St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-12-26


the building and five years tax abate
ment. The committee of the Merchants
Association which has been soliciting
subscriptions to an amount large enough
to warrant granting the conditions ask
ed by the firm have been very successful.
Roscoe F. Patterson, a graduate of
Principal Felton's class of 1900 at New
bury Seminary, has been awarded by the
faculty of the University of Vermont
a prize Of $25 in gold for excellence in
preparation in mathematics. In view of
the fact that young Patterson's compel
itors were from large schools and acade-
mics it speaks very highly of the char
acter of the work done at Newbury Semi
nary.
One of the most interesting boats on
Lake Champlain is the combination
house-boat and floating sawmill now
stationed at Willsboro and owned by H.
o. Lane, of Burlington. 1t was built
about year ago and contains fine suite
OF rooms in one part and steam saw
mill of large capacity in the other. 1t re-
sembles house-boat in many particu-
lars. The newest machinery is employed
and it takes Is men to run her. The
past season over 100000 feet of lumber
have been sawed on board.
Miss Cora 6. Martin, who has accepta-
bly, filled the position of second assistant
in the high school at Randolph for the
past year, has resigned, to take effect at
the close of the present term. She will
enter the post office at Chicopee, Mass,
as assistant, with considerably larger
salary than she received there. Her
father is postmaster.
Fire caused loss of $4,000 Thursday
morning in L. 2. Jenne's grist mill at
Derby.
The Howe Scale Company of Rutland,
has received word from Washington, no.
tifying it of the granting of trademark
to the company. This mark is the one
used on the Champion brand of scales,
and is not the regular Howe trademark.
1t has been used by the concern several
years, but has not heretofore been regis
tered
1t is expected that the Winooski wor-
sted mill and the Burlington wooden mill
will start up as soon as the company
managing them can get the yarn and
wool. 1t is not understood that the
mills will be run in full force but
"a looms will be started in the wooden
mill and whatever machinery the orders
will require in the worsted mill.
An amateur bowling league has been
organized. 1t is named the Vermont
Amateur Bowling league, and will be
composed ofthe Crescent and Granite City
clubs of Barre, the Queen City club Of
Burlington, and the National Life and
Pastime clubs OF Montpelier.
Burlington coal dealers have been busy
unloading 81 boats focal which arrived
in port December 1. This is the largest
number ever known to have come in
there at one time. The canals are still
open and the coal men have the assur-
ance that they will remain so as long as
weather permits. They have usually
been closed December l. each year.
Out OF $50 bankruptcy proceedings in
Vermont, the past year, lis came from
st. Adams. This is an average OF one
for every 55 OF population. whereas the
ratio in the whole country is one tor
every 8, $50. The rest of the towns in
Franklin county are not far behind St.
Adams, and the total for the county is
1872. This is more than one-fourth OF
the number in Vermont. 1t is claimed
that the rule of the Central Vermont
railway in not permitting it's employees
to assign their pay to merchants as here
tofore, is responsible for many of the
bankruptcy proceedings.
The first station agent to be appointed
by the Rutland railroad system Tor one
of it's new stations is R. E. Kilburn, who
will be stationed at Noyan Junction, P.
Q. The other agents will be appointed
10 short time.
Marcott & Hayes of Randolph are
about finishing an order that they have
been at work on since last July of 200,-
900 feet of hard wood lumber They
have bought standing about 175, 200
feet in Bethel to be cut and delivered at
their MILL and will also cut about 1OO.'
900 feet from their own lot in Rochester
Hollow. They report a good business
with steady prices.
K. K Hannum died at Rutland Friday
aged So years. He was known all over
Vermont and western New York as g
horseman. For years he was chief of the
fire department and was president OF the
Vermont State Firemens Association
He was born in Weston, but had livet
at Rutland tor 46 years.
The soldiers who recently arrived a
Fort Ethan Allen from Porto Rico are
gradually becoming acclimated to TIT
rather severe Vermont weather of late
There has been some illness among then
since their arrival but not so much a
might be expected.
! By the will Of the late Cordelia H
Shedd of Felchville, Goddard seminary a
Barre receives gift of $4,000 and tn
Universalist church in Felchville, $500
to be used for maintaining preaching
services.
Receiver Muir, of the Merchants Ma
r tional Bank of Rutland, wrecked b.
D Cashier Mussey year ago, will declar
:, a 25 per cent. dividend to the depositor
d in a few days. This will make rs pc
e cent. paid in ALL Many assets are yet i
the hands of the bank and it is nov
8 thought that the depositors will receiv
(, 95 to 100 per cent.
n Frank NJ Davis has been appointe
:. fourthcass postmaster at Bakersfield
+ A call has been extended to the Rev
DR.. S. Parkes Cadman, one of the leat
ing clergymen of the Methodist Episcc
; pal church, by the Central Congregs
! tional church OF Brooklyn and the Ne'
- York papers intimate that he is likely t
= accept the call.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
bv local applications as they cannc