St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-02-11

The trustees of the Bellows Free
Academy at Fairfax have closed a con-
tract with Mason & Co. Of Burlington
to build the school building.
A large number of men are at work on
the cottage of A. M. Gilbert of Chicago,
who bought four farms southeast OF
Manchester village last summer. He is
building a cottage on the high bluff over.
looking the Battenkill valley towards
the south and the grounds of the Ek-
wanok Country Club towards the north.
George P. Ide & Co., owners OF one OF
the largest collar factories in Troy who
have leased the Vermont mills at North
Bennington, have absorbed the Sporburg
Manufacturing Co, of Albany and will
move it's plant to North Bennington.
The plant will be opened with so hands
soon. AS soon as the cutting and laun-
dry departments are opened, the number
will be increased.
In looking over the effects OF the late
Burgess Field OF Brandon, securities,
exceeding $1,000, were found in a closet.
About 1000 of this sum was in money.
Mr.. Fields lived the life OF a recuse
being entirely alone in the house, and
although an old man, considered himself
perfectly able to guard his money with
out even the aid of a safe. Aside from
the valuables found in the house Mr.
Fields posse sed real estate in Brandon,
Leicester, Rochester and other towns as
well as bonds and stock in business enter
prises and leaves an estate of great value.
On Monday morning of last week, Mrs.
Bennett, patient at the hospital for in
sane at Waterbury, who had been taken
there from Barre, was badly burned.
The nurse who had her in charge did not
turn off the hot water when preparing
to give her a bath when it was at the
proper temperature and being called
rom the room, the assisting nurse put
Mrs. Bennett into the tub where the
water was at nearly boiling temperature.
She was terribly burned on her back and
legs and was reported as in critical
condition. 1t was an accident on the
part of the nurses, but they were at once
discharged by the authorities.
The granite quarries OF P. 0. Wheaton,
at Cobble hill, Barre, were sold Feb. 6 to
an association of five business men of
Barre at the price of $4,000. The pur-
chasers are Senator N. D. and H. A.
Phelps, John Trow, and John E. and
Donald Smith. The two last named are
the largest granite dealers in Barre. The
purchase includes 10 acres of fine quarry
land with all the quarry machinery,
tools, and quarry and dumping rights on
60 additional acres. The same parties
purchased the Hutchinson quarry near
by. The Wheaton quarry is the Oldest
operated in Barre, having been opened
first in 1900 The stone used in the
state capitol at Montpelier came from
this quarry.
]. G. and J. H. Estey have bought Of
Mrs. Abbey E. Fuller her interest in the
Estey Organ company. The company
was founded by the late Deacon Jacob
Estey, who in 1866 took into part
nership with him and his son, the late Gen.
Julius !. Estev, his sonin-law, the late
Gov. Levi x. Fuller. The partner
ship of I. Estey & Co. was after
ward incorporated as the Estev Org'n
company, and the sons OF Gen. Es
tey, on becoming OF age, were admitted
to the company. Governor Fuller died
in 1896, and since that time greal part
of active management of the concern has
devolvtd upon ]. 6 and J. ii. Estey.
Their father died in March OF last year,
and the change noted above puts the con-
troll OF the business in the hands OF the
young men.
An English company now issues a