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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06

We are in receipt of a very interesting
book entitled "Wild Birds in City Parks"
edited by Herbert Eugene Walter and Alice
Hall Walter. This is the fourth enlarged
revision of the book and it has reached
an edition of II, 900. The books contain
hints for the Identification of 200 birds
that have been seen in Lincoln Park.
Chicago, but the descriptions apply to a
large number of birds seen in Vermont.
The book is used as text book in Chi
cago besides its wide use for reading and
study by bird lovers. Mr.. Walter is a
brother of Editor c. T. Walter of The St.
Iohnsbury Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06
DIR. Mead's BIunder.

DR.. John A. Mead has committed
political hari-kari, or we miss our first
guess. There was an inexcusable delay
in answering Mr.. Hapgood's letter. In
fact Mr.. Hapgood had to prod him a
second time to get response. DIR. Mead
is unquestionably a man of quick deci-
sion in business matters. IF Mr. Hap
good had been a prospective customer
negotiating for a carload OF scales it
would not have taken IL days to get a
rely back to Peru from Rutland. DR..
Mead wavered and finally made fatal
mistake. Instead OF meeting the issue
fairly and squarely he ducked. The
public has a right to know what cam
didate spends in securing nomination for
Office. especially the highest Office in the
gift of the people of a state. In fact
many of the states require sworn state
ments of expense from the candidates for
all important offices. In his clumsily
constructed reply DR.. Mead declines to
join with Mr.. Hapgood and Mr.. Fleet
wood in taking the public into their con-
6dence, and he uses considerable verb
iage which means little. In fact, his
reply is one of those letters in which
language is used to conceal thought.
With his pen DIR. Mead has shattered a
politicians biggest asset, the confidence
of the people.-[The Vermont Phoenix.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06
Bovine tuberculosis.


The subject of suppressing bovine tn
berculosis in Vermont has BEEN discussed
some of late and the statements made
show that Vermont has not reached a
satisfactory solution of the problem.
The purpose of this article is not to dis
cuss the subject as a whole but to con-
slider two statements recently made re-
garding the prevention of the disease.
While discussing the subject in an inter
view DR.. Mead was inclined to favor the
new German method ofpreventing bovine
tuberculosis by vaccination, which has
been tried with reported success in that
country the past six years. In Vermont
it is being tested in one herd at St. AL
bans town, and in DIR. Webb's herd at
Shelburne Farms. Calves are VAGINA
ted when three months old with prep
aration understood to be a culture de-
rived from human tuberculosis. It is
claimed that in this way the animals are
rendered immune to bovine tuberculosis.
Some states are now furnishing the virus
free to the farmers from the state labra-
tory.
DR.. R. o. Brock, federal meat inspector
at Burlington, in a communication to
to the Burlington Free Press replying to
Dr. Mead's article says:-
"The use of Bovo-Vaccine as prevent
alive of tuberculosis is not advocated by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture, nor
by one single scientific authority in this
country. While it has been demonstrate
ed to produce sometimes a certain degree
of immunity in the inoculated. animal, the
condition is of so short duration that the
preparation ceases to be an economic fac
tor in the eradication of this disease.
Furthermore it must be remembered that
the preparation is the live human tuber-
Gle bacilli, attenuated by laboratory
methods, and there is danger ofthe oper-
| ator inoculating the disease.
ut has been demonstrated that the
presence of the bacilli can be found for
long time in the milk of cows vaccinated
with this preparation, so that in milk Sc
creting animals its use creates a positive
danger to the consumer.
LII NCAc1AuS 4AOOAC "a )OAhSA OAA-
versity, who is acknowledged to be one of
the worlds authorities, says. after care
full study of the preparation, that it is
not founded on scientific theory, as we
have not yet found way to produce i'm
munity to this disease, and from the n a.
ture of the desease doubt if we ever
will He further cites instances where
tests have been made in Germany, which
he personally witnessed, where diseased
cattle, and cattle free from the disease
and inoculated with Bovo-Vaccine were
permitted to mingle. with the result that
as many of the vaccinated animals con-
tracted tuberculosis from the diseased
members of the herd as did those who
were not vaccinated.''
These statements coming from such an
authority as DR.. Brock will discourage
Vermont from spending much time or
money experimenting with this alleged
prevention of bovine tuberculosis, desir-
able as practical preventative would be.
The suggestion however shows that our
public men are thinking these things
and are watching to give the pub
lie the benefit of any improved methods
that may come to light for the control of
this dread scourge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06
Mead's Letter wobbly.

Mead of Rutland has written Hap
good of Peru letter 1t is another in
stance of the mountains laborfng and
bringing forth a mouse. The Inca OF
Peru made a clever move when he pro-
posed that candidates for governor
make an agreement to publish a state
meut of ante-convention expenses. When
volunteers were asked for Hapgood and
Fleetwood jumped to their feet and
began peering Rutlandward. The good
doctor ought to have called their bluff
promptly Instead he delayed and then
offered a wobbly excuse for not accept
ing the invitation. Letter writing has
proved fatal to political ambition before.
Bellows Falls Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06
Rules of the Road.
Adopted by the Farmers Anti-Automobi1e
Society.


I. On discovering an approaching
team, the automobilist must step off
side and cover his machine with a
blanket painted to correspond with the
scenery.
2. The speed limit on country roads
this year will be secret, and the penal
ty for violation will be $40 for every mile
an offender is caught going in excess of it.
3. In case an automobile makes a
team run away, the penalty will be $50
for the first mile, 500 for the second,
5000 for the third mile, ETC., that the
team runs; in addition to the usual dam
ages.
4. On approaching a corner where he
cannot command a view of the road
ahead, the automobilist must stop not
less than 100 yards from the turn, foot
his horn, ring bell, fire a revolver, holloo,
and send up three bombs at intervals of
FIVE minutes.
5. Automobiles must again be season
ably painted, that is so they will merge
with the pastoral ensemble and not be
startling. They must be green in the
spring, golden in the summer, red in the
autumn and white in winter.
6. Automobiles running on the coun-
try roads at night must send up a red
rocket every mile and await ten minutes
LOT the Ioau TO Clear. 1ney may Inen
proceed carefully, blowing their horns
and shooting Roman candles.
Z. All members of the society will give
up Sunday to chasing automobiles,
shooting and shouting at them, making
arrests and otherwise diScouraging coun-
try touring on that day.
8. In case a horse will not pass an
automobile the automobiles will take
the machine apart as rapidly as possible
and conceal the parts in the grass.
9. In case an automobile approaches
a farmers house when the roads are
dusty, it will slow down to one mile an
hour and the Chauffeur will lay the dust
in front of the house with hand sprink-
Ter worked over the dashboard Yelling
ton Journal
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06
Can't Support Mead row.

There is certainly no good reason for
the evasive answer the eminent DIR.
Mead of Rutland made to NJ. J. Hap
goods proposition that all candidates
for the gubernatorial nomination file a
sworn statement of their campaign ex-
penses after the state convention. And
the most serious feature of this action is
the doctors apparent willingness to
stand the consequences. When candi-
date for the governorship refuses by
evasion or otherwise to make such a
statement it shows either that he has al
ready spent more money than he thinks
the people would consider legitimate or
that he is so sure of the nomination that
he feels safe in telling the people it's none
of their business how much it cost.
Heretofore The Reformer has not op-
posed DR.. Mead's candidacy, but it will
go on record now as being unwilling to
support any gubernatorial candidate
who is not willing to come out squarely
in a matter of such Importance as this.
-TBrattleborO Reformer
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06
Itching Eczema washed Away.

Is it worth IS cents to you to stop
that awful, agonizing itch? Surely you
will spend 25 cents on your druggists
recommendation. to cool and heal and
soothe that terrible itching eruption?
By arrangement with the D. D. d.
Laboratories of Chicago, we are able to
make a special offer of a 25-cent bottle
of their oil of wintergreen compound,
known as D. D. D. Prescription. Call,
or write or telephone to c. c. Bingham,
st. Johnsbury.
We absolutely know that the itch is
stopped at once by D. D. D. Prescription,
and the cures all seem to be permanent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06
Bankruptcy Notice.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT.
In the matter of
Dillon H. Pitt, In Bankruptcy.
. Bankrupt
To the creditors of Dillon H. Pitt of St.
Johnsbury in the county of Caledonia, and
District aforesaid, bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 9th
day of January, A. D. 1910, the said Dillon
II. Pitt was 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 goth day of April. A. d. 1915 o,
at nine O'Clock in the forenoon. at which
time the said creditors may attend. prove
their claims, appoint a trustee. examine the
bankrupt, and transact such other business
as may properly come before said meeting.
G. c. FRYE,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
St. Johnsbury. VT, April 2, 1910.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06

accept the suggestion of this newspaper.
published in his home city. and offer to
publish his campaign expenses as mat
ter of public guarantee that his canvass
is being conducted npon proper lines.
Which is one way of saying that, in the
words of the 1amented DIR. William Ever
EFT, DIR. Mead has been deposited in a
cavity. -[Springfeld, (Mass.) Republi-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06
Worse Than Bullets.

Bullets have often caused less suffering
to soldiers than the eczema L. w. Harri-
man, Burlington, Me-, got in the army,
and suffered with, 40 years. "But
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve cured me when
all else failed" he writes. Greatest
healer for Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Burns,
Cuts, Wounds, Bruises and Piles. Csc
at Flint Bros, and F. @. Landry's.
Use the American Throat Tablets.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06
Paints and
varniSh

lot wagon and machinery paint in black yellow green
and blue in soIed bu unnuedpendd
less thar usual price because damaged condition Again.
five gallons of floor vdrniSh this sze-n
several floors then its S. 90 gallon
Auto carriage paint all C0onone better All the Coored
decorative purposes brighten things Superior
several other Coors NOT high priCesgod
silver paint for your radiators any quantity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06

Entered at the St. Johnsbury post Office as
secOnd-class mail matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06

This paper is entitled to place the
Printers Ink Roll of Honor.
THE CALIFORNIAN co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-04-06

TERMS OF THE CALIFORNIAN.
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Three months, so
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ADVERTISING RATES.
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eythian Building. ST. Johnsbury, Vermont.
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Use the American Throat Tablets.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-19
The chiIdren's Breakfast.

The deplorable fact that thousands
Of children in our public schools come
there day after day without proper
breakfasts, is indisputable. The ex-
treme poor are in a measure pardon
able; but what of the hundreds of
careless mothers who do not realize
what proper diet for child should
be? A child sent off to school after
breakfast of a cup of coffee and
often bakers bun, is not prepared
to cope with his lessons or is not SUP.
piled with food to furnish physical
energy. A dish of good breakfast
food with milk or thin cream, some
stewed fruit or fresh, a slice or two
Of we'll prepared toast, with an egg
when the breakfast food is of a light
variety, a cup of milk or cocoa, makes
a good breakfast for a hearty, grow
Ing child. A good rule with some chill
dren who refuse to eat, is to refuse
to let them go to school on the days
they cannot eat.
Rice with cream and sugar makes a
delightful breakfast dish. Baked ap-
pies with cream, stewed prunes or
any dried fruit is always wholesome
In cold weather the breakfasts are
heartier; an occasional chop with
creamed potatoes. AS a rule, however,
neat once day is amply suffi cient. If
lot cakes are enjoyed there are none
that quite take the place of the crispy
brown waffle. 1t is much more easily
digested than the ordinary griddle
cake.
Another evil to be avoided with a
child's breakfast, is hurry. Let the
meal be eaten without haste, so that
1t may be properly digested.
A hurried, nervous child is almost
sure to have indigestion. The moth
er who does not care enough about
the feeding of her child to get up in
time to see that it is properly done,
who cares more for the card table and
the theatep than she does for the
physical welfare of her children,
ought to be visited by humane
agent.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-19
COUNTRY AWAKE TO DANGER
Immense Amount of Money Spent
Last Year in Fight Against
tuberculosis.

A report issued recently by the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis shows that
for the treatment of tuberculous pa
tients in sanatoria and hospitals $5,-
292,2S977 was expended during the
year 1909. The anti-tuberculosis asso-
Citations spent 1915, Sc, the tubercu-
losis dispensaries and clinics $640,474,-
ga, and the various municipalities, for
special tuberculosis work, spent ST.
11,967.53. The anti-tuberculosis asso-
Citations distributed the most litera-
ture, spreading far and wide 100000
copies of circulars, pamphlets and
printed matter for the purpose of edu-
eating the public about consumption.
The health departments of the differ
ent cities also distributed more than
1,056, 900 copies, which, with the work
done by state departments of health,
brings the number of pieces distribut-
ed during the year well over 10000
900. The largest number of patients
treated during the year was by the
dispensaries, where 61,5S6 patients
were given free treatment and advice.
The sanatoria and hospitals treated
37,75S patients, while anti-tuberculosis
associations assisted 16,96S.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-19
Why He Got Married.

$900-per-annum clerk in one of
Uncle Sans departments at Washing
ton was recently approached by a CO.
worker, who asked if it were true, as
rumor had it, that the 5000 person
was about to marry.
ut is,' was the laconic response.
Surely. old man." said the other,
with that freedom permitted an init
mate friend, you don't think that
your present income would justify you
in taking a wife?"
ITO be perfectly frank" said the
other, II do not"
Then what on earth can be your
reason for taking this serious step?"
Il have no reason" was the calm re-
sponse. II am in love-
Magazine.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-19
"QUANTITY, QUAIL
ITY AND PRICE"
ME THREE ESSENTIALS THAT
ARE GIVING WESTERN CANADA
Greater Impulse Than Ever This Year.

The reports from the grain fields of
Central Canada, (Which comprises the
Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta) are to hand. The year
1909 has not only kept pace with pre-
Vious years in proving that this por-
ton Of the Continent is capable of
producing a splendid yield of all the
smaller grains, but 1t has thoroughly
outstripped previous seasons. There
Is quantity, quality and price and from
all parts of an area of about 100000
square miles there comes the strong
refrain Of contentment and satisfac
tion. In the distribution of the con
ditions causing 1t no district has been
overlooked.
Various estimates of the total yield
OF wheat for the country have been
made, but it is not the vast total that
influences the general reader so much
as what has been done individually
The grand total-say $50 million bush
els-may have its effect on the grain
price of the world; it may be interest
ing to know that in the worlds mar
kets the wheat crop of Canada has
suddenly broken upon the trading
boards, and with the Argentine, and
with Russia and India, is now a fac
tor in the making of prices. If so to-
day, what will be its effect five or ten
years from now, when, instead of
there being seven million acres under
crop with total yield of 125 or 13c
ht1c hnIC will Io 1
to 80 million acres in wheat with
yield of from 325 to 600 million bush
els. When it is considered that the
largest yield in the United States but
slightly exceeded 700 million bushels,
the greatness of these figures may be
understood. Well, such is a safe fore
cast, for Canada has the land and 1t
has the soil. Even today the Prov
ince OF Saskatchewan, one of the three
great wheat growing provinces of Can
ada, with 100000 acres under wheat,
produces nearly 80 million bushels, or
upwards of one-tenth of the greatest
yield Of the United States. And Sas-
katchewan is yet only in the begin
ntng of it's development. AS Lord
Grey recently pointed out in speaking
on this very subject, this years crop
does not represent one-tenth of the
soil equally fertile that is yet to be
brought under the plough.
Individually, reports are to hand
of yields of twenty-five, thirty and
thirty-five bushels to the acre. Scores
of yields are reported of forty and
some as high as sixty bushels. The
farmer, who takes care of his soil,
who gets his seed-bed ready early, is
certain of a splendid crop.
The news of the magnificent crop
yield throughout the Canadian West
will be pleasing to the friends of the
thousands of Americans who are resi-
dents in that country and who are
vastly instrumental in the assistance
they are rendering to let the world
know it's capabilities.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-19
Frying in Deep Fat.

The ordinary method of cooking
called frying. is rather sauteing and
the least satisfactory method of cook
ing. In cooking a fish in a little fat
after it is turned over, the cooked
side cools rapidly, the surplus fat on
the surface soaks in, and cannot be
drained off afterward That which is
left in the pan is usually wasted, as it
is mingled with bits of food, so alto
gether aside from the standpoint of
dietetics, sauteing is not an econom-
ical process. Slices of fish rolled in
meal, laid in a frying basket, and
dipped into hot, deep fat, cooks crisp
and brown, may be drained on paper
to absorb the surplus fat. A morsel
fit for a king The slice of fish that is
sauted is broken and fat and mussy.
The best fat for frying is unques-
tionably olive oil, but few of us are
related to 'oil kings" so we must con-
tent ourselves with a cheaper product.
The way the market looks now, how
ever, all fat may be too expensive for
the ordinary buyer.
Lard is the most commonly used
fat, and has never quite lost its hold
as the best of our cheaper fats. If
there is a prejudice against lard,
there are many compositions that
have found favor on the market.
Some cooks use one-third beef suet
and consider it superior to all lard.
Putting the lard and suet together aft
er trying out.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-19
Point of View.

Senator Beveridge, apropos of the
old-fashioned snowy Christmas, said
the other day:
Snow, of course, has its disadvan-
tages from some points of view.
"'Snow is beautiful in its season,
Solomon said that. But 1 know an old
Indianapolis man who, on hearing this
remark of Solomon, grumbled:
"'Oh, yes, no doubt it was beautiful
to you, sittin' with all the wives and
lasses of Jerusalem beside you; but if
you'd been a poor stone cutter you'd
never have said any such thing"
Barbour County index., 1910-01-19
Walnut Mocha Cake

Cream one half cupful of butter.
Add one cupful of sugar, gradually,
and alternate one-half cup of coffee
infusion with one and three-fourths
cups of flour sifted with two and one
half teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and dash of salt. Add three-fouYths
of cup of broken walnut meats and
the whites of three eggs, beaten stift.
Frost and decorate with nut meats
Barbour County index., 1910-01-19
Ie<kG M~,<s.<N
Rice

Rice should be picked over and be
repeatedly washed in cold water, rub
bing the grains between the hands
and renewing the water until it re-
mains clear when drained of.
This removes all loose starch and
will lessen a tendency to pastiness.
The water in which it is cooked
should be kept at galloping boil.
that the grains may have no chance
to adhere. 1t is done when the grains
feel tender to the center ON press nra
Barbour County index., 1910-01-19
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications they cannot reach the dis
eased porttsa q the There is only way to
Deafness and that by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by nfiamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachan Tube. When this
tube is infiamed you have a rumblg sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when IL entirely closed Deaf
Is the result and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal cond
ton. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out OF ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing
but an in6amed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-19

Anticipation Safer Than Realization.
"It is not always necessary to make
a direct accusation" said the lawyer
who was asking damages because in
situations had been made against his
clients good name. You may have
heard of the woman who called to the
hired girl, Mary. Mary, come here
and take the parrot down stairs-the
master has dropped his collar but
ton! !"-Everybody's Magazine.
Barbour County index., 1910-01-19
JNeKIFGHEN


NE stitch dropped as the wearer
drove
His ninble shuttle to and fro.
In and out, beneath, above
III! the pattern seems to bud and grow
AS II the fairies had helping been
And the little stitch dropped pulled the
next stitch out,
Ano weak place in the fabric stout
ana the perfect pattern was mArred for
aye,
BY one small stitch that was dropped
that day.
Susan Coolidge
Barbour County index., 1910-01-19
Not a Model Family.

Your father doesn't think you have
been especially well behaved" said
the small boys uncle
Il know that" answered the preco-
cious juvenile. But things have
heard mother say make me think he
isn't any great Judge of high class de-
DOrtment"