St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-09-17
VERMONT NEWS.
Vermont Branch, w. B. WI.

mont BrdnCD OF LUe woman 5 DOdru Oh
Missions will be held in the Congrega-
tionaI church at Barre, Wednesday, Sept
"a. Services at 9 80 a. m. and p. M
Evening session at 100. The speakers
will be Miss Ellen M. Stone OF Bulgaria,
Mrs. Sara B. Rowland of Mexico and
Miss Frances J. DYER of Boston. A word
of greeting is also hoped for from our
own missionaries, DR.. Harriet E. Parker
of India and Miss Alice H. Bushee Of
Spain. Each auxiliary is entitled to send
two delegates and contributing societies
may be represented if desired. Applica-
tions for entertainment should be made
to Mrs. O. 6. Stirkuey, 60 Washington
street, Barre. Meeting for delegates will
be held in the church parlor at 3 O'Clock,
Tuesday afternoon. Subjects: PRO
grams for Auxillaries" and Work tor
Children" All attending the meeting
are requested to procure miIeages, as no
application has been made to the rail-
roads for reduced fare. Pastors and
auxiliary officers are requested to extend
this notice.
Vermont State Firemen.
The 18th annual convention of the YER
mont State Firemen's Association was
held at St. Adams Thursday afternoon,
with a good sized representation OF
members present. These officers we're
elected for the ensuing year: President,
D. F. Carmody of Fair Haven; vice
presidents, Henry G. Hope OF Poultney,
H. L. Thomas of Winooski, Richard
Conner OF Barre, Ernest E. Fish OF Ran
dolph, S. D. Miner of Vergennes; secre-
tary, E. D. Moore of Bennington; treas
urer, L. c. Grant of Burlington; execu-
tive committee, F. E. Perkins of Burling-
ton, 6. w. Kidder of Middlebury, E. A.
Burdick of Winooski, Geo. w. Dunton Of
Rutland, j. H. DonnelIy of Vergennes.
The following were made lite members Of
the society: Sydney Snyder OF Winooski,
William E, Higgins OF St. Adams. George
Wood of Barre, F. L. Linsenmier Of
Winooski, and E. A. PrindIe OF Barre.
Killed by Bull.
Willard F. Nav, aged 43, OF Winchester
N. H., was killed Wednesday by bull on
Repre- sentative F. L. Houghton's farm
in Putney. He had probably been dead
an hour when the body was found by
another employee of the farm. There were
no marks of horns on the body, but the
chest was crushed and the lbs broken.
The body was taken from the yard but
great difficulty was xperiencedin getting
the bull back into the barn, a force of
me2 working with ropes and other APP
APPLIANCES several hours. The animal was
a thoroughbred Holstein, one OF the
finest specimens of the breed in the coun-
a,rNt,s roe nf1H cd
been considered vicious. Mar. May was
widower who had been twice married.
He leaves two children.
New Jail for Burlington.
Chittenden county is to have a new
Jail, the present structure, which was
erected in 1888, having become unsafe
and unfit for use and the side judges, Eli
T. HoIbrooke and !. H. Allen, have issued
notice that application will be made to
the next general assembly to lay tax
on the grand list for the purpose of erect,
ing the new building. The jail now in
use is of the type called the merry-go.
round, 1t is old-fashioned and the at
tempted escape of Thomas Flaherty last
May revealed the fact that the steel had
become so corroded and eaten by the
rust that it was an easy matter for pris
oners to work their way out. The SAM
tary arrangements are also poor.
Hartland Mystery Not Cleared.
The identity and cause of death Of the
man who was found under the railroad
bridge at Hartand week before last i:
still a mystery. He was unconsciou!
, when found and was so badly injured
that he lived only few hours. A memo
randum in his pocket contained thu
name OF Joe Kelley or Riley. The body
was kept several days, but no clue to tn
mans identity was secured. How h
met death is also a mystery. 1t Wa
thought at first that he was struck by
train, but later Investigations developed
the belief that he may have been victim
t of foul play, and that the body wa
brought to the depot in boat.
Otis Stoddard, II, was drowned Will
bathing in the river at Woodstock, Sep
tember s.
Stowe may have bank in the nea
future, H. G. Thomas having offered t.
finish up suitable quarters in the Akele.
3 Memorial building, if the business me-
=, wish to back the enterprise.
. In Readsboro, Wednesday, John H
: Scott, a we'll known business mar
I pleaded guilty to the charge OF bigam
@ and was held tor the grand jury. He ha
y a wife and two children living in Read:
boro, and the appearance OF wife No. ]
a few days ago created great excitement
Sergeant at Arms J. W. Brock has ha
). a force of men at work tor several week
getting the state house ready for til
+ meeting of the legislature next montl
The old building has had thoroug
f house cleaning from top to bottom an
:. much of the furniture and wood wor
d has been re6uished.
?, Thursday forenoon, while crossing tt
+. tracks of the Boston G. Maine railroa
q at North Pownal, Oscar Bard, prom
y nent merchant, was struck by an expire:
train and instantly killed. Mr.. Bard ev
IDENTIFY became confused when the whist
a OF locomotive announced the approac
of train, and instead of stepping asid
e turned on the track. He was 43 yea
e old.
r. lanes Kent, for many years a we
known writing teacher in central We
4. mont, died at Montpelier, Saturday, agt
% 81. He had been a writing master fl
Is over so years.
o. Vergennes people gave great rece
i. ton Thursday evening to Mr.. and MI
S. A. Andrews, who retire from the
= connection with the Industrial scho