St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-08-06
VERMONT NEWS.
rekvII and MIR. Hyde in Chester,

mr.. JekyII and MIR. Hyde in Chester.
Chester has a man who is strongly
.,snected of leading sort of DR.. Jekyll
sd Mr.. HYDE existence for many years
s,,;thout arousing the least suspicion.
The true state OF affairs came to light
,ost week in a tragic way. On Tuesday
i news despatch from Chester stated
ahat Clarence Adams, mill owner,
iorr,er representative and withaI high.
10 respected young man, had been at.
lacked by two highwaymen the pre-
ions evening. while driving from the
.;Ilaoe to his farm two and one-half miles
distant.
The despatch stated that one of the
h;ahwavmen demanded Mr.. Adams
money while the other grabbed his horse
bv the head. Mr.. Adams sprang to his
let and was about to lash his horse
with the whip when the man near him
discharged shot gun at.such close range
that his clothing was burned. The
charge entered the feshy part OF the
thighs, inficting an ugly wound. He
fell hack over the seat, but chung to the
reins. while the frightened horse carried
him on a wild ride straight home. The
bighwaymen jumped over a stone wall
and fed to the woods.
Tuesday forenoon 81 No. e shot were
removed from the wound.
great sensation was caused by the
affair but it was mild compared with the
excitement which prevailed Thursday
when Mr.. Adams was arrested on the
charge OF stealing. Mysterious robberies
have been going on in Chester for some
years, and Mr.. Waterman, a mill owner,
recently set an alarm gun, loaded with No.
6shot in his mill. The gun was dischar-
qed Monday night, and when the two
incidents we're connected the highwaymen
story was discredited. After the arrest,
Mr.. Adams house was searched and a
large amount OF goods of all kinds were
found. A dark lantern, rope ladders,
revolvers, bunch of 100 keys we're also
found Some of the goods found were
recognized as having been missed from
local stores and other places.
Tracy Not a VermOnter.
The story that Harry Tracy, the west
ern outlaw, is Hira Tracy, a former resi-
dent of Essex, has been widely circulated
during the week, but without founda
ton. The Essex Tracey deserted his
family and went west several years ago
and his career since that time is some
thing of a mystery, but his relatives be-
lieye that he has never been farther west
than Nebraska. They have in their pc.
session photograph taken of him about
wear ago and that compared with the
one printed OF the outlaw reveals no
similarity whatever. On the contrary,
however, there are marked contrasts.
None of the features is similar, the great
est difference being in the eyes. The
published descriptions of the outlaw are
also entirely different from description
OF Mr.. Tracy.
odd HOmeo Celebration Given Up.
The proposed "Old Home Week" cele-
bration at st. Adams, which, as last
year, was intended to be a Franklin
county affair, has been given up. The
reason is stated as follows: After much
work and repeated efforts toinsure sue
cessful parade the executive committee
found that it would be impossible
TO arrange anything that would
be acceptable and conseq uenrly the Cen
trail Vermont Railway Company refused
TO run excursion rates to the city. This
being the case, local subscribers did not
wish their subscriptions to stand. The
prime cause of the failure of the celebra-
ton to materialize is the feeling OF apathy
that appears to exist relative to the cele.
bration.
The Oldest Church Building.
The Congregational church at Towns
bend is the latest claimant to the honor
vi being the oldest church building III
Vermont. There is no historical record
OF the date it was built, but the towr
clerk Of Townshend has made a careful
search OF the records and fluids that II
edihce was erected in 1890. The first
meeting held in it was town meeting il
MAY, 1871. Warrants were issued every
funds to complete the building. II
March, 1895, the pews, still unfinished
were sold by public auction in order tc
raise money to finish them. The records
show they were paid for in meat cattle
and English grain"
A Wood Portrait of Pres. HoughtOn
In addition TO making quite extensive
repairs on Athenwood, his summer hom
at Montpelier, Thomas w. Wood, thu
artist, is engaged at present in painting
a lie sized bust portrait OF James I
Houghton, late president of the Natlona
Life Insurance Company. Mr.. Woo
was commissioned by Mrs. Houghton tc
paint this portrait before Mr.. Houghtoi
died but, although the subject is absent
the likeness that Mr.. Wood is bringin&
out on the canvass from photograph Il
excellent and striking.
BrattIeborO's Hospital.
The plans for the Thompson hospita
i'll Brattleboro are well under way, an
the trustees hope to be able to submI
them to the public soon. Brattleboro l
assured of one of the best hospitals 1
New England, and the income from tn
Thompson fund will be more than ampl
Tor its maintenance. Three district nul
SEES who are paid from the fund have e:
tabIished their quarters at Brattlebor
and several patients have been cared TO
there recently in addition to those visite
IN the district work.
Thief Captured at Cambridge.
Tuesday afternoon of last week ma
was discovered going through Hem
Krebset's house, at Cambridge, by tn
women OF the family. The man escape
through a window and ran for the rive
where he was captured and placed unde
arrest by Constable E. W. Patch, VIII
recovered two watches and a gold pee