St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-03-14

foundation for the story, adding that nc
information of such plot has come to
his office.
A Peculiar Accident.
Carroll P. Scott of st. Adams met
with severe and painful accident last
week Tuesday when he was accidently
shot, the bullet entering the body, just
above the hip. Scott, who is % years
old and son of the late James Scott,
had been busily engaged all day in work
ing on the check list and bringing voters
to the polls. When the work was fin
ished, be was very tired and shortly after
the polls closed went home and threw
himself on his bed for little rest. As be
laid down, a revolver, carried in his hip
pocket, went off, making d bad wound in
the young mans back. His condition is
serious, but it is thought that he will
recover.
A New Corporation.
The Jewell Brooks Wooden Company
has filed articles of association in the
office OF the secretary of state This
company is organized in Ludlow for the
purpose OF manufacturing wooden and
other textile fabrics, manufacturing and
dealing in wooden and metal ware, lum-
Der and timber and doirg a mercantile
business. The capital stock is $1,000
900 divided into / 900 shares of a par
value of $100 each. The signers of the
articles are Ludlow men as follows: lanes
S. Gill, George W. RAYMOND, Charles H.
Howard, Frank A. Walker, George P.
Levey. Frank W. Agan.
Pats Expert on state Auditors Books.
Percival W. Clement, Of Rutland, can
didate for governor, has sent F. S. Pratt,
an expert accountant, to Montpelier to
examine the accounts CT State Auditor
Horace F. Graham. 1t is understood
that the work will require a month.
This is the first move made by Candidate
Clement since the supreme court directed
the auditor to open the accounts to him
few months ago. Extravaganza in the
management OF state institutions is
among the issues that Mr.. Clement has
raised, and Auditor Graham's vouchers
are supposed to bring this to light,
sunday.school Field Work Assistant.
Miss Edith Nj. Balch, of Chelsea, Mass.
has been engaged by the Vermont State
Sunday-school Association as assistant
secretary of field work. She has been
engaged in Sunday.school work in
Massachusetts with unusual success. In
this state she will devote her time to the
development of the home work depart
ment. She will work under the direction
of State Field Secretary E. NJ. Fuller.
OF Burlington. and will have her head.
quarters in Burlington. Her first duties
will be performed the first week in April,
when she will assist Mr.. Fuller and the
county officers in township convention
tour OF Franklin county, after which she
will remain in that county for her first
home department work.
meeting of the Vermont Poultry
Association, adjourned from February
20, was held in St. Adams last week
Tuesday evening. Three new members
were admitted. Following the meeting
OF the association a meeting of the di.
rectors was held, and committees were
appointed to begin the preparatory work
for the poultry show to be held in St.
Adams January 30February 2, 1907.
A male patient escaped from the Brat.
tleboro Retreat last Wednesday by max.
ing rope out of strips of bed clothing
and letting himself down from a third.
story window. The rope broke when the
man was part way down, but no injury
was done. Policeman Warren found the
man near the freight depot. The pa.
tient said be was told in dream that
the railroad signals were wrongly set,
and be wanted to avoid an accident by
giving the information to the railroad
people.
A sentiment is developing in Mont.
pelier in favor OF having one licensed
druggist there, which can be done ii FIVE
per cent of the legal voters and MAORI.
ty of the practicing physicians so petit
| ton the city council. 1t is believed by