St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-11-13
VERMONT NEWS.


VERMONT NEWS.
Vermont Teachers to Meet.
The executive committee Of the Yer.
mont State Teachers Association wish to
call attention to the postponed meeting
which was to have been held October "a
to &C. While every effort possible was
made to announce week or more before
hand the necessitated postponement
| from that date tie notice did not reach
all the teachers of the state. You will
note that the meeting will be held at
Burlington November 81, % and %.
1t seems to them that they are indeed
| fortunate to be able to present the pro.
gram as originally planned without a
single variation; the same strong speak
ers, the same social features, exhibits,
and opportunities to visit the college and
schools of Burlington. The Burlington
public schools, which were closed as a
precautionary measure to prevent any
spread OF smallpox, were re-opened Oct.
! 2S. The disease was confined to sin
gle section of the city and from the first
has been closely watched. No new cases
| have appeared for several weeks and the
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not the slightest reason for apprehen-
sion, and that visitors may come to the
city and 60 about without any fear
whatever. The convention will be the
best in the history of the association,
and you cannot afford to miss the oppOr-
tunity of hearing President Chase, Will
liam J. Long, Miss Mary l. Lovejoy,
Henry T. Bailey, Charles H. Keyes, and
other speakers of state and more than
| local pr ominence. You will want to bear
in mind the College-SecOndary School
Conference on English on Thursday, the
receptions to be rendered the AssoCia.
ton by the teachers of Burlington Thurs
day evening and by President and Mrs.
Buckham Friday evening, the banquet
at the college gymnasium Friday even.
ing, and the chance to visit the schools
OF Burlington which will be in session
Thursday. The college museum and sci
ence hall, with the Laboratories, will be
open and in charge OF attendants Thurs
day and Friday. Do not let the post.
ponement dampen your ardor, but rally
to this meeting on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, November 81, % and 90.
Bradstreet's Vermont Weekly Trade
Report.
Manufacturers in Vermont apparently
have no occasion for complaint as to the
business situation. Orders are being re-
ceived freely and it is possible to secure
a fair margin OF profit in consequence
of the increased demand of many Of the
manufactured products. The GRAM e
business in Barre and the marble bust
ness in Rutland Co. do not appear to
be quite as active as they have been for
the past few months although there is
still a good demand for the products
Otherwise the manufacturing concerns
generally are very busy. The weather
is still unfavorahle for winter goods and
retailers III these articles are auxiously
awaiting colder weather. Retail bust
Hess however, as a whole is good, not
withstanding the fact that the farmers
and others are improving the time in
preparing for the winter rather than in
purchasing supplies. Labor is well en-
ployed and as lar as reported there are
no labor troubles of moment in the
State. In Burling on all lines OF business
are reasonably active: the wholesale
houses are shipping large amount OF
goods, but in some quarters collections
are reported rather slow. Manufacture
ers are busy and the mills and labor are
we'll employed, and as the end of the
navigation season approaches, coal deal
ers and Others are securing by boat com
plement of their winter supply OF heavy
stock.
UnjustIy Sent to Prison.
Seamon M. Witherel Of Grafton, SEN
fenced in September, 1897, to serve Is
years in state prison for adultery and
rape, seems to be the victim of perjury
and is likely to obtain his freedom. Mabel
Walker, the alleged victim, and her
mother, Mrs. Nettie Walker, were the
chief witnesses at the trial. AT the time
OF Witherell's conviction Mabel was Ia
years old. She is now married to a man
named Ken1er and has come to Grafton
to confess to perjured testimony which
was given under compulsion OF heI
mother. In 1897 Mrs, Nettie Walker o
Providence, R. l., and her daughter were
boarders at Witherell's farmhouse il
Grafton. Mrs. Walker is alleged to have
been intimate with Witherell. She re
peatedly urged him to elope with her anc
threatened revenge when he refused
Later he was arrested on the charges
named and found guilty on the testimony
of mother and daughter. Mabel now
confesses that the testimony was wrunf
from her by threat to place her in tn,
reform school at Providence if sherefuseC
to testify. Gov. Stickney has been APP
pealed to for a pardon tor Witherell.
The directors of the Howard Nationa
Bank OF Burlington have decided to cree
a new bank building on the site OF tn
present one and expect to begin worl
about April /. President Gates of tn
bank will visit Washington and Caledo
| MIA counties this week to interview quar-
, rymen concerning the material to b
used.
Rev. L. Ward Brigham of Rochester
Mimi, who has recently been called t,
the pastorate of All Souls Universalis
church in Brooklyn is a native OF Yer
: mont. He was born in West Dover
May 81, 1865.
J London spectators say the supply c