St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-07-12
VERMONT MATTERS.
The odd Fellows, Home.

| LUDLOW. y. Oll, WIZ sPShuo h'o
summers in Ludlow, and his winters
in Boston and Washington. has
given the Grand Lodge plateau OF
16 acres, beautifully located, over.
looking the village, and large new
building admirably adapted tor the
home, built last year for summer
hotel, and never occupied. 1t has all
the modern convenlences, gas, water,
steam, electric bells, etc, costing
with land $4,000, Of which Mr..
Gill offers to contribute $4,000.
The Grand Lodge are to pay but
$4,000 for all complete. The deed
conveying the property to the Grand
Lodge was executed last week. The
significance of this from charitable
point OF view is great. The custom
OF establishing Odd Fellows homes
is becoming very prevalent, and the
gift of J. $. Gill, who is, strange to
say, not an Odd Fellow himself, will
make the one in Vermont one OF the
finest. The building has three stories
and is nearly new, is furnished in
hard wood and its lower rooms are
nicely frescoed. The situation on
plateau about three-fourths OF a mile
from the depot is a fine one and the
building is fitted with electric bells
throughout. The fixtures for gas
are in every room and machine for
manufacturing it in the building.
The house is IN perfect order and is
ready for immediate use.
The vermont Statutes of 1894"
which is a complete revision of the
laws of Vermont as authorized by
the last Legislature, is nearly ready.
1t is a book OF several hundred pages
and will cost the state about
$4,000 Thirty-fve hundred copies
are printed. The last revision was
Revised Laws of $780," and the
present revision will be more COM
plete and comprehensive than that
of any other state.
A census of Montpelier has just
been completed, showing 5,045 resi-
dents. OF these 1716 are males over
81 years of age, and TIA are females
over that age.
Through the munihcence OF
Homer Heaton, Montpelier is
to have a hospital. which will be
ready for occupancy about the first
OF January next. 1t is to be small
general hospital, but will be up to
date in every particular. Construc-
ton is to begin at once, the architects
being Rand & Taylor of Boston.
Col. George N. Carpenter, we'll
known native of Vermont, died at
his residence in Brookline, Boston, on
Monday, of inflammation of the kid
neys. He was trustee of Norwich
University, and lecturer on COM
mercial ethics.
Owing to conflicting events, the
special meeting OF the Vermont Fish
and Game League, which was called
tor July "a, at Burlington, has been
postponed until the first of August.
when the original programme will be
carried out.
A paper mill is to be built at Put
ney to replace the one recently burned.
The mill is to be ITO by 70 feet, some
what larger than before, and will
have much improved machinery. A
machine 72 inches wide, which is 10
inches larger than was used before, is
being built by J. H. Howe & Son OF
Lawrence, Mass. The new mill will
be lighted by electricity, which is the
first Lighting in that town of the kind.
Mr.. Cole is oputi in his own dynamo,
automatic sprinklers, and have thor
ough fire protection.
Hon. J. B. Stearns, of Camden,
Me-, died on July 4th of paralysis.
He was the inventor Ut the duplex
system of biography. His first wife
was Miss l.. NJ Brooks, OF Putney.
H. H. Stone OF Bellows Falls, for.
merly conductor on the Cheshire
railroad, has failed in business, and
has filed petition in insolvency.
The work of the compilers of the
vermont Statutes" was completed
last Saturday. The volume contains
several hundred pages, and the cost
to the state is SIG 600. Thirty-6vt
hundred copies are printed.
The state library at Montpelier i.
being ataogued by assistant state
librarian T. w. Wood. This library
is one of the most valuable and com
plete collections in the United States
1t contains 80 900 volumes, exclusive
of duplicates. 500 of which have beer
F. added since January l.
The Vermont department of the G
A. X. will be well represented at thu
encampment at Louisville, Kentucky
on September IL. There are to b.
very low rates on the railroads.
The annual encampment of tn
Vermont National Guard is to be bel,
at Farlee from August II to II
, inclusive.
, The U. V. NJ. has just graduated
) class OF forty-hve NJ. D'S.
j The bronze bust OF Hon. Frederic
, Billings, done by japanese artist,
( has been received and placed in tn
r Billings Library in the University {
a Vermont.
: Barre has established an Italia
newspaper published monthly in tn
Italian language. The editor