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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
Our Winter Recroation.

The American people arc being
constantly urged to work and the
times seem unpropitious for recrea-
ton. But We must remember that
even in war time IAN work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy" The
Monthly Health Letter, issued by the
Life Extension Institute. puts it very.
strikingly as follows: sS
- "a man who. plays his business
game with such keen zestS that All
else is excluded from his mind. be-:
comes a veritable cripple, only able
to move with his business scrutch."
But recreation must conform with
conditions. at present with war con-
ditions 1t must be Inexpensive and
free from indulgence. 1t could wei
be made productive. The Monthly
Letter also says: "One of the bes;
kinds of play is work Many of the
elements of lay enter into work il ii
is performed in the right spirit. The
most satisfying forms of play are
those in which the interest is excited:
competition. with desire to succeed
and accomplish come definite end.
makes the game worth playing. Z
In line with these ideas we would
suggest that the regular labor of jthe
day be entered upon with the stiri,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21


Ell grew tons Of corn on the 100.
acres and the German farmer ss.'
from ii the British farmer produced
II tons OF potatoes. and the German
farmer IS tohs. The British farmer
produced IL Is toms Of milk to the
German farmers : tons. and yet the
British farmer had the better sou. 'ssi
It will SURPRISE most people to
know that Germany is so much more
efficient than England. We do not
have the figuEes Of American pros
duction to compare with these but
know, they must be less than the
British, dgufes. Consequently the
americans ire under much greater
handicap than the British and have
much sto learn if:they are to success
ftilly compete with the Germans in
war pr peace. {. IS. 81. S,
It's just such efficiency in agricul-
taral, Industrial and military UNDER
takfngs that enables the Germans to
defy such superior numbers as they
have since the war began. We have
much to learn before bringing our
man power up to its limit. Mere
denial will not do ii, we must learn
to. work ard then deny ourselves any
surplus Of food and pleasure.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
work :bfi Food administration.

The work! OF the FOOD Administsal
ton IS set out. in the following state
mont by the pubic Information DIV
ision: u
first Farmers must be organized
Il, IA +. citing associations to-. d far
greater extent than has eyer been
t,ossable heretofore.
Second Farm commodities, such
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
GREENSBORO
Charles Bailey Promoted to Chief
Engineer.-Pcrsona

Geo. A. Porter, Correspondent
In a letter just received by II. III.
Bailey from his son Charles in Homo
lulu. Hawaii, states that he has been
promoted from assistant engineer to
the position of chief engineer of the
photographic Office in Honolulu, and
will be known officially as District
Engineer Water Resources Branch
u. s. Geological Survey, and Chief
photographer and Engineer of the
Division of photography, Department
of Public Lands. He has several as
sistants working under him in Oahu.
Maui and Kanai. and will necessarily
have considerable travelling to do to
cover the territory under his charge.
Mr.. Bailey was a former Greensboro
boy and graduate of University of
Vermont in the class of 1908, and
took the course in civil engineering
there. For year, after graduating
was with the Michigan Central Rail
road at Detroit and has since been
with the Z. S. Geological Survey.
largely in thes water resources inxes-
tigation work. His many friends
here are glad to, hear of his good
/ fortune in this adyancement.-Mrs.
Kate Goss has closed her house and
gone to her brothers home lii West
! field, Mass. for the winter.-In a re-
cent letter one ofs-the boys from
TOWN now at Camp Dcvens states that
they have good comfortable quarters
there with plenty of good food and
Igclothing and lots Of work drilling,
and enjoy the privileges of the X. M.
/ @. "A. 4Nery much.-Prof. Guy w: Hill,
State Supervisor of Junior High
Schools visited the school at Green's
Eboro Wednesday and says they are
doing fine work. Prof. Corregan,
| principal took a three days etripSwit
| Mr.. It'll the last of the week visiting
Eother schools, returning Saturday.
Mrs Gertrude Campbell visited
friends In st. Adams last week Geo.
A. Porter returned Thursday frem a
few days to visit his daughter in
ontpelier-Harry Olmsteal and
| Charles Miller were business visitors
! in st. bloomsbury Thursday.-Thurs-
/ day evening Mr.. Taplin of Orleans wos
( tile principal speaker at rally held
Eat FoWn Hall in the interests Of the
t X. NC "A campaign fund and the
eanyassers were busy Friday and Sat-
/ urday covering the territory assigned
J, them and subscriptions We're coming
/ In freely.-There was a social dance
at Town Hall Friday evening with
| good observation-disclosures will be a
| SOCIAL by the young people who have
Ia good program provided at Town
/ Hall Friday evening of this week for
/ the benefit of the Red Cross.-None
] of our hunters have brought in a deer
/ this. season ~
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
WEST BURKE

(Mrs. II. L. Walter. Correspondent.3
My Dear Mrs. Coe:
1t was with great pleasure that I
f,eceived yours and Grace's letters u
hort time ago, and I will answert
lers in this one to you, for it Is not
siIways easy to do much writing here.
10 T hope you both will pardon me
.or making this combinations.
1t has been over four months since
( left the States and it has been four
long months. l have been stationed
n several different places since being
here and I like my present situation
setter than any of the previous ones
Is it is most like good old Vermont.
We have had lot of wet weather
ately which makes it unpleasant,
however it has cleared up now with
plenty of sunshine, although quite
:old nights.
There is no news for me to write,
out most likely you get more war
news than + do We hear all kinds
of rumors in regard to peace and
other activities but do not know what
ito believe, SO We scan only hope for
oeace and an early termination of the
war, but; is hard to tell when 1t will
all end being now in the fourth Year
B We have good Y. NJ. G. A. here
which is able to sell us limited sup
Sply of American and French goods,
but it is hard to get good chocolates
and candy here as the French goods
sare inferior to ours or rather what
We can obtain here, for no doubt IN
Paris better can be got. SO | am TAX
ing advantage of Grace's offer in say
ing that candy or chocolates would
certainly go fine here, although 4
feel rather guilty in SO taking advan-
tage. / may be able to see Paris
sometime this winter for ! have not
yet done so and naturally l am anx-
ious to see Gay Paree while in
France.
We get our meals quite regular
now and all mail viii eventually reach
me sent to the address which ! am
putting at the bottom of this sheet.
= shall be very glad to herr from
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21

OF play. Your object will be the ac-i
compiishment of work necessary to
support life and to push this great
war on to victory. The meetings of
the Red Cross societies should furnish
recreation for the woman who is.
obliged to spend most of her time
working alone in her home and es-
pecially to the woman who has tired
in her search for excitement should
such beneficial usefulness appeal.
The man with an, axe is warming
the world the man at the machine is
helping win the war. and the man
with milk pail is feeding the world.
In each useful occupation there is a
definite end to which the Individual
is contributing his part, and In per-
forming his part wei tile individual
lis moving with the immense throng
with the same grace and pleasure
that the good dancer giides and sWifls
EaDout the crowded dance floor. The
work of dancing is miniTnized by the
spirit of play and pleasure with which
lit Is performed. We can all enter
our winters work with the SAME
spirit and soften the effects of con
tinuous and hard labor. s
We can also do something besides
labor. We can read tile histories of
the countries fighting with or against
us in this great world struggle. We
can walk and become toned Up for
our sedentary. tasks, we can make
our gatherings really sociable rather
than mere feeds with overloaded
sstomachs and heavy heads Any per-
son who can make himself a good
copservationaIist instead Of good
eater accomplislles something worth
while and of benefit to himself and
Others. In a word. let us take recrea-
ton during the long, cold winter
ahead, but take it in some form that
benefits and develops ourselves and
others. 7
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
Pres. Wilson's Address.

I'm plain appealing and convincing
language President Wilson on Mon
day spoke to the representatives OF
the American Federation of Labor
and through them to the people OF
the United states and the world. The
.clearness with which he showed Ger
,many,s responsibility for this war. it:
world power lust and the utter folly
of expecting liberty or free enter
prise from a victorious Germany
must convince even the most ignor.
ant of the. folly of treating with Ger
many until she is thoroughly de-
fea ted. ssss-
Ills appeal for the undivided sup
port Of labor was well directed be-
cause this country can never win this
war unless we stand together night
and day until this job is finished
AS a whole the Presidents speech
resembles the, touching appeals and
clear. decisive stands Of Abraham
Lincoln in the speeches he made. e
the American people in the darF
days of the Civil War, Like them, i
must draw strength to the American
cause and nerve the American peo-
pie: to the best efforts Of which they
are capable.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
Some Live Stock FACTS

- ! sd r sas'f- 60,
An idea Of the, extent to which the
people OF this country are. marketing
their live stock, can be gained by. the
statement Of receipts 81 the various
stock yards Of the country, for the
first nine months Of 1917 and 1916.
The figures are published by the Bur
eau of Markets of, the United States
Department of Agriculture. The
totals are as follows: Cattle for the
first mine months of 1917. 14;S69,615,
for the first nine months of 1916, H.
702,955; hogs 1917, 25,S16,354, 1916,
29.443,S15; sheep 1911, 12,047851.
1918, 1s,s39.20s. The figures for
Boston which show the conditions in
New England are: Cattle 1917, &C.,
255, 1915. 63.1s7; hogs 1917, 1854,
1916, 1882; sheep 1917. 1,723, 1916,
The decreased number of hogs sent
to the stock yards in 1917 Indicate
that the stock of the country has
been depleted because all available
hogs would be marketed at the high
prices which have prevailed. The In
crease in the number of cattle shipped
this year indicates that the stock IS
being depleted this season and un-
doubtedly there will be fewer cattle
for the heavy demand sure to come
80 -sss - ! "a II
next season. In New England there
have been 2,o5S more cattle sent to
market in the first nine month5 OIL
1917 than in the same period of 1915:
This probably IS not the result Of an
increased number of cattle but rather
the extent which New England farm
ers have been selling their live stock
on account of the high price Of grain
and high prices for cattle
The figures would convince every
Vermont farmer that il is to his in
Itercst to keep all the cattle, hogs and
sheep possible this winter because
there is no prospect of a decrease IN
demand and the decrease in the sup
plyof live stock will insure as good OIL
better. prices than it does today.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
"wednesday, November Il, 1917.

Just q few days ago suit was
bronsh tagainst Fred A. Fits of
Windsor in New Hampshire court
for the collection Of tolls over the
toll bridge between Cornish and Wind
SCR. 1t is test case in which the
business men of Windsor are trying
to free themselves from the tribute
levied By the bridge company. The
result of the case will be watched
along both Ssides Of the Connecticlut
river.
Several attempts have been made
to get the legislature to join with
the legislature Of New 1Iarnpshire
and free all the bridges crossing the
Connecticut. but thus far Without
success. The question asssto what part
Vermont should play In tits matter
arisos.s New Hampshire claims the
whole offthe Connecticut river and is
| lighting 4 suit at the present time III
| THE federal courts. to enforce its
claim 'Ifasits is decided that New
Hampshire owns the entire river IT
would besdlfioult to show that ver--
mont is under any obligation to
bridge the stream. The question of
free bridges would seem TO belong to
New Hampshire at present and that
state could greatly promote the in
tercourse OF verrhonters and New
Hampshire people by freeing all
bridges that are now slevying unreal
sonable tolls on everybody attempt
| ing to go from one. state to the other.
I - - :
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
War Cabinet Needed.

The press is beginning to tell of
muadled conditions in Washington.
The construction of ships absolutely
necessary to transport supplies to the
troops in France needs speeding and
less pickering. New England is SER
iously threatened with a coal famine
owing to dispute between two de-
spartments Of the government which
has resulted in first a shortage of
boats and later a shortage of power
boats to move them. The financial
affairs of the government are badly
mixed and state authorities trying to
get matters Strengthened out for their
states are unable to get any definite
assurance from the proper federal
authorities.
I These conditions are to be ;ex-
pectcd. The government has been
called upon to perform tremendous
work for which it was in no way
prepared We had not trained our
citizens in war work and the officials
without experience had to work as
best they could. They have accomp-
.lished much despite the failures to
properly meet c onditions.
This by no means proves they are
the men best fitted to. handle the
country's business in war time. We
feel they are not and that the pres
ident should select a cabinet distinct
fy for war The present members of
the cabinet were chosen in peace
times and largely selected to equalize
political conditions. Geography. es-
pecially political geography, had
quite as much as. anything else to- do
with their selection and undoubtedly
their choice was piece Of good pol
litical work. But today the nation is
lfaefng military crisis rather than
the strengthening of he party in
Bower and it's government should
Iserve the military needs rather than
politics.
| Lord Northcliffe has spoken yer.
lplainly to the English premier of the
weakness of his government and
Warned Lloyd George as follows:
Is.unless there is swift improvement
Lin our methods here. the. uniead
states will rightly take into its ,oyn
hands the entire management Of
great part of the wars It will not sac
Erifice its blood and treasure to the in:
competent handling of the affairs OF
Europe Nor should the United
States be expected to sacrifice it.
/ blood and treasure to the lncom-
potency of a political cabinet. Pres
Wilson would he doing the nation
great service to. select war cabine'
Ito serve while we are at war.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
MUSEUM NOTES
Nearly 500 Varieties of Flower
Shown This Season, Some
Very Rare

Shown This Season, Some
Very Rare.
Owing to the continued cole
weather the flower tables have beer
discontinued for this season. Those
who have been interested in following
the list from week to week may ais
like to see the summary of the sea
sons work. Seven hundred and elev
en- species of Towering plants, 81 OF
ferns and fern allies and "a of moses
and lichers making a total of 786
species have been shown on the tables
This season. OF this number only
s. species have come from beyond the
local range which is within a radiu.
Iof five miles from the Museum
Forty-six species have been added
to the local flora, several of which arc
new to the state.
A special effort has been made ito
show as many species of ferns and
orchids as possible The Vermont
Botanical Club has previously listed
90 species of, orchids, but with the
discovery of stat ton for Northern
Rattlesnake Plantain tEpipactus de.
cipiens) in ST. Johnsbury this season
the list now numbers 81 species for
the state.
W. E. Balch, the taxidermist at the
Museum. has made a perfect series
of photographs of the AZ species
shown this season, many of them
showing the plants in their natural
habitats.
Two rare ferns, the Moonwort 6Bo-
trychium Lunaria) and the Lance
leaYed Grape Fern (Botrychium lam
ceolatum var. angres segmentunD
have been found growing in st.
Johnsbury. theformer having been
llisted but once before Within the
state.
Taken as whole, this season has
been the most profitable one in the
history Of the botanical department
| at the Museum,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
PERSONALS.

W. G. Holloway, is confined to his
bed by illness at the home. of his son,
w. j. Holloway.
Miss Leona Whitcomb left Saturday
for st. Augustine. Fla. She was ac-
companied as far as Boston by her
mother, Mrs. A. G. Gaughaon
Miss E. NJ. Pocock of Hillhurst, 7.
O., and Mrs. G. y. Brown OF Sher-
brooke, p. O., are visiting in town as
the guests of Mrs. +. Q. Brown at
the home on Mt Pleasant street.
Harold Bean, Fred Brunnelle. Ben
jamin Bennett have returned from a
few days' camping trip in Walden.
where they, have been hunting the
elusive deer.
Among those reported to have
brought down a deer during the first
days of the hunting season are VIII
liam Gatlercoe and Raymond Peter
son. Both obtained their venison IN
the woods of Victory.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
PROCLAMATION.
STATE or VERMONT
HORACE f. GRAHAM. Governor.
A Proclamation.

- = AONAe&tAtfAt -
In again coming to Almighty God
to render thanks for His goodness and
mercy, we should all remember that
scarce three centuries have passed
since our New England fathers insti-
tutcd this festival, meant to gather up
in thought I'LL the mcrcies Of a
twelveinonth. all the bounties OF the
harvest, all the many gifts of God.
In this brief period we have made
our history and this history shows US
q people, blessed with great material
and social progress, devoted to indus
try and the bettcrment Of mankind,
united and With a common purpose.
And now has come to us the supreme
test, for in the crucible of war we are
testing the Quality of our ideals, firm
In the faith that when the metal is
poured it willg'be found pure.
AS a people, let us acknowledge to
Almighty God the many and great
blessings of the past; let us implorc
Him to continue those favors which
he has long vouchafed: let us
humbly beseech Him to steady and
strengthen us through this the great
est crisis in the worlds history: let
US implore Him to watch over those
who have gone beyond the seas to
6ght our battles; let us commit to
His care those who may become
widows and orphans and mothers
who may be called upon to give their
sons to their country. May He soon
healsSthes wounds of all the world
and stide JUS from the paths of war
and desolations again to those of peace
and industry. Let us remember that
"A mighty fortress is our God,
bulwark never falling"
+, Horace F. Graham. Governor.
designate Thursday. the twenty ninth
OF this November, day of Thanks
giving and Prayer.
Let all the people of the State, for
that day, lay aside their ordinary oc-
equations and in their several homes
and places of worship give thanks to
God, our Heavenly Father; and make
supplication for continuance of His
favor
Given under my hand and
the Great Seal of the State.
at Montpelier. this twentieth
TA41AA udy u 4SoNeln Der, in the year
Or our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen,
and of the independence OF
the United States, the one
hundred and forty-second.
HORACE IF. GRAHAM, Governor
BY Command of His Excellency.
| HARVEY e. GOODELL,
Secretary of Civil and Military
Affairs
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
Better Health From
Internal Baths

Miss Frances IIcrrod writes DIR. Chas.
4. Tyrrell Of New York as follows;
81 am very glad to tell you that i am
more than pleased with the results OBJ
tanned from the use OF the a. B.. <
Cascade and am in better health than
4 have been in years"
This Is but one of thousands of the,
same kind of letters received by Dr.
Chas. a. Tyrre1l of New York. the i'm
vcntor of tho u s.. l.. Cascade
BY d purely natural process OF prop
erly using warm water, the y. Is. Il.
Cascade" removes all tho poisonous
waste from the lower Intestine, which
physicians agree is the cause of 95F0
of all human ailments.
Landry's Drug Store, St. Johnsbury.
have iillcd an enormous demand for
u. Il. L.. Cascades" in tho past few
wears. and will show and explain ii to
YOU on request. A free and Interest,"
ing booklet on Internal Batting
why Man OF To-Day Is Only h0eo
EHoient"-can be, obtained at their.
store free of any cost. s.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
The Toll Bridges.

The opening Of a free bridge across
the Connecticut rifere between Wells
River. and Wood5ville today is am
important development in the history
ST the bridge service between the
states of New Hampshire and Yer
mont. For years people, even pedes-
trians, have aid toll to a private
corporation sfor the privilege of pass
ing over the river but now they can
cross the new bridge with the same
freedom they would cross culvert
in their own town. It is distinctly
modern step and will be much appre-
ciated by the travelling public.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
German Efcicncy..

In a report from Consul FrankIin.,
D. Hale at Huddersheld, Eng, Hon.
Christopher Addison. niniater of re-
construction. is reported as saying:
The British farmer on the average
fed from Is to 50 persons per 100
acres of land, whereas the German
fed from, 10 tets. The British farm
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21

Secretary McAdoo says the countr,
must have ten billion dollars betwee.
now and the first Of June. The next
Liberty Loan will be launched in Feb
quarry. but the amount to be called fo'
has not been made public. It is safe
however. to economic in every pos.
sible way to meet the demands of tbs
government. SIS.