St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-04


rejoices in the victor's crown.
VERMONT NEWS.
First Annual Meeting.
Following is the program for the first
annual meeting of the Vermont Good
Roads Association to be held at the
Blanchard opera house, Montpelier.
Thursday, May 5: Session opens at 2
o'clock by President R. S. Currier of
Barre; address of welcome by F. Nj.
Cory of Montpelier; address by his ex-
cellency Gov. John 6. Mccullough; selec-
ton of committees on membership and
on permanent organization. Paper, Do
We Need Better Roads? George M.
Powers of Morrisville; Vermont Road
Legislation. c.. W. Gates of Franklin;
Improved Road Construction, Prof. J.
W. Votey of Burlington; Need of Super
vision, Hon. J. H. Mcdonald, state high
way commissioner of Connecticut; State
Aid and Supervision, c. R. Allen OF Barre;
General Conditions, J. W. Gordon of
of committees; address, Permanent
Roads, Fl. M. Mcintosh of Burlington;
Can Vermont Afford Good Roads? John
II. Senter of Montpelier; Highways
Abroad, George Aitken of Woodstock,
| member of state board of agriculture;
Vermont Roads, w. D. Wilson, Spring
field: Work for this Association, Hon. w.
]. Van Patten; ten minute discussions by
the vice presidents of the association. It
is expected that Senator w. P. Dilling
ham, Congressman Foster and many
other distinguished men will be present
at the gathering.
Sons of Veterans.
The annual encampment of Vermont
| Division, Sons of Veterans, will be held
in Burlington, June 9. Gen. William Wells
Camp, of Burlington. will entertain the
visitors. Included in the program will
be grand parade and a visit by electric
cars to Fort Ethan Allen. It is expected
that several officers of the national
organization will be present. At the
business session delegates will be elected
to attend the national convention,
which will be held this year in Boston, at
date not yet decided upon.
The Ladies Aid Society, the auxiliary
of the Sons of Veterans, will hold it's ann
ual meeting there at the same time.
There are 34'camps in the state and each
will send delegates so that at least 100
members of the camps in Vermont will be
present.
The Brattleboro Choral Union, now
numbering about $50 persons has en-
gagged its so1oists for the May festival, to
be held May II and 1S. They are:
Clarence B. Shirley. tenor, Mrs. Blanche
imburghe- Kilduf. soprano. Miss Mar
garet E. Roche, contralto, all of Boston;
| and Edwin II. Miller, baritone, of Dunn
merston. The three first named are
among the leaders in the profession in
Boston. Nelson P. Coffin, of Newport,
N. H., will be conductor, and the princi-
pal works produced will be "The
Erlking's Daughter" by Gade, and "The
Holy City," by Gaul.
News has been received through the
|sEsty Organ Co.'s agent at Shanghai,
China, ~of the death, April 1, of Mary
Hawley Briggs. wife of Rev. Francis
Briggs, of Kobe, Japan, and sister of Mrs.
Fred S. Knight, of Brattleboro. The de-
ceased was a daughter of Frederick A.
Hawley, Of Manchester, N. H., and was
had been a missionary in Japan six years
under the direction of the American
Baptist Missionary Union.
Matthew Fox, who lives on the Rut-
land road near Pittsford, was thrown
from his carriage while returning from
church Wednesday morning and died
from his injuries shortly after. The horse
which Mr.. Fox was driving became
frightened at gasolene engine at the
house of George Bates and ran into a
carriage. All were thro wn out, but none
OF them except Mr.. Fox were seriously
injured. He was Immediately picked up
and carried to his home, where he died
Thursday morning of internal injuries.
He was about 70 years of age.
The Mutual Wholesale Clerks associa-
ton of Montreal is planning to visit
Burlington, Sunday, May %, remaining
over night and spending Monday view
ing the sights of the Queen City. and
arranging a program of field day
sports for the afternoon at Athletic Park.
On Tuesday, the day following, the
Prince of Wales Royal Fusiliers will go
to Burlington from Montreal and will be
ties from Montreal are also planning to
come to Burlington on June 5. and big
excursions will be arranged for on all
these days.
The Vermont fish and game commits
sioners have appointed w. w. Tower of
Rutland state fish and game warden.
MIR. Tower is now one of the state hu-
name officers. He has accepted the
Office of warden and has qualified in ac-
cordance with the law. The appointment
gives Mr.. Tower jurisdiction in all parts
of the state.
The heavy gale of last Wednesday
night blew down the flagstaff at the Sol
diers' home at Bennington. As the
sleeper was going through the railroad
yard gust of wind blew the roof off
from freight car which struck the cab
OF the locomotive, taking off the entire
top OF the engine. The train was stopped,
but no other damage was done.
Mrs. Sophia Powers, aged 100 years,
died at Rutland, April 20. She had been
town charge for many years. Little is
known abOut her relatives