St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-09-16
VERMONT NEWS.
a. A. n. Men i'm Frisco.

Referring to the part Idhen Wy lne VET
uont G. A. R. at the recent National En-
s,nment at San Francisco the Wash
;ugton Post says:
Gone of the best showings made by
t.. denartments was that of Vermont.
a Ti,sre were over sixty old soldiers from
i.0 'Green Mountain State in line and
t .ns;r appearance in the parade. with
Iu usnvs Of evergreen on their hats, emer-
s spIa'5ned badges, and individual letters
s a,h spelled the word 'V-E-R-M-o-N-T,'
hrought forth the greatest cheering and
.nov;ng OF flags by the tens Of thousands
U~ssenbled along the line Of march.
S ass, Kenfeld Of Morrisville, depart
,, emf. commander, was in charge of the
T Vermont division. Accompanying him
. sr Adit. Gen. A. A. Miles Of Morris
vii, Vile past Department Commanders ]. II.
conlding of Wilmington, and ]. H. Lucia
~ Montpeler, Chief of Staff c. E. Beach
OfPurljngton, and the following aides-de-
camp of the department: H. J. Vancor OF
burlington, E. F. Johnson OF Island Pond,
George H. Wright Of Brook6eld, George
" Kenney of Rutland, George w. Sea-
Inn of Bristol, L. N. Hutchinson of Mont.
nelier, B. F. Bowman of Randolph,
George c. Dunton Of Cambridge, and
A W. Fuller of St. Adams. The old SOL
diers of Vermont carried today the origi-
nal flag borne many times to victory in
The civil war, was the flag OF the Second
Brigade of the Second Division OF the
Sixth Army Corps. The siIken emblem
NJ the Second Brigade was carried
through the four years fight by the
same willing hands that today bore it
proudly forward to the handclapping
and cheers of the multitude"
Murder at .nIentpelier.
Peter Vorron, who is employed in the
Barclay Bros. stone shed. went to East
Montpelier last week Tuesday evening
after getting home from his work, to get
load OF wood. He started homeward
unsuspectingly with the load Of wood
and when he reached the so-called Four
Corners between George Howland's and
his home he got off the load to walk up
the steep hill before coming to his barn.
He let his IL year old son who was with
him. drive while he walked alongside OF
the horse. He had reached place in the
hill, quarter of mile from the house
and a mile from the Barre line, when
someone who was concealed in the
bushes fired heavy charge OF buckshot
at him. At the sound of the shot the
horse became frightened but through the
efforts of the boy the animal was stopped.
The boy went back to the spot where his
father fell and said that he was breath
ing when he reached him but was unable
to get him up. The boy drove with all
speed to his home and the neighbors
rushed to the scene of the shooting. The
authorities were summoned and took
charge of the affair. The man was
wounded in two places just above the
heart. He was 46 years old, leaves g
mother, one brother at Ausable Forks
N. Y, besides his wife and eight children
the youngest one born Sept. s. Mr.. Vor
ron's nearest neighbour, Bartholomew
Croto, was arrested Wednesday on sus
picion. The neighbors had had more OF
less trouble for the past four years. MIR
Vorron was so Industrious that be hat
nearly succeeded in paying for the small
house in which he lived. He has livet
there for about FIVE years. Previous tt
that he lived for years at South Barr
in the Mears block.
sunday school Convention.
The State Sunday School Association
of Vermont will hold its annual conven
ton in Burlington Oct. 20-22. Among
the noted speakers already engaged ar
Marion Lawrence, general secretary @
10 T.,%a Il do Col Acc
ton; Prot. H. III. Horne of Dartmouth
a college; w. N. Hartshorn, chairman c
the International committee, who ha
M promised to be present for one session,
81 possible; Mrs. Alonzo Petit, president c
New Jersey primary union. Beside
these there will be number of the leat
Il ing Sunday school workers of the stat,
New policies will be adopted, and til
u work of the association will be carrie
81 forward on broader lines than eve
before.
Quarry Workers. Organization.
Aninternationalo organization ofquarr
workers was perfected at Washingto
last week, delegates being present iroi
II various parts OF the country. Presider
Gompers of the American Federation {
Labor addressed the delegates durin
the session. The organization will
known as the Quarry Workers Intern;
tional Union OF North America and tt
headquarters of the organization will
located at Barre. At the meeting tt
following officers were elected; Presden
+. A. Knudson of East Longmeadov
Mass; secretary-treasurer, Patrick
Mccarthy, Woodbury.; chairman exec
i've committee, John H. McWilliams
Barre,
W. R. Walker, employed in the office
capt. Lamoreux, government constru
ton quartermaster, has been arrest'
and placed in $1,000 bonds, on t
charge of murderous assault with KIN
on John Powers in the soloon of T.
Murphy at Burlington. Murphy #
nished bail.
The grand jury OF Chittenden coun
court reported Sept. 8. 1t recommend
that the county jail be enlarged tor t
accommodation of prisoners.
Rev. A. E. Russell of Winthrop, M
has accepted call as pastor of the u
versaist church at Ludlow. He beg
MS MS duties last Sunday. Rev. Alfred
Bliss has rendered his resignation of t
congregational church at Ludlow
accept call to the Plymouth Cong
"a gatlonal church at Utica, NY.
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