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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24
Public Interest in Road improvement

interest INOttU AIA1pfOV0ANC11C
It must be distinctly encouraging
Ito the state highway department when
as many as 80 road commissioners
and selectmen turn out for the an
nual conference on good roads in any
single county, such as was the case
In Caledonia county during the pres
ent week. Moreover, such a large
attendance is a certain augury of bet
ter things in the line of good roads;
which means that Caledonia county,
already having a large percentage of
improved highways, is not only to
maintain that prestige but to increase
it in large measure. Let the remain
ing counties of the state which have
not held their annual conference do
as well as Caledonia in point of size
of attendance; and then the good
roads propaganda will march forward
in accelerated speed all over the state.
We have fairly good roads, but we
want better; and we never will be sat
istied until we follow line of con-
slant Improvement. A means to that
end is the spreading of public senti-
ment through the influence emana-|
ting from the county conferences,
where the state highway commission
er and the county and town officials
gather to receive inspiration from ex-
perienced men.-Barre Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

He would be glad to see Vermont peo-
pie when they are in Boston.
A. j. Roy sold a new lot of house
furniture to Eugene Wood of West
Danville.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

Advertisers-An copy for advertise
ments must be in by noon on Tuesday
to insure it's insertion in the issue of
Wednesday. Our subscription books
are open to your inspection.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

Local notices. wants. for sale, etc,
cents per word first insertion. Legal
notices 10 cents a line. three inser-
lions. Probate notices $500 each for
three Insertions Dissolution, liberia
tion and similar notices $3.50 each for
three insertions. Card OF thanks. rs
cents Obituary poetry. 10 cents a
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

Entered at the st. Johnsbury post
ofF1ce as second class mail matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

Subseribers-If you wish the paper
stopped please send a written notice
when your subscription expires. Other
wise, we will continue your subscrip-
tion at $3.50 per year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

The editor of the Rutland News
thinks marbles is a rather hard game
for boys with a keen sense of JUS
tice" to play but advises them to stick
it out when once they have entered
the game and demand their rights.
Such tactics might not develop moth
er's pets but would equip boy with
some of the courage and firmness he
will need in the larger game of life.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

TERMS OF THE CALIFORNIAN
One year to any address. 1890. $3.50
Six months NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10
Three months 80
Clergymen in Caledonia County. S1.00
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

The New Hampshire house killed
the woman suffrage bill by vote of
$50 to 121. This is said to be con-
siderable gain over last year but it
does not seem dangerously near yet.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

The Caledonian is in receipt of
an unsigned appeal to the stockhold-
ers of the E. and T. Fairbanks and
Company with a request that it be
published. This paper publishes no
anonymous communications. If the
writer will make himself known and
pay the regular advertising rate of
twenty-five cents an inch, the ar
ticle will be published as an adver-
tisement. Otherwise it must go
where all unsigned communications
go-into the waste basket.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE CALIFORNIAN COMPANY.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

Editor and Publisher.
10 Eastern Avenue. st. Johnsbury. VT
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

The editor of the Manchester Union
says, 1--WE don't believe there's any
such thing as genuine Vermont ma
pie syrup" If he will come up here
on a good sap day we will guarantee
some real Vermont syrup right from
the maple to the consumer. But we
would not guarantee that any of his
friends could get pure maple syrup
by the time he returned to Manches-
ter as the real article is exposed to
great hazards as soon as it gets out
side the state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24
Makes Corns Vanish Like Magic!

A hard cap of skin makes up every corn.
When on put drops of "GETS-IT'' on it.
it shrivels up and comes right of-and
there's your corn-gone by thunder Simple
as taking off your hat! That's why corn
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

WEDNESDAY, MARCH "a. 1918
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-24

This Goodyear army is com
POSED of men like you. They
want quality, safety, endurance.
They want trouble-savinG and low
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26
Shows Perils of Rail Men.

The hazardous nature of the work
of locomotive firemen and engineers
formed the subject of the testimony
presented at Chicago before the fed.
eral board of arbitration hearing the
wage dispute of $4,000 employees and
SO western railroads.
About 80 per cent of the firemen on
western roads die with their boots
on" according to A. H. Hawley, grand
secretary-treasurer of the firemens
brotherhood. Forty-seven per cent, he
said, die in service and from railroad
accidents.
"Of 1924 disabilities reported to the
brotherhood, 691 were caused by blind
ness and amputation," Mr. Hawley tes'
titled. For the last ten years there
have been 5,O26 deaths of brotherhood
members and 1924 disabilities.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26
Swiss EnuIIsh,

A pamphlet describing the attrsc-
tons a Swiss hotel offers to tourists,
has the following allurements:
'The modernst hotel in the place,
directly lain at the port-railway sta
ton"
Favorable staying for those who
seek recover and quietness. An un-
rivaled stand-quarter for the many
charming excursions"
Built on a plateau of old Romans
with antic buildings overlooking the
most different panoramas that is"
Electric illumination offers a fair
full aspect"
"One hundred beds in the center Of
business and notwithstanding, situated
very quietly in the middle of the Balm
hofstrasse."
Seventy friendly, noble fitted
rooms. Rich electric light and sight
full balconies"
"Carbonic acid baths, odoriferous
baths and baths recommended by ply
sicians. Two approved physicians
and one female physician on the
place"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26
FEWER ACCIDENTS ON LINES
Safety Devices and Greater Care Have
Reduced the Number in a Graft
flying Degree.

The accidents on United States rail-
roads in proportion to the total num-.
Der of passengers varies widely from
year to year. The table shows that
in 1900 the amazing toll of 1850 deaths
occurred among the employees of rail,
roads, while 10000 were injured. In
other words, one man was killed for
every 400 employees and one for every
26 was injured. The ratio improved
in the next ten years, when only one
man was killed for every SIS en-
ployees.
In 1900 there were 294 passengers
killed and 1000 injured. The stats.
tics show that in 1900 one passenger
was killed for every 2,216,59 carried;
while for every 100000 passengers one
was injured.
In 1910 only one passenger was
killed for every 100000 carried. Dur.
ing the last year 27O passengers were
killed in railroad accidents, 1000 en-
ployees, 5000 trespassers and 1900
others, not trespassers, making the
total for the year about ten thousand,
as compared with $500 in 1911 and
1852 in 1910.
During the last year the railroads
paid out on account of injuries total
of $27,640,S51.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26
Privileges of Manx Women

Marx women, too, have special
privileges, says the London Chronicle.
Every female adult, widow or spinster,
in the Isle of Man, whether she be
owner, occupier, or ledger, has a vote
for the house of keys elections.
Every widow enjoys half of her hus-
bands personal estate, and has life
interest in his real estate, and she
cannot be deprived of this by will;
whilst her written consent must be OBJ
tanned to all transfers and deeds af-
fecting her husbands property. On
the other hand. no married woman
can legally own in her own right
either money or property in the Isle of
Man; have no separate estate I'M
less specially protected before mar
riage, and can make no will without
the leave of her husband.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26

THERE is never time when hat,
j moderately broad of brim and with
a crown which is so conservative as to
escape attention, Is out of style. A
shape of this kind with a covering Of
velvet and a facing of crepe or satin,
trimmed with plumes, is about the
most reliable of all millinery. 1t has
no eccentricities that catch the atten-
ton, but its grace and elegance and
general becomingness make it always
pleasing.
The hat shown in the illustration is
a superb piece Of millinery made of
velvet over frame whose brim droops,
In the gentlest Of curving lines, just q
little at the back and front. The fac
ing, of crepe georgette, is a creamy
white. Besides the beauty of rich ma
terial, that of exquisite workmanship
adds its charm to the fine color-con-
trast of black and white and the pleas
ing lines Of the shape. Very hand
some ostrich feathers, are used for
the trimming. Such a composition re,
suits in hat dignifed and beautiful,
which will harmonic with any color
In the costume. Its wearer may face
any formal occasion undismayed and
very secure in the knowledge that her
millinery is quite equal to the strict.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26
MOTIVE POWER is GASOLINE
Switching Locomotive That Can Be
Operated at Comparatively
Small Expense.

In some places it is considered a
luxury to use a switching locomotive
because of the expense of mainten-
lance and the consumption of fuel,
while the locomotive is not in service,
says the Scientific American. Hence,
unless there is enough work for the
locomotive to do the "a hours of the
day the work Of switching is done by
the engines of freight trains In order
to provide a suitable locomotive for
such conditions, in which there will
be a minimum of expense for opera
ton and no expense during the idle
hours of the locomotive, a gasoline
switching engine has been designed
and is now in use at Matador, Texas
A photograph of this locomotive is
shown herewith. 1t has a 300 horse
power engine and exercises a tractive
effort of $4,000 pounds, at six miles
per hour The engine is of six-cylin-
der type, with cylinders II by 10
inches. The power transmission,
which is pneumatically operated, is
effected by means of a sprocket on
tie crankshaft connected by chain to
g. sleeve working free on the rear driv-
ing axle and is then transferred under
multiple disk friction-clutch to the for.
ward driving axle, where, by an &C.
taroon clutch, the power is either mag
nified by series of gears to produce
heavy tractive effort and high tongue
for starting processes, or is delivered
direct to the driving wheels Once
the locomotive is in motion the gears
are cut out, and it is operated by the
direct connection.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26

est requirements Of the current mode.
Another hat which is in the same
class with that pictured has a brim
of equal width all around, crown OF
medium size with soft top and fac
ing of the softest shade of coral pink
1t depends for decoration upon an os
trich pompon from which springs a
spray Of long graceful bird Of para
disc feathers, all in shades and tints
of the color in the facing. The brim
droops a little on all sides and the
pink of the lining is partially yelled
by border Of black lace which man.
ages to stray over the edge of the
brim, where it seems to be in easy
and irregular festoons.
To some compilations this facing Of
pink is much more becoming than a
facing of white. One should expert.
ment with color before using it. But
If doubt disturbs the mind, in Sc
lecting q dress hat, as to the best OF
shapes, it may be set at rest by choos-
ing either of those described here, or
others similar to them. They belong
to the ancient and honorable order Of
picture hats" and great artists have
delighted to paint them, even before
Gainsborough's time.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26

the collar in place and ties in bow
at one side. OF course the throat
looks very white by contrast and the
little touch Of black adds tone to the
waist.
Waists of this kind are very practi.
cal, standing the washings that are
necessary to keep them immaculate,
quite as well as waists of fine cotton
fabrics.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26
LARGEST Locomotive.

A hundred years ago the first loco
motive weighed about six tons, and
drew eight loaded cars. At present
the largest locomotive reported to be
in use is huge compound engine
which measures 100 feet over all and
weighs 100000 pounds. 1t is an oil
burner and carries 1000 gallons of oil
and 10000 gallons of water. 1t cost
$4,000 to build These giants have
reached a point where one locomotive
is so long that it is hinged In the
middle with a flexible joint so that
it can turn curve without upset
ting.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26
RaiIroaders as Citizens.

The management of the Buffalo.
Rochester G Pittsburgh railroad has
promulgated new code of operating
rules wherein is set forth the close re.
lationship the road is endeavoring to
establish with employees and its de
sire that the latter shall be not only
safe and reliable railroad men, but val
liable and valued citizens of their re-
spective communities, as well. To that
end employees are adjured to main.
tain correct attitude toward the pub
lie at all times, as well as to do their
duty to the best of their ability and
are given assurance that everyone is
regarded by the management as in
line for promotion, preferment depend
ing wholly upon himself.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26

CTANDING at the pinnacle of popu-
~ larity, the pretty blouse of Powered
chiffon hardly has a rival among
blouses designed for dressy wear. 1t
is not as fragile as it looks, but 1t is
fragile enough, at that. The waists
Nre usually made Of chiffon having
ught-colored ground over which rather
large flowers are scattered in many
beautiful colorings and shadings.
Besides these lowered patterns
there are others, showing Persian de-
signs in wonderful colors, and also
some novelties rather difficult to de-
scribe. In any case the chiffon Is
draped over foundation of plain chif-
fon, very thin silk, plain or figured
net, or thin lace.
BY way of decoration the waists are
more or less elaborated with garnish-
ings of lace, small brilliant buttons,
and especially with tiny fiat bows
made of satin folds or narrow velvet
ribbon.
Destined for q less brief reign In
favor are the plain blouses of crepe
de chine made with sloping shoulders
and long sleeves set into regulation
armhole. Narrow cuffs in bands Of
fine filet lace, or dainty collars and
cuffs Of organdie finish these elegant
blouses. They are shown in light pink.
maize, blue and sand color. Often a
little vestee is worn with collar Of
plated lace standing at the back, fin
ished with a narrow band Of black
velvet ribboa which supports and holds
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26
Useful instrument.

Samuel and Jake. two negroes, ar
ranged hunting trip. and we're to
meet the next morning at Jake's home,
whence they were to start. Meanwhile.
Samuel, passing a show window, had
become hypnotized by a pedometer,
which he finally purchased He was on
time in the morning. and the strange
apparatus at once caught Jakes eye
"Whut dat?" he asked. pointing to It
Dat" said Samuel, with a superior
air, Jam a speedometer" "Yeh ,
Whut's 1t ferf why. dat tell yuh
how fer yuh walk In mile"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26
FiIet Lace Lamp Shades.

Have you seen the new filet lace
lamp shades?
They are beautiful. They are run
with colored threads and edged with
fringe of the same colors.
One for a large lamp is made of
white filet run with various dull
shades of blue. There is a pattern of
griffins and somewhat conventional.
lied rose trees in pots and the edge
is finished with shaded blue fringe.
The shade is mounted over yellow
silk, and the effect of the light shin.
ing through the yellow and then the
blue is delightful. The shade costs
about fifteen dollars.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26

something. Think I'll stop to see Boo
tor Blank on my way up town."
The sun was shining and the day
was clear and cold, yet this man-the
doctors friend-saw only disease in
the crisp air and bright skies.
How many people, like him, are al
ways seeing sickness ahead and pre-
pairing for it! They expect it, antici-
pate it, and consequently have it. 1t
is only block or two to a physician;
a drug store is on every corner, and
the temptation to .send for the physi-
clan or to get drugs at the slightest
symptom of Illness tends to make
them more and more dependent on
outside helps and less able to control
their physical discords.
One of the most unfortunate things
that has come to us through what we
call higher civilization" is the killing
of faith in our power of disease resist
ance. During the frontier days there
were little villages and hamlets which
physicians rarely entered, and here
the people were strong and healthy
and independent. They developed
great powers of disease resistance.
There is no doubt that the doctor
habit in many families has great deal
to do with the developing of unfortu-
nate physical conditions in the child.
Many mothers are always calling the
doctor whenever there is the least
sign Of disturbance in the children.
The result is that the child grows up
with this disease picture, doctor pic
ture, medicine picture in its mind, and
it influences its whole life.
The time will come when a child
and any kind of medicine will be con-
sidered a very homogeneous combina-
ton. Were children properly reared
in the love thought, in the truth
thought, in the harmony thought; were
they trained to right thinking, a doc.
tor or medicine would be rarely needed.
One of the tendencies of i'll health
is to make one morbid. People who
are constantly thinking about their
ailments often develop a morbid pas
sion for sympathy. They want to tell
everybody of their aches and pains, to
describe their symptoms.
Have you ever known a woman who
has acquired the doctor habit, a wom-
an who loves nothing in the world
quite as we'll as an opportunity to tell
the doctor of her ailments? She has
poured them out to unwelcome ears, to
forced listeners, till she longs for some
one who can really appreciate it all,
who sympathizes with her in her
troubles, so she sends for the doctor or
goes to see him.
This becomes almost mania with
some women who have few outside
activities to divert them. Their minds
naturally revert to themselves, and
they become saturated with the pol
soned thought.
Confidence is a powerful factor in
health. We should thoroughly be-
lieve in our ability to keep ourselves
we'll by healthful, harmonious, happy
thinking. So long as we doubt our
ability to maintain health, 80 long as
we picture to ourselves disease and
physical weakness, it is impossible to
attain to a strong, normal physical
condition.
The time will come when we will
no more allow discordant thoughts in
our mind than we would scatter thistle
seeds over our gardens. Knowing we'll
that thinking is building, our thinking
will be reflected in our bodies.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26
India Rubber aa Eraser.

India rubber, it is believed, was used
for the first time as an eraser in ITO
1t was, however, many years later be
fore 1t was put in general use. Prior
to this, pieces of bread were uaed for
erasing purposes.'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26
CONFIDENCE A POWERFUL FAC.
TOR IN HEALTH.

What fine winter we are having"
says the healthy man. Very bad,
very bad!" replies the chronic invalid.
This is the weather that brings pnen-
monia and other diseases. feel now
as II were about to be laid up with
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-18
Breeders of Beef Cattle Max
ing Preparations For In
teresting Meeting
OISCUSSMATTERSOF INTEREST
viii Get Together at the Agricultural
College at Lexington on Tuesday,
January 4th, TO Discuss Various Mat
ters Of Interest Relating to the Pro-
duction Of Beef Cattle.

xington.-Breeders of beef cattle
in Kentucky are making preparation
for one of the most interesting meet
ings in the history of their associa-
ton They will get together at the
Agricultural College, at Lexington, on
Tuesday, January 4th, to discuss va
rious matters of interest relating to
the production of beef cattle. These
men usually have some kind of guess
ing and Judging contests with different
grades of steers, the animals being
killed and dressed in the presence of
the company. Among the members of
this association are many of Ken
tucky's foremost citizens, and they al
ways expect and enjoy good time at
their association meetings.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-18

Exhibition, for benefit Of visitors, CT
Golden FERNS Sensation (2nd prize
winner Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
ieo4), at EImendorf Farm, Lexington,
Ky.
Special attention is called to the
on marketing. For many
years, agricultural study has dealt
largely with problems of production.
The Standardization of farm products
and the more advantageous marketing
of the same have received only casual
attention. 1t is time for the farmer to
give careful study to better methods OF
marketing farm crops, as we'll as to
more advantageous methods of pur-
chasing supplies. Men of wide expert
ence in these subjects, from Kentucky
and from other states, viii address
this meeting. The regular program
will be followed by general discus.
:ion of the subject in which all inter
asted are invited TO participate. I'm
mediate practical benefits are to be
expected from this conference
handsome premium LETS nave been
provided for competitive exhibits o.
The following products: Corn, wheat,
BATS, cowpeas, soy beans. tobacco.
poultry, honey, fruit OF various kinds,
outer, cream, milk and various arti-
s,6s of womans work. fhe premiums
lnclude money prizes, medals, trophies,
merchandise, farm implements, etc.
Chief among these prizes is the Exper-
iment Staten Medal which is offered
for the best exhibit in poultry, bee
keeping, dairying, tobacco, farm crops,
womans work. and also for the best
exhibit OF fruit. This medal is OF
brcn1e OF most beautiful and lattraetive
dosign. II will only be awarded for
really high class exhibits in the classi-
fications indicated in the above. All
+ these premiums have an intrinsic
value. Their greatest value, however,
.es In the moral effect upon exhibit
ors winning such prizes, for when
nee the habit Of producing the best
ocqrired, the exhibitor will never
.gain be content to be a mediocre
NaN 81
Everything IN connection with Farm
rs Week Is, tree.
After attendance at these meetings,
he open-mindod. progressive farmer
sturns TO his home greatly refreshed
nd benefited by what he has seen and
eard, and with renewed enthusiasm
OF HIS work.
All Of these meetings and exhibits
ave been put at time when farmers
an most conveniently arrange TO
leaye their work. Reduced rates on all
railroads.