St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-05-13
VERMONT NEWS.
Uodern WOodmen.

ern us o last Wednesday. with large
Nonl5P once The introductory address
as delivered by F. B. Thomas OF Mont,
was a:st u> and Mayor F. B. Cory welcomed
PelH, Visitors. These officers were elected;
the o, consul, Clarence L. Dye, Rutland;
Stats ,vorthv advisor, A. A. Duba, ST.
stas State clerk, J. H. Gilmore, Nor
AIOaHs state escort, George Townsend,
gaua state banker, l.. F. Lyndon,
h fnud Pond; state watchman. S. L.
lsanu Brattleboro; state sentry, John
Mln utdsrouqh. Montpelier; board of man.
o OSers, l. E. Byrne, Brattleboro. IT,.
M assry, Barre, w. E. Lantman, Franklin;
s 4s chief forester, George 5. Geer, Wind
SUI. tbe evening session three candidates
AZ Montpelier aud one from Barre
n r'ra initiated. Delegates to the head
w V"n,n at indianapolis in June were elected
sa aGnIlows: From the first congressional
a. i:. tr Charles E. W. Brown, of Bur-
G G.Srt, from the second congressional
i a;a93r;ct. I. K. Pirie, OF Granitevllle. Mr..
penney was elected alternate for Mr..
p to and r. S. Sidelinger. of st. Johns
b p'r for Mr.. Prize. 1t was voted to in
. Ur the delegates to favor Saratoga,
Wv for the next national meeting. An
Msr;+ation was extended from Brattle-
horo camp to hold the next biennial
s Uu, camp in that village and the invi-
tstiop was accepted. ]. II. Judkins, OF
Nortbheld, state physician, gave re-
nO- Of the work OF his office tor the past
9S months, which showed that in the
year 1901, SOC new members were
;n;tiated and in 1902. 921, a total of
727, with only 126 reflections.
knights of Columbus.
The meeting of the state council,
Kn;ohts of Columbus, was held with
BarTe council at Barre last week Tues
dav over 100 covers being laid at the
banouet. D. M. Miles acted as toast
master and the following toasts were
g;ven. An address of welcome from
Father P. NJ. McKenna OF st. Monica's
Church. Barre; toast on Our Order" by
Felix W. McGettrick of st. Adams; toast
on Our Ladies'" by Thomas Wagner OF
Burlington; toast on "Our Patron" by
William Therault of Montpelier; and an
informal toast from Father W. ]. O'Sul-
Ivan of Montpelier. Delegates from nine
councils were present. These officers
we're elected: State deputy, F. W.
McGettrick, St. Adams; state secretary,
II. Flanagan, Montpelier; state treas
urer, David NJ. Miles, Barre; warden, E.
| c. Mayo, st. Johnsbury.
Annual Se.siou L. q. O, f.
The grand encampment of the annual
session of the grand bodies OF Odd Eel
lows tor 1908 will open at the Opera
House, Enosburg Falls, Tuesday morn
ng, Nav 10, at O'Clock. In the alter
noon at 3 O'Clock there will be grand
parade of patriarchs militant, grand
| lodge and grand encampment officers
! and members, and subordinate lodges
and encampment members. In the even
Ing the banquet of the past grand mas
tiers and past grand patriarchs will be
held Wednesday, May 20, the grand
lodge will be called to order at 9 O'Clock.
1t is expected a number of prominent
officers of neighboring grand lodges will
be present. Thursday morning at 8
o'clock the.Rebekah assembly will meet.
In the evening Charity Rebekah Lodge,
No. SO, of Hyde Park, will exemplify the
Rbekah degree. The headquarters OF
he grand lodge and grand encampment
will be at the Opera House and OF the
Rebekah asst mbly at the Quincy House.
4 Special rates have been made with all
/ railroads. Tickets will be good going
May IS and returning until May %.
J. H. Sternbergh OF Reading, Pa, plans
to erect $4,000 summer home on
property two miles north of Burlington,
which was purchased by him last year.
Miss Adah E. Barber, sister of o. NJ.
Barber of Bennington, died suddenly in
Cincinnati last week Tuesday. She had
been indisposed for four days but
nothing serious was expected. Miss Bar
Der was for some time stenographer
and typewriter for c. S. Page OF Hyde
Park, and later was boohkeeper in the
Bennington Banner Office. She had been
In Cincinnati about three years.
Willis Sweet, of Cour D'Alene, Idaho,
native OF Vermont, has been appoint
ed encouragement of Porto Rico to sue
coed James S. Harlan, recently resigned.
de was born at Alburg Springs, an. L,
1856. Early in life he removed to
Nebraska. He attended the University
OF Nebraska three wears, and later learn
ed the printers trade at Lincoln. He
studied law and located at Moscoe,
Idaho, in 1881. He was appointed
United States attorney for Idaho 10 1883
and the following year was made as,
soclate justice of the supreme court oil
Idaho. Hewas elected to finish an unex-
pected term in the fifty first congress and
was reelected to the ftty-second and
nifty congress as republican.
Congressman D. ]. Foster OF Burling-
ton is to deliver the Memorial day adj
dress at st. Adams.
Workmen going across lots, Saturday,
found the body of Jerry w. Grandy, son
OF the late Gen. George w. Grandy, Of
Vergenues. Near the body was a small
wal which had contained poisonous
acids. The coroner decided that 1T was
acase of suicide. Grandy was 40 years
oiu and was not married.
The officials of the Vermont Fish ano
came League have begun a vigorous
crusade against the men who have OF lats
Ioeen discriminating the trout in the
brooks in various parts of the state by
the use of dynamite. Several arrests
have been made in Rutland and in Other
parts of Vermont, and many Others are
looked for. The method OF these mer
was to proceed along the brooks, setting
OF dynamite cartridge in every pool o
any size. The explosion would kill every
trout within several yards of the pool