St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-12-16

fifth to the Unitarian church of Mont
pelier; one-fitth to Goddard Seminary:
one fifth to the American Unitarian
association of Boston; one.hfth to the
Kellogg Hubbard library one-6fth to
Heaton Hospital. Each of these be-
quests is to be known as the W. F. Bra
man fund, and to be left in trust, the
income alone to be used. The estate has
been roughly estimated at from 100000
to $125,000.
The Daughters OF Vermont of Boston
will hold their next meeting at Hotel
Tuileries, '270 Commonwealth ave.
Thursday afternoon, December II. There
will be songs by Mrs. Alice Worcester
Weeks, and paper on Communities OF
Today" by Mrs. John Butler Simington.
A social hour with tea will follow at
which the Haydn Trio will play.
Will Rouse of Pawtucket, R. l., is to
build butter factory at Hillwest, in
Montgomery and expects to get it in
running order by the first OF February.
William ]. Burke of Boston, an imm:-
grant inspector, is making tour
throughout the state for the purpose OF
ascert lining how many aliens are in the
penal institutions, aims houses and in
sane asylums OF Vermont. In New
Hampshire he found 800 aliens, but be
says there are not as many In the north
ern New England states as in Massa
chusetts. In one town of Massachusetts.
Tewksbury. he found 800. Mr.. Burke
speaks beside English, Italian, German,
and Spanish. He says that last year
there were 921 900 immigrants entered
at the New York port and probably this
year the number will reach one million.
Most of these are from Austria, Russia,
and southern Italy. Last year there
were many more Italians than any other
nationality. there being $50, 900 Italians
against $4,000 Irish and 10000 Ger
mans
North Hero has lost an old cit zen in
the death of Uncle Bill'' Alexander.
Many Others besides those living in
Grand Isle county will remember the
| active octogenarian who up to his S5th
year could husk corn in the field with the
best of them. He had no use for glasses
and has had no serious illnesses, kept
some trouble with rheumatism. He
never chewed tobacco and smoked but
one cigar in his life. He passed away at
2 a. M, Monday, after sickness of but
less than two weeks, in his 87th year.
| There were eight children in bis fathers
family, all of whom lived to ripe age,
he being the last.
The I'd cavalry will leave Fort Ethan
| Allen on the night of the 18th inst. Tor
New Nork city. where it will embark on
| Al a K;lDot ,-.o he DhsItr.
pines, going via the Suez canal. 1t will
be relieved at Fort Ethan Allen by the
troops of the 18th cavalry, now at the
Preside in San Francisco.
Theeffort to interest alumni and friends
of the University of Vermont for the pur
pose of raising a million-dollar fund in
celebration of the centennial year has
been started by the issuance of booklet
containing facts of interest about the
college.
Rev. F. S. Drew, a retired Congrega-
tional clergyman of Waterbury, died
from the effects of apoplexy Dec. 6. He
was 80 years OF age, having been born in
Cambridge, October 70, 1921. He had
been in the ministry for 40 years. His
first pastorate was in Cabot, where he
preached 1 l years. He went from there
to the West and later to Stowe. He
resigned there six years ago and since
that time has made his residence in Wa
terbury.
A Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has been organized at Enosburg
Falls. AS the. union starts off with SO
pledged members and was organized
without help from outside the county,
it will prove, no doubt, strong rein
forcement to the temperance workers in
the state.
Jacob H. Marsh of Chester, aged 60,
one OF the most prominent men in that
section, died last week Tuesday night
from the effects of fall from ladder
while he was at work in his barn. Mr.
Marsh was one of the selectmen of the
town, having been member of the
board for several years. He was one Of
the best known members of the State
, Grange in that vicinity.
A horse and carriage was stopped in
Island Pond few days since and de
tanned, there btiug no one in charge of it
1t was subsequently ascertained that the
team was owned by Walter Gray O
Colebrook, N. H. The night previou:
Mr.. Gray hitched his horse in front of G
store and during his temporary absence
it freed itself and went to Island Pond
! Strange to relate, after coming distance
, of 80 miles in the night the horse was
uninjured, and the carriage not ever
scratched, but the buffalo role had fallet
out. The horse formerly belonged il
Fast Charleston and was undout,tedl,
making it's way to its former home.
Reports from tie copper mines at Cop
per6eld, which arecontrolltd by the West
inghouse Electric company of Chicago
indicate a general suspension OF opera
tions for an indefinite period, Many 0
the horses and mules brought here from
the West to haul the ore to Ely station
have betn sold. large sum of none,
has been spent by the Westinghouse pee
pie in the development OF the mines an,
why the work has ceased is known onl
to the company.
1t is quite likely that another immens
granite contract will come to Vernon
from Washington, D. C, and it is ais
probable that the contract will 60 II
Barre. The building to be erected is
district building, and the commission ha
. already decided to use granite in the cor
struction.
Boston parties have been in Fairle
stopping with E. P. Kendall in view G
making arrangements to work the Oh
ford Back granite, also the Rugg quarry
formerly the Fairl,e Granite Co. 1t
proposed to use the Fairlee granite 70