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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

city of some forty thousand 1nhabl-
tants, and by limestone monument
with its bronze figure holding aloft
a light and quite similar to the stat
ue of Liberty in New York harbor.
1t was erected years ago, but its in
scription "Aux Defensus de la Lii
berte," has significance today, new
and deep, and beyond thought when
it was carved.
By way of St.. Pierre Cathedral,
we came to the River Claire, beyond
which the city rises by tree lined
streets, terraced parallel to the river,
to the eminence where are the ar
tilelry quarters and the great bronze
statue of the Madonna overlooking
the city and the far off green plains
laced by white rivers. Beyond the
stone bridge our way crossed another
road called the Chemin DIES Martyrs,
leading to the chamber in which we
found the tombs of thirty-seven of
the earliest Christian martyrs.
We left the car by the gate of
Pierre Levee cemetery which is en-
closed by high stone walls, and
walked by the little chapel and up
the broad avenue lined with cypress
trees. Long years of constant care
have been given to the enclosure and
over the oppression which comes
on entering such a place, there
brooded sense of restful quiet.
From this place, surrounded by fields
of war and roads to martyrdom, the
faith which has inspired the heroism
of ages seemed to rise, and as we
walked the avenues until they led to
the white crosses by the new made
graves, thinking of the dear boys now
at rest, and of you who must bear
your sorrow through years to come,
| hoped that you would never fail to
see the stars shine through the cy-
press trees. At the foot of the cross
inscribed, Wendell E. Lord, Co. F,
101st Ammunition Train, in memory
of him and with thought of you and
his mother, a woman, by nature SEN
sitive to such tender sentiment, laid
flowers, some of which were brought
from the homeland.
1t is springtime in France The
new leaves and the orchard bloom are
here, and the world looks bright and
full of beauty. The boys would have
asked US to come at such a time.
May you think of this place, sacred
to you, as we saw it, and keep the
true spirit of the lines:
"And you'll never die, my wonderful
boy,
While life is noble and true;
For all our beauty and hope and Joy
We will owe to our lads like YOU"
Sincerely yours,
PORTER H. DALE.
Paris, France,
Easter Sunday, 1919.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16
An Awful Country

We read an article lately which re-
ferred to the United States as an
lawful country" So it is. We
agree with the author explicitly. 1t
is an awful country. Awful in the
expanse of its territory; awful in
advancement since Plymouth Rock
was discovered; awful in it's achieve
ments. 1t can boast of awful pretty
scenery. There are awful nice people
in the U. S., in connection with the
bad. Some are awfully bright and
clever, and others, thinking them
selves SO are awfully mistaken. We
are an awfully mixed people, racially
speaking, but awfully loyal to the
flag, taken as whole. 1t is awfully
wonderful how resourcefui we are
how awfully sympathetic in time of
trouble, and how awful quick to act
when the occasion demands. Yes,
ours is an "awful country" and it
would be an awful sad day if the
awfulness of our greatness and pro-
gressiveness and enjoyments should
be taken from us.-Newport Express.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16
REV. DAWSON AT HEAD
At Annual Meeting of VT. Bible So
ciety Rev. w. A. Dawson Was
Elected President

At the annual meeting of the Yer
mont Bible Society held in Burling'
ton, the reports of the agent and
treasurer showed the society to have
had most prosperous year. The fol
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Rev. w. A. Dawson of Burling-
ton; first president, A. M. Asel-
tine Of Burlington; second vice-presi-
dent, Senator H. w. Varnum of JEFF
fersonville; recording secretary, w.
H. Wood of Burlington; treasurer,
DR.. o. G. Stickney of Barre; auditor,
C. S. Andrews of Barre.
The following directors were elect
ed: Congressman Porter H. Dale of
Island Pond, P. I. H. Pierson of Ben
nington, Henry Bond, Brattleboro,
George L. Durham of Brattleboro,
DR.. G. K. Stathan of Rutland, Rev.
E. w. Sharp of st. Johnsbury, Elk
Gov. C. w. Gates of Franklin, Rev.
C. C. Adams, Rev. J. A. Hamilton,
Rev. l. C. Smart, Rev. ]. S. Braker,
Rev. C. C. Merrill, and Supt. A. q.
Lang of Burlington, Rev. w. r.
Davenport of Springfield, DR.. 0. G.
Stickney and C. S. Andrews of Barre,
Rev. ]. B. Sargent of Northfield, w.
Fl. Wood of Burlington, Rev. r. H.
Washburn of Winooski, Rev. William
Shaw, Phi. d., of st. Adams, T. c. S.
Pierce of Vergennes, Rev. A. j. Nc
Kirahan of Ryegate, Smith F. Henry
of Burlington, w. B. Glynn of Sax
tons River and A. M. Aseltine of Bur-
lington.
At a business session of the direc-
tors it was arranged to open a re-
pository in Burlington city and to
turn over the work of the society to
the society of Massachusetts. The
Bay State society will place three
workers in Vermont for the summer
months in addition to Colporteur
Robbins, who is working in Windham
county.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16
HOME PROJECT CLUB
Hold Interesting Meeting with Talks
on Club Work by Visiting
Teachers

The Wide Awake Home Project
club held it's meeting in the Junior
High School, May 10, at 4.15.
The meeting was called to order
followed by the roll call and secre-
tarys report.
Miss Meade and Miss Newton of
Lyndonville who are at the head of
their clubs in Lyndonville spoke on
what their clubs are doing.
There were several in teresting
numbers in the program, the first was
a reading by Charles Malam followed
by Beautiful Ohio" sung by Hazel
Wilkie, Mary Rathbun and Priscilla
Brooks, then John Dickinson read
"Going Home to Blighty," by Robert
Service.
Mr. Steele, in charge of the Swift
plant here, spoke on the packing in
dustry which was very interesting.
Refreshments were served and the
meeting was adjourned until June. -
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Those White Crosses

Every American heart went with
the lads overseas and followed them
as they buckled on the armor of lib
erty and independence and struck
hard and swift against brutal evil for
safety of the homeland and world up
lift. How feeling was keyed to its
highest with expectancy, pride and
hope is sacred enrolling memory
in millions of American homes. The
joy and pride that welcomed the boys
back home is only equalled by the
depth of sadness for, pride and glory
in, the boys who sleep in the sacred
soil of France. And the great Amer
lean heart beats sympathetic, tender
and true for those who wistfully
watch and wait for the boy who new
or will return. This is shown on
every hand but not more so than by
those who help to guide the destinies
of this republic and sent our boys
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

Psssumpsic Lodge, No. 81, F. & A..
M.
Regular Communication, Thursday
evening, June IL.
Birney L. Hall, w. M.
Fred Fl. Dolloff, Secretary
Haswell Royal Arch Chapter No. II
Stated Convocation Friday evening,
June Is, at 7.30 p. m.
Bloomfield A. Palmer, e. Fl. P.
F. G. Moore, Sec'y.
Palestine Comnandery, No. S, K. T.
Special Conclave, Annual Inspec-
ton of the Commandery, Tuesday
evening, May 20, at 7.30. Work on
the Order of the Temple.
Dinner at 6.15. All members of the
Order, including visitors and So
journing Knights, cordially welcome,
to spend the evening with us.
z. S. Waterman, Com.
A. M. Lang, Recorder.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16
GERMANY SITS AT
PEACE TABLE

Continued from page ~
munition factories to work night and
day and all private establishments to
continue to produce ammunition for
guns of all calibres in use up to Nov
ember 8, 1918. 1t adds: "Raw ma
terials will be provided for at Span
dau-the Government arsenals. 1t
is necessary to furnish an excuse for
this work to the Allied commissioners
and it is to be stated that the facto-
ries are being kept going to provide
work for the unemployed"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16
Browning's High Ideals.

Probably the writer who most fire.
Quently refused money was Robert
Browning the poet During the last
25 years of his life editors offered
large sums for a short poem from his
pen. But Browning said "No." He
told his friends when they pointed out
the unwisdom Of this course that he
was determined not to thrust his po-
ems down the Threats of the people ;
that if they wanted 20 read them they
could buy his books.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

forth to battle. Vermont's whole con-
gressional delegation watched with
pride the record of the Green Noun
tain boys on the fields of France, and
when they made the supreme sacrifice
they sent back to the sorrowing
homes words of comfort and hope.
Congressman Dale, whose son, Tim
othy c. Dale, has done a noble SER
vice in the medical corps since June,
1917, on the eve of his recent trip
to France with Mrs. Dale, volunteer
ed to visit the hospital and grave
of a Green Mountain Boy and sends
to the parents the following eloquent
description of one of the cemeteries
where rests the American dead. And
the letter is published with the hope
that it will bring to other Vermont
and American homes whose boys
sleep "over there" better knowledge
of their last resting place and the
sentiment of love and pride for the
boys, thoughtful kindness and SYM
pathy of the American heart for
those whose great pride in American
valor is Swallowed by an ever present
sorrow:
Mr.. C. C. Lord,
st. Johnsbury, Vt.
Dear Friend:
We went a few days since to Poit-
iers, place in which few people at
home had any interest until one day
we cared very much about it because
many of our wounded boys had been
carried there. In all France, with
localities made of. vital interest
through centuries. to the present day,
there are none to which the hearts
of you parents of hundred and more
of our soldiers go out as they do to
this one place where the cross bears
the name of your heroic boy.
Poitiers has for long been visited
by tourists to view the fields where
Clovis, in 507, won the victory which
led to the recognition Of the Frank
Kings in the country which came to
be called France, and to kneel at the
shrine where St. Martin early in the
fourth century, assembled the first
monastic community in what is now
France, and to render homage where
Charles Martel defeated the Mahome-
tans and saved Christendom. A thous-
and years before Columbus crossed
the sea, pilgrims sought Poitlers for
inspiration, and under the influence OF
the same spirit which lives on fore
ever, we took our way to the new
part of the old cemetery which is
now a shrine to Americans because 1t
enfolds some of our own boys who
came overseas and died for civiliza-
ton and Christendom. Among an
cient and massive monuments to he
roism, their plain white crosses stand
to mark a sacrifice which in its purity
of devotion lives superb to crown the
centuries.
Our course by automobile from
Tours followed the old Roman high
way for sixty miles to Poitiers. At
the hospital, Major Ernest L. Bell,
the physician in charge, received US
with the gentility and courtesy for
which officers and men in the medi-
cal corps have a reputation. The
hospital is efficiently and comfortably
equipped. 1t is long way to have
brought the wounded men three
hundred miles in ambulance and hos
pital train from the Argonne, but
those were terrible weeks in the last
great drive and the base hospital
behind the American and French
fronts were crowded even to distant
places.
From the hospital we rode slowly
through the narrow streets of the
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16
BACK ON OLD JOB
Capt. E. w. Gibson Elected mayor
of Brattleboro," Which he Held
Before Entering the Service

Capt. E. w. Gibson again becomes
Mayor of Brattleboro," a position
ne held before entering the service,
by virtue of his election as chairman
of the Board of Commissioners. He
was recently elected commissioner
by the unanimous vote of the voters
of the village. He also assumes con-
troll of the streets ard the police de-
partment, while C)mmi iioner John
I. Kaine takes charge of sewers and
Commissioner A. L. Roberts the fire
department.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

A visitor in town yesterday wanted
to know if the two cannon posted at
the approach to the courthouse held
any suggestions for the League of
Nations.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16
Uncle Eben,

'You kin make good resolutions
whenever you feels like" said Uncle
Eben. "'Tain' no use o. savin' 'em all
up fob New Year celebrations"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

Regular meeting in K. of P. Hall,
Tuesday evening, May 10.
II. w. Clark, c. G.
q. i. Anderson. K. II. & s.
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DIRIGIBLE SLIPPED MOORINGS

Continued from page y
position and started at once to sal
wage the airship.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 10
Plans of the United States navy for
transatlantic flight by dirigible re-
ceived a serious jolt yesterday after
noon when the giant "blimp" C-5
burst from her moorings in a gale
and was swept out to sea soon after
she had arrived from Montauk Point,
after being in the air continuously for
rs hours and As minutes. The des-
troyer Edwards Immediately set out
in pursuit, with orders to bring the
big gas bag down with anti-aircraft
artillery, if necessary. Even if the Ed
wards is able to rescue the "blimp"
before some serious misfortune be-
falls her, it probably will require
some time to repair the damage which
will result from her fall into the
ocean.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

1t used to be that finding a horse
shoe was sign of good luck. Now
finding horseshoe means punctur-
ed automobile tire.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

ST. JOHNS, May 16-The Ameri-
can naval dirigible C-5 is said to have
been only slightly damaged when she
broke from her mornings and drifted
to sea yesterday afternoon. She was
reported to be in tow of destroyer Ed
wards on way back to port today.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

Entered as second-class matter
May 1, 1916, at the post Office at st.
Johnsbury, Vermont, under the act
of March 8 1879.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16
STATE NEWS

Nearly all Cne stores IN brandon
which were burned out last week
have secured new locations and are
conducting business again. The
stocks of two of the firms were de3.
troyed in Brandon's fire of 16 months
ago also.
A fish trap was found in the Castle
ton river recently, from which fish
weighing from a quarter of pound
to two and one-half pounds could not
escape. This is a direct offense
against the law, and an investigation
is being made.
The case of Mrs. F. S. Platt of
Rutland, administrative, VS.. the
United States railroad administration
in which she asks $4,000 damages
for the death of her husband in a rail-
road collision at Dummerston on
Sept. 10, 1918, is to be tried at the
May term Of court at Windsor, which
opens May 20.
Miss Charlotte u. Chatfee, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Chat
fee of Rutland, who went abroad N
February to do relief and reconstruc-
ton work, has been assigned to
Tours, France. After her arrival in
Europe, Miss Chaffee had an attack
of pneumonia and has since been in
England, recuperating.
Rev. d. E. Trout, pastor of the
Universalist church, Brattleboro,
states that when all the returns were
in the drive for $4,000 as the quota of
the church there in the $1,000,000 of
the denomination, the amount raised
would be about $4,000, which is con-
sidered an especially good showing.
The money is to be used for church
extension work in the interests of a
better humanity.
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Mr.. James III. Cooper
36 Main Street
St. Johnsbury, VT.

Dear Sir:
Isn't this Spring the grand and glorious eeng?" Just
makes out in the eh moist earth and dig! The
best the world that tired feeling rubbing
leather against garden spade-and digging
After the long Winter there great opport-
tiles for the enjoyment of that desire For Springme the
cepted for "pong around the place. There
broken hedges busted fences; pnhy boards the
broken lights of glass here and there Why
your Spring paint yourself,
good job
the vegetable garden 1t will
the meanwhile you'll be deciding this year
along that line
Cooper has that little "Spngbug" The windows
shooting when the high fresh
whipping through the After gets bit she'll
cleaning that will make brand looking home
the old And she'll help SOAP mop, dusers cloths
brooms paints varshes oils pohcs hundred and
things.
The "Spingbug" has aso just slipped this little list
of suggestions in with this letter that you will be able refresh
the things need You check off the items
that urgent and call up
tun And won't have lose time getting shoe
that spade
Cordially
The Peck Company
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

Some men take the family out auto
riding Sunday afternoons, tear
through the country at forty per and
have the nerve to call it a pleasure
excursion.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16
Life's Dreary Path

Why does everybody smile when an
automobile is towed past?
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16
THE CALIFORNIAN STAFF

LIE CALEDONlAN STAFF
Responsible for a Good Newspaper
in St. Johnsbury
Editor and Manager w. D. Policy
Local Editor Chas. G. Lord
Reporter Mrs. Alice Massey
Bookkeeper Robert Mackinnon
Office Manager Miss Florence Rouse
Proofreader Miss Margaret ROBBIE
Subscriptions Mrs. w. E. Barrett
Foreman Raymond Packard
Operator Miss Ruth Impey
Operator Myles S. Gilman
FRESHMAN Arthur Boucher
Ad. Compositor Mrs. Annie Moran
Press Tender Maurice Barrett
TO save time on phone business, call
for the person desired by name
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

The League of Nations is quite
tame beside the fun of watching the
Germans squirm.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

The harvest of Spring poems was
light this year. Spring came too
hard. 1t was a shame to spoil it.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

AS members of the Associated
Press that organization is entitled
exclusively to the use for republica-
ton of all news dispatches credited
to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news pub
lished herein. All rights of republic
cation of special dispatches herein
are also reserved.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

Most employers are sure they
could run the business better than
the boss and possibly some of them
could.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

TERMS-By mail, 81 a year; six
months 81; three months, 81. Deliv-
cred by carrier in st. Johnsbury at
so cents month. All subscriptions
by order of the government are
payable in advance.
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The Salvation Army seems to be
the one example of giving something
for nothing and yet getting paid for
If
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

"Ebert says Wilson Hypnotized
Huns"-Headline. Foch did it bet
ter and first.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

A bag of gas is now on it's way
across the Atlantic. Several bags
of gas have crossed the Atlantic of
late.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-16

People don't seem to go in for q
row of sunfowers any more.
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-15
AMERICAN BATH. HIP
SETS NEW SPEED REQ ORD

Had the war lasted until spring.
German pursuit pilots would have.
been surprised to see feet Of great
bombing machines sail unconcernsdly
into yerboten territory ID broad
daylight. says H. A Mount in the
March Popular Mechanics magazine
And The Hun pilot who attacked, sx-
pecting ali easy victory over his un-
wieldly antagonist, would have re-
ceiyed the surprise oil his life For
the great bomber would have proved
as FAST and ais agile Ms his own smaller
machine and would have been protects
ed b. ave machine guns that covered
every possible angle Of approach
As ii was. only q few Of the great
fighters got into the hands of the army
tliers, and none oh them reached the
firing line. The great 75-ft plane is
said 10 be the first Of It's size success
fully 10 perform al The acrobasic
stunts required Of pursuit MAJ
chine Not long ago II few from Day
ton 10 Cleveland, q distance Of 2i6
miles. Id hour and is minutes, there
by establishing what Is believed 10 be
ID new worlds record. The average
speed during the flight was IT. miles
an hour.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-15
poetle ,Justlc,eI

The iirss four letters az the name
AInerongen, which designates the
moated castle ia Holland where the
former Kaiser Wilhelm II is observing
the twilight 81 the Hohenxollerns 40
rulers, compose the French word mean,
lng bitter. One might tind 10 this q
fltting reply TO the name Of the piacs
where. under Frederick the Great.
Hohenxollernism began It's rampant
career. This Potsdasn castle. with its
French elegance, Yoitaire associations
and German mechanism for raising the
tfinner table. the monarch named 10
French sans Sonci. without care)
and for nearly two centuries II has
shone forth brilliant example Of
prussian inlpertinence. But now The
Hohenzoliern has his cares, and 10
doubt they are hitter.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-15
w1Inter sna,<e story.

]. <. Campbell 81 Vandaiia. Ind.
youches Tor this December snake
story
ION December % my daughter and I
started across a piece OF timber land
TO & neighbor's home. Our dog went
into hole where a tree had blown
over, and was routed BIZ flve-foOf
black snake, which was hanging on
some berry briers. killed the snake
with d club. The snake had the ap-
pearance OF having swallowed d rab.
BIT, but investigation disclosed thai
the snake had robbed hens nest
and had swallowed china nest egg
we missed the china egg last July. -
INDIANAPOLIS News.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-15
Cheerful Blinded soldiers.

Cheerful news comes along from 8.
Dunsfan's allotment holders. Here. e.
In other directions. the blinded soldiers
are making good. d. Clarke, i poultry
farmer at Edwinstowe. IS winner Of
the FIRST prize for the best potatoes
ana carrots ut local show, we read
Id the current number of st. DunstaEa
Review. and on another page Of this
bright little record OF the blinded sol.
diers' work and sport, we read; .0ns
allotment holder, who Is otherwise &C
cupied during the day. contends that
he has the advantage over ordinary
sighted people, for he need nor hurry
home to put Ii an hour before dark i
He can get % with II while they arr
IN bed i'-I London Mail.