St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-11-18
VERMONT NEWS.
missionary Meeting at Rarre.

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hold at Barre last week. About 80 dele
Gates were present during the session.
The report OF the corresponding secre-
tary showed 3S auxiliaries with a men,
hership of CAT; ten young peoples socie-
Ties with 266 members; eight bands with
155 members, ten Mothers Jewel bands.
with 27O members; the total membership
beipg 1883. During the year 81 new or.
carnations had been formed with total
increase in membership of 645. Mrs. ].
! q. Sherburn OF St. Johnsbury, the treas.
nrer. reported that 81, 304 had been col
ected from July, 1902, to July, 1908, and
maid for missions. The following officers
/ ,or the year were elected: President.
Mrs. A. H. Webb, Bradford; correspond.
ing secretary, Mrs. V. A. Irish, Enos.
burg Falls; recording secretary, Mrs. H.
c. Mclaughlin, White River Junction;
treasurer, Miss Alice Farnham, Copper.
field; department secretaries, mite box,
Mrs. M. G. Atkins OF Cabot; young peo-
nle's work, Mrs. w. E S. Celley, Brad
4 ford; supplies. Mrs. A. E. Barrett Brad
| ford systematic bene6cence, Mrs. F. w.
Draper, Enosburg Fall; literature, Mrs.
Carson Mason, Bellows Falls; training
school manager, Miss Belle c. Stone.
Enosburg Falls. The St. Johnsbury dis.
trict officers are: President, Mrs. Addie
Chaffee, Barre; secretary, Mrs. T. Coch-
raue, Groton; mite box secretary, Mrs.
4 Eva Hoyt, Cabot.
An attempt to rob the postofice in
Wilmington was made Nov. IL. En-
trance was secured by prying open a
window. The inside was ransacked but
Postmaster Jones missed nothing from
the office. Suspicion points to two stran-
gers seen around the street for couple
OF days.
Horace A. Moody of Cornwall has in
his possession Swiss watch which was
once the property of his grandfather,
Joshua Stockwell, one Of the pioneers of
Cornwall, who died in 1910. The watch
was carried in the Harrison campaign
of 1910 and again in the Harrison cam
paign OF 1880. Mr.. Stockwell owned a
store and a tavern at West Cornwall
Four Corners, in early days sometimes
called Stockwells Corners.
Two cases OF diphtberia have devel-
oped among the students in Norwich
W
been quarantined as result.
sons of American Revolution.
The annual meeting OF the Vermont
j Society oil Sons of the American Revolu.
4 ton was held in St. Adams last Wednes-
day. The following officers for the en-
suing year were elected President,
Henry d. Holton, Brattleboro; vice pres
4 ident Charles S. Forbes, st. Albans; sec
4 rotary, Walter H. Crockett, St. Adams;
treasurer, Clarence L. Smith, Burlington;
registrar, Henry l.. Stillson, Bennington,
historian, George c. Benedict, BuIling-
ton; chaplain. Rev. M. L. Severance,
Burlington; board of managers, Hiram
n Carleton, Montpelier, Richard Smith,
Enosburg, H. Henry Powers, Morrisville
A. William E. Hawkes., Bennington
Frederick D. Buttertield, Derby Line,
Porter H. Dale, Island Pond, Albert M
i Allbee. Springfield, and Robert Roberts
4 Burlington; delegates to national con
gress, Fletcher d. Proctor OF Proctor
Hiram A. Allen OF Burlington, Austin w
Fuller OF St. Adams. Arthur 6. Eaton o
Montpelier, and H. S. Haskell of Der by
Line. The report of the treasurer for the
year ending November 10, 1908, SHOWED
Y balance on hand at the beginning o
4 the year of $3.50 Al; receipts, $340 / 5
n expenditures, $590.12, including thu
q expense OF the meeting in Montpelier il
II 1902 addressed by President Roosevelt
balance on hand, $240 A.. 1t was voteC
ID to publish revised roster and list o
I'M revolutionary soldiers buried in Vermont
IA F. S. Pease OF Burlington submitted {
~ proposition for the society to purchase {
farm near Burlington known as tn
q Ethan Allen homestead, now owned b,
W. !. Van Patten, and turn it into 1
81 public park as permanent memorial tt
8 the great Vermont patriot. The matte
was discussed and it was voted tt
authorize the president to appoint ;
4 committee to investigate and report a
4 the next meeting.
Liquor Dealers Organize.
A branch of the National Retail Liquo
Dealers association was formed in Barre
last week the members comprising tn
u liquor dealers OF Washington county. O
the 2Odealers in the county IA signed tn
constitution and it is expected that tn
n others will do so at once. 1t is expected
q that a branch OF the association will b
q formed in each county in the state. On
has already been formed in Rutan'
n county and one was organized in Chit
tenden county. After the different count
s. organizations have been formed stat
u association will be organized.
A List of Casualties.
Gen. William II. Hughes, formerly I
u millionaire slate manufacturer OF Gran
vile, N. Y. employing hundreds of EN-
ployees in Granville, N Y, and Poultney
u who tailed two months ago, COMMITTEE
u suicide Wednesday morning at his hom
in Granville, hanging himself from
U banister. Worry and financial trouble
u are given as the cause. He leaves wit
q and three children.
d Edgar Cross, OF Goshen, aged 40years
shot himself dead Wednesday morning
q The cause is supposed to have bee
Il temporary insanity. He arose early
q went to aneighbor's borrowed rifle an
q when part OF the distance home sho
himself. He lived with an uncle, Rome
Brown. He was man of good habits
Il but lately had acted strangely. Hi
family relations were pleasant. A siste
living in the west who was implicated
murder case was pronounced insane
He leaves wife and three children.
Mrs. Louisa Smith Spooner, who ha
been boarding with Mr.. and Mis-. Bu
nell Goodsell, at Isle La Motto, wa
missed from her room early Monda