St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-24

badly burned Thursday in the ire OF the
Champlain Manufacturing Co.'s plant.
He had gone to the fire room to enjoy
fifteen minutes rest before going back to
work. He is an inveterate cigarette
smoker and was about to procure one
of the cigarettes from a box. At the
time he was standing very close to one
oil the fire boxes in the fire room. One OF
the 6remen were shoveliDg fuel into the
fire and the draft from the fire quickly
ignited the bepzine on his overals. His
face, both hands and arms, were badly
burned.
Vermont Daughters Entertain.
The Vermont Daughters Club, COM
posed of Boston and suburban women
hailing from the Green Mountain state,
gave an entertainment at the Vendome
Thursday and later reception in honor
of Federation officers and club presidents.
Professor Blanchard of Chicago read
scenes from THE Merchant OF Venice"
and, as he is native of Vermont, he
was the more cordially received and
applauded. In the receiving line were
Mrs Eva o J. Allen, the club president;
Miss Helen A. Whittier, Mrs. May Alden
Ward, present and past State Federation
presidents; Mrs. Julia Aldrich and Mrs.
Lewis 6. Hale. A staff of attractive
young women served as ushers.
Model of Vermont for State Capitol.
The Senate committee on naval affairs
has authorized a favorable report on the
bill providing for the deposits in the
capitols ofvarious states OF the models of
war vessels bearing their names. If the
bill becomes a law, which is almost GER
tain, model of the battleship Vermont,
now under construction al Quincy, Mass,
will be placed in the capitol at Mont
peier.
Pumped Kerosene into Boys Stomach.
A young son OF John MCGEE, of Derby
while playing recently placed the end of
the pump in kerosene tank in his mouth
while his older brother proceeded to
work the handle, resulting in nearly
strangling him, but by prompt work OF
physician inexperienced no bad results.
Colt Kicked Young Boy.
Charles Miller. eleven wears old, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller, who live be-
yond the military post at Fort Ethan
hlCu, oS q WI a PP'Ns OhN baJ
recently when the colt, resenting some
action of the boy, kicked him, knocked
him down. and continued kicking him
until men at work on the place drove the
colt away. The boy suffered a broken
collar bone, dislocated shoulder blade.
and a severe cash on the head. Twenty
| FIVE stitches were required to close the
wound in the head. His condition is now
favorable.
John Durham and Miss Mabel G.
Hazen OF North Hero, while CT ossing Lake
Champlaiu Thursday morning, drove
into crack in the ice about sixty rods
from the Swanton shore and narrowly
esca ped being drowned. They got into
the water but succeeded in getting out,
though the horse was lost. Miss Hazen
was struck by the horse as it was
houndering in the water and was render
ed unconscious for a time, but her in
uries are not considered serious.
Ex-Gov. Frederick Holbrook, president
of the Vermont Savings bank, in Brattle-
boro, who will be SO years old il he lives
till February Is, attended the banks
annual meeting last week Wednesday
and presided, as he has done for so many
years, though he thought it not best to
remain for the corporation dinner. Ex.-
Gov. Hobrook's general health con-
tinues good.
The Catholics of Fairfield have decided
to erect a new church to replace the one
that was burned on Christmas day. The
meeting to take this action was held in
the Congregational church on Thursday
evening. 1t was decided to build rev
church and priests house in the spring,
and the structure will probably be built
OF Hardwick granite on or near the old
site.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Streeter, Of East
Charleston, who are passing the winter
at Cambridge, Mass, celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary in that
place January 1, all of their children and
other friends being present. Mr.. and
Mrs. Streeter received many valuable
and beautiful gifts and congratulations
on this memorable event from friends
present and absent.
Rev. H. c. Leach, of the Newton Theo-
logical Institute, Newton Center, Mass.
has declined the call to become the pas.
tor of the Baptist church in st. Adams
having decided to go to the foreign field.
Deputy Sheriff Fred Godfrey of Ben
nington was summoned Thursday night
to Paper Mill village, small hamlet on
the line of the Bennington and Hoosac
Valley electric railroad, to investigate the
opening of switch. Three times during
the night cars from North Bennington
ran into the long switch leading to the
Fillmore & Slade paper mill. The length
OF the sidetrack allowed the motorman
to stop the cars before any damage was
done. The switch opening was probably
the work of boys who have been inspired
by the wreck at Walloomsac, N. Y, to
create some excitement
Constable Wilson of Pownal arrived in
Bennington Wednesday with Harmon
Odell and Wesley Rood, whom he ar
rested on the charge of entering the house
of II. E. Rudd, at Pownal, Monday
night. Mr.. Rudd is in Savannah, Ca,
where be has a position, and Mrs. Rudd
and the children were absent for the
night. Entrance was gained through
window and every room was ransacked.
At the annual county convention Of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians held in Bur
lington Friday, the question OF holding
celebration in Burlington St. Patrick's
day was discussed and it was the sense
of the convention that such celebration
be held invitations to be extended to all