St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-10-12

he made false representations to them,
among them claiming that the farm
would support 25 cows and several
young cattle, that the sugar orchard
would make from 1000 to 5000 pounds
of sugar per season, that there was
perpetual lease of a spring, etc. The
plaintiffs claim that all these representa-
tions were false, that the land was sandy
and afforded small production and that
by living there they had been able to
obtain a livelihood only and had lost
nearly all OF their personal property.
New Automobile Company.
An automobile company has been in
corporated in Springfield, Mass, to be
known as the Morse Automobile Co., of
which Sewell Morse, of Brattleboro, is
president. Application has been made
for charter. The company is capital-
ICED at $25O,OOO, of which $3.50, 900
already has been subscribed. Mr. Morse
is the owner f the patents. The essen
tial improvement of the Morse machine
over other machines is the mode OF appli-
cation OF motive power to the wheels.
Enough machines have been made under
Mr.. Morse's direction to demonstrate
the practlcablllty of the new invention,
and it is the purpose of the company to
establish plant which will compete
with the largest automobile concerns in
the country.
Directors Meet.
A quarterly meeting of the board of
directors OF the Vermont Mutual Fire In
surance Company was held at Mont
pel1er Wednesday,. On October 10 the
annual election of directors and off,
GERS will occur. The following direc-
| tors were present: E. T. Ide, St. Johns
bury, ]. R. Judson, Arlington, J. K
Lynde, Williamstown,.T Webster, Bar
| ton, R. II. Prebble, Shoreham, W. W.
Stickney. Ludlow, T. c. Cheney, Norris
town, Fred E. Smith, 6. o. Stratton, J..
all of Montpelier.
Vermont Officers Reunion.
The tortieth annual meeting of the Re-
| union Society of Vermont Officers will be
held at Montpelier Wednesday, November
A business meeting will be held at the
state house at O'Clock in the afternoon
and at eight O'Clock in the evening an
Grafton will be delivered at representative
| hall by Gen. Edward H. Ripley, of New
York. Following the usual custom the
| society will meet at the Pavilion at 100
O'Clock and march to the state house
| headed by the Montpelier Military band.
This society was founded in Montpe-
| lier in November, 1864, it's object being
| to bring together the officers of all the
! regiments and brigades OF the service of
| the Rebellion for mutual enjoyment.
Committed Suicide by Hanging.
| John Fondroy, of Burlington, a Ger
man carter, about SIS years old, commit
ted suicide by hanging himself with a
roller towel at his home Fondroy had
been drinking heavily for the past few
days and when under the influence of
| liquor quarreled with his wife and child
rem. he became angry and after driving
his wife and children to the barn took a
roller towel and thro wing it over the top
| OF one of the doors, the house being in an
| unfinished condition, stepped upon a
chair and placed the other end around
his neck. Beside his wife, Mr. Fondroy
| is survived by eight children.
| An Increase I'm Grand Lists.
| Secretary of State Frederick 6. Fleet
| wood has completed his tabulation OF
the aggregate OF grand lists of polls and
ratable real estate as appears from the
| abstracts of the grand lists of the several
| towns, unorgan1zed towns, and gees on
| file in his Office. This tabuIati ton shows a
healthy increase over 1908 as shown by
| lOtdlS IOI TWO years
For 1908, polls $175. 2S6; acres 5,2S7,
$50; appraisal OF acres, $125. $50, 2eS;
personal property. $40. 724 ,412, one per
cent 81 ,66O,6 GIG 40 list for state taxes
81. S35 9O2 40.
For 1904, polls, $17S 23S; acres, 5,
BOG, 1853; appraisal OF acres, $126473,
245; personal property, Sal, 53S, 531
one per cent, 81 $50, III 76; list for state
taxes, 81, S5s, 1876.
Jr.O u. A. Va.
| The tenth annual session OF the State
Council of Vermont Jr. o. U. A. M. wa:
held at Windsor, Wednesday. The regu
lar session was preceded by an informa
session with the local council Tuesday
evening, " hich consisted of remarks By
visiting members and a banquet given il
the vestry of the Baptist church. Th'
session OF the State council opened in 6
A. R., hall Wednesday. with good at
tendance of officers and members. Tn
report of the State Councillor of five new
councils with an increase in me mbersbi1
was encouraging. The secretary's re
port showed the present membership t.
be 81 distributed IL nineteen subordi
nate councils.
An increase IN finances was shown b,
the report OF the treasury, balance o
of 1927 SO remaining after paying all ex
| PenSeS ~ odte. OmcefS eiecttO ana IN
stalled Were: S. A. Jones. S. c., Sheffield
reelected; George w. Young, S. V. c.
St. Johnsbury; A. E. White, S. c. Secy.
Montpelier; c. E. Harris, S. c. Treas.
East Burke, reelected L. II. Balch, S. c
Cond., Windsor; ". E. Giddings, S. c
Warden, Springfield; W. L Messenger
S c. /. S, Norwich; Eli Eastman, S. c
o s., Wheelock; E. c. Magoon, chaplain
Montpelier C. w. Coffrain, trustee tire,
years. Wheelock; S. A. Jones, Sheffield
and B. F. Humphrey, East Burke, repre-
sentative to national council. Place O
| next meeting 1905 ST Johusbury