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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-01-18
JURY WORK FINISHED.
Criminal and Divorce Cases Now
Before County Court. Thomas
Morrison Sentenced. YER
dict for Defendants.

The jury which has heard the case
of Caledonia Grammar School VS..
George T. Howard ct ais came in yes
terday and reported verdict for the
defendant or in effect that the de-
PENDANTS held the lot in dispute by
virtue of a perpetual lease. This
finished the jury cases for the term
and all the jurors but one have been
discharged.
Thomas Morrison, whose name has
appeared frequently in connection
with a search at his place and the
long chase he gave the officers, was
brought into court yesterday and ar
raigned on the charges of selling,
breach of the peace and keeping. He
plead guilty to each of the charges
and for the first two was Sentenc-
ed to serve eight months in the local
jail. For Keeping he was fined $500
and costs but sentence was suspend
ed and he was placed in the hands
of the probation officer for two
years.
Heman Gaylor was brought into
court again he having violated the
a hearing it was decided he should
pay the costs and be placed in
probation again.
George Goodwin pleaded guilty to
the charge of rape and was sentenc-
ed to house of correction for two
and one half or three years.
The two Langmaid boys from New
ark pleaded guilty to malicious mis-
chief and were sentenced to pay a
fine of $500 but were placed in
charge of the probation officer.
Miss LA Cook, the girl arrested
with. Lorne Elwyn, pleaded guilty
to the charge of adultery and was
sentenced to the industrial school
| for the remainder of her minority
but was put in charge of the pro-
baton officer. Grace Foster was
heard on the same charge but her
case is not disposed of.
The following divorce cases have
been heard:
George Belville VS.. Cora Belville,
on the charge of adultery; Alvin G.
Griffin VS. Sarah j. Griffin, intoler-
able severity; Jennie S. Noyes VS..
George H. Moves, intolerable sever
ity; Jennie S. Phipps VS.. Frank W.
Phipps, intolerable severity; Bertha
A. Hartwell VS.. Benjamin F. Hart
we'll. No decision had been given in
| these cases.
The Hardwick case of James B.
Fiske ct Tx VS.. Frank st. Clair ct TX,
| 0JOCIuSnI, was uOdIO ny ChS SOuA
| yesterday afternoon.
1t, is expected the business of the
term will be finished this week.
| Arthur Allen of Hardwick plead
| guilty to burglary and was sentenced
| to one year or not more than one
and one half years imprisonment.
| Alphonse Dumas, who broke into
a sugar place Of Mr.. Pinard, plead
| guilty and was sentenced to two and
! one half or three years imprison-
| ment.
Edward Morse, charged with sell
| ing, Jamaica ginger being the bever-
age, entered a plea or nolo contendre
and was sentenced to pay fine OF
! $500. 1t was arranged that he pay
| $50 of the fine and be placed il
charge of the probation officer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-01-18
Miss Mariorie CuttinZ of Winches

Miss Marjorie Cuttin of Winches-
ter, Mass, is the guest of Mrs.
Robert P. Clark.
Robert Rich, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter M. Rich of West Falls, N.
Y, has been critically i'll for week
with congestion of the lungs but is
now considered out of danger.
Miss Mary Ide is spending a few
weeks with her sister, Mrs. o. M. w
Sprague, in Cambridge, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Amey were in
Lancaster Monday to attend the fu-
neral of William Folsom. Mr.. Fol
SONS daughter, Miss Alice Folsom
of Montpelier, is graduate of St
Johnsbury Academy.
Miss Carrie B. Sargent and Mrs
Charles Fassett were in Bradford
Tuesday, guests of Mrs. F. A. Car
ter.
Charles Flint is at home from Tul-
sa, Okla, to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles G. Flint.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-01-18
BOY SCOUTS.
Two Organizations Formed in til
Church of the Messiah.

Two Organizations Formed i'm the
Church of the Messiah.
Patrols of Boy Scouts and Boy
Scouts Jr., have been formed by
enthusiastic boys in the Church of
the Messiah. But in view of the de-
plorable and even disgusting at
tempts that have been too frequently
made in this town to unsettle and
draw away boys and adults already
being interested and helped by other
churches and organizations, it shall
be understood among US:
/. That no boy already attending
another church can become a mem
Der without consent of his parents
and pastor.
2. That there shall be no solici-
tation among boys already attending
other churches.
The call is first of all to our own
and secondarily to the byways and
highways. Any boy not otherwise
attached, who is interested in this
organization whose aim is good cit
izenship and whose spirit is so at
tractive to boy life, will be most cor
daily welcome. Meetings for the
present will be held in the yestry
from to 8 Wednesday evenings.
Next meeting Wednesday evening,
Jan. rs.
B. F. BUTLER.
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that cheered her in her last hours. and to the
American Express Company, the Woman's
Home Missionary society and friends for the
flowers that surrounded the casket.
CHARLEs K. LUCAS AND FAMILY,
LoTHRoP H. LUCAS AND FAMILY,
FRANK e. LUCAS AND FAMILY.
st. IohnsburY. Vt. Ian. II. GIL.
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BIRTHS

At North woodstock. N H.. Jan. 9, son
H. Houston.
At Canaan, N. H., Jan. IL. daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Morse, and grand
daughter to B. F. Humphreysof East Burke
At St Johnsbury, Jan. IS. twin sons Ed
mund Dougherty and John Lincoln to Mr.
and Mrs. Charles w. Steele.
At Wells River, Jan. 10, and daugh
ter. to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Learned.
At Stannard, Jan. i 2, daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. D. H. Smith.
At st. Johnsbury, Jan. IT. a daughter tx
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo F. Brown.
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Small Depositors

There several why the of The Citi
gems Savings Bank CO Trust Company of ST.
ohnsbl1r5 essna1 a
depositors small
of seeing
steadily glad that helped
satisfactory have
several small aggregang the larger be-
than Offset the possibilities development three different
satisfied
This banks capital profits $278 100000, its
complete make the ideal de-
postoy for small depositors bigger
glad banking you
faithfully
your business this bank.
pay 4 per interest savings deposits.
Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Company
St.Jo hnsbury. Vermont.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-01-18

SOME PROFITABLE HENS.

H. R. White of this place reports
that from 80 hens kept during the
year 1910 he has sold $84.34 worth
of eggs and 35 chickens for $24.50
or total income of $108.84. His
expense for feed was $50 and this
leaves a net profit of 1884. The
hens were mixed breed of Rhode
Island reds, brown 1eghorns. and sill
yer laced wyandottes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-01-18
MARRIAGES

At Brunswick, Me, Jan. I. by Rev. Herbert
p. Woodin of Auburn, Edw ard r. Brown,
formerly of St. Johnsbury, and Miss Evelyn
A. StetSe,n of Brunswick.
At West Burke. Jan. II, Fred French and
Miss Annie Silsby.
At West Burke, Jan. 10, Van Cheney OF
West Burke and Miss Agnes LaC1air of SUIT
ton.
At Peacharn, Jan. 16, by Rev T. A. Carl
son. Ernest Witham and Miss Edith Peck.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-01-18
DEATHS

At Walden, Jan. 12, Mrs. Donald Smith.
At Danvil1e, Jan. 3, Roy Har1and. infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Moore, aged one
year and three months.
At Passumpsic, Jan. g, Kenneth Arthur.
SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Rickaby, aged
nearly Il weeks.
Clement.
At Lyndon. Jan. 13, silas Dunton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-01-18

S6rE1OnS.I
WE EXCHANGE or pay cash for second hand
furniture. Allison & Roy, Pythian Block, st.
Johnsbury, VT.
GILT EDGE ALLEYS in full boom. have
weekly prize on Candle Pin also A. B. c. Pin
for the largest string. Commencing Jan. 1 o.
Mrs. c. D. COOKE will do dressmaking-
30 C1ark's Ave.
For SALE. Your choice of two desirable
residences. Inquire of Rev. e. E. Phillips, 20
Central st.
QUANTITY of nice hay for sale Call at NJ
A. Fay's, ST. Johnsbury Center, known as
the Rob. De1worth farm. Citizens phone
To RENT. Furnished front room with heat
and light "a Main street.
MORGAN MARE for sale. Afraid of nothing.
Stands without hitching. good horse for
a lady to drive. For particulars inquire at
22 Main street at the Peck Co.'s store.
For SALE. A good driving horse cheap.
Safe for lady 70 drive and care for. A. M
Heath, Danvi11e.
FIVE ROOM tenement to rent, up one fight.
Gas stove and electric lights. SO. Cady &
Braley, 80 Eastern Avenue.
NARY R. LANE. experienced nurse, IS Main
street.
To RENT store suitable for any kind of
business. For further information call on
or address A. L. Bailey.
STORAGE to rent at 10 Summer.
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Card of Thanks.

BY this means we wish to assure all of our
friends of our grateful appreciation of their
assistance in our time of need, and to thank
the lodges shoprnates and individuals who
so generously gave flowers for the funeral of
our baby boy.
ERNEST E. DROWN,
EDNA L. DROWN.
st. Johnsbury Vt, Ian. II. 1911.
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Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank our friends and neigh
bors tor the deeds of kindness, and words OF
sympathy extended to us during the sickness
and death of our dear baby. We also thank
each and all for the floral tributes. We hope
you have given, so may you receive in
time of affection.
Mr.. AND MRS. CLARENCE R1cKABY AND
FAMILY.
Passumpsic, VT, Jan. II, 1911.
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Wanted, For Sale, Etc.

TSmall advertisements will be insert
ed in this column at the rate. of two
cents a word for the first insertion and
one cent a word for subsequent in
sertionS.1
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GETS wIDOW,s PENSION.

Mrs. Jane Barnett, of South Wal
den has been allowed an original pen
sion at the rate of So per month
from December Ia, 1910.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-01-18
Gard of Thanks.

We wish to thank the friends and neigh
bcrs for Their help and sympathy in the loss
of our dear mother. We also wish to ex-
press our gratitude for the lovely flowers
New-York tribune., 1911-11-01
PEACE TRIP FOR DIR. ELIOT
To Go to Far East in Interest of Car
negie Endowment.

President Butler of Columbia University,
who is acting : the director of intercourse
and education of the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace, announced yester-
day that Dr. Charles w. Eliot, President
Emeritus Of Harvard University, would
leave America on November I for a visit
to India, China and Japan in the interest
of the work of the endowment.
The executive committee of the trustees
Of the endowment have requested DR.. Eliot
to make this journey with the purpose Of
explaining the organization and aims Of the
endowment in the various Asiatc countries,
of studying the public opinion of those
countries particularly as relates to mat
ters OF international concern, and Of pro-
curing material for report upon what ac-
tlvities may wisely and hopefully be
planned by the Carnegie Endowment for
the several Aslatc nations with view
tn promoting the cause of peace and inter-
national good will
Dr. Eliot will proceed via the Suez Canal
route TO India, and after spending some
weeks I'm that, country. will reach China
I'm the month Of February If conditions
I'm China permit, he will make an extended
tourney through the interior of the coun-
try. visiting the leading statesmen and
men OF affairs and comforting with them as
TO the objects OF his visit. An important
mart of DR. Eliots work Will lie in Japan.
which he expects to reach early In April,
1912. DR. Eliot win return 20 the United
states next July
New-York tribune., 1911-11-01

ical strength conduces TO fighting Win
his neighbor If such were the case
there would he moral ground Tor aDol-
ishing all our gymnasiums ana Schools
Of physical culture. Neither can we oe-
lieve that the time and money which n
uan expends in developing physical per-
lection. even though he may never nave
Industrial use for his muscular strength
are wasted or Improbable. SO Il certain
development of nations phySl'al
81 ength. even its potentially belllScreht
strength. is compatible with entirety
ptaccful intentions and tendencies. ana
even the most imposing display of lail'l
Of sea forces may be made without the
slightest menace TO the peace or lhe
orld or the slightest temptation to our
own people to misuse the might in which
they Justly but not vaingl6riously exult.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-01

Republican majority in the state collid
be established which did not embrace
twice as many White as colored voters.
The Democratic state machine has been
caught red-handed making fraudulent re-
turns of the vote east in the Democratic
urinary. II has been in the habit of dis
franchising the anti-machine opposition
which i white, just as 1t has long sought
20 disfranchise the colored voter. Bon
rlces look alike 10 il when IL comes 10
gathering in the spoils Of Office. Yet u
now has the effrOntery To beg Tor the
s,pport of its white victims on the
ground that il alone can be depended
upon to put the colored brother out OF
business. If the respectable white Dem
ocrats condone the primary frauds OF
last August they will pave the way FOR
the further notification Of their polit-
ical influence. The only issue before the
people Of Maryland is whether they pre-
fer To elect n Governor thoroughly III
sympathy with the machine and its eX-
posed vote stealers or one who will help
10 crush that machine and restore non
est elections and real majority govern-
ment.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-01
THE UANCHU PECCATI.

The Chinese Emperor's edict is unique.
Never before in human history did a
sovereign prince-not even Henry at
Canossa-so abase himself. Never he
fore did the ruler of great nation
make such q confession Of incapacity,
weakness, error and despair. The dOcu-
ment is unique I'm its directness, its sim
plicity, its humility, its pathos and,
above all else in practical significance.
its truth. 1t is a paraphrase of the con
fession of the Church, 1--WE have left
"undone those things which we ought
"to have done, and we have done those
things which we ought not to have
done, and there is 10 health i'll us. y
That is the imperial pronunciamento of
the traditionally styled Son Of Heaven
Signed with the vermiliOn pencil and
| issued in the name of the Emperor him
self, it is not Of course, cOnceivably the
work Of that unhappy child, nor is it
applicable TO him. 1t is the pcccGri of
| the Manchu clan. The real responsible
! ity for the decree and for the appalling
disagreement which it confeSseS rests
not upon the baby Emperor, nor yet
wholly upon the Prince Regent but
upon the entire Manchu court and clln
and tribe 1t is they who do not know
and who do not see" Every item IN
the bitterly valid indictment is sef-di-
rected against them. And It Is all large
ly because of their arrogant position as
overlOrds of conquered empire. Gen
erations ago, as cOnquerorS, they were
alert. virile, commanding. 1t was by
virtue of their superior qualities that
they Overcame the Chinese aud imposed
their rule upon them. But long enjoy
ment of power has caused degeneracy
while the Chinese, in semi-SubjectiOn,
have redeveloped the robust virtues.
1t remains TO be seen whether there
vet is time or whether this unprece-
dented act of humiliation, concession and
self-abnegatiOn comes too late. Even
if all unite" the Emperor is made TO
say, II still fear that we may fall.
| There is undoubted danger of it, 1t
would not he strange if the Chinese
should insist that this confession chiefly
demonstrates the unfitness of the Man
chu dynasty longer to occupy the throne
and the necessity Of making a clean
sweep of the whole system which has 50
long victimzed the empire They will
do well. however, 10 consider the fate
not Of the dynasty, but Of the empire.
The fear that 1--WE may fall may apply
70 either. If it be merely the fall of the
dynasty that is apprehended, there need
be no diSquiet, save in the clique 81
Manchu princes and mobiles. If there IS
danger Of the fall Of the empire, then
indeed. "the future Of China is unthink-
able" But the world will plausibly hope
that in the fall, or at least the chasten-
ing of the lesser the fall of the greater
may be ayerted.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-01

dition. will he far lore practical ana
economical than the Photographic piate'
which would have To be enlarged TO We
made available.
Meanwhile there remains the question
of the dead books that crowd tne
shelves of the great libraries oi the
world. 1t has been estimated. for III
stance. that of the two million volumes
in the British Museum only about Sixty
thousand are In regular demand. lhe
number of books that have remained up-
cut since they were added TO IFS collec-
ton is unknown. And yet 1t would he
n difficult matter To devise Il system oi
elimination in their case. for occasionally
Il forgotten book, after gathering dust
for decades. II called for by student
who has come from afar for the express
purpose Df consulting it, and to whom II
IS the most important entry in the whole
bulky catalogue. And after all, great
library takes pride in the possession u
lust such works.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-01
HEARTS BOWED DOWN.

Ex-Judge Parker and the other dis
senters from the action of the Demo
cratic League in throwing in its lot with
the anti-Tammany movement have, per
haps. some substantial grounds for aston
ishment and lamentatiOn. 1t was not their
understanding that the league should
ever be used to annoy or embarrass the
exalted ruler >Sd patron of the Demo
cratic organization in this county. 1t will
be remembered that about the time the
league was organized an assurance was
sent to Murphy that he personally
would have nothing To fear from its
activities. 1t was intmated that the
leaguers were willing to mark for
slaughter the Hon. "Fingey" COnners
then chairman Of the Democratic State
Committee. and might even include
other anti-Murphyites. like the Hon.
Pat McCarren. i'm their list of unde-
sirables. But so far as certain of its
charter members from this county were
concerned. ii was probably never intend
ed to apply the lash of criticism or cor
rection to Murphy himself. that sort of
undertaking being esteemed entirely too
hazardous and barren of profit
1t may well be believed that the re-
cent cooperation Of the league i'm the
naming of an anti-Tammany judicial
and local ticket struck a chill through
the breasts of the leaguerS who had for
warded to Murphy their pledge of
benevolent neutrality. TO fail To realize
the ideal character of Tammany'S 5
nominees seemed TO them 10 betray Il
lamentable lack of circumspection. If
it was agreed at the beginning that
Murphy could do no wrong, why should
it ever have occurred to the league TO
find flaws in n ticket which he had rub
berstamped with his approval:
1t must have been sad awakening
for ex-judge Parker and his friends
when they read about the hOrrid rent
made in the leagues amicable relations
with the great Tammany sachem. Thir-
ty-Odd strong they now lift a wall OF
dissatisfaction and apology. Their pro-
acgrieyed leader in East 14th street,
who can treasure ii as proof that there
are still some leaguers whose hearts
beat as one with his in the great task Of
keeping this county and city obediently
TammanyiZed.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-01
THE FLEET.

IL was a felicitOus thing to assemble
the great war feet Of America for a
peaceful review I'm these waters at this
time There IS no more fitting place
than the harbor Of the city which. with
all its imperfectOns, far Outranks all
others in this hemisphere in population,
wealth and commerce and which, in
deed, now challenges London itself for
first rank among the cities of the world,
and which, therefore is supremely in
terested in those measures which i'm the
last analysis are the safeguards Of the
nation against physical hostility. Nor
f. there more fitting time for such a
pageant than the season which in this
part of the world is the most delight
fui Of the year. As a mere display, to
please and TO inform the popular mind,
the gathering is well worth while
1t is, however, worth while for a far
more important reason, and in that
higher view is singularly timely. There
arc at present before the eyes Of the
world two impressive illustrations of the
need Of military power, on sea or land,
Ol both for the preservation Of the IN
tfgrily Of a nation At the beginning Of
the conflict between Italy and Turkey it
vas confidently predicted that Turkey
would be. practically helpless because Of
hcr lack of a navy, and that prediction
Is being fulfilled AZ the beginning Of
tbs Chinese revolution il was clearly
seen that the great weakness Of the i'm
jerial government lay in its lack Of ade
quatcim.ltary power. and that ObSerya-
tion has been abundantly vindicated by
tie progress of affairs. There is no eX-
ae~~rated miitarisu in saying, what is
perfectly true, that one OF the reasons
WHY the United States is not tually
OF potentially in the plight of Turkey or
China j. 10 be seen writ large in that
seven-mile array Of warships in the Hud-
son
There are those who profess 10 think
that the posses sion Of great military
strength conduces to Eelligerence and
that the displaying Of a great heet Is a
direct incitement 10 misuse Of It IN
wicked war. But we cannot believe that
H. train and develop his muscles 10 the
highest standard Of physical excellence
necessarily makes man quarrelsoGe
~- bully or that his exhibition Of phys
New-York tribune., 1911-11-01
STRENGTHENING FEDERAL REGC'
LATTON.t

The unanimous decision of the Su-
preme Court regarding the scope OF the
federal safety appliance act ahecting
railroads is in accord with common
sense The court held that the statute
applied to all the traffic upon an inter
state road. even though the traffic
should originate within a state and not
leave its boundaries. 1t appears to have
been led TO this conclusion by the con-
sideration that the federal act for the
safety of employees and shipments on
interstate railroads would be largely
futile if among the trains and cars oper-
ating on them and equipped with safety
devices there should be other trains
and individual cars not so equipped ana
not required TO be on the ground that
their contents were not destined 10 cross
the state lines.
The court argued, sensibly, that the
traffic on a road was not independent
"in point of movement and safety, but
"interdependent A smash-up of train
carrying only intrastate passengers or
freight would endanger the lives and
impede the progress Of the passengers
and employees or freight of the inter
state trains on the same line In other
words, the court brushed away fine
spun and technical obstacle TO the en-
forcement Of federal enactment for
the protection of the lives of passen-
gers and the safety of commodities in
transit from state TO state.
Similar considerations may possibly
persuade the court to remove such obsta-
cles 10 the federal regulation of rates in
interstate traffic as the state regulation
of intrastate traffic over the same lines
interposes. This question comes before
the court shortly. The two cases, how
ever, have little I'm common except the
clash between federal and state juris-
dctions due to the use of the same road
for two classes of traffic