St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-09-03
VERMONT NEWS.

issued general OTueI NO. <, IIOIH utdu'
quarters at Ludlow, announcing addi-
tiona staff appointments and other mat
ters of interest to veterans. Following
are the staff appointments:
Judge advocate, George P. Blair, Post
No. So, West Barnet; chief mastering
officer, A. S. Fleury, Post No. 60, St.
Adams address Swanton) senior aide
de camp and chief OF staff, Heman W.
Allen, Post No. 2, Burlington.
Aides de camp, George M. Dearborn,
Post No. 81, Newport; John Fisher, Post
No. SO, Dorset; A. c. Brown, Post No.
10. Montpelier; W. c. Stone, Post
No. s, Brattleboro; H. D. Plummer, Post
No. 35, Windsor address Piainfeld, N.
H. William Crosby, Post No. 8, YER
gennes; Joshua Upham, Post No. 43,
Springfeld; D. c. Simonds, Post No. -,
West Rutland; H. A. Wheeler, Post No.
"a, Bellows Falls; A. W. Fuller, Post No.
60, St. Albans; c. L. Erwin, Post No. 26.
Newport Center; E. ]. Ormsbee, Post No.
IS, Brandon; Milo Lyman, Post No. ID,
Rutland H. c. St. Pierre, Post No. 105,
Montreal, Que; Homer A. Dudley, Post
No. S, South Londonderry; c. J. Win
ship, Post No. 46, Weston; D. W. Davis,
Post No. 81, Chester; William E. Muir
ply, Post No. 112, Bennington; John S.
Eaton, Post No. 80, Woodstock; William
R. Elliott, Post No. %, Waterbury; Syl-
vester M. Snow, Post No. SO, South Roy
alton.
The commander announces that he Wis
tied Washington in July and secured the
Dunbarton Hotel for the use of the De-
partment of Vermont during the ma
tional encampment during the week of
| October S. The hotel will furnish Sleep
| ing accommodations for 80 and may be
occupied from Sunday, October S, to Sat
| urday, October II, inclusive, at 81 for
each person. The hotel does not furnish
meals but there are plenty OF good res
taurants in the immediate vicinity. 1t
must be distinctly borne in mind that
ladies will be required to occupy rooms
by themselves. This is made necessary
that the accommodations may be fully
utilized. The FIRST floor will be partly
occupied by department headquarters
and W. R. Z. headquarters. The entire
second floor and as much OF the third as
is necessary will be assigned to the
ladies.
The Sons of Veterans have established
a memorial university at Mason City,
Iowa, and have placed at the disposal of
each department commander, one free
scholarship to son or daughter of a
union veteran.
A new roster of the department is to
be issued soon.
The order makes an official announce
ment of the death of Comrade George W.
Hooker, department commander in
1SS0-S1, and pays an eloquent tribute
to his record as a soldier. 1t is directed
that post charters be draped for period
of 80 days in his honor.
Vermont Pastor Called to Connecticut.
Rev. A. J. Lord pastor of the Congre-
gational church OF Hartford has rendered
his resignation, the same to take seffect
on the fourth Sunday in November.
Mr.. Lord has received and accepted a
call to the first Congregational church oil
Merlden, Conn, strong organization
in members and resources. He will re-
ceive a salary of So 900 year and will
have an assistant pastor to aid him in
his work. He is reluctant to leave his
present position but the call to Merider
10 81 III SSuL luctL liz SOiISluSLo IL LIS dHl
to accept it. His pastorate at Hartford
which has continued over five years
has been a useful and successful one.
BOY shot mt Montpelier.
Tennyson, the II year old son of JOhr
w. Caustic, was accidentlv shot in thu
head with % calibre rifle ball fired by
Bernie Mcmahon, another boy witt
whom he had been hunting. The Nc
Mahon boy thought that his rifle wa
not loaded and in sport pointed it a
young Caustic. The ball tore out TIL
roof of the boys mouth and glancinl
downward carried away four teeth anC
a portion of the lower jaw. He yer,
pluckily placed himself in the surgeon
hands and allowed his wounds to b
dressed without the use OF an anesthetc
The bullet is lodged in the head, and tn
x-ray will have to be used to locate it,
Frank L. Martin, janitor of the Bethe
town hall, met with disagreeable expe
rience one night last week. He attempte
to turn out the electric light in the tickle
office which has a cement floor. A thur
. der storm was raging at the time and h
found himself unable to let go of the ligh
and finally fell to the floor unconscious
Hewas carried outside and soon revived
Clarke c. Fits, attorney, has brough
suit for R. c. Baldwin, administrator {
the estate of E. H. Baldwin, against til
Central Vermont Railroad company fo
$4,000. MIR. Baldwin was resident {
, South Londonderry and was for man
1 years engineer on the Brattleboro
: Whitehall railroad. Last winter, Will
s on a run on the New London norther
t division, he was killed in a railroad acc
f dent at Vernon.
0 The vestry of st. James church, Woo
t stock, has extended call to Rev. Charlie
p H. Wells, OF Bethel, which he has accepte
i and will begin his duties soon.
h DR.. George B. Nichols, a well know
n Barre physician, died Wednesday
- Bright's disease. He was born in Mon
= peier in 1889, and graduated from Oar
t mouth in 1864. He did not study meC
5 cine until 1881 and has practiced
l. Barre since 1884.
Ii All the real estate and ersonal pro
3 erty belonging to Clarence Adams, t
Chester burglar, who is now in the sta
prison at Windsor, will be sold at al
ton, September IA.
~ The old stone chimney which stan
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