDICAP JAPS.
Mikado's Athletes All Experts With
Bat and Baseball, but They
Can't Run Fast.

Japan has taken up baseball with
that thoroughness with which the MI
kado's people do everything. Teams
have been organized by the Keiogijuku
and Waseda universities and a series
Of games they played with a team from
Chicago, which spent several months
IN the kingdom instructing the natives
IL the mysteries OF the curved ball and
batting. aroused the greatest interest.
Speaking Of the game the Japan
Weekly Main, the government organ Of
Yokohama, says that they attracted
Immense crowds Of both japanese and
foreigners and excitement on both
sides has been keen"
so far" il continues, ''the Americans
appear TO be having the best OF the
game. When 1t comes 10 a matter OF
long legs 1t is somewhat difficult for
the japanese athlete 70 compete with
the Anglo-Saxon. The japanese show
great technical skin both with the bat
and on the diamond generally, but
when speed is the prime factor, as It
usually is in baseball they are not IN
it with the Americans.
Moreover, these visitors represent
the star players of a great university;
they are picked men both as 70
physique and skin. IN Japan that kind
Of a man does not go in for baseball.
He is more likely 10 be found IN the
jututsu ring or displaying his agility
with the sword Compare the average
japanese baseball team with the aver
age Of physique one sees in the various
classes at the japanese universities and
the conclusion is inevitable that the
strongest and most active men are not
IN the baseball teams
In America It is just the reverse.
The finest all round athletes are secur-
ed for the diamond just as they ara
for football, so that an American base
ball game represents that most excit-
ing and interesting Of all human mo-
ments when Greek meets Greek.
still. considering the strength Of the
team against which they are contend
ing, the japanese players are putting
in an excellent record. and If they
should finally succeed in defeating the
Americans it would indeed be a notable
triumph.
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pened. A batsman gave the ball quite
a decent knock-that is to say, IL
eluded the farthest feIdsman and roll
ed toward the boundary, thus enabling
the batsman to reach the second base
instead Of the first. ] judged this to
be fairly ordinary event. but I was
mistaken. The whole crowd rose to its
feet-men, boys, women and girls-and
emitted one terrific and prolonged yell
Of delight a young man in the front
row deliberately threw his nice bowler
hat (here called a derby haD to the
ground and jumped on it. Two portly
men embraced each other. dancing the
while. A perfect stranger Immediately
behind me hit me, jovially, between the
shoulder blades.
As for my old friend with the gray
WhiskeTs, he was standing on his seat.
his back to the game, leading the
cheers. You have no idea what a noise
that old man made. / was quite
ashamed Of him. I felt unwilling that
he should attract so much attention 10
our particular bench. I plueked him
by the trousers leg. but he took no no.
uce whatever, His score sheet, his
glasses and his handkerchief were on
the floor. And all this because some
untidy stranger. now covered with
earth, had made two bases instead Of
one.
The old gentleman kept It up long
after the game had been resumed.
When at last he did sit down and
had restored to him his various pos
sessions. I said courteously. Would
you mind telling me, sir. what all that
noise was about?"
Gee! Didn't yer see it? Fine, sir!
Bully. sir! Oh, you Jack Robinson"
CIhls last OF course, was not address
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coming from a lightweight that Nor
gan pressed him for his reasons.
Then Brown let forth a secret ne has
kept for several years. 1t appears that
Brown was induced to put on the
gloves with Lewis in training quarters
before he had learned much about the
boxing game. Willie. he says, pro-
ceeded to take advantage of his light
ness and lnexperience to make a
Roman holiday for the guests. Lewis
handed the kid terrific pounding, cut
ting his face VI badly and generally
kicking him all around the gym. He
was too proud to quit and took It. At
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ICE SKATERS TUNING
UP FOR SEASON

fine horses during his career on the
turf, and he was also handed some
prize lemons at nice prices. and so
were several other wealthy young turf
men.
A cloclIer told recently how Thomas
came to pay big money for one FLY that
never won a race. Wealthy men being
considered common prey around race
courses, the clocker thought 1t nothing
amiss TO assist in the sale in company
with another Of his own calling.
By arrangement the checkers were
hanging about when the flly was
given five furlong workout for
Thomas benefit The latter had no
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TO COMPETE IN CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS

stop watch and couldn't have caught
the dash correctly If he had.
Geo." exclaimed the owner breeder.
looking at his timepiece after the hly
finished. something wrong here. NV
clock says 100 1-5. Then. turning to
one OF the checkers, who had been care
fully rehearsed, he said. George. did
you get that workout?"
Sure. I made 1t SO As" was the
ready reply.
Take your watch and have It clean
ed" responded the owner, and. turning
to the other clocker What time did
you catch?"
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CHANGE BASEBALL RULES
SO PLAYER CAN STEAL
FIRST BASE, SUGGESTS FAN

! as men on the bags. It sounds Ike a
wild scheme and certainly would never
get by the rulemakers.
But its prepayment makes a good ar
gument If there is 10 be any i'm
provement in the game. he pleads, let
IL come in the nature Of work on the
bases This is the only department Of
the game in which team work really
counts. And. he says, interest would
be added TO the game.
Suppose" says the writer. "the man
at bat were allowed 10 steal first base
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have been told don't know if
there is any truth in it-that important
matches have been won by the simple
expedient of catching the captain OF
the opposing side a jolly good thwack
on the head the very first time he faces
the pitcher Be that as It may, I had
an idea that one or two Of the batsmen
actually allowed the ball to strike
them on the body for the sake of be-
ing permitted to move round to the
first base Such heroism as this is not
to be met with every day. and il is only
right that a popular baseball player
should rank, as ne does. next but one
to Jack Johnson, the president inter-
vening.
was greatly interested IN the tao
tics Of the captain CT the batting side.
This individual, instead of taking his
ease and a cocktail in the dressing
room. stands near the first base and
covers the pitcher with obloquy. These
remarks are accompanied by feats Of
agility expressive OF the utmost and
most decided contempt. 7 myself saw
one Of the captains of the batting side
leap high into the air. his fingers
working, his head well back. The
crowd encouraged such demonstrations
by savage yells, boots. groans and all
manner of strange and disconcerting
cries. The odd thing was to me that
the winning side had all the sympathy.
Everybody, II was clear. wanted It
te win. There was not a soul present,
so far as I could judge. who had one
friendly word, one kindly thought, for
the losing side. Perhaps they were
unkind to their wives or something OF
that sort.
And now. as my brothers OF the TO
mantle pen say, strange thing hap
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combination Of physical and mental
strain that rendered Jeffries as weak
as kitten, and the whole story was
told in the first round, when Johnson
took hold Of Jeffries' left forearm and
tucked it behind Jenries' hip with as
little effort as If Jeffries had been a
child
Jim Corbett attributed Jeffries' de-
feat to nervous prostraion" Corbett
ought to know what he is talking
about for he was practically in the
same box when he faced Fitzsimmons
at Carson City. and the quick manner
In which he faded away showed it.
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WHILE all the baseball experts and
managers have been Tacking their
brains for ideas on rule revision that
will put more men on the bases and
thus liven the game. here is a sug-
gestion made by a fan that the mag
mates might consider. II is an old
saying that they never get fast
enough to steal first base" but they
would If this mans ideas were adopted.
for after the pitcher starts 10 deliver
his first pitch TO any batsman the lat
ter would be privileged to tear for drst
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ed 10 me, but to the successful player.)
But what would you do" ] said, If
he got all the way round? don't see
what more you could do"
What's that?"
Il say, ! don't see what more you
could do II he completed the whole
round"
That's all right-all right" gasped
the old gentleman. wiping his eyes and
putting on his spectacles.
They were all just as enthusiasts
when. half an hour later, I stole away.
As drew near the station a bunch OF
inspectors darted at me
"How's it going?" they clamored.
"How's the game going?"
I'm very sorry" I replied, ''but Z
really haven't the least idea"
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NEW FOOTBALL RULES CUT
DOWN CASUALTY LIST.

That the new football rules have
in part at least succeeded in lessening
the danger Of football was shown by
a resume OF football accidents and
fatalities for the past season. showing
that sixteen youngS men were killed,
making thirteen less than in 1909, when
Twenty-Five were killed. Lay observers
Of the game, however. commented that
sixteen deaths chalked against a pas
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The Jeffries dope story. like Banquo's
ghost. will not down. The latest one TO
come out and state that James J. was
handed a pill or a bundle of hop Is
Bob Fitzsimmons. The freckled one
cites as one reason for his thinking so
the fact that JEFF failed TO recognize
him. Some day the story will all
come out, he thinks. In that case he
would like to lay his hands on the fell
low who did the doping.
What allied Jeffries was drastic train
ing, which, Of course. entailed great
loss Of weight and consequent loss Of
vitality. He was worried, too. over the
load Of responsibility he was carrying
as the hope OF the white race He felt
that all his previous achievements in
the prize ring would he forgotten If he
was defeated by Johnson, and he
figured correctly II was therefore a
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zone minute hat." was the equally
prompt answer.
That was enough for Thomas. All
three watches couldn't be wrong. He
made an offer of ten times what the
hlly was worth. It was accepted with
apparent reluctance. She was beaten
repeatedly after that in 1902. and
Thomas never could understand why.
"Get Willie Lewis to do 142 pounds
for me and I'll go broke betting that I
can beat him." said Knockout" Brown,
the crack New York lightweight, to his
manager. Danny Morgan. recently. 1t
appeared such a strange statement
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oriainates Nsw FootbaI go. g

OfI9IhateS NEW FootbaH Score Gard.
A Boston man has gotten 10 a foot
ball score card, which may help TO
keep spectators in closer touch with the
game next season. It contains parallel
columns at the top OF which ere such
headings as whose ball" player"
gain" Toss" tackled by" ''bau on"
and remarks" IN the last named OF
which can be put the nature OF the
play. Each play can be recorded across
the page. To make this scheme prac-
ticable one must be able TO know each
player, and the general run Of specta-
tors cannot recognize players when
they are arrayed in football armor.
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base. Thus. no matter what the count
on the batter, he could take on any
passed ball or wild pitch, OF with men
on the bases he could dash 70 first at
any time to draw a throw for some
other runner.
Yes, Very Wild Scheme.
In effect the batter would have ex-
actly the same base running privilege
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Arranas international Boat Races.

At a meeting Of the permanent COM
rnittee Of the International Yacht Rae
ing union held in London Il was de-
cided that the first Of the proposed
great European racing festivals should
take place on the Solent in August
next, the second in Germany in 1912,
and the third IN 1918.
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Professional Golfers Ready to comp.t

Many professional golf players VIII
compete in Journeys in southern states
this winter. Tom Anderson, Jr. win
so 70 St Augustine and fill the posi-
ton formerly occupied by the late WI
lie Anderson. Orrin Terry. the Canoe
Brook home bred expert, Is booked for
Bermuda, and there is also a chance
Of Herbert Strong Of AbaWamis trying
his luck below the Mason and Dixon
line
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sv TOMMY CLARK.

~ CE skaters are now to have their
inning. For the past few weeks
the knights OF the steel blade
a have been getting into shape for
the championship meets. Judging
from the activity shown by the pro-
moters in the different cities and the
many meetings scheduled. the skaters
will have a great season.
The action Of the International Skat-
ing union, which controls the sport in
Canada and in the United States. IN
taking away the charter OF the old
Eastern Amateur Skating association
has been heartily Endorsed The rou-
bic arose last season through the et-
forts OF the latter body 70 have Ed
mund Iamy, the amateur champion
declared a professional because OF a
technical omission on his part 10
register with the association. The
matter was thrashed out at the annual
meeting OF the International union in
New York recently. and, despite the
fact that that body Endorsed Lamy,
President ]. c. Hemment refused to
recede from his position. His asso-
citation was forthwith ordered to re-
turn it's charter.
Secretary Tucker Of the International
union has announced that the matter
Of dates for the championship race
would be taken Up at a meeting TO be
held in Chicago and the east would be
allotted desirable dates and events.
Representatives from clubs in the
many cities have announced that it has
been some time since so many young
sters were taking such an interest in
ice racing. This is a good omen. It
has been a hard job to arouse the
youngsters during the past two sea-
sons because OF the trouble that ex-
listed between the skating unions and
the mild winters in the east AS an
incentive to the boys the promoters IN
Boston. New York and Chicago prom
Use there viii be many novice races OF
all distances, and good prizes will be
offered.
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Penn Gets Star Hurdlsr.

Edwards. the former University OF
California hurdler, who has a record of
thirteen and one-ffth seconds over the
high sticks, is a member Of the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania freshman class.