Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-26
,s..., OF G. WORK
Former Enfps~ Caledonian
Writes of Lieut.. TIerney and
the Soldier Boys

March 10, 10.
Editor The Evening Caledonian:
SIR
Well, well, to think that the "Cale-
donian" should find its way down here
to Camp Meade! Either the world is
small, or the circulation of the "Cale-
donian" is large. l am inclined to
favor the latter supposition.
1t happened this way. have been
doing X. of C. work in Canada for
most of the time during the war and
on Feb. 10 was ordered to report at
Camp Meade, Md. On the 18th of
February I reached here and on the
night of the 18th, 18th, was brought
to the Base hospital very ill, where
am at present with the prospect of
spending few more days in bed.
lmmagine my pleasure and surprise
when found out that one of the first
! friends to call on me in my ward q
was isolated as suspected diphtheria
carrier) was an officer from the old
Green Mountain state, Lieut.. Tier
ney of St. Johnsbuly, who is in
charge of surgical ward 18 at the
Base Hospital here.
When l told him that 1 knew st.
Johnsbury we'll, that had worked on
the st. Johnsbury "Caledonian" for a
couple of months in rs, he told me
that he would bring me a copy of
your paper. The pleasure was forth
coming today. Lieut.. Tierney il in
charge of perhaps the busiest ward
in the hospital-at least he mostly al
ways has "full house." 1t was very
kind of him to bring me the Caledon-
ian--and I was delighted. l have
worked for many papers but there
was none that took a more sincere
feeling for than the "Caledonian."
But one fact 1 notice. Are all the
business houses in st. Johnsbury
gone out of existence? Or have they
lapsed into complacent somnolence,
induced by mistaken conception of
self? In word-I notice that one
large firm of brokers with head Off
ces in Montreal (Hanson Bros.) think
it worth their while to advertise in
the "Caledonian" and only eight of
the hundred or more large business
houses located in St. Johnsbury think
it worth their while to advertise and |
tell the public-the rich buying pub
lie that always looks for the best
and nearest place to buy-that they
are still doing business and are ready |
with the goods and the service!t Do
the merchants of Caledonia county |
realize that fully from so to 100 thou
sand dollars worth of merchandise is !
purchased annually by the residents
of their county through the mail-or-
der houses; that the goods thus pur-
chased are the same as they them
selves have in their stores and would |
sell to their own people if they adj
veltised the same as the mail-order
houses do?
By the way I noticed in the news
items that a citizen of st. Johnsbury |
had SIS gold piece presented to him
last week in celebration of his 39th |
birthday. This gives me little hope J
as l have not yet reached my 39th |
year!
Last, but not least, I noticed the |
cartoon on the front page, (you see,
Lieut.. Tierney gave me the "Caledon-
ian" inside out-being a physician he
shows aptitude to get to the "inside"
of things). 1t is by Rogers and re-
presents the profteer freezing out |
the soldier. Now, having rubbed |
with "Buddie" for four years I have
a note of warning to sound. 1t is
this: The soldier answered the call
to arms, he gave up his business, or