St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-13
VERMONT NEWS.
Vernon, Local Option League.

,,;7ed the VERMONT LOCdl OpClOn
an,r 1t was decided after some dis.
SCI. .a;on not to restrict the membership to
i1anblicans but to admit all citizens OF
81 : state who are interested in the repeal
= The he present prohibitory law and the
,,bst;tution of a high license, local OPP
az measure. 1t is planned to establish
r "a" OF the league in every town of
20 state and to carry on a systematic
- nnaign against the prohibitory law.
i officers were as follows: President,
W Clement, of Rutland; vice-presi-
srts W. A. Lawrence, OF Bristol, A. B.
aientine, of Bennington, c. c. Gilmore
: Swanton, Horace Knight, of Grand
IL ". H. Parker, Of Cambridge, W. B.
;aIl Of Randolph, Charlts K. Bean, of
swport, F. D. White, of Rutland, F. R.
-orphton, of Putney, F. w. Agan of
ndlow, and J. G. Brown of Montpelier !;
!. c. Jones, of Rutland; treas
rcr l. A. Merrill, OF Rutland; executive
,mmittee, Joseph Aud, of Burlington,
Fl BlakeIy, of Bellows Falls, and w.
Bradford, of Bennington.
Valuable Document,
Dr. Charles P. Thayer of Boston, son
the late DR.. S. W. Thayer of Burling-
N has given to the Vermont Antiquar-
N society a quaint old document in the
nm of a petition to the faculty of the
,edical college at Woodstock, bearing
he date of March rs, 1884. to which are
opeuded the autographs of a large num-
fr of the leading citizens of Burlington
{ that period.
The body of a Mrs. Holbrook had been
olen by a medical student and taken to
,oodstock and the petition, in courteous
ut decidedly firm language, requests its
turn, characterizing the theft as "a vile
utrage which will not be submitted to
Mess the laws have lost their power to
unish.'
Among the well known names attached
, the petition are those OF John N. Pom
.oy Harry Bradley, Timothy Follett,
bilo Doolittle, Nathan B. Haswell, John
oward, Horace Loomis, Luther Loomis
H. Peaslee, Chauncey Goodrich. WHY'S
yman, Carlos Baxter, !. and ]. H. Peck,
H. Penniman, H. W. Catlin, Henry B.
tacy, Lewis Higbee and many Others.
document hearing the autograph sig
atures of 1875 men prominent in the af-
irs of Burlington rs years ago is as
auable as it is rare and the Antiquar-
n Society is to be congratulated upon
curing possession of such an important
lie.
Fire at Hyde Park.
A barn at Hyde Park owned by c. S..
age ard occupied by H. ]. Lilley & Co.
a storehouse for their wagons, was
lrned Wednesday. The fire was discov-
ed shortly after 1 o'clock p. M. but by
lie time people got there it was beyo
,ntrol. There were about fifty finished
Lilley" wagons besides large supply
wheel stock in the barn. All the con-
.nts were burned. The insurance on
le stock was $4,000 but it did not
)yer the loss.
Killed on n Railroad Crossing.
Edwin Kittridge, an old resident OF
ethel, was instantly killed last Wednes-
ay at Mayo's by being struck by
le northbound morning train. Mr..
ittridge was 70 years Of age
nd a we'll known horseman, hav-
& passed nearly all his life in the town
e was exercising one OF his favorlte
orses, and although knowing the train
as coming tried to make the crossing,
ut was not quick enough. The horse
1t across, but the engine struck the
sigh with terrific force, killing the old
ntleman instantly.
State Fair for Rutland.
The State Agricultural Society held its
lnual meeting at the Bardwell House
Rutland, Friday. The treasurer's re-
)rt shows the assets of the society to
81 $40 81, against which there are no
utilities. The following list of officers
i'd board of directors were elected for
e ensuing year: President, George Ait
n first vice.president, c. ]. Bell; sec
I'd vice, president, George W. Hooker
rd vice-president, w. Seward Webb
urth vice. president, T. M. Deal; secre-
Try, c. M. Winslow; treasurer, J.. W.
arker; directors for three years, Henry
base, Henry B. Kent, L. S. Drew, H. 0.
arpenter, H. c. Cleveland, W. Seward
'ebb, F. H. harrington; for two years,
Gorge T. Chaffee, F. A. Field, Arthur
ewey, Fletcher D. Proctor, c. M, Brow
III; for one year, George W. Smith, ]. l..
aeon, George A. Weston, NJ. H. Miller,
. R. c. Watson, E. Selden. The fair
i'll be held at Rutland this year proba-
y in conjunction with the Rutland
'unty fair.
Soldiers Graves mt Bennington.
In accordance with a circular recently
sued by Gen. J. ]. Estey, of Brattleboro,
esldent of the Vermont Society, Sons
the American Revolution, asking tor
e names and location OF the graves OF
Idlers OF the revolutionary war, com
ittee will be appointed to make an ac-
rate record of all such soldiers buried
Bennington. The number will proba
y reach nearly 200. Nearly all the
embers of the two local companies in
e battle of Bennington were buried
re, besides a considerable number Of
ldlers who moved to Bennington from
massachusetts, and Connecticut.
The new parish house of st. Peters
urch, Bennington, has already been
ven several memorials, and Others are
omsed. Mrs. Leland Fairbanks Of
wv York has just presented as memoir
OF her daughter, the late Mrs. W. G.
Chardson of Bennington, the fireplace,
ldirons and freirons in the lower guild
ON and also large steel engraving Of
Joshua Reynolds CANCEL Choir,
hich is hung in a niche over the beauti-
mantel. A lady parishioner has plac-
an elegant electric lamp in Rev. Mr..
huyler's study and the furniture of the
ON was given by another lady.
Among the many annual kicks" caus-
by the perusal of the printed town re-
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