St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-01-30
VERMONT NEWS.
v.cen,iOn 10 Gen. Peck.

reception TO Gen. Peck.
49,, soc;aI event OF the season in Bur.
~ w. occurred Wednesday night, when
. .llEss[al hundred prominent Vermonters,
s ses,,@ ali parts of the state, gathered at
II. armory to meet Adjt.. Gen. Theodore
tnT n a'i nm the occasion Of his retirement
s. / so tbe Vermont national guard.
i inog those in the receiving party at
ANVIL IGNITION we're: Capt, E. H. Prouty,
tue Zen ;ent, E. P. Woodbury., I'd Lieut.. F.
ISL T ha Sergt. w. E. Willard. May
" Robert Robert Roberts, Gen. Peck. Col F. E.
o. 0.rgess Mai. George c. Berkeley, the
pug Bu,s>CS c. Miller, Col. E. ]. Booth and
nus hSn The event was under the aus
Ia !uas Of company Nd, V. N. g.. which is
Pps nls indebted to Gen. Peck for number
Ge.p |ovors both of an official and of
F s;,ate character. The general is well
p piono in years, and his military career
S s0nan early in the war Of the rebellion,
p 'Ssn he walked from st. albans to Bur-
, Mnsn distance of 80 miles, to enlist
mug e. tst Vermont cavalry. The spurs
II uL;nb he wore in the war and his troop
w ,;don beside other relics of the war,
S s,ore among the prominent decorations
W%ednesday evening. Gen. Peck was the
oIdpst acknowledgement ofnational guard
in active service
neo,h of VermOnter in New York.
Homer F. Locke died from a complica-
finn of diseases at his home in New York
ios+ week.. Mr.. Locke, who was sixty
G %, wears old, was born in st. Adams.
ue was a member of the dry goods firm
Cheering, Milliken & Co of New York
o;tv He was a member and for several
T rssrs the president of the Arkwright
TIub and member of the Colonial and
New England societies.
HW. Allen & Co., dry goods mer-
chants of Burlington, have purchased the
stock OF goods OF the Richardson depart
mept store in that city, owned by the
McKaIip & Smith Company, and after
tbe stocks are reduced will move from
their present location in the opera house
block to the Richardson, which will be
altered somewhat to suit their purposes.
VIC, REYNOLDS, proprietor Of the Rich
ardson carpet department, separate
concern, has leased the store now occu-
MED BY H. w. Allen & Co., and will oc-
cupy it as soon as vacated. The second
floor will be occupied by P. E. Stone &
Co., wall paper dealers.
Charles H. Wilder Of Bethel, has been
granted an original pension OF $40
month.
The Lincoln Lumber Company paid
out about S11 900 in wages during the
last year. About 1000 creamery pack
ages are made daily.
Mrs. H. Bullock OF Brattleboro is in re-
cept of letter written on a Salvation
army letter head by w. B. Boyden at San
Francisco, enclosing SIS to pay for boy
ish prank nearly so years ago OF stealing
pIums and breaking the limbs of trees on
the farm of her family in Guilford.
E.A. Ayers and D. r. Taylor of Swan
ton have formed co partnership for the
manufacturing Of suspenders in Mime
apols and went to that city the 10th all
ready to begin work, having rented
rooms and electric power, bought ma
chimes, work, trimmings and contracted
for their help.
!. A. Heald Of Andover and Mrs. Heald
died within few hours OF each other.
Mrs. Heald died on Tuesday OF last week
the anniversary of her marriage and
Mr.. Heald died late Thursday night
Pneumonia was the cause of death in
each case. Mr.. Heald was a highly re-
speCted citizen and was we'll known in
that part OF the state At the time OF his
death he was first selectman and he had
held all the important town offices. He
also represented his town in the legisla-
ture in 1896 and 1898. Mr.. Head was
Il years of age. His wife was SO.
The sign board of the old Hayes
tavern at West Brattleboro, kept by
Ruthiord B. Hayes, grandfather of Gen.
R, B. Hayes, is one Of the illustrations
Of Alice Morse Earle's book Stage
Coach and Tavern Days"
Arthur Webster, formerly principal Of
the Bennington high school, has secured
the principalship of the Orange, Mass
high school, lately held by Charles l.
Slmmonds, the new superintendent o.
the Bennington graded school.
At meeting of the directors OF the
United States Clothspin company o.
Montpelier Friday night it was voted to
continue the business. C.E Booth, who
has been foreman of the establishment
ioi the last nine years, was elected tc
the position Of manager.
Leon Young, of St. Adams, has beer
appointed commandments clerk at thu
navy yard at Portsmouth, N. H., at
salary OF 81 500 year. Mr.. Young to-
the past year was stenographer in Thu
department of construction and repairs
but when Commandant Clerk John Kno'
was obliged to leave, owing to sickness
winch caused his death, Mr.. Young wa
sent to take his place.
Tho Ca~<s,.,,y,