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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-08-18
LyndOnViIIe
Town Decides to Have a Chautauqua
Next Year-Many Guests for
the Week.

NAAC NCCAs
The past week in Lyndonville has
been a busy one, Chautauqua week,
during which the Redpath Chau-
tauqua has given a series of high
grade entertainments three times a
day, which have been largely attend
ed and greatly enjoyed. This Red
path Chautauqua includes 13 cir
cults, and the one we have had be-
longs to the New York circuit, which
has eight tents, eight crews and
shows in six places simultaneously, as
Saranac Lake, N. Y, Plattsburg, N.
Y, Montpelier, Woodsville, N. H,
Hardwick and Lyndonville. The tai
ent spend one day in each town and
then move on to the next, going
from here to Newport, then to Ber-
lin, N. H., and so on. The local COM
mittee had charge of the advance
sale of tickets, $500 being the
necessary guarantee, and the last few
days were occupied in a lively can
vass, many of the automobile own
ers kindly loaning their cars to carry
the ticket sellers on their way
through the country about. At the
close of the canvass each of the SO
guarantors took three season tickets
at 81 each, many of which they
nave Deen dDle 10 dispose Oh peISOu-
ally. p. w. Ivey was the superintend-
emit of this Chautauqua with a crew
of four college boys with Miss Nit
chell as advance agent, and Miss
Elizabeth Campbell at the head Of the
children's department The opening
session was held on Wednesday af-
ternoon with Introductory speeches
by j. T. Gleason. DR.. H. M. Smith
and Mr. Edward Amherst Off, Fol-
lowing was an excellent vocal and in
strumental concert by the Weather
wax brothers quartet, an English or
ganization. Two of the members
gave readings also. Wednesday eve
ming the same talent appeared in a
different program, followed by lee
ture by DR.. OFT on Community
Building" On Thursday afternoon
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an instrumental quartet of young
ladies, known as the Aida quartet,
pleased a large audience. They were
accompanied by the baritone singer,
c. Fal Flancon, a nephew of the
famous operate basso. Following the
concert was a lecture by Prof. Marsh
man of the University of Michigan,
the first of a series of humanistic
talks of which this dealt with the in
different man under the title, What's
the User" The same musical talent
appeared in the evening, and the lee
turer was Ex-Sen. Frank Cannon
of Utah, who gave talk of tremen-
dous and immediate interest on 1.-THE
Mormon Kingdom of Today" On
Friday morning Prof. Marshman con-
tinued his series of lectures with
Idols or Ideals before a fair audi
ence. The afternoon session brought
out a big crowd to hear, first, Helen
and Robert Barnard, who performed
respectively on the cornet and
xylophone. There followed a spirit
ed debate on the subject of "Wo-
man Suffrage" the Affirmative being
taken by Miss Helen Todd of Cal
ifornia and the negative by Miss Lucy
Price Of Ohio. Both these ladies are
have come east especially to work in
New York and Massachusetts, where
this question is to be voted on in
November. The audience was great
ly interested, and the debate will
certainly awaken the minds of many
who have thought little on the sub
ject as yet. The evening program was
also of great interest, as, after a
musical prelude by the Barnards, the
Ben Greet players gave Much Ado
About Nothing in a most delightful
manner. Saturday morning the sub
ject of Prof. Marshman's lecture was
THE Great End" The afternoon
program was a musical one, inc1ud-
ing very good program by Quin-
tano's Italian Band. This is one of
the best bands that has ever been
heard here, and compares favorably
with the noted bands of the whole
country. They gave splendid pro-
gram, both afternoon and evening.
The soloist on both occasions was
Harp Barnhardt an excellent bari
tone. He also led the audience in
singing some familiar songs. A union
service was held on Sunday morning
in the tent, the pastors and attend
ants of all the churches in town be-
gregation, much larger than usually
found in all the churches on Sunday
A simple and impressive
service was carried out with prayer,
readings-all the pastors
taking part-and muisc. The last in
cluded several fine selections by the
band, several hymns by the audi
ence, led by choir singers, and a
baritone solo by H. G. Wilson. Prof.
Marshman gave an excellent rendi-
ton of Henry Van Dykes Lost
Word He also spoke at the Tea
Shoppe in the afternoon and con-
tinued his series of lectures Monday
Mondays program COM
prised music by the McGrath broth
ers, banjoists, and Gladys Cooper, pi-
anist, and the speaker was Judge !
Ben Lindsay, on "The Misfortunes
of Mickey" Miss Katherine Ridge
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EAST HARDwICK.
IFrada Hassam. correep,

(Freda Hassam, correspondent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Talbert and
children from Barre were at III. C..
Stevens Sunday.
Mrs. Albie Atkinson from Sche-
nectady, N. Y, Miss Charlotte Hop
kins of Ludlow and Mrs. Farnsworth
from Montgomery are visiting their
sister, Mrs. w. s. Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Hovey and chill
dren, Otis and Ellen, of New York
city are visiting at y. Hovey's
Clinton Stevens from Rochester f.
visiting at II. c. Stevens
Miss Ruby White OF Boston ds at
Fred Eldredge's.
Mrs. A. M. Stafford and son of
Barre visited at J. G. Stafford's last
week.
Eugene and Israel Domey have re-
turned from Enosburg Falls.
Mrs. Belle Kinney and son, Chap
man, from Plainfeld, n. J., are at
Carroll Montgomery's
Mrs. Jennie Aldrich and daughter
OF st. Johnsbury are at Freeman
Waterman's.
Howard Wheeler is at Fred nj
dredge's.
Mrs. R. E. Battles visited in Hard
wick last week.
Misses Vivian and Beatrice Cargill
have gone to Manchester, N. H.,
where they will visit at E. Cargill's.
Glen Kfttredge is in Boston.
Mrs. e. Philips and children from
Massachusetts are at Harry Jud-
kins.
Miss Hazel Bohonan from Wash
ington is visiting Fleda Hassam.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dashney OF
East Burke visited at DR.. r. J. Har-
Vey's Thursday.
Mrs Sidney Aldrich and children
from North Danville visited Mrs.
Arlie Croker last week.
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Oh. A. Blake, Correspondent

til. a.. Blake, Correspondent
Mrs. Lucia WEIGH and Miss Orphs
Farmer from Lyndon Center visited
Mrs. Welch's cousin, Miss Henrietta
Easterbrook, the past week for a few
days.
c. A. Aldrich and wife and others
were at st. Johnsbury Saturday TO
attend the circus there that day.
The postoface was moved from +.
A. Holmes store to the store in the
Grange building occupied by r. w.
Craig the past week, H. ID. Chapman
having received the appointment OF
postmaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burnham Gordon
his father, l.. w. Gordon, over Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mrs. Silas Doll met with an acct
dent Saturday, falling down the
chamber stairs, hurting herself bad
ly.
Rev. c. r. Upton held service at
the North Ridge Sunday afternoon
with good attendance.
Edwin Curtis and wife are visitors
at Ocean Park for their annual out
ing.
Arthur Rivers and family and Mrs.
David Thomas from Lunenburg Wis
tied at o. w. Ingalls, recently. Mrs.
Thomas was formerly Mrs. G. H.
Nichols, who lived on the North Ridge
some years ago, also Arthur Rivers
and family resided there some years
ago.
The weather is such that it. almost
impossible to get hay. There is a
large amount to be cut yet in this
section when the weather is so that
it can be dried.
Alvah L. Tilton, who sold out here
last spring and went to Keene, N.
H., where he purchased a large farm
has been in town the past week on
business and is to remain for a while.
The special meeting at the Free
Baptist church closed with Friday
evening service. The attendance has
been good at nearly every service and
the interest good, and it ds hoped
that much good has been done.
Several have manifested an interest
and said they were going to live
Christian life hereafter. The church
has been quickened for service and
the meeting closed with a good in
terest.
Arthur Stevens and wife, who have
been at Sherbrooke, P. O., the past
year are at their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stevens, for a visit of some
days after which they go to Massa-
chusetts for their future home.
Mrs. Harriet Clark, nearly go years
old, whose home is at H. A. BIake's,
is very low and probably cannot live
many days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Holtham
from Canada are visiting his broth
er, w. f. Holtham.
Mrs. Johnson and her daughter,
Mrs. Nina Halthouse, from Baltimore,
Nd, have been visiting their friends
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Watson.
Mrs. Annie Titcomb and daughter
are at James Holtham's for a visit.
John w. Stevens has gone to
Woodsville, N. H., to work in a meat
market for William Hartwell.
Mrs. o. e. Harris is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Mary Ordway, at Or
leans for a while.
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way was the entertainer of the eve.
ming Tuesday, the last day had {
fine galaxy OF talent in the Christine
Giles Bingham Co., Ralph Bing.
ham and a business address by J. S
Knox. The various artists, many OF
whom have never seen Vermont be
fore, expressed themselves as de-
lighted with the place and country
Also with their entertainment, az
they have been taken about very
freely by our people. The general
opinion seems to be in favor of hav-
ing a Chautauqua week next year and
a large number have already express
ed their willingness to become guar
antors to the maximum amount Of
$40, and have signed a contract with
the management.
Miss Arlene Baldwin is a guest OF
her grand mother, Mrs. Porter Bald
win, for a few days.
Mrs. Josephine Carr of Providence
r.. l., who has been taking a special
course at Columbia University in
New York this summer, is at he1
sisters, Mrs. H. L. Parker's, for the
rest of her vacation.
Mrs. Milo Stearns of L'OriginelIe
Up. O., a former resident here, has
been spending several days visiting
friends in town.
Mrs. A. A. Cheney and Maurice
went to Albany last week and brought
home with them, Jack, who has been
spending a few weeks with relatives
there on a farm.
Mrs. w. S. Jeffers has gone to
Boston for treatment for her lame
ness.
Mrs. William Lavely, Mrs. Arthur
Charland and Eli Currier returned
last week from an extended trip to
Chicago, Minneapolis and other west
ern towns.
William ]. Currier is with his
father and three sisters here for a
two weeks vacation from his work
in Chicago.
Miss Ruth Hovey Of East Lyndon
is at work for Mrs. w. G. knight.
Harold Ahern has been at work on
the section for few days.
Mrs. Harley Cowles and daughter
of Franklin, who were recent visit
ors of her brother, Charles Hale,
have gone from here to Lunenburg
where Bernard Hale, also, is staying
this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. L. Wells are Wis
iting their niece in Hubbardston,
Mass.
Mrs. Alfred Crane and son of
Springfield, Mass, are spending few
weeks with her mother, Mrs. Bertha
Rice.
Mrs. Eff1e Thompson Winter of
N. H., has been spending
a short vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W. Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Emerson and
two children of Groveton, N. H., are
at H. P. Emerson's for a week.
Miss Elizabeth G.. Hills returned
from her vacation, most of
which she spent in Salem, Mass.
Perley Jenness has moved his
family from the Norris block to st.
where he has work.
Howard Shattuck has returned
from Bury, P. O., where he has been
for several weeks at his grand par
entS'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-08-18
ST. JOHNSBURY CENTER

ella Mclaughlin, correspondent
Mrs. Addie Page is at George Nor
rill's caring for Charles Ranney, who
is in very poor health. On account
of the illness of Homer c. Shattuck
the regular meeting and field day
exercises of Shepherd Pomona
Grange that was to be held at the
AFRO Peck farm will be held at the
home of Arthur T. Young.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Farnham and
daughter are enjoying an auto trip
to Boston and some of the different
beaches and other places Of interest.
who have been visiting her sister,
Mrs. Farnham, returned to her
home with them.
The w. G. T. U. will hold its reg
ular monthly meeting with Mrs S.
K. Huse.
Mrs Ezra Learned spent part of
last week with her parents at Little
ton, N. H.
Floyd Jenness is assisting in B.
A. Farnham's store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert B. Todd of
Greenwich, Conn, who are spending
a month at the mountains in New
Hampshire called on their aunt, Mrs.
NJ. r. Dickinson, recently.
Mrs. George Cook has been spend
ing a week at Greensboro visiting
her parents.
Miss Myrtle Davis of Arlington,
Mass, is visiting her parents.
Mrs. Ellen Granger spent the first
of the week visiting friends at
Peacham.
Rev. Mr.. Green has returnde from
attending summer school at North
field, Mass.
Miss Anna Roberts of Medford,
Mass, is spending a part of her va
cation with her brother, w. A. Rob
erts.
Miss Edith Matthews of Brooklyn,
N. Y, is visiting Mrs. Ezra Learned.
Miss Bertha Salman went to Cas-
plan lake to spend Sunday with Miss
Ella Mclaughlin who works at the
Bancroft cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Johnson, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Goodenough, Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Lee went to Shadow
lake last Saturday to camp a few
days.
The S. G. girls will hold lawn
party on the Congregational church
grounds Friday evening. Ice cream
and cake will be served.
C. J. Berry and daughter, Mildred,
spent one day last week at Lake
Morey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Campbell
spent Sunday with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Davis.
Mrs. Rosa Miles and daughter of
Springfield, Mass, are the guests of
Mrs. Hunt1ey.
Mrs. Dikeman and grand son of
Lynn, Mass, are visiting her mother,
Mrs. Powers.
John Seeley of Black Lake Quebec,
is the guest of his sister, Mrs. May
hew.
The friends of Miss Bessie Wheeler
are sorry to know that she is gradu-
ally failing and there is little hope for
her recovery.
Wide Awake Grange held it's last /
regular meeting August IA. A candi-
date was instructed in the first and |
second degrees. The following pro-
gram was presented: Song, by the
Grange; reading, Future Prospects
Of Agriculture in New England" HI.
C.. Hovey; State Lecturer e. II. Hal
lett then gave a very interesting and
helpful talk on the New England Lee
turers' Conference held at the New
College of Agriculture at
Durham, August AS. Mrs. III. G.
Hovey also attended this meeting and
gave an excellent report; dis ussion
Best Methods of Canning Fruits and
speaker, Mrs. r.. III. Hal
EFT; song, by the Grange. At the
lext regular meeting there will be a
oil call to which each member is
Isked to respond by giving their
avorite saying from the ritual.
Evening star., 1915-12-05
Europe Is Watching This Town

TIME war has put Eddystone on the in
ternational map. The Gar of Russia
and the King of England would rather
own Eddystone right now than couple
of SPANS and Portugals put together,
with an island OF Cuba thrown in. The
Kaiser would like to buy it and blow it up.
Eddystone is the miracle munition
city. There is building at Eddystone
for making rifles that is as big as eight or
ten Madison Square Gardens put to-
gether. 1t is said to be the biggest build
ing of its kind under roof. And it went
up so fast it smashed all building records
to pieces. The Baldwin Locomotive
Works built it for the Remington Arms
Company.
And the Baldwin Company is building
another for the Eddystone Ammunition
Company, Baldwin corporation that will
make shrapnel. Counting the heating
Evening star., 1915-12-05

plants and the other feeder" buildings
together the two great structures will
have more than eighty acres of floor
space.
On May the word was given the Bald
win engineers to start. By September
part of the Remington building was done
and operating; the rest was nearly done.
The Eddystone Ammunition building was
started July q. 1t is going up just as
rapidly as the other building. Both are
made of tile, steel, and glass, Since the
Remington building was started it has
rained nearly forty days; yet its building
broke all records. In it the Remington
Company is turning out rifles, and paying
the Baldwin; Company premium on
every one. The Baldwin Company will
thus own two of the finest factory build
ings in America when the war is over; and
the war will! have paid for them.
Evening star., 1915-12-05
When life on the farm begins
to seem dull, he goes out and
fills his pockets full Of rattlers.

it betrays itself by the whir of its rattles.
The sinewy hunter says he has known
of only one human being dying from a
rattlesnake bite. This was laborer who
came upon reptile in woodpile and
didn't realize his danger until too late.
His friends tales of fearful consequences
frightened the man to death.
The farmers round about are never
bothered, though the dogs frequently get
into trouble. None of these has ever died,
SO far as Dell knows. The favorite remedy
is to chop up an onion and poultice the
bite. This draws out the poison. A
freshly killed chicken tied over the wound
is another remedy.
Evening star., 1915-12-05
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for December s, 1918
A Corner in Rattlesnakes

nELL REEVES, the rattlesnake king
of Connecticut, has hobby that
nets him tidy income and relieves
the monotony of existence on the farm.
When things begin to get bit dull up
there in the hills east of Portland, Dell
takes down his trusty oaken stick and
starts on a hunt for rattlers. He aver
ages ten or fifteen day. Once he cap
tured thirty, ranging all the way from
three to six feet in length.
Rattlesnake oil is considered to be
valuable remedy for rheumatism, sprains,
etc., and is much in demand among the
large foreign population that is rapidly
taking over the abandoned farms in New
England.
The Rattlers' Den
THE rattlers around Portland hibernate
in a cave near the top of hill The
opening, under rock, is about twelve
inches in diameter. No one has had suf-
ficient curiosity to investigate the interior.
1t is generally supposed that the recesses
of the cavern spread out in many direc-
tions, for tremendous colony lives there
in the winter. Toward the end of April
they venture forth, covered with dust
after their long sleep. and scatter over the
countryside for radius of five miles
around the hole. In summer they feed
on squirrels, birds, and even woodchucks,
until FROST Then they return to the cave.
Fall and spring are Dells busiest times,
for at these seasons they are mobilizing.
Reeves has never been bitten by rat
tier, and has been attacked only once in
all the years he has hunted them. That
was when he broke into a scene of quiet
domesticity to get a couple Of skins for a
museum. He killed the female, and there
upon the male attacked him. He quickly
laid his assailant low with blow from the
club. He has found, as rule, that
snake will flee from an intruder, though
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-01
BAKER SAVED
 FROM DEATH

NEW YORK.--Firemen and doctor leaped into the huge dough mixer in the bakery of Kiel Brothers to rescue a man who had been caught in the ma chinery and dragged into the whirline sticky pit.
 The man was Anton Wehlgesfest He was standing on a little platform at the side of the mixer when his right hand was caught by one of the kneed ing wheels. In an instant he was writhing in the foury pit. His left leg was caught. and If his fellow workers had not. stopped the machinery i'm mediately he would have been torn to pieces Dr. Mcseely. from Flower hos pital. got into the vat and administered sedatives while the firemen of truck ? worked 10 extricate the man.
 His right arm was broken in two places his left leg broken and two fingers had been torn from his right hand. and also received internal in juries and will probably die
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-01
WOMEN MADE
 AS CAPTIVE

PAiIS.-Le Matin tells the terrible retribution that has oEertakeu some German troops near Soissons When forced To retreat from Soissons the Germans are alledSed to have abducted q large proportion of the female popu- lation, taking them to the quarrles months. Among these modern Sabines we're Mnle. Mersal and two daug ht. IS. Louie and Marie, aged twelve and eleven.
 After t recent engagement the ground near the quarries was streWn with German wounded and al night d French Heutenant who also lay oil the battlefield unable to move per ceived woman Hitting from body 10 body III the darkness, her hair floating loose in the wind. Raising himself on his elbow, the lieutenant, who now re- who he afterwards discovered to be Mime. Mesral, bent over the German wounded with face convulsed with hate
 Fine soldiers of the Kaiser" she would say with a terrifying laugh, "rVe often seen you in the quarries. Louise and Marie are beneath the sod; go join them!"
 A suined cry came to the officers ears and then profound silence until the tragedy was repeated elsewhere on the battlefield.
 The next night the quarries were shaken by terrific explosion and the French staff learned that AIme NIesrsl known as the mad woman of Soissons, had crept back into the quarries and ignited a huge supply of German am- munition, staying a large number of Germans and being blown 10 pieces herself.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-01
DOC GIVES FIRE ALARM AT
 DINNER TIME

NEW YOek.--R. Earl 5ehad, illus trator. entertaining friends last night on the upper floor at No 124 West Twenty third street, was amazed at the conduct of his dog Fritz"
 Besides being intelligent, Fritz" is pediereed English setter. some of his relatives are owned by the descen- dants of the late Claus Spreckles of San Francisco.
 The dog whined jumped around the table, tugged at the clothing of MT and Mrs Schad, then laid his cold nose against their hands and whined some more. Finally he parked and jumped at the door and sprang at the closed transom
 MT. Schad then opened the door. and smoke poured in from a fierce fire in the basement. Twenty minutes Fritz had been trying to tell the family about it The dinner broke up in hurry, and the guests. women and men, rushed down stairs, other tenants with them' helter skelter, tlfe dog leading. Fritz" carrying Mrs. Sehad's fur coat in his mouth, ran between the legs of Policeman Russell, coming up send ing the patrolman sprawiine Tho fire men soon had the blaze out. The loss s3, 900 fell mainly on $. ]. Mckinley dealer in trunks and bags on the first floor.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-01

A quantity of Sitko spruce seed was recently secured from the Prince Will liam Sound district to fill an order from the government of Denmark for ex- perimentel purposes. As the climate and soil of Denmark are simila. to this part of Alaska there is reason to sup pose that the SitlSa spruce will be found adaptable. Should the eXperi- ment prove a success 1t will result in large areas in Denmark cling reforest- ed to replace the logged of black spruce as we'll as to raise the standard of saw timber
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-01

Natives from all parts of interior Al aska recently gathered al Crossja cket, where d big potlatch Was held. One native who had the good fortune to secure silver foxes during tile summer NaiAed at between s3.00V and S4,vOV gave away every thing l.e possessed. Il IS reported that S62 Indians attended the ground reported that there was no Hhiskey sold to the natives.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-01

While tho leaders of the edmocratic party at Fairbanks were holding meet ings and arranging the membership of tue committees to be appointed to meet Judge Bunnell upon his arrival there Dan Callahan quietly hitched his horse to the cutter and met the judge at Piledriver roadhouse, thirty-five miles out on the trail He just naturally hap pened along and offered the judge q lift into town that night instead of
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-01

For violation of tho Federal laws In regard to fishing on Sundays the Glacier Packing Company was fined sl00. and the Taku Canning x Cold Storage and the Alaska Pacific Fish cries Co, each pay s25O Judge Jen- nings allowed the companies forty days in which to file exceptions
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-01
AT THE NEW EAGLE.

Old Lewis Hunter Rye and tho Fs. nous Atherton Bourbon whisksys, Dis- tilisd spring 1904. 1905, bought in bond and reduced to 90 per cent by U. 8, government by the bottle or gallon.