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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
Continuous Telegraph Service.

A new arrangement for giving the
smaller towns continuous telegra.
phic service night and day, seven
days a week, has been brought about
as the result of the merging OF the
Bell Telephone companies and the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
In case a person in Waterbury, New
port, Plainfield, Barton or other
place in the northern part of YER
mont or New Hampshire desires to
send a telegram during the night or
on Sunday, the message may be tele-
phoned to the Montpelier Office and
from there sent by telegraph at the
same rate as it would be sent from
the place of residence of the sender
by telegraph. The Montpelier office
will handle the business of AZ towns
in Vermont and New Hampshire on
Sundays and at night. The only
other Offices in the state that remain
open during the night and on Sun
day are at Burlington, Rutland and
White River Junction.
Messages will be received over the
telephone at the Montpelier office
and transmitted by telegraph from
the following places: Vermont
Barnet, Barre, Barton, Beecher Falls,
Braintree, Derby Line, East Ryegate,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
Nermont,s Next Governor.

We note with interest the DIES
cription OF the next governor OF Yer
mont given in a recent issue of the
Burlington Free Press Here are
some of them. 1.-The governors cleo
ton in this state in 1912 will be one
of principles rather than of per-
.sonality.'' ''The next governor of
rights and interests of the people as
a whole as opposed to any corporate
interest whatever" and must not be
a recent convert of public champion
ship, must have some definite plan
of relief from double taxation
burdens and stand for real
economy in legislative appro-
priations 1t further says: I'm
less we mistake the temper of the
people they will continue to think
along these lines, and the mere fact
that a man may bear a particular
political name will not save him from
rejection at the polls, even though in
the absence of 9 political primary law
he may capture the nomination of his
party"
1t is an encouraging sign for a
newspaper of the standing of the
Free Press to declare that a mans
political party may not be able to
save him even though he secure the
party nomination. No conditions
have been made by the Free Press
that would be harmful for the state
and we hope it is true that the
people are more concerned in secur-
ing a man championing these prin-
ciples than anything else. If the
Free Press is correct in its state
ments Vermont politics are on the
verge of better things.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
Politics in Town.


St. Johnsbury citizens have Done
a very commendab2e thing in calling
a joint caucus to nominate town Of
ficers regardless of political belief.
This will enable the citizens to select
the men whom the majority think
best qualified to do the towK.s busl-
ness Each voter should remember
that his presence at the joint
caucus is needed just the same
as in the past because there
are to be some contests and we
shall not get the best man
in the position unless mis- friends
are there in greater numbers than
the other Bellows.
The joint caucus is not the only
accomplishment to s.. Johnsbury's
credit in removing town politics
from the domination of political
parties. The citizens party of recent
years has caused such an agitation OF
town affairs that greater care has
been taken il the choice of officers.
The result is that st. Johnsbury is
one of the very few large teWns in
Vermont that can show material
reduction of it's indebtedness without
an increase in the rate of taxation.
In fact reduced rate of taxation and
still further reduction in its in
debtedness can be confidently ex-
pected unless some radical changes
are made lin the choice of new town
officials.
Each voter can if he will he
present help his town retain its en-
viable prosperity if he desires Per-
haps it will be well to quote here the
words Which. very prominent Amer
lean citizen said recently in address
ing the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation lat Springfield, Mass. ''Our
revolutionary fathers did not fight,
and bleed, and die that We
might stay at home on cleo
ton day They fought and bled
and died that we might have AN
election day"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
Love Letter Lost for 4e Years.

An interesting little romance of
the civil war has just come to light
with the restoration of love letter
written by a confederate soldier at,
Fishers Hill, Va, September %, 1864,
to a southern girl, married and
widowed since that time. The letter
was taken by Henry G. Pomeroy of
St. Adams, soldier of the first YER
mont cavalry in the civil war, from
the person of confederate soldier,
apparently dead, when the Vermont
ers made charge on the confeder-
ate works at Fishers Hill, September
%, 1864. The writer was P. v.
Harris of Co. A, 42nd Cor 18th, the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
Farmers and Reciprocity.

That the farm interests of the
country realize what the proposed
reciprocity with Canada will mean
to them is shown in a proclamation
issued by the legislative committee
of the National Grange. Ex.-Gov.
N. ]. Batchelder of New Hampshire
is chairman of the committee and the
reasons for opposing the arrange
ment are given as follows:
1. The bill provides for the
admission free of duty of all Cana
dian farm products. Since Canada
is the only country from which any
considerable quantity of these pro-
ducts can under any circumstances
be imported, this would result in
practically free trade in everything
the farmer produces.
2. While putting farm products
on the free list, the reciprocity bill
makes no material reduction in the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
On a High Plane.

Looking upon the fierce fight that
waged during the closing days of the
Vermont legislature between the
Boston & Maine and the Central
Vermont railways largely as case
of dog eat dog, the Standard has
taken no especial interest, in the
matter.
But out of the struggle and tur-
moil we have been grati1ed to note
the evolution of principle which is
of a great deal of value and that is,
independence of action, as displayed
by those senators who CONSCIENTIOUS
ly believed that they could not
favor the Boston e Maine measure,
although they lived along it's line and
their everyday life was. more or less
identified with it's interests.
One of these was Senator David e.
Porter of St. JohnSbury, who, in a
letter to the st. Johnsbury Republi-
can, gives very Intelligent and con-
vincing reasons why he could not
vote for the plan submitted by the
Boston & Maine. Undoubtedly these
same convincing reasons Influenced
his colleagues, Senators Taplin and
Darling, who, like Senator Porter
live in towns served by the Boston
e Maine system.
1n1S SHOWS CudL SUCH oil 1uupOICduI
question as this, which is far more
than local in it's scope, could be de-
cided upon it's merits and that pat
riotism is not dead in Vermont. All
honor to those senators who had the
courage of their convictions and who
stood for what they believed was
right against the Importantly of
friends and the pressure of local
interests.
Such independence of action is
reassuring. If all questions of like
Importance can be decided on the
same high plane no fear need be en-
tertained for the welfare of the
state.-[ Enosburg Standard.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15

lined up against the measure 10 to
IL.
After the house had voted by a
majority of 80 in favor of the chart
er the Grand Trunk people We're
thoroughly frightened. They offer
ed a compromise whereby they.
would bear all of the expense of
raising the railroad yards in Brat
tlebOro, providing an underpass at
Bridge street and new $4,000
passenger station without expense to
the town. The Boston and Maine
were to have their right of way UNI
til they reached the local yard and
through it were to have joint traffic
rights with the Grand Trunk over
the Grand TruRk's iron.
Autopsies are comparatively easy,
and new that the project is a dead
one it is clear that this compromise
would have been a pretty good solu-
ton of the problem, but Mr.. Stick
ney, the Boston and Maine attorney,
whe engineered the whole campaign
for that system was confident of
WANING and insisted on pushing his
plans through, evidently not count
ing upon what the situation might be
in case he met defeats instead of
victory.
The Boston and Maine with a less
arrogant and more tactfui leader
than Mr.. Stickney might have ac-
compaished better results.
The Brattleboro railroad commit
tee worked valiantly to secure the
Boston & Maine charter, and in this
they were supported by many bust
ness men of the town. who went to
Montpelier to attend the various
were supported by many business
hearings.
1t was expected that the vote in
the senate would be close, but the
Brattleboro supporters were conf
dent of winning there by a small
majority. Naturally they are deep
ly disappointed and chagrined at the
result. Both of the Windham
county senator's, Messrs. Adams and
Butler, voted in favor of the Boston
and Maine charter.
The defense of some of the senat-
ors who voted against the charter is
that they were opposed to taking
the property of one road and giving
it to another.
The plan which was finally sug-
gested by the house conferees propos-
ed to allow the Boston and Maine to
come into the railroad yard via YER
non street and to the west of the
present Central Vermont tracks on
property not used for railroad pur-
poses, but even this plan failed to
receive any consideration from the
august senators who had voted down
the charter.-[V Vermont Phoenix.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
Telenhone in Vermont.

Come to think of it, Vermont does
loom up prettey large in furnishing
the personnel for the big telephone
.seI1gIIIxne s4I puB uIouoo qdBISeTe4
There is Theodore N. Vail of Lyndon
vile, chief pusher of the whole out
fit; Charles e. Scribner, whose sum-
mer home is at Williston, an invent
or with several hundred valuable
electrical contrivances to his credit;
and Harry B. Thayer, Mortified
boy, head of the concerns principal
manufacturing company. There are
others, doubtless, in other depart
ments of the field. One may say
"Hello" with some pride, if one
claims Vermont as his birthplace or
present home.-[H Herald and News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15

Groton, Lyndonville, Marshfeld
Depot, McIndoes Falls, Middlesex,
Newbury, Newport, Mortified, Or
leans, Passumpsic, Plainfield, RAN
dolph, Roxbury, st. Johnsbury,
South Ryegate, Waterbury, Wells
River, West Berlin, West Burke, and
Wiliiamstown, New Hampshire:
Bath, Bethlehem Junction, Cherry
Mountain, ColebrQok, Crawford
House, Fahyans, Groveton, Lancast-
er, Lisbon, Litt1eton, North STRAIT
ford, West Stewartstown, Whitefeld.
Wing Road and Woodsville.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15

We publish elsewhere a sermon by
the Rev. B. F. Butler which was
preached after the recent parents
meeting at the Union school build
ing. We cannot believe Mr.. Butler
is quite correct in some things he
says and some may question the pro-
priety of reproducing them. 1t is
published because it is Mr.. Buffers
view of the situation in. which all
people here are interested The
columns of The CALIFORNIAN are open
to any who wish to discuss Mr. But
fer's statements and we believe a
discussion would arouse considerable
public interest.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15

high tariff rates on all the manu-
featured articles the farmer buys,
and therefore gives no relief from
the heavy burden of taxation imPos-
ed by these duties.
8. The theory on which our pro-
tective policy has always been de-
Tended is that all classes are equally
entitled to projections. The farmers,
however, receive much less protec-
ton than the manufacturers, for
while farm product are taxed on
the average about Is per cent, man
ufactured articles are taxed on an
average of about As per cent.
4. The enactment of the Canadian
reciprocity bill would still further
discriminate against the farmers, by
abolishing the comparatively slight
protection now given them, while
leaving the high protective duties on
manufactures practically un6ouched.
5. The Canadian farmers by
reason of their lower general tariff
and their preferential trade arrange
ments, can buy manufactured goods
at lower prices than those prevail
ing in this country The prices of
farm lands in Canada are also much
lower than in the United States.
These conditions give the Canadian
farmers an advantage over us and
the free admission of their pFGducts
will sub ect us to unfair competition
6. We hold that the farmers
should receive exactly the same
measure ofgprotectiDn as is given the
manufacturers and that there must
be no reduction of duties 1Rn farm
products, either by re eipE0city 9or
tariff revision, un4ess 1he duties aOn
all manufactured articles sare at the
same time CORRESPONDENCE reduged.
2. IL show that this n,ciprocity
measure is not an honest effort to
psduces&he cost OF living. in the inter
est of the consumer, it is sufficient
50 point out that while wheat Is on
the free list fOarr is taxed SO cents
per barrel, and that while cattle,
SHEEP, and hogs are free, meats,
Ooth fresh and cured, care taxed Il
cents per pound for the benefitepf the
meat trust
It has been~pofuEed tout that the
Canadian farmers do have the ad-
vaEtages mentioned, but to suppose
that free trade in farm products
under reciprocity would subject our
farmers to new and unfair COM
petition is very largely a mistake.
For the most part the staple food
products figuring in the discussion
are produced in surplus for export by
both countries and accordingly our
farmers as a rule are now as much
in competition with Canada as they
would be under reciprocity.
When it is remembered that the
Vermont farmer could today go into
Canada and buy nails made
in Pittsburg tor Massachusetts
for less money than he can at
i home and the NEW arrange
ment does not give him the chance
to do SO the injustice to the farmer
is very clear AAll the iron products,
cottons and wooden goods that Ehe
farmer has to buy are still guarded
by protective duties hut everything
the farmer has to sell is Sto be open
to the free competition OF Canadian
producers. This does not look fair
and we believe that Senators Dill
bingham and Page and Congress-
man Foster, who are reported as
opposed to the reciprocity scheme,
are correctly representing the will
of large propertiGn ,nf their con
stituents.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15

1.-THE rules of the 2se1rate, which
permit uRtranmeled discussion of "a
measure, are the principal BARRIERS
to vote That is the news report
on. the prospects of getting a vote on
the reciprocity proposal of Pres.
Taft at this or a special session of
congress. Still the senate will not
amend its rules SO that "a vote may
ibe taken as soon as the ppinions of
its members are fully formed and
some of them wonder why the cona-
mon people ask for the popular elee-
tiGn of the senators. If the senators
elected by present methods would
-dn qoe OF Hpg9L eIB s5uIqa uaqM aoe
on there would be less clamor for a
change in election methods.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15

We are glad that Dr. Henry S.
Tanner, who on his eighty-first
birthday announced that he would
begin an eighty day fast and that
he would get married after he was
100 years old, is willing to postpone
his marriage until that time. A
man who exists on an empty
stomach as much as Dr. Tanner tries
to is not fit to live with woman but
a little while anyway.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
speedy Relief from Kidney Trout

Speedy Relief from Kidney Trouble.
81 had an acute attack of Bright's
disease with Inflammation of the kid
neys and bladder, and dizziness, !"
says Mrs. Cora Thorp, Jackson,
Mich. "a bottle of Foiey's Kidney
Remedy overcame the attack, reduc-
ed the Inflammation, took away the
pain and made the bladder action
normal. / wish everyone could know
Of this wonderful remedy G.. c..
Bingham.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
Stung.

We have met the enemy and we
are theirs.
The beautiful dream of two main
lines of railroad through Brattle-
boro and of hundreds of thousands
of dollars spent in improving the
local railroad yard and in erecting
model railroad station is shattered.
Whether the dream in all its
glittering prospects would have
come true under any circumstances
is doubtful. Railroad companies in
a hot battle are great buffers and
great promisers.
Neither of the railroad systems had
any sentiment in the matter. The
Grand Trunk had beaten the New
York, New Haven & Hartford in
Rhode Island and in Massachusetts
and Vermont was next made the
battlefield, with Brattleboro as the
objective point. The Grand Trunk has
won again, by vote of the Vermont
senate.
The house passed the bill by a
vote of 1876 to Sc, but the the senate
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15

address not being perfectly legible
after all these years. Virginia, volun--
teer infantry, Terry's brigade, Cor
don's division, Breckenridge corps.
AS the letter is dated September %,
it is evident that it was written the
very day on which the soldier was,
killed on the field of battle. 1t is
addressed to Miss Mile Snead,
Lynchburg, Va, and to it is affixed
confederate stamp ready for mail
ing. That girl is now widow, Mrs.
Mildred Mitchell, who is in charge,
of the linen room of the Norfolk
Protestant hospital
Mr.. Pomeroy lost the letter short
ly after the war but few years ago
he found it in his fathers old family
Bible. Five years ago he gave it to
Major Seymour H. Wood of St. AL
bans, who, like Mr. Pomeroy, served
with the first Vermont, to be placed
in a collection of relics of the civil
war of the A. r.. Hurlburt post.
Major Wood began a correspondence
which, resulted in the letter being
sent to the woman to whom it was
written over 46 years ago.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15

In New Hampshire the house has
passed by large majority bill to
exempt farm mortgages from taxa
ton. This certainly looks like a real
remedy for double taxation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15

Entered at the St. Johnsbury post
office as second class mail matter
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
Political Gossip.

There was some political talk
along the last of the session, and
candidates for various offices were
mentioned quite freely.
Lieut.-Governor Sacks friends
lost no opportunities to mention his
name and promote in a modest way
his candidacy for governor.
Hon. Allen NJ. Fletcher was an
other man whose friends remarked
that che sure is in receptive
mood The gentleman from Cav
endish has had much experience
with legislative matters in the past
Hon. ]. A. DeBoer's name was
on the lips of the politicians from
Montpelier and the graduates of
Dartmouth college who are always
loyal to their ''Alma Mater and
every alumni.
The name of Hon. John w. Cor
don of Barre, the champion of the
labor interests and friend of the
plain people, as demonstrated in
his work for a fiat rate on intan-
gibles, was mentioned quite freely as
a candidate for the governorship by
his many friends in Washington
county.
There were others who were look
ing for a new candidate, one that
had not been slated, an independent
and progressive candidate, so to
speak, and the name of Hon. Fred
erick H. Babbitt of Bellows Falls
was heard very frequently. Bah
bitt, the gentleman from Rocking
ham, has been avery active and popu-
lar member of the house during the
session, and has many friends that
would rally to his support if he
should become an Independent can
didate.
Other names were mentioned for
all state Offices as it is generally un-
derstood that there will be a scrap
for these state positions in the next
campaign.
There is much time before the
finals.-[ Vergennes Vermonter.
Reciprocity.
Reciprocity has more catchy
sound than free trade, but it means
about the same thing to the home
producer The only difference is
that by throwing down our bars we
get Canada or some other country
to throw down theirs, when we con-
sumrnate reciprocity deal, whereas
under free trade we throw down
ours and take our chances as to
what our neighbors will do. The
effect is not unlike, in either case.
We are forced out of those lines of
industry in which we cannot COM
pete by reason of the cheaper labor
or other advantages of the neigh
Dor, and into those lines where we
have superior natural advantages.
1t means less diversity of industry,
expansion of. the fewer number,
more trade and transportation
possibly in the end more net profit.
Yet we take long chances on this
outcome when we are doing very well
as we are. Agriculture, noble voca-
tion,. will certainly suffer in case we
adopt reciprocity with Canada It has
little enough margin of profit now,
and to cripple it by legislation will be
disastrous. The small extra cost of
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-12
IMITATION ARABS IN DRILLS.
10y union Associated Press.)

Rochester, N. Y, July 12.-Patrols
Of imitation Arabs clad in all the
gaudy styles affected by the orientals
engaged In drills today and were later
reviewed by the imperial potentates
as the principal features of today's
national convention of the Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrines. Temples all over
North America were represented by
their crack patrols, and the number OF
such bodies entered in the competi
ton was the largest ever participating
in an Imperial Council meeting. All
Of the patrols were we'll drilled and
the judges will have a hard time tc
pick the winners. A concert of mass
ed bands and water carnival, with
beautiful electrical effects, will round
out merry day.
Among the temples represented to
day were Za-Ga-Zig, Des Moines, la.
Aad, Duluth, Mimi, Abou Ben Adhem
Springfield, Mo-, Abu Bekr, Sioux City
Ia, Acca, Richmond, Va, Aft, Tacoma
Wash, Lu Lu, Philadelphia, Mecca
New York City, Aladdin, Columbus, o.
I Aleppo, Boston. AL Kader, Por' land
Ore, AL Koran, Cleveland, Al Malai
kah, Los Angeles, Ararat. Kansa!
City, Ell Kahir, Cedar Rapids, la.
I Hamasa, Meridian. Miss, Ell Kahir
Fargo, n. D.. Ismailia, Buffalo, Khe
dive. Norfolk. Va, Kismet. Brooklyn
Medinah, Chicago. Mohammed. PEG
ria, Moolak, st. Louis. Moslem, De
troit, Murat, indianapolis. Isisis
Wheeling, Saladin, Grand Rapids. sly
rian, Cincinnati, Zamora, Birmingham
Ala, and many others.