St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-13
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.
no.,on Roy Hnzed at West Point.

Frederic Kensel of Semerville, Mass.
who was appointed a cadet to West
Point bv Congressman Mccall in 1899
has resigned from the academy on &C
count of failing eyesight. He entered
West Point in June of last year. In
about a month he was in the hospital
on account of trouble with his eyes. 1t
is stated that while standing on his
head in tent, which was demanded of
"plebes" whenever an upper classman
entered, Kensel was kicked in the right
eve, possibly accidentally, by an upper
classman and was sent to the hospital
He lett the hospital in few days, and
while attempting to swallow a tea
spoonful of tabasco sauce he choked and
it went over his handkerchief. He was
blindfolded with the handkerchief after
ward and that sauce got into his eyes.
He had to go back again to the hospital
on account of trouble with his ewes.
About Aug. II Kensel was taken off the
sick list. His eyes had so far recovered
that he could resume his duties. Three
days afterward be was again in the
hospital, as the report shows, with
Stomach trouble" During these three
days he had to eat a great quantity of
rice, couple of boiled cabbages, some
sixty-three prunes and was compelled to
do $50 eagles, and went into convul.
sions. pillow or blanket was placed
over his face so that his cries could not
be heard.
The Rev. Mark Trafton, D. D., probably
the oldest Methodist clergyman in New
England, died at his home in Somerville,
Mass, Friday. He was born in Bangor,
Me-, on Aug. 1, 1910, and left the shoe
makers bench at the age of q topreach.
After eleven years service in Maine he
went to Boston and preached there for
more than twenty years. In 1851 he
was caught upon the know'Nothing
wave and was elected to the Thirty
Fourth Congress. He returned to the
pulpit at the end of his term and retired
a few years ago. A daughter and two
sons survive him.
Henry H. Rogers, of the Standard Oil
Company has given to the Mlllicent Ii.
brary, of Fairhaven, Mass, the water.
works of the town. The plant is valued
at 100000 to $125,000, and yields an
annual income of about $4,000. The
Millicent Library was given to the town
of Fairhaven in January, 1898, by the
children of Mr.. Rogers, in memory OF
their sister. Mellicent G. Rogers, who
died in Fairhaven in the summer of 1890.
1t was properly endowed when it was
turned over to the town, but this latest
gift will insure an ample permanent in
come. The Fairhaven waterworks were
built by Mr.. Rogers in 1898. The supply
of water is taken from driven wells. Mr..
Rogers has given fine schoolhouse and
magnificent town hall, as well as the
library. He has served as superintend-
ent of streets tor several years.
Mai. Daniel w. Whittle, formerly Of
Chicago, and for many years the friend
and associate of Dwight L. Moody, died
at East Mortified, Mass, last week He
was sixty years old. Maj. Whittle won
his military title with the I'D Illinois i'll
the civil war, in which be served from
1861 to 1868. He left the army to enter
business with the Elgin Watch Com.
pauy, and after twelve years resigned to
take up work with Mr. Moody. In 1898
he came to East Mortified. When the
Spanish war broke out he connected him
self with the Christian Commission, and
in the Southern camps he was seized
with malarial fever, from which he did
not fully recover.
The Empire salt works at Warsaw,
N Y, were destroyed by fire March ..
The loss will reach $150,000. 1t was
the largest OF the many salt works at
Warsaw, 1t used what is known as the
vacuum process in the manufacture OF
salt. The works have been working
night and day to fill the large and cor
stantly increasing orders. 1t is consld-
cred doubtful whether the works will be
rebuilt.