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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
BUSINESS Co., :. ~dAPED
Fitzgerald Will Not Again Run For
Mayor of Boston

Boston, Nov. Ill can conceive
of no condition that might arise that
would cause me to become a candi-
date for mayor again, said Mayor
Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald's announcement is def
mite answer to the rumors that he
would be a candidate to succeed him
self, based on the fact that the
mayor, disappointed in his hope OF
being the next United States senator
from Massachusetts through the cleo
ton of a Republican legislature, and
not caring to run for governor next
year against Lieutenant Governor
elect Walsh, had no other political
course to pursue but to succeed him
self.
The mayor has a definite business
career shaped for himself after he
leaves city hall. He does not propose
to drop politics entirely, but he will
not be the important personal factor
in state and city politics that he has
been in the past.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
LUNENBURG

Messrs. Irving Bowker. X. T
Brown and Odino N. Bell of South
Lunenburg we're in Montpelier las
week.
Ray Barnet went to Rumney, N
H., on Saturday to work as cool,ee
for Silsby Brothers for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Maillet were
in st. Johnsbury on business on
Saturday.
Mrs. G.. T. Breitling returned on
Saturday from a six weeks visit
with her daughter, Mrs. William
Parrish, in Lynn, Mass, and other
friends in nearby towns.
Will Landon of South Hero was
a guest at Julian Bells last week
A meeting of Hilltop grange is
called for this evening, Nov. 13, at
which time important business mat
tiers will be presented. Deputies
Hallett and moore of the state
grange are to be present.
Mrs. Charles Curtis, who has
been caring for her daughter, Mrs
Hubert Silsby, and little daughte
has returned to her home in STRAIT
ford.
Mrs. M. D. Bowker was a recen
guest of relatives in Lyndonville.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
BY INVOLUNTARY PETITION
Buffers Big Department store Is Put
Into Bankruptcy

Boston, Nov. 11.-An involuntary
petition in bankruptcy was filed
against William S. Butler & Co. /,
Inc, by three New York creditors.
Their petition, fled in the United
States district court, declares the
company should be adjudged bankrupt
Oh the representations made in the
bill of equity filed before Judge Colt
of the United States circuit court last
Thursday.
Judge Colt appointed c. F.. Weed
and Melroy H. Gibson receivers OF
William s. Butler & Co. Inc, and
also of Gilchrist's and Everybody
stores. The last two joined in the
receivership as a precaution. Weed
succeeded William E Butler as an
officer of the Butler companies when
Butler committed suicide.
According to the bill in equity the
liabilities of William S. Butler & Co. ,
Inc, are $500. 900 and the assets
$3.50, ,OOO
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
Always Fairy Tales.

There has never been a language
spoken that has not been used for tell
ing fairy tales. Whether in hot lands
or cold. among savages or the most
cultivated nations-why, not mo-
ment passes in which some one, some
where, is not telling a fairy tale or
listening to one or reading one or per-
haps writing a new one, which makes
it delightfully."- probable that we shall
always have them with us, however
scarce the fairies may have made
themselves in these prosaic and prac-
teal ys.-Hildegarde Hawthorne in
St Nicholas.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
WHEELOCK
r. and Mrs. DanfOrth Leslie Oh

MIR. and Mrs. DanfOrth Leslie OBJ
served 10th wedding Anniversary
Miss Grace Hoffman who has been
visiting in Massachusetts, and Con-
necticut for the last two months, re-
turned home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cree of Lyn-
donville spent Sunday at S. G. Cree's.
John Dunning who went to ALDER
ia, Canada, last spring returned
home last Thursday.
Mrs. 1. K. Gray who has been very
sick for the last week is slightly inn
proved. Miss Barnard, a trained
nurse from St. Johnsbury, is caring
for her.
Miss Balch, who is interested III
the Sunday school work through
out the state, gave an interesting
talk at the church Monday afternoon.
Thursday evening, Oct. 81, the
friends and neighbors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Danforth Leslie gave them a
surprise visit in honor of their 10th
wedding anniversary. Mr.. Waldron
in behalf of those present, gave them
a rocking chair, some china and table
linen. Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie respond
ed in a very feeling manner. Re-
freshments were served and the
guests departed wishing them many
more years of happiness.
Miss kathleen Mclean closed a
very successful term of school last
week.
Mrs. Flora George Of Hardwick
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13


and filled in the very brief intermis-
sions with popular selections, thus
making the program one continuous
round of pleasure.
More sleiRht of hand work consti-
tuted the third part Of the program,
each trick performed, being, IL any.
thing, more wonderful than its pre-
decessor. The usual request was
made by Mr.. Floyd for a small boy
assistant, and this afforded consider
able amusement. A manly looking
little fellow from the audience re-
sponded to the call for assistance,
and his apparent uneasiness concern
ing what would come next caused
many hearty laugh al his expense.
He stood the. test well, however, until
the magician announced that he would
perform the 'decapitating trick when
the little fellow fed precipitately from
the stage, making It necessary to
omit 90 this bloody feature Of the
evenings entertainment.
1.-THE dexterity with which the
F1oyd's went through the entire pro
gram, no tiresome waits causing the
audience to become impatient, kept
the great crowd in a constant state OF
expectancy and everyone seemed to
be entirely satisfied with the enter
tainment"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

favor by their truly wonderful per-
Torrance. Floyd is a magician of
more than ordinary skill, while his
wife Is as clever as can be in mind
reading and mental telepathy."
"The entertainment was varied in
the extreme, opening with a few
clever card manipulations and closing
with a most gratifying illusion. The
costumes, paraphernalia and stage
outfit Of this company have never
been surpassed by the most famous
magicians that have visited the city.
In the second part Mrs. Floyd (Mo-
hala) gave an exhibition of her almost
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
The Fitness of Things.

During a discussion Of the fitness OF
things in general some one asked. IF
a young man takes his best girl to the
grand opera. spends So on a supper
after the performance and then takes
her home in a taxicab should he kiss
her good night?"
An old bachelor who was present
growled: Il don't think she ought to
expect It. Seems to me he has done
enough for her."-Argonaut.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
Up Against II.

There is an old proverb to the effect
that when one door shuts another one
opens so cheer up"
'HThat proverb don't help me none.
Ny .wtfe's mother is Yisitin' as an the
proverb ought to read. When one
mouth shuts another one opens p
Boston Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
TO ABOLISH OPTIONS
fContinued from page ID


yides for the sterilization Of hnbe-
Giles, feebIe-minded and insane per.
sons, rapists, confirmed criminals,
and other defective persons.
This bill is introduced on the adj
vice of ex-Gov. John A. Mead il his
retiring message. 1t provides for a
committee Of three men, one neur-
logist, one surgeon, and one practic-
ing physician, each having at least six
years experience, appointed by the
governor to carry out the act.
Section 9 of the bill provides a
penalty of $1,000, or imprisOr ment
for not more than five years, or 10th,
against any person performing, or
assisting in performing, an operation
for the purpose OF destroying the
power to propagate the human spec
les; also against a person who shall
knowingly permit an operation to be
performed upon himself or herself,
unless the operation is a medical ne
cessity.
Governors Appointments
Governor Fletcher has appointed
as trustees OF the permanent school
fund the following persons: Joseph
A. DeBoer, Montpelier; Porter 4.
Dale. Island Pond; J. L. Southwick,
Burlington.
The governor has appointed Frank
H. Tracy of Montpelier, and j. M.
Barss of Vergennes, as delegates to
the American Prison Association to
be held at Baltimore, Nd, November
9 to IA.
Wants Shorter Recess
A resolution has been introduced
by Mr.. Cook of Lyndon, that rule
be changed as follows: The House
shall meet every day, Sundays ex-
cepted, at ten o'clock in the morning
and two o'clock in the afternoon,
except that on Saturdays, it shall adj
journ at the morning session TO meet
Monday at 500 p. m. Referred to
committee on rules.
MIR. Aldrich of St. Johnsbury in
troduced a bill Saturday to privide
for medical inspection in the public
schools. provides for board of ex-
aminers to examine health condi-
ton Of all pupils.) To a general COM
mittee.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

She makes it best who, looking after the
culinary department, turns her back resolute-
ly upon unhealthful, or even suspicious, food
accessories. She is economical; she knows
that true economy does not consist In the use
of inferior meat -four, or baking powder. She
is an earnest advocate of home made home
baked food, and has proved the truth of the
statements of the experts that the best cook
ing in the world today is done with Royal
Baking Powder.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
BAIL FIXED AT $4,000
LitchfieId Arraigned on Charges In
Two Secret Indictments

Boston, Nov. S.-Walter J. Litch-
field was arrested in his apartments
ar the Hotel Navarro and ararigned in
the Suffolk superior court on charges
i'll two secret indictments. Litch-
field was accused of immoral con-
duct. The indictments followed an
investigation by the grand jury into
the death by cyanide of potassium of
Fred H. Whittier in Litchf1eld's rooms
at the Navarro.
Litchfield pleaded not guilty. Judge
Brown ordered him held in $1,000 in
one case and $4,000 in the other.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
Money troubles Lead to Suicide

Boston, Nov. 11.-Alfred 8.
Hayes, formerly member of the leg
islature and one of Boston's best
known lawyers, committed suicide
by shooting on his large farm at Ash
land as the elimination of serious
financial troubles.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

Joseph Bennett who had been il
only a few days with pneumonia
died Friday evening at the home O
his mother, Madam Bennett. Tn,
fuenral was held at St. JohnsbnrS
Monday and burial was in the family
lot there.
Miss Stella Wilson has finished
her school at Ewell's Hollow anC
is spending this week with her cous
in, Mrs. Wesley Thresher at Peach
am.
Mrs. Orrin Kittredge returned
Thursday from a visit to friends in
Boston.
Miss Alice Bean is working fol-
Mrs. Phil Rogers.
Miss Beaton of Cabot, who has
been teaching in the Virgins dis
trict has had to give up school OF
account of sickness, but will re-
sumo work again as soon e.s she is
able.
The mid-week prayer meeting
will be held this week at the par
sonage on Friday evening.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
EAST RYEGATE

Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Hayes return.
ed Monday from a weeks visit will
relatives in Guildhan.
F. D. Powers went to West Lam
doff, N. H., Saturday for a weeks
hunting trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Willis of Con
cord came saturday. Mr.. Willis is tc
work for G. M. Wallace remodelline
his barn into a two-tenement house
L Miss Smith and Miss Gallagher
of Woodsville were over Sunday
guests at M. G. Browns.
G.. HI. Gibson went Saturday to
Whitinsville, Mass, to visit his sis
ter, Mrs. Meader. Mrs. Meader has
to go to the hospital there soon for
an operation on her limb which was
broken while she was visiting here
this summer. The bones have not
knit properly.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Ball were in Ian.
doff, N. H., over Sunday guests OF
Mrs. Balls parents.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

was called here last week on account
of the illness of her mother, Mrs.
I. X. Gray.
Harl Hoffman who has been Wis
iting his brother in Boston. for the
last ten days, returned home Mon
day.
Mrs. Susan Davis and daughter
Pauline, have been visiting in Lyn-
donYflle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
nra,ninn thn Line.

''From this point" said the man I'd
the front seat Of the automobile, bring
ing the machine to a stop. you get
good view Of Pittsburgh proper.
HTm sure" spoke up the prtm narron
In the back seat, that's the only part
Of Pittsburgh we wish to seeF'-Cni-
cago Tribune.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
The FlOydS, in Magical Performance, Attract
Large Audiences to Lyceum Entertainments

supernatural skill in mind reading
tests. This charming lady makes no
claim to the supernatural, but her
part is truly unique, and she has no
equal in her peculiar line Of mani
festations.
"a talented musician furnished Ap-
propriate music for the different parts
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

She-So your cousin is thinking OF
marrying nice girl and settling down
He-Not exactly. Hes thinking Of
marrying a rich girl and settling up
Boston Transcript.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

the dishes when you use Wool Soap
Chips (Boraxated.) Adv
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

Tt is not enough to run One musa
start in time.-French Proyerb.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
To my Patrons

Barnet and MclndoeS
Shall have an entire
new line of millinery
at my rooms over Ira
Albee's store in Bar
net, VT, Tuesday,
Nov. II. After this
date my millinery
parlors will be closed.
L. E. SpaffOrd
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

of about 80 from to last Friday
afternoon. Coffee, salad and rolls
were served.
Friday afternoon the c. E. socie-
ty enjoyed a banquet in the church
vestry. Miss Bates was the guest
of honor.
Wells Quimby has been refinishing
the tenement recently vacated by
Murray Paris and Mrs. Weeks and
her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Severance
are about moving into it.
Mrs. Nellie Farnum went to White
River Junction last Wednesday to
attend a meeting of the Conference
w. H. M. S., returning Friday.
The funeral of Walter, son OF
Frank and Miranda Clement, who
died at the hospital at St. Johnsbury
last Tuesday was attended at the
Methodist church Thursday after
noon.
Miss Edith M. Balch, field secre-
tary of the Vermont Sunday School
Association spoke in both churches
last Sunday.
The business meeting of the Mems
class in the Methodist church was
held last week Monday evening and
the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President,
Wells ~suimby; vice president, Milo
Chandler; secretary, Rev. F. B.
treasurer, E. G. Morse.
The Ladies' Aid society of tbs
Methodist church will hold their an
nual meeting Tor the election of Off
GERS Nov. 20 at Milo Chambers. A
boiled dinner will be served at rCon.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-12-19
PAGE FIFTEEN

ture of the disease will yet be I'M
covered.
1t is pretty well determined that
there are $4,000 persons in the
South afflicted with pellagra The
disease is less severe than it was one
year ago, but the number of cases is
not decreasing. The ailment is
spreading to all classes of people,
whereas once it was confined to
those who were not fully nourished
From Kentucky comes the intelli-
gence that hookworm is known to
exist in 1872 counties and it is be-
1ieved to have football in the re-
naming 10. What is true of Ken
lucky is true Of every other South
ern State. 1t is better to face che
truth than to evade it.
Hookworm, unlike pellagra, is
durable, and it can be overcome.
Even in the county in which Louis
vile is located 20 per cent of the
population is afflicted with the para
site. The State Board of Health
and the Rockefeller commission have
a big task on hand in any Southern
State, but if local physicians and
parents will aid in this matter, it is
believed the disease can be eradi-
Gated. Ignorance and Indifference
are to be overcome, and the people
aroused to the importance Of driv-
ing the parasite out of the SOIL Soil
pollution is the source of the nlalady
which saps the energy of the people
and leads to general disease.-Bir-
mingham (Ala.) Age Herald.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-12-19

he is quite mistaken in that respect,
for the only tariff commission we
have had since 1882 turned in it's
work last winter to equip President
Taft with the knowledge that ena-
bled him squarely and with just
cause to veto some bills that had
been prepared, as Senator La Fol
lette himself admitted, with black
smiths job, which is good of it's
kind but is rough compared with
some other kinds of metal work.
1t remains for the Democratic
party to have restraint enough to do
that revising which is right and
good and which the people generally
demand and which has been prom
ised by leaders in all parties for
several years and not go to the fur
Their extravaganza Of tariff ripping in
general. The party will need to
hold in check the hot-heads and
fanatics, zealots, of whom there is
to be an undue proportion in the
next Congress.
People will not be very critical on
their part If the administration as
whole rises to the emergency and
provides relief to the country
Stand-pattism was the real excuse
for Bull-mooseism and between the
two they have brought the Republi-
can party to depth of humiliation
that is profitable for reflection and
that may we'll point the way toward
such policy as shall restore it to
its just position in the leadership Of
the nation.-Buffa1o IN. Y.) Even
ing News.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-12-19
STRIKE FIRST AT FOODS.

President Wilson has yielded to
the rather imperative voice of the
country and announces that he will
call an extra session of Congress
about the middle Of April.
The News has been advocating
for a number of years the putting
of meats, coal, lumber, hides and a
few other things Ga the free list. 1t
believes that it is the best policy for
the President to ask Congress to
take the duties off food supplies in
the first instance, particularly such
as Americans use for the staple of
their living. Fancy foods, delicates-
sen of unusual kinds, costly viands,
are not what is in mind when it is
urged that duties be taken off foods.
Nevertheless, it is we'll to- consider
the whole case when it is up.
Governor Wilson says that he has
heard about investigation by COM
missions all his life, but Of course.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-12-19
PELLAGRA AND HOOKWORM.

The pellagra commission engaged
in studying the disease in South
Carolina has gathered more data
than can readily be laid before the
scientists, but thus far the origin of
the ailment has not been detected.
The Thompson-McFadden fund will
be used to send another commission
to South Carolina next spring, and
the Investigation will be maintained
in the hope that the cause and ma
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-12-19
THE TURKISH EXODUS.

War correspondents say the Tar
klsh population is fleeing en- masse
before the Bulgarian Army, leaving
the country behind them uninhabi-
ted. No movement like this has ia
ken place since the Middle Ages. A
correspondent says, '1he headlong
flight of the population eastward
and southwark is no ordinary fugi-
t1ve's fight from home scenes to
which they will return There is
and has been for week no one be-
yond Tehorlu. The hordes seem to
have fallen back towards CONSTANT
nople by instinct. Their villages
have all been burned and they will
erect villages on the other side of
the Bosphorus"
In view Of the foregoing, and in
view Of the way the flower of the
Turkish Army was moved down by
the Bulgarians, it is small wonder
that many think the hand of God is
in the disruption of European Tur-
key. The driving of the Turks be-
yond the Bosphorus may mean, how
ever, a period of rest and reconstruc-
ton to Palestine and other portions
Of Asiatic Turkey while the nations
OF Europe are engaged in a. death
struggle over the spoils she has left.
If this to be, what wonderful in
centive it is to all Jews to leave
Europe and return to their native
land!
In Gen. 1873 God promised Abra-
ham Cali the land of Canaan for an
everlasting possession" In Gen.
1913 this everlasting title covers
from the river of. Egypt unto the
great river, the river Euphrates."
In Gen. 35:12 the deed was confirmed
to Jacob. Gen. 1874 and 37:1 agree
that Abraham and Jacob, during
their lifetime, were strangers in the
land which they and their posterity
are yet to have "for an everlasting
possession (Gen. 48:4.)
How unreasonable God would
have been to tell Abraham to Lift
up now thine eyes and look from the
place where thou are northward and
southwark and eastward and west
ward, for all the land which thou
Seest to thee will I give it and to
thy seed forever" (Gen. 13:14,15,)
if neither Abraham nor his posterity
are ever to come into possession of
the landi
THE WANDERING JEW.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-12-19
A Little Inside Light on Tammany
AS a Roman Catholic Organization

tricks on the multitude, wherever
possible.
l claim that back of all this doing,
stands the Roman Catholic church,
whose only object is to make our
fair land great Roman Catholic
empire, and through it, run the
whole world again with their dark
ness and superstition.
Indeed, these are the days in
which all freedom loving people
must be on their guard against
their arch enemy, the Roman Catho-
lie church.
Yours truly,
A. H.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-12-19

ANOTHER NEW WATSON BOOK.
''What, truly, is the life worth liv-
ing?
''Tt is to cultivate, expand, energize
and cOnsecrate all that is best in
you; to search for Right and Truth
and lay your sword at their feet; to
combat all shaRas and hypOcricies."
From Sketches: Historical, Liter
airy, etc." by Thos. e. Watson, now
ready for delivery.