St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-01-23
VERMONT NEWS.
Oldest Person in Vermont.

oerson in Vermont and will reach her
fifth anniversary next month. She
&c native OF County Cork, Ire
land. the parish record of her
natal town stating that she was born
on "the first Friday in Lent, 1890"
She is the sole survivor of a family OF IA
children. Her father and mother each
lived beyond the century mark. Her hus-
hand died about 60 years old. She lives
with her only living son, prosperous
farmer IS years ago. Mrs. Mccarthy
has not eaten meat in 25 years. In her
prime she was tall and straight, but the
burden OF her advanced years has bowed
her once supple and commanding pre-
serce. She had red hair and at the pc
Rod when other heads became hoary.
hers was covered with brilliant black
locks. At present she is toothless and
very deaf. She is active, and, until few
wears ago, thought nothing OF walking
to Bennington. She does considerable
work about the house and frequently at
tends mass at North Bennington. Her
memory is remarkable and unimpaired.
Her Impressions of 1898 are vivid. That
was the year of the Great Irish Rebel
lion" and her mother carried her to
place OF safety from the English soldiers.
This incident she delights to recount. She
can speak the Irish language fuently and
likes to converse in that tongue. For an
iliterate and uneducated person some Of
her savings are remarkable and almost
approach the dignity of epigrams
Through the vicissitudes and trials of
her many years, she has retained an un-
ialtering and child-like faith, which is
beautiful in its simplicity.
Meeting of Insurance Men.
The 18th annual meeting # the Yer
mont State Association OF Life Under
writers was held in Burlington last week
Tuesday and was followed by the annual
banquet at the Van Ness House. Both
gatherings were well attended and sue.
cessful. The business meeting was held
in the afternoon in the small hall OF the
Young Mems Christian Association.
About 80 representative insurance men
from different parts of the state were
present and Is new names were present
ed for election to membership. 1t was
voted to resume the active work Of the
dSoOSilliCh anu dSnih NoiopllSh q NOh-
nection with the national association.
officers were then elected as follows:
President, w. H. S. Whitcomb of Burling-
ton; vice presidents, A. P. ChilGs of Ben
nington, Earl S. Kinsley oil Rutland, E. |.
Drury OF Montpelier. F. W. Putnam Of
Brattlrboro and F. J. Hubbard OF Rut-
land; secretary, F. H. Brown OF Burlng
ton; treasurer, Thomas Magner, OF Burl-
ington; executive committee, W. o. Bald
win of Burlington, E. G. blanchard Of
Newport, II. II. Ross ard F. c. Hill of
Rutland and S. S. Blanchard of Mont
peer.
A Former Vermonter Dead.
Elijah w, Blaisdell, one of the founders
n OF the Republican party, and the II st
I man 10 propose the name OF Abraham
Lincoln Tor the presidency. died recently
q at Rockford. III. Mr.. Blaisdt Il had betn
Il a resident OF Rockford for AT years and
q during that time was newspaper pub
j Usher, author, lawyer, real estate dealer.
& and politician. He was born at Mont
pelier in 1926. In 1853 he went West
and settled at Rockford He purchased
the Rockford Forum and changed its
name 10 the Republican. He then began
i the agitation against slavery.
Mildred Brewster Sane.
3 States Attorney K. A. Hoar Of Wash
8 ington county has received word from
8 the superintendent OF the asylum at
Waterbury that the supervisor of the in
sane has instructed him to discharge
Mildred Brewster as cured. Three years
ago last May, Miss Brewster shot and
killed Annie Wheeler in Montpelier. She
was tried for murder at the following
September term OF court. The verdict OF
the Jury that tried her was mot guilty
by reason OF insanity" Miss Brewster
was committed to the asylum by order
of the court and the question has arisen
whether she can be released without a
similar order although at the same time
the supervisors have authority to order
the release OF patients.
Selling Apples.
The high prices which apples are bring
ing at present, compared with the low
prices which they were bringing at pick
ing time, has plain moral tor The apple
grower. 1t is that apples should be held
i as late as they will keep well. And Yer
mont apples are specially good keepers.
January, February and March are the
j best months in which to sell; and the
man who is compelled to sell from the
q trees or from the orchard is always more
s or less at the mercy of the buyers who
Il throrg the country in the TALL. In order
N to hold apples successfully it is necessary
u to have some sort of storage house; but
a very simple affair will do the work if it
is rightly planned and intelligently man
aged, THIS is another point often EN-
phaszed by the Vermont experiment sta
ton 10 its various publications; and more
s or less explicit directions have been pub
& lshed for making and managing such
storage houses.
Insurance Companies Inspected.
State Treasurer, John S. Bacon o
White River Junction, and Seer etary o
State F. A. Rowland, OF Montpelier, II
their capacity OF state insurance commits
soners have made their annual inspec
s. ton of the State Mutual Fire insurance
q Company and the New England Fire In
surance Company Of Rutland. The Mu
u tual company especially was found to b'
u in very satisfactory condition. At th'
end of the company's fiscal year in Aug
i ust, 1900, the amount of risks on thu
company's books was ST. geo 600, anC
8 the premium notes $135 ,S1S, At thu
4 first Of the present month over $4,000,
900 insurance was in force, with plemi
4 UNI notes to the amount of 5000, 900.
Station Manager