St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-11-28
Vermont News.
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l:onarv society, was held at the Metho-
s so+ church in Mortified, October 80 and
9 OF Greetings on behalf of the church
, 90. extended by Mrs. A. E. Plastridge,
mOresident of the local auxiliary, and were
10Th original and unique, being in story
form and altogether out of the line of
Dnch formalities. A most fitting and
o 1raceful response was made by the con-
ference president. Tuesday evening Rev.
W B. Dukeshire of Montpelier gave an
address on America as a Mission
Field" The business session was held
Wednesday morning. The corresponding
secretary gave the number of auxiliaries
as a with a membership of ia. The
treasurer, Miss Alice B. Farnham, re-
norted S151521 as having been the
rreceipts of the society the past year to
which is to be added $164.57 in cash
supplies, making total of $1679.7S;
also that all pledges are met. The De-
oartment Secretaries comprising that of
SSupples, "Mite Boxes, " Young Peo-
X oIe's Work" Literature, Training
School" Systematic Bene6cence" and
Temperance" made for the most part
encouraging reports for their depart
ments. Mission work amongst the Ital-
ians in Barre, presented by Miss Edith
Smiths deaconess in charge of the work,
was intensely interesting and greatly en-
N joyed.
Waterbury had for a topic Work in
tbe Southland" Miss Mabel Silver of
Brownsville spoke on Porto Rico; Mrs
F.A. Wells of Thetford gave "Sugges-
tons on Young Peoples Work" and
Mrs. Barrett of Bradford recited the
history of "Mormonism
Mrs. !. 0. Sherburn of Montpelier
spoke of our pledges for the coming year
and made spirited suggestions concerning
# their fulhllment.
The speaker of the evening was Mrs.
F. B. Clark of Cambridge, Mass, one OF
the general organizers of the society.
Among others from abroad were Miss
# Bowman, a graduate deaconess from
81 Chicago, now in work at Mortified,
m Mrs. F. B. Clark formerly of Portland,
MA Me.
NJ The convention adopted the following
resolutions:
81 Whereas at the twenty-second annual
meeting of the Woman's Home Mission
nv airy Society of Vt. Conference, we have
IS been much encouraged by the progress
made during the past year and also
greatly impressed with the need of still
e. more earnest effort in the future,
Resolved lst That we will heartily
n support our loyal officers.
end, That we have greatly enjoyed the
presence and helpful words of Mrs. F. B
NJ Clark, our general organizer.
MA 3rd, That we will endeavor to MAKE
# the temperance department. a NOR
# prominent feature in our work.
4th, That we wish to express on
s& thankfulness to all who have in any wa,
# contributed to the success of this meet
ing; to the people of the church for thei
q hospitality, for the music rendered, t.
4 the railroads for reduced rates and t.
the press.
" Whereas, 1t has pleased our Heavenl,
M Father to call to himself one of our mos
faithful and devoted workers, we woul'
n extend to Rev. A. ]. Hough our sym
pathy in this time Of bereavement.
High Prices In Brattleboro.
Many housekeepers in Brattleboro ar
"a beginning to be worried about the pric
( of farm supplies, such as potatoes
M apples and eggs. Potatoes are nov
~ selling for so cents bushel at retail an
the supply comes mostly from Maine
E Many Brattleboro farmers are holdin
| their crop for an advance in price
Apples are selling at from 1928 t
$3.50 a barrel. The crop was rathe
small, SO small, in fact, that hardly
e barrel is being shipped away, and buyer
n. have not considered it worth their Will
to go through that part of the country
Its thought by Brattleboro grocer
however, that the farmers are holdln
the crop to take advantage of the bette
II prices later in the season. Eggs are tn
S most scarce of all. For some reason tt
M hens thereabouts have been obliged t
81 fill their orders some time past. Nc
enough eggs are brought in from su
e rounding country to supply the deman
and grocers have been obliged to fill the
Is orders with cold storage eggs. tt
M prices of native eggs range from 81
As cents a dozen. One housewife otfere
8 60 cents a dozen for eggs guaranteed
be fresh and was unable to obtain ther
Meeting Military Order of Foreign Wars
The annual meeting and banquet
Vermont Commandery, Military Ord
of Foreign Wars, was held at Miller
Inn, Montpelier, Friday evening. Abo
20 members were present. At the bu
ness meeting held previous to the ba
quet the following officers were elect
for the year ensuing: Commander, Car
H. Edward Dyer, of Rutland; vice-col
mander, Lieut. G. R. Anderson, OF Bra
tleboro secretary, Lieut.. w. w. Russo
of White River Junction; treasurer, Lie'
G. N. Tilden, of Barre; registrar, Lie'
c. A. Celley, of st. Johnsbury; sergeai
Mai. H.'H. Lee, of Wells River; chapla
Lieut.. J. L. Greenwood, of Northfie
deputy secretary, Lieut.. T. Carswell,
Barre; companions Of the council, Lie
E, P. Coleman, of Montpelier, Capt.
L. Howe, of Mortified, Lieut.. 3.
Prouty, of Burlington, Lieut.. E. M, N
Ter, of Brandon; committee on nomii
tons, Lieut. W. H. Sterling of Mo
pelier, Lieut.. c. H. Landon, of Rutlai
Capt. Frank L. Greene, of st. Alba
vice-commander-g general, Maj. c. M.
nett of st. Johnsbury.
The membership in this order is G.
fined to those who served in the Mexic
War or the War with Spain as &C
missioned officers.
A Tenth Anniversary.
The Brattleboro Woman's Club G
brated its 10th anniversary last Wedr
dav afternoon with a delightful rec