St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-31
VERMONT NEWS.

" to name INC sHaiiesI lO"n en~
gconntry in which the big show. plays to
odvantage, replied: white River juno
t;on. Vt. The population is only 600,
hnt we show there to an attendance of
Obort 10000 people. 1t doesn't seem
Sossible. but it is fact. / don't know
There they all come from. They are not
;. evideuce in the surrounding country,
hit they flock up to the ticket wagon in
droves."
Edward Tatro, foreman at Fonda's
fireworks at Swanton Junction, suffered
necrl;ar accident Wednesday evening.
ue had been accustomed to carry lead
nerc;l in his trousers pocket and while
letting ready for bed he stumbled and
Ri AGAINST the bed in. such way that
the point of the pencil penetrated one
leo to the depth of two inches. He faint
ed away and was unconscious for long
time. His family rendered all the assist
ance possible, extracting a part of the
lead. Thursday morning he was brought
~ Swanton village and an operation
was performed, it being necessary to
make deep incision in order to extract
The point of the pencil. Mr.. Tatro will
be obliged to use crutches for some time.
Johnson Wonderland, Edward Sweet,
lanes W. Kelley and Fred Debell, all OF
bennington, who have been held as sus-
oects in the case of Fred Barber, muir.
dered April 80, at North Bennington,
were brought before Judge E. L. Bates
Thursday morning, charged with murder
in the first degree. They pleaded not
guilty, waived examination, and were
held without bail for the grand jury,
which meets at Manchester next week.
The representatives Of the estates of B.
". Bartholomew of Orange county and
D. P. Wa1worth of Orleans county have
effected compromise in the settlement
Of the Bartholomew estate. This is the
final closing of an estate which was left
over 80 years ago and has been in the
probate court and in the county and SUI
oreme courts in different forms since that
date.
Rev. R. c. Flagg of Berlin, N. H., has
received call to become pastor Of the
Congregational church at Newport.
1t was voted recently by the First Bap-
fist church of Montpelier to invite the
Vermont Baptist association to hold its
annual convention in Montpelier in Sept.
ember, 1906.
The Vermont Trap Rock Co. is the
name of the new company which is to be
Incorporated at Barton Landing with
$4,000 capital stock. The business to
be conducted is that of crushing rock for
road building purposes, and stone
crusher with capacity for 100 tons a
day has been bought; also steam drill
portable engine, and everything neces-
sary to handle the product. Control o.
the only known quarry of genuine trap
rock in this state has been secured. AL
the machinery is to be mounted or
wheels and can easily be moved to sur
rounding towns il desirable. The off
GERS of the company are E. E. Doe, presi
dent; M. M. Taplin. vice president; F
c. Brown, treasurer; A. w. Fletcher
secretary.
The annual meeting of the stockhold
4 ers Of the Mount Mansfield Electric Rail
way Co. was held at Stowe Wednesday
The following directors were elected A
T. Soden, OF Boston, F. J. Shepard anC
OK. Bartlett of Derry, N. H., P. D. Pix
Il and M. D. Mcmahon, of Stowe, and 6
E. Moody, of Waterbury. The directors
organized by electing the following off
GERS President, A. H. Soden Of Boston
vicepresident, P D. Pike of Stowe; clerk
L. c. Moody, OF Waterbury.
Rev. I. P. Marvin will become pastor
Of the Congregational church atNorwicl
about June IA.
The Baxter bank building at Rutlant
constructed by the late Gen. Fl. H. Baxte
in 1873, was sold last week, by sever
persons who held the shares to the bank
ing association. 1t has been the bank
home since it was erected.
Mrs. Judith Foss, Plain6eld's oldes
woman, died last week. She was borl
July 20. 1916, and leaves two sons, A
E. Foss of Plain6eld, John E., and Mrs
George Whitcher. She is the last OF
family of 10 children.
For some time Levi H. Bixby, of Mont
pelier, has had reason to believe that tn
trout fry he was putting into SINAI
private pond on the Langdon farm wer
either stolen or caught by some large
fish. Thursday he drew the water fror
the pond and discovered a monster Ell
glish carp, 80 inches in length and weigh
ing 25 pounds. Fred VIM, clerk /
the post-ofice, went down with his riff
and killed the carp.
A statement was given out Thursda
by Superintendent D. L. Morgan, OF til
house of correction, that in accordane
with instructions given by Governor BE
strict attention will be given in the II
ture to the enforcement OF the law con
pelling prisoners out on parole ate
serving short term under minimum an
maximum sentences, to report to a pre-
baton officer. This statute heretofol
frequently has been dead letter.
The Granite City Savings Bank
Trust Co., of Barre has purchased tt
large lot on Depot square in the cent?
of the city, of Alvin F. Sortwell, pres
dent OF the Montpelier & Wells Riv'
railroad. The bank proposes later
erect a large banking building on II
property. While the price named in Il
deed is a nominal one the property is a
sessed by the city at $4,000.
DR.. O. R. Baker, Sc years old, a form
Ohio physician, who had made his hon
in Rutland for the last 20 years, di'
Friday of Bright's disease. He was II
married and is survived by no near rel
tives in Vermont. He was at one tin
part owner of the Rutland Valley Ma
Die Co., now defunct.