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Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12
...EditoriaI...
Banging the Corporations
1t is the great indoor sport.
Everybody INDUCES in it.

II Is the great INDOOR sport.
Everybody INDUCES in it.
Wherever two OF three are gath
cred together about a stove, principal-
| ~ Il Srocely-store stove, there it is
| played.
One day it is the railroads; the
next day it is some trust or other.
| Public service corporations come in
! for it especially. Slam 'em! Bust
en-! That, the stuff. They've 90,
few friends and no votes and the
men AT the head Of 'cm are profitecrs
and human hogs gcnerally--in the
#ame class with Germans. Cor fer
! en-.
Which the sholt-sightcd public
! does.
! In the lat few years, as an indoor
! sport, it las beaten ping-pong and
! parchesa to II frazzle.
! Old Mother Hubbard goes uptown
to buy a card of buttons for her new
black silk, slips on the trolley sep
and gets black and blue spot mid
way Between the railroad station and
the postofice; son promptly has her
bring Tuit against the railroad coia-
pany for damages. If it was her own
front steps, she'd put Il muster,
poulticc on it and get up at five
the next morning to do Il washing.
| But a ju!y-ncver yet known to
bring in Il verdict for "soullesS'
lporatior--avartlS her a few odd
thousand which son borrows for an
automobile or Oh which she gees to
Florida.
John JoEcs can't get any mill;
from his weirdcycd heifer so he
turns her out in the pasture TO stare.
The hefer goes incoming off to see the
world and moons onto the railroad
track where she not only sees this
world but The afterworld also. John
sues for damages and gets cncuch
to pay off the mortgage on his tin
lizzie. BY the sudden eHplication OF
enc r0.ul locomotive shaken well at
The time OF using, that bovine in two
seconds change, from Il sack Of fer
tlizer into Il thoroughbred of the
finest quality whcreon is u great
price. And John laughs when he gets
his check. He has beaten the rail.
road
There is n man down in Massa-
chusetts who won't sell the railroad
u strip of scrub timber bordering
the track that's worth-as land
about seventy cents an acre. When
it comes to growing anything on it,
you couldn't even raise disturbance.
Once each year in the autumn. 10
comotive sparks fire the scrub timbcr
on that strip and he sues the rail
road. He gets enough out of his
Judgment to live the rest of the year
The railroad have paid several thous-
ad dollars for firing that strip each
year, which they can't help-and
have tried to buy it and cannot He
is Il smart man. He gets the best OF
Il corporation.
A lot of men working for a pub
lie service corporation, want more
money and 90 off on strike. Indus
trv is paralyzed. the public walks.
"Poor, hardworking sons of guns"
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

Socialism and holding forth IN the
corner groceries about inviting tho
gentlemen at the head Of Big Busi-
ness to come forward to a guillotine
because he believed they said the
same sort Of thing. But when he get;
u chance to say it,-well, well, we'll
It's quite another story. Circumstance
es alter cases, as it were.
The public pays!
There is no doubt that at sundry
times in the past there have been
men at the head of great public scr
vice corporations who have hit the
high spots in things industrial and
"taken theirs" They've had fine
dance and now they've got to pay the
piper. Yet at the same time there
are sound, well-managed. commend
able, worthy companies right here in
New England, who cannot sell dol
lars worth of their stock because OF
public bleeding, public knocking, pub
lie glee when big corporation has to
dig down--principally because it's a
big corporation.
The day will come when The Pub
lie will get it through its head that
in the end 1t pays the bill.
Then thoreIl be some dynarn9
thinking!
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12


tric sign saying "Cut
Then they spend the -~~. .''~''
lives marking two prices where there
used to be un!y one and making two
profits grow where but one grew be-
, fore. The lower price is the one YOU
pay. Never mind how mich you save
: The psychology of the bargain is the
thing. | do not mean to Qralrcl with
the apothecary. I know he must live.
And 1 envy him his patience. H.
must smile just as serencly no matter
who comes into his store. He cali t
tell from sizing up the strange:
whether th,t gentleman Is going TO
buy phone slug, a starnp or S9So
worth of asafoetida at war time
prices.
The way a druggist arrives at a
price tc cnlrge for yor. prescription
is this: he put, it up; t'iar he multi
plies the time it took ly the numbcl
of intar nf;ions : had 70" sales ol
less thar sever cr1.ts eac'i, adds SJ.l'
and divil 10, bv , The answer Is
what yoa pay. Some druggists tor-
oct to divide by 2. -" &C other hand
if YOU rtc enjoying poor health and
are a pretty steady customer, he sub
tracts I? corts for old times sake
and inuuires in vasseline voice as to
the health If '.l> patient.
But =. e. all, the druggist is 4 great
,oodero . .nvcnlcMrr. W.ti''I t. hlhi'
docors would have to carry thcl" owe
medicines in a sample case aud theE
would naturally put in an excess bag
gage charge at the night call rate
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12
THE MISSION OF SONG

Thru the din of the BATTLE
Over the noise Of it's strife,
Rose the songs of Singing America
Filling our boys with new life
'The Long, Logn Trail sent it's promise
OF Hope, to those far away;
For they knew by the God of their Fathers
They'd travel that trail some day.
Keep the Home Fires Burning
Came the chorus again loud and fair,
From the hearts of million mothers
TO light home their sons Over There
"The Star Spanged Banner'-forever,
We sang with our heats in that song;
Like prayer it rose to the Savior
Who froWns on the side of the wrong
'Amerca' rose like an anthem,
From the temples of God to his Son;
Til it mingled with the harps of the angels,
And sang forth the Doom of the Hun.
And over the seas from Fair Belgium
Came the answering song filled with love-
Home Sweet Home by an army
Of BOYS, filled with Light from above.
For they with their hearts so inspired
Swept the War God of Hate from their Path,
And kindled the Blessed Fires of Home
On Europe's lonely hearth
And now they are returning
Let's greet them with Smiles and its kind
From the lips and the eyes of Columbia
The Fair Girl that He Left Behind
Johnsbury, Vt. LAURA LOVEJO
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

.,-,,,.Lul I>v,U niiroU-
ta, has proven that oTder
for this was signed NJ .------- it was
not countersigned by the Secretary of
State and published until after the
need Of it had passed with the close
of the conflict, and Senator Hitchcock
of Nebraska declares this to be
breach of good faith with Congress.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

say the public, "they deserve all they
can get from the grating greeding
corporations and the strike has
! public approval and the men get their
/ raise.
From Monday morning to Saturday
! night, all over the planet someone is
! figuring somehow on way to get
| some easy money out of some sort OF
| a corporation. A man with red nose
may come 10 work lit up like I; Christ
mas tree, fall into the machinery of
Il manufacturing concern and work
more havoc than q monkey
The fact that he was seeing re,.,
white and blue turkeys with straw
| hats on, at the tirlc, cut no figure.
Some capitalist" was to blame. And
his widow invests in punk minin"
stock after the obituary And so it
goes!
Knock 'cm knock cm fatter than
a yard Of stair carpet. They're as
loaded with money as a doughboy
with cooties It's Mr. Average Man's
job to capitalize public sentiment and
jimmy somehow into the corporate
strong box in any manner that will
save him from jail
And the merry work goes onward.
But who pays?
10 the corporations pay-the rail
roads, the public service companies,
the manufacturers?
Not on your grandmother's da.S
guereotypc!
Well regulated businesses in sheer
sclf-prc%clvation have to set aside a
fund to meet these unfair
CONTINGENCIES. The money that /,
makes up that fund isn't mined in
the ground. 1t comes from an liz
creased cost added to the goods,
whether it,; cara,ncls or railroad
transportation.
So when IL man sues a public sc:-
vice coipol alton for unreasonable I
da:nagcs, hc isn't taking it out of the
pocket of some bloatcd bondhold- :
cr. He's taking it out OF him ,eli'.
The public pays!
The mind of The Public i, the
mind o! child. 1t refuses to look
beyond the penny in its palm and
see the dollar in the till. One indy +
idual gets II verdict against Il public
service corporation and so long a. kc
Gets the moncE into a checking AZ
count, the rest of humanity cav so
hang.
It's the poor man.; revcraion Of the
phrase: The Public BE DID.
Tell a man who thinks he ha3 4
case against a corporation that the
public pays III the long run, and l'e
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12
Life's Dreary Path
Paid for this paper?

j Paid for this paper?
/ We're mi'ng Theodore already!
There never is pair of scissors
, handy!
The Kaiser is saving wood. So are
the Allies.
If your old pipe doesn't taste right,
it'S the "flu."
We rarely refer to dictionary
nowadays.
All Russia needs is some good ma.
tional magazines.
Isn't it about time to discard that
Christmas necktie?
How fast the folks you know pass
onward the older you become?
Folds aren't nearly so popular
since Henry turned newspaper pub
Usher. Oh yes he did!
A child considers itself grown up
when it is allowed to play the VIC
trola rs much as it pleases.
The party that's always worrying
about his rubbers always seems to
be the one that's catching cold.
After moving into u new house you
begin to feel at home when YOU can
find the drop-light in the kitchen in
the dark.
Doesn't it make you mad to write
a bright thing and then have SOME
one ask: '---of course it isn't ORR
Yinaiw
Some houses are real homes: 9th.
ers merely have art rugs on the
floors.
Thank The Lord we smoked the last
cigars from the Christmas box to-
night.
Were honest enough to confess
that Charley Chaplin is our favorite
movie actor.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

Cent Sale doesn't mean that yol c.sn
get anyth.r., in the store for 4 penny.
1t means that by paying one cent
more than the article costs. yoa get
two articles for the
Thus, If hot water b.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

| Some day Ford is coming down
Eastern Avenue hill, unable to stop,
and will knock the old station clean
off the map!
There are also some people unkind
enough to cancel their subscription
to the newspapers just because the
war has stopped.
Most married folks get durned-
sight more fun out of planning their
new house than building it or living
in it aftelward, anyhow.
Has it ever occurred to you that
the friends who are willing to help
you in lad fix are most generally
those whose help isn't worth a darn?
It's poor Yankee sportsmanskip to
kick a man when he is down. When
it comes to ex-friend Wilhelm, how
ever, we're not yet convinced that he
is.
There are some cheerful IDIOTS
who couldn't write series of daily
paragraphs like these without taking
an occasional bang at the ladies
God bless 'em.
There's lot of talk about un-
employment in the cities, but have
you noticed that it's just as hard as
ever to get man for the particular
vacancy you have in your business?
Funny how men that can talk you
deaf, dumb and blind on the street
sweat drops of blood and claw the
air in stage fright when called on for
public speech.
The true sense of Peace comes
when we pick up an old newspaper
while building the fire and read an
article by the Calamity Howlers who
had it figured to a science just how
the war was going to last until 1921.
The makeup man says he knows
there's been war or something be-
cause he used to get necktie or a
pair Of suspenders with each new
suit. Now he has to scrap like an
American doughboy in Hun dug-out
to have them throw in the buttons.
What's the use Of keeping an al
bum of all the newspaper clippings
about yourself, anyway? Some day
somebody will fire it in an old ash
barrel and o seven-dollar-a-weeka ash
man will only use it to fill in "rnade"
land
We don't feel like licking our old
schoolmaster any more like we prom
ised ourselves when we'd be grown
up. His hands are red, his suit is
gray, his nose is blue. 1t we didn't
stand for the Sheppard Amendment
we'd take him out now and buy him
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12
A Worthy Cause

For nearly 25 years the New Eng
, land kuln Hattin Homes have been
quietly doing a much needed work.
In the earlier years there were times
when the financial outlook was so
dark that it looked as if the work
must be given up. But brighter days
came and the Homes have come to
have so many friends and the en-
dowment fund has grown to such an
amount thai the life of the Homes is
assured. There is simply one ques-
tion and that how large a work the
Homes shall do.
OF late years, until the war came
on, income and expenses fairly bal
anced. Notwithstanding the great in
crease in the cost Of everything, the
Homes have continued to do about
the usual amount of work. And this
has been done although the receipts
have failed by considerable to keep
up with the increased cost of living.
That has meant only one thing, an
annual deficit since then. Something
must be done. The alternatives are
less work, with greater need than
ever, or a special effort to secure adj
ditional funds. 1t seems an absolute
ly clear case that not single thought
should be given to reduction in the
amount of work, Hence a drive which
is being inaugulated this week.
The Homes could use to very great
advantage large amount of money.
But they arc asking friends of the
Homes to furnish, in gifts, large and
small and medium sized, 100000.
This will clear off the deficit and pro-
vide much needed emergency fund.
The drive is to be carried on by
mail. If by any chance anyone should
be so unfortunate as to fail to re-
ccive 4 direct appeal, the opportunity
is open to serd in gifts to the treas
urer, Mr.. T.. l.. Walker, Bellows
Falls, Vermont.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

about the public owne
utilities. Despite the
President YVES givcl
seize such agencies
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

if it's been too long be
Other dru"gi sts go {
They get themselves & +
tl.ic sign saying "Cut
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

If there's anything colder than a
Vermont winter it's the icy linen
sheets we have to stick our founda-
tions down between these polar
nights.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

Remember when your mother scour-
ed the knives and forks regularly
once week?
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

n
Some day Ford is coming down
Eastern Avenue hill, unable to stop,
and will knock the old station clean
off the map!
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

Some say the Kaiser is suffering
the tortures of the damned. We'd
let it go at that if he'd only come
Ln-n ard do his suffering. It
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

There's lot of talk about un-
employment in the cities, but have
you noticed that it's just as hard as
ever to get a man for the particular
vacancy you have in your business?
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

There are some cheerful IDIOTS
who couldn't write series of daily
paragraphs like these without taking
an occasional bang at the ladies'
God bless 'em.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

Funny how men that can talk you
deaf, dumb and blind on the street
sweat drops of blood and claw the
air in stage fright when called on for
public speech.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

There are also some people unkind
enough to cancel their subscription
to the newspapers just because the
war has stopped.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

We don't feel like licking our old
schoolmaster any more like we prom
ised ourselves when we'd be grown
up. His hands are red, his suit is
gray, his nose is blue. 1t we didn't
stand for the Sheppard Amendment
we'd take him out now and buy him
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

Most married folks get q durned-
sight more fun out Of planning their
new house than building it or living
in it aftelward, anyhow.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

We're missing Theodore already!
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

It's poor Yankee sportsmanship to
kick man when he is down. When
it comes to ex-friend Wilhelm, how
ever, we're not yet convinced that he
is
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

Has it ever occurred to you that
the friends who are willing to help
you in lad fix are most generally
those whose help isn't worth a darn
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

The true sense of Peace comes
when we pick up an old newspaper
while building the fire and read an
article by the Calamity Howlels who
had it figured to a science just how
the war was going to last until 1921.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

All Russia needs is some good ma
tional magazines.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

The Kaiser is saving wood So are
the Allies.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

What's the use Of keeping an al
bum of all the newspaper clipping
about yourself, anyway? Some da.
somebody will fire it in an old ash
barrel and seven-dollar-a-week asl
man will only use it to fill in "made'
land.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

If your old pipe doesn't taste right,
it'S the 'fiu."
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-02-12

We rarely refer to IL dictionary
nowadays.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
FRANK B. STOCKTON.
prIv.t.. Co. E. 18TH Infantry.


Private Stockton was decorated for
unusual bravery in action near Lam
dres-et-St. Georges, France, October
IA, 1918. After working all morning
in rescuing wounded soldiers, Private
Stockton, stretcher bearer, learned
that n man from another company was
lying wounded In n shell hole, one hun
dred yards In advance of the COM
pany's position. Ignoring all warnings
ms to the danger involved, he and
another stretcher bearer crawled to
the shell hole under violent machine
gun fire and found that the man was
so severely wounded that he could
only be carried on litter. Although
the wounded soldier attempted to dis
suade him from so doing. Private
Stockton returned to our line, secured
a litter and proceeded once more to
the shell hole in direct view of the
enemy and under the most intense
fire from machine guns 250 yards
away. He succeeded in reaching the
shell hole safely, but as he was plac-
ing the wounded patient on the litter
he was instantly killed. Private Stock
ton was son of Rev. ]. A. Stockton,
New Decatur, Ala.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
DAVID 3. RARkELEY,
Private, Co. a, 356th infantry.

Private Barkeley (deceased) was
decorated for conspicuous gallantry IL
action near Pouilly, France, November
8. 1918. When information was de-
sired as to the enemy's position on
the opposite side of the river Meuse,
Private Barkeley, with another sol
der, volunteered without hesitation
and swan the river to reconnoiter the
exact location. He succeeded in reach
ing the opposite bank, despite the evil
dent determination of the enemy to pre-
vent crossing. Having obtained his
information, he again entered the
water for his return, but before his
goal was reached, he was seized with
cramps and drowned. His mother,
Mrs. Antonio Barkeley, lives In San
Antonio, Tex.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
UNsPoILED BY HIGH HONOR
Officers and Men Alike Recognize In
General Pershino Qualities That
Compel Their Affection.

"Why do we swear by Pershing?"
countered staff officer in Washington
one day in response to question.
"Well. / guess it's because he's the
real thing-a regular American, If you
know what i mean.
"YOu can easily figure out the sort
of man he is by the stories they tell
of him. / was with him when he was
on his way to Washington to receive
his orders for France. On the way,
we passed through the town in which
he lived when he was n boy. on the
station platform was the same old ne
gro porter Pershing had thrown stones
at in his boyhood. The general chatted
with the old man. 'Afterward l asked
the porter what happened. He said:
"'He done wanted Ter know all bout
the folks he ulster know, an when he
was gettin' on the car again he picked
up n pebble us big as my thumb an
hove 1t at me, jes' like he ulster when
he was an ornery kid"
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
Gas
and BIoat From
Acid Stomach

any way connected with the stomach.
Pleasant tasting EATONIC TAB
LETS that you eat like bit of candy,
quickly put an end to-. your stomach
troubles. They act as an absorbent
literally wipe up the excess hurtful
acid and make the stomach pure.
sweet and strong. Help digestion 20
that you get all the power and energy
from your food. You cannot be well
without 1t!
If you are one of those who have
tried everything" but in spite of II
still suffer all kinds of acid-stomach
mlseries-if you lack physical and
mental strength and vigOr-begin mt
once to take EATONIC. Get back
your physical and mental punch and
enjoy the good things of life. Like
thousands of others you will say You
never dreamed that such amazingly
quick relief and such remarkable
Improvement in your general health
was possible.
Your druggist has EATONIC. We
authorize him to guarantee it to give
you instant relief or refund your
money. Get big box of TATONIC
today, 1t costs but little and the re-
suits arp wonderful!
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09

An acid-stomach cannot digest food
properly. Instead, the food sours and
ferments and, passing into the intes-
tines, becomes a breeding place for
countless millions of deadly germs
toxic poisons they are called. These
poisons are absorbed into the system
and cause untold misery. SO, you see,
1t is Just acid-stomach, nothing else
that makes so many people weak, list
less and unfit; saps their strength and
energy; robs them of their vigor and
vitality. Biliousness. bad liver, nerv-
BUSINESS, binding. splitting headaches.
rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica-these
and many other still more serious all
ments often are traced to the COM
mon source-an acid-stomach.
Take EATONIC and get rid quickly
of the pains of indigestion. heartburn,
that horrible, lumpy. blOated feeling
after eating;. disgusting, belching.
food-repeating; sour, gassy stomach.
These stomach iniseries are caused by
what doctors call "Hyperacidity." It's
Just ACID-STOMACH. And in ad-
dition to the pains and miseries 1t
causes, ACID-STOMACH IL the start
er of long train of ailments that
most people never dreamed are in
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
Needless Alarm.

Junior had not been in the best of
health, and, when he seemed well on
the way to recovery, his mother took
extra precautions to guard him against
possibilities of an Influenza attack.
One evening the anxious mother
was startled when she entered Ju-
niors room to find the little chap in
bed shifting, with eyes red and wa
terry.
Goodness, gracious y she cried, do
you feel sick, dearie?"
mo, mamma" Junior replied.
But you seem to hdve caught a
dreadful cold"
81 haven't any cold"
"But your nose and your eyes!"
From under the covers Junior pro-
duced n book.
at is Uncle Toms Cabin mann
ma" he said, "and have just been
reading about poor little Eva
Youngstown Telegram.
The Ordway new era., 1919-05-09
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

has been a household remedy all over
the civilized world for more than half
a century for constipation. intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the generally
depressed feeling that accompanies
such disorders. 1t is most valuable
remedy for Indigestion or nervous dys-
pepsla and liver trouble, bringing on
headache, coming up of food, palpita-
tlon of heart, and many other symp-
toms. A few doses of August Flower
will relieve you. 1t is a gentle laxa-
tive. Ask your druggist. Sold In all
civilized countries.-Adv.