St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-10-17
VERMONT NEWS.
Sons of Temperance.

from Star of Hope division. In the alb.
sence in New York, of the Grand Worthy
Patriarch, Past Grand Worthy Patriarch
c. T. S. Pierce of Vergennes was called
to preside. The usual business of the ses-
sion in the way of reports and resolu-
tons, was presented and disposed of and
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: L. ]. Paige of Burlington,
G.. W. P; Rev. A. A. Estabrook OF
Wiliamstown, w. A c. T. S. Pierce of
Vergennes, G. S.; c. H. Sawyer OF Bur
lington, G. T.; ]. D. Whiteside of Yer
gennes, G. c.; c. 0. Dawson, OF Green's
boro Bend, grand conductor; Mrs. L. !.
Paige of Burlington, grand sentinel; L.
E. Wilson of Bellows Falls, delegate at
large.
The newly elected officers were installed
by P. G. W. P, c. 7. S, Pierce, after
which the meeting adjourned. Mr.. Paige
the new G. W. P, has had two years ex-
perience in temperance work as secretary
of the Anti,saloon League of the state
and will make an efficient officer in this
new field,
Dental Examiners.
The state board of dental examiners
held three days session at Montpelier
last week. The board is comprised as
follows President, Thomas Mound of
Rutland; secretary, G. F. Cheney of st.
Johnsbury; S. D. Hodge of Burlington;
T. M. Chase of Bethel and K L. Cleaves,
of Montpelier. Ninecandidates appeared
before the board and all passed success
full examination. They were Harold l.
Creagin, of Camden, N. J., w. L. Thwats
of Burlington, Charles w. Starlight, of
Keesevlle, N. Y, Walter s. Cole, of
Lyme, N. H., Andrew ]. Culver, of St.
Adams, P. c. Drew, OF Fairfax, David
Manson, of Burlington GUY M. Bugbee,
ofNorth Pomfret, and P. J. Mcmahon,
of Windsor.
Vermont Doctors Meet
The S7th annual meeting Of the YER
mont Medical society opened at Rutland
Thursday morning, &C doctors being
present. The day was given up to ad-
dresses and the annual banquet was held
at the Berwick at the close OF the evening
session, about 100 attending. The cleo
ton of officers resulted as follows: Presi-
dent, W. D. Huntington; vice president,
E, Nj. Brown; secretary, D. c. Hawley ;
treasurer, E. S. Albee; auditor, W. l..
Ravens; executive committee. w. D..
Huntington, D. c. Hawley, E. R. Camp
bell. The next meeting will be held at
Bellows Falls.
Directors Elected.
At the annual meeting of the Boston &
Maine railroad stockholders held at
Lawrence, Mass, the usual routine bust
ness was transacted and fourteen direc-
tors were elected as follows, 1927
shares being represented in the vote
Lucius Tuttle of Boston, Samuel c. Law
renee of Medford, Joseph S. Kicker OF
Portland, Richard Olney of Boston, O.
W. Sulloway of Franklin, Joseph H.
White of Brookline, Walter Hunnewell of
Wellesley, Henry R. Reed of Boston,
Lewis c. Ledyard of New York, Henry
NJ. Whitney OF Brookline, Henry NJ.
Dmock of New York William Whiting
of Holyoke, Chas. M. Pratt of New
York, Alexander Cochrane of Boston.
Within a few days the Towns hotel
property at Bellows Falls, including
Croser's livery quarters, has been sold
to F. L. Honghton of Putney and !. G.
Ullery OF BrattIeboro. The agreement OF
sale was made over a week ago but the
buyers have an option which may be
consummated at any time, and it is not
known just when they will take posses
sion. Mr.. Ullery is printer in Brattle.
boro, owner of Ullery block there, and
is now on an extended trip abroad. Mr.
Houghton is the present representative
from Putney in the state legislature
proprietor, editor and general manager
of the Holstein-Friesan Register, and a
farmer of note.
The several public stations to be used
as depots along the line of the Rutland
Canadian from Burlington to Rouses
Point are now being constructed. They
will be located as follows: One at AL
burgh City, one at Rouses Point, another
at North Hero and still another or
Grand Isle about a halt mile from the
Iodine Springs. These houses will bt
constructed of wood with slate roof
There will also be union station in Bur
llngton. That is, the present depot viii
be used in conjunction with the Rutlanc
road, for time at least. The stations
are expected to be completed when The
road is,
The annual inspection OF the camps o
the Vermont division Sons of Veterans
is ordered for the months of October ant
Richardson, OF Wells River, has charg
OF this work. The following have beef
detailed assistant inspectors:W. A. Ian
don, Camp No. II, Johnson; A. ]. Davis
No. 70, Manchester; F. c. Gibson, No.
Brattleboro L. N. Gauthier, No.
Barre; F. B. Grow, No. 46, Cambridge
I. Smith, No. SO, Huntington, and E
II. Sargent, No. IA, South Royaton.
The New England Wool Growers
Association will hold mass meeting i
Rutland on Thursday, November %
Matters OF prime Importance pertainin
to sheep husbandry in the New Englan
states and the future scope of work TO
this organization will be fully discussed
Successful meetings of the Maine an
Massachusetts sections have alread
been held, and each meeting showed
larger attendance than the precedin
one. 1t is the purpose to make thi
meeting at Rutland the largest and mos
successful of all.
The government officers, who ha
reason to believe that Cinnamon were
some way getting into the countr
through Swanton, have been on tn
watch there. For a time nothing r.
suited, but when they began to open til