St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-20
VERMONT NEWS.
I'm An Ice Box.


with peculiar experience recently. He
had some fresh meat in cold storage
building and while there getting some of
it was accidentally locked in. He called
for help and tried to batter down the
door. Every minute he was getting
colder. He exercised to keep himself
warm but it was ofno use, and he had
on a crash suit. He said he was suffer
ing intense pain all the while. Finally
he discovered a pane of glass in the
room. which he broke and then COM
menced to call for help. He was finally
heard and the owner of the building was
notified and at once unlocked the door.
When Burroughs came out he said that
he felt sleepy and from all indications
was on the point of freezing. He said he
never suffered with cold enough to freeze
meat solid in "a hours time.
Annual Meeting.
The 9th annual meeting OF the Yer
mont Branch of the Woman's Board Of
Missions will be held in the Congrega-
tional church at Middlebury, Wednesday,
Sept. 81. Services at $50 a. M, 200
p. M, and Young Peoples Hour at 4
p. m. The meeting will be addressed by
Miss Child, home secretary of the W. B.
NJ, Miss Bushee of Spain, and Mrs.
Ireland of South Africa. Each auxiliary
is entitled to send two delegates and
contributing societies may be repre-
scented if desired. Application for enter
tainment should be made at once to
Mrs. w. W. Eaton, Middlebury. A
meeting for delegates will be held in the
Congregational church Tuesday, Sept.
26, at $50 p. m. 1t is expected that
round trip tickets will be on sale at the
principal stations on Monday, the 25th.
$4,000 For Goddard.
Goddard seminary is to receive $4,000,
the income to be applied to its support,
according to the terms ofthe will OF Mrs.
Mary T. Goddard which was filed at
East Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. Goddard
was the widow OF the late Thomas N.
Goddard, Of Newton, Mass, for whom
Goddard seminary was named, and while
no promises had been definitely given it
was hoped with considerable confidence
that she would remember the institution
in her will Mrs. Goddard, by her will
gave away 100000 to Universalist edu
cational institutions, churches, and char
liable institutions. OF this sum Tult:
college gets 100000.
vermonters Get Appointments.
The following appointments to thu
volunteer army are announced
Vermont: To be first lieutenant, Viii
liam N. Batchelder, late First U. S. Vol
unteer Cavalry. 46th.
To be second lieutenant, William H
Burt, late OF Company NJ, First Yer
mont Volunteers, in the 43d.
Bishop J. S. Michaud, of Burlington
announces the following changes among
the clergy tor the Catholic diocese of Vel
mont: Rev. Henry Lane, of Poultne,
will succeed the late Rev. Thomas Lyncl
at Fair Haven; Rev. P. ]. Houihan, O
Ludlow, will succeed Rev. Henry Lane
at Poultney; Rev. M. ]. Carmody. o
Richmond, will succeed Rev. P. ]. Houl
!, han, at Ludlow; Rev. John Galligai
, formerly assistant to Rev. Thoma
,, Lynch at Fair Haven, will take the paris
at Castleton.
, Early Sunday morning the large barn
on the estate of the late w. E. Banchar
? at Bennington were found to be on hr'
e The main barn was 40x40 feet, with
:. basement underneath and wing 4Ox6(
s In the main part were stored lot {
S furniture belonging to w. E. Hawks j
t who occupies the house 40 tons OF hay
4 $50 bushels Of oats, harness, wagons, 8
!. bushels of corn and many small tool
e The wing contained moving machines
Y furniture, sleighs and other articles use
e on farm. In the basement were SON
r pigs, chickens and farm utensils. Tt
e pigs were saved. Loss $4,000; parti;
insurance.
r More reports OF depredations by bear
9 and deer in different townsin Benningto
i county have come in. Last week Mar
y Sutton of Searsburg lost sheep and
i lamb Charles Tudor, calf, and Melvi
II Tenny, two calves. The day after Tenn
:. lost his he set a trap near the bones
e one of the calves, and in the afternoo
e found a yearlng bear in it, which /
y dispatched.
The cold weather in the early sprin
J; "set back" the cucumber crop and in col
t sequence the Brattleboro pickle factor
s is not doing the amount of business ths
a it did August last year. large acrea&
IS of cucumbers was contracted for, hoy
s ever, and if the weather holds good tt
s factory will do the usual amount of bus
e ness before the season ends.
i lanes Ahern, of Barre, received an o
- der from California for 1850 gram
u cutting tools and Is hammers. 1t w
>. take about $500 worth of steel to NAL
. up this order. Barre has long had reasc
y to feel proud of her granite and no
, Barre granite tools are receiving the
f proper recognition
r The Exchange hotel of Montpelier h;
n been sold to Fred L, Adams of New Yor
,e who was formerly clerk at the Pavilio
h The price was $10,50O.
e. The Barre railroad has just received
'e and the Montpelier and Wells River IA
h road 10 new fiat cars. These are of Ct
It 900 pounds capacity, equipped with a
n brakes and automatic couplers and a
Just as good fiat cars as are made. Eve
h with the addition of these cars the Bar
he railroad cannot handle all the busine
:, that is offered to it.
r. A special agent of the postoffice depai
IL ment has been in West Rutland compile
n ing arrangements for system of rur
N free delivery from West Rutland to Ir
IS through Middletown Springs. 1t W
rs go into effect September Is. This
l. livery which includes Clarendon Spring
Ira, and Middletown Springs will ser
about 700 people.
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