St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-05-31
VERMONT NEWS.


Lawn has had a notably successful
season at the Royal Opera House at
Wiesbaden. At the close of recent per-
formance the King of Sweden bestowed
upon her the honor OF an extended au-
dience, during which he expressed his ap.
probation and delight at listening to her
singing. This was after an appearance
in the "Rarber of Seville" and the feeling
Of the audience found expression during
the performance in protusion OF floral
pieces. On a former occasion Kaiser
William sent for Mrs. LAWN and compli-
mented her in the highest terms.
A meeting of the Vermont Congress
sional delegation was held at Wells
River the 22d, and it was voted to re
commend Walter B. Gates of Burlington,
for census supervise for Vermont. Mr..
Gates was born and has always lived in
Burlington, graduating from the Univer-
slty OF Vermont in the class of 1881.
For the past 10 years he has been city
editor of the Free Press.
The Peerless company, at Barton,
gives employment to 165 girls and is do
ing big business which has increased
each year since it has been there.
While digging some post holes on the
Bennington battlefield few days ago a
workman shoveled up several pieces of
English money. The date on them was
1853. They were pretty well preserved.
]. c. Newton has offered to give the
village of Wilmington $500 towards
identifying the school house if the citi-
zens would raise 5000 by subscription.
The plans for a $4,000 addition to
the state house at Montpelier have been
| approved, and the contract will be
awarded next month.
The contract for the monument to be
erected on the Gettysburg battlefield to
| the Thirteenth Vermont regiment has
been awarded to the Ryegate Granite
Works company.
The 100-yard dash at the recent Yale.
| Harvard games was won for Yale by a
Vermont boy, Fred A. Blount of New
port, in 10 1.5 seconds. Blount will
represent Yale in the intercollegiate
games this week.
c. E. Tayntor & Co., of Barre, shipped
May "a to one destination 2S0,45
pounds Of granite, or nine carloads.
This is said to be the largest single ship
ment of granite that ever went out of
Barre.
A free delivery service will be establish
ed at Bellows Falls, on October LIST with
three regular letter carriers and one sub
stitute carrier. There will be % street
letter boxes and one package box.
a 500 900 fire visited Mortified early
SUNDAY morning, totally destroying the
Mayo block, occupied as stores, offices,
town library, and society halls. The
value OF the block was $4,000, insur-
ance $4,000 Most of the merchants
saved parts of their stocks.
There will be summer normal school
in Rutland from July II to %, especially
for the accommodation of the teachers
of Addison, Bennington and Rutland
counties.
The employees of the Lane Manufac-
turing Company were agreeably sur
prised on pay day of last week to learn
that the company had instituted a gen.
eral raise in their wages of 10 cents per
day, taking effect May L.
Rev. George Y. Bliss, seven years as
sistant rector OF St. Paul's church, Bur.
lington, has been elected rector to succeed
Rev. ]. lsham Bliss, whose resignation
was made necessary by continued i'll
health. Mr.. Bliss was born in Shelburne
35 years ago, but went to California
when he was ten years old, returning to
Burlington to enter the UNIVERSITY OF
Vermont in the class of 1889. He is
married and has three children. The
parish is the wealthiest and one OF the
most important in the state.
A. E. Z. Starkey of the Wilmington
Times succeeds ]. w. Sault as editor OF
the Bennington Banner.
Miss Nancy Lille OF Bethel lost her life
i'll horrible manner recently. She was
burning worms from the apple trees in
her orchard when in some way her cloth
ing caught fire. She was living alone at
the time and there was no one to come
to her assistance. A ncighbor living
some distance away finally heard her
cries, but when he reached her she was
dead, her clothing being almost entirely
burned from her and her body blstered.
Miss Lille was about 60 years old and
lived on the old homestead.
TIC LOU dHiuui hiSSlibS VI tuS WI
mont Woman's Suffrage Association
will be held in the Methodist church, Bel
lows Falls, Thursday evening and Fri.
day, June l and 2.
CT. Bell Master of Vermont State
Grange, has appointed June 10 as chill
drens day in the Grange.
The work of erecting the new building
for the Jaquith public library in Montpel-
Ter will commence at once. According
to the terms of the will the library build
ing will be built by the town. Of the
Sc, 900 left by Mr. Jaquith $4,000 will be
used at once to purchase books, while
the remaining 81 900 will be invested for
recruiting fund.
T. H. Chesley, Lyndon boy, was re-
Gently nominated for judge of Henry
county, III.
The second soldier of the Spanish
American war to be admitted to the Sol
diers Home at Bennington is Private
Douglass of Springfield who was in the
Santiago campaign with the I'd Massa.
chusetts volunteers.
Notice TO Wheelmen.