St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-07

Chelsea, Mass. He was widely known
as Methodist preacher in both YER
mont and New Hampshire, as a Jealous
worker for prohibition and as an able
and prolifice writer. While preaching in
Vermont he edited the Vermont Christian
Messenger, published at Montpelier in
1894. He purchased the paper and pub
lished it in Mortified until Sept. 1896.
At that time he gave up his whole time
to prohibition work and purchased the
Standard Bearer, published in Concord,
N. H. He later went to Brockton.
Worry over the know edge that his
farm, which represented the savings OF
LIFETIME, was to be taken from him by the
foreclosure of a $500 mortgage, is be-
lieved to have caused the sudden death
OF Rev. JESS, E Wilkins OF Woodstock, 70
years old, retired clergyman, whose
BODY was found in the house where he
had lived alone for two years.
Marshal Baker Witter, native of
Georgia, has just celebrated his Tooth
birthday at the home OF his daughter,
Mrs. Matt tina Doran, in Milan, Missouri.
His friends gave bin sos in cash as
remcmbI ance, 105 people contributing
ST each.
State Librarian George W. Wing has
appointed John N. Harvey of Montpelier
second assistant Librarian in place OF
BENJAMIN Gates, resigned. Mr.. Harvey
is a son of K. Nj. Harvey and is gradu-
ate OF Montpelier Seminary, class of SO,
and the University of Vermont, class of
'O2.
H.F. Pillsbury & Son of South Barton
have sold 5000 acres of land on the east
side of Wiloughby Lake to Parker Young
Co. of Lisbon, n. Y. The soft wood will
be cut off and tloated down the river to
Evansville where it will be sawed into
lumber for their Barton Landing pant.
They think OF putting in a portable mill
at LongIIsland to manufacture their hard
wood. The Pillsburys are nownegotiat-
ing with parties to buy their land and
mill on the west side of Willoughby Lake
and also their cottage and farm.
c. I. Bell, master of the State Grange,
says: The grangers in Maine, together
with other sweet corn growers, organ
lied union and obtained raise in price
of their product Of 1902, netting to the
producer SIC per ton as delivered, some
So or 81 better than the Vermont grow
ers are doing. Would it not be wise for
| the sweet corn growers, in contracting
| for the next crop, to do as we'll as their
neighbors in Maine and demand the price
obtained by Others:
Rev. Sidney D. Frost, retired Free
Baptist clergyman, SO years old, Of
Washington, N. j., is dead. He was
crossing the Lackawanna railroad and
tailed to hear the approach of the
train. Mr.. Frost was born at Glover,
July IA, 1918, He graduated from Kim
ball Union academy Meriden, n H., of
which he was the eldest living graduate.
| He also attended Dartmouth college. AS
a Free Baptist clergyman be occupied
the pu pits OF several churches is Vermont
and New Hampshire.
The American Wooden company OF
Winooski, which year ago purchased
the Burlington wooden mills at Winooski
a ter an enforced shutdown of over II
months, have just completed altera lions
and repairs upon the property VIII ch
amount to half million dollars The
mills now give work % about 900 han s.
and the agent says that at least 1000
will be employed in another month This
makes a total OF more than 1000 on The
pay roll, as the mills run day and night
Real estate has taken a sharp advance in
Winooski, and nearly every house in the
village is now occupied. The present
monthly pay roll is about S33 900.
Edward Mcdonald, aged 10, Of NORTH
Walpole, was struck by a freight train in
the Boston & Maine yard there Friday
afternoon and killed. The exact cause O
the accident is unknown. Both conductor
and rear brakeman were at the end o.
the train and noticing blood stains be
tween the rails, applied the air brake anc
brought tie train to stand-still. Nc
Donald was found underneath the trair
and held fast by projecting bolts caught
in his clothing. He had been dragged
nearly the whole length OF the yard
Both his arms and legs were severed from
his body and he was dead when removed
from beneath the car.