St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-02
VERMONT NEWS.
Bank Wreckers ON Trial.

hos been anticipated with more interest
:, years than the October term, which
began at Rutland Tuesday, with Judge
H0vt Wheeler of Brattleboro presiding.
The principal reason for the unusual
interest is the fact that the cases
aoainst Cashier David H. Lewis of the
looted and defunct Farmers National
Rank of Vergennes, Lieutenant Governor
Martin F. Allen of North FerrisburR, a
director OF the bank, and J. W. Ketchum.
Of Vergennes, who was clerk for Cashier
Lewis, will surely come to trial.
The charge on which Lewis will be tried
il that OF embezzement of the banks
funds, he having been arrested April IS,
last Tor that offense. The shortage was
placed at the time of his arrest at $73,-
600. Lewis is now at his home in Yer
gennes, having been released on $4,000
bail.
Ex-Congressman H. Henry Powers of
Morrsville will be counsel for Lewis at
his coming trial.
Lieutenant Governor Allen and Mr..
Ketchum will be tried upon indictments
charging them with "aidng and abet-
ting Cashier Lewis in footing the Farm
ers' National bank" Both men are now
at their respective homes at North Fer
risburg and Vergennes, they having been
released on bail in the amount of $10.-
900 in each case.
The lieutenant-governor has engaged
Attorneys Seneca Haselton, of Burling-
ton, and F. S Platt, of F oultney, to de
fend him, while Mr.. Ketchum has an
nounced that his counsel will be F. W.
Tuttle, of Vergennes, and noted New
York criminal lawyer.
Appt arances are that all three men
will make hard fights to clear themselves
OF the charges against them. Lieut.. Gov.
Allen is and always has been immensely
popular in that section OF the state aud
there are many people who believe he
will be able to entirely prove his inno-
cence.
State Teachers Association.
The SOD annual meeting of the Yer.
mont State Teachers Association will be
held in Burlington, Oct, 24-26. Of the
speakers already engaged the following
may be mentioned: Pres. 6. c. Chase,
of Bates College; Rev. W. j. Long, the
naturalist and author of Wilderness
Ways" Ways of Wood Folk" ETC., Of
Stamford, Conn Hon. Henry T. Bailey
state supervisor of drawing for Massa
chusetts. The schools of Burlington will
be in session all day Thursday and will
be open to inspection by visiting mem
bers of the Association. On Thursday
afternoon there will be general high
school and college conference on Engist
and the college entrance requirements II
English. The regular sessions OF the AS
soclation will be held on Thursday even
ing, Friday morning and Saturday morn
ing. Friday afternoon will be given vi
to an excursion, Friday evening to tn
banquet under the charge of the School
masters Club. Later in the evening
Pres. and Mrs. Buckham will give a re
ception in Billings Library.
Special attention is being given to tn
exhibits, including the large collection
at the college As the Association is nov
out OF debt and on good business ba
sis, no expense is being spared to max
the program as attractive and helpful a
possible. This will undoubtedly be on
of the largest educational meetings eve
held in the state.
4 Would Have Changed Towns Name
The old records Of most every town ar
full of quaint phrases and proceeding
that are almost laughable in these latte
DAYS, but they are almost unknow
except to those whose business lead
them to search the old records, say
the Swanton Courier. Town Clel
Foster ran across a record recently tina
is unique. 1t is warning for tow
meeting to be held the first Tuesday
September, 1893. Article reads as 70
lows: ITO see if the town will vote
petition to the general assembly of II
state at their next session to be granite
them the nestimable privilege of discard
ing the detestable name of Swanton an
substituting in its place a more delect
BILE name; one that will be more unar
mously satisfactory to the inhabitan
of said town." The only reason thu
can be surmsed for this rather surpri
ing action is an excess OF patriotism
Il Swanton having been named, it is SD
j posed, for Captain Swanton, an othc
in the British army.
Topsham Doctor Under Bends.
DR.. I. A. Dow, 80, a well,known ply
4 clan of West Topsham, is under bonds
$4,000, charged with obtaining insuran
on goods which were not burned. L
business part of West Topsham villa
was burned last July. The fire started
Dr. BOWS barn late at night by the tt
ping over of lantern while he was pt
ting up his horse. DR., Dow recelv
SLIGO from the Union Mutual 1nsuran
Company of Montpelier. OF this amou
5000 was on books and medicines
$500 on household goods. Recently
story leaked out that the hooks a
medicines were not burned but had be
concealed in house owned by Dow
the back part of the town. After thu
were found both the insurance compa
and States Attorney Conant OF Bri
ford started Investigations, and as
suit Dow was put under bonds.
PIoro Railroad Consultations.
The stockholders of the Ogdensbt
and Lake Champlain railroad met
Ogdensburg Friday and voted unani
ously for consolidation of the varit
lines controlled by the Rutland railro
3 company, all but ten of the A 900 sha
voting. The lines affected are the r
land Canadian, Rutland Railroad,
Bennington and Rutland, and the Ogde
burg and Lake Champlain. The n
company has been incorporated and
amalgamation went into effect Mond
The design in putting all branches un
one management is to increase the