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OL. V NUMBER 6
ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1920
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DE10CIATS
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MR. ASTLE'S
EUROPEAN TRODT
Supt. Dinsmorc Thinks It
Carne from Lyndon Cen
ter Pond Ycars Ago
The recent storv in the columns of
the Cnledonian-Uecord of the six
pound trout that Oscar Astlc caught
àt St. Johnsbury Center Sunday ha
nroused much interest in Ibis ?cction
and there has been considcrablc
speculatoli about the kind of a trout
that was caught. Sup. Dinsmorc l
the Uriitfd States Fi h Hatchery did
not .ce the fisli but fr.im the dcsrrip
ion given hini he .atisiìed that il
was a specimen of th Europcan
brown trout. Thi- is a rare spceirs
for this sectinn of th? -tate, but is
fairly common in New York water
ajid in the streams f Benninpton
countv, whcro it has bern introduecd.
Ai to its aire Mr. Dinsmore said
if one of the rralrs could have been
piaceri l'nder the miscroscopc one
would have seen a series of ring.
cach rinp reprcsenting a ycar's
prowth just as in a tree. Asked
whcro such a rare fish could rome
from ho exprcssed the bclief that tv .
fish carne down the river when the
pond wcnt out by John W. Titcomb's
house at Lyndon Center about 10
yoars apo. Mr. Dinmnrc thouirht
ihat Mr. Titcomb Ind omo of tho
Kuropran trout in that pond and
1hat this fish mmt have been in the
Passumpdc river over since that
tinic. There is report that a smallcr
fish of Ibis sanie sppctes has borii
caii"ht in the Passumnie river within
a year.
Sonio 25 year acro when Mr. Tit
comb was at the head of our Stir:
rli and trame lenartnipnt a sueees:;d
allenipt was made to rcar the Euro-
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The Circus is Corn
ing! " JINX"
A Show That Bar
num Would Have
Been Proud Of
CONVICT NOT TO BE
PUN1SHED 1 OR ESCAPE
BOSTON, July 1 Herman L.
Barncy, the convict who pavé himself
up last nir-ht after 3G days of free
tlom from the State Prison from
which he esca-ed throuirh a ventil
ator wi!l not be punished for hij es
capade. or for bis part in assisting
two other long terni conviets to free
doni at the sanin (ime, Warden Shat
tuck decided today.
The warden said Barncy's surrcnd
er was entircly voluntary and for
that reason he wotffd iot be nuni di
eci. Instoad of rinvine worked on a
Vermont fami for bis health as he
stated, Warden Shattuck raid he was
convinced that Barnev. leader of i
proli" of automobile thioves in this
citv before he ki'Ie I a locai policc
niiin, had not. loft Metrnnolitan Bo ;
tn until. he wcnt to Vermont to ;ur
render anrl to divctl siisnieion front
tho:p who had shcltcred him. His
lvmds, his clothes and his weipht
and renerai appearaaec, the ward
en said, bclied the story of life on a
farm ncar Bratllcboro, Vt. for a
month.
Barncy refused to name his em
ployer or to pive the exact location
of the fami on which he worked. The
prisoner said it wai mere chance
that took bini lo Bratllcboro after
bis escape. He sa'd he hiked over
the tracks of the Boston & Maine
railroiul from the ynrd in the roar
of the prison to Lexington, v.iihout
shnos, havinp lost bis in the oprano.
A friend there surnliod hiri with ;n
otbo,. pairf be said. He jumprd a
froifht at Littleton. lronned off at
Brat tleboro, and after hidin in ho
woods for a rlav. canio out and ns!;cd
for a job 'ttinir a place on a fami.
NEW YORK NEWSPAPKRS
SOLD FOR 3 CENTS
NEW YORK, July 1 Only onc
New York eveninp newspancr will be
sold for two cent-s after toniorrow fol
lowinp the announcement today that
(he ))iice of the Eyeninp Sun and the
Eveninp Telepram will be incrcased
to three ccnta because of incrcaied
cost of publication.
DEMOCRATS
ARE SILENT
ON PROHIBITION
Henry Olcott Has -
a Birthday Party
The 81st birthday of Henry Olcott
was celebrated on Sundav at the
home of Robert aPrks in the Spauld
inp Neiphborhood when 18 descend
ants, incl.udinsr the children, prand
children and prcat prandehildren.
The four "enorations sat down to an
cxcellcnt dinner and later in the af
ternoon there were i."htcr refresh
ments. The pucst of honor received
several pifts from hi.5 ìclatives and
prratly enjoyed the occasion. Mr.
Olcott is in exccllent health and hi f
friends hnpe he will celebrate many
more birthdays.
Platform OITcred by Con
vention Sub Coiti- Lcaves
Out Dry Plank
(By the As.sociatcd Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 The
Pemocratic platform as drafted by
the sub committee of nine submitted
to the full committee, dcclares for
ratification of the ncacc treaty as a
requisite to prcscrve the honor and
i n lepri ty of the nation; suppests that
the Irish question can be broupht le
pitimatel" before the I.eaTue of Nh
tions for scttlcmcnt, and is nilcnt on
the subjcct of prohibition.
It advocatcs collective barpaininp
for farmors, opposed compulsory ar
bitration of labor disputes, declares
l'or recopnition of the new Mexican
povemment when it has establishcd
order and calls on the lepislaturcs of
Tennessee. North Carolina and
Georpia to ratify the f i-ffrapo amend
Uient. In many respcets the platform fol
lnwed that adopted bv the Virpinia
Democrats nnd publiciy approved by
FMesident Wilson. The Lcapuc of
Nations plank in particular was taken
virtually as a whole from the Virpinia
platform, thouph in other respeets
there have been modifications and
many new subjects hav ; !ieen added.
I Other plank praisel the adminis-
tration conduci of the war, condemns
Republicans for extravapance, criti
! riso the Ronublican conpress for fai!.-
ure to revisc war timo tax scheludcs,
and denies Republican clainis of eco
nomy. It blames the 'P cpublicans for
the hiph co4. of livin in dclayinp
peace, pi ed peri lepi.-lation to biinp
profitecrs before the bar of justicc,
reafinn Dcmocratie tariff doctrines,
difenda the prcsidential veto of the
budpct bill and advocates a budprt
system partly under direction of the
secrctary and trenurcr, commend.i
Democrat Xc ' administi-at ion of- the
postai employes. avvocate pencrous
treatment to di:;ablcd soldiers, but
declares apainst excesive bond ìsmib
to pay cnmpcnation which would "ut
patrioti -m on pecunia basis, pledpe
continued improvement of merrhant
marine, dcrlare it the duty of the
American povcrnment to aid Amcn
ia dccl.-iìt: fr.r Philipnino independ
cnce, aHvocate federai repulation of
pre-convention campaipn expendi-'
tures.
The preamble commenda the
achievement of rrc-ident Wilson in
the interest of the country and of the
whole world and condemns in pen
erai terms the Republican conpress.
LUTHER BURBANK IS
TAKEN TO SANITORIUM
SAN FRANCISCO, Jul- 1 Luth
er Burbank, the horticulturist, was
broupht today to a San Francisco
sanitorium from his home in Santa
Rosa, for treatment. Information as
to the nature of the illness of the
"plant wizard," wa.3 dcclined at the
sanitorium.
II. C. L. IIITS CHICAGO
WITH A WALLOP
CHICAGO, July 1-Surface car
fares in Chicapo advaneed from G to
8 cents today. tclephone cullò on a
measured basis jumned from 5 to
(5 1-2 ccnts and milk wcnt up one cent
lo 15 ccnts a quart.
BERLIN TEAM
BEATS FA1RBANKS
IN SECOND GAME
LIGHTNING KILLS
EIGHT COWS,
BULLANDACAT
That liphtninp somttimes strikes
more than once in the sanie nlacc
was clcarly proven in Tuesday af
ternoon's hip stoiTn when the barns
of James Achilles of Barnct were
first struck and later the house.
Liphtninp struck the barn at milk
in timo and the electricity follow
ed the milkin machine, and in it;
trip throu"h the two barns killed
eipht cows and Mr. Achilles' hip
bull. The liphtninp had a curious
wav of dealin" its death blow as it
took the first two cows in the row
.'Mid then skinped two i'nd so on down
the line, killinp two aid leavinp two
until eipht were killed and the bull.
Soon after thii death dealin" bolt
Mr. Achilles' house was stmck by
liphtninp and the cat killed. Ncithcr
bolt set fi re to the barns or the
I house, thouph when the house wai
struck the roof was somcwhat damap
1 ed.
Mr. Achilles' farm is Bavnet
near the Ryepate line and vciy
fortunately none of the occupants of
the house were injured.
Resciics Boy -om . .
DrÒwning at SlièrbìooKc
Robert Cutts a 11 -car old Boy
Scout, proved the v.ilue of that or
panization Sunday by rcscuinp Nor
man F'iint from drownin- at River
sidp Park in Rhcrbrooke. Flint was
in .bathiiiy with Edward Cutts, an
older brother of Robert, and had
cramps and wcnt down. Robert Cutts
went after him and thouph nearly ex
hausted in the striif"rle saved his
mate and broupht him safel to
shore. Robert is the son of Mrs.
Jcssie Cutts, a former St. Johnsbm-y
resident, and a nenbew of Mr.i. An
drew Johnston of Fairbanks villapc.
Norman Flint, is a relative of Isaac
B. Flint of St. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Plays An Er
rorlcss Game and Bat
ted Hcavily
The Fairbanks A. A. baseball team
dioptierl a second pame to Berlin at
Berlin Wedncsday by the score of ti
to ?.. The pame was well played
thojuphout, and the larpc crowd
which witnessed the pame were atis
fied with the fine cxhibition piven by
both teams.
The St. Johnsbui"y team wus in
pood forni, hit Veazie fic(uently for
lonp drives into the outfield. and
played errorless ball in the fìold, P.er
lin's outfielrlers, cspec'allv Coon, The
swift centeHielder, captuicd nuinber
loss lonp drives which loikcd pdo I
for extra bases. Thcir two errore did
not prove costly, and thcir hits were
bunched in the eiphth innii'p when
the iFs score of 3 to 'l was broken.
McMahan pitched a fine panie, and
except for the ciphth inninp kept the
Berlin hits well distributed. He
wa.s well supported by hu batteiy
mate Hocrnlc, who Kepr the Berlin
base runners dose to the bases at ali
times and made a stolcn hcac an 'sa
possibility. The featurc of the paino was
Wood's two-bapper in ihc lift li,
wh:ch scored two nini, in the ninth,
by a battinp rally, th'j St. Johnsbury
boys "-ot threc meli on, but failcd to
put a score acro? th piate.
S. Johnsbury will be the scene f
two pood pamos on S iturday and
Monday. On ttuidav. th.; much
strriipthcned Lyndonviil j lehm will
try to even thinps up with thcir old
rivals, and on Monday, ano'hcr co:i
tost which bids fair to ie onc of the
best of the siason will occur bctwctn
Shcrbrooke and the Fairbankj A. A.
herc. A return panie with Burli u at
St. Johnsbury is cxpcctcd tò occur
'idtcr. 1 he line up:
V'h i tlwwik . A. - A.- . -,
Connor, ss
Little Hope Expressee of Ballot for
Presidential Candidate Before
1 Friday
(Bv the Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 The prospeets for ballot
ing late today for a presidential candidate went glimmcr
ing as the delegates to the Democratic National conven
tion assembled for the fourth days' session. A long
bitter fipht over the Lcairuc of Na-
St. Johnsbury Banks
Dcclare Dividends
tions declaration, in which the sup
porterà of Prcsident Wilson were for
ecd to acccpt an amendment to the
adniinistration plank before it could
he adopted, so delayed the work of
the platform committee that there is
little likelihood the convention will
get to ballotinp before tomorrow.
Mcmbers of the platfomi commit
tee expressed a hope they would be
ablc to make a report to the conven
tion late today but as a fipht is in
prospcct in the committee n the pro-
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of tone unrivalled.
Chency Talkinp Machines demon-
strated and sold by
Lyman K. Harvcy
rassumpsk, Vermont.
Passumpsic Bank
Declares Dividcnd
The Passumpaic Savinps Bank is
toay payinp to it.; depositors a divì
dend of 2 1-1 per cent for tho six
month just ended. Total dividends
of 4Vj per cent were paid for the
year 1019. Few banks in the State
pay as liberal dividends to depositors.
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This lot comprises ali Cotton and ali Silk Garments.
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CLOTHING and SHOES
Why Not Save
From $1 to $5
You cannot carn money easicr than
lo buy Chautauqua season ticketa.
The price for single admission will be
Afternoons 50 Cents
Eveninps 75 Centa
Plus War Tax
The price for season tickets for tho
entire 10 entertainments is only $2.20.
Thus you attcnd but half of the per
formance and with the attractive
propram no onc could miss more you
would save $1.55 by buying a season
ticket. Don't wait for sinplc admis
sions. After attendinp one perfor
mance you will want to attend them
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The four St. Johnsbury banks de
clami their semi-annual dividendi in
July 1. The two national abr.ks, the
First National and the Merchant.--,
paid semi-annual dividends of 3 per
cent. The Citizcns Savinps Bank
Trust Company paid thcir. stockhol !
ers a semi-annual dividend of 5 per
cent and the usuai dividcnd to thcir
depositors.
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Laundered Collars 25c
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To Read and Remember
' The chicf cause of th ift health of th. American people is
CONSTIPATION. lf the waata of the body is not properly disposed
of daliy , indigestion must rcsult. Wrhen there is indipestion there
is an impropcr assimilation of food, loss of Acuii, and in time a
general run-down cohdition affecting the whole nervous system and
often causing discase of various organa.
THE AMERICAN LITTLE LIVER TABLETS is tho "Best
General Eegulator." They act as a general tonic to the stomach and
bowels; nature is simply aidcd in doing her work properly and good
health resulta. They arv purcly vegetablc. Uose One or two at
night as nceded. In case of chronic constipation, one half to one
glass of hot or cold water, night and morning is hclpful.
.THE AMERICAN THROAT TABLETS have beet carcfully
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