St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-05-24
VERMONT MATTERS.
Grand Lodge and Grand Encampmeut
I. O, O. F.

4. u. q. Z.
The forty-eighth annual meeting of the
Grand Encampment of Vermont /. 0. o.
F., met in Newport last week. Fourteen
new members were introduced and re-
ceived degree. The Grand Patriarch s re-
port sho VS. a membership of Ills with 9
encampments in the state, indicating a
healthy growth of the order in Vermont
for the past year.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: Grand patriarch, D. L. Sanders,
Montpelier; grand high priest, L. Y.
Green, Rutland: grand warden, D. G.
Wallace, St. Adams; grand scribe, c. w.
Farr, St. Johnsbury; grand treas, D. w.
Dudley, Montpelier; grand jr. warder,
E. Parker, Bradford. Appointed officers
were: Grand marshal, E. F. Smith,
Barre; grand sentinel, Chas. Walker,
Burlington o. sentinel, c. H. Lock
wood, Bellows Falls.
The annual session of the Grand Lodge
was held also the following day.
The grand secretary's report showed a
membership of 1927 in the state, with a
net gain during the year of 317. There
has been paid out for relief during the
year Sc, 937.54
About $4,000 has been pledged toward
the State Odd Fellows Home and the
prospect is that this fund will receive
large additions during the coming year
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Grand master, F. H.
Hyde, Poultney; deputy grand master,
DR.. c. A. Perry, ReadsbOro; grand war
den, H. L. Parker, Lyndonville; grand
sec'y, H. E. Parker, Bradford; grand
treas, E. P. Adams, Swanton; grand
chaplain, F. A. Sherburne, Montpelier;
grand representative for two years, H.
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marshal, H. NJ. Mcfarland, Hyde
Park; grand conductor, F. T. Caswell,
Derby Line; grand guardian, J. H.
Blakely, Bellows Falls; grand herald,
Chas. J. Bullock, Poultnev.-[ Condensed
from Newport Express report.
Rev. Dr. Norman Seaver, who has been
supplying at Bethany Congregational
church, Montpelier, has accepted the call
to become permanent pastor.
Leslie Scott, the ex-teller of the Yer
mont National bank at Brattleboro, who
was arraigned before the supreme court
last week, he pleaded nolo contendere,
and his case was continued, with the
probability that he will not be sentenced
and that the four indictments will be
pushed no further.
Henry Forest, a former resident of
Hancock, in Addison county, but who
has been travelling with a band of
gypsies, became intoxicated the other
day at Hancock, attacked an officer with
an axe, and was shot in selfdefense He
may recover.
Geo. and Edward Newton of Benson,
aged, respectively, s and IA years, were
shot by one Oliver Larose the other
evening, and the younger boy was
thought to be mortallv wounded. La
rose was arrested. His motive for
shooting is not clear, but he claims to
have mistaken the boys for game.
The Central Vermont railroad station
at Gassetts, in Rutland county, was
burned last Thursday, at a loss of about
$500.
The bobbin and spool works of Henry
A Jackman & Sons, OF Topsham,
house and three barns, burned last
Thursday afternoon. The total loss
sos, 1000; insurance, $4,000.
Terry Dolan, an employee of the Central
Vermont company, aged 60 years, while
shoveling out an ash pit at the engine
house, at White River Junction, was run
over last week and instantly killed.
Rodney Browns farm house, in Frank
lin, was burned last week. loss on the
building about $1,000.
Vermont summer hotel proprietors say
that they have received as many orders
for rooms and board as they did last
year. Last year summer tourists left
more than $500, 900 in the state, and it
is expected that they will spend more
this year.