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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

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Owners and sportsmen OF the state.
He stated that deer damages are be-
ing paid out Of the funds Of the fish
and game department and that he
should recommend legislation to
make it legal to continue this policy.
He also tecommended an open season
for deef,sa. gone of one mile around
com fneresaI orchards OF a certain
size Mr. fxvens ideas seem Father
good but we question somewhat the
tuetsce Of using the funds Of the fish
and Eafhe department for the. payment
OF damages done BY deer. The. funds
OF this department are very largely
contributed 81 the hunters and Usher
men of the state ID the form of 9
iiecnse. This license, was. imposed
for the purpose OF securing funds to
enlarge this work Of fish propagation
ana FISH and game protection in the
state. Every man paying a license
tax has felt he was contributing some
thing for the development Of better
fishing and hunting in the state. 1t
does not seem quite fair to take this
~ oney to pay deer damages.
q tlf course land owners should have
proper. protection from the deer so
they can raise as much produce and
fruit as posi- Bile but we feel that the
whole state shonld4 give them this
protection rather than the sportsmen
alone. The. sportsmen furnish the
FINDS for the Improvement of the
iisssiistsg aud hunting and not ahs state
and fl seenas too much to ask them
10 protect the. real estate proprietors
frcflf damages. This IS question
that viii probably come before the
next legislature ana the ,sportsmen of
the state should be- prepared to de-
fend their interest before that body.
The open zone about commercial
orchards seems TO us very good
recommendation There would be
some slaughter of deer at all seasons
OF. the wear but this would be COM
paFatively small and as the commits
sicner says would accomplish re-
suits, encourage further planting and
make productive land used for no
other purposes On the whole Mr.
Leavenssseems.. to have good ideas of
what should be done in the fish and
game department but we think the
sportsmen wro pay license for the
development of fish and game will
feel it is fair to use their fund to pay
the deer damages of the state. If
they do not they must be awake or
the farmers of the state will force
this burden upon them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

LYNDONVILLE


1Madlyn Dudley, Correspondent.)
Fred c. Sawyer and Miss Louise
Morency, both of this place, were
married Wednesday evening, Nov. 2g.
by the Rev. G. l.. Pontbriand. After
~ short visit in Barton they will make
their home here in Lyndonville.---
Robert Farrow, who has been here q
few days visiting his sister. Mrs c. g.
Harris, has returned to. his home i'll
Rock Islanu.--Miss Marcia Powers OF
New York is here visiting her broth
er, Frank Powers Mrs. Mortimer
Hclbrook spent a few days last week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs, James
Euefl. Tho net proceeds of the dance
held by the OrientaIs in Music hall
last week were $3.50. This amour,
was given to the war fund The sum
of three dollars has also been receiy
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

I Possibly the man responsible for
The terrible explosion on the French
r1an:tiohs ship, Mont Blanc, was
blown into eternity along with the
other victims and We shall never
know the. cause. Possibly, toe, no
man aboard the ship was responsible,
but the, men accepting the cargo
But the public will demand know
ledge of tho truth. The appalling
loss of life and property is too grea,
to be ignored and all nations will
want a repetition of such disaster
thoroughly guarded against in the
future
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

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,bors, in caring for our boys who have
left our firesides. to defend our flag,
caring for them not only in health
51t especially when wounded and
sick. And when we remember that
noble womanhood is carrying on this
patriotic work in all parts of our
country, no one can measure the over.
whelming amount of good that this
orEa nnation is doing today
But such work cannot be carried
on without money. Our bra ach needs
at least $125t weekly. And no money
was ever better spent The demand
for this service is growing. There
fore our Government asks all women
TO kfit. And our women need even
more money. because the needs OF
our armies and navies arc ever grow
inE. When we read in onr papers
that pneumonia has claimed some Of
our boys at the front, We can under
stand why Washington calls for even
greater effort We need today more
women to knit, and we need more
money for the purchase Of wool and
other raw materials And this i'm
perative cali should touch all our
hearts, should mean no ''slackers"
either in. service or money. We have
faith in our people when the need
is shown there has been generous
response, not only in Red Cross work,
but FOR Liberty Bonds, Red Triangle
work. But there cannot he, must not
be, any let-Hp United, puEing
strongly all together, we must win.
War is horrible. And this war,
which we are now waging with in.
4crea sing strength and efficiency, was
of course inevitable. if our national
honor We're to be retained. if our citi-
zens innocently iourneying across the
seas are to be protected. War, how
ever, brings out the noblest part 'sof
our nature-self- denial, unweaiyiIag+
labors. self-sacrifice even TO life. Our
women. are nobly doing their bit. +"
We. are all proud Of them and of
Their work. And in this blessed Red
Cross work. carried on all over our
land. our country and our Allies are
grardly served.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

TIE response of SO volunteers for
the Vermont regiment right here in
st. Johnsbury is something the peo-
pic may well be proud Of. This town
sent ono of the largest companies of
volunteers to Fort Ethan Allen in the
whole state in response to the first
call. was one of the leading towns in
the number of volunteers to the navy
and the naval reserve, and now, so
far as we have observed, had more
volunteers at Saturday nights meet
ing than any other town or city in
Vermont.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

We approve the suggestion of the
Barre Times that there should be a
state committee in Vermont whose
duty it should be to scrutinize every
appeal for funds in careful and
unprecedented manner and then to
report for or against the petitioner"
There are too many appeals to the
public for contributions to war re-
lief enterprises. They may all be
necessary and the money solicited
may. so where it is all intendcd-for
the relief or comfort of the soldier
but the giver does not always know
this AS We have frequently stated.
We believe there are too many or
carnations to be supported and these
Organizations absorb altogether too
much of the money contributed
People should confine. their gifts to
the recognized organizations and not
attempt to give to every Tom, Dick
and Harry who, wants other peoples
money for the soldiers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

The prospect of cheaper corn and
oats as a result of the bumper crops
food administration an absolute en-
barge viii be placed on carload
shipments Of corn and oats into east
ern territory. The administration
says there are plenty of these grains
here for domestic consumption but
we have not seen any surplus in this
vicinity. OF course retailers will not
reduce prices with the shortage Great
ed by this embargo.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12
The midwinter weather of yester

The midwinter weather of yester-
day indicates that Nature is in
league with the fuel administration
Enforcing upon st. Johnsbury the
most distressing conditions possibly
with the shortage of fuel. Guess the
local fuel committee will have to get
up q chopping bee and get all the able
bodied men out cutting wood for a
day or two. Wen go and do our best
for one day if the other fellow win
go with u.s.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

Ore business man suggests that
considerable conservation of fuel
and lights might be effected by the
bushes places closing all but one
or two evenings in the week. That
certainly is worth thinking. about, as
Well as the fact that nine churches
were consuming coal Sunday when
three at the outside would have &C
com:nodated all the worshipers in
the village. Probably they would
have helped just as many people to-
ward heaven, too
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12
Old SOLDIER GIVES REcoMNEs-
DATsON

Gustav Wangelin, Comma nder of G.
a. r. pnst, Pinckne3pille. I'LL, writes,
ct highly recommend Foley KidneF
pills. which ] prefer to all others I
on the S;s,ot.s Foley Kidney Pills give
quick relief from, bsekschc. rheumatic
pains, stiff. swollen joints. 1apruidncss
pa.ins-in' groin and muscles. all ofhcr
SYMPTOMS of kidney trouble and sfcep
disturbing bladder aiIneuts They as
sist nature in restoring strength and
vitality.
CHARLES a. sEAELEs s. co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

Every. young man of draft age
should remember that he can volun.,
tecr to serve in tho new state organi-
cation and get $40 II month bonus
from the State Of Vermont. That
viii be better than going in under
the draft at regular pay.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12
sportslnen and Deer Damages.

State Fish and Game Commissioner
Linus Leavens delivered an address
before the Vermont horticultural
Society and the Vermont State Sugar
Makers Association at Burlington
Wednesday in which he emphasized
the IDENTITY of interest of the land
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

Prof. +. Sifton Delmar, formerly
lecturer in English at the University
of Berlin, says: During my stay in
Berlin + did what I could to make
the British standpoint clear to those
Germans who would tolerate discus
sion My deep conviction. however,
is that 10 argument but defeat by
the sswoed evil avail to make tire
German people see reason, and that
no Tribunal but. that or the sword
Of tho world held over them .witl
s3ufiiee- for many wears to make them
keep the terms OF peace which the
world is about in the name of JUS
tice to impose upon them" In the
name of humanity let us give them
the only treatment the German can
understand because the quicker we
win with the sword the quicker. our
Young men can enjoy the protection
and blessings of peace.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

Peace by m cans of war. This
is the mask under which the
American inapeT4alists with their
ifiifanned i appetites are posing.
America declares herself tie inn
ptacabie enemy Of Hun
gatly without any evident reason,
without any justifying motives
save eoyetousfiess and greed. At
tho moment in which Russia is.
putting forth efforts to end the
xdf American capitalists, talk
inx with base hypocrisy of the
lsdrrors Of wat. are striving to
leAkthen the bloody terror.
America and Great Britain de.
sire TO have all countries so
weakened that they two Will re-
main the sole victors and over
the bodies Of the millions that
have been sacrificed divide the
world. Their !, bourgeois are
dancing cannibalistic dances over .
tic bodies Of 100000 victims.
.srhis is the old refrair--war
to b victorious end. We are
sure the Krupps and all the 9TH
or German and Austrian cannon
kings are rubbing their hands
with glee at hearing such talk.
The Hohenzollerns and the
FIapsburgs are rejoicing at the,
possibility now of throwing over
to the sl1opl ders of America the
responsibility of carrying on the.
war, But the mighty call Of the
Russian proletariat will soon be
heard throughout. the world and
tile awakened nations will force
their governments first to an
armistice. and. then to peace.
What hope is there for any people
.cprpsentfng that the Infamed1 up
,et tasts of American imperialist
.ontrelled hy sseovctousness an
reed" ares striving 10 lengthen stn'
bloody terror? The claim Of tn
soldiers and WORKINGS council tina
hey are forcing an armistice am
hen Spcace is false. They have no
from Germany even a Rus
ian armistice and apparently are /;
ong way from accomplishing ii
People deluded by these false idea
:annot end this war 1-hey. should b
reated by the other nations the SAM
is simpering pacihsts are treated b,
heir fellow citizens
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

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right character and being or 4 g.s.n,h,
disposition had n large scircte IF
friends. MIR, and Mrs unrt,,, "a
l.art ana Charles HARDY, who have,
. oeeh like own brothers to Lynn. havr
nv aeepests syn1pa thysos evErfont.
hrs. simpson. who has been Iwt,rks
ing ior Mrs. "A. D. Chandler. Has
peen Obliged to- leave there on aca
count OF illness. At present she is
stasing with her daughter fifs 4raaS
burg. Miriam, the little (ia1u,rl,ter NJ
Mrs4and Mrs. ys,Skiilherf Of paw
tncket. II. II. is seriously III at 4 hos
pital in Boston. A specialist has been
consulted and he advised an opera
ton. as the only chance for her re-
covery.. Their many friends anxious
await the results Of the operation.
Mrs George Goodro of Barton was
ia town Wednesday,. q I $50. \, sss15
81 Mr.. and Mrs. "A. 4. aNilkies 4 nom
have three sons ana their son-if1.1asy
in the United States service. rheti
youngest son. Maynard, enlisted
some time ago. and is now Nithsthe
American Expeditionary Il Forces In
France. Their second son, Fred Has
enlisted and been accepted in the
Ambulance Corps and is in Allen
town. Pa, for three months training
Ray, the oldest son, who has been
living i'm Springfield, Mass. srecentNs
has enlisted and been accepted in the
Wireless Corps. Chester Trip, who
married Winifred Wilkie, is also witty
the American Expediti0nary Forces
in France, 1t is not often that an
entire family is in the service. ~
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12
The. Russian Distortion.

Poor Russia is not only facing a
civil war which will destroy its ef-
fectieeness as a nation but it is. hav-
ing the grossest Misrepresentation
forced upon it, which will incapaci-
tate the people of that country from
understanding things as they are.
no, ofEans but those of the Bolshe-
Wiki IRE allowed to be published and
these organs are putting out such
statements as these: .5
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

Previous to the outbreak of the war
554 people out of every thousand IN
Switzerland had savings accounts. In
France 346 out of every thousand,
Germany 317, England '302, Italy 22o,
and United States %. The lack of
thrift in this country is appalling
when compared with other nations, and
if the war develops more thrift anzon6
the American people it will have one
beneficial effect The War saSings
Stamps. just put out for public sale
will give every person an opportunity
to make a little savings and develop
the habit of thrift. Buy stamps at
twenty cents each and get at least a
five dollar certificate.
Now the peasant deputies in Russia
are advocating "a transfer OF lands
with their living and dead stoc,s, with
out payment To the administration Of
the land comrnittees'' They are: also
appealing to the. Iaborfns peasantrsT
TO defend the committees against amy
act of repression or violence by rep
resentatiy,es OF the1 deposed Kerenskyl
Goverpment.' Evidently the peasants
have the same desire as the Bosheviki
of making the Government their tool
at the expense of all other classes.
There is little of stable Government
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12
Red Gross Work.

Our town ought indeed to- he
proud of the patrioTlc work that our
women are doing every Tuesday in
the Arrnory. over 200 assembling in
the afternoons and over ZOO in the
evenings And each worker seems to
appreciate the imperative need as
we'll az the biessedness of their la
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

The Rutland Herald says: Let
Congress apply this acid test to every
public question:: What will best aid
in getting soldiers, sailors, ships and
supplies quickest to France, SO that
they may soonest take their part in
staying the surge of barbarism which
threatens the world? What will best
aid the President and the fighting
arms of the nation in cor1quering the
Hun'?" That is u very proper test
for Congress to apply and we think it
is equally good for every citizen to
apply to his activities One of two
things is sure to happen, either we
will conquer the Hun or the Hun
will conquer us. The first will re-
quire the sacrifice Of life and luxuries
in everyday living, the latter would
make all life uncertain and individ-
ua1 independence impossible. 1t will
be better to make the smaller sacri-
flee than to sustain the overwhelming
loss Hun victory would bring.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12
Give Railroads A Chance.

1t is announced that on Monday
the president will decide the govern
ment's policy towards the railroads
Will be. Many proposals ranging
from seizure by the government to
a hands-off attitude have been sug-
gested. The interstate commerce
commission has recommended that
the government operate the roads or
else suspend during the war laws
against the pooling Of systems and
allow an unification Of all rail sys-
TENS. OF course we have no means
of knowing what the presidents de-
cfsion will be. ,.,
It seems to- us that it would be
desirable to allow the railroads to
manage their own business and if
necessary furnish them enough
money to put their roads in con-
liition to handle the greatly increas-
ed traffic of war times. There is no
denying that the government has
the railroads in the past years. 1t
has limited the income of the roads
and allowed, labor to increase it's pay
at will and has refused the roads
sufficient increases in rates to meet
the great increase in cost of every
thing they need to keep their prop
efty in efficient condition. That is.
the result Of trying to run the rail-
road business by men ignorant of the
railroad business The result is in
ABILITY to secure money to make.
needed improvements and the roads
are in poor condition to meet the
terrific demands made upon them.
a railroad man would know how to-
manage a railroad to get the maxi
MUM service from it, but he cannot
put his policy in force if a non rail-
road man vetoes his efforts. The
railroads certainly have shown them
selves loyal to the government ana
willing to make any combination of
traffic that will give better service.
We hope the Presidents decision,
when it comes, will be as favorable
to the roads as his past decisions
have been for railroad laborers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

Z; keHAs On 1,ffE cAtEDoN1AN
~ &s&xs$ ~. A4dtA1. ). !. &. ii IL, y ~
sSas1Ss q. &: q. ais .ssss. III
. Ss Se h & s6kisS i ts sisii si:3S
A6 ssas u oaf xsh.ns cthb.
Ifhts Asath lit III. tHehry II. Leibzi-
~ HI Nsw .fsrk isznot only a great
,eid M hssfotolis but is worths
81 dsst ID aiitparts 81. our country.
III ~ks / psons<f IN educational work
tkAi hA4 TO ae not with children in
ths aat1lris. but With the masses i,
us eyenihgs. This notable work was
bSsuh BY Dr.. Eeipsiser in small
~4y ib $780, but under his inspiring
lsAdefship It grew 81 amazingly as to
conifnand the attention of ? patriotic
edAtn TORS everywhere, ,'s IS,
ss.Andtwhat was this work? PrimaF
rfly Fl Fyas intended to toicfn, some of
ttfeF s5eiEst' condi tionss, Of the .eity,.s life.
Ssw.Yotk is sT,re5 eftairierlsls the gate.
way 70 IL new. Msrla for the w vi fe 81 !,
1lss.s ii esg ,sashp want a<good cAant,e..
fGr Batfern sssel. those Who hasyye a
hashane esfor nilitaFisfn and an
tdsr&es. : Now York receives in nor
rr1;ssfi..tif,es hundreds OF thousands Of
E1sapesns, 81 al nations ana IAN
guassesss And ,theafiEst thing they see
nif@m soflg. shores, Is the .enblenhatie5
e2psssgspR efS our. country the Statue,
ofy Libes.sy. Il Rutt%a large proportion
dia{these strangers stay II, New York
tsitS. 40 not, 60 where 51and is plenty.
,ss.sl Il IA IA l,sah1e, -ihat remain,
thsrsby yina6sing New YORK the most
hhomoHtan shits in the: world,
sEow the problem of assimilating
thlA immense multitude, throwing
tkttd into the. melting pot to produce.
AfhAficans, is not .asxsfI1ple one. Their
children Of course are cared. for in
tn public schools that are the glory
q bur country. But the adults
s&lnsers mt only toIotlr language
uNE to an. our institutions. traditions
mi CUSTOMS, drift around, flock to
d1|ka tenernents, crowd our streets.
TN tths most eart they, quickly ae-
b Va. our language, but to5everyth thing
IN that makes, FOR Americanism
tAJg are straigers, br. !. ,Leipziser
g3kbplsd with this brobieni, and with
INFECTIOUS enthusiasm and wisdom,
H. ss,eed it, Appointed BY the Board
uft Education 1T Nsw York for this
MIX in 1895. he opened up in the
etehinss some school buildings. And
iaftAess buildings free lectures were
saNen, often illustrated with lantern
silHes, ins biography. travel, !, trade,
eeyKornics, history, patriotism .ci.i-
z3Aship. subjects Of every Kind, any
ttihs ana seefytisths to broaden the
y.ss5n and Inspire :witll hope. are On
tkJ prokran This educational. work
ptpkfertd, VAS enlarged. eventually
t5uehink oil sections 81 the city.l And
IA aif these years ii Ii not sxaserat-
Ms 10 LAY that millions have: attend
ID Ills Peoples University and aae
III 4 feai sense being educated. Nor is
tnis I'LL r1sse frequent tsss the iiauor
salosAs, and thus tneif families are
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

.s.Cutting ice" may be delayed this
winter by a.campaign OF cutting
Wood s. - u.s..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

the wide field from which Dart
mouth college draws its student is
shown by the following statement from
the Manchester Union. AS against
204 students from New Hampshire
last year, Dartmouth had 2O9 from
New York; 4S3 from Massa chusetts;
which has half a dozen mems colleges
of her own, including Harvard; 81
from Illinois, IS from Vermont, CO
from Connecticut, 81 each from New
Jersey and Ohio, 46 from Maine, 40
from Pennsylvania q from Iowa, s
From Rhode Island, 60 from Minnesota
rs from Michigan, II from Nebraska,
3 from Colorado, 7 from Missouri; 6
each from the District of Columbia
tlli;i tic state Of Washington, 5 each
from California, Indiana, and North
Dakota, 3 each from Arkansas,
Kentucky, Maryland, Texas, Can
ada and China, each from
5iooIeware, Kansas. Oklahoma, Ore
con, Utah and Virginia, and 1 each
from Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina
9alicia, Greece, Hawaii, Porto Rico
and Turkey.
4 THAT certainly is a wide field and it
is remarkable that Massachusetts
with SO many colleges should send
more students to Dartmouth than tho
state Of New Hampshire does. Wish
we had the figures from the University
Of Vermont to compare with Dart
mouth.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-12

The decision Of Middlebury Col
lege to close month early this year
to give the students more time to
work On farms and in the industries
will be generally approved. vaca-
tons will have to be shortened to en-
able the students to complete their
years work but they will not be
dana ged by this concentration of
work. The University of Vermont
began a month late last fall for the
same. purpose and it is evident the
Vermont colleges are doing their best
to relieve the shortage of labor that
the war has caused.