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Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A scientist says that a baby is not
talking when the sound mamma" Is
sues. He has a terrific task ahead
If he wiches to convince young moth
iers.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

In Belgium the man who refuses to
vote is thrown into Jail, but there are
not prisons enough to accommodate
even a fraction of the nonvoters in
this patriotic land.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

ems grow faster by shocking them with
electricity, but Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Hens may make IT
undesirable.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A Boston clergyman says that
American women wear too many
clothes at summer resorts. Either he
has never been at seaside resort or
another church trial is imminent.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The office boy who killed of his
grandmDthers and aunts during the
closing games Of last season Is now
trying to figure out how he can get
a new stock Of elderly relatives.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Mankind has been raising chickens
ever since the days of the saber tooth
tiger and has yet to produce roost-
er whose crow in the early morning
is not a nuisance.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Announcement Is that the United
States mint is to resume the manufac-
ture Of gold coins. We wondered why
they had been so scarce lately, but
thought they had all been spent.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

We are venting horse laugh at
the expense of the horseradish trust
of New York. 1t is a vegetable that
will grow where even the dandelion
can not live.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Paris has a new ballet which has
so shocked some of the critics that
they refuse to review it. The an
nouncement of their refusal has, Of
course, led to overflowing audiences.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

"a garter snake 10 inches long, was
found on the ninth floor of the Wal.
dorf-Astoria." Still, that can not be
considered severe case. for New
York.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

can unknown gentleman created
considerable excitement in London by
appearing at the opera in black
dress shirt" Probably he came from
Pittsburgh.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

More than 1000 metal articles were
removed from the stomach Of a Cali
fornia woman by surgeon the other
day. Probably a souvenir huntress.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The Austrian ambassador refused to
pay an extortionate taxicab bill and
escaped without injury, but we can
not all be Austrian ambassadors.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

An English gypsy queen has just
died at the age of 101. She was an
inveterate pipe smoker, which, no
doubt, accounts for her early taking
off.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

twenty-five million dollars worth
OF cutlery and kitchen utensils belongs
TO the shah Of Persia, yet he never
has homemade strawberry shortcake.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A supreme court somewhere has do.
cided that a woman who gets Off
street car backward has no claim for
damages. And yet they will continue
to do it.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Finger print Identification is to be
adopted by banks. And there was a
time when this sure means of identifi-
cation was regarded as the work of
Imagination IN novels and on the
stage.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A Boston man who deserted his
wife sent her ten thousand kisses by
mall Absence. evidently, does make
the heart grow fonder.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

An expert advocates simplicity In
planting garden. The dandelions
will furnish all the simplicity that the
average amateur needs.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The wind whisked $100 hat away
from Chicago girl the other day
and blew 1t so far that it has not yet
been found. This settles it. We shall
have to do something about the wind.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Card playing, according to doctor,
has a bad effect on the brain. Some
times it has a similar effect on the
bank account.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A Chicago cab driver has been
nominated for congress. Still, consid-
ering Chicago cab drivers, the punish
ment doesn't seem too great.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The strawberry crop has set good
mark for the potato fields, but this
may be year when nature is more
considerate of luxuries than of neces-
isaries.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A prominent e'cancer specialist in
England has sued the British Medi.
cal Journal for calling him a quack.
If he can produce real cure for can
Ger he can disprove the charge.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A Chicago man has secured a de
vorce because his wife manifested
too much affection for him. It must
have been the kind that precedes q.
domestic touch"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A course in scientific baby wash
ing" has been established in a New
York school. They ought to extend it
so as to include boys under IA years
of age.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A Massachusetts, woman died BY
her own hand because her son would
not permit her to work in his wood
yard. And yet they say that there In
nothing new under the sun!
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A Portland. Ore, man was lined
$1OO and sentenced to six months i'm
prisonment for swearing over the tel
ephone. He must have kept the line
busy.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A Chicago boy fell from a fourth
story window and struck on cement
sidewalk without being seriously in1-
jured. This may be regarded as q.
strong recommendation for cement
sidewalks.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

We stand with both feet for the
abolition Of the ancient practice Of
hurting rice and shoes at bridal cou-
Piles. The bridegroom suffers enough
without it.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The New York police have arrested
Themistocles Pheodosuphaloph for
lettering. They ought to let him 60.
Any man who can carry around a
name like that can not be blamed for
being weary.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Henoeforth it is going to be posi-
BILE to alight from a street car with
out being bowled over by some auto
mobil1st with more gasoline than
sense.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

There is a 7-yearold boy in New
York who speaks English. Spanish,
Japanese and four other languages.
His parents must have devoted very
little time to teaching him baby talk
and Mother Goose rhymes.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A western boy is, according to re-
port, to get 100000 for trap which,
will rid the battleships of rats. Our
costly armor plate is to protected. no
matter at what cost during its short
life of 16 years or so.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

1t is reported that western farmers
are objecting to college students as
harvest hands. They do not have to
hire them. The objection may be
based on the fact that college students
are not fond of Is hours a day work
and sleeping in the barn.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Dr. David Allyn Gordon, 80 years
Did, of Brooklyn, has just become the
father Of twins. both doing we'll Doc
Osler's views have not yet been OBJ
tanned
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The first aerial head-on collision
demonstrated that it was just as i'm
possible in the air as on a single
track.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Chicago is preparing to corner the
matinee idols. A theater for women.
conducted exclusively by women. In
being promoted there.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A speeding cyclist in Brooklyn kin
ed himself by colliding with pedes-
trian. But all speeders are not so con-
eiderate of the general public.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

In Boston's new appendicitis hos
lpital ward patients will be charged
but $40 week. This Is an encroach-
iment on the rights of the rich.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Some day great American genius
will produce a typewriter ribbon that
an amateur can put on without soiling
his fingers or his language.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

An Italian slayer was sentenced to
life imprisonment to begin with ten
years in solitary confinement. There
won't be much life after that.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A walking club in New York holds
out exceptional social advantages as
an inducement to join. To walk into
New York society is a new fad.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

That reported microbe for the pres
ervation of youth must have tried It
on itself The exilir of youth idea In
rather venerable.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Although German savant has in
vented a serum for the hoof and mouth
disease. it will not be useful for re-
straining impulsive candidates.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A sparrow attacked an eastern
painter and knocked him off scat
fold. Size doesn't count If you can
choose your own fighting ground.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A New York policeman, while OF
duty, arrested two burglars 1t might
pay New York to give few more COP
.pers a vacation.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

"Knee-deep in strawberries" ejacu-
lates Baltimore paper. Yet one can
think of several pleasanter things than
that kind of wading.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The strike of German aviators leads
one to suspect that the wages of the
birdman are not breaking any altitude
records.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Automobiles in New York have
fallen of to the extent Of $4,000, and
no one seems to know where they
have gone.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Massachusetts has forbidden by law
the explosive "joke" cigar, showing
clearly that the Bay state knows when
a joke is misdemeanor.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Again it has been declared that the
hobble skirt is doomed. It's slaves will
probably rejoice and the world at large
certainly will.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Westerners who are praying for
rain overlooke the fact that the easi-
est way to start a rain storm Is to
leave their rain coats at home.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

An actress is writing a series of ar
ticles on 'how to stay married" We
can do it in four words: Don't sue for
divorce.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

An Ohio man started to dig a gar
den and turned up chestful of treas
ure, but few gardens are quite so
profitable.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A Cleveland writer offers one dollar
10 everyone who will read his book.
pit would probably be money we'll
earned.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Two Minneapolis youths have been
sentenced to ten days in Jail for call
ing a woman chicken. What would
have happened to them If they had
called her a hen?
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Absinthe drinking is reported to be
increasing in France. The French
would do better to stick to frog leg
eating.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A Pittsburgh couple after frequent
prayers for baby found one on their
front porch. This is an easy solution
to an old problem.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

why are minors depressing?" asks
an exchange. Ask some big leaguer
who has been shipped back to them.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

America now has three women aero
plane pilots. May there be no subtrac-
tion by accident from that mystic
number
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A man with but one leg is trying to
walk around the world. He might be
pardoned for calling it stumping
.our.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The English sparrow may be saw.
ory dish, but it would cost too much
to put salt on its tail.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Americas hens last year laid PIT
eggs for each inhabitant. And yet
we look upon the eagle as the nation
al bird.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The new one-half cent piece approx
imates the feelings Of the man who
appears in public with the first straw
hat.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Some optimist has discovered that
a cold spring is good for the black
berry crop. Now let us all cheer up.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Keep cool and make it hot for the
weather man, even though he is not
considerate of your feelings.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A mules kick has restored speech
to an Altoona man. Still many persons
might prefer to remain speeches..
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Only five per cent. of the people Of
this country buy books, but the trou-
BILE Is not with the people-it is with
the books,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A counterfeit $40 bill is reported
in circulation, this being one of the
perils of the rich.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Another infallible sign Of the ap-
proach of summer is the mad dog
scare.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

italy is trying to end her war with
Turkey. It has never been over pop
ular even In Turkey.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Kissing may be disease, as eastern
savants say-but II It is, it is the most
prevalent.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

One way to drive away every sign
of rain is to buy a new umbrella or
raincoat
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

In addition to being fine sanitary
precaution, fly swatting 10 also q
splendid exercise.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Smallpox turks in false hair, says
an exchange Get the back of her.
dressing chair vaccinated.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The passing OF the horse is a ca
lamity-when you've got money up on
him.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

A German company has Just launch
ed the biggest steamship in the world.
It's England's move.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01
Gbe Brioseton Pioneer.

Published every Thursdsyafternoon at N
l0North Laurel Street.
This paper isentered at the Post Office,
Bridgeton, n. j., as second-class matter.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The inventor Of the black dress
skirt was no doubt behind on his
laundry bill.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

In Duluth the author of a popular
song is running an elevator. The pun
ishment hardly seems adequate.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Boating accidents are now the or
der the day at the summer resorts.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Or. Wiley declines to become chief
Of Boston's health department. but not
because he Doesn't know beans.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Meanwhile the motorcycle is trying
hard to look innocent
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The Chicago girls are right the
old-fashioned kiss is the sweetest and
best,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

The stepless care is highly popular
in these days of hobble skirts.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

What the women wear at conven-
tions is thought by many to be as i'm
portant as what the men do there.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Be sure you know how deep the wa
ter Is before you dive.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

An enthusiastic young woman In At
lantic City turkey trotted herself to
death.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Most of the recent aeroplane re-
ords have been death records.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Now a lot of people are hearing the
first call to the old swimming Re.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

Bridgeton, NJ. August 1, 1912.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-08-01

G. w. MCGOWAN, Editor
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-02-07
FIVE CASES OF SMALLPOX.
Broken Out in Family OF
Murdo Smith in BruneIIe Block.

Murdo Smith, his wife, two child
ren and a young man, who boarded
with them in the Brunelle block
have been taken i'll with smallpox
as a result of the exposure by Ida
Emmons of North Danville, whose
sickness was reported last week.
The entire upper floor of the block
has been quarantined and it is hop
ed that no exposure has been made
from these cases.
The family of George Massey is
reported much improved and no new
cases are reported in that house.
In the GammeI1 family on. the road
to Passumpsic, the boy and Mrs.
GammeH have been taken i'll with
the disease. The boy has been quar-
antined and is not very sick but
shows the rash somewhat.
The other contagious diseases in
the village are reported as improV-
ing. The jerks family will be reS
leased from quarantine today and
the Carpenter family in Summerville
who were quarantined until it could
be ascertained if they had been ex-
posed to scarlet fever or not have
been released and the child in the
Macomber family is reported as
doing we'll
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-02-07
LOCAL NOTICES.

Notices will be inserted in this
column In reading matter type at the
rate of ten cents a 'line for the first
insertion and five cents line for sub
sequent insertions of the same copy.l
st. Margaret's Guild will give an
entertainment at Pythian Hall on
Friday evening consisting of the
play, MRS. Oakley's Telephone, :"
with the following cast: Mrs. Oak
ley, Mrs. B. E. Doyle; Constance,
Mrs. Oakley's friend, Mrs. Ernest
L. Morrill,; Mary, the cook, Mrs. S.
P. Paige; Emma, the maid, Miss Vera
Mooney. Refreshments will be serV-
ed after the entertainment and So
cial time enjoyed.
Don't forget the entertainment
and dance in Pythian hall on Fri
dey, Feb. 16, for the benefit of the
Masonic Temple. A full program
will appear next week.
Out-of-town ladies wishing over
night accommodations will find
them at the Woman's club house
on Cherry street. The matron. in
The ladies of the First Baptist
church, Railroad street, will have
an apron sale and supper next Fri
day, Feb. 8, from $50 to nine
O'Clock.
Bargains in coarse meats at Bar
rett's market every Saturday night.
Notice.
There are rumors in circulation
that I am about to locate in another
part of the state AS / have no in
tentions of leaving st. Johnsbury 1
would like the public to understand
this fact and that they may find me
at my Office at it's present location
in the Merchants Bank Block, fully
equipped to examine eyes and fur
nish glasses.
A. S. HASKINS, Optometrist.
Some new shades and varieties of
blotters just received at The Gale
donian Office.
have now on hand the Coffee
sold at the Fairbanks Grocery store.
known as the Fairbanks Blend of
Coffee, S5 cents per pound. A. H.
Gleason.
Better than home cake. Berwick
Oak Grove pound cake, at Gleason's
store.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-02-07
GENTLEMEN'S NIGHT
Woman's Club Gave Annual Social
Function Play Successfully
Presented

The St. Jehnsbury Woman's club
gave another very successful gen
tleman's night" on Monday evening
at Pythian hall. The attendance
was the largest in years and the
program presented by the music
COMMITTEES, play, "Just For Fun"
staged under the direction of Mrs.
Brookes G. Peters was one of the
best amateur things given here in
a long while. Two special features
marked the gathering from those of
other years, the presence Of the
Happy Go Lucky Club" who were
the guests of the president of the
club and a large delegation from the
Lyndon Union club who drove down
or came by train. Another thing
which differentiated this event from
others was that there was no formal
reception party to welcome the
guests. All were shown directly to
their seats by a competent force of
ushers and after all were seated,
both rooms being we'll filed and
some standing at the back of the
hall, Mrs. Cross, the president of the
club, extended cordial greeting to
all in few words, referring to the
Happy Go Lucky club" as the "fu-
ture woman's club of St. Johns
bury" Young's orchestra furnished
music before the play began, be-
tween the acts and afterwards while
refreshments were being served.
The play is an up-to-date society
comedy and much of the credit for
its splendid presentation belongs to
Mrs. Peters, who selected the cast
and gave its staging her personal
care. Mrs. E. H. Ross took the
part of Mrs. Fitzgerald Vaudeville
de Smythe, an ambitious society
woman who is doing her utmost to
marry her rich niece from the west
to Lord Chelsea, a young English
who is visiting America
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-02-07
ADVERTISERS PLEASED.
Merchants Outside The Village Get
Good Results Through The Cal
edOniau

In sending in copy for a change
in his advertisement Walter H. Bay
ley of Peacham, who makes a speci-
atty of clean, old fashioned saus-
ages and hams, satd:-
1.-THE first issue of my old add
got me an order from Boston, one
from Andover, Mass, and several
from st. Johnsbury."
B. u. Wells of West Danville, a
live wire in a place so small that
most people say ''they all know me
and it will not pay to advertise, .
recently ran a half page ad. in The
Caledonian and called us by tele-
phone to say that the advertising
brought him the best results of any
advertising he had ever done. He
was so well pleased that he has TAX
en- a regular space.
The advertising agent for Foley's
remedies voluntarily told us last
summer that his firm got the best
results from advertisements in The
Caledonian of any paper in Ver-
mont
These results are no better than
any live business man can obtain if
he will use the advertising columns
of The Caledonian. We have known
of other ads. bringing business from
Alburg on the northwest, Massachu-
setts on the south and New HamD-
shire ont he. east. One price to
all and good live news pages makes
The Caledonian the best advertis-
ing medium to be found in eastern
Vermont.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-02-07
WRECK IN LOCAL YARD.
Freight Car and Switch House
Smashed but no One Injured.

Smashed but no One Injured.
AS freight No. 1886 extra, south
bound, was leaving the yard short
ly after midnight Monday night a
freight beam broke and threw
three cars off the track just by the
semaphore pole. They bumped over
the ties for about $50 feet when the
front car struck the switch house
sidewise and threw it clear off it's
foundation and demolished the
switching machine inside. Ed. Doty
who was on duty saw the accident
and ran out of the house before it
was struck. AS the freight car fell
outside the main track the side
track was not blocked to delay traf-
fic. The freight car was loaded
With meat and was smashed to
pieces. A wrecking train was sent
from Lyndonville and the track was
cleared about nine o'clock Tuesday
morning.
This was the second accident of
the night on the Boston and Maine
railroad and the third for the week.
Near Norwich the same night
broken brake threw a freight from
the track and blocked traffic for
about five hours. On Sunday
a journal on a freight that was
bringing the Sunday papers north
was delayed several hours near
Newbury by a broken journal.