St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-02-12
VERMONT NEWS.

tbe visitors to the city. In his address
President Spear gave report of the ma
ple sugar exhibit at the Pan-American
exposition. Alpha Messer of Rochester
spoke on the same subject, and his
daughter, Miss Annie L. Messer, read a
paper on "Three months with the maple
sugar exhibit at the Pan American. !"
Wednesday evening, Charles H. Green of
White River Junction, spoke on 1.-THE
treatment of old and second growth for
ests for profit and preservation" and
William F. Fox, superintendent of state
forests in New York, spoke on Forestry
as related to the maple sugar industry ;"
both addresses were of great interest and
value. Thursday, Prof L. R. Jones, bota-
mist at the state experiment station,
gave lecture on the flow of sap, and
the topic, preparing and marketing the
maple product" was discussed by Hink-
lev Chaplin of Middlesex, Hon. ]. o. San
ford, Perry Chase and Others.
The officers for the year were elected
as follows: President, Victor l. Spear,
Randolph; secretary, A. J. Croft of Enos.
burgh Falls; treasurer, Alpha Messer of
Rochester; auditor, H. W. Vail of Ran
doiph.
The treasurer reported balance $505 06
in the treasury. The expenses were
1881. % and the receipts $1O36 %.
There were many interesting exhibits
of sugar in all forms and of articles per.
tanning to its manufacture.
The follow awards were made:
Class A, maple syrup, first, Alpha Mes.
ser, Rochester, score 100, Sc; second, W.
W. Chase, Fletcher, 9912. SIS; third,
James Patch, 9S, So; fourth, c. M.
Watts, Gold Brook farm, Stowe, 81.
Class K, artistic display. First, L. K.
Osgood, Rutland, SIS.
Class ], largest and best display of
maple sugar and syrup, first, Dudley
Carleton, West Newhury, SIS; second,
NJ Shattuck & Son, Eden, $40.
Class F, pail, cake stirred sugar and
syrup, first, Perry Chase, East Fairfield,
Sc.
Class L, utensils, Evaporator Co.,
Enosburgh Falls, first, SIS.
Glass Z, cake sugar, H. B. Chase, East
Fletcher, score 100, Sc; third, H. B.
Chaplin, MiddIeseX. 50.
Sample for scoring; Alpha Messer,
Rochester, score 100.
Class c, pail sugar, first, George Soule,
Fairfield, score 80, Sc.
Class D, tub sugar, score 95, F. c.
Bashaw, Stowe, Sc.
Class II maple candy, first, Mrs. L. K.
Osgood, score 100, So, second, Miss An.
ME Messer, score, 90, So; third, c. B.
Gilbert, Dorset, no score, 81.
Class l, maple cake, Mrs. L. K. Osgood,
Rutland, first So.
A. B. Beeman, Mrs. E. L. Bass, NJ. H.
Miller, judges.
Vermont Marble Go. ReOrganizcd.
The Vermont Marble Co., which was
organized under the laws of the state OF
New York in 1880, because it's capital
4 stock was i'll excess Of the amount of
capitalization allowed to a corporation
q under the laws of Vermont and because
q at that time New York parties were
IS largely interested in the enterprise, has
j been reorganized under an act of the Yer
mont legislature, approved Nov. 81,
Il 1894. The New York company has gone
into voluntary liquidation, and the new
n corporation has succeeded to all OF its
property and assumed all of its obliga.
tons. The entire capital stock is now
held by Senator Proctor and those &C
lively associated with him in the bus
mess. The directors of the new Corpor-
alton are: President Fletcher D. Proc
tor; vice president and counsel, Frank {.
Partridge; treasurer, Edmund K. Morse;
superintendent Center Rutland division,
S. A. Howard; superintendent of sales
and chief marble expert, B. F. Taylor;
secretary and superintendent finishing
department, w. E. Higbee; superintend-
eut Proctor division and chief engineer,
George H. Davis; superintendent West
Rutland division, George c. Robinson.
This company is Vermonts greatest in
dustrial concern, and employs at its
quarries and mills at Proctor, West Rut-
land, Center Rutland, and Pittsford from
1000 to $500 men. 1t has branches in
the larger cities of the country and sends
marble to all parts OF the civilized world.
The Anti.saIOOn Leagues Work.
Rev. G. w. Morrow, superintendent OF
II the Vermont Anti Saloon League, was in
Bellows Falls last week. He reports
that the work of the league throughout
the state is prospecting. When asked re
q gardng the charges made against Dep
4 uty Collector Gleason of Burlington, he
said that charges against Mr.. Gleason
8 had been withdrawn and that the fight
was being made direct on Collector
q James A. Wood of Portsmouth, N. Fl.
Il The league expects to be able to prove
some very crooked proceedings in the
n issuing oil United States licenses from Mr..
& Woods office HE req nnOiut rne1lt as
81 collector of internal revenue has been
hung up at Washington pending the in
veStigation of these charges. 1t is under
stood that one charge is that Mr..
3 Woods office has issued to Vermont
parties licenses bearing fictitious names
and even sent licenses bearing fictitious
Il names in envelopes bearing the correct
names to the parties paying for the
licenses.
A Profitable Liquor Agency.
The annual report OF Mayor Browns
administration is proving happy one
y financially to the citizens of Montpelier.
1t shows a reduction of $4,000 OF the
indebtedness Of the city during the year.
The total expense of running the city was
u Sl27, $50 46. The bonded and untunded
b Indebtedness of the city stands today at
u SITS, 406 16. The city agency beat its
record of year ago by $1,000. The
amount of business done for the year
ending Feb. 1, 1902, was $50, 206.7O.
The net profit is So, 54513.
L. NJ. Kidder has been appointed post
master at Tice. a most office in the town