St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-02-03

| West Rutland store, thus get per cent
total receipts. The other two stores at
Center Rutland and Proctor probably
did fully as well.
| A number of Brattleboro automobile
| enthusiasts held a meeting recently, the
result of which was the format ton OF the
| Brattleboro Automobile Club, the first
| local organization of this kind to be
| formed in the state. Charles A. Harris
/ was chosen president and Ferris r.
| Vaughan secretary. Organization will
soon be completed. The object of the
| organization will be to promote the in
terests of automobiling generally.
| Work has been begun on the Central
Vermont railway bridge in Montpelier
and five carloads of material have ar
rived. c. w. Flint of St. Adams, with 20
men and ]. 6. Patterson with 10 men are
| there to erect the bridge. 1t is two
span bridge and will cost $40, 900. 1t is
expected that the work will be completed
in about four weeks.
/ L. M. Conner of Barton Landing has
invented time switch which will turn
| the lights off at any time of night
required, ard does not have to get up in
the night to turn the lights off.
The annual meeting of the trustees of
| the Vermont Anti-Saloon League was
held at Burlington Friday afternoon,
with a large attendance from all over
| the state. Reports OF officials, including
| an exha ustive statement of the superin-
| tendent. q. w. Morrow, and the head
| quarters committee, was made. MIR.
| Morrow warns the league that the liquor
men are we'll organized in the state tor a
| fight for the retention of license and says
/ the leagues work last year was effective
| bnt the campaign has just begun. There
| will be $4,000 fewer voters this year
| than last for license in Vermont The
| leagues have raised SIS, S2O.5 in cash
and pledges during The year. Vermont's
condition might be worse, but it should
| be betted. During eight months Bur-
| lington had 1872 arrests of DRINKS
| against 40 for the same time last year.
Charles Clark has been elected cashier
| of the Baxter National Bank at Rutland,
succeeding George R. Bottum, deceased.
Fred c. Spencer, teller of the Kilington
| National Bank, was elected teller of the
| Baxter bank, succeeding Mr.. Clark who
has been teller for nearly 80 years.
| The Unitarian church society at Bur-
| lington has extended an invitation to
| Rev. c. J. Staples of Manchester, N. H,
| to become its pastor to succeed Rev.
| Joel Fl. Metcalf.
| A two story dwelling house situated
| about two miles below Johnson village
| on the Cambridge road was wrecked by
a snowslide recently. The two families
occupying it escaped unharmed but are
| homeless.
| L. M. Mills has sold to w. B. Comings
bis grist mill, storehouse, and feed bust
ness at Richford. including the water
| right on the falls, for $4,000. It is un-
derstood that some of the stockholders
OF the Shortcomings Co. are behind
| nd he
Shortcomings Co. will take over this
property little later, and leave Mr..
Comings in charge of the business.
Should this occur it would give the
| Shortcomings Co. the entire water
rights on the south side of the river, and
the only right on the north side of the
river is that of the Richford Foundry Co.
| The prospective lawsuits to determine
the water rights Oh the falls will thus be
narrowed down to the Shortcomings
Co. VS.. the Richford Foundry Co.
The annual meeting OF the Western
Vermont Congregational Club will be
held at the First church, Burling ton,
Monday afternoon and evening. Febru-
airy IS. Rev. c. Fl. Smith, OF Pittsford,
president of the club, will preside, and
among the speakers will be Rev. DIR. N.
Mage Waters. of Brooklyn, N. Y, who
will give public address at the evening
session; M. H. Buckham, president of
| the University of Vermont, Burlington,
whose address will be upon 1.-The Rela-
ton of the Church to the Schools and
Colleges" Rev. DR.. Barstow, who will
speak on "The Relation of the Church to
Young People," F. S. Morrison, state
secretary OF the Young Mems Christian
Association, whose subject will be, "The
Relation of the Church TO the Outside
Young Man."
1t may be well to remind any who may
be anxiously inquiring why the republi-
can state committee does not meet to fill
| the vacancy caused by the death of the
| late chairman, Ira r. Allen, and to tran
| sact other important business, that there
seems to be no reason for haste. In 1892
| the me citing of the committee preliminary
to issuing the call for the state couven-
ton was held February 25. Since that
| year no meeting of the committee for a
like purpose has been held earlier than
March s. The usage of the last ten years
may be followed this year.
The new Bellows academy at Fairfax
cost $40, 900 and the money left it came
from fund left the town of Fairfax by
the late Hiram Bellows. The original
sum was $25, 900, which was invested
for 25 years. The earnings OF this fund
| were to be devoted to the building of a
free school and the sum obtained has
| reached $780, 900 which will be used for
school purposes. Ground was broken
for the structure in May. 1908, and
excellent progress has been made in the
| construction work,
Mrs. George Laird, who resides in
| Middlesex, saw three deer come out of a
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