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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14

Are You Hoarse?-Usc The Ameri-
can Throat Tablets.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14
LIKE OTHER ORIENTAL TOWNS
JoPpa Since Earliest History Has
Been More or Less the Playthina
of Conquerors

In the tribute lists of Thothmes III.
king of Egypt, who held his court on
the banks of the Nile, some 1900 Years
before the Christian era. there figured
the town Of Joppa. Thothmes III was a
mighty warrior. He fought no fewer
than seventeen successful campaigns
III Syria, twice captured Kadesh and
was one of the greatest builders and
administrators Egypt had ever known.
SO, although nothing is certain about
The matter, he probably captured Jop-
pa and laid tribute on the inhabitants,
who then. as today, built their houses
over the rounded hillock" which, from
the sea, forms Il gracious landmark.
That was 3,400 years ago and every
now and again during all those CEN
turtles, the old city, which looks out
over the Mediterranean toward the
coast of Africa, away beyond Egypt
has stepped into and out of the history
Of the world.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14
PHYSICALLY FIT ..' + r.
AT ANY AGE

1t isn't age, it's careless living that
puts men "down and out" Keep your
internal organs }in good condition
and you will always be physically fit.
Watch the kidneys.
The kidneys arc the most over
worked organs in the human
body When they break down under
the strain and the deadly uric acid
accumulatcs and crystalizeS look out !
These sharp crystals tear and scratch
the delicate urinary channels causing
eNcruciating pain and set up irrita-
tions which may cause premature
degeneration and often do turn into
deadly Bright's Disease
One Of the first warnings of slug
gish kidney action is pain or stiffness
in the small of the back, high color
ed: or scanty urine, loss Of appetite,
indigestion or rheumatism
do not wait until the danger is
upon you. At the first indication of
trouble go after the cause at once.
Go to your druggist Immediately. Get
trial box of GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem Oil Capsules, imported direct
from the laboratories in Holland,
where they have been in use for over
two hundred years. They will give
almost immediate relief. If for any
cause they should not your money
win be refunded. But be sure to get
GOLD MEDAL. None other is gen
uine. In sealed boxes, three sizes.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14
LYNDONVILLE

Willis Connor' was business visitor
in Bradford Thursday.
The Star Theatre has been given a
new name. "The Community Thea
ire" A good name don't you think?
Make your place of meeting at the
Community Theatre. 1t viii be open
all the time for anyone to go in and
rest or wait for anyone. Before there
has been nc place where one could go
in and rest. No place to wait, no
place to take the tired baby, but now
we have it. Mr.. Busbett will tend to
the theatre and see that everything
is conducted in the proper way. This
does not mean that they will be adj
mitted to the matinee free. Don't
forget the pictures tonight.
tire tonight.
w. C. Conner and family are stay
ing at Hotel Lyndon on account of a
case of diphtheria at their home.
There are 81 cases of influenza at
the Speedwell dormitory, but all are
doing nicely.
Miss Angie Wiley, who has beer
sick with the influenza, is out now
and will soon be able to resume hel
work at the Lyndonville Bank.
Miss Eva Wood was a business Wis
itor in st. Johnsbury Thursday
Miss Velma Darling, who has beer
i'll with the influenza, is doing nicely
and will soon be out again.
Don't forget the dance in Cable;
hall Saturday evening. Music, Con
nell, piano; Burroughs, violin.
Miss Annie Cote, who has been a
her home here for few weeks, ha'
returned to SherbroolSe, P. O., to re
sumo her duties there in the hospita
as a nurse.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14
GREENSBORO

Willie Woods, who has been quite
ill with pneumonia following infiu-
enza for several weeks, improves
rather slowly, and plans are being
made to take him to one of the st.
Johnsbury hospitals for further
treatment.
b. d. Piper of Greensboro Bend re-
ceived a letter the past week from
his son Milton in France, saying that
he was all right and well and happy.
Some uneasiness has been felt by his
relatives for him since no word had
been received from him since last
July.
Mrs. Edla Wiley of Waterville Wis
tied over last Sunday at B. M. Will
ley's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cassavah and
Mrs. VIII Bates were in Hardwick
last Wednesday on business.
Mrs. Martha Pettee of Jericho is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. E.
Perrin.
Dana Garfield is working for J. H.
Pope in his hardware store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Graham, who
have leased their hotel at, Green's
boro Bend to L. E. Reynolds, are
going to Lowell, Mass, to make their
home.
William Goethe has bought the
farm formerly owned by Percy
Brown.
! T. w. Silver has bought Ernest
Aliens farm. Ernest Allen viii
make his future home in Danville.
Fred Kennison has moved his fam
, lily from Greensboro Bend to Walden
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Jerry Massey of Greensboro Bend on
Nov. 10Th.
Mrs. Mary Weed of Greensboro
Bend is visiting in Passumpsic.
Sherwood Allen is visiting with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Allen.
Miss Sarah Robbins of Craftsbury
visited over last Sunday at Charles
Lapierre's.
Foster Babcock of the north part
of town has been i'll the past week
/ Mrs George Philbrook, who ha.
been staying at Clyde Philbrook's thu
past few weeks, has returned to he
home.
Miss Meltie Thompson is visiting
friends in Craftsbury.
F. H. Dufur, who has been in Bos
ton for the past year, is confined tt
the hospital with a bad abscess.
Mrs. Lawrence of Hardwick is Wis
iting at the home of A. E. Tolman.
James Wilson has been substitut
ing in the post Office several day.
this week while Mr. Rollins has beer
doing some butchering jobs.
Miss Aida Fairbanks, Alice Spie,
and Marjorie Perrin returned home
from Burlington last Friday evening
and will not return to their schoo
work in the u V. NJ till Jan. End
The prevalence of the influenza mad,
the closing of the college necessary
Lloyd Batchelder of Greensboro
Bend has been appointed on the page
and messenger force OF the next STATE
Legislature.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14
BARNET

Carol Somers of Orleans, who has
been visiting his father, E. d. Som
ers, in Barnet, and his brother, Henry
Wallace, and family, in McIndoes,
has gone to Concord, N. H.
Word was received by letter Thurs
day from Fred Quimby that he landed
in New York on the steamer Empress
Wednesday morning. His company
it is reported will be sent to Garden
City, N. Y, where they will be mus
tered out.
Miss Katherine Potts, who has been
visiting her grandparents, MI and
Mrs. Sheldon Moore, in this place,
and also friends in St. Johnsbury and
Plymouth, has returned to her home
in Holyoke, Mass, where she is en-
ployed as nurse.
| The many friends of Mrs. Carlos
Gilfllan will be glad to konw that
she is recovering from an illness of
several weeks, and it is hoped she
will soon be out again.
! Mrs. Kate Kinney is nursing at
! Charlie Roy's at Barnet Center,
where they have young son.
Walter Kendall, who left here for
Skinner, Maine, where he expected
| to have work for the winter, is To-
Gated at Lowell. If he remains Mrs.
Kendall will join him for the rest Of
/ the winter.
Several people from here attended
the dedication of the new service flag
at McIndoes Thursday night.
Miss Belle Thayer of Passumpsic is
visiting her brother, James Gilfllan.
Mr.. Gilfllan has recently celebrated
his oath birthday and is hale and
hearty, walks to the village two or
three times day and enjoys the best
of health.
The local stores have already got
ten their Christmas goods displayed
and a good assortment of useful ano
desirable gifts can be purchased ii
this place. .
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Goodrich went
to Burlington to attend a session Of
the State Grange this week.
The matter of the Every Member
Canvass for the Barnet Congrega
tional church here is we'll under con
sideration and the following commit
tee has been appointed by the pastor
Rev. Willis T. Sparhawk: Mrs. Albee
Mrs. w. S. Brock, Mrs. C. Dow, Mrs
L. E. Gilillan, Mrs Chester Somers
Mrs. B. N. Gilfllan, w. S Brock, L
E. Gilfillan, Perley Aver, Ira Albee
Harvey Phelps, Lauren Holmes, c
E. Harris, Chester Somers. The
work and tic of canvass is yet to b.
decided upon.
Harvey Phelps is the town chair
man of the Red Cross MEMBERSHIP
drive.
Miss Hazel Kay is at home from
her school in Monroe Plain for over
Sunday. --@--. s4.4~
Miss Edith Hazelton is visiting
friends in Lebanon. N. H.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14
FAITH IN THE RED CROSS.

A young American soldier recently
arrived in France tried to locate his
brother. who was also in the army
and who had preceded him "over
there" It was like hunting for a
needle in haystack. After many diff
ficulties and long waiting, however, he
at last located the company to which
his brother belonged.
Then he learned that his brother
had been wounded and was in some
hospital. That was all he could find
out. With the faith of q little child
in his eyes he told this to a hospital
searcher belonging to the American
Red Cross and then with the faith Of
a little child he added: 'Rut the Red
Cross will find him." And the Red
Cross did.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14
FOOD AT LOW COST
FOR ELeIAN FAMILIES


Through the combined efforts of the
American Red Cross and the Belgian
Government, food is now supplied at
low cost to the families of those Bel
gian soldiers who are at the front or
have been killed or taken prisoner.
The Commissioner for Belgium of the
Red Cross recently advised the Bel
gian Government taat the American
people were ready TO undertake this
work and that the Red Cross would
provide 10000 francs month for it.
The Belgian Minister of Supplies
has a chain of sixty-five stores in
France and at the front, which sell
goods TO the families of Belgian sol
diers working in munition plants or
other places in the rear.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14

0SttLiOCI AVLL1 lJAls
Twas great sufferer from Phemns-
0tiSm fer 00e1- I6 years, [ consulted
specialists, took medicines, used
lotions but nothing did me good.
Then, I began to use '"FFruit-a-
lives" and in 10 days, the pain WAS
easier and the Rheumatism was
better. Gradually, "Frwit-G-tf0cs"
00ercaUze my Rheumatism; and now,
for five years, I have had no return
of the trouble. Also, | had severe
Eczema and Constipation, and
~fFruit-a-tives" relieved me of these
complaints and gave me a good
appetite and in every way restored
me to health". p. II. McHUGH.
SOC. a box, 6 FOR So so, trial size 25c.
AT all dealers or sent on receipt of
price, by RUIT-A-TIVES Limited,
OGDENSBURG. n. Y.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14
WOMEN WORKERS
English Girls Being Educated for
Commercial Careers

London, Dec. 12-Hundreds Of
girls employed at the Ministry of
Food Registration Clearing House are
receiving instruction during working
hours for after-war commercial ca
recrs. The London County Council
has taken charge of their education
and each girl is given IL hours
every day except Saturday for in
struction and study.
Glasses are held three times a day,
The girls are from 16 to Is years old.
There are classes in bookkeeping,
French and shorthand, and the girls
are also given the choice of recrea-
ton classes in elocution and singing.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14

Have you catarrh?-Use Nazol.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14
Ever Think Of It?

Electricity can run through very
slender wires. And the energies OF
saving grace can enter the life through
the medium of u very unfinished creed
Christian Herald.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14
Fully Explained.

Jennie was asked why she did not
go next door any more 70 play with
her little chum. She replied; Our
dispositions didn't match, so we dis
banded our acquaintance"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14

"a well-cooked meal is better
antidote for drink than any amount of
legislation" is one of the sayings Of
the American-born Duchess of MARI
borough, who is famed for her work
among the London poor
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14
Valuable Reproof.

The rcproof of Il good man rescm-
hIes fuller'S earth; il not only removes
the spots from our character, bat it
rubs off Shcn it is dry.-WilliamH
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-14

More than $4,000 women students
are attending universities in the
United States
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-12

stakes would be silhouetted against fits
light like a lattlccd window. Then
darkness.
Once, out in front of our wire,
heard a noise and saw dark forms
moving. My rifle was lying across the
sandbagged parapet. l reached for 1t,
and was taking aim to fire, when my
mate grasped my arm, and whispered.
Don't fire" He challenged in a low
voice. The reply came back instantly
from the dark forms:
"Shut your binkin' mouth, you
bloomin' idiot; do you want us to click
1t from the Boches?"
Later we learned that the word, mo
challenging or firing, wiring party out
In front" had been given to the sentry
on our right but he had failed to pass
1t down the trench. An officer had over
heard our challenge and the reply, and
Immediately put the offending sentry
under arrest. The sentry clicked
twenty-one days on the wheel, that is,
he received twenty-One days field pun
ishment No. l, or "cruclfxion," as
Tommy terms 1t.
This consists Of being spread-eagled
on the wheel of Il timber two hours
day for twenty-one days, regardless of
the weather. During this period, your
ratiOns consist of bully beef, biscuits
and water.
A few months later l met this sentry
and he confided TO me that since being
"crucified," he had never failed to pass
the word down the trench when so or
dered. In view of the olfense, the
above punishment was very light, in
that failing to pass the word down a
trench may mean the loss of many
lives, and the spelling of some impOr-
tant enterprise in No Mans Land.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-12
Back on the front line, after a
stay in rest biIIets, Empey gets a
shock when a German bullet cuts
down his first friend of the
trenches. He tells the story in
the next installment.
(TO BE CoNTINUED1
New Type of vampire"

Arrest at the instance of an army
officer of a young woman who had
committed bigamy In order to secure
the allowance granted to soldiers de-
pendents gives color to the warning
issued against this new type Of "vam-
pire," notes the Omaha Bee. Young
soldiers are picked out by these wOm-
en- and deliberately led into marriage,
the one purpose being to secure money
from the government. The game 10
not a new one, nor does it exhibit
much modification In It's details. 1t is
reported from some Of the Southern
army camps that as many as three
and four soldiers have been welded
to the same woman. The young men
who are away from home for the first
time, wearing their country's uniform,
should be warned that marriage is not
merely an enlistment for the war, and
therefore to be approached very seri-
ously. Romance is part of a soldiers
life, but it may have consequences
that will embarrass him in after
years. The vampire" is one of his
chiefest dangers, and one against
whom it is difficult to guard.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-12
HOW He WAS EMPLOYED
CoIored Man Explained to General
Clarke Exactly His Position
With the Railroad.

An all too fast disappearing genera
tion of older railroad executives are
accustomed when recalling Gen. James
! C. Clarke, for many years before his
| death president of the Illinois Central,
| to speak of his stately courtliness, the
warm Southern tinge of his hospitality
and the depth and breadth of his per-
sOnal charity.which ever kept him in
lean purse. But the general, says the
Wall Street Journal, was also live
railrOader, no rcSpeCter of mere GUS
tom, and well to the fore in the era
which transferred Chicago from a
Lake Michigan port to the largest in
teriOr continental city in the world.
General Clarke was found of telling
how in the pOstbellum days an order
was issued from the head Office of one
Southern system that no more per-
sOnal Wallets should be carried on the
pay rolls, and that the name of the
bureau of which it was port should be
painted on the door Of each room.
Shortly after the president, on a
personal inspection tour, opened the
door of very small room and CON
fronted an ancient negro of cminently
respectable and respectful mien. Said
the president:
you black rebel, are you still here?"
81 shoa is" he bowed
"And what pay roll are you on?"
81 d0an't know what pay roll, gin
eral, but | bresh de cOonels coat,
black his shoes, comb his hair and
sech He says to me jes like dis Ma
jor, he says, 'ef dat damned fool old
glneral come roun' hyar akin whut
yOah air doin' hyar jes tell m axing
yoah honah's pardon, I'm in de depart
ment of accident superfluousness
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-12

meat and meat products, other than
fresh and frozen beef and mutton, be-
cause the quartermaster corps does
not carry them. Thorough and eff.
cient inspection of these products pur-
chased locally by troops preceding
their preparation for food in the kitch-
ems is Of more Importance than the
inspection of the meats furnished by
the quartermaster corps.
Handling Sanitary.
All meat products must be handled
in a sanitary manner. Wagons or
trucks used to transport meats from
points of issue to kitchens must be
clean and equipped with tight-fitting
tops, and persons who handle meat
must wear clean garments that may
be easily made clean again.
For the past fen or twelve years the
bureau of animal industry has coon
Grated with the navy department -
the reinspection of meat and meat foOG
products. The. organization of the
navy 10 ullltIenI 1TOln llldJ Ol lue army
Not as many men have to be sup
piled and the manner of feeding then
Is not the same. The navy provides
large mess halls and, unlike the army
does not have numerous small mess
halls. The organization of the navy
does not make local purchases because
the supply division of the navy Ge.
Dartment furnishes all goods. Only
United States Inspected and Passed
meat and meat food products are pur
chased, and these must be inspected for
specifications in the packing plants by
inspectors of the bureau of animal in
lustry, except at the Chicago plants
where the navy has its own inspectors,
The navy department desires the bu
'eau's inspectors to conduct all rein
;pectiOns at receiving points. Inspec
ion for the navy Is not confined tC
neat and meat products, but includes
'ther provisions, such as poultry, fish,
oysters, clans, butter, eggs, cheese,
resh fruits and fresh vegetables.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-12

every bone in our bodies ached. 1t
makes a lot of difference whether you
are "going in" or going out"
At the end Of the communication
trench, limbers were waiting on the
road for us. l thought we were going
to ride back to rest billets, but soon
found out that the only time an in
fantryman rides Is when he Is
wounded and is bound for the base or
Blighty. These limbers carried our
reserve ammunition and rations. Our
march to rest billets was thoroughly
enjoyed by me. 1t seemed as if
were on furlough, and was leaving be-
hind everything that was disagree
able and horrible. Every recruit feels
this way after being relieved from the
trenches.
We marched eight kilos and then
halted in front Of a French estaminet.
The captain gave the order to turn
out on each side of the road and wait
his return. Pretty soon he came back
and told B company to occupy billets
III, 118 and 119. Billet III was an
old stable which had previously been
occupied by cows. About four feet in
front of the entrance was huge ma
nure pile, and the odor from it was
anything but pleasant. Using my
flashlight l stumbled through the door.
Just before entering / observed a
white sign reading: "Sitting so, lying
90" but, at the time, its significance
did not strike me. Next morning l
asked the sergeant major what it
meant. He nonchalantly answered:
"That's some of the work of the r.
A. NJ. G. (Royal Army Medical cOrps).
1t simply means that in case of an at
tack, this billet will accommodate
fifty wounded who are able to sit up
and take notice, or twenty stretcher
cases."
1t was not long after this that l was
one Of the 100 lying
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-12
Federal Inspection Protects Food
From Time of SIaughtering
to Mess Tables.
MANY INSPECTORS ARE USED
Standards of Inspection Are Based on
Best Scientific knowledge of Pres
ent Day-ReguIations and Prac-
tlees Stringent.
Soupee, soupee, soupe-e-e
Without a single bean.
Porkee. pOrkee, porke-e-e
Without a streak of lean,
Coffee, coffee. coffee-e-e
Without anY Cream-m-m


Without any Cream-m-m-.
When a bugle blows "beans," the call
that is liked best of all, when our
soldiers and sailors join in with the
time-honored lines just quoted, and
then when they line Up for army
''meSs" or navy 'ChOw,H they do SO
with full confidence that the meat
they will eat will be as wholesome and
as fit as practical science can assure.
The reason is that the federal in
spection service which has protected
the civil population of the United
States from bad meat in interstate
commerce has been extended to cover
completely the meat and meat prod
and navy. Sixty-seven inspectors Of
the bureau of animal industry of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture are now with the army and thirty
Hre with the navy.
When the present war began the sec
retary of war requested the secretary
of agriculture to assign meat inspec-
tors to the various cantOnments, train
ing camps, forts, posts and other
places where large numbers Of troops
We're in training. This followed sim
liar service by inspectors when Amerl-
can troops were mObilized on the Mex
lean border in 1915.
Regulations Stringent.
The bureau men are inspecting, Sc
lecting and handling meats and fats
for military consumption, and the OPP
erations are under supervision from
the time the live animals are driven
into the slaughtering chambers until
the finished product is delivered in
good condition to the mess cooks. The
standards Of inspection are based on
the best scientific knowledge Of the
present day, and are sustained by the
unanimous views of all the great sci
entists of the world who are experts
on the subjects involved. American
regulations and practices are fully as
stringent as those of any other ma
tion, and in some cases they are even
more stringent.
Meat From Two Sources.
The army gets its meat from two
sources-frOm the quartermaster corps
and from private concerns. All meats
supplied by the quartermaster corps
are prepared in establishments Oper-
ated under federal inspection, and the
majority of these products are further
in these plants by army meat
Inspectors assigned there for the pur-
pose. Examinations made by inspec-
tors at points Of consumption are to
detect unsoundness which may have
developed after the products left the |
packing house and to determine wheth-
er they comply with specifications and
contracts.
Inspectors also advise quartermas- |
ters with regard to proper storage and
of meats, keep these officers |
of the supply on hand, make |
sure that the oldest packs are issued |
first and assist in other ways to pre-
vent loss from deterioration. Troops |
must purchase in the open market fresh |