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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
LYNDON CENTER.
The Village to Construct a Hose House.-Gift
by T. N. Vail.

The Village to Construct a Hose HOuse.-Gift
by T. N. Vail.
The house known as the Morgan house
on the corner of River and Main streets,
was given to the village by T. N. Vail,
recently, on the condition that the village
remove the house, build brick hose
house where the present house stands,
and keep the remainder of the grounds
as little park. The village has voted
to accept the gift under those conditions,
and L. B. Harris has been appointed to
build the hose house. The present house
will be sold at auction.
William Campbell went Tuesday to
Fairhaven, Mass, to visit his brother, E.
6. Campbell. He was accompanied by
his niece, Alberta Campbell, who has
been spending several months with Mrs.
Frank Dresser.
Mrs. Frank Holmes and daughter,
Lydia of Sutton, are stopping with Mrs.
Harley Colby. while Mrs. Holmes is TAX
ing the census on the east side of the
river.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
Encouragement for Mothers.

The following papers written by some
of the eighth grade on Summer street
may serve as an encouragement to
mothers.
MY MOTHER
AS far as can remember I never went
home when my other was down stairs,
but as soon as the door opened she
would say Hello" Even when the sun
is shining outside, if nv mother isn't in
the house, it seldom comes in. l have
seen large, small, fat, lean, pretty and
homely women in this world, but I never
saw a lady like my mother.
AN IMPRESSION MADE BY AN IDEAL MOTHER
One day when was about three years
old my mother let me go over to my
cousins to play. While there l was
given a harmonica to play with. 1
found it very nice plavthing so 1 in
nocently slipped it into my pocket
for future use. When L went home 1
showed it to my mother, who stood on
the porch to greet me. With surprised
look she asked who gave it to me. 1
answered saying mo one did," AS l
looked up into my mothers eyes not a
look of anger did 1 see. no reproachfu1
glance met my eyes, only look of pity
and sweetness as she softly said, "Milly,
you did wrong" Then she kissed me
and we went with the harmonica to it's
rightful owner. These words, few and
simple, have often helped me when have
felt temptation near.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
SOUTH RYEGATE.

MIR. and Mrs. T. S. Gray are rejoicing
over the birth of a son on Sunday April
18th.
Miss Helena Leet of Bradford spent
Sunday with her sister Miss Carrie Leet
at Mrs. Emma Starts.
Mrs. c. NJ. Libby and NJ. J. Bailey
went to Newbury Saturday to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Allen Fetch.
]. S. Grierson returned last week from
Clark's Island. Maine, where he has been
visiting his mother, who was very i'll but
is now much improved.
Miss Ruth Gates has gone to Barre
where she is employed in the millinery de-
partment of A. P. Abbott's store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Duncan of Nc
Indoes spent Thursday and Friday with
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Sargent.
Herbert Pierce, who has been attend
ing the State Agricultural College at
Lansing, Mich. since September, has re-
turned to his home on Jefferson Hill.
c. M. Libby was in ST. Johnsbury
Tuesday and Wednesday of last week in
the interest of the Fish and Game
League.
B. P. Grove contemplates moving his
family soon to the farm known as the
Perry Place, recently vacated by F. ].
Doe
M. H. Gibson has rented the E. g.
Lind shop to the Baraca Class OF the
United Presbyterian church by whom it
will be used as hall.
The L. A. S. of the Presbyterian church
will hold Dollar Social in the vestry
Friday evening. Refreshments will be
served. The proceeds are to be used to
buy a new carpet for the church. The
a Euhn aff
with their experiences as dollar-earners.
Rev. w. A. Pollock exchanged pulpits
Sunday morning and evening with Rev.
B. F. Myers of Grotou.
c. H. Ord returned from his trip to
Nashua, Monday. 1t is reported that
he has rented his house on Terry Hill to
]. L. Hearth.
Mrs. Frank George of Plymouth, N
H., made her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T.
S. Gray, a short visit the first of the
week
An Italian by the name of Moriani
who was injured by the explosion of a
powder blast on the Rosa Bros. quarry
Saturday, April 9th, and was taken to
the hospital at Woodsville, is reported
to be doing well.
J. D. McAl1ister went to South New
bury, Monday, to act as auctioneer lat
the A. A. Olmstead auction.
Rev. w. S. Wallace went to Boston,
Monday, to attend the spring meeting of
Presbytery.
Miss Bertha Daniels was unable to
teach Thursday and Friday owing to a
severe attack of rheumatism Miss
Grace Darling acted as substitute
teacher.
The cottage prayer meeting will be
held this evening at the home of William
Darling.
Mrs. Margaret Darling and Mrs.
George Roben are quite i'll.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
ST. JOHNSBURY CENTER.

Mrs. Horace Walker of Chelsea, Mass.
has been the guest of Mrs. Mary Hallett
Mrs. George Hobbs of East ST. Johns.
bury and Miss May Spencer of St. Johns
bury spent Sunday with Mrs. Truman
Brewer.
Mrs. Clarence Stearns of Manchester,
N. H., and Mrs. Blodgett of st. Johns
bury have been recent guests at the home
of Mrs. D. w. Jenness.
Mrs. Sumner Warner of Wheelock is
spending the week with Mrs. E. H.
Hallett.
On Friday the relatives and friends OF
Jonathan Huntley gave him postal
card shower, it being his 72nd birthday.
He received 80 in all and they came from
five different states and ~ towns and
the District of Columbia.
Rev. M. H. Smith will supply the pull
pit of the Methodist church and Rev.
Mr.. Gregory goes to Concord.
Mrs. Byron Wright, who is at Bright
look Hospital, is gaining very slowly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Huntley were
at Lyndonville the first of the week visit
ing relatives.
Miss Mildred Cade of st. Johnsbury
visited at Bertha Salman's on Monday
Mrs. Earl Webster of Hardwick spent
part of last week with Mrs. E. G.
Learned.
The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety will meet this week Thursday at
two o'clock.
Miss Ada Brown is visiting friends at
St. Johnsbury this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Hazelton of St.
Johnsbury are moving into their new
home.
Miss Helen Hartman is spending a few
days with Miss Sarah Carrick of St.
Johnsbury.
John Liberveau was able to ride out
for little way on Sunday.
Mrs. Lane, who has been working for
H. J. Kelly, has returned to her home at
ST. Johnsbury.
Shepherd Pomona Grange will meet
at Green Mountain Hall this evening.
The program is in charge of the young
people, Miss Bertha Salman, chairman.
The meeting promises to be one of inter
est.
At Wide Awake Grange on Saturday
evening the first and second degrees will
be conferred on candidates.
There will be masquerade and prom
enade given at the Fireman's Hall on
Friday evening. The ladies are requested
to bring boxes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
Man and Money Gone.
Walter Conrad Stole $40 and Left Town
Quite Unceremonious1y. Promises to
Paw Up.

Walter Conrad, once familiar figure
on the streets of this village, is now miss
ing, having LETT town without announc-
ing his plans for the future some time
last Thursday. Before he left he visited
the room of lady in the house of
Samuel Somerville, where he also
roomed, and found SIS of her money
which he took with him. Apparently
his trip was premeditated for he visited
the store of H. NJ Scott on Railroad
street, where he was employed earlier in
the winter, and after he had gone a SIS
bill that was in the safe was also gone.
He was very thoughtful about the
young lady from whom he took the
money as he mailed a letter to her stat
ing that he had taken some of her money
but would repay it as soon as he could
earn it. There is a story that he bought
a ticket from here for Portland, Maine,
but he claimed his home was in Colorado
so his bilitiesswith his stolen money
are puzzle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
Museum Notes.

A recent gift to the Museum from Mrs.
w. A. Bryan of the Honolulu. Museum,
Hawaii, is small in size but large in in
terest. 1t is an extremely rare lava,
called Pele's Hair. Pele is the goddess of
Kilauea. The lava bubbles of this
valcano are carried out by the wind and
are thus strung out into spun glass
which is called Pele's Hair. The speci-
men is placed in the special lava case in
the east balcony.
The children of the town are exhibiting
great interest in the flowers of the trees
and shrubs. Those insignificant and
seldom-noticed blossoms are being placed
on the flower table as soon as they APP
pear. The table this week contains the
following new howers,-Marsh marigold
and hazelnut, April IA; field horse-tail,
hemlock and speckled alder, April 16.
Three new birds have been reported
rusty blackbird. April 4; sapsucker and
pine finch, April Is; field sparrow, April
16.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20

Mr.. and Mrs. John Folsom recently en-
tertained John Finn and wife of St.
Johnsbury.
Miss Mabel Wood who has been work
ing for the Rev. Mr.. Smith of Concord,
has returned home and is attending
school in this place.
Roscoe Parker's sugar house with SUI
gar tools and a quantity of sugar
burned to the ground last Wednesday.
Mrs. Emma Fisher, Mrs George Leach,
w. H. Webb, Fred Rogers and Lem
Nichols were visitors at St. Johnsbury,
the past week.
Schools commenced here last Monday
with Miss Rosetta Thomas and Mrs.
Augustus Grant as teachers in the vii
lage schools and Mrs. Fred Rogers in
the Kellogg district.
Miss Katy Fisher and Augustus Grant
were married by Judge Wallace last We'd
nesday evening.
Mrs. Ada Briggs and Max Higgins
were married at Lancaster. N. H., last
week, Tuesday.
Mrs. Ira Grant and Clark Steere were
called to Manchester, N. H., April IL, by
the illness and death of their mother,
Mrs. Mary E. Keyes, who died in that
city, at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Kinney, April 10, of pneumonia. Mrs.
Keyes was 70 years of age and has spent
good part of her life in this place and
vicinity. She has been twice married
and leaves three sons. Curt and Herbert
Steere of Manchester. and Clark Steere of
this place, and four daughters, Mrs. Alice
Kinney, Mrs. Josie Stone and Mrs. John
Platt, of Manchester and Mrs. Ira Grant
of this place.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
NORTH DANvILLE.
Death of John W, Church

John w. Church. who passed away at
the home of his brother, W. H. Church,
following an operation, Tuesday, April
IL, was born in Robinson Bury, P. O.,
June IL, 1868, the youngest son of the
late Isaac and Maria Church. At the
age of IL years he was deprived of his
eyesight and for several years was a
student of the Perkins Institute for the
blind of Boston. He was a great lover
of music and at one time was member
of the North Danville band. He was
honest and upright in all of his dealings
and lived a consistent Christian life, very
patient in all of his sickness and troubles
and one who had no enemies Funeral
services were held at the home of his
brother, w. H. Church, Thursday, at 2
p. M. Rev. ]. B. Higgins officiating. He
leaves three sisters, Mary Eta Church.
Mrs<Louise Sweet of Pumpkin Hill, and
Mrs. Fremont Ranney of St. Johnsbury,
also two brothers, w. H. of this place
and Abram of Pumpkin Hill.
Mrs. S. K. Huse attended the Meth
odist conference held at Island Pond the
past week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
RYEGATE.

Rev. J. A. McKirahan preached the
funeral sermon of John Quinn at the
home of. N. Vance near Boltonville, on
Tuesday at 10 O'Clock. Mr.. Quinn had
been afflicted for years and had been kept
at the home of Mr.. Vance during this
period.
F. II. White is engaged in taking the
census in the town of Groton, Charles
Gibson in the town of Ryegate.
Mrs. ]. A. Nolan and family have the
sympathy of their many friends in the
death of Mrs. McLam's mother, Mrs.
Dixon, of McIndoes.
T. Corliss of Plymouth, N. H., was
in the village on Wednesday oflast week
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
calling on friends and attending the meet

calling on friends and attending the meet
ing of Blue Mt. Grange in the evening.
Olive Nolan came from St. Johnsbury
on Monday for short stay with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Nolan.
Mr. Goodfellow of Barre spent the
week end with his daughter and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Nelson.
Mae McKenna has been in East Rye
gate for time helping Mrs. Corsan of
that place who has been sick.
Mrs. McDuf sister Of ]. H. Symes of
this place died of typhoid fever in the
hospital at Berlin. N. H., April Is. Mrs.
McDuf had many friends in this COM
munity.
Mrs. William Thompson is spending
few. weeks in New York, the guest of Mrs.
Merrill and her son of that city.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20

are common and are preferred by
many poultrymen, but built close to
the ground they harbor rats, while If
open underneath they make the house
cold. Earth floors are generally most
satisfactory for houses for mature
fowls 1t Is always desirable to grade
up the site of the poultry house so
that the water will run away from
the building Where the soil is heavy
this is essential. for dampness in
poultry house is an evil which must be
overcome.
The walls of the chicken house must
est way to obtain this is to use up
right boards. and batten the cracks.
various kinds of lap-siding give similar
results. Single board walls may be
greatly improved by lining with build
ing paper. or the wall as well as
the roof of the building may be COW
cred with prepared roofing. In very
cold climates the wall may be built
of double boards with building paper
in between.
The question Of roofing is an argu-
Of prepared roofing papers. The for
mer are preferable, but more expen-
sive. and where you know the make
of a roofing which you are sure is du-
rable it is usually to be chosen. One
type of poultry house roof that has
given excellent satisfaction is made
of matched cypress boards, with no
other covering whatever. l have
seen such roofs ten years of age that
were in a perfectly sound and wealth
err proof condition.
The most common form Of roof for
the long poultry house is the single
slope. In a house of fourteen feet
in width a height of seven and one
half feet in front and five feet in the
rear is a very good proportion. If the
single roofing is to be used it is prob
ably better to make the house of dou-
BILE pitch This. in order to get the
house high enough for windows and
doors, will make the cone unnecessari-
ly high. The difficulty is sometimes
avoided by having an uneven double
pitch roof-that is. having the cone
nearer the front side.
The object of ventilating chicken
houses is to supply reasonable
amount of fresh air and. what is equal
ly important to keep the house dry.
Ventilation should never be by means
of cracks in the walls or cupolas or
openings in the roof Systems of pipes
which remove the foul air from near
the floor form a complication which
experience has shown to be more
trouble than it is worth. The most
practical scheme of ventilating poultry
houses is to have one or more windows
in front of the house which are COW
cred with cloth instead of glass or in
less severe climates having the win
dows covered with poultry netting
only. An opening in one side of
room, the other three sides of which
are closed. will provide ample ventila-
ton, while the fowls roosting in the
far side of the compartment will keep
comfortably warm and free from
drafts. If dry and protected from
the wind a chicken will stand pretty
low temperatures without i'll effects.
Have as Little Furniture as Possible.
Make all roosts on the same level.
The ladder arrangement causes the
birds to fight for the highest perch
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
School Notes.

Miss Kate Sanborn has returned to
her school at Cole Corner.
The judges for the ninth grade debate
at Summer street last Friday were Mrs.
]. w. Titcomb, Mrs. F. 6. Bundy and
Miss Alice B. Warden. They decided in
favor of the negative. The subject was,
Resolved, That education in the public
schools should be compulsory.
Superintendent c. F. Palmer's lecture
on "A Summer Ramble in Europe"
which was given last Friday evening in
the new Red Mems hall, was thoroughly
boys of the Summerville base ball club
are much pleased with the sum of money
which it brought into the treasury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
New Industry Here.
American News-vending Machine Co. has
Plant ON Big Order.

The American Vending Machine
Co. have closed a contract with Will A.
Astle of this place. who has for some
time been foreman for o.. v. Hooker &
Son. MIR. Astle has purchased the plant
of c. L. Clark in Paddock Village where
B. F. Rollins threshing machines were
built, and takes possession at once.
There will be installed at once all the
necessary machinery and tools to build
Vending Machines, and the first ship
ment of vendors for newspapers will be
August 1.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
GREENSBORO,

Mrs. Sally Perrin was "A years young
last Saturday, the 10th, and her many
friends remembered her with shower OF
beautiful post cards which the recipient
highly appreciated.
Mrs. Mary Church passed away Tues
day morning after a short illness with
pnsumonia, at the advanced age OF "a
years. The funeral was held at her late
home on Thursday. the 18th. The in
torment was in the village cemetery.
Mrs. c. B. Hall is thought to be failing
slowly.
Mrs. S. F. Achenback is improving.
Landlord Dufur of the Caspian Lake
House is putting on a new wide piazza
in front of the hotel.
The schools in town will commence the
25th except the No. 2 or village school,
which will open one week later
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20

The Towle Maple Products company
of St. Paul, Mimi, with a capital stock
of 100000 was yesterday granted a
certificate allowing it to do business in
Vermont. The Vermont Office will be at
ST. Johnsbury with John Rickaby in
charge. This company is organized to
buy, sell, manufacture and deal in sugars,
syrups. molasses, jellies, temperance
beverages and CONNECTIONS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20
Home Course
In Poultry
Keeping
III. Poultry Houses
and Furniture.
By MILO NJ. HASTINGS.

Formerly Poultryman at Kansas Expert
ment Station. Commercial Poultry Ex-
pert of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Author
of THE Dollar Hen"
copyright. 1870 by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
~AHERE are two ways in which
money is lost in the poultry
house construction. The first
method. which is the way
many farmers lose their money, is by
giving the fowls such poor quarters
that they have no protection against
the weather and predatory animals.
On the other hand. village poultrymen,
and especially the novice who proposes
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-20

Use the Am erican Liver Tablets.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-05-13

Besides the social gloom which the
kings death casts over England, sew
eral important and long planned Of
fetal events must be abandoned. The
Prince and Princess of Wales were to
go to South Africa with the squadron,
and the prince was to open the first
parliament of the new confederation,
but his accession to the throne will
now prevent this.
The death of his majesty will also
mean the abandonment of the princi-
pal functions of ex-President Roose-
velt's tour. The official receptions and
the embassy entertainments will be
Cancelled, and the presentation of the
freedom of the city and the luncheon
at the Guild Hall probably will be
given up.
When Edward VII breathed his last
there came to a close the life of a
unique personality. He was loved al
most universally, first Of all as a man
whose natural attributes made him
dear to the hearts of his subjects, and
next as a monarch whose ability to
fulfill the roll he was called on to as
sumo was demonstrated conspicuously.
He was born at buckingham palace,
November 8, 1841, the son of Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert of Sake
Coburg and Gotha. Educated by pri-
yate tutors on plan outlined by his
father, he later studied at Edinburgh,
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BODY TO LIE IN STATE.

London-The tomb of Edward VII
will be beneath the Albert Memorial
chapel at Windsor, where the body OF
his eldest son,-.the Duke of Clarence
has sepulchre. The obsequies prob
ably will be held May 90 Before the
funeral, 1t has practically been decid
ed, the body of the king will lie In
state in Westminster Abbey. Before
being taken to Westminster, the body
will lie In state in the throne room at
Buckingham palace.
King Edwards casket will be fash.
toned out of oak grown in the royal
forest at Windsor. 1t will first be
lowered to the vault beneath the
chapel floor of st. James chapel, Wind
sor castle. Afterwards, when the per-
manent tomb has been prepared, it
will be removed to Albert chapel.
Queen Alexandra and King George
conferred with various officers of the
state and household concerning the
funeral arrangements Sunday, after
holding service in the royal chapel at
Buckingham palace, which the late
king always attended when in resi-.
dence there. The date of the burial
was tentatively fixed for May 20, al
though 1t may be May IS, the date on
which Theodore Roosevelt Is sche.
duled to deliver the Romanes lecture
at Oxford university. The members
of the royal family, 1t is believed,
would prefer there be no lying In
state, but 1t was represented to them
that the wishes of the people were Sc
strongly for this that they were will
ing to waive their personal inclina.
fiouc
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full instrument of the ministry and en-
abled him to WELD more influence than
had been conceded the throne in the
past.
He was an able diplomat and in all
the more important questions of for
eign policy during his short reign, he
made himself felt. In domestic poll
tics he was less active. but succeeded
in strengthening the position of the
monarchy with the masses, effectually
killing whatever anti-royalist senti-
ment existed at the time of his acces-
sion.
His influence with his ministers in
advisory capacity was much more pro-
nounced than that of Queen Victoria,
although his attitude on the political
questions of the day was not plainly
defined.
1t was as a sportsman the British
people loved him most. He was an en-
thnsiastic patron of racing and was
fond of yachting, cricket, athletics and
shooting. His love of cards was al
most a passion in his early days and
his gambling for high stakes got him
into trouble several times.
In personal appearance he was the
typical Englishman. He was rather
below average stature of strong and
heavy build. His rudy face betok-
ened good health and good spirits up
to short time ago. He wore his gray