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The Caledonian-Record from St. Johnsbury, Vermont • 8

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St. Johnsbury, Vermont
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8
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JULY 27 1922 The Evening Caledonian-Record 11 ir miW' FRIDAY Take Bunnell to Jail at Guildhall A Manufacturer of GENUS HOBO NOT EXTINCT IN VERMONT Wall Paper Wall Papers are not designed to simply cover the walls They have a definite purpose to perform to really decorate to create a pleasing environment and an ideal setting for the The stenographic records reveal many discrepancies in the stories told by the prisoner and his wife and both are contradicted in many important particulars by Jessie Rowell the girl who is to be called to testify relative to her statements and against her brother-in-law Officers went scurrying into nl Timoi-c Qtllll Canada early to trace down a re- 8omC UlU liniCIS port that a woodsman had found i Hit Green Mountain the marks of two Pullets which the Trails state claims were fired at Cross I 11 alls It is claimed that a first shot went I through his hat brim and that asj A writer in the Burlington Free he turned in alarm the second shotpress Learned a whole lot about shattered his cheek bone and skull jrentlemen of the road that in-and continued into tro trees Game warden Scott skilled in Vermont in ie sum woodcraft and faimliar with every I Months bit of the wild section in which the crime was committed failed to find the bullet marks on trees or bushes in Are there many of the old on the road was the question a reporter asked of the man on the park bench who Continued from one) freedom with which Bunnell was permitted to walk from the lockup to the hotel each day and to frequently stop for chats with friends while the constable stood near by Bunnell will have to be brought back Wednesday when Municipal Judge Kyle Brown will preside over a special court session for the respondent's formal arraignment Detectives Wood and Deputy Sheriff Marsh went to Boston carrying with them emain exhibits which will be submitted to experts for tests Henry Lund counsel will probably be assigned by the court to defend him at his trial you any We have plenty of quality papers left for a small sum can re-decorate your hall living or dining room in fact room in the house A pleasure to show you papers from 10c to $300 a Roll High-Grade Voile Dresses Has taken a big loss to clean lip his stock quickly Friday and Saturday We shall give you the benefit Figured Voile Dresses LOT 1 A good variety of Desirable Dresses good patterns well made and equal in every way to dresses sold early at $10 Choice LOT 2 An equally good collection of Voile Dresses more elaborately trimmed similar to dresses we have been obliged to sell in the regular way at $1250 and $1500 Choice $795 THE BERRY-BALL DRY GOODS CO m- LEACH WATERMAN looked like a himself The answer was prompt and laconic That was enough to start things the old timers are on the road except them continued the rover seen for same time but one of the lads tells me he met him a while he went on Then he recalled the old days and the old-timers that made up the personnel of the certified register-i cd Vermont association a because he worked part of the time Andy would work until he got a stake' and then jump a freight and beat it for somewhere He had a brother and the two of would sometimes I sia'rt out together but they stay long in a place 1 I started our with Andy one time from Rutland and we rode in an empty box car to Bellows Falls We got otr tivi'e and threw our feet for a hand out I goes up I to the back door of a house and tells the woman a hard-luck story I Whadye think she did? Invited me into the kitchen and gave me a I said the newspaper man is a and tv hat do you mean by throwing your replied the traveler is an invite to eat at the table See? And yer that's walking of These points being cleared up the narrator went on Andy and me gets to Windsor We was Doth busted Andy gems to a print shop and gets some cards printed The printer trusts him Tne card reads something like this Andy does worn of all kinds concrete driveways repairs of all kinds chimneys rebuilt starts out with his cards 55s er SPECIAL AT OUR STORE Saturday Peanut Butter 18c lb 2 cans Good Corn for 25c 10 pkgs Cream Wheat for 50c Fruits and Vegetables of all kinds FREE Every child making a purchase Saturday will receive a balloon The Newest of the New! Footwear HIGH OR LOW SHOES Here they are the advance styles in Footwear for Men They are ready for your instant selection at startingly low prices for the high values offered $395 $495 $545 $595 Chocolates TJhcy're Jjferctil THE APOLLO GIRL is quick to appreciate the sentiment expressed in a gift of one of these beautiful packages For any occasion a tribute to good taste in cvcry sense of the word He hits up a doctor who had a bum driveway at his hogse He and Andy made a trade arid wo put in a concrete drive that was a peach The Doc was satisfied and pays the bill Then we starts up the track toward White River Junction We got hungry about noon and Andy and me goes into a potato field and digs some spuds We wanted to cook up a Mulligan know what a Mulligan is Well spuds onions and salt pork boiled in a can over a fire some feed when hungry I went to a house I and bummed some pork off a worn-1 an and she gives me half a loaf of punk Punk? bread I had some ieed and then a freight pulls up the grade coming slow and we gets into a side door Pullman and jumps out at White River Junction You want to be careful in this burg a loti of in tne yard bulls' is railroad detectives in plain clothes pinch a guy if they catch him riding the Heights found Cross-Country George there We called him that because when he got on a drunk go cross country and hum hard cider off the farmers I never knew his right name There was a lad! named Kelley with him and they had some booze We got paralyzed drunk and went to sleep be-dde the track and when I woke up 1 was broke and the other lads were The hobo told of meeting No the so-called millionaire tramp who wrote books One was called No never pays his fare but as my narrator termed it He leaves his mark on rail- way stations water towers and in places near the railroad Under the printed signature No he draws an arrow pointing in the direction he is going and the date These marks are found near about every station on the Vermont rail-j roads "Star also leaves the was another old-timer according to the report-j informant as he was called was a Who knows what that is? Well it is an umbrella-mender in the tramp I vocabulary used to flop out doors By the way is a verb transitive meaning to sleep Synonyms me the All terms the! hobo lexicon said the hobo to 1 have a camp up near the twin bridges above Winooski He got killed by a train near Essex Junc-i The reporter sought to learn if the 18th Amendment hud stopped tramping According to one of them who liked to talk it has not a lot of lads on the road They come to Burlington and you can find them down on Front said the man on the park bench meant Battery street feet itch and they keep stjll" was his concluding remark as he got up and himself started for BELANGER BROS NOLIN BROS The Store that Undersells LATE NEWS LONDON July 27 -The recent tendency in many quarters here to take a sanguine view of the pro-! gress of negotiations on the rep-! arations situation is disappearing under the influence of the latest I reports from Paris which indica-I tes that France and Belgium are practically immovable from the es-I sential points of their poliev in which they differ from Great Brit- ain The prospect of negotiations I dragging on until autumn seen tiv the Times Department Store WHIPPLE-S1MPS0N DRUG CO THE SAN-TOX STORE Main Street Tel 2H8-R St Johnsbury Vermont NOTICE 1 The Banks of St Johnsbury which have heretofore opened Saturday evenings will until further notice be open Monday evenings from 700 to 880 instead of Saturday evenings effective July seventh All the Banks will be open throughout each day of the week from 880 A to 800 as usual Citizens Savings Bank Trust Co First National Bank Merchants National Bank Passu mpsic Savings Bank CORSETS Two Big Leaders for Friday and Saturday Long hip low bust double life Corsets good quality cOutil Special $100 each The above only topless rubber top Jong hip Special $100 each" PETTICOATS Cotton top changeable silk Flounce Petticoats Special $250 Extra size like above Special $298 Satinette Princess Slips black and brown Special $200 White Satinette Princess Slips $275 White Sateen Princess Slips $100 Horsman Dolls Without question the most durable and finest quality Dolls made Our line is now in For Friday and Saturday These Special Values $245 Horsman Dolls $225 $300 Horsman Dolls $270 $400 Horsman Dolls closing eyes and wig $3G0 $500 Horsman Dolls closing eyes and wig $450 Other Mama Dolls 59c 98c $125 and $149 DOLL CARRIAGES Special Prices for Friday and Saturday FRENCH REPLY IS MORE HOPEFUL Two Days Special For Friday and Saturday we will offer the following Bargains Many of the values we will not be able to give you unless you are here for first choice DRESSES Canton crepe Wonder crepe taffeta Tricosham $975 Canton crepes tuxedo crepe all shades and sizes $2500 $550 $598 Gingham Dresses $295 Skirts Fancy Baronette crepes sport pongee $439 $119 and $139 House Aprons 98c Handkerchiefs 29c Colored Linen Handkerchiefs Slip-over Sweaters Golf and sleeveless $1450 $2950 Three lots of Coats $225 and $250 Silk Gloves all the new shades Packard Hose Black Cordovan $598 and $750 Paisley Crepe de Chine and Egyptian blouses $375 Another lot Anderson Gingham 19c Second assortment 29c Third assortment 39c Tissue Ginghams 49c 59c and 09c These Ginghams a re all either 82 in or 36 in Special assortment of 27 in Ginghams Bates etc 17c yd DO WN TAIRS DEPAR TMEN Room lots of paper 10c Roll We have recently checked up our curtain stock and find a few pairs that we cannot duplicate $950 35c and 50c Cretonne 25c Lot of curtain rods 5c PARIS July The French reply to the British reparations note will be delivered in London tomorow or Sunday It accepts some of the British suggestions and asks for further light on others It maintains the principles of the Franco-Belgian declaration to the effect that passive resistance must cease before further negotiations with Germany are t'Hllllllllllllllllllilllli'llllilllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll1 EE I Low Cuts At prices you cannot afford to pass up I $295 to $5 95 i These are all good shoes and carry our regu-I lar guarantee Many of them are Walk-Overs and all of them are Goodyear Welts mostly rubber heels and made by good shoemakers Wre are also offering One Dollar Off on the balance of our low shoes including Stetson Glove Grips and Walk-Over for Thursday Friday and Saturday 160 $450 $540 $875 $1000 and $295 69c $1195 $1650 $2000 $2450 $350 $395 $450 $695 are $400 Reed Doll Cabs brown or gray $500 Reed Doll Cabs brown or gray $600 Reed Doll Cabs brown only $950 Reed Doll Cabs natural $1100 Reed Doll Cabs gray only English Doll Cabs Small Folding Doll Cabs Clearance Sale of Hammocks $1350 Khaki Couch Hammock $1850 Gray Couch Hammock $2500 Striped Duck Couch Hammock $3000 Striped Duck Couch Hammock $395 Swing Hammocks $450 Swing Hammocks $500 Swing Hammocks Our 42 Piece Special Dinner Sets at winners $285 MARSHALL HAPGOOD SEEKS SENAE SEAT IJRATTLEBORO Vt July 27 The latest entrant in the race for United States Senatorship from Vermont is Marshall Hap-good of Peru known as great one of the largest land owners in Southern Vermont a former Reyrcsentative in the Legislature and author of the bill i prohibiting games of chance at fairs Mr Hapgood authorizes the statement that hs is desirous that his name be used and in his uu-1 thorization he asks that it be said is particularly interested in i sensible action in the matter of National prohibition und in the protection of our forests from He was a greu: admirer and intimate friend of Theodore Roosevelt Local News Miss Olivette Hommel is spending a week visiting friends and relatives in Sherbrooke OUADTY AND ee Smyihe Uhe Shopping WHERE si lots ARE FITTED SDHVKE AMFY REED ALWAVS mP i ir JuHNiitUivT 1fV LkMOis Tic Store That Sells VVooltcx RANDALL CO Good Place to Buy Good iiiiiiiikiiJiiiiimiiimuiiiiiiiiiimiiiumiiiiiiiiiii I.

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