St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-23
VERMONT NEWS.
Ksrmont RibIe Society.

secretary, and OF Charles A. Smith
of Barre, treasurer, were read and
accepted. These reports showed So
iety in a flourishing condition. The
officers elected are, president, Rev. A. l..
Cooper, of Randolph; vice presidents,
Rev. WIS Hazen, oil Mortified, and Rev.
c. 0. Judkins, of Montpelier; correspond
ing secretary and agent, Rev. L. H. Ell
lott, of Waterbury; recording secretary,
Rev. !. O. Sherburne, of St. Johnsbury,
treasurer. Charles A. Smith Of Barre.
The old board of twelve directors was
reelected. The balance of cash in the
treasury is 1921 % and there is per-
manent fund 5000 The summary of
theyears work as shown by Mr. Elliott's
report shows interesting results The
total number of copies of the scriptures
furnished in the state during the year
ending April l, 1901, was 1920; total
value of books sold, $1103 30; same do
mated, $156 40; same on hand, $1818.34.
During the year coporteurs canvassed
16 Clowns; visiting 1912 families. OF these
100 Protestant and 335 Catholic were
destitute of bibles; 139 illterate; 100
Protestant and 1876 Catholic families
were supplied. The expense OF the can
vass besides the books donated was
S564. Fifty per cent OF the Protestant
population of these 16 towns attended
church and %, one-half per cent, OF the
Roman Catholics. The anniversary eX
ercises will be held i'll the Winooski Ave
nue. Congregational church in Burling-
ton, Sunday, Oct o. Rev. John Fox,
D. D., of New York, secretary of the
A1aortror1 Ribla cnn,atu will he TnrPcPnt
and render his annual report.
BottOmIess Pit on Rutland Railroad.
The roadbed of the Rutland railroad re-
Gently dropped out for distance OF 100
feet long and 20 feet deep south
of the railroad station in Ferris
burg. The soil had slidden away
from under the track, but the iron
remained suspended, although gradu-
ally settling into the abyss. The com
pany had the chasm nearly filled with
stone when another slide occurred, the
surface going down about IL feet in 20
minutes About a quarter OF an acre
of surface ground was carried away.
Eighty carloads of stone were thrown
into the immense hole. Since then the
land has settled nearly halt dozen
times, and 800 carloads of dirt and 339
carloads of stone have been used in an
attempt to fill the opening. The mass OF
dirt which has slidden away has dam
aged Lewis Greek to a depth OF
several feet, and the river has
set back over a large extent of
intervale. The sub soil is soft, blue
clay Of the consistency of soft putty. A
testing rod so feet long did not reach the
bottom of this deposit. The railroad
had been running over the spot halt
century, but this is the first serious slide
that has occurred.
Hazing Abolished mt Mortified.
In common with the students of other
institutions, the Norwich Cadets have
in times past INDUCED in the practice OF
hazing the Freshmen, more or less Sc
verely; and this, in spite OF the fact that
the regulations are very strict against it.
But in colleges laws of this sort when
unsupported by the public opinion of the
students, are difficult OF enforcement and
the authorities have been unable to OBJ
tain official knowledge of the violation
of these regulations, though endeavor'
ing to do so. Recently a great change
has come over the students IN this regard
and in their respective class meetings
they have voluntarily pledged them
selves to carry out the regulations above
referred to- These pledges having been
sent to President Brown, he has issued
an order congratulating the faculty and
the cadets, that the word "hazing" is
abolished from the vocabulary of Nor
witch University. This action OF the
+aJt he ryelpnr11p6
by the many friends of the university
throughout the state.
Suicide at Barre.
John H. George, "a, OF Barre, commit
ted suicide in a horrible mannG
October is. Re had been i'll in bed for
several days, and while his mother who
was attending him, had lett the house Tor
few minutes, he got up, procured a
rife loaded it, and returning to bed shot
himself in the forehead, literally blowing
the top of his head off Mr., George en-,
tered Dartmouth college four years ago.
He lad been earning the expenses OF his
course and would have graduated IN the
class OF 1901, but had been set back by
the necessity OF earning funds Tor the
continuance of his studies. 1t is sup
posed that i'll health and disappointment
over his college course unbalanced his
mind. He was a son of the late Albert
George of Cabot, and was born in that
town He leaves besides his mother,
two sisters. The burial was at Walden
Friday.
Vermont OsteOpRths.
The second annual meeting of the Yer
mont State osteopathic association was
held Wednesday and Thursday OF last
week at Barre. DR.. W. W. Brock OF
Montpelier, president of the society, pre-
sided. The reports of the officers and
committees showed that the science OF
osteopatby was making good progress
throughout the state. The following
officers were elected for the year ensuing:
President, w. w. Brock, Montpelier;
vice president, Guy E. Loudon, Butling
ton; secretary treasurer, Mrs. S. D. Penn
berton, St. Johnsbury executive COM
mlttee DR.. CHARLES D. Webster, Brattle-
boro, Dr. Lewis D. Martin, Barre, DR..
Samuel M. Knauss Montpelier. Follow
ing the business part of the session
papers were read by DR.. Guy Loudon of
Burlington and DR.. Charles G. Wheeler of
Bratteboro. Thursday forenoon papers
were read by DR.. H. c. Mcintyre OF Ran
dolph and DR.. H. Waite Sabin of Mont
pelier.
Souvenirs of LincOIn's Assassination.
c. w. Proper, of Randolph, has pro-
gramme used in the Ford Theatre at