St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-04-03
Vermont News.

season.
The Central Vermont road has jus
completed new ice house at White Rive
Junction with a capacity of 500 cords
1t is being filed with ice from Rouse
Point
The state board of pharmacy met las
Friday at the Van Ness House Burling
ton. The day was occupied by theeIami
nation Of FIVE candidates for pharma
cist's certificate.
Mary BriIls farm residence in Franklin
was destroyed by fire March Goth II
was insured in II. A. Burt, Jr,'s agency
in the Union Mutual of Montpelier for
S1400 on the building and $500 on the
contents.
President Smith OF the Central Vermont
has denied in toto the report that the
business of that railroad is to be moved
to Montreal, saying that the rumor is
absurd on the face of it; that it isneither
possible nor probable that the court will
allow the receivership to go out gifts
jurisdiction.
Moses Pierce of Derby Line, Orleans
county, the oldest man in Vermont, will
be 103 years old in May. He has lived
in Derby Line and Stemstead, an eastern
township just across the Canadian
border for 70 years, carrying on the
shoemakers trade and afterward that Of
tanning leather Mr.. Pierce remembers
the death of Washington and the pro-
found sensation it caused throughout
the country.
Julius Porter, who has been on trial in
the county court tor placing distractions
on the Boston g. Maine tracks about a
mile north of Brattleboro station, was
convicted last Friday, the jury being out
two hours. Three brothers were arrested
in Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
last fall for the crime, since which time
they have been confined in the county
Jail awaiting trial. The jury found the
defendant guilty, while the two other
brothers were remanded to Jail to await
further action by the court.
The prospects for Lake Raponda Viii
ming tons famous summer resort, never
looked brighter than they do this season
Ten fine summer houses will be erected
this season. Work will Recommended on
same at the earliest possible date, and in
all probability two more will be erected
Hosea Mann, Jr., has just closed a con-
tract with a city advertising agent for
81 900 worth of advertising in the great
city dailies. Raponda will be doomed
this season to a greater extent thanit has
ever been hitherto, and no money or work
will be spared in the attempts of its
to make this the most popular
resort in southern Vermont
Eighteen hundred more cars went
through custom over the Grand Trunk
at Island Pond during the month of
January than for the corresponding
month last year, and 500 more than ever
went through in one month before.
D. N. Richardson, editor of the Daven-
port, Iowa, Daily Democrat, has arranged
to build a $4,000 summer residence at
Sroton on an elevation 1856 feet above |
the village street.
The annual state meeting and tourna-
nent OF the Vermont State Firemen's
Association will be held in Montpelier
and Barre July % 3. Nearly $500 will
be given in premiums, as follows Hose
$50; second $1OO; third |
$50. Hook and ladder prizes--First,
S12; second, SIS; third SO. Hand engine
$3.50; second, $50;
bird, $50
Gov. Busiel OF New Hampshire has
dominated Associate Justice Alonzo p.
Carpenter of Concord chief Justice of the
New Hampshire supreme court, to succeed
he late Chief Justice Charles Doe. Judge
Carpenter is Vermonter by birth, hav-
ng been born in Waterford. He was in
practice at Bath many years before his
appointment to the bench, and for ten
ears was solicitor of Grafton county.
The report of the Vermont insurance
commissioners, Just issued, shows ma
erlal increase IN life insurance premiums |
II this state during 1895. There has
)een steady increase during the, past
i've years. The assessment cont ancs
collected premiums amounting to $3.50. |
'21.1 in 1894, and 5000 ,54S. 3Oin1S91 |
The accident and miscellaneous com.
)anies received last year $66,O4O.41,
making over a million dollars invested in
insurance outside of fire insurance,
Twenty.seven regular lie companies
we're licensed in the state. There were
10 additions in 1895.
The present prospect for Vermonts
maple sugar crop this year is poor, owing
o untavorabIe weather. The season is |
wo weeks later than the average.
March has been colder than the average
or many years. Four mornings last
week the thermometer registered below |
gro. a few sugar orchards were tapped
asst week III anticipation OF warmer
Weather, but there has been no flow as
ct Practically no sugar has been made
his season. Of5o,ooo 0O0pounds shown
~ the census as the annual production
n the United States, over one third is |
made IN Vermont, Last year the Weld
vas l4,l23 92l pounds of sugar and
1913 6S5 gallons Of syrup. Owing to the
ateness OF the season, the warm weather
viii probably come suddenly and the
ugar season will be short. Good Judges
stimate that there will not be over two.
birds OF crop this spring and perhaps
lot over one-half.
The committee, at the head of which is
thief Justice Fuller of the limited 81