St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-11

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week. The treasurer's report shows that
the school is in good condition hnan
cia1ly, due to the income from the new
endowment fund. Nearly all the old off.
GERS were reelected and are as follows
President, ]. B. Hollister, Rutland; clerk,
e. L. Wyman, Manchester Center; treas
urer, L. III. .Hemenway, Manchester;
executive committee, Rev. P. S. Pratt,
Dorset; Rev. M. L. Severance, Burlington,
| and Rev. John Barstow. Manchester;
prudential committee, Theodore Swift,
| b. K. Simonds, and Loveland Munson,
| Manchester; scholarship committee, Rev.
John Barstow, D. K. Simonds and Allen
L. r. Graves, Manchester Center.
Col. Dunton of Sheldon, put so swarms
| of bees into his cellar last fall, and this
| spring he found that every swarm was
dead, the bees not having had honey
enough to live on.
The Scottish Rite Masons of White
| River Junction and along the Connecti-
| cut river valley will have a gala day at
| the Junction June 3. when the Lafayette
Lodge of Perfection, of Boston, will be
| guests of Windsor Lodge of Perfection at
| a reunion of the latter lodge, to be held
under a dispensation from the grand
commander of the northern jurisdiction
| of the United States. The program will
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among the prominent men expected on
| the occasion is Lieut.-Gov. Curtis Guild
| of Massachusetts, who is an officer of the
Lafayette lodge.
Over 10000 bushels of potatoes were
shipped from Canada to the United States
| through the port of Richford in the
| month of April.
At recent meeting in Burlington of
her of he
Makers Association it was decided to
abandon the scheme, at least for the
present, OF making a state exhibit at the
st. Louis exposition. Reports from all
over the state confirm the statement
! that this has been the best sugar season
| since 1898 and it was confidently ex-
pected that large showing would be
| made at the big fair under the auspices
| of the association. It is said that the
| reason for the latter decision is that the
| proper concessions cannot be made with
the fair people.
Seth w. Jones. aged II, died at Mont
pelier, Thursday. He had been in poor
health for some time, yet no danger was
apprehended, and the end came with but
little warning. Mr.. Jones was a well
known horseman, and had reputation
| on most of the tracks in Vermont and
New Hampshire; indeed his acquaintance
extended throughout New England.
Walter E. Ranger, state superintend-
ent of education, has recently had issued
for teachers and school officers two cir
culars, one on nature-study and the other
on teachers certificates. Each will be
found valuable by those for whose in
| formation the numbers are primarily
| intended.
The directors of the Mary Fletcher
hospital, Burlington, have found it
necessary to enlarge the nurses home
in order to give suitable accommodation
to the large number of nurses who are
attending the training school and are
being employed in the hospital.
Mass, has been called to the pastorate
of the Baptist church in Johnson, and
will begin his labors the last of June.
A mammoth tree with mammoth
sap record: Wilbur F. Washburn of
Woodstock has a maple tree. standing
in an open field, measuring 10 feet 4
inches in circumference, the branches
spreading 81 feet. April 10, six buckets
were hung on the tree and in the II
days following 68 gallons of sap were
gathered from it. Mr.. Washburn is
considerably interested in the prospects
of Vermont forestry, especially as it
affects the naples and sugar industry,
and thinks that every effort should be
made for the preservation of the sugar
naples.
Because he did not believe in banks
and always carried his money about
with him. Harrison Townsend, farmer
on the West Hill of Putney, was robbed
of SLIP Wednesday morning by an
itinerant Pole, to whom he had given
employment only two days before.
Townsend went to his barn before day
light to milk leaving his wallet in his
coat, which hung on chair in the
kitchen. When he returned he noticed a
lantern standing in the center of the
room and suspecting something might
be wrong he Immediately made an exam
nation OF his pocket-book. He found
one compartment of the wallet, which
had contained SLIP, empty. In another
which the thief had overlooked, The
money was mostly in 81 and $50 bills.
Search is being made for the Pole.
The Stetson House near Newport,
outbuildings and two houses adjoining
were destroyed by fire last Wednesday
night. The inmates escaped save Nellie
May Pelletier, girl 16 years old, whose
charred remains were found the next
morning. She was employed as kitchen
girl and it was her second night in the
hotel. The inmates lost all their perso-
nal effects. The fire originated in the
barroom. caused presumably by a Drop
ped lighted cigar or match near a barrel
OF alcohol. The occupants of the other
houses saved nearly all their belongings.
Six prisoners escaped from the guard
house at Fort Ethan Allen last Wednes-
day night, by means of saving the bars
prisoners in the guard house at the
time and 80 refused to avail themselves
of the opportunity to leave their prison.
Owing to the large number of prisoners
there was laxity in searching the men
when they were put in and it is supposed
saws were Struggled in. Not all of the
cells were locked and the prisoners were
not counted every time the watch was
changed. The escape was discovered
about 4 O'Clock Thursday morning.
At the recent state convention of the