St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-18

case went to the supreme court. Alexan-
der Dunnett of st. Johnsbury, ]. C. Baker
of Rutland, n. L. Clark of Castleton,
| were appointed commissioners.
The commissioners started from Ben
nington and made personal investiga-
ton, travelling the distance on foot.
| They had old records, old marks, and
their trips and hearing lasted for several
days. The decision in the supreme court
was based on their report.
| The Howe Scale Co. announced recently
| that it had closed a contract with firm
| in North Carolina to supply practically
all the timber needed in the manufacture
| and Grating of scales and other products.
1t is no longer possible to get the lumber
| required at Rutland.
The Brattleboro baseball team has
| been taken into the Cheshire County
League to take the place of the Hinsdale,
N. H, team, which has been dropped.
The league is made up of teams from
Keene, Winchester, Ashuelot and Brat
| tleborO.
Rev I. P. Booth, D. D., pastor of the
| First Universalist church at Morrisville,
| has rendered his resignation, to take
| effect Nov. I. Mr.. Booths pastorate
there was the longest ever held by any
| minister of that denomination in Yer
| mont.
| Fire burned the Central Vermont sta
| ton at Alburg to the ground on the
morning of May 10. A store and store
houses owned by Fl. 6. Jameson and
| stock Off. S. Williamson was also burned.
| George F. Edmunds, formerly United
| States senator from Vermont, after pass
| ing most of the winter in the South, has
| returned to Philadelphia, where he now
| lives. The venerable gentleman is in
| excellent physical condition. and seems
| as alert in body and mind as he was 20
years ago.
| Tohn Fredette, who was committed to
| the house of correction from Brattleboro
| for drunkenness, August IL last, and who
escaped August %, leaving no trace, has
now sent $34, the amount of his fine and
costs. The money was sent from some
place in New Hampshire to Supt. Morgan
| of the house of correction. Eugene John
| son, friend of Fredette, did the same
thing few weeks ago.
| Eugene N. Foss of Boston has pledged
| $4,000 towards the University of Yer
| mont million dollar centennial fund, by
promising to give $4,000 of each 500,
900 raised. Mr.. Foss, who was native
of West Berkshire, entered the university
| from St. Adams in the class OF 1881, but
| did not graduate.
! Morrisville is planning for big Fourth
of July celebration, to be given by the
Lamoille Valley Fair Ground Co., with
all the sports characteristic of the day.
| meeting of those interested in having
| a Barton ball team was held in Barton
recently. There was large attendance
| and much enthusiasm was shown. A
committee was elected to raise necessary
| funds. Over 500 has already been sub
scribed and more will be raised.
| The imports through the customs dis
trict of Vermont for April amounted to
$493 .606. on which duties amounting to
| $9O,319 80 were collected. The exports
amounted to $9eo,2e4 Last year the
duties collected in the corresponding
time amounted to $93, 254.71.
Fish warden, E. H. Tuttle of Newfane
has been relieving fishermen's baskets of
| short fish. Recently he was kept busy
| and six young Brattleboro men all
pleaded guilty to taking trout less than
| six inches long. Ali were fined the
minimum of ST for each fish and costs.
George Gronderhil1e, a well known
marble expert of Rutland, has purchased
from Willard Brothers in Dandy over
| 1000 acres of valuable marble land and
| operations will begin soon for the OPEN
ing of several quarries on the land.
C.M. Styles of Cambridge has started
out with his new show which is small
circus, with which he will tour Yer
street parade of 40 horses and SO
people. Most of the performers are from
Providence. R. 1. Mr.. Styles is organ
| izer and manager of the show which
| he will exhibit in a big tent.
| Silver deposits have been discovered in
| Franklin in the Black Hills, near that
| town, and several have been prospecting
| there for several weeks. They assert that
| the deposit discovered three years ago
and bonded by Superintendent w. M.
| Aver, of the Somerset railroad, was a
| lead from a vein which runs through
| this section and has cropped out in sew
| eral places west of here and in New
Hampshire.
| John Hazel of Newport has opened a
| granite quarry on Barton mountain and
| has several men there at work. 1t is
reported that he has found some granite
there which finishes very nicely. There
| is certainly sufficient amount of gran
| lite, if it is of the right quality, to boom
| the town.
| State Organizer Fred Bruce of Barre,
has declared the granite cutters strike
| at Bethel illegal and opened the Wood
| bury Granite company's plant May H.
| Foreman Fred Gray, over whom the
strike was caused because he had trouble
with the men at Hardwick, was given
charge of the works in spite of the mems
| opposition to him. The local union went
beyond its power by not submitting the
| assumed grievance to the national
| organization before the strike.
| Albert Bressee, or Hubbardton, died of
| heart failure at his home in that town
| Tuesday. May 8. Mr.. Bressee was
life long resident of Hubbardton and
| beld the esteem of all his fellows. He is
best remem bered, perhaps, by having
been the originator and promoter of the
Early Rose potato which became so pop
ular in the state some 80 years ago.
The Early Rose was probably the most
famous potato that was ever grown. 1t
took this state and large part of the