St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-05-06
VERMONT NEWS.
A. 60. r. Meeting.

N.E,O. p. Meeting.
,A-b annual session of the Grand
The IL If :; Vermont, New England Order
Lodge ot U was held in Burlington
Ot flo ost tuesday. In this state there
last W We Gs,hordinate lodges located at
are j., ~ aton St. Iohnsbury, Ludlow, Rut-
Bul Bur Tergennes, St. Adams, Swanton,
lano' acton tn Montpelier, Barre. Barnet,
Bennius Falls, Dauville, White River
Below ,;on Morrisvile, Windsor, Spring
u is EAST Barre, East Hardwick, and
helo' -, r. Rrattleboro. Nearly all OF these
two s a. were well represented. The men,
ou ,ss;o in the state at the present time is
D snmt 700, slight decrease over that
a GI"0+ year but the financial situation is
o. Ole. la' gratifying as there is about $500 in
yer! re treasury. The membership in
l as New St~ England States as whole has
tns INV Nv" increased. Nine past grand
s lerdcns were admitted to the grand
'ssne These officers were elected: Grand
QUA sdsr A. L. Pratt of Rutland; grand
Ga wa warden, !. N. Gale of st. Johnsbury !;
WV Do,d secretary, H. A. Bartlett of St.
gasnsh nry; grand treasurer, H. H. Davis
y arlington; grand chaplain, Sarah
Cssdd Moves of Hardwick; guide, Murrill
p Vrrs OF Montpelier; guardian, Emily
M NIr of Bennington; grand sentinel,
IgIa Bugbee of Barre; trustees, P. J..
E r,,.t of Rutland, w. A. Peart of Ben
l;nnton T. B. Ellis of Morrisville; per-
invent u'oS member of the supreme lodge,
Mr + Linnie Stevens of Barre and Mrs.
2 Rowland of Barre. 1t was voted
- hold the next annual meeting at St.
Johnsbury.
Mrs. c. L. Reed. wife of the editor of
thp the Richord Journal, died Wednes-
dav afternoon, April 20, after only FIVE
DAVIS illness with pneumonia. The funer-
al services were held Friday afternoon at
,he Methodist church. Mrs. Reed was
active in church and social work.
The old American house at Swanton
has undergone an entire transformation,
nndpr contractor E. M. Prouty's hands,
and now with a new front, large plate
class windows, steel ceilings, new in
teror arrangements. fresh paper. paint,
and kalsomining, and new furnis hings, it
aoDears under a new name and manage
ment. Joseph r. Morrill, and his part
ner have chrstened it the adams
| House
A large real estate transaction was
consummated at Swanton last Wednes.
/ day, when Fletcher d. Proctor, OF Rut.
land, for the Barney Marble Co., and N
/ W Fisk, of Isle La Motto, met and the
result of their negotiations is the trans
fer OF all the quarry rights of Fisk &
Bradley, on the {. E. M. Billiard farm at
| Swanton Junction to the Barney Marble
Co. This gives the Barney Marble Co
the sole control OF all the variegated
marble lodges in that vicinity. The rent
on these quarries is $500 per annum.
The 10Th annual meeting of the Yer.
mont commandery, Military Order o.
the Loyal Legion. will be held in Burling
ton May IL. After the business session
at which officers Tor the ensuing year
will be elected, there will be banquet at
the Van Ness house. at which Chaplain
c, S. Walkley, United States army, will
speak on the Santiago campaign and or
the battles OF July l, 2 and 3, 1898
Other speakers OF note will also bt
present.
The post office at Wilder was entered
by forcing a window at midnight last
Wednesday night and the door of the
safe was blown off. A quantity of post
age stamps and money to pay money
Mdtrs and cash were distracted, includ
ng SIS which was the property of J. M
galmby, postmaster.
Lucus Collins who. for over "a year:
has been connected with the Putnam
House at Bennington, has formed a part
nership with E. b. Fisher to conduct th'
Windsor Hotel, in Gloversville, N. Y
The change is made on account OF thu
sale Of the Putnam House to B. G. How
of St, Johnsbury. Mr.. Collins is one o
the veteran landlords of the state, hav
ing conducted the Bomoseen House a
Castleton and the Brandon Inn at Bran
don.
Charles H. Robb, assistant attorney
tor the department of justice in Wash
ngtoD, has been appointed assistant
attorney general ior the post office de
partment to fill the place temporarily
vacated by Mr.. Christiancy who was
relieved at his own request, pending al
investigation. His new call to a yer.
important Office at a time when Al
investigation is in progress, is il
recognition of his ability and hi
high standing, and is pleasing to hi
many friends at Bellows Falls, where h
gave up his law practice to go to Wash
ington, as we'll as to those in his nativ
town, Gull ord, and in Brattleboro. wher