St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-18
The Deadly Worm Pest.

| chrySal1S OF this worm on my trees in the
garden. When the brown stubby
butterfly emerged from the yellow CO.
coon last summer it flew about Just be-
fore night in swarms. Many thousands
were caught in the globes OF the electric
| lights on the streets. But their main
business was to lay their eggs for this
spring, which they did on the small
twigs; never so large as a lead pencil
almost invariably on the last year
growth. When finished the cocoon was
brown, almost the color of the twig.
Before the leaves come out they can be
easily seen and picked and burned.
There are so many twigs left that no
harm is done by clipping them and you
save big worms nest averaging about
two hundred worms. Ifyou will go out
into the garden, taking the women and
children, they will be surprised at how
many they can find, or pay the boys one
cent for each worms nest destroyed and
will guarantee goodbill will be pre-
scented.
A life.sized portrait Of Col. Jonathan
Miller and the Grecian sword presented
to him by Lord Byron we're recently re-
ceived at the state house at Montpelier
to be placed among the works Of the
Vermont Historical society. They were
presented to the society by the late Mrs.
AbUah Keith of Chicago a daughter of
Col. Miller. Col Miller was a native of
Montpelier and distinguished himself in
fighting for the independence of Greece.
| The sword is a rare piece of ancient
work. The handle and scabbard are of
solid silver, covered with chasing of
quaint design.
The 18th bankruptcy case from Wind
ham county under the new law is that Of
Edgar F. Carruthers low of Bellows
Falls, proprietor OF the Sunset paper mill,
who was adjudged bankrupt Friday.
The liabilities are about S1721 and the
assets about $250avaiiable tor creditors,
and $50 exempt.
The Rutland Masonic association has
bought a lot on Washington street in
that city on which a Masonic temple
will be erected.
Abraham Allen HendriCkson, 20 years
of age, of st. Adams. has sold all the pa
| tent rights in an exerCi'er invented by
him to Dr. E. Read Patridge of New York
for $4,000. AS Hendricksor is a minor,
his father acted as his guardian in the
transaction. Young Hendrickson has
several other inventions about to be pa
tented, which it is said are very valuable
The purchase of the Vaa property at
Fair Haven, by David J. Rutledge, pro-
prietor of the Colburn house at Man
chester Center, insures Fair Haven new
hotel in the near future. Since the burn
ing of the Park View house last year the
town has practically been without a
hotel. Mr.. Rutledge will enlarge the
building.
]. Wesley Churchill, professor of elocu-
ton at Andover Seminary, died OF heart
failure Friday forenoon. He was widely
known throughout the country as elocu-
zionist and reader. He was born at
Fairlee, May 26, 1899 He was grad
uated from Andover Academy in 1861
and from Harvard in 1866 and Andovet
Theological Seminary in 1867.
Under orders from the war department.
Capt. Herbert E. Tuthery, First Caval-
ny, will proceed from Fort Yates, N. D.,
to Seattle, Wash, and report to Briga-
der General George NJ Randall, COM
handing the department of Alaska, for
duty as inspector general Of that depart
ment. Captain Tutherly was recently
on detached service in Burlington and is
well known there and in National Guard
circles throughout Vermont
Peter Agin of Hyde Park veteran of
the civil war, a member ofCo. E, 9TH Vt.
died April 10. He was 70 years old, I'M
married, and as far as known has not a
relative in the world. He was an indust-
rious man, saved all his money and
leaves an estate Of about $4,000.
q The st. Adams Foundry Company re-
Gently petitioned into bankruptcy, has
filed a schedule of assets and liabilities,
which shows that the estimated assets
are $40, 264 At, and the liabilities $780,
1913 33. The unsecured claims foot up
$62, 19347. This same company made
a worse failure than this in 1876. The
company owes its help $4,159.S6.
DR.. E. F. Upham, for many years a
resident of Randolph, and one of the old
est physicians OF the county died Sunday
afternoon from the effects of second
paralytic shock, which be had Saturday
night.
The Vermont Marble Co. of Proctor
have been awarded a $65,000 contract
to furnish the interior marble for the
new government post Office and court
house building in Buffalo. The marble
will all be white clouded Rutland with a
good deal of fine carving This is the
largest contract for interiormarble work
ever taken by this company and there
are few buildings in this country that
contain so much of one kind of marble
Members of the Dartmouth Alumni
Association at Chicago are urging the
election of Henry D. Pierce, class of '72
as trustee of the college tosucceed Mai
E D. Redington, of 81. Mr. Pierce is a
native OF Vermont and is now western
manager of the Vermont Marble Com
pany. The Chicago alumni claim con
sideration on the ground that the city
sends more students to Dartmouth thar
= any other outside of New England.
George H. Waldron Of Chester, presi
dent of the Vermont State Humane so
clety, is soon to issue call tor a meet
ing at some central point OF the different
local sections in the state. The society
is doing considerable work in a quie
way to prevent cruelty to animals.
Application for authority to establish
, THE City National Bank Of Rutland
with capital of 100000 has been flee
at Washington with the comptroller o
ha L.