St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-04-27

building operations. The lumber mills
are kept busy with their saving and
several creameries that have been idle
during the winter, have resumed aud re-
port good patronage. The farmers in
the southern part OF the state have CON-
menced their paintings.
Burlington reports all mills active. re-
tail trade backward on account OF the
weather; collections a little improved.
Rutland reports dullness in marble bust
uess but look for an increase in business
shortly; factories well Employed; retail
trade still suffering from weather con-
ditions; collections fair. Barre reports
granite business inactive at present, with
trouble experienced with collections;
there is activity in the building line but
general retail trade is about fair. Mont
pelier reports stone sheds busy filling
orders for memorial day work aud col
lections fair; the factories are well en-
ployed but retail trade does not appear
to gain much. St. Adams reports mills
well Employed; in some instances not
enough female help can be secured and IN
consequence orders have been turned
away which otherwise would have been
filled; collections fair; creamery Industries
show gain over business done previous
week; general retail trade inactive. St.
Johnsbury mills are busy with no new
developments in retail trade, collections
lair; Bennington reports factories run
ming full time on plenty oforders and help
well employed; retail trade shows little
gain over previous week; farmers have
been active In planting and collections
are improving. Brattleboro mills are
well employed retail trade good and
collections fair, business in general never
better for years than at present.
Bellows Falls report mills well employed,
retail trade fair and no change in con-
dition of collections; weather has proven
ted farmers from much planting. Lud-
Low reports all mills running on full time,
conditions of retail trade tar, collections
fair. At Fair Haven the slate business is
improving but bad roads have made it
almost impossible to haul slate to the
mills and this also has affected retail
trace; collections improving, manufact-
uring industries well employed. East
Richford reports big business at the
lumber mills and that mills will have to
be kept running night and day in order
to get through with the work on hand
on time.
Adam Wood, of Mortified, aged 18
was run over and killed by a Central
Vermont freight Friday evening. In
company with two other youths he got
on a fat bottom car of a train moving
in the yard and fell under the wheels.
He was employed in the Ellis granite
sheds learning the cutters trade. He
was the son of Adam Wood, and was the
oldest of family of 16.
John Hughes of South Poultney. son of
John R. Hughes, was drowned in a
deserted slate quarry in Rutland Friday
afternoon. He fell into the quarry
accidentally and nobody was near to
help him. He was % years of age, un-
married. and had been employed in the
slate business tor several years.
Addison county is in bad way as
regards the supply OF farm help. and the
situation grows worse as spring ap-
reaches. One of CORVALLIS representa-
tive farmers says that rs men could find
employment as farm hands in that town.
He said that unless men can be secured
there will be decreased grain acreage in
that section.