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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-07-10
MYSTERY CHAMBERS.
Famous Locked Rooms In Some Of the
Old British Castles.

Famous Locked Rooms In Some Of the
Old British Castles.
Perhaps the most famous locked
room IN the world is at CLAIMS castle.
the old home OF the earls of Suath-
more In this rambling pile there is
supposed to be a secret chamber, ac-
cess to which is known only to the
Earl of Strathmore. the heir apparent
and the factor. The mysterious cham
Der is supposed to have been. centuries
ago, the repository OF a grim family
scandal, the nature OF which could
only whispered even in those wild
days.
There is I'm Poulton Old Hall a mys-
terious locked room which has never
been opened except by a representa-
tive of the Green family. The hall and
its lands have sometimes been let. but
the Green family have always retain
ed possession of this mysterious room,
which is supposed to contain several
relics and other family treasures. IL Is
said that the last tenant. a prominent
Mersey shlpowner, would have given
them an increased rent for it if he
could have had access to it or could
have cleared away the mysterious con-
tents. but the owners refused to give
up possession. and so the tenant left.
There is a very similar tradition at
Neither Hall. the Cumberland seat Of
the Senhouse family. Here. as at
Glamis castle. the position of the Sc
cret chamber is known only to the
heir-at-law and the family solicitor.
The room. it is understood. has no
window and up till now has not been
located by any one not in possession of
the key to the mystery.
A tragic interest attaches to the
ruins of Minister Lowell house, in Ok
fordshire. While it was tenanted by
a farmer a concealed vault was dis
covered. and in it was the perfect
skeleton Of Lord Lowell. seated at
table on which was lying an open
prayer book There were some jars
and barrels which had contained food,
sufficient. no doubt. to last some
weeks; but. the mansion having fallen
into the hands of King Henry VII,
the prisoner was unable to regain his
liberty. The discovery cleared up a
mystery which had surrounded his
fate for nearly two centuries.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
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AWyAEROPLANE,
49, ADVENTURES
By
4V j ARMSTRONG DRE1EL
V.-Bumpine the Bumps In the Air

a circle TO the left. and almost before
1 knew it / was back at my starting
place and had stopped the engine.
Then Grahame- White explained to
me that a Bleriot always has a tend
ency to steer to the left when it is
running along the ground. This is due
to the downward thrust of the propel-
Ter and the greater effect of the air
pressure on one side than another.
After being instructed to steer with
my foot lever until got going at full
speed l started off again. This time
at the first sign of a pull toward the
left 1 thrust out my right foot and
headed her the other way. Once more
1 had to do this, and then l attained
full speed and was able to keep on in
a straight line down the course.
Feeling with the utmost confidence
that the tying of the wheel would
make it impossible for me to rise from
the ground. / had not the slightest
nervousness as to the outcome of my
journey, and l thoroughly enjoyed my
dash down that mile of level earth at
q rate of about thirty or thirty five
miles an hour. But again was des-
tined to a great surprise-a surprise
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team.
Mrs. J. Kimball who has been
away visiting for few days has re-
turned home. Her daughter, Miss
Nellie Kimball Of West Berlin il
also home for her vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Mclaughlin and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Or
cult, Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson and Will
liam Mclaughlin spent the Fourth at
Barton.
rev. r. r. Lowe Of St. Johnsbury
will preach in the Methodist church
on Sunday Rev. Mr.. Blodgett is TAX
ing his vacation.
Mrs. Ella Porter and Mrs. Edward
Stone of Somerville, Mass, were call
ed here on account of the death of
Mrs. Frank ROBBIE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop Blodgett of
st. Johnsbury were the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. ID. M. Jenness on Thursday.
There will be a band concert this
evening instead of Friday evening.
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NORTH MONROE.

Mrs. Emily Cross is at home from
Groton where she visited her sister.
Gilman LeClair has moved his
family into Maurice Carriers house.
S. J. Astle was in st. Johnsbury
Monday.
Wilson Emery was in McIndoes on
business one day last week.
Mrs. Henry Byran Of Whitefield
visited her daughter, Mrs. George
Gates last week.
Gertrude Champany is working for
Mrs. Gates, and Annie Champany for
Mrs. Maurice Paddleford
Mrs. Wallace Remick has sent in
her resignation as postmistress. All
will be sorry to have her give it up.
Allen Moore has gone to Wilder
after working for Mr.. Remick the
past year Mr. Remick has Pervin
Mead and Tom Watson through hay
ing.
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ST. JoHNsBURY CENTER.

Quite a little excitement was caus-
ed Tuesday when the fire alarm was
given and report given that Edgar
Fuller's house was in danger of fire.
A match had been accidently drop
ped by a boy, setting fire to the field.
Help was called and after a good
fight the flames were put out. 1t
burned over a large piece, besides a
part of the fence.
A good crowd attended the village
picnic at Grapes grove on the
Fourth. After dinner, a ball game
was held between pick up nine of
Co. D and a pick up nine of the viii
lage boys. The Center boys beat by
one score, the score standing at the
close 10 to u. Dean Hall carried
the people to the picnic in a big
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There Was a very interesting meet
ing held here Sunday afternoon when
six young people were received into
the church. They were George and
Belle Gammell, Marion Quimby, PorN
tia McGill, and Vera Kendall of East
Barnet and Ray Welch from Barnet.
Mrs. Jennie Newman previously a
member of the church at Coatfcook,
was also received into the church
here at the same time. Rev. Mr..
Clark's talk to the young people was
fine and the meeting was one that
will not soon be forgotten. The
chapel was well filled, several coming
from Barnet.
Mrs. Sue Harvey who has been at
st. Johnsbury nursing for several
weeks, returned home to her sons,
Charles Harvey's last week.
Marion Quimby was the guest
of Louise Moore Friday.
Mrs. Milo and Mrs. Margaret Nc
Laren from Barnet Center and Mrs.
Smith from Washington, were Wis
itors at A. Blandin's Tuesday. Mrs.
Margaret McLaren was their guest
until Saturday when she was called
to David Adams to take care of his
wife who is sick with erysipelas.
Mrs. Niblock and two children and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Pad
dleford went to Lowell, last Wednes-
day to attend the centennial celebra-
ton there the Fourth of July. They
returned home Saturday.
There was not a very large at
tendance at the strawberry festival
Friday evening, but all report a fine
time and plenty of strawberries and
ice cream
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that taught me TO ny mucn as one
teaches a boy to swim by throwing
him in the water and letting him
strike out for himself.
1 Find Myself In the Air.
At the end of the mile straight away
on the course was a road crossing the
field at right angles and at an eleva-
ton of several feet above the rest of
the ground. Without thinking much
about this road and feeling perhaps
that so slight and so gradual an en-
bankment was not a serious obstacle,
/ went dashing merrily on and up the
slope toward the highway.
A few minutes later my utter as
constituent may be imagined when
suddenly realized that l was not upon
the ground at all, but was sailing
gracefully through the air at a height
Of about eighty feet above the earth.
The explanation is simple enough to
me now When the front of my ma
chine took the slope of the embank-
ment it rose until the slant of my
planes was exactly what was neces-
sary for the impact of the air to get
under them and give the required
lifting power for the machine to fly.
In other words, the embankment did
for me what l might have done for
myself had my wheel not been tied,
and it sent my machine upward into
the air as gracefully and as easily
as though it had been r-rposely operat-
ed for that result by the most skilled
aviator.
For the first few minutes my aston
ishment was so great that 1 did abso-
lutely nothing but sit motionless and
let the Bleriot take its course. Then
l pulled myself together and tried to
remember everything that Grahame-
White had told me about how to man
age the machine.
My one thought was to get back to
my starting point, for by this time /
had gone beyond the smooth fields and
was flying over rough and dangerous
ground that would have meant instant
disaster had I landed upon it. So, in
order to turn. trust my left foot
gently forward. and l shall never for
get my thrill Of triumph as I found
the Bleriot gradually sweeping about
in wide and easy circle to the left
that soon brought me again back to
the smooth fields and facing toward
the direction from which had come.
An Unexpected Disaster.
As approached my starting place I
showed my wheel gently forward, az /
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Bio Noses In Japan.

The nose plays a very important
part in Japan, owing. probably. that a
difference in noses constitutes about
the only distinction between one Jap
anese and another. The nose is the
only feature which attracts attention.
AS there are very few large noses to
be found in Japan. a lady with large
nose is regarded as one specially gift
ed by nature. She is invariably a
reigning beauty and the envy Of her
less favored sisters. In all Japanese
pictures in which ladies are portrayed
the artists are particularly careful to
make the nose Of liberal dimensions.
London Telegraph.
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Use American Throat Tablets.
WHEELOCK.
Organization of The Town School
Directors-PersonaIs


The school directors held a meeting
July 2 and organized for the coming
yeaI as follows: S. w. Drake, chair
man; w. p. Dean, clerk; d. M. Nc
Lean, purchasing agent for supplies.
Mrs. Elsie Churchill of Wolfsboro,
n. H, who has ben spending the past
two months with her sister, Mrs
Hannah Currier, returned home Sat-
nrday.
Miss Kathleen Mclean Is visiting in
Boston and vicinity.
Miss Catherine Hoffman of Brook
line, Mass, has come to spend the
summer with her brother, Hoel
Hoffman.
Mrs. Bessie Cree has returned from
visit with her father at Norwich.
Mrs. George Bean was called to
Glover Monday on account Of the Sc
rious illness of her brother.
Mrs. Eva Barber and son are Wis
iting at Harry Hubbard's.
Mrs. r. ". Osgood is visiting her
neice, Mrs. Emma Miles.
Clifford Mclean and Will Stafford
attended the ball game at Lyndon
vile Thursday.
The Methodist Ladies Aid society
will hold a supper at the town hall
this Wednesday evening.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-07-10

An increasing number of people
report regularly of the satisfactory
results from taking Foley Kidney
Pills and commend their healing and
curative qualities. Foley Kidney
Pills are a carefully prepared mede-
cine, guaranteed to contain no harm
full or habit forming drugs. They can
have only a beneficial effect when
used for kidney and bladder troubles,
Tor backache, rheumatism, weak back
or lumbago. G. c. Bingham, B. L.
Terry, South Ryegate, S. G. Stearns,
and Stevens, South Walden.
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fascinating that has ever been opened
up for human beings. He invades a
realm for which nature never intend
ed him. All of his instincts teach him
that to ascend high above the earth
Is to court death and that to trust
himself to so fimsy and so breakable
a thing as an aeroplane is to go to the
utter extreme of recklessness and dar-
ing.
My admiration is unbounded for
those first men who actually rose off
of the ground in their crude heavier
than air machines and defied nature
with their new found toy. Each of US
who has followed has had to prove his
nerve and mis- skill, but we know when
we start to learn that the machines we
trust ourselves to are right, that they
will fly if properly handled and that
there is no very great secret about it
at all because it has been done before
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JUST TO MAKE SURE.
The Scheme Looked Good, but the Old
Man Lacked Confidence.

Man Lacked Confidence.
Living on a plantation fifty or sixty
miles out of New Orleans is an old
poker playing. chicken fighting. horse
racing sportsman, who is always will
ing to gamble on anything and who
isn't averse to gamble even when he
has a shade the better of it. Not long
ago a professional gambler came to
him and said, Squire, you know that
Phillips man who used to play cards
on the river?"
IT de-"
'We1, he's showed up here with
lot of money. Now, I've got a scheme
to get that money"
go on; you interest me-"
well, I'll get him down here, and
Wen pot him into a game of poker
just the two of us and him. Then I'll
cold deck him, you'll get the money.
and Wen divide"
How do you propose to do that.
SOM"
why, I'll deal him four queens, and
I'll deal you four kings, and he'll bet
all the money he has. All you've got
to do is to bet against him, show your
four kings when he's through. and
Wen split the pile"
You mean you'll deal him four
queens and deal me four kings out of
a cold deck ~
That's it,"
"AlI right. son. all right. But when
you are dealin' them four kings to me
just deal me one ace also for sort Of
confidence card" - Saturday Evening
Post.
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George L. Higbie, Manton, Mich,
used Foley Kidney Pills for kidney
and bladder trouble. He says: 81
find for my case no other medicine
equals Foley Kidney Pills for bene-
fetal. effect" They are a. safe and
reliable medicine for kidney trouble
and rheumatism. Contain no harm
full drugs. G. G. Bingham, B. L.
Terry, South Ryegate, S. G. Stearns
and Stevens, South Walden.
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Her UndeveIoped Sense Of Humor.
"The trouble with you women be
said. ''is that you have no sense of hui
NOR
II know it." his better half admitted.
Il suppose ought to think being mar
ried to you is a lovely joke. but / can't
seem to see it."-Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
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YES" said little Elsie, mamma
says she is always glad to let me
come to parties at your house"
1T is very nice Of your mamma to
say that"
"'Cause she says you're so savin'
that there's never any danger you'll
give me anything that win be rich
enough to hurt me."-Chicago Record
Herald.
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nnIIx rhn,,nha

II every one did an act of daily kind
ness to his neighbor, and refused to
do any unkindness. half the sorrow Of
this world would be lifted and disap-
p@ar.-Ian Maclaren-
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EooIiahness.

ST fine you So"
Judge. I only sassed policeman"
II fine you for foolishness- When
there are so many things you could
have done. why did you select this p
Washington Herald
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Making love Il easier than making
a fortune. but II involves greater
chances.-Ring.
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MEN WANTED

On Friday
inexperienced
of
note
Milk Mass, Agent, ST. Johnsbury House
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HEN a man takes to flying
be enters upon a career
which is the most trouble
some and yet the most
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-07-10
MY Ernst Lesson In FLYING.

My first lesson was taken from Ora
hame-White at Pau. His Bleriot was
equipped with an Anzani motor. for it
was before the GnOme had been placed
upon the market, and it was probably
fortunate for me that my machine did
not have the greater horsepower de-
veloped by the later type of engine.
1 learned as did most of the men who
have made a success of the work. The
controls were explained to me, and
made thorough study of the theory
on which the machine operates.
knew what to do to make the mono
plane go up or down or steer to right
or left, and l knew how to warp the
wings to preserve my balance-that is,
knew them in theory. though l had,
Of course, never tried them in practice.
Now" said Grahame- White, you
are to take a run along the ground
and see if you can steer the machine
The wheel is tied SO that you cannot
go up into the air. and all you are to
do is to keep going straight and shut
of your engine when you come to the
end of the field"
30 my engine was SCarIeu' anu when
the propeller got going at fair speed
gave the signal to the mechanics
who were holding the machine to let
go, and / felt myself dash forward
smoothly over the ground. believed
that all had to do was to leave the
machine pretty well alone and it
would go in a straight line until
stopped the engine. but In this I was
destined to meet with a great sur
prise. for instead of going straight
ahead found myself going around in
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and we need merely do as our prede-
cessors did But those first men dash
ed absolutely into the unknown.
Not long ago Captain Thomas S
Baldwin. the veteran balloonist and
aviator, investigated the subject and
as a result he declared that every be-
ginner in aviation smashes up $4,000
worth of property before he can get
certificate of competence, and one can
easily imagine the risk to life and limb
that is constantly run while these fedg-
ling flights are being made. In my own
case, when the mechanics let go Of my
machine for my first fight. it looked
as though l were going to disprove
this statement, but it was not many
seconds thereafter before I showed
that. if anything. Captain Baldwin's
estimate of cost was altogether too
low.
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had been instructed TO do TO come
down. and a few moments thereafter I
landed as lightly as bird. feeling
that my first fight had indeed been a
triumph unmarried in any way and
entirely disproving the discouraging
things / had heard about the diff
culties OF learning to fly.
1 landed with the wind and going at
a speed well up between fifty and six
ty miles an hour. and not twenty feet
from where touched the ground was
a high fence. Into this 1 crashed at
full speed. L felt a sudden jar and
heard the loud noises of splintering
wood all about me-so loud indeed
that I felt that the heavens were tum-
bling about my ears. Then felt an
other jar as l fell to the earth, and
when had recovered my senses suf-
f1ciently to examine the wreck found
that there was not much left except
the seat and me. For the seat had
no very high regard, but was mighty
glad and grateful to find that I was
able to get up and walk about with
only a score or so of sore spots dis
tributed over my body.
l must have been an awful sight to
behold. From the very beginning Of
my fight, unaccustomed as l was to
hurtling at such a rate through the
air, the wind had dashed my eyes as
though with whipcords, and my eye
balls had become sore and inflamed.
The oil from the engine had been
dashed back on to my face, and there
it had mingled in grimy brotherhood
with the water that streamed from
my eyes und-r the flashing Of the
wind.
1t took me a long while to get used
to this pain caused in the eyes by the
rushing air, and during the next few
weeks when 1 began flying with the
Gnome engine 1 got a double dose Of
lubricating oil in my hair, all over my
face and down my neck.
L few with the first Gnome engine
ever put upon the market. 1t was a
short time after l had taken my ini-
tiaI lessons from Grahame-White and
when was in the school run by BE
riot himself at Pau.
1t was a vastly different matter to
start fight with this new motor.
Instead of having an easy run along
the ground and lifting at a speed Of
about thirty miles an hour, as had
done with Grahame- Whites Anzani,
now found myself rushing along at
nearly fifty miles an hour almost as
soon as the mechanics let go of the
machine. Here my poor eyes got
flashing which l shall never forget and
which daily nearly blinded me until
became accustomed to flying at this
tremendous speed.
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I Go In For High Flying.

Go In For High Flying.
From the very first the one phase of
aviation that held a really powerful
fascination for me was altitude climb
ing. No sooner had l tried my fedge-
ling wings than L looked longingIy
into the upper air and wanted to climb
as far as my engine would carry me.
On the third day of my practice at
the Bleriot school with the GnOme mo-
tor l decided to take affairs into my
own hands, and, disregarding all the
advice that had been given me, head
ed the machine upward and climbed
close to a thousand feet. when sud
denly, one after the other. three of my
cylinders went bad. and l was forced
to coast down to the ground again. 1t
was the result of some minor defect in
the new engine, and when it was re-
paired l took my equipment with me
to my place at Beaulieu. in England,
there to practice a bit and then try
for my certificate. or aviator's license.
l became proficient in a remarkably
short time. When l felt that l could
pass inspection L had the officials Of
the English Aero club appoint a day
when l should try for my certificate.
An official came up to wish me good
luck just before my mechanics started
the propeller. and l asked:
what is the English height record? p
"Paulhan has it," he replied. 1T is
OF feet"
"Well.'' 1 said as 1 turned away, 81
am going to try to beat that"
/ started off in wide circles, and the
first two times passed over the heads
of the officials l saw one of them wave
a red flag, the signal for a naval Off
Ger with sextant to take my height.
Higher and higher 1 went, but l was
surprised not TO see the flag wave after
that. and came to earth again.
How much did I do?" L asked the
navy officer.
'Ten hundred and forty feet he re-
piled. You have broken the English
altitude record. and believe you went
twice as high as that, but hnfortu-
nately the man who was to signal me
with the flag got mixed up somehow.
and L only took your height on your
first and second circles
This love of altitude work has been
my constant passion ever since. Merely
to get into an aeroplane and fly no
longer has any fascination for me.
1 want to climb l want to keep
going up until am sure that / am
higher than any man has ever been
before in a heavier than air machine.
and. though not long ago l almost de-
termined to give up aeroplane work.
now feel the desire growing stronger
upon me. and it would not surprise me
If tried for another record soon.
Eternal practice and unfailing pa
thence are necessary when the average
man takes to flying. Day after day he
must go out grass cutting" as they
say at Mineola when the novices roll
along the ground or take only short.
low jumps into the air. This IS not
exciting and it will seem to the would
be pilot that he is making slow prog
ress, but. as a matter Of fact, he is
training his mind and his muscles to
work in unison and by instinct, and
this faculty alone Is worth all the
trouble it takes to acquire It once II
is called into play in a bad spot high
above the earth. 1t may not be need
ed very often, but, Like a gun I'm Tex
as, when it is needed It Is needed
badly.
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copyright, 1911. by Henry NJ. Nicely.
Copyright in Great Britain and Canada
All rights reserved
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that taught me to fly much as one
teaches a boy to swim by throwing
him in the water and letting him
strike out for himself