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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
US For6..5'fing Peasants
fEcm Taxing Potatoes, Plan
r Induce Eating Of TuhcTS

Although potatoes We're early intro
luced into Europe by the Spaniar3s
hey Gid not come in quantity for many
5cars. The English found them in Viz
,inia, but it is believed that the Span
jards brought them to that colony from
further south.
The first attempt to introduce them
into France WAS due to q well-known
scientific authority named Parmentier.
This was in the seventeenth century,
says Popular Science Monthly. He inn
ported some of the plants, set them out
in a field near Paris, and by means Of
learned pamphlets and talk with the
people tried to have the new vegetable
brought into cultivation and the mar
ke1
But it was all in vain. Potatoes did
not prove attractive, and when the
planted ones matured it seemed that
they would rot in TIE ground on ac-
count of the prejudice against them
Then some wise man who knew hu
man nature--a student of psychology.
with practical ideas-suggested that
peasants could not be made to try
potatoes by persuasion, but might be
led to adopt them if they were forbid
den to eat them.
His idea was adopted. Many signs
were painted and erected in plain sight,
forbidding under severe penalties any
one from taking any potatoes from
the field.
The peasants at once began to raid
the hills, and before long most of the
ripe tubers were stolen and eaten with
relish.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
He Is Really Peaceful.

"They call me hard guy" whanged
the would-be tough individual.
''They DE-. do they?" Kissed the sher-
iff Of Lone Wolf county, shaking him
by the coat collar.
yves, they just call me hard CRY
back home" was the reply, 'but reaIl,
I got a soft disposition.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
HAS not HAD AN
HOURS SICKNESS
Since He Commenced To
Take "Fruif-a-tiVes"
70 LEES AVE, OTTAWA.


''Three years ago, / began to feel
rundown and tired, and suffered
very much from Liver and Kidney
Trouble. Having heard Of ''Fruit-a-
tives'', [ thought I would try them.
The result was surprising.
I haze not had az hours sickness
since l commenced using ''Fruit-a-
tives" or F9uit Li1er Tablets, and I
Know now what I haven't known for
a good many years-the blessing of a
healthy body and clear thinking
Brain WALTER J. MARRIOTT.
SOC. a box, 6 for 50. 80, trial size 25c.,
At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES
Limited, OGDENSBURG. N. Y.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
Cause and Effect.
EasiiY ARRANGED.

''How are we going to get any quo
tations out of these press notices?'
asked the theater's advertising man.
"The most. generous of them says.
This is not very good show"
''Weil," replied the manager, s'for
billboard purposes you'll have to con
dense it little"
'How?"
Just leave out the word not"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
Very Necessary,

A rotund gentleman with Il perennial
smile had to have his daily joke as he
meandcred into his club.
81 have here the most valuable mo-
torcar accessory ever invented" he
remarked.
''What is it," asked a tall, thin gen
tleman.
"a handbook" replied the first
speaker.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05

The origin of the expression: "1n
union there is strength" is not known,
but the sentiment III various forms has
been current u very long time. A
Latin author of ancient time said !:
"By union the smallest states thrive,
by discOrd the greatest are destroy
ed" The American author of '"The
Flag of Our Union" said: united
we stand divided we fall"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
Numbers.

81 always look out for number one"
remarked the egotistical man.
Friend" replied Mr.. Chuggins, ''if
that's the only number you look out
for in these days of traffic confusion
you're liable to get run over and never
know who did it."
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05

''Too bad about Jack and the girl
he's engaged to. Neither of them is
good enough for tho other
Where did You get that idea?"
1--WE been taking the lnutter over
with both families.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
Giving Details.

kitty married
a man a good
deal older than
she is, so I hear .
colder! Why,
he's twice her
real age and three
times the age she
says she is"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05

Mrs. Ida Nelson has returned to
the home of Horace Duncan after a
months vacation, part of which was
spent at Old Orchard, Ne.
A largo number from here attend
ed the agricultural field day ct Ha-
verhill Saturday.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05

FOR SALE-Modern bakery and
lunch room in hustling R. r. town
where there's no competition. A
little money maker. Just the thing
for a man and wife to make money
with. Can be bought reasonable, as
owner is in the draft. For particu-
lars inquire Of M. E. Willis, 26 Eas-
tern Ave-, Newport, VT, OF Tel.
Newport 1888. $3.50
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
FOR SALE.
FOR Second hand organ. In
quire T, Caledonian office.

FOR SALE-In Peacham, a farm,
120 acres. In good condition, cuts
about 40 tons of hay. Pasture for
12 cows, 500 cords of growing pulp !;
800 sugar trees and equipped. Good
silo, hen house, ice house, good barn,
nine room house. Stock, tools and
growing crops included or not. Now
is the time to look it over and see
what you are buying. VIII take
small mortgage. Inquire Mrs. R. A.
Halcrow, West Danville, Vt. 81 t
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
SMILES FOR ALL
tEz-29z-12t-2at-2tt--}t+
To and For.

To and For.
Everything 1 have in this world /
owe to my wife"
I'm almost like you, too. Ever
thing I owe for IN this world my wife
bOuoht'
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05

FOR SALE OR RENT-The Peck
homestead at Railroad street. In
quire of C. E. Peck or G. W. Peck.
"a t f
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05

ATTENDANTS wanted-Men and
women wanted at Vermont State
Hospital for the Insane, to take po
sitions as attendants. For those who
so desire, opportunity is offered to
enter training school for nurses. For
particulars apply Vermont State Hos
pital for the Insane, Waterbury, Vt.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
Iron Rust.

Few stains are so obstinate as iron
rust is. They may, however. be re-
moved from delicate fabrics by cover
ing the spot thickly with cream tartar,
then twisting the cloth to keep the tar
tar on the spot itself. Put that part
into a pan of cold water. bring gradu-
ally to boiling point, and afterwards
rinse in the usual way.-Exchange
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05

WANTED-Man for general farm
work House, wood and milk fur
nished. Permanent employment if
satisfactory. c. H. Stevens, St.
Johnsbury, Vt. SO If
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
NOTICE

Arthur M. Brown, Williams grad
uate in the class of 1907, and a star
football man and all-round athlete,
has been secured as physical director
in Middlebury College for the coming
year.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
WANTED.

Second hand furniture
ard beGolng. Phone 456-W. AT If
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05

FOR SALE-My son being called
into the army, I have no further use
for the following list of property and
will sell at bargain prices for cash:
1 late model Ann Arbor belt power
hay press, 18 Horse Kerosene En-
CINE on skids, Is horse Kerosene
Engine on steel trucks. Also one
pair work horses. L. w. Ford, 6
Harrison Ave-, st. Johnsbury. $3.50
FOR SALE-One kitchen range
Quaker grand. Price $50. Mrs. Flora
E. Danforth, Danville, VT. 1851 pd
FOR SALE-Crab apples for making
jelly at 35 cents peck. Eleanor and
Laura Stone. Tel. $50, st. Johnsbury,
$3.50 pd.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-05
Such IL Loye.

"Just leave out the word not"
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-25

and was obliged to take refuge in tho cellar with my two sons, John, aged six years: Maurice, two years old; my daughter Jeanne, nine years old, and the family of our neighbor. the family Aufiero. Our house was soon sprink- led with oil and We were surrounded by flames tried then to escape with my two boys In my arms. whereas my little girl and the little Beatrice Au- fteroa were running, hanging upon my skirts. AS soon as they saw us the Bavarians fired on us.
 My little John was stricken by three bullets, one In the right leg, the other one at the ankle. the last one in the breast. The leg was nearly detached and through tho hole in the breast the lung appeared. The poor little boy screamed, on, mamma, how I suffer- and he died nearly immediately. In the same time the young Beatrice had her right arm 50 shattered that 1t was holding on the shoulder only by a small strip of flesh. nevertheless continued to fly and the firing stop ped. When wanted to go to the river and wash my child. who was cov- ordered, Get away"
 II returned to the road and there [ witnessed terrible scene The Germans had ordered MT Aufeiro to come out of his cellar, and they told his wife. Now. look here; VIC are go- ng 70 shoot your man!' The wife screamed and begged. But the soldier answered, Hold your mouth And the execution took place at twenty yards before us. Hereafter we were talIen away ny the Bavor!ars and general who was there ordered that w. he executed too. l drew myself ln c.y knees and begged pardon. An officer who was there saw my dead child in my arms, and said At least that one will not fight later on against our sol diers.' And we were taken away"
 That horrible story is the repetition of hundreds of similar scenes; 1t will never be forgotten by France.
 History will recall that Germans have murdered old men. 1 have my self seen in the small village of Fres- nesen- -Woevre, before verdun. 0 tomb on which was engraved the inscrip-
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-25
EASSEHUBERT
Municipal Counsellor
sNNIETN EI7VVt S-VNf7I7N'FVE Shot down at he age of S1 by the
 Germans

Municipal Counsellor
 Shot down at he age of S1 by the
 Germans
 on September 9, 1914.
 France will never forget that.
 History will recall that Germans have murdered the wounded and mutt lated the dead. Here Is on extract from Private Albert Dedfosse's diary tThird Infantry Reserve. Fourteenth Reserve Corps):'--
 Tn the forest of St Remy. September 4th and sth, I saw fine COW and calf destroyed, and once more corpses of Frenchmen frightfully mutllated." Moreover a German newspaper, tho Jauersches Tageblatt, of October IS. 1914. under the headline "A Day of Honor for Our Regiment" published 2n article of two hundred lines sent frcan the front by Q soldier of the l54th regiment, the non-conunissioned officer Klenit, I Company. Infantry Regiment I54. This man tells how on septem- Hr 24 his regiment. which had left Hanpnvtile in the morning. supported on tho march by Austrian batteries. was suddenly received my n double fire from artillery md infantry. Tho losses were enormous. and yet tho en- emy were invisible. At last. however. it was seen that the firing came from above. from trees where the French soldiers were posted.
 We brought them down." writes f,iemt, "ifke squirrels. and gave them warm reception with blows of tho butt and the bayonet; they no longer need doctors: we were no longer fight ing loyal enemies but treacherous bri- gands. Fly leaps and bounds we got aeross tho clearing. They were here, there and everywhere, hidden in the th,cket. Now 1t Is down with the ene-
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-25
BY THEIR \u0RkS:---"

my. And we will give them no quart TT. Everyone shoots standing; a few very few-fire kneeling. no one tries o take shelter. We reach Q little de- prcssion In the ground; here the red Hrousers' dead and wounded lie in a heap around We knock down or bayonet the wounded, for We know that these scoundrels fire at our backs when we have gone by. There was q Trenchman there stretched out full length, face down, pretending to be dead. A kick from a strong fusilier soon taught him that we were there."
 Turning round, he asked for quart CT, but we answered: lis that the way your tools work, you -? and he was nailed to the ground. Close to me I heard odd cracking sounds. They were blows from a gun on the bald head of a Frenchman which a private If the 154th was dealing out vigor- cuS,tS IiC Ns9 NiotAS dSAhD 1h 4 NhNAA gun so as not to break his own. Ten Qerhearted souls are so kind to the french wounded that they finish them with a bullet, but others give them as many thrusts and blows as they can"
 Those are the things that France will never forget.
 History will recall the deportation nd enslavement of the poulation of Lille and the North of France. In the irst days of April, 1916, proclama- ion bearing the stamp of the Kom- landantur was placarded over the 'alls of Lille. The proclamation or tered all the inhabitants. men, wontca
 oung girls. children over fOurtecn ears. to be ready to be transported elsewhere" in one hour and q half, ach person being allowed to carry
 way thirty kilos of luggage. At the
 rescribed hour the population was sselnbled and German officers began make choice among the crowd.
 antilles were separated. Fathers were vere taken away from their wives and ,hildren. Boys were forced to leave
 leir homes. Young girls were com
 clled to leave their fathers and moth .rs with no other protection than the
 recarious protection of Prussian sol
 iers. The reason given for the de- alpled lands in Belgium and Germany
 here the need for working men and
 omen was felt"
 Two strong protests were mado
 gamst that deportation The first clmc from Mir Delasalle, revolutionary 5cialist Mayor of Lille, who charac- slized the whole proceeding ns
 gainst the laws of nations. The econd was mode by Mgr Charost, Ro-
 lan Catholic Bishop of Lille, who ask Il an audience from General von Graevenitz, German Governor of Lille. But he had not begun to explain the facts when the Governor interrupted him brutally, saying, You. Bishop, go about your business and hold your mouth!
 The crime of the Germans In deport- ing the people of Northern France md making slaves of them is all the more marked because Germany was one of the fifty four nations which in 1907, at Tho Hague, signed an article provid- ing that the honor and the right of the families, tho right of individuals :=.zzss..znrsr nrsr.:===r---.=rxs--.--
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-25

ruined and tortured will preserve the accursed brand which some historians may call the German army. but which France will ever call "a horde of wild beasts "-Ex.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-25
EXPRESS AND HAULING

For City Express, light hauling in town or to the creeks, see Pioneer congressman at Nome Tailoring Com pany next door to segerstrom and Hagen.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-25

and of private property would remain inviolable." This crime was stigmatized in the following terms by President Wilson: The government of the Uni ted States is constrained to protest most solemnly against this action, which Is in contravention of all pre- cedents and of principles of interna- tional practice which have long been accepted and followed by civilized na- tions and their treatment of non- com batants." This is how the chief of one of the greatest civilized nations in the world has appreciated the German act. France win never forget this appre- citation.
 History will recall that Germans when they did not deport tnd enslave women brutalized and fogged them. When in last March the French troops entered the small village of Holnon, northwest of St Quentin, they found the following official German procla- nation posted on the walls of the will lage:-
 Iolnon July 20. 1915.
 All the workmen, with their wives and children of 15 years are obliged to work in the fields every day, Sun day included from four o'clock in the morning until eight o'clock at night.
 Half an hour in the morning. an hour at noon, and half an hour in the afternoon will be allowed for rest and recreation.
 Attractions of this rule will bc pun ished as follows
 q. The laborcr who refuses to work will be thrown, in company with other objectors during tho harvest time, in jail under the charge of German non- commissioned officers. After the hnr- vest the obJcctors will be imprisoned for six months. Every third day nour- shment of bread and water will be provided.
 "2. Women who refuse to work will be transported to the field to work there. After the harvest the women will be imprisoned for six months.
 "3 Children who refuse to work will be punished by being floggcd with stick.
 "1n addition, the Commander re- serves the right to punish obJeetlng laborers by twenty strokes of the lash every day.
 The workmen of the village of Yer dulles have already ben punished se- vcrely"
 Women and children hogged France will never forget that.
 History win recall that the Germans have pillaged every house, stolen the money, taken away the furniture, cut the trees They have even poisoned the wells. During the spring retreat in the pockets of the prisoners or on the dead have been found precise in structions for polluting the water:- Such and such a soldier" ran the in- structions, twill be fin charge of the wells. He will throw in each one a IsufIicient quantity of poison. or of creosote, or lacking this, all available filth"
 That will not be forgotten. Nothing will be forgotten.
 The ruins may disappear, but time will never efface the tragic memories The French nopulation murdered.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-25

Buy all your Goods this month at HoLT'S. Every 5000 spent the Red Cross receives $1.00
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-07-26

STUDENT NURSES RE!
New Britain Committee Prepared hi
Open Recruiting Office at Institute
Monday Morning.

The committee on nursing an
pointed at recent meeting to act in
conjunction with the local woman's
committee of the State Council of
defense, in conducting the intensive
campaign to enroll young women of
the state in the United States Stu
dent Nurses Reserve, is ready to
open d recruiting station in this city
on Monday. The New Britain In
stitute on High street has been de-
cided upon as the most desirable
place for the station, being centrally
located and recruiting officers Will be
in charge there every week day, aft
ernoons between the hours of $3.50
and $50 o'clock, and evenings, from
I to o'clock. Connecticut's quota is
$50 student nurses, the quota for the
entire nation being $4,000
1t has been announced that more
than the required number must be
enrolled as there will be some who
will not prove eligible After all have
been examined, the state must be in
a position to furnish a student nurse
reserve of $50 in order to take care
of the large number of wounded men
from the front.
An appeal to nurses has been is
sued by the National Council Of De-
Tense. The army needs more nurses
than ever, to keep up with the draft.
After the war is over. it has been
stated, there will be an added call
for nurses and the government
wants to be prepared for any
emergency which may arise. All
local young women who would
like to serve their country in this
manner are urged to go to the New
Britain Institute any afternoon or
evening, between the appointed hours,
during the two weeks beginning with
next Monday, and enroll during this
great campaign.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-07-26
HARDWARE
MAY GRANT BONUSES
President FL. {. VI. Thomson State.
That Officials Are Considering
some Such Possible Plan.

The officials Of the American Hard
war corporation are said to be con-
sidcring some plan of granting the
WOrkmen ii bonusy This report be-
came current about the city yesterday,
and the runor intimated that these
bonuses of per cent. would be pay
able from July /.
Henry G. M. Thomson, president OF
the American Hardware corporation,
when asked this afternoon If 1t was
true that the concern was contemplate
ing paying the men q bonus, said that
such plans are being considered but
no definite action has been taken
either to the actual payment of
the bonus, the amount or the regula-
tons These plans are purely tenta-
tive.
On Wednesday, an incipient strike in
one or two, departments at the Corbin
Cabinet Lock division was reported
but if there were any labor differences
they were satisfactorily adjusted with
out any further trouble. It is under
stood that certain employees asked for
bonus. President Thomson stated
that he had not been informed of any
strikes in any of the departments.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-07-26
w. U. INDICTED FOR
MESSAGES BY MAIL
Federal Grand Jury Files Two Bills
For Sending Night Letters
q
On Trains.

New York, July 26.-The Western
Union Telegraph CO. was indicted by
a federal grand jury here today on
charges OF having transmitted mes
Sages by mail.
Two bills were filed against the
Western Union. One accuses the
company of having violated the fed
eral law which forbids the establish
ment of private express for the car
riage of letters between points to
which the government operates mail
service. Eight counts in this indict-
ment cover routes taking in New
York and Boston, New York and
Philadelphia, New York and WASH
ington, and New York and Baltimore.
The second indictment charges vio-
latlon of the federal code which for
bids transmission of letters by such
private express routes. This bill in
wolves the cOmpany's alleged system
of sending night letters by private
messengers instead of by wire.
The indictments are against the
company only, the officials not being
named. Through counsel the COM
pany is expected to enter plea here
on MOnday .--.-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-07-26
GOVERNMENT ALLOWANCE
Federal Education Board Grants $751;
245 For Teacher and Trade Train
ing in Connecticut.

New Britain will benefit under the
grant of the federal board of educa-
ton for vocational training in schools.
The federal government has made an
allotment Of $31, 24591 to be expend-
ed in Connecticut and the Connecti-
cut State Board of Education is ex-
pected to specially appropriate an
equal amount. The apportionment
of the federal grant includes $4,000
for agricultural instruction, $17,703.S5
for training teachers in trades and in
dustries and home economies; and
$8,545.05 for other teacher training.
The federal funds will be used in
the following approved institutions:
For teacher training and agricul-
ture at the Connecticut Agriculture
al college at Storrs and the High
school at MiddletoWn.
For teacher training and home eco
omics at the Connecticut Agricul-
tural Colleg and the State Trade
schools at Bridgeport, Putnam, South
Manchester, Torrington, Danbury,
New Britain, New Haven, Hartford,
Southington and Waterbury, where
trades and industries will also be
taught.