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NAVY CENSORED TO
CURB GERMAN SPIES
DANIELS PUTS LID ON TO KEEP
INFORMATION FROM
ENEMY.

Because naval information of great
Importance is reaching Germany.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels issued
an order this week, at the urgent re-
quest of Admiral Benson. chief of
naval operations, forbidding all per-
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THE FARMER As A BUSINESS MAN
A SIMPLE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM ESSENTIAL AND
GREATEST AIDS.
Third of series County Agent H. Bergstrom)
BOYS LEAVING THE FARM.

aries of articles by County Agent c. H. Bergstrom
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FORMER OLYMP|AN
IS WITH PERSH|NG
GEN. JAMES A. DRAIN, WELL
KNOWN HERE, NOW IN
FRANCE,

General James A. Drain, formerly
the adjutant general of this state
with the command Of brigadier gen.
eral and retired from the state ma
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18
SOUTH RYEGATE.
(M. G. Hall. Correspondent

ON. c. Hall, Correspondent
Miss Mildred HIATT spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Nolan re-
where she has employment in a bank.
Rev. S. T. Simpson started Monday
afternoon on his four weeks vacation,
part of which he will spend in Cam
bridge ad other Massachusetts cities.
Rev. E. c. Landlord of Littleton, N.
H.. came Thursday to spend some
time with his daughter, Mrs. Tells
Cole.-A largely attended and enjoy
able reception was given to Mr.. and
Mrs. Gordon Smith Friday evening in
the vestry of the United Presbyterian
church.-Mrs. F. J. Doe went Satur-
day morning to Hanover hospital.
Her mother Mrs. T. S. Gray, accom-
panied her-Mrs.s Grace Wheeler is
keeping house for, Dick Welch in his
wife's absence. Mrs. Welch's many
friends are glad to hear that she is
making a rapid recovery from her re-
cent operation at Brightlook hospital,
ST. Johnsbury-Miss Margaret Stew
ems is assisting in Terry's store.-Mr.
and Mrs. Adna Terry returned Sun
day to Hartford, Conn, after spending
week with relatives here. They
were. accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. G.
P Blake, Mrs. Paul Gibson and their
own little son, Everett, who has. been
spending a number of weeks with his
grandparents here
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18
MONROE.

mabel Frazer. Correspondent
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee English and son.
Ralph, have returned to Wilmette, ILL.,,
after spending several weeks with
Mrs. English's father, Horace Duncan,
Miss Mildred Blanchard spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. A. F.
Kimhall at Barnet.-Pauline and Der.
ME Moore of East Barnet have been
spending several days with their sis
ter, Mrs. G. L. FraZer.-Miss Belle
Human of ST. Johnsbury visited at
her home here the last of the week.
Cynthia Gibson of Ryegate visited Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Gibson Sunday.-About
so attended the lawn party at the
home of Mildred Blanchard Friday
evening.-Mrs. Angel and daughters
of Walden have been spending several
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thayer.
Mrs. Charles Hosford visited rela-
tives in Woodsville the last of the
week.-Mrs.. Ida Nelson of Barnet is
housekeeper for Horace Duncan.-The
Sunday evening prayer meetings are
being held on the church lawn during
the warm weather.-George Gibson
has returned to Lynn, Mass, after
spending two weeks vacation with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Glib
son.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18
VernlOnt's Trade Report.

Bradsterets Burlington, VT, office
reports garment manufacturers are
very busy and business being taken on
a selective basis on the other hand
there is less activity in demand for
white goods. Condition of trade in
this latter line is below normal.
Wooden manufacturers are operat-
ing full force on old orders but report
This however, is expected at this, the
between seasons, with them; they
speak enthusiastically regarding out
look for fall business and anticipate
large volume.
With knit goods lines there is
light falling off in demand but mills
have a large volume of business ahead
with every effort being made to COM
ply with shipping Instructions. Hosiery
mills have a large volume of business
bat collections i'll this line are much
below what they generally are at this
period,
The heavy demand for needles has
not let up. Mills in this line are sold
ahead for the year.
There is a good demand for ochre
and output is above normal and has
been for year.
Retail trade reports vary according
to locality. but general conditions in
dictate a reasonably good demand,
heavier trade being noted in larger
sections.
The, past week has shown a large
movement in Strawberries one of the
| largest crops the state has ever seen,
| ;e, uo1l
| and are in fine condition, not only are
larger areas being we'll taken care of
| but smaller ones witness a larger num-
Der of people in fields, both male and
| female. than has ever been witnessed
| in this state. In connection with crop
| harvesting movement there is a ten
| dency on the part of certain manu-
| facturers to assist as far as possible
in a cooperative movement to- allow
| certain quota of men to take part in
the work of harvesting. This move
ment is new in this state and it's devel-
| opment will be watched with interest
Collections as whole are below
the average.
| Reports from customs district OF
| Vermont show heavy importations
there having been an increase of bet
ter than SO per cent during the month
of June this year as compared with
that month in 1915.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18
|6,0OO,OOO,OOO More May
Be Asked For Our Allies

Washington. July 17.-Unless the
Unforeseen develops. Congress prob
ably will be asked before adjournment
If the present session to authorize an
other gigantic loan to the Allies. The
present authorization of $4,000, 900, 600
will be exhausted within from three to
four months, at the rate at which
the government is lending money to
Entente governments.
Indications are that the amount of
the second authorization will be no
rs $5,000,000,000.
There is every reason to believe the
administrators policy of financing
he Allied governments for purchases
hey make, in this country will be con-
tinued during the period of the war
ind that the vast sums to be loaned
hem in the future will be at the same
nent will have to pay for the money
m the security of Entente government
bonds to be deposited in the treasury.
The amount of credits placed to
,oreign governments already is ST.
303, 100000, or approximately 43 per
cent Of the total, and this covers the
inancing of only two months and
wenty days.
Should the loans during the next
hree months be at the same rate DIS
Turing the past three months, the en-
tire $3,O0O,O 100000 will be exhausted
by October rs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18
Chicago's 100000 Farms.

ChicagO'S determination to help
feed herself as her "bit' in meeting
the crisis of the war has resulted in
the planting of 100000 backyard and
vacant lot gardens within the city
limits. Even before President. Wilson
issued his appeal to the American
people to increase their production of
food, Chicago had taken the initial
steps which resulted in one of the
most remarkable movements of it's
kind on record anywhere. This is the
record of the Chicago Garden Bureau:
Between April l and the end of
May, 5000 acres, or approximately
one-fourth of the entire vacant land
in the city, had been planted to -vege
tables. To accomplish this result, over
800 garden meetings were held which
were attended by 10000 people; $685.
900 pieces of literature pertaining to
gardens were distributed, seed at
wholesale price was provided fer 25,-
900 persons, and "a tractors and SO
teams were kept busy, day and night,
blowing the ground. The enormous
demand for gardens is shown by the
fact that during that period fully 120,-
600 people called at the Bureau to
4
secure assistance in procuring ground,
and to buy seeds or to have their
ground plowed.
During the next three weeks meet
| ings were held in each of the 800
public schools, and 10000 pupils en-
listed in the movement. Meetings
| were held in churches. club rooms,
private homes, empty store buildings
and even on vacant lots. Some of the
lectures were delivered in six or seven
| different languages. Pastors of 1,20o
churches preached sermons on gar
Gens.
This publicity had the desired effect
Applications for vacant lots began to
/ flow in upon the Bureau at the rate
of 200 day, rapidly increasing t.
900 daily Every days mail brought
4 hundreds of applieatfons.-The Chris
tian Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18

= a i l.
lives. These missionaries never count
ed more for the kingdom than now.
The board has not less than 100 work
ers ready to push into Turkey the mo-
ment conditions make it possible. We
look for an important development
there after the war.
Tea Amid shrapnel.
AT Phillippopolis, Sophia, Monastir
and Salonica in the Balkans. all the
missionaries are reported safe and
busy at their several tasks. The Bull
garian officials are friendly and are
now for the first time during the war
allowing the missionaries to tour.
When Mrs. Hartley, sister of Gen. Sir
John French, was recently killed in
Monastir by a portion of shrapnel,
Miss Mary L. Matthews, the only one
of our missionaries. now in the city,
was having tea with the unfortunate
lady. She ran for aid in spite of the
falling shells.
The missionaries in Bohemia were
obliged to withdraw when Austria
broke with the United States, and are
now safe in Switzerland"
Down Bagdad Way.
While the American Board mis-
sionaries in Turkey proper and the
American Presbyterians in Syria are
principally affected by the breaking Of
relations, yet the Dutch Reformed mis-
sion in Arabia has also had it's work
made over by the war. This mission
maintains an extensive hospital at
Bosrah, on the Persian Gulf, and here
the missionaries were called upon to
work tirelessly under the red crescent
when the Turks were in control, min
istering to great numbers of sick and
wounded After the British had driven
out the Turks the hospital went under
the red cross, but there was no diminu-
ton of, activities. So strenuous was
the life of DR.. and Mrs. Bennett, the
physician in charge, that both were
stricken with typhus and Mrs. Bennett
died. Already the death toll of mis-
sionaries in Turkey since the begin
ming of the. war is more than dozen,
chiefly from typhus.
Two members of this Dutch Re-
formed mission are now following the
British expedition up to Bagdad, for
the service of Armenian refugees. The
British government is cooperating
with them in this.
Undaunted by wars alarms and him
ORANGES, the American missionary au-
advance in all lines of their activity
as soon as it is possible to re-enter
Turkey.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18
.WHEELOCK.

(Mrs. G. L. Gerry, Correspondent
Miss Emma Dana of Lyndon has
been visiting, her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. J. Dana, for two weeks
Mrs. S. w. Drake and niece, Miss
Frances Currier, and Mrs. w. P. Dean
went last Saturday to Burlington to
visit Harold Currier and Lyle Dean at
Fort Sthan Allen, returning on Mon
day.-Miss Mildred Drown went last
Sunday to ST. Johnsbury, where she
will spend her vacation with relatives.
Mrs. Warner Wiley and daughter,
Marion, who have been visiting rela-
tives in New York state the past four
weeks, returned last Sunday.-Mr. and
Mrs. w. A.. Porter visited at Mr..
Percy's in Sutton last Sunday
SteVie Cree came last week from Wor-
cester, Mass, to spend his vacation
with his father, L. N. Cree-Lang and
Welch finished saving their lumber
at the steam mill last Saturday, and
are this week moving the mill to Lyn-
don at Folsoms Crossing, where they
have stock of logs to saw.-River-
side Grange held a well attended
meeting last Saturday evening. Near
ly so people attended. The lecturers
program was a fine one. Little Vir-
ginia Fergerson, who is visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. Fletcher, gave sew
eral selections which showed much
talent in one so young, and Prof. O.
| D. Mathewson favored us with an ex-
cellent address. Wheelock people are
always pleased to listen to Mr.. Mat
hewson.-Mrs. Charles Mason of Dub
lin, N. H, who was called here to at
tend her uncle, Augustus Wright's,
funeral Sunday at Lyndonville, called
on ,Wheelock friends. Miss Thelma
Mathewson of Lyndonville is spending
her vacation with her uncle, FL. j.
Mathewson, and family.-Clifford Col
by of Lyndon is doing carpenter work
on George Bickford & Sons house,
putting on veranda.-H. O. Miles of
Danville is spending a few days at w.
A. Smith's.-Roy Bickford and family
motored to Charleston last Sunday.
! Their daughter, Ethera, who has been
stopping with her grandmother the
past three weeks, returned to her
home with them.-Mr. and Mrs. Mer-
rill Lapoint were called to Lyndon
Vile last Sunday to attend the funeral
of his brother-in-laW, Augustus
Wright.-Eleven ladies of the Red
| Cross from this village attended the
| Wednesday meeting of the Red eros.
with the South Wheelock ladies. There
were II ladies from Sheffield branch
who met with them. The meeting
was held at the Old Red Schoolhouse
A picnic dinner was enjoyed by over
80 ladies and a good amount of work
done.-Miss Edith Smelling, who went
20 Barton has returned to her home
and Monday began work in the store
of G. A. Roberts in this village-Mrs
Louella Niles Blodgett and sister, Mrs
May Niles Sizen, both of Danville
visited their uncle, w. A. Smith, and
wife last Friday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18

ORLEANS.

doris Spafford, Correspondent
4 DIR. E.. M. Cleasby and daughters,
the Misses Doris and Virginia. Dr. and
Mrs. r. M. Wells, Charles r. Taplin,
Miss Hazel Harris, Miss Marie OAR
ling and Guy Harris were at the New
Willoughby hotel for Sunday dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. French and son,
Paul, and George Rowell went to
Camp Abnaki on Monday bringing
Lindol French home with them.-Mrs
L. J. Findley of Newport was guest
of her sister, Miss Magoon, the last
of the week-Mr and Mrs. J. III. Lon
dry and two children, Miss Edith and
Master Frank, of Chatam, N. j., who
have been at the Valley House for
nearly a month, left Monday for Nor
way, Me-, where they will continue
their vacation.-Mrs. Chester Trip
and little son came from Somerville,
Mass, Sunday morning and will live
for the present with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Wilkie. Mr.. Trip
recently sailed for France with the
hospital unit from the Massachusetts
General hospital.-Mrs. Lena Gallup
was a business visitor in Newport
MOnOdy."f11rdH1 AIlcn Cdffl0u MI.
and Mrs. W. A. Guild, Mr.. and Mrs
Harrington, Mrs Campbell and Mrs.
Magoon to Fort Ethan Allen ON Sat
urday.-Among those who visited Fort
Ethan Allen on Sunday were the Will
kie family, the Clapper' family, Bert
Scott and family, the Hardy family
and Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Hunt w. F.
Scott also carried over a party of
young people.-Miss Gladys Hall from
Brightlook hospital spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Eccles.-Dr. and
Mrs. G. B. Rowell and son, George,
were the guests of DR.. and Mrs. F. L.
Lanphere at the New Willoughby no
tel on Sunday.-John Bushey died at
o'clock Monday morning of valvular
heart trouble at his home on Maple
street, after a lingering illness of
over a year. He was born in Canada
and came to this town 80 years ago
and has worked for E. L. Chandler
Co. during the entire time. He mar
ried Calsta, daughter of o. p. Dun
ham, Nov. 5, 1878, and they have two
children, Mrs. Lucy Gallup and Clar-
ence Bushey, two boys having died in
infancy. The funeral will be at the
home on Wednesday at 100.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18
ETHAN ALLEN LETTER
DATED SEPT. 20, Tvs,
Is BROUGHT TO LIGHT

New York, July IA Revolution
airy War letter of Colonel Ethan Allen
commander of the Green Mountain
Boys has come into the possession
of P. F. Madigan OF SCI Fifth avenue
who believes that it is unpublished
It is dated September 20, .1775, and il
addressed to General Richard Mont
gomery, at st. Johns, Canada. II
reads as follows, the spelling, etc., be-
ing Aliens:
Excellent Sir: l am now in the
parish of Saint Tuares four leagues tt
the south; have two hundred and fit.
Canadians under arms; as I marcl
they gather fast; these are the objec
of taking the vessels in Sorel and Gen
eral Carlton. These objects I pass b!
to assist the army besieging Sain
Johns; if the place be taken, the coun-
try is ours; if we miscarry in this, al
our other achievements will profit blu
little. I am fearful our army will bt
sickly and that the siege may be hard
therefore chuse to assist in conquer
ing Saint John, which, of consequence
conquers the whole. You may rely
ON it that l shall join you in abOu'
three days with five hundred or more
Canadian volunteers. I could raise
one or two thousand in a weeks time
but will first visit the army with a less
number, and if necessary will go AGAR
recruiting those that used to be enc
mics to our cause Come cap in han(
to me and l sware by the Lord I can
raise three times the number of ouI
army in Canada, provided you con-
tinue the siege. All depends on that
1t is with the advice of the officers
with me that I speedily repair to the
army. God grant you wisdom. forti-
tude and every accomplishment of E
victorious general. The eyes of al
America, nay of Europe, are or will
be on the economy of this army and
the consequence attending it, I am
your most obedient and humble servt
III 8, ETHAN ALLEN.
"P. 81 have purchased fou1
hogsheads of rum and sent a sergeant
with a small party to deliver it al
headquarters and Mr.. Livingston an6
others under him will provide what
fresh beef you need; as to bread anG
flower I am forwarding what I can
GU Inay rely Oh my ulInoSI dtleH'
ton to this object, as well as raising
axuilleries. I know the ground is
sWampy and bad raising batteries, but
pray let no object of obstruction be
insurmountable. The glory Of vic
tory which will be attended with such
important consequences will crown al
our fatigues, risques, and labors; to
fail of victory will be our eternal dis.
grace, but to obtain it will elevate us
on the wings of fame, Yours, etc.
''ETHAN ALLEN"
General Montgomery was killed
while leading an attack on Quebec
few months after. receiving this letter
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18
COWS AT COLLEGE.
They Paid the Cost of Texas Boy:
Education.

There are ways and ways of making
remained, however, for resourceful
Texas boy to hit upon method of
expense-making entirely new in rec
ords Of the Agricultural and Mechan-
zeal College of Texas, where he is en-
rolled as student
P. S. Goen of Harvey, a rural COM
munity near College Station, the home
of the college, showed up at that
school last fall with typical baggage
and equipment of a young collegian
and, in addition, two good grade Jer-
sey cows.
1--WE had an extra supply of cows
and shortage of currency at home -
Goen explained to President Bizzell.
I want a college education, and 1 am
not going to let the lack of money de-
feat me. 1 have decided that I can
sell enough milk to the residents of
the campus to enable me to meet at
least my incidental expenses. All
ask is the use of born and a small
pasture
Through the influence of the presi-
dent, Goen was given the use of a
barn and small pasture. and thus en-
tered upon the dairy business. From
the beginning he experienced no
trouble in disposing of the product OF
| the two cows at the satisfactory figure
of nine cents a quart for whole milk
The two cows brought him an average
| return of $54 per, month. Feed cos
approximately 81 per head per month
l H.. M
profit of $40 per month. Expenses
at the college are very low. and with
this income Goen finished the veal
with little change in his pockets
American Magazine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18
LOWER WATERFORD.

Mrs. G. A. Ballou, Correspondent
Mrs. Emma Montgomery and
grandson of St. Johnsbury were recent
guests at S. w. Bonnett's.-Mr. and
Mrs. Jack brennan. Mr.. and Mrs.
John brennan of Cookshire, P. O..
and Mrs. E. J. Parker of -SaWyervil1e,
P. O., are guests of Mrs. Henry Nor
rison.-Mrs. Reith and stepson OF
Brooklyn are spending some time at
the hotel.-Mrs.- Katherine Morrison
returned home from Barre Sunday af-
ter spending two weeks with her son
W. G. Morrison.-Mr and Mrs. Fl. B
Morrison and two daughters spent
Sunday at G. A. Ballou's.-Miss Ruth
Bullock spent last week with her aunt
Mrs. Thomas Albee, at Littleton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18
SHEFFIELD.

(Mrs. D. S. Roberts, Correspondent
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton E. Jones have
a son which arrived Sunday, July Is.
Eleven of the ladies of the Red
Cross went to South Wheelock to the
Old Red School House last Wednes-
day. They carried a picnic dinner and
all enjoyed a fine time.-Graee Rob-
erts is visiting at Frank Pearl's.-John
Fontaine has gone to Kirby to work
Mrs, George Gray is sick.-A. ]. Rob
erts and family and Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Libbey visited at F. E. Bick-
ford's Sunday.-Mrs. A. o. Gray and
Mrs. H. A. Sheldon visited in New.
port last week.-The Ladies' Aid OF
the Free Baptist church will hold ar
ice cream supper on the lawn at thu
Town hall next Friday.-Mr.-a and Mrs
Frank Barber visited II Gfeensbors
Bend Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18
PINNED AGAINST VALID
Arthur A. Nelson Rescued After Part
of Stone Wall Was Torn Down.

Montpelier, July 17.-Arthur A.
Nelson of the Horn of the Moon
road suffered painful injuries Sunday
morning when his automobile got out
Of his control and tipped over against
stone wall, pinning him underneath.
His face and one arm were bruised
and his ribs injured, but it is not
thought that he is seriously hurt.
While only, a few rods from his house
the steering gear got out of order and
the machine turned turtle against a
stone wall. His cries brought help
and he was removed from beneath the
car, but only after part of the stone
wall had been torn down.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-18
TRADING DENIED BY SWISS
"Bund' Asserts No Cotton Has Been
Sent to Germany.

Berne, July 17.-Regarding Ameri-
can allegations with respect to Swiss
expectation of American cotton and
Italian fruits to Germany the Bund
publishes precise statement with the
object of showing that, Switzerland has
exported no cotton since autumn, 1915.
Control of Switzerland's trade and
commerce, then arranged with the
Entente, says the paper, always has
been strictly observed, rendering such
expectation impossible.
As to the expectation of southern
frIits 70 Germany this traffic was con-
tinued. the Bnnd declares, to a certain
extent with the knowledge and con-
sent of the Italian government.