St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-05
The WOman's Club.
A Highly Suggestive Address by Hen.
HI. N. Turner.


m. N. Turner.
At the executive board meeting OF the
Woman's Club Monday afternoon re-
port of the state executive committee
meeting held at Brattleboro last month
told of the work of the education COM
mittee, which is active in trying to inter
est other clubs in the state to take up
vacation schools and that some Of them
are intending to make trial of these
schools the coming summer. The stamp
saving system was also spoken of, which
has not yet been introduced in the st.
Johnsbury schools, but the subject is be-
ing agitated by this committee. With
the sum of money appropriated by the
town a more helpful vacation school is
expected here this summer than last as
there will thus be larger fund with
which to carry on the work.
At the club meeting note of thanks
was read from Mrs. Julia Ross Aldrich
for the floral offering sent by the club at
the time OF Mrs. Ross death.
The president appointed the following
nominating committee Mrs. Anna D.
PEARL Mrs. A. H. Barbour, and Mrs.
Mary Wilder.
The president announced that the club
had long been trying to secure funds
enough to erect watering trough in
SummerviIle and had ordered the stone
trough. She said they still lacked $25
and expressed the hope that any later.
ested in the erection OF this trough
would contribute.
The meeting was in charge of the
village improvement committee, OF which
Mrs. c. c. Follensby is chairman, and
the speaker of the afternoon, Hon. H. N.
Turner, was introduced by the presi-
dent and announced as his subject
"Seeing Things"
After a pleasant reference to the organ
ization of the club 13 years ago, he
referred to the far sightedness OF the
statesmen who negotiated the Louisiana
purchase just 100 years ago and how
Secretary Seward was man who could
"see things" when he bought Alaska
After alluding to the progress of the
railroad and its civilizing influence,
especially the Northern Pacific and the
railroad that came to his own home in
Bethlehem, he said that every community
needed some one or some organization
that has faith enough to "see things"
A love of God, love of our neighbor
| and love of nature will make us "see
things" He then offered the following
specific suggestions for St. Johnsbury:
First, the widening of the highway
near the watering trough at the head OF
Hastings hill.
Second, the widening and straighten-
| ing of Eastern avenue on the south side
between Pearl street and Railroad street.
Third, the securing of pretty little
park in SummervilIe, presumably near
| the junction of Concord avenue and
Portland street.
Fourth, the planting of shrubbery 10
the little plot the scale corporation have
given the village at the junction ol
Western avenue and Central street.
Fifth, trimming out the trees in the
village which are too numerous and
planting more in the highways outside
the village where they are so few. He
said Vermonters we're living in part oi
Coos great art gallery and too often
they could not see the beauties of nature
because of the dense foliage.
He then spoke OF the "mutilated and
therefore disgusting advertising on
bridges and fences" and called attention
to two laws passed by the last Leglsla-
ture quoting Act No. "a, which here
follows:
Any person who shall post any private
advertising matter upon any fence, post.
bridge, tree or rock, on any public high
way or street in this state without the
consent OF the selectmen of the town,
trustees OF the incorporated village, OF
mayor Of the city in which said iencs
post, bridge, tree or rock is located, and
the abuttiug landowner, first had ano
obtained, shall be fined not more thar
ten dollars.
! This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved December 6, 1904.
Referring to the morals OF the commun
| ity he said there were "hell-holes in thi:
village that ought to be cleaned out ano