St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-01-18
PEACHAM,

The Chicago Inter-Ocean has an arti-
Gle headed by cut on a former Peacham
boy, as follows: Clark Varnum, attorney
and counselor, of the law firm of Varnum
& Anderson, was born at Peacham, VT,
in 1886 removed to Iowa in 1865, and
was admitted to the bar in 1870. In
1890 he removed to Chicago, where he
has since been continuously engaged in
his profession, which is now confined
chiefly to corporation and life insurance
law. Mr.. Varnum has been employed in
many great and Important cases. He is
counsel in the defense in the case of the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company VS..
the Chicago and Northern Pacific Rail
way Company, pending and undetermin
ed in the United States circuit court be-
fore Judge Jenkins, which involves not
only the trust deed made in 1890, which
attempts to secure $30000,000 of the
Chicago and Northern Pacihc's bonds,
also involves collaterally the legality of
other trust deeds securing hundreds of
millions of railroad bonds. Mr.. Varnum
is president Of the national legal bureau.
He is a prominent Mason. His name
appears upon the rolls of a number of
clubs and organizations.
Miss Anna M. Cummings, whose work
here was postponed on account of scarlet
fever in this village, is expected to speak
in the vestry of the Congregational
church next Saturday evening. She will
speak upon missionary work in Africa.
Sunday evening she will speak upon her
temperance work there, and Monday
evening, in Academy hall, her subject
will be, From Cape Town to Cairo"
Miss Cummings is young Vermont
woman who has been teacher for sew
erval years in Hugenot Seminary at Will
lington in South Africa and is secretary
OF Y. w. c. T. U. at that place.
The Methodist Church which has been
so finely repaired of late will be dedi-
Gated today.
Mrs. Truman Martin had a partial
shock recently but is some better at
present.
The annual meeting of the Creamery
Association was held last Wednesday.
Miss Gertie Hopkins returned last
week from Lisbon, N. H., where she has
been visiting her sister.
We understand that the Peacham
creamery will pay 81 cents for butter
through the month of December.
The people of East Peacham sent two
barrels of clothing to the suffering in the
West last week. The clothing was all
good, and among other things were
eight ladies cloaks, one good overcoat,
pants, vests and articles OF ladies' wear,
etc. The barrels were forwarded to the
Central Relief Depot, TAO Broadway,
New York city and from there will be
sent to the West to be distributed
There was lyceum at the Academy
Hall Friday night and there will be
another next week, at which time they
will speak on the question, "Are women
more influential than menu"
Horace McLary of Windsor was i'll
town few days last week.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Nd.
Taft died last Friday and the funeral
was held Sunday at 2,30 p. m.
Mrs. Almira Graham has returned
from st. Johnsbury, where she has been
stopping for the past two months.
The singing class of Peacham went
to Barnet Center last Tuesday night to
visit Mr.. Dudley's school at that place.
Quite a number of our dairymen at
tended the dairymens meeting at White
River Junction last week.