St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-04-13
VERMONT NEWS.
over Paid for Cream.

VERMONT NEWS.
Over Paid for Cream.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Brattleboro Creamery As
ISOLATION last week one matter OF bust
ness was brought up which was SUR
prise to the majority of those present.
It was shown that two patrons of the
creamery both living outside of Brattle-.
boro and in different towns, had been
over paid for their cream to the amount
of about $1,000, through trickery on
their part, and it was decided to ask
them to make good the amount. The
patrons are paid according to the test
of their cream as made by the cream
gatherers. It appeared that the two
patrons in question substituted samples
of high test cream for the samples taken
by the gatherers when the gatherers
were not watching. This went on in
one case for several months, until finally
suspicious were aroused and the gath
erer took two samples from the same
cream, putting one in his pocket. On
returning to the creamery he tested the
SAMPLES. One tested tree times as va1ua-
BILE as the other. One of the patrons has
settled. The other will settle or be
prosecuted.
Boston vermonters Sugar Off"
About 1875 members of the Vermont as
ISOLATION of Boston held an annual
"sugaring off" entertainment, April 1,
in the Hotel Westminster, where the So
ciety has it's permanent club quarters.
The party had been arranged to recall
the old maple orchards of the Green
Mountain state and as far as possible this
was done and real good time was en-
joyed by all attending. The occasion
&c IL
special interest in inspecting the new
rooms of the society, which few of the
members had visited. The rooms include
library, reading room, card room and
secretary's room. After a reception in
the club rooms the party went into the
dining room of the hotel, where the men,
bers were furnished with artificial snow
to cool and harden the boiling maple
sap. There also were doughnuts, dairy
cheese, milk, cider, popcorn, corn cakes
and apples as a part of the feast. The
committee in charge of the affair con-
sisted of Addison o. Denny, N. L. Shell
Arthur L. Robinson.
Population of Vermont.
The government has issued special
census bulletin and returns are given
from the two cities in Vermont having
the population of Burlington June 1 last
at 49, 1856 on an area of 6,433 acres as
against population of is, $40 shown
by the census returns of 1900. The same
bulletin shows the population of Rutland
June 1 last at IL ,73O as against II. 499
in 1900. The area of Rutland is not
given. The population of Vermont June
1 last is officially estimated at BAT ,0O7.
The population of the United States for
1908. exclusive of Alaska and the insular
possessions, is estimated at 79, 900, $50,
an increase of 8. 1905, S14 since the census
of 1900.
Vermont Lumber.
Owing to the large amount of snow Ind
good Shedding the past winter, the
aggregate amount of lumber which has
than for many years. The lumber firms
whose headquarters are in Rutland give
the following figures of the amount of
lumber taken out since last fall from the
numbering camps in Chittenden, Men
don, Shrewsbury and Sherburne: F.
Chaffee's Son, 100000 feet; III. F.
MONIES, 1900 900 feet: E W. Bissell Mfg.
Co., 1,25O,OOO feet; Stodard Mfg. Co.,
10000 feet. The estate of the late Silas
L. Griffith. ,of Danbury, the Vermont
lumber king" has cut and brought to
In addition to these large concerns are
dozens of smaller firms who have cut
good amounts and it is estimated that
in all nearly 4OO,OOO.OO feet of lumber
have been taken from the forests within
a radius of SO miles of Rutland
Vermont Ice Dealers.
The annual meeting of the Vermont Ice
Dealers association was held at Burling-
ton last week Tuesday. Officers for the
ensuing year were elected, questions of
interest were discussed, and at the
evening session a banquet was served.
The meeting most successful one, about
200 members being present, in addition
to several prominent guests. The morn
ing was passed at sugar camp in Will
liston. The election of officers resulted as
follows: President, E. Eddy of Rutland;
vice president, J. J. Hunt of st. Adams;
secretary, R. L. Patrick of Burlington;
treasurer, A. c. Lyman of Middlebury.
Frank l.. Fish, receiver of the defunct
Farmers National Bank of vergennes,
resigned the recievership and George G.
Rankin of Washington, D. c., has been
placed in charge of affairs, taking
possession of the books and papers April
1. The bank failed April Is, 1901. The
active business of the trust is practically
ended but there are several lawsuits yet
pending. Mr.. Fish is attorney for the re-
ceiver in all of the suits to be tried in the
courts of Vermont.
VIM. Frasier of Quincy, Mass, has To-
Gated in Barre and has formed a new
company called the "Granite Construct
ion company" the object of which will
be the manufacture of granite for build
ing and construction purposes. Several