St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-29

Julia E. Beckwith fund and the interest
is to be used for the benefit of the moor.
| of the parish.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Agricultural Society will be held at
the Van Ness house, Burlington. this
afternoon, March 20, at 2 O'Clock. It is
not expected that any business except
the election OF officers will take place as
the society has no plans for giving an
exhibition this year.
At recent town meeting in Ludlow
the town voted to appropriate S25
yearly to the support OF public library.
Angola Lodge, No. 81, Daughters of
Rebekah, was instituted at Milton,
Thursday night with 22charter numbers.
The Baptist church at Burlington has
been the recipient OF IL beautiful windows
aggregating in size four feet in width and
IL feet in height, ellipse top. The win.
dows are erected in memory of Charles
c. Post and his wife, Sylvia Post, bv
their daughters. While no attempt has
been made at figure subjects, the coloring
shows master hand. The field tones
are in rich ambers and gold, and the &C.
cents OF the field show colorings of pur-
pies and nile greens. At the extreme
tops OF these windows gold, turquoise,
and ruby glasses have been utilized, Civ.
ing magnificent burst of color. The
base the artists have represented in
monolith treatment, which contains two
memorial tablets. The base work is in
tones of sienna, brown, gold, puppies, and
greens.
The ice began to go out of White River
March 10, and by seven O'Clock that eve
ming the iron supply pipe across the river
had been dislodged from it's site at the
bottom of the stream ard broken by the
force OF the ice, thus shutting off for a
time the chief source OF water supply to
the Hartford Water Co.'S reservoir.
E.W. Cakes, for % years superintendent
of the state prison, has resigned as super.
iutendent to take effect at once. Supt.
Cakes offered resignation last December,
which the directors did not accept. In
the resignation now made by Mr. Cakes
he insists that it be accepted on account
of his continued i'll health. He also asked
the directors for permission to appear be.
lore the legislative committee now invest
igating the state institutions.
superintendent Carter of the national
fish hatchery, St. Johnsbury, has been in
Swanton arranging for the spring pike
propagating work. The old state hatch
cry will be used again this season and is
being overhauIed and placed in readi.
ness. During the coming summer it is
expected the government will build
new hatchery on the site secured for the
purpose OF H. M. Stone, plans for which
have been drawn.
Emmett 6. Tuttle, Of Manchester, one
OF the oldest Masons in the state, died
March 20. He was the oldest child of
DR.. George futile, who located in Facto-
ry point over century ago. For num-
Der OF years he was engaged in the iron
business in East Dorset. His wife died
number OF years ago, since which time he
had lived with his daughter. He was
one OF the most expert fishermen in the
state. Mr.. Tuttle was made a Master
Mason about SO years ago, was Royal
Arch Mason, and Knight Templar.
For four terms he was grand tyler Of
the grand lodge. He was a past grand
patron of the Grand Chapter. O. E. S.,
OF Vermont. Years ago be was a mem
Der of Battenkill Lodge, l. o. 0. F. He
was one of the organizers of Zion church
and its oldest communicate.
Rev. George B. Johnson, chaplain to
the Rt. Rev. A. c. A. Hall, bishop of the
Episcopal diocese of Vermont, says it
will be three weeks yet before the bishop
will be able to leave the Mary Fletcher
hospital, where he was recently operated
on for appendicitis, and much longer
time before he can resume his pastoral
duties, though his improvement has been
as rapid as was expected, and his ulti-
mate recovery is thought to be certain.
The library committee at Fair Haven
met last week and decided to purchase
the Allonson Allen property as site for
the So, 900 library donated the town by
Andrew Carnegie. The purchase price OF
the site is $500. Two local people have
donated $500 each to the new library.
Gov. c. J. Bell instituted a Grange at
Ira last week in his official capacity as
master of the state organization. The
new Grange starts with 68 members. S.
L. Peck is master and Daniel Combs Sec
rotary. Gov. Bell gave short address
after the ceremonies.
James McGraw, a resident of Highgate
was badly injured Wednesday morning
while going home on the early morning
train. AS the train pulled out of the
East Swanton station he was seen to fall
from the car platform, striking on his
bead. The train was stopped and Nc.
Graw was picked up and taken to the
station. He was then put on the train
and taken to Highgate. 1t appears that
after the train started he concluded to
get off and in doing so fell.
The jury in the case of P. P. Murphy
against the Rutland street railroad, has
returned a verdict for the defendant.
Murphy brought suit against the street
railway company for $4,000 damages
for injuries received by being struck by a
street car.
H. H. Belliveau of Ottawa, Canadian
Inspector of fisheries, has made an offici-
al inspection of the Missisquoi bay fish
ing grounds and reports 16 licenses. Mr..
Belliveau says comparatively few pike
have been caught thus far, but good
hauls OF Gull fish are being made.
Ex..Lieut. Gov. N. w. Fisk of Vermont
was in Albany last week to confer with
Governor Higgins in regard to making a
request in company with Governor Bell
of Vermont to the governors of Michigan
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Washington
to agree upon uniform laws regulating
| 6eb;,o IL, the waters along the Canadian