St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-04-20
VERMONT NEWS.
A Prominent Addison County Man Gone.


Hon. Carlton W. Read of Addison died
Thursday after lingering illness with a
complication OF diseases, aged Ga years.
Mr.. Read was one of Addison county's
prominent men. He was born in Char
lotte October 81, 1884, and came to
Addison in 1858, where he owned one of
the largest and best farms in Western
Vermont, consisting of $40 acres. He
was formerly an extensive dealer in sheep
and wool, and was associated with the
late Byron Smith in that business. He
also dealt largely in farm machinery in
which he was successful. He was consid-
cred one of the best business men and
fnanciers in his town and repeatedly
honored with important town Offices. In
1882 he represented Addison county in
the state senate. He was delegate from
Vermont to the republican national con-
vention held at Chicago in 1883 and was
firm supporter OF Gen. Benjamin Har-
risou and was one of the committee APP
pointed to notify Gen. Harrison of his
nomination for the presidency and went
with them to Indianapolis for that pur-
pose. Gov. Grout appointed Mr.. Read a
trustee of the Vermont Industrial school,
which office he held at the time of his
death.
Loyal Harry Bradford, %, elder son
of Rev. c. A. Bradford, died recently at
Manchester. He began the study of as
tronomy about seven years ago, and in
1895 was elected Fellow OF the Royal
Astronomical society of London" The
young man was living at that time at
North Ferrisburg, where his father was
a Methodist minister. His articles on
astronomical subjects attracted much
attention. He entered Yale divinity
school last fall for special course, and
was at his home for a vacation when he
was attacked with appendicitis. Hewas
young man Of great promise, and his
death causes sorrow wherever he was
known.
Jesse Hickey, a young boy, was struck
on the left side of the face and killed by a
piece of cannon which burst when it
was fred by A. ]. Crane at Bristol
Thursday night. Hickey was standing
about 40 feet from the cannon when it
exploded. Part of the jaw was torn
away and the skull was fractured. He
lived about an hour.
The women of st. Adams have con-
tributed the most varied assortment of
supplies to the Cuban relief fund yet re-
ceived by the relief committee. 1t in
cludes three barrels of -four, So cans Of
condensed milk, qunine, salt, counter
panes bed quilts, needles, pins, carpets,
shoes and several hundred miscellaneous
articles of wearing apparel. The con-
signment is valued at more than $500
and proved most acceptable to the COM
mittee.
Asbury c. Robinson escaped from the
Barre lookup Sunday night and is still
at large. He sawed off two bars and
crawled through the hole thus made,
raised the window and made good his
escape. He must have had assistance.
Rev. W. R. Davenport of Barre, one OF
the best known members OF the Vermont
conference, has received unanimous call
to Baker Memorial church at Concord,
N. H., one OF the largest and wealthiest
churches in that city.
Nina Green, IA, daughter of Mrs.
Marsh of Mortified, who is in Windsor
prison under sentence of death for muir.
dering her husband, has been heard from
in California. The girl disappeared from
Mortified recently, and many people
supposed that she had eloped with a
former resident of that town, but she
writes that she did not elope, and that
her departure was entirely on her own
plan.