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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-04
NEWPORT LOCALS

Miss Mabel Guard of ST. Johns
Lulv is visiting her mother, Mrs.
/ Hpttic Story fora few days.
People from various parts of the
county and from many cities in Cam
ada were IN Newport Thursday to at
tehG the evening day of the big Rex
all sale at Bigclow's Drug Store.
The people all found plenty of real
bargains and the first days business
w;'s heav-. 1t pays to advertise.
About so more trees were planted
along the Causeway on Thursday.
Frank l.. Austin the state architect
wa, in town on Thursday comforting
With H. O. Smith, the local contractor
regarding the plans for the new an
mory, work upon which has already
begun.
Laburton Stevens and family Of
birmingham, Mass, is visiting Mr.
Stevens father, T. A. Stevens.
Lee Hill is in Maine on fishing
Zip.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-04
NEWPORT CENTER

Beatrice Streeter. adopted daueh-
te" of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Searles
who attends the Hillside school
{; ught by Miss Budd Wilcox, made
q splendid record for herself last
yc. T. She did not miss single days
school during the year, and more
than this she completed two years.
work in one yeal.
The Memorial day exercises were
held last Monday at the Baptist
church which was very attractively
decorated with flags and flowers fol
The occasion. Rev. C. W. Morse pre-
sided over the meeting. The Bap.
fist choirrendered patriotic music fol
the occasion. Prayer was offered by
Rev. C. w. Kelley. The address was
given by the Rev. Mr. Emo of the
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-04
NEWPORT LOCALS

Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Smith gave a
most delightful party Tuesday even
ing to celebrate the birthday of Rev.
H. T.. Coontz. There were about 90
present and the affair was com
plete surprise to Mr.. Coontz. A very
delicious lunch was served during the
evening, and after the guests had
returned to the parlors, Miss Audrey
Smith entered bearing a large and
beautifully decorated cake. Nj.
Coontz refused 10 divulge his age, but
there were 35. candles. Mr.. Coontz
was presented with purse of money.
Raymond Brown is in Ayers Cliff,
IP. @.
l.. l.. Richard had what might be
called a fortunate accident on
Thursday, while driving a loaded
team in field not far from his resi-
dcnce on Highland Ave. Owing to
the unevcnness Of the ground he
tlied to make a short turn with the
result that the wheel caught and
threw the wagon box up in the rear.
To avoid being struck Mr.. Richards
jumped from the load. The tipping
over of the wagon body frightened
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-04
NEWPORT PLAYS
RINGS AROUND
EN0SBURC FALLS
L. Gardner's Home Town
Heroes Meet Defeat by
Tune AOf 40 to 3

The Newport City baseball team
he'd little difficulty in conquering the
, bcasting Enosburg Falls "ninc" at
Gaines I'll citing Park on Thursday
afternoon. The score was 10 to 3,
which was considerable of a surprise
both to ..he spectators and local
players. The visitors heretofore had
won six and lost but one game and
/ they came to bur fair city all PINNED
to Finish" the Newport boys in quick
order. However, a great surprise
was in store, as Captain Ed. Wells
and his mates exploded a bombshell
III the invaders camp ana romped
away with the game.
The score would have been still
rlt re one-sded had some of the local.,
shown greater hitting ability at psy-
! CT illogical moments. Several times
men were planted on third base with
none dow nor Only one out but were
left stranded because the necessary
hi to send them across the plate
could not be produced. This same
thing happened 10 the Enosburg team
SO things were Cvene1 up.
Ed. Wells, crack right handed
twirlel, was in the box for Newport
and pitched to eight left handed hit
tiers. Do-pite this disadvantage Gee
saw had the boys from Larry Gard
nor's town eating right out of his
land most Of The time. He had plenty
o, steam and good curve.
Smith started on the mound for
Enosburg retired in favor of Dow in!
the sixth inning. This meant Just
shifting Of the battery as Dow was
psuying behind the bat and for tn;
remainder of the game Smith did the
catching Smith had nothing but a
slew ball to serve out to our slug-s
GERS. The boys were bit slow in
getting onto this slow one, but as
ston ,as they got Smiths number"
they hammered him severely and as a
result he "blew up" entirely in the
sixth.
Dow had more speed than his pre-
oecessor but this was genuine tonic
to the Newport batters and from the
sixth inning on the pill was ham
mued with extreme regularity and
to all corners of the lot, Max Cham
berlain and Billy Mossa Were the
batting stars, each getting two hits,
the former pretty three Dagger.
The locals fielded with snap and
dash Thursday and indications point
II the best team Newport has ever
produced Three doublc plays were
executed during yesterdays game
ana all with time to spare. Pitcher
Wells had land in each one of
them. He caught two hot liners
right off the bat. Hank" Mossa
PLAYED an excellent game in left field,
pulling down long flies that looked
like sure hits, while "Poley" Mayo
was right on the job in right field
JOIN Brioullette caught fine game
kt nnison, the most versatile player
OF the team, guarded the hot corner
with great care.
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Baptist church. The girls who usher
ed in the six Grand Army veterans
and the wives Of the old soldiers, did
tkeir part nicely. Quite a few drove
to the cemetery at the close of the
service and brief exercises consisting
of prayer by Rev. Mr.. Emo, sing
ing and brief remarks and benedic-
ton by Rev. c. w. Kelley, was con-
Quoted.
Mrs. Ernest Sanborn visited at her
fathers, Alden Willis one day last
week.
Mrs. Ella Garlin of Albany, is
Wol king for Homer Coburn for few
weeks.
One of Ernest Sanborn's youngest
boys of Albany, VT. visited his
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-04

landparents, Alden Willis and wife
couple of days last week.
Mrs. Herman Sheldon and daugh-
ter of Sheffield visited relatives .. and
friends in town last week. ~~s
0. H. Dugan~find- son, Kermit are
boarding at Elmer Niles. ~ .
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-04

Three base hit. Chamberlain. Two
base hits. w. Mossa, Kennison, l..
Clapp. Base on balls off Wells, /.
Passed balls, Dow, 2. Struck out by
v ellis, 5. by Smith in innings. by
Dow, 3 in a innings. Sacrifice hits,
W. Mossa, Bigelow, Burleson. Stol
Ell bases, Dow, Smith, Budd, NJ.
Clapp, Rublee, w. Mossa, kennison,
Chamberlain, F. Mossa, 2. Double
plays. Wells to Mossa; Wells to Rub
lee; Wells to BiCelow to Rublee UNI
pirc Charles Mayo.
Don't forget the big game Satur
dit afternoon between Newport and
Orleans at the Gaines Trotting Park.
adv
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24
New Year Period in Picking.

The New Year period In Picking re-
minds one Of the three Sundays that
came together In week. for It has
three celebrations OF the new year in
little less time than month. First
comes that one with which all Amer
leans, the people Of England and those
on the continent are familiar. It II
ushered in in much the same way az
in any other part Of the world, per-
kaps. but there is the oriental setting
to the scene, which is so picturesque
that having gazed upon 1t you clos
your eyes, thinking thus to forever
keep the vision.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24
"Certain Man" Answered
CHARGE With IS YelIoWbacks

At the closing session Of a re-
vival meeting in Washington, N.
c., an evangelist, Rev. B. F.
McLendon. leaned over the pull
pit and told his congregation
that a certain man, present at
the service, had not been true
to his family, or his religion,
but that If he would deposit a
SO bill in the collection plate
1t would be taken as token
Of his repentance and nothing
further would be said, but that
II he refused. the evangelist
would publish his name. e
The collection included IS
ten-dollar bills and I've notes
asking the evangelist to keep
quiet, and promising the SO In
the morning.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24
NEW YEARS WITH THE INDIANS

In some Of our Indian reservations
where the Original Americans" the
Indians, still adhere to many Of their
tribal customs. New Years day de-
ponds entirely upon weather con-
ditions When the last SHOWS have
gone and the first green shoots of
grass appear the Indians hail the time
a. the beginning Of another year. In
the old days 1t was with them a season
pr dancing and feasting. 1t marked
the time when the danger Of famine
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24

ed for days previous to the ceremony,
that they might be In 4 pleasing con
dition upon their last and the war
gods first great day. In ether cere-
monies human beings were killed ana
fiayed, and the participants in the sac
rifice enveloped themselves In the
bloody skins Of the victims, while they
took part In frenxied dance
Across the Pacific ocean. the Anus
Of Japan, are celebrating an exceed
ingly curious New Years custom. For
4 thousand known years the Ainus
have stood still In their civilization.
following all their primitive customs
and ceremonies generation after gen.,
GRAFTON and century after century.
practically without change. New Year
with them II the day Of their great
est Teasing and merry making. con-
sisting largely Of an extravagant u.s.
Of saki, or rice beer.
The principal ceremony 10 the great
bear feast. called Omsia, in which .
huge bear Is slain and sacrificed a.
q special offering to the god Kamui.
who d the guardian and protector Of
their homes throughout the year. II
Is necessary to conciliate this god BY
the special donation Of bears meat
that their lives may be free from the
persecution of the unseen, intangible
spirit demons who seek to do them
harm.
1t is said that the bear for this
feast Is raised from cub, sucked By
an Ainu woman. As the end Of the
year draws nigh they fatten the feas'
bear for the coming celebration will
carefully prepared foods. The kill
Ing Of the bear is done In curiou
way. Two fair-sized logs are dashed
!, one above another. to standing tree
| and extend horizontally resting upol
: the ground. The entire clan take
i part in the killing, which Is accomplish
ed by putting the head Of the anims
, between the logs and squeezing on
its life.
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but next day halted at the entrance
to Subig Bay to land six stowaways
who had secreted themselves on |
board under the decidedly mistaken
impression that they would be rapidly
transported to the United States.
Rescue japanese Fishermen.
A few days later the President
Grant sighted motor launch Of about
50 feet In length drifting helplessly
over the Pacific swells with signal
Of distress hoisted. The transport
hove to and lowered q beat. The
men on the boat were Japanese fish,
ermen. who said their fue: had given
out and they had drifted for Eve days.
They were given enough gas to take
them back to Nippon and the Presi-
dent Grant proceeded, reaching Karat
| 50 August 10. After FIVE days Of
coaling the transport steamed towari,
vladivostok. reaching the Russian
port for the second time on August Is.
There 5.S74 troops under command
of Gen. st. Geek, were embarked
and the President Grant headed
into the rough seas and southwest
monsoons Of the Sea Of japan and
the China sea. Hongkong was
reached September 2 and Singapore
six days later through much rough
weather. CeylOn was touched once
more and the Indian ocean. Red sea
and Suez canal passed without mis-
hap. When Port Said was reached.
October 6, the canal authorities or
dered the ship moored In the African
basin, against the protests Of both
Captain Chambers and the American
consular agent. When the tide fell
the big ship went aground aft. Cap
tain Chambers ordered coaling stopped
and water tanks pumped out. The
ship was pulled ahead by its anchors
into deeper water. Fortunately the
t bottom of the basin was soft and
J. the ship apparently suffered no dam
q age.
' After two days at Port Said the
d ship left for Trieste, reaching tina
Z port October 10. This second voy
e age with troops was made novel b!
u the presence on board of 600 Russian
= women, wives of the Czecho-S loval
soldiers. and number Of babies
E. Three babies died on board and tw
e were born.
s. Home Again at Last.
" A terrific storm arose while tn
4 transport was moored to dock q
Trieste and for three days the shi
N was held with great difficulty. Ten Q
Or eleven lines and eight mooring wire
ID held her safely, but the moorlng bit
AZ on the port quarter cracked and on
re Of the wires parted.
t. Then came the time the crew, an
IN more particularly Chief Officer Jone
at waa looking forward to-casting o
A on the last leg On October % II
President Grant. homeward boun
~ sailed from Trieste with 1000 imm
an grants on board She passed east
a. through the, Mediterranean, bucked
Al. storm lasting four days in the Alta
as tic, and dropped anchor at a.
Sunday, November 20. The vOyaI
came to an end officially when, at
IN a. m. Monday the big liner warp'
od into Pier 2. army base. Brooklyn. I'll
=. up and slapped rat guards on her lint
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24
Killing Bee Spoiled.

Seymour, Ind. Citizens Of this town
had visions OF killing bee with hanl;
robbers as victims, when the burglar
alarm went of at the jackson coun-
ty bank. They surrounded the insti-
tuition and waited 1--we hours for the
yeggs. Then It was found that the
vault has been improperly locked and
the batteries did tha rest
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times, accompanied by the unearthly |
and discordant waiting Of the conch
shell. The priest directly in front Of |
the screen takes little sacred meal
In his hand, holds II to his mouth, ut
tering a deeply significant invocation
to the serpent, and then casts the meal
on the head Of the efigy.
One by one all the members present
make their prayers to the hostile SER
pent god. So ends the first half Of
the drama. and on the morrow, or the
New Year, begins the great sun dance.
On opposite sides of the chamber there
stand rows Of men. bearing shields
with elaborate symbolic designs. At
the end Of the room, all alone and I'M
supported, stands the sunbearef.
awaiting the onslaught OF his horde Of
enemies. A signal and the song be-
gins, and the lines Of warriors on each
side OF the room surge against the
sunbearer In attack. Eventually he
scatters and vanquishes his many foes
New Years day finishes with feasting
and jollihcation.
The Aztecs Of Mexico and Central
America had bloody and complicated
ritual for their celebration of the re-
turn Of their masterful war-god, the
sun. We find scattered through the
tangled jungles Of Yucatan many huge
ruins Of the wonderful pyramid cere.
monial edifices upon which horrible
sacrificial atrocities were practiced In
heralding the New Year. The Aztec
has vanished from the face Of the
earth. The jungle has swallowed ur
the sun-god's affairs.
The ceremonies occupied a period d
several days. The initiatory rites be
gan before daylight Of the first morn
ing, when the chief high priest and hi
carbohydrates wendell their way II
solemn procession to the top Of thei
pyramidal sanctuary. Here the higl
priest retired alone to a small temple
whose doorway opened toward tn
. east. and as the rising sun crimsone'
the sky he knebt and sprinkled thickf
. upon the marble floor the sacred meal
As the first rays Of the sun strik
, slantingly across the floor Of the tin
, temple. the Bonded priest beholds
miracle. Family, at first, then strong
Z er and stronger, grows an imprint i
! the meal Of the naked foot Of thei
; war god. Upon this miraculous man
festation the high priest announces {
> the assembled couriers that their 60
/, had returned to them. and that tn
0 grand festive occasion Is inauguratet
: The first feast rites were Of grew
Z some and horrible nature, conststin
' mainly of sacrificing youths to tn
{ gods. 1t is said that they were fen
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24

was past. for game would no longer
be snowbound and soon there would
be scores Of roots. bulbs and green
things for food, while rivers, ponds
and lakes would be free Of their Ice
letters and their fish traps could once
more be set.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24
N0QWAD

AU--EW YEARS DAY-or q,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24

was younger and its people were closer
to nature It was day Of Significance
well worth celebrating.
Among primitive peoples the year
Is marked OF in seasons, usually the
planting, the growing, the harvesting
and the season Of rest, or 1t even may
be by moons and suns. But let the
division be what II will. 1t is based on
those marked physical changes which
appeal to the senses as light and dark
ness, heat and cold, the lengthening
and shortening Of the day.
Think how deeply must the short
ening Of the days, as fall comes on
apace. affect the imagination of the
primitive. The sun, their all power
full deity who gives them warmth and
growth. and life. wanes and grows
sluggish and sick until daylight be-
comes 30 short that the terrOr-stricken
| primitive hearts pray and plead and
invoke the malign and baneful gods
to remove their perniciOus influence
from their dearly beloved sun-god.
How great Is the Joy and feasting on
the first day, the New Year, when he
starts slowly back to them. to gain day
by day a greater vigor and beauty, un-
til in June he reaches the elimination
Of his power.
So 1t Is seen that the shortest day
in the year, December p, In our cal
endar, Is quite properly the last day
In the year. And il is equally fitting
that the succeeding day. when the sun
commences his return march. should
be hailed by glad and happy hearts.
The Moqui Indians. the communal
pueblo people Of the American South
west. watch the shortening days with
dread and celebrate with elaborat,
ceremony the turning point in tn,
suns course. The MoQui New Year,
celebration, called So-yal-u-na, Is large
~ presentation Of singular an,
elaborate mythic drama. divided int,
two parts, In which offerings are mad
J, 10 efngies Of the Great Plume Heade,
Serpent, the enemy of the sun, fol
lowed by sun dance, in which tn
conflict between the sun and the In
l hOothC 6OuS 10 uuhilI uDty Jul
} trayed by Moqui men personifying tn
, various deities.
1t Is hoped that the suns worst er
? emy-the snake demon--will be ampl
! placated; SO rich will be the tribut
!. that for one entire year the sun sha
!. be free from his prosecutions, an
e the clouds which the snake wickcdl
0 swallows, shall gather and their mois
a ure freely descend upon the pnrche
d and blighted land until 1t is once MOI
}. clothed in verdure.
In dimly-lighted underground roo
there Is erected at its west end,
screen psofusely decorated with col
I husks, cut cleverly In imitation
flowers Near the middle Of II
screen there Is an opening and behir
1t stands a man who manipulates u
effigy snake. BY his side stands
! companion who has a large conc
! shell. In front of the screen sit thru
I or four solemn priests and the aut
ence, consisting Of members Of all Il
( clans and their families. and behlr
I them Is a row OF men who act
I chorus.
When the. rites begin the Choir
commences to sing at first 10
weird chant, then gradually rises
! piercing intensity. Then the man b
( hind the screen takes up the effigy
! the great snake and thrusts It rapid
! through the opening number
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24

In Turkey the Mohammedans lift
their hands to Allah and beseech a
year Of blessings on the 2Sth Of Janu-
ary, for that Is their New Year. In
Persia, as in some few parts Of Egypt
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24

the New Year falls on September q.
while in parts Of Thibet they reckon
the beginning Of the New Year from
the first Of August.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24

wv i EAh . Ia NJ
least the coming Of the
New YEARS. greeted
by oil the world. In
this very much civilized
Twentieth century most
Of Us celebrate the New
Year by the almanac.
We have forgotten-Of
do not take time to re-
member-the original
significance Of the day,
but when the world
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24
Daily Thought.

49,; OaUy uu0O0UG 3HNI
Who comes dancing over the -.
He soft little fest al ban and rocv;
Open the Door though tn Mn $500
blow,
Take the child N and Hsalss Nh
coxy. -t
Take him In and hold him. aeos,
He l. the wonderful Me- ~.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-02-20
SALTS IF BAcKAcHY
AND KIDNEYS HURT
Stop Eating Meat for a While II
Your Bladder Is Troubling
You.

When you wake mp with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region it
generally means you have been eating
too much meat, says weII-Enown au-
thority. Meat forms uric acid which
overWorks the kidneys in their effort
to filter 1t from the blood and they be-
come sort Of paralyzed and lOggy.
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you mnst relieve them, like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
body's urinous waste, else you have
backache, sick headache, dizzy spells;
your stomach sours, tongue is coated,
and when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine Is
cloudy, full Of sediment, channels
often get sore, water scaIds and you
are obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night.
Either consult a good, reliable physi-
clan at once or get from your pharma-
cist about four ounces of Jad Salts (;
take a tablespoonful in a glass Of
water before breakfast for a few
days and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon Juice,
combined with Iithia,, and has been
| used for generations to clean and
stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to
neutraIize acids in the urine so it no
longer irritates. thus ending bladder
weakness. -... ..
lad CaItS IL q life saver for rao14Iar
meat eaters. 1t is inexpensive, cannot
injure and makes a delightful. effer-
| vescent Whitewater drink.-AfT.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-02-20
nark HAS fer sprInQ.

This Is the prediction as to spring
colors In women's hats which is made
by the bulletin of the Retail Millinery
Association of America: "For street
wear there will be lot of black and
navy worn. Brown is rather an I'M
certainty, as its great popularity this
winter has somewhat lessened the
prospect Of big spring season. How
ever. there is a lot Of it wanted for inn
mediate use. Bright colors will be
seen everywhere, American beauty
and cherry shades give promise Of
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-02-20
Important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands Of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else bat kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease
II the kidneys are not IN healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss Of ambition
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita-
bic and may be respondent; it makes any
one so.
But hundreds of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle to see
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do for
them. By enclosing ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N Y. you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.