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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11
EAST BARNET.

Rev. w. c. Clark will give an illu-
strated lecture in the chapel next
Sunday evening, Feb. Is. The sub
ject will be I'm His Steps,
Charles Harvey's family are all bet
ter and no more scarlet fever.
Guy Lindsay from Hanover and
Louise Moore from her school were
at home over Sunday.
Mrs. Hugh Mathewson from Vince
lock and Mrs. William Campbell from
Sutton were guests OF Mrs. Fred
Lindsay three or four days last week.
Mrs. Lizzie Kendall is visiting
friends in LittIeton.
E. G. Farnsworth returned home
from Burlington last week much i'm
proved it is hoped. His daughter
Fannie Moore spent one day with
him last week.
Mrs. Blair is failing. She is very
low.
Dorothy Roy received third honor
airy mention at the prize speaking at
Barnet, Friday.
Mrs. E. B. Wild and two children
are visiting FRIENDS at Manchester,
N. H.
Charles Tilton's father from St.
visited him Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Clark preached a fine
Christian Endeavor sermon Sunday
on Decision Day!e
The G. E. S. of Barnet invited the
G. E. S. from here Monday evening
to hear H. Rowe from Maine, speak
on Christian Endeayor work.
Mrs. E. ID. Hatch and Osman Hatch
from st. Johnsbury were visitors at
James Hatch's last week.
Charles and Ora Bailey attended
the spelling and speaking contest at
Peacham, Saturday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11

A bill has been introduced in the
Massachusetts, legislature authoriz-
ing an official measurement of the
railroads in that state. We think no
Legislative act is necessary in this
state. The public service commas
sion can do it. Would it not be a
proper service to the public to have
the tracks measured and see whether
or not they have really stretched as
fast as the mileage charged has.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11
The MEXICAN situation.

In removing the embargo on milit-
airy supplies for Mexico, President
Wilson has practically recognized the
rebels as belligerents and should they
succeed In defeating the Huerta re-
gime he would be in duty torecognize
whatever government they might in
stall. The question naturally arises
whether or not he has strengthened
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11
SCHOOL STATISTICS
CONTINUED from Page u

AIOuA- rags
and $S,752.36 of contract and other
bills PERTAINING to the work on the
Summer Street buildings. There
fore to obtain exact expenditures from
January 81, 1913 to January %,
1914, $4,9S3.07 should be subtracted
and $9,949.49 should be added, to
the total of orders drawn, or a net
addition OF $4,966.42 making the
sum total of all expenditures and
bills contracted during the town fiscal
year $79, 371.2O which was $1,64S.-
03 in excess of available funds.
We had thirty-six teachers last
year. We have thirty-eight this year.
Bible Hill School was opened this
year. We have only one assistant
and substitute teacher whereas We
usually have two or more.
Transportation expenses were very
heavy during the Fall term on ac-
count of the repair work. Since the
completion of the Summer Street
building this has been decreased to
normal.
Fuel is less than usual on this re-
port as all coal is usually purchased
in April. Coal for the south build
ing at Summer Street could not be
purchased this year until the build
ing was completed.
Report of RemodeIing and Enlarging
Summer Street School Building.
At special town meeting held on
March goth, 1913, it was voted that
the School Directors be authorized
to remodel the school buildings on
Summer Street, build an addition to
the south building there situate, and
install a central heating plant for
both buildings. An appropriation of
100000 was made for this pur-
pose. A preliminary plan drawn by
Architect L. S. Newton of Hartford,
Vermont, was presented at this spe-
cial town meeting on which the Super
intendent of the Cummings Construc-
ton Company had submitted an esti-
mate, including construction of new
work, remodeling of both buildings,
heating, ventilating, wiring, and
complete of $26,9O0.0O.
was made for what was
then thought would cover any adj
ditional expense, and the above ap-
was asked for and voted.
1t required over six weeks after, this
to prepare detailed plans
and specifications, get them out to
various contractors and receive bids. |
fnfoe D1dS were received Tor the gene |
raj contract and five bids for heating |
and ventilating. The bids for gene I
raj contract were as follows:
Tyson, Ware & Marshall ST., 776.00 !
Fl. P. Cummings Construc-
ton Co. 56,787.0O |
A. l. Bragg 36,503.0O |
The lowest bid for heating and |
was O,737.0O, for
$2,565.OO, wiring $4,000,
making total of lowest bids for entire
work, $50,25O.00.
New specifications were prepared
md many changes made in the plans
o decrease expense after which new
bids were received. This consumed
our weeks more time so that it was
N June fifth, eleven weeks after the
own meeting that the final bids were
n. The final low bids were as fol-
ows:
I. H. Mendal Co., general
contract $24,2OO.OO
:. H. Goss Co., heating
and ventilating 5,761.00 ;
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11

In rHH DISTRICT coURr or rMR U1urmn-
srATHs. FOR rHR DISTRICT on vKRMoEr.
In the matter of
John Blake, Jr. In Bankruptcy.
To the creditors of John Blake IT.. OF
Lyndon, In the county of Caledonia and
District aforesaid. bankrupt.
Notice IL hereby given that on the sthday
Of January, A. D., 1914, the said John
Blake. Jr., was duly adjudicated bankrupt;
and that the first meeting Of his credftors-
WIN be held atsmy ofhce In st. Johnnbury,
In said District, on the 21st day OF February,
A. D., 1914. at nine O'Clock In the fore
noon, mt which time the said creditors may
attend, prove their claims, appoint truH--
tee, examine the bankrupt. and transact
before said meeting.
@. c. FRYE,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
Dated at st. Johnsbury, VT. this 10Th day
OF February. A. ID. 1914.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11
Notice of Allowance OF Account.
ESTATE OF HENRY 7. KELLEY.

STATE OF VERMONT. District of aledouia "a
The Honorable Probate Court for the dis
trict aforesaid: To all persons interested In.
the estate of Henry ]. Kelley, late OF ST
Johnsbury. In said District, deceased
greeting:
Whereas, said Court has assigned the 27th,
day of February next for examining and AL
lowing the account Of the Executor OF the ca
tate of said deceased and for a decree OF
the residue OF said estate to the lawful claim
ants of the same, and ordered that public
notice thereof be given to all persons inter
ested in said estate by publishing this order
three weeks successfully previous to the day
assigned, In the Caledonian a Newspaper
published at St. Johnsbury In said District.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to ap--
pear at the Probate Office in st. Johnsbury
in said District, on the day assigned, then
and there to contest the allowance of said
account II you see cause. and to establish
your right as heirs, leRatees and lawful
claimant to said residue.
Given under my hand this 9th day o.
A. ID. 1914.
WALTER p. SMITH. Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11

Business seems quite lively in The
village with IL teams drawing pulp
wood and several drawing logs.
Miss Myrtle Underwood of st.
Johnsbury has been visiting at Gil
bert Hastings.
Mrs. Emily Colby has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. b. U. Wells, the
past week.
Miss Corsie Barnett OF Walden Is
visiting Mrs. George Gle.
Martin Rowe Of st. Johnsbury
spent Sunday at George Cooks.
Jack Mcleod and Frances Daniels
spent Sunday at st. Johnsbury.
The 25 cent piece was made
famous by the American Liver
Tablets, the perfect laxative
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11
WHY NOT HAVE A
'REFLEX" GAS LAMP
installed, in your living room?
1t will furnish the most pleasing
artificial light that can be obtained.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
ESTATE OF ELIZABETH A. ABBOTT.

The undersigned. having been appointed
by the Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict of Caledonia, Commissioners to receive
examine, and adjust the claims and demands
of all persons against the esta te of Elizabeth
A. Abbott, late of Ryegate, in said District.
deceased, and all claims exhibited In Offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purpose aforesaid, at the store of
Thornton & Harvey in the town of Barnet
IN said District, on the 18th day of March
and 18th day of July next, from O'Clock
p. m. until O'Clock p m, on each of said
days and that six months from the goth day
of January A. d. 1914, is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to US for examination and al
Iowance.
Dated at Barnet, this 4th day of Febru-
airy, A. ID. 1914.
WALTER b. HARVEY,
CHARLES A. CHOATE
Commissioners.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11

for proving said instrument; and that notice
thereof be Gtven 70 all persons concerned by
publie AtuE this order three weeks successive
" lin the Calcdonian,a Newspaper circulatinlf.
IN that yicinity, in said District, previous to
the time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to APP
pear pcture said Court, at the time and place
Aforesaid, and contest the probate Of said
viii, ~ you have cause.
Given under my hand at Sc. Johnsbury An
said District, this 7th day OF February
WALTER w. SMITH Indrn
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Sanborn visit
ed her uncle and aunt Mr.. and Mrs.
William Lawson at st. Johnsbury,
Sunday.
Mayo Garrand has returned home
after being IN the st. Johnsbury hos
pital the past few weeks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11
La Grippe Leaves Its Victims Pros
fraf@a

Some victims of la grippe never
fully recover the health of the lungs,
and persistent coughing is weaken
ing. The quick action of Foley's
Honey and Tar makes it valuable in
severe la grippe coughs. +. @.
Prevo, Bedford, Ind. writes: La
grippe left me with a severe cough
that FoIey's Honey and Tar cured,
and am back to my normal weight.
G. c. Bingham. adv.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11
fred S. kellogg. expert
engineer
100000


engineer 5000. 90
Total $3T.s21.4I
J. H Mendell Company, extra work:
Work on sewers $1O0.62
Moving coal and wood
from cellar, boiler and
coal room 1880
Pipe laying and trench
ing 32.8O
Extras on old roof and
valleys ISIS
344 yds. concrete floor in
basement at 9Oc 309.60
New window sill in old
dormer 1.s5
Hardwood floor to old
part south building $4,000
Retaining wall and steps
to platform to south en-
trance $4,000
Work on seats Dec. L.
"a $500
Attendance on Salamanca
ers due to heating plant
not being ready for first
freezing weather 1926
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11

cents per woHd FIRST Insertion. Legal
notices 10 cents a line. three inser-
tons Probate notices $500 each for
three insertions. Dissolution. liberia
ton and similar notices $3.50 each for
three insertions. Card OF thanks, rs
cents. Obituary poetry. 10 cents
line.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11
s29.961.OO

SZ9,S0l. u
These figures did not include the
cost of supervision by the architect,
wiring or plumbing. The plumbing
in both buildings was new and in
good condition so that this work re-
quired little extra expense. A bid
of $358.00 was received for wiring.
The Directors we're now confronted
with either contracting at the above
figures or calling another town meet
ing. This was on June fifth. The
work should have been under way at
that time. The calling of another
town meeting would mean a further
delay of two to three weeks, and at
least five months would be required
to complete the work. The vote of
both previous town meetings, it will
be remembered, was overwhelming
in favor of carrying out the proposed
plans. The Directors spent all day
and nearly all night going over final
plans and specifications with archi-
tect, and contractors, heating and
ventilation engineer, and the engineer
from the State Board of Health and
finally voted to go ahead with the
work, leaving it to the voters to say
at a subsequent town meeting wheth-
er they wished the additional eA-
pense of this work to come out of the
general fund or to provide for 1T by |
another appropriation.
Following is a detailed report of
all expenditures incurred in remodel |
ing the Summer Street buildings:
]. H. Mendell Co., general
contract $24,2OO.OO
G. H. Goss Co., heating
and ventilating 5,761.OO
c. HI. Goss Co., later con-
tract galvanized iron
ventilating stacks 10000
H. J. Goodrich, plumbing 742.61
st. j. Electric Co. wiring $500
st. J. Electric Co., extra
work, electrical fixtures,
lamps, fire alarm bells 314.14
Dry Goods Co.,
adjustable window shades
fixtures, and labor 1880
7. H. Mendell Co., extra
work itemized below 2,018.57
:. H. Goss Co., extra radia-
tors north building 1854
P. r. Russell, grading 424.25
$34,921.41
Supervision by Architect
L. S. Newton including
supervision of heating
and ventilating by AL
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-02-11

Cool printing requires time. An
early order will aid good work.
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TERMS OF THE cALEDoNIAN

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This paper Is entitled to a place on
the Printers Ink Roll Of Honor.
THE CALIFORNIAN co.
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One year TO any address. $3.50
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BostOn-Eagle News Co. 597 Wash
ington and 76 Summer Streets.
observation-disclosures & Blodgett
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE CALIFORNIAN COMPANY,
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WEDNESDAY. FER. II. 1sI4
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-10-01
UNDISTURBED BY THE CLAMoR
Sudden and Deafenlng Noise Had No
Effect on Occupant Of New
York Park.

He was lost in dreamy contempla'
ton OF the busy thoroughfare with its
hurrying throng. unmlndful of the
CRIME and stains that marked and
marred his old-fashioned garments,
when suddenly there resounded upon
the air an ear-splittlng roar, terrific
elangor, a stided shrek from some
frightened women, a babel of voices
and a rush OF scurrying feet.
He stood transnxed. rooted 10 the
spot. without power to move a muscle,
an expression OF unconscious agony
upon his noble face. Breathlessly lac
waited, unmindful of the curious
glanees bestowed upon him, and the
little newsboys erouehing at his feet
his gaze fixed rigidly upon the spo
from whence had arisen that cry o.
terror. The crowd parted, heav,
truck moved lumberingly aside and
broadway surface car went on its way
Still he did not move. nor did tn
stern expression upon his bronze'
features relax.
For he alone OF all that crowd ha'
nerves sufficiently hardened to with
stand the terrifying clamor and col
fusion. He was the statue of NAtha
Hale.-New York World.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-10-01
Points on
Advertising
By HERBERT KAUFMAN
tCopyrightl
Cato's FoIlow-Up System.

II a man lambasted you on the eve
and walked away and waited a week
before be repeated the performance,
ne wouldn't hurt you very badly. Be
tween attacks you would have an op-
portunity to recover from the effect of
the first blow.
But II he smashed you and kept
mauiing, each impact of his fist would
md you less able to stand the ham,
mering, and half-dozen jabs would
probably knock you down.
Now advertising is, after all, a mat
ter Of hitting the eye Of the public.
II you allow too great an interval to
elapse between insertions OF COPY the
enect Of the first advertisement will
nave worn away by the time you hit
again. You may continue your scat
tered talks over a stretch OF years, but
you will not derive the same benefit
that would result from a greater con-
centration. In other words, by appear
Ing In print every day you are able to
get the benefit of the impression Gre
ated the day before, and as each piece
OF copy makes its appearance, the re-
suit OF your publicity on the readers
mind is more pronounced-you mustn't
stop short Of a knoekdown impression.
Persistence is the foundation of ad-
vertising success. Regularity Of inser~
ton is Just as Important as clever
phrasing. The man who hanas on IL
the man who wins out. Cato the
Elder is an example to every merchant
who uses the newspapers and should
be an inspiration to every storekeeper
who does not. For twenty years he
arose daily in the Roman senate and
cried out for the destruction of Car
image. In the beginning he found his
conferees very unresponsive. But he
kept on every day. month after month
and year after year. sinking into the
minds OF all the necessity OF destroy
Ing Carthage, until he set all the sen
ate thinking upon the subject, and In
the end Rome sent an army across the
Mediterranean and ended the reign Of
the Hannibals and Hamilcars ovel
northern Africa. The persistent utter
anees OF a single man did II.
The history of every mercantile sue
cess LIS parallel. The advertiser who
does not let a day slip by without
having his say is bound to be heard
and have his influences felt Every in
sertion OF copy brings stronger re
turns, because it has the benefit o.
what has been said before, until th'
public's attention is struck Like al
eye that has been so repeatedly strucl
that the least touch of suggestion VII
feel like blow.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-10-01
A Different Meaning.

One of the principal owners Of a
promising gold mine was expatiating
on its merits to capitalist and pros
pective investor. He described the
vein in which the miners were work
ing, showed his specimens of the
ore, and backed UP his statements
with the written opinions of experts
WELL" admitted the capitalist, 1T
looks as If it might be a good In
vestment. AS my old Uncle Hiram
would say, 1t has its 'p'ints.'"
"Pints!" exclaimed the owner, car
ried away perhaps by his overanx-
iety; why sir, we're in quartz right
nowfD
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-10-01

struck by lightning and biinded:
struck again and cured Of his blind
pess-this has been the extraordinary
experience Of 3 young casileford dire
land miner named Isaac BArnsa
Barnes was nrst struck when . storm
was at its height lie received a 90
we're shock. and. when be recovered
CONSEQUENCES be was totally blind
The storm vas renewed IN CastisfOrd
on the following evening. e1sSuy
twenty -four hours later. At seven there
Was q vivie fash. and Barnes. who ~as
lying in bed vas thrown TO the floor
A moment later. TO the amaEeDent Of
the others ia the room. be exclaimed.
Thank God. can sesi- Re IL Etfll
suffering from nervous shock. but Il is
stated that he - progressing fATorAbly
and that his sight 10 normal
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-10-01
The Neighborhood.

Circulation is q commodity which
mon sense used in selecting potatoes,
cloth and real estate. u can be meas-
ured and weiahed-it Is merchandise
with a probable value. II varies tdst
as much as the grocer's green stun.
the tailors fabrics and the lots Of the
real estate man.
Your cook refuses 70 accept green
and rotten tomatoes at the price OF
perfect ones. She does not calculate
the number OF vegetables that are de-
livered to her. but those that she can
use. When your wife selects q piece
OF cloth she first makes sure that II
will serve the purpose she has In view,
When you buy n piece of property you
consider the nelehborhood as well as
the ground. Just so when you buy
advertising you must find out how
much of the circulation you can use.
You must judge the nelehborhoods
where your copy win be read. with
the same thoughtfulness that you de-
voted to selecting the spot where your
goods are sold.
A dealer In precious stones would be
foolish to open up In n tenement dis
trict. and equally short-sighted 20 tell
about his jewelry IN a newspaper
largely distributed there. Out OF q
thousand men and women who might
see what he had TO say not ten OF
them could afford to buy HE goods.
These thousand readers would be mass
without muscle. He could make them
willing TO do business with him, but
their Incomes wouldn't let them be
come customers.
One OF the greatest mistakes In pub
licity is to drop your lines where the
fish can't take your bait.
Circulation Is. as you see, q very in
teresting subject. but very few people
know anything about II. II would sur
prise you TO know that this Ignorance
often extends to the business ofices Of
newspapers. I have known publish
ers TO continually mistake the class o.
their readers and have met hundredI
OF them who had the most fantastic
ideas upon the figures OF their circu
lation.
While I would not be so harsh as Il
accuse them of anything more thai
being mistaken, none the less thei
tendency 10 infect others with thi
transformation renders II extremel!
advisable for you to become q membe
OF the Missouri society-and ID,
| ahoMn."
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-10-01
The Cellar Hole and the Sewer
Hole.

A coal cart stopped before an Office
building in Washington and the driver
dismounted, removed the cover from
a manhole, ran out his chute. and pro-
ceeded TO empty the load. An old
negro strolled over and stood watch.
ing him. Suddenly the black man
glanced down and Immediately burst
into a At OF uncomfortable laughter.
which continued for several minues.
The cart driver looked at him in
amusement. Say. Uncle" he asked.
do you always laugh when you see
coal going into a CELLAR" The negro
sputtered around for a few moments
and then. holding his hands to his
aching sides. managed TO say, mo
sab, but I Jest busts when sees Il
ooin' down a sewer
The advertiser who displays lack OF
Judgment in selecting the newspapers
which carry his copy often confuses
the sewer and the cellar.
All the money that is put into news
papers isn't taken out again. by any
means. The fact that all papers possess
a certain physical likeness doesn't
necessarily signify a similarity In
character, and it's character In a
newspaper that brings returns. The
editor who conducts a journalistic
sewer finds a different class OF readers
than the publisher who respects him
self enough TO respect his readers.
What goes into a newspaper largely
determines the class OF homes into
which the newspaper goes An IRE
sponsible. scandal-mongering. muck
rakiug sheet is certainly not supported
nv the buying classes OF people. IL
may be perused by thousands OF read
ers. but such readers are seldom pur'
chasers of advertised goods.
It's the cleancut. steady. normal
minded citizens who form the bone
and sinew and muscle OF the com
munity. It's the sane. self-respecting.
aependabIe newspaper that enters
their homes and it's the home sale
that indicates the strength OF an ad'
Verueluk AcNAe
No clean-minded father Of family
wishes TO have his wife and children
brought in contact with the most
maudlin and banAl phases Of life He
defends them from the sensational edt
tor and the unpleasant advertiser. He
subscribes to . newspaper which Ne
does not fear 20 leave about ths
house.
Therefore. the respectable nswspa
per can always be counted upon &c
produce more sales than one which
may even own . larger sirevistien but
whose distribution to among unproatA
bic citizens.
You can no more expect 10 sci
roods 70 people Who haven't money