St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-03-01
Vermont News.

eating several charges against MN
among them being the fraudulent sal
of postage stamps, of which the proc
is said to be overwhelming.
Henry Cave, sexton of the Methods
f church at Alburgh Center, left his key
at home last Sunday, and in trying t.
enter the building by crawling throug
small hole in the underpinning wall
got stuck fast, and might have perish
? ed, if two women going to Sunday
school had not happened along ant
dragged him out by the heels.
George Perkins of Highgate, abOu
so, hung himself in his barn Saturday
but was not discovered till wednesday
The house, barn and outbuildings O
Calvin t. Leithead, near Barre, witt
two cows, two hogs, two tons OF ha.
and other contents, were burned by al
incendary Thursday evening; los
$1,000, insurance $3.50.
John Mcdonald, who has been work
!. ing for George Osborne Of Pittsfortt
about a month, stole his employer
horse and sleigh, gold watch, some
money, a revolver, two suits of clothes
and other articles Wednesday and raj
away, but was captured and lodged il
the Rutland jail.
James D. Brown, Plymouth farmer
got out his sap buckets on recen
warm day, and made quite quantity
of maple sugar and syrup.
In a wrestling match at Rutland
Thursday evening for 500 side, be-
tween Charles Conner of Dandy and
Peter Owens of Fairfield, the former
was victorious, winning the second and
third falls.
1t seems that the trouble about the
Rutland water works is that water en-
tiers the reservoir in a fOur-inch pipe
and leaves it in a ten-inch.
A mad dog was shot, in Burlington,
Friday.
The regular meeting of the Vermont
Tanners Association will be held at the
Van Ness, Burlington, on Wednesday
evening, March 9th.
In Burlington, Friday, little daugh-
ter of A. D. Barrows shot herself through
the side while playing with a revolver.
At last accounts the child was in crit
ical condition.
The Rutland Herald says the wind
blew a gale from the south Friday. A
barn belonging to Mr.. Giddings of
| CastletOn was blown down ; the IoOf of
the grand stand on the fair ground was
blown off, and a window in C.. s. Ma
sons store was blown IN several signs
were blown away, and the slippery
sidewalks and the water works were
"blown up"
The mad-dOg scare has reached Brat
tlebOro in earnest some dozen or more
pet dogs in the village have been bitten
by strange mad dog, which came
down from one of the hill towns. After
a general tour of the village he depart
ed for Putney, swapping at and biting
many dogs enroute, and was finally
dispatched at the latter place. Several
valuable dogs have already been killed
by their owners, while the authorities
are urged to insist upon general muz-
cling of the CANNES.
The tax rates of the five largest
places in the state, Burlington, Rutland,
st. Adams, st. Johnsbury and Brattle-
borO, are $3.50, $40, 1926, 1925 aud
1.55 respectively, but these figures do
not include the State, state school and
county taxes.
Mrs. Martha Morey died in Strafford,
the other day at the extraordinary age
of one hundred and one years and ten
months. She retained her faculties to
the last, recognizing her friends up to
the day before her death.
The mad dog scare at Brattleboro
has resulted in bringing out a procla-
nation from the town and village faith
ers, ordering that owners of dogs keen
them wholly upon their own premises,
and any violation of this edict during
the next 80 days will be considered
sufficient cause for a general slaughter
of the canine tribe.
George Ladd, Brattleboro's mathe-
NAUTICAL prodigy, died at the poor farm
on Thursday. His wonderful ability
to solve the most difficult mathematical
problems, although without even a
common school education, made him
an interesting character. If given, for
instance, the number of miles from
Brattleboro to Washington or any 9TH
er point, he would Immediately and ac-
curately give the number of feet and
inches.
julius c. Knapp, Berlin carpenter.
was brutally assaulted recently bv JEFF
ferson Bruce of Montpelier, with whom
he had had some trouble, and so badly
hurt that he may not recover.
We have to record the death of an
other victim of the poisoned well at
Rlchtord-Mr. Walter d. Estes, a stu-
dent in Col. Powell's law office, and son
OF Rev. DR.. Estes of Paris, Me-, to which
place his remains will be taken. He
was % years of age, and was highly es-
teemed. Several others of the sick arc
reported in a critical condition.
The debt OF the town of Rutland
9loS,ooO, has been reduced the past
year ABOUT SGT, 900. This was done bv |
tax on the grand list, netting $50. OOG
Inc dog tax, under the new law
amounted to 5000. 1t will take the
town about three years longer to freq
ltseif from debt which was begun in |
war times, We wish st. Jobnsburu
was no worse off.
Calvin E. Stowe at Barre was arros.
ed Saturday for stealing several wolf
ana buffalo robes from teams undar III
church sheds recently, and lodped IL
bail. "u'' Vi SoOO
A Al woman, Mrs. Frank IT. Rand
OF townsend, took her infant ont r;J;n u
recently, and, when she carried IL Ing
mousse, found it dead. ~ '"'o
Inc late w. w. Caldwell of Mont
p pol.er nad habit of tucking away
"nd IN all manner of odd places
cantf EnSE;ns several hundred dollars re-,
Gently discovered were a $50 treasnrr
Luz wnich ceased bearing interest ta1
biIIs tbee "1u number of state bank