St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-02-01
VERMONT NEWS.
R;Il. of Tntere.,i VERMONT

are of interest to Vermonters:
Senator Redfeld Proctor introduced a
bill to correct the military record of Asa
Niles and presented petitions of the
Woman's Club OF st. Johnsbury, asking
an anti. polygamy amendment to the
Constitution, and of the Woman's Club
ofWest Btattleboro, for the passage of
the socalled pure food bill.
Senator William P. Dillingham; intro
duced bill for the relief OF Benjamin
Burrows, aud bills to pension Mary A.
Sands and to give increased pensions to
Ephraim W. Harrington and Miranda
W. Howard.
Congressman Kittredge Haskins intro.
duced bills to increase the pensions OF
Ephraim l.. Mack and William Fl. Cray.
He also presented the petition of Henry
Croker and Others of Windsor, Chester,
Andover and Weston, asking tor an anti
polygamy amendment in the Constitu-
ton.
The following bills have gone to the
President tor his signature: To increase
to $24 a month the pension Of Myron D.
Hill, Co. A, Bird Vt. Vols; to increase to
S24 month the pension of Samuel +.
Brainard, Co. B, End Vt, Vols. and to
increase to $50 month the pension OF
William o. Gould, Co. E, 10th Vt. Vols;
and to increase to $24 month the pen.
sion of Samuel L. Goodale, Co. E, End
Vt. Vols.
The House has passed these bills for
pensions to Vermont volunteers: To pay
Louise E. Lavey, widow of Herbert I
Lavey, alias Herbert J. Wideawake,
Companies c and B, LIST VT Vols, So a
month; 10 increase to $50 month the PEN
sion OF Charles H. Warner, Co. K, 5th Vt.
Vols; to increase to $50 month the pen
sionoi First Lieut.. Alvin B. Franklin, Co.
Fl, 9Th VT. Vols; to increase to $24 a
month the pension of William Shadrick,
Co. 6, 9Th Vt. Vols; to increase to $50
month the pension of Warren P. Tenny
Co. H, 10th VT, Vols; to increase to $24
month he pension OF Lusern Allen, Co.
Fl, 14th VT. Vols; to increase to $50 a
month the pension of Ira D. McClary,
Co. D. 9th Vt. Vols; and to increase to
$50 a month the pension OF William ].
Cheney, Co. D, 18th VI, Vols.
Vermont Weather.
The following data has been compiled
from the weather bureau records at
Northfeld by W. A. Shaw, observer.
The meteorological summary for Deem
Der, 1904 is;
Atmospheric pressure, (reduced to sea
level; inches and hundredths). mean
30.03; highest, 80 So, date 25th; lowest,
29.15, date 2Sth highest temperature,
4S, date 23rd lowest, IA degrees below
zero, date 18th; greatest daily range. 81,
date oath; least daily range 10, date
9th; mean for this month tor IS years,
20;average daily deficiency of this month
as compared with mean OF Is years, Sc;
accumulated deficiency since January /,
9S5; average daily deficiency since Jam
uary l, 81; prevailing direction of wind,
north, 81 per cent; total movement,
4,9l3 milts maximum velocity (for FIVE
minutes) 35 miles an hour, from north.
west Gath; average precipitation of this
month for Is years, 2 II; deficiency OF
this month as compared with average for
Is years, 40; accumulated deficiency
since January 1, 739; number of clear
days, 8; partly cloudy, 9; cloudy. II;
] on which OF inch, or more OF rain fell 8 /;
total snowfall, 90 inches.
q The following shows the average for
the month of January for seventeen
IA years:
Mean or normal temperature, Is de-
III grees the warmest month was that of
81 1889, with an average Of "a degrees;
d the coolest month was that of 1898,
i with an averaged OF degrees; the highest
temperature was 81 degrees January 2,
1890; the lowest temperature was 80
degrees January 10, 1904; the earliest
date on which first killing" frost &C.
CURED in autumn, Aug. 81, 1894 ;average
date on which first killing" frost oc.
Cured in autumn, September 16;
average date on which last "killing'
frost occurred in spring. May 13; the
latest date on which last killing" frost
occurred in spring, May 10; the latest
age precipitation train or melted snowl.
tor the month, 265 inches; average num-
Der OF days with OF of an inch or more,
II; the greatest monthly precipitation
was 80 inches in 1888; the least
monthly precipitation was 81 inches in
1896; the greatest amount of precipita-
ton recorded in any 81 consecutive
hours was 2 90 inches anuary %, 1891;
the greatest amount OF snowfall record
ed IN any "a consecutive hours (record
extending to winter of 1887 SO only
was % inches January 25, 1888;
average number of clear days, 5; partly
cloudy days, Ii; cloudy days. Is; the
prevailing windsS have been from the
south; the average hourly velocity of
the wind is IS; the highest velocity of
the wind was 54 miles from the west
January %, 1890.
High Court Il. OF.
Sixty delegates, representing so state
courts of the Indept ndent Order of Fores-
tiers, organized the Vermont high court
at Montpelier, Thursday evening, and
these officers were elected: Senior homo.
Tary past high chief ranger, DR.. J. R.
Grimes OF Montpelier; junior honorary
past high chief ranger, W. E. c. Jones of
island Pond; high chief ranger, S. W.
Armstrong of West Berkshire; vice high
Chief ranger, Fred c. Armstrong of st.
Adams; treasurer, ]. o. Kimbal OF Enos.
Durgh Falls; secretary, B. E. Blaisdell of
FAR Haven; councillor, w. G. White of
Williamstowp; physician, w. E. Lloyd OF
Poutney; auditors, Frank G. Perkins OF
Montpelier and W. o. Williams of West
Pawlet; messenger, John Ram of New.
port; conductor, ]: l.. Whitney of Rich.
ford; marshal, George H. Andrews of
franklin; organist, c. R. Jones of Island
Pond
Looking for Graves.
The Vermont Society, Sons of the
American Revolution, at its last annual
MEETING instructed tha evec,1t;ua ooY,