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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-08-06
ST. JOHNsBURY CENTER

Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Paige have
returned from their vacation at
Shadow Lake, where they have been
boarding with Mr.. and Mrs. F. J.
Bedell.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hanscome
and son of Hyde Park, Mass, have
been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Susan Fill.
Mrs. Worthen who mas been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Ward, was
taken to Brightlook hospital last
week. Dr. Worthen of St. Adams
was hera to see her.
The Center Cornet band went to
Joe's Pond Saturday 20 play at the
Odd Fellows Field day. Quite
number of Odd Fellows and their
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Robbins of
Orleans spent Sunday with her
mother, Mrs. Forsythe.
Miss Elizabeth Beane of Andoyer
Mass, has been visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Beana.
The Christian Endeavor society
will hold a lawn party, Thursday
evening on the church lawn. In case
of rain it will be in the church. Ice
cream and cake will be served and
everyone is invited to come.
Raymond Brooks was at nome
over Sunday with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs Charlie Brooks.
The thunder storm and rain did
considerable damage to the roads
and side walks here last week.
G. ]. Berry of Boston has been
visiting his brother, Cortis Berry.
Mrs. Samuel Beane and two chill
dren of Glover have been visiting
Mrs Eliza Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Woodruff of
Washington D. c., have been spend
ing a few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
d. @. Woodruff.
Mrs. Stevenson of Bethel is Wis
iting her son, Mr.. Stevenson.
Miss Blossom who has been Wis
iting at Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Good
hearts has returned to her home at
Bethel
Miss Harriet Matthews of New
York is visiting at Mrs. E. G.
Learned'S
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-08-06

in Herds o and r it was only
eighteen cents a pound (the lowest
COST. Further comparison of these
herds shows that the return on
every dollars worth of feed was
$1.16 in Herd E. S1.S1 in Herd o
and $3.50 in Herd r. The highest
average profit per COW was $32.7s
in Herd F and the lowest $50 in
Herd w. The highest cost of feed
was $63.7O per COW in Herd F, and
the lowest $25.S3 in Herd c. These
differences in figures can be very
profitably studied to determine
whether or not the individual farm
er is feeding to the best advantage.
The star performer in the organi-
cation was in Herd B, which produc-
ed 376.5 pounds of butter fat while
the poorest COW was in Herd Q, pro-
ducing only S5.4 pounds. The COW
giving the largest profit over cost of
feed was in Herd ] and gave $61.5S
and the most Improbable COW was
in Herd E and showed a loss of
$1O.97 from the cost of her feed.
Now there should be an investiga-
ton of the reason why the COW pro-
ducing the most butter was not the
most profitable. So the comparison
of facts might be continued and val
liable information gained from them,
but it ought to be evident to any
sensible farmer that it is worth
while to know what the association
has already shown that it paves the
way for much more valuable knowl-
edge. Again we ask how can the
farmers of Caledonia county sit idly
by and fail to organize and secure
this valuable information? Why not
take steps for immediate action and
more progressive farming than you
have ever done?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-08-06
FooD FOR NEW ENGLAND
What She is Eating Now as GlimPsed
in Harlem River Freight Yard

in Harlem River Freight Yard
Although New England raises
plenty of fruits and vegetables her
self, just a hint of what she buys
and consumes in this line from out
side her borders. while waiting for
her own crops to ripen, is afforded
in the perishable freight movement
at this time of year passing through
the Harlem River freight terminal of
the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad in the Borough of
the Bronx, New York City.
The movement of produce into
New England reaches its height in
June and July. Very nearly all of it,
coming as it does from the south,
passes through the great transfer
yards at Harlem River, where cars
are received by the New Haven from
the roads entering New York.
While potatoes are one of New
England's chief crops, amounting to
over 41,00O,000 bushels In 1903,
the Census year, there we're received
and despatched to New England
points from the Harlem River yard
in the month from June Is to July
Is, 1921 carloads or potatoes or an
average of "a a day. Boston got
$50 carloads, Providence 204, Wor
cester II, Springfield 102, Hartford
70. New Haven 38 and other points
$50. This is more potatoes than
were ever handled before. Some of
the very cars in which these are now
being brought into New England
will in a short time be travelling
back loaded with Maine potatoes.
There were likewise handled in
the same month 467 carloads of
Southern watermelons, of which 211
went to Boston, Sc 10 Providence,
Is to Worcester, 20 to Springfield
and ! 5 to Hartford. In the same
period 135 carloads of cantaloupes,
112 carloads of berries and 9S car
loads of peaches passed through the
yard inbound.
The Harlem River yard covers
half a square mile and contains SO
miles of track. All but a small por-
ton of ii is now operated electrical
ly. 1t is one of the largest transfer
yards in the country, handling about
3, 900 freight cars a day, in and out.
A little of this kind Of produce en-
tiers New England over the Pough-
keepsie Bridge but the Harlem River
yard is really the great food gate
way for this part of the country.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-08-06

by explosives will be legal. In this
way the slaughter OF fish by chemi-
Gals will be somewhat reduced, as
seines may be expected to be used
freely For the expense OF this i'm
portant change, cottage owners and
citizens generally will contribute,
the state paying the remainder.
A fox terrier which, from its ac-
tions is believed may have been
afflicted with rabies, was shot and
killed Friday in Bennington by Vet
Urinary ID. A. Illingworth and
the brain and spine of the animal
were sent to the state laboratory
for examination. The terrier, or an
other dog of the same size and
breed, during the day bit at least
five dogs, mangled a cat so that it
had to be killed and attempted to
bite one human being.
The Caledonian and Arts and
Decoration one year for 50.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-08-06

Gus he had eaten canned peaches and
it is thought that he contracted the
poisoning from these.
Curtis A. Emo. who peddles vege-
tables in Burlington, was arrested
last Wednesday because he did not
use some prescribed measure. al
though he gave more than the re-
quired weight. According to law,
he should have given Is pounds of
potatoes at a house on South Cham
plain street, instead he gave nearly
Is pounds, but did not use the sort
OF measure that the spoilers thought
he should have. He was taken to
city court where Judge Palmer de-
cided that the law required a Ger
tain weight to be given. if a man
wished to give more than that it
certainly was his business. The
states attorney asked for excep-
ticns.
Because it is thought that private
parties are encroaching on state
lands surrounding the state house,
Gov. Allen NJ. Fletcher has commits
stoned F. H. Dewart to survey the
grounds. Mr.. Dewart says he has
been asked by the governor to sur
vey all state lands, but that he is
not authorized to tell for what pur-
pose. He intimated however that
a fence erected by the management
of the Pavilion hotel is partly on
state ground.
Samuel Franklin, alias Samuel
Ware, and Edward Loud, alleged
leaders of white slave agents who,
in company with women of question
able character, are declared to have
trailed the Tenth United States col
ored cavalry on its march from Yer
mont to Virginia have been arrested
at Harrisburg, Pa. The authorities
say the men are responsible for the
most atrocious white slave plot the
government has had to deal with
in many years.
Miss Marion Newland made a re-
cord swim at Newport, when she
swan from Eagle point to Lake park
station, a distance of three miles, in
one hour and fifteen minutes. She
kept steady stroke, without float
ing, for the entire distance and was
not fatiguedf at the end of the dis
lance. Miss Newland hopes to swim
across Lake Memphremagog before
the season is over.
About August Is, State Fish and
Game Commissioner J. w. Titcomb
will exterminate the fish in Bar
nard lake. by the use of copper sui
phate, and will then stock the lake
with trout. Meanwhile by a special
permit from the commissioner, fish
ing of all kinds in the lake except
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-08-06

A case of arson was brought be-
fore the police court for the district
of Northumberland on Monday DIV
er M. Bean and three sons, Nathan,
George and David being charged
with burning their buildings. Bean
is a farmer who went to Lancaster,
N. H., last fall from Lunenburg and
bought a place on the Lost Nation
road about mile from Groveton vii
lage. III luck seemed to attend
them; one of the little daughters
and the aged grandfather died, and
one of the grown up sons was badly
injured in the mill. A month or two
ago Mr.. and Mrs. Bean, with most
of the children went back to Lunen-
burg leaving the place here in New
Hampshire in charge of two sons.
In the night the buildings were
burned, tramps being reported as the
probable cause. 1t is alleged that
the insurance on the buildings was
increased a short time before the
fire; also that large insurance was
placed on the furniture, and that
this was mostly moved to Lunen-
burg a few days before the buildings
burned Mr.. Bean and the three
boys were held for the grand jury
in September at Colebrook in the
sum of $4,000 for each, excepting
George, whose bail was fixed at ST.
600. Being unable to procure bail
they were committed to Lancaster
iaiJ
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-08-06
Interesting Cow Facts

The Orleans County Monitor pub
fishes some very interesting facts
concerning 400 COWS which have
been under the control of the Mem
phremagog Cow Testing Association
for one year. Notice we said facts"
and no Il guess Il should think, :"
Il ought to be" or anything of that
kind. The association has given it's
members exact information regard
ing every COW in the herds under its
inspection and the findings are indis-
putable.
Here is the average result for
the 400 COWS. Amount of milk per
COW, 1850 pounds; butter fat, 204.S
pounds; per cent of butter fat, Al;
price for butter fat, 33 cents per
pound; value per year, $6S.19;. cost
of roughage, $2S.5S; cost of grain,
$16.79; profit per COW, $22.S2; re-
turn on each dollar expended, $1.53;
feed cost Of one pound of butter fat
% cents; feed cost of 100 pounds
of milk S1.04.
The average of 2O43 pounds of
butter fat per COW is considerably
above the average for the state
which is less than $50 pounds. So
this test shows good cows in Or
leans county. This statement gives
the profit of each COW as $22.S2.
This is not correct. Il is really the
amount of money produced in ex-
cess of the cost of feed. To get the
exact profit it would be necessary to
ascertain the cost of caring for, and
housing the COW, and the interest
on the money value of the COW and
the depreciation in her value during
a year. When these items are deter
mined the profit of a COW will not be
very large. Doubtless less than a
third of the cows in the state Will
produce S6S.19 worth of butter Der
year and this will explain to some
degree the cry of hard times among
the farmers.
Other results fully as interesting
are obtained. For instance out of
the twenty-five herds tested the
feed cost Of a pound of butter in
Herd x was twenty-nine cents per
pound, (the highest cost, while
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-08-06
A Civil Service Public Service Com
mission.

These are days when the merit
of a man counts more than his pol
itical affiliations CD and his quail
fications must be tested before he can
expect to sit in the seat OF the
mighty (??). Having won upon his
merits he is sure of his job for all
time(???). This applies to post
offices paying salaries of from
twelve to thirteen dollars per year,
and it works so well in these re-
sponsible positions we are convinced
it might be a good thing in some Of
the transitory and Kaleidoscope pos
itions like a member of the public
service commission in the state OF
Vermont. 1t might interfere some
what with the prerogative o. The
Honorable Senate, but the certainty
of a mans qualification would be
known before he assumed the duties
of office and do away with the
necessity of firing obnoxious mem
bers by telephone.
Civil service appointments sug-
gest the necessity of an examina-
ton and to any person ambiti-
Gus to secure a sit with that body
we would recommend a study of the
following questions:
VIII you mind 1.-The Boss" and
loudly proclaim that you are work
ing for the people?"
VIII you hold one OF more sit
tings in each county of the state at
the states expense in search of a
job for some progressive that may
be useful later?
viii you serve as plaintiff,
prosecutor and judge in every COM
plant that affects 4 corporation?
Will you write orders and write
them as you are told to?
VIII YOU state unequivocally that
Gov Fletcher isn't playing politics
when he is losing in the game?
A man who could mark 100 or
more in such an examination might
be eligible for the next vacancy in
the Vermont Public Service Com
mission.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-08-06

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission believes it will take a crops
of specially organized men form five
to seven years to make the physical
valuation of railroads called for in
recently passed law, and that the
total cost of the work will be from
100000 to $15,OOO,OOO. That
looks expensive and the valuation
may not be worth what it will cost,
but if secured with the care planned
it will form a basis on which the
claims of the road and of the public
can be very accurately considered.
1t may save the putting out of
many times that amount of watered
stock.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-08-06

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three insertions. Card OF thanks. rs
cents. Obituary poetry, 10 cents
line.
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Laws are Engrossed

Laws are EngrOSSed
Gov. Fletcher and Lieut.. Gov.
Howe spent a busy evening signing
the official records of the acts of the
General Assembly of 1912. They
began work Thursday night about
eight o'clock and when they finished,
nearly four hours later, each execu-
tive had, written his autograph 537
times, once at the bottom of each
enactment. Friday, Charles A. Plum
ley, speaker of the House, had the
task of signing them over at Essex
Junction. Secretary of State Bailey
brought the laws to Burlington in
dress suit case, and the grip was
nearly full. If you ever carried
suit case full of books you can
imagine how heavy the laws were.
And they were passed by the legisla-
ture in only five months. The acts
were engrossed in long-hand on
large sheets of legal paper, folded
once, and in this form they fitted
fatty into the grip, leaving about
four inches air space at one end.
They constitute the official copy of
the laws, and when bound will be
filed away in the vault in the Office
of the secretary of state, along with
the acts of 1910, 1908 and other
years past. Perhaps the acts of
2012 will also be stored with them
some day when such things no longer
concern you and me. The work of
engrossing the laws has been under
way since the acts we're passed. Most
of it was done by Miss Leonide M
Greaney of Essex Junction. She was
assisted by Miss Dorothy Bates of
that place and F. G. Nichols Of
Richmond. The slanting penmanship
of Misses Greaney and Bates is so
similar that it is almost impossible
to say where one left off and the
other began. Mr.. Nichols writes
vertical hand.
Great damage was done at Bird
port last Tuesday afternoon by the
terrific thunder storm which ragged
there. George Wilkinson, aged
about so years, and employed on
the Charles Parish farm, was in
stantly killed. He drove into a shed
to get out of the storm but this was
struck by lightning and collapsed, a
beam breaking Mr.. Wilkinson's
neck. Two barns of Harry Sanford
in Cornwall were blown down, Her
bert Huestis' barn was struck,
Charles Gregory and his hired man
barely escaped before their barn
was blown down, and the telephone
lines Of the Bridport company were
put out of order.
Fred L. Hamlin, about 20, a re-
tired farmer living a quarter of a
mile from Newfane, died last We'd
nesday from the effects of ptomaine
poisoning. About two weeks previ-
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-04
JURYMEN DRAWN FOR
COUNTY COURT TERM
September Session Will Open Next
Tuesday-Fifty-T Three Jury Cases
and so Court Cases

There are 80 jury cases and 50 court
cases to come before the September
term of the Windham county court
which opens at Newfane next Tuesday.
The following jurors have been drawn;
Grand s-Brattleboro, Herbert
b. Chamberlain; BrooFline, Henry
Martin; Dover, Alva f. Jones; Dunn
merston, Myron F.. Dutton; Guilford,
John E. Gale; Halifax, Frank Worden;
Jamaica, r. H. Wheeler; Londonderry,
George l.. Davis; Marlboro, j. 0. Met
calf; Newfane, c. E. Perry; Putney,
Russell H. Braley; Stratton. George
NJ. Hurd; Townshend, j. II. Ware !;
Vernon, j. T. Hubbard; Wardsboro
Dexter Waite; Nottingham, C. S.
Goodnow; Wilmington, G. NJ. Ware
Windham, G. T. Fales
Petit jurors-Athens, L. G. Bratton !;
Brattleboro. Dietrich Stolte, Willis j.
Hawkins, Peter Chase, l.. \. Butter
field; Brookline Nelson p. Smith; Do
Yer, Ralph johnson: Dummerston, II
&c. Howard; Grafton. John G. Howe
Gnilford, Edward p Squires; Halifax,
Floyd Gerrish; Jamaica, Halhert Cole
man, F. II. Leonard; Londonderry
Leon c. Aldrich, Stephen Houghton ;
Marlboro, c. w. Snow; Newfane, o. r
Wright; Putney, Frank Page, NJ. Eu
gene Robbins; Rockingham, David
Savage, Frank Landon, Charles A. vii
liams, J. W. Severance; Stratton, Ray
| +. Lyman; Townsheud, r. |. Holbrook
+. II. Albee; Vernon, L. w. Brown
| Wardsboro, f. 0. Gould; Westminster
Charles \. Hitchcock, Henry f. Clark
Nottingham, Albert Dalrymple; vii
mington, A. l.. Haynes; Windham
Henry NJ. Abbott.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-04

The Burlington Free Press speaks Il
good word for the patrol system of road
of the last legislature. Along the main
road between Burlington and Montpelier
this system has been put INTO effect and
according to the state highway commits
sioner splendid results have been achieved
already The patrol system Is based on
the theory that the main trunk lines are
the property of the state rather than the
various town through which they pass
and should be under the direct control
of the state rather than the towns. The
theory is an absolutely correct one and
its adoption will result in improved
highways throughout Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-04

business man, accustomed to dealing with
large affairs and capable of forming wise
and correct judgments He has force Of
character, Independent initiative and the
courage to maintain mwaveringly any po-
sition he NAV assume once he is convinced
it is right and just Indeed he appears
to possess in a marked degree Just those
particular quantities and accomplishments
that should make him an efficient and
successful public service commissioner.
As now constituted the commission
ought to he one of the most competent
and able that has ever served the state
of Vermont and the people may with CON
hdence expect large and permanent bene-
fits as a result of its labors The men
who compose it, there is good reason to
believe. will see their duty and will not
hesitate TO discharge it in accordance with
considerations Of right and justice. There
liz little danger the policy of procrastna-
ton that wrecked the usefulness Of the
commission under the craftsmanship of
Mr.. Watson will again be in evidence.
The present commissioners viii hardly
view it as a part of their duty as public
servants to delay indefinitely action on
matters of vital concern or to search ont
reasons for postponing the operation Of
| laws enacted by the legislature because
! they happen to bear upon this or that
corporation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-04
Mrs. Mary Clark Little.

Mrs Mary Clark Little. 50. died at her
home on Main street Tuesday afternoon
after long illness. She was born m
Cooperstown. y. y, June ,, 1880. and
was daughter Of George and Emily
(Goodnow) Clark On Feb. %, 1852, She
was married to Hazen \. Little,
There were born to them five children,
Of whom two are living, Harry, who
made his home with his mother, and
Robert. Of Exeter, n II. George died in
Boston of diphtheria in 1863. Walter in
North Montpelier of fever in 1872. and
Kittie. wife Of Herbert G. Everleth. III
Putney in 1911. Five grandchildren sur
vive.
The funeral was held at the home
Thursday morning at $50 O'Clock, Rev
A. F. Trice pastor of the first Baptist
church. officiating The body was taken
to East Montpelier for burial in the
family lot H. G. Everleth, Harry ana
Robert Little and H. II. Everleth were
bearers.