St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-28
VERMONT NEWS.
The Third Cavalry.

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The population of the state was in
creased nearly 800 Saturday. The ia
nous Third cavalry, part OF which be-
longs to the state, or at least is consid-
cred part of it, has arrived at Fort
Ethan Allen and there is much rejoicing
All along the route after the regiment
crossed the Vermont line people turned
out in large numbers and gave the req
ment an enthusiastic welcome. The
Third was at Montauk one month. All
of the solddrs are in the best of health
The $50 lacking to fill the regiment are
for the most part absent on furlouehs,
while the sick are scattered among many
hospitals. OF the regiment eight troops
took part in the famous battle at San
tiago.
They think it is cold up here and say
they will FIRE, re in tents. They wonder
ii the government isn't going to supply
them with pocket coal stoves. Vermont
welcomes the Third. She looks upon
them much the same as if they were her
own boys, and she rejoices over the excel
lent record they made in the trenches be-
fore Santiago.
The Ice Famine.
The ice supply of Bellows Falls, in
common with many other places in New
England, has given out entirely, and To-
cal dealers are having to depend upon
other places to supply them. W. II. Kir-
my used the last of his stock three weeks
ago and had to get seven or eight car
loads, which has all come from Keene.
George F. Evans: supply lasted until last
Friday and he secured one carload Of
manufactured ice from Springfield, Mass,
which is all gone, and he is now using
the Keene supply, having received car
Saturday.
The Chlttenden Collection.
The University of Vermont has just
bought the Chittenden collection Of "Ver-
montana" Hon. L. A. Chittenden Of
New York had obtained in so years
large collection Of books, manuscripts
and documents relating to Vermont and
its history, and these he offered to the
university for $500, price much lower
than their value, but yet given because
OF the owners desire that the library
which he has been so long collecting
might be preserved entire and deposited
somewhere within the state.
Waterbury Insane Asylum.
The number of patients being cared for
by the department OF the insane Of the
State of Vermont has now reached high
water mark. At Waterbury there are
513 patients and at Brattleboro 100,
which is the greatest number in the his
tory of the State.
While the asylum at Waterbury is not
full to the point of overho wing, the num-
Der of patients in the buildings is as
many as it was ever believed would be
confined there at any one time, and a
great many more than many OF the lead.
ing physicians of the State thought
would be placed in the institution.
Since the passage of the present pauper
law the number of inmates at the State
insane asylums had increased 800 per
cent. The amendment to the act was
made by Judge Poland, being passed in
the SOS.
The trustees are of the opinion that &C.
commodations should be made for 200
more inmates. The board will not go
before he legislature this fall to ask tor
an appropriation, but will allow the ses-
sion to make whatever relief it deems
necessary.
State Druggists.
The first annual meeting of the Yer
mont State Pharmaceutical association
will be held in Montpelier Tuesday and
Wednesday, October 25 and 26.
At the meeting will be presented the
first report of the State board Of phar
macy to the association as body.
A summer resident at Bennington Cen
ter recently had two carrier pigeons sent
him from Boston. They were released
the next morning at eight o'clock ant
they arrived in Boston in just two hour.
and forty'eight minutes.
The managers of the State fair recent
ly held at White River Junction, not only
paid all expenses from the receipts, bu
have about $4,000 lett in the treasury.
despatch from Woodstock says tina
Gen. Merritt is coming from the Philip
pines to Chicago to marry Miss Lauri
{. Williams, daughter of the Hon. Nor
man Williams, a leading lawyer of tina
city, formerly of Woodstock. The en-
gagement was announced soon after wa
was declared. They will come to the oil,
homestead at Woodstock for few days
and from there the General will procee,
to Washington to consult with the Presi
dent, and will, probably follow the peac
Commission to Paris.
The next meeting of the state conven
. tiou of Congregational churches will b
held at Barre, in June, 1899. 1t will
, the centennial of that church and til
programme will be arranged with refer
ence to that event.
Mrs. Thomas Sears of Benning ton ha
received a draft on the bank of Englan
for $3.50, 900, as her share IN the estat
/ of her grandfather Her husband, VIII
has been employed for many years in tn
railroad shops of the Fitchburg railroa
: at Mechancsville, has given up his posi
, ton.
Our Rights In Manila.
Some question has arisen as to tn
E right of the United States to send troop
e to Manila under the terms OF the proto
5 col and the armistice which followed
, Officials of the war department hav
I stated that under the protocol Manil