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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
MANY HOUSES OLD MAIDISH
Ida Tarbell Coins a Phrase That
Seems to Pretty Well Express the
Idea Conveyed.

One of the most repellent houses in
which l have ever visited was one in
which there was from garnet to cellar,
so far as 1 discovered, not one article
which was not of the period initiated,
not one streak of color which was not
fright" Ida M. Tarbell writes in the
American magazine. 1t was a master
piece of correct furnishing, but it was
curiously limiting and sitting. You
could not escape the scheme. The in
elasticity of it hampered sociability-
and there grew on one, too, a sense of
unfitness. Its clothes were an ana
chronism! They were the only thing
which did not belong.
There is an old fashioned adjective
which describes better than any other
this preoccupation with things, which
so often prevents a woman's coming
to an understanding of the heart Of
her business. 1t is old maidish. 1t
has often been the pathetic fate of
single women to live alone. To min
lister to themselves becomes their oc-
cupation. The force of their natures
turns to their belongings. If in strait
ened circumstances they gave their
souls to spotless floors, if rich to flaw
less mahogany and china, to perfect
household machinery. Wherever you
find in women this perversion-old
maidish is perhaps the most accurate
word for her-it is a sacrifice of the
human to the material. A house with
out sweet human litter, without the
trace of friends who have no sense
of beauty, but who love to give, with
out the scars Of use and the dust Of
running feet-what is it but a meat
less she'll?
This devotion to things" may easily
become a ghoulish passion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
LOCAL GATHERINGS

The Railway Mail clerk exam
ination will be held at st. Johns
bury. May 8, 1913.
The oldest Inhabitants are
wondering If 1913 is to be a repe-
tition OF 1916 when a mild winter
was followed by the coolest summer
on record. January" was so warm
that people let their fires go out buI
the spring was very cold and June
had a snow storm with 10 inches OF
snow and in July and August there
were such hard frosts that only tho
most hardy plants survived.
The members Of the Champlain
Guard gave an entertainment for
their lady friends and the officers OF
st. John Baptist Society and theh
wives in Redmen's hall last evening
which proved a success in every
way.
The M. r. o. club met with Mr.
and Mrs. walter Kellogg last even
ing.
The District Nurse, Mrs. Bald
win, will begin her work Feb. /.
Her services may be secured by
calling Mrs F. s. Tolman, tel,
1921.
There will be a meeting of
Tic uAGA VI 81 AAQACW pal 1911 OAA
Tuesday evening, Feb. 4, at the
WOman's Club House on Cherry
street. Dinner will be served at
$50. to be followed by a smoke
talk at which DIR. c. A. Cramton
will speak on his trip to Panama.
The dinner is free and all men con-
nected with the parish are urged to
come.
The members Of Chamberlin
Post, G. A. r. will be guests of
Chamberlin w. r. c., at a dinner
on Thursday. In the afternoon
there will be special meeting of
the w. R. c. for the installation of
officers.
The o. E. S. will hold a special
meeting for work in New Masoni I
Temple Wednesday evening, Jan.
20. Light refreshments will be
served.
The infant child of Mr. and
Mrs. ]. L. Briggs died Friday night
after a short illness of measles. The
funeral was held Sunday and the
interment was in Mt Pleasant GEM
etery.
Advertised letters at postoff7ce:
Ladies': Altman, Mrs. Charles;
Parkham, Mrs. Gentlemen; Carter
Lester H.; Dickinson, Tim; Favreau
Leonard; Gregory, Bert; Hall, Hen
ry; Hartshorn, Geo. R.; Parker,
Geo. L.; Wilson, E. o.
The students N the ninth
grade of the public schools are dis
cussing the matter of making a
trip to Boston during the spring
term They are planning to give
entertainments to raise the funds
for the trip.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
SHOULD SHOW BRIGHT SIDE
ar. BaIfour's Idea Of Literature VIII
Be Endorsed BY Many Of His
Readers.

Mr. Balfour, in proposing the toast
Of Literature" at the anniversary din
ner of the Royal Literary fund at the
Whitehall rooms recently. said:
II think that literature is less cheer
full now than 1t was when was young
1t may be because / am growing old
that take this gloomier view Of lit
erary effort, but still ! personally
like the spring day and bright sun
and the birds singing, and If there be
9 shower or a storm, that it should be
simply passing episode in the land
scape. to be followed Immediately by
return to brilliant sunshine. While
that is what prefer of course admit
that the great, the picturesque, the
striking storm is a magnificent sub
iect for artistic treatment and is
we'll worthy of the efforts of a great
artist.
Il am not quite so sure, however,
about the. dreary day in which nothing
is seen, in which the landscape does
not change, in which there is a steady
but not violent downpour of rain.
do not say that that ought not to be
treated as a subject of literature, but
it is not what ask of literature.
What l ask from literature mainly
is that IN a world that is full of sad.
ness and full of difficulty, in which
you come through the day wear
led, in which you come back from
your work wearied, you should find
in literature something which repre-
sents life which is true in the higher
sense of truth or what is imagined to
be true, but which does cheer us.
Therefore when ask you to drink the
toast of literature l shall myself soto
voce say not literature merely, but
that literature in particular which
served the great cause of cheering us
up London Daily Mail.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
CaIloua Indeed.

well, must confess l am glad to
get back home amongst my old kin
and friends, where people amt too
busy or too unfeeling or too stuck-up
to take some interest in one another -
said Mrs. Policy.
Nov, there's them post office folks
down to Chicago. 1 found 'em actual
ly hard-hearted! Why, would you be-
lieve it, that man that brings round
the letters to Mabel's, he's SO queer
and standofish that when he handed
me husbands postal card, telling how
mother had fell and broke her arm,
he never so much as opened his lips
to give me one word of sympathy!
No, sir, not even enough to say, Too
youths Companion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
RECENT DEATHS.
LearnnOuth

Mrs. James Learmouth of Oak
street died at her home Saturday
morning at the age of 68 years,
seven months and 20 days. Mrs.
Learmouth had been in feeble
health for the past year, although
she was not taken seriously i'll with
laryngitis until the Wednesday
preceding her death. Sarah Froud
was one of Seven children born to
Thomas and Elizabeth (Brewer)
Proud, formerly of England, and
was born in Leeds, Que. On March
27, 1866 she was married to James
Learmouth in Kinnears Mills, Que.
Seven children were born to them,
four of whom survive, William of
Inverness, Que, Robert, James and
Elizabeth of ST. Johnsbury. Thirty
one years ago they moved from In
verness, Que, here and have lived
here since. Besides her husband
and children she is survived by one
sister, Mrs. Harry Gardner of St.
Johnsbury and one brother, William
Froud of Inverness, and an adopt
ed daughter, Bernice Owen, whom
they have taken care Of since in
fancy. She was member of ST.
Andrews church. The funeral was
held Monday with a prayer at the
house by Rev. A. P. Grint, and the
interment was in Mt. Pleasant
cemetery. Those from out of town
that were called here to the funeral
were Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Jenni-
son of Farnham, Que, William
Learmouth of Inverness, Que, and
Mr. and Mrs. James Learmouth of
ST. Johnsbury Center.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
MEETING OF MINISTER'S
Passumpsic Valley Association
Elected Officers Monday

The Passumpsic Valley Minister.
ial Association met Monday with
Rev. e. E. Phillips, the attendance
being the largest for several years
These officers were elected: Rev
B. F. Butler, president; Rev. A. N
Chandler of Sutton, vice president
Rev. Peter Black, secretary and
Rev. F. A. Woodwork of Lyndon
vile treasurer.
Rev. F., B. Blodgett of Lyndon
read a paper and Mr.. Blodgett
Rev. ]. D. Waldron of Wheelock
and Rev. F. S. Tolman were ap-
pointed a program committee. A
committee of three on legislation
was chosen and the secretary was
instructed by a unanimous vote to
forward to our representatives in
Washington a petition for the pass
age of the Kenyon-Shepard bill and
the Kenyon Red Light bill.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
com and rOmato win cheese.

Cook a sliced onion for FIVE minutes
in a tablespoonful of butter; remove
the onion, put in a heaping cupful Of
grated cheese. and stir until this is
melted. Have ready a cupful of drain
ed and chopped canned corn and half
a cupful of thick stewed tomato, free
from Jumps and sweetened with a tea
spoonful of white sugar. Put this
with the cheese, stir well, and when
all are heated, add slowly the beaten
yolks of two eggs. Cook one minute,
season with a teaspoonful of salt and
a pinch of cayenne, and serve on but
tered toast.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
GREENSBORO
Caspian Lake Grange Received A
State Prize

At the regular meeting of Caspian
Lake grange Thursday evening the
ladies degree team exemplified the
third and fourth degrees with a
class of five mem bers and are de-
serving Of high commentator for
the thorough and beautiful man
ner in which they do the work. Re-
freshments were served and a social
hour spent afterwards in which Dis
trict Deputy Goodrich in Hardwick
made a few remarks and created some
surprise when he announced that
the prize offered by the state grange
for the local organization scoring
the most points through the wear
past had been given to Caspian
Lake grange. The gift was a ten
dollar gold piece. 1t is hoped the
order will do as well the coming
year.
Word has been received the mas,
week announcing the death of
Fred A. Wright at Manchester. N
H. Mr.. Wright was formerly of this
town.
Rev. Hugh Wilson returned to
Passaic, N. j., Saturday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
crandma's Pumukln Pie.

Mix one cup each of milk and dry
steamed pumpkin half a cup of sugar,
two tablespoons each of molasses and
melted butter, one tablespoon of gin
ger, two eggs slightly beaten, one tea
spoon of cinnamon. half a teaspoon
of salt. Pour into pastry lined dish
and bake about As minutes When
baking cake dust the creased pan
with -four and the cake will never
stick
When making custard pie sprinkle
your spice on the pastry lined pan
and you will not find it on top.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
Kinney

Hammond Y. Kinney, who died
at Grants Pass, Ore, Jan. IA, 1915
at the age of So, was the son of
Hammond and Amanda Edison Kin
ney, both natives of Vermont. After
obtainingan education in the schools
of, his home town, Albany, he learn
ed the carpenters trade and in the
early 70's came to ST. Johnsbury to
work for the Fairbanks Scale Co.
where he remained IL years. His
first wife was Clara Williams o.
st. Johnsbury, who lived only a
short time. He subsequently married
Miss Kate Matthew'S, also of this
place, who with two children, Mar
jorie, the wife of w. A. Mccormick
of Pomona, Cal, and Paul M, sur
wives him, also two brothers and
two sisters, Mrs. Amanda Cowles of
Irasburg and Mrs. Helen G. Thomp-
son of St. Johnsbury.
The following is quoted from the
Grants Pass paper of Jan. II:
Hammond G. Kinney, for % years
the foremost citizen Of Grants Pass,
it's leader in enterprise and in COM
mercial activity, kind of heart, gen
tie Of disposition, beloved of all our
people, has passed away. The news
has caused an entire city to bow its
head in mourning, regret in the loss
of a citizen, sorrow in the final de-
parture of the true friend, philan-
thropist and Christian gentleman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
How 70 Mako a Man Haouy.

Nagging becomes a habit. and the
woman who wants to make her home
happy will avoid it like the plague.
1t never does the slightest good, be-
cause IL a mar is nAgged at his faults
5nly increase. He gets tired Of being
perpetually reminded Of them. and of
having his shortcomings dinned into
mis- ears.
Women generally nag because they
Ge tired-fagged out and "nervy," but
this IL no real excuse for it.
Try being sweet, and II VIII have
q much better effect
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
Wax Of Candles.

II the wax from the candles runs
down on to the candlestick itself it Is
often difficult to clean of. especially
If the candlestick is metal. AS SIM
pie a way to do this as any is to set
the candlesticks in the oven. letting
them rest on many thicknesses Of
newspaper; the heat melts the wax.
and the paper win absorb 1t all. When
the wax is quite melted, wipe of with
fresh newspaper before trying to pol
ish the candlesticks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
Benedict

Mrs. William Benedict died in
ShArbrooke, Que, January %, at
the age of ga years. She was born
in Stanstead, Que. Thirty-nine
years ago she with her husband NOV
ed to St. Johnsbury. and lived
here until four years ago when
she moved back to Sherbrooke to
live with her only daughter, Mrs
C. F. Oliver. The funeral was held
Thursday from Notre Dame church
and the interment was in Mt. Cal
vary cemetery. Those from out of
town to attend the funeral were her
two grandsons, V. o. and Eugene
Oliver.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
Eddy

Word has been received of the
death at Long Beach, Cal, Jan. 10
Of M. H. Eddy who lived here for
a number of years. He was born in
Marshfeld, 50 years ago. While
here he was a well-known piano
tuner and played the organs at the
South and Methodist churches al
different times. His death was sud-
den, the result of a complication of
diseases. He leaves a sister, Mrs
William Caustic of Long Beach, and
his wife, who was Fanny Newcomb
of Marshfield The funeral was at
Long Beach and the interment was
at that place.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
WORK OF LEGISLATURE
Some Very Important Bills Passed
The Past Week-NO Adjourn
nlent Yet

The past week has been one of hard
work in the legislature and many
important measures acted upon. An
attempt has been made to fix the
date for final adjournment or Feb
ruary 8 but there is little prospect
of adjournment before February Is.
Yesterday the house passed the
bill establishing a state detention
farm to a third reading and there is
every prospect the bill will become
a law. 1t also passed the bill es-
tablishing a teachers training course.
1t killed the bill requiring medical
inspection of the public schools and
bill 374, the fiat rate bill, refusing
to concur in the senate amendments
This means a conference committee
to take up the matter of taxation
1t looks as though the Ryegate
Light and Power bill will be revived
ana put in acceptable form for
passage. The Hardwick power bill
passed the house yesterday.
The house yesterday cOncurred in
the proposed constitutional amend
ments requiring the demand of five
members for a yea and nay vote
and taking away from the legisla-
ture the right to commute sentence;
for murder.
The sterilization bill was passed
last week after a bitter struggle
against it. This is one of the most
progressive or radical bills passed
by a Vermont legislature in years
The vote in the house was 80 yea
and so nay.
Another important bill that has
been signed by the governor is
House Bill No. 439 which provides
for Juvenile courts in Vermont. All
children under 16 years of age are
placed under the jurisdiction of the
probate court and no child can be
committed to any state institution
except the industrial school at Yer
gennes.
The senate has refused to confirm
the proposed amendment to the
state constitution making senators
or representatives ineligible to hold
state offices while members of the
Legislature but both houses have
approved of the amendment chang
ing the time for converting the leg
islature from October to January
Other bills passed are one provid-
ing for a live stock commissioner
and one increasing the taxation of
steamboat, car and transportation
companies, sleeping, dining and par
lor cars and another increasing the
taxation of express companies.
Appointments by the Governor
The governor has made the fol-
lowing appointments which have
been confirmed by the senate:
f. G. Williams of Newport, bank
commissioner, term expires Dec.
81, 1914.
F. T. Kidder of Woodstock men,
Der State board of health, term ex-
pires Dec. 81, 1918.
c. w. Gates of Franklin, State
highway commissioner, term ex-
pires Dec. 81, 1914.
George W. Perkins of Burlington,
State geologist, term expires Dec
81, 1914.
E. H. Edgerton of Rochester, L.
G. Kingsley of Rutland, F. J. But
terrified OF Derby, III. w. Bailey OF
Rutland, board of visitors to Nor
witch University, term expires Dec
81, 1914.
]. HolIister Jackson has resigned
from the Public Service Commits
sion thus making two vacancies in
this body TO be filed by appoint
ment.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29

The District Ministerial insti-
tute conducted at Grace Methodist
church by Rev. J. o. Randall OF
Philadelphia on Wednesday was
attended by over so people from
other charges and the interest shown
was marked. In the morning Rev
Paul Dwight Moody spoke to the
ministers alone on EVANGELISM
and the service in the evening was
largely attended.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
CABOT

B. U. Wells, West Danville, is sell
ing 100 lbs. Granulated Sugar for
$4.95; Pillsbury's Best Flour, $1.35;
8 lbs. good Uncolored Japan Tea
$1.OO. Look for his advt. in this
paper.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
Mutton Chops stewed In Min.

m1NeO" ~nOPS- StSWeo IN MIX.
Free the chops from fat and put
into 3 saucepan. cover with milk and
an onion cut fine and simmer slowly
two hours. Season with pepper and
salt and thickem with n little nOur.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29

qFrom the sale of a
$4,000 farm to the
recovery Of a wander
ing bull pup. you can
put your faith in the
want ads.
q They are great little
hustlers, and are never
off duty.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-23

There is a host of pills, powders, tab
lets and what-not for rheumatism, but
they all lack the first essential to being
q natural medicine To begin with, rheu-
matism is simply name given to desig-
nate a variety of pains, and can only be
reached by irrigating the entire blood sup
ply with a naturally assimilative anti
dote. True, the pains may be eased with
narcotics or the acids may be neutralized
for the time being with other acids. But
these merely temporize and do not even
lead to cure. There is but one stand
ard rheumatism remedy, and it reflects
the best thought of the day. 1t is pre-
pared in the great Swift Laboratory in
Atlanta, Ga, and sold in all drug stores
under the name of S. S. S. at $1.0O a
bottle.
Starvation has been advocated by many
as a cure for rheumatism, and yet S. S. s.
accomplishes in fact what faddists pro-
claim in theory and without the punish
ment of starvation. Hot springs and
sweating are often recommended, but
S. S. S. does all that is expected of these
expensive and weakening methods.
1t is conceded by the closest students
of TIE subject that rheumatism is caused
in most cases by an acid condition of the
blood and aggravated by the remedies
commonly used for relief. In other cases
rheumatism is the result of nerve depres-
sion; in still others it is the effect of
some scrofulous blood condition, having
been treated with mercury, iodides, arse
mic and other poisonous mineral drugs.
The recoveries of all these types of
rheumatism by the use of S. S. S. is a
wonderful tribute to the natural efficacy
of this remarkable medicine, for it is as
simulated just as naturally, just as spe-
officially, and just as well ordained as the
most acceptable, most palatable and most
readily digested food. Do not fail to
get a bottle of S. S. S. to-day You will
be astonished at the results, If your
rheumatism is of such a nature that you
would like to consult a great specialist
confdentially, write to The Swift Specific
Co., 127 Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-23
LITTLE ACTIVITY in
The COTTON MARKET
Few Sales at Any Price
Now

While there has been little doing
in cotton warehouse circles in Ameri-
Gus recently, business has been espe-
cially dull the last day or two.
II the Americas market the
warehousemen still quote twelve cents
as the price of the finer grades, al
though very few, if any. sales have
been effected this week, though one
large lot of several hundred bales has
been offered here.
The final bureau report upon the cot
ton crop, published late YESTERDAY,
shows the crop to have been the sec
ond largest ever produced, amounting
to 1926, 800 bales. This is the Off
cial report as returned by ginners, and
compares with 16,25O,276 bales made
iii 1911. This total of the current
crop is far in excess of the estimate
made by the department of agricul-
ture in December, which at that date
estimated the crop then being market
ed at 13,82O,00O bales.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-23
PLEA OF GUILTY MAY
BE ENTERED FOX JONES
BURGLAR Who Confessed May
Plead Guilty

1t is not improbable that pleas Of
guilty may be made in the cases pend
ing against Arthur Jones, the young
man held upon charges of burglary
in having entered the stores of the
Sheffield Huntington Company here
recently. That course, Sheriff Fuller
stated yesterday, had been suggested
by relatives of the prisoners as the
best plan to be pursued under the CIR
cumstances. Following his arrest
Jones made a clean breast of the whole
affair, not only confessing to having
three times entered the hardware
store here and taking many articles
of value. but also to having robbed a
store at Plains.
Many of the articles stolen have
since been recovered, and Sheriff Full
Ter thinks that a suitcase which Jones
left at Jacksonville holds other miss =
ing articles. This package has been
sent for, and already Jones has sup
piled the officers with list of it's
contents, as far as he could remem-
Der.
While the prisoner has denied thd.
he had an accomplice in the robberies
committed here and at Plains, the
opinion is held by some that he couli
not have disposed of so many goods
alone, and that he has a confederate
somewhere. He made several trips to
Columbus recently, and the officers
believe some of the stolen goods may
have been sold there. Even should
Jones decide to enter plea af guilty,
as suggested, it cannot be done until
he has been formally indicted by the
grand jury, which assemblies here IN
May, the charge of burglary against
him being a felony.