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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13

The Groton Times comes to our
desk again from its old home and
under it's cid editorship in Groton.
1t has gone back there as result of
a town spirit and loyalty that has
Influenced c. c. Lord to try for the
third time to make it a success in a
somewhat limited field. 1t speaks
we'll for the town and reveals a
courage and willingness on the part
of Mr.. Lord to sacrifice himself for
the town that certainly deserves
success.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13
Railroads May Reform.

The Central Vermont is running
more cars because more are need
ed to accommodate the heavy pas
senger traffic. This need began to
be pressing, however, when several
passengers refused to pay fare on
the road when they were obliged to
stand in the aisles and vestibules.
These pioneers have done a service
to the travelling pubic. Perhaps they
have brought nearer the time when
the European custom of allowing
only the number car is designed to
accommodate to board it will be in
vogue here Bradford Opinion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13
Col. John Jacob Aston and Miss

= Col. John Jacob Astor and Miss
Madeline T. Force are married at
last. Rev. DR.. Joseph Laubert, a
Congregational minister, consented
to perform the ceremony after As
tor had offered the minister he
wanted $1,000 to do it and had
been refused Mr.. Laubert's COM
pensation has not been made pub
lie but it would take a low grade
man to do job that one of his
associates had refused to do for
$1,000 for moral reasons.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13
EAST ST. JOHNsBURY.

J. w. Webster visited at Woods
Vile last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Owens at
tended the school reunion at Kirby
Saturday.
Mrs. H. o. Lyon and Mrs. H. NJ.
Knapp are recovering from the pre-
vailing distemper. Miss Ruth Blod-
gett is also quite i'll and typhoid
fever is feared.
George Hill has gore to Halifax,
Nova Scotia, to run stationary en-
CINE for a few weeks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13
Senator LaFollette

Senator LaFollette has wisely
decided to wait until he finds out
what President Taft has to say in
his message to congress in December
before announcing his candidacy
for the presidency. 1t is not prob
able that President Taft will salts
fly LaFollette's itching for the pres
idency even then but it is good
judgment for him to wait a while.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13
The Farmer and tke Markets.

We read of delegation of Penn
sylvania farmers calling on Mayor
Gaynor of New York and complain
ing that the unreasonable profits of
middlemen are largely responsible
for the increase in cost of living.
Figures show that much less than
one-half of the sums paid by the con-
sumers in the big cities for farm
produce go to the farmers, the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13
A Great Advantage to Working Mer

J. A. Maple, 125 s. 7th St.,
Steubenville, O., says: For years I
suffered from weak kidneys and a
severe bladder trouble. I learned of
Foley's Kidney Pills and their won
derful cures so I began taking them
and sure enough I had as good results
as any I heard about. My backache
left me and to one of my business,
expressman, that alone is a great
advantage. Ny kidneys acted free
and nomal, and that saved me a lot
of misery. 1t is now pleasure to
work where it used to be a misery.
Foley Kidney Pills have cured me
and have my highest praise" G. C..
Bingham.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13
ADVERTISING RATES.

Local notices, wants, for sale ETC.,
cents per word first insertion. Legal
notices 10 cents a line, three insertions.
Probate notices $500 each for three
insertions. Dissolution, liberation and
similar notices $3.50 each for three
Insertions. Card of thanks, rs cents.
Obituary poetry, 10 cents a line
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13

Entered at the st. Johnsbury post
office as second-class mail matter
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13

This paper is entitled to a place on
the Printers Ink Roll OF Honor.
THE CALIFORNIAN CO.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13
Foley Kidney Pills

Foley Kidney Pills
Will reach your Individual case if
you have any form of kidney and
bladder trouble or urinary Irregular
tiles. Try them. G. G. Bingham.
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OUT OF TOWN AGENTS.
BOstOn-Eagle News Co., 597 Wash
IAgton and 76 Summer Streets.
Observation-Disclosures and Blodgett.
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TERMS OF THE CALIFORNIAN.

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One year to any address, $3.50
Six months, 10
Three months, 81
Clergymen in Caledonia County. s1.OO
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE CALIFORNIAN COMPANY.
w. J. BIGELOV

7s Eastern Avenue. ST. Johnsbury. VT.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
CARRIED SAD MESSAGE.

A pigeons message reused much
speculation in the little Welsh vii
lage of Croesyceilog, hhe other morn
ng. When Mr.. John Thomas, Fly
nonberwyn farm, was in his garden
two pigeons alighted on the roof of
the barn. He good -haturedly scat
tered corn on the grpund for them.
Without any hesitation the birds
alighted, and afterw,rd approached
Mr.. Thomas quite fa amiliarly to eat
corn from the palm Of his hand. On
examining them he bund, in addi-
tion to ring and i lumber marked
on each bird, that ohe had label
round its leg on whid was written,
Your sister is dead.'h After eating
heartily the pigeons took to flight
again with the mysterious message,
but whittier is not known.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
Longest Day

Wednesday was the longest day
in the year. The sun rose at 4:12
a. m. and set at S:O7 p. m. There
was Is hours 54 minutes of sun
light.
Since June 10th the sun has been
rising at 4:12.
On June 22 it began to come up
one minute later, 4:13.
For three days it comes I'D at
the same time and sets at the same
time, 8:07. Soon it will begin to
come up nearly minute later each
day and set a minute or a fraction
of a minnie earlier each night.
From the long days of more than
fifteen hours sunshine, the days
get shorter until along the latter
part of December the SUN does not
come up until Isl and sets at 4:2O
a day of eight and half hours of
sunlight.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
WHERE DO THE PENNIES GO?
Many Millions OF Them Are Coined
Every Year-Thousands Taken
From Circulation.

Thousands of one-cent pieces are
lost each year. More than a hundred
and fifty million pennies are coined
annually by the Philadelphia mint
and only small percentage Of them
are ever accounted for. They are
swept up with the rubbish of the
streets.
When the new Lincoln pennies
were first placed in circulation thou
sands were used as souvenirs, never
again to be placed in general circula-
ton. Hundreds were gold-plated
and silvered, to be used as cuff links
and stickpins. Then, at nearly all
country fairs there are machines that
mutilate pennies they fatten the
one-cent piece, and stamp view of
the fair grounds on it. This does
away with thousands of the pieces.
Not long ago over 100000 pennies
were shipped to Cuba and placed in
circulation among the poor class OF
natives. Pennies are placed in cir
culation almost as fast as they are
coined, but very few of them are ever
heard of again. The American cop
per cent runs a close second to the
pin, of which hundreds of millions
are lost every year.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
SCHEME TO STOP REPEATING
Mission Head Stamped on tho Beg
gars' Wrists "a Ate an
Hour Ago."

For the first time in ten years the
shabby man wore gloves, which he
had wheedled out of an opulent aims
giver.
'Had to have 'em," he said, "to
hide my wrists. Just see here"
The gloves were peeled off and the
inscription, 81 ate an hour ago." was
shown on the back of each wrist.
'tBeen there two weeks" said the
man, "and nothing but the mercy Of
heaven has kept me from starving to
death. Clapped on with rubber
stamp that notice was, at little
missionary place where the down
and outs can drop in every evening
for cup of coffee.
'The superintendent wanted to
discourage repeating. He did it by
means of rubber stamp. I was one
of the first guys he tried it on. The
ink used that night was the kind
that sticks in the wash, and every
one of us poor devils who got bite
then have been advertising the fact
ever since. The sign queers us at
other free lunch places, for nobody
will believe it is two weeks old. May
be it will wear off some time. Until
it does it's gloves for mine"
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
THE CAR AND THE HIGHWAY.

Nothing has given so forceful an
impetus to the movement for road
building as the automobile" writes
Thaddeus S. Dayton in Harper's
Weekly. Millions Of dollars are be-
ing spent upon state roads. "The
time is not far distant when the fed
eral government will step in and aid
in their construction. There is a bill
before congress for an ocean-to-ocean
highway, which shall have a right of
way a mile wide. The highway
proper is to be 1,430 feet wide.
Along this will be roads with a
macadam surface, steel tracks for
electric cars, steel-Flate tracks for
fast automobiles, and cement ways
lor motor cars going less than twen-
ty-fve miles an hour 1t is planned
to have this highway follow the thir-
ty-fifth parallel of latitude"
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
TRYING TO REFORM NATURE
Plan to Produce stingess Bee Gives
Rise to Many Other Desirable
Proposed Changes.

The proposal to rob the bee of its
sting is revived by a professor in one
of our universities. 1t may be a
good thing for beekeepers, though
they do not appear to be clamoring
overheard for the reform; but what
about the bee itself? That it needed
sting to establish itself in business,
SO to speak, is beyond question. 9th
erwise nature would not have taken
the trouble of providing it with one.
The interest of the plan for the
non-apiarian lover Of animal nature
lies rather in the possibilities it sug-
gests in other directions. A nom
growing rooster would be boon to
the suburbanite and the summer va
cationer, especially since M. Rostand
has demonstrated that the sun would
rise none the less. Non-chirping
matutinal birds are also much to be
desired, and screechleSS night Owls.
Barkless seals would be a boon to
visitors to the zoo with tender ear
drums; but, speaking of barks, the
varieties of dogs that least indulge
in that method of relieving their
emotions are prone to bite. Indeed,
biteless dog is more to be desired
than barkless one. Miauling cats
readily respond to treatment with
projectiles, and need not detain us.
They have troubles of their own,
anyhow, just now, chiefly connected
with their hospitality to microbes. A
brayless donkey can be improvised
on the moment by tying weight tc
its tail.-New York Tribune.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
Sales Small

At the land sale held at the
court house Wednesday by Theo-
dore Nelson, manager of the state
land sales department, $50 acres
were sold.
This is said to be one of the
smallest sales ever held in Duluth.
1t is due to the fact that the big
sale was held last month and also
to the fact that for the next five
months there will be one sale each
month under the new law.
The average price paid for land
this morning was S5.75 an acre.
The highest price paid was IS
an acre. At the last sale 4 ,OOC
acres were sold and some of it sold
for much higher price.
Three lots were sold in the vii
lage of Gheen. They brought $50
$40 and SIS.
There was but a small crowd in
attendance at the sale and there
did not seem to be a great deal OF
interest.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
TO WRITE DETECTIVE TALES
@. X. chesterton, Who Does Them
Himself, Gives Recipe for This
Class Of Stories.

For a man who writes detective
stories G. K. Chesterton maintains
painfully skeptical attitude toward
them. Here is &c. K. C.'s" recipe
for the writing of this kind of litera-
ture, as given in the Illustrated Lon
don News:
81 like detective stories; I read
them, write them; but l do not be-
lieve them. The bones and structure
Of a good detective story are so old
and well known that it may seem
banal to state them even in outline.
A policeman, stupid but sweet-tem-
pered, and always weakly erring on
the side of mercy, walks along the
street, and in the course of his or
dinary business finds a man in Bull
garian uniform killed with an Aus
tralian boomerang in a Brompton
milk shop. Having set free all the
most suspicious persons in the story,
he then appeals to the bulldog pro-
fessional detective, who appeals to
the hawklike amateur detective.
''The latter finds near the corpse
a bootlace, a button boot, a French
newspaper, and a return ticket from
the Hcbrides, and so, relentlessly,
link by link, brings the crime home
to the archbishop of Canterbury"
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
HELPING SHINING WOMEN.

Mrs. Jessie d. Holder has been
appointed superintendent of the
Massachusetts, Reformatory for
Women. She has had considerable
experience in caring for the feeble
minded and has studied the subject
of erring girls thoroughly. One of
her theories is that the mother
should be allowed to keep the lille
gitimate child, and that in caring
for it she will become a bigger and
brayer woman. She believes that the
man will also be helped if he can be
brought to take an interest in this
illegitimate child.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
Sane Fourth

The state fire marshal's depart
ment has started campaign for a
sane and safe Fourth of July, about
the same that was carried out in
this city last year where no heavy
explosives were permitted.
Asa M. Wallace, first assistant
state fire marshall, has sent bull
letins to the newspapers asking the
cooperation of all cities and MUM
icipalities with the state so that the
expensive and destructive celebra-
tions may be avoided.
Says the fire marshall: A
striking illustration of what con-
certed effort along this line will
accomplish, is shown by the ex-
perience of Washington, d. c. In
1908 fireworks were sold in that
city OH July 4th and 1O4 people,
young and old, were placed in the
various hospitals. On 1909 the
sale and use of fireworks was pro-
hibited and not one person was
taken to any hospital in the CITY,"
In the last eight years, according
to summary of figures issued by
the fire marshall, there have been
81, ,2S2 people killed or dangerous
ly wounded while celebrating or
watching others commemorate In
dependence day. The death roll
totals l ,662 and the list of serious
ly wounded, IS, $40.
We licked the British in 1916
but in the end they have made the
biggest score in blood" says the
bulletin.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
VERSATILE APPLICANT.

A young negro approached the
manager Of an Alabama theater the
other day and said:
''Mistah, All wants to speak to au.
thority."
''To what?" asked the manager.
'0To authority"
ooh, Pm the authority here. What
is it?"
"Does yo' want to hiah a good
comedian?"
"No."
"Ah song an dance jest lax Mis-.
tab Buht Williams"
Nothing doing"
The negro hung around. "Say,
mistah," he said a moment later
"does 20 need a good potah heah?
'No, got one," said the manager.
The negro still hung around
Finally he grinned and said:
'Well, say, Mistah Authority, is
yo' got ole suit of clothes yo' doan'
need?"
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23

international border to Hunters S
island, which territory it is claimed
by many people, is an extension OF
the Vermilion range, 1t is not
news that their is iron ore on Hun
ter's island, but it has been some
time since any developement has
been done. and prospects now are
that it will be extensive. Prom
inent Duluth mining men have
procured control of about 500
acres of land Oh the island, and
their option provides either for
operating under lease or for pur
chasing outright. The land lies
about three miles from the inter
national border on the east side of
the island. The Duluth men. are
said to be operating independently,
and it is also reported that behind
them is large Cleveland concern.
1t is said that Mackenzie &
Mann, who control the Canadian
Northern road are acquiring lands
on Hunters island. The Can
adian Northern people own the
Port Arthur, Duluth & Western
road, which extends from Port
Arthur to within forty miles of
here. Ultimately this line will be
extended across Vermilion range
to connection with the main line
for Duluth. The railroad people
of course, are interested in pros
pectiye tonnage, and have their
eyes on independent mines and
properties under development.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
THE UNHAPPY JESTER,

81 hear poor Dobbs the humorist
has gone to a sanitarium," said
Binks.
eyes," said Higgins; ''he's worked
himself into state of nervous pros
tration that / fear is incurable."
'0That's too bad," said Binks.
''How did he come to do that?"
'Why, six weeks ago he got an
answer to a riddle, ones a chau-ffur
and the others a fur show, and he
says he'll never be able to sleep un-
til he finds the question it will make
good answer to-" said Higgins
Harpers Weekly.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23

total operating expense for the month
of May to be $2O13. % and the total
earnings S23OS.9S making net gain
OF S295.76, was read.
Moved by Alderman Toms support
ed by Alderman Banovetz that the
report be accepted and filed. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Toms support
ed by Alderman Seraphlne that the
City Engineer correct the grade of
the city. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Seraphine sup
ported by Alderman Harri that the
council adjourn until Tuesday June
9th, 1911. Carried.
1. visited, JR.,
City Clerk.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
NOTICE! !!

All persons owning dogs are
hereby given notice that they are
required to pay taxes on the same
before July 1st-1911.
Taxes are to be paid to the city
clerk at his office in the city hall
where parties paying same will re-
ceive tag and receipt.
All dogs not bearing tag by the
above date will be exposed.
1. visited, Jr. City Clerk.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
THE cAUBE.

"That man keeps things hum
ming, doesn't he ?"
eyes, but sometimes Pm afraid
it is the bees in his hnnet."
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
Subscription $2per Year
Entered at the post Office at Ely. Mime
sofa as second class matter.

The columns of the MINER are open to the
public for the dicussion of affairs of a public
nature Anything tending towards the personal
or slanderous will not be published under any
condition. We invite communications of a
public nature and only request that you sign
your name-not necessarily for publication but
as guarantee of good faith. Write and get it tc
this office not later than Thursday noon.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
cording to city ordinance. Carried.

cording to city ordinance. Carried.
The finance committee reported
that they had examined the following
bills against the city and
finding them to be correct recon-
mending that the same be allowed and
paid to-wit:
Baltimore Produce Co., No. 3
+. A. Boxes ............ ........ 5 AZ, 30
Northwestern Electric Equip
ment Co., Electrical supplies 31.97
Marshall Wells Hardware Co.,
dog tags. ......... 4.5O
H. Niedecken Co., document
boxes and tubes ......... 11.40
Beardslee Chandelier Co. fix
lures. 4.6O
Carnegie Fuel Co.. coal 272.31
Mike Sikto, desk and chair. 1915
r. j. Coffeen. draying ........ $500
E. e. Hilliard. belt for plant =. $50
A. j, Fenske, supplies .............. 11.55
Total .$47O.5S
Respectfully submitted,
p. MATHEsON.
JOHN A. HARRI,
A, TOMS.
Committee.
Moved by Alderman Toms support
ed by Alderman Seraphine that the
report be accepted and that the City
Clerk be instructed to draw orders on
the City Treasurer for the various
amounts. Carried.
Report of l. Visited Jr. clerk of
court showing fines and fees collected
during the month of May and deposit
ed with the City Treasurer to have
been S205. .89, was read.
Moved by Alderman Seraphine sup
ported by Alderman Harri that the
report be accepted and filed. Carried.
Report of Supt. t. w. Toal of the
light and water plant showing the
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23

TRADE MoRAL-1fe quality OF
what you have to 'eII is known
to some people all Of the time
and all of the people some OF
the time, but adv yertise regu
larry with us and you'll reach
all Of the people allof the time
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
HARD TO DIAGNOSE.

"He wears a worri,d look"
eyes, and he won't lay whether it
is due to business cafes, domestic
trouble or baseball"
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23
Hunters Island

The new development of Vermi1-
ion Range has extended across the
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23

Her Father-You must remem-
Der, sir, that we only have one daugh-
ter.
Her -Well-I-er-er-
only want one, sir. s..
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-27
PERSONALS.

Miss Bessie Denning and Miss Eller
Grady have been spending the week IL
Springfield, Mass.
Miss Pauline Smith was called to Gil
sum, n H.. this week to attend the fu
neral OF a relative.
Mrs. Frank W. Pier and children Wis
tied in Jamaica and Townshend a few
days the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. F1ink returned Sun.
day from Haymarket Va, where they
went to attend the funeral of their
nephew, Shirley Rosis, who died Oct, l3.
Judge j. L. Martin will probably pre-.
side in the case of United States VS.. Mat
viii be called at Rutland Nov. 81
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G. Chace and child OF
Providence, r. l., came to Brattleboro
last week and are occupying The Melrose.
which they leased OF Mrs Flora Strong.
X. f. Mosher, J, W. Cobb and Arthur
Blood have been in Boston this week on
business connected with the newly organ
lied Brattleboro Transportation company.
James H. Willoughby of Nashua, n. H.,
was in Brattleboro Wednesday and Thurs
day on business connected with the New
England Telegraph and Telephone COM
pany,
Charles A. Harris and son, Fred, and A
F. Schwenk left Wednesday on a trip
through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa in the interests Of the Brattleboro
Savings bank
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Smith. who came
from Groton, Mass, to visit friends here,
will remain in Brattleboro this winter. Mr..
Smith has employment with the Felch &
Pier company.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-27
The Cat and the Fiddle Coming

1t is astonishing how few people know
that many of the Mother Goose rhymes,
so familiar in the nursery, were not orig
inally written to amuse the little folks.
Take for example, the celebrated and
familiar tale. The Cat and the Fiddle.
1t was first written and published to hit
at the extravagances of the nobility and
the foremost men in politics in the
reign of Elizabeth. The virgin queen,
too, was not spared in the satirlcal hand
ling of the simple little nursery rhyme.
It is matter of history that Elizabeth g
court was celebrated both in speech and
in living. The plain people looked upon
these scenes of festivity as Vaccinations
of the devil, and dancing, especially. was
view by them as one of his slyest arts
to wean people from the rightful course
The cat in those days was looked upon
as a creature symbolical of witchcraft
and evil, and hence as one of the work
ers of the devil s wiles. In the lampoon,
which our present nursery rhyme really
originally was, the Cat was the person.
tication of the wickedness prevailing IN
court circles. The Cow also. aimed at
the person of the queen herself and was
a thrust at her vaulting ambition and
vanity, and is expressed in her jumping
over the moon. The little Dog, who
laughed to see the fun, was a better
thrust at the sycophaney of the cour-
tiers who danced in attendance at the
heels of their sovereign. The line,Hs And
the dish ran away with the spoon, !" was
meant to convey the result of all this
wicked waste and extravaganza signi-
fying that the working people Of Eng
land would go hungry for porridge, or
that the porridge dish and spoon would
be driven from the homes of the poor
people. A big musical Extravaganza
founded on these lampoons will be seen
here Saturday, Nov. 4, matinee and
night,