St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-06-06

Ouhudy evening, june D, WITCH the ser
mon before the graduates will bt
preached by Rev. DIR. A. L. Cooper. The
exercises dnring the week will be as
follows: Monday and Tuesday: Exami
nations, written and oral; Wednesday
forenoon, final examinations, oral; two
O'Clock p. m, Alumni meeting; three
O'Clock p. M, class day; eight O'Clock p
m, concert. Thursday, 9.45 a. M,
teaching exercises; 11.45 O'Clock, adj
dress, Alexander Dunnett, Esq, Gradua-
ton.
At the recent special town meeting in
Barton, the town voted unanimously to
exempt the Bobbin, Spool, & Novelty
Company property from taxation for
five years, the present year included.
The property has been purchased by the
Parker & Young Lumber Company, OF
Lisbon, which owns the Chandler mills
in Barton. Necessary changes in the
mill and machinery will be made at an
expense of six to eight thousand dollars,
to fit it for the manufacture of piano
frames, stools. sounding boards, etc.
Charles P. Hudson, an aged miser of
Woodstock was found dead in his bed
Sunday morning May 20, by his neigh
bors. The misery and unsocial charac-
ter of he and his wife had kept all at a
distance for the past ten years. Mrs.
Hudson was victim of morphine and
when neghbors entered the house she
could not at first inteligently respond to
questions. Mrs. Hudson was found dead
last week Tuesday morning as a result
of the grip. The two bodies were taken
to Cambridgeport for burial, where Mr..
Hudson was formerly a tailor. They
had son and daughter who aided them
materially and also had several hundred
dollars in the Ottauquechee Savings
Bank but were evidently afraid they
would come to want and denied them
selves even proper food.
The 35th annual meeting of the State
Eclectic Medical society was held at
Montpelier May 80, and the following
officers elected: President, W. G. Tenn
pleton, of Glover; vice presidents, E. A.
Smith, Brandon, W. E. Bailey, East
Craftsbury, H. M. Waite, Johnson; Sec
rotary and treasurer, P. l.. Templeton,
Montpelier.
The immense bridge now being con-
structed near Mandalay in Burmah, In
dia, and described as the highest bridge
in the world, is being erected under the
direct personal supervision of J. c. Turk
of Burlington.
Scion K. Berry died at North Thetford,
Thursday, May II, age 70. From the
age OF 81 years up to the time of his
death he regularly held public Office,
sometimes holding two or three positions
at the same time. He served as select
man, overseer of the poor, moderator of
town meeting and in other positions.
He was for many years deputy sheriff,
and was conspicuous in important
criminal proceedings, notably in the
case of Abbott, alias Almy, the murderer
of Christie Warden.
Homer L. Hoag Of Rutland, has
bought a tract of 1900 acres of land in
Chittenden. The land is situated along
the banks of East creek and includes
what is known as the Chittenden mead.
ows. a famous resort for lacal trout
fishermen. A dam will be built on the
stream, about half mile above Cong
don's mill large enough to food the
meadows for long distance, Mr.. Hoag
says he will have the largest artificial
pond in this section OF the country.
The pond will furnish additional power
to the Thomas & Hoag cold storage
plant in Rutland.
Mrs. Hetty Green, the multi-million-
aire, arrived at Bellows Falls recently
She says the published statements re-
garding her estrangement with her hus-
band and the reported engagement of her
daughter, Miss Sylvia Green. to French
nobleman, are entirely untrue. Mrs.
Green will open the family residence and
will spend a large part of the season at
Bellows Falls. Miss Sylvia and her
father, who has been in feeble health for
some years, will arrive about the first of
June and will be joined after the Phiadel-
phia convention by the son, E. H. R.
Green, who is chairman of the Texas del
been opened for several seasons and this
is the first time in several years the en-
tire family has summered i'll Vermont.
George Miner of Swanton and Jerry
McNally of Alburgh were blown up while
blasting on the RutlandC Canadian rail
road Friday. McNally is probably
fatally injured as pieces of stone were
blown through his body and through his
head. Miner is delirious. McNallv
formerly lived in Swanton and played
with the old Swanton baseball club.
Miner lived with his another at Swanton.
The trustees of the Burlington Savings
Bank have declared a dividend to de-
positors to July 1, at the rate of four per
cent.
Owing to decline in business the Bur-
lington Wollen mill has discharged 200
of it's operatives, thus reducing its work
ing force one-half. These were taken
from all departments of the mill, and
included weavers, spinners, fnishers and
those in the lower rooms.
The ninth session of the Champlain
summer school, which many Vermonters
attend every year, will begin at Cliff
Haven, near Plattsburgh the first week
in July, and will continue until the end
of August.
David Stewart of Bennington went to
sleep last Thursday evening in the grass
near the Locke property in Hoosick
Falls. One of his feet extended across
the electric car track and the trolley CAT
leaving Hoosick Falls at 10 o'clock cut
off the foot. Stewart was removed on
the midnight train to the Troy hospital
Special orders from the adjutant gen.
erals Office announce the resignation o.
First Lieutenant S. w. Emerson, ofCom
pany G. and order an election to fiji
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