St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-01
VERMONT NEWS.
Death of George =. AverilI.

OenlTaI Street 1BufSudy IUOIHiHSf tOi-
lowing a slow decline in health. He was
about 20 years old and leaves wife, one
son, James, who is employed as an cleo
trical engineer. and one daughter, Miss
Abba, who lives at home. Mr.. AverIil
was for many years a passenger con-
ductor on the Central Vermont railroad
and had wide acquaintance through
out the state. Since retiring from active
labor he had served the town as a JUS
tice of the peace, assistant town clerk,
and IN other capacities.
moptpeIier Seminary News.
Prof. E. A. Bishop has been chosen
principal and financial agent of Mont
pelier Seminary.
Prof. F. M. Howe, who has been
acting principal. but who declined
months ago to take the responsibility
of principal, has been asked to stay and
be principal in charge of the educa-
tional work of the seminary. The con-
ference committee will begin at once
raising $4,000 recommended at the
recent conference in this city by the
payment of 81 tax by each memper of
the conference. Efforts will also be
made to raise the $4,000 endowment
needed by the institution.
Principal Bishop is well known in
Montpelier, having been principal here
welcomed back not only by his many
friends in Montpelier but those well
known to him in the state.
Light ON Kingsley Mystery.
Harvey r. Kingsley of Rutland, brother
of Henry Baxter Kingsley, the wealthy
Young Rutland man who has been miss
ing ever since November IA, gives out
some information regarding his brother,
which has never before been published.
Mr.. Kingsley states that, in his opinion,
Henry became suddenly somewhat de-
mented, and in that condition wandered
away into some distant place, and is per-
haps living in ignorance of his own iden
tity. He says that four years ago Henry
was at New Haven with his millionaire
cousin, Hugh H. Baxter, formerly of
Rutland, and the two men were riding in
carriage. The rig collided with an
electric car and Henry was thrown v1o-
lently to the pavement, receiving terri
fc blow on the head, which rendered him
unconscious for a time and unbalanced
his reason for several weeks. He after
ward apparently recovered entirely
from the effects of the affair, but the
Kingsley family believe that a clot
formed on the brain last fall, as the
result of thesaccident, and that his wan
dering away may be accounted for in
that manner. The reward Of $4,000
which has been offered for information
as to the whereabouts of Mr.. Kingsley
has stimulated the police of nearly all
the large cities in the country to exert
themselves in making search for the
missing man, and the family are very
hopeful OF obtaining some tangible clew
before the reward expires on the LIST of
August.
The Brooks-street school building at
Barre was struck by lightning Thursday
and although it did not set fire to the
building, shook the whole structure,
putting 200 children into a panic. The
yard filled rapidly with mothers and sis
tiers. Some of the children had bruised
heads when they reached the ground.
One woman, who had four children in
the school, tainted.
The Masonic Temple at Burlington is
in the tax list this year. being valued at
100000. 1t has never been in the list
before as it is claimed to be owned by a
charitable institution. It has been deci-
ded, however, tina it comes within the
limit of taxation and is therefore placed
in the list.
There was much excitement this week
in Randolph and Bethel over the disap-
pearance of Miss Maud Hatch, daughter
of Town Clerk David Hatch of the for
mer place. Miss Hatch disappeared Sun
day night, leaving behind her a 1OOpage
letter on spiritualism. Over 200 men
searched the woods for three days, and
on Monday found her in Rochester,
nearly starved and drenched to the skin.
1t is feared that her reason is perma-
nently lost.
F. 7. Brownscombe, for niue years at
the head of the schools at Aspen, Col,
has been engaged as superintendent of
the Montpelier schools, to succeed Mr..
Ham. He comes highly recommended as
a progressive educator.
Middlebury and adjacent towns were
visited by severe electrical storm Thurs
day. Lightning struck B. B. Hopes
barn at Middlebury and destroyed it,
the house adjoining being saved with
great difficulty.
A well known woman of Benning-
ton has two dolls, one of which was
formerly her great grandmother's
and in the family for $50 years. The
and is 100 years old. Both are dressed
in the costume incident to those days,
the oldest one having on the same suit in
which it was originally attired. The
difference in these dolls and those of the
present time is very dlscernible.
Henry D. Holton of Brattleboro,
president of the Vermont society, sons
of the American Revolution, has appoin-
ted the following committee to repre-
sent the society at the dedication of
tablet on the site of old Fort Warren at
Castleton, June II under the auspices of
Ann Story chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution: Col. Charles S.
Forbes of st. Adams, Egbert c. Tuttle
of Rutland, Gen. T. S. Peck of Burlington
Walter II. Crockett of St. Adams, 81. L.
Stillson of Bennington, ex-Gov. E. J.
Ormsbee of Brandon, DIR. E. R. Clark of
CastIeton and the Rev. Norman Seaver
and 7. c. Hollister OF Rutland.
Hon. Walter E. Ranger, state super
intendent of education, has issued PAM
phlets announcing that 80 prizes will be
given public school pupils of Vermont
for the best essays on historical, and
biographical and patriotic subjects.
The money for this purpose is contri-