St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-09-13

Tohn S. Holden, one of the wealthy men
of Bennington. 1t is claimed that there
are great possibilities in this location for
a summer hotel. On the farm are the
golf links OF the Mount Anthony Club
and further to the west is the fine estate
of Daniel Robinson, the well known mil
lionaire, and also that of James Z. Col
gate, the multi-millionaire, who is ex.
pending about SIS COCOON private road
from bis residence to the top OF Mount
Anthony.
Vermont OMcers.
The 42d annual meeting and banquet
of the Reunion Society OF Vermont Oh
6cers was held Thursday afternoon and
evening at the armory and Van Ness
House, Burlington. About fifty men,
bers of the society gathered in armory
hall at three O'Clock tor the annual busi-
ness meeting. The report ofthe treasurer,
Lieutenant Lucia, showed receipts dur
ing the year of $110.55 and expenditures
of $3.50 95, leaving deficit of $20.45.
A motion to collect money to raise the
deficit was carried and the members
present contributed $50.
These officers were elected:
President, Captain Albert Clarke of
Boston; first vice.president, Capt.
George W. Burleson of st. Adams; Sec
ond vice president, Sergeant q. E. Tay-
lor of Brattleboro; secretary-treasurer,
Lieut.. ]. H. Lucia of Montpelier. 1t was
| then decided to hold the next meeting of
the society in Montpelier and the follow
ing executive committee was elected: Col.
A. c. Brown, chairman, Capt. L. M.
Hutchinson and Lieut.. L. W. Shedd, all
of Montpelier.
The report OF the committee elected at
the last annual meeting to consider the
advisability OF publishing another vol
ume containing the addresses, accounts
of business meetings and other matters
of interest to the society, was then pre-
sented by the chairman, Col. 6. G. Bene-
dict. The other members OF the COM
mittee were Major L. G. Kingsley of Rut-
land and Lieut. !. G. Lucia OF Montpelier.
A volume similar to the one now con-
templated was published by the society
20 years ago. 1t was thought at the
last annual meeting that enough matter
had accumulated since then to warrant
the publication Of another. The COM
mittee was appointed to consider the
matter and, If enough subscriptions in
money and for copies were received to
justify it, to publish the volume. At last
years meeting $3.50 was pledged to the
work. Colonel Benedict reported that
since then about $120 had been received
by the committee, but that only 20 sub
scriptions for copies from the members
had been made. 1t was decided to con-
tinue this committee another year.
Report of House of Correction.
The end OF August found total of POP
prisoners in the house OF correction, Rut-
land, 1856 house prisoners and 16 jail.
The number of house prisoners included
20 women. There were committed to
the institution during the month, 65
prisoners, for a variety of offences, in
Guiding II persons from Rutland county.
OF the total, nine were women. Jail
commitments numbered 80.
The IS commitments classified by the
nature of their offences, are: 1ntoxica'
ton, second offence, II; third, 2; breach
of the peace, II; tramping, IL; lewd.
ness, 5; larceny, 5; furnishing intoxicat-
ing liquor, 2; adultery, 2; selling in
toxicants without license, receiving
stolen money, and burglary in day time
one each.
In regard to ages, the prisoners were
divided as follows: Under 20, 8; in 20s
IA; in 3Os 81; in 40s 13; in SOS, s; ir
Cos, 1.
Report at Soldiers Home,
The monthly report at the Vermont
soldiers home, Bennington, September
showed that there were present 81, O
whom IS are in the hospital and IA
absent with leave, making the tota
membership 101. The average present
during the past ten days has been So
A year ago the total present was SO o
which II were in the hospital. The las
addition to the home is Ashael Bakel
who was admitted from Rutland. 81
served in Co. D, 9th Mass. Vols, and il
in pretty good health. The following
have been readmitted: Marcus Andrew
who served in Co. D, 18th Vt. Vols.
Henry Slade who served in Co. 9. It'll
VT. Vols; and Leander White who served
in Co. G, 1st Vt. Cav.
The address of the day was given a
the armory at 100 O'Clock, in thu
presence of an enthusiastic audience