St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-11-14
State Historical SOciety

State Historical Society,
At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Historical society held last Wednesday
at Montpelier the following officers were
elected President, G. Grenville Benedict
OF Burlington; vice-presidents, Rev. Dr.
W. 5. Hazen of Mortified, R NJ. Coburn
OF Springfield and J. c. Houghton of
Montpelier; recording secretary, I. A.
DeBoer OF Mont peier; corresponding
secletaries, T. S. Peck OF Burlington and
e. 5. Forbes OF St. Adams; treasurer
George W. Scott of Montpelier; libra
Ran, Truman c. Phinney of Montpelier;
curators, H. D. Hill, Rev. Henry Fair.
banks of st Johnsbury, Rev A D Barber
OF Willlslon, George n. Dale of Island
Pond, Edward Conant, F. w. Baldwin
OF Barton and Hiram Carleton, Fred A.
Rowland, Orion M. Barber and Hiram
A. Huse OF Montpelier. Among the i'm
portant papers read at the meeting was
one on the lie and public services of Hon.
E. ]. Phelps by President M. H. Buck.
ham of the University of Vermont The
society has recently received by bequest
OF the late Mrs Abijah Keith of Chicago
an oil portrait of Col Jonathan P. Miller
OF Montpelier, her father, who took part
with Lord Byron, DR.. S. 6. Howe and
other young patriots in the struggle of
the Greeks TO throw off the yoke OF
Turkey, 1926 In this he commanded
brigade in Lord Blron's division, parti.
cipated in the famous siege OF Misso
longhi, and was known as the Ameri-
can daredevil"
The VinCIIia Club.
The Vincitia Club, OF Barre, gave
banquet at the city hotel Thursday even
ing and entertained as is guests Lieut.
Governor NJ. F. Allen, Judge Wendell P.
Stafford, Secretary OF State F. A. How
land, State Auditor o NJ Barber, Sena-
tor A. E. Cudworth OF Windham, and
Re presentatives c. S Emery and F G
Fleetwood. Dr. I, Henry Jackson was
POSTMASTER. B. W. Hooker, president Of
the club, extended hearty welcome.
THE Supreme Court" was the last
toast of the evening and in introducing
the speaker Dr. Jackson said I'VE have
sert from Barre not monuments alone
but men whom you have heard from
watched with greatest interest is Judge
Stafford. We rejoice that he OCCASION
ally returns to u.s."
Judge Stafford said he was very glad
to hear the very strong, fine statement
OF the eX-mayor about the growth of
Barre. Judge Taft says am the only
Judge ever born in Washington county.
am proud Of it. AS my uncle, Lyman
Whltcomb, used to say, he had been in
many places he was ashamed of, but he
was never anywhere where he was
ashamed to say he was from Barre. Out
of this cosmopolitan blood of Barre is
to come the strongest town in the state,
not only that, believe it will become
one of the most beautiful towns in the
state. AS wealth increases, as scholar
ship increases, as taste increases, these
things will follow. Uncle Jake, when he
taught us geology in the old building
that used to stand where the Spauding
school now does, used to say that Barre
granite was the finest in creation, be-
cause when it was made it was twice
melted and he used to prophecy it's fame
and greatness"
Proposed Industry fer Randolph.
A meeting of some of the leading bust,
ness men of Randolph was held last week
and committee was appointed to in
vestigate the proposition of a man now
doing business in this state, who would
like to establish garment mandatory
there. He would put $4,000 into the
business himself and would require the
stock company, which he thinks could be
readily formed, to raise $40 600 The
concern would employ 100 to $50 hands,
mostly girls, and would furnish employ
ment to many in this vicinity He has a
complete plant, including over 100 ma
chimes, which he values at $4,000. He
has been in the business all his life and
has plenty of customers and with an in
creased capital is confident that he could
do large and successful business.
Captain Gil, on Ordered Home.
In the Army and Navy Journal of No
vemter 8 is an order in which Capt. r
NJ. Gibson of the first regiment of ma
rines, Naval Station, Cavite, P. l., is Or
dered to report to brigadier general,
commandant, U. S. M. c. THIS order
will make Capt Gibson, whose home is in
Rutland, due there in about tour months,
making his service in the Asiatic stations
two years, equalinga cruise OF three years
at sea. He will identified under ordinary
circumstances to three years service on
land at home stations.
Former Verm0nter.
Charles Amsden, owner of the village
OF Amsden, VT, and executor of the De-
troit estate of the late John Ward, was
found dead in his room at the Hotel
Metropole last week. His nonappear.
ance caused his friend, J, Ward Rowland
to have the door Of his room forced, and
the body was found with the knees bent,
hands resting on the bed and the head
bowed on the hands, in the attitude OF
prayer. Mr.. Amsden was 60 years old
and very wealthy. He had been in De-
troit internationally for nearly twelve
mouths. He had not been in the best OF
health. The medical examiner decided
| that heart disease was the cause oil
death. He leaves wife and daughter.
Captain Henry c. Lull, resident Of
Mont peler, died Sunday Nov. 4. Cap.
tain Lull was II years OF age, he was
born in Windsor, and had been a resi-
dent OF Montpelier ever since the Civil
War in which he had an active part. In
1898 he was appointed town liquor
agent. His wife, who was Miss Maria
Chadwick, OF Randolph, died year age
last April. He leaves a son. Charles H..
and one daughter, Mrs. George Blair
| both of Montpelier.