St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-05-20
VERMONT NEWS.


Vermont Comnanueiy' ):
Order y, last week Tuesday evening.
BurI99 ssIlowing officers for the ensuing
The , lusre elected: Commander. Lieut..
year VcrenyilIe Benedict, U. S ", Bur
George senior commander, Col.
lnggeto.ind Proctor junior vice-commander,
Redne,,rd r;ral Charles E. Clark, U. S. NJ;
Rear dsr Rrevet Capt. Henry 0. Wheeler,
fecocu>V Burlington; registrar. First
y. D. CanrIos D. Williams, U. S. v, Bur
Ln a+on treasurer, Brevet Maj. Gardiner
\ log plodpett, U. S. A.. Burlington; chan
), u n,' Charles E. Beach, Burlington;
c soisin Rev. Edwia M. Haynes, Rut-
cnap" counci, Mai. Josiah Grout, U. 5.
Iano If Derby; Commander, Allan D.
w. y, II S. N, retired, OF Mortified,
6 StJ" Dudlev K. Andross, U: S. ", OF
ool'a ford Lieut.. Leander {. Leavens, U.
D'av' ot Richford, James F. Hooker, OF
Bratteboro. .,o., ,,,.ra -scs;vsd.
rla ~ class, original. John Knowlson;
s fr class by inheritance, Carroh Eph
r u; Kinsman, Cornele George, koss,
1o., Taylor Clarke; second class,
Eso1oe Siegins Howe. Seventy-nine
o I"sn6eanes of the commandery and guests
, we're present at the banquet.
mse,;.e Of Vermont Foresters.
The animal convention of the Grand
Court of Vermont, Foresters OF America,
eO held in Proctor, Thursday, with
, %~g attendance from all the principal
Us and towns of the state. The re-
e oorts Of the different officers show the
pprder in this state to be in tlourshlng
Oondition financially. A marked increase
~ membership was also reported. OH
" ,a 81 were elected as follows: Grand chief
ronopr D. W. Mclean OF Granlteville;
Grand sub. chief ranger, John W. Rock OF
Ludlow; grand treasurer, John rarreIl
Of Burlington; grand secretary, John r
Roche OF Bellows Falls; grand recording
secretary, A. ]. Schneider OF Barre; grand
senior warden, Joseph Bashner OF Spring
fpld. grand junior warden, George Law
son Of Graniteville; grand senior beadle
T. p. McDonough of Rutland; CRANE
;nnior beadle, Thomas O'Rourke OF Eas
Rarre, trustees, R. ]. Madigan OF Bur
inpton, Fred Crosby OF Ludlow and
Byrne of Bellows Falls; delegates t.
supreme convention, o. L. !. Matthew
of Barre and P. j. Joyce of Proctor; alter
mates, F. A. Mccarthy OF West RUTLAND
and |. E, Byrne of Bellows Falls.
Unique Golden Wedding Celebration
MIR. and Mrs. S. Nj. Douglass OF Pos
Mills, are celebrating their 50th weddin
in an unusual way. On Sunday, May IT
they passed the day with their son, key
William E. Douglass, pastor OF tn
Rachel S. Harlow Methodist Episcopf
church of Windsor, who delivered an ann
yersary sermon. At the close of the Sc
vice Mr.. and Mrs. Douglass took the
Mace inside the altar rail and were intro
ducei to the congregation, who car
forward to greet the parents OF the
pastor and to wish them godspeed
their Journey to New York and Was
ington on a trip OF pleasure and sigh
seeing The aged couple will be accor
panied on this trip by one OF their son
Dr. Edmund p. Douglass OF Groto
Conn, and his wife. Mr.. and Mr
Douglass have had IS children, nine
whom are living. Alvah B., OF Ma
chester. N. H Rev. William E., of Win
sor, Charles E. and George E., OF Pc
Mills, Arthur L. , OF Norwich, DR.. Edmul
P Of Groton, Conn, Esther B., OF Lo'
ell. Mass, Alice NJ. and Eliz beth A.,
Post Mills. Mr.. Douglass was born
York, Me-, 10 years ago. He is hale al
hearty and can do a days work tn
will astonish many young man. +
wife, who was Martha Shepard, W
born in Danville 70 years ago. She dc
the homework for d family oil i've.
A yermonter i'm Washington.
When A. W. Machen, superintendent
the Rural Free Delivery at Washingt
was suspended and M. c. Fosnes S
ceeded him the latter called to his ASST
ance E. H. Thorpe, Vermonter, who
now practically running that depa
ment Mr.. Thorpe was born IN On
lotte, graduated at the University
Vermont, was once local editor OF
Rutland Herald and later editor a
proprietor Of the Middlebury Regist
After leaving the newspaper business
was appointed postmaster OF M
dlebury and later became post OF
Inspector. After an experience coy
ing good part OF the count
he became inspector in charge
New York city, the most important
responsible inspectorship in the count
with an Office in the Federal building
The new Soldiers Memorial build
at Stowe will be dedicated during
Home Week. Hon. Leslie M. Shaw,
retary of the treasury. will be the ora
OF the occasion.
E. B. Ellis of Mortified, has sold
Goodwin Starrett half interest III
Bethel granite property. Mr.. Starre'
amember of the firm of Starrett Br
one of the largest contracting hrm
New York city. The sale covers
interest in Bethel and includes at
800 acres.
window was placed in the +
church in Hartford, Conn, Easter da
memory of Horace Wells, nativ
Hartford, VT, who, in 1914, discov
anaesthesa, and his wife, Eliza
Wales Wells, by their son, Charles
Wells. This is the third memoria
Horace Wells erected in Hartford;
being bronze tablet on the spot W
NJ the discovery was made, and the
IL statue of the man in Bushnell park
The Shriners of Mount Sinai Temp
Vermont met at Middlebury last wee
day evening in the town hall fully
strong. Forty-o candidates took
4 degree. At II o'clock they went tc
Addison House, where Landlord
higgins had one of his fine layouts aN
ing them. Music was furnished by