davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
CITED FOR BRAVEY
Dartmouth College Y. M. c. A..
Worker Wins Recognition in
Russia

New York, Jan. 12-News that the
General commanding the American
and Allied Expedition in northern
NuSsla has recommended Howard e.
Merrill, of New York, Y. M. C. A.
worker, for suitable recognition of
his cool behavior during the surprise
attack on the forces he was servinfi,
was conveyed in a delayed cablegram
received yesterday at the Y. M. C. A.
National War Work Council Offices
in New York. The cable was from
Crawford Wheeler, in charge of the
Y. NJ. G. A. work at Archangel, and
was as follows:
THE enemy have shelled and &C.
cupied for two days one Red Triangle
hut on the river front. For his be-
havior during the surprise attack re-
Gently made, the General has recon-
mended Merrill. We have opened 20
points along the front of four hun
drcd miles and six points now being
constructed.
Howard E. Merrill is graduate of
Dartmouth, class of 1917. He lived
at the Hotel Nassau, 59th street, New
York. For three years he was on the
Dartmouth varsity football team. In
the summer of 1917, he did Y. M. C.
A. work at Commonwealth Pier, Bos-
ton, and in the autumn of that year,
was sent to Archangel, for the In
tcrnational Committee of the Y. M.
C. A.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
ANNUAL MEETING
passumpsic Savings Bank Elect Old
Board and Prosperous Year
Was Reported

At the annual meeting of the incor-
porators of the Passumpsic Savings
Bank held January 8, the same Off
GERS as for 1918, were reelected for
the present year: Judge Walter P.
Smith, president; A. B. Noycs, vice
president; Richard C. Baker, treas
urcr. Trustees: w. P. Smith, A. B.
Noycs, Fl. G. Ely, P. F. Hazen, L..
p. Leach, C. A. Cramton, T. N. Carr.
At their meeting Immediately follow
ing the incorporators' meeting, the
trustees confirmed the appointments
which are the same as heretofore:
Alvin c. Noyes, teller; Milton l..
Julian, bookkeeper; Mary L. Jewett,
s.enographer.
The report of the treasurer as
given in detail indicated a very sue
ccssful year. Dividends have been
paid on deposits at the rate of four
per cent, and the permanent surplus
fund is increased by larger amount
than in any previous twelve months
Undivided profits are also added to
materially.
The efforts of the bank for nearly
two years how have have been very
generously given to lend every assis-
lance to the Government and the
banks customers in furtherance of
the common cause.
The new stcel-lined vault and 9TH
or improvements in the banking
rooms, completed year ago, have
proved of great value and convenience
in rendering these services. Few
banks in Vermont have handled as
many Liberty Bond subscriptions or
put out as many of the War Savings
and Thrift Stamps.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
Biblical Town of GAIA.

Al-Mintar, or the watchtowcr. st:.l
exists to the east of the town of GAIA.
1t Is where Samson is said to have car
from GAIA to Jaffa are ancient olive
trees, many of them more than one
thousand years old, with gnarled bark
and immense trunks. There Is an OLD
legend wIirh credits GAIA With the in.
vcntion of the first mechanical! clocks.
These were perhaps the sand clocks
which are still used In some mosques.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
ACADEMY TEAM
WON THE GAME
Fastest Game of the Season Played
With the Newport High School

With the Newport High School
The fastest played and most close
~ contested game of basket ball seen
IL St. Jclnsbury this winter was
won by the Academy team from New
port High School at the Y. M. c. A..
friday evening by the score Of "A to
80
Both teams were we'll organized
and the l,assing and floor play were
Il treat to watch. Newport had the
hook pass down to perfection but
the hard, close guarding of the local
players kept them from getting their
machine working. Smith, the ST..
Iohnsbury captain and center, got
the jump on his up state opponent in
every play, which fact, coupled with
the fast ;'"d clever footwork Of his
team mates brought the decision in
favor of the Academy team.
The iirst period opened fast and
furiously but the players were a lit
tie nervous and over anxious and
this tended to make the shooting in
accurate and the guarding rough. This
period ended with the score 8 to 6
in favor Of the local quintet.
Early in the second period, Ellis
Gagged three lucky ringers from far
down the floor and from then on the
outcome ot the game was never
doubtful.
For St. Johnsbury, Ellis and Smith
,honc IN offensc and Lanpher's de-
fensive work attracted much favor
able comment.
Bigelow Of Newport was the Of
fcnsive star of the north city outfit
ably abettcd by his team mates Aiken
and Borctt;.
The line up:
St. Johnsbury "a Newport %
Ellis, | g, Gardncr
Foye, l. f :g, Hamilton
Smith, c C, AIKEN
Lougee = IF, Boretta
Lanpher, 8 f, Bigelow
Basket, from floor, Ellis IL;
Smith j; Foye 2; Lougec 2; Bigclow
$; AIKEN B; Boretta 1. Baskets from
fouls, Ellis A; Bigelow 4. Referee,
Fisk. Umr:'o Shaw. Timer, Barney.
Scorer, Morgan. Time, 15-10-15 min
ute periods. Attendance $50.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
GERMANY MUST
BE WATCHED
The Revolution Under Suspicion with
Circumstances that Indicate
the Old Gang Is Still on u
the Job

If it be true as the London Times
say that Germany still has between
G00O, 900 and 100000 men under
arms and that they can quietly re-
place their heavy artillery and re-
sumo warfare under pretence OF DC
Tending the Fatherland then greater
vigilance is necessary than is at pres
ent apparent. 1t may be true that
immediate rehabilitation of such an
enormous amy is impossible, espec-
tally as Fl;ncc is quite properly in
sisting on receiving the large guam
titles of hallway rolling stock de-
maMded By Foch under the terms OF
the armistice. But it would seem to
be a measure of reasonable and neces-
sary precaution for German demobl-
lization to be carried out under the
supervision, if not control, of an in
tcrallied commission.
Germany is no more to be trusted
in the present circumstances than she
was before she admitted defeat and
asked FOR terms. The Herald has
from the first pointed out that the
revolution was under suspicion as
spontaneous national movement and
that there was strong reason for be-
licving tina! it was being engineered
by the old imperial and junker gang.
The fact that popular outbreaks have
occurred in Berlin and other cities,
and that an imperial palace has been
looted, doe not tend to diminish that
belief, especially when one notes that
the looters have been compelled to
restore much of the property which
they had removed.
1t is unhesitatingly affirmed by
those who are closely following de-
vclopmcnts that behind the present
governmental facade in Germany
'the old officials sit at their old
work" and that no attempt has been
made to get rid of Hindenburg and
Hasse, ElZbergcr and Ledebour, Solf
and Kautsky. The last has been in
trusted with the task of going
through the imperial archives with
the alleged object of discovering the
measure of responsibility of the Kai-
ser, his chancellor, military advisers
and others concerned for the war; A
statement has already come from him
denying the alleged imperial council
on July 5, 1914, at which it was de-
cidcd to launch war upon the world
and allowing it to be understood that
documents which might prove or dis
prove the guilt of Germany in the
matter arc non-existent or have been
burned.
This will not prevent close inquiry
being made by the Allied -gevers-
ncnts into the matter, any more than
the new German league for the pro-
lection of the life and liberty of the
Kaiser, will save him from being call
ed to account and brought to Justice.
Meanwhile careful watch must be
kept on Germany, and it is significant
and satisfactory that an American
mission has been despatched to Ber-
lin with the object of cleaning infor
nation as to actual conditions there.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
PROTEST AGAINST
TELEPHONE RATES
Lyndon Citizens Pass a Series of
Resolutions in Regard to the
Proposed Increase

At meeting of telephone patrons
held at Mechanics Hall, Lyndon,
there was considerable discussion of
the ruling of the Telephone Company
in regard to rate and zone changes
February first.
The attendance was large, but the
people were not very enthusiastic
over the new proposition. Much feel
ing was evident and it was felt some
concert of plans should obtain
throughout the district.
The following resolutions were adj
opted:
TO the New England Telephone
Company:
We, the patrons of said Telephone
Company, do hereby wish to express
to said Company, our most emphatic
disapproval of the proposition of said
Company to limit patrons after Feb
ruary i, g., to the area given in the
free service OF rental of phones.
We regard such pl opposed tolls in
addition to said rental as exorbitant
and excess i've and taking advantage
of necessity.
We are aware of such increases in
employment and stock as is alludco
to, but not to such an extent as to
double, triple, and quadruple existing
rates.
We are favorable to, and propose
a raise of 81 1-3 per cent of present
rental during existing conditions, but
believe the proposed tolls exorbitant,
and consider five cent toll all that
reason can demand.
We view propaganda with suspi-
cion.
The argument is put up, also, that
business places use toll lines most.
Granting this as true, if rates to
firms are increased 400 per cent to
500 per cent op whom must this fall
in the endo The whole people must
share, finally, the burdens of any tax
alton, direct or indirect
We urge towns and communities to
take up this matter at once, and pc
titions are being circulated for the
agreement for removal of phones If
such eXtortion be carried into effect
We believe it unwarrantcd, and
suggest that beginning be made in
the reduction of $4,000 to 100000
salaries whom nobody earns or can
earn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15

There is tremendous demand today
for old mahogany or oak tables. Ii
there are any historic associations at
tached to these tables they bring fabu-
lous prices. There are plenty Of ia
Dies In the country possessing real his
tOric interest, but none of them is in
the least likely at the moment to come
on the open market. The table or
which Napoleon signed his abdicatior
may he said to be priceless. In Eng
land there is ,Sahogany table (which
tradition says was washed up on the
.oasr of Clare after the wreck of the
Spanish armada.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
ANNUAL MEETING
Grace Methodist Sunday School Elect
Officers for the Year

That the Grace Methodist Sunday
School is still doing business was
evidenced by the enthusiastic gather
ing at the church on Tuesday even
ing, the occasion being the annual
get-together of the workers. Sixty
five persons sat down to a bountiful
supper at $50 which was served by
the efficient ladies of Arlington. At
ter full justice had been done to the
well-laden tables the pastor called the
meeting to order and the business of
the evening taken up. The reports
from officers and teachers showed
that careful and earnest work had
been done throughout the year.
These officers were elected: Supt.,
Fred r. Clifford; assistant supt., O.
e. 'Ulrich; secretary, Walter C. Rod
Lift; assistant secretary, Miss Doro-
thy Roy; treasurer, Donald McGro-
supt. home dept, Miss Mary Lewis;
snpt. cradle roll, Mrs. Henry Dona-
hue; supt, beginners dept, Miss
Pauline Randall; supt. primary dept,
Mrs. Lydia Beck; sec. primary dept,
Mrs. Marion Eager; periodical sec.
primary dept, Miss Ruth Impey;
supt. junior dept, Mrs. George A.
Martin; sec. junior dept, Miss Mar
ion Suitor; Sec. intermediate and
senior dept's, Paul Grow. The super
intendents of the department consti-
tute the temperance committee for the
year.
Plans were made for a substantial
advance on all lines during the year.
The amounts raised by the Sunday
School for all purposes was little
over $500. The present membership
of the school is 542.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
TRIBUTE TO
COL. ROOSEVELT
Judge STATE rd's Memorial at the Bar
Meeting

Judge Wendell =. Stafford of the
Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia preceded an address at the
annual meeting of the Vermont Bar
association in Montpelier Tuesday
with the following tribute to Theo-
dore Roosevelt:
A great man has gone. A mighty
force has ceased. A far-heard voice
is silent now forever. A great citl-
zen, a great patriot, great American
is dead. Who is there who does not
feel that he has lost a brother? What
struggler against injustice does not
feel that lie has lost a champion?
What friend of honest, free and man
ly action is not saddened by this
news? He who gave a new meaning
to the strenuous life, whose dynamic
energy found outlet in the great
causes and movements of civic life,
and then in sclf-imposed and arduous
tasks unthought or by his tenoN
whose love of nation made him a
thorough naturalist, whose love of
letters made him an accomplished and
prolific author, whose intense inter-
est in history made him familiar with
all times and peoples, whose immense
human interest made him the friend
of all who laborcd or suffered any
where, wltose love of country amount
ed to a passion, yes, religion, and
whose bold and forward-looking spirit
made him the leader of great multi
tudcs of men who march toward bet
ter things, lies still in death. He who
never rested is now at rest. To him,
at last,
"All winds are quiet as the sun,
All waters as the Shore"
How can we realize that it is true?
And what time it was for one like
him to die! When more disturbing
questions than any he had ever met
were looming over the horizon! How
We shall miss that fearless, earnest
voice in the debates that are upon
us! How we shall need his trenchant
criticism, and his high and brave APP
peals! He has left phrases that will
pass current Ike coin among the peo-
pie, as Chtate said those of Webster
did, for generations. If he did not
"rediscover the 10 commandments" it
was largely due to him that they
were laid like compelling hand up
on a time when public men had grown
careless of their moral obligations.
There have been times when his word
was like trumpet waking the people
out of selfish and ignoble sleep. He
never needed war to learn that we
must be ready and willing to fight if
we would live our lives in a right
eous peace. He saw from the begin
ming tina. the only peace worth hav-
ing in this worldwide war twas a
peace with victory-victory over
whelming and complete. Let us use
the lesson of his life to help us make
it certain that the victory we have
won is pei feet, final and secure.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
Monk'c CoWi.

The c0wl, or hood, was originally
covering for the head to protect it
from The inclcmcpcy of the weather,
and WIS worn by all classes without
dlst:-rrion. It's ready adaptation to
conceal the features led 10 its adop-
ton at a very early age by monks
and ascctics. AS these Multiplied and
formed themselves into various dis
tinct orders. their hoods assumed a
different fashion in cut. color and ma
terial. From the monks 1t passed to
the cathedral and collegiate churches,
and from them to the universities.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
ROOSEVELT DEFINES
TRUE AMERICANISM
The Last Public Utterance of the
Great Statesman Rang True

The last message of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt was read by Capt. Archie
Roosevelt at the New York Hippo
dromc Sunday night at the All Am
erican festival.
81 cannot be with you," Col. Roose-
welt has Written, "and so all l can do
is to wish you godspccd. There
must be no sagging back in the fight
for Americanism now that the war
is over. There are plenty of persons
who have already made the assertion
that they believe the American peo-
pie have a short memory and that
they intend to revive all the foreign
associations which most directly in
terfere with the complete American
ization of our people. Our principle
in this matter should be absolutely
simple.
I'm the first place we should insist
that if the immigrant who comes
here in good faith becomes an Am
erican an dassimilates himself to us
he shall be treated on an exact equal
ity with every one else, for it is an
outrage to discriminate against any
man because of creed or birthplace
or origin. But this is predicated up
on the mans becoming in very fact
an American and nothing but an Am
erican. If he tries to keep segre-
gated with men of his own origin and
separated frcm the rest of America
then he lsn't doing his part as an Am
erican. There can be no divided al
lcgiancc Lore.
ANY man who says he is an Amer
lean, but something else also isn't an
American at all. We have room for
but one flag, the American flag, and
this excludes the red flag, which SYM
bollzcs all wars against liberty and
civilization just as much as it OK
cludcs any foreign flag of nation to
which we are hostile. We have room
for but one language here and that is
the English language, for we intend
to see that the cruciblc turns our peo-
pic out as Americans, of American
nationality and not as dwellers in
Il ployglot boarding house, and we
have room for but one loyalty and
that is loyalty to the American pco-
pie"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15

When a war galley was launched by
the Vikings men were bound to the
rollers so that the keel was sprinklcd
with their blood. The practice of break
ing bottle Of wine over a ships stem
at the launch is regarded as sur
vival of this savage Scandinavian prac-
tice or "rc'ldening the rollers" rs it
was called, Just as the custom of lead
ing an officers charger before the cot.
fin ut his funeral is a survival Of the
practice of sacrificing cMeftain's
wives and horses at his pyre. ~.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15

Nemesis was goddess of justice anu
divine rctribution. The word comes
from Greek verb meaning to deal Out.
distribute, dispense. In Greek mythol-
ogy Nemesis was goddess personi.
flying allotment, or the divine distribu.
ton to every man Of his precise share
Of fortune good and bad. 1t was her
special function to see that the proper
proportion of individual prosperity was
preserved, aud that anyone who be-
came too prosperous or was too much
uplifted by hfS prosperity should be
reduced or punished.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
Sunshine In October.

There Is no season when such pleas
ant and sunny spots may be lighted
on and produce so pleasant an effect
ON the feelings, as now in October.
The sunshine is peculiarly genial; and
In sheltered places on the side of a
bank, or of barn or house, one be-
comes acquainted and friendly with
the sunshine. 1t seems to be- of kind
nNl hOmely nature. And the green
grass strewn with few wthereC
leaves looks the more green and beau
tiful for them.-IIawthOrne
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
St. Johnsbury Boy Released from
Prison Camp

A despatch from Washington says
among the Americans released from
German prison camps and hospitals,
who have been returned to France,
is Arthur Heon of St. Johnsbury.
During the war Mr. Heon has writ
ten several brief letters from Ger
man prison camps which have been
published in the Evening Calcdonian.
His many friends are glad he is back
in the Allied country again and hope
to see him home in due time.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
CUT THIS OUTFIT is WORTH
MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with Sc and mail it to
Foley e. Co., 1886 Sheffield Ave-,
Chicago, Ill., writing your name and
address clearly. You will receive in
return trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound,
for coughs, colds or Group; Foley
Kidney Pills, for pain in sides and
back; rheumatism, backache, kidney
and bladder ailments; and Foley Cat
haltic Tablets, a wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartic, for
constipation, biliousncss, headache,
and sluggish bowels. Sold Every
where.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
Little Things Cause Sunshine,

The sunshine of life is made up of
very little beams that are bright al
the time. To give up something. when
giving up will prevent unhappincss;
to yield, when persisting will chafc and
fret others; to go a little around rath-
er than come against another; to take
an i'll look or cross word quietly,
rather than resent or return it-thesc
are the ways in which clouds and
storms arc kept off, AMI pleasant
and steady sunshine securcd.-Aikin.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank of
st. Johnsbury, VT, for the election of
a board of directors for the year en-
suing, will be held at the office of said
Bank on Tuesday, January Ia, 1919,
at two o'clock p. m.
HOMER E. SMITH, Cashier.
st. Johnsbury, VT,
December 10th, 1918.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
NOTICE

The death of my husband leaves
some uncollected bills for shoes de-
livered in st. Johnsbury in May and
June, 1918. All who received the
shoes from him and are still owing
for them will please send the money
to me at Whitefeld, N. H.
MRS. w. H. WHEATON
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
Two Great Levers.

The greatest results in life are us
unlly attained by simple means and
the exercise of ordinary qualities.
These may for the most past he
summed in these two-common serrse
and severance.-Feltham
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
Early DccIincS.

If the truth could be discovered,
probably 1t would be found that one
reason why women lives longer than
q ran Is because she doesn't pay any
attention to statistcs,-Dallas News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
PREVENT
FhFLuE MA


If you are "run down. OF out of
condition, if sluggish bowels have al
lowed poisonous impurities to accu-
mulate III your system you are liable
to suffer severely with the grip. DR..
True's Elixir, the famous household
remedy Of Ct years reputation, may
ward off the grip OF make an attack
light and casily thrown off. Why?
Because
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
GoodIisomc Herbs,

pluck up the goodlisomc herbs of
sentences by pruning, eat them by
reading, digest them by musing, and
lay them up at length in the high scat
of mcmory---by gathering them tOgeth-
er.-Queen Elizabeth.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
Valuable New, Metal

A white metal, which takes a bril-.
liant polish and holds it on exposure
to the atmosphere. and claimed to be
possessed by an alloy of bsmuth, mer-
curry. tin, zinc and copper, has been
covered by patent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
To Skin Reets.

An easy way to skin beet without
bleeding 1t and causing It TO lose color
Is to put it in cold wnter ms soon as 1t
is cooked. Then draw the hand gently
down the beet and the skin will drop
CT without trouble.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
Useful.

An ounce Of pulverized borax put
into a quart of boiling water and bot
tied for use will be found useful for
taking grease spots from wooden goods.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
DIR. TRUE'S ELIXIR

is vegetable medicine that puts the
system IN good condition, prevents
and relieves constipation, stimulates
the appetite and improves the diges-
tive powers. 1t can do no harm. 1t
is purely vegetable. Ask your drug
gist for 1t, OF write DIR. J. +. TRUE
4 CO., Auburn, Me, Aoc, 60c, $l.O0.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
Daily ThoUuht.

The burden which is we'll borne be.
comes light.-Ovid.