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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-12-15
MORE OPINIONS OF FORD
st. Adams Messenger Thinks He Is
A Mighty Poor Citizen.

MY money will never go into poll
tics. In all my lie I have never TAX
en- any interest in a political fight
not even in local politics. Fat
bank rolls may have put a good many
people into political Office but you
may be assured that no money of mine
shall be spent that way. My
interest in politics is so slight that /
do not believe have voted more than
four or five times in my life" These
are sentences culled from the farewell
statement issued by Henry Ford to the
American people just before he start
ed on his expedition to take the boys
out of the trenches by Christmas?
1t is apparent that Mr.. Ford is not
unaware that he has accumulated
much money in recent years. The
newly arrived never do forget that
they have a bank roll. But disgusting
as is this personal reference to his
wealth, that which is devoted to MAX
ing plain that he has never had any
interest in politics is still more so. Mr.
Ford convicts himself of being a
mighty poor American. That is the
least that can be said of him.
This country is based on the foun
dation of democracy, which means
that it is a government for, of, and
by the people. 1t depends upon the
exercise by citizens of their franchise
right To vote is an implied duty
upon every citizen. 1t has often been
said that those who do not think
enough of the privilege which has
been won at frightful expense of blood
and treasure to discharge their duties
at the polls on election day are un-
worthy of citizenship. There is much
to be said in favor of this contention
Had Mr.. Ford exercised more intel
ligent interest in the affairs of his
country in the past, he might have
saved himself from his present ridicu-
lous position. AS he stands today
he is a most excellent example to be
pointed out to citizens in the making
of what an American should not be
st. Adams Messenger.
Should Have Taken Ford.
Henry Ford, he of automobile fame
is seeking notoriety in another direc.
ltion by going to Europe on specia
mission to bring about an end of the
war in the east. He has taken 6
party of IT'S with him and will beal
all the expenses. He hopes to "havt
the soldiers out of the trenches BY
Christmas" To the ordinary person
this excursion appears to be none
other than a grotesque one and 1T Il
7 difficult to see how it will product
other than ridicule. Had Mr.. ForC
loaded his ships with food and cloth
ling for the destitute Poles and Bel
gians and with Christmas presents fol
the soldiers in the trenches who ar
defending their countries against tn
Imarauders who covet them and wh'
are seeking to make conquest o
them, he would have done sometime
that would get to him great honor
Such a project would have brought t.
-fhiu praise instead of ridicule.-New
Eand Citizen.
jackson Getting Free Ride.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-12-15

Don't worry. Advertise what yOu
nave to sell 10 all that ID necessary,
worry takes too much vitality.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-12-15

The IS cent piece was made
famous by the American Liver
Tablets, the perfect laxative
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-12-15
jackson Getting Free Ride.

c. A. G. Jackson, for many years a
newspaperman in Montpelier and now
connected with the Boston Sunday
Herald, is announced as one OF the
members of the Ford peace party.
Jackson will certainly add dignity to
the assemblage of pacificists in the
caDitals of the neutral nations of Eu-
Reformer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-12-15
HOW mo Get 4O Pound COWS.

The ST. Johnsbury Caledonian Is
giving some attention to the 4O>
pound-cow," and has published some
interesting records of the Cow rest
ing associations of Waterbury, stowe
and Northfield. 1t goes without say
ing that the COW which produces 40
mounds of butter fat a month is a
paving piece of property. If more
farmers kept accurate butter-fat rec
ords there would be more 4O-pound
COWS and fewer Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-12-15

WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
Don't Fool With Dynamite

"A word Of caution 70 amateurs
who wish to experiment with high
eIploslves--DON'Tl" writes Fred.
eriek T. Gordon In the American
Druggist. The manufacture OF high
explosives is now . highly special
lied branch Of chemistry and chem
zeal engineering, and great technical
knowledge and experience is neces-
sary II one wishes to 60 through life
whole"
All Of these high explosives have
very simple bases, cotton and gly-
cerine being the most important. II
Is not at all difficult to make gun
cotton or nitroglycerine, but the in
experienced person will almost Ger.
tainly be blown to pieces as
soon a. he has made them. A slight
increase In temperature Is sufficient
at certain stages to set them on and
even the process Of washing In water
10 fraught with peril. ~ nitroglycer-
me. being heavier than water. will
sink TO the bottom when the slight
est friction will make Il explode.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
A New Kind of Corn

II has been impossible to grow
corn west OF the Cascade range OF
mountains; II would not 20 past the
milk stage before the frost But
after four years Of experiments Prof.
John w. Hotson. Of the University
OF Washington has succeeded In pro-
ducing a variety that will ripen.
Prof. Hotson began with seed Of
the Wisconsin Golden Glow Dent
corn. planting II on the university
campus. For Two years the results
were very poor. but each year he
collected the good grains. planted
them and selected again. This year
he sent the best seed to a few farm.
ers In Washington. p. 8. oovan, of
Sequim took hrst prize at the state
fair with II last month. II runs as
TO SO bushels to the acre when ripe:
many Of the ears are eight inches
long, with from 1e 20 70 rows OF
grain. all large and we'll filled. The
new variety hss been called Univer.
sity Dent.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

the mental processes OF each tndivid-
ual prisoner. and ascertain just why
he thinks wrongly and acts Grim
inally.
A preliminary effort of this sort Is
the more necessary since recent
scientific research has made IL GER
tain that. while most criminals are
wholly the product of improper train
ing. some are so constituted physi-
cally that good training will not Of
itself reform them.
A certain proportion, indeed, have
defective brain organization. Their
deficiency in this respect may be
so extreme as to render lifelong Gus
todial care imperative.
Others are handicapped by minor
physical defects-defects of nutri.
iion, circulation, dental troubles. eye
troubles, etc. These, by causing
brain weakness and nervous strain.
interfere with their ability to think
normally.
Consequently a thorough medical
and psychological examination Is In
dispensable to ascertain the pres
ence OF any exceptional conditions
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

The prison problem" declared
Dr. William A White, OF Washing
ton, in a recen, address to a Boston
audience, rs essentially a mental
problem.
Aesuredly DIR. White is right. but
the general public, and a good many
prison officials. as yet inadequately
appreciate the profound truth sum-
med up in these few words.
Varied as are the immediate
causes which lead men TO commit
acts bringing upon them the penalty
of a term In prison. their criminality
is always the result of some wrong
mode Of thinking.
And II they are to be induced to
abandon their criminal ways, so that
upon their release from Prison they
can be trusted To lead non-criminal
lives, this can be effected only by
subjecting thsm, while in prison. to
influences which shall correct their
wrong modes OF thinking.
Their prison life. that is to say.
must be educational. To be truly
educational, II must in the frs,
~ pe i~xoi-~ .uort 10 get at
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
BY Webster.

calling for correction by other than
purely educational means.
Also an examination of this sort
Is Of value as a weeGing-out process
TO ascertain what prisoners should
be segregated for custodial. rather
than educational. treatment The
hopelessly detective criminal must
not be left to hamper the reforma-
ton of the great majority, who need
only be trained In healthy habits OF
thought.
As TO this training itself, the work
new being done by Warden Osborne,
Of Sing Sing prison, should serve as
an inspiration to prison oficials
everywhere.
In sundry details the Osborne sys-
TENS may be faulty, but 1t is based
on a principle that Is absolutely
sound.
This Is the principle that in most
cases environment is the decisive
factor In making or unmaking a
mans mentality and character.
Adopt toward him an attitude and
give him surroundings that will In.
crease his self-respect. that will slim
ulate him to productive activity, and
that will awaken in him an interest
in things external to himself. DO
this. and In time he Is almost sure
to develop right habits Of thinking
and acting.
The prison problem. let me re-
peat. lie. as DR.. White says. essential.
ly mental problem. The modern
prison should be above everything
else an educational institution.
Not to coerce and repress men
but to persuade and develop them
that should be the prison ideal.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
Pointed Paragraphs


TX.
A bibulous tailor may be able to
mend everything but his ways.
Experience teaches us things we
would rather not know.
IT'S hard to forgive a man who
let's US do him an injury.
n . fool is happy in his folly he
should worry. Very few wise men
are as lucky.
Reform either makes the world q
little better or else more uncom.
fortable-or both.
Lies are popular because plenty OF
people would rather believe them
than the truth.
Girls shouldn't throw kisses; It's
almost impossible for q girl to hi,
the thing she aims at.
The average man II miserable be-
cause he spends lot Of his time In
making himself think he 10.
Ulsters and roll top desks cover
q lot OF oversights that are none ol
the public's business anyway.
Marrying a man to reform him II
like making q good omelet out Of q
bad egg. Maybe II can be done.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

Here's a picture of the Sun and
Moon. with few stars and a biz of
the Earth, all up in the air at the
same time. thrown In. Maybe they
don't look like 'em much, but that
isn't the point
We are setting out 10 tell you
how the days OF the week got their
names-Sunday. Monday. Tuesday.
Wednesday. etc. and we're giving
you Sunday and Monday today be-
cause Sunday was yesterday and
Monday is today.
Thousands of years ago when
people were even more foolish than
they are today they worshiped the
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

time, almost instinctively cautious.
"It is me-" was the response, in which
Peter recognized the voice, and perhaps
the grammar of the landlord.
Come in" said Peter.
Whereupon the door few open and a
moment later Peters anatomy was land
ed upon, viciously, by the landlord, who
in violation of international Law, if there
10 any such thing, postponed his declara-
tion of war until after he had changed
Peters map.
Then the landlord told Peter that he
had remained in the bathtub longer than
boarding house law allows when the
meter is in good working order and the
heater is on.
Peter might have tipped the landlord
into the murky waters of the tub and
Summarized him with the piece of lum-
Der that is always around for holding the
boarding house bathroom window up or
down, according to which way it is found
to move with the least effort.
But he didn't, deciding he would put
his case up to the jury, which gave Peter
a fifty dollar start toward the acquire
ment of home and tub Of his own.
The case interests us because we have
met the boarding house with one bath
tub for IL boarders.
And we have met the one boarder in
|12 who imagines they had the tub put
in for his personal and particular bene-
fit.
Having slipped on bath robe that
was not, as we recall, either made to
measure or just out of the store, with
our crash towel in one hand and the soap
in the other, this fellow has kept us skip
ping and dodging up and down the hall
for hours at time.
Either that or we have been forced
to stand with the door of our room ajar
to permit at frequent intervals of hasty
survey of the corridor, which would re-
suit, at each survey, in the discovery that
seven or eight others of mixed sexes had
similarly placed themselves for station
Of vantage for the impending grand rush.
The same kind of hasty survey, made
eventually by the monopolist of the one
tub, might at times have had the effect
of keeping him in there longer than he
really cared to be. but no one but him
self was to blame for the situation.
If we had been on the Jury it would
have been a mi0htv hard thing for US to
have found against the defendant.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

Sun and the Moon and thought they
were married folks-Mr aud Mrs.
Sun In fact.
Some folks said that the Moon
vas the most important because
the moon shone at night when II
was dark. while The sun only
shone In the daytime when IL was
light.
However, they gave the Sun the
best of the deal by naming the FIRST
day Of the week. Sunday. after him
Mon is short for Moon 80 they
called tho second day OF the week
Monday in honor Of Mrs Sun.
Tomorrow we1l tell you how Tues
day got his name.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
DUMPING NOT FEARED.

We are a well Informed any amateur
economist an to when the war In Europe VIII
end-that H. we know nothing about IL. We GO
tno~ acorea of thousands Of European workers
have been killed, and that other scores OF
thousands have been 30 manned that they can
never figure In the competitive industries
man with Door eyesight or minus iimb can
not card pin or weave We know that the
productive capacity of Industrial Europe has
diminished In far greater proportion man mas
the demand for its products Stocks OF GOODS
In which we are most intimately interested i
tsxtile--in all belligerent Europe must bel
exhausted. There can't be any truth IN the
statement that European countries are ready TO
dump upon us. at the immediate close OF me
var. q great volume Of textile products Such
4 dumping can't come from England, or we
would have felt II long since
II In practically impossible in this country to-
day to hire textile machinery on commission
basis: Il Ii impossible 20 secure used or second
hand machinery: within month we have been
told by cotton yarn producers that business isI
In such condition that any one who can make
yarn can sell H.; we have been told by wool
yarn spinners that they will not consider new
business for months to come, and we know that
old woolen mills that were actually down and
out are at present busiiy employed II there
ever was time when England could dump stuff |
on TN, now n that time, because we need the I
merchandise. and there Is nothing In the lack OF
shipping facilities that would prevent the goods
from coming here, II England had them TO spare
But she hasn't, and will not have. II can't be |
that Germany 10 ready and willing to deluge us
with stocks OF textile products. She hasn't any
cotton. and she hasn't any wool to spare. and
the same H. true of other belllgerent manufac-
turing natioks.
We know from experience in this country that
whenever q textile producing section is badly .
upset By depression or labor trouble II takes
q long while before the organization can again
be put together TO produce profitably. How
much longer IN II going to take the European
manufacturers TO organize their forces after the
war, nrst TO supply their own wants. and second
to build up their own stocks, and later to take
care Of the easiest procurable export business q
Il will be long before they will hunt for a |
e6ncient manufacturers Wool and
Cotton Reporter.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

the same washrag and II affords
constant opportunity for the trans
ference OF disease germs rrom one
person to another.
The washrag as an enemy OF
health should be classed with the
common drinking cup and many ho-
tells. realizing this before the house
wife has even given 1t thought. now
supply guests with individual steril-
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
WHY COOKS ARE MAD
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

All cooks are mad, said the French
man.
The statement jolts one bit, as is
probably the intention.
Pressed for specifications to sustain
his charge, the Frenchman adduced
1. That cooks are notoriously of vio-
lent temper and given to rash deeds, as
the kings famous chef who committed
suicide because dish was criticized
2. That cooks habitually handle sharp
knives, which are deadly weapons and
carve fowl, flesh, and fish, which sug-
gests mayhem.
s. That cooks are given to talking
to themselves, muttering suspciously as
they 60 about their work.
4. That cooks do not eat. They do
not sit down to meals like normal beings,
but pick and taste and absorb nutriment,
all of which tends to arrangement.
8. And that the work of cooks is hum
drum in the extreme, confining, and
usually in overheated quarters. No one
would be q cook except he were a little
crazy.
There is no doubt about it. went on the
Frenchman. Our country is a nation Of
cooks. That is why we have so many
men of genius, which as we all know is
to madness near allied.
France also is the epicure in crime.
Not that we have more criminals but
that our perverts show more originality
than those Of other countries. England
has her Sherlock Holmes, but yes, whilst
we have our trsene Lupin. We had also
Madame Humbert. Also the prisoners of
the time of Louis the fourteenth. Paris
is likewise the world center of black
magic. You have read Huysmann?
America has no cooks. Hence your
sanity. You eat at lunch counters. pie
in one hand and cup of coffee in the
other. You have cafeterias, those un-
speakable places. where you feed your
selves like animals.
You do not eat. You bolt So you
have indigestion. and indigestion creates
invention, big business, fevered activity.
All your greatness is but symptom OF
your disordered stomach.
You have no decent foods. Your -four
il denatured-a Frenchman loathes
your white, lifeless stuff: Your rice-a
Chinaman would not eat it. Your meats
are weeks Oc&O, COiu StoIdBSu, VIII no
flavor. Your butter is bad, false, dis
Guised with salt. Your sauces-you have
none. You can stomach your pile OF
wheat cakes only when they are deluged
with molasses. You can gorge your
table d'hote messes only when you have
fired your appetite with cocktails. You
do not drink wines; you cannot under
stand them, you comprehend only high
balls and gin rickeys.
That is why you are sane people.
When you become civilized and learn to
eat. then you also will go mad, as Europe
has gone mad, and proceed to slaughter
your sons, burn up your cities, and
trample down your wheatfelds with
splendid battalions.
And the Frenchman ought to know,
for he is q chef himself.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
GOLDBACKs WITH US AGAIN.

II may be wrong" said a Wall street mani
who has cashed q lot OF profits in the street,
lately, but hnd the soldback bill is with us|
again. and IN increasing In quantity coupled
Of years ago. when asked my broker for 81 O00|
In cash. I got q majority OF greenbacks, includ
Ing the hundreds and ffties. but last week. when|
withdrew $1,000 from my account. received
but three $50 bills OF the greenback variety
And an not the only one who has noticed i'll
know the other currency II as safe as ths|
United States but 10 looks like real pros perty to
see the gold tens. twenties. ffties and hundredsJ
wall Street Journal
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

ALONE IN rnr FORREST.

ALONE IN THE FORREST.
Afar. In cleft Of the mountain vail.
10 the source Of q rollicking rtll.
Through many a mile OF forest isls
II winds to the ancient mill.
The dun deer pauses beside Q POOL
And fonues her dappled fawn.
while I stand and case. through the
In the dew Of early morn.
The water murmurs around the root
Where ] cast the silksn line.
Borne down the stream. meath bank
A striksHsnd tn. pr,.. 10 mine.
Above the rapids q silver birch
spreads out q shAdoWy arm.
Where sounds all day Q roundslay.
The psabody's song OF charm.
Out OF the rocky glen ! came.
With the Wild brook racing free;
II sang all day. like . thrush in Nay.
As II boiled Ger the shtngly scrss.
'ris not the size of the nsh you catch
Or the number IN the crsel;
The gage Of fun. when the day 10
done.
Is the ssst of the evening meal.
Around the hre Of cracking fr,
When the feast Of the day 10 Ger.
The nne content Of . day we'll spent
10 pay for the muscles sore.
Afar from the haunts Of toiIing man,
And hustle Of busy street.
rest at night In northlana light,
On = couch OF balsam sweet.
Above 10 the vault Of heaven vast,
SpanKled with orbs agleam,
That watch my sleep. In woodland
AsI nsS again in 4 dream.
IT'S not the siss OF the nsh you catch
But the peaceful forest hour;
Tfs the mountain wine and breath OF
pine.
Restores the wasted power.
Waterman 3. c. Russell
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
H We Had Been On This Jury
10 Might Have Been Different

q jury in the circuit court for the
Hfv q Wayne has returned verdict
- when the boarder il taking bath,
- hndlord = not within his rights if
~ st0ndD at the door Of the bathroom
NM : stop watch and calls ''Timer'
& k sssms Peter Lang, boarder, was TAX
~ : be1A, or. to be exact had TAKEN
Dth =
q Ipt9 had just snsrsed from the tub,
~ With his syes full of soap and
~ about for the towel rack, when
e1nne . rap at the bathroom door.
= Hr ssked Peter.
1(Epl rnn Of boarder in = one
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

place of "once-up-
on-a-ttme" things,
but the common
washrag still re-
mains TO menace
health.
In many house
holds the entire
family still use
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
The Keep Well Column
WASH RAGS.

ized washrags in sealed packets.
In most homes the washrag after
being used is imperfectly rinsed out
and then hung to dry on a towel
rack or over the radiator. where
dust and dirt can easily lodge on IT,
For health's sake, each individual
should have his own washrag. Aft.
er using II should be thoroughly
washed out in clear, hot water. II
should then be hung up to dry
where IT will get both fresh air and
sur and not on top or or close
against the washrags OF other mem
bers OF the family.
A thousand germs perish for
every one that grows--but that one
usually makes all-firel good use OF
It's opportunities.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

The common towel has been
pretty well relegated to the hiding
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

Goods of the University Of Mime
sofa have drawn up . set Of specif-
cations for sending male callers
home By 1o:30. In this regard tht
dean Of women. Miss Margaret
Sweeney. recently said: Hang up .
framed copy OF the rules In some
conspicuous place, girls. Then draw
attention to the regulations with
some timely remark. n all else
fails, speaks MP openly and cay:
Time IN up, boys"