St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-15

all be done in the Burlington office in
stead OF in the various districts. The
northern division includes all of Vermont
except Bennington, Bellows Falls, Brat
tleboro, and few adj AGENT towns, in ad.
dition to Claremont, Newport, Lebanon,
the Sunapee lake district, and the White
Mountains, north, in New Hampshire,
Under the present system several exchan.
ges are grouped together into district
and the work of accounting is divided in
that way. The new system will be be-
gun in the Burlington office in the course
OF two weeks and If it should be put in
full operation about dozen bookkeepers
would be required there.
The Fanny Allen hospital will receive
$4,000 by the will of Georgianna Paine
who was patient at the hospital Tor
some time previous to her death, and
who left her entire estate to the institu-
ton.
The principal feature of the election
| In Fair Haven was the decision to
accept the gilt of an SIS, 0OOlibrary build
ing, which was made by Andrew Carne-
gle provided the town would pledge it.
self to raise $500 year to support it.
The first of May, Editor L. P. Thayer
will sever his connection with the Mid
dlebury Register to devote his energies to
the No rrisville Messenger and the Essex
syndicate of papers.
The body of William B. Howard of
Burlington, who has been missing from
the city since Wednesday, March 1, was
found Sunday not far from Whitney's
island. He started to walk across the
lake accompanied by dog and the dog
returned, since which time search has
been made. He was comfortably clad.
but when found his body was frozen
stiff. Just what happened to him will
never be known, the fact that his watch
and some money were found on his
person dismissing any suspicion Of foul
play. 1t is thought that sudden fall
upon the ice may have caused uncon-
seriousness. He had been employed as
stationary engineer in the city.
Seymour H. Wood, commander Of the
Vermont department, G. A. R., announces
that headquarters of this department
are established in the Peoples Trust
Company building, Kiugman street, St.
Adams, where the comrades are invited
to call. The following staff appoint
| ments are announced: Assistant ad.
jutant-general and assistant quarter
master general, Hiram E. Perkins, Post
No. 60, st. Adams; Judge advocate, Ed
ward B. Sawyer, Post No. OF, Hyde
Park; department inspector, Eli N. Peck,
Post No. 2, Burlington; chief mastering
officer, George R. Crosby, Post No. 1,
st. Johnsbury. Additional appointments
will be announced in future orders.
At the March meeting of the town of
Rockingham held in Bellows Falls it
was voted that special committee be
authorized to arrange for the publication
of history Of the town and appropri-
ated the sum of So 500 to be used for
hat purpose.
F. A. Larrow, of Brattleboro, a travel
ling salesman, has bought the Atbol
house in Athol, Mass, OF M. 0. Perham.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Abel OF East
Swanton, celebrated the 50th anniver-
sary of their marriage Friday evening,
about so relatives and friends being
present. They were presented with $25,
and supper was served.
At meeting of the executive commit.
tee of the Funeral Directors and EN-
balmers' Association of Vermont, held in
Rutland Friday, it was decided to hold
the annual convention in Bellows Falls
June $3.50. program for the meeting
was arranged and will include lecture
and demonstration by an expert.
E. D. Harpin, head warden at the state
prison and his son, Harold w. Harpin, a
guard, were discharged Wednesday, by
Supt. E. W. Cakes who declines to state
his reasons for dismissal. The elder man
has been employed at the prison for sever
al years, while the younger man had been
there only short time. 1t has been err
roneously stated that the Harpins resign
ed. 1t is said that c. M. Palmer, of Un-
derhill, has been temporarily assigned as
head warden.
The bronze tablet which is to be placed
on the old Constitution house, Windsor,
has arrived. The inscription reads as
follows: "The Constitution House. In
this building was held July s, 1777, the
convention which adopted the constitu-
ton ct the free and independent state OF
Vermont, the first in America to prohibit
human slavery"