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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-17
EAST BURKE.

(Mrs. b. F. Humphrey. Corr
Charlie sF'reeto is home from his
work in St. Johnsbury on account Of
illness. There will be a Hallowe' Ell
social at the home of john McNally
Friday evening, Oct. i26.-The Dar-
lirigs are improving the looks of the
Mcdonald house and the hotise oecu.
pied by Arthur James with a coat of
paint. Ernest Allard has rented the
house vacated by Webb, and as soon
as repairs are dDae viii move his
faIni1y.-M Lawton OF St Johns
bury was a welcome visitor in town
with old friends last week. going from
here Thursday to West burke to spend
q few. days with her brother and Wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Woodruff. A large
aid successful meeting Of the Burke
branch of the Red Cross was held at
the vestry Thursday and bountiful
DINER was served. About $4,000 was
realized from the dinner.-Miss Sarah
Morse from Lyndon Center spent the
week end with her sister, Mrs. Mary
Belden.-The Ladies Aid hold an all
day meeting this. Wednesday, with
E.Adrs. John Keach.-Mr. and Mrs
Charles Ball visited Mrs. Bertha Bal
in Newark Sunday.-Miss Annie Bel
den of Laconia, N. H., is spending a
two weeks vacation with her mother
Mrs. Mary Belden.-W. II. Jeffrey was
home from Montpelier from Friday
morning until Monday morning
Mrs. M. II. ellison and Mrs. Florence
E'reeto were. in Coventry to see Mrs
Lizzie Thurber who is in very poor
health Mrs. Annie Lang and .twl
SONS of ]4yndonville were week END
visitors Of her parents Mr.. and Mrs
George Burrington.-Bion Humphrey
with his brother, Bert, from Lyndon
willie were called to Barton Saturday
| by the death of their aunt. Mary
Murkland.-Mr. and Mrs. John Lang
and daughter, Ida, Mr.. and Mrs. Ros-
coe Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. Sherburr
Lang and son, John, were in Barnet
Sunday to attend the funeral of Austin
Fisher-Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Darling
Miss Lila Mcdonald, Mr.. and Mrs
/ william Brockway, Bion F. Humph
rev and Mr.. and Mrs. e. r. Harvey
were in Barton Monday to attend thu
funeral of Mrs. Mary Murkland.-
/ William Mcqueen from the Balsami
i and Mrs George Davidson from Eut
i ton visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bal
! Friday.-Mr. and Mrs. Clarence LIE
visitors of Mrs. John Reach and Mrs
] mere from West Concord were recon
i Wesley ;Dee.-Mrs. Mabel Vance visit
ed her brother and wife. Mr. and Mrs
4 Lorenzo Stafford. in st. Johnsbur.
4 Friday and Saturday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-17

town hall on Friday evening under
the auspices of the Vermont State
Board of Health on tuberculosis, a
durable and preventable disease
The local committee for the Food
Conservation campaign is as follows:
Chairman, Mrs. NJ. D. Clement; Mrs
Byron Brown, Mrs. Delmar Smith
Mrs. w. C. Cheever, Mrs L. A.
Worthen, Mrs. Foster Greendank,
Miss Lorinda Hardy, Mrs. Ella Bad
ger Miss Clara ellis, Mrs. Fred Lang
maid, Mrs. p. III. Mcdonald and Mrs
Harry Osgood. North Danville-e
Mrs. J. p. Weeks, Mrs. II. B. Blod.
gett, Mrs G. H. Stanton. West Dan.
ville-Mrs. Albert Hastings, Mrs. A
J. Goss and Mrs. F. B. Mulligan.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-17
WEST BURKE

The pastors subject on Sunday morn
ing was. "Beholding Jesus" in the
evening, Tempted and Temptress. -
The mid-week service will be held on
Thursday evening, leader, D. C. How
ard.-The supported well the enter
tainment by Charles r. Taggart under
the auspices of the Boy Scouts. q! The
entertainment was much enjoyed, and
the Scouts realized a substantial sum
from their Efforts The second aha
third quarterly conferences. Districr
supt. WIlIfa1n Shaw presiding, viii be
held at the church on Wednesday
evening, Oct. "a.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-17
DANVILLE

(Mrs. c. w. Bartlett Correspondent
- The regular monthly supper and
social Of the Methodist church Will be
held this week Friday night.-Mrs.
Mary Brown died at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. Nellie Heath, Oct. II.
Mrs. Brown was born in Danville Dec.
"a. 1899, and was the daughter of
Samuel and Adeline Green, being one
of family of nine children. She was
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-17
PROMPT ACTION AvERTs TRoUBLr

Sluggish bowels indirectly cause
much sickness. A constipated cpndt-
ton not only poisons the blood stream.
but quickly affects the liver and other
organs, causing biliousness, sick head
acre. sour stomach, bloating, etc Fo-
ley Catllartic Tablets are mild in
action. yet cleanse thoroug hly, with no
nausea, and no. costires after effects.
They keep the bOwels regular, stom-
ach sweet and aiver active: Stout
light. free feeling they bring.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-17

MRS. C. w. Tilton, Correspondent
About Is attended the reception
given Mr.. and Mrs Miles Nelson at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. Nelson, Friday evening.
before leaving for Westford, where
they are at the present living with
tho brides mother. Mrs. Cobb. Re-
treatments of cake and coffee were
served. H. C. Wormwood presented
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-17

Mr. and Mrs. e. o. Dean are the
parents of nine pound boy Born
Sunday evening, Oct. II.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-17

Tor summer f7OlelS ana
Camps
LOCATED ON THE LINE OF THE
Maine Central Railroad
Afford unusual opportunity for. those
desiring to make 4 change inlocation.
uSpEyEloPED WATER POWERS UNLIMITED RAW xizflnI
Good Farming Land
Communications as to locations and OPP
portunities, are invited, and will receive
attention when addressed to any agent
Of the MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
or to
Industrial Bureau
Maine Central Railroad
Portland. Maine
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-17
FARMS
FOR S ALE

Are you interested in the pur-
chase Of Farm? If so you should
not fail to call or write for informa-
ton as we have many bargains
both large aud small, with and
without stock and tools. +.
Have you a Farm to Self Come
to us we will help you..
HaveYou q Timber Lot to Sell?
We can help you.
Do You Buy Timber Lots?
Come to u.s..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-17
EAST BARNET

Reception Given to Mr.. and Mrs.
Miles NelsOn.-LOcals.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28

about the ears and at The back OF
The neck will generally increase his
spareness. When this is carried to
extremes, the victim often pre-
sents the appearance Of picked
chicken. walking about with moth.
ing left but its comb.
The individual with the short
face may resort 10 moderately high
shaving about the ears. This, IN
profile, will tend to lengthen the
distance between chin and hair and
also decrease the breadth Of his
face. If he attempts to wear his
side.locks down on the semi-side-
board variety, the effect can be pic
tured only in the Imagination. This
type looks best with hair trained
as long and as high as possible al
The top Of the head, on the pompa.
dour style.
The man whose physiognomy ex-
presses length, and whose brow is
proportiOnatcly high. will do well
TO have his hair cut rather short at
the top, or if long, trained back as
sleekly as possible over the top Of
his head. II he fancies sideboards,
he can get away with them with
perfect symmetry and grace, rs Il
toohigh clipping about the cars
Rights Reserved.
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of wearing the hair. Some OF our
greatest artists. poets, sculptors
and musicians prefer the cascaded
locks about their neck and ears.
But unless ones genius Is known,
or unless his face absolutely re-
quires such artistic adornment. the
ordinary male Jocks far more sane
without II.
Genius has it's license. and the
world comedies it graciously; but
TO the near-artist, or the man whose
temperament attempts to flow
from his head like the cataracts OF
Niagara, the public accords only
ridicule.
And last, but usually not least
in point of worldly importance,
comes the man whose head has
been likened to heaven, because
there Is no more parting or dyeing
there On him the barber smiles
benignly, for his labors are limited.
and it is quality Of workmanship,
not quantity. that makes the money
change hauds three times at tho
end of the operation. Verify the
hairs OF this mans head are mum.
bered, and the barber must nurture
each harriet as though It were an
oasis on O desert.
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indeed a worthy one and has
reaped It's own harvest. both in adj
vancing the ideals Of civilization
and preventing repetition OF
the Samson miracle
But all BARRIERS, even though
human. are not mind.readers.
When man settles himself i'm the
cosmetic upholstery of O. strange
BARRIERS chair and emits the words
hair cut" before yielding TO in
stincts more or less comatose he
expects the tonsorial expert 10
know all the rest Immediately
the barber must throw himself into
clairvoyant trance. peer occultIy
into the mans head. and begin to
ply his scissors.
If at the end of the operation,
when the victim is reused from
dreams of Elysian fields. his head
happens TO look strange to him,
then very frequently barbarons
thoughts are brewed: and these
often find ntterance either through
the stony stare of the non-tip exit,
or in combination with language
smacking OF barbarity. The poor
barber couldn't bother the man too
much by questioning him about
the particular mode he desired in
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28

hair-cuts, nor could he tell exactly
from the uncut thatch Just what
style Of architecture 1t had origi
nally followed
The result is that many men are
walking about to-day with the
domes and gables of their heads
wholly Incompatible With the rest
Of their appearance: and there is
nothing SO humor-inspiring as this
outward reflection Of barbarism.
Two courses are always open in
the matter of obtaining a becoming
haircut. a man may have his own
barber who knows inst how
patrons hair looks best (and this,
OF course. is the more satisfactory.
or. If he is bird-of-passage among
barber-shops, nc may easily learn
lust how to inform the scissor-man
concerning the effect lie desires
produced.
short or medium" are both
general terms, and they are easily
misinterpreted. Therefore, after
having finished this customary col
loqny. is is always best to state
how long back dates the last ton.
serial operation. With khis intelli-
gcncc, the barber can judge pro-
portionately how much you want
Copyright. 19l
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taken Off for he knows that on
the average individuals head, hair
grows at the rate of from one
eighth to one-quarter OF nm inch
week.
Moreover. the face of every man
hears very important relation to
the trimming of his locks. Ills hair
should always be cut TO match his
features. Consequently few peril
nent suggestions along this line
Will sometimes work wonders in
your subsequent appearance in the
outer world
For instance the fat man. with
the large girth OF neck and head.
should be clipped with only moder-
ate trimness at the back of the
head and about the ears-siuce, If
The hair is cut too high here. his
fleshiness will only be accentuated.
AS much hair as possible should
be left at the top of his head. so
that the effect Of added height and
less breadth will be impaired.
Often we see men Of this type who
foolishly let their BARRIERS clip away
most Of the natural covering Of
their convolutions OF flesh.
The same is true of the man with
the thin neck. Too close clipping
by the Star Company. Great Britain
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28

A RMORED tortresses that soar un.
~ der their own power TO grea,
heights In the air and from that
position pour out streams Of shot and
shell With more deadly accuracy than /,
possible from Zcppelins, aeroplanes. bat.
tlesnips or any other type of war craft
now in use either In the air or on the
sea. are the very latest devices to be
suggested by inventive genius for the
better protection OF tho United States
against armed foes.
With sufficient number OF these float.
Ing air tor'resses scattered at short in
tcrvais along our coast and our northern
and southern boundaries, il is believed
that the invasion OF this country would
be dinicult II not impossible task. Two
or three OF them would be more than Il
match for whole heets OF armed Xeppe.
Inns and aeroplanes.
These aircraft, as the present war has
repeatedly demonstrated, arc loo uns,s-
BILE TO Gre guns or drop bombs with sufi-
cicnt accuracy TO insure a successful Of
fensivc They would be pow erless
against the new armored fortresses
which they would encounter in midair
and which would greet them with storm
of projec'ies fred from gun platform
LAT STEAMER IMAM the Geek or battle
ship on the calInest of seas.
The air fortress would also be able In
prevent submarines, torpedo boats ard
destroyers from getting within striking
distance OF the coast and under certain
conditions they are expected TO combat
successfully battleehips and the larger
cruisers.
Landing troops would be out OF the
question at any point that was we'll pro-
a
The invention which may revolutioniZo
warfare and make American prepared.
ness a certainty Is the work OF Mr.. S. A
Marti, young electrical and ID echanical
engineer. Mr.. Marti is Russian by birth
and education, but for the past seven
years he has been a resident of New
York City, engaged In yarous scientific.
pursuits.
Although not yet an American Citizen,
Mr.. Marti is keenly interested In this
countrys efforts TO achieve preparedness
and has decided 10 give this Government
the first opportunity to profit BY his re.
markable new invention.
Mr.. Martis invention combines in an
ingenious way the mechanical principles
Of the aeroplanes now in use and those
OF the heliocopter. a means of aerial
navigation which in It's original form has
long since been discredited.
An armored car in which most Of the
guns are mounted is suspended below
turret through which passes a longi-
tudinal truss somewhat resembling the
wings of an aeroplane. This truss, or
pair Of planes. revolves horizontally on
ball bearings in the turrei.
In the heiocopter the motive power
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Why Your Barber Should Cut Your Hair to Fit Your Face

THAT part OF mans head
which closely fringes the
window OF his SOUL bears
also very important relation TO
his mortal appearance. Ones en-.
tire person may be Immaculate. yet
II the top OF things has not been
properly pruned, the general effect
will be spoiled utterly.
On the other hand, we'll
trimmed head is an infalllble index
OF self-respect, and this is always
a premium for a man In all his
business and social relations.
There is little sympathy lost in The
business world on the man whose
carelessness sprouts ingloriously
from the top of his head.
Ordinarily. however, man is not
responsible for the actual manner
in which his cranial crops are
moved. Since the day of bar.
barism, when men roamed about in
packs, long, haired and full-bearded,
there has evolved with the times a
profession which in no way takes
its name from the primitive con-
dition Of man. This profession Is
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VIII stretch his profile to infinity
The majority of us wear our
locks either la pompadour, or
parted on the side, But II is now
whispered I'm the hest barber cir
cles that there is to be return OF
the centre part" vogue. No. our
masculnity is not to be shocked
by the Observation-Disclosures part-in-
the.middle; the side-locks are to be
brushed loosely back, thereby re
lieving the primness by a little
abandon.
lust word, In passing, about
the neck that is shaved round at
the back. Here lies the difference
between country and a city hair
cut. If you want to spell pastures
with the back OF your head,
just resort TO this circuitous treat
ment. When ICY" comes in from
the farm, even though he sports
all the raiment OF stones he dares
all the walters know him by his
slobular thatch. a man from the
city once fell asleep in country
barber-shop. 1t took him a week
back in town, before he began to
look like himself again.
Eccentricity in tcmpers ment
often reveals itself in the manner.
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desired height and remain fixed in hat
position by means Of powerful steel cables
extending from the bottom of the gun
platform 10 the earth,
These anchoring cables will give the
fortress such steadiness that its guns
can he aimed and fired with almost as
great accuracy as if they were resting on
solid earth or a concrete cmplacement.
The armored air fortress will be OF
great service in other ways besides bonn
harding the enemy from a height OF
several thousand feet For the purpose
of observing hostile positions and making
accurate maps OF them, it will be far
superior to anything now In use.
As il being demonstrate ed almost every
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day on The battle fronts Of Europe and
Asia, the kite balloons used by all the
armies for observation purposes, are ex-
cecdingly inefficient.
They are clumsy and hard to manage
except under the most favorable atmos-
pherc conditions.
Their great size makes them the best
OF targets and also requires large crew
Of men and elaborate paraphernalia for
their operation.
The new aerial fortress has none OF
these bad features and innumerable good
ones which the kite balloons as we'll as
other air craft lack.
Although strongly armored enough to
resist any attack from above or below, il
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Steel-Clad

Is so light that 1t can be easily and
quickly transported from place to place.
Only six men are necessary for it's
operation, and in an emergency II could
be handled with even less. Although not
large enough to furnish conspicuous
target, It is capable OF carrying q battery
Of three guns besides searchlghts and
all the appliances for making observa-
tons and signalling.
A flying fort OF this size could, 1t II
estimated. be built at an expense not ex.
ceeding $4,000. 1t will measure an.
proximately $50 feet from tip to tip OF
the planes The engines, located Ia the
extreme ends Of the planes. will be able
to generate 400 horse power each.
The inventor, Mr.. Marti is now com.
pleting At his laboratory in New York
The final plans for the first aerial fortress.
An experimental machine is to be con.
structed at once and as soon as com.
pleted and thoroughly tested il will be
submitted TO experts of the United States
army and navy.
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planes. These motors will
royolve the planes horizon.
tally and in this way the
fortress will be raised and
sustained in the air.
For the purpose of steer.
ing the machine is provided
with both horizontal and
vertical rudder planes. II
desired 10 drive the fort
straight ahead through the
air the central turret can b.
supplied with a motor at the
front or the rear
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28

The real purpose Of the air fortress Is
not. however. TO travel for any grea; dis
lance through the air, but to rise to any
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was applied in the centre. but in this
new device IL is supplied by powerful
motors placed at either extremity Of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-13

1t is obvious that it may be used to
prohibit as we'll as to regulate"
Today we have cooperation Of fed
eral law with the Maine law. No pen
atty need be attached to the federal
law, for when the state-prohibited ar
ticle in interstate commerce reaches
State Jurisdiction State law is no longer
obstructed and becomes operative. We
may seize contraband original pack
ages" and confiscate them without con-
ficting with federal law.
And what, tc us, is equally import
ant. liquor advertising and soliciting OF
liquor orders through the mails Will
be prohibited by federal law in pro-
hibition territory by the Bankhead bill
which was passed. Thursday. by the
L, s. Senate This bill, If passed by
the House and signed by the President,
is precisely the measure needed to CO.
operate with the Jones bill before the
Maine Legislature which would prohib-
1t the sale IN Inns state OIL newspapers
magazines or other periodicals carry
ing liquor advertising. 1t will be seen
that the federal law might drive the
mail advertising to the expresses in
dry states but the proposed law for
Maine would fill the gap. We sincere
ly hope the Maine Legislature will
SEQ" the federal law and go it one
better"
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Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL R. R,
In Effect October l, 1916.
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA:

TRAINS
GO.NG w oI-o.v4 A. M,
6: :; e.: e.:
l.s...-....s-s9 pec: $50 A. NJ, Bruins
Micil., Lewiston. Portland. Boston,, l2,4s
+. NJ, tialoWell, Gardner and SO.
Gardner; $40 T.. M.. local. 4.o7 Y.
Nj. leApress), Brunswick, Rockland.
Portland, boston ana New York; 6.lo T.
M, IialloWeIl, Gardner and so. Gardi-
ner; 6.l2 L. NJ, not beyond Portlandl.
lu.40 +. NJ, Lewiston. Bath, Portland,
boston. sundays 3.U4 and Iy.lJ A. M, $50
New York; and 10.4O Z. M. Portland and
boston.
GOING castillo A. M. Bangor. Ca
lais, Bar Harbor. st. John, Halifax,
Aroostook Co. sunday morning at I.lo
A. Nj, does not connect beyond Bangor;
6.33 a. M. local to Moosehead Lake (via
Oakland), Belt t, FoxcroTt ana Dangor,
Ekowhegan; 12u6 L. NJ, Watervii.e, Ban
sor. r. d A. II. r.. Calais. st. John and
halifax; ..37 =. NJ. express 10 WateIVille,
thence local to Bangor ana Mattawam-
Eeag; 800 L. M, W2terYilie and SkoI. ne
gan; 7.07 y. NJ, WaterViIle, SkoWheSan
and Bangor. Sundays $50 A. M, 2.o3 K.
NJ, for Bangor $50 4. NJ. and 2.o3 7. M.
for Skowhegan.
trains leave Augusta for HalIoweli
Gardiner and South Gardiner at 63S, 9.3o
A. M, 12.4S. 30o. 5.15, 6.l2, l0.40. Halloween
and Gardiner only so7 p. NJ. Gardner
only 3.04 A. NJ. except Mondays.
II. y. WALDRON, Genl Passenger Agt
d. c. Douglass. Genl Mgr. Portland. Me.
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SIDNEY

WEST-Charles H. Lovejoy and
daughters have gone 10 Augusta for
the winter.
Mrs. L. Fl. Wyman and daughter,
Pau!ina, are in Augusta for q few
days.
Miss Mabel Lovejoy is working in
Augusta for Mrs. George Farrar.
George Newell is cutting wood for ].
Emery Nash.
Friends of Wesley Clark Of Belgrade
are sorry to learn that he has lost a
valuable horse
Mrs. Fred Sawyer, who has been suf-
fering from fall she sustained short
time ago. is getting along nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Woodward and
daughters. Ola and Eunice, have re-
turned to North Yarmouth after nearly
week passed with relatives and
friends.
Mrs. George Scott has gone to Lewis
ton for a few days visit
Miss Ida Trask passed the day re-
Gently with Misses Alice and Lena
Taylor
The friends of Mrs. w. A. Lovejoy
were sorry to learn that she was OBJ
lised to go to the General hospital in
Augusta, Monday evening for treat
ment.
Percy French received a bad cut on
his knee from a saw while numbering
for Alex Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Richardson at
tended Pomona in Gardiner, Wednes-
day