St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-14


failed, and the fire department was
called. The damage to the house and
furniture is $4,000. Governor McCul'
Tough and family were at North Benning'
ton at the time.
State Fair Financial Loss.
The annual meeting of the Rutland
County Agricultural Society was held at
Rutland last Wednesday. 1t was voted
to hold a joint fair with the Vermont
State Agricultural Society next fall The
treasurers report showed the society to
be in debt 81 1865. OF this $49S 68 is
the societys share OF the loss of the last
joint fair 1t was announced that the
receipts of the last state and county fair
were Sc 8O2.O9. The following officers
were elected: President, D. D. Burditt
Pittstord; vice presidents, D. W. Temple
Rutland, and F. H. harrington, Bran
don; secretary, c. c. Pierce, Rutland
treasurer, Walter c. Landon, Rutland
trustees, D. D. Burditt, Pittslord, H. 0
Carpenter and E. c. futile, Rutland.
Prof. W. w. Eaton of Middlebury has
been granted leave of absence of one
year, beginning next July. He and his
wife will spend it abroad.
Harvey K Fowler, the oldest member
of the Bennington county bar and with
possibly one or two exceptions the Oldest
practicing lawyer III Vermont, is 81 years
old.
Overseer Wheeler expended during the
month of December SIP for wood for
Montptlier's poor department. This is
probably the largest amount ever put
out in ore month.
Rev. Albert Hammatt, pastor Of the
Universalist church, Bellows Falls, has
received call to become pastor of the
Uuiversast church at Newtonville,
Mass.
The Brattleboro Home for the Aged
and Disabled has received an endowment
of $4,000. This makes the total en-
dowments since the home was chartered
in 1892, $4,000.
The East Barnet Cheese company,
capital stock $3.50, and Waterbury Cen
ter Creamery association So, 600 capital
have surrender ed their charter to the sec
ISldlN vi SldlC. uC w d ClDul dSSONlCt-
ton was chartered Feb. 26, 1902.
The Brattleboro post office does a
larger business than any other office i'll
the state with the exception OF Burling-
ton and Rutland. The receipts for 1902
were 500 9S1, a gain of Sl341.82 as
compared with the previous year.
c. J. Bell, Of Walden, was an honorary
pail bearer at the funeral of DR.. John
Trmble, in Georg, town, D. c. last week
Saturday. Doctor TrimbIe was one OF
the seven founders of the Order of the
National Grange, Patrons OF Husbandry.
Rev. Jerome NJ. Gelot, for several years
pastor OF St. Mary's Catholic church at
Middlebury, and later in charge of the
church in Underhill, has been granted a
leave of absence, owing to i'll health and
will go to Norfolk, Va, to remain during
the winter.
Col. ], 6. Estey, commanding the First
Vermont regiment, announces that as a
result of the rifle competition which end
ed Nov. /, the centennial trophy has
cen won by company E, Barre. Com.
pany M, of Burlington, which stood
second, holds the cup now
A representative of the Standard Oil
Company says that an oil famine in Bur.
lington is imminent, as the company is
behind on orders. The shortage is at
tributed to the enormous demand because
OF the coal famine, The price has been
advanced two cents gallon.
few months ago George Smith o.
Bennington sent to Mrs President Roose
welt a drawn.work table mat that he
worked himself She sent her own per
sonal check in payment. Tire first o
last week Mr.. Smith received from the
first lady of the land an order for a du
plicate OF the one first sent.
deed was fled in the county clerks
office, last week whereby DR.. W. Seward
Webb conveys to w. J. Thistlewate O.
Little Falls, N. Y, 10000 acres of LAND
along the Fulton Chain, Big Moose anc
other lakes in the Adirondacks. This
closes all Doctor Webbs realty holdings
in Herkimer county except Ne ha-sa.nt
park.
The annual meeting of the State grange
will be held in Rutland, probably at
Baxter hail three days beginning Deem
Der 9, 1908. There will be three sessions
daily and the first evening session will ii
is expected be public gathering at the
opera house in charge Of some wei
known lecturers.
The bond of Charles w. Mussey, form
erly cashier of the detunct Merchants
National Bank, was paid to Col. Joel c
Baker attorney for Receiver D. D. Muil
OF the bank, by the United States Fidel
ity and Guaranty Co. New Years day
The bond with interest and costs of lti
cation amounts in all to 500, $50 10.
Linus, the long named horse which
many Vermonters have seen, as it ha;
been exhibited through the state, has
been purchased by an English syndicate
for $15 900 for exhibition purposes anc
will soon go across the water. Three
generations OF the Linus breed have haC
phtnomenally long names and tails.
The Spruce Butter Tub Manufacturer
Association met at Burlington Jan. 6, il
annual session. The association wa:
formed IA years ago and is not new
lnthSJ nor mas IL UNDERTAKEN anything
like combine. The concerns in the as
ISOLATION manufactured approximate
1925, 900 tubs per year and employ sew
eral thousand men. The officers elected
were S. l.. Clark of Parishvllle, N. Y.
president; A. A. Pike of Stowe, secretary
Charles T. Hall of Montgomery, treas
urer.
E. l., Smith, general superintendent o
the pile II III mines nt I1nrinth cr,no l.,