St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-10-31
VERMONT NEWS.
Bar Association Election.


treasurer and committees were heard
and a committee on nominations APP.
pointed. The following new mem oers
were elected: ]. w. Page, of Bristol
George w. Morse, of Waterbury; Elmer
Johnson, of Enosburg; Fred B. Thomas
and William N. Theriault, of Montpelier
D. A. Guiltinan, of Bennington, and John
W. Redmond, of Newport. A meeting
was held in the evening when President
c. H. Darling, of Benninet ton, made an
address. Wednesday morning the fol-
lowing officers were elected; President,
Jonathan Ross, of st. Johnsbury; vice
presidents, W. E. Johnson, of Wood.
stock A. A. Hall, st. Adams; F. L. Fish,
Yergennes; seer etary, George W. Wing,
of Montpelier; treasurer, Hiram Garlic
ton, Montpelier; board of managers,
John H. Senter, of Montpelier; F. G.
Fleetwood, of Morrisville; Edgar W.
Smith, Wells River; James r. Martin, of
Middlebury. An adjournment was taken
until Friday morning to enable those ad-
mitted to the bar at this session to be-
come members.
All the candidates who took their ex-
aminations for admission to the bar
successfully passed but three OF them
failed of admission at this time because
they failed to comply with all the re-
quirements. Roland E. Stevens, of Hart
ford, had only studied since November /,
1897; William H. Davis, OF Rutland, had
not pursued his studies for three years
continuously and Charles P. Harris, OF
Rutland, did not file his certificate until
October TO- 1898.
Those who passed the examinations
and were admitted on recommendation
OF the committee were Charles Batchel-
der, of Hartford, Edward c. Bennett. of
Bennington, Fred 6. Bicknell, of Johnson,
Harvey Burbank, of DanviIe, AFRO R..
Clayton, of Londonderry, William R.
DAILY, of Bennington, Walter B. Dunton,
of Rutland, Ezra Horton, of Burlington,
Harry S. Howard, of Burlington, Sam
uel H. Jackson, OF Barre, John F. Keat-
ing, of Ludlow, William ]. Meagher, of
Bennington, Mortimer 6. Nichols, of
Barre, P. 0. Ray, of Burlington, Burt H.
Stickney, of Rutland, Raymond J. Trai
nor, of St. .Johnsbury, William c. White,
of Middlesex.
William H. Davis, who failed of ad-
mission on technicality, took first
rank, "a per cent. Dunton and Trainor
were tied for second place with SO and
Jackson was third with 80.
Nearly Drowned i'm Oil.
Last week Tuesday morning the driver
of the Standard OIL company's wagon
was filling the tank at X. E. French's
store in Glover. This tank is six feet
long and it is about four feet from the
floor to the bottom OF the tank, which
sets one and one-half feet from the hole
in the floor above, and held at the time
about 200 gallons. Suddenly little Lola
French, who was playing about the
store, stepped into the hole and fell into
the tank. The driver called out that the
baby was gone" and her father Instant
ly threw himself down and reached in as
well as he could and CHANGED to get hold
of one Of her feet and drew her out. She
had turned completely over in the oil and
happened to come up where she went
down, thus making it possible to reach
her AS there was only this one small
opening it would not often happen that
way. The child, although badly fright
ened, seemed as we'll as ever the next day.
UBdertaLers Organize.
Ameeting ofthe undertakers and funeral
directors from different parts of the state
was held at the Knights OF Columbus
hall, Montpelier, last Wednesday for the
purpose OF forming a state organization.
The present aim OF the organization is to
present bill before the legislature ask
ing that state board of examiners be
appointed and requiring all who wish to
practice the profession in the future to
pass satisfactory examination before
that board. The organization will be
permanent and will be devoted to the
interests of funeral directors and EN-
bamers.
The organization formed will be
known as the Vermont Funeral Direct
ors' and Embalmers' Association. Of
hcers were elected as follows: President,
H. f. Bond of Brattleboro; First Vice.
President, B. W. Hooker of Barre; Sec
ond Vice President, ]. Warren Roberts of
Burlington; Secretary, c. H. Roakes of
Montpelier; Treasurer, W. H. Hudson of
Montpelier.
Eighth Vermont Regiment.
The 9th annual reunion of the Sth
Vermont regiment was held at Montpe-
her last Wednesday, there being good
~ number of veterans present. The
afternoon business meeting was held in
Grand Army hall. The reports OF the
officers were read and election of officers
held resulting as follows: President,
Stephen Thomas; first vice president, H..
T. Perk as, second vice president, J. G..
Leisure; secretary treasurer, c. M. Perrin I;
chaplain, Moses McFarland executive
committee, Fred E. Smith, L. M. Hutch
inSon, W. H. Gilmore; obituary com.
mlttee, L. Rarstow, B. F. Alcott, John
Blsbee. Supper was served to the vet
Grams in the dining hall at O'Clock. A
fouslng campfire was held in the evening,
the following comrades making appro-
ate and interesting addresses: ]. L, Bars
tow, F, E. Smith, F. W. Butterfeld and
Ferry Porter.
Referees i'm Bankruptcy.
meeting of the referees in bankruptcy
Tor the district of Vermont was held at
I TN Federal building at Montpelier,
thursday. Eight of the twelve referees
were in attendance as follows: Frank w.
iiInttle, of Vergennes, H. M. Mott, St.
Adams, F. H. Mcfarland, of Hyde Park,
TX Governor Roswell Farnham, of Brad
lord, John W. Redmond, of Newport,
S y Joel c. Baker, OF Rutland, Edward
a. Deavitt, of Montpelier, and Hon. Gil
pert A. Davis of Windsor. Clerk of the