St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-12-21
To Stop SEEMING.

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| New York, Vermont and the province OF
| Quebec in regard to SEEMING and fishing in
| Lake Champlain. The commissioners oil
| New York and Vermont met in Burling-
ton last week Tuesday afternoon and
| went from there to Montreal to confer
with the Canadian authorities. On the
New York commission are Major ]. w.
Pond of Albany. State fish and game
commissioner of that State, chairman, to-
gether with Senator S. 6. Prime, of Up
per Jay, Senator J. T. Cullen, of Brooklyn
Assemblymen 81. w. Knapp, of Mooers.
and Assem- blym w. A. Reeve. Minister
Parent of Quebec and Minister
Prefontaine, OF Ottawa, will represent
the Canadian interests. The commits
sioners from the states are hopeful of Sc
curing legislation from Canada, to ac-
cord with that of New York and Yer
mont, prohibiting seining in the lake.
Frank Plumley, as umpire, has been
notified that France has appointed
Count Peretta de la Rocca as commits
sioner of that government on the Franco
Venezuelan commission to arbitrate GER
tain claims remaining unsettled, and
that he will be ready to take up the
work of the commission at Mortified
February 1, 1905. Mr.. Plumley under
stands that the government of Venezuela
is in agreement as to time and place.
Count Peretta served as commissioner
for France in the mixed commission
which sat at Caracas, Venezuela, in 1908.
IF. c. Hammond, a veteran of the
civil war, died at his home in North Ca
lais last week as the result of a shock.
Mr.. Hammond was a prosperous farmer
in that place and prominent in town af-
fairs, having held most of the more i'm
MT he "a a
past commander of the 6. A. r. at North
Calais and was at the time of his death
the treasurer Of the post. He is survived
by wife, who is nearly blind, and two
daug hters, Mrs. E. ]. Sparrow, of East
Montpelier, and Mrs. Charles Kenerson,
of East Calais.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Gosselin, of Burling
ton, have issued invitations for their 5Oth
wedding anniversary, which will be
celebrated at their home, Monday, Dec
&C.
A Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias
lodge, was organized at Richtord, Thurs
day evening by Maj. G. W. Lepper of the
First battalion First regiment, Uniform
ed Rank, knights of Pythias. The COM
pany has a membership of p, and it will
be mustered in some time in January.
The officers are as follows: Captain, A.
II. King first lieutenant, 6. c. Manuel;
second lieutenant, William Harper; re-
corder. c. NJ. Boright; treasurer, A, N.
Clapp.
George Wilder, of Derby, has been ap.
pointed deputy collector and inspector
ofcustoms and will be stationed at Island
Pond, filling the vacancy caused by the
resignation of John c. Walker.
Oliver L. Grow, one of the oldest citi-
zens of Derby. died at his home at West
Derby, last week Monday.
Harold Holbrook who is in Newfane
jail, where he is awaiting trial on the
charge of burglarizing the Newfane Saw
ings Bank last August, attempted to es
cape from Jail recently. He secured an
iron hook and attempted to pry off the
grating at the window opening off the
Jail corridor. A woman saw his arm
through the grating and notified the jail
officials, who induced Holbrook to pro-
duce the hook by threatening to confne
him in a cell. How he obtained the i'm
plement is not known.
A Grange was organized in Putney last
week by Deputy H. N. Sargent, of Brattle-
| boro. There were IA charter members.
Gov. c. J. Bell was present.
Walter E. Ranger, state superintend-
| ent of education, has designated January
6, afternoon and evening, for the annual
meeting Of county examiners of teachers
at Montpelier. The meeting is of more
| than ordinary importance on account of
| changes in the laws made by the recent
legislature requiring the board of ex-
aminers to formulate regulations for
issuing special certificates. new feature
is the tact that certificates may be issued
in certain cases, based on experience and
training. This applies to special branches
| such as music and drawing.
A break IN six inch water main at
Burlington, last Wednesday, flooded the
basement of the Hayward block, causing
large amount of damage, though the
real loss will not be known till spring,
when the injury to the foundations can
| be examined. The fires in the. basement
were extinguished and w. H. Buckley &
Co., Andrew McGaffey, the Burlington
Shirt company the Burlington News and
the Metropolitan Life Insurance COM
pany suffered more or less loss.
The trustees of the Vermont soldiers
home at Bennington have promulgated
| an order prohibiting any member from
working about the village. It has been
customary for some of the veterans to
sell berries, fish, and other articles, but
the privilege, it is said, has been so abused
by a certain class that the order became
necessary.
Harrison Howe, of Poultney is open
ing a new quarry on his farm. He ex-
poets to take out large quantities of un-
fading sea green slate. A fine purple vein
has been discovered in another direction
and this will also be quarried soon. This
makes fully bali a dozen new quarries
that have been opened in that section
during the past few weeks.
Sensational charges were made by two
z n
lington city court last week charged with
intoxication. They testified that several
saloon keepers in Winooski and Burling-
tor" doped" or drugged liquor for their sol
der patrons in order to secure their mon
ey. An investigation will follow.
The comptroller of currency at Wash
ington has received the application of
John L. Bacon. of White River Junction,
Maxwell Evarts, w. D. Tuxbury, J. II.