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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
THE TWO NEIeHBoRS.
One Of Them Gives His Version Of the
Condition Of Affairs.

One of Them Gives His Version OF tn
Condition Of Affairs.
My neighbor owns a dog that begins
barking at 1920 o'clock at nigi1. ny
retiring hour. and continues until re
lieved by the rooster at 4:30 I'm the
morning. And every morning my
neighbOr greets me with the words
"Ain't these fine nights for sleeping? p
My neighbOr harbors the aforesaid
bird of dawning. This fowl Ia one Of
flock of twenty-seven feathered bi
peds of both sexes. There were TWEEN
ty-nine in the flock originally, but
privately murdered and ate two o
them. These chickens scratch I'm my
garden from March l to Nov. 30, max,
a board walk of my veranda every dag
ii doesn't snow, roost on my grape ar
Dor and make themselves at home gem
orally. Neighbor says, There's nothin
like better n workin' with chickens
don't your"
My neighbor had five offspring
four boys and one in dresses yet
These amuse themselves by climbing
my fruit trees, breaking my fence
stoning my aunt's white cat. pIayinl
Olympic games on my lawn, etc
Neighbor says: Don't you jest cant
keep from lovin' toddlers like then
there? What'd the world be without
childrenP'
My neighbor owns a monograph.
1896 model. IL has six records-"Washl
ington Post" "Shall We Gather at th@
RiverT' annie Rooney" Listen "A
the Mocking Bird"-that's four. and
you wouldn't believe the other two
He plays the machine only on DO
nights. when the windows are open
My neighbor says: "Ain't it a wonder
full invention? It's sure the marvel oA
the age. / never get tired listeninA
to it, do your
My neighbor has borrowed in thu
last six months my jackplane, my boot
jack, my box Of liver pills, my razor
my Bible, my ice cream freezer. ST
bars of soap and other articles. He ha
never returned any Of them. Neighbo
says, Il believe In being neighborly
don't your
Now I'm in a quandary, and this
what I'm quandering about: / don
want to be a crouch, but I'm at tn
limit of endurance. am about
have revenge on my neighbor-I'm 20
ing to sell out and move away. Do 20
think would be acting unchristianl
in SO doing? Give me a word Of ad
vice.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
What Kisses Sound Like to an Actor.

What Kisses Sound Like to an Actor.
In the American Magazine David
Warfeld, giving his stage experiences,
tells how terrible it is from the actors
point of view to be Kissed:
Il next appeared at the Wigwam.
telling stories and giving limitations.
| came a terrible crOpper. something
fearful. was second in the bill.
which is the worst place but one. |
shall never forget the anxiety | felt
on that occasion as stood in the
wings waiting for my turn TO go on.
At last l appeared before the foot
lights The audience was drifting in.
shutting in in d desultory way. / could
not get its attention. 1t was awful
awful. The few friends | had there
applauded me. but the others Kissed
1t sounded as if 10000 steam pipes
had burst A hiss to a sensitive man
and all actors are sensitive since all
are vain-is like the strike Of a rat
tlesnake. 1t is so venOmOus. so cruel.
so unnecessary. 1t is as if you had
done the people out in front an injury
with malice prepense instead of having
sincerely tried to please them You
don't even dare to face your OWL
mother: you're so dreadfully guilty."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Bradstreets Vermont Report

Bradstreets Burlington, VT, of
flee reports that the holiday trade
for the year has been better than
was expected, the fact that there was
snow for sleighing did much to aug
ment trade Pre-holiday trading
was of fair volume but the greater
part of purchases were made dur
ling the week. Cold weather has
started a demand for furs and larg
er volume of business was done in this
line than for the corresponding pc
riod of last year. Up to Christmas
week it was expected that the vol
ume of trade for the month of De-
cember would be below normal to
large extent. The business of the
past week has done much to swell
the totals and with the remaining
shopping days of the month together
with what has already been accom-
plished it is expected the showing for
the year will compare reasonably
with business done in former years
while with certain merchants, a sub
stantial gain will be shown. There
are places in the state where this
will not be true but as a whole the
retail merchant feels relieved. Whole
sale confectioners report large sales;
foodstuffs have moved reasonably
we'll; the demand for paper and gen
eral Office supplies, it is expected will
show a slight decrease in volume.
Small hardware and building mate
rials have moved fairly well and
there are some who report an in
crease in the volume of business done
for the year. Clothing and dry
goods merchants report a successful
year. The holiday trade this year
was conferred largely through useful
articles and the merchant foresee-
ing this in a measure, made ready
for a demand, thereby restricting his
purchases for small wares and fancy
articles. Taking store by store
there seemed to be just as many
shoppers as usual and a larger num-
Der of smaller articles purchased.
JeweIry trade was not up to normal
by about ten per cent. Boots and
shoes moved well. Both mail and
express companies had large
amount of both incoming and out
going packages to handle. If any
thing, their business was larger than
that of year ago. While the mer-
chant is enthusiastic as to showing
made, conservatism appears to rule.
Complaints of slow payments are
numerous, this is general not only
with those having dealings with par
ties of moderate means, but spreads
out among the public in general.
Some manufacturing plants that
closed for the Christmas holidays will
not resume operations until after
New Years. Advantage will be TAX
en- of this closing to take inventory.
Those plants that are at work on
export orders and there are several
in the state, are bending every en-
ergy to fill orders on time. Includ-
ed in the failure for the week was
one voluntary bankruptcy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Good Work BY Miss Bingham

The December number of Photo
Era, the American Journal of pho
Biography, is of local interest in that
the cover design is by Miss Katherine
Bingham. 1t represents the mother
and the babe and is taken in a real
barn with the light coming through
a low window at the left. The ed
itor of the magazine says of it:
1.-The picture has been conceived with
gentleness and simplicity, and with
a pure and lofty purpose, that are
evidenced in every line of this beau
tiful composition. The principal
model was chosen with rare judg-
ment, and she lends herself with
sweetness and sympathy to the plan
of the artist. The setting-in a real
barn, admirably adapted to the pur-
pose-the illumination, the spiritual
ensemble, all betoken a mastery
comprehension of an unusually diff
ficult subject" Miss Bingham also
contributes an article on Might
Photography" to this number and
conducts the Round Robin Guild, an
association of beginners in pho
Biography.
We're looking for your printing now.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
MONTENEGRO AN ODD LAND.
Scratch a Native There and You WHIP
Find superintendent"


Montenegro is one of the oldest
countries in the world. There the
women are the producers. clothes make
the man. the king is greater than the
ministry, the chamber or the conStitu-
ton, and a man may be imprisoned
for eating hedgehog. A man who is
struck may kill the striker provided
it be done at once. If be delays he is
punished as a murderer.
A MOntenegrin'S habit is as costly
as his purse can buy, and there the ap-
parel proclaims the man. The baggy
blue trousers are the same for the king
or the peasant. as is the bright sash
which holds the invariable revolver
But from the red jacket and the red
ingOte one cOnnOtes whether the wear
er be a man of substance and conSe-
quence or not Among the women
there are slighter distinctions.
The women engage in the produc-
tive pursuits. and yet the man has
capacity and when taken from his
bellicose environment of his mountain
home becomes one of the best of work
ers. His 500 years of freedom have
given the MOntenegrin a fine sense of
order, and it is current saying along
the Dalmatian coast that when Mon
tenegrin applying for job is asked
what he can do he invariably answers.
'Superintend."
Respect for age is enjOined by law.
and in the articles regulating public
cOnveyances it is provided that the
traveller may have the seat indicated
by his ticket. but it is added. The
Difference due by youth to age requires
that the former yield the better place
to their Seniors Another article de-
clares the equality of all before the
law and lays down the democratic
principle of the universal ownership of
land and the equal right of all to hold
Office
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Got on Dangerous Ground.

Telling of his experience in JOlO. in
the Philippines. writer in the New
York Times says: when | was first
picking up some of their language
there ran toward me one day hand
somely dressed little boy. his mother
following at a distance. picked the
boy up and asked his mother how
much he was worth. | thought it an
utterly harmless way of attempting a
civiLty. But the scream the mother
let out, followed by a quick rushing
of men with knives from all the huts
rounda bout. soon convinced me ! had
offended seriously. A priest Of their
faith. who had been giving me Ian
guage lessons. was luckily among the
first to arrive. | explained to him
had meant nothing wrong. He in turn
explained to me that bartering in chill
dren was very much of a reality
among them and. more than that
that it was not the custom for any
man ever to address remark to their
women at all | had dOubly offended.
as the child was a datto's son, and
only the children of the low and en-
shaved were for sale"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Eoraot His Troubles.

AS a rule. in later years we remem-
Der our pleasant experiences more cas-
lily than our troubles. l once visited
a village where l found the oldest in
habitant. frail old man. who regaled
me for an hour with quaint and com
ical "reminiscences of his youth. With
each fresh anecdote his reedy laugh
broke out. 1t appeared as though his
life had been one long comedy. Did
you never have any troubles?" asked.
'WhOy. yes. to be sure" said the pa
triarch. ''but Owe forgotten all they,
'cept there was anything funny about
'im."-LondOn Standard.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Wedding at Cabot

There was a quiet wedding at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Nc
Lean at Cabot, Dec. %, when their
son, Dan S. Mclean. was married to
Miss Corsey Barnet of Walden by
the Rev. Mr.. Currier; only the near
relatives being present. Those from
out of town were his brother, John
R. Mclean of st. Johnsbury, his sis
ters, Mrs. Dan Patterson of Port
land, Me-, Mrs James Mckenzie of
North Derby, and a niece, Mrs. Louis
Derusha and little son of Derby. Mr..
and Mrs. Mclean will reside at his
home
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

Bobbie = / heard you got a letter
from your brother? Joey-Indeed
did. BObbie-Was there anything i'm
portant in the letter? Joey-Weli.
didn't open it. for on the outside Of
the envelope was printed. please re-
turn in five days" so sent it back to
him.-New York Globe.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
When Children Were Marketed.

In selling their children the Japan
ese in the famine stricken districts
are following a custom that has not
always been unknown in England. In
the year 1917 King Canute found it
necessary to issue an edict forbidding
English parents to sell their children
to the Irish as slaves, in accordance
with their pleasing habit
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Seasickness.

An italian physician. who claims to
know. says that people who are sub
ject to seasickness should use atropine.
The injection of one milligram of afro
pinum sulfuricum will keep seasick
subjects well and free from the I'M
pleasant symptoms"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

Teachers Meet In Rutland Next.
The executive committee of the
State Teachers Association met at
Montpelier yesterday morning and
decided to hold their next annual
meeting at Rutland, Oct. IA, 15 and
If 1919
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Heard ObscureIy.

what does Harold call his motor.
boat?' asked Maude.
81 can't say exactly replied May
mie But I'm sure what he called it
when be was trying to start the engine
wasn't the name painted on the bow"
washington Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Mumps May Be Serious.


Mr.. Meekly-Our neighbours son is
always thrashing my boy. What shall
I do about it? Lawyer-Teach him
how to fight Ten dollars. please
Boston Transcript.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
"North Church At Home Day"

Friday will be North Church At
Home Day" All friends are cor
daily invited to ''drop in" for the
exchange of New Year greetings,
from 8 to 5 and from to 8.
At and o'clock there will be
attractive programs. All should be
present to sign the guest. book"
have a cup of tea or coffee, and to
enjoy the social fellowship.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

The more ] study the world the more
I am convinced of the inability of force
TO create anything durable.-NapoleOn
Bonaparte
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Ancient EYEGLASSES.

: Indeed. the ancients did have eye
glasses said the schoolgirl. my his
tory says. The Romans were extreme
ly fond Of spectacles.' New York
Post
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
RaciprocitY.

Loving Bride-Will you promise me
that shall reign in our home? Doting
BridegroOm-Yes, if you viii promise
me that you will not storm--BaItimore
American.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
Wedded Eyebrows.

In Turkey meeting eyebrows are
greatly admired. and the women use
artificial means to bring the brOws to
this condition, and if art cannot induce
thin eyebrows to grow they make up
by drawing a black line with paste.
1t would appear that the Greeks ad-
mired brows which almost met, and
the fashionable inhabitants of Rome
not only approved of them, but resort
ed to pigments to make up the lack
which sometimes existed
Some proverbs state that the person
whose eyebrows meet will always have
good luck, while others state exactly
the reverse. The Chinese say that
people whose eyebrows meet can new
er hope to attain to the dignity of a
minister of state" and In Greece of
today the man whose brOws meet is
said to be a vampire, while in Den
mark and Germany it is said he is
decentralization Spectator
Mumps May Be Serious.
That humps is a disease far too
serious to be laughed at or joked about
Is proved by the fact that it causes an
average OF 100 deaths a year in Eng
land 1t is more serious in adults
than in children, as it often affects
other glands than those that produce
the saliva.-New York World
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30

Kind words are the music Of the
vorld.-Faher
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-30
CURIOUS FIGURING.
It's a Way the Russian Peasant
Has, and It's an Enigma.
A UNIQUE WAY TO MULTIPLY.

It Is Simplicity Itself and Absolutely
Accurate, but the Why and Where
fore of the Method and Its Results
Are a Puzzle to Mathematicians.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-26
ANENT STATES ATTORNEY
THOMPSON.

From the attention given by friends
OF the republican candidate for sheriG
to States Attorney Floyd z. Thompson
these days one would imagine either
that Thompson is driving his argu.
nents home. or that he is running for
Office himself. OF that there is a pain
full desire o. the part of the said
friends of Richmond to divert atten-
ton from Richmond.
The administration OF the Office OF
states attorney is being subjected to
bitter and groundless attack. notwith-
standing that despite the harassing
and hampering Chairman Richmond
has given him from the start. he has
conducted his once in a manner that
has won the admiration OF the people
OF the county. regardless OF politics,
which l. IN Itself pretty good argu-
ment why more democrats should fill
the Offices at the court house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-26

Co, paving this concern 35 per cent
more than he could obtain the same
work for by government manufacture
he Is an extreme economist when II
comes TO using the stop watch on
workingman to prevent him from turn
ing his head or blowing his nose while
at work.
Although General Crozier's own tes-
timony before the appropriations
committee was that the arsenal work
men are turning out work 35 per cent
below the prices of the private manu-
facturers. and are saving the govern
ment hundreds OF thousands of dollars
annually, General Crozier is determin-
ed to make them work still faster.
What The Taylor System Is.
The Taylor system is an excellent
system for all except those who are
required by the necessity of making a
living to work under il
The basic feature of the Taylor sys-
tenn is to set a pace so fast that only
one workingman out OF five can keep
ND. This can be shown by Mr.. Tay-
lor's own book of instruction TO en-
ployers. in which he tells how Re IN
troduced his system.
The tasks were all made so severe
Explains Mr. Taylor, in paragraph
1875
that not more than one out of. five
laborers (perhaps even smaller per
centage than this) could keep up.
System Condemned by Committee of
Congress.
The Taylor system was investigated
by a special committee OF the preced-
ing democratic house of representa-
tives. and that committee was unani-
nous in its condemnation of the sys-
tenn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-26
SHOWING THE WAY.

The sort of enterprise which the
1900 and 1900 blocks are showing is
The kind which makes cities grow and
prosper II this disposition TO Co
operate for the common good had been
as strongly in evidence always as IL
is now Rock Island would have been
q larger city than Davenport is and
Moline would have been merely a sub
division. II is not too late, however.
TO begin the march for prestige in the
tri-city field.
We are at the beginning OF an era
Of opportunity for the middle west. On
the main water and rail routes. with
cheap fuel and abundant water power.
with the Panama cana! just completed
and the United States destined to be
from now on the greatest Industrial,
commercial and financial center of
the world. the outlook for Rock Island
and the tri-cities was never 80 bright
ss now. The merchants Of the 1000
and 1900 blocks have set a timely ex-
ample 10 the whole city. the good ef-
feet OF which cannot be lost
The people Of the city In general
owe II TO the TWO organizations 70 turn
rut this week and show their appreci-
ation OF The enterprise the merchants
rave displayed. The launching OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-26
TAVENNER'S FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE
AS SHOWN BY THE OFFICIAL RECORDS

I There Is no economic necessity to re-
quire workmen to speed up to the
highest point even without injury OF
/ their health and strength.
States the report in brief
To place workmen in this position Is
to place them in the position of beast
of burden.
BY the stop watch you may be able
/ to determine the time in which piece
of work can be done, but you do not
thereby alone determine the length or
/ time in which II ought to be done. the
time study of the operations of any
machine can be made with a reason
able degree of accuracy. because all OF
the elements can be taken into consid-
Grafton in making the computation. A
machine Is an inanimate thing-it has
no life. no brain. no sentiment, and no
place in the social order. With a work
| man it is different. He is living, NOV
ing. sentient, social being; he is en-
titled to all the rights, privileges, OPP
portunities, and respectful considera-
ton given to other men. He would be
less than a man If he did not resent
the Introduction of any system which
deals with him in the same way as
beast of burden or an inanimate ma
chine.
Two OF the three members who sign
ed this report are now members or
President Wilson's cabinet They are
William B. Wilson. secretary of labor,
and William c. Redfeld, secretary of
commerce.
General Crozier declares he is deter
mined to extend scientific management
in the arsenals regardless of this re-
port.
General Crozier's persistent and sys-
tematic efforts to install the Taylor
system in the arsenals is almost as
valuable to the ammunition ring and
other manufacturers as is his policy OF
giving ammunition contracts to outside
manufacturers. The great manufac-
turers want the Taylor system installed
in the government arsenals, so that
when their employees protest against
the installation of the system they
will be in the strategic position of be-
inc able to reply that the system must
be humane or the United States gov
eminent would not have placed its OF |
fetal Endorsement upon ii by install |
ing it in the government arsenals.
Opposed to Use Of Stop Watch on
Workmen.
From the very first day l arrived in
following my election
have fought the installation CT the Tay-
lor system in the Rock Island arsenal,
just as I promised the workmen l
would do if elected to congress.
The committee on labor has just
made it's report on the anti-stop watch
bill recommending its passage, which
assures favorable action ON
the measure by congress. The bill
follows:
A bill to regulate the method of d.
recting the work of government en-
ployes.
CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-26
TOO MUCH MEDICINE.

Officials of the public health ser
vice. according to a dispatch from
Washington, say that the American
people are spending too much money
for drugs and medicines.
The estimate is made that $500, 0o0.-
600 is expended annually in this way
and the public health service believes
the amount Is OF OF all proportion TO
the real needs and requirements of
the American population, the Louis
Vile 1Courier-Journal declares. The
greater part OF the medicine consum-
ed is taken haphazardly and not I'M
der the supervision of physicians.
Most physicians OF the present day
do not prescribe in such quantities as
their predecessors prescribed them.
There are persons who do not drug
themselves but they constitute only a
small part OF the population. Almost
every home has its array of simple
remedies" some of which are not rem
edies at all and others which, per
haps would accomplish more good II
relegated TO the junk pile. The aver
age individual who chances to have a
tired feeling is strongly imbued with
the belief that he needs medicine
About as often as otherwise he feels
competent TO prescribe for himself
and goes TO a drug store and pur-
chases the preparation that he thinks
is best adapted to his symptoms.
More than likely he needs exercise or
something else more than he needs
medicine, but the people OF this coun-
try are strongly addicted to the medi-
cine habit
Physicians are laying great stress
nowadays on preventive measures.
There are a few specific in medicine
and an ounce of prevention continues
to be worth a pound OF cure. There
are certain classes Of drugs and con-
tinued use of which brings about con-
ditions vastly more serious than the
ailments they are intended TO allevi-
ate. There are many so-called RENE
dies that are utterly worthless. There
are others that are worse than worth
less because of the fact that their
use involves a hazard. Five hundred
millions a year is too much money
for the American people to spend for
medicine. Necessarily much OF the
stun that Is bought is not helpful,
while much is positively harmful.