St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-08-31
VERMONT NEWS.

VERMONT NEWS.
rreesinx vermeas Library Association.
A well attended and enthusiastic meet
ing of the Vermont Library Association
was held Wednesday August II, in the
high school building at Burlington, E.
Nd. Goddard, of Montpelier, presided.
calling first upon Nd. II. Buckham, who
made brief remarks. Miss Edith E.
Clarke, librarian of the University OF
Vermont, presented a paper upon the
disposition in library of serials, pam
phlets, and clippings. Miss Mary +.
Farr, graduate of the Drexel library
school of Philadelphia, who is in charge
of cataloguing the Fletcher library in the
new Carnegie building, explained the CO.
operative system cataloguing which has
been adopted by the Library of Congress
DIR. James 81. Garfield of Columbia Uni
versity talked upon the Importance OF
the manner in which this can be done.
Brief remarks were made by Rev. j. Ed
ward Wright of the trustees of the Kel-
log Hubbard library, Of Montpelier. and
Herbert E. Straw. one of the trustees of
the Akely Memorial library. of Stowe.
President Goddard appointed as COM
mittee to investigate the organization OF
district libraries, Miss Lucy D.. Cheney
of Rutland. Mrs. Louise L. Boyce, of
Barre. and Miss Sarah c. Hagar. of Bur-
Engton. The committee reported favor
ably upon the matter and suggested that
list be made ofthe towns ofeach county
and adj AGENT to WINS, that meetings be held
in the towns most centrally located, and
that notices be sent to all librarians
urging them, the trustees, and all Others
interested in library matters to attend
the meetings which it is proposed to hold.
L-I AA~rx
Macomber, of Montpelier, III. e. Straw,
of Stowe, and Mrs. Louise L. Boyce, Of
Barre, committee to determine time
and place for the next meeting of the
library association.
Teachers, Salaries Increased.
w. e. Ranger state superintendent of
education, has just completed the bien
NAL school report. The report contains
detailed statements of the schools, school
houses school census, attendance, teach
ers, resources, expenditures, transporta-
ton, high schools and miscellaneous
accounts. 1t shows where every cent of
state, town and city money has been
spent for the maintenance of the states
school and every cent received.
There is slight increase in, the remu-
neration for teachers. In 1904 the aver
age wage per week, including board, for
the male sex, was $11.S4 and for the
females, $751;. The year before the
respective wages were $11.79 and 81 Az.
The figures from the school reports of
1901 and 1902 will best show the
appreciable increase in average wages of
state teachers. In 1901 the average
wage, including board, was So 40 for
male teachers, and $6.57 for female
teachers. In 1902 the wages advanced
to $9.45 and Sc 70 respectively. Thus
it will be seen that this year the wage is
So. AZ week more than it was in 1901
for male teachers and S "a more for
female teachers.
There is to be monster picnic and OUT
ing upon the summit of Ascutney mount
ain, Sept. 5. The new summit house
will be dedicated, there will be a flag
raising with appropriate exercises, music,
ETC.. and a general good time. The
ascent will be made from Allan Dudley's
on the Windsor side of the mountain, and
from which there is good bride path to
the top.
The old 10th regiment, Vermont volun
teer infantry, held a reunion at Copley
Square hotel, Boston, August 16.
Chaplin E. NJ. Hayes, D. D., of Rut.
land was elected president and E. J. Eos
ter, Nd. D., of Waterbury was elected
secretary. Seventy five members of the
old regiment registered at headquarters.
The association voted to hold its next re-
union at the same time and place as the
next department encampment.
Governor Mccullough on August %,
commissioned the following as county
Loren R. Pierce OF South Londonderry
for the county of Windham in place OF
w. A. Hathorne, resigned; John M. Com
stock of Chelsea for the county of Orange
in place of F. E. Pritchard, resigned.
A good sized deer was recently found
in pasture at Goshen. It had been shot
with rife and the headquarters carried
away. A heifer in the same lot was shot.
George Leblanc of Bellows Falls, has
been granted letters patent for compasses.
r. S. Currier. president of the Vermont
Good Roads Association, has written to
John E. Gale of Guilford, chairman of the
farmers legislative committee, warmly
approving of the plan to appropriate
100000 per annum from the state
treasury for permanent highways, in adj
dition to the present highway tax.
John Bagley, of Montpelier, carpen-
ter about 80 years old, was struck by a
Central Vermont train Saturday morn
ing and was dragged two rods. Al
though the train did not run over him,
1e was necessary 60 DacK tne train before
he could be rescued. He was taken to
Heaton hospital where it was found that
he had sustained a compound fracture Of
one leg and his head was badly bruised.
Mr.. Bagely had Just crossed the railroad
bridge near the United States Clothespip
Co.'S, factory, but owing to curve in
the track the engineer did not see him in
time to stop the train before the engine
struck him.
A stock company has been organized in
Weston and incorporated with capital
of So, 900, and will be known as the.
Wantastiquet Trout Club. The stock is
divided into eighty shares at $25 share.
The old reservoir has been purchased and
will be stocked with trout. The sheet
of water is situated among the mount
aims, 800 feet higher than Weston vii
lage and covers about Is acres It is an