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PAGJ3JCW0, TIIE EVENING CALEDONIAN, Wl SEPTEMBER 1, 1918 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS J : : ; r 1 'i lc. per word first insertion, l-2c. per word each Jr JL SLi subsequent insertion minimum charge 25 cents Copy received later than 11 o'clock day and discontinuance roust be mad WANTED. WANTED Girl to assist with h iusework, go home nights. No washing or heavy work. Mrs. Starr, Xi Cliff St. . - 47 t f RANTED Second hand . furniture fkr.d bedoing. Phone 456-W. 47 tf ATTENDANTS wanted -Men ;and nen wanted - at Vermont : State ' growing .crops included or not. Now t.o oVris the time to look it over and see women Hos sitions as attendants. For those who ...-.J...... : j 2ntcr training school" for nurses. For particulars apply Vermont State Hos- pital for the Insane, Waterbury, Vt. WANTED Table girls at the Cot-,wherc . ther?,g nQ competition. A tage Hotel, good wages. 29tf j little money maker. Just the thing t , rmxT, i ,1 for a man and wife to make money vvainili; ai nome, wasmug oaiu ironing; Tel. 254-1. 5Qr55 pd WANTED Man for general farm lars inquire of M. E. Willis, 26 Eas work. House, wood and milk fur- tern Ave., Newport, Vt., or Tel. nished. Permanent employment, if Newport 213-3. 54-59 satisfactory. ' C. H. Stevens, St. j 1 ; Johnsbury, Vt. 53 tf ; FOR SALE OR RENT The Peck WANTED Help at Brightlook hos pital. 56 tf WAMTKI) flirl fnr jrpnrral house work. Telephone '449-W. W. I. H'UK SAL.JKJ 1'ora touring car, xvi. Sawyer 56 tf engine. For further details call ' . ' ,", ; , ' , .8306, St. Johnsbury. It p WANTED Housekeeper prefer one I : 1 of middle age. No heavy work. Ad-; WANTED Bell boy at St. Johns dress M, Caledonian. Tel. 108-4. bury 'House. 54tf 56-61 pdj : : : :IFQR SALE My son being called FOR SALE No. 118: 2 Tenement house 14 rooms and bath, hot and cold water, furnace neat, electric lights. Price, $3,500. No. 147 VILLAGE FARM con sisting of 15 acres, 8 acres in field and balance in pasture, near to High School, excellent , running water. House 20x30, with ell 14x20, 70 ft. of piazza, good sized stock barn, 1 horse, 2 cows, 1' colt, 14 heh.V sep arator, sleds, sleigh, single harness, 1 work harness, bugy wagon double wagoit; ;Pxice'$2;5po;j ? ; Caledonia Real Eastate Co. Chance for good wages 1 and ad vanciemer,!1 for men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years in good physical condition. Apply N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. M. D. Miller, Supt., Waterbury, Conn.; C. A. Mitchell,- Supt., Hartford, Conn.; E. E. Regan, Supt. New Haven, Conn. NOTICE Dr. W. B. Fitch's office will" be closed from Sept. 1 to the 12th. Mrs. M. Wl Davis of Bellows Falls quietly observed her 91st birthday anniversary recently. Several friends called and there were-presents.- She also , rceived flowers and postcards. She is the widow of a former promi nent citizen of Westminster but has lived at Bellows Falls for 30 years. DIRECTORY OF BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL MEN Ready Reference Guide for Frequent Consultation UPTURE , I guarantee every truss I fit to hold the rupture perfect ly, to be easy and comfort able, to give complete satis faction in every way. " . WELCOME B. EASTMAN Reliable Pharmacist A. S. IIASKINS Eyes Examined Glasses Furnished SPECIALIST IN OPEOM&TRY St. Johnsbury, Vermont MERCHANTS BATIK BLOCK DR. DALE S. ATWOOD OSTEOPATHIC "PHYSICIAN Citizens Bank Building By Appointment Trusses Fitted for Rupture W. W. SPRAGUE & SON . ' GENERAL AGENTS NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE ' COMPANY " :' Montpelier,. Vt. Ateo Agents for Fire. Accident, Health, Boiler, Plate Glass, Burglary, Automobile and . Compensation Iusurance Pythian Building, St. Johnsbury, Vt. Telephone 39-M win be too late to classify on that by 11 to get cancellation that day. FOR SALE. FOR SALE In Peacham, a farm, 120 acres, 'in good condition, cuts about 40 tons of hay. Pasture for 12 cows, 300 cords of growing pulp; 800 wgar trees and equipped. Good silo, hen house, ice house, good barn, nine room house. Stock, tools and yo,are buyin&Y ) taf small mortgage. Inquire Mrs. 11. A. Halcrow, West Danville, Vt. 54 t f : ; (FOR SALE Modern bakery and ili.-. iU -i.avm in o Vii-otliTirr i T? T? frWTi with. Can' be bought reasonable, as owner is in the draft. For particu- homestead at 2 Railroad street. In-4 nuire of C. E. Peck or G. W. Peck .-.; 54 t f into the army, I have no further use for the following list of property and will sell at bargain prices for cash: 1 late model Ann Arbor belt power hay press, 18 Horse Kerosene En- rine on skids, 18 horse Kerosene Engine on steel trucks. Also one pair work horses. J L. W. Ford, G Harrison Ave.,. St. Johnsbury. 55-60 FOR SALE One kitchen range, Quaker grand. Price $20. Mrs. Flora E. Danforth, Danville, Vt.' 56-61 pd TO RENT TO RENT Tenement, 47 Caledonia street. all modern. 45 tf ' TO RENT Furnished Summer street. : ' ; 1 TO RENT Furnished room at 105 Raih'oad street. , 54 tf r-l -nCr w : 7, 1 i or.i I ie:ANT-rrotlb0aiS.822 TO RENT Three, rooms for light , housekeeping. Telephone 451-W. 56,r. tf FOR SALE Six Room Cottage, all modern improvements, nice street, close in. A New House, Garage, Barn, off Caledonia St. going to be sold cheap. Chas. E. Kirk, St. Johnsbury Disbursements of $15,855.99 . were made during the past year by the Uniyer.salist convention of Vermont and the province of Quebec. DR. J. D. BACH AND Dentist Pythian Building, St. Johnsbury The Crawford Ranncy Agency G. H. Morrill M." I.. Underwood Pythian Building WE REPRESENT THE LARGEST FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY IN AMERICA Dunnett, Shields & Conant - . .... ' Lawyers ; Tel. 65 St John$bVry, Vt. Mrs. G. J. Heon Citizens Bank Block TEL. 114-R CALEDONIAN ADS PAY Mews From Towns Around About... WHEELOCK Will Mitchen and family, were in Kirby Saturday to attend the birth day party of his uncle, Ed. Mitchen of Kirby. Mrs. P. J. Shorey, who has been spending a week with relatives in Plainfield, came home last Wednes day. . Miss Elsa Eastman, who has been spending her vacation with relatives in Littleton, returned to her home last Thursday. R. P. Graves has traded his team for an automobile. Mrs. Allard, who has been visiting her son, George -W; Bickford,5 arid family, for two weeks, returned to jher home; in Newport last Sunday. Mrs. Allard, who is 85 years old, is a remarkably smart woman for her age. P. J. Shorey went Friday to Plain field to visit his mother and sisters. He returned Tuesday. - News came to John Buckley Mon day morning that Walter Buckley was wounded. - - Carl Sanborn has been called to the colors and leaves this week. Mr. and Mrs. Warner Willev are. spending a week with relatives in New York state. The village schools commenced Tuesday with the same teachers, Miss Gladys Morrill of Randolph in the higher department, and Miss Kathleen McLean in the primary. Miss Morrill will board at Warner Willey's and Miss McLean at J. B. Ripley's. PEACHAM Peacham Academy Notes Peacham academy opened Tues day, August 27, with a total enroll ment of 41 students, of whom 19 are 'from out of town. Nearly all the latter are driving this fall. The freshman class consists of twelve, .three of whom are from out of town. WELLS RIVER The next meeting of the Study club will be held Monday evening with Mrs. Frank Slack. Miss 3S Madeline Peach and Isa belle Miller left Monday for Man chester, "N. H., to attend a commer- cial school. j Wendell Clark goes to Middlcbury room, " 25 college and Leland Lyster to Nor 33 t f , wich university. Miss Elsie Leadwith, who has spent two weeks with her parents, returned Monday to her duties in a Lowell, Mass., hospital. Corporal Harohi Worthen spent c---n-.- -;u i.ci . t ii7 Munsell, returning Monday to .v'i. t. -timp x ciuaiicxmiu, x it. A family reunion took place at the home of Judge and Mrs. H. T. Bald win over the holiday. Fifteen mem bers of Mrs. Baldwin's family from Hardwick and Morrisville were pres ent. ' Schools re-opened Tuesday with the following teachers in charere : Principal, Charles King; assistant, Miss Hazel Doodey; grammar school, Miss Blanche White; intermediate, Miss Nita Palmer; primary, Miss Winn. Edward and Mary Lamere are visiting in Fall River, Mass. Mrs. Laturner and baby daughter returned Sunday from the Cottage Hospital. Miss Irene Learned, who has been visiting her uncle, George A. Lear ned, has returned to her home in Worcester. A large party from this village climbed Mt. Moosilauke Labor day. Fair weather added to the pleasure of the day. Mrs. Alice Fols'om and the Misses Folsom have returned to Nashua for the winter. : Mrs. E. S. Crabtree and children will occupy the Folsom house this winter. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Quimby ol Springfield were in town Labor day. Miss Genevieve Fellows returned Monday night to New York City, whore she has a position with the New York Guaranty Co. in the bond department. Arthur Harris was in town over Sunday from Camp Devens. Mr?.. Malcolm Buck is - home from the Cottage Hospital and is much improved in health. Earle C. Wilson and daughters of Stanford, Conn.," called on friends in town Friday. Mr. Wilson was "prin cipal ' of our high school, 1904-1906. Miss Maude Davis went Monday to Lowell, Mass., where she has charge of the social and religious educational work in a city church. Mr. and Mrs. William " Dean of Brooklyn and Mr., and" Mrs. W: S. Tanbe were week end guests of Rev. and Mrs. Donald Eraser. ' Cuckoo Superstit'en. In some parts of England, vhpn tlie first note of the cuckoo Is heard in the woods, every village girl asks the question, "Cuckoo! Cuckoo! When shall I be married?" The rt in an swer, is supposed to sound as many notes as years will elapse before the happy event takes place. I She Knew Him. "Yon won't object if I go on with my knitting while we talk, will you. Mr. Boreleigh? I always think that one should kpep one's mind occupied." LD ITALIAN SPORT Peculiar Method of Snaring Mi grating Pigeons At Cava dei Tirreni the Birds Are Way laid With Nets and Slings Much Ingenuity Necessary to Se cure Good "Bag." It is not often that one comes across a "little place that has an ingeiiiou.s and exciting sport all its own. At Cava dei Tirreni in Italy, nowever, there has for a thousand years existed a pe culiar form of pigeon catching. It was introduced in S92, says Mr. Herbert Vi vian in; Italy at War and it has flour ished ever since. At the beginning of every autumn groat flocks of pigeons migrate from Siberia to Africa anil pass over Cava and the Gulf of yalcr ho. They probably have other routes, but Cava is the only place where they are waylaid jvith nets and slings. The season is at ts height from the 15th to 25th of October. ' The:pigeon; catchers are mostly men of the lower middle, class, who club to gether to form six societies, or "games." A 'game usually consists of three or four towers and a clearing where the nets areset up. One tower is probably a' thousand yards from the net, and the nearest perhaps seventy yards, but the distances vary. The towers are tall and slim, windowless and weather-beaten. There are steps about .halfway up the inside, and a rickety ladder leads to the parapet at the top. Each society has also a neat little clubhouse, usually near the chief tower. : In a merry mood the members take their places in the fresh mol-ning air. Most of them are dressed in velveteen coats, top-boots and peaked caps. Two men ascend each tower and the rest are distributed anions the nets. In each of the clearings stands a small house from the center of which rises a tall black mast. To that two huge nets are fastened, stretching right and left to clumps of trees and spreading nit obliquely to the ground. Inside the house is a handle and a cogwheel for raising the weighted nets. The lookout place is a straw , hut two or three, miles away in the direction from which the pigeons are expected. When the watcher sights a flock of birds he gives a signal on bis horn, which other watchers scattered about the woods take up. The birds travel at a tremendous speed, always with, a leader, and In flocks of from SO to 100. Every one takes to cover, for the birds are easily frightened. The men on the towers are provided with long slings and whitewashed stones about the size of small hens' eggs. These they discharge with Ereat forpe.' The pigeons, it is said, mistake tlie stones for hawks and make frantic efforts to avoid them, so the slingers must fling the stones where they do not wish the birds to go; 3ret when they are flying high, a stone flung beneath them will bring them hurtling downward. Then, with loud cries, the watchers drive them to ward the nets. The stone-slinging is the? essence of the sport, and it re quires strong muscles, a quick eye and a steady aim. But the' netting is also difficult. The man at the ropes is white and nerv ous ; everything now depends upon him. If he releases the' weight at the right moment, the net comes down in stantly and the birds are bagged. A moment too soon, and they see the danger and avoid it; a moment too late and they pass in safety. It is a matter of an instant, and many more flocks escape than are taken. The birds, are gray and somewhat smaller than the domestic pigeon. They cannot be trained or tamed. The sport is far from being profitable, for even when they have good luck the )igeon catchers never take enough )irds to pay for the elaborate prepnra :ion they have made. But the moment .vhen the nets whirl down at Cava is i moment of rare excitement. . "War Time." A novel memento of the great war is a clock, which is made from munitions both enemy and allied collected on the Somme battlefield by a soldier, who afterwards used them for this purpose. The body of the clock is a German shellcase, and German cart ridges form the legs. Of the three cartridges on top' of the timepiece, the two outside are German, and. the one gracing the center French, while the two small ornaments between these are Belgian bullets. ' The side orna ments are made from Verey-light cases, pierced to nctmit of a British cartridge projecting through the top. .The pendulum consists of five French bullets, and the figures and hands are bent to shape from copper wire taken from German trenches. To complete the whole, the clock movement inside is also of German make, and, after necessary repairs,, is found to be entirely adequate. Look to Africa for Food. The world-wide shortage of food and the certainty thnt this shortage will continue in modified form for years to come has roused France to utilize more fully her great colonies just across the Mediterranean. Comprehensive plan3 are being formed and started on the way to fulfillment for refrigerating and packing plants in Algeria, so that the animals need not bo shipped' across the sea alive. These institutions, too, will give a much readier and steadier market than has been available hither to, and that .is probably all that is needed to q'wvdruple the meat exports of :-."crt:i Africa, SOUTH WALDEN Rev. J. Franklin Babb, well-known lecturer, who has been speaking for the Red Cross, National War Work Council, and who recently, was in Ok lahoma, speaking against- the I. V. W.', Will give a lecture, at the South 1 What is a Branch ' S N I ' ' House?" - . ' I ; 8 fill The Branch House is the placo in the packing organ ization where what the packing plant does for you is put where you can use it. 1 Both are Iho natural result of growth and development in the living thing they Lclong to. Swift & Company Branch houses, arc Iccp-ted in distributing centers all over the country. They arc fi:ted out with refrigerating equipment to kcep,mcat cool, sweet end frcch. Jt Each one b in personal charge of a man who believes in what Swift & Company is doing for people and wants to help do it. -They are directed by men who have spent years learning how to get better meat cheaper to the places where, it is needed. Meat is shipped to the branch houses direct from the packing plants in Swift & Company's refrigerator cars, in such quantities that it 'can be disposed of while fresh and sweet. Yotxr meat dealer ccmes hero to - buy your1 meat for you y unless someone else can treat him better than we can. So you need the branch ho;ise in order to live well; and the branch house 'and the packing plant need each other, in order to be useful to you. Swift 81 Compa J THE SAN-TOX PREPARATION One for Every Purpose! These preparations are not designed to take the place of j ! your family phj'sician. j They aie not Patient Medi- j cines. - ! ! They are simply a line of re-. ' liable, non-secret, remedial ! and toilet preparation from formulas of proven values for the minor ailments that befall every family. We have a complete line and : guarantee every cue to prove satisfactory or refund your i money. Sunday Hours 12 to 1 and j 5 to 6 P. M. j THE STILES DRUG STORE j 53 Main Sfrcei i Walden church Wednesday evening, Sept. 11. Mr. Eabb has been booked until hc:;t spring by the Coit-Alber Lyceum Bureau, but was secured through personal friendship and through intense interest in the work of the war. He is original and has first-hand information. Don't fail to hear him. i St. Johnsbur37 Local Branch, 1 Eastern C. W. Steele, Manager J5S6fSK9W SPRINGTEX is the underwear S with a million little springs in its fabric which "give , and take" with every movement of the botfy, and preserve the shape of the garment despite long wear and hard washings. It is the ycar-around undcrvvear, light, 5 medium or heavy weight, as you like, 5 " Remember to Buy It i You'll Forget You Have It On" jt -t v r t , J-tVi M OUT MJKBISST t UTICA KHiTTtKG CO., Makers & Scies Room: 359 Broadway, Hew York 0 W ' v.. According to a vote taken at a gathering of soldiers in a Y. M. C. A. hut near the front in France, the first and worst sin is cowardice. An old woman in Jersey City who had beer living on a banana. a day, and who starved to death, was found to be worth ?125.000.. Avenue li SERGEANT RUTH FARNUM Friday Eve. Sept 13 AT THE ARMORY ."MX