St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-15
VERMONT NEWS.
A Veteran Insurance Agent.

IN
The death of w. FL. S. Whitcomb of
Burlington, the Oldest active life in
surance agent in the state probably makes
E. G. Mason, also of Burlington, the
oldest agent in the state who is still an
active writer, and. with few exceptions
.he oldest of the Equitable agents In the
country. He commenced to act for this
company at Rutland in January, 1871,
and followed the business there for ten
years. In 1872 he won the first prize,
gold watch and chain, as the largest pro-
Queer in the state. After ten years SER
vice he resigned the agency on account of
family sickness and returned to his
former business as manager tor the
Western Union Telegraph company, but
a few years later took up the insurance
business again. He was FIVE years in
Northern New York and for the past five
years has resided in Burlington acting at
present as a special state agent for the
Equitable.
Sens Of Veterans Meet.
The 22d annual encampment of the
Sons of Veterans, Vermont Division,
was held in Burlington. June s and 9,
and the 14th annual meeting of the
Ladies Aid society was held in copjunc-
ton with it. About rs delegates repre-
elected: Division commander, r. c.
Smith, Burlington; senior vice comman-
der, w. F. Braman, Richford; junior vice
commander, E. R. Lambert, Bennington;
division council. A. L. Cheney, Morris
vile; 7. 7. Davis, Manchester, and ]. b.
Ripley, LyndonvilIe; delegates-at-large
II. o. Allen, Lyndonville and A. N. Camp,
Morrisville.
Reports from the officers of the Ladies
Aid Society showed a membership of
nearly $50 in eight societies. These
officers were elected:
President, Mrs. Lucy Huntley of Lyn-
donville; vice president, Mrs. Alice Little
of North Montpelier; treasurer, Mrs.
Hattie Ripley of Lyndonville; chaplain,
Miss Emma Simpson of Lyndonville;
division council, Mrs. Lillian Sulham of
Stowe, Miss Robinson of Stowe and
Miss Lenore Rivers of Bristol.
The installation of officers was held
and at that time Commander Smith an
nounced his appointments as follows:
Adjutant, c. 6. McGaffey of Burling-
ton; quartermaster, D. H. Aldrich of
Burlington; chaplain, w. St. White of
Hardwick; judge advocate, F. r. Wells
of Burlington; sergeant major, A. S.
Lane of Wells River; quartermaster
sergeant, G. A. Laduke OF Burlington;
ton.
After the installation there was a So
cial dance, which concluded the gather
ing.
Diocesan Convention.
The annual convention of the diocese
of Vermont will be held at St. Luke's
church. st. Adams, Wednesday and
Thursday, June Is and 16. The conven-
ton will meet for organization on Wed
nesday morning at $50 O'Clock, at the
church. The opening service will be at
nine o'clock, the celebration of the holy
communion. The offerings will be for
diocesan missions. At this service the
bishop will deliver a charge.
The bishops annual address will be
delivered at three O'Clock in the after
noon. The evening session of Wednes-
day will be chiefly devoted to the con-
sideration of the missionary work of the
diocese. The bishop proposes to hold ii
conference for clergy, on Thursday after
the close of the convention, as he has
done the last three years.
Mrs. Jane Anna White, sister of Capt.
Frank Kenfeld, of Morrisville met with
fatal accident last week Monday night.
She lived alone with her brother, Horace
at Morristown corners. Thinking her
brother was sick she went to his room,
and returning, opened the wrong door
and fell down stairs fracturing her skull
and dying instantly. Mrs. White was
SO years old.
Incorporative papers have been filed
with the secretary of state by the Casein
Manufacturing Co., of Bellows Falls,
with a capital stock of $55O,OOO, divid-
ed into $500 shares of 500 each.
Rt. Rev. Bishop A. c. A. Hall of Yer
mont, expects to leave early in July for a
trip on the continent. Owing to the
state of the bishops health his physician
has ordered him to take complete rest.
He will probably be absent several
months, returning in time to attend
general conference at Boston the first of
October.
The public school teachers of Rutland
are to extend an invitation to the Vermont
Teachers Association to meet in conven-
ton there next October. The convention
was to have been held at Middlebury,
but the burning of the high school build
ing there made it necessary to withdraw
the invitation.
Fire was discovered early Friday
morning in the grist mill owned by Ed
way Brown, of Pawlet, and before it was
gotten under control it had spread to
two dwelling houses, barn and hotel,
all being destroyed. Aside from the loss
of personal property the damage will
amount to nearly if not quite $4,000.
Aid was called from Granville, n. Y. The
source OF the fire is unknown, but it was
doubtless incendiary.
The body of William James, aged 50
years, was found in Atwater bay in Lake
St. Catherine, about 4 miles from Poult-
ney early Friday morning. James
who was a slater by trade, had been
missing since 2 O'Clock the day before
when he left his boarding place. It is
believed he was temporarily deranged.
although he had no sign of any such
trouble. 1t was undoubtedly a case of
suicide. He leaves a father and four
sisters.
Rev. F. A. Poole, of Barre, read a
paper before the Minister'S Monday Club
at Montpelier last week. which pro-
voked a lively discussion, most of the