St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-02-04

| den, of New York state, now residing in
South Burlington, were admitted Tues
| day to practice before supreme court
last week. Mr.. Chtttnden will have an
office in Burlington.
A. E. Richardson has retired from the
management of the Wells, Richardson
Company, Burlington, after service of
SO years. He is succeeded as manager
by George NJ Bes tt.
Lieut.. Gov. Z, S. Stanton, OF Rox bury,
has rented the office in the Langdon build
ing, Montpelier, formerly occupied by
Dillingham;, Huse and Rowland and
will open law office there. Judge Stan
tons growing law practice in that city
and Barre made such a move desirable.
He will S i'll have an office in Roxbury,
but will be in Montpelier a good share
OF the time.
The secretary of agriculture has issued
an order providing that sheep and lambs
may be shipped from Vermont into Massa-
chusetts for immediate slaughter in cases
where the chief Of the bureau of animal
industry decides that it can be done with
safety. Such shipments must be made in
sealed cars, after inspection, by permit
| from the bureau of animal industry in
spector. The order is intended to per-
NIT the interests in northern Vermont to
ship stock now ready for market.
The Vermont Maple Sugar Makers
Association will hold its 10th annual
meeting at Armory hall, Montpelier,
Feb. 1 l and -. Interesting and practi-
tai topics will be discussed and SITS in
premiums will be offered Col. Albert
Clark, secretary of the Home Market
Club, Boston, and Prof ]. l.. Hills Of the
Agricultural Experiment Station, Bur-
lington, will address the meeting Wed
nesday evening. A maple sugar festival
and concert will be given Thursday eve
ming.
Henry H. Deming, one of the Oldest
residents of Montpelier, died Friday
morning of old age. He was born in
Danville SO years ago; went to Montpe-
lier ia 1858 and thr'e years later went to
Newbury where he lived IS years,
afterwards moving back to Montpelier.
He was a well known hardware dealer,
and carried on one of the largest busl-
nesses in that stc.lon. He leaves wife
and one son, Charles H. The house in
which he died has been in the family 100
years.
Four employees of the Vermont Marble
company had a very narrow escape
from instant death while ct their work
in the Patten quarry at West Rutland
last week. They were working around
one OF the pieces OF machinery used in get
ting out the marble when large block of
marble fell from the root directly Oh the
machine, smashingit badly. The piece OF
marble weighed several hundred pounds
and fell from so great distance that had
it struck any of them it would have in
stantly killed them. Two of the men
were less than a foot from the edge OF the
piece when it struck the machine.
Vice. Consul Charles II. Wood, of Rome,
has Just arrived in this country after a
stormy passage of Is days. Mr. Woods
only sister, Mrs. Julia Wood Edison, OF
Rutland, died January and Mr.. Wood
| did not know until his arrival in this
country. OF her death, He learned of her
illness the day OF her death and lett Ma
pies two days later. He arrived III New
York Monday night and in Rutland Tues
day, learning of his sisters death on the
train en- route. Mr.. Wood who holds the
office of deputy and ce consul and is al
so one of the thirteen consular clerks OF
| the United States in the world, has a
leave OF absence Of 100 days, which he
will probably have extended. He has
been in the foreign service for FIVE years.