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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-04-04
WEST DANVILLE.
Death of Mrs. Lizzie Stevens Woods
Personal Items.

Death of Mrs. Lizzie Stevens Woods
Personal Items.
(Mrs. E. F. Aver Correspondent
Mrs. Lizzie Stevens Woods passed
away at her home in Walden, March
"a, after a weeks illness with measles
She was born in Walden 81 years ago
and was the daughter of Moses and
Susan Perkins Stevens. Thirty-six
years ago she was united in marriage
to Edward Woods, and has always re-
sided on the farm where she died, Mr..
Woods dying only seven weeks ago.
To them were born six children, Fred,
Carl H, Raymond NJ, Arthur and
Ned, all of whom reside near here,
and one daughter, Susie, wife of
Frank McCormic, who died two years
ago. She leaves one grandchild, Irene
McCormic, who has made her home
with her since the death of her
mother She also leaves four sisters,
Mrs. Carl Harrington of Passumpsic,
Mrs. Clara Shearer and Mrs. John
Thurston Of Walden, and Mrs. Elmer
McNoel of Maiden, Mass. She was a
quiet, unassuming woman, devoted to
| her home and children, and will be
much missed in the community as
well as in the home where everyone
was welcome The funeral was held
at the house last week, Tuesday, Rev.
| Mr.. Angel officiating. There were
many beautiful flowers.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Woods are
| spending a few days at Peacham with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Far
rington.-Martin Rowe of St. Johns
bury was at George Cooks last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fourier
were at Greensboro Saturday.-Mrs
H. r. White spent Monday at St
JOhnsbury.-Mrs.F F. B. Milligan spent
Wednesday at Walden.-Mrs. E. F
Aver and Miss Mary Aver spent
Thursday at DR.. Libbey's in Danville
Miss Anna Brickett spent two days a
Danville last week.-Mrs.. Roy Lam
| phere went to the Mary Fletcher
hospital at Burlington last week fol
| reatment.-Miss Fannie Waldo wen
| back to Landau. N. H, last Catur
| day, where she teaches.-Oscar Aver
who has been visiting his sister, Mrs
/ Walter SWEET, for several weeks re
turned home Saturday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-04-04
MANAGEMENT OF BRATTLEB0R0
CLEARED OF CHARGES BROUGHT
Investigators However Find Many Abuses Exstant Pat
tents iii Treated Some Conditions Bad, Yer
min Present. But Report Good Intent

After weeks waiting anxious public IS to be
noted Bratebofo
investigation weeks the investigators patiently aug
listened dug listened stories that
of the unfortunafeS
responsible for their confinement that lnslt
ton AS has always been the when charges are made the muck
evidence and yet
there much smoke it said that expect to md
fire. The committee composed of Senator Fahid OF Fairfield
of Cambridge Representatives Stuart Of Lyndon
Brooks Montpelier body
careful and pansakng Investigators the highest and
the words subscribed by them their joint conclusion will be
cpe absolutely and without question Much of the evidence taken
wild and But here
and there incidents and abuses that well esta
sed admit doubt The Retreat needs things
that these conditions light
the full force official will be and
years the Retreat will be highly desirable
aged and free from the abuses complained
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-04-04

That because c. H. Davis refused to
remove his clothing as quickly as an
attendant thought he should, he was
knocked down and kicked several
times, that the next night he was re-
moved from his room to another ward
ana later died of cerebral effusion
ChemOrrhage).
That the Retreat is underpaid for
the care of the more than 900 state
patients.
That only one assistant doctor has
been employed when there has been
more than 100 patients needing his
care and attention each day.
That the state ought to have some
official supervision over the Retreat.
That the state ought to enlarge the
asylum at Waterbury so as to care
for all state patients there
That the state should readjust the
contract with the Retreat so as to pay
proper amount for the care of the
unfortunate.
Excerpts from the report follow:
Patients We're Ill Treated.
Various complaints of general i'll
| treatment Of patients by attendants
were laid before your committee, and
these were thoroughly investigated by
us. Your committee finds that pa
TENTS have been ill treated by attend
ants and the evidence tended to show
that in some cases patients have beer
| knocked down and otherwise abused
| by attendants, but without the knoWl-
edge of those in charge of the insti-
| tuition. We find that such abuses
| would not be tolerated if known tc
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-04-04
NORTH DANVILLE.

(Alice P. Massey, Correspondent
Mrs. Peter Eddy OF the Fabyans
and William Miller of Lincoln, N. H.,
are visiting mrs. Miller.-Mrs. Perley
Weeks is at George Simpsons visit
ing.-This week, Friday, there will be
sociable at Mrs. J. e. Parker's.-
Merton Hall, who has been sick, is
better.-NeXt SundaNs Mr.. Marshall Of
the City Mission at st. Johnsbury will
preach here at the Baptist church.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-04-04
DAUGHTER IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.

Women bear troubles more bravely
than men. They smile and suffer pain
uncomplainingly where man demands
doctor and a nurse. A. Mitchell, Bag
dad. KY. writes: MY daughter was in
got her to take Foley Kidney. Pills and
she is completely cured" Aching back,
sore muscles, stiff joints, shooting pains
tions that the kidneys are not working
properly. Foley Kidney Pills correct
bladder troubles.-CHAS. A. SEARLES
G. .4.a 20
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-04-04
CUT THIS QUIT is WORTH MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip,
enclose with sc. and mail it to Foley &
Co. 1895 Sheffield Ave, Chicago, ILL.,,
writing your name and address clearly.
You will receive in return trial pack
age containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound, for coughs, colds, and Group;
Foley Kidney Pills, for pain in sides
and back, rheumatism, backache, kid
ney and bladder ailments: and Foley
Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartic, for
constipation. biliousness. headache and
| sluggish bowels.-CHAS. A. SEARLES
/ & CO. %
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-04-04

ton in bankruptcy has been filed by
Lewis T. LaClair, who has liabilities
of S1,13S.14 and assets Of $535, with
$3.50 claimed to be exempt-Charles
Anderson from st. Johnsbury has
bought the e. M. Fifield farm and
moved there. The deed has not come
to the town clerks office for record
yet.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-04-04

Findings of the Committee.
ings were:
On the whole the rooms were clean,
the mattresses poor, sanitary condi-
tons good.
Food was good and quantity suffi-
cient. The dining rooms poorly VEN
tilated and unattractive.
Fire escapes inadequate and in case
of fire serious loss of life might re-
suit 1855
fVermin was found to exist owing to
the buildings being old and the ma
ture of the institution.
That there is and has been an in
sufficient number of attendants,
that some were unreliable and I'M
truthful.
That for moro than three years
there has not been more than two
thirds as many attendants as there
should be.
That Mrs. Guilford had her jaw
broken and that the Retreat paid her
$1,000.
That friends of Mrs Clement die
find her naked, in an unfinished
room and in a much neglected condi-
ton.
That Grace Adams was permitted tc
swallow nail, pieces of glass, q piece
of wire and darning neadle and thai
an operation was necessary. That the
Retreat paid $500, as a result of its
neglect.
That while Joseph Jones received
no i'll treatment that the Retrea
pair $75 in settlement of his claim.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21
LUXEMBOURG

At the annual meeting of the w.
R. G. the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Minnie Ball; senior vice presi-
dent, Leila Morrow; junior vice
president, Flora Hastings; chaplain,
Sarah Simonds; treasurer, Grace
Hill; conductor, Ellen Carpenter;
guard, Mabel Lewis; musician, Eta
Turner.
w. H. Jeffrey of East Burke, was
a business visitor in town recently.
H. w. Powers of Fitzdale, gave a
dance at the opening of his new
store one evening last week, which
was much enjoyed by the large COM
pany present.
Miss Dora Wilson is at her moth
er's Mrs. Jean Wilson's for a few
days, having been quite i'll, but now
recovering.
Earl Lewis has moved from the
creamery to the tenement of Mrs.
Flora Balch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21

Girl messengers are now employed
by many of the Government departments
at Washington.
Alterations are being made which will
double the seating capacity Of the Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
Thestrength of the naval reserve force
is 1920 men, 70 per cent of whom vol
unteered for general service.
The National Council Of women, meet
ing in Washington for war work embraces
81 national womans organizations repre-
senting 100000 American women.
By reducing the size of their samples
wholesale dealers will save this year
$419, 500 worth of cloth, representing
enough wool to provide uniforms for 67,-
500 soldiers.
According to the Department of Agri-
culture, over 100000 eggs spoil in cold
storage each year because they have been
washed or in some other way become wet
before being sent to market.
German aircraft are marked with a
Maltese cross. Allied planes used in Eu-
rope are distinguishable by a painted
bulls-eye. American planes bear a cir
cular blue field with white star and a
bright red center.
Red Cross relief shipments to Europe
average over 10000 tons a month. In
one shipment was consignment of $50
soccer footballs and $50 rugby footballs
for American soldiers, purchased with
funds raised by Harvard graduates.
According to Secretary Daniels, there
was turkey for the Thanksgiving dinner
of every man in the Navy. A naval
supply ship arrived in European waters
in time to furnish the men on the sub
manufacturing destroyers with the tradi-
tional Thanksgiving fare.
The organization of Cuban aviation
unit to be offered France with com
plete equipment has been announced in
Habana. Probably the Escadrille Cub
aine, as the flying unit is called, will be
the first body of fighting men from Cuba
to serve on French soil.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21

In Minnesota a special war body has
been organized, known as the Minnesota
Motor Reserve. Its several hundred
members, all automobile owners, are
pledged to furnish their cars with drivers
to transport representatives Of the Gov
eminent who require such service. ,
Under the terms of decision by Secre-
tary McAdoo, the business OF all insur-
ance companies Incorporated under the
laws of enemy or ally of enemy countries
is to be liquidated, with the exception
OF life insurance companies, which are
allowed to continue existing contracts
Every postal employee in the United
States has been instructed to take an
active part in the campaign for the sale
of war-saving stamps. In order to reach
the desired sales mark of 100000,
by January l, 1919, it will be necessary
to sell sufficient stamps to average $3.50
for each man, woman, and child in the
country.
The port of the New York is under
military control, the water front being
guarded by the Regular Army. Fully
armed guards prohibit the passage of any
person, alien or citizen who can not esta-
blish business reason for access to the
waterfront areas. The same military
control will be established at all other
American ports and may include factories
engaged in war work. 4
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21
EAST CONCORD

Christmas exercises will be held at the
church Monday eve.
John Folsom was in st. Johnsbury
and Concord, N H. over the weekend
to see his sister, Mrs. Madeline Weir and
brother, Fred Folsom who are both
very i'll.
Mrs. ]. G. Warren went to Brightbook
hospital last week for an operation,
and is reported as doing as well as could
be expected.
Lewis Stockwell was business visitor
in st. Johnsbury Tuesday.
The Misses Leda and Thelma Hawkins
are home from their schools at Lyndon
and st. Johnsbury for the Christmas
vacation.
Mrs. Charles Philips and Mrs. Geo
Morrill, visited Mrs. Kate Grant al
Fitzdale one day last week.
Mrs. Willis Emery was taken very sick
last week, and remain in a very serious
conditions
Eva St. John was an over Sunday
visitor in st. Johnsbury, Monday.
Pearl Whipple has gone to Plymouth
N. H. to work.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21
NORTON

L. A. Marsh and J. w. Carpenter
were in Barford last week to vote for
Consumption.
G. M. Walton of Montreal was
in town, last Sunday.
B. O. Fellows of Derby and P. G.
Hill of Swanton, were in town last
Wednesday.
G. G. Scott of Newport, was in
town Monday.
Miss Irene White has started a
class at her school in the Junior Red
Cross work. At present they are
knitting squares for hospital spreads.
Miss White is quite efficient in this
work.
Byron Mcdonald and w. j. Lang
of Reecher Falls were in town Mon
day.
Charles Bishop of Montreal was in
town Thursday calling on friends.
Miss Mary Guptil has finished a
very successful term of school at the
Roby district and has gone to Guild
hall to teach.
L. Turgeon is very i'll at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. F. H. Bes-
settle.
Miss Henrietta Carpenter was in
Sherbrooke Thursday.
H. A. Cameron and E. J. Nelson
were in Island Pond Monday on
business.
L. B. Jones of Island Pond was in
town last Thursday to help organize
Red Cross branch. The meeting
was held at Hotel Carpenter and well
attended. The following officers
were elected: President. Mrs. H.
w. Marsh; secretary. J. w. Carpent-
er; treasurer, R. P. Chase; finance
committee. Mrs. F. Bressette; sup
ply and membership committees,
Mrs. E. j. Nelson, civic relief COM
mittee, Mrs. A. l. Davis. Team
captains for the Christmas member
ship drive. Miss Anotte Gagnon, E,
and A.Kehoe, Miss Anotte Bressette.
Captain Randall of Island Pond
was in Gown Saturday.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21
For Tired Women
y With Aching Heads

"They help me SO much and I find
relief as soon as begin taking your
Foley Kidney Pills" Mrs. Frank p.
Wood, Morrill,, Maine, r. +. D. No. 2.
Sometimes 1t seems as IL you can't
stand the pain across your back. It
is just making your life miserable
and robbing you Of all energy and
strength. When you are constantly
tired, head always aching, nerves ION
edge" kidney action painful and burn
ing, then is the time to start in at
once on Foley Kidney Pills.
They strengthen the weak, ailing
kidneys, improve their action, enable
them to throw off the polsons that
cause your trouble. Your nerves grow
peaceful, sleep becomes sounder, nerv-
GUS @leadaches disappear. q AS Mrs.
Wood says: 81 find relief as soon as 1
begin. to take your Foley Kidney
Pills" Be sure you get the genuine
Foley Kidney Pills, for they are
purely medicinal and contain no
harmful drugs.
J. w, THURSToN Drugsis'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21
Get This, Fellows!

(By A. L. Cowles Of North Crafts
bury, now at Camp Mcclellan, Ala.
When the Fatherland has Boston
Beans for breakfast every day,
Then I'll come back to you.
When they change "Unter der Lin
den" and christen it Broadway,
Then I'll come back to you.
When the Stars and Stripes are fly
ing from each Castle on the Rhine.
And German bands are playing
yankee Doodle" in rag time,
And the Kaiser tells his people I'm
Gle Sans friend of mine, )"
Then I'll come back to you.
When the German Riddles dress their
dolls like dear old Uncle Sam,
Then I'll come back to you
And when Wilson's picture hangs inside
the palace at Potsdam,
Then I'll come back to you.
When our brave Samme boys have
called their big, gigantic bluff,
And canned the German Kultur and
their rotten U-boat stuff,
And the Kaiser say to Pershing,
Here's my sword, I've had enough"
Then I'll come back to you.
When our Yankee tars have fought and
won the freedom of the sea,
Then I'll come back to you.
And when Uncle Sam has made the
world safe for Democracy,
Then I'll come back to you.
When Belgium has been restored and
freed from German loot,
And that imperial ounce, the Prince,
will feel his daddy's boot,
And the Krupps will make their best
big gun Old Glory to salute,
Then I'll come back to you
When the Irish lick the Germans and
have helped to win the war,
Then I'll come back to you.
For the Irish love to fight, and want to
prove it just once more,
Then I'll come back to you.
When they homeward march, each
Irish lad to meet his sweet colleen,
They'll get the biggest band that ever
you have seen,
And the tune they'll make them play
will be The Wearing of the Green"
Then I'll come back to you.
When we've painted all Of Germany a
deep Red, White and Blue,
Then I'll come back to you.
When we hear the German BOOSTERS
Growing Yankee Doodle Doo,'
Then I'll come to you.
When the "Wacht Am Rhine'is changed
int o my Country IT'S of Thee
When Germans build statue like our
own Miss Liberty,
And when we've chased the Kaiser up
a sour apple tree,
Then I'll come back to you.
From the Orleans County Monitor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21
INTENDED for last week,

F. G. Mosher of Island Pond, was
in town last Wednesday,
Mrs. H. w. Marsh was in Island
Pond last week calling on friends and
attended the Eastern Star meeting.
B. ]. Smith of Coaticook, Que. was
business visitor in town last week.
Mrs. Anna Davis was taken sud-
denly i'll last Sunday. DR.. Trenholm
was called and found it to be APP
pendicitis. She is as comfortable as
can be expected at this writing.
G. G. Temple of Lunenburg, was
in townWednesday on business.
Joseph Johnson of Canaan, was q
business caller Thursday.
Miss Mureal Bushaw and Lea
Maxwell of East Charleston, were
the guests of Harry Wilder last
week. M. Wilder expects to join
the colors at Camp Devens very
soon.
Miss Eula Pomleau of East Angus,
is the guest of her grandparents.
Mrs Hzan French IF Coaticook &c
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Joseph
Gloude.
Messrs. B. and G, Major were in
Berlin, N. H., last Tuesday on bust
ness.
One of Mrs. VI. G. Contier's little
boys got quite badly hurt while at
play on the ice. He is gaining, but
not able to attend school.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21

Harry Wilder left Tuesday for
Camp Constitution, Portsmouth, N.
H., for training.
Gerald Barney of Camp Devens,
spent a short time here Sunday.
Mrs. Chaplin has returned to her
home at West Derby, after spending
few days with friends.
Mrs. La France has returned to
West Derby after spending several
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. w.
G. Stoddard.
Miss Minnie Colburn is at home
from Derby Academy for the re-
mainder of the term.
Floyd Davis has moved into Mrs.
Selma Wheeler's house.
G. E. Coruth is moving the town
clerks office into H. j. Hudson's
basement.
Mrs. Will Bowker is working at
Echo Inn.
Miss Dorcas Elliott is working at
J. B. Bucks.
my America" realized 1914 from
their entertainment last Saturday
night.
The Christmas tree and exercises
will be held at the church Monday
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21

Another letter received by Kit
fridge Hudson from his son in
France.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21
Plymouth Congregational Church

Rev. Eugene Southland, Pastor.
Sunday morning service, HOO.
There will be special Christmas
music and a Christmas sermon.
Sunday school, 1900.
Evening service, 7:45.
Christian Endeavor society, Thurs
day evening 7:45. Topic. Dec. 81,
Christmas Giving. Leader, Mrs.
William Colburn.
Junior Society, Saturday. 800 p.
M, at vestry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21
Cut This Out. 1t is Worth Money

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with SC to Foley & Co..
1885 Sheffield Ave-, Chicago, III.
writing your name and address
clearly. You will receive in return
trial package containing Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound for
coughs, colds, and Group; Foley
KidneyPills and Foley Cathartic Tab
lets. John w. Thurston. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21
Old Soldier Gives Recommen-
datjon

Gustav Wangelin, Commander of
G. A. r. Post, Pinckneyville, Ill.,,
writes, Il highly recommend Fol-
ey's Kidney Pills, which | prefer to
all others / have used" Foley Kid
ney Pills give quick relief from back
ache, rheumatic pains, stiff, swollen
joints, languidness, kidney trouble
and sleep disturbing bladder trouble.
John w. Thurston. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21

The Christmas spirit and the
Red Cross spirit have much in COM
mon. You can't keep Christmas
more appropriately or more eAec-
lively this year than by keeping up
the Red Cross. Pay your dollar
TODAY. Wear the 1913 button.
Watch for and take part in the Red
Cross Christmas Eve ceremonies.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21

evening, December "a, at 800 p. M,
prompt. A free will offering will be
taken for the suffering Armenians
in France.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-12-21
EAST CHARLESTON
Letter From France

Another letter received by Kit
fridge Hudson from his son in
France.
October 31st.
Dear Folks all:
I received your letter yesterday
and one from Ruth. Was very glad
to hear from you. Have written
you a number of letters but guess
they do not reach you. I get my
mail now quite regular but have
written lot of letters l have not
got answers from, so don't think
they all get across. | have not re-
ceived the package you sent me yet.
1t is growing cold here, have had
some frost but don't think it is as
cold as at home. We are quite COM
Portable, and have fine blankets to
sleep under, but don't get new cloth
ing very fast. | am wearing the
same pants that were issued to me
in July and they are pretty dirty as
| am working on an engine most of
the time and the rest of the time we
are in the mud which is like glue,
and there is lots of it here, as it has
rained great deal lately. 1t has
been clear today and we have seen
lots of aeroplanes flying over us.
Ruth wrote to know if | had a
sweater. | have not, but don't
know whether it would reach me or
not if you sent it, but l would be
very thankful for it if | had it as it
begins to feel like winter here.
The boys don't seem to get their
packages very we'll but suppose they
will come along later.
| am with the Island Pond boys.
Foss is trying to get fat on bully
beef, soup and hard tack. The rest
of the boys from there are in Com
pany G. They are stationed where
we are. Joe Riggie is their top SER
geant. | met him on the boat com
ing over. Had not seen him since
we went to school together at East
Brighton. They are all we'll so far
as | know, and would like to be
back in Island Pond for the winter.
| saw by paper we get here that
Porter Dale was here with the U. S.
senator's who are visiting the front.
Guess they can see a good lot if
they get close enough. There is
quite a lot of activity on the front
at present and guess the Germans
are finding it hard to hold us back
by what we read and hear. Must let
this letter do for all of you. l don't
have much time to write but will be
glad to hear from you at all times as
our thoughts stray back home a
great many times every day. Love
to all. Kit.
Private Company B.,
IA Engineers Railway
Expeditionary Forces in France
Care Adjutant General,
Washington D. G.