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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-05-06

We sincerely hope the Argentine,
Brazil and Chile mediators between
the United States and Mexico can
find a permanent and honorable So
luton of the vexatious dispute and
prevent any further bloodshed. 1t
would be a most desirable ending
Of recent hostilities. But suppose
they should, wouldn't it have to be
acknowledged there was such a way
and that Wilson and Bryan were I'M
able to find it? 1t would be rather
humiliating for the people of the
United States to feel their president
had been so dOggedly determined on
his own method he could not see
justice until shown by the represen-
tatives of South American govern
ments.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-05-06

A Stubborn Cough is Wearing and
Risky
Letting a stubborn cough ."hang
on" in the spring is risky. Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound heals raw
infiamed surfaces in the throat and
bronchial tubes-makes sore, weak
spots sound and whole-stops stub
born, tearing coughs. Rufuse sub
stitutes. G. G. Bingham. adv.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-05-06

in large quantities. The importations
of Canadian cattle have increased
$4,746,714 in period of four
months. These are not very large
items but all the labor used in the
production of these things resides
outside of America and expends none
of it's income here. These facts ex-
plain bread lines and uncertainty of
business better than any democratic
Office holder can possibly do.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-05-06

Local notices, wants, for sale, etc,
cents per wo1d first insertion. Legal
notices 10 cents a line, three inser-
lions. Probate notices $500 each for
three insertions Dissolution, liberia
ton and similar notices $3.50 each for
three insertions. Card OF thanks, 70
cents. Obituary poetry, 10 cents q
line
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-05-06

Entered at the st. Johnsbury post
once as second-class mail matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-05-06
Feel Dull and Sluggish? Start Your
Liver to Working

1t beats all how quickly Foley
Cathartic Tablets liven your liver,
overcome constipation-make you
feel lively and active again. J. L..
Mcknight, FIT. Worth, Texas, says:
my disagreeable symptoms were
entirely removed by the thorough
cleansing Foley Cathartic Tablets
gave me-" They're a wonder. c..
@. Bingham. adv.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-05-06

This paper Is entitled to a place on
the Printers Ink Roll OF Honor.
THE CALIFORNIAN CO.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-05-06

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Greatest Corn-Cure World Has Ever
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-04-07

are so familiar that the popular mind does not
associate them with any particular composer.
They are all characteristic of genuine folk songs,
and as simple they are, they are destined to
survive A year after he had composed uncle
Ned" and while he clerkng in his brother
Cummings office in Cincinnati he wrote ooh,
Susanna" Not having yet taken up music
professionally, he made a present of these two
songs to a friend, who cleared ten thousand dol
lars from them, and developed what was then
small music publishing business into one of the
largest houses in its line in the West.
Several of Fosters lyrics reverberated his
personal feelings. "Massas In de Cold Ground"
although, of course, a darby song, was written
under the sorrow and feeling of loneliness caused
by his fathers death; "Old Dog Tray" in memory
of a beautiful setter he had owned; my Old
Kentucky Home" as musical souvenir of the
picturesque homestead of his relative, Judge and
United States Senator John Rowan, of Bardstown,
KY 1t is said that "My Old Kentucky Home was
written by Foster while he and his sister were
on a visit to the Rowan home. One morning
while the slaves were at work and the darby
children romping, the two young visitors were
seated on a bench in front of the homestead. In
a tree overhead hooking bird was warbling.
From bush near by came the song of thrush.
According to the story, this bard wrote and COM
posed the song then and there, and when enough
was jotted down for his sister to obtain idea
of the melody and of the first stanza, she took the
sheet from his hand and in sweet, mellow voice,
that chmed in with the surroundings, sang
"The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,
IT'S summer the darkies are gay;
The corntop's ripe and the meadows in the
bloom,
While the birds make music all the day"
my Old Kentucky Home" is the twentieth
of Stephen Collins Fosters "Plantation Mel
odies" 1t was undoubtedly the intrinsic merit
and beauty of Fosters songs that lifted the
Christy mnstrels from the low position usually
occupied by such troupes to something like that
of a respectable concert room, both in this coun-
try and in England. Foster caught his idea of
writing his so-called negro melodies from listen
ing to the absurdities then in vogue with the
burnt-cork gentry. He walked home from one of
their concerts in Baltimore with the banjo strings
ringing in his ears, and before he slept he had
composed the ridiculous words and taking air
called "Camptown Races" with its chorus of
"Du da, du-da, d." He passed from one finer
tone to another until he reached the perfection of
simple pathos in "Old Folks at Home" and my
Old Kentucky Home" and the music is his
NV Old Kentucky Home.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-04-07

With sorrow where all was delight;
The time has come when the darkies have to part
Then, my old Kentucky home, good night!
Weep no more, my lady, oh, weep no more today!
We will sing song for the old Kentucky
home
For the old Kentucky home, far away.
bend,
Wherever the darby may go;
few more days, and the trouble all will end
In the field where the sugarcanes grow;
No matter, twill never be light
few more days till we totter on the road,
Then, my old Kentucky home, good night!
Weep no more my lady, OH weep no more today!
We will sing song for the old Kentucky
home
For the old Kentucky home, far away.
One Sunday afternoon in the home of one of
his brothers he composed and wrote his most
ambitious composition, Come Where My Love
Lies Dreaming" solo and as quartet
Foster is described as man of comparatively
small stature, but of great physical courage He
was exceedingly sympathetic and tender-hearted
as one would naturally gather from his songs He
is said to have been very light sleeper, and in
this connection there is very humorous anec-
dote: One night strange dog, prowling about
the place and bowling, disturbed Foster that
he seized poker and dashing out, chased the
animal away. Next day the family made merry
OF this incident at the expense of the author and
composer of "Old Dog Tray"
In 1850 Foster married Jane Denny Nc
Dowell, the daughter of leading Pittsburgh
physician. Shortly afterward he received such
fattering offers from his publishers Firth, Pond
& Co.. of New York. that he decided to settle in
that city. But after he had been there year
he grew so homesick that one day he announced
that he was going home, disposed of his furni-
ture before evening, and the next day, late at
night rang the bell of his parents home He
remained home until 1860, when, having sepa-
rated from his wife, he again went to New York
There his unfortunate habits grew upon him and
at times he walked the streets in an old glazed
cap and shabby clothing which made him look
more like tramp than the composer of songs
that were being sung all sides. He would
write and compose a song in the morning, sell
1t IN the afternoon, and spend the proceeds in
dissipation before night In January, 1864 while
suffering from fever in cheap hotel, he rose
during the night for drink of water, was so
weak that he fell when near the washstand. and.
in so DOING struck against the broken lip of the
pitcher and gashed his neck. He lay on the floor
lnsenSlDle until discovered in the morning by a
servant who was bringing towels to his room.
When revived he asked to be taken to Bellevue
Hospital, where he died from fever and loss of
blood on the 18th of January. His identity not
being known at the hospital, his body was taken
to the morgue, where it remained until finally
his friends traced it and prevented the composer
OF SO many sweet and lovely melodies from being
buried as a pauper. Neither the Pennsylvania
Railway Company nor the Adams Express Com
pany would accept anything for conveying his
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-04-07

The sun shines bright in the Old Kentucky home
IT'S summer, the darl<ies gay;
The corntop's ripe and the meadows in the
bloom,
While the birds make merry all the day.
The Young folks roll on the little cabin floor,
All merry, all happy and bright;
Bv'm by hard times comes a-knocking at the
door,
Then, my old Kentucky home, good night!
Weep no more my lady, oh, weep no more today!
We will sing one song for the old Kentucky
home,
For the old Kentucky home, far away.
They hunt no more for the possum and the coon,
On the meadow, the hill and the shore,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
FILLED srLo TIPPED OVER.
New SiXty-FoOt SilO Containing
Forty Acres of Corn Tipped
Over During Last
Night.

Wellington Lewis, residing south
east of the city, sustained a heavy
loss last night when his new sixty
foot silo tipped over. The silo had
just been filed; forty acres of green
corn had been put into it.
The loss is a heavy one. In addi-
ton to the cost of the huge silo,
the ensilage is considered by many
to be practically lost. If there was
another silo available to put it in
to right away, it might be saved
or, some advance the opinion that
it might be spread out and cured,
under favorable weather conditions,
then stacked up like fodder, but it
is cut so fine as to render that So
luton impracticable.
1t is curious coincidence that
the silo is the same one from which
the workman, Mr.. Guthrie, fell a
few weeks ago, injuring himself so
badly. -Osage Press.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
Child's PerilOus Climb.

The two year old James Flanagan,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Flani-
gan, who live about a mile south OF
Prairiburg, Iowa, was missing about
the place a few days ago. After all
searches for him had seemed futile,
his voice could be heard from the
top of the windmill tower about
forty feet above the ground. On
looking upward in that direction the
parents saw the boy smiling down
at them. Mrs. Flani-
gan nearly collapsed, but complying
with her husbands request, she did
not make a sound. Mr.. Flanagan
up the ladder, took his joy
Gus boy in his arm, and brought
him down in safety. 1t is safe to
speculate that some means will be
provided to prevent James Jr., from
that same daring ascent
again in the near future.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
FRIGHTFUL AUTO ACCIDENT.
Party of WaukOn People i'm Serious
Accident Near Lansing.

BY far the most serious auto &C
cident that has ever occurred in this
vicinity befel party of five young
people on their way from Waukon
to Lansing Sunday. They were John
Kelleber and sister Stella, Miss
Blanche Kibby and George Medary
from Waukon, and Phil Martin, a
Lansing young man whom they were
conveying home. George Medary
was driving the car, a livery ma
chine from the Minert garage. The
accident happened about $50 at a
point Az miles west of Lansing,
On a high embankment where
the road is barely wide enough for
two cars to pass, they suddenly met
another auto bound in the opposite
direction. In passing, the Waukon
car was driven too close to the out
er edge of the roadway which was
obscured by weeds. Without a
moments warning the car turned
completely over sidewise and landed
right side up at the foot of the
steep fifteen foot embankment.
The occupants were flung or fell
from the car among a lot of rocks
and were terribly injured and bruis-
ed except the driver, George Medary.
John Kelleher had three ribs broken
and crushed, his sister Stella's left
leg was broken above the knee,
Miss Kibby was severely cut near
the left eye and sorely bruised bod
lily, while Martins face was also cut
and he was bruised from head to
foot All were found stunned and
helpless about the car by George,
who so miracuously escaped injury.
Martin recovered his senses shortly
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
SIX SNAKES on ONE PITCHFoRK
But Farmer is Put to Fight by Bull
snakes Wrigaling Advance.

A half-dozen blacksnakes trans
fixed with a four-pronged pitchforR
left Hosea Long, of Orange town.
ship, near Connersville, Ind, in a
class by himself among local snake
killers for the season.
He sighted the writhing snakes
when turning windows in an alfal
ia field. Spearing the mass, he wa!
put to fight by a bullsnake which
started to climb the pitchfork han
die. He returned with another fork
and killed it and others which, like
it, had been pierced by the prongs.
The largest snake was five feet
three inches long. The combined
length of the six reptiles was TWEEN
ty-three feet.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
WaukOn Ready For Jubilee.

Waukon will have an enthusiast
tic welcome for the strangers with
in her gates on Tuesday, Sept. %,
the date of her jubilee day. For this
occasion the entertainment commit
tee under the leadership of E. B.
Gibbs and George S. Hall, scored
tary of the fair association, have
arranged program, the most COM
plete and stupendous in the annals
of the city.
The reception committee is COM
posed of Mayor Beeman, r. w. Err
wn, president of the Commercial
club; Prof. C. F. Pye, secretary of
the Commercial club; d. H. Bowen,
former state speaker of the house,
John F. Dayton, former Mayor T.
B. Stock, R. J. Alexander, S. w.
Ludeking, o. j. Hager and D. j
Murphy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
Finds Valuable Pin at Circus.

Shenandoah, Ia, Sept. 14.-Ken-
meth Sperry, 6year-old boy, go
ing to the circus with his grand.
father, Grant Sperry, at Atlantic,
Ia, found a $500 diamond brooch
belonging to Mrs. A. C. Armitage of
Shenandoah in front of the main
entrance to the tent. Through an
advertisement the jewel was re-
turned to Mrs. Armitage as she was
through the town by auto
from a two weeks vacation spent at
Lake Okoboji. The boy was given
$25 as a reward.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
Carl Huber Makes Big Haul.

Carl Huber, son of G.. II. Huber
of Calmar, made another big hau
at Superior, Wis, the other day
when he captured a burglar in the
act of burglarizing building, who
was equipped with an automatic pis-
toll fitted with a Maxim silencer
The burglar wanted to give Police
man Carl Huber $500 to let him es-
cape, but there was nothing doing.
Some time ago Carl captured five
"dagoes" but to get them he had
to shoot the whole bunch. Carl
ought to be promoted to the chief
tancy.-Ossian Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
Iowan's Body Is Fouud

Usage, Ia, Sept. 14.-The report
comes from Switzerland that the
body of Paul G. Williams, who was
lost in the Alps last July, has been
found at the foot of a precipice s.
$50 feet high. Mr. Williams was the
son of a former Congregational pas
tor of Orchard, this county. He was
a Rhodes scholarship student at Ok
ford and was spending the summer
IN Switzerland
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
FOR WAR NEWS.

You need the Register and Lead
er. 1t is plain to see that it is the
best paper for war news. 1t is the
only Des Moines newspaper open all
day, all night,-24 hours a day In
the Register and Leader you get the
news the quickest. That's what
counts.
SPECIAL-$1.00 pays for the
Daily Register and Leader by mail
from NOW to Jan. /, 1915. Send
through this paper or direct to Des
Moines, Ia. 37-4.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
TrampIed BY Cow.

Carl, the six year old son of John
Simmons, was quite seriously injur-
ed Friday evening. He was going
after the COWS when one of the cows
knocked him down, tearing his head
and face and trampling one of his
legs. He is getting along all right
and if no complications set in will
soon recover Standard.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
Iowa Horses For British Army.

Shenandoah, Ia, Sept. IA
Twenty cavalry and artillery hor-
ses were shipped from here by Ben
Oviatt and C. w. Gibson to be US
ed in the British army. Two more
loads will be shipped next Satur-
day. The horses are sent from here
to Buffalo, N. Y, where they are
exported to Canada, inspected and
sent across the ocean. Gray and
spotted horses would not be bought
because they are too easily detect
ed by the enemy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
Lame Back-Kidney Trouble
Causes 1t.

And it will give you even worse
if not checked. Mrs. H. T. Straynge,
Gainesville, Ca, was fairly down on
her back with kidney trouble and
inflamed bladder She says: II
took Foley Kidney Pills and now
my back is stronger than in years,
and both kidney and bladder trou-
bles are entirely gone" Engbertson
Pharmacy. Sept.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16
Enjoyed Trip to DEBORAH.

Last Tuesday was Carl Meyer and
wife's 18th wedding anniversary
and they with several families of
relatives and friends autoed to the
Pines near DEBORAH and enjoyed an
outing and picnic supper.-Calmar
Courier.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16

a KNOW THAT APPEARANCES ARE DECEPTIVE" SAID THE SELF
MADE MERCHANT TO HIS SON. LET THE DECEPTION BE IN YOUR
FAVOR RATHER THAN AGAINST YOU BUY GOOD CLOTHES"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16

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zines, all one year, for only S1.75.
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If your subscription to The
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-09-16

and the two revived and aided their
less fortunate companions as best
they could.-Waukon Democrat.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-11
Sad Journey
of President
Continued From Page Onc)

train and the remainder will go to the
hospitals of the city, as Mrs. Wilson'S
last gift to the sick and suffering.
Today Mrs. Wilson's body lay ir
the room in which she died on the
second floor of the executive mansion
until an hour before the services and
then II WAS taken down to the east
room. where flowers from many folk
In all walks of life were banked al
most to the ceiling. A quiet crowd
gathered outside the white house
gates.
Scripture IL Read.
The Rev. ]. H. Taylor. at whose
church the president has attended
opened the services with scriptural
reading. and then the Rev Sylvester
Beach. Of Princeton. began prayers
There was no music. DR.. Beach said
the following prayer:
"This day, o Lord, we bless Thee
for all those who have died In the
Lord and now who rest from their la
bor. having received the end of thei,
faith. even the salvation Of their souls
Especially we call to remembrance
thy loving kindness and tender mer-
cies to this Thy Servant For all Thy
Goodness which withheld not her por-
tion in the joys. OF this earthly life
and for Thy guiding hand along the
way Of her helpfulness. we give Thee
thanks and praise. Especially we
bless Thee for Thy grace that kindled
In her heart the Eve of Thy dear
name, that enabled her to fight, the
good fight. and to obtain the victory
We magnify Thy name for this gift
of this precious life. for Thy image
graciously reflected In her spirit and
character. for her love SO tender. her
loyalty SO unflinching. her tlevct!c::
10 duty, her christian unselfishness,
service for others, her charity, and VIC
bless Thee that her going from us
Is but transition to higher and no.
lier ministries"
Chairs were placed before the cask-
ct for the president and the family:
behind them sat the senators in the
third row the representatives and be.
hind them the white house employees
When the benediction was said all the
company rose while the president and
the other mourners withdrew from
the east room. The services had TAX
en- about half an hour.
The members Of the cabinet all OF
whom were accompanied by their
wives. with the exception of Secre-
tary Houston. left first Mrs. Hous-
ton was Ill and unable to attend
The cabinet officers did not 60 to the
railway station and neither did the
committees Of congress-, who filed out
IN twos and disbanded outside the
white house grounds.