St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-21
State News.

electric railway connecting Springfield
and Charlestown, N. H., to any respon-
sible party who will complete the road
and put it in running condition. or the
capital stock of $120,000 only $4,000
has been paid in and of this amount the
town paid 100000. The road has been
at standstil since last December, and
fully 100000 is needed to put it into
running condition. 1t is thought Bos-
ton syndicate will purchase the road, put
ting in 500 and local capitalists the
remaining 100000.
There died last week in the east part of
Randolph at James Putneys, the Oldest
person in town, Miss Lydia Lunt, who
was supposed to have been 90 years Old
A noteworthy fact in this lady's life is
she has been town charge for nearly if
not quite so years. 1t has cost the town
large amount Of money for her support
il the interest is figured in. Her expenses
were little over 500 year.
The 30th encampment of the depart
ment Vermont Grand Army, has been
called to meet in Bennington, June %
and %, and plans are being perfected to
make it one of the most successful ever
held Many of Vermont's most noted
soldiers during the rebellion have an
nounced their intention of being present,
and President Mckinley will be at the
encampment during the session if he can
leave Washington.
There is little town in Vermont where
the people have considerable fun with the
"fence viewers" One of the officers
weighs 800 pounds, another is six feet
eight inches tall, and the third is ex-
tremely small. 1t was recently voted
that all fences on which the fat man
could sit, which the tall man couldn't
step over, nor the little one crawl
through, should be deemed legal fences.
Eighteen persons live in one-room
shanty, 16 by 20 feet, in the town of
Woodstock, not lar from the Bridgewater
line.
Thompson Niles of Bennington has
been sentenced to five years at Windsor
for criminally assaulting his illegitimate
daughter.
The one hundred and second annual
meeting OF the general convention Of Con-
gregationa ministers and churches Of
Vermont will be held in the Congrega-
tional church, Middlebury, June 8, 9 and
10.
An organized effort is to be made to
secure reduction in insurance rates, for
Vermont. J. l.. Marlin, John Calvin and
Col. Hooker will now try their hands in
securing a reduction from the New Eng
land insurance exchange. If a fair agree
ment is not reached the aid of the legisla-
ture may be invited.
The value of goods entered for con
sumption at st. Adams port last month
was $28S,112. The total assessed duty
was $53,7O2.75.
The receipts of the Burlington post
office for the month of April were $751;
S53.71, which is gain of $4,000 over
the receipts of April, 1896.
The Kneipp Cure Company of New
York propose to establish frst-class
water.cure institute in Mddletown
Springs where the art of healing by water
used in many different ways will be prac-
ticed. The Kneipp cure is so.caled be-
cause noted German priest, Sebastian
Kneipp, first adopted the water cure
method for the relief OF his various sick
parishioners, and for many years he was
besieged by rich and poor to give them
relief from ills of various kinds. His
fame became widespread and in response
to the urgent request of his friends he
wrote little book describing his method
and giving directions for its use. The
Kneipp company have translated Father
Kneipp's book and published it in this
country, a perusal of which gives one
many new ideas concerning the hygienie
use of cold water.
The Green Mountain stock farm O
Randolph is now furnishing the White
Star line of steamers with the butter they
use going both ways across the water
They are now shipping $50 pounds o
butter per day on an average.
There appears to be no end" says tn,
Photographic Times, "to the number o
projecting apparatus that are being placed
on the market. Here is list OF the few
which are already being exhibited at tn,
various music halls and places OF public
entert ,inment: The photograph, tn
animatoscope, the theatrograph, tn
kinematograph, the projectoscope, tn
cinemetoscope, the vitascope, the cine
matograph, the veriscope. the animate
graph, the vivescope, the eidoloscope, tn
cinagnphoscope, the biograph, the rayo