St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-08-19
VERMONT NEWS.
arthur Monumeu, Dedicated,

The exercises OF dedication of the mon
ument to the late President Chester A.
Arthur will be held on the site of his
birthplace at Fairfield at o'clock in the
afternoon of Thursday, August 20. The
Grafton will be delivered by William E.
Chandler, of New Hampshire, who was
secretary of the navy under President
Arthur. An address will be delivered by
Robert T. Lincoln, OF Chicago who was
tary of war under President Arthur.
Elk Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado,
secretary Of the interior under President
Arthur, is expected to be present and
make brief address. Governor McCul-
Tough and staff will be present, also Sen
ator Proctor, Congressman Foster and
Haskins and various state officers. Mu.
sic will be furnished by the st. Adams
band and glee club, and the women of
Fairfield will provide dinner for the null
tituue.
While in Washington, D. recently, T.
]. Deavitt, pension attorney, succeeded
in procuring for Mrs. Hiram A. Huse of
Montpelier, a widows pension of SIP
month, becoming operative from the
date OF MIR. Huses death. This is the
largest pension granted widow of
private soldier.
George c. Wilson, general secretary of
the Brattleboro Young Mems Christian
Association has rendered his resignation
to the board Of directors, having received
call from the association 10 Kalamazoo,
Mich. He will take up the work in his
new field September Is. He has been in
Brattleboro for the past three years.
w. M. Barber, of Morrisvlle. has been
granted a pension OF Sc per month for
his services in the war with Spain and
also in the Philippines. and has received
| $161 80 back pay. He was private in
Co. M, 1st VT. Vols, in the war with
Spain and was corporal in Co. D, Goth
U. S. Vols. in the Philippines.
Rev. Walter S. Martin OF Newburyport,
| Mass, who was arrested and lodged in
Franklin county Jail short time ago
on the charge OF grand larceny was ar.
raigned before Justice Myryn E. Barr of
Highgate at the Jail office at St. Adams.
After brief examination and hearing he
was discharged. He was found mentally
unbalanced at the time the acts charged
in the complaint were committed. Mr..
| Martin lett town in charge of his father.
Two field meetings are being held this
week under the auspices of the State
Board of Agriculture-one at Lake Nor
ey, Fairlee, yesterday, when basket
| picnic was served, and where Congress.
man D. J. Foster of Burlington, Mason
S. Stone and Prot. L. R. Jones of Bur-
liDgton were the speakers; the other is
being held today the Windham county
and Allen district Pomona Oranges un.
iting with the Board Of Agriculture at
Barber's Park, near Bellows Falls. The
speakers there are Mason S. Stone, Prof
l.. r. Jones and George Aitkin OF Wood
stock.
Edison x. Pierce of Chester, quietly
celebrated his S0th birthday last week
Tuesday. Mr.. Pierce was born in Spring
field and was one OF four children. MIR
and Mrs. Pierce moved to Chester from
Springfield in 1888. and on Dec. 10 1899
they celebrated their golden wedding
Mrs. Pierce was born in Bethel, in a los
house, on new land taken by her father
it being then wilderness.
The Orleans county historical society
on Aug. 21 will place tablet, bearing ar
appropriate inscription, at Hazens Notch
to mark the terminus of the old military
road begun in 1776 under Gen. Bailey al
Newbury, and in 1879 constructed tC
this point by Gen. Hazen. The real o.
ostensible purpose of the road was t.
have a military road across the state o
Vermont to Lake Champlain in OF der tt
cut off and repel invasions from Canada
At that time there were practically nj
settlements in Vermont except in tn
northern part, and along the Connect
cut river on the east and along lax
Champlain on the west. This road wa
not completed because danger ofinvasiol
had passed, but few years later was Q
great value and extensively used by earl
settlers. Hon. F. w. Baldwin OF Bostol
will deliver the principal address at tn
dedication.