St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-09
VERMONT NEWS.
-. Amnng vermont Priests.


The RI Rev. John S. Michaud, bishop
burlington, has made the following
o. Lo pe,e IN his diocese: The Rev. P.
Gn',Is who has been pastor at North
bb"ao;noton and Bennington, will go to
Pin,dl Pond. where he takes the place OF
Sa Rev c. D. Trottiers, who is APP,
tu; ,ted nastor of the Sacred Heart
L orb at Bennington. The Rev. D. E.
C ~ ,iey will 20 from Brandon to Bristol /;
the Rev. W. Plamandon Of Readsboro,
liking Father Coffey place at Brandon,
Tbe Rev. A. L. Desaulniers, who has re-
dantIv been assistant to the Rev. ]. F.
I 1n5et Of Winooski, has been placed in
ob ~ of Readsboro and its missions.
Tbe Rev. Thomas Schaefer of Bristol will
90 to North Bennington.
The semi-annual meeting of the YER
mont Schoolmasters' Club was held at
Montpelier, Friday evening, the discus
sion being on matters pertaining to the
Chicago convention.
The will of the late A. P Stafford of
WaIIingford grants to that to wn con-
d;tionai legacy OF $4,000 to be used to
bnild town hall. The conditions of the
legacy are that the town shall take in
trust the $4,000 and pay the interest
IN il as long as the wife and daughter
ofthe deceased shall live. At their death
the money shall go to the town for the
ourpose mentioned above, but if the
daugbter should leave any children one
half of the $12 900 shall go to them and
the balance to the town. The town is
thus sure of $4,000 and may get $12,-
600. The town has not accepted the
gift.
In a family row at Waterbury John
Whalen chased his wife up stairs, and
she picked up gun and fired at him,
hurting his knee so that amputation was
necessary. She claims he has been insane
for some time
Milton has voted $4,000 for steel
bridge over the LamoiIle river at that
place.
There are now about 100 veterans at
the Soldiers Home. The inmates have
been unusually healthy the past winter,
not a death having occurred there since
December IS, 1901. This is the longest
interval without death since the jnsti-
tuition was started. There are several
cases in the hospital but none are con-
sidered serious.
A contract has been let to E. l.. Smith
& Co. of Barre, to quarry and manufac-
ture eleven soldiers monuments to be
erected on the battlefield of Shiloh for the
state of Iowa. This is one OF the largest
contracts ever placed in Barre, The con-
tract calls for the completion OF the work
before May, 1908.
c. H. Steele of South Burlington re-
Gently discovered among some old papers
a two dollar bank note OF the bank of
Norfolk, Roxburv, Mass, dated 1887;
also a five dollar bank note Of the bank
of Bennington, dated 1850. Both are
well preserved.
Richard Atkins of Duxbury went away
from his sugar house, leaving fire IN the
arch. In some way the sugar house
caught fire and communicated to the
dwelling house, the family being absent
at the time. The fire was seen from the
village and an alarm given, but it was
too late to save the buildings and they
were destroyed. The loss is estimated
at 81 900.
Representatives from one of the largest
shirt factories in Troy have been in
North Bennington looking over what is
known as the Vermont mills. with view
Of establishing branch factory there.
Vermont pensions, increase, restor-
Alnhnpcn II Gar
win, North Craftsbury, $12; special,
March "a, Ezra w. Conant, Waterbury
Center, S24
Orley Granger of Bennington, eighteen
years old, was accidentally killed by his
father, March 20, They were in q boat
hunting muskrats. The father had shot
one and was taking it from the water
when the second barrel of his gun was
discharged, The full charge OF shot took
effect in the boys neck.
One of the largest dies to a monument
ever quarried was unloaded recently at
the shop of Lynch Brothers, Montpelier,
for the Ryle & Mccormick Company. 1t
weighed in the rough about twenty-tour
tons.
). Nj. Duter OF Richtord VIII soon pup
sh his work, "On the Dead Line, or
Tracked by Bloodhounds," it being an
account of the authors experiences as a
prisoner of war during the rebellion.
Less than 25 years ago the little town
OF Fairfax came into possession BY a
legacy of $4,000 consisting of $50
shares of the stock of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Railway Company.
The dividends received have been used
from time to time to purchase more OF
the same stock and today the trustees OF
this fund have over $3.50 900 with which
to carry out the purpose OF the Will
namely the establishment of the Bel
lows Free Academy" OF Fairfax, Vt.
The Vermont State Agricultural So
clety and the Rutland County Agricul-
tural Society will hold joint fair at
Rutland, Sept. 9, 10 and II.
Our Losses to Canada.