St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-12
VERMONT NEWS.
state Sunday seheels.

-,,oe held at the parlOrs OF the I. M. I.
Wa" at burlington last week Tuesday.
T a., President, G. F. North, being absent,
Pease, chairman of the executive
Io,,,n;ttee of which the board of directors
= mart presided. and field secretary
pa1 r. M. Fuller, acted as secretary.
Conservatives of Sunday school work
aSa rom several counties in the state
wore nresent and gave reports of the
1rork and suggestions ofvalue were Offer
ed. Mr.. Fuller also presented an inter
estipg report of work accomplished by
him during the past year. Some changes
,,, made in the policy OF the work out
lined for the coming year and several in
novatious will be adopted. The county
nTganizations will be strengthened and
town and district work will be made a
featpre. The secretary reported that but
% ner cent of the church going-popula-
tom of the state attended Sunday school.
Changes at State Prison.
The officers and employees connected
with the state prison recently presented
retring superintendent E. W. Cakes,
With a handsome gold headed cane. Mr..
cakes was wholly unprepared tor the
event and could hardly find words to
EXPRESS his surprise and qualification at
the elegant remembrance given him. The
new superintendent, W.. S. Lowell, has
assumed the duties OF his office. The
changes made SO far in the officials are
DR.. Dean Richmond, prison physician in
place of DR.. J. D. Brewster, who has held
the office 16 years; Rev. William Henry
HAYES, pastor OF the old South Congre-
oational church, succeeds Rev. ]. K. Full
er as chaplain. the latter having moved
10 Johnson, where be is to have charge
OF the Congregational church. John A.
Proctor, keeper, who has been connect
ed with the prison for about FIVE years,
has resigned and gone to Boston.
Missing Clergyman Returns.
Rev. O. D. Clapp, of Burlington, who
has charge of the Methodist church at
North Hero, whose absence from st. AL
bans several days last week occasioned
considerable anxiety, appeared in St.
Adams Thursday morning alive and well
and was somewhat surprised that his I'M
explained absence 60 hours should cause
any comment. The fact that he had LETT
his overcoat and grip in the city caused
his friends to fear that some serious acci-
dent had befallen him. He has been at
the home OF Senator Cyrus w. Hawley in
Fairfax. When Mr.. Clapp LETT St. AL
bans it was with the avowed intention
oftaking short walk. He says that be
climbed the mountain and then changed
his mind about returning and kept on IN.
to Fairfax to Mr.. Hawley's house. He
then intended to return the next evening
but enjoyed himself so thoroughly that
he concluded to stay longer. He express
ed regret that his absence should have
caused anxiety to his friends.
Changes i'm Methodist Conferences.
1t is said that Rev. w. E. Newton, pre-
siding elder of the Montpelier district of
the Vermont Methodist Conference, may
be transferred to the Troy, IN. W con.
ference and placed over one of the larger
churches. Mr.. Newton was formerly
principal OF Montpelier Seminary. Un-
usual interest centers about the Burling-
ton district at the coming session OF the
Troy conference as its presiding elder,
Rev, George W. Brown, of Rutland, is
n NOnplSlihE tdA WIN Vi OLA yNato III
n that office. The matter OF selecting his
successor has been thoroughly canvassed
during the year, and candidates Tor the
Office are numerous. Among the names
mentioned that may beregarded as being
eligible to the office are Rev. P. l.. Dow,
Of Troy, N. ", Rev. w. w. Cox, Of Gran
vile, N. Y, Rev. DR.. w. H. Washburne,
Of Middlebury, and Rev. c. w, Rowley,
Phi. D., OF Bennington. 1t is expected
that Doctor Brown will be assigned to
the church at Granville, N. Y.
Vermonts Baptists.
The Semi-annual meeting of the board
OF trustees of the Vermont Baptist state
convention was held at Rutland last
week, when it was voted to send the
superintendent of missions, Rev. w. A.
DAWSON OF Burlington, to the Worlds
Baptist Congress at London, next July,
as one OF the delegates from the Vermont
convention. Two delegates will be sent,
Rev. Gibbs Braislin having been appoint
ed some time ago. Rev. Mr.. Davisons
vacation will be extended from one
month to six weeks. Appropriations
were made for assisting the Windham,
West Dummerston and Jay churches hir.
ing pastors. This makes a total OF
nearly 40 churches receiving aid from the
convention. 1t was also voted to EN-
ploy another Sunday school visitor and
personal worker, and Miss Grace Brooks,
recent graduate of the training school
at Mortified. Mass, was elected. This
makes two visitors, the other being Miss
Amy Haskins of Montpelier. The con-
vention also employs French, Italian and
Swedish missionaries in the state.
State Superintendent OF Education
Walter E. Ranger has already arranged
dates for educational meetings to be
held in May and June in different parts OF
the state. He has now i'll the press to be
issued soon, a revised edition OF the
special Memorial Day program winch
has been used with excellent results dur
ing the past few years. There will be
some additions and changes in the book
A new 100 page pamphlet on FIFTY
Common Birds" fully illustrated, will
also be published soon. Superintendent
Ranger on Saturday evening gave an ad.
dress at the dedication OF the new II
room school building in Barre.
The trustees of Montpelier Seminary,
OF which Senator W. P. Dillingham; j:
Chairman, met Thursday afternoon and
went over the accounts of the institution
Tor the past six months. The financial
showing was a pleasing surprise to the
trustees and abundantly justified their
conviction of year ago that it was ad