St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-27
VERMONT NE WS.

Bears are said to be increasing in the
state despite the bounty of $15 onthem.
The death at Woodstock Of Oliver
Phelps Chandler,'a leading Vermont law
yer, is announced He was SO years old
and a native Of Peacham.
Young Mems work is the title Of a pa
per published by the Railroad Y. NJ. c.
A. at Rutland, Vt. 1t contains much
beneficial matter for young men.
Oscar Phipps, a well known Central
| Vermont conductor, committed suicide
by shooting himself at his home in Bur-
lington last Friday. He was a sufferer
from painful and incurable disease.
1t is said that Ludlow is to have an.
other chair factory, some of the leading
men of the town backing the enterprise.
1t will undoubtedly he a great addItionto
the business of the town.
The corn factory at Mortified finished
canning corn last week, and 100000
cans have been made up this season, the
most ever canned in Northfeld The
reason for stopping is that all the cans
are run ont and none can be had.
The first regular meeting of the Mu-
ncpal League was held in Barre last
week when officers were elected and
COMMITTEES appointed to take charge Of
The various departments Of work com.
ing under the care OF the league. Such
an organization should be fruitful in
good results to its town.
The twenty-second reunion of the
Eighth Vt. Regimental Association will
be held at Brook Post Rooms, G. A. R.,
Montpelier, Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 1 p. III.
After the business meeting memorials
will be given of deceased comrades by
Capt. S. E. Howard and DR.. {. NJ Fer
rim, Secy. A banquet will be served by
the W. r. c. in their rooms, and Capt.
F. E. Smith will have charge of the
camp6rein the evening. The Legislative
reunion will convene the next day, and
all railroads in the state will sell round
trip tickets at reduced rates.
Call for tickets to Montpelier and
return.
Gov. Woodbury. and party spent We'd
nesday, Sept. 1S, in visiting the famous
field and forest where the battle Of Chick
amauga was fought 80 years ago, re-
turning therelrom via Missionary Ridge
and the scenes of its sanguine fights of
two months later On Thursday they
attended the dedication ceremonies
which assembled not tar from 10000
persons. The occasion was an exceed
ingly interesting one, never to be forgot
ten by any one present. On Friday the
governor and party took in the exercises
in the great tent in Chattanooga.
The centennial of the organization of
the town OF Burke occurs in 1896. There
is movement on loot to secure proper
observance of this event, and to study
and put in permanent form the history
and traditions of this town which are
unusually interesting. To accomplish
this it is proposed to organize Histor-
cal Society, whose object shall be, first
to make thorough study Of the history
of the town second, to celebrate its cen
tennial; third, to mark historical sites
and preserve relics and mementos
Of the towns growth. Funds have
already been secured to preserve the old
White schoolhouse, the oldest school
house building in the town, if not in the
whole county, to be used as museum,
where collection of relics and curios
may be placed. A chapter of the Agas-
siz Association, formed among the
young people, are already at work on a
collection of plants and native woods
for the museum. Alfred B. Darling of
New York, a former pnpil of the White
School, has sent fifty dollars to the
schoolhouse fund, and other friends and
former pupils in Burke and elsewhere
have added fifty dollars more. meet
ing to organize the Burke Historical So
ciety was held in the Congregational
vestry at East Burke Tuesday evening,
Sept. a.