St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-11

DAY. JANUARY 3.
Few More DAYS in Which to Work
for the Beautiful fianO-Last
Struggle for Capital Prize Now
at its Height--Other Prizes
There are now but a few more
DAYS in which the candidates engag
ed in The Caledonian popular vot
ling contest have to work for the
several prizes offered The voting
comes to an end on Friday, Jan. 3 al
4 O'Clock and Immediately thereafter
the counting will be commenced &c
see who shall be declared the win
er of the splendid Obermeyer piano
and the other beautiful and useful
articles offered to those who are
making an endeavor to land the
premiums 1t is not believed by
those who have given the matter
careful thought that any particular
person has the grand prize cincned
at the present time but there are
several in the race who have good
chance to land it If they only VIII
hustle.
For those who wish to vote with
out any competitor seeing them, The
Caledonian desires to state that cash
with your subscription, telling where
the paper is to be sent and to whom
the votes shall be given can be plac-
ed in an envelope and deposited in
the cash drawer. The judges Will
open these envelopes as soon as they
start to count and will credit all
votes. In order to secure bonus
votes on merchants coupons they
must be counted at The Caledonia
Office before being voted.
Miss E+hel Murphy was in the
lead at the last count. Several 9TH
ers are well to the front and are
putting forth every effort on the
home stretch to win the coveted
prize. Either of these ladies can land
| the prize if they will take the time
to get out and solicit new subscrip-
tions and renewals. Every bunch
of seven new subscribers means g.
| 200 votes and seven renewals will
bring in $500 votes and the way to
win. is to get these new subscriptions
and renewals, as they count up rap
idly and they carry with them the
big bonus offers which contestants
should be seeking.
From now on until the close OF
the contest, which will be on Fri
day, Jan. 8, we wIll give the fol-
lowing bonuses. These will positive
| ly be the last bonus offers, and they
will hold good until the close of the
contest.
For every seven new subscribers
we will give 5000 extra votes, max
ing a total of $4,000.
For every seven renewal subscrip-
lions we will give 5000 extra votes,
making a total of $500.
For every seven hack subscriD-
tions we will give 1000 extra votes,
making a total of 1880.
For every 40 merchants coupons
brought to this Office and counted
by the publisher or his assistants, a
bonus of 1900 extra votes will be
given a total of $500 in all.
These merchants coupons may be
collected from any and all merchants
who are giving coupons, and must
be brought to The Caledonian Office
in punches of 40 tickets, to be count
ed by the publisher or one of his
assistants before the coupons will be
issued.
Friday, Jan 8, the voting will
cease and the final count will be
made that afternoon. This is but
short time ahead and it is worth
the while of the candidates to get
out among the people and work like
TrOjans from now until the ballot
box is closed at four O'Clock in the
afternoon of the day mentioned. No
ballots will be received after four
O'Clock under any circumstances, no
matter who may have them or what
excuse they may present for not get
ting them in at the proper time.
The contest is on the square and
there is to be a fair field and no fav-
orites.
The ballot box is now at The Cal
edonian Office, where it will remain
until the contest closes.
All bonus votes that are to be
cast must be accompanied by the
number of coupons stated on the
bonus or the bonus votes will not be
counted nor allowed to be given to
the contestants.
Merchants need not be afraid of
buying an over supply of coupons
since we will redeem at what you
paid for them all you have left over
at the close of the contest.
Another Special Offer
The following are the enterprfs-
ing merchants who give coupons:
C. C. Bingham
| Randall & Whitcomb
c. A. Stanley
Steele, Taplin & Co.
! F. A. Scott & Co.
! G. H. Clark
| F. G. Landry
Lillian Gordon
Lurchin & Lurchin
G. A. Calderwood
The following shows the result of
the total vote up to the present time
for each contestant:
Ethel Murphy 128,375 votes
Ruth 1isdale $3.50 :"
Vivian Hall 10000 g
Emma LaChance 9,275
Gertrude Blais 5000
Myra Goss 1925
Mrs. Harold Moore 2,8OO
Dorothy Mcdonald 2,400
Alice Cusson $500
/ Ella Cou,uoIc0n On0