St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-02-16
VERMONT MATTERS.
Our State Building at the Big Fair
Some Details.


Some Details.
The Vermont Worlds Fair COM
held a meeting in Burlington
on Friday afternoon, and from the
Free Press report of it we CLEAN some
things OF interest. 1t was decided to
dedicate the Vermont building on
Nav 10, at which time members of
the Vermont Press Association and
MANY prominent Vermonters will be
in Chicago A special committee,
consisting of Gov. Fuller, Commits
sioner A. F. Walker and A. Sibley;
and Mrs. Chandler and Mrs. Hook
err as lady managers, was appointed
to prepare programme ofdedicatory
exercises.
The commission decided to accept
for the state building only such
articles as were offered for decora-
tive purposes, as the national COM
mission had ruled that no exhibits
entered for competition could be
placed in thestate buildings. Articles
of woman's work intended tor eX-
hibition in the woman's department
of the fair will be accepted tor IN
spection at Montpelier prior to
April BY a special committee, con-
sisting of A. ]. Sbley, H. H. Nc
Intvre and Mrs. E. M. Chandler
Albert Chapman of Middlebury
was elected superintendent of the
sheep exhibit, vice F. H. Earring
ton, resigned.
1t was decided to erect pavilion
to cost $1,000 in the agricultural de
partment for the maple sugar eX
h.bit; it was also decided to build
pavilion in the department Of NINE:
and mining for the exhibition o
samples of stone, marble and gran
lite. This pavilion will cost $500
and will contain 80 cubic blocks
eight inches i'll size representing
stoue from every quarry OF com
mercial value. The dairy exhibi
will cover 20 lineal feet of case room
and will contain so or 60 packages
the product of as many exhibitors
There will also be shown so Morgan
horses, including GiIlig, Mac ant
Thought. In sheep about 100 vii
he selected from the best focks in TIL
state. Twenty-Five head OF Jerse,
and AYRSHIRE cattle will be shown
Private exhibitions will be made b.
the Estey Organ Company OF Brat
tleboro, the Fairbanks Scale Com
pauv of St. Johnsbury, the How
Scale Company and The LncolI
Iron works of Rutland, the Vernon
Farm Machine Company OF Below
Falls, the Barre Granite firms, tn
Vermont Marble Company OF Proc
tor and possibly other industries.
Fearful Catastrophe at a West Rutlan
Ouarry-Several Lives Lost.
The worst accident that has eve
been known in the marble district
of the state occurred at West Rul
land on Saturday afternoon last
when a section of stone 60x20 fee
fell in one of the Vermont Marbl
Company's quarry, burying man
of the workmen, FIVE of whom wer
killed and ten injured. The victim
we're all middle-aged men. Crowd
of people hurried to the scene of tn
calamity, among them some of tn
relatives Of the killed and injure
men, and they were frantic wit
grief. Many of the women tried t
rush down into the quarry, bu
we're prevented by the more COO
: headed people. The killed and som
of the injured were buried under ton
of rock, and the work of rescue wa
: necessarily difficult; but scores
, men in charge of competent bose
,, went at it with a will. The loos
/ pieces of stone were removed, an
, blasts were put in to remove til
e larger pieces, some of which weighe
4 many tons. The fifth body remove
l was that of Alex Blumquest,
Swede, who had been in this coul
! try only two weeks. 1t was horr
blv mangled, having lain under
mass of marble at least twenty tee
thick. The sight to all who had tt
courage to go down the ladder WE
a dismal one. About forty mine,
,, were at work removing the mass'
of stone from the bodies of the dea
, and injured. The cause OF the acc
dent is not definitely known, but
is thought the portion OF stone thu
A fell was probably loosened /
T. freezing; the quarry was we'll pr'
e tected by supports.
State Encampmenf, G. A. II.
The Vermont department, q. A. h
: held largely attended and enthu
/ iastic annual encampment at Ru
land this week. These officers we
+. elected Commander, Capt. Geo. Y
! ~. - M a.....,.,.ilo sa,;nr vice w