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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02

Vermont sugar. It has established q
label which is a guarantee of the pur-
ity and quality Of all sugar sold under
that label
He then showed three grades of
syrup made by himself. Grade No. /
he sells for So a gallon, grade No. 2
he sells for $1.5O and No. 3 for $1.25
Anything that will not go into those
grades he puts in the tobacco tubs
He said 1t was necessary to work to
get quality into sugar. He also gets
by-product of sugar sand. or nitre
as some call it, that he sells for 25
cents pound. That has to be clean
ed and dried before it is marketable.
He also makes maple sugar and dry
sugar. He then showed a sample OF
black Canadian block sugar from
which large amount of pure Yer
mont maple sugar is made in the
cities down country. He urged the
farmers to take more pains to stand
ardize their goods and keeping up the
quality because it surely pays.
To make first grade sugar rapid
shallow boiling is necessary and the
tree should not be tapped within six
or eight inches of the old tap hole
as the colored wood would color the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02

sugar. Sap should not be allowed to
stand in the buckets or containers be-
fore 1t Is boiled. He believed covers
should be used because the improve
ment in the quality OF sugar would
pay for them in one season. A man
boiling should give his whole atten-
ton to it and keep the scum removed
from the sap. To make a nice quail
ity of sugar 1t is not what you put
into it but what you keep out of IT,
He strains his syrup cold through a
flannel strainer and thus allows the
sugar sand to separate. You should
keep the three grades of your syrup
separate.
Sugar must be put into attractive
packages If you desire to keep the best
trade. IL a customer orders No.
sugar give il to him and not a lower
grade. If you do not have the No.
write and tell him so. The market
for No. / is so great IL is the duty of
the Vermont farmers to supply IT,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02
RECENT DEATHS
Flood.

Mrs. Della Flood died Saturday af-
ter an illness from a cancerous trouble
which lasted since last October Della
Banahan was born in Castlerea,
County Roscommon, Ireland, in 1S41
and when a young woman came to
America to seek her fortune. She was
married 40 years ago to Gregory
Flood who died a number of years
ago. She is survived by three daugh-
ters, Ella and Sarah of Boston and
Katherine of St. Johnsbury, one
brother, John Banahan of ST Johns
bury, and four sisters, Mrs. Owen
Tower of st. Johnsbury Center, Mrs.
John Broderick of Barre, Mrs Thorn
as Flood of Cambridge, Mass, and
Miss Ellen Banahan of Boston. The
funeral was held Tuesday morning ut
nine o'clock from st. Aloysius church
and burial was at Mount Calvary
cemetery beside her husband. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tower and Mr.. and Mrs Broder-
lex were here to attend the funeral
and Miss Ella Flood was called here
by her mothers illness and cared for
her during 1t.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02
LOCAL GATHERINGS

The following letters are adver-
tised for the week ending Jan. 20: La
dies, Madam Andrea Champei Mrs
w. ID. Hall. Emma A. Jenkins, Mrs
W. A Mclean, Mrs. Eugene Spauld-
ing; gentlemen, Carl y. Batchelder. G.
l.. Hart, w. d. Hall, Pole Paradis
Everett Secord.
Mrs. Anna c. M. Tillinghast OF
Beverly. Mass, will speak at The Co
lonial Sunday evening, Feb. 6, at 7
o'clock on The So-called Advantages
Of the License System" Mrs. Tilling-
hast has had part in campaigns in
Massachusetts, and Maine and has met
very able people in debate
On February 3 DIR. Clarence True
Wilson will speak at The Colonial
under the auspices of all the churches.
Mr.. Wilson is secretary of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church Temperance
society and is one of the foremost and
successful workers in the temperance
cause in this country. He has been
engaged in several campaigns of note
in the last eight years and is a speaker
whom everyone should hear.
Charles Weeks is being urged by
his friends to be candidate for over
seer of the poor. many people believ-
ing the selection of a practical farmer
to have charge Of the poor farm and
attempt to produce from it the pota-
toes and vegetables used in the Door
department to be an experiment worth
trying. w. G. Rodliff is also being
talked of as a candidate. 1t is un-
derstood w. f. Welch would accept
a denomination as selectman, but will
not conduct an active campaign for
the place.
A snow statue of Napoleon in
military dress in front of the residence
Oh DR.. c.. A Cramton has attracted
much attention. it was made by Ed
ward Cramton and is a very good
representation. showing the possession
OF considerable ability as a sculptor
by the young man.
Pupils of b. Frank Harris will
give a piano recital in Pythian hall.
Thursday afternoon at 4:30. The re-
cital is open to all interested.
Last week under the direction of
the Woman's club a box for the Bel
gtans valued at $45 was packed and
sent to headquarters at Burlington.
The contents of the box were contrib
uted wholly by Leach and Waterman.
the Ready-to-Wear Shop, the Wo-
mans club and Mrs. G. T. Walter. Nell
Of packing the box
The warm weather and thaw
have brought out the wheels which
made their appearance the last of the
week and are really necessary for
heavy teaming in the village
Miss Woodruff and her teacher
training class from Bradford come to-
night to visit schools here tomorrow
and attend the county teachers con-
vention on Friday.
The Civics club will meet Thurs
day at AIS with Mrs. W. A Kicker.
The subject will be Community
Health in St. Johnsbury," and the pa
per of the afternoon will be by Mrs.
Margaret N. Haywood.
The Snow Shoe club will meet at
the G.. A. r. hall Wednesday evening
for the usual festivities.
1t is reported that Fred S. Harri- |
man, whose name was mentioned last
week, would accept the nomination |
FOR overseer of the poor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02

Audience I1clIcd Then Scared.
Notwithstanding the serious impro-
priety of applauding in a court of
justice which raised the indignation
of Judge Stanton TO white heat, the
sight of the people in the room was
amusing. Many of them did not real
ize the offence they were giving while
some who had almost been "rooters''
for Hatch throughout the whole trial
gave vent to their enthusiasm regard
less of propriety. Then the indigna-
ton of the judge awed them into 81
lence and his peremptory order for
the arrest of Mr.. Kirk started them
thinking. They giggled when Kirk
was taken into the judges room and
seemed to think it was great fun.
Then came the order to allow no one
tc leave the room and the gigglers
began to cast sly chances around to
see if their neighbors were feeling as
uncomfortable as they. 1t was evil
dent they did and when their names
were demanded after the order of the
judge to arrest all those who took
part in the demonstration many a
mother looked as though she wished
she was at home attending to the ba-
bies even though they were sick with
the collie. When the judge finally
told them they might go the court
room cleared quicker than a school
fire drill could have done it.
Kirk was detained and the judge
ordered that he give security in the
sum of 800 for his appearance IN
court later.
EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE
The testimony OF the witnesses
called for the defense was that they
saw no signs of a struggle in the pool
room, that they could hear the click
o. balls and ordinary conversation in
the pool room while passing on the
sidewalk, that they heard no disturb
ance previous to the shooting, that
they saw Brown fall on his face, saw
someone raise his head and let it drop
and by some of them that they heard
Hatch cry For Gods sake help me,
this mans shot" These witnesses
were Karl E. Salman, Frank E. Kear-
ney Thomas c. Wallace, Lyndon Ar
rold. William Wightman. Mrs. Edith |
and Dorman Wightman.
HATCH'S STORY.
Harlow w. Hatch, the respondent,
was then called and told that he was
n years of age, was born in Dan
Vile, that his mother died when he
vas nine years old and since that
time he had lived at different families
md worked for his board and school
ng until he was 16. Since then he
had worked at Fairbanks and in Dan
Vile and last May he bought the Cobb
pool room on Eastern avenue. He
got acquainted with Brown while
playing pool and they became the best
u friends. He hired Brown in June
q work for him nights and had en-
)loyed him all the time for about two
weeks previous to the shooting.
He then told how he and Brown
lad been together in the pool room,
about town and on the Dan
Vile road, got dinner and walked
some more, and stated that Brown
Kept the keys to the pool room lock-
ng it at night and giving them back
n the morning. On the way back
rom their long walk Brown went in
4. Carr's livery stable and tried to get
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02

pe ssible just how the accident had
happened.
He identified a box of cartridges as
his.
He was cross examined at some
length by the attorney general stating
that he was but little acquainted with
fire arms.
Doctors On The Stand
Three local physicians, w. B. Fitch,
w G. Kicker and J. M. Allen were
called as experts by the defense and
al testified that in their opinion it
was possible for Brown to have re-
ceived the four bruises on his face
ano forehead at one fall if the head
turned and scraped the side and that
the bruises were of practically the
same intensity. Perhaps the feature
that attracted the most attention
from the crowd in the examination
was the grilling cross examine ton
given Drs. Fitch and Allen by the at
tcrney general. He made DR.. Fitch
admit that when he was witness at
the inquest he was engaged by the de-
Iense, that at the time of the AUTOPSY
he did not tell DR.. Whitney of brush
ing dust from the bruises and he did
not know that DR.. Whitney was to get
all the information possible for the
state. DR.. Allen was made to saw
that during the inquest he had refused
to give certain testimony unless he
could receive fees as an expert for
the same.
Sheriff Worthen testified to getting
the box Of cartridges from the drawer
where Hatch kept them and counting
40 cartridges in it at the time.
e.
examination and then the defense
rested it's case
In rebuttal the state called Arthur
Liberty who testified that Goodearl
was the only man who called for help
at the time of shooting. Arthur
Goodearl said he was the first man
to reach Brown and his face was up
at the time. He was the only man to
call for help. He also showed how he
raised Browns head about six inches
and eased 1T back to the ground. DR..
Whitney said Browns frontal and
cheek bones were quite prominent
and in his opinion it would be impos-
sible for Brown to get all the bruises
at one fall. Mrs. Ralph Sulloway, the
at the inquest, testified
that DR.. Fitch said there he found
only one small bruise on Browns |
LOTenedQ Wnen ne nrSC examined the |
body. DR.. H. B. Stone told of expert |
ments he had made by fastening card |
board around the revolver as Hatch |
claimed he had held it and at one |
discharge the card board was ignited |
and in each of the three tests the card !
board was covered with smoke, torn |
and filled with powder. He exhibited /
the card board used. If Hatch had
held the revolver as claimed it would |
have burned his hand quite severely
That finished the testimony and the
first argument was made by States
Norton. He was followed
by J. Rolf Searles who gave a very
clear argument in favor tof the de-
PENDANT and following him was r. w.
Simonds who made a very impassion-
I'd appeal to the jury for fair play for
he boy. Friday morning Attorney
General Barber made a very clear,
;lean-cut argument for the state and
Judge Stanton delivered his charge.
The case went to the jury at noon and
after discussing the case they took
one ballot, it being unanimous for the
acquittal for the respondent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02

At o'clock last had
heard the evidence and the
words mot guilty
killing
dend by outbreak of
AS
in his Joy over the verdict Thus ended
published last the
dental gng
jury by
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02
Fish and Game Today.

The banquet at sharp noon to be
served to the Caledonia Forest and
Stream club at Pythian hall. today is
ready and tables will be set for 100
people. There is sure to be some fun
in the after dinner speaking.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02
KIRBY

(Mrs. w. P. Russell, Correspondent. }
Miss Fanny Slayton has returned
to her home in Woodstock after help
ing her sister, Mrs. Marjorie Nickerson
several weeks.
Roy Powers has several teams at
work on the lumber for new barn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Crane from Nc
Indoes visited at w. P. Russell's over
Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02

On Feb. 22 the ladies of Grace
Methodist Episcopal church will give
a dinner in the new church and on the
following Sunday 1t is hoped to hold
service there for the first time.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02
HATCH WAS ACQUITTED

jury Returned Verdict Within Three HoursTher Decision
Greeted With Loud Applause Judge Stanton Ordered
Audience Retained And Ordered Immediate Arrest Of
Charles E. Kirk For Contempt OF Court-Names Of
Everyone In The Court Room Taken-Some GrilIine
Examinations By Attorney General Barber.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-28

If the rural communities of the
Southern states made the same prog
sess in crime as the official records,
just made public, reveal at the
renters of population, last year was
the bloodiest and most disorderly
that the South has ever experienced.
Crime at centers of population shows
an increase of fully twenty-five per
cent over the previous year. I'm
portant Southern newspapers, in
censed at the lawlessness, have taken
up the question which they attribute
to the illicit tra"- in liquor under
the prohibition laws.
Memphis is reported 20 lead the
cities Of the United States in serious
crime. This statement is not dis
puted by the Memphis press and local
public officials. No other city in the
country is said to have so high a
record for murders. There were,
approximately. $4,000 arrests in
Meinphis during 1915, against about
$4,000 in 1914. Some surprise is &C.
casioned by this large increase Of
arrests in view of the fact that dur
ing the year 1914 the saloons were
open, whereas during 1915 they were
closed, yet in that year the number
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-28

cent in 1915 over the previous yea.
and 1G,2i1 persons were arrested for
various cFenses. In spite Of the ab-
sence of saloons, drunkenness showed
an increase Of 33 per cent over the
previous year, when there were 100
beer saloons in operation in Chatta-
nooga.
The prohibition State Of Georgia is
having the same trouble with crime.
Atlanta and Macon experienced their
"most bloody Christmas" to quote
local dailies. In Atlanta. Christmas
morning, four men were dead at a
hospital, as a result of shooting, and
about thirty-five were suffering from
gunshot wounds. Some fifty men
were victims Of stabbing ARRAYS.
The number Of arrests in Atlanta, on
Christmas even, broke all previous
records, amounting to about 600. At
Macon, nineteen men were taken to
hospitals in one day during the holi-
day season stuff ering from gunshot
wounds. Macon's arrests during the
holidays Appropriated 300.
Alabama and North Carolina, as
shown by local newspaper reports
and police records, were not far be-
hind Tennessee and Georgia in the
matter Of crime and general disorder.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-28
"Listen to the Mockina Bird"

Southern Workman: The story OF
the origin Of the song Listen to the
Mocking Bird" is interesting. A
little over fifty years ago, there lived
in the city of Philadelphia negro
street minstrel, one George Milburn.
who was an expert whistler. and
performed on the guitar. Some OF
the airs he whistled had never been
transferred to paper by any com
poser of music. He made his own
tunes and his skill as a warbler and
guitarist commanded the admiration
of his audiences, and compelled Ito
eral tips. Listen to the hooking
Bird" was one of these catchy tunes.
Septimus Winner, the famous song
writer. had heard of this negro, and
one day he appeared in the street
where Winner lived and gave one
of his open-air concerts. 1ncssded in
his repertoire was Listen to the
Mocking Bird" When the concert
was over and a collection had been
taken, Milburn played another air as
thank offering, and was about to
20 to another playing" corner. But
Mr.. Winner, who had been one OF
his audience. approached him and In
yited him to his house where he
complimented him on his clever man
ipulation of the guitar and as
whistler He asked Milburn to
whistle the "MocNng Bird which he
did. and while the negro was whist
ling, Winner wrote down the notes
hastily. Some time after this Incl.
dent, he wrote the words Of the sons
as we know it. This he sold for s.
to Lee and Walker, of Philadelphia
who were then the leading music
publishers. The song was published
in ballad form, and became immense
ly popular 1t was sung all over the
country, whistled on the streets, and
played by bands, and it is just as
popular today as it was when it was
first introduced. Lee and Walker
realized over 100000 from its sale
and George Milburn received from
Septimus Winner twenty copies Of
the song as his share OF the profits
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-28

band.
The wedding of Mr.. Harry Ather
ton, of near Kahoka, to Miss Agnes
Allen, of Boonville. Mo-, will occur in
the latter city Saturday, December
30. After a short wedding trip they
win be at home at San Marcial, New
Mexico The bride taught the sixth
grade of the Kahoka public schools
during the year 1856, and has many
friends in the city. The groom is a
capable young man Of the county
Their friends extend best wishes.
The Kahoka schools will open Mon
day, January /, after weeks vaca'
ton.
Miss Elsie Reser, of the Macon
high school, and Ernest Reser, a stu
dent at the Missouri university, are
spending the week with kahoka and
Knox county relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Boone, accomp-
anied by their nephew, Ray Boone,
left Saturday for visit with relatives
at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Dr. and Mrs. G. C. Coulson spent
the holidays with relatives at La
Harpe, III.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Wickham came
over from Bushnell, H., and spent a
few days this week with Kahoka
winter at Bushnell.
Miss Kathryn Sisson. a student at
St. Mary's academy, Quincy, ILL.,, is
spending the holidays with her faith
er, Dr. W. B. Slsson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-28
Surprisingly Good
Cough Syrup Made at
Home
Costs Very Little and Easily Made,
hut In Remarkably EHectiv

You'll never really know what 9 fine
cough syrup you can make until you
prepare this famous homemade remedy.
You not only save 50 as compared with
the ready-made kind, but YOU. will also
have more effective and dependable
remedy in every. way. 1t overcomes tho
usual coughs, throat or chest colds IN
"a hours-reIieves even .whooping cough
Get 21s ounces of Pinex $50 cents
it into a pint bottle and fill the bottle
with plain granulated sugar syrup.
Here you have a full pint-a family
sIpply-of the most effective cough
syrup that money can buy-at cost OF
only 81 cents or less. 1t never spolls.
The prompt and positive results given
by this pleasant tasting. cough syrup
have caused it to be used in more homes
than any other remedy. 1t quickly
loosens dry, hoarse or tight cough,
heals the infiamed membranes that line
the throat and bronchial tubes, and re-
lief comes almost Immediately. Spien-
did for throat tickle, hoarseness, prom
chitis. Group and bronchial asthma.
Pinex is a highly concentrated COM
pound of genuine Norway pine extract,
combined with guaiacol and has been
used for generations for throat ana
chest ailments.
Avoid disappointment by asking your
druggist for '.21a ounces of Pinex" with
fuI directions, and don't accept any
thing else. A guarantee of absolute sat
isfection or money promptly refunded,
goes with til preparation. The Plnex
Co. Fl. Wayne. Ind.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-28
@D5De NNAUVO(
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Nauvoo girls have only until next
Sunday night to propose, the end OF
leap year. They will have an excel
lent opportunity to pop the import
ant question at one of the numerous
watch parties next Sunday night
Almanacs and calendars are not so
numerous In Nauvoo this year as
formerly and one must almost go beg
ging to get one. The high price OF
paper is no doubt the cause Of it.
Many OF the ST. Mary's academy
and Spalding institute pupils spent
the holidays in their nearby and dis
tant city homes. and will not return
until next Tuesday
Mrs. VIM. Guilliam entertained the
Card club. composed Of ladies'. last
Friday afternoon at her home in the
south end of Nauvoo
VIM. Reimbold who is attending
school In Galesburg. ILL.,, came home
to spend the holidays with his pa
rents at the Nauvoo Oriental hotel.
An enlarged picture agent was in
Nauyoo some months ago, and took
numerous orders for portraits and
collected in advance. The pictures
never arrived and suckers come to
light in Nauvoo every now and then.
Nauvoo's mails have been very IT.
regular the past week. For several
days the Chicago papers were receiv-
ed in the evening or the next day.
Il. f. Keirthan OF Burlington is a
Nauvoo visitor this week, the guest
OF his sister, Mrs. G. J. Baxter and
family.
r. s. Latta. J. o. Boyer, Jos. Nc
Gregor and John Repplinger were in
Keokuk last Monday night and at
tended Christmas fcte held by the
Moose lodge and report an enjoyable
time.
Nauvoo's state bank will hold a
meeting on January to select eleven
directors.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-28
Low Dives and Blind Tigers.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal
has called for a mass meeting of
citizens to discuss the crime increase
and to formulate some plan Of re-
ducing it. The newspaper admitted
the growth Of crime in Memphis and
charged it directly to illicit traffic in
intoxicating beverages, following the
enforcement Of prohibition law
which closed licensed saloons, and to
low dives where ''blind tigers" we're
operated.
"There has been more crime and
secret vice in Tennessee since the
attempted enforcement of prohibition
laws upon Memphis, Nashville and
Chattanooga-laws that were OPP
posed to the controlling sentiment Of
those cities-than ever BEFORE" de-
clares the Chattanooga Times.
every offender arrested and punish
ed becomes an enemy to law and
order and the number of such in
creases daily"
Chattanooga broke its highest
crime record in 1915. This city of
$4,000 showed an increase Of 20 per
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-28

OF Ottumwa, and Miss Lola Umphrey
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.. Umph
rey of Bonaparte, were married at the
home OF the brides parents here on
Christmas day at six o'clock p. m. Rev
Peterson officiating.
The remains of Mrs. Walter Burns
were brought here and placed in the
Center Chapel cemetery last Friday
Mrs. Burns died Tuesday at Lake View
Iowa, where the family moved several
months ago The Burns family lived
in Bonaparte for several years before
moving to Lake View.
Louis Grages Of near Iowa City
came a few days ago for a months
visit with relatives.
George Coolidge. who has been en-
ployed near Fairmont, Minnesota dur
ing the past summer and fall, is Wis.
iting here with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Chas. Coolidge.