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ST. JOUNSBURY CALEDONIAN, SEPTEMBER 16, 1908.
Our County's New Jail.
Detailed Description of the Building.-Brief History of the
Jail t Danville and the Two Others at St. Johns
bury. The Public invited to Inspect the New
Jail Friday and Saturday.
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The last legislature authorized Cale
donia county to erect a new jail at St.
Jubtisbury at a cost not to exceed
$211,0110, ;ni(l this building is now com
plete
within the appropriation. The
la'i!atiKi' provided that it should be
built hy the assistant judges, Hon. J. F.
Rul'uIis nl Burke, and Hon. George T.
Eastman of Walden, and Col. T. C.
Fletcher
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of St. Johnsbury. On account
Jth the latter resigned, and the
was erected under the super
the assistant judges. After a
i iiination of penal institutions
M other states the judges let
at to the Pauly Jail Building
I'uiimu: v ol m. Louis, Mo. This com
pany have i ust completed the new jail in
BuriiriL: t"ii, and were the builders ot the
jail .it M i;tpchcr and Newport. They
dawn they have built for Caledonia
oiiiiiy rue U-st jail they ever erected for
a si :n -l.ir appropriation, and all who
have vi-iteil the building the past week
will bear them out in their claim. In
man v instances they did more than the
C'liitr.ici called for, and stand ready to
make ar.v repairs or alterations in the
future tn at may be deemed necessary
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a toice of men varying from 12
l i e onlv wood in the building is
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while the C. H. Goss Company
.eating and plumbing contract
i 1 hue; was erected southeast of
hail the ::.
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house, and the jail proper is
f inches square. As indicated
nire there is a one-story ex
iroiit 13 feet deep. The build
i inite foundation, is of brick
mortar, and covered with a
T he interior is of steel con
:hrough(iut. The building is
areproof and a jail delivery
almost inconceivable. The
l jj aniteoid and the interior
ol Initl' pressed brick. The
of the building was $19,813.
: li building one comes on the
' spacious office "f the jailor,
a then, while opposite is a
mi which can be used for hear
l;e "thirl degree." Entering
oer one comes first to a lock-
whii-h suggests the block
a signal tower. li v working
iy levers the tier of five cells
'tied or closed together or
iiaeent to this lockinir device
A
t.ag booth where one can talk
; nsoner in an adjoining booth,
iillvseehim bectiuse the two
entirely separated by a
en iron grating.
' le corridor four feet wide ex
ninl the first floor, while the
mto an inner corridor five and
at wide. The two corridors
iied by an iron grating which
a floor to ceiling. The cells
1 f by seven and contain besides
1, set bowl and closet both
Mth running water. An air
eh cell ensures perfect ventila
some of the cells that will be
' v "trusties" have electric
n-ed in ease of any emergency.
' i ier of five cells on one side
liner and the same number on
- le is an air shaft extending
o-i inent to the roof, and -here
'er pipes and steam pipes are
nyement of. the cells on the
is ipiite different, as there is
that can be used as a hospi
' the head of the iron stair-
north east corner are three
ol be occupied by women,
: of" live cells on the south side
i will be devoted to juveniles
wise occupied. In one corner
a is one room containing a
atlitul) while in the opposite
""mi for a shower bath. Our
of the interior, taken by
i s, slmws the second story
vn the corridor to the room
; the shower bath,
senient which can be entered
he outside of the building are
cages with the same toilet
v the cells but without any
- .'ire intended for transient
loxication or tramps. The
"ier which was used in the old
- located in the basement to
h capacious coal bunkers,
a underground passage from
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national disease originating In
" I and requiring constitutional
- ai ting through and purifying the
" its radical and permanent cure.
st constitutional remedy is
-ci' s Sarsaparilla
1 liquid form or In chocolated
a as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1.
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'I by Catarrlets, which allay In
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the jailor's house to the basement of the
jail.
As shown in the illustration the win
dows are all heavily barred and obscured
glass is used throughout the building.
The windows on the first floor are fur
ther protected by an iron screen to pre
vent anything being thrown in to the
prisoners from the outside. The corri
dors are lighted by electricity controlled
by switches in the jailor's office, and
peep holes permit the jailor to seeat any
time all parts of the interior.
The building will be open for general
inspection on Friday and Saturday of
this week, and the public are cordially
invited to visit the building and see what
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a modern jail really is. On the following
week the prisoners who have been kept
in the anteuateJ structure that tor 4-0
years has sheltered the criminals in the
county will be transferred to the new
building.
History of the Old Jails.
When Caledonia county came into ex
istence as a political division 1 here was
the usual rivalry amoiii.' the towns to se
cure the county offices and buildings.
I'eticham and Danville were the strong
est in presenting their claims, and Dan
ville secured the prize. Two of her citi
zens, Mr. Dow and Mr. Hartshorn,
offered to give land for a site lor the
buildings and a common, and therefore
they were placed where ''Danville Green"
village now is. The line separating
Dow's and Hartshorn's land passed
north and south through the village.
The original court house was erected
upon the corner of the streets northwest
of the common, and was constructed of
wood. It contained a large room in
which court sat, and two smaller rooms
for the accommodation of jury and law
yers. The precise date of erection is un
known; but the county docket of Janu
ary 7, 1797, the first court term held in
the county as then existing, records that
they "met at the court-house in Danville,
Monday, January 7, 1797, and adjourned
to Daniel Smith's" from which we may
understand it was then unfit for occu
pancy. The next record concerning the
LUU1 l-lliyusc 13 ill hi v.. .-
January, 1801, accepting thecourt house,
proVKlCU 11 IS paillieu nuu a biuh'"
cured by January term next." Some
years before the county seat was changed
to St. Johnsbury the building was re
moved to its present position and raised
up, giving the town a hall on the ground
floor, with the court room above, and
pillars on the front were added. A
"gaol" was built and accepted by the
court in Janucry, 1799, which also fixed
the limits of the gaol-yard wherein per
sons arrested for debt could remain.
Delinquent debtors paid their debts by
taking up their residence within the jail
limits, which were extended in 1810 to
"one mile north, cast, south mid west
from the gaol." This gaol was of logs,
hewn square, and notched at the ends so
as to interlock with each other, and
pinned together. The docket of the Jan
uary term, 1807, records the drawing of
orders for $3,000, in favor of David LI
kins, for building the gaol. This is un
derstood to have included the gaol house
in which the keeper was to live.
The second jail was built by subscrip
tion and cost about $2,000. It was
built of immense granite stone, some
of them 20 feet in length, quarried in
Danville, hewn and dowelled together
The notorious counterfeiter "Bristol Bill
was once confined in this jail and tried
here; and it is said the authorities at
Boston sent an officer to Danville to
warn them of his desperate character,
and get him sent to Boston for sale con
finement, who, after inspecting the jail,
returned, saying he was safer here .than
there. When he came to tna , I bss N.
Davis was state's attorney, and Bristol
Bill" became so enraged at him that tie
stabbed him in the throat, and barely
missed taking his life.
It was from this building that
"Bristol Bill" attempted to make his
escape by making a key to the outs.de
?ock from his wash basin. This lock and
the tin key are now among the interest
ing relics at the Fairbanks Museum.
The above jail was built under the
supervision of Ira Brainerd of Barnet.
It went into disuse when the one at St.
Johnsbury was built and when the
North Congregational church at St.
Johnsbury was erected, the old jail was
demolished and the material used in the
foundation of the church. It was cus
tomary for the committee or grand
jury, when called upon to inspect the
jail regularly to report it as insufficient,
as a measure of relief to the jailor if any
prisoner should escape.- It was ordered
by the court in 1838 that a "picket
post" fence should be built around the
jail, and, accordingly, a solid fence ol
plank was built about 10 or 12 feet high
each plank sharpened to a point at the
top.
The Court House was built in St.
Johnsbury in 1856 and the first jail
building was probably erected at a
later period. The second jail building
was erected in 18G7 and had for its
first occupant Gardiner Brown of
Lunenburg. The Caledonian files of
the years between 1850 and 18G8 con
tain brief references to several jail de
deliveries so it is fair to assume that in
the early days it was quite easy to
escape from durance vile. The" old
building which has served the county
for 40 years will be used for a barn and
the big iron doors kept as a souvenir of
jail architecture of half a century ago.
NEWBURY.
Miss Sadie I'lummer, a former teacher
in the town central school, now of Man
chester, N. H., is visiting .Mrs. Slack.
Mrs. Jane Cobleigh went to Lyndon
ville on business last week.
Mrs. N. E. Hutchins and Mrs. John
Hale spent Saturday and Sunday with
Mrs. Charles Gage at St. Johnsbury.
Miss Anna Atkinson returned to her
school in Brooklyn, N. Y., last week.
Miss Emily Silsbv went to Lexington,
Mass., to spend a few days, before going
to Abbott Academy, where she is to at
tend school.
Mrs. J. L. George went to Lynn, Mass.,
last week, where she will make her home
with her sister, Mrs. Lewis White.
Karl Richardson goes to Groton Pond
this week, where he will succeed Alvah
Cobleigh as office boy in the Miller-Ayer
Lumlner Company. We wish him great
success.
Abraham Dow of Concord, X. H., is in
town for a few days.
School opened Monday with the fol
lowing list of teachers: Principal, G. V.
Hoyt; assistant principal, Miss Lottie
M tinsel I; Miss Mary Darling, 8th and
9th grades; Miss Helen Carr, (5th and
7th grades; Miss Ethel Arthur, ad, 4-th
and 5th grades; Miss Helen Beckwith,
1st and 2nd.
Abner Avery lost his horse Sunday by
falling into a well.
Henry Orser and son of Northfield vis
ited at John K. Weeks' last week.
WEST WATERFORD.
A Birthday Party.
About 75 friends and neighbors of Carl
Daniels met Saturday evening to help
him celebrate his 21st birthday, which
occurred on Sunday. George Fuller from
West Newton Mass., and Miss Bertha
Daniels played the piano. Marching,
games and a social time was enjoyed.
Elbridge Hastings made the presentation
speech and Mr. Daniels was the recipient
ol$21. He responded gracefully. Mrs.
W. A. Lvster made the birthday cake
with the name Carl 87-08. Kelresh
ments of cake and coffee were served and
at a late hour the company left wishing
him many more happy birthdays.
Herbert West's sister from Littleton,
who has been visiting them, returned to
her home the first of the week.
Mrs. Tibbets from St. Johnsbury
visited Mrs. II. J. Patrick last week,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pease from
Concord visited Mr. and Mrs. K. M.
Lawrence last week.
SOUTH RYEGATE.
Harrison Writrht is taking a
commercial course at St. Johnsbury
Academy.
Miss Marion Hall spent Monday in
St. Johnsbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Thomas of
Lansing, Mich., are expected here today,
having made the trip east in their auto
mobile. Miss Elizabeth Hall went Friday to
Schenectady to take up her duties as
primary supervisor for another year.
George Crowe had the misfortune to
lose a valuable team horse Friday. B.
P. Crowe was driving a heavily loaded
stone team from Morrison's quarry
when the brake broke. The horses were
thrown down and one horse W'as in
jured so severely that it died in a few
moments.
John L. Heartz has moved with his
family into James O'Kourke's, (Jr.,) house
at the (Juint place, recently vacated by
A. Andreolotti.
M. F. Sargent has completed the im
provements on the Darling block and
J. A. Frazer is to occupy the tenement at
the rear.
A surprise party was given Miss
Bcrnice Phimmer at the home of A. K.
Bone by the young people of the village,
Wednesday evening. A very pleasant
evening was enjoyed by nil present, a
corn roast being a special feature of the
evening. Cake and coffee were served.
A ptiir of silver handled embroidery
scissors was presented to Miss Plunimer
as a token of the esteem in which she is
held by the many friends whom she has
made during her stay in Vermont. Miss
I'lummer started for Clearfield, Iowa,
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Ernest Keenan went to St. Johns
bury, Thursday, for a week's visit, ac
companied by her mother, Mrs. Aitken,
who has Ix-en visiting here.
Rev. W. S. Wallaft returned from New
York, Friday. Mrs. Wallace will remain
sometime longer "with Mrs. Dean, who
is rapidly recovering from an operation
for appendicitis.
Encouraging reports come from Mrs.
James Beaton at the Hanover Hospital.
Charles B. Darling is attending school
in Barre. Forbes Beaton and William
J. Cowie have returned to Monson,
Mass., for a second year at Monson
Academy.
GREENSBORO.
Schools opened Tuesday, September 8,
with the following teachers: .School
No. 1, Miss Grace Kimball; No. 2, Mrs.
M. D. Chase; No. 3, Mrs. Ina Logan;
No. 6, Roland Thornton; No. 7, Harrie
Griswold; No. 9, Miss Mabel Miller;
No. 10, Miss Madge Brown and Miss
Mae Wilcox; No. 11, Miss Beatrice O'
Brien; No. 14, Miss Grayce Cate.
SOUTH WHEEL0CK.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bean visited in
Danville last week.
Gus Newland moved his family from
Will Mitcham's house to Danville last
week.
Weed and Hoffman finished sawing
their stock of logs last week.
Miss Nora Buckley returned home from
Barton the first of the week.
Mrs. Ora Drew and Mrs. Dan Gilman
and son of St. Johnsbury were at W.J.
Mooney's last week.
Miss Mary Buckley goes this week to
Barton and Wolcott for a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Gerry ol Wheelock,
L. Smith of St. Johnsbury and Miss
Gladys Ayer of Stannard were at A. E.
Weed's over Sunday.
C. H. Goss and daughters and G. K.
Goss of St. Johnsbury spent Sunday at
W. W. Bean's.
J. Pillsbury is in Boston visiting his
son's family.
Mrs. James Carter of St. Johnsbury is
visiting at Justin Heath's.
Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Sherburne and W.
Mitcham visited Mrs. Mary Weed in
Stannard this week.
E. J. Jefiers lost a number of sheep by
dogs Friday night.
Luther Pillsbury of Boston is visiting
his sister, Mrs. Justin Heath.
Mrs. William Peak returned last week
from Claremont, N. 11., where she has
been visiting her sister and mother.
Telephones were put in to C. H.
Drown's, Warren Smith's and Fred
Blake's houses last week, making 16
subscribers on the line now,
W. W. Bean was in Montpelier last
week on business.
LYKD0H CENTER.
Miss Faye Newell of Centre Sandwich,
X. IL, is visiting Mrs. June Roys Gage.
NORTH DANVILLE.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Varnum of Cam
bridge, made a trip to Maine in their
touring car the past week. They were
accompanied by H. G. Varnum of this
place. On their return they visited rela
tives about here, returning to their home
Saturday.
Dr. and Mrs. Frank Hall of Newbury -port,
Mass., are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
G. C. Sanborn and Mr. and Mrs. Mer
ton Hall. They came in their auto.
Miss Mary Varnum of Windsor recent
ly snent a few days with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Varnum.
The Misses Anderson of St. Johnsbury
visited their aunt, Mrs. O. II. Stevens, a
few days recently.
Rev. and Mrs. B. P. Parker and
daughter Hattie attended the yearly
meeting of the Free Baptists held at
South Stratford the past week and are
visiting friends in East Randolph this
week.
Mrs Emily A. McCatie, of whom men
tion was made in the Caledonian of
last week, died Wednesday from the
effects of injuries received from falling
downstairs. The remains were taken
to her home at "North Hartland, Thurs
day, and the luneral was held Sunday.
The burial was at Ouechee. Mr. and
Mrs. E.N. Tilden accompanied the body
returning Monday.
Mr. and Mrs A. E. Blewitt were called
to West Barnet, Tuesday, to attend the
funeral of her brother's wife, Mrs. My
ron Eggleston.
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Ilickford and
mother, Mrs. A. B. Owen of llardwick,
and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Bickford of
Brookly n, N. V., called on their cousins,
F. E. Bickford and Mrs. J. P. Weeks,
Saturday. They came in G. II. Bickford's
touring car.
Having sold the farm known as the
Charles Shaw farm here, II. L. Aver
oilers to sell at public auction on Sept.
23, farm stock and farming implements.
See adv. elsewhere for particulars.
About 25 friends of Miss Genevieve
Ward enjoyed a party at her home Fri
day evening in honor of her lGth birth
day. The" guests included a party of
young people from St. Johnsbury.
Games were played, graphophone music
enjoyed, and refreshments of ice cream
and cake served.
LYNDONVILLE.
Mrs. C. B. Dodge entertained the
Christmas Club very pleasantly Wednes
day afternoon.
C. B. Hutchinson and daughter Bessie,
were tit Sherbrookc, over Sunday, with
Mrs. Irvine, who is quite ill.
Mrs. Josephine Wilder has gone to
Whitefield, to spend a few days with her
son, Dr. Richard Wilder.
Henry Wilkie has gone to St. Johns
bury to work in a barber shop.
Mrs. Scribner of Enosburg Falls, a
former resident here, has been visiting
Mrs. A. L. Finney the past week.
K1RBY.
Alonzo Brooks has returned from a
two weeks visit among old friends in
Heche Plain.
Miss Eva Wilkins from Lowell, Mass.,
is visiting her brother, Frank Wilkins.
Ira Bennett from Philadelphia, with
his family and a party of friends, are
stopping at his farm and visiting Mrs.
Austin Barney.
Ira Noyes, who has been seriously ill,
is slowly recovering.
Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Bond from St.
Johnsbury visited at J. E. Batchelder's,
Wednesday.
EAST ST. JOHNSBURY.
Mrs. Ira G Smith and daughter re
cently received a call from their cousins,
Mrs. Susan Devine from Columbus, Ohio,
and Mrs. Mark Harrington from New
York City.
Miss Edith Rudd of Nashua is at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Step
hen Rudd.
Miss Nellie Stiles has returned from a
week's visit with relatives at Nashua.
Miss Charlotte Morrill has returned
to Brooklyn.
II. F. Griswold has resigned his posi
tion as janitor of the schoolhouse and
Frank Drew is now doing the work.
Mr. Drew also carries the scholars in
place of Oscar Wallace, resigned.
Mrs. Bert Howe and children have re
turned to their home in Boston. They
were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
James Beck who will visit them for two
weeks.
At Danville.
Rally day will be observed by the Con
gregational Sunday school on Septemlier
27. A special program of music and
other interesting exercises will be pre
pared. Miss Lucy Preston of Morrisville is
visiting Mrs. Agusta Colby.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cree and daughter
Doris of Woodsville visited at S. N.
Ingalls' Sunday.
Miss Kate A. Currier returned to New
York city, Tuesday, where she will
resume her teaching in the Institute for
the Deaf.
Mrs. Eugene Page of Pittsfield, Mass.,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Harold
Ayer.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Sturdevant and
daughter Ada, who have been spending
the summer with relatives in town,
started Saturday for California, and will
visit friends in New York and Wilkes
barre enroute.
Mr. Eddy of Providence, R. I., is visit
ing at Stephen Waterman's.
A. A. Fisher of Washington, D. C, is
spending some time with his family here.
Mrs. Ida Babbitt, who has leen visit
ing friends in town, returned Saturday
to her home in St. Albans.
Mr. and Mrs. Anson Hoyt. Maurice
and Willie Hoyt, and Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Dow, attended the Preston-
Wright wedding at Passumpsic, Wednes
day.
The social given for the members of
the home department ot the Congrega
tional Sunday school, triday alternoon,
at the church parlor was very enjoyable.
Miss Harriet S. Whittier and Miss Ada
Sturdevant sang several Scotch songs,
and Mrs. W. B. Hodgdon recited. Mrs.
J. F. Schneider gave a short outline of
the work of the organization, after
which refreshments of ice cream and
wafers were served.
The children of the Methodist Sunday
school were given a picnic Saturday by
the teachers of the Sunday school. It
was held at Wesley Morse's and was
greatly enjoyed by the children.
Mrs. Alma Davis and nieces, Bertha
and Ellen Louie, of St. Johnsbury, are
visiting at R. C. Davis'.
Mrs. Jennie Morse is visiting Mrs.
Edson Hill at East Barnet.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perkins of St.
Johnsbury visited relatives in town over
Sunday.
There will be a food sale at the Meth
odist church Saturday afternoon of this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Janes of Mere
dith, N. IL, are visiting at Noah Bur
dick's. Marshall J. Morrill returned to Brook
lyn last week. He was accompanied by
Mrs. A. E. Farr, who will visit him for
several weeks.
The gasoline arc light, which was pur
chased by subscription a few weeks ago,
proves to le very successful and gives a
line light.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hooker of St.
Johnsbury visited friends in town over
Sunday.
Program for Grange meeting Septem
Iter21!: Piano duet, Miss Bertha West
and Miss Mary Crane; "Earlv Days of
California," Miss Bertha West; "The
Vermont Picnic," Miss Preston; song,
Mrs. Nelson Dole. Topic, " Who would
I be if not myself?" E W. Hunt, Mrs.
Bennett, Mrs. Sargent, George Crane,
George Lambert.
Jacob E. Heath sells his farm and
farming tools at auction Thursday,
Sept. 24. This farm of 175 acres is
known as the Asher Badger place and
situated about two miles east of this
village. R. B. Gatnmell is the auctioneer.
Pure Cream Tartar 30 cents, Banner
Oats 25 cents, Kerosene Oil 10 cents,
Tobacco 9 cents, 10 pounds Soda 25
cents at B. L. Wells' Cash store, West
Danville.
ST. JOHNSBURY CENTER.
Mrs. D. Q. Woodruff spent Thursday
with her sister at West Burke.
Mrs. Jennie Forsythe went to Man
chester last week to visit her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Huntlev went
to Glover, Thursday, to visit friends.
Mrs. A. B. Pringle went to Waterville,
Me., last week to visit her son Henry.
Mrs. Charles Sanborn has gone to
Medford, Mass., to visit relatives.
Mrs. Mabel Miles Pierce of Washing
ton, D. C, is visiting at II. J. Kelly's.
Leslie Streeter of Oakdale, Mass., has
been visiting his sister, Mrs. Myre Wood
bury. Austin Emerson of Wheelock and Mr.
and Mrs. D. B. Gilson of East Burke have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Smith Emer
son. Mrs. Myre Woodbury was called to
West Berlin by the death of her mother,
Miss Eliza Streeter.
Mrs. Chester Dean, who has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Irving Hall, has
returned to St. Johnsbury.
Mrs. Charles Copp and Miss Grace
Griswold of East St. Johnsbury were
calling on old friends here last week.
Communion will be observed at the
Methodist church next Sunday.
The Christian Endeavor society will
give a musical entertainment at the
church, Friday evening. Light refresh
ments will be served. Admission 10
cents.
Mrs. John Learned passed her 91st
birthday, Tuesday. She is in quite good
health and still very active. On Satur
day evening she attended a meeting of
Wide Awake Grange of which she is a
charter member. Her many friends hope
that she will live to enjoy many more
birthdays.
Miss Helen Brewer of Pike Station
spent Sunday with her patents,. Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Brewer.
Mrs. Henry Bolton of Peacham was
the guest of Mrs. Henry Wallace last
week and on Sunday was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hinman of St.
Johnsbury.
Joseph Ranney, who has been at
Brightlook Hospital, was able to return
home the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Menut, who
have been at Springfield, Mass., are vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Menut.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Potter of West
Somerville, Mass., are visiting Mrs.
Diantha Stone.
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A Fatherly Interest.
Copyright, 19(8, by T. C. McClure. '
Mr. Joseph Saunders was mayor of
a certain town in England. He was
nk-io a married man with a wife and
three children. lie was also fifty-five
years old and a man of dignity. He
was also president of three or four
boards, hud a character for probity and
was looking longingly forward to the
time when he should make his nppeur
nnce in the hau.se of commons. Mr.
ilitinders had business in London.
7lon that business had been conclud
ed he had business at Dover. He was
waiting for his train la the Loudon
depot when he was approached by two
females. One was a motherly woman
of forty and the other u girl of about
twenty. The former looked anxious,
and the latter wns weeping.
Mr. Saunders asked what was the
ma Iter.
"It's this way, sir," began the elder
ly woman In a businesslike way. "I
am Mrs. Baxter of the Framiugham
School For Girls. This Is Miss Ladue
of Paris. She has been attending my
school ti secure an English education.
She has news that her mother Is very
ill. Some one should have come for
her, but has not. She goes to Dover
and takes the boat. If she could go
under your charge, sir"
Of course Mr. Saunders was only too
happy, and 90 forth. On several occa
sions his mother had been very ill, and
he knew how it was. After the train
had moved away and after Miss La
due had wept for a quarter of an
hour he got n surprise. The girl
lifted her veil and exhibited a laugh
ing face and called him "Uncle Jim."
It was an English face, and her
words were Euglish. The honorable
stared at her for a long uiluute and
then said:
"You are up to some sort of game
and have rung nie into it."
"Yes, you are my Uncle Jim until
you have seen ine safe aboard the boat
at Dover. Now, don't he impulsive ami
declare that you won't and nil that.
"We selected you because of your age
and dignity, my dear uncle. You have
a fatherly look. You also have au ex
pression of innocence lurking about
you. As your niece I shall pass un
questioned." Ills honor leaned back In his seat
and refused to answer. He was in a
sweat. He had been forced into a
situation that might eud In his down
fall, and he realized that It must lie
handled with care.
"I will get off nt Gravesend," he
said after awhile.
"I beg your pardon, uncle, but Dover
is your destination," she pleasantly
replied. "I hope you are not becomiiri
ftbsontininded as you grow old. You
are to see me on the bout, you know."
"No; I will not do It:"
"You'll do It like a little Iamb, sir,
and I shall be very proud of my old
uncle. What funny stories can you
think of? I know you must have a
keen sense of humor. So have I."
"Woman, do you know who I am."
thundered the honorable, springing up.
"My Uncle Jim, of course," she smil
ingly replied. "I can so nrrauge it
that the papers will say that you kind
ly escorted me on this trip. Have
nunty and my cousins asked about me
lately?"
Ills honor realized his helplessness
and leaned buck ami groaned In de
spair. He had blundered into a fa
therly trap and knew that the girl hud
all the advantage and would keep it.
"What Is the the crime?" he asked
after awhile.
"Why, I ncle Jim! How dare you
charge your niece with a crime? I
wouldn't have believed it of you!"
"But you are fleeing out of England
and fear arrest."
"Oh, but enn't one flee without being
n criminal ? Suppose 1 am in love with
a Frenchman and owing to my fa
ther's surveillance I must go to Paris
like a fugitive to marry the man of
my choice."
"Humph!" grunted the honorable.
The girl removed her hut and laid
her bend back and seemed to sleep.
At Rochester n couple of men whom
he suspected to be officers of the law
looked In. At Canterbury two more
repeated the performance. Between
Canterbury .and Ashford the young
lady woke up and said:
"Good Uncle Jim, the sober second
thought Is the best. You will see me
nnd my luggage on the boat and then
go where you will."
"Hanged if I do!" ho said to himself,
but up rose a vision of his family, of
his mayoralty, of his political ambi
tions, and he groaned like a man in
pain. When the train run Into Dover
the girl took Uncle Jim's arm nnd
went with him to see about the lug
gage. She "uncled" him in the hear
ing of "fifty persons. He gave orders,
bought her ticket and sat with her on
the bout until the all ashore bell rang.
She wared iter handkerchief to him
ns he stood on the wharf, and as he
saw two men watching him he waved
hack.
"Excuse me, sir," said one of the
men as he was followed off the wharf,
"but that young lady"
"My niece, sir."
"Ah. ah, n thousand pardons!"
And three days later when Joseph
Saunders read in his paper that ono of
the female stenographers In the war
office had stolen an important paper
I id delivered It to the French govern
ment he thought for awhile and then
mused:
"Well, the war office should employ
more reliable people. What is the war
office compared to Joseph Saunders'
character for all around probity and
the certainty of election from this bor
ough next year? Yes, sir, let the war
office take care of itself, sir."
M. QUAD. I
We Work Too Hard.
Lady Ileadfort during her, American
tour said in New York that she ap
proved of international marriages.
"They correct us," she explained
"Our Englishmen work too little, youi
American men work too .much, anl
the international marriage tends to
bring about a happy mean. Your men
do work too much, you know," said
Lady Ileadfort. "I have an English
friend who attended the funeral of
one of your hardest workers, a multi
millionaire. My friend's wife said
rather bitterly to him at the funeral:
"'How you have missed your oppor
tunities, my love! Place yourself be
side Mr. Ititcli there. You are I Kith (1
the same age. You both begun life to
gether. Yet you are a poor man, whil
he died n multimillionaire.'
" 'Yes,' said the English husband
'There Bitch lies, dead of nervous pros
tration, without one single penny to
his pocket, and here I stand, hale and
hearty, with a wallet in my coat con
tuiniug quite a hundred dollars.'"
Talisman) In Malta.
There are sti'.l to bo found in Malta
a number of small stones shaped and
colored like the eyes, tongues audothei
parts of serpents.
The superstitious among the Maltese
connect there with the tradition that
St Paul when shipwrecked was cast
on their island and thut it was there
that while lighting a bundle of sticks
for a fire a viper fastened on the apos
tie's hand. St Paul calmly shock tin
reptile off into the flames, and nc
harm followed. The natives went
these stones ns talismans, in which
character they suppose them servicea
ble in warding off dangers from snuk?
bites nnd poisons.
They are found in St. Paul's cav
Imbedded in clay and nre set in rlnT8
and bracelets an 1 when found to be
In the shiipe of a tongue or liver or
heart are hur.g around the neck. They
are also taken internally, dissolved in
wine, which method Is attcided. ae
cording to some people by more Im
mediate results..
Blessings.
She was the daughter of the village
physician, a sunny curled darling of
six, whose big blue eyes rested on thf
face of the Sunday school teachei
with an attention nnd Intelligence
most encouraging.
So when, after a discourse to the
children on the beauty of appreciating
their blessings, the teacher asked foi
nn explanation of a blessing the doe
tor's little daughter rose and said:
"If my pupa was to have a patient
and she wus to get well, nnd she wa.
to pay my jipa, and my papa was to
give the money to my mamma, and
my mamma was to buy me a new
dress nnd take me down to the vacant
lot nnd let me ride the great big fierce
li'in on the merry-g-i-rouud, that would
be a blessing " Woman's Home Com
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Moses A.Stevens, and also his cousin,
Mrs. W 11. Barker. Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Clement from North Danville have
also been visiting at W. II. Barker's.
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