St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
State News.

ne fOllOWlnB iOurth class postmaster
have been appointed for Vermont: w. S
Bentley, Standgate; NJ. p. Dole, Talts
vile.
The 9th annual reunion of the society
of the Army of the Potomac will be held
at Burlington on the 10th and 18th
Mai General Orlando Smith of Balti.
more, Md, will deliver the Grafton, and
Capt. Jack Crawford, the poet scout,
will recite an original poem. The regu-
lar troops Dist United States infantry,
from Pattsburg barracks, the Sd United
States cavalry, from Fort Ethan Allen,
and the LIST regiment, V. n. g., will be re-
viewed by the society. An excursion on
Lake Champlain Thursday and a ban
quet at the Van Ness house will close the
meeting.
The most severe hail storm that has
visited this vicinity for 43 years struck
Bradford on the afternoon OF August 4,
and in about 20 minutes did a great
deal of damage, Over $50 lights of glass
were broken from the greenhouse OF
= David Blakely, The skylight of L. II.
Aliens photograph rooms was destroyed
and many windows broken in other
blocks The streets were slrcwn with
leaves and branches pounded from trees,
gardens are destroyed and the fields of
grain and corn are greatly injured, il not
so threshed as to be beyond recovery.
In August, 1858, there was a similar
hail storm here which followed the same
track, from northwest to southeast and
did very much more damage.
The body Of an unknown man was
found in the lake in the vicinity of the
pumping station at Burlington August
7 by two young men from Manchester,
n. H. who were temporarily i'll the city.
The body was finally identified as that
of Gottliel Fabric, who came to Burling.
ton from East Warren about year ago,
and an operation was performed on his
hip soon after his arrival in the city. He
had been in the employ of DR.. Tinkham
for about six weeks, the latter part OF
which time the doctor had noticed that
he had been afflicted with melancholia to
Slight degree, and this was undoubtedly
the cause OF lis probable suicide. He left
DR.. Tinkham's very quietly, saying moth.
ing about his intentions, and was in his
every day working clothes, with very
little money on his person.
Hard times have become provcrbial in
Rutland, and with the ushering in OF
August they seem to be more so than
they have been for the past year, Trade
is very quiet and even the factories and
shops are simply keeping along. The
time OF year has evidently something to
la be Int Ia, Of on Inc
ness men say that the money agitation
which is going on in all parts OF the
country has more to do with it than
anything else. Our manufacturers are
unable to find ready market for their
goods, and our merchants are complains
ing because both farmers and working
people are getting along with the bare
necessities of life and with as few of them
as possible. 1t now looks as though
some of our large works would be 50
curtailed as to compel the companies to
reduce their help. 1t is hoped that the
companies will not be compelled to do
this, but the outlook is not bright.
The new hospital at Proctor, which
has just been completed, and is now
ready to receive patients, was opened to
the public August sixth. The building is
a modern dwelling situated short dis.
tancc from the centre OF the village. The
house has been thoroughly reconstructed
and equipped to make it in all respects
suitable for hospital purposes. Ten pa
tients can conveniently be Accommodated
but in an emergency larger number can
be taken.
The Vermont marble company have
built and equipped the hospital, and it is
the desire OF the company that the peo-
pie of the village should be interested in
the care and management of the hospital
and to this end board ofmanagers CON
sisting of "a members has been named.
The hospital is the outgrowth of the
district nurse work begun something
over a year ago by the company at
Proctor and a little later extended to
West Rutland. A competent trained
nurse has been employed by the company
to attend cases OF sickness among its
EMPLOYEES or their families at each of
these places. This work has proved of
great value and has been satisfactory in
every way. It's success encouraged the
company to undertake the larger enter
prise OF building and equipping the hos
pital, The matron OF the hospital is
Miss Ada Stewart, graduate of the
Waltham school.
1t is intended to be substantially free
hospital. 1t is primarily for the benefit
of the company's employees and their
families, although others, and especially
residents OF the communities where diff
ferent branches OF the company are To-
Gated will be admitted as patients.