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Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-12-17
AvenuS House Fire
Causes $1,000 Loss


gifts. Mr.. Lurchin is expected home
Friday afternoon and later the loss
will be adjusted.
Moore & johnson estimate theil
loss by water at $500. The owners
of this store had good number of
excellent helpers who quickly moved
their stock, though not before the
new cases and much Of the store fur
niture were drenched with the water
Nolin Brothers could not be reach
cd when the fire started and when
they arrived on the scene there was
an inch of water in their store. In
the center of the room was a large
table filled with Christmas slippers,
etc, and this table received a severe
wetting down. Water also pcnctrat-
ed into the basement of the store
where they had a big lot Of goods.
1t is believed that this firms loss
will exceed any of the other store
keepers and the adjusters arc on
their way here to fix the loss.
Walter ID. Brockway, of Mont
pelicr, adjuster for the Vermont Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company, which
Is interested in the loss, was in St.
Johnsbury when the fire happened
and has been adjusting the losses
ON the property Friday morning.
George c. Caldbeck, who manages
the property for the corporation that
owns the hotel, is at his lumber
camp in Lowelltown, Me-, and can
not get back to st. Johnsbury before
the first of the week.
The New Avenue House stands on
the site of the old Passumpsic
House which was built in 1850 at a
cost of $4,000. After many vicissi-
tudcs the building passed into the
hands of o. G. Hale in 1869 who en-
argcd the hotel to Il four story
structure. In 1875 L. G. Howe
bought the property and held it for
* years. The wooden building was
burned in 1896 at ii loss of 100000
and T. c. Spencer, the jewcler, lost
his life at this fire. Tho hotel was
immediately rebuilt by Mr.. Howe as
the substantial structure of today
IN 1891 Matthew Caldbeck bought
the property for $4,000 and tho
property is now owned by the M. J. !
Caldbcck Corporation. Walter l., |
rainier, the present landlord, came
hcle from Portland about five vcars
ago and has built up large trade. .
The fircmcn had seven streams of
water on the fire and during it's pro-
gress there was high wind RAGING
owing to the early hour there were
few spectators, less than 100 watch
ing the fircmcn handle the fire. The
flames were all confined to the kitchen
and the fire was hardly visible from
the street.
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pEACHAM

! Miss Edith and Eva Allen, Emily
Powers and Mildred Morse were at
ST. Johnsbury Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Craig were at
st. Johnshury Saturday on account
of Mrs Craig's aunt, Mrs. Lamber-
ton of Cabot going that day to
Brightlook hospital.
Frank Way who has been in the
harness shop here for some time has
closed it and gone to Springfield to
work.
Mrs .Goldie Gligwer, teacher at
East Peacham held spelling school
and box supper at East. Peacham
Friday evening, Dec. IL. A program
was given consisting of two plays;
the characters being Norman Blair,
Charlie Cowan, Dick Cowan and
Lou Harvey. a song was given by
Julia Cowan and Lou Harvey and a
recitation by Alma Churchill. Lou
Harvey spelled down in the two sec
tons. The boxes were sold by Al
bert Peak and with coffee that was
sold brought $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter H. Baylcy
have left town for their new home in
Massachusetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. William HASTE were
at st. Johnsbury Friday.
The G A. r. and w. II. c. met for
dinner Saturday, Dec IL at Hon. c
A. Bunker's 1t was the annual cleo
ton of officers but not enough were
present to elect officers in the G. A.
II. The officers for the w. r. c. for
the following year are President,
Mrs. Mary Mackay; sen. vice pres,
Mrs. Matte Farrow; junior vice,
Mrs. Helen Bailey; sec, Mrs. Susan
Mclaughlin; treas, Mrs. Anna Abb
bolt; chaplain, Mrs, Emma Farrow;
conductor, Mrs. Alice Hobart; guard,
Mrs Lizzie Graccy.
Theron Murphy is sick with the
chicken pox.
The junior class of the Academy
will give their reception at Academy
hall on Thursday evening, Dec. 10.
The Academy basket ball team
played the McIndoes Friday night,
the score being one in faver of Nc
IndoeS.
Miss Florence Douglass, principal
Of the Academy has been sick the
past week and unable to teach.
Miss Glenn Chandler began school
at South pcacham Monday and Mrs.
Gladys Nelson at North Part last
Monday.
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LOWER WATERFORD

Supt. Burbanl, Of Danville visited
schools in town on Monday.
Henry Dawson is i'll.
Bessie Wright was II week end Wis
itor at her home. ....
Il. c. Hemingway was a business
visitor in St. Johnsbury on Saturday.
Charles Hemingway is spending II
few days at Glen Hemingway's.
There was no church service held
on Sunday. ~. 49,.
John Parker of Concord is work
ing at E. E. Halc's.
c. l.. Priest and wife are at Jesse
Carleton's for the winter.
Friends of Marion Freeman will be
glad to know that she passed success
fully through her first operation. She
is at the Proctor Hospital ut Proc
tor. 49,
Rehcarsals are in progress for the
Christmas tree exercises which will
be held at the church Christmas Eve.
Mr.. Davies of Reading, Mass, was
business visitor here last week.
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ST. JoHNsBURY CENTER

Wallace S. Hartman of Summer
vile, Mass, visited his mother, Mrs
Rcbecca Hartman and sister, Miss
Helen Hartman last week.
Mrs. Jennie Goodale of Kccne, N
H., and Mrs. Isaac Flint of St
Johnsbury visited at Z. E. Emcrys
Friday.
Alton and Merton Amidon are hav-
ing tho chicken pox.
Mrs Sylvia Don:,iuc of West
Burke spent the week end with her
cousin, w. F. Powers. Mrs. Carl
Fuller of st. JohnsbulN was also a
visitor at Mr.. Powers Sunday.
Will Johnson of East Burke spent
Sunday with his brother, Win John
son. Their son, Ralph Johnso of
Lyndonvillc was also visitor there.
Mrs. Dclos Baco was called to Lo-
well, Mass, Sunday afternoon on ac-
count Of the death of hon sister, Mrs.
Sidney Pierce.
Shepherd Pomona grange meets
with the Wide Awake grange We'd
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which she was held. They Included
two pillows, one from the U. p.
church and one from the family, and
so carnations from ncighbors and
-Four Corners school and many 9TH
crS.
Those from out of town to attend
the funeral were James Gibson of
West Brattlcboro, Mrs. Ernest Kcc-
nan and Mrs. Carl Hovcy of st.
Johnsbury, Joseph McLam, Charles
Taplin, Fred Doe and Rev. ID. NJ.
Mckinley of South Rycgatc and John
McLam and daughter Orpha OF Rye
gate and Florencc's classmates of
Pcacham.
Mrs. ID. A .Blain, Ruby Blain, Mrs
Hattie Woods and Mrs. Henry Roy
were in st. Johnsbury Saturday.
Henry Bailey was in St. Johnsbury
Friday.
Miss Annie Smith spraincd her
ankle quite badly last Wednesday
night in going to prayer meeting.
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nesday evening, Dec. II in Fireman S
hall.
The union Christmas exercises will
be held in the Congregational church
Christmas eve. A cantata will be Civ
en- by the children and musical pro-
gram.
Mrs. Flora Bonnet was Il business
visitor in st. Johnsbury Monday.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Congregational church will meet
with Mrs. r. l.. morrill,, Thursday
afternoon, Dec. Is.
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Price Of Hapniness.

No man can he happy ''hrn ha lie
epscs his own acts, when he has any
consciousness Of wrong, whether of
motive or act. No man can be happy
when he harl'ors thoughts of revenge,
Jealousy, envy or hatred. He must
have Il clean heart and clean con.
excitement can make him happy
Exchange.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-12-17

Only in Japan has the value OF
wrestling been universally recognized.
and the result is .that the average Jap
anese physique is unrivaled for pow
err, agility and the internal health
that so largely depends on the vital.
ity and balanced development of the
Inner muscles Of the lower part Of the
body.
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Musinds of Martha.

These wonderful business women we
hear so much about may be all right,
but I'll like t see one of EN- tackle tn
Job Of gcttln' up In tn mornin' an
gettin' breakfast fer ten before day
light.
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or Two companions. You step into
Niblos and call for three glasses Of Ice
cream g shllllngs); another compan-
ion Joins you--you call for a cigar and
four are handed Il shilling). Your in
come is $500, while mine fifty years
ago was only $500. Then you go to
the theatre for so or 10 cents; the por
ter or oyster house comes next in ro-
tation. Now more money Is paid to
servants in some of those five story
houses for rubbing, scrubbing and pol
ishing OF brasses and furniture, for
wiping, busting and breaking OF
glasses and china, than It took to sup
port decent family fifty years ago.
People were certainly happier then"
No matter how moderate his appe-
tite and simple his wants the visitor in
New York to-day would hardly be
likely 10 find cause for complaint II at
the end OF his stay the finest hotel in
the city were to present bill calling
for $3.50 day for his, room and his
meals. Yet as late as 1859 that price
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nee OF the Epileptics in Luxembourg

Echternach had marvellous influence
over the inhabitants OF the village. Tt
would appear that after his death the
aid Of his spirit was invoked by those
suffering from epileptic diseases.
Present at the transfer of the bones
from the abbey church to the Basilica
in 1906 were many notable bishops who
remained over for the rites OF Whit
Tuesday, and among them was the
Bishop Of La Crosse. Wis. Other &C.
clesiastics present were the Bishop of
Utrecht (Holland), the Bishop OF
Treves and the Bishop of Dacca
(India).
OF the procession itself the writer
obtained several descriptions, some too
narrowing for publication. One
scarcely feels like imagining. much
less seeing, the tortures of the Grip
Piles as they dance their way to the
shrine.
The procession begins at 8 o'clock in
the NOR ming. on German territory
just beyond the bridge crossing the
Sure, or Sour as the Germans spell it.
The pilgrims approach in rows of five
In rank and file formation. some hand
in hand. others holding their neigh
boris handkerchief. Among them are
hundreds OF children. peasants, pool
and aged women. The whole aspect
OF the procession resembles waving
cornfield as the pilgrims execute theil
curious dance.
It is a frightful spectacle as these
wrecks OF humanity, this quivering
shaking mass of epileptics. approaches
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In the agony they cast their eyes
heavenward imploring the Almighty to
have compassion on them, to relievs
them from their distress.
Before me-" said one witness, lis an
old woman OF eighty. The poor crea-
ture Is shaking from head to foot. Al
ready her brow is covered with sweat,
though the trying pilgrimage is only
just begun. A crowd OF laughing boys
has Just gone by. They seem to be en-
joying themselves, as with agile limbs
they spring backwards and forwards.
These are the substitutes for those
who have come to Echternach as pill
grims. but who at the last moment
have realized their inability to join the
jumping throng."
The spectators who line the streets
do not laugh-the sight Is too hideous.
But from time to time ten, a hundred,
q thousand OF these motionless on
lockers. carried away by the sight they
witness, Join the procession and begin
to dance. The whole street.-the very
houses-seem in motion.
Some of the afflicted stagger: some
fall to the ground only to rise again
and falter onward One understands
the peasant who said: They say cpl
lepsy is cured here, but / have seen
some leave Echternach much worp;
than they came. must turn my hoA
away or shall myself join in the uni
versal folly"
One finds on talking with the towns
people that they do not encourage tha
spectacle or try to profit bv Il
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stirred protest Here Is an editorial on
the subject from a New York weekly
paper (Hdrper's Weekly, october 1,
1850:
I'm the first place. what can be more
preposterous than to establish a fixed
rate of fare at hotels? Big. fat, bloated,
clustering Guzzle goes to the Astor
House for a week, and in virtue Of his
standing and his paunch-gets a room
Fear. the dining saloon. a large, airy
room looking on the park. with lounge,
armchairs and pier glasses, Brussels
carpet and other furniture, all rich and
luxurious; at dinner he eats pate de
foie gras and woodcock, at supper he
has elaborate little dishes which exer-
else an experienced cook for an hour
or two. at breakfast he has salmon at
80 cents a pound, for all OF which Guz-
zle pays $3.50 a day. The Rev. John
Jones has a cup Of weak tea for his
breakfast, a slice Of beef for his dinner
and a room under the tiles, and pays
the same $3.50"
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The abundance in evidence at public
Establishments was reflected at the
home table of the old time New Yorker.
Turn again to Philip Homes Diary for
1888. He wrote:
"Ten gentlemen met and dined to-
day, being the first regular meeting of
club which was there organized to
dine at each others houses every Mon
day. A sumptuary law was enacted
combining the dinner to soup. fish. oys-
tiers and four kinds OF meat. with a
dessert Of fruit. ice cream and Jelly"
Homes own dinner hour was 4 o'clock
and he apparently found the restric-
ton In the matter of courses trying,
for in 1871 he recorded: "A strict OBJ
servance to the limitation Of four
dishes! So strict that by gastronomic
sophistry 1t extends to a dozen, brant
being transformed into fish, oysters
coming under the denomination Of
vegetables and veal sweetbreads being
pronounced Of the genus confection-
cry"
OF those famous gatherings OF the
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pocketbook. Yet 1t Is possible for him
TO derive q measure OF satisfaction
by recalling that, just as ten years or
20 ago he himself was quite uncon-
scious OF his temporary good fortune,
go the Manhattanlte OF the days of
far greater plenty and lower prices
found no particular joy in them, but
was probably moved to grumble IL he
came across q menu OF some thirty or
forty years earlier.
Recently the present writer was
shown some personal and gossipy let
ters written In the seventies by a man
who had been born in Greenwich vii
lage, had lived, there ell his life and
was destined to die there. Every now
and then there was an allusion to the
exorbitant charges of the market men
and the general upward tendency In
hotel prices.
In one letter he was moved to gen.
uine evaporation. He had been read
ing book and one passage in partic-
ular had stirred him TO a sense Of his
wrongs. The book was a description
Of Charles Dickens's second visit Ia
the United States. written by his Sec
rotary. Charles Dobley. When the ves-
sci bringing the novelist and the chron'
icler to America stopped at Halifax
vendors Of sea food thronged to the
dock A barrow full OF Holsters might
be had for sixty cents, and people ate
only tho claws. teasing the rest away
"A barrow full Of Holsters for sixty
centsl" records the indignant Green
wieh Villager. And the other day
was charged the outrageous price o.
forty cents for a single oroiled lob,
ster. The wealth Of this country II
going TO the farmers and the hote
Keepers" "-'
Then there was Philip Hone. VIII
from 1928 to 1881 kept the voluminou
diary that is the best picture we hav'
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Apple Industry Faces Decline

new commercial apple regions have
come into large production-the Pa
ciflc Northwest and the Shenandoah
Cumberland region OF Virginia. West
Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania
The former Is producing now almost
as many commercial apples as New
York and the latter is producing about
half as many, Roughly speaking, New
York, the Pacific Northwest and
the Shenandoah Cumberland produce
about fve-eighths Of all the CONNER
ciai apples grown In the United States.
The Shenandoah Cumberland region 10
AZ yet only approaching its maximum
production. In the Northwest there
was considerable planting OF unsuita-
Bile lands, but western production 10
being stabilized and will continue to
be an increasingly important factor In
the apple industry.
Other regions OF considerable COM
mercial apple production are the Pied
mont district OF Virginia, the Hudson
Valley, southern Ohio, western Michi
gan, southern ana western Illinois, the
Ozark Mountain region Of Arkansas
and Missouri, the Missouri River
region Of Iowa. Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska, the Arkansas Valley region,
California and Colorado.
Investigation OF commercial apple
production was begun by the Depart
n,ert ~ Agriculture In 1917 and a sur
vey has been made Of every important
apple producing county in the United
states As a result OF the investiga-
ton carefully organized system has
been perfected for issuing regular
monthly reports during the growing
season forecasting commercial apple
! production.
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sos by st. Willibroc, the patron saint
of the epileptics. Tourists seldom
visited Echternach as 1t is somewhat
or the beaten path even OF those visit
Ing Luxembourg and Treves. Yet
those who do find much Of interest.
The abbey maintained its independence
down to 1901 and its chief point of in
terest to the visitor is the abbey
church OF st. willibrod, Romanesque
edifioe Of 1017-3l. with Gothic addi-
tons OF the thirteenth century. 1t
was restored in 1861 and subsequently.
and lovers Of the artistic have been
shocked by the gaudy interior paint
ing.
The annual dancing procession"
which made Echternach a town of
grewsome fame was participated in
annually before the war by 10000 to
$1,000 persons, many of whom were at
tracted by curiosity. but enough of
them crippled pilgrims to make the
sight q Observation-Disclosures one. Ats
tracing, as the ceremony will, a
curious as we'll as a devotional crowd,
the American troops garrisoned in the
vicinity OF Echternach probably will
have a busy day since the Sure marks
the boundary line between Luxem-
burg and Germany.
The writer, In the course of a visit
to Luxembourg, Treves and the sur
rounding country in 1906, was Just a
bit too late personally to witness the
annual ceremony, which that year
attracted epileptlcs from all parts Of
Europe, inspired by the belief in the
powers OF the bones Of st. Willibrod
the healer. That year particular inter
est attached to the ceremony as tn,
bones OF st. willibrod had been trans
ferred the day previously to the Basil
ica from the old parish church in which
they had lain since 1874, having beer
In the Basilica from his death in 73'
until the removal to the church wa
ordered.
| One must summon up a great dea
Of courage indeed TO witness the pro
cession Of the epileptics. for to be cure,
the pilgrims must dance a distance o
a mile and a quarter. The dance is
kind of irregular march. in the cours
OF which each person, to the accom-
paniment of music, makes three step
in a forward and two In a backwar
4 direction, thus making In all serie
OF Ave steps in order toradvance one.
One did not gather on talking wit
the Inhabitants that ST. Willibrod wa
himself healer, but that the Abbot g
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BY CHARLES A. DALEY.

IT HE soldiers of the American
Army of Occupation who are
- stationed in the village of Ech-
ternach. in the Grand Duchy of Lux
emburg. will be called upon in all
probability to police a strange and
horrifying procession which will take
place in the town June 10. the Tues
day after Whitsunday. For the first
time in five years the ceremony will be
uninterrupted by the war and hum
dreds II not thousands Of pilgrims from
Luxembourg, Belgium and occupied
Germany will participate In the an
Gent ceremony. an ordeal that tries
the nerve OF the onlooker.
Echternaoh, an ancient town Of
1920 Inhabitants on the River Sure. is
about fifteen miles from Luxembourg,
the capital of the Grand Duchy. and
about twelve miles as the crow flies
from Treves. 1t possesses a well pre-
served Benedictine abbey. founded in
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Wireless Telephones for Forest Regions

Forest region OF Idaho, which is heavy
wilderness country.
Wireless telephones have never been
tried in mountainous country. and in.
terest centres in the results OF the exc
periments, particularly In the effect on
messages Of high ridges between teis.
phone stations. The Mount Hood ex.
pertinent will show the practicability
of talking from a high point to low
point. and the Clearwater Forest ex4
pertinent will demonstrate whether
messages can be communicated from
two points Of about the same elevation
but separated by mountains.
All the wireless stations will he es.
tablished at lookout points and viii
give warnings Of fires developing ID
the forests, experimenting the regulai
facilities OF the Forest Service.
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TAKISG the United States as a
whole. there has been very
i little planting Of apple trees
since 1910. Comparatively few young
trees, therefore, are coming into bear
Ing at this time. This is shown by
an investigation OF the commercial
apple industry recently made by the
United States Department Of Agricui-
ture. Indeed, the largest single COM
mercial apple producing section In the
United States has reached Its maxi
mum production. and unless the
planting rate increases a decline is to
b expected.
That region is western New York.
which early In the SOS became
end has since remained the centre OF
commercial apple production IN the
United States. Western New York
has produced regularly about one
fourth Of the normal commercial apple
crop OF the country. But most OF the
present bearing trees were planted In
the late SOS and early '70s and are
cow nearly nifty years old. vigor
and productivity continue longer
IN western New York than any
where else in the country, perhaps
yet they can not, be maintained
Indefinitely. and the centre OF produc'
ton may be expected 10 shift. simi,
lar declines are taking place In wha'
10 known as the New England Bald
win belt. including portions OF Maine
New Hampshire. Vermont and Massa
nhusct.s. but as this has never rep
resented more than per cent. OF thu
total commercial production II is o
relatively loss Importance. u
MN latter years two comparatively
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Home Club DR.. Francis wrote: "A
Devonshire duke might have been as
founded at the amplitude Of the repasts
and the richness and style OF the en-
tertainments."
According to Hone. in 1910 a
dejeuner q Ia fourchette was novelty
in the States and then the last cry in
the matter of initiating transatlantic
manners. The company assembled
about-1 o'clock and remained till (. At
2 breakfast was served. consisting Of
coffee and chocolate. light dishes OF
meat, ice cream and confectionery,
with lemonade and French and Ger
man wines. After the young people
had finished this repast there was
round dancing. Thorburn. moralizing
in 1s43, threw light on existing condi-
lions and prices. He wrote:
You are only clerk with $500 q
year. II you expect to be a merchant
get married. You leave your once at
or in the evening and stroll up
Broadway, where you fall in with one
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Fulton Market Price. I'm 1880.

The list indicates the market condi-
tions Of those blessed old days. The
proprietor Of hotel or restaurant was
also favored in other ways. He paid
his walters ten to twelve dollars; his
boys six to seven dollars a month with
board and lodging: his cooks eight TO
ten dollars; his dish washers four to
five dollars. A guide book published
in 1s4e listed 1913 eating houses in New
York. not including those establish
ments that served only oysters. Cos
ling on Nassau street dined more than
one thousand persons a day. Here is
bill OF fare with prices for a day OF
1881 OF Chamberlain's saloon in Pearl
street. a famous refectory of the Pc
Rod.