St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-05-01
VERMONT NEWS.
Death of Thomas l.. Wood.


Of dropsv at the home of w. S. Wood
his brother, aged 81 years. Although his
sndden death was a shock to many
friends, to those who have known him
most intimately it was not entirely un.
eyngcted. For more than two years he
had been i'll with the disease that endel
his life, and was constant sufferer.
Mr. Wood was born in Randolph, Au,
orst /, 1889. He was educated in the
orange County Grammar school and
NeWbury Seminary. Later he attended
Connor's Commercial college at Boston.
He studied law with N. L. Bovden of
Randolph but never was in active prac-
flee ri enlisted in Company G, Tenth
Vermont Regiment, in which he served in
+he War OF the Rebellion. He never mar
red. He was appointed messenger in
the state library in 1876 and in 1873
was promoted to assistant librarian, a
nosition he held continuously until his
death. In this position he gained wide
acquaintance with bench and bar of Yer.
mont. Not only the location on the
shelves, but the contents Of thousands
of volumes in the library were perfectly
familiar to him, and his services to those
having business at the state library were
well nigh invaluable.
Funeral services Under the auspices of
the Masonic fraternity were held at Ran
dolph Saturday afternoon.
Antiquarian Society Elects Officers.
A regular meeting OF the Vermont An
tiquarlan Society, was held at the
society rooms in Burlington, last week.
The following officers were elected:
President, W. ]. Van Patten; first vice
president, R. S. Taft; second vice-pres
dent, Henry Ballard recording secretary,
Charles E. Allen; corresponding secre-
tary, G. H. Perkins; treasurer, A. E. Will
lard executive committee, H. S. Peck,
Eben Putnam, D. w. Robinson; member
ship committee, H. 0. Wheeler, A. G.
Whittemore, R. w. Taft. Three new
members were elected and several valu-
able gifts received.
A Good Fish Story.
The West Deerfeld correspondent of
the Greenfield Recorder furnishes this
spring fish story: While the little chill
dren OF H. S. Chapman were playing near
a large pond lett by the recent high
water, the youngest, little maid of five
summers, discovered something splash
ing about in the water. She called to
her mates, who screamed for help, bring
ing Fred Dodge. They drove it into a
shallow place and after struggle landed
a muscalonge 33 inches long and weigh
ing nine pounds.
Philippine Position Offered.
Prof. Ide Sargent, who has summer
home in Granville, where his parents re.
side, has lately been offered the position
of supervisor of English in the Philip
pines He will not decide about accept
ing before May 1.
He We S formerly student of the high
school at Randolph and later was gradu-
ated from the University of Vermont
He is now in the Paterson, N. J., public
schools, where he is principal with
pupils in his charge. The papers of that
city speak appreciatively OF him and
hope that he will decide to remain there.
Vermont Delegates.
Gov. W. w. Stickney has appoined
the delegates from Vermont to the Ma
tional Conference on Taxation to be held
at Buffalo on May 20 and oath. They
are as follows: ]. L. Barstow of She
burne; H. E. Folsom of Lyndon; ! E
Cushman OF Burlington; Walter E. How.
ard Of Middlebury; Frederick w. Bald
win of Barton; Charles H. Darling of
Bennington; F. N Whitney of Mortified;
Victor l, Spear OF Braintree; Charles H.
Davenport OF Brattleboro; Guy B. Hor-
ton OF Clarendon.
A Ve,mOnter's 1HIsfOrtune.
The dispatches from Vancouver,
Wash, in noting the shortage of $751;
600 in the First National bank OF that
place and OF the suicide OF the president
and cashier state that the heaviest
stakeholder is Col. Stephen Jocelyn OF
the regular army, member of Gen.
Skaters staff. Col. Jocelyn was
stationed at Vancouver when the bank
was organized Is years ago. He is a
Vermonter and was on duty in this state
three years ago and mustered in the vol
unteer regiment which spent the summer
at Chickamauga.
Miss Sylvia Bliss OF Calais. has given
to the Kellogg. Hubbard library Mont
pelier a collection OF pressed samples OF
all the pants and flowers of Vermont.
The collection is considered very valu-
able one, and special cabinet is to be
constructed to hold them. The colltc-
ton is pasted in books, specimen to a
page. They occupy great many vol
umes. On each page with the specimen
is the botanical as well as the name in
A
ties in the collection.
The st. Adams Messenger has com
pleted its annual statement of the aggre.
gate sales, etc, OF the town agencies OF
Vermont. under the liquor laws. In
seventy one towns, of 1000 or more
population, there was sold $25l 622 90
OF intoxicating liquors, for mechanical,
medicinal and other purposes contem,
plated by the statute.
The Vermont Marble company will
make change in it's method OF dispos-
Ing OF the milk produced on seven farms
owned by the company in various parts
OF Proctor. The new plan includes the
building OF fully equipped creamery.
The company will increase the herd of
COWS to 400 head.
William 7. Miler, a Richford farmer,
has been found guilty OF starving his cat
tie to death and has been sentenced by
Justice of the Peace D. W. Carpenter to
pay fine OF 5000 and costs. Twelve
head OF cattle, mostly cows. have per-
ished through his alleged cruelty. The
respondent took an appeal.
A New York syndicate acquired con.
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