The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-01-13

"a NJ. a. BUCK.
Sergeants.
q. Il. McGaffey, S. S. Mattocks,
E. q. Buel, A. s. Bowker.
Co,porals.
Moses Miles, H. 81. Holton,
A. D. Blake, &c. Root.
Fifer-W. C. Vinton.
Drummer-C. w. Hopkins.
The following are the officers of the COM
pany raised in the northern towns in this
county:
Captains. O. ELK1Ns, wheelock.
LIST Lleut.-W. c. GL1DDEN, Sutton.
"a j. S. DREW, Sheffield.
SergeGnts.
L. j. Campbell, S., J.E. Chesley, w.,
Il. A. Gray, Sh., A. W. Wiley, S.
Corporals.
J. G. Simpson, Sh., C. II. Meserve, w..
VIM. ). Ranney, Sh., S. j. Whipple, S.
Orleans Items.
Cornelius Stebbins, the son of a widow.
went into the steam grist mill at Troy the
18th ult., and got caught by his coat in an
upright shaft which revOlves one hundred
and thirty times minute. He was carried
around, it was thought, one hundred times
before the machinery could be stopped, and
each time his feet or legs struck a post,
breaking both his legs below the knee, and
fracturing one so badly that pieces of the
bone from two to four inches long, flew
across the floor of the mill. As quickly as
possible the steam was shut off, the machin-
cry stopped, and the poor boy taken down.
Surgical aid was called and the fractured
leg amputated below the knee and the bro
ken bone of the other leg set, but medical
skill and kind care could not save him. for
after lingering thirty-two hours, he died.
1.-THE militia company raised in Newport
and Coventry, being full, was organized on
Saturday. L. H. Bisbee, Newport, Cap
tain; John Il. Oaks, Coventry, LIST Lieuten-
ant; j. o. Roundy, Newport, I'd Lieuten-
ant. Ion the 18th ult Mr.. Leander Brown
OF Newport had his arm severely cut on a
circular saw. IL. d. Adams of Newport,
was arrested last week for stealing har-
ness of E. K. Richmond, and bound over
in the sum of $500 to appear for trial. The
above items we find in the new Republican
paper at Newport.
Good Tenspldrs.
The following officers were elected at the
annual session of the grand lodge at Bar
ton this week:
Rev. II. P. Cushing, Barton, Wet.
Rev. Pliny II. White, Coventry. VIC.
Mrs. +. K. Spencer, E. Burke. G. w. V. L.
E. S. Cowles, Coventry, VS..
Mrs. NJ. B. Flint. st. ,johsbury. G. w, =
Rev. j. II. Woodland. Hasburg. Chaplain.
l.. l.. Lawrence, Burlington. G. W. NJ.
Mrs. B. D. Stone, Charleston, G. w. d. NJ.
Vernon Bell, st. Johnsbury, CIV. \. S.
G. F. French, Lunenburg. Messenger.
T. n. Granger, Morgan, G. /. G.
G. L. Ewens. W. Bakersfield, G. W.O.G.
The next session will be held at Irasburg
commencing on the second Tuesday of Jan
uary, 1866.
VERMONT STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCI-
ETY.-The annual meeting of this society
was held at the Junction House. White Riv-
er junction. Tuesday, and the following Of
ticers elected for the ensuing year:
PresideMt-J. w. Colburn. Springfield;
Vice Presidents-JOhn Gregory, Northfield;
Henry Reyes. Newbury: II. G. Root. Ben
ningtOn; d. K. Potter, st. Adams; Treas
urer-J. w. Colburn; Secretary-Henry
Clark, Poultney; Corresponding Secretary
Henry BOynton, Woodstock; Directors
Edwin Hammond. Middlebury: Frederick
HOlbrOOk, BrattlebOro; E. B. Chase, Lyn-
don; II. S. Morse, Shelburne; Elijah
Cleveland, Coventry Nathan Cushing,
Woodstock; George Campbell, Westmin-
ster; Henry Hayward, Clarendon: VIM.
K. Sanford. Orwell; VIM. F. Brown, Fair
lee; Victor Wright, Cornwall; Hampden
Cults, BrattleborO; Henry B. Kent, Dorset.
Wool GROwERs.-At meeting of Wool
Growers held at White River Village. VT.
on Wednesday, New England Wool
Growers Association was formed; open to
any one on the payment of 81 year. 1t
was also voted to adopt the name ''Improv-
ed American MerinOes = for the sheep now
known as thorough bred Spanish MerinOes,
The following gentlemen were chosen Off
GERS of the Association:
President-Dr. Geo. B. Loring of Mass.
Vice PreSidens-M. K. Flint of Maine, John
Preston of New Hampshire. George Camp
bell of Vermont, William Birney of Mass.
Gov. Dyer of Rhode Island, George At
wood of Conn.,; Corresponding Secretary-
Daniel Needham of Mass. Recording Sec
BoyntOn of Vermont: Treas
Cults of VT; DirectCrs-
John 5. Anderson and Thomas Il. S. Lang
OF Maine; l. Newton Sawyer and A. b.
Balch of New Hampshire; David Cutting
and Henry Stafford of Vermont: Thomas
J. Field and W. B. Chenery of Mass; +.
B. Butfum and Gov. Arnold of RI.
E. Hammond & Son of Middlebury. have
sold their ram lamb, Fortune, to company
of gentlemen in Pennsylvania, for $4,000.
They have poetical cobbler over at
Montpelier, who winds up column adver-
tisement in Waltons Daily as follows:
Blow, 0 Blow, ye gentle breezes,
All among the leaves and trees-es,
Sing. . sing, We Heavenly muses.,
And will mend your Boots and Shoes-es
(And get them done when promised.)
Col. Warner, of the 18th Vt. has been
made Brevet Brigadier General.
The last Star reports the arrival in Dan
vile OF Lit. James S. Thompson. of the
10th reg't, who recently escaped from the
rebel prison in Columbia. S. c.. together
with some other federal officers.