St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-27
Men Women and Events.
Oh Grecinn Atn,ues Found.

OLD GreCinn statues Found.
Athens is excited over the great dis
covery OF the Grecian statues that wer
taken up from the sea near the islanC
now called Antiky thera, the ancien
Ogylos. Professor Rufus B. Richardson
director of the American School of Clas
steal Studies at Athens, in an article III
last weeks "Independent," describing in
SAYS in Effect that they are as important
as the Olympia sculptures or the ones OF
the Athenian Acropolis. They were dis
covered by some sponge fishers fifty feet
below the surface OF the sea last fall and
an expedition was sent out to rescue
them. So far few of the statues have
been recovered, though there are some
large ones OF both bronze and marble
left. The finest figure of the collection is
bronze statue, somewhat broken, but
nothing oft is lacking except few
small bits about the loins. The upper
part Of the body, including the head and
arms, is almost as fresh as when it was
buried. 1t was thought that this statue
was either by the sculptor Lysippus or
Praxiteles.
There are also in the newly found
treasures three bronze statuettes about
foot and a halt high. One Of them is
generally pronunced to belong to the age
of Phidias. There is also marble fgu.e
OF a youth. 1t is supposed that these
statues came to be at the bottom of the
sea through shipwreck and this may be
explained by Lucian in his "Zuexis,,'
where he says that Roman general was
said to have sent off large number of
statues to Italy with the rest of his
plumber, and that near Malea the ship
sank and everything was lost.
The first industrial and manual train
ing school ever opened in the Philippines
has just begun operations in the city of
Dunanguete in the island OF Negroes with
Princeton man in charge. He is the
Rev Leon c. Hills, graduate OF Prince
ton Theological Seminary, and the school
was established through the muni6cence
OF H. B. SilIman of New York city, who
gave $40 900 for the purpose. A two
story school building is now being built,
the first story OF stone and the second of
some kind OF hard wood, and not BAN
boo, which the natives use for almost
every sort OF building. The roof is to be
of metal. Besides the school building
there will be small chapel (Presbyter-
ian) and manual training school build
ing, where the little Filipinos are to be
taught carpentering iron. working, etc
A hundred acres OF land have been pur-
chased on which to teach the youngsters
agriculture. The city of Dumanguete
was selected because of the friendly atti-
tude Of the natives toward the Ameri.
cans.
Edward M. Allen, one of the few re-
naming escaped slaves from Virginia,
who went to Boston previous to 1860,
died in hat CITY last week. He had be-
longed to the estate of John Endres, a to-
bacco manufacturer of Richmond, and
was known as William A. Carter. 1t
was between 1852 and 1860 that Allen
arrived IN Boston with number OF other
slaves from and around Richmond Up
on arriving there, as a precautionary
measure. he dropped the name he bore as
slave, and took the one by which he
has since been known. He went to Can
ada, where he remained until near the
close OF the war, when he returned and
went to work as servant in The family
OF the father of the late Governor VOL
colt. He remained in the family nearly
10 years. Between Allen and Roger
WoIcott there grew up a strong friend
ship, and Allen was fond of telling his
friends how be was taught to read and
write by Governor Wolcott. This friend
ship lasted down to the day OF Governor
Wolcott's fatal illness.
Archbishop Temple, Of Canterbury, be.
gan his career as Bishop on the biggest
episcopal throne in Europe 1t is at the
Exeter Cathedral Composed Of the
very best oak with magnificent carving
executed by the most expert designers o
the day, the throne scars upward il
beautiful tapCring pinnacles, which rst
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