St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-07-16
VER1ONT NEWS.

of mill and tlmDet idno' euiD acins o'OoO
wu There are two mills and several
houses on the land.
Batcheldor of Arlington, acting
> the Judgment of an old miner, has
W. vn.n onening mine at Searsburg, north
Dt e,bat Mace and during the last few days
w. ionnd free gold. 1t is a quartz mine
n naT great quantities of pyrites, ar
sa and iron with free gold and silver.
is making the cut free gold was struck
in large quantities.
p, F. Blood of Waltham, Mass, will
o-ect in Windsor at an expense of $751;
Oo0 +o $4,000, building Of brick and
gvorite to be known as the B. F. Blood
memorial hall which will be the home OF
III. the Harlow library. Mr.. Blood is ma
i've of West Windsor, and former resi-
dent of Windsor, who has always main
to;ned an interest in the town. He gave
a library building TO AscutneyviIle and
made generous gifts to churches in Vino
s a West Windsor and Ascutneyville.
Knights of Pythias lodge will be in
stituted in Morrisville in September, and
movement to organize a commandery
Of Knights Templar there is meeting with
success.
Herbert Bowen, 16 years old Nor
,isyille boy, is gaining quite reputa-
tion as a Ii e saver. Last year be saved
the life of a Young man named Silver,
and last week he succeeded in rescuing a
drowning boy from the Lamoil,e river
after hard struggle.
Ira Carr, a resident of Cady's Falls,
died Thursday of apopltxy. He served
three years in the civil war in Co. E, u.
S. sharpshooters.
1T. McCabe, Of Cambridge, has tall
oId.fashioned clock which was owned by
Uba Woods in New Hampshire 165 years
ago, and was brought by him to West
ford $50 years ago. 1t is still in use as
the family timepiece.
Capt. c. NJ. Browne'l, of Burlington,
who has been seriously i'll for several
weeks and who has undergone serious
oueration, is much improved and is no
able to be at his Office for portion of
each day. His illness was the result Of
service in the Philippines.
Everett w. Lord, who has been super
intendent of the public schools of Rock.
ingham for the past two years, has re-
ceved the appointment of assistant com
missioner OF education in the island OF
Porto Rico, and left last week to assume
his duties. Mrs. Lord accompanies him.
Ambrose Lahure. an employee in the
BOSTON & Maine roundhouse at New
port was found dead in the railroad
ward on Monday of last week. During
the night be left the roundhouse to go
to a nearby spring and not returning a
search was instituted. The superstition
is that be died of heart disease. At one
time he was a well-to do business man
in Canada but lost his property through
the sinking of a ship.
John Rabideau of Rutland, was ar.
rested Thursday for intoxication, and
when asked where he got his liquor said
that he had drank nothing but pepper
mint. He produced the bottle by way
OF evidence, and showed that he had
drank about threee ounces.
". D Landon, who has been assistant
foreman OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company at White River Junction since
1879, has been promoted to be assist
ant general foreman Of the New England
division with headquarters at Boston.
On account of the very wet weather
the growth OF trees and plants has beer
very rapid this season. The average
growth in ordinary years is said to b'
about 6 to 9 inches, but Dustin Barrows
of Vergennes, recently measured the
growth of a small maple tree and iouuC
that it had grown "a inches.
A letter recently sent from Montpeliel
BY {. A. 6. Jackson to the chairman o
the democratic town committee in Nor
gan was returned with this inscription
on the envelope: Cannot be delivered
as there is not democrat in Morgan.
In the last election for governor Thu
town with population of FIVE hundred
cast over eighty votes for Stickney ant
none for Senter.
The state board of dental examiners
comprising George F. Cheney, of St
Iohnsburv, Thomas Mound of Rutland
P. Mather of Chester, DR.. Mellen OF Mid
d,eburv, and K. L. Cleaves OF Montpe
lier, met at the Pavilion at Montpelier
Wednesday. to hold examinations c
candidates for admission to practice der
tistry in the state. Nine out OF the thin
teen appl cants passed a successful eA
animation. Their names are A. {. Pat
terson OF Putney, w. 6. Gilmore OF 81
lem N. Y, w. c. Mason of Gaysv'l(
Charles Il. Cole Of Bradford, [. h. Nc
Golf OF Montpelier, c. A. Averil OF R'ct
mona, D. F Sheldon OF East Highga
Leslie F Edwards of Brattleboro, Henri
I, Hairpln OF Windsor.
LOUIS Seymour, farmer about 70 year
old, livir g in Warren, accidentally she
himself ia ally July s. He was trying t
shoot skunk in the yard when The gu
caught in a clothesline and was dt
charged, tearing his right arm in shred
He lived until six o'clock the next NOR
ing
Admiral Clark, Mrs Clark, their daug
ter, Mrs. Hughes, with her child, eXps'
to come to Montpelier about the 21'
of this month for a stay OF some three
four weeks. They will stay at the p
vilion, and will be joined later BY Mr.
Robinson, another daughter, and [
Miss Davis, sister Of Mrs. Clark.
Rt. Rev. John S. Michaud has pu
chased a plot of ground at ST. AIbai
Bay, upon which it is hoped to erect
church in the near future, there belr
between 60 and 70 Catholic families
that section.
DR.. D. K. Pearsons of Chicago, to
merly of Middlebury, has given 500, W
to Whitman Cnllepe. at WalIa wan