St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-22
VERMONT NEWS.
Deu,ists at Rutland.

hers and guests pressure ,p'S "ele
p'a by 16 prominent dental firms,
ln n$;cb comprise the finest and most up
w wl gote collection of paraphsrnalia for
g ou', surgery ever seen in Vermont.
u' ~ Henry Turrill gave the address of
-a LGc and DR.. G. F. Barber of Brattle-
Soro vice president, gave brief address,
va W., presided owing to the illness of the
'@ ,nn DR.. H. Burbridge of Wood
stock. r,5
,ossion were an address on Logic and
s sl;s,Y from the Various Treatments OF
pyorrbea Alveolaria," by DR.. Andrew ].
flanagan, of Springfield, Mass, and one
On appropriate Application OF Various
Methods of Operating" by DR.. c. Frank
prven. of Worcester, Mass. In the
afernoon DR.. Edwin F. Davis, Of Boston
discussed "Pyorrhea" DR.. Walter 1.
Brigbanl, of South birmingham, Mass,
smoke on Porcelain Filings" DR.. B. II.
Gooner. of Boston, gave practical talk
m "Tbe Use of Somnoforme.
Dr, c. A, Meeker, of Newark, N. J., DR..
rdgar 0 Kinsman, ofCambridge, Mass,
and DR.. Thomas Mound, of Rutland, all
ofwhom attended the convention, have
served in the capacity OF eary in
their respective states for 25 consecutive
years .o..o. n. w II
NTrnsell. of Wells River, showed the total
rpceints during the year to be $394.73
and The disbursements S157.SS, leaving
a balance in the treasury OF $236 60.
The state prosecutor, DR.. !. A. Robinson,
If Morrisvl'e, stated that although
there are several men practicing in this
state without license, there have been
no prosecutions during the year. DR..
S. D. Hodge, of Burlington, a member of
the legislative committee, stated that
Vermont was one OF the first states to
mass interchangeable license law which
allows reputable dentists practicing 10
other states to practice in Vermont with
ont underg DING an examination.
The following new members were unani-
mously elected, DR.. c. M. Richmond, of
St. Iobnsbury, DR.. Walter J. Scott, Of
Rutland, and Or. D. T. Bugbee, of White
River Junction.
After some discussion it was voted to
hold the annual meeting hereafter in
Nav, beginning on the third Wednesday.
These officers were elected: President,
George F. Barber, of Brattleboro; first
vice. president, George o. Mitchell, of st.
Adams; second ice.president, c. II.
Kent, OF Barre; secretary, Thomas Mound,
Of Rutland; corresponding secretary,
Miss Grace L. Bosworth, OF Rutland.
treasurer, W. H. Munsell, of Wells River;
executive committee, Harry F. Hamilton
Of New York, Charles F. Meacham, OF
Bellows Falls, A. Z. Cutler, of Bennipg-
ton.
These dentists, guests of the Vermont
society during the convention, were
made honorary members: Edgar O. Kins-
man, of Cambridge, Mass, c. Frank
Biyen of Worcester, Mass, James E.
Power, of Providence, K. l., Walter l.
Brigham, OF South birmingham, Mass,
Edwin c. Davis, of Boston, c. A. Meeker
and H. s. Sutphen, oil Newark, N. J.
1t was decided to hold the next annual
convention at Brattleboro in May, 1906
Ithas been decided to hold the annual
meeting of the Northeastern Dental So
ciety in Rutland, October is, 10, and 20.
# The society, which comprises all the New
81 England states, has membership of be-
81 tween 800 and 400.
Death of A. B. Nelson.
A. B. Nelson, aged about 78 years,
died at Derby Line Thursday night. He
was born at Derby, and his wife and one
son, Charles E. Nelson OF Montgomery,
survive. Mr.. Nelson oflate has enjoyed
the distinction of being the only living
Vermonter who, before the advent OF
railroads, was driver of an eight horse
team and later on ran one OF the old
stage coaches which kept the back
country in touch with Boston and the
outside world. 1t was at the age of fif-
teen years that he first took the reins on
one Of these crude forerunners of the
modern steam car. For short time he
kept the hotel at Derby Line in connec-
ton with his business, From those
early days Mr.. Nelson had been contin-
nousy until last year, the agent of the
American Express Co. for Derby Line for
nearly fifty years, holding the record for
length of service for the state ofVermont.
he has been prominent merchant and
manufacturer, and had his share of public
Offices, representing the town of Derby in
the legislature in 1857 and Orleans
county in the senate in 1900.
Farmhouse of late Senator Evarts
Burned.
Fire DESTROYED the Runnemede farm
house belonging to the estate of the late
VIM. NJ. Evarts, just north of Windsor
village recently. twas discovered about
TWO o'clock and was not put out by the
bremen until nearly o'clock. The house
IS the oldest frame building in town and
the old hewed pitch pine timbers and lum-
oerdefed the efforts of the fire fighters to
put it out until it had practically burned
down. The loss is 100000, with insur-
ance of $4,000. John Mills and family
who occupied the house, saved nearly all
Oh his furniture. The large barns and
other buildings upon the farm were saved
through the efforts of the Windsor fire.
men. The house will be rebuilt this sum-
ner
Century-Old Sleigh.
Cyrus R. Bagley of Windsor is the
owner of a sleigh that is certainly 115
years old. 1t was made for Silas Perry,
VINO was one OF the first settlers OF Wood
STOCK, and was in the possession of the
Ferry family, until last fall, when Mr..
Dagley bought it. 1t has not been used
i 10, the last 80 years, except few times.
Inc wood in the sleigh is sound. 1t was
Tuiit OF white oak, fashioned by hand.
Inc body is over FIVE feet long, with a
t Troad seat and plenty OF space in front.
Inc sides are carved. The runners are