St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-08-02

Day.
Gov. Bell will preside over Old Home
Day exercises at Bennington.
Russ Hawkins and W. 4. Warren,
charged with assaulting Norwich fish
warden, were found guilty and fined $40
and costs each, the whole amounting to
about $50.
Elijah P. Miller. aged about 70 and
farmer living In West Brattleboro, lost
his balance while riding on load OF hay
| recently, fell and struck upon his head.
| His neck was broken by the fall and he
was killed almost instantly. He leaves
wife and six children.
The Vermont Society of Colonial
Danes held its annual business meeting
at Rutland the 26th ult., with about so
present. There is balance of 1866 in
the treasury, and the present member
ship is 265.
The New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co. will erect a handsome new
building in Burlington.
A granite quarryman named McManus
was killed recently on the track near
North Derby station.
The Methodist church and society at
Bennington are arranging to hold exer.
cises in October, commemorative OF the
| 72nd anniversary of the church's dedica-
ton.
Fl. Bertoli OF Barre has the contract
for the carved work on the new post
Office at Providence, R. l. The work will
be done at the sheds of the Woodbury.
Granite Co. at Woodbury. and will en-
ploy thirty.6ve men. The contract price
Is about $50 900 and the work will last
about year.
Pour wolves were seen in Middlebury
on a recent night.
The Bellows Falls & North Walpole
Gas Co. has been incorporated with
capital stock OF $4,000.
Ned George OF Bethel aged 10, had
some teeth extracted by travelling
quack dentist, without pain" Large
doses OF cocaine were administered, and
for eighty hours thereafter the young
man suffered terrible pain and his jaws
were badly swollen. The quack doctor
left town suddenly, on hearing of young
Georges condition, and at last accounts
the authorities were looking for him.
Cotres Sweeney, of West Milton I'M
, earthed valuable Indian relic while
blowing recently. 1t is copper spear
six inches long in very good condition.
Stowe is enthusiastically preparing to
observe Old Home Week again this year
Peter Stebbins, OF Winooski, is SO
years old and is as straight as mar
Of 60. He has never known sick day
:. in his life or had pain of any kind. He ID
: the father OF fourteen children, only tv'
/ of whom are living.
I The summer school at Morrsvill,
closed last Friday after a successful two
i weeks run, with 81 teachers enrolled.
t During a recent thunder storm in West
ford, lightning struck an apple tree ii
Ira Farnsworth's orchard, turning few
). Of the leaves black, then passed to tn
y ground aud threw out a quantity Q
> dirt at the roots of the tree. Passing
! underground it came out in three place
= under the wire fence about twenty fee
from the tree. In the tree near wher
:, the leaves were blackened there wa
birds nest, with two little birds In II
r but they were not hurt.
e Quails are getting to be plentifr
:e around Bennington. A party drivin
is from Arlington came across flock OF
dozen or more perched on rail fence b
the side OF the road. The birds did no
. appear to be frightened in the least b
Is the team.
re Thirty ladies from out of town, beside
s; about 20 resident members, attended tt
b, annual meeting of the Vermont Societ
n. of Colonial Danes at Rutland Wedne
i'd day. The feature was an address B
IN Mrs. John Miller Horton of Buffalo,
as Y, regent OF Buffalo chapter, Nations
in Society Daughters of the American Rev
luton.
The authorities at Littleton were not
de fed Friday of the theft at Barton OF
Sc horse and buggy Thursday night. II
by horse and buggy, together with anoth
p" horse stolen from a man in Monroe, WI
or discovered in the woods near the farm
Albert Carpenter at North Littleton
of Mr.. Carpenters two sons, George az
st Fred Carpenter. There were two hor
or thieves, and as soon as they saw t
lie farmers they ran into woods.
ne In a runaway at Bennington Saturdt
ed afternoon, four persons were badly
iured. Mrs. Series of Pownal was dri
W. ing when the horses became frightened al
OK ran. The wagon was tipped over. Mi
OF Series had both hips broken. A la'
with her had one leg broken and 9TH
tIv wise injured. Mrs. Series father W
&C. badly bruised, and lad had one al
I'D broken and was otherwise cut. 1t
ZEN thought that all will recover from tn
injuries.
u. The testimonials authorized by
NV. H,s Legislature of 1904 to all citizens
- Vermont who served in the SPANS
w. American War are now in the hands
t th Adiutant- General w. H. Gilmore Of Fe
' nf lee and can be had on application to hi
ave Up to the 25th ult., there were 4
nd automobiles in Vermont, and the nu
ST. Der increases at the rate of about 81
month.
A horse belonging to E. E. Scott
.eu Newport painter, became frightened
iei, running down near the passenger staff
ne plunged off the wharf at Lake Mempt
anu magog into fifteen feet of water and Y
=. drowned.
ln- lula. the nine-year- daughter
ury Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Soule, OF Benni
ton, was badly burned about the
.o III and hands, by pouring kerosene oil
ren. live Goals.
the The valuable COWS owned by Edwin
nest Dunsmoor, who lives in Northheld, "
;rr- killed nv lightning recently. The CT