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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02

Red Cross and it is hoped that It
large audience will be present.
Dorothy Baker Of Ashland, N. \,
is visiting her andparcnts, Mr. and
Mrs. l.. f. GilflIan.
Homer Mason went to Boston the
first of the week 10 visit his broth
erS.
Herbert Brock of Barnet Center
went to Boston Monday to visit his
sister. Mrs. DR.. Walker. Herbert S
wife has been visiting in Boston and
is ut present sick there with inhu-
cnZa.
Mrs. Fred Giltillan and little son,
who have made their home with Mrs.
Ruth Gillilian since the death of
her husband, have gone to Law
renee, Mass, to live.
Mrs. Ruth Giltillan has so far 10.
covered as to so to st. Johnsbuly l."
spend Christmas with friends.
Dr.. and Mrs. Elliott entertained :"
patty Of friends and neighb0rs
Thursday evening, Howard, Loren
and Virgini., and Harriet all being
at home for the Christmas holiday.
The funeral Of Samuel Stoddard
occurred at his home Saturday at =
y. III. Obituary will follow later.
Miss Robina I.aughlim Of Bolton
vile is visiting friends here. Mis-
Laughlin was called to st. Johnsburs
for the burial of her niece whose re-
mains were brought there for burial.
from Detroit.
Fred Quimby has returned TO his
camp on Long Island after spending
the Christmas days with friends here.
Miss Alice Pike who is attendin"
Il business college in Lowell, M;.sa.,
il at her home here for her vacation.
Tie regular weekly meeting OF the
Red Cross will be changed this week
to Thursday, January 2nd, on account
OF New Years day. There is plenty
of work and good attendance is de"
sired.
Frank Wiley of Philadelphia is
spending the week with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebcr Wiley and Mrs.
Margaret Martin Of Iowa, sister OF
Mrs. Wiley is also visiting there.
Mrs. Lottic Spatford Of Orleans
wa> called here by the illness of her
father, Samuel J. Stoddard.
T.. e. Chase has returned from hi
visit to hi; brother, John Chase, in
Lyndon.
Sumner GilGllan has returned from
q trip to Hartford, Conn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
RYEGA1'E

The annual meeting of the United
Presbyterian congregation will be
held on Tuesday, Dec. "lst. A chick
IN pi' dinner viii be served by the
ladies Of tn, cong, e%ation. Dinner
20 cents and - cents.
)hc Sunday school and Juniors
gathered at the parsonage on Monday
evening where Santa distributed pre-
:ents quite generously. Candy and
orange, ,oo. Net forgetting the
homifi" who WIS the recipient of
an elegant fur lined ovelcoat, the
gilt OF the members of his parish.
Hoydca Cheney is Il visitor at
f"iview farm. shut in for !, time
with Il severe cold.
Margaret Nclson is ut home with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. }. II.
N"laon for the holiday season. Miss
Dorothy who is training for Il nurse
at the Mary Hitchcock hospital a.
Hanover waa AZ home over night
Tuesday. Florence is at home from
the st. Jolnsbury Academy for the
holiday recess.
nv. and Mrs. Amos Nelson Of
North Eyehate were at home on
Tuesday TO spend Il few hours with
the sisters during their short leave
Of absence.
j. f. Mckirahan went to ST. Johns
hurry on business on Tuesday.
Aida McLam went to St. Johns
buiy Wedne' day morning to visit her
brother, }. l.. McLam.
Mr.. G. a. McKirahan was in 81.
y Thursday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
WELLS RIVER

Miss Marion Whitelaw of Green
field, Mass, il; spending her vacation
with her father, A. M. Whitelaw.
Fred Learned and family spent
Christmas day with relatives in Rum
ney, N. II.
Miss Ina Buchanan of West Barnet
is staying with Mrs. II. 7. Baldwin
during the holidays.
Mrs Frank Norris and children are
visiting few days in ORLEANS.
The next meeting of the Study
Club is booked for Jan. 6. Hostess.
Mrs. II. T. Baldwin. Meeting in
charre of the economics and civics
committee.
Prin. Charles King was able TO re-
turn TO his home in Newbury Tues
day.
Philo Van Dyke Jr. has moved h'..
family into the David Brock house.
recently vacated by George CAVITY.
nv. and Mrs. CAVITY have returned
70 Newport.
Cantv have reiurne d to Newport.
Clifton Griswold is quite sick.
lessee iVo)"h lind Thursday niraaA
ut his home FROM lnnuh,o,Yia. Much
sympathv is f"ll FOR the family in the
loss Of their faii,5r especially ~ Mrs.
WEIGH and tie four children are i'll
with influenza NJ this time.
DR. and Mr. r.. G. Perry were in
st. Johnsbury Thursday 70 attend the
funeral Of their niece. Mrs Florence
Perry, who died of pneumonia in De-
troit, Mich.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
PVT. FRED 4. BOND
WRITES HIS MOTHER
Helped the French Celebrate the
News OF Arris,icc

Helped the French Celebrate the
News OF Arnis,icc
The following letter W., written
III" nay ;it:cr the sit. niny OF the ann
!,t!cc 10 Mrs. George McEmlin by
ncr brothG'. Pvt. Fred A. Bond. AM
hulancc Co. SOP, Sanitary Train. A.
l.. o. RS. France.
Somewhere in France,
Nov. -, l9lS
Ny dear Sister:
Well. they say thcrc i, NO mere
war and ] am very glad Of it. Was
il. town lat night to help the Preach
celebrate. They sure had a b,M iinr.
Some old men crying with joy Th> y
all have II new look and fun Of JOY.
There ;;rt French and American h.Ss
everywhere. would like 10 Lt in
Pass today. What Il mob Il !, up.r
there Will be.
Now we viii be looking for the
tiar when we will so buck homo. |
would like to Ne ~ in -. bloomsbury
tCday. bet th'r,' il ,onicthinE do
ing all the time and how some Of the
boys people will be filled with joy.
The boys from Co. ID will be home
long before We viii, since they have
been over here 50 much longer.
have been OF Il pass 10 Il city
IoMic distance where had some line
cats and Il good nights sleep. Had
,oinc fine eats AZ thH Red Cross can
teen. Long live the Red Cross!
We are having better weather now.
5otnc fine sunny days. The leaves
are falling from the trees here. We
had one frost. The ground wa:
white early in the morning.
suppose there is some very colo
weather over there now, and thcr;
will be skating soon.
Well will tell you I'LL about M
life in the army soon.
fouf. loving brother,
PVT. FRED A. BONn
Ambulance Co. 302
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
TOWNSSOUIH
EAST BARNET

MIR. and Mrs. u. l.. Frazer and
two children spent Christmas day
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Il. Moore.
Henry Gammell, who has been very
sick with bronchial pneumonia, IS
slowly gaining
Miss Jessie McGill is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. McGill.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. McLam spent
Christmas day at Andrew Hnstic's Mt
West Barnet.
William Bandy is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. F. A. Lindsay for a few dys.
In the recent Red Cross drive 81
members subscribed
Mrs. Ray WEIGH is visiting her
mother, Mrs Lizzie Kendall. over
Christmas.
John Kendall of the battlcshIp
Wisconsin is home on short fur
Tough.
Freddie Quimby is home on short
furlough from Camp Mills, New York.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
LOWER WATERFORD

The Christmas exercise, held tn, :.
day evening were well attended.
Clarence Morrison ha, return, q
iomc from Albulp, N. Y.
Mrs. Charles Hclninway spent Il
few days last week visiting in ST.
Johnsbury.
Mrs.. Carrie Emery has returned te
her home after Il stay OF several
weeks with her sister, Mrs. Arthu,
Clay.
Mr.. Micah Baker and child OF
Concord are spending u few days III
the home Of S. w. Bonnet.
Misses Ruth Bullock and Agnes
i5toddard of Littlcton high school and
Wilma Hcmnwly and Helen Goss of
ST. Johnsbury Academy are spending
the holiday recess nj their respective
homes.
Misses Bessie, elsie and. Mildred
Wright are spending Il few days Ill
The home Of their sister, Mrs. Franl
Leach, at Lyndonvillc.
Miss Mamie Wright spent y few
days recently at her home.
One hundred nincty-four members
were enrolled in the Red Cross mem
bcrship drive. Il. W. Powers wis
town chairman.
Friday evening, January ,, at the
Congregational vcstry two farccS,
"Ma Duserbcrry's Gearls" and "Dc-
ception" will be presented for the
benefit of the Ladies' Aid Society
Everybody welcY,nc.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
LETTER FROM PVT. BROOKS
Was Surprised That the War Ended
so Soon

Mrs. George w. Brooks has rc-
ceivcd the following letter from her
Ion, Pvt. VIM. II. Brooks, with the
y. S. Army in France:
Nov. II, 1918
Dear Mother:
am now in convulcsccnt camp
md am feeling fine. We sleep in
large tents, about so men to u tent.
I'm having plenty to cat, and drill
only Il short time each day.
1t was some surprise to have the
var end so soon. am now looking
Onward to Il quick return. | stand 4
God chance to start soon a, the pa.
'era over here said that all men in
hospitals and cOnvalesccnts that
aould be moved would be some Of
the first sent home. But it may be
) month or more before they start
sending them back. | would rather
have them send me back to my COM
ANY and come bacI: when they do.
1t is now about three weeks since |
left my outfit. wasn't very sick
Ind only Slightly gassed which made
my throat sore, and l was so hoarse
that / couldn't talk, and ] also
coughed Ii good deal. But l am now
rs Welf'as I ever was.
Hoping that, 1 will SEE you soon.
H.o"e to all,
BILL
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
LYNDON CENTER

Mr.. and Mrs. John Blake spent
Christmas at F;tnam Cc".cr, Que.
Mrs. Philo Hoyt was the Christi .
guest Of o. y. Ma,hcwson.
The box supper and Christmas tree
"a@ q success, which was given by
the G. T.. society Friday night. About
80 people attended and $9.35 cleared.
Mrs. Samuel ituggles has been
spending few days with her daugh-
ter, Miss Vera Eueglcs, at Fast
Haven.
Mrs. Hazel Wright from ST. Johns
bury spent Friday at the home of
Mrs. G. G. Caswcl,.
Roland Fowler spent Christmas
with his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Parker and two sisters, Miss
Violet Parker and Miss Bertha Bick-
ford, of Sutton, Que.
Mrs. Fl. p Ratchel,lcr l.. i'll with
grippe.
Mrs. Thoma% SomcIs, who has been
visiting her parents at st. Johnsbury,
has returned home.
Lyndon Institute began Tuesday
after ten days recess.
Siinpson-Be
neanc T.. Simpson of st. Johnsbury
and Metric M. Bedcll of Lyndonville
were married at Lyndon Center by
Rev. J. W. Hurgin, Dec. IL. Mr..
Simpson Is druggist at 81. Johns
bhgS. Mrs.. simpson ha+ lid ct,Nsid-
cradle experience a. cork III th,' i4yn-
donvi''e Department 2r1re and Ed
milnd' Pharmacy at Lyndt nville.
They are followed by many good
wishes by their many friends.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
CALEDONIA
CO. TEACHERS
CONVENTION
Will Hold Their Annual
Gathering at st. Johns
bury Jan. IL and Is
ADDRESS by
DIR. vi. Il. HII.LEGAS
Many Conferences To BE
Held During Session

The annual meeting Of the County
Teachers Association will be held At
st. Johnabuly Academy on Friday
and Saturday, IAN. II and IS, 1913.
TIE convention will open ut II
o'clock Friday with an address by the
President. Supt. l.. d. Smith of Wells
River, followed by Or. Milo Il. Hille-
gas, State Commissioner Of Edu-
cation.
On Friday afternoon At : O'Clock
these conferences are to be held:
Grammar school Arithmetic. Supt.
Il. f. Daniels: intermediate English,
Supt. Harry =. Lynch of Bradford;
Primary Number Work, Supt. W. H.
Young; Junior High schools, Prin.
Il. u, Merrill OF 81. Johnsbury.
Prin. John S. Thompson OF the
i'itrhburg Normal school has been in
vitcd to speak Oh Friday evening.
Saturday morning at . o'clock these
conferences ar" 10 be held; High
schools, l'rin. Joseph A. Davis; Rural
"rhoo!s, siupt. &. A. Jameson; Grad
ed schools, Supt. ". II. Young; Fed
cral club Work. Prof. T.. l.. ingalls,
y! burlington. Among the conference
speakers are bircctor Rollo G. Rey-
nol'a of Che Vail School: Miss Eliza
Aiken OF Lyndon Institute; Prin.
Wesley l.. Douglas and Miss Patrick
oi the burlington High school;
Mcs>ls. Hutchinson and Abbott, State
Inspectors Of High schools and
others. Hon. Pay Smith, Secre-
taly of the State Board OF Education
Of Massachusetts has been invited to
speak on Saturday forenoon. Al are
cordially invited to attend these
n;', ting.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
S)f,. KINNEY II RITES
HIS LITTLE BDl
II Was Sen, From rranc" III lloHor
oi HIS Third Eirtilday

II Was Sen, From Franc" III Honor
ri HIS Third Eirt!lday
The following letter has been re-
cci,ed hy Master Robert Kinney ~
Greensboro, from his father, DR. Al
bert Kinney, who j. a lieutenant ia
he Medical Corps Of tl.e Hriti> IL
Amy. The letter was written for th''
little boys third birthday and i; .,o
written rs to BE- rrirtly inttl!igibi,.
to the littlc 10y:
lie Chateau,
CHS. ignic;, France,
Nov. 10th, l9!j.
My dear little Robbie:
suppose you are quite Il big noI
now, and three years Old today. And
che best part of il is, every one writes
M that yo@ are Il good boy; wh;t..
! am very clad to hear, for if you ate
. good boy you will help mother :;
grea. IcaI, and every onc will 'iiko
you. Am very sorry cant send YOU
d birthday present bun the poor poo
pie who Keep the stores in the Vi.
lagos here haven't amy ching to sell ia
their stores amy more, for h,
naughty NritaanS stole everything
they had AND aenl il to Germany. AMI
the poor little children haven't hNl
any candy Cr ice cream or cookies fni.
four years. But don't think tLey
would have minded that 50 much il!
tlty had Fad cn0ugh oatln2;l an,
bread and butter and meat. i;,;, ;l,
naughty Germans d:in't even give
them that, and ,addy had 10 doctor
>Gn1c OF th.n because they hadn't hal
anything but cabbage ana potato .,uun
IT, eat Tor months and months and
~crr just % poor and white THAI yul.
could almost look right through them.
And when daddy saw them he ". nj
right to the QuaItcrn!a.tcr--he i
the hian that keeps things for TIE
soldiers to rat;tnd d;dhy said, ~
want lots Of bread and cun,ict. /
milk and bee! extract and lots Of
things for these poor starving kid
dies" And the Qu&rtrrn.a}tr,' net. f.
said a word, but .iu4t put il lol ul
things to eat into II bag md sent hi:
boy around to all thC%r hungry little
children with il and he didn't wa,,
Il cent fof it. And the next day w!iu,.
iu"dy ven around Ill the little chill
iien ran oua and clappcd their hand,
md shchtcd. "Oh, Monsieur lie med.
lcinc, Monsieur le mtdicinc!" VAST
That n funny thing to say? and daddN
gave the ones who weren't sick mos.
Of the candy mother scnt him. But
ihlnk 1t did him 1t grca. deal NOR,
FOOD TO see them cat it than it wou'.I
20 have eaten it himself. And 4 ittic
baby Il yea" old hadn't had anything;
70 cat Tor long time but coffee. AMT
You know coffee isn't good fnl. babic..
50 Tommy, (d0 you khw what 4
Tmmy is: Well, mother VIII tell you)
'%" thai the baby was very hungry
and gave it the condensed milk ration
ron q whole squad Of men almo It
clear, and Of course it made the baby
sick and daddy had to give it one r.'
those little pills that you like so well.
Aren't YOU glad you are Il little An.-
sncan boy with plenty Of warm
clothes and enough good food to est
ana not u little boy in France? Daddy
Is. hope mother is well again now,
and none OF the rest Of you had The
nasty Flue. Kiss mother and John
and Grandpa and both Grandmas fer
nc.
With lot: and lots of love AID
kisses.
From DaddE.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02

ATTENDANTS wanted--Men and
women wanted ut Vermont State
Hospital for the Insane, to take por
>itions as attendants. For those who
80 desire, opportunity is offered TO-
enter training school for nurses. For
particulars apply Vermont State Hos.
pital for the Insane, Waterbury, VIZ.
-1~ -
FOR SALE--Rcgistcrcd Guernsey
Bull Calv?.; 3 to Ii months old.
May Rose breeding. Extra good
stock, and moderate prices. D. 9.
Washbu;r. Long View Farm, st.
JohTsbury Center. x
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02

'oiv"d dulnc the thr.>i Una, 'ltnr Of
the Rcd Cr0a-. Ten It of nnGcJ
CARMEN, ana ten g.'i, Ire, T.. haze
been received 10 he iriirriei ian. it"
AMI 81, CA, NEo viii ,;'i.,' tine VIOLA
non!' lu du can gel "o1A and dil,,.
tion.> IRON Sir. ". {. hn.., Cam
nid: Of the wuri Departments. t. D
40, rinuchl best - ...sNr any '...ll.vr
lnT fu!' sewing Iuri;:r ;lt inhtcr>..
epidemic.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
WAS RESTLESS AT NIGHT

suif'iH, trc,H sidney trouble cx.
peHence + ei'aqhe. rheumatic pains,
aches in fts and muscles and other
torturods NIfiction. f. W. Kit. Il.
7. p. 2, HN9. shorters. Aha, writes:
81 used Foley Kidney Pills as was
SO restless over night with pains in
my backaad side They did ME good
and ] truthfnlly, say Foley Kidney
Pills il the rnedicine for kidney troub-
3" Sold Everywhere.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02

The We il4 eur JUS animal IS
largely in blAn in Boilvia, where the
traveller my zee indian women, sit.
ting befolh their AWs and spinning
the wooi4 while hey watch their
flocks. THESE women ,lse hand looms.
on WHICH they make blankets and
shawls. ]
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
iO1st M. G. BIZ. Co.
A. =. o. 700
.ren:h Caa... y.

III "'rcrl atil IA: Introduction vi
postage Si"H r. 40 .a'r mic of double
postage far hnplih letters. ii WAS con.
Siderpd I'll lted to prepay Il letter ad.
dressed to il'frtaIMk N
.,.,ss.rx - .s..Ia r. a All, sraslfaS rr Hg at,i.,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02

lclahk Plum ~, of Nbithfeld,
whiic eating diner at the Pavilion in
Montpelier, Friday, made a find of u
pearl. He had ordered ;4s a part of
his repast, ereamnd oysters. He was
goiting along licely"9with .he meai
whe,l he felt something hard and re-
moved y from his mouth. found i'll
was N pearl.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
" A\TElD

" A\tl,i-- tiP Veneer CutIN. oiu,
clipper nan - New England ull.
A'iir,,. T., { ledoni,u.
WANTED. Salesman. Active, vncr.
Hrtir salesman, with or without sell.
ing experience. Opportunity 10 rStah.
lIHh IN own community business pay
ing 81 10 s. per day. S.etson Oil Co.,
Sta.tn t.. Cleveland, Ohio.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-02
Optimistic 7rh9Ioht.

Riches are q disgrttG 10 MIN whit
hath liirgsrnen In want
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-02
WEEDS USEFUL IN MEDICINE
GRANDMOTHER Used to concoct Some
Wonderful curealls From All
Sorts Of Growing Things.

With the exception Of some Of the
daintier spring blossoms, our wild
flowers are passed by without com
ment. Violets, hepaticas, bluebells,
trilliums are still sought after and
picked, the fall asters are gathered by
some and the goldenrod is admired,
but passing into disrepute on account
Of its hay-fever aggravatlons. There
was a time however, when grand
mother was young, when most of our
common field and wayside flowers
were Of prime Importance in the house
hold, in this shape of family bltters,
physics and curealls.
Yarrow, pest to the farmer, and Of
doubtful beauty even to the wild flower
lover, was at one time most useful
herb, from which tea was made that
cured all sorts of ailments, from tooth
ache to typhoid fever From the bone
set plant, so common along our
streams now, tea was also made
which was a prime favorite in curing
that common malady, "breakbone
leVer 10 not laugh-probably what
we know today as grippe. Comobie,
we call 1t dog fennel, was brewed into
tea as well, and was used as a tonic
and blood purifier.
Jimson weed. a corruption of James
town weed, was valued by the settlers
of that early village as a narcotic, and
is still so used, for that matter. Self
heal the little, close-growing purple
lowered pest Of our lawns, was used
to relieve sufferers with Quinsy and
other throat Affections. This plant be-
longs to the mint family, and most Of
the mints We're of use incidentally
Pennyroyal, spearmint, Oswego tea,
bergamot, catnip and motherwort
We're all of value to the simpler folk
of century or more ago.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-02
chance Discoveries.

ONE Of the finest friendships have
grown out Of the chance circumstances
that have thrown men together for the
moment Some of the greatest discov-
cries have been due to the fortunate
disclosures Of life's ineidentals Much
Of self-discovery is the direct product
of the unlocked for Science has been
made rich by the fortunate combna-
tions of accidentals whose meanings
frvn bccn cnuqht by observant men.
Al he greai fact remain, that mDst
Of Jnem lsavc heen paraded before men
through the ages. to be discovered only
now. And the ages TO come will won
der at the lost opportunities of the
present age when they have harnessed
the powers we see not-the mysteries
we wonder at.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-02


pointed out that the American eagle
reasonably enough originated some
5000 years agoin Babylonia. Then first
appeared the eagle with outstretched
Observation-Disclosures Rome came
later, and the succession of European
nations that have adopted the eagle i:
Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and
others. But this first eagle was bird
of autocracy, and nothing could have
been more opposite to the govern
mental idea of ancient Babylon than
the American Declaration of Inde-
pendence. Free and powerful, the
eagle stands logically for liberty and
strength, but when it first became
national symbol, liberty, as the word
is now understood. did not exist.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-02
COULD READILY BELIEVE IT
Stage Driver Quite Willing to Accept
keepers" Explanation as He.
Understood 1t.

The New Englander uses the word
natural" to describe one who was
unfurnished at birth With the usual
and Indispensable quantity of brains.
Prof. Burt G. Wilder, the distinguish
ed zoologist, tells an amusing story
that turns on countryman's mistak-
ing the unfamiliar word naturalist
for the familiar word natural"
A few years after his arrival in
America, Agasslz was one of aSsmall
party of Harvard professors who
traversed the White Mountain region
in a carriage driven by the country
man. Three of them were vivacious,
restless, and on the lookout for speci-
mems. They would call halt, leap
from the vehicle before 1t stopped,
dash over the fields, and return with
prizes in their boxes, in their hands
and pockets, and even pinned upon
their hats. The fourth, Prof. FELTON,
the brother-in-law of Agassiz sal
quietly in his corner of the carriage
reading a favorite Greek author
When the bewildered driver could
stand it no longer be ELECTED from
FELTON, information that led him tc
view the behavior of the others witt
compassionate liberation AT the clos
of the day he thus conveyed his Il
depreciation to the innkeeper
II drove the queerest lot you cN,
saw. They chattered like monkey
They wouldn't keep still. They ium
ed the fences, tore about the field
and came back with their hats cove
ed with bugs. | asked their keep,
what allied them; he said they wa
naturals, and, judgin from the wa
they acted, | should say they VAS
Youths Companion.