St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-11-20
its lowlands checked with rich fields of


River; Amblan, B. L. Stafford, Tin,
mouth; Ayuquitan, ]. B. kirkpatrick, Ha-
verhll, Mass, formerly of the UNIVERSE
ty; Sibulan, E. H. Buttles, Brandon
Dumaguette, Miss Emily G. Parker,
West Rutland; Bacong, G. W. Elton,
Burlington; Dauin, E. E. Webster, Bar
ton; Zamboangulta, F. l.. Hayford, St.
Johnsbury; Siaton, A. ]. McKelow, Bur
lington.
Congressman Fosters Plans.
Congressman and Mrs. D. J. Foster,
Sherman P. Allen and J. B. Scully will
leave Burlington next week for Washing
ton, to be in readiness for the opening of
Congress. Congressman and Mrs. Fos-
ter have secured quarters at the Coch-
ran, fashionable hosiery, where many
senator's and representatives live, includ-
ing Senator Dillingham;. Mr.. Allen, Con
gresham Fosters private secretary and
J. b. Scully, messenger at the house, have
also secured pleasant quarters in Wash
inRton. Senator Dillingham; will not
leave Vermont with Congressman Fos-
ter's party but will pass Thanksgiving
with relatives in New York and go from
there to Washington. Congressman
Fosters three daughters will remain in
Burlington at private school.
A Mortgage of 100000.
A mortgage was filed in the office of the
Columbia, N, Y, county clerk, Wednes-
day, from the Chatham & Lebanon Val.
ley railroad to the Standard Trust Com
pany of New York, for 100000. Itcov-
ers the rolling stock and other equipment
OF the company. The money is to be
mostly used in raising and improving the
track and in the improvement and opera.
ton oil the road between Bennington and
Chatham, N. Y The mortgage is for SO
years, four per cent. gold bonds, and is
signed by W. Seward Webb, president OIL
the road, and H. G. Smith, treasurer.
Gen. ]. G. Mccullough of North Ben
nington has presented the trustees OF Gil
Odd Fellows Home at Ludlow with his
personal check for $500, the proceeds Of
which are to be used to erect barn or
the land connected with the home.
Miss Helen M. Winslow of Boston
formerly of Johnson, now president o
the National Federation of Woman:
clubs, has presented to the Johnson pub
lie library ten new books.
James Austin of Brattleboro, charged
with violating the liquor law by sending
liquor to prisoner in the county jail
pleaded guilty before Judge Stafford Wed
nesday and was fined 500 and costs
H. H. Graves, proprietor OF the CONNER
cial house OF Bellows Falls, pleaded guilty
to FIVE first otftnses of selling liquor ant
was fined $3.50 and costs. He promiset
not to violate the liquor law again.
Byron Pike, % years DID, a brakeman
on the HoosaC Tunnel and Wilmington
Railroad was instantly killed Nov. II
being run over by a part OF his owl
train, freight, that was being switched
at Nottingham station. Consiierabl
snow had fallen on the track, and this, i
is thought, caused him to slip. His HON
was in Readsboro.
The committee having in charge tn
purchasing of new pipe organ 70
Christ church in Montpelier has awarde
| the contract to the Hutchinson, Vote
Organ Company, of Boston. The cos
OF the new organ will be 81 900 and it
believed that when completed it will
one OF the best in the state.
At the annual dinner ofthe information
al committee o the Y. NC. A., held a
the WaldortAs in New York, Thur.
day evening, General A. S. Daggett, U. s
A , was a guest OF honor. In his speec
Gen. Daggett gave vivid picture of til
Y. NJ. {. A. work in China and the Phi
ippines and described the scaling of til
walls at Peking by Calvin P. Titus,
private of the 14th infantry and men
Der of the army branch OF the Y. NJ. c. 4
Titus, it will be remembered, formerl
lived in thisstate and was member of til
Bennington company duringthe SPANS
war.
1t is expected that Burlington wi
have within short time large cannin
mandatory. A representative of one
the leading canning concerns of the cOui
try has been in the city and LOOKED OvC
the ground with a view to erecting
plant. The erection of such a plar
would involve the expenditure of man
thousand dollars and would employ nun
erous people. The concern cans corr
beans, and gctables of all kinds, {
we'll as large quantities of fruit
At a special town meeting held
Waterbury Thursday it was voted to e
empt the True Manufacturing Compar
exempt any other manufacturing indu
try using a capital of over $4,000.
The house and part of the barn on
E. Mead farm in Swanton were burnt
during the night of Nov. II. A part
the contents OF the house, some tarmir
machinery and all the hay, grain an
fodder were destroyed,
Fred L. Houghton, of Putnev, Charl
M. Winslow, of Brandon, and John
Meade of Randolph have been appointt
by Gov. William W. Stickney to be del
gates at large to represent the state
Vermont at the convention of the N
tional Live Stock Association to be he
at Studebaker's theatre in Chicago, II
in December.
Congressman D. J. Foster has acceT
ed an invitation from the Vermont S
cietv of Hartford, Conn, to speak at t
annual banquet to be held at Hartfo
, about the middle of January. 1t is e
. pected that Gov. w. W. Stickney w
also be one OF the speakers.
Tie granite for the mausoleum viii
is being built at Cedar Lawn in Pat'
f son, N. J., by Mrs Garrett A. Hobart t
f her husband, was cut at the sheds
+. Wells, Lamson & Co. at Barre. All t
t different parts have been cut and shippt