St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-05
VERMONT NEWS.
AgricuIemral Society.

~ ~ State Agricultural society was
nI 1a n burlington Wednesday afternoon
ne ;.h The following members in attend
VIII n. harrington of Brandon, c.
a az IprowneIl of Burlington, Gov. c. ].
VII W. 81 walden, E. Selden of Burlington,
6 oen A;tken of Woodstock, M. 81. Mil
UT ponfret, F. L. Davis OF North
Iel I. S. Drew of South Burlins-
and c. M. Winslow of Brandon.
0f;cers Tor the ensuing year were elected
os tollows: President, George Aiken OF
Woodstock; vice-presidents, I. W. Gates
" GFranklin, Or. T. R. Stiles OF st. Johns
brry, George w. Pierce OF Brattleboro,
g"I = Davis of North Pomfret; secretary,
r r M Wiuslow of Brandon; treasurer, ].
" parker of Quechee finance COM
.'i++ee Gov. c. ]. Bell of Walden, Fl. o.
Tarnenter of Rutland, M. Fl. Miller OF
pomtret; locating committee, George
, 8 Of Woodstock, c. M. Winslow of
Prandou. H. B. Kent of Dorset, L. S.
new of South Burlington and II. M.
parnham: directors, M. H. Miller OF
pon,trer. &. Selden of Burlington, ]. L.
pecon of White River Junction, P. W.
Clement of Rutland, Charles c. Doe OF
South Newbury, H. w. Fletcher OF Cav
endish. The report of the treasurer, J.
W Parker of Quebec, showed an increase
" assets with the money deposited in
The burlington Savings Bank and the
Veroeunes Savings bank. George Aitken
vas reappointed committee on legisla-
t;on and M. Fl. Miller committee on joint
lair business. The question of holding
Ha;r the coming season was discussed
and the matter was left in the hands OF
the locating committee to hold one il the
r;pbt opportunity presented itself. OF
iafp Years the society has held it's fairs in
connection with some local fair associ.
alton The last fair was held in 1903 at
Rutland.
Lawrence Trudeau, %, was shot and
instantly killed by Bonnie Bashaw, 10,
his friend, at East Sheldon Wednesday
NIGHT. Bashaw is a timid lad, and Tru-
deau attempted to scare him by masking
his face and initiating burglar. Young
Bashaw had loaded % caliber rifle in
his room, and he shot without hesita-
ton.
The alumnae Of the university OF Yer
mont in Burlington will ask the trustees
n establish a chair ofhousehold econom-
les in connection with the new Morrill,
AGRICULTURAL hall to be erected this year.
The women OF the state grange have al
ready presented petition for the estab-
4 lshment OF such chair.
Mrs. Nina Hoag OF Grand Isle who
has been taking the examinations at the
n state laboratory for undertaking and
a embaming, has passed the examinations
q and has her license. Mrs. Hoag took Ut
the work after Mr. Hoag's death nearly
year ago and has performed it in
satisfactory manner.
A serious conflagration started II
Bethel Saturday afternoon, which rapid
" spread, destroying the large barn o
III u. G. Shaw, the house and barn OF vii
Isl liam Smith, the house and barn OF Loui:
# Whitney all of which were completely
Us consumed except the stock. Many cord:
IS. Of pulp wood were also burned. Th
FIRE started from spark from an engine
The executors OF the estate OF the lat
Wilbur F. Braman, OF Montpelier, hav
completed the distribution Of the bequest
contained in the will. Heaton hospita
& received $3.50. 900 and each of the follow
S Ing received 100000: Church of Messiah
and the Unitarian church of Montpelier
Goddard Seminary of Barre, Kellogg
Hubbard library of Montpelier, and tn
| American Unitarian Association OF Bos
ton.
Rev. L. A. Wilson, pastor of the Congrt
# gational church at Roxbury, has tendere
his resignation. Mr.. Wilson will becom
pastor of the church in East Charleston
with Morgan to supply on alternat
81 Sundays.
At recent meeting of the Benningto
Young Mems Associationit was voted t
give $500 to the library committee OF tt
Bennington library for the purchase
|S new books and the binding OF the oil
ones.
Charles P. Dickinson, proprietor of tt
M Orange County hotel and one OF the bes
known men in Chelsea, died Thursda
afternoon after an illness of ten days
pneumonia. He was So years old and ha
held all the town offices.
ATTY. Gen. Clarke c. Fits. of Rrattl'
boro, is one of the busiest men IN tn
state The work of ORGANIZING an
systematizing the duties of the office OF a
torney.general falls upon him, he bein
the first person to hold the office in tn
state, and in addition to that an invest
CATION of the state institutions is
progress under his direction, by vote
the legislature.
The sale by Wheeler & Gilbert OF the
grocery and general merchandise busine
to Frank Greenough removes from q
local merchants of White River Juncti0e
two who have been long identified Wi
the business pursuits of the village;
P. Wheeler, the senior partner, has PEI
in the grocery trade for twenty year
and E. c. Gilbert. as clerk and Juni
partner, for some twenty four years.
The following excerpt from a rece
letter received by Col. A. A. Hall OF
Adams from Lieutenant Commander
B. Fletcher, u. S. NJ, formerly OF st:
bans, written on board the U. 5. ). kt
lucky from Guantanamo, Cuba, will
interesting inasmuch as it gives an 10
U of what constitutes United States III
and the life led by officers OF the ma
when on active service in time OF pea
"We are leading very strenuous lives III
drilling practically six days in the wet
and have fine fleet represented IN sew
batteships, eight cruisers, three MONT;
k and many smaller craft, golfers, ETC.
Miss Ellen Lynch of St. Adams "