St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-20
VERMONT NEWS.
..,...,udLife Insurance Statistics.

:..st issued summary IepoiI vi IIS JUST
raes done by the authorized companies in
~ atate for the year 1900.
IN The report gives the business OF each
VI assurance company, the amount OF
u. M, business written, the policiesin force,
lhe amount OF premiums paid, etc.
~ The FIRE insurance companies are treat
ii in practically the same manner.
!" The report shows that during the year
,ooO there 1915 fires in the state with a
total loss of $807, 729.
'V The losses given by counties show the
lest losses to be in Chittenden coun-
hs,,,,th total of $3.50, sos. Burlington,
.5s largest city in the state reports the
i t"r loss, the figures being $149, 392.
'"i T., the causes of fires those ignited in
os,e way from the chimney lead, pol;
G0htning comes next with 145; stoves
n oSd nine 1872 lamps and lanterns, 1877;
& .,atches. 81. There were % incendiary
FIRES. rt
hrsi,,ess in the state for 1900 show that
Vermont companies issued policies
ornonnting to ST. ,031 574 81 and receiv-
Cd nremiums of $196,S25 O6. Policies of
.omnanies outside the state amount to
90 07O 724 % and their premiums re-
ce;ved are 81, 312, 954 81. Vermont COM
oaries paid losses OF $64 ,230.26 and
these outside the state $463, 249 %.
The business of all the fidelity and
casualty insurance companies may be
81 summarized as follows: Risks written
II s8O47, 932 rs; premiums received $780,
81 57452, losses paid $50, 740.11.
Farmers Meeting Closed.
The farmers meetings, which have
heen conducted throughout the state
during the past few weeks under the
anspices OF the State Board of Agricul-
ture have closed for this season. There
have been 81 meetings held and the at
\ tendance has been large in every case
larger perhaps than in previous years.
Every year the farmers show more inter-
est in the gatherings and as they are
scattered throughout every part of the
state become easily accessible to any
who wish to attend.
The topics discussed this year EN-
81 braced every feature of work which Yer
mont farmers take up and the speakers
we're men well informed upon the various
subjects. The most notable speaker was
IA |. II. Brigham, assistant secretary of
Sd agriculture, who was in the state for
two weeks. The agricultural expert
ment station furnished excellent speak
ers and the system of questioning at the
close OF an address gave the farmers in
attendance an opportunity to inquire
into any phase of the work and to ex-
press their own opinions. 1t is expected
that the meetings will be continued next
year.
Work of Cattle Commission.
The state cattle commissioners have
been doing large amount of work with
I'll in the past few months and the per cent
III of tuberculosis found has been larger
I'll than ever before. The increase is due no
doubt to the TACT that most of the work
has been done in herds where there has
B never been an inspection before. Since
December !, about 5 900 head of cattle
have been subjected to the test and OF
E this number six per cent have been
va slaughtered. The greatest average pre-
4 yious to this time was four per cent.
II The commissioners are receiving re-
N quests constantly from farmers to test
4 herds and nearly all animals condemned
are subjected to the test at the request oil
n the owner. 1t is intended to increase the
Nh work of the commission and it is expect
B ed that many herds in the state will be
visited within a short time. The op-
position against the commission that ex'
isted at first is rapidly disappearing and
HI. their work is consequently easier than
formerly.
will DeIs yed too LOng.
By Delaying the execution of her will
until overtaken by fatal illness, Mrs
Laura !. Haskins, who died last week at
Brattleboro, leaving an estate Of over
M 100000, prevented those upon whom
z she intended to confer special favor from
NJ sharing her estate. A short time age
she called a Justice to her bedside and in
dlCated to him the way in which she
wished the bulk of her estate divided
She was undecided in regard to the dis
position Of a certain piece of real estate
and said she would write him her de
Csion in a few days. She failed to do so
As she had torn her signature from &
former will she died intestate, and {
large share of the property will go &c
those whom she specially desired shoulc
not benefit therelrom. She intended t.
bequeath handsome residence on Com
mon st. to D. F. D. Sullivan, who ha
been her agent since the death of her hus
@ oand, twenty years ago.
An Automobile Line.
The latest organization composed o
Brattleboro men is the Brattleboro Au
tomobile Company, consisting Of Col
George W. Hooker, United States Distric
Attorney |. L. Martin, George A. Boy
den, R E. Gordon, l.. H. Richardson an
II +. D, Fisk. The company has been OF
gained with a capital stock of $4,000
Tor the purpose of establishing line c
automobiles or other vehicles from Brat
tleboro to Hinsdale, N. H., and NORTH
held. Mass, to carry passengers an
mail. twas announced few weeks ag
that company of Greenfield, Mass
capitalists had organized for the purpos
OF establishing line of automobile
IRON that town to Mortified, via Bel
nlardston, with the expectation o! draw
ing to Greenfield the trade that nov
comes from Mortified to BrattleborC
Whatever benefits they hoped to obtai
viii be offset by the move on the part {
the Brattleboro men.
Map of Caspian Lake.
A large map of Caspian lake, at Mon
peIier, was hung in the city clerks o
nee last week by Charles Cory, it bein
the work of z. M. Cory, who is attenC
s Ing the ITniverS;tv Of Vermont TIL