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Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-12-10

to duty but there were no position.
fol- them all to work. Right up un-
til midnight calls were handled with
wonderful speed and accuracy. Toll
calls to Boston by newspapermen
were put through inside Of three
minutes.
Co. d in charge of Capt. Chercy
was drilling at the Armoly when tho
news came that McLeod's mill was
afirc. Capt Cheney called for vol
unteers and every man responded
The company marched to the fire or
the double quick and did very effoc
tive work in helping the fremen
They laid three lines of hose fl on
MIGRANTS some distance from the fire
At 9.G5 o'clock the flames had
reached the end of the plant on the
east and the entire structure was a
roaring furnace. Here the fremen
made an excellent stand. Three lines
Of hose were banked on the north
side of the plant facing the O. V.
Hooker L. Son machine works. The
severe cold undoubtedly aided the
firemen. The heat did not penetrate
across the so foot space to the Hook
er plant as it would have on a warm
CT night. The fact that there was
no wind greatly aided the fire in saw
ing adjoining property.
At 9.15 o'clock the fremen had
taken up positions on Hooker Hill
and were throwing u heavy stream
to the tenement house and Office
building of the Hooker Company.
The roof was showercd with sparks
but the fact that the roof was cover
ed with snow and was wet aided the
firemen until such time as they Sc
cured positions to keep the fire from
spreading to this building.
Elevator B had been watche
carefully by the fremen. Chief
Marden had streams of water turned
onto the side of the Building to keep
down tho scorching heat which at
times reached Il point where it was
believed the building could not es-
cape destruction. After hard work
stream was raised to the top OF
this building by ladder a distance
of 60 feet. The pressure was small
but the firemcn did effective work
in preventing fire starting in this
elevator which contained $65,00C
worth of grain.
The Hooker factory caught fire at
$50 around a window on the second
floor The firemcn soon got stream
inside the building and two streams
on the outside and soon checked the
fire and prevented its doing but
slight damage to this structure.
There was a lot of fun around
the Hooker office building shortly af-
ter 8 o'clock when the owner of a
dozen pigs which were quartered ir
a pen in the rear of the building de,
cided the flames were coming toe
close for comfort. The pigs were
driven out of the pen and about fifty
men and boys had lively time ir
getting them to a place of safety.
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Mcleod Mills Burn
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entire west end of the building burst
into flames on every floor.
There were six men at work in
the building at the time. Besides
Mr.. Brady and Mr.. Needham they
were: Percy Bonnet, John McGill,
Charles Farr and Charles Cummings.
Mr.. Brady called fire headquarters
by telephone while Percy Bonnet
rushed to the nearest box and pulled
in an alarm from box ID.
Chief Harry Marden responded on
a still alarm as a result of the tele-
phone cali and Immediately was fol-
lowed by the apparatus that respond
ed to tie box call. Chief Mardcn
had the box repeated after sizing up
the danger of the fire and this acted
as general alarm calling out the
Fairbanks apparatus ard all the
volunteer fl emcn.
Superintendent Brady used excel
lent judgment in handling the stu
alton at the factory. He rushed his
nlen to tn. office when he saw .ha
removed all the letter files, books
and desks, etc. to place of safety.
There were five ears on a sliding
running into the mill AMI lie called
the railroad onire to notify them to
get the cars out. At S.15 4 switching
engine arrived and after some de-
lay until the various lines of h"sc
could be removed, pulled the cars
to safety. Four of them were load
cd with grain.
At 8.45 the main part CT The build
ing was & mass of flames and there
was no doubt but that the plant was
doomed. The firemcn had been un-
able from the first to get inside the
building. They now took up position
to combat the fire from the outside
and to save the surrounding property.
At 8.55 the flames shot up through
Elevator A towe and there follow
ed ut frequent intervals hot air ex-
plosions, that sent showers of sparks
and burning embers hundreds i
feet into the air.
The fire was one of the most
spectacular that St. Johnsbury has
ever witnessed. Thousands Of people
gathered along Railroad and Mill
street on Hooker Hill and on Boyn-
ton Hill. The spectacle from the
north end of Main street was a mag
nificent one. Here one could look
directly upon the Fl g scene. a-.
Hundreds of telephone calls came
from all parts of Northeastern Yer
mont and the phone girls had very
busy session. They gave wonderful
service. The entire force of tele-
phone girls responded when the ex-
tent of the fire became known. Chief
Operator Miss Mary Delaney took
charge of the situation and her two
supervisors, Mrs. Belanger and Miss
Elizabeth Bassett We're on duty
There were II girls who responded
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Workmen at the Hooker plant
where they had valuable tools re-
moved them to-, a place of safety.
The fire reached its height at $50
o'clock when the outside walls be-
gan to fall in the old part of the
building. From this time on the fire.
men had the upper hand. They
had more than dozen streams play
ing on the flames from all quarters
and prevented the spread of the fire
in any direction.
Spectators came from lodge meet
ings, church suppers and drove in
from surrounding towns to see tie
unusual spectacle. From ten O'Clock
until the early hours of the morning
the fremen worked on, until about
1 a. M, when they had the fire safely
in hand. A half dozen streams of
water played upon the burning ruins
all night and good part of today.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-12-10
WOMAN'S RELIEF

At the regular meeting OF Cham
berlin w. r. C. on Thursday e,cn-
ing the following officers were elect
ed. -
President, Mrs. Mabel Carpenter.
Senior Vice Pres, Mrs. Ella &.
Brown.
Junior Vice Pres, Mrs. Mabel Fay.
Chaplain, Mrs. Abbie mccarthy.
Treasurer, Mrs. Sarah +. Hovey.
Conductor, Mrs. Bessie Cummings.
Guard, Mrs. Cora Hamilton.
LIST delegate, Frances Smith.
End delegate, Ruth Wakefield.
3rd delegate, Collie Waite.
Eleven new members were initial
ed, making our number 1872, with sew
en- more candidates for the next
meeting.
Perhaps at this time brief ac-
count of the Corps may be of inter-
est. We have CAMEL curing the year
rs new members; have lost by death
3; by, transfer 2. We have paid for
flowers for sick and deceased men,
bcrs $26.75; for relief, $12.40. We
are giving to the soldiers Home for
Christmas $25; also we are constant
ly giving in other ways other than
money. Calls are made on the shut
in members and cards and kindly
greetings sent. In short we are the
best organization of women. Come
and ioin US, ,.a
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-12-10
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CHILD WELFARE NOTES

Mrs. Sadie Mccartney goes Thurs
day to Burlington to attend a meet
10 of the Children's Aid society IN
that city. .t.. .... a"
Miss Josephine Webster, the state
secretary, entered upon her duti s
Nov. II and the work is progressing
finely. -
Mrs. w. w. Rierden of Barton
has been appointed chairman of the
work in Orleans County and the
prospects are bright for n lot of good
being done for needy children in this
county.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-05-14
FRENCH FROWN ON
FOES SIGHTSEEING

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. among
the German peace delegation to-
day were few in number. Baron
Won Lersner and Herr Giesberts, &C
companied by several subordinate
members of the delegation, attend
ed the morning service in the Catho
lie Church, while three German
men and five women occupied re-
served pews in the French Proteset
ant Church, where the pastors
sermon dealt with loving ones
neighbor and repairing any wrong
done to him. The women, return
ing with bouquets which they pur-
chased during the promenade, were
in each case of French Sc
cret Service agents.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-05-14

Thus the opening lines of "My
Birthday" are really fine:
"Vain was the man and false as
vain, Who said, were he ordained to
run His long career of life again,
He would do all that he had done
Some of the "Irish Melodies"
seem to speak to the authors coun-
trymen in a time when the poet
would be in his grave. This re-
mark applies to the exquisite lines
Dear Harp if My Country"
Of dramatic power Moore had
not a particle. His poetry is pure
ly lyrical, and for that reason "Lal-
la Rookh" is a most overweight
and Intellectual production. AS
compared with Scott's Lady of the
Lake" and Byron's narrative poems
it is very poor. The Melodies"
will save this poet from oblivion.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-05-14
SPLIT
ON RACE QUESTION

Washington while Premier
Hughes of Australia was leading
the fight in Paris against the
amendment proposed by the Japa-
nese delegation to the League of
Nations covenant providing for
racial equality, spirited discus
sion was under way in Australia
on the subject of excluding Chinese
and Japanese labor. A report re-
ceived here indicates that the Aus
tralians are by no means uAit as
to the wisdom or justice of perman
emily excluding Orientals.
The Melbourne Daily Age says:
Australia is not anxious to annex
the German Pacific islands, and de-
sires only that they shall not again
fail into Germany's hands. 1t
would be calamity If they were
given to Australia as gift. We
have already more territory than
we can handle and develop. Our
continent is too big for us as 1t Is.
How can we undertake to manage
new tropical islands when we can
not manage our own northern terri
tory?"
The Bishop of Willichra is quot
ed as saying: Granting that the
white Australia policy represents
the conviction of nine-tenths of the
people of Australia, the question
arises whether 1t is a possible poll
cy. The answer would seem to be
that it is not permanently possible
so long as the north of Australia
remains practically empty"
The northern territory embraces
523,629 square miles and it's white
population is estimated at 4,9OS,
including a considerable number of
Chinese miners. The aboriginal
population is estimated anywhere
between $4,000 and $4,000, and
most of them live wild.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-05-14
"OUR RETURNING HEROES"

The names of the following boys
have been reported to us as having
returned from service overseas.
This list will be added to as fast as
the names are sent in. Send your
son or relatives name as he should
be in the honor roll: Those sub
mitted are:
Manning Bennett
Lieut.. Everett Likens
Robert E. Price
Ivory Lynch
Chester Foster
Clifford R. Maddox
Simon Smith
Hoover Neel
= Weslie Daniel
Herbert Wedding
Carlisle Williams
Ray Herrell
Thomas Hopper
David Wilson
John Jackson
Carlisle p. Williams
Dewey Afford
John B. Hazelip
John d. Autry
Elton Wilson
Ben Johnson
Attrice B. Taught
James A. Crowder
Roscoe Westerfield
Rosal Park
Orville Mckinney
Raymond Mckinney
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-05-14
WASHINGTON

Sunday school is doing nicely
here with 104 enrolled. Rev. S. G.
Chapman attended Sunday school
here Sunday and made an interest
ing talk, also organized an Ep-
worth League society with Mrs. T.
w. Lowe as president, and Miss
Edith Tinsley secretary.
Quite a bit of tobacco was taken
to greensboro from here Monday.
Mrs. Hartley Park and baby, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. w. Allen and daughter
and Mrs. Charlotte Lowe spent Sun
day with o. r. Tinsley's.
Misses Versey, Jessie and vergia
Newcomb and Belna Renfrew spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.. w.
]. Travis and family.
Mr.. and Mrs.-Mahainly, of
Beaver Dam, spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mr.. viii Mahainey
and family.
Misses Jessie and Versey New
comb, lola and Edith Tinsley and
Messrs. Cecil Briston and Martin
Foster spent Sunday evening with
Miss Violet Allen.
Misses Cuisine Mills and Edna
Ward and Messrs. Forest and Ellis
Hoover attended Sunday school at
Washington Sunday evening.
Quite a number of young folks
from here attended the party at
Mr.. Tom Handley's Friday night,
all reported good time.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-05-14

dies have survived his more elabor-
ate poems, it may be said that his
memory lives in music. His narra-
tive oriental poem, 'Lalla Rookh, ="
contains much labored verse which,
when carefully read, sounds merely
| jingling and bombastic. The pretty
songs introduced into the poem, in
Guiding "Araly's Daughter" and
"Bendemeer's Stream" cannot re-
deem it from dreariness. Moore
wrote a "Histiry of Ireland" in
which there is very little research,
several biographies and a clever
pseudo theological tale entitled
IAN Irish Gentleman In Search of
Religion" He received a pen
sion from the British Government,
married Bessie Dyke, an actress,
and died in England on February
26, 1852, in his seventy-second
year.
One of Moore's great mistakes
was that he wrote with no object
except to please the popular taste
of the hour. He succeeded, but his
evanescent seccess was purchased
at the cost of eventual failure.
Possibly he thought that it would
matter very little to him what
would be said of him when he was
dead. But after all, poets STRIVE
for posthumous fame, and, if they
cared only for immediate celebrity,
their appeal would be to the I'M
enlightened majority, and not to
those whom Stendhal called "the
happy few" Moore could not see
his own shortcomings, and his as
sociates did not undeceive him. !
His own sneer at Shelley-a poet
so far above him that they were in
separate spheres-must to-
day inspire pity for Moore's egregi- |
Gus self-sufiiciency. He compares
poetry to frost at mid
night" Keats he probably could
not understand at all. 1t is a curl
Gus proof of Shelley's absence of
all vindictiveness that he has intro |
duced Moore into "Adonais" IN this
charming fashion:
From her wilds Irene sent
The sweetest lyrist of her saddest
wrong,
And love taught grief to fall like
music from his tongue"
Rhyming Thomas
A love of Stiffness in rhyme was
one of Moore's characteristics. The
following jingle is familiar to most
people:
The time I've lost in wooing,
In watching and pursuing,
The light that lies in woman's eyes
Has been my hearts undoing.
Though Wisdom often sought me !
l scorned the love she brought me
My only books,
Where Woman's looks,
And folly's all they've taught me-"
Here sense is sacrificed to sound,
and reason gives way to rhyme
But Moore could sometimes be very
serious, even in his shorter poems.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-05-14
CLAIM THAT TOM MOORE'S
FAME Is FAST WANING

Literary regulations based upon
inferior workmanship cannot stand
the test of time. Many poets who
once enjoyed wide popularity are
now all but forgotten. One poet
who in his own lifetime received
enthusiastic praise, but who, sc
years after his death, Isl acknow-
lodged to be only a writer of tri-
vial and artificial lyrics, is Thomas
Moore, writes, Lucian in the Ro-
chester Post-EXpress, in the course
of a critical if somewhat severe re-
view of the best known of Irish
poets. AS the friend of Bryon the
Irish poet was flattered and feted.
Byron, who was one of the most in
judicious of critics, described
Moore as the poet of all circles
and the idol of his own" When
Byron died, he wrote a very eulogis
tic biography of the author Of
"Don Juan" whose faults of
character have since been unmerci-
fully emphasized. Moore's geniali-
ty made him successful diner
out" and boon companion. But his
poetic faculty was not of high or
der. He had considerable fancy,
but no imagination in the deeper
sense. His most ambitious poetry
does not bear critical analysis. His
social accomplishments can no
longer dazzle US, for we can only |
know him by reading his works, |
which, though voluminous, have lit |
tie solid value.
No Rebel, Anyway.
Thomas Moore was born in Dub
lin on May 2S, 1879. His father
was a Dublin shopkeeper, who was
able to send him to Trinity College.
where the most brilliant Irish schol 1
airs of that time received their edu-
cation.
Among his fellow-students were
Lord Edward Fitzgerald and Ro-
bert Emmett. The society known
as the "Unied Irishmen" had sever
al members among the students of
"old Trinity" and Moore may have
Neen a member, although he never,
Ike Fitzgerald or Emmett, advo-
sted rebellion. Indeed, the loyal
of Moore as he grew older, had
o it a TAFT of subserviency. His first
lolume of poetry was issued under
the pseudonym of Thomas Little"
and contained some suggestively
erotic verse. Byron in English
Bards and Scotch Reviewers" writ
ten under the sting of harsh criti-
cism and before she and Moore had
become friends, has this allusion TO
the Irish lyrist:
''That little rhymer of lascivious
rhymes"
Best In His Melodies
In his Irish Melodies" Moore is
At his best. He welded pleasing II
commonplace words TO
Did Irish airs. and, as the "Melo-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-05-14

Samuel-Do you think your faith
would object to my marrying your"
SALLY couldn't say. Sammy.
If he's anything like me, he would.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-05-14
Circuit Court.


Judge---R. w. Slack, Owensboro.
Comth. Attorney---C. E. Smith,
Hartford.
Clerk---A. C. Porter, Hartford.
Master Commissioner---Ott C.
Martin. Hartford.
Trustee Jury Fund---Cal. P. Keown.
Hartford.
LIST Monday in March---12 days.
Com'th. and Civil.
1st Monday in May---12 days---Civil
lst Monday in July---12 days.
Com'th. and Civil.
Ord Monday in September---12 days
civil.
4th Monday in November---12 days
---Comth. and Civil.
County Court.
Meets first Monday in eacn month.
Judge Mack Cook
County Att'y---A. d. Kirk.
Clerk---W. C. Blankenship.
Sheriff---S A. Bratcher.
Superintendent---E s. Howard.
Jailer---Worth Tichenor.
Assessor---D. E. Ward.
Surveyor---C. S. Mox.ey.
Coroner
Fiscal Court.
Meets Tuesday after first Monday
in January. April and October.
LIST District---Ed Shown, Hartford,
Route 8.
End District---Sam L. Stevens,
Beaver Dam.
Bird District---o. B. Brown Sim
mons.
4th District---G. W. Rowe. Center
town.
9Th District---W. c. Daughterty,
Baizetown.
9th District---W. S. Dean, Dundee.
18th District---B. F. Rice, Fordsville.
9Th District---B. C. Rhoades. Hart
ford, Route 5.
Hartford.
Mayor. E. Bean.
Clerk---J. A. Howard.
Police Judge---C. NJ. Grove.
Marshal---E. p. Casepier,
Beaver Dam.
Ch'm'n. Board---W. T. Mckinney.
Clerk---D. Baker Rhoads.
Police judge. M. Porter
Marshal---R. F. Stevens.
Rockp0rt.
Ch'm'n, Board---James Wilson.
Clerk---Rushing Hunt
s. L. Fulkerson. Police Judge.
Marshal---Will Langford.
Fordsville.
Ch'm'n. Board---W. r. Jones.
Clerk---Olla Cobb.
Police Judge---C. p. Kessinger.
Marshal--Grant Pollard.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-05-14

Trutona is now being introduced
and explained at the Ohio County
porated. r.Nxr
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-05-14
Best In His Melodies

In his Irish Melodies" Moore is
at his best He welded pleasing II
somewhat commonplace words TO
old Irish airs, and, as the "Melo-
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-09-18
PERSHING H0NORED

WASHINGTON, Sept, lS-- Con- gresS formally thanked Gen. PerShins today, the Senate and House holding a joint session. Pershing stood at the speakers desk. President pro tempore Cummins spoke first and said that Pcrshing's army won the worlds re- spect and faith for America. Gillette spoke next and said that "few Ameri' cans have been honored as Pershing was by Congress at a joint session Few soldiers of any nation have heard the peoples leaders praise their ser vices so o-iTiYhty."
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-09-18
300 BELIEVED DEAD IN ONE
 TEXAS TOWN

CORPUS CHRISTIE, Sept, l8- The list of the victims of the hurri- cane is today lowering around the BOO mark. It is stated that several families here have been plotted out.
 Hea,l rain is still hampering the clearing away of the debris and in- creasing the suffering of the home less. Huge bonfires on the bay front add to the pallor of the scene of deso- lation and the smell of burning car casses of drowned cattle permeateS the atmosphere. The rain is threaten ing to stop relief trains from reach ing here.
 Bodies are so badly decomposed that attempts at identification have been abandoned.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-09-18
MAIL CAR
 ROBBED

QUEBEC Sept, 1S-- Five mask ed men gagged the mail clerks on the Canadian National Railway Express early this forenoon between Montreal and Halifax and escaped with 5000. Nearly all of the money was in silver.
 The bandits broke open the door of the mail car, seized the bags contain. ing the silver and jumped off the car as the train approached St. Thomas. Posses are in pursuit.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-09-18
CHINA ID
 BE GIVEN
 A CHANCE

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, lS-- Speaking before the WOmen's club yesterday noon, President Wilson gave assurances that the great powers. un- der the League of Nations, there would be a new international policy for the protection of China. President Wilson asserted that the treaty was the first in the history of the world to do something for China's benefit. Six teen hundred women, prominent from all parts of the state, heard the PreSl' dents speech.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-09-18
BIC STEAMER
 MESSENGERS
 1000 ABOARD

NEW YORK, Sept, 1S- The Span iSh steamer Valbanera, one week over due at Havana , is believed to have been disabled during the hurricane and is probably stranded on some shoal of Coral Key. The steamer is be- heved to have over 1000 passengers aboard.
 Capt. F. l. Miller, of the Ward liner Mexico, arrived here this after. noon and said he encountered water spout during the hurricane and the wind blew fifty miles an hour.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-09-18
MEN NAMED TO BE AT LABOR
 CONFERENCE

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, lS- President Wilson last night annOunccA the names of twenty two men to re- present the public in the national con ference between capital and labor, in Washington, on October 9th.
 The list includes Baruch, Rocke- feller, Jr., Gary, Dr. Charles Eliot, President Emeritus of Harvard; Char les Edward Russell, of New York. John Spargo, of Vermont, the last two being Socialists.
 An equal number of representa- lives will be selected by labor, banker, manufacturers and agricultural assoc iationS.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-09-18

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept, lS-- A noisy crowd in the civic auditorium made Wilson's speaking difficult last night. The hall holds l2,000 and every seat was taken and standing room was at . premium.
 The audience cheered the President for thirteen minutes after he appeared on the platform, then the galleries kept cheering. '...'
 President Wilson said that neither the United States nor the men pro testing the Shantung award protested the original cession of the right there to Germany, nor protested the Chinese territory taken by France, England and other powers.
 The league, said the president, or fered the tribunal before which Chinr could bring complaint of hel wrongs
 President Wilson, repiylng to the questions of the League and the Lea que and the National organization, said England cannot outvote Ameri , ca in the League. Foreign govern mcnts cannot order American troops abroad. The League will have pow erful influence towards restoring Shantung to China. The covenant does not obligate America to aid England suppress riots in Ireland as has been said"