St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-27
DIR. O. w. DALEY of White River Jurc-


ton has at his office in Gates block what
is probably the largest collection of COM
mandery medals and badges to be found
IN the United States. They number fully
600 and very many of them are of I'M
usually handsome designs. They were
mainly obtained at the Knights Templar
trlennials at Denver, 1892, Boston, 1895,
and Pittsburg, 1898. The doctor ex-
poets to add Others to the collection
when he visits the triennial in Louisville
next summer. The Communicates of
every state in the Union are represented
besides the official badges issued by the
Grand Encampment of the United
States. The medals and badges are en-
closed in handsome oak case and show
to advantage against a background of
black velvet. The ribbons have been
made into an appropriate and beautiful
banner.
A disease has appeared which is cpl
demlc in the mountain district in the
west part Of Windsor from which six
deaths have occurred in a short time
The physicians appear unable to cope
with the trouble, as all who have been
stricken have died within week after
they were taken ILL., The disease appear
ed in family by the name of Slater.
Mrs, Slater was first taken i'll, and the
doctors called it typhoid pneumonia.
They were unable to save her Soon
after the wifes death, Mr.. Slater was
taken i'll and he, too, died. Mr.. Safter's
brother and three of his neighbors took
care of him and they too were stricken in
a short time and have all died.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hurley Sullivan, widow
Of John Sullivan, at St. Adams died
March 16 of paralysis, after an illness of
few hours, She was 70 years of age
and had lived there SO years. She was
born in Ireland, and came to the United
States when Is years of age. She is sur
vived by six children, Rev. D. H Sullivan,
assistant at st. Mary's church, st. Al.
bans; John II. Sullivan, manager of the
Pittsburg flour company, Pittsburg,
Penn; Dennis Sullivan of Pittsburg,
Penn; Michael Sullivan and Mary E.
Sullivan of st. Adams, and Hannah Sui
livan of Boston.
A thousand cases of canned corn were
shipped recently from the Snowflake
factory, Brattleboro, to Manila for the
use OF the troops.
The State Letter Carriers Association
will meet in Burlington May so.
The Vermont Funeral Directors and
Embalmers' Association will hold its
next meeting at the Van Ness house, Bur-
lington, in June.
The Rutland railroad company recent
ly cut every wire Of the Western Union
Telegraph company crossing its tracks
between Rutland and Bellows Falls
which did not clear the rails at least %
feet This action was caused by the
death Of train man who was knocked
off the train by low wire.
No town meeting was held in Plain.
field, owing to the serious epidemic oil
scarlet fever The town thereby loses it's
warrant and it will take some time to
again legally transact business that
otherwise would have been in order.
c. Wilkie Louis, corporal in the 46th
United States Volunteer infantry, has
been appointed one of the instructors Of
schools in the Philippines under Mason S.
Stone. Louis was for many years resi-.
dent OF Rutland. de is now at his home
in Springfield on furlough.
The Howe scale company of Rutland
has recently received a number of large
orders for scales to be sent to Russia
These scales are, of course, equipped with
the Russian system Of weights and meas
ures. The Russian trade has increased
very rapidly of late and the orders in
clude scales of all sizes.
A special from Washington says that
Senator Redfeld Proctor, who practical
ly owns the entire Vermont marble pro.
duct, and who is now in Cuba, WILL be-
fore returning, pay brief visit to the
Isle of Pines. Some of the very valuable
products of the island are marble, granite
and building stone.
The trustees of teachers college, o.
Columbia University, N. Y, announce
the receipt OF gift of 100000 for the
erection and equipment of a free schoo
in the neighborhood of the college. The
names of the donors are withheld.
Eugene R. Darling of Corinth and New
York was taken to the Waterbury asy
lum Thursday. He is violently insane
He was prominent real estate lawyer
in New York and owns large farm ii
Corinth. Heavy financial operations
are said to have unbalanced his mind.