St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16
Vermont News.
BENN1NGroN BATTLE MoNUMENr.

The work of completing the long
delayed Bennington battle monument,
at the north end of Centre Bennington,
will soon be under way. The COM
mittee on design has yielded its views
to the general committee. 1t is pro-
posed TO lay out park of fifteen acres
around the site of the monument, so
that the view cannot be DISTRACTED.
Trees will he cut down when necessary
and drives will be laid out on the sur
rounding hill. The land is already
surveyed, and Edward Rice is making
map of the site. The improvements
will necessitate the purchase and re-
mOval of nine dwellings. A railroad
will be bnilt with a track for ex-
cursion trains. 1t is hoped to have
everything complete by the time of
the next anniversary.
woMAN's BOARD MEETING.
The twelfth annual meeting of the
Vermont Branch of the Woman's
Board of Missions will be held in the
Congregational church at Rutland
next Wednesday. Each auxiliary of
the branch and every Congregational
church in which there is no auxiliary
are requested to send two delegates,
and cordial invitation is also ex-
tended to all ladies interested in the
work. Mrs. Montgomery of Marash,
Turkey, and Mrs. Layyah Barakat of
Syria, are expected to be present.
Application for entertainment MAY be
made to Miss Sophie II. Aiken, Rut-
land, as early as possible. Return
checks will be given over the rail-
roads.
OLD CONGRESSIONAL JOURNALS.
F. Deming of Wells River has three
well preserved volumes of the jour
nails of the American congress from
IVA, two years before the Declaration
of Independence to sometime after
1880. They contain all the import
ant papers of the exciting times which
ended in the revolutionary war, in
Guiding numerous affadavits of people
i'll and about Lexington relating to the
first blOOdshed of the war, the de-
bates and resolves connected with the
Declaration of Independence, etc. Mr..
Deming found them among the books
of his father, who was member of
congress from Danville, Vt. in 1880.
Mrs. Ira Young died at Orwell last
week at the age of one hundred and
one years and five months. Possessing
ample means, she has of late been a
generous giver, donating freely to any
cause which to her seemed for the best
interest of the church or the town.
Among her gifts were $3.50 toward
building the sidewalk through the
main street of the village, to the
church IA valuable bell, to the town a
clock, and $1,000 to the Congregational
church, the income of which is to sup
port the preaching.
FATAL CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
Lyman Parker of Cambridge was
thrown from his wagon and instantly
killed, Sunday, in Westford, while
out riding with his wife. His horse
took flight and turned suddenly around
breaking both shafts and throwing out
the occupants of the vehicle. Mr.. p.
struck upon his head and was instant
ly killed. Mrs. Parker was fortunate
enough to escape with comparatively
slight injuries. Her husband was
about fifty years old, and leaves large
family of children.
STATE TEACHERS MEETING.
The State Teachers association will
hold one day meeting at Montpelier
tomorrow. The subject for discussion
in the forenoon will be GLOW may the
state best supervise its schools :" in
the afternoon, Chow may the state
best examine teachers" In the even
ing President Buckham will deliver an
address.
The Burlington Wheel club has now
"a members.
Thirty cents IA bushel is paid for po-
tatOes at Barton Landing.
Mrs. jerks of Albany has bedqnilt
which contains 1905 pieces.
A new G. A. r. post was mustered
at Strafford on Saturday evening.
The Burlington high school has I26
pupils-a larger number than ever
before.
The amount of capital stock of the
Burlington skating rink association is
5000, divided into 100 shares, ut $50
each.
Rev. w. S. Hazen completed on Sun
day the twentieth year of his pastOrate
over the Mortified Congregational
church.
The new Baptist church at West Rut-
land was dedicated last evening, with
a sermon by Rev. Il. II. Archibald of
Wallingford.
On Thursday three barrels and five
half-barrels of beer were seized at the
Champlain Transportation company's
dock at Burlington.
Several prominent Rutland men will
ask for IA charter for corporation for
the purpose of buying a ranch and
raising stock in the west.
Orson Butler, the Plymouth fat boy,
will be l3 years old the 9TH of Novem-
Der and weighs 1884 lbs. On his twelfth
birthday he weighed 245 lbs.
A local choir festival was announced
for St. Paurs church, Burlington, last
evening, and S. b. Whitney of Boston
and two of his boy sOlOists were ex-
pected to be present.
There are only 60 cases upon the
docket of the general term of the SUI
preme court, which begins at Mont
pelier the 2Sth. This is much small
er docket than for several years.
The hardware store of Barrows &
Peck, Montpelier, was entered by burg
lars Thursday night. The safe was
blownopenand about $50 in cash and
apers to the value of 800 were taken.
Two Montpelier brothers are in a
chancery lawsuit over the dividing line
between their front yards, the disputed
strip being four or six inches wide on
tbs street and running to a point in the
rear.
Conversation on the wires connected
with the Chelsea exchange can be
heard in telephone connected with a