St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09
VICE-PRESIDENT HERE
St. JOhnsbury The Only Vermont
Town Visited Entertained By
H. B. Howe and Democrats.

For the first time in it's history
ST. Johnsbury was visited by the
vice-president of the United States
on Thursday last. But he came for
pelf in the form of so much per
from the lecture platform and this
materially affected the demonstra-
ton in his honor. Yet It must be
stated that ST. Johnsbury people
turned out well to meet Vice-Pres-
ident Marshall and wife at the in
formal reception given in the after
noon at the home of Harland B.
Howe.
Postmaster A. H. Gleason and w.
B. Eastman, chairman of the town
democratic committee, went to
Woodsville to meet Vice-President
and Mrs. Marshall When they
reached st. Johnsbury the party was
escorted to the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Howe and at o'clock the house was
thrown open for an informal re-
ception The receiving line was in
the parlor and in it were Postmas-
ter and Mrs. A. H. Gleason, Mr. and
Mrs. James Cosgrove, Mr.. and Mi
H. B. Howe, Vice-President and Mrs.
Marshall, Rev. and Mrs. A. p. Grint.
Several hundred people accepted the
Invitation and met the distinguished
guests. Music was furnished by the
st. Johnsbury Trio.
At $50 dinner was served those
present. being, Vice-President and
Mrs. Marsh all, Postmaster and Mrs.
Gleason, Rev. and Mrs. Grint, Miss
Florence May and Mr.. and Mrs.
Howe.
At The Colonial.
The Colonial was about two-thirds
filled to hear the lecture by the vice
president on American Peculiari-
ties" which was one of the regular
numbers Of the lecture course. He
was enthusiastically greeted when
he appeared on the stage and was
presented to the audience by Mr..
Howe.
The vice-president spoke for an
hour and a half and held the close
attention of his audience. The gen
eral verdict was that the lecture was
good one. Mr. Marshall brought
out the fact that while we fiattered
ourselves we were independent citi-
zens we were in tact great hero
wo. shippers. He was free in criti- |
cising many of the political cure alls |
that have been agitated in the past |
few years and said that we could not /
have any great moral revolutions
without the development of some
evil. He believed that the church |
in allowing the education of the
child and the charitable work to be
placed on the state weakened
itself and greatly limited its power
and influence. He gave a sharp dis
tinction between a profession and a
trade and kept before his audience
the thought that the people them
selves were responsible for whatever
political evils there are and if they
would not correct them they had no
right to complain. He closed with
a strong appeal for personal cOnvic-
tions and the courage to live for our
convictions.
Extension Courses in Cookery.
The date of registration for the
extension courses in plan and ad
vanced cookery is Thursday, Dec.
II, at the Summer Street School,
from Z to 9 P NJ. This meeting is
for registration and organization
only. The work will begin Thurs
day, Jan. Z. A fee of $5 to cover
expenses will be charged for each
course of ten lessons. The class in
plain cookery will meet on Thursday II
night and the class in advanced
cookery on Friday of each week. II
The maximum number in each class
will be twelve.
After the regular meeting Of Il
Green Mountaing Lodge, No. 40,
n r. O. p Saturday night a