St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-10-26

vermont state 1eacnSIS ASSOCldIiOu
| at Rutland, Thursday and Friday was a
| record breaker as to attendance, GOO
| being present, 60 of whom were men.
The address of welcome was delivered by
| Egbert 6. Tuttle of Rutland, and was
responded to by N. J. Whitehill of White
| River Junction, president of the associa-
ton, W no also delivered the presidents
annual address. A feature of the conyen-
| ton was comprehensive exhibit ofschool
work in the Church street school build
| ing, which was entirely given over for the
| purpose. Besides the Rutland exhibit
work was shown from the schools OF
| Bratt1eboro, Proctor, Randolph. and
other places.
| These officers were elected: President,
| w. A. Beebe, OF Morrisville; vice-p pres
ident, c. 81. Wiley, of Hardwick; secre-
tary, e. 6. Ham, OF Randolph; treasurer,
| 3. M. Roscoe, Of Springfield; executive
committee. w. P. Abbott, Of Proctor, c.
Fl. Dempsey, of st. Johnsbury, and Fl. K.
Whitaker, of Brattleboro.
The convention was the most success
| ful in the history of the organization.
The Schoolmasters' Club held it's
annual banquet at the Bardwell House
Thursday evening, about 80 persons
being in attendance. The POSTMASTER
was w. P. Abbott, of Proctor. examiner
of teachers for Rutland county. Prof. G.
B. Wright, of Middlebury College de-
livered the principal address of the even
ing on "The Schoolmaster in Literature -
The committee on college entrance re-
quirements made it's report.
Moores 6. Kenyon, liveryman of Bur-
1ington, aged 40, has been missing one
week. No clue to his whereabouts is
known and it is thought possible that he
has committed suicide.
Thomas Lennon, of Montpelier, who
was taken to Rutland for term of 1O2
days by Special Officer Fox last week,
and escaped while the officer was bar
gaining with hackman, was recognized
on the streets there Saturday morning
| and gathered in by local officers. He will
be held until the Montpelier authorities
act in his case.
Senator RedfeId Proctor and others
are building at the corner of Thacher and
North Margin streets in Boston struc-
| ture to be known as the Vermont build
ing. The building is six stories high and
covers II 900 square feet of ground. It
is to be of brick and steel, will cost $780,
600 and will be used for manufactu ring
and storage purposes.
Melvin Wadsworth, the Oldest person
| living who was born in Bennington, as
well as the oldest Odd Fellow, both in
age and years of membership in Yer
mont, celebrated his 91st birthday
| Saturday. He is at the Gill Odd Fellows
Home at Ludlow, which he entered three
| years ago, and when on the street he
would not be taken for man over 70.
He was one of eight children, of whom
he and a sister are the only ones now
alive. His wife died II years ago, and
there are three married daughters living.
At the meeting of the Bennington
chapter, D. A. R.. last week, a commune
cation was received from the Ann Story
| chapter of Rutland, calling attention to
the fact that Mrs. Esther Damon, wife OF
revolutionary soldier, the only one in
the state, was in need Of assistance. She
lives in the little town of Plymouth
| Union. She is 90 years of age. The
chapter voted to send her ST. a month as
long as she lives.
The annual meeting of the policy hold
ers of the Vermont Mutual Fire Insur-
ance company was held at Montpelier,
| Wednesday at the company's building
and larger number than usual were
present. The following directors wer
elected: Addison county, John E. Weeks /;
Bennington, ]. R. Judson; Caledonia, E.
T. Ide; Chittenden, David Marvin; Es
sex, 6. S. Robinson; Franklin, A. L.
Galusha; Lamoille, T. c. Cheney Orange
| J. K. Lynde: Orleans, J. N. Webster; Rut-
land, George Briggs; Windham, James l.
| Martin; Windsor, w. w. Stickney Wash
ington, Fred E. Smith; L. P. Gleason
M. E. Smile, James T. Sabin and George
0. Stratton.
An injunction was served on Barre city
| Thursday by the property holders on
Main street through their attorney, R.
A. Hoar, stopping the city from selling
property to cover paying assessments
which 10 assessed property holders have
for Friday. The injunction was granted
because the assessment was said to be
unconstitutional and because the street
commissioners had acquired no legal jur.
isdiction of street in preference of paving
and assessing.
The Vermont Marble Co., Proctor, b az
secured a large contract for interior
marble work for trust company il
Rochester, N. Y. It will probably
amount to nearly $4,000. The sam,
company has also secured the contrac1
from the Daughters ofthe American Revo
luton for the erection OF the nationa
building which that organization will
erect at Washington. Only portion o
this structure will be built for the present
it will probably take FIVE years to carry
out the whole work as planned by tn
managers of the organization.
A call has been extended to Charles Fl
Wilson of Knoxville, Tenn, to becom
secretary of the Burlington Y. M. c. A.
to succeed George Fitzsimmons, who re
Gently resigned to accept a more lucra
tive position in Passaic. N. J. Byron N
Clark, the present assistant secretary
will be retained.
The selectmen of Bethel have been nc
titled of the bequest of the late Sara
Woodbury. to the town of the sum of $50
to be used as follows: The income c
$500 on the town cemetery and of the re
naming 5000 on East Bethel cemetery
the Woodbury. lots to be kept in repair.
Frederick Bartell and Carl Atwood
. both of Rutland, have been sentenced t
eight months each in the house of col
rection for keeping liquor with intent t
sell Illegally.