St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-06-07
VERMONT NEWS.
x,,,.uou,,s First Settlers.

5,,erv Bixton OF MluuisloWu springs
knel Xrs N. W. Fisk of Isle La Motto
r. 10. ann annointed committee to raise a
#ele ~pI 10 the first white settlers of
elnU ON Isle La Motto. The COM
e :Llao With Mrs. Stewart F. Stranahan
I'M Me- Frank Smith of st. Adams, met
~ W. w. Fisk's home on Isle La Motto
IT. "a and 25, and after visiting differ
~ oarts of the island decided to erect
arr1orial on the north end, on farm
sl m owned by M. A. and G. F. Pike.
Nv near the selected location there is
a3Ssd m well that is Sc feet deep. The
ons; s an old Indian lookout, as by
a ZINC to the tops of the highest trees
his point the different tribes of
Ed;aus could be seen approaching for
sonv miles from both north and south.
*Sa - IS also a large stone house in good
no;r that is occupied at the present
bv M. A. Pike. The house was built
tbe;r grandfather. Ezra Pike, in 1929.
&h;s snot is Just few rods back OF old
nrt St, Anne, built in 1866.
The house and farm buildings at East
,nntnelier owned and occupied by
Ei T L. Sparrow were burned to the
s+onud Friday afternoon. Mr.. Sparrow
ID IA man in his employ had just re-
nrred home and were taking care of the
sorses when lightning struck the cow
I'm The horses were turned loose and
l. attempt was made to release the
tile but the fire had gained such head.
Eoy that this was impossible, and fifteen
sows perished in the flames. An attempt
las made to save the house but the high
ind carried the flames in that direction,
III Il was destroyed. Thefurniture was
soved. The loss is estimated at $500.
Fhere was an insurance Of 81, GAO OH the
fouse and 5000 on the barns.
Tohp Thompson, about IS years old,
Io has lived in recentyears at the south
ID Of Curtis pond, at Calais, where be
+flt boats, committed suicide by hang
IA Friday atterooon. He had been in
In healthrecently and for afew months
had lived at the home of Martin
Wheeler. Mr.. Wheeler had been away
ON home and returning found Thomp
sons body hanging from beam in the
ham. Thompson recently made will
hi at the time said he did not have q
selatiye in the world.
Rev. DR.. Henry Post Higley OF Beloit
his. is moving a fve-ton boulder from
Inc home of his boyhood, Castleton, to bt
slaced as memorial over the grave o.
is wife at Beloit. The big stone is solid
fjnt. FIVE feet high, four wide and two
shick, and biologists sayit probably wa:
K shpped off OF the mountains in the glacia
/ seriod. Mr.. Higley erects this queer
memorial to his wife because of his pleas
] Mt memories of the days when, as boy
b. the farm, he played around the bould
r. 1t required 10 men and four horses
h move the rock from its resting plac,
10 the cars.
Tohn c. Farrar, who was found guilt,
h embezzling the fund OF the Waterbur!
4 Rational Bank and was sentenced tt
81 serve seven years in the state prison a
Eindsor, but who has been at his hom
h Waterbury for few months, pending
decision regarding the expiration of hi
kntence, was taken back to Windso
Friday, the United States circuit court o
sppeals having decided against his con
tntion that under recent law OF Con
ress his term already had expired. Hi
erm will be completed July Is.
Horace W. Bailey of Newbury deliver
i the Memorial day address before Eras
ps Buck Post at Island Pond.
The jury which heard the case of Johi
Boksy VS.. the Boston & Maine railroad
) pr recovery of damages for loss of leg
the United States circuit court at New
Ort returned verdict for the plaintiff
recover So, $50 damages.
The roads in the town of HartforI
pave been measured by means OF cy
Ometer attached to an automobile, an
he town will be benefited to the exten
4 something over 500 by this measure
hert.
Il has been decided by vote OF repre-
Sentatives from the various churches i
brattleboro to hold open.air meeting
Sunday evenings on thetcommon durinl
he summer months. The services wi
continue through June, July, and August
The price of wool has been of grea
aeal Of interest to farmers in the neigh
borhood of Montpelier who have sheer
One buyer in Montpelier has been payin
from 81 to SO cents a pound. There
perry little wool held in that vicinity
most of it having been sold several cent
2 below the present market. Speculatio
Is considered the cause of the presen
<*N hiph ro.a o.,d oo,1,v,1;e sion hN11cec lon
for big break soon.
The student body of Norwich Unive
pity, Mortified, under the direction
Maj. Henry ". Hovey, left Monday on
ten days march. They went to Burlini
Ion to stay over Sunday at Fort Etha
Allen and will return next week. The
are about 10 men who will make tt
trip. With the exception of three or fol
the students are all able to 60 on Il
s march.
Z Miss Mary Stickney, daughter OF W.
T. Stickney, of Bethel, has just receive
the third prize of $25 in the competitio
ln the modelling class at the famo1
s school ofthe Museum of Fine Arts in Be
& ton.
Timothy Boardman, the fifth Timotl
4 Boardman, of an old and establish
English family died at Montpelier THU
day at the home of his son, DR.. II.
5oardman. Mr.. Boardman was born
.N;iddlebury 81 years ago and had liv
4 there all his life until six or seven yea
ago when he went to Montpelier to
SIDE with his son. He had been me
Der Of the Congregational church for
years. There were seven members OF t
laamlly in the Revolutionary War, one
them being a naval officer.
The principal OF the Brattleboro hi