St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-23
AGRICULTURAL MEETINGS.
Old Officers Reflected Vote to BOr-
row One Thousand Dollars and Not fC
Water the Stock.

The annual meeting of the Caledo-
MIA agricultural society was held at
the Y. NJ. c. A. building on Tuesday,
Jan. 81, when the following officers
were elected =
Pres't, 7. G. Hovey, St. Johnsbury
Vice pres'ts, Vim. E. Peck, William
Higgins, ST. Johnsbury.
Sec.-treas., E. 7. Ide, st. .Johnsbury.
Asst SECS, Fred E. Potts, c. D.
Brainerd, E. E. Sargent, Geo. M
Gray.
The following named men were
nominated and elected as Executive
committee:
Barnet-James Roy, Cloud Harvey,
j. D. Gould, B. S. Dow, William
Adams, Ora Bishop.
Burke-C. I. A. Humphrey, Will
lam Belden, G. w. Woodruff, A c.
Farmer, w. B. Godding. l. A. Darling.
-Coneerd-A. K. Quimby, Sullivan
Ranney, G. s. Howard. D. H. Nor
ton, Jesse Carlton.
Danville-D. K. Wakefield, Mar
shall Clifford, William Clement, VIM.
Russelow, o. N. Drew, John Batch
elder, Lyman Stevens, w. L. SWEET,
c. l.. Stevens.
Hardwick-W. D. Bronson, F. A.
Fay, w. S. Bailey.
Kirby-M. L. Hovey, c. E. Harris,
P. H. Graves, George A. Chase.
Lyndon-.Joshua Bemis, w. A. Be
mis-, A. o. Harris, l. H. Hall, A. o.
Bemis, A. T. Evans, w. l. Powers,
L. B. Harris, John Coucher, Henry
Chase, E. H. Hoffman, E. C. Carpen-
ter.
Peacham-James Esden, B. F. Var
mum, c. F. Williams, ]. r. Kenerson,
Fred Hartman.
Ryegate-M. R. Gray, M H. Glib
son, ]. F. Nelson, r. F. Carter, w. ].
Gibson.
ST. Johnsbury-William Higgins,
E. P. Allen, w B. Johnson, F. A.
Hovey. A A Pierce, A Whitney, B.
B. Spaulding, David Trull, w. E.
Peck, A. A Miles, A. S. Livingston,
T. c. Fletcher, E. L. Hovey, A. J.
Higgins, [. G. Smith, ]. c. Under
wood.
Sheffield-C. B. Simpson, G. w.
SHeSlSN, w. W. SllSSlSN, S6tllIld 0d Wis,
Walter Chase
Sutton-N D. Campbell, A. H. Ball,
D. E. Ruggles, Francis Barker, o. M
Fogg.
Waterford-E. A. Parks, g. r.
Barker, w. c. HILL Willard Kinney,
S. !. Hastings, 6. W. Felch, Walter
Remick, L. B. Church, F. w. Brown,
E. E. Hovey, S. B. Horr.
Walden-C. J. Bell, John Whitcher,
D. S. Cox, E. E. Osgood.
Wheelock-Chas. Rogers, w. H. Da-
Wis, J. G. Gray, Hollis Welch.
1t was voted that the executive
committee meet at Avenue house
Tuesday, Feb. 4, to revise premium
list and make arrangements for next
fair.
The above nearly covers the official
business of the meeting. The princi-
pal officers are all reflections, except
Fred E. Potts is elected assistant
secretary in place of |. w. Sanborn.
The morning session was made in
teresting from the start by Jonathan
Batchelder of North Danville who
brought in an ar1nful of books and
laid down before the president with
q request that a committee be ap-
pointed to examine these books and
report whether or not his Devon
stock was eligible to premiums &C
cording to the herd-book records
He said it had been reported that he
had got something out of the society
that did not belong to him. He
claimed that his stock was properly
registered and that he had equal
rights with others who exhibited
blooded stock and that he had been
unfairly dealt with by the society
1t appeared, during a running fire
between Mr.. Batchelder and the
president and other members of the
society, that by the rules of the soci
ETY. blooded stock must appear on a
certain club book, and that the fact
that Mr. Batchelder's stock appeared
on the herd-books did not count in
this matter Furthermore Mr.. b
claimed that the rules of the agri-
cultural society were doctored three
or four years ago on purpose to shut
him out Finally VIM. E. Peck was
appointed a committee to examine
| the herd-books and arbitrate the diff.
ferences between Mr. Batchelder and
| the society This did not wholly
please Mr.. B. and as he insisted on
| talking President Hovey called on a
policeman to take him in charge
Mr.. Batchelder retired with the re-
mark that eff the society would not
go with a policeman or any body
else"
The society then voted not to pay
W. H. Bowker premium on butter as
the secretary testified that the person
who entered the butter declined to
pay membership fees. The meeting
then adjourned.
Fair Ground Company.
The annual meeting of the Fair
Ground company was held at 1-3C
at same place. The treasurer's re
port showed deficit of about $40
in the treasury. There was loss OF
$50 on the Fourth of July trot and
a profit of 500 on the September