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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-05-24

\ surprise party was gwen to
Paul Taylor Wednesday evening,
May II at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs +. J. Hobart where he is
working, it being has DIST birth
! day Wallace Taylor also had d
share in the party as his birthday
was the next day. The garage was
thrown open and games and prom
enading were the amusements.
Refreshments Of cake, ice and
saltines was served. Also two
birthday cakes decorated with
candles afforded much amusement
They were aftcward cut and pass
ed 10 the company,
Prof. Charles Il, Taggart gave
his entertainment at Academy hall
on Monday evening, May 10 for
the benefit Of the senior class. A
good audience was present and
all were we'll pleased.
The &. A. K. and W, r. c.
meeting and dinner was at the
town hall Saturday, May 20.
About % were present at dinner,
and more to the meeting follow
ing.
Harry Rowe, who was so seri-
ously hurt is greatly improved,
and came home Saturday.
Fred Moody returned Saturday
from a weeks visit to his son,
George Moody in Fairlee.
The Memoial day sermon this
year will be at West Barnet, May
% and the Memorial exercises at
Barnet, May 30. The school chill
dren are requested to bring flow
ers and to meet at the church at
8 O'Clock and march TO the soldiers
monument and the cemetery to de-
corate the graves.
The remains of Mrs. Flora
MARTINI Bailey who died in st.
Johnsbuly in the winter were
brought here Saturday for burial.
Her daughter and her husband,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoyt and family
and Miss Margaret Bailey and
pastor, Rev. F. b. Richards of st.
Johnsbury were present at the
burial.
The Ladies' Missionary society
met at the church vestry, Friday
afternoon, subject, africa, by
Mrs. W. A. Warner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bailey OF
Corinth have been visitors at Mrs.
Helen Bailey for two weeks.
Mrs. Rose (Ricller) Crown of
Woodsville is a guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Scott Darling.
+ J. Hobart took an auto load
70 Wells River Saturday to wit
ness the ball game between Peach
am and Well River. The score
was II to Il in favor of Wells
River.
Miss Marjorie Mann, Mrs. r.
D. Rowland and John Beede Of
Corinth were visitors al V. f.
Lamb the week end.
Miss Doris Craig and friend
from Lyndon Institute were at
James Craig's over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon JamiSOn
are receiving congratulations on
the birth of a daughter, Tuesday,
May H..
Gir. and Mrs. G. " Esden We're
in Thctford last week
Mrs. Albert Peik was in St.
JohnsbuIv several days last week
Burns and Lewis Abbott are 90
ing to work on the house in Fast
Pcacham purchased by Mrs. Mag
ole Emery.
Mrs. +. NJ. Wheeler. Lena
Wheeler and Charlie Wheeler are
all III with grip.
Mr. and Mrs Wallace Powers
visited at Walter StwerS at Bar
net Sunday.
The girls who attended the
Older Girls conference in ST.
Johnsbury gave a report of the
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-05-24
Legion Bows 10 3. p.
O. Elias In 6 to 5 Game
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the second and another in the
fourth
The Legion pushed over a mark
cr in tho tirsV as me result of
two hts off Matson, coupled with
IN error. Banked until the fifth,
the World War vets then nearly
cEnched the tracas when they
started slamming the pellet and
hung up four scores.
On Thursday evening at 500,
the Elks will play the Fairbanks
shop baseball team, which was de-
feated by the Summerville A. c.
last week
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-05-24

The consumption of bread, meat
and cereals may fall Off at times,
but the boys say that the girls
never consume any less ice cream.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-05-24

Base on baIIs, by Mats0n, by
Hill. Struck out by Matson A, by
Hill 3. Stolen bases, Connor
Sleeper, Ellis. Left on bases, Elks
1, Legion 4. Time, l hour. UNI
pire, Gene Racette.
The Holbrook news., 1922-05-19
MARCH
So l sent 1t off.

Yes. know it's been quite a while, but there hasn't been a thing to say nothing new or exciting, I mean. There's just school, and the usual things. only Mir. EasterbrOok doesn't come any more. (Qf course, the vio- linist hasn't come since that day he prOposed.) 1 don't know whether Mir. Easterbrook proposed or not. I only know that all of sudden he stopped coming. I doH't know the reason.
 I don't Overhear so much as I used to, anyway. Not but that I'm in the library window-seat just the same but most everybody that comes in looks there right off; and, of course, wben go on with what they are saying. So it just naturally follows that 1 don't Overhear things as l used to.
 Not that there's much to hear, though. Really, there just isn't any thing going on, and things aren't half so lively as they used to be when Mir. EasterbroOk was here, and all the rest. They've all stopped coming, now, most. I've about given upgeNer having love story of Mothers Is put in.
 And mine, too. Here l am fifteen next month, going on sixteen. (Why, that brook and river met long ago ) But Mother is getting to be almost as bad as Aunt Jane was about my re- ceiving proper attentions from young men. Oh, she lets me go to places. a little. with the boys at school; but ! always have to be chaperoned. And whenever are they going to.shaye a chance to say anything really thrilling with Mother or Aunt Hattie right at my elbow? Echo answers never So I've about given up that's amounting to anything, either.
 Of course, there's Father left. and of course, when 1 go back to Ander sonvilie this summer, there may be something doing there But I doubt it.
 forgot to say 1 haven't heard from Father again. l answered his Christ mas letter as I said and wrote just as nice as l knew how, and told him all he asked me to. But he never an
The Holbrook news., 1922-05-19

bered how she cried and took on and said things when the letter came, and talked about how dreadful and un- natural it all was. and how she was jealous for fear I'd love Father better than l did her And I was afraid she'd do 1t again. and so I didn't like to ask her. And so didn't do ir.
 Then, after time, got out his let ter and read il again. And all of a sudden 1 felt all warm and happy, just as l did when I first got 1t: and some way 1 was back with him in the observatory and he was telling me all about the stars. And I forgot all about being afraid of him. And l just remembered that he'd asked me to tell him what I did on Christmas day :; and I knew right of thar that would be easy. Why, just the easiest thing in the world! And so 1 got out a fresh sheet of paper and dipped my pen in the ink and began again.
 And this time I didn't have a bit of trouble. I told him all about the tree I had Christmas eve and the presents, and the little colored lights. and the fun we had singing and play ing games. And then how, on Christ mas morning. there was q lovely new snow on the ground, and Mr. Easter brook came with perfectly lovely sleigh and two horses to take Mother and me to ride, and what a splendid time We had. and how lovely Mother looked with her red cheeks and bright eyes. and how. when we got home Mr. EasterbrOOk said We looked more like sisters than mother and daughter, and wasn't that nice of him. Of course. l told little more about Mir. Easter brook, too, So Father'd know who lie was-a new friend of Mothers that I'd never known till I came back thls time. and how he was very rich and most eStimable man. That Aunt Hattie said 80.
 Then I told him that In the after noon another gentleman came and took us to a perfectly beautiful con cert. And I finished up by telling about the Christmas party in the eve ming and how lovely the house looked, and Mother, and that they said looked nice, too.
 And that was all. And when I had got it done I saw that l had written a long letter. great long letter. And I was almost afraid 1t was too long, till I remembered that Father had
The Holbrook news., 1922-05-19
ONE WEEK LATER

It's cOme-Father'S letter. Ii came last night. Oh, it was short, and il didn't say anything about what l wrote. But l was proud of it, just the same. just guess l was. He didn't get Aunt Jane to write to Mother, as he did before. And then, besides, he must have forgotten his stars long enough to think of me a little-for he remembered about the school, and that 1 couldn't go there in Anderson vile, and so he said 1 had better stay here till it finished.
 And 1 was so glad to stay. It made me very happy-that letter. It made Mother happy, too. She liked it, and she thought it was very, very kind of Father to be willing to give me up almost three whole months of his six, So could go to school here. And she said so. She said once to Aunt Hattie that she was almost tempted to write and thank him. But Aunt Hattie said, Pooh" and it was no more than he ought to do, and that she wouldn't be seen writing to man who so care fully avoided writing to her. So Mother didn't do it, guess.
 But 1 wrote. 1 had to write three letters, though, before 1 got one that Mother said would do to send. The first one sounded so glad I was stay ing that Mother said she was afraid he would feel hurt, and that would be too bad-when he'd been so kind. And the second one sounded as if 1 was so sorry not co go to Andersonyille the first of April that Mother said that would never do in the world. He'd think 1 didn't want to stay ill Boston. But the third letter 1 managed 10 make just glad enough to stay, and just sorry enough not to go. So that Mother said 1t was all right. And sent 1T.
The Holbrook news., 1922-05-19
SYNOPSIS

Cepyrishs hs Eisaasr 8. Porter
The Holbrook news., 1922-05-19

sWered, nor wrote again. 1 am ais appointed. I'll own up. 1 thought he would write 1 think Mother did, too. l hadn't heard from him again. And she always looks so sort Of funny when l say no-sort of glad and sorry together all tn one.
 But, then, Mothers queer in lots of ways now. For instance: One week ago she gave me perfectly lovely box of chocolates-a whole tWo-pound box all at once; and I've never had more than half-pound ar once before But just as l was thinking how for once was going to have real feast, and all l wanted to eat-what do you think she told me? She said 1 could have three pieces, and only three pieces a day; and not one little tiny one more. And when 1 asked her why she gave me such q big box for, then. If that was all I could have, she said il was to teach me Self-discipline. That self-discipline was one of the most wonderful things in the world. That if shed only been taught it when she was girl, her life would have been very, very different. And so she was giving me great big box of chOcO- lates for my very own, just so as to teach me to deny myself and take only three pieces every day,
 Three pieces .-and all that whole big box of them just making my mouth water all the while; and all just to teach me that horrid old self-disci- pline! Why, you'd think it was Aunt Jane doing it instead of Mother!
The Holbrook news., 1922-05-19
ONE WEEK LATER

SEe is.
 l know she Is now.
 I'm learning to coOk--to cook! And it's Mother that says I must. She told Aunt Hattie-I heard her-that she thought every girl should know how to cook and keep house; and that if she had learned those things when she was girl. her life would have been quite different, she was sure
 air learning at domestic science school, and Mother is going with me 1 didn't mind so much when she said she'd go, too. And, really, it is quite a lot of fun-really it is. But it is "leer-aTnthrr and I going tn school
The Holbrook news., 1922-05-19
APRIL

Well, the last chocolate drop wert yesterday. There were just seventy six pieces in that two-pOund box. counted them that first day. Of course, they were fine and dandy, and l just loved them; but the trouble is, for the last week I've been eating such snippy little pieces. You see every day, with out thinking, I'd just naturally pick out the biggest pieces. So you can imagine what they got down to toward the last-mostly chocolate almonds.
 As for the selfdiscipline-I don't see as feel any more disciplined than l did before, and I know want choco- lates just as much as ever And I said so to Mother.
 But Mother is queer. Honestly she is. And l cant help wondering-is she getting to be like Aunt Jane?
 Now, listen to this:
 Last week had to have a new party dress, and we found a perfect darling of pink silk, all gold beads. and gold slippers to match. And 1 knew I'd look perfectly divine in it; and once Mother would have got it for me. But not this time. She got a hOrrid white mus lin with dots in it, and blue silk sash. suitable for child-for any child.
 Of course. 1 was disappointed, and l suppose l did show it-sOme In fact I'm afraid I showed it whole lot Mother didn't say anything then; but on the way home in the car she put her arm around me and said:
 "I'm sorry about the pink dress, dear. l knew you wanted it.. But il was not suitable at all for you-nOt until you're older, dear. Mother will have to look out that her little daugh- ter isn't getting to be vain, and too fond of dress"
 I knew then. of course, that it was just some more of that self-discipline business.
 But Mother never used to say any thing about self-discipline.
 Is she getting to be like Aunt Jane?
The Holbrook news., 1922-05-19
TWO DAYS LATER

What do you suppose has happened now? Why. that wretched viOlinist Is nothing but a deep-dyed villainl Lis ten what he did. He proposed to Mother-actually proposed to her-and after all he'd said tO that Theresa girl. about his being perfectly happy if he could marry her. And MOther-Moth- er all the time not knowing Oh, I'm So glad l was there to rescue her! d3nt mean at the proposal-I didn't hear that But afterward.
 It was like this:
 My Dear Mary:
 "SOme way Christmas has made me think of you. wish l had sent you some gift. Yet l have not the slightest idea what would please you. To tell the truth, tried to find something but had to give 1t up.
 "I am wondering If you had good tine, and what you did. After all, I'm pretty sure you did have a good time, for you are Marie now. You see, have not forgotten how tired you got of being-Mary. Well, well, 1 do not know as can blame you.
 And now that I have asked what you did for Christmas. suspect 1t is no more than fair turnabOut to tell you what did. suppose I had very good time. Your Aunt Jane says l did. l heard her telling one of the neighbors that last night She had q very fine dinner. and she invited Mrs. Darling and Miss snow and Miss San born to eat 1t with us. She said she didn't want me fo feel lonesome. But you can feel real lonesome in crowd sometimes. Did you know that, Mary?
 ''But I left them to their chatter aft CT dinner and went out to the observa- tory. think must have fallen asleep on the couch there, for 1t was quite dark when awoke. But l didn't mind that. for there were some observations l wanted to take. Ii was a beautifully clear night. so I stayed there till near ly morning.
 "How ahont 1t? I suppose Marie
The Holbrook news., 1922-05-19
ONE WEEK LATER

l answered it-Father's letter, mean-yesterday, and it's gone now. But 1 had an awful time over it. l just didn't know what in the world to say. I'd start out all right, and I'd think I was going to get along beauti- fully. Then, all of sudden, it would come over me, what 1 was doing writing a letter to my father! And l could imagine just how he'd look when he got It, all stern and dignified, sit ting in his chair with his papercutter :; and I'd imagine his eyes looking down and reading what I wrote. And when l thought of that. my pen just wouldn't go. The idea of my writing anything my father would want to read
 And so I'd try to think of things that l could write-big thlngs-big things that would interest big men. About the President and Our-cOuntry 'tis-of- thee, and the state of the weather and the crops. And so I'd begin:
 Dear Father: I take my pen in hand to inform you that"
 Then I'd stop and think and think. and chew my pen-handle. Then I'd put down something. But 1t was aw- ful, and l knew 1t was awful. So I'd have to tear 1t up and begin again.
 Three times did that: then began to cry. It did seem as If never could write that letter. Once I thought of asking Mother what to say. and get ting her Tn help me. Then I remem
The Holbrook news., 1922-05-19

together to learn how 10 make bread and cake and boil pOtatoesl And, Of course, Aunt Hattie laughs at us. But l dcn't mind. And Mother doesn't, either. But, oh. how Aunt Jane would love it, if she only knew!
The Seward gateway., 1922-07-21
RYDER BOoTLEGGER THROWS
 DEPUTY MARSHAL IN BAY

RYDER: While Deputy Marshal Mcdonald of Hyder was transferring J. Mccormack, arrested for bootleg
 ging from the Hyder jail to gas boat which was to take him to the Ketchi- kan jail, Mccormack pushed the depu- ty marshal off the dock into the bay and skipped over the line into Canada.
 Mccormack was arrested last week for carrying nine bottles of liquor from Stewart, B. C.. to Hyder. He was caught as he crossed the line and pleading guilty, was sentenced to jail for 90 days and to pay fine of $500.
 Mccormack has not returned to the Alaska side of the line. and is believed to have caught a steamer for Prince Rupert or Vancouver. The deputy re- ceived no injuries aside from a wet ting, but his feelings were badly hurt
The Seward gateway., 1922-07-21
MAN SAVED FROM DEATH
 BY FALLING IN LIVE WIRES
continued.

CLEVELAND, O., July 21.-Frank Cossle, fisherman, narrowly escaped serious injury or death here this week when the topmost section of the iron stairs leading from the old Superior viaduct collapsed and he was tossed with ton or more of tangled iron, to- ward the granite pavement 50 feet be- low.
 Bounding into net formed by ten large cables of the Cleveland Electric company, each carry 2300 volts, 50 feet from the ground, Cossle was sav- ed from electrocution because of sui fcient insulation. He grabbed for cross arm on a nearby pole, missed and fell 10 feet farther against four feed wires of the Cleveland Railway company, each carrying 500 volts.
 Cossle obtained firm hold on one of these wires, and later reached crossarm where he was rescued.
The Seward gateway., 1922-07-21
MAN IN COLORADO
 IS JOHN TAYLOR, A NEGRO

IGNACIO, July 21.-John Taylor, negro, is thought to be the oldest man in Colorado. He lives on the Ute reservation near here. His exact age cannot be learned but data indicates that he is about 1O6 years old. Taylor came to southwestern Colorado with the Indians when they settled in this region more than half century ago, and was an old man then. He was slave and came west after the enamel patton. He married squaw and has a large family.
 The old negro acts as interpreter for both the Indians and the govern ment in cases before the district court The most difficult interpreta- tion came recently when he was call ed upon to translate the finger talk ot d deaf and dumb Indian from the Ute sign language into English.
The Seward gateway., 1922-07-21
FOUR TONS OF METAL BURIED
 WITH REMAINS OF WORKMAN

PHILADELPHIA, July 21.-While cleaning the hearth of furnace at the Midvale Steel Company plant at Nicetown Andrew Polterak, 46 years old, was killed when he was buried under four tons of molten metal.
 Polterak was a furnace man at the plant and was at the bottom of the pit when the spout from which the me tai is released into crucibles, suddenly opened, the metal pouring over him
 Stunned workmen stood at the tor of the furnace, unable to give assis tance, as Polterek was covered with the molten metal in less than sec. ond and his body disappeared. Offi- cials of the plant said death was in stantaneous, as the metal immediately absorbed the flesh and bones until nothing was left.
 The accident was identical to one 17 years ago at the plant when man was killed in exactly the same man. ner and the steel ingot in which his body was consumed was buried with usual funeral ceremonies.
 An effort will be made to have f metal in which Polterek was killed in- tered in the same manner, although the size of the metal mass which is over four tons in weight, may make this impossible.
 Polterek is survived by widow and six children, the youngest 12 years of age.
The Seward gateway., 1922-07-21
BERRY SEASON IS NEAR

With the approach of warmer days plans are already being made by the housewives of Seward for berry pick ing parties and the next few days will see many persons engaged in picking the tart and delectable curTant. Grow ing wild and in great profusion this fruit fills many demands of the house hold, jams, jellies and other forms oi preserves being made at different stages of ripeness. Within short time the all-popular blueberry will be ripe and then the days of delicious pies and pastries-also jellies and cor dials will be here. Residents of Alas ka are indeed fortunate in having at their disposal the several kinds oi small, wild berries which are theirs for the picking.
The Seward gateway., 1922-07-21
B|G ATTENDANCE AT
 WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
 VOLUNTEER MEETING

Wednesday evening at the fire hall fire department held a meeting which from the viewpoint of matters accom- plished, will result in much good for the organization.
 In the order of business the min Utes of the previous meeting was read and approved. Matters pertaining to appartus was gone into and members Gus Manthey and Charles Cooper ap- pointed a committee to handle same. Under the rules of membership Rob ert Manthey, E. L. Scuft and Earl Dur gin were placed on the membership rolls. In election of officers Earl Dur gin was elected captain of the COIL pany.
 That the organization is looking
 forward to the future was evidenced by the appointment of an entertain ment committee, consisting oI Chief Dedeyard, Earl Durgin and A. II. L. Meyers, who will in the near future promote something of interest It is the intention to divert the proceeds
 from these entertainments into fund
 for the benefit of the company mem bers, similar to the plan followed in many of the departments in the states Following a general discussion on matters of interest an adjournment was taken subject to the call ot the chief.
The Seward gateway., 1922-07-21
AlRPLANES BE USED IN
 LOCATING ALASKAN LAKES

WASHINGTON, July 21.-Locating and photographing undiscovered lakes in the national forests of Alaska are the latest uses to which the airplane is to be put as result of late discoV- cries made by the New York to Nome army aviators.
 Recognizing that these lost lakes may be the sources of valuable water power sites, the forest service has laid plans to map this No-Man,s lano of the North by means of aerial pho tographs. The work, which has been approved by the Federal Power Con- mission will be done by a seaplane flying from Ketchikan as base.
The Seward gateway., 1922-07-21
EPISCOPAL CHURCH |S
 FIGHTING DIVORCE Ev|L

NEW YORK, July 21.-When the home is wrecked, church and state tot ter to their ruin, reads a report Of joint committee of the Episcopa church, following a special study oi social conditions in the United States made public today. The report de scribes divorce in America as fright ful dissolution of the marriage tie with the inevitable consequences ol race suicide.
The Seward gateway., 1922-07-21
OLD TREATY BOWL USED
 BY INDIANS FOUND RECENTLY

VANCOUVER, B. C., July 21.-An Indian treaty bowl, weighing 500 lbs. and said to be the largest in existence was found recently at Nimkish. 100 miles north of here.
 The relic, said to be more than 800 years old, is 15 feet long and accord ing to archaeologists was made by h. dians using stone tools and axes. The bowl which was the center of an 1n- teresting ceremony was called by the aborigines, "The Mother of the Five Tribes"
 These tribes would meet to discuss hunting laws and tribal boundaries, and on such occasions the bowl was filled with some kind of liquor. After the conference the chiefs of the re- spective tribes would take a smaller bowl and filling it with liquor would take it back to their councillors. If the terms agreed on for treaty were approved by these councillors the i- quor was accepted, but if objected to the liquor was returned and the yes sel was laid under the neck of the idol, thus constituting an ultimatum.
 The bowl was found by a party en- gagged in removing a totem pole at tached to the side of an old house. It will be placed in the museum at Van couver.