St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-18
Library "A. Fort Ethan Allen.

Library at Fort Ethan Allen.
A travelling library of about 1876
volumes has been established at Fort
Ethan Allen through the efforts of Secre-
tary George Fitzimmons. These books
are furnished by the international
committee of Y. M. c. AS, to whom they
were presented by Miss Helen Gould.
The books are to be kept in two cases
and as soon as those in one of the cases
have been read ten times, the volumes
will be returned and new ones sent in
their stead. The volumes are ofstandard
works and include copy of the Bible,
The Book of Common Prayer, Webster's
dictionary and an atlas. They may
be drawn by the soldiers in the same
manner that books are taken from a
public library.
Reorganization Plans Fail.
Plans for the reorganization ofthe Bur
lington Wooden Mills, Colchester Merino
Mills and the Winooski Worsted Com
pany, three allied concerns at Winooski,
now in the hands ofreceivers, have failed.
By order of the United States Circuit
Court, Receivers Smalley of Burlington
anu \OlJD vi DOSIOu d sac DIT duC-
ton of the entire property Thursday, but
no bid being received, nothing was done.
The lowest bid permitted was to be $780,
900, with a guarantee pledge of $4,000.
The receivers now await further orders
Of the court. The mills are at present
shut down.
Harle o. Cummins, of Montpelier, has
story entitled, THE False Prophet"
in the September number of the Bohem-
ian. The scene of the story is laid in Paris.
Rev. Harvey Cocord Wood, n. D., of
Aurora, Neb., is spending the month in
Newbury. He was born in Portsmouth
in 1917, and is the oldest living principal
OF Newbury seminary.
w. Howe, formerly of Beverly, Mass.
has been elected general secretary of
the Bennington Y. M. c. A. to succeed
Thomas E. Bolger, who will go to Colo
RADIO. Mr.. Howe will also act as physi-
cal director. His salary will be about
$1,000 per year.
The extent to which golf is played on
the grounds of the Ekwanok club, Man
chester, may be gathered from the fact
that 65 caddy boys are constantly em-
ployed and often this number is not suffi-
Gent. These boys earnings average
nearly 81 per day.
During the month of August 600 i'm
migrants were admitted to the United
States through the district of Vermont.
were: Russia, 564; Austria, 2S; Ger
many, %; Italy, 20; Roumania, Is; Swe'
den, II; Syria, IL Poland, 5; Armenia, 3;
Hungary, Z; Finland, Arabia, Galicia,
and France, 2 each.
Harry Burdette, aged 80 years, an EN-
ployee Of the Vermont Marble Co. OF
Proctor, died last week from the ell, cts
of an accidental discharge of shotgun
while hunting. The charge entered back
of the ear and although he lived for some
time he never regained consciousness.
The comptroller of the currency has
announced that a second dividend of 25
per cent. had been declared in favor o.
the creditors of the Farmers Nationa
Bank of Vergennes. This makes in all q
dividend of so per cent. on claims amour
ting to $10S,863.18.
| Ls IL MAI I'LL anu a. VI lSINCt vi Dul
lington, have we'll preserved copies ofthe
Ulster County Gazette of Saturday
January 4, 1900, containing an account
of the death of George Washington
which occurred just three weeks previous
1t is a small, four.page paper and the
mourning column rules are a quarter o
an inch in width.
Dawson McGregor, of North Hero, {
horseman of some note, has disappeared
from town quite suddenly, taking will
him six horses, four carriages and bike
sulky. Two years ago Mr.. McGregol
purchased small stock farm intending
TO raise trotters, and a good half mil,
track was laid out but owing to reverse'
in the horse business and domestic
troubles he became heavily insolvent
The court recently ordered him to pay
his wife monthly stipend of 500.
) Rev. J. R. Cahill. who was for SOM
time curate OF St. Peters Roman Catho
lie church, has received from the bishoI
OF the diocese, Rt. Rev. ]. S. Michaud, o
Burlington, an appointment as rector o
: the Catholic church in Springfield, sue
ceeding Rev. ]. Therien. This is distinc
, promotion, but Father Cahill will endea
vor to have the appointment annulled
, preferrng to remain curate of RUTLAND
, rather than become rector in Spring6eff
) He has been there two years and !
immensely popular with all the citizens Q
l Rutland.
= A travelling man from Burlington
named lockwood spoke slightingly c
President Mckinley during dinner at tn
| Montpelier House and was taken sc
: verely to task by another travelling ma
from New York City named Van Rensst
S laer. F. Pumley of Mortified and Georg
S Buckley of Moretowu also Jumped" O.
A lockwood in the latest approved mar
y ner. D. Defiant of St. Adams, ciga
y maker employed by Danovan & Dotfma
y OF that place, said he was glad the pres
g dent had been shot, and was Instant
y discharged by his employers who il
p formed him that they employed onl
n Americans and men with some SYM
S toms of heart in them.
II About 100 Mormon missionaries al
" at work in the Eastern States.