St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-05-27
VERMONT NEWS.
uomeopaths Meet.

belu ,r a. Of the treasurer showed all bills
repoi nd balance on hand of nearly
p pann An obituary sketch OF DR.. ]. II.
WV. of Bradford, a long time member
on ne society was read. The following
OF ". were elected: President, DR.. F.
o :. Steele of Montpelier; vice-president.
nr Sam Sparhawk, burlington; secre'
l VI, DR.. G. I. Forbes, Burlington; treas
sny DR.. !. F. Shattuck, Wells River;
nl ssor for three years, DR.. E B. Whitta-
een'VRt arre: legislative committee, Drs.
H n'r Steele, 6. ]. Forbes, w. B. Mayo,
!, a. whitaker and W. H. Weeks; aud
l b, o. Drs. E. S. Stanley, Waterbury, F.
, ! nale of East Calais and F. H. Everett,
T. o Interesting aud instructive
papers were read and discussed
Shot His Brother.
Near Ouechee village, in the town of
hartford, Friday morning about s
a,olock William Pierce, aged rs, walked
;, to- Richard Savers barn, where his
hrotber. Charles Pierce, aged 20. was
u.U for Mr.. Seaver, and shot him
twice, twice Wounding both arms, shattering
.hs hone of one. He then went to his
lame ", which is in sight Of the place OF the
Dhoot;ng. did his chores, and watched
5developments. The affair is the result of
s family quarrel which has been
byewing for year. 1t is not known
.hat any words were exchanged in the
harm t at the time of the shooting, both
."., he;np reticent. The wounded man
w e taken to the home of his mother,
Mrs. Blanchard, who has been married
go. second time. His mother cautioned
Sheriff Thomas, of Woodstock, that Viii
lam had not been right for year and
would shoot if approached. He and
sheriff Stafford, of White River Junction,
aoproached the house, and saw William
through the window. Mr.. Thomas mo-
toned to him to come out and he was
secured without resistance. His gun was
taken and he was lodged in Woodstock
iaiI. He waived examination. and pre-
fers to be bound up to Windsor county
court. He does not seem insane as
limited by his friends. 1t is said be meant
to kill his brother and supposes he has
done so.
Clan Gerdsn Of Barre.
Clan Gordon, No. IL, Order of Scottish
Clans, of Barre, the larg 1t and most
nowerful clan in the whole order which
contains 1856 clans in this country and
Canada, was 10 years old Saturday.
No celebration was held but Sunday
morning at 1890 the clan was addressed
by Rev. Thomas Mitchell, pastor OF the
Presbyterian church, himself clansman.
Less than 20 Scotchmen applied for a
charter from the Royal Clan at st. Louis
and were accepted, May %, 1884. Today
the membership is $50, Clan Gordon
having gone to the head Of the 1856 clans
four years ago. The second largest clar
is Clan McGregor, OF Quincy, Mass, ant
for years there has been struggle
between that and Clan Gordon, of Barre
for the supremacy of the order. A few
years ago the local clan was presented
by the Royal Clan with beautiful ban
ner as a sign that it is tile head of tn,
ORDER In the near future Clan Gordon
intends to erect handsome building Q
granite to be used for the order. i
already owns valuable lot on Jefferson
street.
Odd Fellows at Enosburgh.
The annual meeting of the Crane
Lodge of Vermont of the /. 0. 0. F. wa
held at Enosburgh Falls last week. Tues
day morning Grand Patriarch Fl. K
Kimball gave his report and in the after
noon there was grand parade OF Patrl
archs Militant. A banquet was serves
in the evening. A total of 80 member
have been admitted to the order sine
Jan. /, 1902, and there has been stead,
increase since the first Of this year. {
Il. Henderson was presented with
solid gold medal in recognition OF his 3
years of service. and he made fttin
response.
The following encampment officer
were elected: Grand patriarch, 3. 4
Cook, of Newport; grand high priest. I
L. P. Benedict, of Poultney grand senio
warden, w. P. Horton, of Rutland
grand scribe. c. W. Farr, of st. Johns
bury; grand treasurer, L. ]. Brown. {
Brandon; grand junior warden, w.
4 Hutchinson, OF Woodstock; grand repr'
sentative, H. R. Kimball, OF St. Albans
i grand marshal, N. E. Coombs, OF Brattl'
boro; grand sentinel, G. II. Stearns,
i st. Johnsbury; grand outside sent'ne
NJ. ii. Shaw Of st. Adams.
i The following grand officers wei
q chosen: Grand master. S. A. Reed {
4 Windsor; deputy grand master, F. !
n Morton of St. Adams; grand warden, I
q E. Chilson of Burlington; grand seer
D tary, H. E. Parker OF Bradford; gran
: chaplain, L. J. Retting of Brattleborc
i grand representative, W. l.. Haven
u Chester. The appointive officers wei
q hlled by the grand master as follows
q Grand marshal, E. A. Robbins OF Nev
n port; grand conductor, Calvin Endri'
j OF Barre; grand guardian, H. H. Slack
! Mortified; grand herald, F. W. Jackso
i Of Barre.
There was an attendance of about AZ
at the various sessions, and the place
n assemblage next year will be Below
Il Falls.
u The annual session of the Rebekah A
i sembly was held Thursday mornin
with nearly all the grand officers presen
j These officers were elected: Presiden
Mrs. MinniesL. Havens, Chester Depo
ylce-president, Mrs. Alice A. Landr
q Brattleboro; warden, Cornelia Dow
st. Johnsbury; secretary, Mrs: Loul
q Boyce, Barre; treasurer, Ella c. Phinne
j Lyndonville. The officers appointed a
as follows: Marshal, Mrs. Lavina
q Webster, Rutland; conductor, MI
] Caroline Hutchinson, Bradford; 1nsi
d guardian, Mrs. May w. Barret. Pou
ney; outside guardian, Miss Mabel
Gleason, Rutland chaplain, Mrs. Ma
u r. Chaffee, EnosburghB Falls. The asse
ply degree was conferred upon At can