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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
TORTURE OF THE ~PlcKET."
A Form Of Military Punishment In
England In 6ygone Days.

En8tdbu ~ 9J8oHc lays
The picket" an ingenious form OF
punishment In use in England in the
days of old. was generally inflicted on
cavalry and artillery men and was a
singularly brutal bit of torture.
A long post. near which stood a stool,
was driven into the ground. The de-
linquent was ordered to mount the
stool. and his right hand was fastened
to hook in the post by a moose. drawn
up as high as ii could be stretched.
round his wrist. A stump the height OF
the stool, with its end cut to a round
and blunt point. was also driven into
the earth close to the post.
Then the stool was taken away. and
the sufferer had nothing to rest his
bare feet upon but the stump. (which.
though it did not usually break the
skim" says Captain Crosse. put him In
great torture. his only means OF relief
being by resting his weight on his
wrist, the pain of which soon became
intolerable."
One can very well believe him, espe-
cially when he makes the addition that
a man was not infrequently left to
stand in this position for half an hour.
although the orthodox period of en-
durance was fifteen minutes.-London
Graphic.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
OFFERS SPEEDWELL
CONTINUED from page -

a school A capital expenditure of
from fifty to seventy-five thousand
dollars Is necessary to properly equip
such school, and an annual appro-
priation of from twenty to thirty
thousand dollars for operation,
maintenance, etc. How much Of
this can be recovered from tuition,
etc, will depend upon the policy
adopted.
One school for technical instruc-
ton of any kind. properly equipped
for experimental and demonstration
work, with an ample and competent
staff, can be effective and accomplish
results. The same amount Of money
divided between a number OF schools,
none of which are either effectively
equipped or provided with a full and
competent staff of instructors and
demonstrators, would be worse than
wasted
Theory alone can be taught in the
high schools; practical demonstration
and training needs ample equipment.
now propose to offer to the state
the Agricultural School at Lyndon
and the farm and farm buildings at
Speedwell with their equipment,
stock as IL now stands, with some
few possible reservations of things
of personal interest.
The school and farm are amply
provided with buildings and all the
equipment and stock necessary for
instruction and demonstration. All
the buildings have been planned in
construction or reconstruction Tor
permanence and low maintenance
cost. The state can take with it as
much or as little land as it may de-
OfI6r
the school and farm completely
equipped, with dormitory, farm and
school buildings and equipment,
stock of animals and tools, to the
state for educational purposes. These
could not be duplicated for much
more than one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
The cost of operating this school
will be as small as any school OF its
kind could be operated for. The
greatest expense 1 have had in con-
nection with it is in trying to demon
strate that a student could be self
supporting during his term at school.
This the state need not continue.
While this has not been fully demon
strated, it has gone far enough TO
show that, the dormitOry accomoda-
lions being provided, student could
of his living expenses, or even all,
dependent entirely upon the desire,
capacity and willingness of the stu
dent himself.
In connection with the school and
farm are ample apartments or houses
for the staff.
There is no necessary expense in
connection with this establishment
that would not be necessary in any
equally we'll QUILTED establishment,
while there is an opportunity for
revenue and profitable employment
of the student at the farm.
There will be one advantage in
the state accepting this proposition
and that is, it will have reserved its
capital expenditure to establish
another school as soon as there is
sufficient demand in some other sec
ton of the state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
START OF A FORTUNE.
The Boy Who Began His Career by
Buyino Soap at Auction.

The BOY VINO Began His Career BY
Buying Soap at Auction.
A boy eleven years old stood at ar
auction room door and gazed with in
terest at the crowd of men gathered
round the auctioneer. His curiosity
led him to enter the room. His atten.
ton was attracted to several boxes OF
toilet soap. the kind, he noticed, that
his mother used at home. He had
often been sent to the drug store to
buy it for her. "Ah." he said to him.
self. perhaps l can buy this soap
cheap. | will sell it and make some
money"
AS fast as his feet would carry him
he ran to the drug store where his
mother traded and sought out the
proprietor How much would you give
me for box of that soap such as my
mother buys?" he asked The druggist
ready to please the boy. named a GER
tain price. When the youngster asked
if he could use several boxes the
druggist thought it was a good joke
and replied that he could use all that
the lad would sell him.
The boy FASTENED home He emptied
his little savings bank and ran back
to the auction rooms with the money
carefully wrapped in a handkerchief.
The soap was still unsold, and the boy
edged his way through the crowd to
the platform. When the soap came
under the auctiOneer's hammer the
boys little piping voice made the first
bid. The other buyers were so amused
at his youth and his serious manner
that they let him carry off his transac-
ton without contest, and the boy got
twenty-five boxes of toilet soap at a
small fraction of their value. When
the auctiOneer asked his name he an
swered, Charles Yerkes."
The lad took the boxes of soap to his
purchaser. the druggist, who. open
eyed with surprise, inquired where he
had got them. 81 bought them at the
auction" he said proudly.
81 could have done that myself, -
complained the druggist, but as he had
promised to buy the soap he had to
keep his word.
That was the beginning of an un-
usual business career. In later years
Charles Yerkes became famous in both
England and America as a fnancier
and a conductor of great business en-
terprises.-Youth's Companion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

One Of the stories ABOUT the late Sir
Douglas Straight. the veteran journal.
list. relates to one of the early papers
he was connected with.
He was crossing Waterloo bridge one
day with a friend when he suddenly
marched up to a couple Of newsbOys
and soundly boxed their ears.
His friend, amazed at this proceed
ing. naturally asked him what he
meant by it. 'HThey were selling your
paper" he pointed out.
Eyes, i know they WERE" was the
reply, "but they weren't shouting IT
loud enough!'-LOndon Globe.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
NEWARK

Clayton Ball of Keene, N. H, was
at home for the Christmas holidays.
The library social will meet with
Mrs. L. B. Lee, Wednesday, Jan. s.
Edwin Annis of Littleton, N. H.,
is at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Leclair and
family of Lyndonville. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilman Leclair and family of
McIndoes spent Christmas at Charles
Lees.
Mrs. Moore of Danville is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Frank Ball.
The rs cent piece was made
famous by the American Liver
Tablets, the perfect laxative.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
The Sheet Anchor.

THAT was my sheet anchor. e..
my best hope. my last refuge-the sheet
anchor of ship. which in stress of
weather is the sailors chief depend
ence. The word sheet is a corruption
of the word shote thrown OUT, mean
ing the anchor thrown out" in foul
weather. The Greeks and Romans
said, my sacred anchor" referring to
the sheet anchor. which was always
dedicated to some god.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Animal Scent.

A fox can scent a man half a mile
away If the wind be blowing in the
nnimars direction. A mouse can smell
cheese fifty feet away. A deer may
be sound asleep. and yet he will catch
the scent of a person passing 200 feet
off. The rabbit depends more upon
his ears than his nose.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

Speaking of Wendell Phillips re-
markable gifts as an orator, Horace
Greeley paid him the highest compli-
ment when he said that there wasn't
a boy who heard Phillips speak but
thought he could speak as well-he
spoke so naturally. OF the great actor
Garrick it is related that he did not
please country people or others unused
10 the stage because he was so natural
that he did not seem to be acting at ALL
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
chanued Their Minds.

Il suppose your education was a mat
ter of great care to your parents"
Eyes" replied Miss Cayenne 81 re-
call that they had great difficulty
teaching me to play the piano And
then they had still more persuading
me not Washington Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
British Coronation.

No other coronation rite in Europe
reaches back to so early a period as
that of Great Britain. From the An
glo-Saxon order of the coronation of
Egbert was derived the ancient form
OF the cOronations Of the kings OF
France.-London Express.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

"Johnnie." said a teacher in a physi-
Ology class. "can you give a familiar
example of the human body as It
adapts itself to changed conditioner
"Yes-sum." said Johnnie; my aunt
gained fifty pounds in a year and her
skin never cracked"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Pas Explanation.

PA, what do people mean when
they talk Of laying up something for
rainy dayT
"a rainy day means hard times. my
SON"
"Why so. par
Because. | suppose, on rainy day
there is no dust in sightP'-Spokane
Spokesman-Review.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

'It takes two to start a quarrel"
said Mrs. Gabb.
"Oh. no, it doesn't" replied Mr.. Gabb
"a man and his wife are one."-Phila-
0elphia Ledger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

Mrs. Grogan chatting with neighbour
II had this waist dry cleaned last
Little Johnny Grogan-Ma, kin they
clean faces that way?-Puck.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Becomes CONVINCING.

Mrs. GOggles-DO you believe every
thing you hear? Miss Gaussip-Not
until have repeated it few times
Boston Transcript
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Than Another Started.

She latter the quarrelD-Pl promise
always to keep my temper in the fu-
ture, dear. can't do more than that.
He-Oh, yes. you can! You can keep
your wOrd.-BOston Transcript
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

Little minds are too much wounded
by little things; great minds see all
and are not even hurt-La RochefOu-
cauld.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

The optimist rejoiced in the glorious
change in temperature. The pessimist
said, "Ain't it little too suddenT'-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

Mrs. Gnaggs-And just to think! You
used to say you would die for mel
Mr.. Gnaggs-Well. don't hurry me. my
dear; don't hurry me-Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

Absence of occupation is not rest
A mind quite vacant Is a mind dis
tressed. -COwper.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

I respectfully submit this for your
consideration and recommendation TO
the coming Legislature.
Very truly yours,
THEO N. VAIL.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

The best treasure among men IL a
frugal tongue.-Hesiod
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

eogitations are, such will thy mind be
Ann time.-Marcus Aurelius.
His Foot In II.
"Well," said the hostess, bidding her
guest good night, ''you have a long
drive home. but it's a lovely evening"
eyes. isn't 1t fine night2' answered
the guest addressed.
$50 you'll have a nice drive and
won't wish you hadn't come to see
me-"
ION the contrary, / assure you, al
ways think that the drive home ls the
very best part Of affairs like this"
Another one Of the things that might
have been put differently II one had
had time to think 1t OVer.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-04-25
Southwestern Reflections
Contributed by Development Bureau,

Contributed by Development Bureau)
Get your pumpkin yam slips
off of your mind and into the
ground by the end of the first
week in May. Then with proper
cultivation you ought to have po-
tatoes large enough to market by
the first week in August.
Now, about cattle tick. Do
you know what the farmers of
the south pay every year for the
privilege of permitting these
blood-sucking parasites to live
on their cattle?
The late Col. Exall, the great
Texan authority ON farm matters,
places the damage done to south
ern cattle by the cattle tick at
one hundred million dollars.
We may well believe this to be
a reasonable estimate when we
understand that these ticks will
take from 300 to 700 pounds of
blood out of a steer each year.
These things being true, can
you wonder that our scraWny,
tick-depleted cattle in the south
are called scrubs, that the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-04-25
BUSINESS SLACKENS
DURING The TRIAL
Business Men are too Deeply
Interested in Walters Tri-
al These Days.

Business in Opelousas has been
literally demoralized during the
past week on account of the Wal
ters-D Dunbar trial taking up the
greater portion of the business
mems time. Even the bankers
are often in the courtroom from
time to time during the day list
en;ng to the evidence, which
has been making the Walters
trial one of the most mysterious
events in the annals of the local
criminal court.
Men who have not missed a
day from their places of business
have taken a day or two during
the week to hear all the testimo-
ny possible during that time.
Business men have either to go
to the restaurants for their meals
or do their own cooking during
the trial. The ladies' of Opelou-
sas have become 50 deeply inter-
ested in the proceedings of the
court that many Of them have
fatty refused to go home and
attend to having meals served
to their husbands.
From early morning until late
at night the ladies are crowding
the court room. Many men are
refused admittance to the court
room because practically all of
the seats are taken up by the
fair sex, since the court decreed
that none but lawyers, reporters,
court officials and witnesses in
the case, could be allowed with
in the railing, as the crowd was
taking complete possession of the
entire room. The ladies have
their lunches brought into the
room and never leave during the
recess between dinner and even
sessions.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-04-25
MOVING PICTURE OF
TRIAL MAKES HIT
Famous Dunbar Walters
Case Reproduced on Cur
tain Here.

The moving pictures of the
famous Walters-D Dunbar kidnap.
ing case were flashed on the
canvass here at the Princess
Theatre on Monday night and
the several hundred people who
took pleasure in taking in the
various views of the courthouse
and crowds enjoyed the picture
very much.
The pictures were taken here
last week and made in New Or
leans. Every interesting scene
around the courthouse was de-
picted almost perfectly. Several
witnesses were seen on the
stand, the judge and other off
Gals and attaches were also fea-
turing in the picture, as we'll as
the attorneys for both sides.
The pictures of William C..
Walters, the kidnaper, were ex-
cellent, being about the best
that were ever taken of him.
Many people who missed the
picture, on account Of being de
sirous of seeing the real live
picture, are clamoring to see the
moving pictures, and it is hoped
that the Opelousas people will be
a chance to witness it
again in the near future.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-04-25
/. SANDOZ
0pelousas, Louisiana.

government has drawn a quaran-
tine line around the tick-infested
zone and that the southern cattle
are Disseminated against in all
the northern markets?
Still, nothing but our unac-
countable indifference permits
this discrimination to stand. By
getting rid Of the cattle tick we
shall be on an equal footing with
the balance of the world in all
the markets. IL we show a dis
position to help ourselves the
u. S. government will assist us.
We must declare a war of ex-
termination against the cattle
tick and every man must be a
soldier in this campaign. We
cannot permit the finest live
stock country in the United
States to nulIify its advantages
by inaction.
A series of meetings will be
held during the month of May in
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-04-25
School House Accepted.

The committee ipso facto ac-
cepted the modern and up-to-
date school building, which cost
the taxpayers of Opelousas up
wards Of $50, 900, when the
school board gave Caldwell
Brothers, of Abbeville, La, a
check of over $12, 600, as the
remainder of what was owed to
the contractors.
The Opelousas school is one of
the prettiest in the state, as well
as the most complete. The &C
comodation in the local school
house can be found only in ex-
pensive school buildings of large
cities.
The new St. Landry High
School, which will be thrown
open to over six hundred school
children next September, has
cost the people of Opelousas very
little for the value received.
Not only is the building itself
very pretty, but it stands on one
OF the prettiest squares in this
city.
All the minor changes request
ed by the committee from the
contractors have been attended
to and now there is no fault to
be found in the entire c~onstruc-
ton.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-04-25
First Excursion on O'Gee.

The Opelousas Gulf & North
eastern will run an excursion out
of Crowley on next Sunday,
April 26, to the lakes and Mel
vile.
AT Melville there will be a
baseball game between that team
and the Port Barre club, whilst
many other amusements will also
be on hand. At the lakes the
people of Opelousas know exact
ly what to do. Whenever the
sport lovers of this city go to
these places they generally make
themselves at home.
The excursion train will leave
Opelousas at 8:15 Sunday morn
ing and will return about four
o'clock. The fair will be the
regular fair plus ten cents.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-04-25
Moose Elect Officers.

The local lodge Loyal Order Of
Moose elected its officers on last
Wednesday night and initiated
one candidate. A. S. J.
Campbell. who is the present
dictator, was reelected by accla-
nation, but it developed that
he could not serve any more as
dictator, if Opelousas wanted to
be represented at Moose Heart
convention, so the election was
annulled, and Mr.. P. 7. Black
sher was elected dictator, whilst
Mr.. Campbell is ipso facto past
dictator and delegate to the
national council.
The following officers were
elected: P. T. Blacksher, aicta-.
tor; Thomas II. Maxwell, vice
dictator; L. Edwards, preIate;
George Vidrine, secretary; Law
renee A. Andrepont, treasurer;
Joseph Martin, inner guard;
Percy Levy, outer guard; first
year trustee, John Evans; sec
ond year trustee, A. D. st. Cyr,
third year trustee, John Molai-
son; Joe Carlo, sergeant-at-
arms.
The Moose Lodge is one of the
youngest orders in this city and
has been progressing rapidly,
through the untiring efforts of
Campbell.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-04-25
Kinder Wins Slow Game
From Locals.

The Opelouses team was de.
feated on the local diamond fol
the first time in two years, by
the Kinder Club, on last Sunday
evening, by a score of 6 to 5.
Ivens and Vaccero did the bat
terry work. and the little pitcher
had the Kinder players at his
mercy until the fifth inning,
when they got unto his curves
and began batting the ball all
over the park. The outfields
.juggled the ball, errors were
heaped UP one on top of the 9TH
sera and when Opelousas had sue
eeeded in sending the Kinder
boys to the field, four. runs had
been scored.
There was general dissatisfac-
ton and discord among the play
ers, the consequence of which
was the local team PLAYED the
poorest game in many months,
although both clubs were unusu-
ally slow on last Sunday.
1t has been stated that some
of the home boys have stated
that they would play no more
unless paid for their services.
Opelousas has never been able
to pay its home boys for playing,
using practically all of the gate
receipts for the ou~t-of-town
players. On account of civic
pride the local boys never asked
to be paid until this season, and
it is not known why they de-
mand payment for their serv-
ices.
j. P. Trosclair and Dan Slocum
umpired the game.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-04-25
Missionary Notes
BY THE SOCIETY

The Gospel has spread in Ko-
rea even amid the many trials
and testings. 1t seems that
each trial has been used as an
impetus to the advancement Of
the kingdom of God and that it
has not only brought Increasing
numbers to the Savior of man
kind but has deepened the spirit
ual life of those who already
trusted him as Lord of Lords.
During the great revival there.
we are told by those that were
there, that when the Holy Spirit
came in his convictipg power
man after man would rise up in
the congregations and confess
his sins, break down and weep,
then fall to the floor in a perfect
agony, reporting bitterly Of his
sins and crying out to God for
pardon.
The Koreans not only give
their money and efforts but their
time. They have a kind of col
lection known as the day col
lection that is the people pledge
a certain number of days out of
every month to go out into the
nearby villages to pass on the
story of Jesus to others and to
help anyone who has been less
fortunate in Bible study.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-04-25
Confederate Union To
Start May 6.

Jacksonville, Fla, April 23.-
With the near approach of Ma,
6, interest in the Oath annual re
union of the United Confederate
Veterans Association and Son.
of Confederate Veterans, cen
tiers around the three parades,
one each day of the reunion. Il
has been indefinitely decided
that the first parade will be thai
Of the maids and sponsors, andit
will be given on the Afternoon
of May 9Th.
This parade will be confined te
automobiles and carriages, and
all sponsors and maids Of honor
will be admitted to it. The Jack
sonville Reunion association has
decided that, if possible. the pa
rade of maids and sponsors will
be the finest spectacle of the kind
ever seen in the southern states.
The route will be several miles
long, and passes through the
principal residence and business
sections of the city.
The parade of the second day,
May Z. will be Of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans and the
military organizations. It is the
present plan for the Sons to
march on foot, and the parade
will take in the business sections
of the city.
On the morning Of May s, the
last day of the reunion, the gen.
eral parade of the Confederate
veterans will be held. Jackson
vile labors under a disadvantage
in staging this parade that no
other reunion city has ever en-
countered, that of securing hors-
es. There are few available
horses in Jacksonville, and as a
result it has been determined to
the parade a combination
between horses, automobiles and
foot-marching. The local associ-
alton believes that it will be pos
sible for the commanders and
their staffs to be provided with
mounts, but it is going to be a
difficult matter to secure a suffiic-
number even for that. How
ever, a united effort is being
made to secure all the mounts
possible in Jacksonville and in
nearby towns in Florida and
Georgia.
Arrangements for these pa
rades are being worked out rap
by special committees.
S. C. Harrison is chair
maa of the committee that will
have charge Of the Sons of Vet
Exams paraee. He is being as
by the local camp Of Sons
Of Veterans, of which Col. John